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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
1977417H3148Canada: Stagecoach Publishing Co. Ltd. 1977. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 36 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Features: They Came Before Cook - Explorers who visited British Columbia before Captain James Cook; Church at Yale B.C. Has Roots - it has seen over a century of service; The Haunted Man - An 1861 Victoria Detective Story; The Unknown Land - times have changed since American fisheries officer James Swan visited the Queen Charlotte Islands almost a century ago; Poundmaker - Son of Crowfoot; British Columbia's Hedley Camp and the Nickel Plate Mine; Reminiscences of hundred-year-old mining man John 'Jake' Turnbull; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Stagecoach Publishing Co. Ltd. Paperback
1976417H3147Canada: Stagecoach Publishing Co. Ltd. 1976. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 36 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Features: The Ship That Turned Over In Her Grave - the 'Gulf Stream' owned by Gulf Lines Ltd. served the Vancouver to Powell River run; Jack Fannin - this pioneer extraordinaire was the first curator and virtually creator of the British Columbia Provincial Museum; Forgotten Towns of the West Kootenay - many have been lost to flood and fire; 1689 - Year of the Massacre - Missionaries killed by the Iroquois; Klondike Journey - Part 2 of 3 on Klondike of the 1890s and the travels of Robert beresford Allison; The Gold-Plated Nickels - counterfeiting method used by a deaf-mute in the U.S. in 1880; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Stagecoach Publishing Co. Ltd. Paperback
1931451a4720London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1931. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 45 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Many interesting black and white photos. Sunning near spine. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this informative and fascinating work. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Paperback
1932714c9691Vancouver B.C.: Self-Published 1932. Book. Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 111 pages. Reproductions of black and white photos. Attractively signed and inscribed by author upon first blank leaf as follows "From - The Church of the Open Door Vancouver BC Yours Sincerely Andrew Roddan." No other markings. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this evocative and sobering look back to the soup lines of the 1930s and the men who stood in them. Self-Published Paperback
1953316G2289Ottawa: The Society for Art Publications. Good. 1953. First Edition. Paperback. Pages 95-132. This issue most noteworthy for its early coverage of beloved B.C. artist E.J. Hughes in an article by Doris Shadbolt. Other features include: A.Y. Jackson's reflections on his seventieth birthday; Art and Television - in Montreal and Toronto; The Sketch-Books of James Wilson Morrice; Toward Regionalism in Canadian Architecture; Eric Brown as I knew him; The Academy Today; Coast to Coast in Art; New Books on the Arts; The Art Forum; Several pages of nice vintage ads. Cover photo of the award-winning Marwell Building in Vancouver; Illustrated in colour and black and white. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Canadian Art Magazine Spring Number 1953 Volume X Number 3 - Ed E.J. Hughes Painter of the West Coast Jackson A.Y.; E.J. Ed Hughes; Morrice James Wilson; Pilot Robert reflections on his seventieth birthday; Art and Television - in Montreal a . The Society for Art Publications paperback
1955838G4949Ottawa: Society for Art Publications. Good. 1955. First Edition. Paperback. Pages 34-92 Illustrated in black and white. Features: Canadian collections lauded in Europe; Adieu Matisse; A Return to Europe; Recent acquisitions by Canadian galleries and museums; Combining the fine and decorative arts; Lawren P. Harris - a way to abstract painting; A more co-operative effort to sell paintings; The probme of the artist in the Maritimes; How you can borrow pictures in Vancouver; New life to the graphic arts on the west coast; and more. Printed on glossy stock. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Canadian Art Magazine Winter 1955: Lawren P. Harris - A Way to Abstract Painting Canadian collections lauded in Europe; Adieu Matisse; A Return to Europe; Recent acquisitions by Canadian galleries and museums; Combining the fine and decorative arts; La . Society for Art Publications paperback
1962352a5284Toronto: Canadian Audubon Society 1962. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Features include: The Murres; The Cougar on Vancouver Island; Bird Finding in Manitoba; Hawk Migrations around the Great Lakes; Mystic Moss of the Charlottes. Moderate wear. Nice copy. Canadian Audubon Society Paperback
2009311h5452Vancouver Canada: Cordillera Books 2009. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. pp. x 187. BibIiography. Index. Many black and white reproductions of archival photos. Presents the fascinating life story of Svein Stokke and his successful career in the shipping business. Involves companies such as: Canadian Transport Company Star Shipping MacMillan Bloedel Seaspan International and Seaspan Corporation. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this work which is sure to provide highly informative reading for anyone interested in the history of shipping on Canada's west coast. Cordillera Books Paperback
1973653H4786Canada: Garnet Publishing Co. Good. 1973. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 40 pages. Features: Cover illustration of the Battle of Batoche; Norfolk County Witchcraft; Murder on the Rangeland - a 60-year-old account of one of the greatest manhunts in B.C. history near Clinton; Gabriel Dumont's Ferry; The Evil-Tempered Explorer - Captain Sir Edward Belcher R.N.; Sir Allan Napier MacNab - The Laird of Dundurn; Laura Secord - Heroine of Upper Canada; The Battle of Batoche; and more. Bit of writing on front cover. Average wear. A sound vintage copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Canadian Frontier Magazine Paul Spintlum Moses Paul Laura Secord Sir Allan Napier MacNab Sir Edward Belcher Gabriel Dumont Clinton B.C. Manhunts - British Columbia Witchcraft - Norfolk County Ontario . Garnet Publishing Co. unknown
1984243G1766Canada: Canadian Forces Station Holberg - San Josef 1984. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Unpaginated. Almost 5/8" thick. Excellent colour photographic endpapers. Black and white archival photographs throughout accompanied by substantial supporting text. Includes list of base personnel. At time of publication Canadian Forces Station Holberg had for 30 years stood as the western anchor of the Canadian radar chain. This copy was formally presented to Colonel L.G. Jenks. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Canadian Forces Station Holberg - San Josef 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
1930662G2690Ottawa: The Canadian Geographical Society 1930. Book. Illus. by Brann Esther; Banting F.G.; Scott A. Sherriff. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pages 103-188 plus 10 pages of wonderful vintage advertisements. Features: A Quebec Sketch book - article with colour plates of paintings by Esther Brann; Full-page colour plate of painting entitled "The Skeena River"; An Indian Paradise Lost - Abundantly photo-illustrated article on scenery and native peoples in the Skeena River British Columbia district; Writer James DeMille - photo and brief bio plus his poem The Maiden of Quoddy; Photo portrait and message from Prime Minister Mackenzie King; A Fragment of China - article with many wonderful photos from China by John Stone with emphasis upon architectural features; A Look at London - photo-illustrated article; Dr. Henri Ami and the work of a Canadian school of prehistory in France; Black and white painting by F.G. Banting of a lonely outpost in the Arctic; Nice one-page Canada Steamship Lines ad features The Manoir Richilieu; Color Canadian National one-page ad for Jasper National Park features illustration of the lodge; Nice back cover ad by Canadian Pacific features A. Sherriff Scott colour painting of Mountie gazing down upon the Banff Springs Hotel. Average external wear and soiling. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage item. The Canadian Geographical Society Paperback
1947302G3433Canada: The Canadian Geographical Society. Good. 1947. First Edition. Paperback. Pages 1-51 plus ten pages of nice vintage ads. Features: British Columbia - major article with many wonderful photos presenting a great snapshot of the province; Gates and the Englishman; Pack Horses; The Flight of the Thunderbird - The first commercial flight into the Canadian northland; Nice color Oldsmobile ad on back cover features a green "78" Club Sedan; and more. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Canadian Geographical Journal July 1947 - First Commercial Flight Into the Canadian Northland British Columbia - major article with many wonderful photos presenting a great snapshot of the province; Gates and the Englishman; Pack Horses; The Flight of . The Canadian Geographical Society paperback
1960302G3442Canada: The Canadian Geographical Society 1960. Magazine. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pages 113-150 plus eight pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Taming the Tides of Fundy - article with great photos; The Preposterous Fortress of the North - The Story of Fort Prince of Wales; Lebanon; Spanish Explorations in British Columbia; One-page two-color RCAF recruiting ad for their Air Transport Command; Back cover ad for Canadian Pacific passenger travel shows family chatting with engineer; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. The Canadian Geographical Society Paperback
1943302G3427Canada: The Canadian Geographical Society 1943. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pages 1-50 plus ten pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Newfoundland - the watchdog of the Atlantic - with many great military photos; In the Heart of British Columbia's Coast Range; The Watermills of Old England; Occupational Therapy Across Canada; Some Canadian Cities meaning and origin of names; Canada's Postcard Commandos - using photos to identify and target assets of our military opponents; The Balkans; and more. Some of the best ads include: The Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario with artillery illustration inside front cover; Quebec Liquor Commission "Please Use Less"; Empress Hotel/Chateau Frontenac Hotel combined photo ad on back cover. Moderate wear. Small name stamped inside front cover. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. The Canadian Geographical Society Paperback
1954302G3435Canada: The Canadian Geographical Society 1954. Magazine. Illus. by Renaud June. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pages 167-204 plus 20 pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Yellowknife - Town of the Air Age - many wonderful photos; Soldiering at Fort Henry - many excellent illustrations; Pictures of the Provinces - III; Camouglaged Eggs in the Land of the Midnight Sun; and more. Some of the nicer ads include: Colour one-page Lord Calvert Whiskey ad features Irish Setter Champion Ace Flyer of Aragon owned by Gertrude W. Drew of Toronto; Nice colour ad for the 1954 Monarch car features a black on red Lucerne Coupe; Nice colour ads for Chevrolet and Chrysler cars; Back cover photo ad for the Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF features photo of pilot and navigator in front of their CF-100 jet fighter. Moderate wear. Small name stamp inside front cover. A sound copy. The Canadian Geographical Society Paperback
1985842c7020Ottawa Canada: Royal Canadian Geographical Society 1985. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 90 pages. Features/Articles: Forty Years Ago - the Society and World War II; Outport Resettlement 20 Years Later - between 1966 and 1969 814 families were uprooted in the Placentia Bay region of Newfoundland; Tree planting in the Cascade Mountains east of Hope B.C.; World's Largest caribou herd mired in Quebec-Labrador boundary dispute - includes terrible photos of dozens of dead caribou - killed by high flood waters; Divvying Up the Fish - World Court decision on Georges Bank still leaves tangled aftermath in Canada-US relations; Ukrainian Festival at Dauphin Manitoba; Cleland Island - a special place specially protected; Ecological Reserves - B.C. leads the way with 113 'outdoor laboratories'; Black Holes Quasars Blastwaves - Canadian astronomers probing outer space for clues to the origin of the universe; Helping Eels over the Dam - ladder speeds them on their fascinating odyssey from the Sargasso Sea to Lake Ontario; Morley Thomas awarded 1985 Massey Medal; Spanish names along our west coast; Waterspouts over Lake Winnipeg. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Royal Canadian Geographical Society Paperback
1961302G3443Canada: The Canadian Geographical Society. Good. 1961. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Pages 183-233 plus fifteen pages of nice vintage ads. Features: The Day of Chrysler's Farm - major article with many excellent illustrations and maps; Upper Canada Village; The Ontario-St. Lawrence Development Commission - article with photo; Nice Canadian Army recruiting ad inside back cover; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Canadian Geographical Journal June 1961 : The Day of Chrysler's Farm Upper Canada Village; The Ontario-St. Lawrence Development Commission - article with photo; Nice Canadian Army recruiting Ad . The Canadian Geographical Society unknown
1950302G3434Canada: The Canadian Geographical Society 1950. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Features: Old Fort Henry - The Citadel of Upper Canada; The Big Muddy Valley of Southern Saskatchewan; One-Hundred Years of Lower Fort Garry; and more. Moderate wear. Please note: this is a most unusual issue as it seems to combine feature articles from different issues. The pagination is not continuous and some pages are smaller than others. Table of contents is only partially correct and prior owner has made multiple corrections. Please ask if you have any questions. The Canadian Geographical Society Paperback
19761211Langley B.C.: Stagecoach Publishing 1976. Paperback. About Very Good. Tabloid sized newspaper folio 16-3/4 inches tall pp. varies between 12 16 and 20. Text toned with mailing labels to top covers one stray pen mark occasional soil and creases wear to outer leaves. A nice run of the first 5 and perhaps only editions of this uncommon historical tabloid newspaper. Stagecoach Publishing paperback
1940839c8398British Columbia: Canadian Merchant Service Guild 1940. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 28 pages. Index of advertisers. Report of President Captain Jas. W. Watt; Photo of SS. Prince Rupert; Figures in the Cut Rate Wars - in the year 1884 the Canadian Pacific Navigation Company met its last spirited opposition; Photos/illustrations of Ten different styles of Seagoing Craft of the Pacific; The H.M.S. Algerine - did duty in war and peace; Pacific Future - the impact of faster vessels air travel and possible military developments on Pacific shipping; A Voyage to Australia; Photo of a Pacific Terminal at Vancouver; The Sea in Our Language - a glossary of jargon used in the profession; Twenty years ago; Photo of the Canadian Coast Patrol Cutter SS. Lillooet; The Jervis Bay - a ship built in England in 1921-22; Honouring Vancouver's First Ship - The Royal Mail Steamship "Empress of India"; Sparks Family and the Quartermaster - a twenty-year-old story of shipmen a cat and a parrot; Forty Years Ago; Some Casualties - an interesting look back at ship accidents 20 years ago and the cost of their repairs; Photo of Canada's greatest west coast floating dock at Burrard Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. in North Vancouver; S.S. Plumper - Early Survey Ship; Seven Men in a Boat - Roy Widdicombe recalls what happened to survivors of the Anglo-Saxon after it was sunk by the German raider Weser southwest of the Azores; Photo of the Union Bay Coaling Berths; List of members on active military service; Obituaries; Photo of the steamer Amelia circa 1880s; Two inch by three inch piece missing from front cover. Fore-edge openings to first two pages. Canadian Merchant Service Guild Paperback
1939839c8397British Columbia: Canadian Merchant Service Guild 1939. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 32 pages. Index. Index of advertisers. Report of President Captain Jas. W. Watt; Photos of five guild officials; Pen Picture of a typical American Sailor - an article by Meyer Berger from a New York paper; Port of Vancouver B.C.; Steamboat Round the Bend by H.L. Sacret - working on the Mackenzie River; Forty Years Ago on the B.C. Coast; Captain Oliver Williams - Coast Superintendant; Great photo of Union Bay coaling berths; Steam is Far From Finished; Jemmy Jones Mariner Extraordinary. Union Steamships link the Coast Communities of British Columbia; Norwegian Honour for British Crew - the SS. Chelohsin; Captain Thomas Rippon - Respected Brother Passes; Vancouver Built - SS. Alaska Hull No. 1 of the Coughlan Yards of False Creek; Whence Came the McMillans - a man goes overboard in October 1900; Captain Ernie Landheim Joins Pilots; Great photo of the large Searle Grain Elevator on Fraser River New Westminster; There Was Money in Privateering - The Harmsworth Cup; Shipmasters who became Shipowners; Yo Ho and a Bottle of Rum; Obituaries. Average external wear and soiling. Binding intact. A sound copy. An informative and engaging read. Canadian Merchant Service Guild Paperback
1955839c8399British Columbia: Canadian Merchant Service Guild 1955. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 36 pages. Index of advertisers inside back cover. Features: Windjammer Days by Captain C.c. Sainty; Westernmost Lighthouse in the U.S.A. by Eric Wahleen; International Tugboat Races; Princess of Vancouver; Ramblings in Indonesia by Captain A. Cabot; Weather Observing in Ships by L.K. McGlening; Ghosts of Old Seaman Behind Stained Glass by Norman Hacking; Venture Proves Successful - Jervis Inlet Water Taxi Limited; New Freight Carrier Introduces "Pick a Back" System - the M.V. Clifford J. Rogers; New Company - The North Shore Dock & Warehouse Co. Ltd; ; Aerial Views of Harbours - Montreal Sarnia Prince Rupert Port Alberni Nanaimo Victoria; Lions Gate Bridge photo taken from south end - with two handwritten names; Pilot's Convention; The Appointment of Captain Lee by Captain Thomas Gilchrist; Half-page ad for The Black Ball Line; Mere Figureheads by James E. Carver; M.V. Chinook II; Business is Coming to British Columbia; Sixth International Tugboat Races; They Have Passed On; Pigs and Ships. Writing on front cover. Gift inscription on President's Message page suggests this copy formerly belonged to Captain H. Roach President of the Guild in 1955. Average wear. A sound copy. A great memento from the earlier days of west coast maritime navigation. Canadian Merchant Service Guild Paperback
