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
#OliverGoldsmith was born on this day in 1728...this lovely ca.1929 edition of the #VicarofWakefield was #illustrated by #ArthurRackham, and has its #dustjacket and matching #box!
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www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1693... #Booksky #literature #art #prettybooks #oldbooks #giftworthy
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November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
#OliverGoldsmith was born on this day in 1728...this lovely ca.1929 edition of the #VicarofWakefield was #illustrated by #ArthurRackham, and has its #dustjacket and matching #box!
www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1693... #Booksky #literature #art #prettybooks #oldbooks #giftworthy
www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1693... #Booksky #literature #art #prettybooks #oldbooks #giftworthy
#AsIs #special for a #NewBrunswick #salmon #fisherman: This #book was published in 2001. #Illustrated with #B&W #photos and #illustrations. The previous owner has made many #marks and #notes throughout. If this doesn't bother you, come and get it for $15! #Booksky #LocalHistory #fishing #angling
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
#AsIs #special for a #NewBrunswick #salmon #fisherman: This #book was published in 2001. #Illustrated with #B&W #photos and #illustrations. The previous owner has made many #marks and #notes throughout. If this doesn't bother you, come and get it for $15! #Booksky #LocalHistory #fishing #angling
Two #LargeFormat #NewBrunswick #military #books: #Fighting26th (1994), and has #B&W #photos and #maps. $225. #NewBrunswickers in the #AirForce (2002) - lots of #photographs and #biographies of the #fliers. $65. #Booksky #RemembranceDay #LocalHistory #SocialHistory #WWI #WWII #BringtheForklift
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Two #LargeFormat #NewBrunswick #military #books: #Fighting26th (1994), and has #B&W #photos and #maps. $225. #NewBrunswickers in the #AirForce (2002) - lots of #photographs and #biographies of the #fliers. $65. #Booksky #RemembranceDay #LocalHistory #SocialHistory #WWI #WWII #BringtheForklift
We have #JacquesPoitras ' #book and more about the #Irvings:
www.daveshootsbookseller.com/quicksearch/... Save the #shipping and the exchange by picking them up in West #SaintJohn! #Booksky #NewBrunswick #LocalHistory #SocialHistory #NaturalResources #business #oil #lumber
www.daveshootsbookseller.com/quicksearch/... Save the #shipping and the exchange by picking them up in West #SaintJohn! #Booksky #NewBrunswick #LocalHistory #SocialHistory #NaturalResources #business #oil #lumber
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
We have #JacquesPoitras ' #book and more about the #Irvings:
www.daveshootsbookseller.com/quicksearch/... Save the #shipping and the exchange by picking them up in West #SaintJohn! #Booksky #NewBrunswick #LocalHistory #SocialHistory #NaturalResources #business #oil #lumber
www.daveshootsbookseller.com/quicksearch/... Save the #shipping and the exchange by picking them up in West #SaintJohn! #Booksky #NewBrunswick #LocalHistory #SocialHistory #NaturalResources #business #oil #lumber
We have #biographies of #LesterPearson and #TommyDouglas:
www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1475...
www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1050... #Booksky #Canada #politics #biography
www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1475...
www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1050... #Booksky #Canada #politics #biography
November 8, 2025 at 12:19 PM
This 1918 #book about #fire waste in #Canada was published by the #Conservation Commission. #Illustrated with #B&W #photos. $25. #Booksky #disasters #FirePrevention #firefighting #buildings
November 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This 1918 #book about #fire waste in #Canada was published by the #Conservation Commission. #Illustrated with #B&W #photos. $25. #Booksky #disasters #FirePrevention #firefighting #buildings
The prolific #author of this #scarce 1922 #western turned to #writing after an attempt at farming #skunks and #foxes for their #fur failed. This is the first #Canadian edition. Four #illustrations by #DonnieDuer. $20. #Booksky #HalGEvarts #cowboys #fiction #novel
November 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The prolific #author of this #scarce 1922 #western turned to #writing after an attempt at farming #skunks and #foxes for their #fur failed. This is the first #Canadian edition. Four #illustrations by #DonnieDuer. $20. #Booksky #HalGEvarts #cowboys #fiction #novel
This is the first time we've seen this 2017 #history of the #MiramichiFolksongFestival, written for its 60th Anniversary in 2018. The #author, #SusanButler, is a #singer who was the longtime #director of the festival. $20. #Booksky #signed #Miramichi #NewBrunswick #FolkMusic #music #LouiseManny
November 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This is the first time we've seen this 2017 #history of the #MiramichiFolksongFestival, written for its 60th Anniversary in 2018. The #author, #SusanButler, is a #singer who was the longtime #director of the festival. $20. #Booksky #signed #Miramichi #NewBrunswick #FolkMusic #music #LouiseManny
This #reprint of #TSArthur 's 1872 #temperance #novel, #ThreeYearsinaMantrap, has sunning to the back cover. He is best known for #TenNightsinaBarRoom. $30. #Booksky #vices #drinking #alcohol #fiction
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This #reprint of #TSArthur 's 1872 #temperance #novel, #ThreeYearsinaMantrap, has sunning to the back cover. He is best known for #TenNightsinaBarRoom. $30. #Booksky #vices #drinking #alcohol #fiction
In 1953, three #Pennsylvania hunters disappeared in the woods in #Quebec (bodies were found later). A man named #WilbertCoffin was found guilty of the #murders and hanged. This #scarce 1996 #book covers the controversy about whether Coffin was wrongly convicted. $25. #Booksky #TrueCrime #Gaspe
November 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
In 1953, three #Pennsylvania hunters disappeared in the woods in #Quebec (bodies were found later). A man named #WilbertCoffin was found guilty of the #murders and hanged. This #scarce 1996 #book covers the controversy about whether Coffin was wrongly convicted. $25. #Booksky #TrueCrime #Gaspe
#Scarce 2010 #book of #historic #photos from #Sussex, #NewBrunswick. Technically, #signed by the #author, but previous owner has marked through the #inscription and author's name! $20. #Booksky #LocalHistory #SocialHistory #KingsCo #ElaineIngallsHogg
November 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
#Scarce 2010 #book of #historic #photos from #Sussex, #NewBrunswick. Technically, #signed by the #author, but previous owner has marked through the #inscription and author's name! $20. #Booksky #LocalHistory #SocialHistory #KingsCo #ElaineIngallsHogg
We need your help! This morning we got our first #online order since October 18th! If you live in #Canada or #Europe, please check out the 4000+ interesting #books on our #website: daveshootsbookseller.com Pick up your order in West #SaintJohn, #NB, and save the shipping and exchange! #Booksky 1/2
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
We need your help! This morning we got our first #online order since October 18th! If you live in #Canada or #Europe, please check out the 4000+ interesting #books on our #website: daveshootsbookseller.com Pick up your order in West #SaintJohn, #NB, and save the shipping and exchange! #Booksky 1/2
Lovely #ArtNouveau cover on this #scarce 1902 #temperance #novel. The #author, #SusannaRebeccaGrahamClark, was born in #NovaScotia, but her family moved to #Maine when she was a child. $40. #Booksky #fiction #oldbooks #prettybooks
November 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Lovely #ArtNouveau cover on this #scarce 1902 #temperance #novel. The #author, #SusannaRebeccaGrahamClark, was born in #NovaScotia, but her family moved to #Maine when she was a child. $40. #Booksky #fiction #oldbooks #prettybooks
This massive 1978 collection of #HGWells #ScienceFiction has 860 pages! Two-column layout and multiple #engraved page #decorations are pleasing to the eye. $15. #Booksky #TimeMachine #WaroftheWorlds #InvisibleMan #scifi
November 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
This massive 1978 collection of #HGWells #ScienceFiction has 860 pages! Two-column layout and multiple #engraved page #decorations are pleasing to the eye. $15. #Booksky #TimeMachine #WaroftheWorlds #InvisibleMan #scifi
This 1992 #book of #NewBrunswick #CoveredBridges is back in stock. Many of the #bridges in this book are gone. $20. #Booksky #art #LocalHistory #HelenColdrick #transportation #landmarks
November 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This 1992 #book of #NewBrunswick #CoveredBridges is back in stock. Many of the #bridges in this book are gone. $20. #Booksky #art #LocalHistory #HelenColdrick #transportation #landmarks
The #American #author of this #scarce 1905 #HistoricalRomance went on to write #screenplays thanks to her #agent being the mother of the #DeMille brothers! Lovely #blindstamped #ArtNouveau cover with #gilt decoration. $50. #Booksky #BeulahMarieDix #fiction #oldbooks #prettybooks
November 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The #American #author of this #scarce 1905 #HistoricalRomance went on to write #screenplays thanks to her #agent being the mother of the #DeMille brothers! Lovely #blindstamped #ArtNouveau cover with #gilt decoration. $50. #Booksky #BeulahMarieDix #fiction #oldbooks #prettybooks
There are some interesting #articles in this #scarce April, 1930 edition of the ( #London) #QuarterlyReview. $20. #Booksky #periodical #England #politics #trade #nature #buzzards #education #literature
November 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
There are some interesting #articles in this #scarce April, 1930 edition of the ( #London) #QuarterlyReview. $20. #Booksky #periodical #England #politics #trade #nature #buzzards #education #literature
Another #book by popular #SaintJohn #storyteller, #DavidGoss, is back in stock. Published in 2020, #SeasonalSnippets is dedicated to Saint John #stories. $20. #Booksky #scarce #LocalHistory #SocialHistory #NewBrunswick
November 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Another #book by popular #SaintJohn #storyteller, #DavidGoss, is back in stock. Published in 2020, #SeasonalSnippets is dedicated to Saint John #stories. $20. #Booksky #scarce #LocalHistory #SocialHistory #NewBrunswick
We had enough treats for 230 kids...ran out of candy at 7:15! My favourite encounter was when a kid said, "I remember getting #books from you!" He and his family were at my 25th Anniversary Open House/Book Sale in August (they all bought books and his older sister won the Gift Basket). #Booksky
November 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
This #scarce ca.1891 #book has a gorgeous cloth #binding with #gilt and black #decoration! This is a #novel about a #English #woman 's trip to #France. The title comes from #Shakespeare 's #Othello. Being sold #asis - page 15 is separated. $25. #Booksky #IdaLemon #oldbooks #prettybooks #fiction
October 31, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The #author of this #signed #FirstEdition 1968 #novel hails from #NovaScotia. Interesting #themes. $50. #Booksky #RobertALogan #fiction #HistoricalFiction #FirstNations #parapsychology #linguistics #GoldenTalisman
October 31, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The #author of this #signed #FirstEdition 1968 #novel hails from #NovaScotia. Interesting #themes. $50. #Booksky #RobertALogan #fiction #HistoricalFiction #FirstNations #parapsychology #linguistics #GoldenTalisman
This #scarce 1955 #history of the #SaintJohnGeneralHospital and #SchoolofNursing is back in stock! #Signed by one of the #doctors. #Illustrated with #B&W #photos. $75. #Booksky #SaintJohn #NewBrunswick #LocalHistory #SocialHistory #medicine #nursing #nurses
October 31, 2025 at 12:57 PM
This #scarce 1955 #history of the #SaintJohnGeneralHospital and #SchoolofNursing is back in stock! #Signed by one of the #doctors. #Illustrated with #B&W #photos. $75. #Booksky #SaintJohn #NewBrunswick #LocalHistory #SocialHistory #medicine #nursing #nurses
Sales this month have been scarily low...we'd love it if you'd check out our #website, and order a few of our more than 4000 interesting #books! Save the #shipping and the #exchange by picking them up in West #SaintJohn! Send us your #WishList too! daveshootsbookseller.com #Booksky #oldbooks
October 31, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Sales this month have been scarily low...we'd love it if you'd check out our #website, and order a few of our more than 4000 interesting #books! Save the #shipping and the #exchange by picking them up in West #SaintJohn! Send us your #WishList too! daveshootsbookseller.com #Booksky #oldbooks
This 3rd Edition (1965) of #JohnParker 's #SailsoftheMaritimes tells about large #schooners built in #AtlanticCanada between 1859 and 1929. Lots of #B&W #photos and #illustrations, many of them #foldout! $25. #Booksky #ships #shipbuilding #maritime #LocalHistory #SocialHistory
October 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This 3rd Edition (1965) of #JohnParker 's #SailsoftheMaritimes tells about large #schooners built in #AtlanticCanada between 1859 and 1929. Lots of #B&W #photos and #illustrations, many of them #foldout! $25. #Booksky #ships #shipbuilding #maritime #LocalHistory #SocialHistory
This 1881 #book of #lectures given about #teaching at #CambridgeUniversity is a #FirstEdition. The #author is described as a "brilliant teacher", and placed emphasis on the important of #literary training to teachers. $35. #Booksky #JGFitch #education #teachers #prettybooks #oldbooks
October 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This 1881 #book of #lectures given about #teaching at #CambridgeUniversity is a #FirstEdition. The #author is described as a "brilliant teacher", and placed emphasis on the important of #literary training to teachers. $35. #Booksky #JGFitch #education #teachers #prettybooks #oldbooks