Mabel Grant (9 results)
Healing Journeys the Ka Ka Wis Experience 1974 - 1984
Pat Koreski, Mabel James, George Atleo, Grant Maxwell (Editors)
Language: English
Published by Ka Ka Wis Family Development Centre, Canada 1994
- Softcover
Seller: Rainy Day Books, Courtenay, BC, CanadaRainy Day Books
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Lower page corners lightly smudged, else clean.
Language: English
Published by Ka Ka Wis Family Development Centre,Healing Circle,Meares Island,, Victoria 1994
- Softcover
Seller: Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, CanadaWagon Tongue Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine +. SUBTITLED : ` The Ka Ka Wis Experience, 1974 -1994 '. In 1971 the Oblate property on Meares Island, British Columbia, came available for a new phase in its existence. Three years later a tentative version of the Ka Ka Wis (place-of-berries) Development Centre unfolded. The centre focuses on the hea…ling of pain for native peoples - principle among these are drug and alcohol abuse issues. The centre works on a family basis where possible. These 186 pages recount the healing centre's history. Read more about :OldChristie School, Martin Saxey, Francis Frank, potlatches, TFN, Wickaninnish Elementary, cedar-people, Blue Bead Ceremony, Opitsat, gratuitude, and Patricia Shreenan. B/W drawings (by clients of the centre) complement the text. MAP oln p. 126. Cond : Paper wrapper is coppery coloured with white (and black) lettering. Front cover graphic is two westcoast artists drawings. One involves tears and the other the Raven. All edges and corners are sharp . Binding tight, colours bright. Square and clean. No names, marks, creases, nor tears. Giftable reference !!Quote (p. 14) : " Traditionally, dance curtains depicted the tribal histories of the First Nations peoples living on Vancouver Island 's west coast. Each curtain belonged to the family of the local chief. This particular curtain belongs to all client families who come to Ka Ka Wis in search of ._._._. ." Size: 8vo. B/W Drawings (illustrator).
Healing Journeys : The Ka Ka Wis Experience, 1974-1994
Pat Koreski, Mabel James, George Atleo, Grant Maxwell (Editors)
Language: English
Published by Kakawis Family Development Centre, Tofino, BC, Canada 1994
Seller: G3 Books, Winnipeg, MB, CanadaG3 Books
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No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Owner's name on inside, otherwise unmarked and tight.
BLUE BOOK Magazine: October, Oct. 1936 ("Kioga of the Wilderness")
Blue Book (Achmed Abdullah; William L. Chester; Blaine Mille & Jean Dupont Miller; H. Beford-Jones; Robert R. Mill; Fulton Grant; Charles Gilson; Eustace Cockrell; Wilbur Hall; Bill Adams; Mabel Stark; Dick Gorman; Duris DeJong; Coulton Waugh; +)
Published by McCall Co., NY 1936
- Softcover
- Periodical
Seller: Books from the Crypt, N. Potomac, MD, U.S.A.Books from the Crypt
Contact seller5-star sellerWraps. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. Vol. 63, No. 6. Pulp magazine. Edited by Donald Kennicott. Cover art by Herbert Morton Stoops. Includes "Tempest Over Africa" (serial) by Achmed Abdullah; "Kioga of the Wilderness" (serial) by William L. Chester; "Aboard the Clipper - 1936" by Blaine Mille & Jean Dupont Miller; "Arms an…d men: XXI - The First Submarine" by H. Beford-Jones; "Just Like That!" by Robert R. Mill; "Half-Pint Goes Noble" by Fulton Grant; "The Nail and the Necklace" by Charles Gilson; "Trigger Men" by Eustace Cockrell; "The Pit That He Digged" (novelette) by Wilbur Hall. Prize Stories of Real Experience: "My Life at Sea" by Bill Adams; "Hold That Tiger!" by Mabel Stark; "Blasted Underground" by Dick Gorman; "Swordman's Hazard" by Duris DeJong; "The Sailor's Scrapbook" by Coulton Waugh "Made in America: "Morrissey and the Russian Sailor" (antique song) by Carl Sandburg. Illustrated by L. R. Gustavson, George Avison, Monte Crews, Austin Briggs, Peter Khulhoff, and Yngve Edward Soderberg. Minor creasing; mild tanning; letter A on coiver in pencil; slight rubbing and corner wear. Book.
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Published by Birn Brothers, London 1955
- Hardcover
Seller: SAVERY BOOKS, Brighton, East Sussex, , United KingdomSAVERY BOOKS
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Undated: circa 1955. Pictorial hard boards. 125 pages. Spine is intact. Boards have a little wear at the corners. Colour frontispiece has an inscription on the reverse that does not show through. No other inscriptions. Clean & tight book. NO JACKET. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING… next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref m14.
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Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons, Paternoster Row, London 1859
- Hardcover
Seller: Librairie Archaion, Bruxelles, , BelgiumLibrairie Archaion
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Cartonné. Condition: Assez bon. 222 p., 6 gravures. Cartonnage d'éditeur. Nombreuses rousseurs. Mors fendu sur 6 cm. Inv. 12608.
Art from found materials, discarded and natural. [Art: found and refound -- Thread, fiberts and feathers -- Fabrics and papers -- Scrap metals -- Found wood -- Salvaged sheet glass -- Bottles and plastic discards -- Bones, stones and other natural materials -- Mixed media and miscellany -- Prints, patterns and impressions -- Temperature equivalents of cones -- index of supplies]
Stribling, Mary Lou. [jacket design, Shari de Miskey; artwork, Feliciano Bejar, Robert Biancalna, Bill Brewer, Lucile Brokaw, L Stanley Carpenter, Jackie Curry, Mary CAse Dekker, May Deschamp, Laura Devendorf, Dominic DiMare, Harry Dix, David Eckels, Howard Glick, Joan Goldstein, Bob Graham, Art Grant, Ann Griffith, Ronald Griffiths, Juan Gris, Evelyn Gulick, Brian Hale, Wilma Harris, Sydney Herschleb, Ann Hunt, Mabel Hutchison, Terry Illes, Maggie Jagla, Marie Kelly, Kay Kinney, Lu Lundstrom, Maude Lynne, Robert McChesney, Nick Nickolds, Alfonso Ossorio, Florence Packard, H G Pashigian, Charlotte Patera, Lino Pera, Pablo Picasso, Wilson Price, Henry Rasmusen, Bill Reily, Helen Steinau Rich, Priscilla Sage, Dorothy Saunders, etc]
Published by New York, Crown, 1970 1970
- Hardcover
Seller: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, U.S.A.Joseph Valles - Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 5th printing ; xi, 244 pages 421 illustrations (some color) 27 cm ; LC: N6494.F6; Dewey: 745.59 ; OCLC: 222672 ; black cloth in color pictorial dustjacket ; Contents: Art: found and refound -- Thread, fiberts and feathers -- Fabrics and papers -- Scrap metals -- Found wood… -- Salvaged sheet glass -- Bottles and plastic discards -- Bones, stones and other natural materials -- Mixed media and miscellany -- Prints, patterns and impressions -- Temperature equivalents of cones -- index of supplies ; features artwork by Feliciano Bejar, Robert Biancalna, Bill Brewer, Lucile Brokaw, L Stanley Carpenter, Jackie Curry, Mary Case Dekker, May Deschamp, Laura Devendorf, Dominic DiMare, Harry Dix, David Eckels, Howard Glick, Joan Goldstein, Bob Graham, Art Grant, Ann Griffith, Ronald Griffiths, Juan Gris, Evelyn Gulick, Brian Hale, Wilma Harris, Sydney Herschleb, Ann Hunt, Mabel Hutchison, Terry Illes, Maggie Jagla, Marie Kelly, Kay Kinney, Lu Lundstrom, Maude Lynne, Robert McChesney, Nick Nickolds, Alfonso Ossorio, Florence Packard, H G Pashigian, Charlotte Patera, Lino Pera, Pablo Picasso, Wilson Price, Henry Rasmusen, Bill Reily, Helen Steinau Rich, Priscilla Sage, Dorothy Saunders, Arthur Secunda, Joan Sestak, Wendy Sestak, Alice Shannon, J Richard Sorby, Bob Storm, Mary Lou Stribling, Mary Totten, Jean Varda, Pablita Velarde, Sally Wetherby, Marcus White ; 403 illustrations, 18 color plates ; G/G. Book.
More imagesUp-to-date and Economical Cookery; Cookery; Food Wisdom: A Book for the Housewife and Everyone Responsible for the Care and Preparation of Food; The Green Label Cookery Book; Practical Home Making; Meatless Dishes for Hay Dieters; Good Food from Sweden
Various; Dora Groome; Mary Duke Gordon; Eleanor Sinclair Rohde; D. D. Cottington Taylor; P. L. Garbutt; Mabel Osborne; Doris M. L. Grant [Foreword]; Inga Norberg
Published by Jarrold & Sons; Longmans, green and Co.; Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd.; Oetzmann & Co. Ltd.; Herbert Jenkins Limited; George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.; Chatto & Windus 18981938, London 1898
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. A smart seven-volume collection of scarce domestic science and cookery books charting the shift from Victorian thrift to interwar modernity, with three first editions. In the publisher's original cloth bindings.This is a smart seven-volume collection of British domestic cookery and hom…e management, from 1898 to 1938, charting the shift from Victorian thrift to interwar modernity, consisting of: Up-to-date and Economical Cookery [1898]. This volume is the second edition. This copy is undated. Dated here using Jisc from copies held at The British Library and National Library of Scotland. Publisher"s advertisements to rear. This volume offers Victorian, budget-minded recipes and household economy. Cookery by Mary Duke Gordon and Eleanor Sinclair Rohde (1922). This volume is a first edition. This is a comprehensive interwar guide to everyday and entertaining cookery. Food Wisdom: A Book for the Housewife and Everyone Responsible for the Care and Preparation of Food by D. D. Cottington Taylor assisted by P. L. Garbutt (1926). This volume is a first edition. A concise manual on nutrition, planning, safe storage, and thrifty cooking. The Green Label Cookery Book (1930). This volume is the first edition, first printing of this work, with numerous practical recipes and menus for modern kitchens. Practical Home Making by D. D. Cottington Taylor [1930]. This volume is undated. Dated here, using Jisc, from a copy held at the University of Cambridge Libraires. This is an interwar domestic handbook on cookery, cleaning, budgeting, and efficiency. Meatless Dishes for Hay Dieters by Mabel Osborne with a foreword by Doris M. L. Grant (1937). This edition is a reprint of this compact vegetarian cookbook. Good Food from Sweden: Selections from Swedish Dishes Suited to an English Table compiled by Inga Norberg (1938). This is the third impression of this work. This copy has 7 pages for additional recipes to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally, generally very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Previous seller"s small sticker to rear paste down of "Food Wisdom". Bookplates from "martin & Pamela Finch: Exlibris Gastronomique" to front free endpapers. Previous owner"s written recipes to front and rear paste downs and rear free endpapers of "Meatless Dishes". Previous owner"s pencil recipe inscriptions to two rear blank "additional recipes" pages of "Food from Sweden". Blind stamp to front free endpaper of "Cookery" from "Hampton Park, Hereford", with previous owner"s inscriptions to front endpapers. Tide marks and heavier offsetting to endpapers of "Cookery". Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the odd spot and slight age toning heavier to older copies. Very Good. Various (illustrator). book.
The Wide World Magazine, True Stories of Adventure, November [Nov.] 1924, Vol. LIV, No. 319: Hunting the Opium Smugglers
Grant, Captain Gordon; Holyoake, Mabel A.; Sandell, T.C.; Carline, Richard; Denys, Courtenay; Rawson, John; McLaren, Jack; read, Oliver; Buchanan, Captain Angus; Brooke, W.; Olivier, C.J.; Scott, Rev. W.E.R.; Michaelis, Ralph
Published by The International News Company, New York 1924
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, CanadaRareNonFiction, IOBA
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Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Profusely illustrated with wonderful black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Hunting the Opium Smugglers - Author attempts to capture Chinaman who was causing much trouble by smuggling opium into a South Sea Island; Photograph from Hong Kong of a "Punishment Chai…r" upon which a bound criminal sat upon eleven knives and was then carried through the streets as a lesson to others; With "Lizzie" to the Edge of Beyond - An old Ford car takes four passengers and a heavy load seven hundred miles through Central Africa; The Faithful Burglar - a story involving psychic phenomena from Ray Bell's Tie-Camp at Shabaqua, Ontario - with photo; Through Savage Europe - Part II - Richard Carline continues to describe his painting tour through Serbia, Bosnia, and Montenegro; The Devil Panther - Two British hunters pursue a feared killer panther in India; What Happened to Hubbard? - Sequel to "Where the Gold Went" in which Charles A. Siringo described how Schell and Hubbard stole a quantity of gold from the famous Treadwell Mine in Alaska - describes how Hubbard went on to success in Dawson City; Roaming the Wild South Seas - Part IV (conclusion) - Jack McLaren describes the romance and adventure of the South Sea Islands - article with photos; A Run for Money - Author attempts to smuggle a ranch payroll through a Mexican rebel zone; Photo of Filipino "Tom Thumb", Panglima Diki-Diki; The "Human Bomb" - Update on a 1913 story about Carl Warr who walked into the Los Angeles Police Headquarters with enough dynamite to blow it up; Across the Great Sahara - Part III - A journey by camel across the Sahara from bottom to top - article with many excellent photos; The Sheep-Shearer - A sailor's amusing story about a machine invented by his second engineer; At Grips With a Python - Nighmare experience for a South African farmer; The Ghost of Ardtrea - An odd story from County Tyrone, Ireland describing events in an old rectory; A Week End in Bulgaria - Quaint glimpses of Bulgarian manners and customs by traveller Ralph Michaelis. 88 pages. plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Nibbling to backstrip has left the back cover barely holding, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy. de Walton, John; Hiley, F.E.; Abbey, S.; Prater, E.; Robinson, T.H.; Cameron, John; Wood, Stanley L.; Brightwell, L.R.; Soper, G.; Whitaker, W.G.; Woodville, R. Caton (illustrator).
