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1890327c5167San Francisco: The History Company Publishers 1890. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 792 pages. Index. Bibliography. Fold-out map of B.C. Lowther 731. Few markings to contents. Very heavy wear to leather binding. Front board and pages up to and including title page separated but present. Back board loose but present. Backstrip holding along back edge only. In need of restoration but still a worthy reading copy. The History Company, Publishers Hardcover
1975351G2862Victoria British Columbia Canada: British Columbia Provincial Museum. Good. 1975. Reprint. Paperback. 179 pages including index references and glossary. "Includes but a fraction of the number of larger fungi known from British Columbia. Emphasis is placed upon the fleshy species especially mushrooms. Covers Club fungi basidiomycetes Gill fungi agarics Fleshy pore fungi boletes Pore fungi polypores coral fungi clavarias tooth fungi puffballs cauliflower fungus sac fungi ascomycetes plus mushroom cookery and mushroom poisoning." - from Introduction. Includes detailed diagrams plus dozens of excellent black and white photographs. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this informative eference.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; Bandoni Robert J.; Szczawinski Adam F. Guide to Common Mushrooms of British Columbia - Handbook No. 24 index references and glossary fungi . British Columbia Provincial Museum paperback
1999216c8992Canada: Greystone 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 259 pages. Excellent black and white photographic plates. List of Bure's hockey statistics. List of sources. ".Paints a vivid portrait of Bure that not only captures his electrifying hockey abilities but fills in the blanks of his intriguing personality. This in-depth unauthorized biography takes us behind the scenes to Bure's origins in his native country and re-creates the fascinating machinations that brought him to the West. Sheds light on the obscure hockey world of the former Soviet Union and delivers what may be the most thorough investigation to date of the impact Russian players have had on the North American game." - from dust jacket. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy of this biography of the most exciting player to ever suit up for the Vancouver Canucks. Greystone Hardcover
1975121a5475British Columbia: British Columbia Forest Products Limited. Fine. 1975. First Edition. Paperback. 0888940947 . "Here is the day-to-day stuff of life in the forest industry. The men and women interviewed are some of those who helped shape British Columbia Forest Products Limited from its incorporation in 1946. But their stories take us back to the rough and ready prewar days through the years to the much different industry of the 70's." - back cover. 286 pages. Many black and white reproductions of archival photos. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent example.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; First Growth: The Story of British Columbia Forest Products Limited forests and Forestry Business Industrial History Industry . British Columbia Forest Products Limited paperback
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2005546H0645Vancouver BC Canada: Douglas & McIntyre Limited. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. Second Edition. Hardcover. 1553651537 . Signed upon title page by author. 180 pages. Index. References. Biographical overview. List of works. Colour illustrated endpapers. "E.J. Hughes is famous for his unforgettably rich and accomplished landscapes primarily depicting the British Columbia coast. His works now command the highest auction prices ever paid for a living Canadian artist confirmation of his emergence as a major figure on the international art scene. The passionate collector has always been central to the emergence of important artists. In this extraordinarily personal account the world of a collector comes alive. Here are 76 Hughes sketches paintings and prints in colour and black and white - only a handful previously published in book form - accompanied by a text rich with anecdotes about the joys frustrations and satisfactions of the chase. This is a very human story of art as master - one which sheds important new light on Hughes and his work." - from dust jacket. "Hughes is the chronicler of a landscape almost too beautiful and too alive with spirit to be believed." - Globe and Mail. Clean bright and unmarked with negliglble wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Gift quality.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; CANADA BIOGRAPHY PAINTING COLLECTORS AND COLLECTING British Columbia Art Artists Coast Ferries Landscapes Sketches Paintings Prints Colour British Columbia; Signed by Authors . Douglas & McIntyre, Limited hardcover
2005547c8609Vancouver BC Canada: Douglas & McIntyre Limited 2005. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 180 pages. Index. References. Biographical overview. List of works. Colour illustrated endpapers. "E.J. Hughes is famous for his unforgettably rich and accomplished landscapes primarily depicting the British Columbia coast. His works now command the highest auction prices ever paid for a living Canadian artist confirmation of his emergence as a major figure on the international art scene. The passionate collector has always been central to the emergence of important artists. In this extraordinarily personal account the world of a collector comes alive. Here are 76 Hughes sketches paintings and prints in colour and black and white - only a handful previously published in book form - accompanied by a text rich with anecdotes about the joys frustrations and satisfactions of the chase. This is a very human story of art as master - one which sheds important new light on Hughes and his work." - from dust jacket. "Hughes is the chronicler of a landscape almost too beautiful and too alive with spirit to be believed." - Globe and Mail. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. Appears unread. Faintly visible tape repair to back panel of dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. An excellent copy. Douglas & McIntyre, Limited Hardcover
1957302G3437Canada: The Canadian Geographical Society. Fair. 1957. First Edition. Paperback. 40 Pages plus fourteen pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Cover illustration is A.Y. Jackson's "Yellowknife Bay"; Louisiana French; The National Trust of Britain; Machu Picchu; Upper Canada and New York State; and more. Nice one-page two-colour recruiting ad for the RCAF; Attractive 1957 DeSoto car ad inside back cover; Back cover black and white photo ad for BOAC features couple being served a gourmet meal on-board. Taped repairs to damage at upper corner of front cover otherwise a sound and unmarked copy.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Canadian Geographical Journal January 1957 - Upper Canada and New York State A.Y. Jackson's "Yellowknife Bay"; Louisiana French; The National Trust of Britain; Machu Picchu; Upper Canada and New York State; and more. Nice one-page two-colour recruitin . The Canadian Geographical Society paperback
1960302G3441Canada: The Canadian Geographical Society. Good. 1960. First Edition. Paperback. 39 Pages plus five pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Legend and History in the Oldest Geographical Names of the St. Lawrence; Tobacco - Another Canadian Achievement; British Columbia Lakes Pictoria; How Canada is Helping the Fishermen of Ceylon; Physiography of the Queen Charlotte Islands; Pictures of the Provinces - XXIII; Nice Army recruiting ad inside front cover; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Canadian Geographical Journal July 1960 : Tobacco - Another Canadian Achievement British Columbia Lakes Pictoria; How Canada is Helping the Fishermen of Ceylon; Physiography of the Queen Charlotte Islands; Pictures of the Provinces - XXIII Legend and . The Canadian Geographical Society paperback
1964738h6163Ottawa: National Museum of Canada. Good. 1964. Reprint. Paperback. "All the totem poles house posts and frontals and the stately grave pillars of British Columbia and Alaska have been included in this monograph as far as the author knows. The only exception is the important lot studied and published in 'Totem Poles of the Gitksan Upper Skeena River B.C.'" - Preface. xii 433 pages. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Printed on glossy stock. Reprint of the 1950 first edition. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Please note that we are offering volume I only of this very informative two-volume work. Bradley 97 Lerner & Williamson 3879.; 8vo . National Museum of Canada paperback
1997100125204Einaudi 1997 364 pages 16 69x23 19x2 82cm. 1997. Broché. 364 pages.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; brown cloth,upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, yellow endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at fold-ins.
1982633j0315Canada: Publisher Not Stated. Good. 1982. First Edition. Paperback. "Sorrento Centre is a gathering place for all A values-based retreat and conference centre welcoming small groups and individual guests for courses and retreats throughout the year. Formed in 1963 Anglican in tradition ecumenical and interfaith in expression it offers an inclusive welcome and generous hospitality to all. Sorrento Centre is filled with vibrant spirit and joy while being a healing place for body mind and spirit." - Sorrento Centre website. iii 59 pages. Bibliography. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. A diminutive but surprisingly information-laden history. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. ; 8vo . Publisher Not Stated paperback
2004216j1166Vancouver B.C.: Orca Bay Hockey Limited Partnership. Very Good. 2004. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Features: Jason King - King for more than a day; Jarkko Ruutu - The new 'Grate' one; The Fine Art of Ice Making Q & A with Mike Keane; Diggin' in the Archives; Lineups for the Canucks and Red Wings. 104 glossy pages profusely illustrated in colour. Clean bright and unmarked with light wear. An attractive copy. Bonus: includes ticket stub for the game featuring photo of Markus Naslund.; 8vo . Orca Bay Hockey Limited Partnership unknown
40 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Features: The Gold Pool of the Similkameen; Historic Houses - Part II; The Death of Nigger Dan; The Collector's Page; The Lost Patrol; 10,000 Lost Coins; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
40 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Features: The Lost Morgan Mine (near Greenwood City); The Highest Judge in the Highest Court in the HIghest City in Canada - W.R. "Willie" Williams; Historic Hedley, B.C.; Gold Bullion at Twelve Fathoms - the Pacific went down in 1875 off Cape Flattery; The Money Shell - money used by native peoples of Western Canada was dentalium or higua, a sea shell; Letters from the North-West - Part I - A.R. Dyre was a young North-West Mounted Policeman who served in the wests from 1882 to 1885. Name atop front cover. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
1969255j1922Summerland B.C.: Canada West Magazine. Very Good. 1969. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Features: Chinook Jargon - an explanation of the origin of this famous trade language of the far west; Along the Wild Horse - an account of an intriguing and still little known placer gold river in the East Kootenay frequented today by bottle hunters and prospectors; Yukon Diary part 2 - takes us farther into the famous Klondike as we follow the trail taken by F.R.S. Barlee in the late 1890's; South Thompson The Kekuli country - the historic Indian Country of the dry belt region between Kamloops and chase. 32 stapled pages. Many black and white reproductions of archival photos. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent example. ; 4to . Canada West Magazine unknown
1969255j1921Summerland B.C.: Canada West Magazine. Very Good. 1969. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Features: Treasure in Old Fairview - a vanishing western mining town and the chance discovery of a treasure by Canada West's publisher and an associate on one of the old sites in the ghost town; Bill Miner The Hands Up Gentleman - an account of the celebrated train robber who frequented the interior country shortly after the turn of the century a new look at an old subject; Otter Lake Site - exploring a now little-known but once renowned Indian camping ground in the North Okanagan; Allison Pass Memoirs - a synopsis of the fascinating memoirs of Susan L. Allison 1845-1937 a remarkable pioneer woman who helped settle the Hope Similkameen and Okanagan districts Part 1. 32 stapled pages. Many black and white reproductions of archival photos. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent example. ; 4to . Canada West Magazine unknown
1970255j1919Summerland B.C.: Canada West Magazine. Very Good. 1970. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Features: Four colour plates by pastelist Irvine Adams of Summerland centering on the 'Desert Country' of the southern parts of the Okanagan and Similkameen areas; Cascade - Gateway City - a brief history of a little known boom town in the Boundary Country of British Columbia which in 1898 was headed for greatness but two years later had literally disappeared; Alert Bay - a feature on this fascinating and old totem pole village off the eastern side of Vancouver Island; The Lost Mine of Pitt Lake - a renowned treasure story of the province which introduces new evidence concerning this legendary lost mine; Allison Pass Memoirs - takes readers into the mid 1880's in the Similkameen country conclusion. 36 stapled pages. Many black and white reproductions of archival photos. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent example. ; 4to; Signed by Illustrations . Canada West Magazine unknown
1971255j1918Summerland B.C.: Canada West Magazine. Very Good. 1971. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Features: The B.X. Line - a renowned stagecoach line which for nearly half a century served the central interior along the historic Cariboo Road; Gold Commissioner William George Cox - an article drawn from the letters of one of British Columbia's Gold Commissioners and Justices of the Peace a man who ranged from Rock Creek in the Boundary Country to the golden streams of the Cariboo at the height of the placer gold excitement in the 1860's Part 1; Greenwood City - an article which provides a fleeting glance at the smallest incorporated city in the province of B.C. a town in the southern interior which came into being when copper was king in the 1890's; William Hind - a little-known painter who portrayed scenes from the Cariboo gold rush in 1864. 32 stapled pages. Many black and white reproductions of archival photos. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent example. ; 4to . Canada West Magazine unknown
1972417H3143Canada: Canada West Magazines 1972. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 40 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Features: Discovery - Gold Town in the Atlin District of B.C.; The Collector's Page; Edward Dossetter's Queen Charlottes - he was a photographer who travelled the northwest coast in the late 1870s; The 1913 Liberty Nickel; Billy Ballou - The Forgotten Expressman; Canadiana - spitoons/cuspidors; The Cliff Dweller; Letters from the North-West - Part II - A.R. Dyre was a young North West Mounted Police Constable from 1882 to 1885; Our Vanishing Heritage - false front buildings; Gagnon and His Flying Machine - was he the first to make a vertical free helicopter flight in 1907. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Canada West Magazines Paperback
1972417H3142Canada: Canada West Magazines 1972. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 40 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Features: The Lost Morgan Mine near Greenwood City; The Highest Judge in the Highest Court in the HIghest City in Canada - W.R. "Willie" Williams; Historic Hedley B.C.; Gold Bullion at Twelve Fathoms - the Pacific went down in 1875 off Cape Flattery; The Money Shell - money used by native peoples of Western Canada was dentalium or higua a sea shell; Letters from the North-West - Part I - A.R. Dyre was a young North-West Mounted Policeman who served in the wests from 1882 to 1885. Name atop front cover. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Canada West Magazines Paperback
1970417H3140Canada: Canada West Magazines 1970. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 32 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Features: Beyond Lillooet; Nature Notes; Tokens From Yesterday; Allison Pass Memoirs - part 4 of 5; Our Vanishing Heritage - disappearing lake boats; Ymir - Old Kootenay Mining Town. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Canada West Magazines Paperback
1971417H3141Canada: Canada West Magazines. Good. 1971. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 40 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Features: Gold Along Little Hixon Creek; The K and S Railway; Our Vanishing Heritage - Salishan Indian Basketry; Old Fort Rupert Vancouver Island; W.G. Cox - Gold Commissioner - Part III; Collector's Page; The Battle Bend Country; W.S. Hatton's Paintings; Historic Three Forks in the silver country of the West Kootenay. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Canada West Magazine Fall 1971 Volume 3 Number 3 - Gold on Little Hixon / The K & S Railway Kaslo and Slocan Gold Along Little Hixon Creek; The K and S Railway; Our Vanishing Heritage - Salishan Indian Basketry; Old Fort Rupert Vancouver Island; W.G . Canada West Magazines unknown
1985417j0608Canada: Sunfire Publications Ltd. Very Good. 1985. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Features: Jolly Jack Thornton's Lost Placer; Historic Greenwood B.C.; Fraser River Bars - Once hundreds of gold seekers panned every gold bar from Hope to Lytton; Peace River James Jim K. Cornwall - the greatest promoter of the Peace River country; and more. 32 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Canadian West Magazine - The Pioneer Years Collector's Issue #1 August Aug. 1985 - Historic Greenwood B.C. Jolly Jack Thornton's Lost Placer; Historic Greenwood B.C.; Fraser River Bars - once hundreds of gold seekers panned every gold bar from Hop . Sunfire Publications Ltd. unknown
