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344 pages. Index. Bibliography. Glossary. References. Black and white illustrations. "In a single century man freed himself from the dark and changed his pattern of work and leisure. This is the first detailed story of the technological revolution in North America. It is told in the setting of the Canadian home, but the developing technology of lighting was common to both sides of the border, thus this book is of equal importance to collectors and historians in the United States." - from dust jacket. Light wear to book which is clean and unmarked but for gift greetings atop front free endpaper. Slight lean to spine. Dust jacket heavily worn but we've made a few cosmetic touches and preserved it in a new archival-quality Brodart cover. Overall a sound copy. Book
xiv, 282 pages. Index. 105 plates plus tissue-protected colour frontispiece illustration of James Wolfe. "Being a volume of records and illustrations together with a pictorial travelogue showing the stage of development which America had reached seventy years after the Seven Years War." - subtitle. "It is my intention not to produce an entire history of even the periods to which I refer, but to bring to light various tracts, letters and documents, many of great rarity and most interesting, and thus to allow the reader to form his own conclusions, rather than to place my interpretation upon this evidence." - Preface. Please note: contains only one map [three missing] in pocket inside back board. Back hinge open. Front hinge starting. Usual library markings and wear. A worthy reading copy. WALLACE p.93. Book
421 pages including index and many black and white photographic plates from the Bank's archives. Written to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Scotiabank. Examines the history of the Bank as part of the larger history of Nova Scotia, the Maritimes, Canada, and, ultimately, the world financial community. An important contribution to banking, corporate, and Canadian history. Wonderful unmarked copy very closely approaching As New condition. Book
229 pages. Author's signature upon first blank leaf. "A novelized history of one man's family and the travails of building a society in a barren land... Captures the hardships and fortunes of Czarist Russia, continuing through the throes of the Bolshevik Revolution, and on to a new life in Canada... A gathering of high adventure, folktales, history, emotion and tradition too valuable to be lost." - from back cover. Average wear. Tight and square. Unmarked. Black and white illustrations. A sound copy. Book
226 pages. "Homemakers across Canada will welcome this exciting new edition of an old favourite. We know you will find the sections on Breads, Cakes, Cookies, Pastry and Desserts of particular interest. There are also special sections on Home Freezing and Cooking for a Crowd which we think you will find helpful." - Foreword. Above-average wear and soiling. Binding intact. Some markings to contents. Coupon page intact at back. Not pretty but a sound vintage copy. Book
966 pages including glossary, bibliography and index. Colour and black and white illustrations. "There has been an acute need for a publication on the identification, distribution, biology and economic importance of the freshwater fishes of Canada. This book provides facts and figures on all species occurring in Canadian fresh waters." - from verso of half-title page. Prior owner's name stroked out atop front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked. Somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A worthy working copy of this wonderful reference. Book
223 pages. Reference notes. Selected bibliography. "Defiantly individual, international in her training yet firmly rooted to the visual and spiritual power of a primitive art and a rich landscape, single-minded in her search for identification with the primal energies of the universe, Emily Carr holds a special place in Canadian art... This book reflects more than a decade of meticulous research, and excerpts from Carr's own prolific writings have been skillfully woven into the narrative, combining with exquisite reproductions of over 200 paintings, charcoals and drawings, two thirds of them in colour, almost all of them specially photographed for this book." - from dust jacket. Attractive dust jacket price clipped with moderate wear and no tears - now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Discreet gift greetings atop illustrated front free endpaper else book clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this wonderful work. Book
38 pages. Features: Olympic Shooting Champ Gerry Ouellette, of Windsor, Ontario; Square Tail Tactics (part 1); Caribou Crisis; Nova Scotia Deer in Danger?; 1957 Fishing Regulations; Collector of Powder Flasks, Donald Blythe; The Biggest Walleyes; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
iv, 134 pages. "This book attempts to do four things: Trace the discovery and development of People's Law, which is basic to the effective governing of a free nation; Present the historical development of government in Canada; Present the Model Constitution for Canada; and List the advantages to be enjoyed by Canadians under the Model Constitution." - Preface. Written when Queen Elizabeth II had delivered the Canada Act to Canada. Clean and unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. Binding tight. A sound copy of this fascinating study. Skousen is perhaps most notable for his "The Naked Capitalist" in which he distilled the essence of Carroll Quigley's "Tragedy and Hope", making it more accessible to the common man. Book
236 pages. Index. Author's signature upon title page. "This policy-centered biography of George Davidson explores the progression of his brilliant career in the voluntary and public sectors of British Columbia and Canada and at the United Nations." - from back cover. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
152 pages. Index. Bibliography. Copiously illustrated with archival black and white photography. "The combination of text and visual history offers readers a privileged glimpse of the glory days of one of the coast's major industries." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's name atop half-title page else clean, bright and unmarked with lightest wear. Dust jacket now preserved in Brodart cover. Lovely copy. Book
86 pages including detailed index and excellent list of references. "Illustrates and documents the combined creative endeavours of well-known and unknown artists as well as of businessmen and others involved in shaping our society." - from Preface. Profusely illustrated in colour and black and white. Clean and unmarked with moderate external wear. Binding intact. A quality copy of this wonderful compilation. Book
373 pages. "... Reconstructs the background to Canadian policy during the Korean War... Canadian initiatives were taken on a multilateral basis through the United Nations with a view to moderating the exercise of US power; this is the theme which gives the book its title." - dust jacket. Contents clean and unmarked with light wear. Somewhat above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A sound copy. Edwards 403, McFarland 1383. Book
296 pages including black and white illustrations. Intended primarily as a text for students in Money and Banking in the senior courses of commercial high schools in Canada. Chapters include: Rise of Money; Canada's Monetary System; Credit and Credit Instruments; Monetary Standards; Rise of Banking; The Banking Business; Branch Banking in Canada; Deposit Accounts and Reserves of Canadian Banks; Loans and Investments of Canadian Banks; Supervision of the Canadian Banking System; Crises and the Canadian Banks; History of the Canadian Banking System; Stock Exchanges; Domestic and Foreign Exchange; Inflation of Currency; The English Banking System; The French Banking System; The Banking System of the United States; Other Banking Systems of the World; The Central Bank of Canada. Very light wear. Contents clean and bright. Prior owner's name and date upon front endpaper. Bookseller's stamp upon back endpaper. No other markings. Binding like new. Light blue cloth boards. Splendid copy of this excellent reference. Book
282 pages. Index. 250 Black and white photographs. 55 colour plates. Decorated endpapers. "The culmination of Gerald Stevens' long and illustrious career as the greatest authority on Canadian glass... An extensively illustrated, highly annotated, definitive guide to all the types of glass that can be proven to be of Canadian origin. .. Will stand for many years as an invaluable reference for the collector, the dealer, the cultural historian and the lover of beautiful things hand-crafted in Canada." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear to book and jacket. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Lovely copy of this important work. Would make a wonderful gift. Book
176 pages. Index. "Early in his career, Harold Pfeiffer, an accomplished Canadian portrait sculptor, made it his mission to complete bronze portraits of native people from Canada, Alaska, Greenland and Siberia before they were irrevocably changed by contact with modern civilization... This book celebrates his art and life." - from back cover. Usual library markings. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
795 pages. "Meets a long-felt need for a bibliographical guide to Canadian historical literature." - from Preface. Book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Very light wear to slipcase. Excellent copy. Book
288 pages. Index. Bibliography. Twelve charts. The first book on Douglas Social Credit with particular application to the Canadian economy. - from Foreword. Written in the depths of the great depression, this work includes twenty-three chapters including: Why are we Poor?; The Great Deficiency; The Monopoly of Credit; A New Synthesis of Money; The Fiction of Foreign Trade; Alternatives to and Critics of Social Credit; and many more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 119- 152 plus sixteen pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Saskatchewan's Oil and Gas - major article with many excellent photos including Tommy Douglas on the podium; Some Birds of Canada; The Canals of England; The Craft School of Fundy; Voyages of Discovery - British Columbia; Canadair one-page ad with illustration of their Sparrow II guided missile; and more. Faint date stamp atop front cover, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Features include: Five Hundred Miles to Freedom - the story of nine survivors of the Japanese capture of Rabaul; The Land Sharks - Would-be settlers in Canada fall victim to wonderful stories from plausible strangers of how to 'get rich quick'; Man-Eater - A former member of the Burma Frontier Service describes the eventful career of a tiger; Vale of the Gods - a curious blend of immemorial ritual and popular merrymaking in the Northern Punjab; The Ju-Ju Doctor - The facts of an amazing occurence on the Gold Coast; The Dragon - Author gets the scare of his live on an East Indian Island; The Sea-Dayaks of Borneo - Author finds the fromer head-hunters to be charming hosts; Section Man - A glimpse of the life of a track labourer on a Canadian railroad; The Poorhouse Tragedy - A puzzling American murder case. Exterior heavily worn with chips missing from spine and front cover partially detached. Contents good. Pencilled name upon back cover. Magazine
50 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Enter the European - II - Into Brazil - Half of South America; Photo study of an air flight between Fort McMurray and Fort Good Hope; North Shore Naturalist - Comte Henri de Puyjalon; The Tsimshian; The Radford and Street Murders - famous crime at York Factory over forty years ago; Little P.G.E. (Railway) Goes Somewhere - travel article by Florence and Francis Jaques; The Fur Trade Party - conflict between 'wintering partners' eighty years ago; Northern Wildflowers; The Bells of the Turrets Twain - the bells of St. Boniface were heard across Canada on the occasion of the present Queen's coronation; Calling the 'Columbia' - article on the floating hospital-chapel-theatre serving the people of B.C.'s rugged coast; Nice colour ad for Hudson's Bay Point Blankets on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
36 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Features: The Ship That Turned Over In Her Grave - the 'Gulf Stream', owned by Gulf Lines, Ltd., served the Vancouver to Powell River run; Jack Fannin - this pioneer extraordinaire was the first curator and virtually creator of the British Columbia Provincial Museum; Forgotten Towns of the West Kootenay - many have been lost to flood and fire; 1689 - Year of the Massacre - Missionaries killed by the Iroquois; Klondike Journey - Part 2 of 3 on Klondike of the 1890s and the travels of Robert beresford Allison; The Gold-Plated Nickels - counterfeiting method used by a deaf-mute in the U.S. in 1880; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Features: Old Fort Henry - The Citadel of Upper Canada; The Big Muddy Valley of Southern Saskatchewan; One-Hundred Years of Lower Fort Garry; and more. Moderate wear. Please note: this is a most unusual issue as it seems to combine feature articles from different issues(?). The pagination is not continuous and some pages are smaller than others. Table of contents is only partially correct and prior owner has made multiple corrections. Please ask if you have any questions. Book
Pages 183-233 plus fifteen pages of nice vintage ads. Features: The Day of Chrysler's Farm - major article with many excellent illustrations and maps; Upper Canada Village; The Ontario-St. Lawrence Development Commission - article with photo; Nice Canadian Army recruiting ad inside back cover; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Boat High with Hyrofoils - article with great photos - "New Sea Wings Lift Boat, Motor and All Out of Water - Gives Smoother and Faster Riding"; What Kind of Boat do You Want to Buy?.. Now What Kind of Motor?; What's Ahead in Boating?; Photo illustrating why government-approved life preservers need by used; List of items required by government regulation to be taken on power driven pleasure boats; Should I Bother Painting? - add years of life to your boat; Nice photo ad for the Canadian Canoe Company of Peterborough, Ontario; Trout do come Big in July - Silver Springs Lodge, South River, Ontario; Do You Like Bugs?; Sedge Night in British Columbia, by H. Mortimer Batten of Kamloops, B.C.; How to Get Those Bass?; Two Ways to Hunt Woodchuck; Handmade Canadian Free Rifle Design; The Hungarian Vizsla - article with photo of "Elza Von Schloss Loosdorf" owned by Stephen Brunyanski of St. Catherines, Ontario; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
