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194273aa1969British Columbia: British Columbia Telephone Company. Fair. 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Half-leather binding. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant traffic commercial operating accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company industry and technological news traffic levels expansion plans personnel announcements publicity and social events deaths weddings lists of exchanges and more. As such these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Many photos of the Ocean Falls mill the plant and townsite of the Powell River mill the Woodfibre mill the Port Mellon mill and Port Alice; Next Vancouver Dial Cut-Over on Saturday April 12; Seymour's last 'Number Please' will be uttered April 12; 1886 photo of Tilley's bookstore which housed Vancouver's first telephone switchboard; photo of the Empire Building which housed Vancouver's telephone eschange from 1890 until 1907; Edward Big Ed William Singer passes away; Trinity operating room; Statement of Development # of telephones in various exchanges as at 1 January 1941; Savings and Government Loans - article by President of the RBOC; War Bonds Appeal; Telephone operator Marion L. Davis writes of war-time Britain; Pioneer Mission Phone man John A. Catherwood passes away; Notes and photos from Eddie Esson braving the blitz in England; Employees form credit unions; 6 samples of Canada's first telephone advertising used in 1877 to promote Bell Telephone usage; artistic full-page war bond advert. with a Churchillian quote and silhouette complete with cigar; Several pages of nice photos from the Courtenay/Comox region including the Cumberland Mine; Courtenay and Comox receive new and improved phone service; All of downtown Vancouver now served by dial - multi-page article with photos; John Hough - The Comox Argus; Recycling phone books; Norman J. Dunlop retires; Many photos of Trail and vicinity; New dial unit for Victoria - text and photos; "Buck" Telephone advertisements - promoting the safety benefits of phones; Lauchie McMillan; Many great photos of Port Albernia and area including a more heavily treed Cathedral Grove; PNE phone exhibit promotion; Peter Grant Superintendant of switchboard construction retires; Alan C. Irvine - new Marine Wire Chief; each issue concludes with the number of phones in each exchange; Many photos of Kamloops and area; 'Shortage of Telephone Supplies is a Wartime Problem'; Earl Squire; Fraser telphones now served by dial system - significant text and many photos; War Bond advert.; Elizabeth Teague retires as Victoria Toll Chief; 12 year growth chart of company's system with accompanying bar graph intended to show 'why forecasting is difficult'; Fascinating and substantial text and photos emphasizing conservation due to among other things a tin and rubber shortage due to Japanese attacks on Malaya; Photos and text of facility wartime blackout preparations; Jean Peard retires; Name of Highland office to be changed to Hastings; Photos of executives; photos of operator school; A.R.P. Air Raid Protection meetings; Ship-to-shore service saves valuable log tows; Allan Wood Hunter recounts developing phone services in Venezuela; Many photos of drills to prepare for air attacks; Government puts restrictions on telephone installations; Did you use your phone during the Blackout - article; James Cruickshank retires; Many photos of lovely young operators from across the province; Air Raid Sirens - photos and captions; Article on Norman MacDonald; William Sherry killed in Libya; Hugh D. Simpson; photo of 93' pole being escorted by policeman on motorcycle; Many ARP photos with captions; photo of tabulators at 'information'; two awesome photos from the Marine-Pacific facility; "Watch the Clock Wh; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Telus History British Columbia Telephone Company Telephony Telephone Talk Internal House Magazine Periodical and technological news traffic levels expansion plans personnel announcements publicity and social events deaths weddings lists of exc . British Columbia Telephone Company hardcover
193073aa1975British Columbia: British Columbia Telephone Company. Fair. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant traffic commercial operating accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company industry and technological news traffic levels expansion plans personnel announcements publicity and social events deaths weddings lists of exchanges and more. As such these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Twentieth Year of Telephone Talk; P.A.B.X. for Telephone Company in Vancouver; When this magazine was a bab - by the first editor of Telephone Talk; North-west Telephone Company acquires Prince George System; Hard battle for phone men in rough country along Howe Sound; Christmas gale puts 75% of toll lines out of order; cover photo of 20 ton cable reel for use in Fraser River link in Vancouver-Victoria line; Preparatory work on new trans-gulf cable job nears completion; Speeding Aeroplanes can keep in touch with the earth - two; George Gaetz - Victoria 'heavy' gang foreman; Cover photo of woman demonstrating how to use dial phone; Full page photo of cable barge Brico; First section of new trans-gulf cable successfully laid - 6 pages with many photos; New construction in Victoria; Night work required to build line across Ladner Marsh; The Brico succeeds the Iwalani; Heavy Gang Foreman Andrew Bertram Andy Jackson; Land portion of new Victoria-Vancouver cable route now complete - 3 pages with many photos; New Traffic Headquarters in the Georgia Building - several photos; Richmond is thriving Neighbour of big coast cities - photos and text; Picture for Telephone Talk obtained via ship-to-shore phone call; Over half of Trans-Atlantic calls are with Great Britain; We can now talk with South America; Nanaimo heavy gang restores Nanaimo-Victoria service; Vancouver can talk to ship on the Atlantic; Wilfred Calman; 5 page illustrated article announcing completion of Vancouver-Victoria cable; B.C.'s first radiotelephone service now open; Second Calgary Circuit provides Windermere Valley connection; Cable to link Europe with North America; New type of conduit being used for underground work; Record load handled by New Westminster staff; Work on Victoria's central office equipment progressing - many photos; Nice cover photo of the Prince Henry first passenger ship on the Pacific equipped with dial phone system; New type of pay telephone in Vancouver; Burnaby feature - rapidly industrializing; Bob Perry - Blaster - The Lone Canadian; Ruined Burrard Inlet cable to be replaced; Phone service now available to/from a train; Dunsmuir residence in Victoria speaks with London England; Dials being placed on Victoria phones - 4 pages with photos; Direct coast and Alberta service now available for Revelstoke; Phone men fight fire which takes 5 buildings in Nanaimo; Dial demonstration popular at Victoria Exhibition; John Jack C. Miles; Prince George Reconstruction; Many photos of new Plant and Engineering building in Vancouver; Radiotelephone experiments at coast points successful - 6 pages with photos; William Palliser; Powell River System joins phone family; Trans-Gulf cable now in service; The Terminal and Repeater Equipment of the all-cable toll route - 4 pages with photos; Victoria now using new dial system - photos; Nanaimo high span replaced with submarine cable; Building the B.C. link of the Trans-Canada Line; 17500 mile link connects Vancouver to Australia; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge of text else unmarked. Binding intact. Backstrip almost entirely loose.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Telus History British Columbia Telephone Company Telephony Telephone Talk Internal House Magazine Periodical and technological news traffic levels expansion plans personnel announcements publicity and social events deaths weddings lists of exc . British Columbia Telephone Company hardcover
194473aa1968British Columbia: British Columbia Telephone Company. Fair. 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Half-leather binding. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant traffic commercial operating accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company industry and technological news traffic levels expansion plans personnel announcements publicity and social events deaths weddings lists of exchanges and more. As such these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: "All circuits are busy; I will call you" - the phrase of operators dealing with heavy traffic; Good-bye to the Seymour and Trinity manual offices - photos; Photo of the ladies of the Nelson small bore rifle club; adding switching equipment in Victoria; Gas masks helmets and more in Alma operating room - photo; Action photo of the First Vancouver Cadet Training Corps; Record load of telephone calls handled in B.C. in 1942 - article and photos; George Friend - Alma plant man - article and photos; Second birthday of the Van-Tel Credit Union; A few lines from the front lines - parts of letters from phone men on active service; John Jessop dies - photo and article; Back cover wartime announcement "Be Careful What You Say"; Photos of females filling in for males in the Vancouver Engineering department; Victory Bond ad.; Wire Shortage - here's why; "Behind the Lines!" - by George Matthew Adams; Wartime Problems of Telephone Business set forth in Annual Report; Great Cheque mystery solved by new payroll machine - 2 pages of photos and text; Popular traffic official dies - Robert A Henderson; Honour Roll World War II; Honour Roll World War I; Credit Union article; Letter by operator Elsie Forman; variety of photos emphasizing wartime parts shortages and recycling; Victory Bond ad.; E.E. Slim Sinden wire chief at Chilliwack; Operator's form association; Roland Arthur Chute former Kamloops Manager retires; John Sowerby - survived fire and earthquake to become a phone man - article and photos; P.J. Pete McCormick retires; Illustrated letter from G.R. Peakes Major-General G.O.C.-in-C. Pacific Command saluting the telephone industry; Many additional war photos/content; Using phones to report forest fires; Article on operator 'Quiz Kids' - information operators; honour roll of employees who have joined the war effort; Oliver Plant man Reuben Echlis retires; article from Reader's Digest arguing for wartime wage and price controls; James D. Baker passes away; William Henry Cooke retires; Update from Pipe-Major Edmund Esson in Sicily; Ex-operators rally to aid of telephone company including newspaper ad.; Miss Leonie Michaud retires; Hockey star and telephone man Leslie Steel dies in Vancouver; many wonderful Victory Garden photos; war bond ad; Victory Loan depends on the Phone; Introducing Jack Veitch; Ads showing the wartime contributions of operators; in memory of Henry G. E. Goult; Victoria construction gang at work in photos; Photo of Victoria's operators at work; Farewell to Ernest F. Helliwell; Cranbrook operator Minnie Egan retires; Edward Dawson dies suddenly; Sergeant James Clark R.C.A.F. reported a missing; Ernest S. Harris bids farewell; Cover photo of Pilot Officer Gordon Heselton the first B.C. man to win a decoration in WWII with story inside; photo of '25 club' war savings stamp booklet; 40 miles of phone bills - many photos; Record long distance load in 1943 but local calls show decline; John D. Johnston general commercial manager; Full page instructions with the heading "Strict Conservation of Paper now a Necessity"; Jim Baigent and Arthur Pop Harness retire; "Lick Stamps to Lick Hitler" on back cover of one issue; Telephone Talk is shrunk to conserve paper; Net Revenue decrease in 1943; Full-page article o; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Telus History British Columbia Telephone Company Telephony Telephone Talk Internal House Magazine Periodical and technological news traffic levels expansion plans personnel announcements publicity and social events deaths weddings lists of exc . British Columbia Telephone Company hardcover
193173aa1974British Columbia: British Columbia Telephone Company. Good. 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Half-leather binding. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant traffic commercial operating accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company industry and technological news traffic levels expansion plans personnel announcements publicity and social events deaths weddings lists of exchanges and more. As such these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Cover photo of the Victoria Exchange; Company launches employee sales plan; feature on Leo Griggs with photos; Ladner forges to the front as a farming district - with photos; Important changes in Prince George; Mission and Revelstoke; Remodelling Victoria Exchange; Our Trans-Canada Link is growing; - 3 pages with photos; Record holiday load handled by Vancouver toll office; Vancouver-Victoria Cable line severed by Dredge; Engineeers walking all over the province - 4 pages with photos and text; Proper posture; Statement of Development - a table listing the number of operating phones in towns across the province; Campbell River - Cape Lazo Cable is big job for this month - 2 pages; Keeping pace with Schedule on Trans-Canada Line; Philip Creagh - Nanaimo wire chief; Centralized billing system now in effect; Breaking of insulators may have serious consequences; Ocean Falls joins our system and receives first toll service - great photo; Powell River - Cape Lazo Cable successfully laid - 3 pages with photos; Harvey Sauder; A P.A.B.X. is now serving the B.C. Electric Railway Co.; Cover photo of the Victoria exchange; Victoria traffic and commercial staffs now under same roof - text and great art deco photos; One-Fourth of Work on Trans-Canada line completed; C. Whitmore Halford; new phone system in Powell river - 2 pages with photos; All Canadian route from Vancouver to Winnipeg; Trans-Canada construction photos; Vancouver talks with Berlin; Coal Harbour Regatta broadcast from radiotelephone ship; A telephone man in Turkey; Thrilling events preceded opening of Ocean Falls service - with photos; The Huntingdon System is Acquired; The Municipality of Maple Ridge; N.J. Dunlop; A telephone man in South America; Telephone Co-operators; Cover photo of Vancouver fire alarm switchboard; Telephone to the rescue when fire threatens; Great photos of laying cables across Victoria Harbour; Selling Telephone Service; A telephone man in India; Three Nanaimo phone men attempt to save three children in Nanaimo River; Gerald C. Clarke; Two-Thirds of Trans-Canada line complete; Prince George visits plant where our dial equipment was made in Lancashire; Successful picnic; Princeton to be important link in Trans-Canada line; Wiring plans; The Modern Mouse must have a Telephone House mouse moves into pay phone; Bigger phone directory - 2 pages with interesting photos; Phone poles go over mountains - several photos; Ervin J. Davis; Trans-Atlantic service growing; Herman A. Nicholson; and more. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge of text else unmarked. Binding intact.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Telus History British Columbia Telephone Company Telephony Telephone Talk Internal House Magazine Periodical and technological news traffic levels expansion plans personnel announcements publicity and social events deaths weddings lists of exc . British Columbia Telephone Company hardcover
192573aa1979British Columbia: British Columbia Telephone Company. Fair. 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant traffic commercial operating accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company industry and technological news traffic levels expansion plans personnel announcements publicity and social events deaths weddings lists of exchanges and more. As such these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Some of the troubles repairmen encounter - 6 pages with photos; Uses of the ringing macine - text and photo; Rope for many purposes made at Sapperton factory - 5 pages with great photos; Repairs made to San Juan Cable; Test calls made to eastern centers; Misues of toll circuits is costly Statement of Development - chart of # of telephones in service in towns throughout the province; Great full-page photo plus article on the "Aorangi" - largest motorship in the world arriving in Vancouver; Increasing importance of Australasia; How much power is required to operate a phone - 6 page article with photos; San Juan Cable pulled out of place; Central Information Office - 3 pages; New Douglas exchange relieves pressure on Seymour office; Accounting department story; The ladies take up ice hockey - 2 pages; Crude carbonic acid is wooden conduit's elixir of youth - with photo; Fred Meloche; Great cover photo of a trainload of coal leaving the Extension Mine on Vancouver Island; Revenue Accounting group photo plus office shots; 5-page mining industry feature with great photos; Change to Stub system successful; Traffic Fundamentals - 3 pages; fantastic Victoria Harbour photo including the new Princess Marguerite and the Princess Kathleen; 4 page article with photo - 'diplomats' at the adjustment counter; 5 page feature on the cement industry with photos and operating details of the Bamberton plant; Cable laid across Saanich Inlet - photos; 9 page Fraser River feature with many photos; Company's underground program largest in years - 4 pages with photos; Six page feature of Victoria's Crystal Garden - many great photos; Supplies Department - 3 pages with photos; How the phone was brought to far off lands; Qualifications and duties of a Chief Operator; wonderful interior photos of the new Princess Marguerite and Princess Kathleen; Mount Benson Forestry lookout served by telephone - 2 photos including view of Gulf of Georgia Strait; CNRV photos and article; Toll dispatch system adopted; Six passenger steamers added to coastal fleets of B.C.; Company again using clay conduit; An Agent's responsibilities; New Collingwood exchange; Operation of building department explained; Company cafeteria system; Cuba talks to Vancouver; Bent Plugs system; Gymnasium class for company men; The Longest Cable in the World - New York to Chicago; George McCartney goes touring again; Photos by phone opens a vast field; Six-page features on Kerrisdale with many great photos plus additional sensational 2 page centerfold of great Kerrisdale homes; Common battery system installed in Trail; New toll testing equipment provided at Vancouver; New test used in cutting over working lines in cables; Advice on thrift; North Shore prospects enhanced by the New Lion's Gate Bridge - 9 page article with fantastic photos and illustrations; The Old Toll Desk recalls some telephone history - 5 pages; Phone stories from abroad; Excellent 11 page article on the Telephone Toll Trails of Vancouver Island - with many great photos; Electric drills and rats are enemies of cables; Safeguarding the career of the microwatt; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear overall with the exception of backstrip which shows significant wear and is almost entirely loose. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle up; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Telus History British Columbia Telephone Company Telephony Telephone Talk Internal House Magazine Periodical and technological news traffic levels expansion plans personnel announcements publicity and social events deaths weddings lists of exc . British Columbia Telephone Company hardcover
1908618j2654Vancouver British Columbia: The Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles 6th Regiment. Very Good. 1908. First Edition. Photograph. Vintage framed photograph of "G" Company of the 6th Regiment D.C.O.R dated 25 April 1908. Taken in front of the Beatty Street Armoury now Drill Hall in Vancouver the photo includes thirty-two men about half of whom hold rifles. Formed in 1883 the Regiment is Vancouver's oldest military unit. The image itself is 19.5 x 24cm and its contemporary wooden frame is 38.5 x 43.3 cm. A magnificent graphic artifact of Vancouver's early military history. Please note: watermark which appears in our photo is not present on the physical item. ; Folio . The Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles, 6th Regiment unknown
1987422a7852Canada: Seal Books/McClelland-Bantam Inc. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1987. First Printing. Hardcover. 0770421962 . Signed and briefly inscribed by Jimmy Pattison. "No other Canadian has 'gone for it' with more impressive results. Jimmy did it all himself." - Peter C. Newman. The autobiography of legendary Canadian businessman Jimmy Pattison. 300 pages. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Jummy - An Autobiography Canadian Business Leaders British Columbia Neon Sign Overwaitea Save-on Foods Metro Toyota; Signed by Authors . Seal Books/McClelland-Bantam Inc. hardcover
1962732h6045Kitimat BC: Northern Sentinel Press. Very Good. 1962. First Edition. Paperback. "Will Robinson first met Chief Walter Wright of the Kitselas Band in Terrace B.C. in 1928. They developed a friendship over the years during which Chief Wright gradually shared more and more insight into the life and history of his people. In 1935 or 1936 Chief Wright said he planned to tell Robinson his 'Story' so it could be written down. By late 1936 Robinson had typed 40000 words and the history of Medeek from its beginnings in the dim ages of mythology had been written down to some ninety years ago. The history is in two parts. Close questioning led to a reasonable assumption that the first part ended some 600 to 700 years ago. This book contains the first part. It deals with the basic myths with life in the legendary city of Tum- L. - Hama with a westerly migration that ended on the rocky cliffs of the Kitselas Canyon some 100 miles up the Skeena River from Prince Rupert. 'Men of Medeek' looks to the east; back to the land of the ancestors. Only once - the raid down the Pacific coast does the narrative deal with the peoples of the sea-board. 'Wars of Medeek' still remains to be written." - paraphrased from Preface. 93 pages. Black and white photo of each author. Map of Skeena River and central B.C. coast inside back cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding intact. A quality copy of this precious history. Edwards & Lort 4105; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Men of Medeek Native Peoples Northwest Coast British Columbia Kitselas Canyon Skeena River Prince Rupert Tum - L - Hama Kitimaat . Northern Sentinel Press paperback
175222438London: Printed for J. Payne and J. Bouquet 1752. First Edition. 8vo pp vi 84 95 with 3 folding maps. Bound in full mottled calf with gilt rules. Small bookplate "Lavington" on front pastwdown and one "From the Wilberforce Library Backsettown" on front free endpaper. Frontis map slightly misfolded but overall a near fine copy. Robson was a former employee of the Hudson's Bay Company who had worked as a surveyor and "Supervisor of the Buildings" i.e. construction superintendent. His experiences convinced him that the Company was mismanaging its holdings so badly that all of northern North America would soon be taken over by the French. Hill 1477 describes this account as one of the earliest and certainly the fullest of works that had hitherto been published on the Hudson Bay Territory" and explains that "Robson with a sound knowledge of the locale and of the personnel of the Hudson's Bay Company condemned the company for its failure to promote enterprise and development in its lands." The first 84 pages are the narrative the remaining portion of the book is an appendix giving an account of the discovery of Hudson's Bay and English activities there. The maps are: "A Draught of Nelson & Hayes's Rivers" Plate I "A Draught of Churchill River" Plate II and "Plans of York and Prince of Wales's Fort" Plate III which also includes an illustration of two snowshoe designs. Field 1312; Graff 3532; Sabin 72259; Smith 8728; Streeter VI 3648 TPL 217 Lande 1418. Printed for J. Payne and J. Bouquet unknown
193673aa1972British Columbia: British Columbia Telephone Company. Fair. 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant traffic commercial operating accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company industry and technological news traffic levels expansion plans personnel announcements publicity and social events deaths weddings lists of exchanges and more. As such these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Service to Japan Hawaii and the Philippines now available; Anchors foul cable 4 times within 10 days - Burrard Inlet; Classified system will be extended to remainder of territory - includes full-page rate sheet; Company gains telephones in 1934 after 3 year decline presumably due to the Great Depression; Company architect Hugh D. Simpson; Our overseas service kept growing last year; Employee Sales Team Results; Statement of Development 1 January 1935 - show # of phones per community; System suffers heaviest storm damage in history - January 1935 - 8 pages with photos; New exchange for the Albernis; John C. Miles succeeds John Johnston as Building Head; World Telephone network now includes 60 countries; Billy Palliser - champion salesman for Victoria Plant; Sechelt Company picnic; New phone system for thriving Alberni area - 4 pages with photos; Record 19000 mile call from Vancouver to Perth Australia; Dog's bark in Vancouver heard in Scotland; Round the world telephone talk sets record; Telephony's part in Canada's Jubilee celebration - 2 pages with photos; Parksville Exchange has Dial Unit at Qualicum Beach; Arthur R. Harness - garden awards; New switchboard handled by sightless operator - article with photos; PNE float details and photo; 2-page bio. with photo of Eugene P. LaBelle the company's General Superintendant of Plant MR. LABELLE'S NAME IS STAMPED ON THIS COPY; Carrier circuits established between Vancouver and Calgary; Number of phones increased last year; Miss Elizabeth Murray Vancouver's first chief operator dies; New radio stations established; Fraser telephone building remodelled; Conference calls link Canadian cities by long distance !; Operator school reopened; George E. Pittendrigh of Cloverdale BC - installed Vancouver's first telephones; Telephone folks to the rescue; New Long Distance developments embrace Howe Sound Points; Key to Safety on the Job; New radio link serves Quesnel and adjacent mining area; Vancouver's first emergency phone calls; Newcastle Island Picnic; C.A. Charlie Price - Queer theories prove that people read the 'Yellow Pages"; James Welsh - our first formen; Article on the challenges of information operators; Seymour operating room photo; Mr. W.F. Salsbury - helped pave the way for our present telephone system; CARICATURE OF E.P. LABELLE and other company executives; Vancouver Arena fire damage quickly repaired; PNE float photo and details; Long Distance developments this year; Dominion Telephone organization meets in Victoria; Ex-policeman Ernest A. Harris recalls use of telephone in 1891; Monte Butler wins more rowing laurels; and more. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon fore- and top edges and inside front board else unmarked. Half-leather binding intact. Backstrip loose along front edge.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Telus History British Columbia Telephone Company Telephony Telephone Talk Internal House Magazine Periodical and technological news traffic levels expansion plans personnel announcements publicity and social events deaths weddings lists of exc . British Columbia Telephone Company hardcover
1945ZB2633191945-1958. volumes 18-25 28-33 bound ex library good PRICE IS FOR THE LOT. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. unknown
1829elala1084np: 1829. 1829. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l. 3index 4-255. modern calf covers bit discoloured. The majority of the grievances were directed at the authoritarian regime of Lord Dalhousie as governor of Lower Canada and Governor-in-Chief of British North America 1820-28 when he was recalled. Included are grievances relating to Dalhousies establishment of a new Quebec Gazette his censure of Sir Francis Burton for having sanctioned a Bill of Supply his dismissal of militia officers and exercise of intimidation during elections his dismissal of justices of the peace and the unfair manner of jury selection. "Among other things the Montreal petitioners complained that contrary to the laws of England juries both grand and petty and both King's Bench and Quarter Sessions were being drawn exclusively from the town of Montreal rather than from the district at large. The committee chaired by Denis-Benjamin Viger concluded that this practice of jurors being "selected or as it were packed - summoned exclusively from among the inhabitants of a particular place or from a particular class - cannot be more compatible with liberty than it is with the rules of impartial justice. It is repugnant to every principle of our government and can only tend to the overthrow of the constitution of the country .The executive's control over the process of selecting juries became for the Patriotes yet another symbol of despotism and of the attempted exclusion of canadiens from their democratic rights given that they predominated in the countryside; a number of highly political jury trials for libel and sedition did nothing to help matters. The controversy only began to die down from 1830 when James Kempt ordered that jurors be drawn from the body of the district; the denouement came in 1832 when the legislature adopted a law regulating the qualification and selection of jurors " Donald Fyson Grand Juries Political Power And Citizenship In Quebec And Lower Canada 1764-1830 a paper for the 77th annual meeting of the Canadian Historical Association Ottawa May 1998TPL 1549. Sabin 10568. cfCasey I 1279. Not in Dionne Gagnon or Lande. np: 1829. unknown
195859583Calgary ALB & Geraldton ONT Canada: Trans-Canada Corporation Fisher’s Studio Box 370 1958. Oblong 4to. 11.25 x 7.25 in. 78 pp unpaginated. on thick black paper stock. With 69 tipped-in silver gelatin photographs 57 sized 5 x 7 in. & 12 sized 3.5 x 5 in. all tipped-in w/ silver corners first third of the album featuring white ink manuscript annotations in drafting hand occasional offsetting at upper fore-edges from old tape. Contemporary red boards post-binder gilt lettering stamped on front cover punch-sewn at gutter margin w/ black silk braid small label for Fisher’s Studio Geraldton ONT on front pastedown slight scuffing shelfwear still VG bright exemplar. This exceptional souvenir construction album illustrates the efforts of the Majestic Construction Co. building the Trans-Canada pipeline originally conceived following World War II by the Trans-Canada Pipe Lines Ltd. subsidiary of Texas oil magnate Clint Murchison’s Canadian Dehli. Majestic Construction specialized in building pipelines as well as power generation and transmission projects across Canada the United States India Malaysia and the Middle East. This album opens with photos of the Trans-Canada inspection crew engineering department and Majestic personnel followed by photos of caterpillar excavators digging ditches building right-of-ways drilling through rock and blasting. Also included are photographs of back hoes digging the pipeline ditch road boring machines giant bending machines and pipe gangs welding and x-raying the finished pipes. Also depcited are spooling machines for laying cables cranes laying pipe into position as well as pouring and placing the concrete sleeves and more. The Sturgeon River Crossing construction is also shown in the album which runs through the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation Reserve Land. Smaller photos show some of the labor crews which managed to complete the pipeline by Oct. 1958. Fisher’s Studio often produced commercial souvenir albums including a similar album depicting the construction of King’s Highway 11 for the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and also issued souvenir Real Photo Postcards. We could find no similar albums in Worldcat or private holdings; See: Deborah Sawyer & Nathan Baker TC Energy formerly TransCanada Canadian Encyclopedia 2021. Trans-Canada Corporation], Fisher’s Studio, Box 370, hardcover
515j113713 Canadian Field Regiment RCA. Good. N.D. First Edition. Hardcover. "This story is written with two objects in mind; first that of providing the men who have served in the regiment with a memento of their army days; second that of recording accurately a history which will be of use in the future and which will place the artillery branch of the service in its recognized place." - Introduction. "Approximately seven hundred men from all walks of life united in a common cause lived in perfect harmony for about five years. When the battle came and men died we found with somewhat of a shock that it is possible to love another man. From the early days the regiment was a happy one. It went through difficult times but on the 6th day of June 1944 when the final test came all those who remember are proud of the gallant skillful and efficient work of the unit. Until the 8th of May 1945 with the exception of a few days the regiment was continuously in action. Without fear of contradiction I say that the men of this unit had no superiors. No history of this regiment could be complete without reference to "C" Troop of the 69th Battery 4th LAA Regiment RCA. From the early days of the invasion until the final knockout blow they lived and deployed with us." - Foreword. 12-185 pages. Nominal Rolls. Numerous black and white photos maps and cartoons. Contents toned with age. Minimal markings. Rubber stamp to each free endpaper. Average wear to original black cloth with corners rubbed open. Binding intact. No dust jacket presumably as issued. A sound and rare example of the proud and precious history. 10.4" x 7.1". Dornbusch 477 Cooke 3rd Edn p. 219. ; Cartoons / Maps; Sm 4to . 13 Canadian Field Regiment, RCA hardcover
elala6189Toronto: Robert Stanton 1843. The commissioners appointed to conduct the first revision of the Upper Canada statutes to include those in force at the time of the union of Upper and Lower Canada were John Beverley Robinson James Buchanan Macaulay William Henry Draper and John Hillyard Cameron. A second volume not present here dealt with Local and Private Acts. 4to. pp. 2 p.l.1096 lxxi. with half-title. modern buckram dampstain to first 4 leaves of index. contemporary signature on title of D.E.McIntyre probably Donald Eugene McIntyre 1812-96 who served as the Sheriff of Stormont Dundas and Glengarry for nearly half a century dated Glengarry 1844. elala6189 Toronto: Robert Stanton, [1843] hardcover
elala4978Ottawa: 1867-1893. Thomas Wardlaw Taylor 1833-1917 came to Manitoba from Ontario in 1872 to practice law and was Master of Chancery from 1872 to 1883. From 1883 to 1887 he was Puisne Judge of the Court of Queens Bench during which time in the fall of 1885 he was responsible for handing down the decision against Métis leader Louis Riel's appeal of his death sentence: "Forced to wade through difficult constitutional points involving legal jurisdiction in the North-West Territories and the conduct of Riel's trial the full court relying mainly on Taylors judgment dismissed the leave to appeal and its decision was upheld by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council." Thomas H. Ferns in Dict. of Canadian Biography Vol. XIV p. 991 In 1887 he became Chief Justice of Manitoba serving until 1899. In 1892 he sided with Judge Bain against Judge Dubuc in endorsing the governments policy to abolish separate schools. As Chief Justice of Manitoba Tayor acted as administrator of the province in 1890 and 1893. He was created a QC in 1881 and knighted in 1897. The present volume was apparently presented to Taylor upon his appointment as administrator of Manitoba in 1893. It includes a description of uniforms to be worn by Lieutenant-Governors of the provinces of Canada with chromolithographed plates a list of Governors-General and Administrators of the Dominion of Canada since Confederation a list of Lieutenant-Governors and Administrators of the Province of Manitoba since entering Confederation Taylors name appears twice at the end of the list for 1890 and 1893 the second added and with date entered in manuscript chromolithographed plates of Canadian flags & ensigns and various Canadian acts documents instructions and reports including Draft of Letters-Patent appointing the Governor-General of the Dominion of Canada to be Governor of Ruperts Land and an 1870 Order-In-Council relating to Ruperts Land and the North-Western Territory &c. Sammelband of various printed acts documents & reports. folio. 15 chromolithographed plates. signature on title of John J.McGee Clerk of the Privy Council. contemporary red leather joints worn corners worn inner front hinge split Ottawa: [1867-1893] hardcover
1903027938Toronto: Printed for the Author By William Briggs 1903. 293 pages 17 plates. Decorated binding by John Innes. The subtitle of the book is: "Being a Record of Actual Facts and Conditions Relating to the Cattle Industry of the North-West Territories of Canada; and Comprising the Extraordinary Story of the Formation and Career of a Great Cattle Company." The story of Canada's Oxley ranch written from the standpoint of the manager of the ranch. A scarce title that is one of the most important books on cattle and ranching in Canada. Adams RAMPAGING HERD 598 Howes C842. Clean and tight in original green cloth--only minor rubbing of the white lettering and decoration. Name and date 1908 of early owner Rosa H. McLennan mother of historical romance writer Isabel McMeekin and later owner's bookplate on front endpapers. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Very Good. Large 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Book. Printed for the Author By William Briggs Hardcover
1920517H3277Halifax Nova Scotia: Royal Print and Litho Limited. Good. 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. 362 pages. Fold-out map inside back board indicates operations of the Battalion. Twenty-one black and white photographic plates including one at page 56 not included in List of Illustrations. Lists of: Service Dates; Engagements of the Battalion; Wastage in France; Casualties; Honours and Awards. Also includes Nominal Roll of Officers including name address and record of service and Nominal Roll Other Ranks including number name address and record of service. "Being a history of the justly famous 85th Canadian Infantry Battalion Nova Scotia Highlanders in the various theatres of the war WWI together with a Nominal Roll and synopsis of service of Officers Non-Commissioned Officers and Men who served with the Battalion in France." - subtitle. Gilt lettering and decoration upon forest green cloth-covered boards. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this important Canadian military history. Enser p. 88. Cooke p. 130. Dornbusch 426. Amtmann H523; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; The Eighty-Fifth 85th Canadian Infantry Battalion / Nova Scotia Highlanders in France and Flanders First World War I One C.E.F. Canadian Expeditionary Force Witley Camp Vimy Ridge Passchendaele Electric Light Station Ontario Trench Eleu Dit Leauvette Am . Royal Print and Litho Limited hardcover
1955617G1233Seattle WA: University of Washington 1955. Book. Illus. by Rumely John H.; Janish Jeanne R. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Uniform and handsome in beige cloth. Volume 5 printed in 1955 Volume 4 in 1959 Volume 3 in 1961 Volume 2 in 1964 and Volume 1 in 1969. Umarked with light wear and sound bindings. An excellent first edition example of this magnificent work. Please note: Very heavy. Special shipping considerations may apply. University of Washington Hardcover
192473aa1980British Columbia: British Columbia Telephone Company. Fair. 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant traffic commercial operating accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company industry and technological news traffic levels expansion plans personnel announcements publicity and social events deaths weddings lists of exchanges and more. As such these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Great cover photo of Duncan operating room; Several photos of new interior plant equipment at Duncan; Sensational 9-page feature on Duncan and district with great photos of the area including Duncan Station Maple Bay Genoa Bay and an aerial view; Fire deprives downtown Vancouver of service - photos and text; Grand Forks office and staff; Table showing "Exchanges in order of Per Cent Good Calls Out"; Statement of Development as of 1 January 1924 showing number of phones per community; Cover photo of steamer Jacques Cartier; Nice full-page showing two views of Vancouver Harbour with many ships in port; 7 page feature on the Port of Vancouver with several great photos; Possibilities of both radio and wire telephony; Exchanges in order of percent good out calls; Excellent full-page photo of Ballantyne pier Burrard Inlet; Take advantage of company's new savings plan; Fine addition to shipping facilities on Burrard Inlet - Ballantyne Pier - 5 great photos with text; Greater Vancouver will benefit by reduced telephone rate; Repair shop has greatly expanded in recent years - 6 pages with nice photos; nice full-page photo of the Empress of Australia in port; Greater Vancouver Inter-Exchange Telephone Service; Fold-out map of Vancouver area exchanges complet with great statistics; Telephone extenstion to Campbell River; 8 page feature on the flow of commerce through Canada's western port with many absolutely smashing photos; Cover photo of Glenburn office; 6-page feature on the B.C. Herring fishery with excellent photos re: sea lions contains the following quote "The government is undertaking to greatly lessen the numbers of this prey animal"; archival photo of laying the first underground cable in Vancouver; Statement of Development - # of phones operating in each community; Cover photo of Milner office; photo mosaic of 5 lower valley exchange offices; Wonderful 8 page feature on the great supply district i.e. the lower Fraser Valley of BC coastal cities - excellent photos including a shot of the only remaining original Hudson's Bay Company building at Langley; New Gordon Head Exchange cut over; New Point Grey office under way; new observation office aids efficiency; Electrical Communication Development; Full-page photo of sailors from the battleship H.M.S. Repulse marching through Vancouver; Multiple photos of British warships docked at Victoria; Article and photos of the visit of the Royal Navy to Vancouver; The Traffic Department and the Public it serves; Tennis Tournaments; Printing a phone directory; Great feature on Ship Salvors Salvagers with many photos; A motoring trip through the U.S. with photos; Biggest cable will cross False Creek; Oxygen Farms; Cornelius Vanderbilt writes of his long distance call from Alberni to Los Angeles; P.B.X. serves interesting purposes - 5 pages with photos; Early motor tourists to B.C. with photos; Full-page photo of the Empress of Canada; 5 page illustrated article on the reclamation of the Sumas; The switchboard as a newspaper; Health secrets of the telephone pole - 3 illustrated pages; new Victoria equipment; Bayview library proves popular; cover photo of a long-distance operator timing a call with a calculagraph; Billing toll and inter-exchange calls keeps eight clerks busy - 3 pages with photos; 7 page a; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Telus History British Columbia Telephone Company Telephony Telephone Talk Internal House Magazine Periodical and technological news traffic levels expansion plans personnel announcements publicity and social events deaths weddings lists of exc . British Columbia Telephone Company hardcover
elala3565Ottawa: Printed By Order Of The Commission 1885. Between 1881 and 1884 approximately 17000 Chinese immigrants came to British Columbia to work as labourers on the Canadian Pacific Railway. They were paid just $1 a day half the wage of white labourers and had to pay their own expenses which saved the CPR an estimated $3-5 million in construction costs. They were often given the most dangerous jobs and many lost their lives to landslides dynamite blasts and other accidents. In 1885 the British Columbia section of the railway was completed and the the status of these immigrants became a pressing issue. While Europeans were being offered free land to come to Canada the Canadian government decided to create a $50 "head tax" to limit the number of Chinese coming to the country. That also meant that those already here would have great difficulty bringing family to Canada. ìBritish Columbia has repeatedly by her Legislature as well as by her representatives in Parliament solicited the Executive and Parliament of Canada to enact a law prohibiting the incoming of Chinese to British Columbia. Nothing was done in that direction until last session of Parliament when Sir John Macdonald speaking in answer to a motion asking Parliament to enact a law in the above sense pledged his Government to issue a Commission to look into the whole subject during the approaching session and to consider exhaustively its trade relations its social relations and all those moral considerations which it is alleged make Chinese immigration undesirableÖî. Preliminary The report was prepared by commissioners John Hamilton Gray 1814-1889 a British Columbia judge and Joseph Adolphe Chapleau 1840-1898 Canadian Secretary of State. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l. cxxxiv cii blank leaf 487. contemporary half calf worn joints cracked lower spine defective Ottawa: Printed By Order Of The Commission, 1885 unknown
elala0004np: 1803. An early Upper Canada land grant complete with the original wax seal of the province imprinted with anchor crown and sword. The grantee George Chisholm was a United Empire Loyalist who was settled in the Township of Flamborough East near Hamilton. His son William Chisholm became a prominent Upper Canada politician and businessman who founded the town of Oakville. with wax seal np: 1803 unknown
1838101145Toronto Canada 1838. Ephemera. Good. No Binding. Toronto: Printed at the Patriot Office 1838. pp. 133-160 2 161-167 1. Collation: 34-422. It's possible that this pamphlet was part of a larger work. Sewn gatherings the thread now gone no wrapper. Wove paper small pieces missing from the top right of the preliminary leaves and the last 2 leaves. Addressed to His Excellency Sir Francis Bond Head Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada the report was submitted by the Office of the Commissioners at Cornwall on 1 January 1838 by Jonas Jones the President of the Board. The report consists of the minutes of the Saint Lawrence Commission in 1837 with letters from engineers and contractors statement of expenditures 1834-7 and estimates of expenses for the completing the work on the Saint Lawrence Canals. Not recorded by Fleming's Upper Canadian Imprints 1801-1841. The only other copy of this imprint is located at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library University of Toronto. unknown
36998Quebec. Printed by Command of his Excellency the Governor; by William Vondenvelden. 1796. Hardcover. 4to. 26cm 16p. bilingual title pages and text rebound in later half calf black cloth boards double crimson and black leather labels gilt titles blanks library stamp on the front endpaper a fine copy thus. cdn Tremaine. Bibliography of Canadian Imprint 1751-1800. # 994 - T.P.L. 692. Added title page in French; English and French on opposite pages. Even numbers on recto. Odd numbers on verso. Another edition was published in the same year. Cf. T.P.L. 691. Quebec. Printed by Command of his Excellency the Governor; by William Vondenvelden. 1796 hardcover
191314113Toronto: William Briggs 1913. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Printing of the First Edition. Very Good Copy With Light Rubbing Wear To Extremities And Insignificant Foxing To Front End Papers. Decorative Cover Still Quite Bright. Signed Without Inscription By Kelly On The Title Page. William Briggs Hardcover
