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1981628a0187Oyen Alberta: Oyen and District Historical Society 1981. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 411 pages. Index. Many black and white archival illustrations. "Our book begins with the stories of that special breed the pioneer homesteaders. It continues with records of the changes and the development of the area." Gilt lettering and decoration upon light green cloth-covered boards. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this informative local history and invaluable genealogical reference. Krotki 2e 540. Oyen and District Historical Society Hardcover
1958836j1914Publisher Unstated. Good. 1958. First Edition Thus. Sheet Music. "Here's where I love to roam. Where the soft blowing breeze in the evergreen trees whispers of love and romance." Cover illustration depicts rustic log cabin by lake in the mountains. Three pages of piano sheet music with lyrics and chords. While this song was copyrighted by Johnson in 1948 this arrangment was copyrighted in 1958. Unmarked with average wear. A sound and rare vintage example. ; 4to . Publisher Unstated unknown
1957543G1995Toronto: Maclean-Hunter. Good. 1957. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 56 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for Chrysler's 1957 New Yorker 4-Door Hardtop and Windsor 2-door Hardtop with push-button transmission; Should They Let "Mom" Whyte Keep Her Children - Mrs. Robert Whyte takes care of 80 children near Bowmanville Ontario - great article with many photos; Blair Fraser Reports from Baghdad - article with photos; What You See and How You See - article on vision; Diana van der Vlis - the calmest little bombshell on Broadway - article with photos; Will They Solve the Riddle of the Athabaska Tar Sands - article with photos foreshadowing the gargantuan industry to come; My Last 17 Days in Budapest - Sandor Acs caught up on the first moments of Hungary's revolution jots down his unique record of the event with his photos including an incredible full-page photo of crowd around huge fallen statue of Stalin; Nice colour full-page ad for the Dodge Mayfair 2-door hardtop; Glidden paint centerfold ad; Nice colour full-page ad for Matinee cigarettes; Roderick Haig-Brown recalls Trout Fillets in Chile; Full-page ad for Avro Aircraft A.V. Roe with black and white photo of planes in flight. Average wear and soiling. Unmarked. Short openings along coverfold. Long opening to page 12 otherwise a sound vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's Canada's National Magazine February 2 1957: Will They Solve the Riddle of the Athabaska Tar Sands Alberta Chrysler's 1957 New Yorker 4-Door Hardtop and Windsor 2-door Hardtop with push-button transmission; Should They Let "Mom" Whyte Keep He . Maclean-Hunter unknown
1989643c7767St Johns Newfoundland Canada: St. John's Committee on Canadian Labour History 1989. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 438 pages. Index. A compillation of R.C.M.P. Intelligence Bulletins issued in the critial period between 23 October 1939 through 24 December 1941. Major concerns of the day included: Potential enemy aliens in Canada; Espionage suspects; Fascists; Nazis; Ukrainian Nationalists sympathetic toward the Hitler regime; Communist agitators; The Communist Party. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. A worthy copy of this intriguing and important reference. St. John's Committee on Canadian Labour History Paperback
1976529c6818Lloydminister Saskatchewan: Self-Published 1976. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 521 pages. Dozens of wonderful black and white archival photographs. Prior owner's name upon front free endpaper. Average wear. Soiling to back cover. Binding intact. A sound copy of this pleasing local history. Self-Published Hardcover
1979629a8996British Columbia: Kimberly Senior Citizen History Book Committee. Very Good. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 0889250863 . 357 pages. Many archival black and white illustrations. Map endpapers. Contains: Early Claim Map; Mines History; History of Mining Towns; Church History; School History; Sports History; Wycliffe 1900-1930; Personal Histories; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Slight lean to spine. Nice clean copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Marysville British Columbia Local History Families Settlers Pioneers Development Mountain Treasures - The History of Kimberley British Columbia Kootenay Mining Claims Mines Towns Churces Schools Sports Wycliffe . Kimberly Senior Citizen History Book Committee hardcover
1980629c7684Yarrow BC: Self-Published. Very Good. 1980. Second Printing. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. Presents the history of the Mennonite settlement of Yarrow B.C. located southwest of Chilliwack. "An accurate interesting and important addition to the ever-growing library of local histories in B.C." - Foreword. 124 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Hale & Barman 491. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Yarrow Station British Columbia Pioneers Settlers Illustrated Mennonite Fraser Valley BC; Signed by Author . Self-Published hardcover
1980444h5555Kaslo B.C.: Kootenay Lake Historical Society. Fair. 1980. First Edition. Paperback. 256 pages. Generously illustrated with grainy black and white reproductions of archival photos. "In 1978-80 the committee advertised across North America for information about the people who had lived in Kaslo between 1890 and 1915. A very gratifying response resulted. Letters were also sent to individuals who were relatives and friends of the early families in Kaslo and whose addresses were known. Many replied at once and letters began to come in from far and near. We hope this book will bring back memories to those who read it and give enjoyment to all who in this way may relive some of the experiences of those who laid the foundations for the community in which we live." - Foreword. Prior owner's name inside front cover. Above-average wear to pale green illustrated covers with peeling from front cover along spine. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy of this informative local history and invaluable genealogical reference. Hale & Barman 501.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Kaslo B.C. - History Kaslo B.C. - Families Kaslo B.C. - Genealogy Kaslo B.C. - Families . Kootenay Lake Historical Society paperback
1982629a8536Canada: Book Committee of the Southminster and Furness Ladies Clubs 1982. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 807 pages. "Written to preserve as much of the history of the Rural Municipality of Oakdale as possible." - from Foreword. Contents laid out in the following order: The first inhabitants; Land Surveys 1883-1904; Homesteading Period 1906-1911; Post Offices Established Ermine Ednaburg and Coleville; R.M. of Oakdale established 1908; School districts established and schools built 1910-1920; Railroads built through area; Hamlets established; WWI; The 1920s;The 1930s; The 1940s; The 1950s; The 1960s and 1970s. Clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. Superb copy. Book Committee of the Southminster and Furness Ladies Clubs Hardcover
1958137H4709Langley British Columbia Canada: Langley Centennial Committee 1958. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. vi 2 183 pp. Printed upon glossy stock with black and white reproductions of archival photos and illustrations. List of source material consulted. Attractive gilt decoration and lettering upon textured blue card covers. An intimate story of the lives of some of the early pioneers of the district of Langley B.C. Chapters include: Hunting of Furs; Gold on the Fraser River; Early Settlers; Among the Pioneers; Memories Among the Pioneers; Schools of Langley. Former genealogical library copy with its markings now removed. Binding tight. A worthy vintage copy of this excellent historical and genealogical reference. 23 x 15cm. Hale & Barman 452 Lowther 2022 Strathern 286 Edwards & Lort 1921. Langley Centennial Committee Paperback
1980532c6215Canada: Heritage Book Committee. Fair. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Presents the local history of this area located an hour north-northwest of Swift Current Saskatchewan. 430 pages including hundreds of pages of family histories. Index of names. Many black and white reproductions of archival photos. Gift greetings inside front board. Somewhat above-average wear. Modest warp to gilt-decorated front board. Binding intact. A sound copy of this detailed local history and invaluable genealogical reference. Heidebrecht & Leutenegger 228. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; From Basket to Bridge 1905-1980: White Bear Kyle Matador and District Saskatchewan Local History . Heritage Book Committee hardcover
1967723H3608Winnipeg: National Publishers Limited 1967. Book. Illus. by Eliasson Gissur. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed and inscribed by author atop front free endpaper. 510 pages. Select bibliography. Index. Black and white maps and reproductions of photos. Explains how "the evolution of the Icelandic nation developed certain qualities of mind and how those qualities have been strengthened through the adversities the Icelandic people have had to endure. It is these qualities which produced the Icelandic Canadian 'harvest' of achievement during the ninety odd years they have been in Canada." - dust jacket. "A careful perusal of this book is a must for those of Icelandic descent who doubt the grandeur of their ancestral heritage." - A. Isfeld. Author was born in Iceland and educated in Canada where he rose to prominence as a County Court Judge in Manitoba. Book clean and unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this important genealogical reference. Thibault 1030. National Publishers Limited Hardcover
1980648G3388Melfort Saskatchewan: Phillips Publishers Ltd. Very Good. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 399 pages. Index. Maps. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of archival black and white photos. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this exceptionally informative genealogical reference for Annaheim Saskatchewan and district.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; A Cross in the Clearing: A History 1903 - 1980 Annaheim Meteorite Muenster Schuler School . Phillips Publishers Ltd. hardcover
1973633j0667Sidney BC: Gray's Publishing. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 0888260407 . "Anyox has been nothing for approximately 80 years but suddenly it lives again in the warm loving memories of a writer who was a boy in the northern British Columbia town where the largest copper smelter in the British empire was located. A human story of 3000 people who found a strange happiness in a town cut off from the world by mountain and sea drenched with coastal rains choked with sulphurous smelter gas bereft of grass or flowers and buried each winter in snow." - dust jacket. 111 pages including black and white photographic plates. Book clean bright and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this fascinating history. Hale & Barman 536 Edwards & Lort 2141.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . Gray's Publishing hardcover
1967628a2699Ontario Canada: Self-Published. Very Good. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. 453 pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Many black and white illustrations. ".An informal history - a gathering of impressions. It is an attempt to set down the personality of a people and the place they made for themselves in Canada one hundred and fifty years ago." - from dedication page. Map endpapers. Prior owner's details neatly written atop decorated front free endpaper else clean and unmarked with light wear. Slight lean to spine. Nice copy in original green cloth. Bishop p.1120.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; The County - The First Hundred Years in Loyalist Prince Edward Ontario Local History Loyalists . Self-Published hardcover
1941417H2821Toronto: The Maclean Publishing Company Limited. Good. 1941. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 48 pages. Cover photo of ski loge in the Rockies. Features: A Democracy Speaks - the importance of FDR's latest aid-for-Britain move; Science at War - using technology to improve night bombing; The Turning Point - Douglas Reed suggests Italy may soon be knocked clean out of the war; This is Kingston Ontario - nice photo-illustrated article; Farm Home Beautification; "Bend Zee Knees" - photo-illustrated ski instruction by Wallace Reyburn. Fiction: Kelsey Skates Again Part One by Hardy Boys author Leslie McFarlane; The Great Enrico; Stay Where You Belong. Nice photo ad for Fargo trucks and vans inside front cover. Dodge van photo ad. Nice ad for the 1941 Pontiac. Great colour back cover ad for International K-line trucks built in Chatham. Unmarked with average external wear and soiling. Binding intact. A sound copy of this vintage wartime issue.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's Canada's National Magazine February Feb. 1 1941 Vol. 54 No. 3 - This is Kingston Ontario Science at War - using technology to improve night bombing; The Turning Point - Douglas Reed suggests Italy may soon be knocked clean out of the wa . The Maclean Publishing Company, Limited unknown
1998617j0974Belcarra B.C.: The Belcarra Historical Group. 1998. First Edition. Paperback. 0968410707 . Signed without inscription by all four authors upon title page. Presents the local history of Belcarra B.C. located an hour east-northeast of Vancouver. "Belcarra's heritage is made up of countless stories about the area and the people who lived and visited here. Many of these stories have been captured here through interviews illuminated with images from treasured old photo albums." - Foreword. 150 glossy pages. Selected Bibliography. Index. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Tight and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound signed copy of this informative local history.; 4to; Signed by Author . The Belcarra Historical Group paperback
2013411j1540Canada: Caitlin Press Inc. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. 1927575265 . "In 1889 in an obscure corner of the British empire called New Westminster a lacrosse legend was born. One hundred and twenty-five years later the New Westminster Salmonbellies have won more national championships than any other organization. Includes the story of Canada's other outstanding lacrosse teams such as the Montreal Shamrocks Toronto Tecumseh St. Catharines Athletics Brampton Excelsiors Orillia Terriors Vancouver Burrards Victoria Shamrocks Peterborough Lakers and the Brooklin Redmen. Brimming with great quotes quips stories and over 220 photos this book is essential for lacrosse and sports fans." - dust jacket. 229 semi-glossy pages generously illustrated in color and black and white. Footnotes. Index. Dust jacket in glossy new archival-grade protection. Negligible wear. Appears unread. Gift quality.; 4to . Caitlin Press Inc. hardcover
1933138c8478Toronto: MacMillan 1933. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8 247 pages. 22 cm. Black and white photographic plates. "There is a vivid account of the unit to which he was attached Salonika. This is a book to enjoy and to meet its writer." - from Foreward by H.B. Maitland University of Manchester. Usual library markings. Gift greetings upon front free endpaper. Dust jacket preserved in mylar. Surprisingly moderate wear. A sound copy. Cooke 3e p.195 Dornbusch 351 Whiteman 537. MacMillan Hardcover
1971746H0644Edmonton Alberta: M.G. Hurtig Ltd. Very Good in Fine dust jacket. 1971. First Hurtig Edition. Hardcover. 088830045X . "One of the most remarkable and historically important journals of early North American exploration." - dust jacket. 414 pages. Facsimile reprint of the 1801 edition. Fold-out maps. Top three inches of front free endpaper neatly removed. Prior owner's blind stamp atop half-title page. Very light wear to clean and unmarked book and price-clipped dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Mackenzie Alexander Voyages from Montreal on the River St. Laurence Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in the Years 1789 and 1793 with a Preliminary Account of the Rise Progress and Present State of The Fur Trade o . M.G. Hurtig Ltd. hardcover
1938845G0923Ottawa Canada: Aeronautical Publications Limited 1938. Book. Illus. by Finnie Richard cover photo. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 36 pages. Features: Cover photo of Bishop G. Breynat's Waco inspection plane being refuled on the beach at Chesterfield Hudson Bay; Repercussions of an Old Case - the 1933 crash and death of Archie McDougall at Sanford Manitoba; Nice full-page ad for Gold Flake cigarettes; The Percival Q6 - article and photo plus photos in flight and on the ground of the first Pou-du-Ciel constructed by Oscar Demine of Montreal to receive a license in Canada; Full-page photo collage of many of the best-known flying people at the Miami Air Manoeuvres in early December - including Rudy Kling and Frank Haines who were killed in the first minute of the first race; New De Havilland Tiger Moth ready for delivery; Nice full-page cutaway illustrated ad for the De Havilland Dragon Rapide; Siam Soars - Reginald Jackson operates Aerial Transport Company of Bangkok Siam; Full-page Stinson ad with photo of a Model SR-9FM; Saskatchewan Good-will Tour; New Test House for Aircraft Engines - Pratt & Whitney facility at East Hartford CT - article with photos; Nice illustrated full-page ad for the BG Corporation and its spark plugs; Arctic Sky Pilots - Bishop G. Breynat Vicar Apostolic of the Mackenzie; Nice two-colour full-page ad for the new 1938 Canadian Custom Waco by Fleet Aircraft; Regina Flying Club Highlights; Junkers Introduces the Ju 90 - interesting article with photos; Nice McLaughlin Buick ad shows the Series 46-19 5-passenger sedan with trunk; Great full-page photo ad for Canadian Marconi Company with photo of Pilot G.R. Spradbrow who rescued missing Quebec surveyors; How the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce Reports on Accident Investigations; New 50-h.p. Continental Engines; Full-page ad for Cub Aircraft features photo of Glenn White of Hamilton aged 14 who soloed in a Cub after 7 hours and 20 minutes dual; New Marconi appointments - with photos; Sensational photo ad for Imperial Airways inside back cover features a great shot of the Canopus and an endorsement by Mrs. Martin Johnson the famous American explorer and air traveller; Who Wants a Transport License; News from the West Coast; M.A.L.C. news; Pratt & Whitney ad inside front cover boasts of their 3 December 1937 flight from New York to Havana in just over 5 hours - pilot Major Alexander P. deSeverskey while on the same date Jacqueline Cochran flew from New York to Miami in just over four hours; Super full-page illustrated ad for the Junkers JU 90; Three-colour Imperial Oil Asphalt ad on back cover shows the new hangar apron at Rockliffe Airport; and more. Average wear. Lower corner missing from page 21 - no material affect to contents. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Aeronautical Publications Limited Paperback
1946845G0791Canada: Maclean Hunter / Key Publishers. 1946. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Fair. 76 pages. Features: Politics in Khaki - The Inside of the Canadian Army High Command - McNaughton and Crerar stepped on Monty's toes - here's the record revealed for the first time; Childhood's No. 1 Enemy - rheumatic fever; Battle of the Peacemakers - meeting at Paris; Witch of Endor - fiction; Kate Holliday gets a Hollywood makeup makeover; It rained poison after Bikini Islands' fifth atom bomb test - with photo; Hard rock miners; Honor of the Company - fiction; Flivvers in the Sky - fly your own plane; The Good Catch - fiction; Golfing Cop - Henry Martell - article with photo; Hell's Gate is open - upgrades allow Fraser River salmon to get further upstream - article with three photos; Nice ad for Waterman's pens with cheerleader theme; Fantastic full-page colour photo ad for Good Year tires features Mountie helping young lady in mountain valley; Superb Caterpillar bulldozer ad - "Boss of the Bulldozers"; Nice Fleet Aircraft ad; Nice colour photo Studebaker ad inside back cover; Fantastic painted Coke ad on back cover features partying group of young people at table; and more. Above-average wear. Covers present but detached. A worthy vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine September 15 1946 Politics in Khaki - The Inside of the Canadian Army High Command - McNaughton and Crerar stepped on Monty's toes - here's the record revealed for the first time; Childhood's No. 1 Enemy - rheumat . Maclean Hunter / Key Publishers unknown
1983137H4491Marquis Saskatchewan: Marquis History Book Group 1983. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. vi 410 pages. Photographic endpapers. Many black and white reproductions of archival photos. The history of family and community life during the early settlement years of Marquis Saskatchewan and district. Includes over 250 pages of family histories. Clean bright and unmarked with light wear. Slight lean to spine. A quality copy of this wonderful local history and genealogical reference. Marquis History Book Group Hardcover
1994816a2831Canada: Studio E 1994. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 256 pages. Selected bibliography. Index. "Covers the entire range of electric railways in Canada the only book ever to do so. Everything from horse cars to rapid transit radials to high speed trains linear induction the Tumbler Ridge Line industrial and incline railways receive attention. A gallery of almost 300 photographs maps charts and drawings has been carefully selected and prepared." Usual library markings. Modest wear. Binding tight. A quality copy of this exceptional and enjoyable reference. Studio E Hardcover
1974628a0123Alberta: Bashaw History Committee 1974. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 223 pages. Index. Black and white illustrations. Fold-out archival photo of the early town. Bright gilt lettering and grain elevator decoration upon front board. Light wear. Tight and square. Quality copy. Bashaw History Committee Hardcover
