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Pages 385-424. Features: This Tourist Business of Ours - is it a billion dollar ballyhoo? - photo at Radium Hot Springs; Painted Mountains - Cameron Lake of Waterton National Park; Camper - Respect the Weather!; White Water - photo-illustrated canoeing article by Grey Owl; Memories of Flashing Streams - the trout run big in Cape Breton; "A Big Bee" Brings Pipe of Peace - wonderfully photo-illustrated article describes how treaty money is paid, land is dealt, etc. with Ontario's Native peoples; Blackbird Blizzards; When You're Lost in the Woods - using your watch as a compass; Birds for the Prairie Shelter Belt; With Our Junior Fire Wardens; Trailing the Clouds on Horseback - the life of Rocky Mountain Guide Old Man Logan; Jack Miner's Mail Bag; A Bird Sanctuary in Nova Scotia - by John W. Piggott; Forest Business in British Columbia, by Hon. N.S. Lougheed - includes amazing half-page photo of fallers, their long saws and massive fallen timber; ; Black Bass Furnish Hot Weather Sport, by Ozark Ripley. Nice two-colour ad for C.I.L.'s Dominion Ammunition inside front cover. Canadian National ad inside back cover promotes big game hunting in Canada. Nice ad for Western Super-X shotgun shells on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
16"x12.5" when folded in half. Features: Photo-illustrated article on Venezuela and its oil industry; Large photo of "Bustle Beauty" Marilyn Munroe in bustled bikini, wearing outrageous platform shoes; Large colour full-page ad for Waterman's pens; Student Strike at Toronto's Malvern Collegiate after Principal Lorne H. Clarke Dismissed - article with three great pages of photos; Nice full-page colour ad for Tooke shirts; Two amazing pages of photos and text entitled "Troubled Palestine" - Lifting of Martial Law after 15 days brings no end to Terrorist Incidents - Mea Shearim district of Jerusalem; 104th Running of the Grand National - Caughoo, an unknown 100-1 long shot wins; Readers' Letters; We Need to Speed Exports, by Gerald Waring; Bellingham, Washington is fast becoming the centre of entertainment for BC'ers - photo with article; Do Women love Weaklings?; Leonard (Len) Wookey of Callander, Ontario - Successor to the Dionne Quints- photos and article; Some Day - short story by Beth Balcom; What's Doing on Mars? - Sydney Cooper on Rocket Travel; Spanish Maquis - 100,000 strong, they strike at Franco's government - photos and article; Bell the Cat, by Gregory Clark; Come Spring - short story by Eric Cameron; 20-page Colour Comic Section; He Who Whispers, fiction by John Dickson Carr; Devil-Charming Ritual in Vancouver; Bootleg Fur - contraband fox pelts in Ontario; Cancer research at the newly-organized National Cancer Institute of Canada; Pigeon Timber Company's "luxurious" lumber camps in Ontario's Black Sturgeon area north of Lake Superior; Alberta deer being relocated to preserve farmers' crops; Earthquake Man - Edward Mantle of Hamilton; Van Treel and an international Dope Ring Roundup on the West Coast; Sports news; Super colour full-page ad for Northern Electric radios; Photos of romantic hats; Colour ad for the Trans-Canada Telephone System; Photo-illustrated article on fencing in Canada; Back page colour ad for Lux soap featuring great photo of Betty Grable; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A great vintage copy of this feature-oriented weekly which in later years became the Weekend Magazine. Book
56 pages. Cover photo of sport fisherman using an outboard motor which 'has replaced oars for fishermen'. Features: The Golden Key, by Lee Russell; When the Risk Overshadows the Skill - Roger Bannister blames the 'criminal negligence' of braggarts for tragedies which mar sport; Classy colour ad for Chef Boy-Ar-Dee canned Ravioli; Canada's Busiest Party Givers - Mr. and Mrs. F. Ronald Graham of Marine Drive in Vancouver - with enough dishes for 700 people - nice photos; Dictatorship due for France? - article by George Langelaan with photos; The Low-Down on Hi-Fi - how to tell what you get for your money; My Love Affair with Canada, by Bing Crosby - with photos; I Always Love to Scrap - boxer Yvon Durelle - with photo; The Sinclair Luck, by Gordon Sinclair; Boats are Bustin' Out All Over - an examination of the quarter-billion-dollar canadian recreational boating industry; Predictions for the Oscar Awards; Colour ad for Goodyear tires features colour illustrations of vehicles for each year, 1915 through 1957; Sean O'Malley's Daughter, by Brian Cleeve; Young Man in a Hurry, by Margaret E. Barnard. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. Book
544 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of archival photos. Gift greetings upon half-title page, otherwise unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality copy of this wonderful reference. Book
166 pages. References. Signed by Toni Onley above his colour photo on title page. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Bookseller's sticker atop front free endpaper else clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A handsome copy. Book
48 pages. Features: The Mafia in Canada - article with many mugshots of famous mobsters; McKenzie Porter looks at Golf; How Alvin Hamilton Keep the Prairies in his Pocket; Portrait of a Doctor whose specialty is people - Dr. Dave Lander of Turner Valley, Alberta; Armament and Disarmament in Central America - special report from the explosive half of our hemisphere; How to work your children's way through college; Michael Wade describes his visits with the women of the Seven Seas; Sculptors Gerald Gladstone, Walter Yarwood, Armand Vaillancourt, Yosef Drenters, Eli Bornstein; Vintage black and white Honda motorcycle ad - a row of motorcycles serve as a badminton net at a campsite. Small contest clipping from bottom corner of page 41. Unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
247 pages. Glossary. Roll of Honour. Black and white photographic plates. Colour frontisplate of the regimental colour. Front endpaper map. Unmarked book surprisingly fresh, bright and tight with light wear. Moderate wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this excellent history. Cooke (2e) p.183, Ziegler 921, Enser p.96. Book
60 pages. Features: Cover art by Gabriel Bastien depicts summer camp kids; Editorial asks when Canadian schools will stop segregating native students; What Canadian Jews would do with Adolf Eichmann; A Censor Defends Lady Chatterley; Our Churches are Damning the Wrong Kinds of Sin; Russia's Middle-Class Revolution; Nicely colour-illustrated ad for Canada Steamship Lines; $10,000 per year - Everybody's Target; Double Jeopardy - the Johnson twins' (Nola and Moira) sunny brush with tragedy - a sister donates a kidney for her twin; Everybody's Art Boom - Early Canadiana; Anybody can be ruined by a car accident under our present laws; The Real Dangers of Imaginary Fatigue; The Chateau - Montreal's Impeccable Home for the Well-To-Do - article with photos; Elliot Lake's Glamorous Rise and Bitter Fall; Mervyn Ruggles - Chief restorer at the National Gallery in Ottawa; The Life and Death of English Bay Joe, Lifeguard Joe Fortes [who saved 30 Vancouver swimmers]; Brading Ale ad features photos by Karsh; The Aquarius - a 30 foot boot which helps stock the Vancouver Aquarium; The Biggest Thing in Music - Wurlitzer addicts, such as Dr. Ray N. Lawson of Montreal, collect massive obsolete theatre organs; Back cover colour-photo ad shows engine testing at the Ford engine plant in Windsor, Ontario; and more. Complete and unmarked with somewhat above-average wear and soiling. Faint moisture-induced staining throughout. Disintegrating staples have released center page. A worthy vintage copy. Book
346 pages including glossary, notes, index and black and white photographic plates. The story of a group of Canadian Army officers who volunteered to serve in the British Army in Europe between D-Day, 1944, and V-E Day, 1945, in a scheme called CANLOAN. Author was one of the participants and has based this work upon research supplemented by the recollections of survivors. A vivid account both of the experiences of the CANLOAN officers and of the scheme itself, from the initial concept to its realization. Presents slit-trench views of the battles in Normandy, Arnhem, Italy, the Rhineland and beyond the Rhine. Covers the role of the platoon commander in battle, the experiences of prisoners of war, the wounded, and the 50 Ordnance Corps volunteers who with 623 junior infantry officers made up CANLOAN. This copy appears to have come from a low circulation library, perhaps in a senior's home. Stickers have been removed from dust jacket and their former presence is nearly invisible. Otherwise, dust jacket remains very attractive and shows only light wear. Prior owner's address label and three small library stamps upon decorated front endpaper. No other markings to book which is clean and bears light wear. Blue boards decorated with gilt. A lovely copy. Book
272 pages. Signed and inscribed upon front free endpaper by Dave Thomas. A wonderful throwback to the hilarious SCTV television program. Abundantly illustrated in colour. "The ultimate SCTV book. It will be enjoyed and treasured not only by the show's many fans, but also by lovers of comedy everywhere." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Excellent copy. Book
Signed and inscribed by author upon back side of title page. 30 pages. Illustrated in black and white. "Contains an extensive display of heraldic devices. There are 167 illustrations, and diagrammatic drawings to bring new clarity to subjects that range from the major signs in the Middle Ages to the Arms of prominent Canadians. The final chapter covers the uses and place of heraldry in modern affairs - from corporate symbols and 'cachet heraldry' to national symbols and cigarette packs." - page 2. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this excellent reference. Book
16 pages. Features: A German Friend of America to the Americans, by Ludwig Fulda; Sohmer Piano ad inside front cover; The German Sailor has "Arrived"; English Barbarism, by Hans F. Kammeyer - an account of how Germans living in England have been degraded and how terribly they are still being persecuted (2-page article); The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army has declared that Emperor Francis Joseph has ceased to be the ruler of Austria-Hungary and is now the King of the Jews; Alsace-Lorraine and Ireland, by James K. McGuire; Help the Germans in Canada - Aliens in their own land - Arthur v. Briesen Shows How; The Iron Cross - a poem by Frederick H. Martens; Belgium's Breach of Neutrality - article with reproductions of maps offering proof of the Anglo-Belgian military convention; "The Leopard's Spots" - a chapter of facts about England's Method of Making War, by Frederick F. Schrader; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Two-inch opening to top of cover fold. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: New Transcontinental Railroad is Planned; Railroad Construction Work in Western Canada; A Study of Railroad Accidents; Grand Trunk Pacific Completes Fine Dock at Vancouver - article with photo of the new structure; Proposed Improvements for the Port of Seattle - Smith's Cove, Salmon Bay, East Waterway, Central Waterfront District, Harbor Island; San Francisco Preparing for Panama Canal Trade - major article with graph, table and photo of one of San Francisco's new concrete piers; Control of Freight Rates Through Panama Canal; Professional Biography of Marcus Talbot, Manager of the Port of Portland (with photo of Mr. Talbot); Provisions of New Visual Rule; Death of Noted Admiralty Lawyer Charles Page - major article; That Olympic-Hawke Collision; Legal Decisions; High-Class Salvage job of the fishing steamer Independent - article with photo of the vessel being held up by two barges; Captain William Kidston - obituary; Veteran Shipmaster Albert H. Laffin - Obituary; Veteran Tug Boat Captain William Gove - Obituary; Hong Kong Harbor Needs Deepening - after visit by the big American Steamer Minnesota; New Invention for Calming Big Seas; and much more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Pages 169-252 plus 28 pages of ads. Features: Chink-Running - an account of the illegal smuggling of Chinese over the U.S. border from Canada via the Detroit River; Slippery Wiley's Luck - Mr. Wiley returns to the scene of his prior crime to con money from more victims in Australia; The Mysterious M'Zab - A description of a little-known country in the heart of the Sahara where, although the French are the nominal rulers, the people actually obey the edicts of a secret Government of their own - great photos; "Ning We Pulls the Strings" - A story of Colonel Mackenzie's inimitable Chinese detective; Our Gatta - a most amusing tale of a native regatta from West Africa; The Longest Canoe Voyage on Record, by John H.E. Nolan (Part 3 of 3) - with several photos; Murder Paul Jaworski is permitted to read advance copy of a magazine serial before being executed for his crime; Feather's Folly - a stirring sea yarn from Newfoundland; Seeing America on Thirteen Dollars - Carl N. Taylor describes his four year adventure which began when he was sixteen; At the Eleventh Hour - Racing A Dying Prospector in the Belgian Congo to British Territory for the sake of his life insurance policy; The Human Tiger - a man planning murder in Perth Australia sees his plan go wrong; A Break in Routine - a true story from a Commissioner of Police in Uganda. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Small tape reinforcements to each end of backstrip. A sound copy of this engaging vintage issue. Book
"Sets out the Survey's many accomplishments since its inception in 1842 and, at the same time, offers an insight into a unique group of Canadian pioneers. Throughout its long existence it has been an important and unusual arm of the national government. The Survey has had far-reaching effects on all Canada and on all Canadians, and Dr. Zaslow's book brings it a long-overdue recognition." - dust jacket. [8], 599, [1] pp. 280 x 220 mm. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of photos, maps and illustrations. Includes footnotes, essay on sources, and index. Book clean, bright and unmarked with light wear to publisher's maroon cloth. Moderate wear to dust jacket which bears lengthy taped repair to back panel and is now preserved in mylar. A quality copy of this highly informative and interesting history. Whiteman, Stewart, and Funnell 2368. Book
1880089146Quebec Canada etc. 1880. Leather Bound. pp. 44; 61; 35; 147; 116; 163; 17; 24; 23; 18; 60; 15; 52; 10; 82; 20; 83; 11; 8; 8; 31; 61; 29; 79; 44; 29; 18. 8vo. Black leather over marbled boards. "DIVERS" in gilt to spine. Minor shelfwear; very good. Black. 27 individually published booklets bound together including reports rules speeches itineraries and other such administrative documents mostly in French mostly published in Montreal. unknown
19280103295Quebec: Historic Monuments Commission of the Province of Quebec 1928. Leather Bound. pp. viii 505. 4to. Spectacular custom fine binding in brown leather with gilt lettering to spine in a decorated slipcase. Gilt fleur-de-lis pattern on top page edge. Decorative endpapers. Original wraps bound-in. Illustrated in colour and b&w with protective tissues. Slipcase shows some scuffing else near fine. Text in English. Historic Monuments Commission of the Province of Quebec unknown
1962074399Toronto: The Champlain Society 1962. Hardcover. pp. cii 410 xv. 8vo. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Black & white illustrations and fold out map at rear. Light shelfwear sunning to spine; very good. The Champlain Society hardcover
1925080367Toronto: Morang and Company 1925. Limited edition. Hardcover. pp. 139. 8vo. Bound in maroon leather with gilt lettering and gilt portrait to front board uncut page edges SIGNED by Mackenzie King. Light shelfwear small indent and scuff to spine; very good- in good slipcase showing scuffs and clear tape to edges. Unnumbered copy of limited edition. Morang and Company hardcover
1982213642Chevron Canada Resources Ltd. 1982. Soft cover. VG. 9 1/2 x 11. Ex-library with the usual stamps and labels. Pages in both volumes are in excellent condition. Many figures and tables. Beige softcovers with beautiful Haida illustration on the front covers black titles. No wear. The two volumes are bound in a beige vinyl binder with Haida illustration and black titles. Lightly worn and soiled. Scarce. VG very heavy - will require extra postage <br/> <br/> Chevron Canada Resources Ltd. paperback
Cm. 21; pp. 28. Brossura marmorizzata coeva. Testo su due colonne francese e italiano. Non comune opera sui problemi sorti nella definizione territoriale degli insediamenti francesi in Canada. Ottimo esemplare 560 / P
2017BN169192Taylor & Francis Ltd 2017. 2017. Softcover. Maintenance Replacement and Reliability <br/><br/>Maintenance Replacement and Reliability Andrew K.S. University of Toronto Ontario Canada Jardine Albert H.C. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Tsang Taylor & Francis Ltd paperback
2080502106914030Not Available N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 393 pages with many full-page b&w drawings, maps, glossary, appendices, literature cited index, index.
12861One of the letters without place the other three from Vancouver Canada two of them addressed from 4194 West 11th Avenue. 25 July 24 September and 3 and 11 October 1944. The four letters total 76pp. 4to. In very good condition neatly written on lightly-aged paper. All signed 'Paul' two preceded by 'Your old brother'. Three of the letters are addressed to 'My dear Jens' and the other 'Skål Frater Amantissime!' The second letter is addressed from 'The Bing House in which live Lyn Bing and Porg sic Bing Vancouver Canada'. Bing refers to the four letter as 'the 5th. of the Epistles' indicating that one is missing from the sequence. In the first letter 16pp Paul Bing declares that his brother's last letter 'has been read and re-read' reassuring him that there is no reason why he shouldn't 'need to ask innumerable questions and to seek re-affirmation about matters which really you should know by now'. In the first letter he discusses at length the following subjects: 'Tractors' 'Ploughing of Sod' 'Heavy Disc Harrow' 'Manure in Grassland'. In the second letter he continues on the subjects of 'Lime' 'Silage' 'Silos and Fermentation' 'Fermentation' 'Cost of Ensilage' and 'Pasture Mixture'. The third letter headed 'IV' deals with 'Threshing' and 'Unloading' the second subject illustrated by three diagrams. The fourth letter is headed 'Continuing the Epistles' and deals with 'the feeding of calves heifers and cows' 'Wet-nursing' 'milking' and 'Electric Fencing' The letter also contains tables on 'Influence of Storage Methods' 'Liquid Manure in Tanks' 'Relative Effect from Liquid Manure Application' and 'Incorporation of Liquid Manure on open Land.' Also present is a letter 4pp. 4to to 'Dear Brother Jens' from 'George' dated 22 September 1944. It begins: 'Last evening I was visiting our brother Paul - temporary and out for a drive - and Lynette very kindly read me your very interesting letter.' One of the letters without place, the other three from Vancouver, Canada, two of them addressed from 4194 West 11th Avenue. 25 J unknown
