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Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 104 pages with b&w photos, chapters include: Foundation of the industry ( McLaughlin and Tudhope compared), The First World War, The (Interwar Years: General Motors and Ford, the Smaller Corporations, Exports and Tariffs, The Industry since 1945 (From the Royal Commission to the Auto Pact)
Ex-library book with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 112 pages. Many color photos.
19580100573Toronto: The Champlain Society 1958. Hardcover. pp. 359. 8vo. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Unnumbered copy. Light shelfwear slant and sticker ghost to spine 'No. 35' written in ink on spine as well; very good. The Champlain Society hardcover
19580100574Toronto: The Champlain Society 1958. Hardcover. pp. 359. 8vo. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Ex Hudson's Bay Company Library: HBC sticker to spine and bookplate to front pastedown. Light shelfwear slant to spine 'No. 35' written in ink on spine as well; very good. #56/600. The Champlain Society hardcover
Festschrift issued on the retirement of Gilbert Norwood from the Classics Department,University of Toronto, containing essays such as : The Gods of Homer [G.M.A.Grube] The Seal of Theognis [Leonard Woodbury] Pelias and his Pallid Wits.Pindar [W.B.Stanford] Salamis Symphony: The Persae of Aeschylus [S.M.Adams] The Inner Conflict in the Persae. [L.J.D.Richardson] Notes on Oedipus at Colonus [Ivan M.Linforth] Medea-Interpretations [R.A.Browne] The Spartan Invasion of Attica in 431 B. C. [W.B.Wallace] Mystery of the Choreutes [Kathleen Freeman] Why was Socrates tried? [E.A.Hvelock] Problem in the method of hypothesis in Phaedo [M.D.C.Tait] Epicurus and Menander; [Norman W.DeWitt] Cairensis of Menander by Infra Red [ J.M.Edmonds] Clement of Alexandria's Attitude toward Greek Philosophy; [J.T.Muckle] Lucretius on the Roman Theatre [Lily Rodd Taylor] Dates in the Autumn of 63BC [ O.J.Todd] The Restoration of the Virgilian Farm [H>Bennett] . Vergil Georgics [ Robert J.Getty] Horace's Ninth Satire in its Setting [E.T.Salmon] Elegaic Themes in Horace's Odes [W.Leonard Grant] Thought sequence in the ode [H.L.Tracy] Interpretation of Seneca em 46.1 [W.H.Alexander] "And Passing Rich. " [Gilbert Bagnani] Tacitus Agricola 36.3 [L.A.MacKay] The Prophet in Israel and in Greece [T.H.Robinson] Metaphor,ancient and Modern [ H.J.Rose] On an Underestimated Feature of Language [ Joshua Whatmough] Helens in Goethe's Faust [ Barker Fairley] Milton's Pastoral Monodies [ A.S.P.Woodhouse] Includes bibliography of Norwood's published writings Issued as a "supplementary volume" of The Phoenix, Journal of the Classical Association of Canada, 278 pages. 8vo. Book
120400London: Sampson Low Son and Marston 1870. Hardcover Poor. 373pp. plus 16pp. ads. Ex-library. Faded the back half of the spine and and the back board are reinforced with clear tape the front board is detached the back inner hinge has been detached and repaired with paper. Locale: Rocky Mountains; Western America. Canada Description and Travel Irish Americans Irish Canadians. Sampson, Low, Son, and Marston Hardcover
1870CA 0940London: Sampson Low Marston 1870. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. blue Dec. Cloth Gilt Spine pp. viii 373 orig spine relaid new endpapers sligh bow in front cover overall moderate soil to covers slight fade to spine Contains an account of trip from Chicago to Denver and Cheyenne. White an Oxford graduate had a keen eye and insite.his observations make interesting reading Size: 8 Vo. Sampson, Low, Marston, Hardcover
1973757j2430Canada: Nabob Foods. Good. 1973. First Edition. Paperback. Editor travelled across Western Canada inviting homemakers to share their time-honoured recipes. The response was wonderful and the best of those recipes are presented here. 64 glossy stapled pages generously illustrated with colour photography. Unmarked with average wear. A sound example of this popular cookbook.; 8vo . Nabob Foods paperback
191535463Imprimé par J. de L. Taché, Imprimeur de sa Très Excellente Majesté le Roi Couverture souple Ottawa 1915
191816206Ottawa Commission of Conservation 1918 In-8 illustré de tableaux et d'une carte (Coalfields of Western Canada), 44p. Couverture imprimée.
19061125559907<p>St. John N.B: Barnes 1906. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. original green cloth with gilt cover titlev 92 xv pages 18 unnumbered leaves of plates : portraits ; Includes index 23 cm CONDITION; spine has pperished text shaken with a few pages disbound needs re binding. Thomas White d.1683/1684 immigrated in 1670 from England to Monmouth New Jersey. His son Peter White d.1697 lived in Shrewsbury New Jersey and was the ancestor of William White b.1759 the Loyalist. William married Deborah Tilton in 1779 served with the British Army during the Revolutionary War immigrated to St. John then Parrtown New Brunswick in 1782 later moving to Queens County New Brunswick. Descendants lived in New Brunswick Ontario and elsewhere.</p> Barnes hardcover
100257Ottawa: Mortimer Co. Ltd. 1915 2nd edition. Small 4to 603pp. Very good no dust jacket. Two folding maps in color charts index. Only one of the six maps / charts in the rear pocket is present and the covers have minor edgewear. Locale: Canada. Canada Attitude Commission of Conservation Canada Geography--Canada Sea Levels Surveys. Mortimer Co., Ltd. Hardcover
408 pages. Index. Black and white illustrations. Stories and history of the British Columbia Coast from Raincoast Chronicles, Issues 11-15. Few very small chips from top edge of back panel of dust jacket (now preserved in archival-grade Brodart cover) which otherwise bears light wear. Lovely copy. Book
271 pages. "Raincoast Chronicles is essentially a no-bullshit book that opens up the past of those of us living along the West Coast of Canada in a way that no other magazine has ever succeeded. No glossy tourist nonsense. No political monkeying with the facts of life. Sweat and grease and silver and salmon. Lovely yellowing old photographs. Steam engines. Diesels. Oars. Easthopes. Rigging. Donkeys." - from the Foreward. Book unmarked with moderate wear and soiling. Binding sound. Dust jacket bears above-average wear but is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A sound copy. Book
76 pages with fascinating archival black and white photographic reproductions. Covers Horseshoe Valley, Lund, Lost Villages of Vancouver Island, Minstrel Island, 84 years in Bella Coola, Whaling stations of the Queen Charlottes, and more. Average wear and a few spots of soiling to front cover which features impressive photo of five men standing in a massive native canoe. Book
221 pages. Illegitimus non Carborundum (don't let the b******ds wear you down.) - Bill White. Average wear. One inch tear to bottom edge of back cover. Peeled area from front cover where sticker removed. Contents square and unmarked. "White's stories of the 'bad old days' of B.C. Labour will fascinate anyone interested in the largely unwritten history of this country. For those concerned with the current state of human and labour rights in B.C., Bill White's call for a return to the kind of gloves-off fighting that marked his heyday will seem appropriate and useful." - from back cover. Book
1994155a7638British Columbia: Harbour Publishing 1994. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 408 pages. Index. Black and white illustrations. Stories and history of the British Columbia Coast from Raincoast Chronicles Issues 11-15. Few very small chips from top edge of back panel of dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart cover which otherwise bears light wear. Lovely copy. Harbour Publishing Hardcover
1996318c8499Canada: Harbour Publishing 1996. Book. Illus. by Thirkell Keith. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 127 pages. Index. Beautifully colour-illustrated throughout including endpapers. "With paintings by local artists poems by local poets tall tales by local characters miracles by Sechelt medicine men tips on how to predict weather risque' gossip about historical figures bold opinions plenty of hard facts and over 150 breathtaking colour photographs this is a book to be treasured by anyone with an eye for fascinating places." - from dust jacket. Clean bright and unmarked with lightest wear. A lovely copy. Gift quality. Harbour Publishing Hardcover
1958613h2072British Columbia: British Columbia Women's Institutes. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. "An adventure in cooking awaits you in the following pages for here are gathered the favourite recipes of good cooks from all parts of our Province. Some of them have come from the 'Old Lands' the British Isles and other parts of Europe some from the United States and other countries around the world some are treasures from the collections of our grandmothers and great-grandmothers and others from generation to generation before there were any written cookbooks memories of the gallant women of yesteryears. These recipes have not been lab tested. Instead their merit rests on the reputation of our British Columbia women as good cooks and able hostesses members of our Women's Institutes and used in their own homes across our province who year after year take so many prizes in our Fairs and Exhibitions. Early settlers gave freely of hospitality and food. Doors were always open to travellers and so we are happy to have the opportunity to compile this Cook Book to mark our part in the Centennial Celebration of our Province." - Foreword. 298 pages. Index. Occasional nice black and white photos of scenes of the various areas in the province from which recipes were contributed. Colour map endpapers. Binding intact. Handwritten recipes on last two pages. Contents moderately toned with age. A sound first edition copy of this special vintage B.C. cookbook.; 8vo . British Columbia Women's Institutes hardcover
1968323h2067Victoria B.C.: The B.C. Railway Hist. Ass'n. Good. 1968. Revised Edition. Paperback. "Of the myriad mining railroads built around the turn of the century few could match the Lenora Mt. Sicker in either the gleaming beauty of its diminutive narrow-gauge Shay locomotives or its harrowing use of thirteen percent grades seventy-five degree curves and triple switchbacks." - page 5. 40 pages. Bibliography. Numerous black and white reproductions of interesting archival photos. Roster of locomotives. Prior owner's details atop title page. Average wear. A sound vintage copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Shays on the Switchbacks: A History of the Narrow Gauge Lenora Mt. Sicker Railway - Revised Edition Vancouver Island Logging . The B.C. Railway Hist. Ass'n paperback
198173108856Signed as Kwulasulwut and generically inscribed in English and Coast Salish by author upon title page. 6-64 pages. Frequent full-page black and white illustrations. "In this blend of original and traditional Salish stories the magical characters pass through many magical experiences and adventures. In each story the young reader travels on a journey through both nature and the supernatural and at the end discovers one of life's lessons just as they were once revealed to Salish children by their traditional Storyteller. Author lives in Nanaimo B.C. where she teaches Native Studies and the Coast Salish language. The five tales which make up this book have been adapted from stories which author uses to teach her students at Nanaimo area elementary schools about Native traditions and culture. Illustrator is a Nootkan artist from Nuchatlitz on Nootka Island." - back board. Above-average soiling and wear. Doodling upon back board. Front endpaper neatly removed. "Author spent decades as a lecturer and storyteller at U.B.C. and V.I.U. then known as Malaspina College and is a recipient of the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia." - Wikipedia. Theytus Books, Limited hardcover
2007MASTER304935ICalgary Alberta: University Of Calgary Press. Vg In French Wraps. Oversize. Pages Clean Binding Tight. Pages: 312. 2007. Trade Paperback. University Of Calgary Press paperback
1936ROD0024237"Stock. 1936. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Manque en coiffe de pied, Intérieur bon état. 217 pages. Dos frotté et fané. Quelques coups de crayon rouge en marge. Coiffe en tête abîmée. Collection ""Les livres de nature"", dirigée par J. Delamain.. . . . Classification Dewey : 971-Canada"
1958ln663G.P. Rouge et Or Souveraine Cartonné avec jaquette 1958 In-8 (15 x 20,5 cm.), cartonnage crème, jaquette illustrée couleurs, illustrations en couleurs et noir et blanc in-texte, 186 pages, dos rouge ; coiffes de la jaquette manquantes, traces d'usure à la jaquette, intérieur frais, bel état. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
Signed, without inscription, upon title page by Gary Marcuse. xxi, [xvii], 511 pages. Footnotes, list of primary sources, and index. Many pages of black and white reproductions of archival photos. "Digs past the official moderation and uncovers a systematic state-sponsored repression of communists and the Left, directed at civil servants, scientists, trade unionists, and political activists. Unlike the United States, Canada's purges were shrouded in secrecy imposed by the government and avidly supported by the RCMP security service." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket, now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart, is sunned along spine. A high quality copy. Book