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Complete volume 9: 512pp. with some figures in text + 25 plates out of text and 13 folding maps, 24cm., hardcover binding in half cloth, title in gilt lettering on spine, marbled boards, stamp on verso of title page (provenance: library of the Teyler Museum in Haarlem, Netherlands), few foxing, very good, W94697
Complete volume 8: xx + 430pp. with some figures in text + 13 plates out of text and 2 folding plates of which 1 map, 24cm., hardcover binding in half cloth, marbled boards, title in gilt lettering on spine, stamp on lower edges and on verso of title page (provenance: library of the Teyler Museum in Haarlem, Netherlands), few foxing and vague spots on some pages, very good, W94698
Complete volume 6: 382pp. with some figures in text + 38 plates out of text, 24cm., hardcover binding in half cloth, marbled boards, title in gilt lettering on spine, stamp on verso of title page (provenance: library of the Teyler Museum in Haarlem, Netherlands), few foxing, very good, W94698
Complete volume 4: 500 + 40pp. with some figures in text + 36 plates out of text, 24cm., hardcover binding in half cloth, marbled boards, title in gilt lettering on spine, stamp on lower edges and on verso of title page (provenance: library of the Teyler Museum in Haarlem, Netherlands), few foxing, very good, W94698
31 pages Features: Furniture of Upper Canada; Furniture of French Canada - History of fine furniture in French Canada; Tibetan Jewelry; From Modesty to Mod - Article on the Royal Ontario Museum's Centennial exhibition on Canadian clothing from 1780 to present (1967); The Fascination of Misericords - Background of Misericords (ornate wooden carvings); and How to Become a Collector Without Knowing It. Minimal wear. Small mailing label top left back cover. Clean and unmarked. A worthy copy. Magazine
5 pages. Probably intended to generate support for Canada's war effort during WWII. Above-average wear. Few markings to colour-illustrated front cover. All pages loose but present. A worthy copy of this vintage piece of Canadiana. Sheet music
30 pages. Features: Human Bloodhounds of Outback Australia; First Canadian Open All-Around Skeet Championships; White Fury - Beluga whales in Hudson's Bay (part 1 of 2); Spoon Slow for Walleyes; Smoke Jumpers; Feeding the Ducks; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
78 pages. Features: The Joseph Shephard House - a rural gem in Metro Toronto; Conservation Laws - fact or fiction?; Parks Canada Centennial; The Wheat Pattern; Pictures of home and family life - Parks Canada's research collection; Military Portraiture; Wildfowl Sculptor - Regina's William Hazzard; Necessitous Strangers - the Huguenots and their influence on English silver; Article on the mementos that filled the ornate parlours of the late Victorian era; Tapestries and needlework in the home; The True Spirit of Reform - Flasks. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
78 pages. Features: Patterns of Power - The symbols of Great Lakes Indian Art; Mason's Ironstone - 'improvements in the manufacture of English porcelain'; Bermuda's Government House; Seeing Double - The 19th century's Stereoscope; South China Sea Find - Ming-filled wreck provides earlier dating documentation; Wilno Furniture - Made in the first Polish settlement in Canada; Nineteenth Century Pottery and Porcelain for Canadian Collectors; Cornwall Pewter Plate Mystery. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
100 pages. Features: Duke of York's tureen's reunited at Christie's; Art and Culture of the peoples of the Northwest Territories; Northwest Territories Quillwork and Tufting; Parks Canada - Prairie Region; Personal Possessions of Fur Traders and Trappers 1800-1920; Buttons for the collector and the archaeologist; Preserved Provisions - Food for the Royal Navy in the High Arctic, 1818-1875; Tin (Can) Archaeology on the Chilkoot Trail; Selections from Fort Garry - Hudson's Bay Company historical collection enters sixth decade; Bottles from a cellar at St. Andrew's rectory, Manitoba; The Motherwell Homestead - The home of the Grand Old Man of Canadian Agriculture, restored to the summer of 1912; Keiller's Dundee Marmalade date code deciphered; The significant collections of Klondike National Historic Sites; Ephemera for the china collector - ceramic trade cards; Kenderdine's Prairie Vision; Cape Breton Woodworker - Leo MacNeil and the re-furnishing of Louisbourg. Mended tears to front cover else moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
184 pages including index. "At the time when I undertook to write this book, the defence policies of Canada were a matter of greater public interest than perhaps at any previous period in time of peace since the Dominion came into existence in 1867. Today, with the country involved in a new Great War and that war in a critical stage, they command still more attention. This volume is presented as a possible contribution to public information and discussion on the subject... Intended to provide an outline of the history of Canadian defence policy, with emphasis upon the most recent period." - from Author's Preface. Chapters include: Geography and Canadian Security; The Military Institutions of an Unmilitary People - Canadian Defence Policy to 1914; The Great War and After 1914-1935; The New Defence Policy 1935-1939; The Second World War. Appendices include: The Hudson Bay Route; The Militia Reforms after 1989; Defence Expenditure 1929-1939; plus notes. Some yellowing to contents. Moderate wear to navy cloth-covered boards. Map endpapers. Unmarked. Nice copy. Book
256 pages including index. "Offers a rare glimpse behind the curtain of Canada's central bank: what it is, what it does, how it functions, and the policy choices and constraints it struggles with. Demystifies the arcane art of central banking, proving that the Bank of Canada matters in the life of every Canadian, and showing what it takes to have a good policy for money, whether in Canada or in any country." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked. Very light wear to dust jacket. Splendid copy. Book
235 pages. Compiled in the spirit of the Kelly family reunion which has occured regularly since 1946. Includes: Beverages, Appetizers, Salads, Soups, Meats and Sauces, Seafood and Fish, Potatoes and Rice, Pasta, Vegetables, Casseroles, Jams Marmalade Pickles and Relishes; Pumpkin recipes, Muffins and quick breads, Cookies, Pies, Desserts and Cakes, Miscellaneous. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this precious Kelly family heirloom. Book
557 pages including index, reference notes and black and white illustrations. "Recognized as the definitive work on the history of the Icelandic people in Manitoba" - from verso of copyright page. "...Will be welcomed not only by those who have special links with Iceland and her people, but by anyone with a broad interest in the settlement of Western Canada. The author's painstaking scrutiny of an enormous wealth of source material has resulted in a carefully documented historical study." - Professor Haraldur Bessason, University of Manitoba. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Glossy illustrated covers. A quality copy. Thibault 1,029. Book
30 pages. Topics include: Kent v. Rest of England at Blackheath; Ice Gymkhana at Grindelwald; The Maple Sugar Industry in Canada; Prospects of Peace in the Russo-Japanese War; Russo-Japanese War Pictures; Racing Celebrities; Famous Football Goalkeepers - Hemmings and Harris; Unmarked. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
70 pages. Features: Auction Report; Restoration and Renovation I - Evolution of the Canadian House; Australian Colonial Furniture - new interest in colonial furniture and Australian cabinet-makers; 18th Century Orreries illustrated the movements of our solar system; Pillars, Pilasters and Porticoes - British and American influences characterize the two faces of Greek Revival architecture in Canada; Babies' Feeding Bottles - the humble baby bottle has a long history; Discovering James Blomfield - draughtsman and artist in stained glass, oils and watercolours; Archaeological finds document food preparation in Canada; An 18th century alchemist's search for gold leads to porcelain. Light wear. Quality copy. Book
Features: The Cormier House, Montreal - Its Design and Furnishings in Art Deco; Signposts for Collectors Part III - Early Brass Candlesticks and Their Construction; Beneath the Richelieu - 18th century artifacts; Theft at Sweeney House; An Exciting Discovery - a hitherto unrecorded view of Montreal on ceramics; Glimpses of High Victorian life in Canada; Communion tokens of the Presbyterian Church in Nova Scotia; Early Cash Registers Cast Metal and Wood Cased. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
Features: Warriors, Spirits and Servants - Chinese Clay Burial Figurines; Furniture-Maker From Germany - Renfrew County's J. Albert Zadow; Signposts for Collectors Part V - Intaglio Prints in Early Canada; Tools of the Trade - 17th and 18th century medical instruments; The Bohemian Tradition - A short history of glassmaking in Bohemia; Victorian Tiles in Toronto - from Gothic Revival to Art Nouveau; Manuscript Canadiana witnesses to the past; Books, Book-Collecting and Book-Collectors; Miraloma ("The Latch") - A Samuel Maclure Classic in Sidney, British Columbia. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
64 pages. Features: Furniture-Making in Harbour Grace - Part I - Alexander and Edward Parsons, Francis Cody; Reading Armorials on Silver; Asian Art in the National Gallery; The Weldon Collection; Small-Scale Graphics - Stamps; Maurice Cullen Revisited - Evanescent themes and Impressionistic Principles; The Copper that came from Heaven - Exhibition celebrates the dance dramas of the Kwakwaka'wakw; The Art of Francis Silver - Folk Artist Commented on life in Nova Scotia from the 1860s on; Martyrdom of the Jesuit Fathers - the most remembered image of early Canada. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
Features: Discovering Dundurn - from local curiosity to National Treasure; Behind the Doors at Dundurn; Ontario's Heritage at Risk - The case of the Eden Mills Bowstring Bridge; Heritage Conservation Tax Incentives in Winnipeg; Hotel Georgia Reopens!; Web of Steel - The Lion's Gate Bridge Turns 60 and survives; Calgary's Lougheed Building Threatened with Demolition; No Retirement for Newmarket Post Office; Historic Winnipeg Leland Hotel Burns; Historic 12-sided Ewen Barn Collapses in B.C.. Bilingual English/French. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. An excellent copy. Book
68 pages. Features: Trouble in Puerto Rico; Profile of David Horrobin; Spreading voter revolt in Canada's west - WCC/Western Canada Concept; Saskatchewan's government out of step; The rise of the invisible man, Grant Devine; The painful legacy of Sinai; Alsands - the demise of a megaproject; Ian Sinclair steps down as head of Canada Pacific; Even with Gretzky's help, Canada places third in the World Ice Hockey Championships; The Battle for the Falklands; Washington sides with England - at what cost?; TV ads warn of buying imported cars; The assault of the PC threatens familiar habits of pencil-and-eraser executives; Allan Fotheringham on Paul Robinson - America's new Ambassador to Canada; Somewhat above-average external wear. Magazine
48 pages. The result of a study of mountain slopes and their potential for providing for human settlement. It grew out of a belief that mountain slopes could be developed into an exhilarating and satisfying environment in which to live, as well as from the recognition of a need to relieve population pressures on agricultural flatlands through the development of mountainous areas. Applies in particular to British Columbia, Canada. Illustrated. Contents include: Climate; Mountain Hazards; Human Attitudes to Physical Setting; Financing Transportation and Pedestrian Movement; Landscaping and Design; Slope Designation, Platform Creation and Construction; Mount Ekos - Sketch of a Prototype. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Book
139 pages. Circa 1967. "This is a story of my experience during six years of war, and of miraculous deliverance and protection. Knowing not which way to turn myself, I put my trust in a Higher Power, and an unseen hand took me out from place to place. I lived under five different governments. Poland, my country, was occupied by Russia and later by the Nazis. I was moved to Germany which was later under American occupation, and finally emigrated to Canada, now my beloved home." - Author. Frontis illustration of author in her youth. Photo of author, her husband and daughter inside back cover. A challenging true story of mystery and adventure. Prior owner's name inside front cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
Features include: The Death Patrol - The story of a strange man-hunt in the Far North of Canada and its tragic sequel, told by former R.C.M.P. member William Brockie; The Tobacco-Farmers - The struggles of three youngsters who put their combined savings into an abandoned North Queensland farm; The Jewelled Cross Part II - Buried treasure comes to light in extraordinary circumstances during the Spanish Civil War; The Stowaway - a story related by a veteran sea captain; The Tale of a Shirt - The amusing tale of an African 'bush-boy' who longed for European clothes; The Miracle of the Sacred Eagles - An eye-witness account of a daily occurence at a hill-top temple in Southern India; The Landlord's Tale - A rousing sea story involving the "Eleanora'; The Wai Wai Indians of South America; The Delectable Island of Re in the Bay of Biscay; Jungle Magic - An inexplicable Malayan performance partaken in by the author; Australian Treasure Trove - a description of some of the buried wealth in the Australian wilds; Front cover detached and in fair condition. Writing upon page i and name pencilled atop back cover. Contents in good condition. Magazine
483 pages including index and notes. Examines the passage, revision and implementation of privacy and data protection laws in five countries. Drawing primarily upon interviews, he offers a critical analysis of what data protectors are actually doing to preserve individual rights and what problems they are encountering. "An indispensable resource for the study of citizenship and state power." - Contemporary Sociology. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Bit of rippling to first few leaves else tight and square. Solid copy. Book