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1968558c9881Victoria B.C.: Oak Bay Senior Secondary School 1968. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 128 pages. Wonderful black and white photos throughout. Autographs at back. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Oak Bay Senior Secondary School Hardcover
1972569a4689Victoria BC: Arbutus Junior Secondary School 1972. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 52 pages. Oblong 8.5" x 11". Somewhat above-average wear. Some doodling and writing upon covers. Several autographs to contents with many more on last three blank pages. Binding intact. Sure to bring back many memories and lots of laughs!. Arbutus Junior Secondary School Paperback
1981558G1676North Saanich BC: Parkland Secondary School 1981. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 116 pages. Profusely illustrated with some colour but mostly black and white photos. Contents clean and unmarked. Average external wear. A sound copy. Parkland Secondary School Hardcover
2000568a1021Vancouver B.C.: St. George's School 2000. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Over 200 pages. Light wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. St. George's School Hardcover
1998558G0247Comox British Columbia: Highland Secondary 1998. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 224 pages. Photo-illustrated in colour and black and white. Clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A superb copy. Highland Secondary Hardcover
2002558G0246Comox British Columbia: Highland Secondary 2002. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Photo-illustrated in colour and black and white. Clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A superb copy. Highland Secondary Hardcover
1962543G2446USA: Miller Freeman Publications Inc. 1962. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 72 pages. Fantastic vintage logging/forestry magazine studded with great ads. Features: Nice photo-illustrated Yellow Strand ad inside front cover features a trailer loading scene of Ketchikan Pulp Company's operations at Hollis Alaska; Nicholson chain saw file ad; Great photo ad for the Northwest Engineering Company shows a trailer of the Hillcrest Lumber Co. of Mesachie Lake BC being loaded; Full-page photo ad for the Euclid C-6 bulldozer; Fantastic two-page photo ad for International Trucks shows five logging scenes with their D-400 series; American Hoist Company photo ad shows a 700 series in operation; Rare one-page photo ad for Autocar trucks features their lightweight diesels; Awesome 4-page colour photo ad for the all-new Caterpillar D7E; Great two-page photo-illustrated ad for International Construction equipment shows TD25s in action with big logs; Nice two-page ad for Chevrolet Jobmaster 1962 trucks features the E8203 D6503 and U8203; One-page Pioneer chainsaw ad; Nice two-page Ford Pickup ad shows a 4x4 on the job; Photo-illustrated Pettibone Cary-Lift ad features the Super 70 carrying a massive log; Nice one-page photo ad for Manitowoc shows a Model 2300 in action near Rose Lodge Oregon; Nice two-page photo ad for Allis-Chalmers HD-6 crawlers used by Cox Contractors of British Columbia with photo of Morgan R. Cox and Eric Cox; Prototype of "The Utilizer" - a portable Barker-chipper which taps New Wood Supply in Pacific Northwest - article with photos of this project of Crown Zellerbach and Nicholson Manufacturing; Pine Plantations Thrive in Remote South Africa - article with photos; Railroads Runways and Dirt Roads Employed to Harvest - swampland timber in South Carolina; Fantastic one-page photo ad for Lima equipment features a truck-mounted log loader lifting a massive log for Simpson Logging; Truck with Two Rear Ends HAusl Big Loads in B.C. - Custom-built log truck built for Vancouver Island logging company H.B. Oldfield - with photos of this amazing beast; Nice 2/3 page photo ad for Young Iron Works features a 2-point grapple and heel boom in action; Nostalgic two-color one-page Case ad features their W-10 and W-12 loaders; 1/3-page photo ad for the Garrett Tree Farmer made by Garrett Enumclaw Co.; 1/4-page photo ad for the Nelson Log Bronc; International-Drott two-color ad inside back cover features the Drott T-340 Four-in-One; Back cover ad is a great two-color photo ad for Harnischfeger P&H featuring their log loaders in action. Above-average wear to spine with chips missing at ends. A worthy copy. Miller Freeman Publications, Inc. Paperback
1961146a6831Vancouver B.C.: University of British Columbia 1961. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 336 pages. Clean and unmarked with surprisingly light wear. Binding tight. Very nice copy. University of British Columbia Hardcover
1941121a5696Vancouver B.C.: Vancouver Technical School 1941. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 84 pages. "The Vantech is a school project part of the course in printing. Every line of type in this book has been hand set by students under the supervision of instructors." - from inside back cover. Contents printed upon glossy stock. Contents clean and unmarked. Moderate wear to illustrated covers. Nice copy. Vancouver Technical School Paperback
1904349a7746Victoria British Columbia: The Colonist Printing and Publishing Company 1904. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. 16 pages. A wonderful snap shot of life as it was on Vancouver Island 100 years ago. News of the day includes: The Russo-Japanese War; J.P. Planta well known Nanaimo Public Man Passes Away; C.P.R. Harbour Improvements - removal of Sehl's Point; W.W. B. McInnes likely to be next governor of the Yukon; The Mullally Sisters; Britannia Mines Howe Sound B.C. - History Geology Characteristics of Ore Bodies Development; Chumbi the Key to Thibet Tibet; Hardships of Russian Workmen; The Centenary of Shrapnel - Its Inventor and his history; Japan's Military System; London Society's Love of Tattoing; Lord Brampton's Reminiscences; Report on the White Pass and Yukon Railway; and much more. Wonderful illustrations of Victorian Women's attire adorn back page. Dozens of advertisements including "Farm For Sale - Lake District - 72.47 acres - A Bargain at $1500.00." Significant chipping along fold. Some yellowing. Few edge tears. Fatigue crack through central portion of each page. The Colonist Printing and Publishing Company Paperback
1904349a7754Victoria BC Canada: The Colonist Printing and Publishing Company 1904. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. 16 pages. A wonderful snap shot of life as it was on Vancouver Island 100 years ago. News of the day includes: Russo-Japanese War Coverage; American Schooner PIcks up Survivors on Derelect Sampan at sea - Captain went mad others starved; B.C. Mines and Mining article mentions Tyee Copper Company Ladysmith; The Spaniards of the North West Coast of North America - article by Provincial Historian E.O.S. Scholefield; Lovely photo of croquet on the beach at Foul Bay; The Meteoric Career of John Steele of Pennsylvania - Spent $3000 a day; List of Victoria Tax Sale Properties complete with legal description registered owner and amount owing; large article entitled "Andrew Carnegie on Universal Peace; and much more. Dozens of advertisements including: "10 Acre Blocks off Cook St. For Sale from $140 to $200 in Tolmie Estate" Significant chipping along fold. Top of back page is devoted to 'Costly Victorian Garments for Evening Wear' and contains lovely illustrations. Bottom of back page illustrates and describes elaborate Home Wedding breakfasts. Some yellowing. Few edge tears. Large clipping from page 3. Small advertisement clipped from page 6. Fatigue cracks to central portion of all pages. The Colonist Printing and Publishing Company Paperback
1958842a0721London: George Newnes Limited 1958. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Features: According to the Law - Lieut.-Col. G.H. Keighley-Bell recalls his adventures with Kurds around 1919; Cut Out and Get Out - Tom H. Inkster recalls logging on Vancouver Island - photos; A Pint for the Man Who Breaks his Oar - fishermen at Aldeburgh "The Wild Amphibious Race"; A Witch Doctor and the Bride - a Zulu Tale; The Sea Arab - a white man becomes a man of the sea in the tropical islands; Death to the Whites - Lolo St. Paul of the Shuswap Indians in British Columbia taught the law of the White man to the Indians but to the pioneer-settlers he represented the law of the Redskin - excellent and little-known B.C. history with photos; Outcast of the Silent City - An Indian Adventure; I Lived in the Stone Age - studying aborigines of Australia; The Lost World of Jimmy Angel - a tale of gold diamonds and Angel Falls a mile-high waterfall in Venezuela; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding beginning to open at bottom but everything still holding together. George Newnes Limited Paperback
1950873H0866Vancouver: The University of British Columbia 1950. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 224 pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos. Prior owner's name and details upon front free endpaper otherewise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. The University of British Columbia Hardcover
1975569a4690Victoria BC: Reynolds Secondary School 1975. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Unpaginated. Approximately 3/8" thick. Lots of black and white photos throughout. Many autographs upon title page with others scattered throughout the book and some writing upon front and back covers. Binding sound. A quality copy of this nostalgic yearbook!. Reynolds Secondary School Paperback
1977559c8582Victoria B.C.: Reynolds Secondary School 1977. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Unpaginated. Half an inch thick. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Reynolds Secondary School Hardcover
1990325a1976Canada: Ladies' Auxilliary. Good. 1990. Third Edition. Paperback. 204 pages. Index. Two fold-out maps. Many black and white illustrations. Topics include: The First People Explorers Pioneers Nanoose areas Biographies The Community The Next Decade 1980-1990 which provides some coverage of Fairwinds. Gift greetings inside front cover else unmarked. Light wear. A nice copy of this substantial work.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; A History of Nanoose Bay - third Edition Vancouver Island History Pioneers Maps Fairwinds Golf Course . Ladies' Auxilliary paperback
1980325a1975Canada: Ladies' Auxilliary. Good. 1980. Second Edition. Paperback. 196 pages. Index. Two fold-out maps. Many black and white illustrations. Topics include: The First People Explorers Pioneers Nanoose areas Biographies The Community. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this substantial work.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; A History of Nanoose Bay - Second Edition Vancouver Island History Pioneers Maps . Ladies' Auxilliary paperback
2006654j0837Nanaimo B.C.: N.H.S. Very Good. 2006. Revised Edition. Plastic Comb Binding. 0969309392 . "Provides short histories of these families which arrived in Nanaimo in 1854: George and Ann Robinson; Edwin and Elizabeth Gough; John and Elizabeth Thompson Matthew and Caroline Miller; Joseph and Naomi Webb; Daniel and Eliza Dunn. Describes how the families were recruited in the Midlands of England the hardships of their voyage and something of the small town for which they were destined." - Preface. 45 pages. Maps. Family tree diagrams and black and white reproductions of archival photos. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. A high-quality copy of this superb genealogical reference. ; Sm 4to . N.H.S. unknown
2007654j0838Nanaimo B.C.: N.H.S. Very Good. 2007. Revised Edition. Plastic Comb Binding. 0969309384 . Provides genealogical information for these early Nanaimo families: John and Lavinia Malpass; John and Marry Ann Meakin; George and Mary Ann Baker; Richard and Sarah Turner; Thomas and Anna Maria York. 46 pages. Maps. Family tree diagrams and black and white reproductions of archival photos. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. A high-quality copy of this superb genealogical reference. ; Sm 4to . N.H.S. unknown
2007654j0839Nanaimo B.C.: N.H.S. Very Good. 2007. Revised Edition. Plastic Comb Binding. 0969309392 . Provides genealogical information for these early Nanaimo families: John and Jane Biggs; Elijah and Frances Ganner; Richard and Elizabeth Richardson; John and Seadonah Richardson; Jesse and Mary Ann Sage; Thomas and Mary Hawkes; Joseph Louis and Ann Bevilockway. 53 pages. Maps. Family tree diagrams and black and white reproductions of archival photos. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. A high-quality copy of this superb genealogical reference. ; Sm 4to . N.H.S. unknown
2008856c7148Canada: TC 2008. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. 174 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated in black and white and colour with wonderful archival photos. "Traces the evolution of Victoria British Columbia as well as the Times Colonist newspaper .not only about the news but also about the community as a whole. It is about a newspaper's relationship with its readers which can reflect or challenge the social outlook of time." - from dust jacket. Remainder dot to bottom edge of text otherwise clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. An excellent copy. TC Hardcover
1972323a0906British Columbia: Pacific Hovercraft Limited 1972. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Rare memento of this early high-speed endeavour to connect passengers travelling between Vancouver and Vancouver Island by sea. Claimed to connect downtown Nanaimo with downtown Vancouver in just over 45 minutes; downtown Vancouver to downtown Victoria in under one and a half hours. Light wear. Few pencil notes. Undated. Circa 1972. Pacific Hovercraft Limited Paperback
1978417H3151Canada: Stagecoach Publishing Co. Ltd. 1978. Book. Illus. by Mclean Terry cover. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Special triple issue. 104 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Features: Billy Barker - he hit the mother lode; Last Voyage of the Tonquin March 25 1811; Miser's Hoard - Silas K. Vandermark; Policing the Rails - B.C. Provincial Police Constable Fred Emmott; Steamboat in the Rapids - the Maid of the Mist shoots the rapids below Niagara Falls June 6 1861; Murder at Beaver Pass - black barber Wellington Delaney Moses helps solve murder case; Grafton Tyler Brown - Black Artist of the West; Father Rondeault's Butter Church - St. Ann's Church on the Cowichan native reserve near Duncan on Vancouver Island; The Life and Death of the Davis-Humphries Hotel - Augusta Twp. Ontario; Leechtown's $40000 Cache - on Vancouver Island's Leech River; Dead Man's Gold - a tale from up the Stewart River; The Evil-Tempered Explorer - Captain Sir Edward Belcher R.N.; Memories of Mount Sicker - its copper prompted development of two major mines a railway and three small townsites; Cariboo Memories of Constance Pettijohn; The Ghost of Walt Whitman and Ontario's Bon Echo Rock; Haida Chief Koyah's War; The Tragedy of the American Buffalo; Buffalo are moved to the future Banff National Park; Sod House Earns Pioneer's Respect; The Last Great Indian Battle - it became a slaughter when the Cree made a rush for the river; Twenty-six Years With the B.C. Provincial Police - Constable Jack Williams retired in 1949 several drops of soiling and slight moisture exposure to this story. Unmarked with moderate soiling and wear. A sound vintage copy. Stagecoach Publishing Co. Ltd. Paperback
1988713H2005Penticton BC Canada: Skookum Publications 1988. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 92 pages. Map. Numerous black and white reproductions of archival black and white photos. "Returns the reader to an era in Canadian history when raising training trading and selling and the general use of horses were in their last decades of necessity and popularity. The Patterson herds were not animals raised in the neatly fenced paddocks of today. Range bred horses were left in the mountains until maturity then corralled castrated and branded. This story deals with these wild horses and the lifestyle of those men who worked with them and depended upon them." - from Introduction. Patterson's family was droughted out of Alberta and travelled by covered wagon to British Columbia to make a new start. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this adventurous depression-era history. Skookum Publications Paperback
1990146a7501British Columbia Canada: District of Coquitlam. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 0969459203 . 400 pages. "One hundred years of history as told by the pioneers themselves who recall taming the tree-filled wilderness the warmth of a growing community and the many cultures which formed what is now Coquitlam." - subtitle. Black and white archival illustrations throughout. Faint dab of liquid paper atop decorated front free endpaper otherwise clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Beautiful copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Coquitlam 100 Years: Reflections of the Past Lower Mainland History . District of Coquitlam hardcover
