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1945558G0650Vancouver Canada: The Students of the University of British Columbia 1945. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 292 pages. Includes an extensive eight-page list of names - and some photos - of UBC students who left the University since the start of WWII to go on active military service. Many never returned. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. The Students of the University of British Columbia Hardcover
1946726c7770Toronto: International Press Limited. Fair. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. 1568. An illustrated biographical record of men and women of the time. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. A worthy reference copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Who's Who in Canada Including The British Possessions in the Western Hemisphere 1945-46 Biographies Men Women 1945 1946 . International Press Limited hardcover
1938201G4827Winnipeg: National Home Monthly / Stovel 1938. Book. Illus. by Smith Hal cover; Clymer John F.; Smith Ralph C.; Thorne Diana; Clymer John F. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 48 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of lady on red background; Nice colour-photo ad for Swift's Premium bacon inside front cover; Brief news items include The Ledger of Life A Good Resolution The Glow of True Happiness We are Mostly All Strangers and Improved Seeing and Knowing; Nice one-page ad for two new Ford V-8 cars for 1938 the Standard Ford V-8 Tudor and the De Luxe Ford V-8 Fordor; Editorials touch on - The Farmer and the Income Tax Fascist Influence in the New World Sources of Wealth and World Trade; Attractively illustrated one-page McLaughlin Buick ad features a blue Series 46-19 Five-Passenger Sedan with Trunk; London's Famous Underground - photo-illustrated article; The Batley Inheritance short story; Liberal Reward short story; The Vagabonds short story; Junior G-Men - photo-illustrated article on Vancouver Police Constable Ronald Eveleigh and his initiative to reduce juvenile delinquency; Strange Achievement - Charles E. Jones is founder of the world bird sanctuary at Collingwood East a suburb of Vancouver B.C.; The Murder on the Links part III/3 of this Agatha Christie story; Mystery Man of Golf - Laverne Moore alias Johnny Montague - article with photos; Sweet Caporals ad features photo of dog 'Rathlin Roundalay' owned by Miss Katherine Savage of Montreal West Quebec; Hollywood news with photos of Andrea Leeds Nita NAldi Lily Pons Barbara Stanwyck Herbert Marshall Douglass Montgomery Jean Parker and more; Photo of Alice Faye in Woodbury Cold Cream ad; Scott's Emulsion ad includes Old Scottie comic; Article on Curling; Beauty article; Cooking article; Recipes; How to make a dinner mat; World Sayings; Nice colour ads inside back cover for Lifebuoy lady in tub and Rinso lady on cliff; Canadian fish ad on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. National Home Monthly / Stovel Paperback
1949201H2471Toronto: Maclean Hunter / Key Publishers. Good. 1949. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 48 pages. Features: Cover illustration by W.A. Winter of happy evening horse-drawn sleighs; O'Keefe's ad inside front cover features Clare Shragge illustration of boy dreaming of becoming a flyer; The Quarrel - winner of the $1k first prize in Maclean's story contest; Will the Atlantic Pact Work; The Amazing Career of George McCullagh; The Starling - Saint or Sinner; Why They Won't Let You Have Television - Ottawa balks the CBC and the CBC balks private showmen; Full Circle Round Shahli's fiction; What No Opium Dens - Vancouver's Chinatown article with nice photos; Smallpox - a sleeping killer; Arrangements by Cable - Radio's Howard Cable; The Vindication of Suzanne Pas-de-Nom; Li'l Abner cartoon in Cream of Wheat ad; Colour-photo Caterpillar ad shows bulldozer plowing through smouldering dump - a scene younger viewers may not believe!; Back cover colour Coke ad shows cooler with industrial backdrop encouraging workers to drink up; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine 15 January Jan. 1949 - George McCullagh / Smallpox Chan Ben Kent Chin Foo Saunder Gee W.A. Winter of happy evening horse-drawn sleighs; O'Keefe's ad inside front cover features Clare Shragge illustration of boy . Maclean Hunter / Key Publishers unknown
198216703262Harris Saskatchewan: Harris History Book Committee 1982. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 634 pages. Presents the history of the small Saskatchewan community of Harris and area. Attractively decorated maroon cloth-covered boards. Extensive black and white illustrations. "Pays tribute to and acknowledges respect to that which has been inherited from our pioneers and those who have continued to step with time in making Harris and District what we are today." - front flyleaf. Very light wear and soiling to exterior. Contents clean and unmarked. Lovely copy. Harris History Book Committee Hardcover
1997863j1484Canada: O & J Enterprises Ltd. Good. 1997. First Edition. Paperback. 1895332176 . Signed without inscription by author upon title page. "This candid autobiography ranks mighty high among advocacy pleas from exasperated agency leaders 'who can't stand it any longer.' In this bold book Dr. James Hatter a former British Columbia government manager of wildlife resources tells it as it was is and should be here in this story about his experiences." - Lee Straight. "Throughout much of the book I have included short anecdotal stories involving the writer as well as frank and objective discussions of problems that befall the practice of hunting and our wildlife heritage." - Preface. x 220 p. Black and white reproductions of photos. Clean tight and unmarked with moderate wear. ; Cover Art . O & J Enterprises Ltd. paperback
1939201G4814Winnipeg: Stovel / National Home Monthly 1939. Book. Illus. by Clymer John F.; Smith Ralph C.; Holmgren John; Diamond Samuel; Hunter Graham; Garland C. George;. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 76 pages. Features: Nice cover photo of the King and Queen with Princess Elizabeth; Fisher Body one-page ad features a McLaughlin-Buick; Wonderful colour one-page ad for Frigidaire fridges; News digest includes these headings - 'The Wild Geese' 'Politicians and Newspapers' 'Totalitarian Swapping' 'First Families' 'A Modern Napoleon' 'Mr. Bennett's Farewell' 'Dictatorship as a Refuge' 'Canada's Lesson from Europe' 'Dominion Unity' and 'Democracy's Frontier'; Gorgeous one-page colour ad for a dark blue 1939 Nash 4-Door Sedan; Canada's King and Queen Come Home - photo-illustrated article on their Canadian visit; The Iron Key short story; Crime Comes to South Street short story; All Our To-Morrows short story; Historical Rhymes of Canada; Mr. Mayland Takes a Single short story; Not in our Stars short story; Strictly "Off the Record" - nice photo-illustrated article on Canadian figure skating with photos of Mary Rose Thacker of the Winnipeg Winter Club Norah McCarthy Canadiand Ladies' Junior Champion of 1938 and her 1939 Canadian Pair Champion partner Ralph McCreath of the Toronto Skating Club; Nice one-page ad for the 1939 Pontiac; One-page Kodak ad with photos of six of their cameras complete with prices and basic specs; The province of Saskatchewan is high-lighted in a one-page ad by the Automotive Industries of Canada; Banff and Alaska are featured in Canadian Pacific travel ad; Movie news with photos of Herbert Stothart Bob Wright Chet Forrest pianist Stokowski and Deanna Durbin; Fashion Illustrations; Canadian National ad features Jasper; Kellogg's All-Bran ad features "Fair Enough!" comic by C.A. Vought; Are You House Dreaming - article on house design suggestions; Spring Magic - beauty article; Pond's ad features photos of The Lady Ursula Stewart and The Lady Bourke; Another Pond's ad features photo of Lady Harmsworth; Eating for Efficiency and Health; vintage Magic Baking Powder one-page ad features the New York World's Fair; Fabric Fundamentals; World Quotes; Nice colour Coke ad inside back cover features young man in tie and jacket drinking with small inset colour photo of Coke cooler; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Stovel / National Home Monthly Paperback
198375403529British Columbia: Metchosin School Museum Society. Fine in Good dust jacket. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 316 pages including black and white illustrations and an extensive index. Records the first half-century of settlement in Metchosin on southern Vancouver Island. Frontis illustration by Sue Coleman. Minimal wear to book which remains clean and bright in blue boards. Prior owner's ink stamp upon half-title page and endpapers both of which are decorated with an ornate old-time map of the area. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart shows average wear and sticker removal patch atop front panel. A quality copy of this important genealogical reference. HALE & BARMAN 399.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Footprints - Pioneer Families of the Metchosin District: Southern Vancouver Island 1851-1900 History Region British Columbia B.C. History Biography Settlers Pioneers Metchosin School Museum Society Sue Coleman . Metchosin School Museum Society hardcover
1991828g0224Spain: Museo Naval 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 157 pages. Abundantly illustrated with handsome colour plates. Text in English and Spanish. "A Spanish contribution to the commemoration of the expedition's arrival at the Pacific coastline of the United States and Canada. Gives some idea of the huge undertaking in various scientific fields committed by members of this enlightened naval expedition in the 18th century." - from Foreword. Book clean tight and bright with negligible wear. Ink stamp to title page and top and bottom edges of text block. Very light wear to attractively illustrated slip case. A lovely copy. Museo Naval Hardcover
1998872H3262Wolseley Saskatchewan: Wolseley & District History Book Committee 1998 1998. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Second Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 396 pages. Many black and white reproductions of archival photos. A sequel to Volume I which was published in 1981 and contains some histories and interestiong information not included in this volume." - page 6. The first 130 pages document local history with the balance devoted to local family histories. Clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Attractive chocolate brown boards adorned with gilt lettering and illustration. An excellent copy of this wonderful local history and genealogical reference. Wolseley & District History Book Committee, 1998 Hardcover
198883701150Alberta Canada: Oxford University Press Incorporated More Than Meets the Eye : The Life & Lore of Western Wildflowers 1988. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 509 pages. Iindex. Map endpapers. Covers the area including all the school districts lying south west and east of Colinton Alberta to a distance of approximately twelve miles each way. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Chapters include: Colinton - Our Community; The Schools; Family Histories; Armed Forces; Churches; Meanook Area; Anniversaries; Athabasca Trail; Sports in Meanook; Ferguson District; Miscellaneous Documents; Miscellaneous Pictures. Prior owner's names and date atop table of contents otherwise unmarked. Gilt lettering and decorations upon publisher's green cloth. Moderate wear. Beige stain to inner half of top edge contents unaffected. A quality copy of the invaluable genealogical reference. Oxford University Press, Incorporated More Than Meets the Eye : The Life & Lore of Western Wildflowers Hardcover
1978529a6105Saskatchewan: The Porcupine Plain & District Historical Society 1978. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 587 pages. Dozens of black and white illustrations. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Bright gilt lettering upon blue cloth boards. Quality copy. The Porcupine Plain & District Historical Society Hardcover
1982872H3539Manitoba: The J.A. Victor David Museum and New Horizons 1982. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 606 pages. General Index. Family Index. Profusely illustrated with wonderful archival black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Illustrated endpapers. Gilt-decorated forest green front board. "This your history book of our first century has been largely written by you to tell your family story so that your friends and descendants may know how our community began and grew how we lived worked played and worshipped." - Preface. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this wonderful local history and genealogical reference. Hackett 2 377. The J.A. Victor David Museum and New Horizons Hardcover
1967529H4752Holland Manitoba: Holland History Committee 1967. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. viii 272 pages. Quality black and white reproductions of archival photos. Presents the history of Holland Manitoba an unincorporated community located in the Rural Municipality of Victoria at the junction of highways 2 and 34 along the CPR tracks. Includes valuable genealogical information about local residents. Prior owner's details inside front cover. Moderate wear. Binding sound. Hackett 2e 350. Holland History Committee Hardcover
1984629a8995Ontario: Elzevir & Grimsthorpe Township Council 1984. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 294 pages. Bibliography. Abundant archival black and white illustrations. Author's signature and inscription to relatives atop front free endpaper. ".An attempt to impart to the reader some of Elzevir's vast history mixed with first-hand memories of the past as recalled by the contributors." - from Preface. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Elzevir & Grimsthorpe Township Council Hardcover
1964715h5549Canada: McClelland and Stewart Limited. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and generically inscribed upon title page by Simma Holt. 312 pages. Bibliography index and many pages of dramatic black and white photographic plates. Map endpapers. "Shocking tragic unbelievable is this account of the strange sect and its fanatic leaders who have defied the laws of Canada for over fifty years. A story of fanatical terrorism let loose in the name of religious freedom; of a Mafia-like organization growing more sophisticated in its criminal activities with each passing year." - dust jacket. Tiny ink stamp to bottom edge otherwise clean and unmarked with average wear. Somewhat above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this extraordinary and fascinating history. Cuddy & Scott p.44 Spadoni & Donnelly 1728 Artibise 2907.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Doukhobors British Columbia Kootenays Krestova Agassiz Prison March Sons of Freedom Leo Tolstoy Peter Verigin Peter Christiakoff Michael Sorokin Stefan Sorokin New Denver; Signed by Authors . McClelland and Stewart Limited hardcover
1944464c6823Edmonton Alberta: The Institute of Applied Art Ltd. 1944. Book. Illus. by Nicol James. Fair. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 279 pages. Index. black and white illustrations. Bookplate signed by author affixed to front free endpaper. "Few men have played as many roles in this colourful pageant of changing times as John D. Nicholson whose life story is told in this book. Few have had the opportunity to serve in so many ways in the exciting hazardous and inspiring task of founding this last great homeland as this vigorous character with whose name and life are linked so many of the incidents which make up such a large part of the traditions and history of our Canadian West." - from Preface. Prior owner's details lightly pencilled upon half title page. Above-average external wear and soiling. Binding intact. The Institute of Applied Art, Ltd. Hardcover
2002218H3255Dryden Ontario: St. Luke's Church. Fair. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. 414 pages. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos and documents. A highly-informative history of this Northern Ontario Church and its members. Chapters include: The Rectors Worship Ecumenical Worship Who is My Neighbour Youth Activities Choirs Women's Activities Younger Women's Groups Through the Years Confirmations Nonagenarians Some Snapshots Remembering Pioneer Parishioners Memories WWI Veterans and more. A helpful local history reference for the Dryden area. Attractive forest green boards adorned with gilt lettering. Clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. An excellent copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; A Voice in the Wilderness - History of St. Luke's Anglican Church Dryden Ontario 1902-2002 Rectors Worship Ecumenical Worship Who is My Neighbour Youth Activities Choirs Women's Activities Younger Women's Groups Through the Years Confirmat; Signed by Authors . St. Luke's Church hardcover
1940144G1288Toronto: The Maclean Publishing Company 1940. Book. Illus. by Malcolm Scott: Cover Photo; Clymer John F.; Grassick; Aldwinckle Eric; LaSalle Charles; McCrea Harold; Aldwinckle Eric. Very Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 52 pages. Features: Outstanding colour ad for International Trucks inside front cover shows their products being used on a gigantic Rio de Janeiro water conductor project; Nice ad for the Ford V-8 Truck van; Canada Dry ad; "By the Lovely Dove" fiction; Beverley Baxter reports on his trip to the war front; Sneed and the Loud Suit fiction; An Industry with a Creed - The story of the world's biggest asbestos mine at Asbestos Quebec - article with photos no breathing protection in sight; A Menace to Navigation fiction; Canada's Fighting Forces - Part 5 - The Servicing Units - article with photos; Wings of Hazard fiction; Mary Rose Thacker - Winnipeg's North American figure skating champion - article with nice photo; Great colour full-page ad for DeSoto cars says "Enjoy Life!"; Nice highbrow colour full-page ad for Chrysler cars; Gordon Dunstan's Quiz; Nice Pontiac car ad; Nice colour ad for Nash cars on back cover. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. A very pleasing copy. The Maclean Publishing Company Paperback
1959201G4720Montreal: Maclean Hunter 1959. Book. Illus. by Little John Cover;. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 76 pages. Features: Cover illustration of an evening scene on Montreal's Des Erables St. shows residents watching baseball game in distant Delorimier Stadium; One-page ad for Sparton TVs; Vintage one-page Bank of Montreal BMO ad features family finances; Wedding photos of Meribah Baxter and her husband-to-be Lieutenant Brian Stark; One-page Holland-America Line ad features photo of their new flagship the Rotterdam; One-page colour-photo Royal Trust ad features wealthy grandmother with grandson; The Day Canada Went to War - September 10 1939 - excellent photo-illustrated article; My strange encounter with the world's most mysterious assassin - Terence Robertson's photo-illustrated article on the anonymous killer 'Jacson-Mornard-Mercadcer' of Leon Trotsky who has been imprisoned in Mexico for 19 years; How TV Writers Get That Way - article on Frank Peppiatt and John Aylesworth with photos including Julie London and Andy Williams; Portrait of a High School - wonderful photo-illustrated article on Vancouver's King Edward High School; Are the British Better Off Than We Are - photo-illustrated article; The Tragic Failure of Organized Medicine by Harry Paikin M.D.; "My Week In and Out of Modeling Schools' - R.T. Allen's great photo-illustrated article; Attractive colour one-page Black Label beear ad features golden prairie scene looking to the horizon; Northern Electric one-page colour ad features Saskatchewan theme; Canadian National CN passenger rail ad features photo of traveler and black porter; One-page Electrohome features their TVs stereos and furniture; Waterloo County's Great Tombstone Mystery - tombstone of the two young wives of Dr. S. Bean; One-page Caterpillar ad features large aerial colour photo of Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting's Flin Flon Manitoba operation; Colour-photo ad for La Renault Dauphine car; GE Ultravision TV one-page photo ad features a young Robert Bob Goulet; Nice Hammond organ ad; Hertz ad on back cover features four photos of a ghastly pink 1959 Chevrolet; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Maclean Hunter Paperback
1982648G1773Canada: I.H.C. 1982. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 402 pages. General index. Family index. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of archival black and white photos. Front endpaper illustrated with legal base map of the area Some properties coloured in and annotated by prior owner. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent reference. I.H.C. Hardcover
2000648G1774Canada: I.H.C. 2000. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 231 pages. General index. Family index. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of black and white photos. Endpapers illustrated with land ownership maps of the area. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A nice copy of this excellent reference. I.H.C. Hardcover
1987327j0866Campbell River BC: Ptarmigan Press Limited. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0919537456 . Signed by all four authors upon front free endpaper. Presents the local history of the Comox District located halfway up the east coast of Vancouver Island British Columbia. "The people of the District came from almost every country in the world attracted by jobs and by the natural and manmade amenities available to them. Some remained to raise many generations others came for brief periods. All left their imprint in the Land of Plenty." - dust jacket. viii 464 pages. Bibliography. Index. Chapters include: Geology and Prehistory; Exploration; Native Indians; Early Settlement; Farm Settlement; Comox; Logging; Courtenay; Mining; Cumberland; Sea Harvest; Military; Transportation; Culture; Recreation; Politics. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Prior owner's details and small address label upon front free endpaper otherwise clean tight and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy. Hale & Barman 440.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Land of Plenty: A History of the Comox District Courtenay Lazo Black Creek Cumberland Vancouver Island Settlement Development Courtenay Lazo . Ptarmigan Press, Limited hardcover
2005811j0805Canada: Department of National Defence. Very Good. 2005. First Edition Thus. Spiral Bound. "Although there were in every generation inhabitants in Canada who saw military service this book only concerns itself with in the strictest sense regiments. It is not an account of individuals or the communities from which they came but rather an account of the official raising of units by the Government of Canada. Regiments may draw upon the heritage and traditions of their forefathers but this does not affect the lineage of their regiment." - Introduction. A Canadian Forces Heritage Publication. Bilingual English/French text. Multi-paginations over one-inch thick. Colour illustrations. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. A high-quality copy of this exhaustive reference.; 4to . Department of National Defence unknown
1980627a2835Hodgeville Saskatchewan: Hodgeville Celebrate Saskatchewan Committee 1980. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 167 pages. Black and white illustrations throughout. A wonderful history of this Saskatchewan community and its families. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. Nice copy. Hodgeville Celebrate Saskatchewan Committee Hardcover
