4 455 résultats
20 pages. Features: Getting Wound Up for Christmas; New Evidence in the Case of the Crown vs. Gun-an-noot - article with photos; Not the Average Our Gang Comedy - interesting children from across Canada; Sweeping Them Off Their Feet - Lou Sendel is the best ballroom dancer in Canada; Doug Wright's Family cartoon; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
From the estate of Karl Gerhard, NSDAP member and leader of Deutscher Bund Canada. 34 pages. Black and white reproductions of nostalgic photos. Considerable text, all in German. Alberta immigrant statistics. Apparently intended to document and extol the lifestyle of German immigrants in 1934 Alberta. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Book
183 pages. A heavily worn and soiled vintage copy. Occasional markings to contents. Binding intact. A much used and loved copy. Book
206 pages. Includes list of references. Several tables and illustrations. Topics include: Infantry Corps History; RHC Historical Background; History of Customs, Traditions, Ranks and Dress; The History of RHC Customs and Traditions; Parades and Guards; Flag Etiquette; Colours, Battle Honours and Military Music; Saluting and Funerals; Miscellaneous Historical Customs; Scottish Music, Dancing, Dress and Weapons; General Military Knowledge and Customs; Mess Etiquette; Conduct of a Mess Dinner. Undated but would seem to be circa 1967 according to a reference to the new Canadian Forces uniform. Clean, unmarked, tight and square with light wear. A quality copy. Book
24 pages. Features: Lovely colour cover photo of Canada's Lucile Wheeler who set a World Ski record; Photos of National Research Council (NRC) testing at controlled burning of structures in the path of the St. Lawrence seaway; Yvon Durelle - New Brunswick's Fighting Fisherman - article with ten photos; Nice one-page color ad for Campbell's soup features "Budge Beaters" called the Souper Casserole and Souper Scramble; Nice one-page colour-photo ad by the Tea Council of Canada shows young curlers wearing their tams; 15 photos of world news, including 103-year-old ex-slave Satisfied Donethegotaway in Texas; Great weekly pin-up is a one-page colour photo of Ricky Nelson in red jacket holding guitar; Two pages of members of the Ozzie and Harriet Nelson family; Fantastic colour centerfold for Savage Shoes for children; Photos of Montreal's Art Colony, including sculptor Armand Vaillancourt, painter Camille Leduc, ceramicist Guy Ouvrard, enamel specialist Michele Droin and silk screen printer Jean Pierre Baudin; One-page colour-photo ad for Canada Packers 'Domestic' brand shortening features photo insert of 'Canada's Best Cook' Mrs. Marjorie Barton; Article and four photos on Lucile Wheeler, the first Canadian to ever bring home a world ski title; Back page features nice colour photos and brief bios of Toronto Maple Leaf players George Armstrong and Brian Cullen; Photos inside back cover include Darlene Smith of Toronto, "Miss Canadian Trapshooting', Champion baton twirler Barbara Feist of Hamilton, Winnipeg hunter Ken Hawkins; Canada's first Indian Senator James Gladstone and his wife of Alberta's Blackfoot tribe; Back cover features nostalgic colour ad for Johnson Sea Horse outboard motors and shows family on the water; Fantastic one-page colour ad for GWG work clothing features engineer holding on to train. Somewhat above-average external wear. Moderate soiling. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this particularly pleasing vintage issue. Book
Honours the nearly fifteen hundred BMO employees, of whom eighty-four did not return, who served in the armed forces and allied services in WWII. Contents include: one-page black and white photo-portrait plus write-up of each of those killed in action; Service records of other enlistments; Women of our Staff in the Armed Services and Allied Services; Officers who were loaned to the Government; Honours. Approximately 250 pages. Average wear. Binding somewhat tender but intact. Prior owner's name and small address label inside front board. Light foxing to contents. Slipcase not included. A sound copy of this important piece of Canadian military history. [Cooke p.153] Book
626 pages including index. The complete history of the game in Canada. Over 400 black and white photographs. 32 pages of full colour. Contents divided into the following sections: The Pioneers 1873-1889; Coast to Coast 1890-1899; Amateurs Supreme 1900-1918; The Golden Years Between the Wars 1919-1944; Golf International 1945-1974; The Glen Abbey Years 1975-1990. "It is my view that this book will rank with the best of its kind. For golf in Canada it is an invaluable record. For those who love the game it will be a delightful read. - from Foreward by Ralph Costello, Honourary Life Governor of the Royal Canadian Golf Association. Decorated endpapers. Prior owner's signature upon title page else clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Excellent copy. A wonderful gift for your favourite golf afficionado! Book
178 pages. Signed by Robert Bateman upon title page. "This is the first book to be devoted to Robert Bateman's work. The eighty-two colour plates offer a breathtaking opportunity for the reader to enjoy the tremendous scope of the paintings..." - from dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
177 pages. Signed by Robert Bateman upon half-title page. "Offers an entirely new selection of more than ninety paintings, including some of his most recent works, carefully reproduced in accurate full color. The artist's commentaries throughout the book demonstrated his skills as a naturalist and give the reader a fascinating and personal insight into how a Bateman painting is created." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Nice copy. Book
228 pages. Index. "The story of Whistler's development from backcountry fishing haven in 1914 to a world-class mountain resort in 2002 is a fascinating tale. It's also a great people story as Whistler's colorful characters have played a huge role in defining the Whistler style. With an easy-flowing grace (this work) captures all the passion, excitement and inspiration of these bigger-than-life personalities. Illustrated with mind-blowing action photos and amazing scenics of the spectacular surrounding mountains, this book is a story that's never been told about a place that defies easy description." - from dust jacket. Front free-endpaper neatly removed else clean and unmarked with light wear and minor lean to spine. Nice bright copy. Book
291 pages. Footnotes. Bibliography. Index. Signed and inscribed by author atop title page. "Hardly the champion of Zionism that it has generally been considered, Canada is revealed in Bercuson's study as having established a middle east policy, not on moral or ideological grounds, but on the basis of the politicians' view of its own national interests." - from dust jacket. Book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Very light wear to dust jacket which is partially sunned at spine. An excellent copy of this important reference. Book
529 pages. Index. Printed on glossy stock. Numerous black and white photographic plates. Four fold-out maps present with some openings. Not listed in AB. Above-average wear. Major defects to binding. Usual library markings. A worthy reading copy. Book
64 pages. Features: Cover illustration of old Montreal stairways by Ghitta Caiserman; (Scared) Scientist N.J. Berrill makes fearless forecast of the 21st century; A Fond Last Look at Montreal - text with photos of historic architectural features; It Was Fun To Be Poor in Paris - Mordecai Richler remembers; Canada - a nation of dental cripples due to major shortage of dentists; Peter Stollery Hitch-Hikes to the Gulf of Guinea - article with photos; Two Million Illiterates - Canada's Obsolete Tenth; How Robert Morse III Wages Corporate War; Maverick Politician Douglas Fisher; Colour-photo Ford of Canada centrefold; Why One English Family is Coming Back to Canada - Dennis, Billie and Craig Davill; Seagram's ad inside back cover illustrated with nice colour painting by Franklin Arbuckle of bush aircraft the "Norseman" about to land on a lake; Marjorie Pigott teaches Japanese art to the Japanese! (short article); Coke ad on back cover features colour photo of university grads; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
28 pages. Features: Cover photo of Noboli Pannunzio of Leamington, Ontario; The television apprenticeship of Pierre Berton; Professor George Grant - The Angry Loser; Unusual ad for Marguerite Carter and strange prophecies; The Big Move - Leamington, Ontario is loaded with Mastronardis, Di Mennas and Ingrattas from Villa Canale, Italy - article with photos; The Buffalo Round-Up - Canada coddles her Buffalo at Wood Buffalo National Park; Sensual fashion photos of Claire Haddad's designs; Young Montreal Pianist Richard Gresko takes on the New York critics - article with photos; Photo of Catherine Deneuve on movie review page. Average wear. Short opening to fore-edge of coverfold. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
315 pages. "...Outlines nothing less than a revolutionary strategy to resolve our national debt problem and put the unemployed back to work." - Peter C. Newman. Clean and unmarked with minimal wear. Very nice copy of this important and, unfortunately, unheeded work. Book
207 pages. "Canada is trapped and we Canadians are being skinned! All of us - except of course the truly affluent... are becoming second-class citizens... The things which really need to be done to restore the health of our economy and provide the jobs we need... are quite simple. They are described in this book." - from back cover. Author was a leading accountant with large Canadian firms. Moderate quantity of markings to contents. Light to moderate wear. Binding tight. Sound working copy. Book
99 pages. Index. Light wear. Light yellow stain affects lower corner of last two pages. Minor blemish to lower left corner of back cover. Binding sound. Nice copy. Book
155 pages. Graphs. Tables. Report of the Thirteenth Annual Meeting held in Ottawa on May 31st and June 1st, 1935. Dozens of contributors. Contents include: The Situation in the Pacific; The Control of Minerals Needed for War as an International Sanction; The Development of an International Police Force; The Internationalization of Civil Air Transport; Compliance by Canada with International Labour Organization Conventions; The Constition of Canada and Participation in International Organization; and more. Above-average wear. Small address label atop front cover. Binding intact. Unmarked. A worthy reference copy documenting these interesting pre-WWII topics. Book
215 pages plus one page of Montreal advertisements. Includes index of titles. "In this collection will be found a great variety of Poems and Songs and from almost every part of the English speaking nations of the world. The whole will form one grand galaxy of Patriotism well worthy to be preserved in the homes of every Canadian... I have arranged the anthology so as to make a kind of chronological sequence of the war, placing only a few of special significance at the front as a key to what follows... The collection consists of every variety of metre and merit, yet they all breath but one sentiment, one wish, and one heartfelt prayer for 'The Old Flag' and our late most Beloved Queen." - from author's Preface. Mauve pebbled boards are significantly sunned at places but retain legible gilt lettering upon front board. Both hinges starting. Title page missing. Bookseller's ink stamp upon front free endpaper else unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
346 pages. Circa 1980s. "The editors sifted through 6,000 pages of the original Royal Commission report to produce this fascinating insight into the nature of espionage and the motives that led respected Canadians to betray their country's oath of secrecy. Reveals the full extent of Igor Gouzenko's testimony, and radically alters the existing information and opinions about the trial and about Gouzenko from previous books." - from back cover. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Half-title page removed. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy. Book
348 pages including index, bibliography and table of statutes. "Gives for the first time a thorough exposition of the legal machinery concerning this democratic process as it is designed to fulfill its purposes in Canada" - from Foreward by James C. McRuer, LL.D. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Excellent copy. Book
387 pages. Index. Select bibliography. Profusely illustrated with colour and primarily black and white photography. "The culmination of twenty-five years of study, during which this subject has been the major research project of the Textile Department of the Royal Ontario Museum... The opening chapter gives a general historical survey of early Canadian settlement patterns, with particular reference to where and by whom weaving came to be established as a craft, and to the materials available for weaving. The second chapter deals with the tools and equipment used in various parts of eastern Canada. Subsequent chapters concern kinds of weave; costume worn up to 1900; carpets, blankets, and linens; and a large variety of coverlets... Contains more than 500 photographs and drawings which record the material still in existence along with the history of individual pieces." - from dust jacket. Above-average wear. Former library copy with usual markings. A worthy reference copy of this magnificent reference. Book
v, [1], 1039 pages. Index. References. "Offers many case studies, conclusions, and recommendations regarding progress towards sustainable forest management." - from Acknowledgements. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. A superb copy. Book
Features: Colour ad for the 1965 Pontiacs inside front cover; Crisis in our Classrooms - a disturbing report by June Callwood; Ohio uses a "Hospital Information System" to order drugs, assign duties, etc. in an effort to put the nurses back into nursing; Everything always comes up roses for Maureen Forrester - a look into her life and family, with photos; To Canada, with love and hisses - Harold Town; The return of hockey's proudest warrior, Ted Lindsay, with great photo; Our quiet war over peace, politicians vs. the people; Death stalks our last wild horses; Norma Bearcroft fights for the wild horses; Retired RCAF squadron leader Hugh Campbell writes that the Americans are their own worst enemies in Vietnam. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
272 pages plus advertisements and fold out map at back. Index. Dozens of colour plates. The author's idea has been "to describe the great natural features of the land, in its broader characteristics - its coasts, rivers, mountains, lakes and prairies, those physical beauties and sublime effects of naturs for which the region is specially famous. With this he has attempted to depict the seasons, and the beauty of the Canadian woods. In addition there is given a brief sketch of the settlement and development of the different communities, with special reference to the great centres of provincial and racial activities, and a reference to the people, its origins, composite ideals, and the leading actors on its historical stage of progress and accomplishment." - from Author's note. Foxing throughout. Prior owner's details, dated 1911, atop half-title page. Colour frontisplate and tissue protector loose but present. Three other plates loose but present. Above-average but not excessive wear. Illustrated red cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering and decorations. Binding intact. Book
