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160 pages including bibliography. Presents a multitude of current restaurant menus and intriguing tales from Victoria's past, along with fascinating heritage photographs, many of which date back to the early 1900s. "Did you know that a prominent Victoria hotel was once host to an indoor, nine hold golf tournament? Did you know that a Victoria heritage building, now home to a French restaurant, gained notoriety when its Chinese cook jealously beheaded a prostitute with the kitchen fish slicer?" - from back cover. Unmarked with minimal wear to glossy decorated covers. Contents clean and crisp. An unusual and interesting volume in giftable condition. Book
191958380Pasadena CA: Pasadena Star-News January 1 1919. 4to. 40 pp unpaginated. Photo-illustrated throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers beautiful Birds-eye view cover art of Pasadena and the Rose Parade by Frank E. Brown colour photo illustrations back cover & versos of covers slight shelfwear rubbing still VG copy. First edition of this lavishly illustrated souvenir program for the 1919 Tournament of Roses parade events celebrating the end of World War I. Sadly this was probably the precipitating events which triggered the massive outbreaks of the 1918-1919 flu pandemic through Los Angeles Pasadena and surrounding cities resulting in forcing school closures bans on public gatherings and 1000’s of cases and deaths. In addition there is also featured a land promotion section for the latter half of the brochure touting the notable citizens businesses hotels and stylish homes & gardens in Pasadena and Southern California. Pasadena Star-News paperback
vue_opt_063.jpegVue d'Optique du dix-huitième siècle
36 pages. Features: How the Secret Army Tried to Kill De Gaulle - article with photos; Hand Knits fashion photo feature (colour photos); Full-page photo ad for Canadian Pacific's flights to the Orient features beautiful Asian woman; Bill Warwick of Penticton hockey fame seeks to return the "real" World Hockey Tournament Campionship trophy to the Russians - after his team returned a phony cup! - article and photos; TV's Fresh Young Faces - colour photos of Dinah Christie, Julie Rekai, Rhonda Silver, Lorraine Green, Louise Marleau and Beth Morris; Constable Ted Owens teaches safety in Saanich schools. Nipper comic. Printed by newspapers across Canada as a weekend supplement. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
19862092902141204607Jiangsu Ancient Books 1986. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Jiangsu Ancient Books paperback
19882090502113700285Not Available 1988. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
19882090502113700195Not Available 1988. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
19852090502113701831Not Available 1985. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
