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1993242a2731Canada: Save Georgia Strait Alliance 1993. Book. Good. Plastic Comb. Revised Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 130 pages. "Aimed at intermediate teachers and students to encourage in them a feeling of respect and responsibility for the Strait." - from introduction. Chapters include: Beachware; Beach Etiquette and Experience; Seashore Habitat; Quadrat Studies; Pollution Threats. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Save Georgia Strait Alliance Paperback
1995121h5773Canada: BHP Minerals Canada Ltd. Good in Good dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 0969972806 . 6-184 pages. Index. Many black and white reproductions of photos. "Records the early exploration years and accomplishments of the hundreds of men and women who worked the mine for 25 years and touches on contributions to the community of the miners and their families. Primarily a chronological history of an open pit copper mine and mill which utilized the ingenuity and skills of its people to ensure the mine's survival in the face of the challenges of a rugged environment a low grade orebody and economic recession. But it also tells a more personal story through photographs and anecdotes from the mine's veterans many of whom have taken the lessons learned at Island Copper to other mining operations around the world where they are known affectionately as the 'Island Copper Mafia.'" - dust jacket. Former library copy with several related markings. Moderate wear. Binding tight. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Craig Aspinall Island Copper Mine Rupert Inlet BC Copper Mines and Mining - British Columbia - Vancouver Island - History open pit copper mines . BHP Minerals Canada Ltd. hardcover
1986317c9956North Vancouver BC: Whitecap Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 336 pages including index. "The British Columbia Electric Railway consisted of 111 route miles of streetcar operations in four cities: seven interurban lines totaling 141 route miles; 40 million passengers carried in 1910 and almost 146 million in 1947. For 68 years - 1890 to 1958 - the streetcars and trams dominated and defined urban and interurban transportation in the most populated areas of B.C. Today only traces remain of this fascinating and well-run system that once brought people from all over the world to examine its operation. Includes over 270 fascinating illustrations plans of rolling stock tickets transfers beautiful route maps public schedules employee's timetables rosters of rolling stock and old Buzzers." - from dust jacket. A wonderful and almost unbelievable reference for residents of the now grid-locked lower mainland of British Columbia. Very light wear. Clean bright and unmarked. Partial lean to spine. Short opening to back panel of dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A high-quality copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Story of the B.C. Electric Railway Company British Columbia Electric Company History Street-Railroads Vancouver History New Westminster Nanaimo Victoria 336 pages including index. An exhaustively researched handsome volume. The British Columbia El . Whitecap Books hardcover
1986318c6837North Vancouver BC: Whitecap Books 1986. Ex-Library. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 336 pages including index. "The British Columbia Electric Railway consisted of 111 route miles of streetcar operations in four cities: seven interurban lines totaling 141 route miles; 40 million passengers carried in 1910 and almost 146 million in 1947. For 68 years - 1890 to 1958 - the streetcars and trams dominated and defined urban and interurban transportation in the most populated areas of B.C. Today only traces remain of this fascinating and well-run system that once brought people from all over the world to examine its operation. Includes over 270 fascinating illustrations plans of rolling stock tickets transfers beautiful route maps public schedules employee's timetables rosters of rolling stock and old Buzzers." - from dust jacket. An amazing and perhaps unbelievable reference for residents of the now grid-locked lower mainland. Very heavily worn. Front hinge partially open. Usual library markings. A worthy reading copy. Whitecap Books Hardcover
1952623G2219Penticton BC Canada: Self-Published 1952. Book. Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 212 pages. Several black and white photos in text. Author's signature and brief generic inscription atop title page. Prior owner has also signed top of title page and written two page numbers of interest to her. This is explained by her letter to the editor of the Penticton Herald hand-dated 1954 which is stapled just below and concerns her father Tom Ellis who is highly relevant to both pages she has written in that they deal with Mr. Ellis's contentious purchase of the large Haynes Estate in 1895. Contents include: Fur Trading Era 1811-1861; Ranching Era 1861-1920; Evolution of Ranching to Horticulture; Osoyoos Village 1920 to Date; Incidents Pertinent to Osoyoos and District. Average wear. Few light pencil markings to contents. Moisture exposure to several pages. Short opening at bottom of backstrip. A sound copy of this fascinating and unique copy. Hale and Barman #315. Self-Published Paperback
1950432c9910British Columbia: The British Columbia Regiment D.C.O. Very Good. 1950. First Edition. Paperback. Presents "certain episodes in the tale of our Regiment which occurred during the Second World War and which are now recounted for the entertainment of the lay reader rather than the critical analysis of the military historian." - Introduction. 86 pages. Includes many full-page black and white reproductions of photos and 28 Canadian Armoured Regiment BCR Casualty List. Minor blemish on back cover otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Tight and square. A quality copy of this important history. Edwards & Lort 1658 Dornbusch 15 Hale 1362. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Story of the British Columbia Regiment 1939-1945 WWII . The British Columbia Regiment (D.C.O.) paperback
2007155j0771Vancouver B.C.: Ronsdale Press. Very Good. 2007. First Edition. Paperback. 1553800400 . "This homegrown history of a distinctive Vancouver neighbourhood draws on interviews with more than 350 local residents including both recent arrivals and descendants of pioneers. Their personal accounts are augmented by information from numerous archival and published sources. From early settlement and industry to the area's commercial development from the first schools to the last streetcars from tent homes to castle houses this volume brimming with historic photographs celebrates community roots and a sense of place." - back cover. 441 glossy pages. Index. Footnotes. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Clean bright tight and unmarked with light wear. A high quality copy.; 4to; 452 pages . Ronsdale Press paperback
1883513221883. Western Australian Statutes 1883 Australia. The Statutes Of Western Australia. By Authority. Melbourne: M'Carron Bird & Co. 1883. 2 volumes. Quarto 10-1/2" x 8-1/2". Contemporary calf rebacked lettering pieces to spine. Moderate rubbing with some wear to extremities internally clean. Ex-library with shelf location labels to spines small property stamps to title pages. $500. Contents digested alphabetically. Topics include Aborigines administration of justice admiralty lands aliens hawking immigrants industrial schools intestates' estates jetties and bridges juries joint stock companies justices of the peace wild horses and wrecks. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 6:91. unknown
199115504986British Columbia: Save Georgia Strait Alliance. Good. 1991. First Edition. Paperback. 0969548508 . 230 pages. "A wide variety of speakers examine the complex factors and interrelationships involved in formulating realistic and effective solutions for Georgia Strait." - from Introduction. Writing upon front cover and some markings to contents. Average wear. Good working copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The State of the Strait: Proceedings of a Conference on the Health of Georgia Strait 1991 Nanaimo B.C. February 22-24 1991 . Save Georgia Strait Alliance paperback
1986647a9096Canada: Graydon Wheeler 1986. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 104 pages. Circa 1986. "The complete official stadium-goer's guide - Behind the Scenes at North America's newest most exciting entertainment center - The Superprojects: Expo/B.C Place/and Rapid Transit - Lion's 'Caps Baseball" - from front cover. A wonderful and important piece of British Columbia memorabilia. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding sound. Quality copy. Graydon Wheeler Paperback
2001103j2346Toronto: The Dundurn Group. Very Good. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 1550023748 . "A memorable book that not only honours the work to date of the most creative and prodigious of this country's judges but also provides a sample of the intellectual and functional foundations of the common law itself." - Introduction. "Allan McEachern 1926-2008 spent his entire career in British Columbia practicing law judging and for the last twenty-two years presiding as Chief Justice first of the Supreme Court of British Columbia then as Chief Justice of British Columbia. He laboured tirelessly on the Canadian Judicial Council for greater uniformity efficiency and transparency in the law everywhere in Canada." - Foreword. Laid-in is a program for the judge's tribute dinner held on 20 September 2001. 206 pages. Footnotes. Clean bright tight and unmarked very very light wear. A high-quality example. ; 8vo . The Dundurn Group hardcover
2024x-0700637044Univ Pr of Kansas 2024. Hardcover. New. 208 pages. 9.00x6.00x9.00 inches. Univ Pr of Kansas hardcover
0700637044.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1986351a4553Canada: Department of Fisheries and Oceans 1986. Book. Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 78 pages. "Reviews the taxonomy distribution migrations definition of stocks and life history of spiny dogfish as background to an historical account of its utilization in the Northeast Pacific." - from Abstract. Signed and inscribed by author upon title page else clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Department of Fisheries and Oceans Paperback
0483820032.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0243412150.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0266907636.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1528533674.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1528352904.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1910713G3592British Columbia: Vancouver Island Development Association 1910. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 64 pages. Many lovely archival photos in text. Describes Goldstream Highlands Colwood Happy Valley Albert Head Metchosin Rocky Point Sooke and Otter Point with special reference to their desirability as sites for pleasant homes and the suitability for three special lines of agriculture: sheep fruit and poultry. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality copy of this lovely vintage item. Vancouver Island Development Association Paperback
191623535Roanoke VA: Agricultural & Industrial Department Norfolk & Western Railway 1916. Softcover. Good. The Southern Homeseeker and Investor's Guide was published quarterly by the Norfolk & Western Railway from 1909 to 1918. Each 11.5" x 8.25" issue has an attractive color-illustrated cover and contains 40 pages of articles and advertisements relating to agricultural prospects and investment opportunities in the area served by the Norfolk and Western Railway. Most relates to Virginia but there is also content on North Carolina and West Virginia and occasional reference to states further afield. Articles cover topics such as fruit growing wheat farming dairying success stories about specific farms advice for prospective settlers higher education in Virginia what bankers' associations are doing to help farmers boys' and girls' agricultural clubs etc. This grouping includes Volume IV Number 2 June 1912 Volume IV Number 3 Sept. 1912 Volume IV Number 4 Dec. 1912 Volume V Number 3 Sept. 1913 and Volume VIII Number 1 March 1916. Condition ranges from good to very good with varying degrees of chipping tears creasing and general handling wear and a few detached wrappers. Internally all are very good. OCLC lists holdings of this periodical at only 6 institutions. Agricultural & Industrial Department, Norfolk & Western Railway unknown
0282221301.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1999166j1655Sooke British Columbia: S.R.M. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1999. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. 096949422X . "This history tells of the native people and of the first settlers - and with some anecdotal quotes condenses the years of development of community industry and culture into these pages. Anyone who has lived for any length of time in the Sooke area or whose family were participants in the early years of its growth will find this book of great interest." - Introduction. 12 433 pages. Maps footnotes index. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Number 248 of the limited first edition as stated on title page. Prior owner's small blindstamp to title page otherwise very clean bright tight and unmarked with minimal wear. An excellent example of this informative local history and genealogical reference. ; 8vo . S.R.M. hardcover
18701203290287Cincinnati : Western Tract and Book Society 1870. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Bound in contemporary black cloth. Gilt design on front cover and spine. Good binding and cover. Minimal shelfwear. Clean unmarked pages. Please feel free to view our photographs. <br><br> John Rankin February 5 1793-March 18 1886 was an American Presbyterian minister educator and abolitionist. Upon moving to Ripley Ohio in 1822 he became known as one of Ohio's first and most active conductors on the Underground Railroad. Prominent pre-Civil War abolitionists William Lloyd Garrison Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe were influenced by Rankin's writings and work in the anti-slavery movement. When Beecher was asked after the end of the Civil War "Who abolished slavery" she answered "Reverend John Rankin and his sons did. Cincinnati : Western Tract and Book Society hardcover
1986647j1910British Coliumbia: Ministry of The Environment. Good. 1986. Reprint. Paperback. 0771882653 . Describes and explains the variety of soils found in the different parts of the province. Part I describes regional variations in climate geology and vegetation. Part II discusses what soil is how it develops how it is classified and then describes the nine main types of soils. Part III provides the principal descriptions of the geographical variation of soil. Part IV provides a brief history of soil survey in British Columbia. 197 pages complete with numerous fold-outs and colour plates. Former library copy with usual markings. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound working copy of this informative reference. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Soil Geology Vegetation Classifications Climate Types Cowichan Survey History . Ministry of The Environment paperback
