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1980817c9941Canada: Self-Published Van Coillie Dries 1980. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. pp. 400. Adds seven years of additional research to prior publications issued by a dedicated group of researchers. Black and white illustrations/rubbings throughout. Includes list of mavericks attributed to B.C. An old/new numbering cross-reference for 1969-1973 and current numbering system is also included. Errata list affixed inside front cover. Unmarked with average external wear and soiling. Binding intact. A sound copy of this superlative reference. Self-Published (Van Coillie, Dries) Paperback
1973732j2710Sidney B.C.: Gray's Publishing Ltd. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 0888260393 . "The book was written by children but it is not intended to be read only by children. It is a form of verbal archaeology. It is hoped future students will find here bits of information that will help to build a more complete picture of Indian life on this coast." - Foreword. Topics include: In the Beginning The Legend of the Flood The Origin of the Vancouver Island Indians The Halalt Tribe Reward Through Peril The Stone-Heads. viii 111 p. Map endpapers. Line drawings. Tight and unmarked with moderate wear to book which has a faint discoloration to lower corner of front board. Above-average wear to dust jacket now in glossy new archival protection. A worthy example of this wonderful compilation. About Indians 4th Edn 153 Green & Sawyer p. 25. Bonus: Two highly-relevant news clippings are laid-in each regarding native artist and writer George Clutesi and the preservation of northwest native culture. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Native Peoples British Columbia Coast Salish Nootka . Gray's Publishing Ltd. hardcover
1973343h5327Innisfail Alberta: Innisfail and District Historical Society "Book Section" 1973. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Presents the proud history of Innisfail Alberta and district accompanied by a substantial compilation of local family histories. 501 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated with hundreds of black and white reproductions of wonderful archival photos. Red front board handsomely decorated in gilt. Binding sound. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this treasured local history and genealogical reference. Krotki 2e 523 Strathern 2933. Innisfail and District Historical Society "Book Section" Hardcover
1958814H4682Montreal: Christian Brothers' Press 1958. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 6 229 pages. Black and white photographic plates including frontis portrait of Officer Commanding Lieut.-Col. Earle P. Hall C.D. Footnotes. An authoritative account of the regiment compiled from a wide variety of sources including the Department of National Defence The Department of Veterans Affairs the Public Archives of Canada and elsewhere. Prior owner's name and dates upon front free endpaper. Moderate wear to publisher's red cloth lettered in black. Binding intact. No dust jacket presumably as issued. 24 x 16cm. A sound copy of this informative history. Dornbusch 277 Cooke 3 p252. Christian Brothers' Press Hardcover
1994416j0480British Columbia Canada: Harbour Publishing. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 1550171089 . "A rich intricate history of Canada's Sikhs told in their own words and illustrated with their precious family photographs and documents which are published here for the first time." - dust jacket. 167 glossy pages. Index. Reference notes. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Very clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A high-quality example of this informative history.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; CANADA ETHNIC RELATIONS IMMIGRANTS Pioneers Sikhs British Columbia Surrey East Indians . Harbour Publishing hardcover
1838217a7706London: Saunders and Otley 1838. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 356 pages plus advertisements. Marbled boards. Unmarked. Binding cracked at Table of Contents. Lettering upon spine worn but legible. Significant but not excessive external wear. Saunders and Otley 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
1981732j2469Nanaimo British Coliumbia: Theytus Books. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 0919441068 . "Presents the life story of Chief Charlie Jones. Thought to be the last of the pelagic seal hunters Mr. Jones is the hereditary Chief of the Pacheenaht people of Vancouver Island's West Coast. Born in 1876 he is one of the few remaining B.C. Indian people who has lived through the transition from the traditional Indian to the modern Canadian way of life. In this book he relives for the reader the fascinating odyssey of his people." - dust jacket. 6-125 p. Black and white photographic plates. Binding tight. Light wear. Prior owner's rubber stamp atop half-title and inside back board. Blindstamp to title page. Moderate wear to dust jacket now in glossy new archival-grade protection. A quality example of this important British Columbia First Nations life story.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Queesto Pacheenaht Charles Jones British Columbia - native peoples Vancouver Island - native peoples seal hunting Mr. Magoo . Theytus Books hardcover
1992257j2450Vancouver B.C.: Talonbooks. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 0889223114 . Signed without inscription by author upon half-title page. "Greater Vancouver is a model in landscape variety in both physical and human characteristics. Few Canadian cities are so clearly recognizable by their borders. Vancouver's story is a cartographer's delight - a good one to be told in maps." - Foreword. Contents in three sections: Reference Maps; The History of Vancouver; Social Maps. 84 pages including index and list of sources. Book in pristine condition clean bright tight and unmarked with negligible wear. Light wear to dust jacket now in glossy new archival-grade protection. A marvelous signed first edition example of this highly-regarded work.; Maps; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Vancouver British Columbia History Maps Cartography; Signed by Author . Talonbooks hardcover
1966431j0202Canada: McClelland and Stewart. Fair in Fair dust jacket. 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. "Peter Fidler was one of Canada's greatest exploratory surveyors and one of the few men who laid the framework for all maps of Western Canada. His story is one of bravery stamina and above all loyalty. Fidler has much to tell us of the Indian tribes the effect of the coming of the white man the rivalry between the Hudson's Bay and the North West companies and the establishment of the Red River Settlement in 1812." - dust jacket. xix I 265 I pp. Index black and white plates maps. Bit of writing atop map front free endpaper. Prior owner's rubber stamp atop half-title. Moderate lean to spine. Binding intact. Somewhat above-average external wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound reference copy of this fascinating insight into nineteenth-century life in Canada's first colony in the West. Spadoni & Donnelly 1886 Aubin & Linteau 09878 Abler 820.; 8vo . McClelland and Stewart hardcover
1945814H4721Portage La Prairie Manitoba: Portage Air Observer School Ltd. 1945. Book. Illus. by Potoroka F/Sgt. M.; Gingras Cpl. C.J.; Laidlaw F.L. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 98 unnumbered pages. 11.3" x 8.3". A comprehensive and well presented history of this large WWII training centre for Air Bombers and Navigators. At its peak No. 7 consisted of some 2000 people. The informative text is generously illustrated with dozens of black and white photos featuring hundreds of students graduates administrators and all manner of support staff many of whom are named. Printed upon glossy stock. Undated but appears to be circa 1945. Blue card covers attractively decorated in black and gilt. Openings at each end of backstrip otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A quality copy of this important history. Peel 3 6778. Portage Air Observer School Ltd. Paperback
190842102725Toronto: Briggs William 1908. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 494 pages. Apparently rebound in black half-leather and blue/gold marbled boards and endpapers. Index. "In 1899 a treaty with the Indians of the great Mackenzie basin followed the report of a Senate select Committee chaired by Sir John Schultz; but owing to the absence of roads and markets and other essentials of civilized life not to speak of the vast unsettled areas of prairie to the south the incoming until now that the railways are projected of any great body of immigrants was very wisely discouraged and this in the interest of the settler himself. The following narrative therefore has lain in the author's diary since the year of the expedition it records." - Preface. Numerous black and white photographic plates including tissue-protected frontis. Attractive colour fold-out map dated 1900 depicts the areas encompassed by Treaty No. 8 and the Indian tribes therein. Top edge gilt. Contents clean and unmarked. Tight and square with moderate external wear. Wallace p.54 Lande 1332 Peel 3 2463. Briggs, William Hardcover
1999237j1579Canada: Robert Andrew Marquis. Fine. 1999. Second Printing. Paperback. 0968480209 . Signed and generically inscribed by author upon title page. The title says it all. In this landmark volume intrepid Canadian Chartered Accountant Robert A. Marquis explains with full supporting documentation why Canada's federal income tax is illegal. Chapters include: Early History of British North America and Ramifications Today; Property and Civil Rights; Provincial Acts; The Financial Act of 1894; The Estate Duty - Great Britain; Legislative Powers are Exclusive; The Judiciary Supreme Court and Parliament; Fraud Deception and Manipulation; Corporate Taxation; Are we a Democracy; Conclusions; What Can You do Legally "As I saw Canada falling apart I decided that we should look at the source of the problem and one way of doing it was to produce a book on the true facts of our history." - Introduction. vii 1 218 pages. Extensive appendices and reference index. Appendix 'J' affixed inside back cover. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. Possibly unread. A high-quality copy signed example of this intriguing study.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Direct Taxation Income Tax - Canada - History Income Tax - Law and Legislation - Canada; Signed by Author . Robert Andrew Marquis paperback
1985112c6219USA: Academic Press 1985. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 327 pages. Index. Extensive references. Black and white photographs. "This is the story of efficient hunters who maintained their populations with little change over the centuries. The flexibility and high degree of mobility of their band-level organization allowed them to respond to major changes in climate and food availability with little modification of their technology. Above all it is the story of a people living in a balanced state of equilibrium with their ecosystem for four millennia." - from Preface. Modest wear. Markings or highlighting to approximately 14 pages. Binding intact. Light foxing to preliminary pages. A sound copy. Academic Press Hardcover
1989517H3552Canada: Self-Published 1989. Book. Good. Plastic Comb. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed without inscription by author upon title page. 42 2 one-sided pages. Black and white reproductions of photos maps and many fascinating wartime documents. Undated but appears to be circa 1989. "I compliment you on your vivid account of your capture and escape at Verrieres Ridge. It is fascinating and very well expressed. I wouldn't suggest you change a word." - Col. C.C.I. Merritt V.C. Author's address ink stamped inside back cover otherwise clean and unmarked. A sound copy of this important and dramatic personal WWII account. Self-Published Paperback
1933144c7696Toronto: The Maclean Publishing Company 1933. Book. Illus. by Casson A.J.: Cover Art. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 68 pages. A.J. Casson cover illustration of grass-cutting man mowing flowers while girl-watching. Contents: Great colour ad for Veedol motor oil inside front cover; Nice ad for International Trucks 2-ton trucks; Investors Syndicate ad features William H. Lotts President of Overland Construction Company; Czar's Gold by Robert Welles Ritchie; Roosevelt Acts - M. Grattan O'Leary reports on the "Prophet of Recovery" - including photo of President Roosevelt with Premier Bennett; A Sporting Gesture by E. Phillips Oppenheim; Article on Sir Arthur Currie; Forgotten Money in Bank Accounts by Grant Dexter; Ins and Outs of Sport - how different sports go in and out of favour; Arctic Air Trail - Flight Lieut. J.D.M. Gray and his plan to fly the "Sourdough" a Fairchild monoplane across the Atlantic; False Colors by Captain Dingle; Sleepy by Beverley Owen; My Hat! by Dora Sanders; The Great Depression by Honorable E.C. Drury - Part 2 - Causes; Match Point by John Holden; We Shouldn't Own Ships - O.F. MacKenzie argues that now that WWI is over the Canadian government need not own ships; A very lovely full-page colour ad for Campbell's Tomato Soup featuring a waving girl in a tomato-coloured dress and blue hat and jacket; Salesman of Music - Milton Blackstone and the Hart House Quartet which also includes Adaskin de Kresz and Hambourg; Full-page Canada Dry ad shows boy and girl running; Europe Fears Treaty Revision; Nice Dominions Tire ad; New Guinea is Rich Gold Field; There are now 230 weekly comic strips; Great Wall is Useless Now; Modern Alarms Catch Burglars - electrical devices installed in banks make robbery practically impossible; Baseball has been changed by the Curve Ball and other Developments; Jerusalem now has Y.M.C.A.; Super-Markets Cause Concern - Large-scale grocery selling in cheap warehouses worries regular trade; Nice two-colour full-page ad for the new Chevrolet Standard Six and Master Six; The Future of Medicine; Vintage Dentyne chewing gum ad includes photo of Eskimo lady with healthy teeth; Lovely colour Shredded Wheat ad; Nice Champion Spark Plug ad features Eddie Miller in an Auburn 12 Speedster; Trans-Canada Long-Distance ad with contemporary prices per minute; Outdoor Weddings by Helen G. Campbell; Lending Companies have Good Depression Record by W.A. Higgins; Nice 2-colour ad for Northern Electric Electric range inside back cover; Nice ad for Kodak Verichrome Film on back cover. Address label upon front cover. Average wear. A sound copy. The Maclean Publishing Company Paperback
1978224j2333Cyprus: 1 PPCLI. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Published as a memento of the tour of 1 PPCLI as UN peacekeepers on Cyprus from April-October 1978. Commanding Officer of the Battalion was L Col LW Lewis MacKenzie who is featured in several photos and has provided a 'final Cyprus' message to his troops. MacKenzie went on to national prominence in later years due to his subsequent military writing and political endeavours. This hardcover volume consists primarily of eleven issues of the RIC-A-DAM-DOO the newspaper of First Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry a complete run from Vol. 3 No. 1 through Vol. 3 No. 11 May 3 1978 through September 15 1978. "Having seen all issues of the RIC-A-DAM-DOO since my arrival I know that the photographs and articles contained herein reflect the enthusiasm resourcefulness competence and comreadeship you have displayed here." - Commander Canadian Contingent BGEN J.A. Cotter CD. Laid-in are three programs for Battalion events in Calgary on August 11 12 and 13 1989. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear to attractively decorated white boards. A quality example of this wonderul piece of Canadian military history. ; Folio . 1 PPCLI hardcover
645h6101Nanaimo B.C.: Filmer's Ltd. Very Good. N.D. First Edition. Paperback. 15 pages featuring black and white photos on one side blank on back. Photos include: View looking over the downtown bowl area and over the inner harbour with the mainland mountains in the misty distance; Partial view of Nanaimo and Nanaimo Harbour from Protection Island; Dozens of fishboats tied up in Nanaimo Harbour with two ferries in the distance presumably headed to/from the terminal formerly located at what is now the Cameron Island condo development; Excellent view of downtown Nanaimo looking southwest from the intersection of Front and Commercial Streets; View of the Departure Bay beach loaded with swimmers and viewers looking north toward what is now the Sherwood Forest development; View of the Nanaimo Courthouse with Mount Benson in the background; and various other tourist spots located up-island. Stapled booklet in red textured covers. Undated but appears to be circa 1950s. Oblong 9.5" x 6.2". Clean and unmarked with light wear. A wonderful example of this rare piece of Nanaimo tourist ephemera.; 16mo . Filmer's Ltd. paperback
1945811j0776Deventer Netherlands: Nederlandsche Diepdruk Inrichting. Fair. 1945. First Edition. Paperback. Gift plate signed and inscribed by author mounted inside front cover. 119 pages. Many black and white reproductions of photos. Faint rubber stamp to bottom of front cover otherwise unmarked. Above-average external wear. Binding intact. A rare example of this informative history. Cooke 3rd Edn p.261 Dornbusch 465. ; 12mo; Signed by Author . Nederlandsche Diepdruk Inrichting paperback
1991872H3259Ponteix Saskatchewan: Ponteix History Book Committee 1991. Book. Illus. by Boisjoli Adele. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Total of 1426 pages in two volumes. Index. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos illustrations and documents. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated red cloth-covered boards. "Records the successes and failures the trials and achievements of Ponteix Saskatchewan. The turning of prairie sod into wheatfields in the span of a generation and all the struggle entailed we believe have made us as westerners a special kind of people. What we are today has grown out of that pioneer past. Ours is a tradition of hard work and perseverance." - Foreword. Unmarked with moderate wear. Bindings intact. A sound copy of this wonderful local history and genealogical reference. Ponteix History Book Committee Hardcover
2001553j2683Comox British Columbia: 407 Maritime Patrol Squadron Association. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 2001. Updated Edition. Paperback. "8th May 2001 marked the 60th anniversary of the formation of 407 "Demon" Squadron RCAF at Thorney Island Hampshire England. In WWII the Demons were credited with four U-boat kills and seven U-boats damaged plus many thousands of tons of enemy shipping sunk and damaged but at the cost of the lives of 240 members." paraphrased from Foreword. Part One deals with the wartime years 1941-1945 and is divided into anti-shipping operations and anti-submarine operations. Part Two deals with the post-war years 1952-2000 and includes these chapters: The Squadron Reformed The Lancaster Years The Neptune Years The Argus Years The Aurora Years plus ten informative appendices. 340 pages. Colour and black and white reproductions of photos. Rolls of Honour. Clean tight square and unmarked with light wear. A quality example of this very detailed and important history which includes 64 more pages than the 1996 edition.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 407 Demon Squadron History 1941 - 2000 Demons Maritime Patrol Anti-Shipping Anti-Submarine Operations RCAF WWII Coastal Command West Coast Canada Comox Vancouver Island Royal Canadian Air Force Canadian Armed Forces . 407 Maritime Patrol Squadron Association paperback
193647186Chicago: Poole Bros. 1936. 1936. RAILROAD. First edition. Contains a pictorial full-color map 25 1/2" x 30 3/8" on a single sheet 26 3/4" x 31 1/2" that folds down to 9" x 4." The colorful map is in fine unused condition. Charming prewar pictorial map of America southern Canada and northern Mexico for the prospective European tourist to North America that features regional attractions and themes. Inset table of one way distances between a list of cities and New York Boston Montreal and Norfolk. Reverse contains brief descriptions of regions and sites. "America Invites You. The railroads of the United States Canada and Mexico -what we over here call America -extend to you the peoples of Europe a very cordial invitation to visit us to travel about among us -to learn at first hand something of our great development and to carry back to your homelands that real understanding of our land and our people that only travel can impart." Two minor rubs to the cover else a fine copy. Poole Bros., 1936]. unknown
1903731j2405London: Church Missionary Society. Fair with No dust jacket as issued. 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. "Describes visits to the Church of England/missions along the northern British Columbia coast and on the Nass Skeena and Stikine Rivers from 1879 to 1900." - Lowther 1515. viii192 p. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Gift greetings upon floral-decorated front free endpaper. Front inner joint starting. Somewhat above-average wear to original red cloth legibly lettered in gilt. A worthy example of this very wonderful compilation which provides precious information about the local native peoples. ; 12mo . Church Missionary Society hardcover
190673ac5357Victoria: Province of British Columbia 1906. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 275 pages. Index. Many high-quality black and white photographic plates including an incredible shot of a long native-built bridge across the Bulkley River at Ahwillgate. Numerous diagrams. Above-average external wear and soiling. Sunning to spine. Hinges intact. Binding weak at page 275. Usual library markings. A worthy reference copy. Province of British Columbia Hardcover
190873ac5358Victoria: Province of British Columbia 1908. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 235 pages. Index. Many wonderful high-quality black and white photographic plates including an incredible shot inside the home of native Chief Kodenaha at Klukwan Chilkat River. Also included is an excellent full-page photo of the Tyee Copper Company smelter on Ladysmith harbour. Numerous diagrams. Above-average external wear and soiling. Sunning to spine. Hinges intact. Usual library markings. A worthy reference copy. Province of British Columbia Hardcover
