July 2022

Dictionary of Word Origins
Joseph T. Shirpley, 1945
Littlefield, Adams & Company, US, 1964 edition
library “discard”. Spine ripped and reglued. Ex libris stamp on first leaf “Quamican Jr. Secondary” and inventory stamp on third leaf “1196”
And while I decided at the outset of this project not to include commentaries on the books, I could not resist including my favourite entry: “nun. see nincompoop.”

The Columbia Viking Desk Encyclopedia, Third Edition
Volume One - Aa–Lavaca Bay
edited by Columbia Encyclopedia editors, Columbia University, 1953, 1960, 1968
William Bridgewater, editor-in-chief
Viking Press, US
Published in Canada by MacMillan Company, CA, 1968
printed in US
pressed inside: my dad’s invitations to my sisters’ weddings with the flowers he wore as boutonnières

Coins of Canada J. A. Haxby and R. C. Willey, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1983, 1985
The Unitrade Press, CA, sixth edition 1985
ex libris signature on first leaf “Ralph Barrick” numerical progressions and lottery numbers(?) on first leaf and inside front and back covers

Master Lighting Guide for Portrait Photographers
Christopher Grey, 2004
Amherst Media Inc., US, 2004
printed in Korea