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1912417H4164Toronto: The Maclean Publishing Company Limited. Good. 1912. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 256 pages including 123 pages of marvelous nostalgic ads many illustrated and quite uncommon representing long-forgotten firms and products. Some stories include black and white photos/illustrations. 9.75" x 6.85". Articles of "Special Canadian Interest" include: The National Political Situation - armaments and taxes as involved in the problem of Canada's attitutde on naval defense; Warders of the Silence - life among Canadian Forest Rangers; The Frog in Canadian Diet - the frog now holds an honored place on popular menu cards; The Community Court Idea - groups of bungalows erected in open courts present attractive features photo-illustrated; Canada as a Land of Opportunities - investors may make safe and profitable use of capital in many lines in this country during its period of expansion; Before Dollars Came - how Directors of Bank of Upper Canada frustrated a plot to wreck it by rebels who made run on it in 1837; Breaking Irrigation Records - large system under construction in Southern Alberta; Dr. Marden's Inspirational Talks - What the World Owes Dreamers; Louis Riel's Religion of Rebellion - did the North-west agitator believe in the justice of his cause and have faith in the purpose of his mission not listed in Arora. Fiction: Beautiful Sebastiana; The Movable Feast; The Gold That Glittered; Wooing Dorothea; The Mistake of Creation by Jack London first published in the Feb. 1912 issue of Cosmopolitan An Odd Case. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A sound and complete copy of this marvelous vintage issue.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Maclean's Magazine September Sept. 1912 Vol. XXIV No. 5 - The Frog in Canadian Diet Frog as Food - Canada Canada - Naval Defense Forest Rangers - Canada Canada - Residential Planning Bank of Upper Canada - History Irrigation - Alberta Louis R . The Maclean Publishing Company, Limited unknown
1993050061Powell River BC Canada: Powell River Heritage Research Association 1993. First Canadian Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 412pp. Historical bw photos ports. Cartographic endpapers. Map illustrated boards are clean and without edgewear. Binding square and sound. Octavo. <br/> <br/> Powell River Heritage Research Association hardcover
1993713H4340Canada: P.R.H.R.A. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 4 412 pages. Index. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Map endpapers. "A second book of stories of the early Powell River area and some of its pioneers." - Preface. Clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A superb copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Powell River - History Powell River - Pioneers Powell River - Settlers . 1550562665 . P.R.H.R.A. hardcover
1989CAN2314Burnstown ON: General Store Publishing. Very Good-. 1989. First Edition. Softcover. 0919431070 . 254 pp. Numerous photos. Includes regional maps. Light edgewear corners rubbed. Signed by the author. Stories of the people of the river stories that will make you feel as if you've made friends with a raft of real people. ; Signed by Author . General Store Publishing paperback
1989CAN2150Burnstown ON: General Store Publishing. Very Good-. 1989. First Edition. Softcover. 0919431070 . 254 pp. Name index. Numerous photos. Includes regional maps. Edgewear corners rubbed. Crease to lower front corner. Signed by the author. Inscribed and dated by the author on the title page. Also signed and dated by one of the people profiled. Stories of the people of the river stories that will make you feel as if you've made friends with a raft of real people. ; Signed by Author . General Store Publishing paperback
125030Ottawa: Parks Canada 1974. Square 4to paperback 184pp. Very good. Photographs map chronology bibliography. INA Publication No. QS-2096-000-EE-A1. Canada Northwest Passage St. Roch--R.C.M.P. Ship. Parks Canada Paperback
2009226381Toronto: The Champlain Society 2009. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. lxiv 352 pp. followed by maps. Red cloth decorated in gilt on the spine; headband; illustrated with black and white pictures and fold-out maps. Very light wear; no interior markings. The Contents are: Preface and Acknowledgments; Historical Introduction; Textual Introduction; The Travels 1850 Version; Youth: 1784 - 1790; Hudson's Bay Company Years: 1790 - 1797; First Year with the North West Company: 1797 - 1798; Westward: 1798 - 1807; Appendix One: Discarded Page 22; Appendix Two: Brief Biographies; and Bibliography; followed by an index. The Champlain Society Hardcover
19691125468Bracebridge Ontario: Herald Gzette Press 1969. Book. Good. Paperbound. First Edition. 8vo. printed paper cover stapled at spine as issued 146 pages : portrait Material previously published in the Herald-Gazette Bracebridge. covers are soiled front cover has large waterstain very scarce. Herald Gzette Press Paperback
ria9781394202881_inpPaperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; N/A paperback
2005644H4173Victoria B.C.: Maltwood Art Museum & Gallery 2005. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 44 pages. Footnotes. Black and white reproductions of photos. "This publication participates not only in local history but in a national and international conversation about the heritage of the Modern. We hope this publication will stimulate public appreciation of what remains in Victoria and on southern Vancouver Island from the postwar period - here considered the span 1945-75. It is also intended to double as a primer on modernism in architecture and design." - Foreword. Usual library markings. Somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy. Maltwood Art Museum & Gallery Paperback
138583Toronto: Copp Clark Company 1909. Hardcover Very good no dust jacket. 496pp. Printed red cloth boards over red leather spine. The spine has minor chipping and a few worm holes on the back gutter. Canada Almanacs--Canada. Copp, Clark Company Hardcover
1867197159Peterborough: Peterborough Review 1867. First edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp. viii 220.wear and stains to cover of book bottom right corner of front cover cloth starting to peel away . previous owners inscription on FEP Peterborough Review hardcover
2002663H4335Canada: Douglas & McIntyre / Vancouver Art Gallery 2002. Book. Illus. by Hughes E.J. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 226 pages. Index of works. Chronology. Selected bibliography. Illustrated endpapers. Oblong 11" x 12". "Lavishly illustrated with 100 full colour and 25 black-and-white reproductions of prints drawings and paintings this is the first full-scale volume to honour the artistic life and work of E.J. Hughes from the start of his long career in the 1930s to the present. His unique talent for depicting the landscape in a way that both he and viewers believe it should be rather than the way it actually is enables us to experience and understand place and nature in new and deeper ways." - dust jacket. Clean bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A nice copy of this wonderful tribute. Douglas & McIntyre / Vancouver Art Gallery Hardcover
2002547H0222Canada: Douglas & McIntyre / Vancouver Art Gallery. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Printing. Hardcover. 1550548999 . Signed by E.J. Hughes upon title page. 226 pages. Index of works. Chronology. Selected bibliography. Oblong 11" x 12". "Lavishly illustrated with 100 full colour and 25 black-and-white reproductions of prints drawings and paintings this is the first full-scale volume to honour the artistic life and work of E.J. Hughes from the start of his long career in the 1930s to the present. His unique talent for depicting the landscape in a way that both he and viewers believe it should be rather than the way it actually is enables us to experience and understand place and nature in new and deeper ways." - from dust jacket. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A marvelous gift for any devotee of E.J. Hughes and his magnificent art.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; E.J. Hughes British Columbia Canadian Artists Painters Landscape Painting Vancouver Island Signed; Signed by Authors . Douglas & McIntyre / Vancouver Art Gallery hardcover
1848087004London: Printed by E. Couchman 1848. First edition. Paperback. pp. 44. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. Trace of pencil marks to corner of cover and one tiny chip otherwise crisp and unmarked. Peel 228: "The charge was to the jury at the beginning of the trial of a Native for murder and deals with whether the charter rights of HBC extended to judicial authority over Natives." Scarce. Printed by E. Couchman paperback
19931125557852Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery in association with Douglas & McIntyre 1993. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Artist. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. red cloth gilt cover & spine xii 180 pages : illustrations some color portraits edited by Ian M. Thom ; with essays by Aldona Jonaitis Marianne Jones and Ian M. Thom.signed and dated 1993 by artist Robert Davidson on title page A study of the work of Canadian native American artist Robert Davidson. It describes his career and his place in the Haida tradition. This book also provides an overview of his oeuvre in all media and includes comments by the artist himself on the symbolic content of every piece. Vancouver Art Gallery in association with Douglas & McIntyre Hardcover
1965837c5891Canada: Manitoba-Saskatchewan Boundary Commission 1965. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 55 pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Many interesting black and white photos. Few library markings. Binding tight. A sound copy. Manitoba-Saskatchewan Boundary Commission Hardcover
1965837c5890Canada: Manitoba-Northwest Territories Boundary Commission 1965. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 56 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Black and white photos. Fold-out diagram. Binding tight. Usual library markings. A sound copy. Manitoba-Northwest Territories Boundary Commission Hardcover
128450Ottawa: Queen's Printer 1965. Hardcover 55pp. Very good no dust jacket. Photographs map diagrams tables appendices. There are 2 discreet library stamps. Locale: ; ; Manitoba. Western Canada Boundaries Surveys Western Canada. Queen's Printer Hardcover
2002468h1944Nanaimo BC: Coho Books of Canada. Very Good. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 097307230X . Signed and briefly inscribed by author inside front board. Presents a detailed inventory of streams in the Nanaimo area and information about them. Profusely illustrated with colour photos. Begins with discussion of the historical backdrop and general information about stream ecology. 124 pages. Suggested reading list. Clean bright and unmarked with minimal wear. An excellent example of this very informative reference. ; 4to; Signed by Author . Coho Books of Canada hardcover
2003468h1943Nanaimo BC: Coho Books of Canada. Very Good. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. 0973072342 . Signed and briefly inscribed by author inside front board. Presents detailed information and colour photos of the wild flowers present in the following Nanaimo areas: Jack Point Harewood Plains Westwood Lake Mount Benson Westwood Ridges Woodstream Park Piper's Lagoon Nanoose Hill The Cameron River Valley. 155 pages. Index. Clean bright and unmarked with minimal wear. An excellent example of this extraordinary reference. ; 4to; Signed by Author . Coho Books of Canada hardcover
011376Book. Very Good. Hardcover. In very good clean condition. Hardcover
2000633j0612British Columbia: Heritage House. 2000. Paperback. 1894384156 . Signed and inscribed by both authors upon title page. "An anthology of 50 stories about British Columbia's Lower Mainland in the early years of the twentieth century. These stories grew out of a prized collection of 'real photo' picture postcards that for almost a century seemed to have waited to have their stories told. They cover the relatively short peirod of time when Vancouver ended its days as a frontier town and became a significant Canadian city." - back cover. 192 pages. Index. Selected Bibliography. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of wonderful archival photos. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. A high-quality copy.; 192 pages . Heritage House paperback
1973114a2757Canada: Longman 1973. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 795 pages. "Meets a long-felt need for a bibliographical guide to Canadian historical literature." - from Preface. Book clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. Very light wear to slipcase. Excellent copy. Longman Hardcover
20091125559610Caraquet N.B.: Fidèle Thériault 2009. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pictorial paper 504 pages : illustrations portraits ; 23 cm. Descendants of Joseph Theriault 1723-1796 and Marie-Joseph Girouard of Acadia. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in New Brunswick and Ontario. Fidèle Thériault Paperback
