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2011321703Canada: Kingsley Knowledge Publishing 2011. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No dustjacket. 8vo. pp. 468 ""The volume covers basic science relevant to oil sands industry. In Chapter 1 after a brief geology review bitumen reserves major production projects and recovery methods are described. Chapters 2 and 3 are devoted to basic scientific principles including surface and colloidal science and fluid dynamics respectively. The three following chapters cover physical… Kingsley Knowledge Publishing hardcover
18394904Edinburgh: Printed for the Maitland Club 1839. First edition. Leather. Very Good/First printing of a fifteenth-century Scottish version of the Arthurian romance that was composed for the court of James III. It survived in a unique and incomplete manuscript in the Cambridge library. The text was edited by the librarian of Durham Cathedral Joseph Stevenson and published by the Maitland Club an association dedicated to the promotion of Scottish literature and culture. 28 cm; xxiv 185 pages. Bound in contemporary red half morocco over pebbled boards edged with gilt rules . Spine decorated and titled in gilt. Marbled endleaves. Moderate wear especially at extremities with spine chipped a bit at heel. Two labels removed from pastedowns. A little foxing at front blank and the pages are not bright but text is effectively unblemished. Reference: Graesse 4 92; Printed for the Maitland Club hardcover books
18780712153Cincinnati: Western Biographical Publishing. Good/No Jacket. 1878. First Thus. Full-Leather. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Used In elaborate black embossed brown leather with gilt titling; beveled edges wear and rubbing to extremities; front hinge cracked at gutter with front board & endpaper loose; vintage name in ink. Keywords: american biographical history of eminent and self made Men Michigan Volume. Western Biographical Publishing hardcover
2000648G4524Golden British Columbia: Golden and District Historical Society. Fine. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 1550567152 . 420 pages. Documents the history and families of Golden and the Columbia Valley district of British Columbia. Chapters include: Native Peoples; Business; Transportation; Logging; Trapping Guiding and Hunting; Mining; Agriculture; Churches; Schools; Hospitals and Health Care; Clubs and Organizations; Sports Social Activities; Law Enforcement and the Military; Families; Swiss Guides and their Families; Neighbours to the East West and South. Many reproductions of archival black and white photos. Clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. An excellent copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Golden and District Historical Society 2000 Golden Memories Columbia Valley Pioneers Settlers B.C. British Columbia History Families Native Peoples; Business; Transportation; Logging; Trapping Guiding and Hunting; Mining; Agriculture; Churches; Schools; . Golden and District Historical Society hardcover
1970558c9880Vancouver B.C.: Kitsilano Secondary School 1970. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 128 pages. Excellent black and white photos throughout. Clean bright and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Kitsilano Secondary School Hardcover
1956617G1213Vancouver British Columbia Canada: B.C. Directories Ltd. 1956. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 814 pages. Provides an excellent snapshot of Vancouver Island in the year 1956. "Containing an alphabetically arranged list of business houses; private citizens; civic provincial and dominion governments; churches; public and private schools; secret and benevolent organizations; also an avenue and street guide section with telephone numbers for Victoria Nanaimo and Port Alberni cities; also a classified business directory." - from title page. Above-average external wear. Hinges starting. A worthy copy of this excellent reference. B.C. Directories Ltd. Hardcover
1952617G1210Vancouver British Columbia Canada: B.C. Directories Ltd. 1952. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 1192 pages. An excellent snapshot of Vancouver Island in the year 1952. "Containing an alphabetically arranged list of business houses; private citizens; civic provincial and dominion governments; churches; public and private schools; secret and benevolent organizations; also an avenue and street guide and directory of householders for Victoria City with telephone numbers; also a classified business directory." - from title page. Above-average external wear and soiling. Hinges open. A worthy copy of this wonderful reference. B.C. Directories Ltd. Hardcover
1947664G4286British Columbia Canada: British Columbia Telephone Company 1947. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 205 pages including residential listings white pages and many nostalgic illustrated yellow pages ads. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this exceptionally informative and enjoyable shapshot of Vancouver Island in 1947. British Columbia Telephone Company Paperback
1954664G3662Vancouver: Sunprinting 1954. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 80 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Contents divided into these sections: The Events and the Athletes; Notes on the Events; The Background to the Games; plus ads for prominent British Columbia businesses. This grand event is perhaps most notable for the miracle mile run by Roger Bannister in Vancouver. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this highly-collectible piece of Vancouver history. Sunprinting Paperback
2003469c5826B.C.: SR&R 2003. Book. Good. Spiral-Bound. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 168 pages. Extensive list of references. Many colour photos of seeds and plants. Provides directions for growing 31 species of plants indigenous to the northern Interior of British Columbia so their seed may be harvested for use in revegetating disturbed and degraded lands in northern British Columbia and elsewhere. Species discussed include grasses sedges and rushes legumes composites and some other plant families. Unmarked. Moderate wear. A sound copy of this valuable reference. SR&R Paperback
1936338H0998London: The Illustrated London News 1936. Magazine. Illus. by Davis G.H. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Pages 659-702. Features: Cover photo of the Victor of Ashangi Marshall Badoglio commander-in-chief of the Italian forces in Abyssinia; Photo of Gen. Smuts appealing for peace in Europe; Photo of the Kadir Cup "pig sticking"event in India with photo of winner Capt. P. H. J. Tuck with his horse Manifest; Two-page pictorial map of the Franco-German and Belgo-German frontiers - of world interest since the Rhineland was reoccupied; Two pages of photo of massive Burmese Leogriff Cinthe under construction as the funeral pyre for the cremation of a dead priest; Photo illustrated article on Brazil nuts - a minor mystery; Six photos from filming of "Kliou" the first Technicolor film to be photographed entirely in the jungle; Two pages of photos of the "Alps" of South Africa; Page of fascinating photos illustrating the world's greatest telescopic "eye" this great 200 inch telescope disc is twice the diameter of the disc in the Hooker telescope at the Mount Wilson Observatory the biggest at present in use; Page of photos of medieval ship carvings in a Devonshire church - sculpted 16th-century three-masters; Page of photos illustrate the coldest Easter of the century; Page of photos of the king personally bestowing the Royal Maundy to aged men and women; Magnificent centrefold aerial photo of the city of Vancouver British Columbia - before construction of the Lion's Gate Bridge - as she celebrates her Golden Jubilee; Two pages of text and photos present a mysterious 12th Dynasty hoard - Treasures of Asiatic origin found at Toud near Luxor; Photos of personalities of the week include Herr Leopold von Hoesch Señor Alcala Zamora Dr. Constantine Demerjis Señor Martinez Barrio and the king inspecting the Grenadier guards; Photo illustrated article on Galapagos wildlife; One-page photo illustrated Harrods ad presents pocket watches; One-page Johnnie Walker ad shows him inspecting barrels by flashlight; Interesting photo shows crowd gathered around an Imperial Airways airmail service plane at Kai Tak aerodrome Hong Kong after it arrived from Penang for the first time; Photos of Lt. Col. F. J. Popham and Mr. Francis A. L. Would; Nice one-page illustrated ad for the Humber Twelve car; Back cover two-colour ad promotes The Sphere The Tatler The Sketch Sporting and Dramatic News and the Illustrated London News. Please note: pages 685-686 missing. Several interior pages loose but present. Faint store ink stamp to front cover otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy vintage issue. The Illustrated London News Paperback
2000326a2523Victoria British Columbia Canada: British Columbia Ministry of Environment Lands & Parks Air Resources Branch 2000. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 974 pages in two volumes. "The Kamloops and its proceedings are an important step in communicating the results of the recent original and innovative work to managers scientists educators naturalists and the general public. There are many sobering signs of how desperate the situation has become: far more extensive and complicated endangered species lists; a growing number of ecosystems at risk; an increasing understanding of how fragile some ecosystems are; and accelerated rates of habitat loss and fragmentation. On the bright side there is the tremendous energy that has in recent years been put forward toward public education and documenting classifying researching and conserving species at risk. These papers are a valuable glimpse into that effort." - from Preface. Clean tight and unmarked with light external wear. Nice copy. British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands & Parks, Air Resources Branch Paperback
1877866a4773Victoria BC: Queen's Printer 1877. Ex-Library. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Contains Acts relating to: Appeals; A. Astrico; Alexandra Company; Coroners; Supreme Courts; County Courts; Elections; Insurance; Intestacy; Land; Legal Professions; Licences; Liquors; Loan; Magistrates; Coal Mines; Minerals; Minors; Mortgages; Municipalities; Sheep; Schools; Supply; Statutes; Taxes; Trespass; Thistles. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Queen's Printer Hardcover
1872866a4777Victoria BC: Queen's Printer 1872. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Contains Acts relating to: Land Registry Ordinance; Justice of the Peace; Mineral Ordinance; Gold Mining; Municipality Act; Election of MLAs; Office of Sheriff; The Public School Act; Public Works Act; Drainage Dyking and Irrigation; Wild Land Tax; Road Ordinance; Election of MLAs; Gold Mining; Courts Merger; MPs ineligible to be MLAs; Fireman's Protection Act; Proof under Oath; Suits against the Crown; Supply of Water to Victoria; Land Ordinance 1870; William Creek Fire Brigade; Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company E&N Incorporation of; Replevin; The Public Inquiries Aid Act; An Act to Secure Wives and Children; Indemnification of members of the Legislative Assembly; Asylums for the Insane; Rights of the Property of Married Women; Bills of Sale; The Constitution Act 1871; Scale of Fees to be taken by certain officers; Agricultural Societies; Allowances to Jurors in Criminal Cases; the Legislative Assembly Privileges Act; Game Ordinance; Attorneys of the Supreme Court to be called to the bar of said court; The Homestead Ordinance; Defraying the expenses of civil government; Indemnification of Members of the Executive Council and others; Practitioners in the County Courts and other inferior Courts; Privileges of the members of the Legislative Assembly; An act to render legitimate children born out of lawful wedlock. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Queen's Printer Hardcover
1888866a4762Victoria BC: Queen's Printer 1888. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Public Acts relating to: Bills of Sale Bridges Cattle Ranges Civil Procedure Companies Assize Courts County Courts Absconding Debtors Trial of Controverted Elections Foreign Mining Companies Game Granville Squatters Justice's and Coroner's Oaths Crown Lands Land Registry Licences Mechanics Lien Married Woman's Property Regulation of Coal Mines Quartz Mines Municipalities Pawnbrokers Poisons Crow's Nest and Kootenay Lake Railway Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway re: Beecher Bay Branch Kootenay Railway Shuswap and Okanagan Railway Recognizances Public Schools Sherrifs Statutes Supply Taxes Trustees Vancouver Preservation of the Peace Noxious Weeds Workmen's Wages. Private Acts relating to: Mtasqui Dyke New Westminster City Nicola Mining Company Crow's Nest and Kootenay Lake Railway Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Kootenay Railway Harrison Hot Springs Tramway Victoria City Official Map. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Rubber stamp of one E. Johnson inside boards and scattered through text. Queen's Printer Hardcover
1876866a4774Victoria BC: Queen's Printer 1876. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Contains Acts relating to: Assessment; Power of Attorney; Breeding Stock; Cattle Ranges; Choses in Action; Civil Causes; Foreign Companies; Voluntary Conveyances; Debentures; Debts and Choses in Action; Elections; Execution against Lands; Fences; Gold Mining; Jurors; Land; Licences; Loan; Methodist Church of Canada; Mining; Municipalities; Public Parks; Procedure; Qualification and Registration of Voters; Road Tolls; Roads; Public Schools; Supply; Taxes; Tolls; Trustees; Victoria and Esquimalt Railway E&N; Voluntary Conveyances. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Queen's Printer Hardcover
1878866a4772Victoria BC: Queen's Printer 1878. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Contains Acts relating to: Powers of Attorney; Companies BC Express Company Moodyville Saw BC Milling and Mining; Constitution; Corporations; Supreme Courts; Supreme and County Courts; Dyking and Reclaiming Lands at Chilliwack Sumas and Matsqui; Elections; Game; Highways; Crown Lands; Licenses and Municipalities; Liquor Licenses; Public Loans; Coal Mines; Quartz Mines; Minerals; Municipalities; Prisoners; Legal Professions; Schools; Sheriffs; Supply; Chinese Taxes better collection of; Property Taxes; Tolls; Trespass. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Queen's Printer Hardcover
1886866a4764Victoria BC: Queen's Printer 1886. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Contains public acts relating to: Breeding Stock Constitution Courts of Assize County Courts Recovery of Small Debts Dentistry Debt Judgements Crown Lands Loan Licenses Medicine and Surgery Minerals Municipalities Victoria and Saanich Railway Settled Estates Smelting Works Consolidation Statutes Surveyors Supply Timber Road Tolls Water Viewers. Private Acts relating to: Electric Light Findlay Creek Mining Gas Insurance Victoria and Saanich Railway New Westminster and Port Moody Telephone Tramways Vancouver Coquitlam Water Works Nanaimo Water Works Vancouver Water Works. Covers heavily worn. Usual library markings. Binding intact. Queen's Printer Paperback
1879866a4771Victoria BC: Queen's Printer 1879. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Contains Acts relating to: Cost of Arbitrations; Auditor and Accountants; Bills of Sale; Toll Bridges; Cattle Ranges; Cemetery Ordinance; Cemetery Companies; Cemeteries; Fire Companies Nanaimo; Constitution; Coroners; Costs of Arbitration; Costs of Levying Distresses for Rents and Penalties; Appointing Judical District Courts; Constables; Crown Lands; Civil Service; Distresses for Rents and Penalties; Judicial Districts; Dyking Sumas; Cancellation of Debentures; Fees; Fencing of Land; Fences and Water Courses; Gaols; Graving Dock; Justices of the Peace; Judicial Districts; Journals; Crown Lands; Land Registry; Licences; Marriage Licences; Liens; Public Loans; Law Stamps; Magistrates; Marriage Licences; Municipalities; Mining Licences; Prisons; Revenue; School Tax; Public Schools; Statutes and Sessional Papers; Sheriffs; Sumass Dyking; Winter Stock Ranges; Supreme Court; Supply; Property Taxes; Toll Bridges. Front hinge open. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Queen's Printer Hardcover
1874866a4776Victoria BC: Queen's Printer 1874. Ex-Library. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Contains Acts relating to: Articles 2 and 12 of the Terms of Union; Crown Lands; Gold Mining; Coroner's Jury Act; Road Tax Extension; Oaths of Office; Public Boarding Schools; Administration of Justice; Agricultural Societies; Courts Merger Ordinance; Qualification and Registration of Voters; Breeding Stock; Ferries; Municipality Act; Victoria Water Works Debentures; Legal Professions; Vancouver Island Real Estate Taxes; Licences Ordinance; Fireworks - careless use of; Remedies of creditors against the Lands of their debtors; Real Estate Conveyance; Granting of Leases. Front hinge going. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Queen's Printer Hardcover
1963664G2939British Columbia: Self-Published 1963. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 270 pages. References. Numerous reproductions of archival black and white photos. Title of the thirty-one chapters include: The David Thompson Party; Fort Kootenay; Gold on Wild Horse; Old Times on Perry Creek; Two Isadores of East Kootenay; International Railway Rivalry; Steamboat Days on Upper Columbia. The North Star Mine; Sullivan Mine Early History; Pierre - Kootenay Indian; Building of the Crowsnest Railway; Early Cranbrook; THe Frank Slide; Fernie; The coming of the Automobile; The Blue Bell Mine; Early Days in Kaslo; Beginnings of Nelson; Rossland Camp; The Salmon-Beaver Valley; The Doukhobors; and many more. Contents moderately toned with age. Heavy external wear and soiling. Usual library markings. Back free endpaper removed. Binding intact. Not pretty but a worthy reading copy. Hale & Barman #359. Self-Published Hardcover
1981128a6086Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre 1981. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 144 pages. "The first volume to show the range of individual and regional styles and subject matter of these contemporary articles. Provides an introduction to the peoples of the Northwest Coast and their art and explores the relationship of traditional art to that being produced by contemporary artists." - from dust jacket. Abundantly illustrated approximately one third in colour. Book clean bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Dust jacket bears moderate wear and is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Lovely copy. Douglas & McIntyre Hardcover
1994257G0164British Columbia Canada: Interior Lumber Manufacturers Association ILMA 1994. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 147 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of archival black and white photos. "This recounting of forest industry history spans the period from pioneer days to the present. Forestry is much changed from early times. It seems safe to anticipate that change will continue." - from Author's note on page iii. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A superior copy of this important work. Interior Lumber Manufacturers Association (ILMA) Hardcover
1943155G3718British Columbia: B.C. Racing Breeders' Society/Vancouver Thoroughbred Ass'n 1943. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 120 pages. A very detailed and informative treatment of this topic. Includes photos of horses Papworth Imp. Gallator Dolan and Shasta Pebble. Part I provides a register of Thoroughbred Horse-Breeders and Breeding Stock of British Columbia 1941 - 1942 - 1943. Part II reviews the racing seasons 1941 - 1942 - 1943. Printed upon glossy stock. Grey card covers. Unmarked. Binding intact. Page 36 was removed and cut horizontally into two pieces both of which are present. Moderate wear. A sound copy of this encyclopedic history of British Columbia horse racing in the early 1940s. B.C. Racing Breeders' Society/Vancouver Thoroughbred Ass'n Paperback
1945155G3719British Columbia: B.C. Racing Breeders' Society/Vancouver Thoroughbred Ass'n/B.C. Turf & C.C. Ltd. 1945. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 128 pages. A very detailed and informative treatment of this topic. Includes photos of horses Papworth Imp. Gallator Dolan and Shasta Pebble. Part I provides a register of Thoroughbred Horse-Breeders and Breeding Stock of British Columbia 1944 - 1945. Part II reviews the racing seasons 1944 - 1945. Printed upon glossy stock. Green card covers. Unmarked. Binding intact. Moderate wear. A sound copy of this encyclopedic history of British Columbia horse racing in the mid-1940s. B.C. Racing Breeders' Society/Vancouver Thoroughbred Ass'n/B.C. Turf & C.C. Ltd. Paperback