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2007Q-0691130647Princeton University Press 2007-04-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Princeton University Press paperback
2004166j1824Winlaw B.C.: Sono Nis Press. Very Good. 2004. First Edition. Paperback. 1550391453 . Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. "Although barely 120 years old in terms of European settlement the valley has been the amphitheatre in which much of British Columbia's and Canada's most dramatic history has played out. This book links the region and its people to the broader history of B.C. and Canada and paints an engaging vivid portrait of the culture and lifestyles in the area today." - back cover. 320 pages. Profusely illustrated with colour and black and white photos. Clean bright and unmarked with light wear. A nice signed example. ; 8vo; Signed by Author . Sono Nis Press paperback
200443255Washington DC: GPO 2004. First Edition. First Printing. good. 177 wraps appendix. Serial No. 108-93. GPO paperback
200447997Washington DC: GPO 2004. First Edition. First Printing. good. 177 wraps appendix. Serial No. 108-93. GPO paperback
2010663G3612Canada: Harbour Publishing 2010. Book. Illus. by Evans Carol. Very Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 96 pages. Signed and inscribed by author/artist upon first page. Oblong 8.5" x 10". "Contains over eighty of Evans' most recent works collected here in gorgeous full-colour reproductions that faithfully represent the startlingly vivid visions of the original watercolours capturing the unique character of BC's exquisite shoreline landscape - a place like nowhere else on earth." - from front flap. Clean with light wear. A nice copy. Harbour Publishing Paperback
1977725j0553Vancouver British Columbia: J. J. Douglas Ltd. Fair. 1977. First Edition. Paperback. 0888941595 . "For more than fifty years after its beginnings in 1898 Western Canada's largest department store chain Woodward's published mail order catalogues. The drawings photos and advertising copy in these catalogues provide a fascinating and nostalgic record of the changes that have taken place in fashions furniture tools toys pharmaceuticals books music - all the necessities and some of the luxuries of western lfe. Through their pages are glimpses of the ways of the loggers farmers miners clerks tradesmen professional men - and their families - in the camps villages and cities of British Columbia and Alberta. A light-hearted text by Robert Watt Head of the Vancouver Centennial Museum borrows from the whole range of catalogue drawings and copy to illustrate the changes taking place over the years. Two complete catalogues - 1912 and 1929 are reproduced in facsimile." - back cover. xxviii 4 160 7 171 4 pp. Contents clean and unmarked. Binding intact. Above-average external wear with several short tape repairs to front cover. A worthy copy of this delightful trip down memory lane!; Cover Design; 4to . J. J. Douglas Ltd. paperback
20202-1138360082Taylor & Francis 2020. Paperback. New. 174 pages. 8.62x5.98x0.40 inches. Taylor & Francis paperback
1167182693.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0243460619.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0266969461.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0666980306.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1937732j1148Ottawa: Department of Mines and Resources. Fair. 1937. First Edition. Paperback. "The Sekani Indians of northern British Columbia centre today around two posts of the Hudson's Bay Company Fort McLeod on McLeod Lake and Fort Grahame on Finlay River. The author visited them in those places during the summer of 1924 spending three weeks on McLeod Lake and a week at Fort Grahame. The information obtained at that time forms the main subject of this report." - Preface. Chapters include: History and Subdivisions of the Sekani; Conflicts with Neighbouring Tribes; Physical Appearance and Material Culture; Social Organization; Marriage Childhood and Burual; Religion. Author was Canada's most distinguished anthropologist. viii 1-82 glossy pages. Map. Black and white photos. Tables. Footnotes. Unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. Front hinge taped. Back hinge open. A worthy example of this wonderfully informative study. ; Sm 4to . Department of Mines and Resources paperback
1969553H1602Vancouver B.C.: Seaforth Highlanders of Canada 1969. Book. Illus. by Connorton Cy Dust Jacket. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxiv 559 65 pages. Eight fold-out maps. Black and white photographic plates. "Almost sixty years have passed since the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada was authorized as a regiment in the Canadian Militia. This volume covers the story of the regiment from the time it returned home in 1919 up to the present day." - from dust jacket. Clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A superb copy. Edwards & Lort 3060. Hale 2487. Cuddy & Scott page 77 Cooke 2nd Edn page 185. Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Hardcover
1974559c6048Saanich British Columbia: Mount View High School 1974. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Unpaginated. Almost one inch thick. Not only a complete 1974 yearbook this volume also includes a substantial primarily photographic history of the school back to its founding in 1931. Prior owner's small name hidden on backside of front free endpaper else unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. Supplement included. A quality copy of this special issue. Mount View High School Hardcover
1993715c5701Vancouver B.C.: The Jewish Historical Society of B.C. 1993. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 20 pages. Topics: The Snow Tramp a poem by Miriam Waddington; Cyril Leonoff - Building and Preserving British Columbia by David Ferman; The Lechtziers - Alley Ways Family Ways by Sarah H. Tobe; Jottings from my Notebook by Maxine Gelfant; Winnipeg Mind's Eye - photos of a bygone era; From the Memoirs of a Manitoba Maydl by Cherie Smith; Videotape Vignettes by Dr. Isaac W. Stoffman; Ruth Miller Levy Remembers. Rumpled. Unmarked. A worthy reference copy. The Jewish Historical Society of B.C. Paperback
18394904Edinburgh: Printed for the Maitland Club 1839. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 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; <br /><br />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. Printed for the Maitland Club hardcover
1992713H4321British Columbia: Ministry of Government Services British Columbia - Archives and Records Service 1992. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. x 154 pages. Alphabetical list of Rural and Assisted Schools. Several black and white reproductions of archival photos. "A guide to the surviving records related to the provision of public education in the Province of British Columbia and its colonial parents." - Foreword. Few markings to contents. Average wear. Price sticker remnant on back cover. Binding intact. A sound copy of this informative reference. Ministry of Government Services, British Columbia - Archives and Records Service Paperback
1957357G2395USA: The Curtis Publishing Company 1957. Magazine. Illus. by Hughes George cover; Dmitri Ivan; De Mers Joe; Mayan; Kane Morgan; Bomberger Bruce; Von Schmidt Harold;. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 116 pages. Fiction: The Second Mrs. Thorpe; The Mysterious Mr. Todd; The Lady Called Brazil; Tornado!; Ambush at Blanco Canyon part 2 of 4; The Girl From the Mimosa Club parf 4 of 7; The conclusiong of Doom Cliff. Articles: What Happened to the Magic of Childhood - They are missing the aimless days we used to know; Alan Ladd - Hollywood's Unlikely Hero - with several photos including Sophia Loren and Marilyn Monroe; The Secrets of Jamestown - extraordinary treasures unearthed during restoration for 350th birthday; How the Israelis Blitzed Nasser's Army - article with photos of Dayan and his men and other scenes; We Made the "Impossible" Tour - Conclusion - The Land of Fire - three agonizing miles of travel in southern Argentina; The Face of America - Great color photo inside caboose; Incredible New Frontier - Kitimat British Columbia. Ads: Nostalgic two-page Inco ad explains their developments in the Mystery-Moak Lakes area of northern Manitoba perhaps the site of modern-day Thompson; Nice color one-page ad for Heinz Campside beans; Nice two-page photo ad for General Motors highlights Keene New Hampshire home of Kingsbury Machine Tool Corporation - with photos of Mayor J. Alfred Dennis H.T. Kingsbury Chester L. Kingsbury Gunnar Swahnberg Ed Kingsbury Earl Riley Jim Riley and Blair Howe; Nice two-page ad for Westinghouse TVs; Whitman's Chocolates; Campbell's Soup; Fantastic two-page Cadillac ad displays a red Sedan de Ville four-door hartdop; Tareyton; Pontiac; De Soto cars - nice color photo; American Airlines - two-pages in color; 1957 Mercury cars with great color image of a red Colony Park station wagon with new power-lift back window; Cushman Eagle mini-bike; Detroit Diesel - quarry scene in color; Frigidaire clothes washers; Canada tourism; GMC Trucks - the 860 Diesel; Chief Engineer Roebling the man behind the building of the Brooklyn Bridge is honored in a U.S. Savings Bond ad; Great vintage National Cash Register NCR ad inside back cover - their new register calculates change!. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. The Curtis Publishing Company Paperback
1974166j1282Ottawa: Environment Canada Fisheries and Marine Service. Very Good. 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. "Dedicated to the salmons of the Pacific and the Atlantic and to all their friends in Canada and other countries who wish to protect them and restore or enhance their abundance." - copyright page. Uncommon hardcover edition in brownish-gray cloth. 79 pages profusely illustrated with colour photos. Clean tight and unmarked with light wear. A high-quality example of this lavishly-produced Haig-Brown memento. Please note that this offering consists of the book only i.e. no box slipcase etc. are included. Cave 185 a. ; 4to . Environment Canada, Fisheries and Marine Service hardcover
197424604984Ottawa: Environment Canada. Fair. 1974. First Edition. Paperback. 79 pages. Numerous large colour photographs. Prior owner's name atop half-title page else unmarked. Above-average wear.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; The Salmon . Environment Canada paperback
1968751c7707Vancouver British Columbia Canada: Self-Published 1968. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 108 pages. "What I have learned of the logging and loggers has been picked up in the Coast districts of Washington and British Columbia. That I have tried to picture unusual characters amongst loggers and have said little of the unnumbered thousands of fine upstanding many men in the industry is not that I'm unaware of them. The unusual always get more attention. In the Saga I speak from personal knowledge not heresay. And the characters I attempt to picture are not fictitious nor are the incidents in which they are involved." - from author's note to the reader. Contains fifty-four poems with titles such as: The Tyee Logger; The Logging Camp; Rough House Pete; Sad News at Spry; The Ballad of B__ S___ Bill; First the Kaiser Then Hitler; When the Sun Begins to Shine; To Fred Elworthy; Song of the Axe; To Felix Penne; To Be Read at a Stag Party of a Friend; Burns Night; Despondency; Vancouver; Gay Nymph; The New Chief; and many more. Prior owner's name inside front cover. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this wonderful compilation of historical northwest coastal logging lore. Self-Published Paperback
1991527j1230British Columbia: Sono Nis Press. Good. 1991. First Edition. Paperback. 1550390139 . "For 59 years the S.S. Moyie served the Kootenays carrying everything from silver ore and apples to mail and farm animals. By 1958 when she was retired she had outlasted all other passenger-carrying steam-powered sternwheelers in Canada the western U.S. and Alaska." - back cover. 60 pages abundantly illustrated with archival photos in colour and black and white. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy.; 8vo . Sono Nis Press paperback
195497512Sydney: Perth City Council/State Government of WA. 1954. 1st ed. quarto pp. 98 col and b&w photos orig bds. cnrs bumped lower edges rubbed small loss to f.e.p. Presentation certificate some off-setting tipped in to f.f.ep. signed by Lord Mayor John Murray to Brigadier H.B. Norman and his wife. Very good condn. Visit of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh. 1st edition. Boards. Perth City Council/State Government of WA hardcover
1331587239.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
