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394 pages. Facsimile reprint. Originally published by the Queen's Printer 1888 to 1889. In these early reports are first hand accounts of many of the stirring incidents which shaped the history of the West, written by those who actually participated in them. The Indian Treaties, the influx of the American Sioux under Sitting Bull, the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, the North-West Rebellion, and the coming of the settlers are just a few of the dramatic events in which the North-West Mounted Police played an important part. Light external wear. Unmarked. Tight and square. A quality copy. Book
Paris Jules Rouff 1881-1882, 6 volumes (sur 10) In-8 reliés demi chagrin marron, dos à nerfs et fleurons dorés. Chaque volume environ 350 pages. 6 premiers volumes seuls de ces intéressantes mémoires. Reliures un peu frottées, des rousseurs. Néanmoins exemplaire correct.
32 pages. Features: Amazing one-page photo of Fred Einarson working 100 feet above Fisherman's Cove as he repars a cable to Eagle Island; Nice Aerial photo of downtown Vancouver looking from the south-southwest; Six photos of Kamloops staff at work; Photos of installation of New Westminster automatic equipment; Photos of company services being used inside Vancouver's new Public Safety Building; Photos of Cranbrook Staff - at work and at their public ball!; Photos relating to the installation of new automatic equipment for Cloverdale; Photos of dancing and skating employees; Photo of Fred (Mickey) Sharp who helped police capture bank robbers; 1954 Annual Report Highlights; Record expansion this year; Short article on pay phones; Retirees; In Memoriam - Frank C. Paterson and Robert B. Smith; social news; and much more. Lower corner of covers and pages bumped/worn, otherwise average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
132 pages with index of names and index of photos. "A historical segment of British Columbia history died with the disestablishment of the British Columbia Provincial Police in 1950." - subtitle. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this interesting and informative work. Book
104 pages. Features: Nice two-page AT&T ad features photos of young Meg Rawls; Bombs over Hanoi and Tough Talk from LBJ; 'Black Power' and the politics of frustration; Medicare and our sick hospitals; The Three R's = $Billions; Nice one-page ad for the Volkswagen (VW) bug; Hard to imagine two-page Caterpillar ad features photo of Ohio's 'hot river', the Mahoning, which was literally heated by heavy industrial effluent; RFK - Democratic kingpin in New York; Rebirth of the 5th Marines; Guests of the Viet Cong (POWs) - Walter W. Eckes and James Dodson; Photo ad for the MGB/BT car; Kwame Kkrumah of Ghana; Boom times in Tahiti; Argentina - the last coup?; Photo of Hugh Hefner in London with many bunnies; Stanley Upson of the Stan-Up Diner in Milling, PA is featured in a Hammermill Bond ad; Runner Jim Ryun; Chicago police were arresting 150 homosexuals per month; Publisher Harry N. Abrams and his 'hamburger art'; Nice CBS Radio Network ad features photo of airborne Phil Rizzuto in baseball game; and much more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
110 pages. "... For fifty years he was concerned with the work of evangelism in Japan... He worked for 33 years among the police in and around Tokyo, later moving to Kobe; during the war he visited many Japanese evacuation camps in the U.S.A." - from dust jacket. Moderate wear. Ink stamp upon front free endpaper. Binding sound. Average wear to price-clipped dust jacket. Book
184 pages. Index. Thirty-one pages of black and white photographic plates. Signed and inscribed by Hinton upon front free endpaper. Presents the Yukon's lively history from the gold rush through to construction of the Alaska Highway. Average wear. Binding intact. Some sunning to back strip. A sound copy. Book
116 pages. Black and white photographic plates. "A treatise on the training of pointers, setters, foxhounds, beagles, airedales, spaniels, and police dogs." - subtitle. Unmarked. Front hinge opening, otherwise average wear. Book
40 pages. Circa 1940s. 72 black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on glossy stock. Features: Great ad for part I of Hitler's Mein Kampf inside front cover; Big guns of the coast of France; Australia prepares to fight for the Allied cause - nice full-page photo of troops of the Australian Scottish Regiment marching on a road near Victoria, Australia; Royal Navy Gunners in training at sea; Photo of the Fire Region Nerve Centre; Princess Royal inspecting the Royal Corps of Signals on December 12th; The Corps of the Military Police - illustrated article by Sir Malcolm Campbell; Refuelling a Nazi seaplane; Finland holds out against the Soviet Invaders - eight great photos; British Air Supremacy - illustrated article by Sir Kingsley Wood; Torpedoed survivors have second adventure - the Belgian steamer Louis Sheid beaches on the coast of Devonshire on December 7th after rescuing survivors of the Dutch motor-ship Tajandoen - two super photos; Wonderful centerfold illustrations show how the R.A.F. has obtained thousands of valuable photos of German territory on the Western front; French Army activity on the Front; Training sailors for the Fleet Air Arm; The War at Sea - statement by Winston Churchill with photos; Sweden strengthens her defences - ten great photos including a full-page photo of the Drottning Victoria with guns ablaze; Commentary on the war this week; Photos of bomb-making for the Royal Air Force; Nazi Heinkel reconnaissance aircraft crashes into sea off Sheringham on December 6th; Summary of the chief events of this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
74 pages. Features: Guns of the VoPos - East German police are being armed with the latest Russian guns, equal to the best; The Sharps and the Buffalo (part II); Coy is the Coyote - one of the world's toughest targets; Save One For the Teacher - a Deer Hunting adventure; Sit Down and Shoot better Big Game scores; Try This for Grouse - Nebraska's vas sandhill areas offer the nation's best Grouse Hunting; When Colt's Was in London - 109 years ago; One of Two? An 8mm Raphael; Shooters for Tomorrow - youth shooting clubs; and more. Slight musty scent otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this vintage issue. Magazine
Features: Mountain Climbing - nice photos; Nova Scotia Feast - the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture's Annual mammoth chicken barbecue, the chicken a la grille; Drumbeats on the Prairie - Fort Battle, built by the Northwest Mounted Police in 1876; Ontario Roadside Parks Invite You; Trip Tips for Camera Fans; Summer Theatre - the Stratford Festival; Esso's Touring Service. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
This listing consists of pages 1-4, 7-8, and 13-18 of this issue which measures 23.5"x17". Contents: Communists pelt police upon release of communist Sam Carr; Slayings by firing squad ended in Germany; San Francisco waterfront brawl between strikers and police; large illustrated ad for McLaughlin-Buick Straight Eights, available through H.A. Davie, Ltd.; Editorial page; Social pages; Sports page; Business page; Cartoon page; Classified ads page; B.C. Mining News feature; large ad for David Spencer Limited; Assorted additional vintage ads. Average wear and soiling. A great heirloom from earlier days in Victoria, B.C. Newspaper
112 pages. Includes guitar sheet music and lyrics for these great Police songs: Born in the Fifties; Canary in a Coalmine; Can't Stand Losing You; De Do Do Do; Don't Stand So Close To Me; Every Breath You Take; Every Little Thing She Does is Magic; Invisible Sun; King of Pain; Main in a Suitcase; Message in a Bottle; Omegaman; Roxanne; Secret Journey; Spirits in the Material World; Synchronicity II; Walking on the Moon; When the World is Running Down You Make the Best of What's Still Around; Wrapped Around Your Finger. Moderate wear. Minimal markings to contents. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great compilation. Book
Signed and inscribed by author upon first blank leaf. 203 pages. Map. Black and white photographic plates. A biographical account in which author recounts his colourful memories as a career law enforcement officer. Above-average wear. A worthy reading copy. Book
182 pages. Footnotes. Index. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of photos, plus several in colour. Published to accompany the exhibition, On The Beat: 150 Years of Policing in London, Ontario, July 30, 2005 to January 15, 2006. Gift greetings upon front free endpaper otherwise clean and unmarked with very light wear - the only exceptions being several short openings along fore-edge of back board. A nice copy of this informative history. Book
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Contemporary cloth bdg. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script. 156, [1] p. TBTK 12972.; Özege 7009 / 2.; OCLC 235162212 (Only one copy in Harvard Law School Library, HLS Library). Second Edition.
8vo., First Edition, with 16 plates on 9 and 2 folding maps. WANTING FRONTISPIECE AND 4 PLATES; original regimental blue and yellow cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, case loose (but text block entirely sound), a good working copy. Appendices include ROH, awards & decorations. This title can be recased with new endpapers on request. EXTREMELY SCARCE. Perkins, p.302.
Paris, Librairie du Recueil Sirey, 1940. 2 volumes, un fort et grand in-8 (16,5 x 25 cm), brochés, 1066 pages et pour le supplément 88 pp. Note imprimée sur la couverture : " En raison de leur caractère confidentiel, ces cours de Sécurité Publique ne sont pas publiés, étant exclusivement réservés à Messieurs les fonctionnaires des différents services de Police, à Messieurs les gradés de la Gendarmerie et des Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité. Il n'est possible de se les procurer qu'en s'adressant à l'auteur, chez lequel un contrôle est strictement effectué, chaque volume étant numéroté. "
Paris, Librairie du Recueil Sirey, 1945. Grand et fort in-8, (17 x 25 cm), broché, 819 pp. Ex N° 634. L'auteur Maurice FAGES : Commissaire Principal de la Sûreté Nationale et Professeur à l'Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Police. Le Supplément (mise à jour au 1er janvier 1945) : 46 pp. Bel exemplaire.
Lyon, Editions Joannès Desvigne & Fils, 1945. 2 volumes in-8, brochés, 734 et 382 pp. Bel exemplaire.
307pp, 349pp, 76pp VG/none First (only?) edition, in German. Two volumes plus supplementary volume. Full titles Die Wiener Polizei Neue Beiträge zur Geschichte des Sicherheitswesens in den Ländern der Ehemaligen Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie and Die Angehörigen der Wiener Polizeidirektion (1754-1900) Ein Nachtrag zur Geschichte der Wiener Polizei. Original editorial black cloth with bright gilt lettering on spine and front board, minimal signs of wear and discolouration on boards, overall in excellent conditions, internally almost as new, still in original individual cardboard slipcases (browned). Comprehensive, standard work, in German, on the history of Wien Police, together with the supplement volume on its Directors. Prima (unica?) edizione, in tedesco. Due volumi piu' un volume di supplemento. Rilegatura editoriale tutta tela nera con scritte dorate al piatto e al dorso, segni minimi di usura, nel complesso in condizioni ottime, internamente come nuovi, ancora negli astucci cartonati (bruniti questi). Notevole opera sulla storia della polizia viennese, con un volume di supplemento dedicato ai suoi direttori.
In 4, tela, sovracc., cofanetto in tela, tagli argentati, pp. 373, riccamente illustrato.Editore Taschen Materia/Argomento Musica, Rock, Police
46 pages. Abundantly illustrated with colour and black and white archival photos. Features: Bill Maximick - Profile of a Western Artist - one of British Columbia's most respected marine artists; When Whales Were Fair Game - Between 1910 and 1943 Rose Harbour and other whaling stations whaled the Pacific; Amur, Danube & Tees - Three Pioneer West Coast Steamers that carried gold-seekers to the Klondike; Blue-Coated Mounties - The Alberta Provincial Police; Klondike Joe Boyle. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Book
This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Signed by the artist, Sting, in ink on the front endpaper and briefly inscribed to a fan. Otherwise completely clean throughout. Illustrated mostly in color. 12" high X 9" wide, 93 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
134 pages. Features: If War Comes Tomorrow?; We Fly the Piper Special; Speed Plus; New York's Winged Police; Roun-The-World Horsepower; State Supervised Flying; Alfalfa Airport; Supercruising the World; It's Fun on Floats; "Thimble Drome" Special; Plymouth's First International Model Meet; 1947 Nationals; Sky Bait; Make Your Exposures Count; The Air-O Mighty MIdget; Radio Control Stinson 150 - Part 2; Model Aero Club Directory; Many pages of great ads; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Some age-toning to pages. Front cover beginning to loosen, otherwise a sound copy of this nice vintage issue. Magazine
