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30 pages. Features: Wild Rice; White Fury - Hudson's Bay Beluga Whales (part 2); Springhole Speckles; Pheasants in Nova Scotia; Chasing Manitoulin White Tails; Lakers (Lake Trout); Back cover Brading's Ale ad features Karsh photo of gent in golf locker room; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
274 pages. List of background reading. Abbreviations. Reproductions of black and white photos in text. Signed and inscribed atop title page by author to fellow military academic Reg (Reginald H. Roy) of the University of Victoria. "The story of Canada's scientists and engineers who toiled endless hours in the name of the war effort... The stories in this book, many of them first-hand accounts, give us a glimpse of their hard work and triumphs during a war they had to win." - from back cover. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
179 pages. "When nature tears lives apart, Canadians work heroically to put them back together again." - from back cover. Author is president of Construction Volunteers Canada. Colour photos. Large book measuring 9.25" x 12". Clean and unmarked with light wear. Bump to upper corner of front board. A nice hard-cover copy in handsomely colour-illustrated boards. Book
38 pages. Features: 1956 Fishing Regulations for Canada's 10 provinces, 2 territories and national parks; 1956 Watercraft Preview; Salmon Fishing; Birth of a Monarch (moose) - article; All-'Round Rifle; Moss of 1,000 Uses; Public Relations of Provincial Game Departments; Nice one-page photo-illustrated ad for the Jeep CJ-6; Back cover Brading's Ale ad features photo of TV-watching couple by Karsh; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
144 pages. Abundantly illustrated. Chapters include: Time to Tel; Lower Mainland; Interior; Island; Diversified Companies; Telecom Canada; Pioneers; Above and Beyond. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
128 pages including index. In Cape Breton in the early 1900s two ambitious men, Alexander Graham Bell and Casey Baldwin, experimented on the Bras d'Or Lakes to discover a heavier-than-air body that would fly. Thir founding work in hydrofoil craft was honoured fifty years later when the Canadian Navy named their experimental craft, Baddeck and Bras d'Or. The Flying 400 is the story of the construction of a jet-age ship - the prototype of the future for anti-submarine warfare - her name was Bras d'Or. They clipped her wings when she cost too much, but nevertheless her past is still the Navy's future. "Perhaps we abandoned the Canadian Hydrofoil Programme too soon." Jean-Jacques Blais, Minister of Defence, August 1983. A fascinating volume loaded with black and white photos, diagrams and data. Book
255 pages. Three maps. Reproductions of black and white photos in text. Author was Captain of the 43rd Battalion, Ottawa and Carleton Rifles, and personally witnessed raids on the Niagara frontier in 1866 and 1870. "I have endeavored to fully cover the subject, and put on record the splendid service which our gallant vounteers rendered to their country." - from Preface. Gilt lettering and adornment upon front board. Contents toned with age. Binding shaken but intact aside from narrow opening at page 255. Somewhat above-average external wear with white discolouration to bottom corner of back board. A worthy vintage copy. Book
326 pages including index and black and white photos. The personal story of Theoren Fleury. Follows him through an entire hockey season while he was with the Calgary Flames. More than a sports biography, this is an engaging and insightful look at hockey as a child's game, an adult's profession, big business, mass entertainment, family pastime, and the greatest spectator sport yet invented. "...a fascinating glimpse of human nature on the rampage." - Peter C. Newman. Published before Fleury's problems in New York and Chicago. Includes 16 pages of black and white photos. Clean, bright and unmarked. Faint signs of handling. Excellent copy. Book
Editor's inscription atop half-title page states this is copy#2. Includes note from Editor to his daughter laid in. 78 pages. Black and white illustrations. Mallett was shot down over Belgium on May 26th, 1944. Thanks to the well-organised Belgian Maquis and their support by Allied Intelligence, he and his bomb-aimer managed to avoid capture and after many adventures eventually returned to Canada." - from back cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Book
171 pages. Contents include: The Polar Oceans Progarm of the Alaska SAR Facility; Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System Training Requirements in Arctic Canada; Topographic Data and Satellite Spectral Response in Subarctic High-Relief Terrain Analysis; Monitoring the Water Bodies of the Mackenzie Delta by Remote Sensing Methods; Operational Remote Sensing of Sea Ice; Remote Sensing of the Sea Surface Temperatures for Aquaculture Planning in Northern Norway; Remote Sensing of Permafrost by Ground-Penetrating radar at Two Airports in Arctic Canada; Mapping Muskox Habitat in the Canadian High Arctic with SPOT Satellite Data; Calibration of Aerial Thermal Infrared Imagery for Walrus Population Assessment; Detection and Classification of Muskox Habitat on Banks Island, Northwest Territories, Canada, Using Landsat Thematic Mapper Data; An Assessment of Bison Habitat in the Mills/Mink Lakes area, Northwest Territories; Preliminary Geologic Interpretation of SAR Data, Yellowknife-Hearne Lake Area; Monitoring Natural Vegetation in Southern Greenland Using NOAA AVHRR and Field Measurements; Satellite Geological Mapping of the Yellowknife Volcanic Belt; Measuring Climatc State Variables from SAR images of Sea Ice - The SIMS SAR validation site in Lancaster Sound; The Role of Imaging Radar in the Development of the Canadian Arctic - Background and applications; The Use of AVHRR Thermal infrared imagery to determine sea ice thickness withing the Chukchi Polyna; In Situ Measurements of Micro-Scale Surface Roughness of Sea Ice; Derivation of Snow Water Equivalent in Boreal Forests Using Microwave Radiometry; Lake and River Ice Investigations in Northern Manitoba using airborne SAR Imagery; Location and Areal Extent of Polynyas in the Bering and Chukchi Seas. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
240 pages. If you grew up in the 1970s and 1980s watching Hockey Night in Canada, buy this book. You will thank us. Brian McFarlane's hockey biography is loaded with stories and great photos of dozens of stars of the day. Very hard to put down, even for folks who normally don't read! Book clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of an even better book. "This is one of those super hockey books that you won't want to put down until you've finished it." - Don Cherry. Book
456 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "These luscious, family-tested recipes are practical, nutritious and economical. Whether you are an expert in the kitchen or tomorrow's bride, they can be your best guide to good eating." - page 1. Unmarked with above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
72 pages. Features: Toronto's New Art Scene; Duncan Macpherson; Eskimo Pencil Drawings; Jacques de Tonnancour; The Nude in Art; The Brief Glory of Canadian Glass; Prosperity Through Industrial Design; Four Designers in Three Dimensions; The Art Magazines; Master Works in Canada, No. 1; and more. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
248 pages including notes, bibliography and index. Black and white photographic plates. "...Depicts a navy at mid-century determined to assert its distinct Canadian identity. Here is an account of a war viewed from the vantage point of the lower deck; of one whose own experience and those of his shipmates are testimony to the fact that those who served with the RCN in Korea acquitted themselves admirably and in a manner that has long deserved the recognition and respect of all Canadians." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper else clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Attractive dust jacket now in archival-grade Brodart cover. Excellent copy. Gift quality. Book
34 pages. Features: Cover photo of young deer nibbling the end of a rifle barrel!; How to Hunt What - Deer, Moose, Bear, Elk, Duck, Goose, Partridge, Pheasant; Dressing Out Your Deer - Kill Clean, Dress Fast, Cool Well, Cure Properly, Wrap Completely, and Enjoy!; Several nice ads by firearms manufacturers; Ad for Sisman's Bushmaster leather boots; Hunting Regulations; Ayers Wool Blanket ad; Choosing a Gun; After Lake Trout - What?; Hunting Dogs for Deer; Mallards Make it Worthwhile; New Ammo and Old Favourites; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
638 pages. Minimal markings to one page else clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Features: Puppets Old and New; The Evolution of the Windsor - English, American, Canadian; The Cameo - For the Collector of Antique Jewelry; Small Collectibles - Card Holders and Stevengraphs; Colourful Tile Pictures; Clocks in Canada - Arthur Pequegnat Clock Co.. Average wear. Sound copy. Magazine
Features: High Victorian Design; The John A. Macdonald Album; The Jacques and Hay Style? - Canadian Cabinet makers and Victorian Style; A Rare Canadiana Discovery - St. Johns Porcelain Bust; Victoria Hall - Preservation in Cobourgh; Hair Receivers - Those little jars with a hole in the top; The International Silver Company - Silverplate in Canada; Bringing Home Britain - for the collector abroad; Canada's Victorian Christmas Cards; Beadwork Whimsies; Papier Mache. Nice clean copy. Magazine
Features: Two Oriental Rug Merchants - Albert Aliman and Setrak Adourian; The Brantford Pottery - the later years 1867-1906; A Conservation Primer for the Antique Collector; Some Thoughts on Niagara Furniture; Collecting Photography Now?; George Harlow White RCA 1817-1887 - A Victorian Artist in Canada; A Sampler of Canadian Books; Collecting Chinese Ceramics - II; and more. Quality copy. Magazine
Features: Art Deco - Roxy owner Leonard Tomkinson; A Cap Rouge Presentation Jug; Birdhouses in Canada; Chinese Portraits; Silver Tureens; The Restoration of the Chateau Dufresne; Radolphe Duguay - Canadian Painter and Printmaker of the 30's; Tea; Niagara Furniture Makers - I; and more. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Magazine
Features: Botanical Plates; The Doctor's Home - Toronto's Black Creek Pioneer Village; Medicines out of the Earth; Mrs. Traill's Books for Collectors; Feeding the 19th Century Baby; Preconfederation Medical Instruments; Colours from Nature; Flowers on English Pottery and Porcelain; Packing the Panacea - Medicine Bottles in Upper Canada. Sound copy. Magazine
90 pages. Features/Articles: Airships - key to Canada's frontiers?; The Exciting First Dirigible Visit to Canada; - the R-100; Raising the Hamilton and Scourge - U.S. Warships sank during war of 1812; Huge warships were built on both sides of Lake Ontario during the War of 1812; Young Inuit learn, earn at archeological sites; Old Montreal its old self once again; Wild Orchids - exquisite, irresistible, vulnerable; Fish Habitat re-created in Coquihalla River diversion; The Spectacular dunes of Prince Edward County; New Downtown for the nation's capital - $500 million facelift in Rideau Street area; Folk art on tour - A show organized by the National Museum of Man - From the Heart, Folk Art in Canada; The Lodgepole runaway gas well - the most fearsome natural gas blowout in the history of the Alberta petroleum industry lasted 68 days and affected almost everyone in the province. Average wear. Clean and unmarked. Two-inch opening at bottom of cover fold. A sound copy. Book
Varying paginations. Over 0.5" thick. Glossary. References. Provides an overview of the groundwater resources of British Columiba; how groundwater occurs, where it is found and what conditions favour its development for social and economic benefits. Intended to assist in future groundwater resource planning initiatives at all levels of government, to minimize potential impact of human land use activities on groundwater resources thereby sustaining available quantities and a high degree of groundwater quality for future generations. Subjects include: Origin, Occurrence and Movement of Groundwater; Groundwater and the Hydrologic Cycle; Water Table and the Saturation Zone; Groundwater Flow System; Groundwater Quality; Geology and its Importance; Groundwater Contamination; Contaminant Transport; Preventative Measures; Thermal Springs; Groundwater Regions of British Columbia. Prior owner's name atop title page else clean, bright and unmarked. One page is loose but present. Very nice copy overall. Book
Features: Coming to light - Two Landscapes in Nova Scotia; Acadian Architecture in Port-Royal; Vancouver's Art Deco Burrard Bridge Tops Vancouver's Endangered List; Documenting Heritage Buildings; Old theatres make new debuts; Eglington Theatre wins one-year reprieve; Mount Royal - threats and battles; Ontario's lost heritage properties studies; The battle for Fort York - lessons for heritage conservation; American funding spares historic Canadian Mansion - Willowbank to become a school of Restoration Arts. Bilingual English/French. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. An excellent copy. Book
72 pages. Features: Is the United Appeal Too Big - or Big Enough?; The Man Behind Canadian TV's most famous face - Larry Henderson; The Streets of Canada - Water St. in St. John's is the oldest street on the continent; Why the Amish want no part of progress; What I remember most about school; Klondike - Part II - Pierre Berton. Very interesting colour ad for Cellophane features an attractive model wearing a blue hat which more closely resembles an upside-down flower pot! Major damage and some moisture exposure to lower portion of back cover and last few pages. Please inquire if you require a higher-grade copy. Book
