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506 pages including notes and index. The story of the Canadian men and women who, during the period from 1865 to 1924, struggled against the corruption of political patronage, abysmal working conditions and poverty-level salaries in the federal civil service. This is an account of the history of some of the organizations formed to overcome these adverse conditions, and the story of the dedicated men and women who guided them, often at great personal risk. Documents their few victories and many defeats, and the significant impact that their dogged perseverance has had on the Canadian federal service of today. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy of this exhaustive work. Book
128 pages. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of archival black and white photos plus modern glossy colour photos. The product of the 60th Anniversary project of the Town of Smithers. Chapters include: The Telegraph Trail; Ploughshares, Picks and Picaroons; B.C.'s First Village; Before the Crash; Mining's Bright Decade; Life in The Thirties; The War Years and Beyond. Contents clean and unmarked. Binding tight. Average wear to colour photo-illustrated boards. A sound copy. Book
41 pages. Author's inscription and signature upon title page. "The forest community of Huckleberry Hollow welcomes a newborn family to the Hollow, a family of snowshoe hares. One of the young ones is especially frisky and daring; always using his long strong back legs to their fullest potential!" - from back cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Glossy illustrated boards. Very nice copy. Book
159 pages including index. This fascinating collection of photographs presents a period of startling chage in theatre - from 1954 to the present - in addition to the many changes Snowdon himself initiated in the style of theatre photography. These photographs capture the reckless, stylish spirit of genius of some of the world's greatest stage actors as well as directors, designers and writers. A stunning who's who of British theatre. Very light wear. Clean, bright and unmarked. Lovely copy in giftable condition. Book
344 pages. The true, riveting and extraordinary story of a young man born in the wrong place at the wrong time. Lothar Orbach's family was proud of its German military and cultural heritage, but that was no help to a Jewish boy coming of age in Hitler's Berlin. A story of amazing courage and excitement in a world gone mad. At its center is the astonishing Lothar/Gerhard, street thug, romantic youth, and survivor, clinging to his humanity and his irrpressible spirit soars underground. Book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. Dust jacket shows very light signs of handling. Excellent copy. Book
219 pages including index. Examines the development of Canada's extensive welfare state, the various ideological views of social policy, and the overwhelming contributions of liberal thought to social welfare in Canada. Minor quantity of yellow high-lighting else unmarked with very light wear in attractive glossy covers. Book
Roy. 8vo., red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
289 pages including index and black and white illustrations. Two hundred years of life in the Ottawa Valley, colourfully told and lavishly illustrated. Here, in the words of hte men and women who have lived or remembered them, are the remarkable stories which make up the history of Canada's Ottawa Valley. A rich oral history with a wonderful collection of original photos. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Very nice copy. Book
328 pages. Unclipped dust jacket has very light rubbing and signs of wear. An eminent journalist's distillation of two decades that have reshaped the Canadian mentality - and a searching examination of the new and very changed nation emerging into bloom. Newman demonstrates yet again that special knack for impaling his subjects like improbably butterflies and documenting their twitchings - and he does it with a panache that makes great reading. Subjects include, John Diefenbaker, Pierre Trudeau, Joe Clark, Brian Mulroney, Rene Levesque, John Turner, Ed Broadbent and Bill Vander Zalm. Book
26 pages. Songs include: Hey Good Lookin'; I Saw the Light; Jambalaya; Poppin' That Shine; I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry; Cold Cold Heart; I Can't Help It; Long Gone Lonesome Blues; Your Cheatin' Heart. Appears to be circa 1964. Above-average wear. Covers holding by one staple. Some markings on covers. A worthy working copy of this great vintage compilation. Book
16 pages. Bilingual English/French. Published in conjunction with "Songs on Stone: James McNeill Whistler and the Art of Lithography" exhibited at the National Gallery of Canada from 2 October 1998 to 3 January 1999. Unmarked. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
Very nice book with no creasing to covers or spine, no marking of any kind to text/interior. 300 pages, book appears new. Book explains the principles of resonance, entrainment, binaural beat frequencies and the ground-breaking work of Dr. Alfred Tomatis. Interviews with Vickie Dodd, Robert Gass, Jonathan Goldman, Janalea Hoffman, Arthur Hull, Michael Jones, Tom Kenyon, Therese Schroeder-Sheker, Fred Schwartz, Molly Scott, Michael Stevens, Jeffrey Thompson,
126 pages includingindex and black and white illustrations. This work completes the author's School Certificate trilogy, Heat, Light, and Sound. Chapters include: Sound Waves; Sound Velocity and Signalling; Reflection, Refraction and Interference; Vibrations of Strings; Resonance, Vibrations of Air in Columns; Analysis and Recording of Sound; The Ear - Musical Scales - Scales of Loudness. Emphasis is on text rather than mathematics. Includes interesting black and white photographs and illustrations. Above-average wear. Spine leaning. Binding intact. Writing upon endpapers. Ocassional light pencil markings to contents. A worthy working copy of this wonderful text. Book
12mo, 269 pages, illustrated. Inscriptions of a previous owner on the prelims. Covers soiled. eng
1p. Leaflet Good condition
90 pages. Features: Lancer 200; Harry Thompson's Dormoy Bathtub; Bob's Cloud Nine; Mong Super Sport; Gordon Slattery's Kustom Kolb; The Flutterbug still lives; Instrument Panel Light for Homebuilts. Light wear. Magazine
Stalin... de zoon van een schoenmaker, priesterstudent, bolsjevistisch agitator, politiek gevangene, held van de communistische revolutie van 1917, absolute dictator van de Sovjetune en opperbevelhebber van Ruslands defensie na de Duitse inval in juni 1941. Dit boek geeft in tekst en foto's he verhaal van een koppig leiderschap dat standhield tegen een verpletterende Duitse Blitzkrieg... ten koste van 22 miljoen mensenlevens! Very light wear. Unmarked. Nice copy. Text not in English. Book
88 pages. Extensively illustrated. The story of electric street railway transportation in the city of Calgary, Alberta. By 1909, Calgary boasted a population of 30,000 people. In July of that year, the Calgary Electric Railway began operations with two cars, sixteen employees and three miles of track. The system became known as the Calgary Municipal Railyway the following year and provided forty years of service. Tickets and transfers from various periods are portrayed plus a variety of photos to interest everyone with an interest in the development of Calgary as a city; the construction of "The Bay"; early scenes in Bowness Park; and some views of streetcars serving seemingly unpopulated fields that today are thriving subdivisions. Pocket inside back board contains route map, route indicators and errata. Unmarked. Book is bright and clean with very light wear to orange boards decorated with sparkling gilt lettering. Bookplate upon front endpaper. Dust jacket, now preserved in glossy archival-grade Brodart cover, bears average wear and a number of tears under one inch in length but remains attractive. Lovely copy. Book
370 pages. Second Printing. Light wear and soiling. Black and white photos. With the Korean War winding down, crack Canadian troops were posted to cadet camps in Canada. This tells the hilarious and heartwarming story of seven boys in a camp that holds twelve hundred. To say the least, when the boys arrive in camp, the arms of the Sergeants and Sergeant-Majors, are not quite the same as the arms of their mothers who tearfully said good bye to their departing 'soldiers' at the train station. Book
8vo., interleaved with blanks throughout, small neat signature on front free endpaper; regimental green cloth, gilt badge on upper cover, red cloth back lettered in gilt, corners very lightly frayed else a very good, bright, clean copy. Appendices include sample forms, list of books to be maintained by companies, and instructions for officers' dress. The record of 1 and 2 Bns covers the period 1758 to 1936, including lists of officers and order of precedence of LI regiments. With unusually detailed index. SCARCE.
Neatly signed, without inscription, upon half-title page by Robert Stanfield. viii, 279 pages. Index. "Revealed for the first time the man and the politician, what he was and what made him that way. Based on extensive original research, including lengthy interviews with Stanfield, his friends, his allies, and his enemies, this is the only comprehensive portrait of this fascinating and paradoxical national figure once described as the most liberal, humane, and civilized mind on our political landscape. Stanfield was the rarest of breeds; an honourable politician." - dust jacket. Book unmarked with light wear. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. SPADONI & DONNELLY 2494. Book
193 pages. Discusses: what sort of businss should I have? what are the pros and cons of working at home? how do I avoid family disruption? what are the legal requirments? what professional advice will I need? how do I handle expansion? and much more. Author grew a home-based business into an enterprise of 300 people. Light wear. Few light pencil markings. Nice copy. Book
134 pages. Answers such questions as: what sort of business should I start?; What are the pros and cons of working at home?; What are the legal requirements?; What professional advice will I need and where can I get it?; How do I market my product?; and many more. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Very nice copy. Book
97 pages. Contents include: the pros and cons of working at home; which office service to provide; financing; legal concerns; setting up your home office; how to price your work; advertising; and much more. Clean and unmarked with light wear and bit of curl to front cover. Nice copy. Book
44 pages. 9.9" x 6.75". Discusses the public's conception of hydro-radials, municipalities' view of radials as a necessity, radials as both a local and provincial issue, the proposed lines, municipal and provincial co-operation, lack of duplication with steam railways, findings of Sutherland Commission's Majority Report, financial projections, and much more. Black pebbled leather-covered boards with brilliant gilt lettering upon front board. Fold-out map inside back board entitled "H.E.P.C. Map of Toronto-Buffalo & Detroit-Cleveland Districts Indicating Similarity Between Proposed and Existing Interurban Systems" measures 21.5" x 18.3" and is in excellent condition aside from a crease and two short openings to lower left periphery. Moderate external wear. Binding sound. 1" x 1" dull patch in lower left corner of front board where label removed. Contents clean and unmarked with light wear. Offers a penetrating view of the volatile debate involved in the early history of Southern Ontario's passenger rail service. (It would be fascinating to know the authors' impressions of today's 401 highway and GO rail service.) Book