Alcan Trail Blazers
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 66 pages. 8 1/2"w x 11"h. Many black and white photographs.
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Paris, Felix Alcan 1911. In-12 broché de XVIII + 242 + 36 pages + 5 cartes dépliantes. Le Canada et l'impérialise Britannique. Le Canal de Panama. Le Mexique et son développement économique. Les Etats Unis et la crise des partis. La doctrine de Monroe et le panaméricanisme.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 66 pages. 8 1/2"w x 11"h. Many black and white photographs.
16 pages. Nine lovely colour portraits. Printed on glossy stock. A series of paintings depicting early Ukrainian pioneer settlement in Western Canada. Circa 1990. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
Unpaginated. Author/Illustrator's signature upon half-title page. Through this collection of paintings, drawings, and commentary, Peter Shostak focusses on various work and play activities normally associated with the one working day of the week when everyone was home on the farm. Author draws upon his experiences of growing up on a small farm in northeastern Alberta during the late forties and fifties. Book as new. Lightest sign of handling to handsome dust jacket. Gift quality. Truly a beautiful copy of this wonderful work. Book
xxiv, 904 pages. Index. Frontis portrait of author. "It is about sixty years since Adam Shortt completed his classic series of articles on Canadian banking history. They first appeared in the Journal of the Canadian Bankers' Association, now known as the Canadian Banker. They may provide an interesting perspective on the continuing debate about the structure of our financial system." - Foreword. "Shortt built a very rich storehouse of information through which we can understand the practical origins of Canadian currency and the banking industry as well as gain some understanding of the background and intent of the nineteenth-century legislation regulating them." - Introduction. Author studied and taught at Queen's University in Kingston. Prior owner's name and date atop front free endpaper. Minimal markings to contents. Average wear to publisher's pale blue cloth lettered in silver. Binding intact. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. A sound copy of this valuable history. Book
Book is in excellent condition, oblong format with large full color photos throughout, map at front with a listing of about 200 plants including The appearance of introduced species. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears.
227 pages. Bibliography. Index. Black and white maps and reproductions of photos. "Carefully researched and written with wit and style. Provides a fascinating look at Atlantic Canada's railways - the roadbeds, the rolling stock and the people who made it all happen. Speaks to why we continue to look on the railway with affection and nostalgia. Usual library markings. Somewhat above-average wear. A sound reference copy. Book
Stories about Armenian-Canadians and their wide diaspora and the kinds of loss and displacement still felt by exiles even generations after the genocide in Turkey. 239p. Book
609 pages. Index. References. "Primarily told through first hand reports written by men to 'The New Canadian', a Japanese-Canadian newspaper, letters which the censors reported to the authorities, and other correspondence of the government authorities who were responsible for them." - from back cover. Extensively documents this most painful of times for Canadians of Japanese ancestry. Clean, tight and unmarked. An important and uncommon reference. Book
During his 40 years of Christian Ministry in British Columbia andthe lives of two generations of Japanese Canadians. He Ontario the Rev.Dr.Kosaburo Shimizu (1893-1962) influenced the lives of two generations of Japanese Canadians. He served as teacher counsellor and spiritual leader in the United Churrch through to their internment after Pear Harbo, and later their post war dispersal to Ontario and elsewhere This section of his diaries was translated by Tsuguo Arai, edited by Grace Arai.416p. illus. bibliography.[5 copies found in WorldCat] Book
150 pages. Black and white illustrations. "Describes the opening of the West and the transition from early settlement to today's world." - from back cover. Usual libarary markings. Average wear. 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
"Small Ceremonies" translated into Finnish by Hanna Tarkka. 240p. Book
(Codice LS/2508) In 16° 176 pp. Prima edizione. Prefazione di Mario Monti. Brossura originale. Ingiallitura marginale. Buono stato. ~~~ SPEDIZIONE IN ITALIA SEMPRE TRACCIATA
Book is in excellent condition with very light shelf wear only.. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind.
A clean, unmarked copy. Inscribed, "To Virginia, Best Wishes, Tom Sheppard." Top corners of pages a bit dog-eared.
808 clean, unmarked pages in clean, uncreased covers; corners show light wear.
142 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Introduction mentions how increased hunting has led to increased posting of lands which will likely result in more private shooting preserves. Prior owner's name and date atop first blank leaf. Short tape repairs to spine ends. Binding intact. Contents moderately tanned with age. A sound vintage copy. Book
38 pages. Features: Olympic Shooting Champ Gerry Ouellette, of Windsor, Ontario; Square Tail Tactics (part 1); Caribou Crisis; Nova Scotia Deer in Danger?; 1957 Fishing Regulations; Collector of Powder Flasks, Donald Blythe; The Biggest Walleyes; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
250 pages. Author's inscription and signature upon title page. Map endpapers. "True-life story of author's father's life, beginning in South Africa during the Boer War, moving to Alaska, then to New York, Buffalo, Kansas, San Fransisco, Vancouver and back to Alaska. Based upon letters written to subject's family." - from back board. Clean, bright and unmarked in glossy illustrated boards. Excellent copy. Book
134 pages. Answers such questions as: what sort of business should I start?; What are the pros and cons of working at home?; What are the legal requirements?; What professional advice will I need and where can I get it?; How do I market my product?; and many more. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Very nice copy. Book
80 pages. Features: Keeping the Force Mobile - Vehicle Garage Staff; Jour de Tristesse...; Fish Story - Port Alberni; Looking Back; Pan-American Karate Championships - Cpl W.(Bill) D. Pitcher; Essay Winners; A Toast to the Wives - by Commissioner L.H. Nicholson, Ret.; Une Plume a la Casquette de la Gendarmerie; Care and Handling of Prisoners; How to Capture Canada's Most Wanted Female; 1973 Royal Visits; A Tribute in Bronze - Helen Granger Young; Can Snowmobiles Hack the Cold; Arctic Rescue; Two Years Straight; Fingered by Prints; Inspol Boxing Championship; Courageous Act; Order of Canada - Supt. J.A. Churchman, Ret.; Time Travels On; An Election Incident; Where There's a Will; and more. Prior owner's name blacked out atop table of contents else unmarked with average wear. Sound copy. Book
88 pages. Features: The Glenbow Foundation and its Library; Check those Credit Slips; Police in a Changing Society - Essay; Canada Day at 4 ATAF; Expensive Traffic Infraction; Teaching in New Guinea; Amaranth Detachment; Junior Musical Ride; A Presidential Visit - LBJ and Pearson; Black Magic; Racer Warns of High Speed; A Costly Jaunt - Niagara Falls; Waitress Foils Gunmen - Chemainus/Crofton, B.C.; Prior owner's details blacked out upon Table of Contents else unmarked. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
80 pages. Features: Fights near Edmonton; New Guinea Patrol; Expo is coming to Canada!; New Patrol Vessels for Expo; Late Commissioner Stuart Taylor Wood CMG passes; Fort Walsh; Written Off - Kalomo District; Tire Technology; Commissioner George B. McClellan on Police Leadership; Cpl. Bradley's Dogs Sweep N.B. Field Trial Titles; International Traffic in Stolen Gems; A Windsor, Nova Scotia Crime; Moonshine in Toronto; An Angler's Last Journey in the Northwest Territories; Leads to Murder; Asst. Commissioner T.V. Sandys-Wunsch; and more. Prior owner's details blacked out upon page one else unmarked with average wear. Sound copy. Book
