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1939144G1294Toronto: The Maclean Publishing Company Limited 1939. Magazine. Illus. by Malcolm Scott: Cover Photo; Eldridge Harold; LaSalle Charles; Mawicke Tran; Taylor Weston; Easley Joe. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 40 pages. Features: Hard-to-believe colour photo ad for an International Delivery truck inside front cover looks like a cross between a banana and a toaster; Net Results short story; The Truth About the Bren Gun Article - feedback after the storm of controversey which resulted when Maclean's printed an article by Lieut.-Col. George Drew describing "the most abominable contract that could possibly have been imagined" - includes photos of many of the main players; Overload short story; Britain Accepts Conscription - part of Beverley Baxter's update from London; Sea Room short story; Edward Johnson of Guelph part 2 - with indomitable will he conquered music strange tongues and life's tragedy in his determined invasion of the operatic world - article with photos; Ribuck! short story; Hot Dogs - how to help your pet during a heat wave; Nice Coke ad on back cover features young couple heading to a soda fountain with photo of soda jerk inserted. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. The Maclean Publishing Company, Limited Paperback
1970444h5464Fairview Alberta: Waterhole Old Timers Association. Good. 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. A compilation of stories and histories of the early families of the district of Waterhole Alberta located north of Grande Prairie. Printed upon glossy stock with many wonderful black and white reproductions of archival photos. Extensive index of family names. 304 pages. 9.3" x 6.5". No dust jacket presumably as issued. Unmarked with moderate wear to publisher's blue cloth. Binding tight. A quality copy of this wonderful genealogical reference. Strathern 3135 Krotki 2e 656 Wetherell 6-34.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Fairview Alberta - History Waterhole Alberta . Waterhole Old Timers Association hardcover
1955201G4721Montreal: Maclean Hunter / Key Publishers. Good. 1955. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 100 pages. Features: Cover illustration of St. Joseph's Convent on Toronto's Bay Street with nuns raking fall leaves; The dream of Rt. Hon. L.S. Amery - his son Julian became an M.P. but son John was hanged for wartime pro-Nazi broadcasts; Nice two-page colour-photo ad for General Motors trucks presents a blue pickup and a red 2-ton stake truck; Vintage one-page photo ad for the Toro "Power Handle which allowed one motor to power numerous yard care attachments; What Virtue Has Done to Montreal - excellent photo-illustrated article discusses how the girls are being chased out of town and the bars being forced to close on time - with photos of Frank Pretula Louis Greco Pierre DesMarais Jean Drapeau Pax Plante Armand Courval and members of the morality squad; The Miracle that began in a Stable - Dr. J.G. Fitzgerald and the history of his Connaught Laboratories which makes vaccines - photo-illustrated article; How to Handle Women; Photo-illustrated article on the unlikeliest couple in show business - George Murray and Shirley Harmer; Will a Machine Ever Take Your Job - Article on what automation will mean to Canada; The Great Chinese Food Hoax - colour-photo-illustrated article on how Canada's Cantonese cooks are now being recognized for their delicious Chinese dishes rather than the Canadian food they had been preparing in their cafes; The Great Carlak's Bitter Magic short story; Life on the Gulf Islands - great photo-illustrated article on the 4000 Canadians enjoying the dream of living on an island in the Pacific - with photos of Margaret Robinson George Copeland Bob Holloman Derril Georgeson Winnie Lautmann Norm Preston and Mr. and Mrs. A. King; Who Was the Mad Trapper of Rat River - Illustrated article on Albert Johnson who shot others before being killed by a posse; How I Made my Killing in the Market - all you need is a few bucks and some 'inside dope'; One-page National Cash Register NCR colour ad features lovely redhead; Color ad features the Sheraton-Carlton Hotel Washington D.C.; Haig & Haig whisky ad features nice colour photo of Eilean Donan Castle; Sisman Tredders shoe ad features photo and endorsement by Lloyd Percival; Nice one-page colour Sylvania TV ad; Half-page Homelite ad shows large tree being brought down; Unusual one-page colour ad for Canada Savings Bonds CSB illustrates how to read a tea cup; Quarter-page Moosehead Pale Ale ad features illustration of moose looking at portaging canoeist; Great one-page illustrated Dunlop Tires ad features photo of hero Mr. Martin Binkle of Kitchener a driver for the Cope Transport Company who rescued children from a blazing farmhouse on highway 6 near Rockton; Labatt's IPA ale ad features photo of Wexford Ontario labourer Frederick Gilbert; Nice one-page two-colour ad for 1955 GMC trucks hilights their all-new V8 engines; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy of this wonderful issue.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine October Oct 1 1955 Sammy Kee's Lotus Garden Cafe Mrs. Mary Mah Robert Leong Jessie Lam Susan Woo Mah Ho Kang illustration of St. Joseph's Convent on Toronto's Bay Street with nuns raking fall leaves; The dream . Maclean Hunter / Key Publishers unknown
1976744H3079British Columbia Canada: Self-Published Van Coillie Dries. 1976. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Signed by author beneath her photo. Note to prior owner signed by author stapled to title page. Author lived on this beautiful island for nearly forty years leaving in 1955. "This was a setting that people from all walks of life might admire and which many would claim as their own. And though the beauty would chage under the hand of man man would add a beauty of his making ; weathered cabins pioneer gardens and hard won fields." - Introduction. Includes sections entitled: Exploration; The First White Settlers; Settlers - the Second Wave 1900-1919; Early Industries; The Community Organizes; Arrival describes author's family's move to Lasqueti; Lasqueti in the 20's; The Thirties; Lasqueti During World War II; The Post-War Period; Return describes a return visit by the author to Lasqueti in 1972. 8 128 pages including index appendices and interesting 17 page black and white photo section. Prior owner's details written atop title page. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound example. Hale & Barman 583.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Mason Elda Copley Lasqueti Island History Strait of Georgia Gulf Islands History British Columbia Logging Settlers Pioneers; Signed by Authors . Self-Published (Van Coillie, Dries) paperback
1951341c6559Vancouver B.C.: McLennan McFeely & Prior Limited 1951. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pages 1131-1173 43 pages in total. Includes index and prices. Profusely illustrated in black and white. Intended to be read by shop owners. "In the following pages. you will find illustrated and described the world's finest offerings of up-to-date tackle - tackle that is particularly suited for use in the waters of British Columbia." - from Foreward. Above-average but not excessive wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this superb vintage reference. McLennan, McFeely & Prior, Limited Paperback
1880105G4456Ottawa: Maclean Roger & Co. 1880. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 504 pages including 38 pages of fascinating advertisements at back. Includes obituaries and index of names. Topics of particular note include the Pacific Railway question and a very full chapter on the Militia. Front board front free endpaper and title page detached as one but present. Back board and last two leafs detached as one. Page listing leaders of Canada's federal and provincial governments loose but present. Usual library markings. Average wear. Requires rebinding. A wonderful piece of Canadian history. Maclean, Roger & Co. Hardcover
1952844g0497Canada: Maclean-Hunter. Good. 1952. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 60 pages. Features: Nice colour-photo ad for International Trucks inside front cover features a Model L-195 Roadliner; Full-page Parker Pen ad; Editorial - The CNE Canadian National Exhibition is not Canadian and not National; London Letter - Belgrade laughs at the Kremlin; How Social Credit Took B.C. - The astonishing story of how a group of rank amateurs suddenly found themselves forming a government - article with photos; Warrior - Sgt. George Thomas Tommy Prince grandson of an Indian chief won ten ribbons fighting Germans Italians and Chinese but now he must fight to prove a man's colour doesn't count on the warpath - article with great photos; Got two hours for dinner - Le Bastogne restaurant in Quebec City - article with colour photos; Rhymes in a Ten-cent Scribbler - Edna Jaques is Canada's best-sellling poet - article with photos; Glen Dobbs - The Roughriding Mayor of Dobberville - a lanky and amiable American quarterback has set Saskatchewan on its ear; Guns are for Men - story by L. Johanne Stemo - illustrated by Oscar Cahen; Eva von Gencsy - the ballet star with the dishpan hands - article with photos; Put it Back Lady! - how store detectives in the bustling supermarkets catch hundreds of food pilferers each year; Full-page Canadian Army recruiting ad; Nice colour ad for Aylmer canned peaches; Great Prest-o-lite battery ad features black and white photo of Detroit Red Wing star Red Kelly; Nice vintage colour La-Z-boy ad; Chevrolet ad; Colour Ford ad inside back cover; Massey-Harris colour ad on back cover shows their test track for power farming. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's Magazine September 1 1952 International Trucks inside front cover features a Model L-195 Roadliner; Full-page Parker Pen ad; Editorial - The CNE Canadian National Exhibition is not Canadian and not National; London Letter - Belgrade laughs . Maclean-Hunter unknown
1937348c7698Toronto: The Maclean Publishing Company Limited 1937. Book. Illus. by Aldwinckle Eric Cover Art. Fair. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 48 pages. Cover illustration by Eric Aldwinckle shows dapper tourist inspecting totem pole. Contents: Short article with photo on North American drought - photo shows sand drifts two to five feet high on the road allowance at Kisbey Saskatchewan 4 June 1937; Uncommon full-page ad for Nesbitt Thomson & Company - Gold Prospecting Theme; Parcker Vacumatic Pen Ad; The Man Who Was Careful - story by Elmer Davis; Via the North Pole - Air Commodore H. Hollick-Kenyon on what Russia's trans-polar flights mean to the future of aviation - with photos and map; The Road Never Dies story by Bruce Hutchison; Television Broadcast by Thomas Wayling - a layman's description of how the new wonder of the air works its miracle - with photos; Beverley Baxter on What's Happening in Europe; - with photos of Von Ribbentrop and The Leipzig; Yellow Cargo - story by Gordon Carroll; How's Your I.Q. by R.E. Knowles Jr.; No More Bad Men - Dink Carroll writes about Rabbit Maranville Manager of the Montreal Royals - with photo; Murder in Amber - story by Colver Harris; Animal Anecdotes - Fighting Turtles by Phil H. Moore; Cigarettes by Frederick Edwards - article with many great photos of cigarette production; Palmolive Soap ad features the Dionne Quintuplets; Full-page black and white Maxwell House Coffee ad bears the caption "What a Gay Dog You Are!" - as a woman dressed as Cleopatra chides her sullen husband dressed as a clown; Page of wonderful ads for thirteen private schools including photo-illustrated ad for Ontario Ladies' College; Quarter-page photo ad for the Canadian National Exhibition's Coronation Year; Lovely half-page four-photo ad for Quaker Puffed Wheat featuring Shirley Temple; Article on How to Ice a Cake by Helen G. Campbell; Lovely colour ad for Westinghouse radios on back cover features violin-maker Antonio Stradivari; Many more vintage ads. Moderately above-average wear. Address label atop front cover. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great issue. The Maclean Publishing Company, Limited Paperback
1967846G1151Nova Scotia: Nova Scotia Department of Education. Good. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Contents include: A nine-page summary of Negro history in Nova Scotia from pre-loyalist times; A Brief Summary of Nova Scotia Negro Communities; From Slavery to the Ghetto - The Story of the Negro in the Maritimes; Summary of Information Obtained from the Survey of the Negro Population of Nova Scotia 1963; Survey of the Negro Population of Annapolis County 1963; Survey of Negro Population of Antigonish County 1963; Similar Surveys are included for Cape Breton Island Colchester County Cumberland County Digby County Guysboro County Halifax County Hants County Kings County Queens and Lunenberg Counties Pictou County Shelburne County and Yarmouth County. Approximately 250 pages. No index or table of contents. Library binding with usual library markings. Pencil markings and highlighting to contents. Average wear. Binding tight. A sound example of this rare and informative reference.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Nova Scotia History Negro Negroes Black Blacks Nova Scotia Negro Communities; From Slavery to the Ghetto - The Story of the Negro in the Maritimes; Summary of Information Obtained from the Survey of the Negro Population of Nova Scotia 1963; Survey of th . Nova Scotia Department of Education hardcover
2000156H1752Canada: GCAA 2000. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 707 pages. Consists of four parts: 6200 entries; 3300 keyword index; Lists of names of clubs churches businesses and professions; Maps of the location of selected German settlements and of Mennonite and Hutterite colonies across Alberta. Average wear. Few library markings. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent reference. GCAA Paperback
2000731c6125Canada: University of Washington Press/Douglas and McIntyre. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2000. First Printing. Hardcover. 029598080x . 250 pages. Bibliography. Chronology. Black and white illustrations. Photographic colour plates. ".Collects for the first time the most important of Bill Reid's widely scattered writings: seminal statements on the art of the Northwest Coast on the role of the native artist in a multicultural world and on the quintessential role of both the artist and the environment in the survival of human culture. In this book are thirty pieces of Reid's writing spanning forty years of active life." - from dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A handsome copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; INDIAN ART INDIANS NORTH AMERICA Bill Reid Haida Art Solitary Raven Writings Northwest Coast of North America . University of Washington Press/Douglas and McIntyre hardcover
2000738G4502Canada: Douglas & McIntyre / University of Washington Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 1550547976 . 252 pages. Chronology. Bibliography. Colour and black and white photographic plates. "Collects for the first time the most important of Bill Reid's widely scattered writings: seminal statements on the art on the Northwest Coast on the role of the native artist in a multicultural world and on the quintessential role of both the artist and the environment in the survival of human culture." - from dust jacket. Light wear. Prior owner's details on page 251 and half-title page. Minor indentation to front panel of dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Solitary Raven: the Selected Writings of Bill Reid Northwest Art Artists Native British Columbia . Douglas & McIntyre / University of Washington Press hardcover
2010343H5179Canada: TP Inc. 2010. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Revised Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Recounts the pioneer period in the history of Tobermory and St. Edmunds Township. Includes an excellent and substantially revised family history section - a precious genealogical reference indeed! Printed upon glossy stock. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos many of which have been rescanned at higher resolution than in the first edition. pp.viii 252. Reference List. Footnotes. One-page maps of active farmers in 1873 1878 and 1882. List of land sales in St. Edmunds Township July 1870 - Sept. 1883. Clean and bright with light wear. Although this is a former libary copy the only markings are a top edge stamp and a faint stamp upon the front free endpaper. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. An attractive copy of this informative history. TP Inc. Hardcover
1927346H5260New York: The International News Company. Good. 1927. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The "Goldenburg Coward" - True tale from the headwaters of Spruce River British Columbia during the gold stampede of summer 1900; Hunting the Long-Haired Chinese Tiger - Lieut.-Commander the Hon. J.M. Kenworthy describes an eventful hunt for this tiger which is larger and more ferocious than the Indian variety; Through Arctic Seas - Part I - The eventful cruise of the Hudson Bay Company's steamer Baychimo to the Western Arctic to study the Eskimos and wild life - with photos; Through Spain in Disguise - Part V - The Count and Countess Malmignati disguised as Arab beggars sing and dance for a living; Photo of the smallest teapot in the world fashioned by Mr. T.A. Vickery of Main Street Bantry; Rebecca's Vengeance - An odd story of "Black Man's Magic" in the West Indies from 1903; Looking for Trouble - Alexander MacNab experiences disaster while engaged in a Mexican revolution under General Carranza; ; A Near Thing - A British Intelligence agent arouses suspicion while in German territory; Painting Wild Indians - A. Hyatt Verrill describes his experiences after spending years painting the little-known Indians of Central and South America; Cowboys and Raiders - Jesse C. Carson relates his association with Pancho Villa as a rebel 'general'; Starting Life Afresh in South Africa - Grace Sprange describes two years of disappointment disillusionment and disaster attempting to grow oranges - with photos; The Last of the Little "Shanghai" - brief update and photo on this trusty craft which had previously sailed from Shanghai to Copenhagen; Trapped in a Flooded Tunnel - The terrible experience which befell a diver near the Hartebeestpoort Irrigation Dam near Pretoria South Africa; "For the Hounour of the Mounted Police of Canada" - Herbert Patrick Lee relates an experience from when he was a recruit at Regina. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with moderate external wear. Covers beginning to separate from textblock. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Wide World Magazine December 1927 Point Barrow The "Goldenburg Coward" Spruce River British Columbia goldrush summer 1900 Long-Haired Chinese Tiger Lieut.-Commander the Hon. J.M. Kenworthy tiger hunting - China Through Arctic Seas Hudson Bay C . The International News Company unknown
1945201G4762Winnipeg: Stovel / National Home Monthly. Good. 1945. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 72 pages. Features: Quink ink ad inside front cover; Seagram ad shows man of the future listening to self-reading book like a computer disk of the future; Repair work on a shattered world; photo of camp of Manitoba Indian muskrat trapper Lewis Head; Nice colour ads for Maxwell House coffee and Waterman's Taperite pens; Sombre one-page two-colour ad by the National War Finance Committee shows the burial at sea of an 18-year-old ordinary seaman on board H.M.C.S. Assiniboine killed by U-boat fire; Why Germany's V-Weapons Failed - fascinating photo-illustrated article; "Per Andrea" short story; Wilderness Suburb - photo-illustrated article on Ocean Falls B.C.; The High Side short story; Golf Swings to the Left - photo-illustrated article on Byron Nelson with photo of him putting out on the 18th green at Thornhill Ontario where he won the Canadian Open also included is a photo of B.C. golfer Stan Leonard; Tiny Fingers short story; So the Captain Stopped Smiling short story; Man of the Month - Jackson Dodds C.B.E.; Vintage one-page C-I-L ad illustrates the range of their products; Half-page Champion Spark Plug ad promotes Victory Bonds with illustration of Pan American Flying Clipper; Fascinating one-page two-colour ad entitled "Miracles of Make-Do" by Canada's Wartime Prices and Trade Board encourages Canadian women to conserve textiles #2 in a series of ads; Jergens Lotion ad features photo of Elyse Knox; Half-page ad for Blachford Shoes of Toronto; Woodbury Soap ad features newlywed photos of Ann Elizabeth Bowman of Montreal and her RCAF husband Hugh Basil Heath; Glo-Coat floor polish ad features Molly McGee; Is it Measles - health article for juniors; Mexico's Public Enemy - illiteracy; Rolex ad; Advances in Science; Nice one-page colour ad for the 1946 Ford Super Deluxe red; Fashion illustrations; One-page photo-illustrated Singer sewing machine ad; Colourful Chase & Sanborn ad features Charlie McCarthy comic; Colour Frigidaire fridge ad shows birthday party scene; Colour Shredded Wheat ad shows boy in old-style football helmet; Photo of Jean Parker in Arrid ad; Portrait of Mrs. Randolph Scott in Tangee ad; Nice colour half-page ad for Clark's cream of mushroom soup shows chef; One-page illustrated ad for Helena Rubinstein White Flame perfume; Lovely colour illustration of Ava Gardner in Woodbury Powder ad; World Sayings; Fantastic colour-illustrated Canadian Pacific ad inside back cover celebrates their sixty years of progress; Back cover colour-photo ad for Jordan grape juice features lady at harvest; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A lovely vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; National Home Monthly Magazine November Nov. 1945 - Why the V-Weapons Failed / Golfer Byron Nelson German Rockets WWII Pacific Mills Limited Pulp and Paper "Senator" Fred Bennet Nettie Stade Quink ink ad inside front cover; Seagram ad shows man of the . Stovel / National Home Monthly unknown
1943201G4782Winnipeg: Home Publishing Company / National Home Monthly. Good. 1943. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 48 pages. Features: Cover illustration of saluting Canadian female service member; Trans-Canada Telephone System ad inside front cover features illustration of operator; News digest touches on Hitler "Playing for a Draw" Russia's great offensive and more; Hollywood news and photos; They Bring Down the Barracks - great photo-illustrated article documents the many Canadian entertainers who entertain our troops including photos of the London Little Theatre Concert Party including Teresa Chandler Pearl McCullough Nora Rooney Gerry Farquharson Gloria Hamlyn and Monica McGarrell plus the cast of the Lifebuoy Follies - Jimmy Devon Sasha Dener Harold Rich Pat Rafferty Helen Bruce Mildred Moray Irene Hughes and Dorothy Merrall and the Montreal Masquers; The Country of the Young short story; A Use for a Decent Pay-Day; My Grandma's No Saint; Selectiver Service; Booze - The Saboteur - scientific research throws a startling light on an old problem and upsets some long-held beliefs; Mad Flight short story; Canadian General Electric ad entitled "Victory Diet"; R.C.A.F. recruiting ad aimed at women; Woodbury Soap ad features lovely photos of Margaret Knight of Toronto who serves as private secretary to the Wing Commander of the R.A.F. Delegation in Washington; Woodbury Cold Cream ad features photo of Paulette Goddard; Photo-illustrated articl on Nursery Nutrition - on the Kitchen Front; Nutrition Goes to Sea; Fashion Illustrations; Angels in Nurseries; Small illustration shows smiling beaver in soldier gear saying "Eat Right to Fight"; Quotes from Around the World; Fantastic colour-photo Coke ad on back cover features sailors; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this excellent wartime issue.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; National Home Monthly Magazine February Feb. 1943 - Selective Service / Entertainment for the Troops / Booze - The Saboteur saluting Canadian female service member; Trans-Canada Telephone System ad inside front cover features illustration of operator; . Home Publishing Company / National Home Monthly unknown
1981343h5294Baldur Manitoba: The Rural Municipality of Argyle 1981. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 731 pages. Index. Generously illustrated with maps and black and white reproductions of archival photos. "The purpose of this book is to record for posterity the story of the land and the people who settled and lived in Argyle Manitoba since the year 1882 when municipal government was established in this area." - Introduction. Printed upon glossy stock. Includes over 400 pages of information on local families. 11"x 8.3". Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality copy of this excellent local history and invaluable genealogical reference. Hackett 2e 742. The Rural Municipality of Argyle Hardcover
1925652H4444Vancouver B.C.: Union Steamships Limited 1925. Book. Illus. by Jackson Ron. Fair. Pamphlet. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8 page promotional brochure. 23 x 20.5 cm when unfolded. Four pages of detailed text and black and white photos present the routes and features of four of the company's coastal tour packages including pricing. A back page colour illustration presents the company's coastal vessels including: Chilkoot Lady Evelyn; Venture; Camosun; Catala; Chelohsin; Cardena; Cheakamus; Lady Alexandra; Capilano; Lady Cynthia; Lady Cecilia; Chilliwack; and Chilco. Colour centrefold map of the British Columbia coast indicates the company's "inland sea-ways of romance" from Vancouver north through Stewart B.C. and all stops in between. Back page text refers to the company's thirty-six year history thus since Union Steamships was founded in 1889 this item was printed circa 1925. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear and soiling. A lovely vintage piece of B.C. nautical ephemera. Union Steamships Limited Paperback
2000646c8602Coquitlam BC Canada: Self-Published. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 1550567853 . 136 pages. ".First and foremost a pictorial history of the police force supplemented with descriptions anecdotes and a short history of New Westminster. Included is a reference section for many of the badges pocket rank and hat used by the force over the years. There is also a shoulder patch collection assembled by Staff Sergeant Larry Smith. Outlines the growth of the force from a one man department in 1873 to a modern community-based Police Service with a staff of over 150 plus hundreds of volunteers." - from dust jacket. Large handsome gilt decoration upon navy front board. Nicely signed and dated by author upon verso of front free endpaper. Book like new aside from a faint spot of soiling atop front free endpaper with corresponding mark inside front board. Dust jacket bears negligible wear and is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A beautiful copy; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Policing the Royal City: A History of the New Westminster Police Service British Columbia; Signed by Authors . Self-Published hardcover
1851124512Toronto: Thomas Maclear 1851. First Edition. Rebound. Very Good/No Dj. 8vo. Two volumes in one. Volume One: pp. cxxiv 290 80 business directory 24 List of subscribers index Volume 2 pp.xxiv 544 folding maps charts b/w illustrations.Rebound half leather binding.Bookplate on verso of front boards Thomas Maclear unknown
1958105H4424Saskatoon: Self-Published Van Coillie Dries. Good in Good dust jacket. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. 249 pages. Bibliography. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Fold-out map indicates settler landowners in the vicinity around Moose Jaw 1882-83. Author had a keen interest in the history of the Central prairies and interviewed over 150 pioneer residents in the preparation of this book which covers a century of pioneering. Prior owner's details upon front free endpaper. Front hinge starting. Dust jacket preserved in glossy new Brodart. A sound copy of this excellent history. Arora 6176.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Saskatchewan - Settlers; Saskatchewan - Pioneers Saskatchewan - Homesteaders Saskatchewan - History Tugaske . Self-Published (Van Coillie, Dries) hardcover
1933313H0377Vancouver B.C.: Wrigley Printing Company / Free Economy Book Store 1933. Book. Good. Paperback. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 64 page booklet with two pages of illustrations. Applies economic science to current problems: how to make money circulate; how to abolish usury; how to start consumer buying; how to extend markets; how to raise prices; how to terminate unemployment; how to increase wages; how to secure cheap money; how to reduce business overhead; how to do business on a spot cash basis; how to slash taxation; how to pay off public debts; how to nationalize natural resources; how to provide for old age. Unmarked with moderate wear. Toning to card covers. Binding intact. A sound copy of this fascinating work aimed at helping Canada escape the depths of the Great Depression. Wrigley Printing Company / Free Economy Book Store Paperback
1947417H2858Toronto: Maclean-Hunter. Good. 1947. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 76 pages. Features: Lovely Franklin Arbuckle cover illustration of couple admiring winter view of Peyto Lake at Banff National Park; Nostalgic Canadian Pacific colour ad inside front cover features young lady looking forward to seeing Canada by train; One-page DeSoto ad features a maroon Custom; Pay-Off in Oil - Leduc Alberta has been stampeded by roughnecks after the recent discovery of oil; Labor War is Civil War - article by Charles Luckman of Lever Brothers Company in the U.S.; Marigold Spring fiction; E.K. Brown explains his Ontario - rich but repressed powerful but timid and disliked but loved by her own; Bell's Sweet Singers - Dr. Leslie Bell conducts the 60 lovely girls of the Ontario College of Education choir - article with nice photos; Divorce - a Racket and a Scandal; Excellent colour-photo Campbell's soup ad features attractive housweife in front of a wall of soup cans; Nice colour Waterman's Taperite pen ad; When the Crowd Roars - Ted Reeve conjours up the biggest thrills of 40 years in sport; Guardian of the Clock fiction; Flying Railwayman - New head of CPR is W.M. Neal who rose from office boy to President; Article on mosquitoes by Max Braithwaite; The Faraway Music Company fiction; Wonderful one-page colour White Rose gas station ad shows vehicles lined up for service; Colour photo Caterpillar ad shows highway excavation in progress with tarp protecting crawler operator from the cold; Nice back cover Coke ad features young lady with 'come hither' look gazing down from porch. Complete and unmarked with moderate wear. A well-preserved copy of this wonderful vintage issue.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine June 15 1947 - The Divorce Racket Franklin Arbuckle cover illustration of couple admiring winter view of Peyto Lake at Banff National Park; Nostalgic Canadian Pacific colour ad inside front cover features young la . Maclean-Hunter unknown
1936617G1207Vancouver British Columbia Canada: Sun Directories Limited 1936. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 1944 pages. An incredible reference of British Columbia in the year 1936. "Containing an alphabetically arranged list of cities towns post offices and railway stations in British Columbia and the Yukon with a description of each; and alphabetically arranged list of business houses private citizens civic provincial and dominion governments churches public and private schools secret and benevolent organizations associations etc. also an avenue and street guide of householders for Vancouver and Victoria and a classified business directory." - from title page. Above-average external wear. Aged piece of white tape around upper portion of exterior. Portion of backstrip missing. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this wonderfully nostalgic compilation. Sun Directories Limited Hardcover
2003648G2568Tomslake BC: Borderline History Committee 2003. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 435 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of family and archival black and white photos. Map endpapers. Decorated red boards. Contents include: Families; Schools; Groups and Organizations; Churches and Cemeteries; Sports; Entertainment; Services; Miscellaneous and Pictures. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. A lovely copy of this excellent local history. Borderline History Committee Hardcover
