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274 pages. Index. Bibliography. Illustrated. "The untold story of all those Chinese Canadians who contributed to Allied victory during the six years of war from 1939 to 1945. Also the story of a neglected aspect of Canadian military history. Chinese Canadians served in almost every theatre, after overcoming many obstacles - social, political, and military... The first documented account of their experiences, including personal comments from many of them... Original documents in the Ottawa archives as well as from London, England, and Canberra, Australia, have all been consulted." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Few markings to contents. Above-average wear. Binding sound. Slight lean to spine. A worthy reference copy. Book
160 pages. Superb colour photography throughout. "The official history of Canada Cup '76. It relives in word and picture the great moments of the tournament, the drama and the excitement... Game summaries, statistics and double-page colour portraits of each of the six teams are included. The story of the development of international hockey and of hockey in each of the six Canada Cup countries is told. Includes chapters on the 1972 and 1974 Canada-Soviet series and the 1976 NHL-Soviet exhibitions... A permanent souvenir." - from dust jacket. Gift greetings upon front free endpaper else clean and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket bears several closed tears and is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A sound copy of this sensational work. Hockey fans of they 1976 era will marvel at the many wonderful photos as they relive this memorable series. Book
76 pages. Features: Lovely Franklin Arbuckle cover illustration of couple admiring winter view of Peyto Lake at Banff National Park; Nostalgic Canadian Pacific colour ad inside front cover features young lady looking forward to seeing Canada by train; One-page DeSoto ad features a maroon Custom; Pay-Off in Oil - Leduc, Alberta has been stampeded by roughnecks after the recent discovery of oil; Labor War is Civil War - article by Charles Luckman of Lever Brothers Company in the U.S.; Marigold Spring (fiction); E.K. Brown explains his Ontario - rich but repressed, powerful but timid, and disliked but loved by her own; Bell's Sweet Singers - Dr. Leslie Bell conducts the 60 lovely girls of the Ontario College of Education choir - article with nice photos; Divorce - a Racket and a Scandal; Excellent colour-photo Campbell's soup ad features attractive housweife in front of a wall of soup cans; Nice colour Waterman's Taperite pen ad; When the Crowd Roars - Ted Reeve conjours up the biggest thrills of 40 years in sport; Guardian of the Clock (fiction); Flying Railwayman - New head of CPR is W.M. Neal, who rose from office boy to President; Article on mosquitoes by Max Braithwaite; The Faraway Music Company (fiction); Wonderful one-page colour White Rose gas station ad shows vehicles lined up for service; Colour photo Caterpillar ad shows highway excavation in progress, with tarp protecting crawler operator from the cold; Nice back cover Coke ad features young lady with 'come hither' look gazing down from porch. Complete and unmarked with moderate wear. A well-preserved copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
182647476Montreal: Imprime´ chex James Lane 1826. 46 pp. with the errata slip. 1 vols. 8vo. Stitched in modern plain wrappers. A fine copy of a scarce and important Canadian pamphlet. 46 pp. with the errata slip. 1 vols. 8vo. Excerpts from a journal and letters written during a trip to the United States in 1819. This serves as a sequel to Viger's "Considerations sur les effets qu'ont produit en Canada la conservations des etablissemens du pays les mœurs l'education etc. de ses habitans." 1809. Sabin 10350; Gagnon I: 111; TPL 1190 Imprime´ chex James Lane unknown
187724454Hamilton Ontario: Times Printing Co 1877. Railroad collectible. Good condition. Large imposing broadside printed in a variety of type fonts for the historic Canadian railway the first to be chartered in the province of Canada West today Ontario in 1834. From Monday 14th May 1877 Until Further Notice.<br /> <br /> Includes the Toronto Line and US stops New York Boston Albany Buffalo Suspension Bridge over Niagara Falls Detroit and Chicago.<br /> <br /> Schedules printed for the Loop Line; Toronto Line; Wellington Grey & Bruce Division; W. G. & B. South Extension; London Huron & Bruce Division; London and Port Stanley Division; and Sarnia Division. <br /> <br /> The Superintendent is Chas. Stiff; F. Broughton General Manager. Frederick Broughton severely cut costs at the railroad as a result of the 1873 financial crash; he was feared and hated within the company but managed to turn the Great Western into one of the best run railways of North America. <br /> <br /> At its peak the Great Western system covered 852 miles with its main operating base in Hamilton. The GWR's role as a bridge line between the New York Central and Michigan Central Railroads was highly profitable.<br /> <br /> Large printed sheet 17 1/2 x 25 1/2". Top edge chipped period folds flattened some period pencil calculations at left margin. OCLC: 1007494327 records a copy at Library & Archives Canada. Times Printing Co unknown
1975644H5063Victoria BC: Self-Published. Good. 1975. First Edition. Paperback. 2 31 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Fascinating and delightful reading. Describes the life of the author's hardy European ancestors who settled in the Cowichan area on Vancouver Island in the 1800s. The story begins with Robert McLay who left Airdrie Lanarkshire Scotland to first visit Vancouver Island in 1862. Modern residents of the area will marvel at how these settlers got by without any of the infrastructure we now take for granted. Also interesting is the description of relations with the local native peoples. Unmarked with average wear to beige card covers. A precious local history and genealogical reference. Hale & Barman 81.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Cowichan North Cowichan Robert McClay Henry E. Evans John Newell Evans David Evans Koksilah Cowichan Valley Duncan British Columbia . Self-Published paperback
1970521G4521Vancouver B.C.: Canucks Publishing. Good. 1970. First Edition. Paperback. 60 pages. Many reproductions of wonderful archival black and white photos. Features include: The Patrick Family Legend; The First Game; The First Year; The First Stanley Cup; The Second Stanley Cup; The Great Denman Fire; Fred Cyclone Taylor; The Life and Times of Coley Hall; The Glorious Smokies; The Brat Called Pistol - Eddie Dorohoy; The Rollicking Raggedy Vees; The Spirit of the Canucks; The Drillers of Kimberley; The Heart of Fred J. Hume; The Life and Laughs of Babe Pratt; The Palace by the Sea - Pacific Coliseum; The Anatomy of a Franchise; and more. One page CKNW 98 ad highlights play-by-play man Jim Robson. Molson ad features photos of their 1969-70 hockey scholarship winners including: John Cumberbirth Bob Gaston Pat Russell Keith Nordin Richard Beauchamp Daryl Fedorak Brian Debiasio Brenk Kaufmann Robert Little George Walton and Don Young. One-page pricelist of Canucks merchandise. Printed upon glossy stock. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this very informative nostalgic and uncommon work from the year the Canucks entered the NHL.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; History of Hockey in B.C. British Columbia - From the Denman Arena to the Pacific Coliseum Canucks Victoria Arena Lester Patrick Family Legend; The First Game; The First Year; The First Stanley Cup; The Second Stanley Cup; The Great Denman Fire; Fred . Canucks Publishing paperback
1963449G1671Toronto: Maclean-Hunter Limited. Good. 1963. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 56 pages. Features: The last chapter of the great E.P. Taylor Myth - the E.P. Taylor of modern Canadian folklore reighning tycoon of a nation and master of all the hidden levers of power - he is not and never was by Barbara Moon with many photos; Anatomy of a world-wide sensation - pilot Ralph Flores and his passenger Helen Klaben survived a 48-day ordeal in the winter wild; What the new drive for church unity means to Christians; How I was trapped by Jasper the Cartoon bear for Maclean's Magazine - the true confessions of the cartoonist who created Jasper the bear in 1948 and has been running hard to keep up with Canada's most famous bear ever since by James Simpkins; The Tribal Customs of space-age children - an eyewitness account by Robert Thomas Allen; Our Alabama - a report by Peter Gzowski on the harsh realities setting whites against Indians near Glaslyn Saskatchewan - article with many great black and white photos; The Montreal Stampede to Learn French; Colour photo Coke ad of a young lovely lifeguard and her many admirers. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Maclean's Magazine July 6 1963 - E.P. Taylor Features Northern Dancer Carling Breweries Canadian Windfields Farm Oshawa tycoon of a nation and master of all the hidden levers of power - he is not and never was by Barbara Moon with many photos; Anatomy . Maclean-Hunter Limited unknown
182647476Montreal: Imprime´ chex James Lane 1826. 46 pp. with the errata slip. 1 vols. 8vo. Stitched in modern plain wrappers. A fine copy of a scarce and important Canadian pamphlet. 46 pp. with the errata slip. 1 vols. 8vo. Excerpts from a journal and letters written during a trip to the United States in 1819. This serves as a sequel to Viger's "Considerations sur les effets qu'ont produit en Canada la conservations des etablissemens du pays les mœurs l'education etc. de ses habitans." 1809. Sabin 10350; Gagnon I: 111; TPL 1190 Imprime´ chex James Lane unknown books
1927652H4445Canada: Canadian National Railways CNR 1927. Book. Very Good. Map. First Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. 62 x 43.5 cm one-sided colour pictorial map reduces to 22.5 x 10 cm when folded inside original blue card cover lettered in black. Illustrates the route of the CNR's Triangle Tour of British Columbia which included "Jasper National Park Mount Robson Park the Canadian Rockies and the scenic seas of the North Pacific coast." Without saying so the right side of the map switches scales so as not to display Lake Louise a prime tourist attraction of rival railway Canadian Pacific. Includes eight sepia-tone photos of sights of interest along the way. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A well-preserved copy of this excellent piece of vintage Western Canadian tourist ephemera. Reference: Cornell University Library Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection 1219.01. Canadian National Railways [CNR] unknown
1981628a4992Canwood Saskatchewan: Canwood History Book Committee 1981. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 411 pages. Dozens of archival black and white illustrations. Chapters include: Map of Canwood - Districts #494; History of Village of Canwood; Family Histories; Ahtahkakoop - Sandy Lake Reserve; School Districts; Organizations; Churches; Sports and Businesses; Pictures of Interest. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Canwood History Book Committee Hardcover
1951201H2461Toronto: Maclean Hunter / Key Publishers. Good. 1951. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 84 pages. Features: Cover illustration by Franklin Arbuckle of Nootka native holding huge salmon by dock; Colour-photo ad for Allis-Chalmers Rumely shows 20-ton crawler building road; The Last of the Multimillionaires Sir James Dunn - great photo-illustrated article; Canadian John Clare is mistakenly arrested in Jackson Mississippi - police thought he was communist organizer Gus Hall; Charlotte Smith of Toronto bullied and cajoled movie-makers until they turned her daughter Mary Pickford into "America's Sweetheart"; Must Europe Go Red From Hunger; The Most Beautiful Girl I've Ever Known fiction; I've Quit the City for Keeps - Toronto streetcar operator John Ewing moves his family to the shore of Lake Manitouwabing in the Parry Sound district; Tobacco Town - Delhi Ontario; Everybody Falls for Angie fiction; What You Should Know About a Bath; Austin car ad; Nice colour one-page ad for the Pontiac Chieftain '8' deluxe 4-door dark green; Jergens ad features photos of Jane Russell from film 'His Kind of Woman'; One-page ad for Chevrolet trucks; Prest-O-Lite ad features Yogi Berra; Molson's ad features home improvement tips by Tom Gard; Photo of Timagami Postmaster Hamm with Grey Owl's first wife Angele and her young daughter; Colour Studebaker ad inside back cover features Commander V-8 green; Charming back cover colour Coke ad shows young people around pop cooler; and more. Four center pages loose but present. Unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine 15 September Sept. 1951 - Sir James Hamet Dunn / Mary Pickford's Amazing Mother Sault Ste. Marie Algoma Steel Franklin Arbuckle of Nootka native holding huge salmon by dock; Colour-photo ad for Allis-Chalmers Rum . Maclean Hunter / Key Publishers unknown
1956201G4689Montreal: Maclean Hunter. 1956. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 124 pages. Features: Cover painting of barber shop in Kemano B.C.; Nice Christmas ad for Parker Pens inside front cover; Editorial - If Nationalism's okay it's okay for everybody; Women are not a race apart - opinion piece by Anne Francis; Nice one-page colour-photo ad features inset photo of Dorothy Moreau Miss Canada 1956; How London Dimmed Liberace's Smile; Nostalgic one-page Christmas-motif ad for Ganong's Delector Chocolates; Electrohome TV ad shows dad babysitting; Two-page colour ad for Schick electric shavers for ladies; From Ottawa - Can politics compete with Howdy Doody; Panel Discussion about Women - with contributions by Nathan Steinberg Madame Renee Vautelet Miss Anne Hamilton Mrs. L.M. Baldwin Dr. Marion Hilliard Dr. Reva Gerstein Miss E.W. Loosley and Dr. Ashley Montagu; The Lady is a Labor Labour Leader - Huguette Plamondon; How Serious is the Threat of Radiation - we are constant targets of radioactivity - what is it doing to us - and future generations - some disturbing facts; Johnny Lombardi's Kingdom of Music and Macaroni - this war vet opened an Italian grocery broadcast Italian music and imported Italian movies; The Tragic Case of the Man Who Played Jesus - Peter and Mina Sala were key figures in the 1941 Belcher Islands murders - Peter posed as God Ouyerack as Christ and Mina went mad leading naked women and children on the ice where six died; Comic Paul Kligman - master of the Jewish joke - photo-illustrated article; The Story of Olga - novel; One-page colour-photo ad for McBrine luggage; Two-page colour-photo ad for Kodak cameras; Great Caterpillar one-page photo ad features D8 Cats pulling large loads across the vast wastes of Antarctica as part of Operation Deepfreeze; Two-page ad for Philishave for ladies features figure skaters; Hammond Chord Organ ad features home Christmas scene; Sensational two-page colour-photo ad for the 1957 Pontiac red Laurentian 4-Door Sport Sedan with white roof and stripe; Classy one-page diamond ad for Birks Jewellers features attractive lady and tropical fish; Canadian Club one-page colour-photo ad features Fred Klaus and Tom Morison who are hit by an avalanche while skiing in the Austrian Alps; Nostalgic Red Cap Ale / Black Label Beer colour-photo ad features "Mabel" and mand in red cap putting the finishing pieces on a beautiful Christmas tree; Classy one-page colour ad for Electrohome celebrating their 50th anniversary in 1957; Schick mens' shavers centrefold ad; Nice colour ad for Pyrex decorator casserole dishes; Colourful Moirs Chocolates ad features Santa; Nice colour ad for Maxwell House coffee; Colour photo of elegant couple in Wiser's whisky ad; Remington shaver ad features great colour photo of hatless Santa getting ready to shave; 3/4-page colour ad for B.C. Apples features illustrations of little boy and girl; Robert W. Service recounts his most memorable meal - after being lost at forty below; Interesting colour ad for Cummins portable electric tools; Great archival colour ad for Crown Zellerback Canada features nice illustration of Christmas package being delivered with written details of their kraft paper production at Elk Falls their Richmond B.C. box plant and their pioneer Ocean Falls mill; Attractive large colour-photo ad for Lawson & Jomes Limited features the labels they print for O'Keefe ale beer and double stout; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Page 57 taped into place with archival tape otherwise a sound and pleasing vintage copy.; Magazine; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine December Dec. 8 1956 - Labour Leader Huguette / Johnny Lombardi Chalk River Nuclear Pollution Fluoroscopes Cover painting of barber shop in Kemano B.C.; Nice Christmas ad for Parker Pens inside front cover; Ed . Maclean Hunter paperback
1931449G1385Toronto: Maclean Publishing 1931. Book. Illus. by Farrelly Joseph cover art; Summers Dudley Gloyne; Clymer John F.; Davis Henry; Dinsmore E.J.; Mathieu Hubert. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 64 pages. Features: Great photo ad for International Trucks on page 1; Junior Boxing Champion of Quebec - Laurier DesRochers is featured in full-page Cream of Wheat ad; Judgement short story; Taming the Seven Sisters - gigantic hydro-electric development in Manitoba - article with photos; Dusty Courage short story; Maker of Champions - Captain J.R. Cornelius trains the Hamilton Central Collegiate track team to success - article with photos; A Salute for the Constitution - a plea for veneration of the document that makes us what we are; Dancing Partners short story; How I Do Love Water-Lilies!; The Kincade Mystery - Who Killed Ethel Kincake of Hamilton - article with photos; The Beggar of Ur shorted story; The Queen of the "Turks" - Turkey farmer Mrs. W.A. Freeman of Ardenode Alberta - article with photos; Premier of Nova Scotia - Hon. Gordon Sydney Harrington - article with photo; Mr. Gobbins Falls In short story; The Silver Scale part I; Political article by Sir Austen Chamberlain with his photo; Canada's pioneer steam engine long lost returned to Nova Scotia - the 'Samson'; full-page Dodge car ad; full-page ad for the new Reo Flying Cloud car; Nice full-page photo ad for Hoover vacuums features cute chilid on vintage phone; Nice full-page ad for Auburn cars features the 5-passenger 2-door Brougham $1445; De Soto Six ad; The School Lunch - article with photos; crossword; Transforming the Cellar - article and photos with ideas of how to transform waste cellar space for an extra games and play room; Nice full-page Studebaker ad; Nice colour Calay soap ad inside back cover; Colour Old Dutch Cleanser ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage issue. Maclean Publishing Paperback
1992327c5598Canada: Harbour Publishing Co. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Good in Very Good dust jacket. Signed without inscription by author upon title page. Index. Extensive list of oral history sources. A superb reference abundantly illustrated with black and white archival photographs. Chapters include: The Coastal Forest; Beginnings; Early Steam Power; Yarding Them Out; The Railway Era; The Birth of Truck Logging; Final Mechanization; Postwar Conversions; Modern Logging. Appendix - B.C. Coastal Log Production. 304 pages. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper and half-title otherwise unmarked. Average wear to book. Light wear to handsome dust jacket now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade protection. A quality signed example.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; BRITISH COLUMBIA HISTORY LUMBERING LUMBER Logging Pacific Coast Northwest History The Coastal Forest; Beginnings; Early Steam Power; Yarding Them Out; The Railway Era; The Birth of Truck Logging; Final Mechanization; Postwar Conversions; Modern Logging.; Signed by Authors . 1550170724 . Harbour Publishing Co. hardcover
1963744a0321British Columbia: The Queen's Printer. Very Good. 1963. Reprint. Paperback. 12 pages. Bibliography. Thirty black and white illustrations of clubs. Inscribed and signed 'Wilson' atop first page. "Among the notes and photographs which the Provincial Museum acquired with the Newcombe Collection in 1961 was a small bundle marked 'Tsimshian stone batons.' It contained materials which Dr. Newcombe had assembled with the intention of publishing an article on a remarkable series of more than 35 carved stone clubs found together in a cache at an old village-site on the Bulkley Canyon near Hazelton in the upper Skeena area in 1898." - from page 1. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Stone Clubs from the Skeena River Area Provincial Museum Victoria British Columbia notes and photographs which the Provincial Museum acquired with the Newcombe Collection in 1961 was a small bundle marked 'Tsimshian stone batons.' It contained materia; Signed by Author . The Queen's Printer paperback
1957145040England: McClelland and Stewart 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/sl/chipped and Worn Dj. 8vo. Signed and Dedicated by Author. pp.xx 256 b/w illustrations ep maps.Signed and dedicated by the author on title page McClelland and Stewart hardcover
1990444h5693Hinton Alberta: Mrs. Hazel Hart 1990. Book. Illus. by Richmond D. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. viii 353 pages. Index of Names. Footnotes. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of archival black and white photos. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. Photo in lower right corner of page viii has been removed. A sound copy of this very informative local history and genealogical reference. . Mrs. Hazel Hart Hardcover
1939417H2818Toronto: The Maclean Publishing Company Limited. Good. 1939. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 72 pages. Nice cover illustration of the H.M.S. Repulse by Eric Aldwinckle. Articles: Civilization in Danger - Liddell Hart explains how France and Britain have been forced into a defensive position; This Way Please - wonderfully nostalgic photo-illustrated article on the Motion-Picture Theatre Usher; Oil is Where You Take It - article on the 112000 miles of pipeline in North America; Co-ops Sell Fish and Homes - informative article on the history of the North Island Trollers' Co-operative Association Queen Charlotte Islands and the the Tompkinsville co-operative housing project at Reserve Mines on Cape Breton Island; To Be Blind Like This - James McDonald of Alberta explains how blindness since age 6 has not kept him from a full and happy life; Streamlined Groceries - great vintage article on food merchandising circa 1939 and how it eases the burden on housekeepers. Fiction: Graven Image of a Boy; South Sea Saga; So Nicely Put; Deep Waters serial. Great one-page photo ad for International industrial crawlers and tractors. Excellent two-colour orange one-page photo ad for Chevrolet trucks. Lovely one-page colour ad for the 1939 Dodge car orange. Colour Studebaker centrefold ad. 1939 Dodge truck ad. Bromo-Seltzer ad includes photo of Bridge expert Ely Culbertson. Photo of 97-year-old twins Hettie Brenton and Rhoda Dartt born in Brookfield Nova Scotia. Vintage one-page ad for Chrysler vans and pickup trucks. Willys Overland photo ad. Nostalgic colour-photo ad for Canadian Pacific's Banff and Lake Louise tourism features poolside ladies in bathing caps. Nice colour back cover 1939 Plymouth ad features a red Custom four-door Streamline Sedan. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue from the ominous months preceeding WWII.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's Canada's National Magazine April Apr. 15 1939 Vol. 52 No. 8 - Civilization in Danger H.M.S. Repulse by Eric Aldwinckle. Articles: Civilization in Danger - Liddell Hart explains how France and Britain have been forced into a defensive po . The Maclean Publishing Company, Limited unknown
19811125559971<p>Fredericton New Brunswick: Unipress Ltd. 1981. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed Presentation Copy. Sixth Impression. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. red cloth xxxii 236 pages. illustrated a fine copy in a fine dust jacket signed on front blank "To Joe King from the suthor R.M. Hickey Aug. 7/82"The experiences of the well-known Army Chaplin in WW II; born in Jacket River N.B. Hickey attended St. Thomas College Chatham N.B. and later studied Theology at Holy Heart Seminary in Halifax N.S. After the war he taught at St Thomas.</p> Unipress Ltd. hardcover
1957201G4707Montreal: Maclean Hunter. Good. 1957. First Edition. Paperback. Features: Cover painting by James Hill depicts a pleasant scene in Victoria's Crystal Garden; Nice Colour ad for the Tea Council of Canada inside front cover; One-page Bank of Montreal BMO presents bankbook as a 'passport to better living'; Editorial about Mr. Pickersgill and Canada's policy re: Hungarian refugees; One page 1957 DeSeto car ad yellow with white trim; Rev. William Jenkins explains why he is against the United Fund; One-page ad for Gilson appliances; Careers in Canada - there are more jobs than people to fill them; Gretta Graffin's Grueling Pilgrimage on foot across Europe; Pierre Radisson - Canada's answer to Davy Crockett - he'll soon be featured on Canadian TV; Blair Fraser Reports from Cairo - article with photo of Colonel Nasser and General Burns; A Gift From El Presidente short story; Is Howie Howard William Meeker Tough Enough to Lick the NHL - the Maple Leafs hire a rough-and-tumble coach - photo-illustrated article; Your amiable cousin the sea gull; Nice one-page colour ad for 1957 Pontiac cars white car shown; One-page colour-photo Canadian Club ad features photos of Portuguese tuna trapping; BOAC ad features black and white photo of gourmet meal being served onboard; O'Keefe Ale ad features colour photo of CF-100 jet fighter beside knight on horse; Colour photo ad for the Sheraton-Carlton Hotel in Washington; Vintage colour-photo ad for Heinz spaghetti shows daughter dumping pot onto dad's plate; Dow Ale features colour hockey illustration; Nice one-page colour ad features pink 1957 Chevrolet '57 Chevy; Doris Hedges describes her most memorable meal; Colour-photo ad for the 1957 Studebaker-Packard; Attractive colour-photo 1957 Plymouth ad inside back cover; Back cover colour-photo Coke ad features young couple with portable record player phonograph; and more. 60 pages. Average wear. Unmarked. Small chip from bottom corner of front cover. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue.; Magazine; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's Canada's National Magazine January Jan. 19 1957 - Victoria's Crystal Garden Cover Photo Cover painting by James Hill depicts a pleasant scene in Victoria's Crystal Garden; Nice Colour ad for the Tea Council of Canada inside front cover; O . Maclean Hunter paperback
1939144G1294Toronto: The Maclean Publishing Company Limited 1939. Magazine. Illus. by Malcolm Scott: Cover Photo; Eldridge Harold; LaSalle Charles; Mawicke Tran; Taylor Weston; Easley Joe. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 40 pages. Features: Hard-to-believe colour photo ad for an International Delivery truck inside front cover looks like a cross between a banana and a toaster; Net Results short story; The Truth About the Bren Gun Article - feedback after the storm of controversey which resulted when Maclean's printed an article by Lieut.-Col. George Drew describing "the most abominable contract that could possibly have been imagined" - includes photos of many of the main players; Overload short story; Britain Accepts Conscription - part of Beverley Baxter's update from London; Sea Room short story; Edward Johnson of Guelph part 2 - with indomitable will he conquered music strange tongues and life's tragedy in his determined invasion of the operatic world - article with photos; Ribuck! short story; Hot Dogs - how to help your pet during a heat wave; Nice Coke ad on back cover features young couple heading to a soda fountain with photo of soda jerk inserted. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. The Maclean Publishing Company, Limited Paperback
1970444h5464Fairview Alberta: Waterhole Old Timers Association. Good. 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. A compilation of stories and histories of the early families of the district of Waterhole Alberta located north of Grande Prairie. Printed upon glossy stock with many wonderful black and white reproductions of archival photos. Extensive index of family names. 304 pages. 9.3" x 6.5". No dust jacket presumably as issued. Unmarked with moderate wear to publisher's blue cloth. Binding tight. A quality copy of this wonderful genealogical reference. Strathern 3135 Krotki 2e 656 Wetherell 6-34.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Fairview Alberta - History Waterhole Alberta . Waterhole Old Timers Association hardcover
1955201G4721Montreal: Maclean Hunter / Key Publishers. Good. 1955. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 100 pages. Features: Cover illustration of St. Joseph's Convent on Toronto's Bay Street with nuns raking fall leaves; The dream of Rt. Hon. L.S. Amery - his son Julian became an M.P. but son John was hanged for wartime pro-Nazi broadcasts; Nice two-page colour-photo ad for General Motors trucks presents a blue pickup and a red 2-ton stake truck; Vintage one-page photo ad for the Toro "Power Handle which allowed one motor to power numerous yard care attachments; What Virtue Has Done to Montreal - excellent photo-illustrated article discusses how the girls are being chased out of town and the bars being forced to close on time - with photos of Frank Pretula Louis Greco Pierre DesMarais Jean Drapeau Pax Plante Armand Courval and members of the morality squad; The Miracle that began in a Stable - Dr. J.G. Fitzgerald and the history of his Connaught Laboratories which makes vaccines - photo-illustrated article; How to Handle Women; Photo-illustrated article on the unlikeliest couple in show business - George Murray and Shirley Harmer; Will a Machine Ever Take Your Job - Article on what automation will mean to Canada; The Great Chinese Food Hoax - colour-photo-illustrated article on how Canada's Cantonese cooks are now being recognized for their delicious Chinese dishes rather than the Canadian food they had been preparing in their cafes; The Great Carlak's Bitter Magic short story; Life on the Gulf Islands - great photo-illustrated article on the 4000 Canadians enjoying the dream of living on an island in the Pacific - with photos of Margaret Robinson George Copeland Bob Holloman Derril Georgeson Winnie Lautmann Norm Preston and Mr. and Mrs. A. King; Who Was the Mad Trapper of Rat River - Illustrated article on Albert Johnson who shot others before being killed by a posse; How I Made my Killing in the Market - all you need is a few bucks and some 'inside dope'; One-page National Cash Register NCR colour ad features lovely redhead; Color ad features the Sheraton-Carlton Hotel Washington D.C.; Haig & Haig whisky ad features nice colour photo of Eilean Donan Castle; Sisman Tredders shoe ad features photo and endorsement by Lloyd Percival; Nice one-page colour Sylvania TV ad; Half-page Homelite ad shows large tree being brought down; Unusual one-page colour ad for Canada Savings Bonds CSB illustrates how to read a tea cup; Quarter-page Moosehead Pale Ale ad features illustration of moose looking at portaging canoeist; Great one-page illustrated Dunlop Tires ad features photo of hero Mr. Martin Binkle of Kitchener a driver for the Cope Transport Company who rescued children from a blazing farmhouse on highway 6 near Rockton; Labatt's IPA ale ad features photo of Wexford Ontario labourer Frederick Gilbert; Nice one-page two-colour ad for 1955 GMC trucks hilights their all-new V8 engines; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy of this wonderful issue.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine October Oct 1 1955 Sammy Kee's Lotus Garden Cafe Mrs. Mary Mah Robert Leong Jessie Lam Susan Woo Mah Ho Kang illustration of St. Joseph's Convent on Toronto's Bay Street with nuns raking fall leaves; The dream . Maclean Hunter / Key Publishers unknown
1976744H3079British Columbia Canada: Self-Published Van Coillie Dries. 1976. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Signed by author beneath her photo. Note to prior owner signed by author stapled to title page. Author lived on this beautiful island for nearly forty years leaving in 1955. "This was a setting that people from all walks of life might admire and which many would claim as their own. And though the beauty would chage under the hand of man man would add a beauty of his making ; weathered cabins pioneer gardens and hard won fields." - Introduction. Includes sections entitled: Exploration; The First White Settlers; Settlers - the Second Wave 1900-1919; Early Industries; The Community Organizes; Arrival describes author's family's move to Lasqueti; Lasqueti in the 20's; The Thirties; Lasqueti During World War II; The Post-War Period; Return describes a return visit by the author to Lasqueti in 1972. 8 128 pages including index appendices and interesting 17 page black and white photo section. Prior owner's details written atop title page. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound example. Hale & Barman 583.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Mason Elda Copley Lasqueti Island History Strait of Georgia Gulf Islands History British Columbia Logging Settlers Pioneers; Signed by Authors . Self-Published (Van Coillie, Dries) paperback
