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paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition.

Third Printing; Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good+. SIGNED by contributor Betty Brightwell on the table of contents page, next to name of her essay. Soft cover is blue paper. Blue spine with white lettering. Cover has shelf wear, light creasing, rubbing/scuffing, bumping; some scattered smudges and such. Pages are clean and tight, appears as if unused . 3rd printing, October 1996. Sections are: Early Days; Living Memory; bibliography; index. Illustrated with many b/w photographs and drawings. ".the first section recounts highlights of Esquimalt's early years, from the 1840s to incorporation in 1912. The second section includes the personal recollections or more than 30 contributors from the past 80 years". "; B&W Illustrations; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2; 189 pages.

Third Printing; Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good+. SIGNED by contributor Betty Brightwell on the table of contents page, next to name of her essay. Soft cover is blue paper. Blue spine with white lettering. Cover has shelf wear, light creasing, rubbing/scuffing, bumping; some scattered smudges and such. Pages are clean and tight, appears as if unused . 3rd printing, October 1996. Sections are: Early Days; Living Memory; bibliography; index. Illustrated with many b/w photographs and drawings. ".the first section recounts highlights of Esquimalt's early years, from the 1840s to incorporation in 1912. The second section includes the personal recollections or more than 30 contributors from the past 80 years". "; B&W Illustrations; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2; 189 pages; Signed by Contributor.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. **Bundle Up & Save On Postage** Cover is lightly rubbed at edges, previous owner's embossed crest on first page, otherwise very clean and well bound 5.5 X 8.5" 189 pages. What's different about Esquimalt - where else would you find a tipsy cow in the naval rum stores; discover muskets and sabers in an old Hudson's Bay warehouse; watch an oriental gentleman wade in from the sea on a wartime evening? These and other memories of people who grew up in Esquimalt in the years between 1900 and World War II are set against the colourful background of 19th century Esquimalt: the naval station and military forts; the huge pioneer HBC farms; the 1858 invasion of thousands of gold seekers; and the prosperity and genteel social life of the 1890s, described as a place of "jollity and laughter, notable houses and notable people." Illustrated by vintage black/white photographs.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Spine edge is faded else a clean tight copy.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Covers are creased, interior is clean other than a gift inscription.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. B/W Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. SUBTITLED : ` Stories from Esquimalt '. Some 30 contributors tell stories about Canada's west coast. Some date to 1840. Map in introduction. INDEX at back. A few b/w photographs accompany text. Read more about : Naval Service Act, 1865, HMS Shearwater, Thomas James Skinner, 851 Wollaston Street, Captain Yoshioko, Kanaka Ranch, Cross of Sacrifice, and Moresby House. Cond : Paper wrapper is blue with yellow lettering. Spine fine, binding tight. Some rubs, some edge wear. 1995 gift inscr. - verso front cover. No tears, no marks in text block. Excellent reading copy. Quote (p. 93) : " One day when I was five years old, wandering over the rocks, I spied some beautiful pink flowers which I couldn't resist picking. I hurried home to give them to my mother who said, with an odd ._._._. ." Size: 8vo.