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1960644H4124Texada Island B.C.: Texada Centennial Committee. Good. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. 51 pages. Numerous excellent black and white photographic plates. Presents the fascinating and industrious history of this beautiful British Columbian island in the Strait of Georgia. Former library copy with usual markings. Rebound in burgundy boards. A sound copy of this informative and important reference. HALE & BARMAN 589 EDWARDS & LORT 3471 LOWTHER 2106.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Texada Island British Columbia history Van Anda . Texada Centennial Committee hardcover
1940144G1287Toronto: The Maclean Publishing Company Limited 1940. Book. Illus. by Kells H.F.; Aldwinckle Eric; Coleman Ralph Pallen; Evans Treyer; Nelson G. Patrick. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 68 pages. Features: Fantastic two-colour full-page photo ad for International Trac-Tractor roadbuilding equipment; Wakeville Awake! - Part 1 of a serial by Leslie McFarlane; Parker Pen ad; The Stars Hang High fiction; Lord Tweedsmuir's Vision of a New World; Mackenzie King R.J. Manion J.S. Woodsworth and John Blackmore comment on the nation's war effort; Five Wee Wimmen - another Donald Mackellen story fiction; Canada's Fighting Forces - Part 6 - Pay and Records - article with photos; Bats in the Belfry - Dr. Harold B. Hitchcock studies bats - photo sequence; Feud on High Plateau fiction; Gordon Dunstan's Quiz #12; Hudson Six ad; Frigidaire Fridge ad; War on the Parasite - the new institute of Parasitology at Ste Anne de Bellevue Quebec; Rare article and photos of hockey on Cape Breton - the Glace Bay Miners North Sydney Vics and Sydney Millionaires - with photos of McGibbonk Squarebriggs Larabie Clifton Craig and Bill Hannon Van Daele Langille and Bill Gill - very rare!; GMC Truck van ad; Plymouth ad; Dodge car ad; Dodge truck ad; Sensational colour photo centerfold ad for Studebaker cars; Interesting drawn ad for Kleenex attempts to convince readers to adopt the Kleenex habit it seems to have worked; Photo ad for Tangee make-up "Will He Kiss You Tonight"; Cartoon strip-style ad for Hinds hand cream featuring beauty advisor "Honey"; Nice Fargo truck ad features photo of a Charlottetown P.E.I. unit with snowplow mounted on front; Skis for Planes - the Elliott brothers' workshop in Sioux Lookoutk Ontario - article with photo; Fantastic two-page election ad for "Fighting Bob" Manion takes aim at Mackenzie King; Ford V-8 ad inside back cover; Nice colour ad for canned lobster on back cover. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A wonderful vintage issue. The Maclean Publishing Company, Limited Paperback
1959319G0788Canada: Maclean Hunter. Good. 1959. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 76 pages. Features: Hugh Cudlipp - the new comet of Fleet St.; Funky colour ad for Buick; I served on a murder jury; How to get your boss's job; The University of Saskatchewan - The precocious alma mater of the prairies; How I got mixed up in the Cuban revolution; Eat fat and grow slim - Dr. Ray N. Lawson's approach is having success; Stoker Mahoney and Pill No. 2-183 - an uncensored naval story from WWII involving seasickness; A challenging new concept of French Canada - Philippe Garigue closely examines St. Justin Quebec - article with great photos; Great 'wishbone' colour ad for the 1959 Dodge; Massive Black Label beer centerfold ad!; Julian Janvrin and his family are featured in a full-page ad by the Bank of Montreal; Nice Chevrolet Impala sport coupe photo ad; Colour photo ad for O'Keefe beer inside back cover features Irish setter licking lady's face; Nice Valentine theme Coke ad on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine February 14 1959 Hugh Cudlipp - the new comet of Fleet St.; Funky colour ad for Buick; I served on a murder jury; How to get your boss's job; The University of Saskatchewan - The precocious alma mater of the prairi . Maclean Hunter unknown
1964215j2582Toronto: The Ryerson Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1964. Second Printing. Hardcover. "Dr. George Elias Darby 1889-1962 and his wife Edna Mathews moved to Bella Bella c. 1914 to oversee the newly built Methodist hospital later named the R. W. Large Memorial Hospital. They stayed in Bella Bella until his retirement in 1955. Darby regularly sailed the inlets of the central coast setting up makeshift surgeries and was known to have spoken Chinook. Chief Moody gifted him the name Wo-Ya-La in 1944. He received an honorary doctor of divinity degree from UBC in 1955." - UBC Museum of Anthropology website. 1964 second printing of the 1964 first edition. 10 159 p. Frontis photo portrait of Darby. Gift greetings atop front free endpaper otherwise tight and unmarked with moderate wear. No dust jacket. A sound example of this impressive life story. Edwards & Lort 2291. ; Frontis Photo; 159 pages . The Ryerson Press hardcover
194063AG0882Crystal City Manitoba: The Courier Publishing Co. Fair. 1940. First Edition. Paperback. 131 pages. Reproductions of black and white photos in text. Intended to "enable those who read these pages to obtain a clearer conception of the aims and objects of that band of noble men and women who left their homes in eastern Canada to build an empire on the western prairies for the benefit of posterity." - from Introduction. Above-average but not excessive wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound first edition example. Peel 2 3732 Hackett 2 552.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Settlement Crystal City and District Rock Lake Country Manitoba History Settlers Pioneers Genealogy Local . The Courier Publishing Co. paperback
1937845G0922Ottawa Canada: Aeronautical Publications Limited 1937. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 56 pages. Features: Cover photo of a Trans Canada Air Lines Electra at the formal opening of the new runways at Stevenson Airport Winnipeg October 11 1937; Directory of Canadian Airports - write-ups with interesting photos - 1937 was a huge year for airport construction in Canada; Nice Christmas-themed full-page ad for Gold Flake cigarettes; Airport Planning and Construction; Nice full-page illustrated ad for Canadian Wright Limited showing the new Grumman FF1 Fighter; Nice full-page photo ad for the Canadian Marconi Company; Nice full-page photo ad for Colas Roads Limited shows a Transport Lockheed 12A on a Colas runway at St. Hubert Airport; Nice full-page photo ad for the Dibblee Construction Company which has been working on the St. Hubert Airport; Fantastic three-colour centerfold ad for Aeronca K's low-priced side-by-side Aeroplanes; Full-page ad for the De Havilland Dragon Rapide - of which Canadian Airways Ltd. has just added a 3rd unit to their Quebec Airways fleet; Radio Range Beacons to Guide Trans-Canada Fliers - interesting article and photos; Colas for Surfacing runways; Nice full-page ad for the 1938 Pontiac; When is a Door Not a Door - hangar doors at Regina and Toronto; Cub Aircraft ad; International Air Show; The Miami Air Manoeuvres; News and Views of the Month; Old Country Gossip; Nice full-page ad for Dunlop aeroplane tires wheels and brakes; Two-colour ad for Imperial Oil's new Intava products on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Aeronautical Publications Limited Paperback
1946568a1717Toronto: The Student's Administrative Council. Fair. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. 479 pages of extensive documentation. Page 299 includes a photo of the Victoria College Debating Parliament which includes Royce Frith who went on to serve as Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian Senate and Canada's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Details of two prior owner's upon front endpaper. This copy initially belonged to J.C. Friedman. Binding open at page 479. Above-average wear. A worthy reference copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Torontonensis Volume XLVIII: Student Yearbook of the University of Toronto U. Of T. 1946 Post-war Victoria College Debating Parliament which includes Royce Frith who went on to serve as Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian Senate and Canada's Hig . The Student's Administrative Council hardcover
1982161H1741Canada: Macmillan of Canada/a Division of Gage Publishing Limited. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1982. Reprint. Paperback. 0771597347 . This is a paperback copy. x 210 pages. Footnotes. Bibliography. Numerous black and white photographic plates. "25000 German officers and other ranks were sent to prisoner-of-war camps across Canada to live out the duration of WWII behind barbed wire. Their fascinating story makes for exciting and provocative reading." - from back cover. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this little-known history.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Escape from Canada!: The Untold Story of German POWs in Canada 1939-1945 World War Prisoners of War Prisons Canadian Germany Cove Fields Red Rock Three Rivers Valcartier Chatham Gravenhurst Espanola Mimico Monteith Bowmanville Kingston Hull Petawawa Far . Macmillan of Canada/a Division of Gage Publishing Limited paperback
1986622h5761Ottawa: RCHA History Committee. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 0969088116 . iii-x 303 pp. Many black and white reproductions of archival photos. Name Index. General Index. Extensive footnotes. "Among the regular Armed Forces of Canada the RCHA has the oldest roots; this book spans its history from the establishment of 'A' and 'B' batteries at Kingston and Quebec in 1871 to the present. The editors have unearthed diaries and photo albums combed official dispatches and interviewed scores of veterans to present the rich and dramatic story of the RCHA in peace and war. This chronicle is fully documented along with over 175 photos and 24 maps and sketches. The appendices include Honour Rolls lists of decorations won some artillery songs and a full roll of all who served the guns of the RCHA in France and Belgium during 1915-18." - dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this excellent reference. Oblong 8.75" x 10.75". Cooke 3rd Edn p.141.; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall; RCHA Royal Canadian Horse Artillery - history Canadian Armed Forces . RCHA History Committee hardcover
1978532c6629Debolt Alberta: DeBolt and District Pioneer Museum Society 1978. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 357 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated with wonderful archival black and white photos. "The district covered by this book is from the Smoky River to Sturgeon Lake comprising those areas served by the post offices of Goodwin DeBolt Crooked Creek Clarkson Valley and Sturgeon Heights." - from Foreword. Prior owner's name written and stamped atop front free endpaper otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A solid copy of this informative work. WETHERELL 6-38 KROTKI 2e 744 STRATHERN 3165. DeBolt and District Pioneer Museum Society Hardcover
1967465j2365Toronto: The Ryerson Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. "Describes the efforts of one tough individual to serve his people his church and his country. The Reverend Peter Reginald Kelly D.D. was born to an aristocratic Haida family in the Queen Charlotte Islands in 1885. Sent to a Methodist boarding school by his deeply religious parents Kelly developed into a leader of men. In 1910 he was selected to head a delegation of more than a hundred Indian leaders who met in Victoria to discuss their grievances with the provincial government. In 1913 he became the first Indian admitted to Columbian College and was later ordained a minister in the Methodist church. For 16 years he and his wife were in charge of the Thomas Crosby a famous mission and mercy boat operating on one of the wildest parts of the B.C. coast. This fascinating portrait of Indian society in the midst of upheaval gives insiight into the life and thought of a remarkable man. It paints a true picture of a highly principled individual who fought to gain equality for his people by wiping out ignorance on both sides of the colour barrier." - dust jacket. 164 pages. Photo frontispiece portrait of subject. Book clean bright tight and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to dust jacket now in glossy new archival-grade protection. A quality example of this admirable life story. Edwards & Lort 2466; 8vo; Roar of the Breakers - a Biography of Peter Kelly . The Ryerson Press hardcover
1994233j2009Nova Scotia Canada: Association. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 0919769802 . "Concentrates on the Second World War exploits of the CBH although it also traces the history of The Cape Breton Highlanders from its establishment as the Victoria Provisional Battalion of Infantry through its days as the 94th Victoria Regiment the First World War experiences of the 85th and 185th infantry battalions to the 1920 establishment of The Cape Breton Highlanders and the subsequent renaming in the mid-1950s as The Second Battalion Nova Scotia Highlanders Cape Breton. Featuring first-hand accounts by veterans this work pays homage to the patriotism and daring of all who served in The Cape Breton Highlanders." - dust jacket. x 410 p. Black and white photographic plates maps footnotes Roll of Honour List of Officers Honours and Awards Glossary and Select bibliography. Minimal wear to original scarlet cloth handsomely adorned in gilt. Presentation bookplate upon front free endpaper otherwise clean bright tight and unmarked. Average wear to dust jacket now in glossy new archival-grade protection. A quality example of this proud history. ; 8vo . Association hardcover
1970744a9577Canada: McClelland & Stewart. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. 184 pages. Index. Author's signature upon front free endpaper. Nice black and white photographic plate. "Will be of great interest to those Canadians who have an attachment to their country's wilderness and are concerned by thte death of wilderness at the hands of men." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's large signature upon front free endpaper else book clean and unmarked with only moderate wear. Above-average wear to dust jacket.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Capilano: The Story of a River North Vancouver Canyon; Signed by Authors . McClelland & Stewart hardcover
1981857c6081Canada: Maclean Hunter 1981. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Over one inch thick. Some of the many topics include: the powers that be decide Canadians can handle high mortgage rates; Haig and Gromyko agree to arms talks; Carole Laure; Applied Research is threatening free discovery; Fiction's Triumph; Bora Laskin story and cover illustration; Trudeau pushes Candus in South Korea; Solidarity re-elects Lech Welesa in Poland; Shannon Tweed; Glorious Crete; David Steinberg; Murder of Anwar Sadat; Appalachia struggles through coal's booms and busts; Gouzenko's case revisited; Jeff Conaway; The Montreal Expos were one game from the World Series; Birth of a new social order in Spain; Europe's New Left; New Leader in Poland; Jean Wadds; Peter Hodgson; Joanne Curran; Cancun Summit falls short of success; Via Rail; Poland's ruler tightens his grip; St. Jean Baptiste Day parade is back; Canada's national soccer team; Scott Hylands; Cutbacks loom for Canada's universities; Federal agreement - less Quebec; Evelyn Hart; the threatened caribou; Saudi peace plan makes headway; Dome Petroleum; Conchata Ferrell; Budget '81 - the gathering storm; Space Shuttle Columbia's safe return; Rene Levesque talks tough but so does Trudeau; Martha and the Muffins; Sylvia Tyson; Robert Bateman; Howard Pawley's upset victory in Manitoba; Ulster's days of rage; Angie Dickinson; Canada's soccer team falls short to Cuba; Women and native groups fight for inclusion in the charter of rights; Edith Butler; Victoria Snow; Arab Summit Fez fell apart; Allan Gotlieb becomes ambassador to U.S.; Levesque plays for time; Special report on the Constitution; Barbara Amiel; Urban problem in Connecticut; Peter Munk; Poland's hour of agony; Deborah Harry; Trevor Berbick; Images of 1981; Grab for the Golan; Last stand at Szczecin; MacEachen gives in to screams about the budget; and many more. Light wear. Firmly bound. Former library copy with few associated markings. Maclean Hunter Hardcover
1952827c7499Toronto: Maclean Hunter. 1952. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Good. Features: Cover art by Franklin Arbuckle shows man selling flowers to Grey Cup lineup; Colour photo Parker Pen ad inside front cover; Editorial - 'Why Appease South Africa'; Fantastic 4-page section of black and white photos of vintage toys plus descriptions - a list of Christmas toys provided by The Canadian Playthings Institute; Karsh Photographs the Face of Canada - beginning with Vancouver 'A City Built on Timber - Water is a Secondary Theme' - the first of ten picture essays; Is the Liberal Party on the Ropes - defeats of Liberal leaders in six provinces; They'll Keep the Pace - The New Pioneers of the Peace River Country with colour photos; The Most Beautiful Girl on TV - Toby Robins - with 16 black and white photos; How to Bring Up an Only Child; The Spritely Czar of the CPR - William Van Horne; The City Where Dancing's A Crime - Trois Rivieres Quebec - article with six black and white photos; Thoughts on Mackenzie King by Bruce Hutchison; The Killer in the Snow - story by Will F. Jenkins illustrated by Ben Turner; Granpa was a Freshman - at 52 Allan Hull enrolled at the University of British Columbia - with 3 photos; Lovely colour Kodak photo ad shows mother recording her son's height on doorframe; Great full-page colour illustrated Coke ad displays the four seasons; The Face that People Forget - Alec Guiness; Fantastic eight-page colour centerfold ad section for Chrysler DeSoto Dodge and Plymouth 1953 models; Colour photo ad for Heinz Soups; Colour-illustrated ads for Sunbeam Coffeemaster and Mixmaster; Two-colour ad for Austin cars; Colour ad for Waterman's Pens with Christmas theme; Ad for the General Electric Rotary Ironer; Colour full-page ad for Chevrolet; Nice colour Old Dutch ad on back cover. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Address label atop front cover. Binding intact. A sound copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; The Big Revue Television TV Show Franklin Arbuckle shows man selling flowers to Grey Cup lineup; Colour photo Parker Pen ad inside front cover; Editorial - 'Why Appease South Africa'; Fantastic 4-page section of black and white photos of vintage toys plu . Maclean Hunter unknown
1933144c7697Toronto: The Maclean Publishing Company Limited 1933. Book. Illus. by Mitchell Thomas W.: Cover Art. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 52 pages. Cover painting by Thomas W. Mitchell features man with ax and oxen. Content: Fantastic International Trucks ad features photos of their largest and smallest models plus diagrams of their other 11 models; Investors Syndicate ad features Mrs. Martha E. Dodele; Nice Canada Dry ad features tennis-playing couple; She Who Walks the Waters by Jefferson Cralle; Mr. Beatty - President of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company; Aces' Race - proposed professional world's championship sculling race at the Canadian National Exhibition CNE by Frank Adams - with illustrations of Major Goodsell Teddy Phelps Bert Barry and Bobby Pearce; Fair by not Frail Gladys B. Taber; Eye Eye Sir by Hugh Grant Rowell M.D. - an article on vision; Who's Next - an article to help other Canadians understand how political trouble of Ontario's Conservatives may affect the rest of the country - with photos of George S. Henry Mines McCrea Col. W.H. Price and Mr. Macaulay; Warden of the Flock by Paul Annixter; Central Banking by Harold E. Crowle - a monetary commission will in the near future investigate the desirability of a central bank for Canada; Czar's Gold by Robert Welles Ritchie; A Fall Out of History by H.M. Blake; Feathered Speed - Pigeon Races by W.T. Webb; Grain Fair by Roderick Stuart Kennedy - The World's Grain Exhibition at Regina; Nice colour ad for Campbell's vegetable soup; President Roosevelt's Brain Trust; British M.P. W. Kirkpatrick supports Japan's conquest of Manchuria; Lux Toilet Soap ad features Loretta Young Polly Ann Young and Sally Blake; Letters to the Editor; A Swedish Forest has supplied logs for 700 years and has greater supply than ever; The Great Auk may still live; The Summer Cottage - article by F.L. DeN. Scott; The Investor and His Stockbroker by C.W. Stollery; Nice ad for Dominions Tires inside back cover; Nice ad for Chevrolet Standars Six and Master Six on back cover. Average wear. Address label atop front cover. A sound copy. The Maclean Publishing Company, Limited Paperback
1933144c7691Toronto: The Maclean Publishing Company 1933. Book. Illus. by Sambrook Russell: Cover Art. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 68 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for Cellophane inside front cover; Great two-colour full-page ad for International Trucks - Chicago Century of Progress Theme; Nice full-page ad for Investors Syndicate featuring photo of Roy A. Hunter of B.C.; Nice 2-page Mobiloil photo ad features large photo of four cars; Chipso Laundry Detergent ad; Heritage by Albert M. Treynor; The Cinema Murder by Phillips Oppenheim; The Oriental Threat - regarding oriental immigration ". In British Columbia the proportion is catastrophic being one Asiatic to every twelve whites." - with photos by Charles E. Hope and W.K. Earle; Garden Jungle by C.R. K. Allen; Ace of Our Judges - Chief Justice Lyman Poore Duff by M. Grattan O'Leary; Invitation by Will R. Bird; Critic on the Hearth by Arthur T. Munyan; Pud by W.A. Fraser; Tides o' Fundy by H.V. Chambers; By Express - stories of shipping animals long distances; There's Money in Stamps - Paul Montgomery writes about valuable early Canadian postage stamps - illustrated; Love Letters in a Jar by Louis Arthur Cunningham; Nice colour Campbell Soup ad; My Hate of Jig-Saw Puzzles by Edgar March; Every Russian to Bear Arms - Women and Children are Being Trained to Take Part in Soviet's Next War; Article titled "Inventions Are Badly Needed"; Nice two-color full-page ad for the New Chevrolet Sixes; Article on how motion pictures have almost displaced theatre in North America; Australia Sells its Steamships - claims operation a failure; Canada Needs Air Museum; Lovely Prudential Insurance ad features girl on roller skates on sidewalk rolling arms open to her dad; Nice ad for the Northern Electric Gurney Range; Lovely ad promotes golfing at Jasper Park by taking Canadian National; Cereals - article by Helen G. Campbell; Investing in Bank Stocks; Fantastic two-colour full-page ad for General Motors Trucks features a dumptruck being loaded by a large clamshell bucket; Nice ad for Dominions Tires; Excellent back cover colour photo ad for Winchester cigarettes. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. The Maclean Publishing Company Paperback
1971339a4567Toronto: Southstar 1971. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Features: The World Wildcat bobcat Hunt - Canadian guide Ron Hoare and American hunter Norm Wheeler at Truro Nova Scotia; Professional patients - they can fake symptoms well enough to fool most doctors so they can enjoy all that tender loving and free hospital care; Al Stewart of West Hill is a jack of all trades and master of just about all of them - he Bill Fields Izzy Flader Nick Kioussis Aron Frydman Alan and Percy Lepke are some of the very best and absolutely most reasonable repairmen anywhere; Tie One On - fashion segment featuring decorative tie-ons for bare legs named 'Gammies"; Do Canadian workers need American salaries - a question being considered by North America's giant international unions - carpenter Harry Peck of Portland Oregon is compared with carpenter Floyd Holly of Vancouver BC; Nice colour full-page ad for Kentucky Fried Chicken; Prosperity is Killing the Game of Marbles - Why should a kid work for his water babies when he can buy all he wants; Doug Wright's Family; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Southstar Paperback
1967319G0739Toronto: The Telegram 1967. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 28 pages. Features: Seven Months to the Sonic Boom - Air Canada has four Concordes on order - article with great illustrations; The Feminine Evolution - Part 3 of 3 - Judy Lamarsh doesn't think there is any sexual revolution - article with photos; Saskatchewan Roughriders' Coach Eagle Keys - The Man from Turkey Neck Bend - article with photos; Nanaimo's Great Bathtub Race - article with photos; Photo-illustrated article on the lovely female hostesses at Expo '67; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. This copy was printed with only one staple. The Telegram Paperback
1923713a4924Victoria BC: King's Printer. Good. 1923. Reprint. Paperback. "Pages 132-155 and eight black and white plates reprinted without change of folio from British Columbia Archives Memoir No. V." - from front cover. Bit of writing inside back cover else unmarked with moderate wear and soiling. A sound copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Botanical and Ethnological Appendix to Menzies' Journal of Vancouver's Voyage April to October 1792 British Columbia Archives Memoir No. V . King's Printer paperback
1973732j2682Toronto: New Press. Fair in Good dust jacket. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 0887701779 . "Presents a fascinating analysis of certain Haida legends and demonstrates that many of them were methods of remembering the movements of stars and planets while others stored mathematical knowledge. Neither a formal history nor a contemporary chronicle this book attempts to recover and describe what has been left of an interesting group of people and their attempts to change and survive in a world far different from the one that their ancestors knew." - dust jacket. 173 p. Black and white photographic plates bibliography footnotes and map endpapers. While this book was exposed to moisture at some point fortunately this only resulted in a bit of staining a moderate bow to the front board gently undulating contents and a bit of damage to the plates at page 126 where they have been separated. Otherwise the book is tight and unmarked with light wear to the original red boards brilliantly lettered in gilt upon backstrip. Moderate wear to unclipped dust jacket now in glossy new archival-grade protection. A worthy example of this fascinating study. About Indians 4th Edn 1119. ; 8vo . New Press hardcover
1957515H5171Ottawa Canada: Canadian Minister of National Defence. Good. 1957. Second Printing. Hardcover. pp. xv 807. Extensive index and footnotes. Numerous fold-out colour maps and black and white photographic plates. Map endpapers. Second printing of the 1956 first edition. "Describes in detail Canada's part in the Italian campaign - the operations which began with the Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943 and developing into an arduous advance up the Italian peninsula ended with the German capitulation in May 1945. Directed primarily to the general reader and particularly to the Canadian reader who wishes to know what the Canadian Army accomplished and why its operations took the course they did." - Foreword. Gilt emblem and lettering upon publisher's red cloth. Prior owner's name and date discretely upon first blank leaf. Dust jacket not included. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this important and highly informative history. Enser p.96 Cooke 3rd Edn p. 259.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Canadians in Italy 1943-1945 - Volume II 2: Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War Canadian Army - Italy Canadian Army - World War 1939-1945 . Canadian Minister of National Defence hardcover
1976628a2256Alberta Canada: Nobleford Monarch History Book Club. Good. 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 0919213405 . "Every Community has its own personality to a substantial degree the personality of the people who found it. Nobleford Monarch can offer one of the best examples. More than in most areas Nobleford and Monarch carried the imprint of its great pioneer personalities. It would be a tragedy if the accounts or hopes and struggles and triumphs and disappointments of such people and their times were lost; or if the determination and imagination and moral fibre of trailblazers like Charles S. Noble were forgotten." - Foreward. Contents include: Physical Geography; Early History; Agriculture; Local Groups and Organizations; Local Businesses; Oil and Gas Exploration; Honor Roll; Family Biographies; Old Timers not Traced. Average wear to original orange cloth. Pages lightly yellowed at edges. Binding intact. A sound example of this informative local history and invaluable genealogical reference. Krotki 2e 779 Strathern 3177.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Nobleford Monarch History Book Club Sons of Wind and Soil: Local History of Nobleford Monarch Kipp and District Alberta Charles S. Noble Newlands Noble Rolling Hill Rose Butte White Lake . Nobleford, Monarch History Book Club hardcover
1938845G0926Ottawa: Aeronautical Publications Limited 1938. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 40 pages. Features: Cover photo of a DeHavilland Dragon Rapide on Lake of Bays Ontario; Nice full-page photo ad for the Junkers JUMO 210 aero engine; Nice full-page photo ad for Gold Flake cigarettes showing the terrace of Shepheard's Hotel Cairo Egypt; The Boeing Stratoliner - fantastic illustrated article on the Boeing 307-type transport; Commendable Winter Operation by City of Toronto Squadron; Full-page ad for the 1938 Stinson Reliant; A Day at Fort Nelson - great travel article with photos by O. Nordling; Full-page ad for Fleet Aircraft; The Martin Ocean Transport - article with nice photo; Flying North of Edmonton; One Thousand Hours Between Overhauls - The Gipsy Major 130 HP. engine; Photo of new hangar under construction at Edmonton; Photo of the world's largest aeroplane tire made by Dunlop; Nice full-page ad for McLaughlin-Buick; The Continental Powered Aeronca KC; Lear ARC-5 Radio Compass; Nice one-page photo ad for Taylorcraft planes; Dr. Klemin Predicts Era of Revolutionary Light Planes; McKee Trophy to Romeo Vachon - article with photo; Great photo of wings being added to a Douglas DC-4; Photo of a Fokker T.5; Photo ad for the Gray Rocks Inn of St. Jovite Station Quebec; Old Country Gossip; News from the West Coast; More About Instruments; Candid Camera Corner - photo and article on Sooren Topalian - Iraq's #1 Transport Pilot; Nice full-page ad for the new 1938 Cub Sport by Cub Aircraft; Blenheim Bomber featured in Bristol engine ad inside back cover; Intava products two-colour ad on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Aeronautical Publications Limited Paperback
1941417H2820Toronto: The Maclean Publishing Company Limited. Good. 1941. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 48 pages. Cover photo of air gunner. Features: They Marched Up the Hill - premiers debate the Sirois Report; So I Have a Mild Face! - photo-illustrated article on author Robert W. Service; He's in the Navy Now - two fantastic pages of photos of Canadian sailor William Bill A. Caskie as he undergoes training; Lord Halifax - Diplomatic Riddle; T.T.C. - excellent photo-illustrated two page feature on the history of Toronto's street railway system; Ask Doctor Mac New Brunswick's Dr. William MacIntosh. Fiction: The Be-Still Tree; Hungry Fighter - tale of a young man forced to box for money but the author better known for his many Hardy Boys books; Achilles and Willie; She Wrote Finis serial. Beautiful colour red ad for the International panel van inside front cover. Dodge car ad. Oldsmobile car ad. Dodge stake truck ad; Nice Fargo truck ad with illustrations of eleven models. Nice Chevrolet truck ad features 1941 grill; Plymouth car ad. Unmarked with moderate weaer. Binding intact. A sound copy of this vintage wartime issue.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's Canada's National Magazine January Jan. 15 1941 Vol. 54 No. 2 - Robert W. Service Sirois Report; So I Have a Mild Face! - photo-illustrated article on author Robert W. Service; He's in the Navy Now - two fantastic pages of photos of Cana . The Maclean Publishing Company, Limited unknown
