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44 pages. Featuring South-East Alberta. Black and white illustrations. Usual library markings. Average wear. Sound working copy. Book
8 pages. Features: Incredible cover photo of two moose pulling cart; Photo of anti-auto theft device from 1914 by the Miller-Chapman Company of Los Angeles; Glenbow and the Mounted Police; The Case of the Missing Museum - what happened to 7,500 unusual and irreplacable museum pieces which disappeared in Calgary 25 years ago?; Tattooing Among the Crees. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
243 pages including index. Reveals that police are not mere 'referees' of our legal lives, blowing the whistle on our infractions. They are censors of certain types of possibly wrongful actions. They are selective in their invocation of criminal law and use the law artfully to restore settings to 'orderliness'. Author and his colleagues followed the work of patrol officers in a large Canadian regional police force. From their direct observations comes a wealth of information, quantitatively assembled and qualitatively discussed, with insights into the nature of policing. Prior owner's details upon half-title page else unmarked. Light to moderate wear. Glossy illustrated covers. Solid copy. Book
Over 339 pages. A collection of readings on patrol programs, procedures, and innovative technology. Clean and unmarked. Tight and square with moderate wear. Sound working copy. Book
88 pages. Stories include: Mission to Moscow; Policing 'Spokeshute', now Port Essington, 1930; Sayonara - Policing Relocated Japanese; Retracing the Lost Patrol; Somewhat above-average wear. Small sticker remnant upon front cover. Book
20 pages. Reprint of the 1946 first edition. Reproductions of many archival black and white photos. "The reminiscent stories and pictures of our diistrict herein make this a priceless souvenir." - from inside front cover. Topics include: New Denver in Olden Days, Eldorado Named, Poverty Flat, Hotels, Industries, Farms, Recreation, S.S. Wm. Hunter, Mines, Roads of the Community, Water, Lights and Electricity, Water, Parks, Bridges, Railways, Schools, Hospitals, Telephones, Police and Law, Telephones, Mail, Fires, Wharves, Churches, Beauties of New Denver, Newspapers, Eli Carpenter, R.T. Lowery, William Thomlinson, The Japanese in New Denver - recreation, logging, schools, summer school, sanitorium, crematorium. Four hand-written corrections to celebration details on red card covers, otherwise moderate wear. Binding sound. Book
280 pages. Police procedural at its best. Tough, smart and too good to miss. - Alan Furst Book
Unpaginated. Large black and white photographs throughout. Gendarme was to be a Police Horse, but he was big and awkward and slow to learn, and it seemed he would never be a trooper's mount. His trainer called him "Ugly Duckling", but he liked Gendarme's calm, quiet nature and patiently began to train the horse. The true story of how Gendarme learned the ways of a Police Horse. Average wear. Blue boards moderately bumped. Dust jacket well-worn with three inch tear at top of front panel near spine and some smallish chunks missing. Despite this, the brightly illustrated dust jacket has the potential to be quite attractive, given some tlc and the addition of a glossy protective sleeve. Book
121 pages with index. Covers show wear but contents are quite nice. Seeks to dispel a few myths about the lives of some notable people from Vancouver's past. "The time has come to open the closets and let all our ancestors out"! Covers such topics as: Who kept the city's first house of ill-repute, who was the first man charge with keeping an illegal gaming establishment, etc. This carefully researched book is all absolutely true... and very funny. Book
704 pages including index. A detailed and critical discussion of the role fo the police in Canada's law enforcement structure. Sections include: The development of Canadian Policing; Modern Police and Policing; Selection and Training; Powers in Law Enforcement; Criminal Investigation; Specialized Types of Crime; Miscellaneous Enforcement; The Police and Society. William Kelly is a former Deputy Commissioner of the RCMP. Book is unmarked but for rubber stamp upon front endpaper. Dust jacket well worn and has "3" sticker taped to spine. Book
160 pages. Index. "Tells the story of that band of red-coated policemen whose fame has spread worldwide since its formation." - from dust jacket. Wonderfully illustrated in colour and black and white. Price-clipped dust jacket else clean, bright and unmarked. Lovely copy. Book
Features: The Passion of Diane Fossey - one woman's lonely battle to save the mountain gorilla; Where the Earth Shows its Bones - Majesty and malaise in Gros Morne National Park; Spirit of Sail - Learning the art of a high-canvas life; Equine Justice - Toronto Police Force's mounted unit serves, protects and mucks out the stalls; Redesigning Life - Biotechnologists transform animals and creat novel life forms. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
74 pages. Features: Canada's G20 summit; Christopher Plummer in Conversation; Chinese efforts to influence Chinese-Canadian media; Comeback of Conrad Black; Lance Armstrong - accusations of cheating; Wild Chinese groomed pets; Kevin MacLeod - Secretary to the Queen; Bethany Carol Lott - Obituary; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
178 pages. Features: George Lucas faces life after Star Wars; Why I.Q. is skyrocketing; The Rise of Solar Energy; Chicago's Spycam Police Force; The Wired 40 - companies driving the global economy - Google, Apple, eBay... plus Samsung vs. Sony; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
132 pages. Claims Canada's political leaders have created a constitutional vacuum within which no one's rights are immune from political vagaries. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
32 pages. Fascinating and informative early N.W.M.P. history supported with many excellent black and white photos of rifles, handguns, ammo, and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
338 pages. Index. The best-selling expose of the RCMP that reads like a spy thriller. "I'm tempted to say it may be the best book yet on Canadian security" - Peter Worthington. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Book
120 pages. Features: Calgary's salute to the RCMP; Yukon River Patrol 1973; VE 3 RCMP; The Year at Depot; The Scarlet Divers; Honouring Major Walsh; New Guidon; plus coverage of numerous Centennial events. Faint ink stamp and small blacked out name upon title page, else unmarked with light wear. Nice bright copy. Book
84 pages. Features: New Deputy Commissioner - Chester Redmond; Fort Carlton 1885; Family Tradition - The Sutherland Clan; Late Cst. Michel Allard; RCMP Literature AFter 1900; Liquor Raid in Nova Scotia; Safe Jackers; Murray Linklater crashes his Cessna 140; The Thief Who Never Was - Prince Rupert; Corporal Leonard Victor Ralls; and more. Average wear. Binding intact. Prior owner's name blacked out atop title page else unmarked. Sound copy. Book
84 pages. Features: Bell 212 Helicopter in Newfoundland; Brun - RCMP Horses in Alberta; Hidden Liquor Well; Cree Tattooing; Bootleg Fish - Nova Scotia; The Alberta Provincial Police; Robbery or Mischief in Haney, B.C.; Constable John Clisby; Arrested German POWs; and much more. Moderate wear. Prior owner's details black out atop title page else unmarked. Sound copy. Book
80 pages. Features: They Tamed The East - Insp. J.P. Blakeney; A Little Bit of Luck - Montreal; Sudden Death - Winnipegosis; Underwater Investigators; Late Cst. H.S. Seigel; Loan Sharks "Landed"; Unique Apprehension; Death at Pouce Coupe Prairie; TV Influence; Devious Methods Pay Off; Swift Current 1934; and more. Prior owner's details blacked out upon title page else unmarked with moderate wear. Sound cpoy. Book
80 pages. Features: Young Narwhal; Mississauga COPS; They Got Their... Ghost?; A Crude Mace in Surrey, B.C.; "Ursus Horribilis"; Rogue Sheep Killer: A Story of K Troop 1959; Poetic Justice; Derek Thomas Ivany; The "Pierce" Touch; Barrage of Bullets in Nanaimo; Barbados Drug Seminars; A Page From the Old West; "Thank-You" Christmas Card - Jasper National Park; Ingenuity Pays Off; and much more. Moderate wear. Prior owner's details blacked out upon title page else unmarked. Sound copy. Book
80 pages. Features: North American Air Defence Command - Colorado Springs; William Joseph Green killed on duty; Expo 1970 in Osaka; Royal Visit 1970; Mail Truck Heist in Alberta; Short Term Sailors - off Vancouver Island; Iceberg Incorporated - Museums; The new vessel Regina; Ex-Sgt. R.L. Trolove; and more. Prior owner's details stroked out atop title page else unmarked with moderate wear. Sound cpoy. Book
80 pages. Features: Commissioner receives Tipstaff; Dominion of Canada Rifle Association - 1970; Fresh Pork(er); The RCMP Auxiliaries; Break up Hash Party; Tragic Patrol - Sgt. R.J. Schrader and Cst. D.B. Anson; Intuition Pays Off; Protect that car from Theft!; Flying "High"; Province of the Giant Bluefin; Historic Document recalls establishment of the force; Paddy Hamilton; and more. Prior owner's details blacked out atop title page. Faint small ink stamp to front cover. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
80 pages. Features: Deputy Commissioner Fitzsimmons Retires; Policing the Green Gold Country - Alert Bay, Vancouver Island; A Mine Washes up; Hugh Keenleyside Dam near Castlegar, B.C.; Patrol Boat Moosomin II; Dangerous Water Skier; Resuce on the Red River; Arctic Honeymoon; Montreal Tragedy; The Plastic Witness; Retired Undefeated - Cst. Martin Parsons; N Division - 1921; Hockey Memories; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
