Dave Shoots Books
@daveshootsbooks
Wendy, not Dave (he's my dad). Old broad. Selling interesting old and local history #books since 2000 (now online only). Other interests - music, cooking, baking, crocheting, writing, community. Saint John, New Brunswick.
Attn. #AgathaChristie #collectors: Four #hardcover #mysteries priced $15-$30 each. Buy all four - $70! #Booksky #mystery #HerculesPoirot #MissMarple #crime #murder #shortstories
This 1972 #book about the #Mafia in the #USA has lots of #B&W #photos. $15. #Booksky #BookClubEdition #crime #truecrime #organizedcrime
This #scarce 2012 #book of #SaintJohn #photographs is being offered #AsIs due to some page wrinkling in the last few pages due to dampness (no odour). #Signed by both #authors. $20. #Booksky #NewBrunswick #LocalHistory #architecture #photography
#Dutch #artist, #Rembrandt, was born on this day in 1606. We have this #small #book of his works: www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1454... #Booksky #art #painter #miniature
The #author of the #NightBeforeChristmas, #ClementClarkeMoore, was born on this day in 1779. This #scarce #ChildrensBook was put out in 1941 by the #HerrmannHandkerchiefCompany, and includes six actual #hankies! #Illustrations by #MargotVoigt. $135. #Booksky #Christmas #SantaClaus #novelty
We have the First #Canadian edition: www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1575... #Booksky #HarperLee #ToKillaMockingbird #literature #AmericanLit
Sweet 1942 #LargeFormat #softcover #ChildrensBook by #American #illustrator, #MiloWinter. $20. #Booksky #AsIs #vintage #PictureBook #art
This #history of #Rothesay, #NewBrunswick was published in 1984, and is getting a lot harder to find! As new condition - would make a lovely #gift! #Foldout #map and #B&Wphotos. $25. #Booksky #LocalHistory #KennebecasisValley
On this day in 1789, #AlexanderMackenzie reached the #MackenzieRiver delta. They named the #river after him later! www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1246... #Booksky #explorer #NWT #Canada #geography #journal
Three more weeks! Sneak peek at some of the hundreds of new acquisitions that will be in our annual #BookSale! All will be 25% off! www.facebook.com/share/1Hnhk8... #Booksky #OpenHouse #oldbooks #prettybooks #LocalHistory #NewBrunswick #brownies #anniversary
This 1967 #book traces the long #history of the #PinkertonDetectiveAgency from its founding in #Chicago ca.1850. The company still exists today. $20. #Booksky #detectives #security #criminals
#BringtheForklift for this 1984 #GKChesterton omnibus of #FatherBrown #mysteries! Nearly 1000 pages! Being sold #AsIs - bottom corners of several pages are waterstained (no odour). $15. #Booksky #mystery
This #scarce 1975 #booklet about the #sloven, a #wagon invented in #SaintJohn, #NewBrunswick, is #signed by the #author! #Illustrated with #B&W #photos and #drawings. $25. #Booksky #transportation #LocalHistory #SocialHistory #LKIngersoll
The #author of this 1957 #murder #mystery began writing while hospitalized from serious #WWII injuries. He produced 19 #detective #novels in eight years, before dying in 1959 at age 46. $25. #Booksky #crime #BenBenson #RalphLindsey #BookClub
This 1990 #book by #SaintJohn #author, #MAMacDonald, is back in stock. It talks about the English-speaking #settlers who came to #NewBrunswick before the #Loyalists. #Illustrated with #colour and #B&W #photos and #drawings. $30. #Booksky #LocalHistory #SocialHistory #immigrants
Attn. #WWII #collectors: This 1969 #memoir was written by a #German #UBoat #commander, who served on five vessels in four years. His engaging #writing style puts you in the heat of the #battles. $25. #Booksky #biography #HerbertAWerner #war #navy #Germany
#ArthurConanDoyle died on this day in 1930... www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1308... #Booksky #SherlockHolmes #mystery
This scarce 1983 #book has been one of our #LocalHistory #bestsellers over the years (this is a 1984 second printing)! $25. #Booksky #NewBrunswick #truecrime #murder #crime #CapitalPunishment #BJGrant #SixFortheHangman
Attn. #MotorGirls #collectors: This #Goldsmith #reprint of #ThroughNewEngland is being offered #AsIs. #MargaretPenrose was a #pseudonym used by #LilianGaris. Broken front hinge, gutter break at page 156, and that #OldBookSmell. $20. #Booksky #scarce #StratemeyerSyndicate #KidsSeries
This 1973 #book by #SaintJohn 's own #StuartTrueman is getting harder to find. Buy it for the #NewBrunswick #stories, or the wonderful #illustrations by #Halifax #artist #TomAnthes! $25. #Booksky #giftworthy #LocalHistory #SocialHistory
This #scarce 1976 #book tells the story of the #GalloFamily 's attempt to reclaim their territory in #NewYorkCity. The #author was #JoeGallo 's righthand man. $30. #Booksky #Mafia #Mafioso #TrueCrime #ItalianAmericans #BookClub
#Annual #collectors: This 1923 #Blackies #GirlsAnnual is being sold #asis - two of the four #ColourPlates are separated. $20. #Booksky #ChildrensBooks #oldbooks #prettybooks
This #scarce 1992 #oral #history of life along the #BayofFundy in #NewBrunswick is back in stock! $20. #Booksky #LocalHistory #SocialHistory #GrandManan #PassamaquoddyBay #SaintJohn #DeerIsland
This 2008 #history of #Quispamsis, #NewBrunswick, would make a lovely #gift! #Illustrated with #B&W #photos. $20. #Booksky #LocalHistory #KennebecasisValley
On this day in 1881, #US #President, #JamesAGarfield, was shot. He died of complications on September 19th of that year. www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1198... #Booksky #assassination #poetry #politics #oldbooks #prettybooks
#ErnestHemingway died on this day in 1961. We have his entertaining 1961 #biography! I learned a few years ago that he'd worked for the #TorontoStar in the 1920's. #Canadian #journalist, #GregoryClark, tried to convince him to give up #fiction! $15. #Booksky #authors #AmericanLit #literature