Hawkins, Ronnie; Goddard, PeterMareMagnum
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314 pages. Index. "This is rock 'n' roll as it was meant to be played - raw provocative and downright sexy." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
Signed by author upon title page. Chapters include: The Beginnings and Their Background 1780's-1880; Years of Rapid Change 1890-1910; The White Settlement of the Islands 1908-1914; Marine Ministries 1889-1941; Educational Ministries 1883-1966; Medical Ministries 1889-1977; Congregational Ministries 1884-1984; Island-born Ministers 1916 and 1974; and more. Reproductions of archival black and white photos. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A sound copy. Book
270 pages including index and notes. "With the disillusionment of the later 1930s, the distraction of the war, and, most of all, the increased support enjoyed by the CCF after 1940, the LSR disappeared as a formal organization, but its ideas shaped a political tradition which found expression in teh CCF and later the NDP." - from dust jacket. Book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket bears some sunning to spine and light wear. Now preserved in Brodart cover. Excellent copy. Book
An official reprint of pages 165-173 of the Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Third Series, Volume XXII, Section II, 1928. In 1927, searchers cleared and documented a site near Peace River. "...what has been found on the ground fits so closely Mackenzie's Fort Fork in location and description that this is probably the site." Includes an additional five pages of black and white photographic plates. Unmarked. Average wear. Book
190 pages including bibliography and index. Author's signature upon half-title page. From Admirals to Yates, the streets of Victoria boast numerous intriguing names that tell the history of the city. This work combines a passion for the past with a curiosity about street names as she tells the stories behind over forty streets from Saanich to Sooke. Abundantly illustrated in black and white with archival photos. Clean, bright and unmarked. Lightest wear. Beautiful copy. Book
Features: Old Sheffield Plate; Mary Wrinch - Canadian Artists; Baedeker's Canada of 1894; Victorian Flower Vases; Bristol Glassware; Waterford Glass; Bohemian Glass; Venetian Glass; Farnsworth Museum. 30 pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Many black and white photos and illustrations. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy of this informative issue. Book
40 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Features: Prohibition and the Runners of Rum; Phantom of the Unuk; Murder at the Mount Sicker Hotel; The Silk Connection; West Kootenay Memories; Wild Old Days; Victoria's First Mayor was a Character; The Great Fire at Miramichi; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. 62 black and white quality photos and illustrations. Features: Illustration of the Highlander of Aberdeen which pulled into harbour with the wreckage of a Heinkel lying across her poop; Operations in Africa - photos; Map of Khartoum and area; Aerial photo of smoke over Haifa oil storage facilities after Italian raid on July 24th; Illustrated text of speech by Sir Shenton Thomas entitled "The Colonies Go To It"; Singapore photos; photo of a platoon of a Malay regiment at drill; Photos of damage to Italian warship after being hit by a 15" shell; Photos of the ceaseless coast watch for Nazi invaders; Photos of Churchill inspecting N.E. coast defences; Centerfold illustration by S. Chapman depicts the H.M.S. Alcantara routing an enemy raider in first armed merchant cruiser engagement; Dr. Benes inspects a long line of Czeck bomber crews in England; Signing ceremony photo of Anglo-Polish military agreement; Birds of Battle - the men of the R.A.F.; Aerial photo of destruction of the wharves at Duisburg; Illustrated article on the Somaliland campaign; Photo of E-Boats; A commentary on the war for this week; Canada patrols the Atlantic - photos of Stranraer flying boats; H.M.S. Leaves port again - plus photo of the ship's officers behind a plaque which recognizes major British naval accomplishments; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Dozens of quality black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Illustration by C. Gibberd of a Hurricane attacking a German bomber about to attack a British merchant ship; Bombing crews meet their intelligence officer upon their return from Germany; Blenheim attack on Havre; Photos from Libya; Illustrated text of a broadcast by Mackenzie King of Canada entitled "Two Great Brotherhoods"; Vincent Massey greets first Royal Canadian Air Force squadron to reach England; Photos of children saved from boats attacked by U-Boats; Incredible full-page aerial photo of the Philidelphia Navy Yard which is full of dozens of veteran warships; Map of navla and air bases leased to American by Britain; A Dornier bomber burns on the beach in the southeast; Photo of a German dive-bomber brought down almost intact in Southern England; Balloons ablaze in coast battle; Wrecked German planes and the damage they caused; centerfold illustration by N. Clarke shows a Sunderland and its very successful attack on enemy planes, supply ships and fuel dumps at Tromso, Norway; two excellent photos of German POWs in Canada; A British flying boat is rescued by a British destroyer; Guardians of our island fortresses; Great photo of the loading of a 9.2" gun; Photos of the King and Queen; Photo-Illustrated Article on The First Year at Sea - an official summary of activities issued by the Ministry of Information; Commentary on the war this week; Photos of the Arab legion in Transjordania; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: photo of bomber crew being plucked from the water after 24 hours; Preserving Britain's Blockade - photos; Training in tanks at Camp Borden in Canada; Photo-illustrated text of message broadcast by Winston Churchill entitled "Westward the Land is Bright; Britain challenged in Iraq - aerial photos of Basra waterfront, Basra Airport, and the Habbaniyah native cantonment, shelled by Iraqi troops; Two photos related to British radio propaganda in the Middle East; Photos of the heroes of the historic rearguard action in Greece; Centerfold illustration by Montague B. Black depicts the last days of the campaign in Greece - withdrawal of the Imperial Forces; Four photos illustrate the training of Britain's paratroops; Three photos of parachutists jumping; Photo-illustrated text of broadcast by H.L. Stimson entitled "Peril of the Western Hemisphere"; Photo of "Electric Hare" used to train air gunners; A commentary on the war this week; 50,000 troops in anti-invasion exercise; Summary of the chief events in the war this week. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
38 pages. Features: Fishing Fashions; Fabulous Nighthawk Lake; Should Snaring Rabbits be Prohibited?; Stripers; Square Tail Tactics (part 2); Cougar; Faithful Friend; Great back cover ad for handguns, rifles and machine guns offered by Hy Hunter... ahh, the good old days; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 37-74. Features: Nice colour-photo ad for the CBC Weekend TV show includes Lloyd Robertson; Yellowknife - Capital City of the Northwest Territories - article with great aerial photo of city; The Pointer Boat - workhorse of Canadian rivers for over a century - wonderful article with great photos; Hot Springs of Western Canada; Town Symbols; Assignment in Punjab; Attractive color back page ad for Cadillac features a gold 1970 Coupe deVille. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
Features: Bare Hands & Fury - Man Against Cougar on Vancouver Island; Sportsmen's Shows in Toronto and Montreal; It's March - Be Kind; .22 Semi-Automatic; The English Setter; J.B. Crucq's Target of the Year; Nice ad on back cover announces winners in the Third Annual Thomas Adams Ontario Deer Hunting Competition; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
223 pages. Signed by Editor upon title page. Black and white illustrations from photos in text. "The story of a brave and noble company of men and women, inspired by the love of Christ and committed to obeying His parting directive to His disciples, recorded in Mat. 28:18-20. The story is humbly told by members of the group of missionaries who went to the Belgian Congo in the first half of the 20th century." - from Foreword. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
30 pages. Features: Hunting Alone; The Blue Grouse is Tops; Square Tail Tactics (part 7); Protecting Migratory Birds; "It's Proof Enough"; Fishermen are Fun!; The Most Beautiful Will Ever Written; They Got Four Moose; Do Deer Migrate?; Magic Tinsel; Jackers Lose Hunting Licenses; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
158 pages. Footnotes. "Brings provocative new insight to one of the most infamous episodes in Canadian history." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with lightest wear. An excellent copy. Book
115 pages. Index. Bibliography. Presents "the failures and minor triumphs of the Canadian penal reformists.... It behooves us... to ask ourselves why the Canadian story of penalogy is as it is - and why in this year A.D. 1946 a John Kidman is required to advocate measures and reforms so transparently necessary." - from dust jacket. Moderate wear. Binding sound. Prior owner's name and date atop front free endpaper else clean and unmarked. Dust jacket nicely preserved in Brodart cover. A quality copy. Book
318 pages. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Index and bibliography. Map endpapers. Printed upon glossy stock. "The first definitive book to cover in depth all aspects of Canadian glass production - containers, tableware, industrial ware, flat glass, commercial handblowing and studio glass blowing. Over 70 glass operations have been researched and hundreds of glass personalities identified." - dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this superlative reference. Book
468 pages. Index. Bibliography. Black and white photographic plates. "A bi-continental report on the destiny of one of the oldest nations in central Europe, a report on the struggle for survival both in the old homeland and in Canada." - from dust jacket. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Usual library markings. A worthy working copy. Book
119 pages. Printed upon glossy stock Profusely illustrated with reproductions of archival black and white photos. "Presents a brief summary of Norwegian military activities in Nova Scotia during the Second World War... Intended to be a commemorative book for those who were there and for relatives of those who have already gone before us." - from dust jacket. Gift greetings upon front free endpaper otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this interesting history. Book
56 pages. "The fifth and last series William Kurelek was able to complete on the peoples who built Canada, and Kurelek - as he tells us in his text - felt particularly close to the Polish Canadian experience because so much of it paralleled his own Ukrainian-Canadian background. Out of his manifold appreciation, he produced a series of 26 paintings that touch the heart, last in the memory and evoke new awareness for the contribution made by Polish Canadians to their adopted country." - from dust jacket. Average wear. Binding intact. Usual library markings. A sound copy of this typically marvelous Kurelek work. Book
675 pages. Index. "...Brings together in an orderly fashion material on land law with a Canadian emphasis which might be useful as a teaching aid in any Canadian common law school." - from Preface. Prior owner's info inside front board. Some markings to contents. Moderate wear. Binding sound. Solid working copy. Book
Both volumes bound in one book. 158 pages plus 100 additional fascinating pages of military-related ads, many of which include black and white photos or illustrations. Index. Colour illustrations. Printed upon glossy stock. "The story of Canada's War at Sea is a record of building ships; of manning the naval vessels of the Royal Canadian Navy and the cargo ships of the Canadian Merchant Navy; and of the valour and endurance of Canadian sailors and merchant seamen on all the oceans." - from Foreword by Mackenzie King. Somewhat above-average wear to navy blue boards. Binding intact. Contents clean and unmarked. A worthy copy. [Cooke page 55] Book
xi, 394 pages. Bibliography. Black and white photographic plates. "Joe Boyle led many lives - sailor, sports promoter, entrepreneur, diplomat, soldier, spy - each life a testament to a romantic nature, a love of action, a blunt, single-minded devotion to doing what seemeed right and what needed to be done. Decorated by four European countries for outstanding services in war, he long remained unsung and all but forgotten in his own land. Now, using new material from the Boyle family archives never before published, this book recreates in colourful detail the exciting life of one of the last international heroes." - dust jacket. Book
20 pages. Features: The Day the H-Bombs Fell on Spain - the frightening inside story of history's biggest and most fateful bomb-hunt; Canada Will Break with the Crown by 1980 and Become a Republic; Inside the New Russia - article with photos; Educational TV - Does it Work?; Uncommone one-page colour-photo Canada Dry ad features photo of Canada Dry Table Water on gold-trimmed red pillow specially prepared "in honour of Royal and State Visitors to Canada" since 1939; Doug Wright's Family cartoon. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
