Dave Shoots Books
@daveshootsbooks.bsky.social
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. http://daveshootsbookseller.com
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1/2 Effective immediately, we will no longer be shipping #books to the #UnitedStates due to the lifting of the "di minimis exemption" by its president on August 29th. We refuse to ask our customers to pay a 35% #tariff. We will resume service to the U.S. once this tariff has been lifted. #ElbowsUp
This 1941 #ModernLibrary #book contains five #Irish #plays by #JohnMSynge, #SeanOCasey, #LadyGregory, and #PaulVincentCarroll. $15. #Booksky #drama #IrishLit
November 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This 1941 #ModernLibrary #book contains five #Irish #plays by #JohnMSynge, #SeanOCasey, #LadyGregory, and #PaulVincentCarroll. $15. #Booksky #drama #IrishLit
This massive 2014 #LewisCarroll #book has 771 pages, and includes #AlicesAdventuresinWonderland, as well as #SylvieandBruno, #HuntingoftheSnark, and #Phantasmagoria. #Illustrated by #JohnTenniel. Bottom corner of front board broken. $15. #Booksky #AsIs #literature #KidLit #ChildrensBook
November 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This massive 2014 #LewisCarroll #book has 771 pages, and includes #AlicesAdventuresinWonderland, as well as #SylvieandBruno, #HuntingoftheSnark, and #Phantasmagoria. #Illustrated by #JohnTenniel. Bottom corner of front board broken. $15. #Booksky #AsIs #literature #KidLit #ChildrensBook
We have lots of #fishing books including many #local ones (and many more to be listed): www.daveshootsbookseller.com/quicksearch/... #Booksky #WorldFisheriesDay #sports #angling #fish #salmon #NewBrunswick #Maritimes #Newfoundland #NovaScotia
November 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
We have lots of #fishing books including many #local ones (and many more to be listed): www.daveshootsbookseller.com/quicksearch/... #Booksky #WorldFisheriesDay #sports #angling #fish #salmon #NewBrunswick #Maritimes #Newfoundland #NovaScotia
Originally published in 1955 (this #reprint is 2001), this #WillRBird #book tells about two men from #NewBrunswick who fought in #WWII. #JackFairweather was from #Rothesay, and #JackVeness was from #Fredericton. #Illustrated with #B&W #photos. $20. #Booksky #military #biography
November 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Originally published in 1955 (this #reprint is 2001), this #WillRBird #book tells about two men from #NewBrunswick who fought in #WWII. #JackFairweather was from #Rothesay, and #JackVeness was from #Fredericton. #Illustrated with #B&W #photos. $20. #Booksky #military #biography
This #FirstEdition 1925 #PaulBunyan #book is #illustrated with lovely #woodcuts by #AllenLewis. $15. #Booksky #legends #FrenchCanadians #art
November 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This #FirstEdition 1925 #PaulBunyan #book is #illustrated with lovely #woodcuts by #AllenLewis. $15. #Booksky #legends #FrenchCanadians #art
This 1966 #book (2nd printing) about #cults is being offered at a fraction of what it would sell for if the previous owner hadn't completely marked it up with #underlining and #notes! Note to self - take more time to check #books at #BookSales! $10. #Booksky #AsIs #religion #IrvineRobertson
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This 1966 #book (2nd printing) about #cults is being offered at a fraction of what it would sell for if the previous owner hadn't completely marked it up with #underlining and #notes! Note to self - take more time to check #books at #BookSales! $10. #Booksky #AsIs #religion #IrvineRobertson
This is the first time we've seen this #scarce 2023 #book about #women of #Western #NewBrunswick. #Illustrated with #B&W #photos. Gift incriptions. $25. #Booksky #LocalHistory #SocialHistory #Herstory #biography
November 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This is the first time we've seen this #scarce 2023 #book about #women of #Western #NewBrunswick. #Illustrated with #B&W #photos. Gift incriptions. $25. #Booksky #LocalHistory #SocialHistory #Herstory #biography
This 2016 #book about #slavery in the #Maritimes explodes the myth that #Blacks came to #Canada and lived "happily ever after." $20. #Booksky #history #SocialHistory #UndergroundRailroad #racism #AmericanRevolution
November 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This 2016 #book about #slavery in the #Maritimes explodes the myth that #Blacks came to #Canada and lived "happily ever after." $20. #Booksky #history #SocialHistory #UndergroundRailroad #racism #AmericanRevolution
This padded #leatherette 1984 edition of #WindintheWillows features 15 delightful #ColourPlates by #JonathanLangley. Wonderful #gift! Gift #inscription to previous owner. $30. #Booksky #ChildrensBooks #KidLit #KennethGrahame #animals #literature
November 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This padded #leatherette 1984 edition of #WindintheWillows features 15 delightful #ColourPlates by #JonathanLangley. Wonderful #gift! Gift #inscription to previous owner. $30. #Booksky #ChildrensBooks #KidLit #KennethGrahame #animals #literature
This #scarce 1998 #book about #sports in #Bathurst, #NewBrunswick would make a lovely #gift! #Illustrated with #B&W #photos. $20. #Booksky #LocalHistory #SocialHistory #hockey #baseball #curling #tennis #boxing
November 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This #scarce 1998 #book about #sports in #Bathurst, #NewBrunswick would make a lovely #gift! #Illustrated with #B&W #photos. $20. #Booksky #LocalHistory #SocialHistory #hockey #baseball #curling #tennis #boxing
The #illustrations in this #scarce undated #ChildrensBook indicate a #Japanese influence. #LargePrint #AsIs - #colour #frontispiece was separated and reattached with clear tape. $15. #Booksky #folklore #BedtimeStories #SlaveandHisGoldenEgg
November 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The #illustrations in this #scarce undated #ChildrensBook indicate a #Japanese influence. #LargePrint #AsIs - #colour #frontispiece was separated and reattached with clear tape. $15. #Booksky #folklore #BedtimeStories #SlaveandHisGoldenEgg
This is the first time we've seen this undated 13-page #booklet of #OldHouses in #Fredericton (ca. 1960s). #Photos were taken by #BruceAtkinson of #HarveyStudios. $20. #Booksky #scarce #LocalHistory #NewBrunswick #MaryBarker #NewBrunswickTravelBureau
November 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This is the first time we've seen this undated 13-page #booklet of #OldHouses in #Fredericton (ca. 1960s). #Photos were taken by #BruceAtkinson of #HarveyStudios. $20. #Booksky #scarce #LocalHistory #NewBrunswick #MaryBarker #NewBrunswickTravelBureau
These #AubreyBeardsley #books would make a lovely #gift for someone interested in #art! #CollectedDrawings (1967) has #B&W #illustrations - $20. "Aubrey Beardsley" (1998) has B&W and #colour #illustrations and #photos, and #biographical information - $30. Buy both for $45! #Booksky #aesthetic
November 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
These #AubreyBeardsley #books would make a lovely #gift for someone interested in #art! #CollectedDrawings (1967) has #B&W #illustrations - $20. "Aubrey Beardsley" (1998) has B&W and #colour #illustrations and #photos, and #biographical information - $30. Buy both for $45! #Booksky #aesthetic
There are some #NewBrunswick #maps included in this 1988 #book of early #NovaScotia maps. #Illustrated with #B&W #photos, #drawings and maps. Front cover a little creased. $20. #Booksky #cartography #LocalHistory #Maritimes #Acadians
November 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
There are some #NewBrunswick #maps included in this 1988 #book of early #NovaScotia maps. #Illustrated with #B&W #photos, #drawings and maps. Front cover a little creased. $20. #Booksky #cartography #LocalHistory #Maritimes #Acadians
The #NewBrunswick #author of this 1977 #book about #building a #cordwood house described himself as a "master #mortar stuffer." His house was in #UpperGagetown. #Illustrated with #B&W #photos and #drawings. $20. #Booksky #JackHenstridge #technical #construction #BacktotheLand
November 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The #NewBrunswick #author of this 1977 #book about #building a #cordwood house described himself as a "master #mortar stuffer." His house was in #UpperGagetown. #Illustrated with #B&W #photos and #drawings. $20. #Booksky #JackHenstridge #technical #construction #BacktotheLand
We have this 1984 #CoffeeTable #book about the #SaskatchewanRoughriders: www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1609... #Booksky #football #sports #GreyCup #Saskatchewan
November 17, 2025 at 12:08 PM
We have this 1984 #CoffeeTable #book about the #SaskatchewanRoughriders: www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1609... #Booksky #football #sports #GreyCup #Saskatchewan
This 1925 #softcover #book details #Canadian #PrimeMinister, #MackenzieKing 's life and achievements during his first term (he would go on to serve two more terms as PM). $20. #Booksky #politics #Canada #biography #Liberal
November 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
This 1925 #softcover #book details #Canadian #PrimeMinister, #MackenzieKing 's life and achievements during his first term (he would go on to serve two more terms as PM). $20. #Booksky #politics #Canada #biography #Liberal
The #author of this #book of #essays, #JGHolland (aka #TimothyTitcomb), sold more #books during his lifetime than #MarkTwain did in his. #LessonsinLife was published in 1861 - this is a 1903 #Canadian edition of the 1881 #revised edition. $25. #Booksky #philosophy #ethics #oldbooks
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The #author of this #book of #essays, #JGHolland (aka #TimothyTitcomb), sold more #books during his lifetime than #MarkTwain did in his. #LessonsinLife was published in 1861 - this is a 1903 #Canadian edition of the 1881 #revised edition. $25. #Booksky #philosophy #ethics #oldbooks
This #scarce 1985 #history of #Knowlesville, #NewBrunswick by #JudsonMCorey is back in stock (we also have the followup #book, #CoreyStory, on our #website - www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1172...). $30. #Booksky #LocalHistory #SocialHistory #genealogy
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This #scarce 1985 #history of #Knowlesville, #NewBrunswick by #JudsonMCorey is back in stock (we also have the followup #book, #CoreyStory, on our #website - www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1172...). $30. #Booksky #LocalHistory #SocialHistory #genealogy
The #author 's son called this 1864 #book and the two that preceded it "dime #novels of the #Bible." They were very popular at the time. #Illustrated with #engravings. #OldBookSmell. $75. #Booksky #ThroneofDavid #JHIngraham #oldbooks #prettybooks #religion #blindstamped #gilt
November 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The #author 's son called this 1864 #book and the two that preceded it "dime #novels of the #Bible." They were very popular at the time. #Illustrated with #engravings. #OldBookSmell. $75. #Booksky #ThroneofDavid #JHIngraham #oldbooks #prettybooks #religion #blindstamped #gilt
This #scarce ca.1905 #British #PictureBook has a #story about a kid whose head is stuck in a ladder! 44 delightful #illustrations by various #artists. #Poems and #stories with a #religious bent. Missing front endpaper. $50. #Booksky #ChildrensBooks #religion #Christianity #LondonGospelTractDepot
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This #scarce ca.1905 #British #PictureBook has a #story about a kid whose head is stuck in a ladder! 44 delightful #illustrations by various #artists. #Poems and #stories with a #religious bent. Missing front endpaper. $50. #Booksky #ChildrensBooks #religion #Christianity #LondonGospelTractDepot
This is the first time we've seen this 2018 #book about the #Fighting26thBattalion of #NewBrunswick. #Illustrated with #B&W #photos and #maps. $20. #Booksky #LocalHistory #SocialHistory #WWI #military
November 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This is the first time we've seen this 2018 #book about the #Fighting26thBattalion of #NewBrunswick. #Illustrated with #B&W #photos and #maps. $20. #Booksky #LocalHistory #SocialHistory #WWI #military
We have several #books about the #Acadians: www.daveshootsbookseller.com/quicksearch/... #Booksky #LocalHistory #SocialHistory #NewBrunswick #SamueldeChamplain #France #French #immigration
November 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I have a fondness for #insects that don't bite me, particularly #beetles. This 1996 #FieldGuide to #NortheasternLonghornedBeetles is in exceptional condition and can be yours for only $30! #Illustrated with #colour #photos. #Booksky #bugs #biology #entomology #science
November 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I have a fondness for #insects that don't bite me, particularly #beetles. This 1996 #FieldGuide to #NortheasternLonghornedBeetles is in exceptional condition and can be yours for only $30! #Illustrated with #colour #photos. #Booksky #bugs #biology #entomology #science