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"A Canadian Campaign: Operations of the Right Division of the Army of Upper Canada during the American War of 1812" [pages 12- 113] relates Major John Richardson's observations.[Originally serialised The New MoOnthly Magazine and literary Journal 1826-1827] Together with his "Recollections of the West Indies"1816-1818 [Pages 114-165] and an essay about his experiences in Basque Spain in 1837 [pages 166-173] Edited by David R.Beasley. 175p. illus map.. Book
Features: Sensational colour-photo ad for red International crawlers inside front cover; Secret Reef (fiction); The Facts about "Infantile Paralysis" - Panic, Publicity and "Polio" - article with photo of patients in iron lungs; Man of Action (fiction); Informative four-page photo feature illustrates all the jobs created by Canada's auto industry; A Show is Built - Canada's National Motor Show in Toronto, and J.L. Stewart, its mastermind; The Red Lake (Ontario) Marines - Gread photo-illustrated article explains how freight is delivered to this isolated mining community by marine railway and winter tractor; The Fur Masters (fiction); Seal Hunter - Captain Abraham Kean brought a million pelts from the Arctic icefields; Frank Calder - Hockey's Biggest Asset; Just So, Jitsu (fiction); Nice half-page illustrated ad for the Honderich Furniture Co. of Milverton, Ontario; Wonderful two-colour, two-page ad for the 1938 Chevrolet (yellow); Excellent two-colour, one-page ad for the 1938 Oldsmobile (red); Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) ad features champion cocker spaniel 'Max', owned by Mrs. Paul Armstrong of Montreal; Crossword completed in pencil. Please note: this copy missing pages 1-6, 33-44, and 53-54. Covers and pages 71-76 loose but present. Above-average wear. A worthy copy of this incomplete but hard-to-find issue. Book
176 pages. Author commits to paper his befuddlement at the last bit of the century. This is his first book. Contains insight into those tiny conundrums, the sum of which make a life: the steadfast and comforting solidity of a Social Insurance Number; the sordid fate of night-school dropouts; the uncomfortable consequences of a boy's prematures exposure to condoms; the role of the sinus in free trade; and more. Also includes a number of author's poems, for which he hopes to be instantly acclaimed Canada's Poet Laureate. Unmarked. Five inch crease to top corner of front cover else very light wear. Book
267 pages including references and black and white illustrations. Chapters include: The Heritage; The Royal Navy and its Medical Services in Canada; R.C.N. Beginnings; World War I (1914-1918); Hiatus - Between Wars; A Growing Naval Medical Service; Teh Working Milieu Ashore; War at Sea; Experiences, Commendations and Deaths; As Told By Eyewitnesses; After War Horizons; The Post War - A Time of Change. Liquid paper has been applied to front endpaper else contents unmarked. Adhesives have been mostly removed from spine and front board. Library stamp is upon top edge of text. Light wear to blue boards with gilt lettering. Contents tight and square. Remains a nice copy. Book
Boldly signed by Dal Richards upon half-title page. 288 pages. Index. Reproductions of many black and white photos. "These are Dal's memories of the stars and the wannabes, the hustlers and bootleggers and hat check chicks, all of whom paraded through his life in the days when Vancouver's nightclub scene rivalled San Francisco's and Hollywood's big-name performers made it a regular tour stop." - from dust jacket. Very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Promotional bookmark and relevant news clipping laid inside front board. A lovely copy. Book
34 pages. Features: Canadian Champions; The Fabulous Fon du Lac; How to Get Hooked by Antique Guns; Transplanting Dore; More Take Home Fish (2nd instalment); Cooking Canadian Fish; Sleeping Robes for the Sportsman; Back cover Brading's Ale features Karsh photo of gent smoking pipe; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
On a quaint, snowy, Chelsea street, librarian Catherine Tierney and a widowed Christmas tree seller from Nova Scotia will rediscover the magic of the season where they least expect it: in a chance encounter that leads to a holiday surprise of love and hope powerful enough to last a lifetime. Book
117 pages. Bibliography. "This unparalleled collection of photographs and text celebrates the beauty, the history and the enduring importance of Ontario's Algonquin Park." - from dust jacket. Most photos in vivid colour. Usual library markings. Surprisingly light wear. A sound copy. Book
259 pages. This book can lead you to the adoption of your choice - whether that be of an infant through a private, independent arrangement, a special needs child through a public agency, an international adoption, or some other plan suited just for you. "A unique and important contribution to the literature on adoption." - Jim Pahz, Past President, The International Alliance for Ethics in Adoption. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Excellent copy. Book
"Petro (Peter) Jacyk survived two of the most horrendous events of the twentieth century: the Ukrainian famine of the 1930s, instigated by Stalin and responsible for the deaths of untold millions and waves of invasion and slaughter from Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany. Fleeing post-war Europe in 1949, he arrived in Canada with $7 in his pocket and horrific images in his memory. His adopted country would inspire a deep and lifelong love in Jacyk. Here at last, as he put it, he was free to live and free to succeed." Which he did as one of Canada's most successful businesmen.One of the founders of Arka Books he also became a dedicated philanthropist working tirelessly for the preservation of Ukrainian history, language and culture. 287p. + 8 pages of plates. . Book
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 15 plates on 14, small neat contemporary signature on front paste-down, some light annotation; original cloth, gilt back, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, clean copy. War correspondent's view of Operation JUBILEE, the ill-fated raid on Dieppe and later published as 'Dawn Landing'. The clothbound edition is scarce. Enser, p.127; Law 0487.
Milano, 1951, stralcio con copertina posticcia muta, pp. 877/896 con illustrazioni, tavole fotografiche e 2 cartine. - !! ATTENZIONE !!: Con il termine estratto (o stralcio) intendiamo riferirci ad un fascicolo contenente un articolo di rivista, sia che esso sia stato stampato a parte utilizzando la stessa composizione sia che provenga direttamente da una rivista. Le pagine sono indicate come "da/a", ad esempio: 229/231 significa che il testo è composto da tre pagine. Quando la rivista di provenienza non viene indicata é perchè ci è sconosciuta. - !! ATTENTION !!: : NOT A BOOK : “estratto” or “stralcio” means simply a few pages, original nonetheless, printed in a magazine. Pages are indicated as in "from” “to", for example: 229/231 means the text comprises three pages (229, 230 and 231). If the magazine that contained the pages is not mentioned, it is because it is unknown to us.
297 pages. The first book-length study of English Canadian nationalism in the post-World War II period. Approaching the subject from a Marxist perspective the author sets out to examine the class basis of nationalism in English Canada since the war. Average wear. Light pencil markings throughout. Good working copy. Book
172 pages. Index. Notes. "Furthers an understanding of what animates British Columbian identities and attitudes toward Canada." - Norman Ruff. Few pencil markings else clean and unmarked with minimal wear. Book
pp. (12), 314. Uncut. 8vo. Original blue cloth binding. Spine faded. Original color pictorial paper labels. First edition. A lovely history of the Ursuline Order, especially in Canada. Much information on their work among the Indians. PA 5
298 p. Color frontis and title page by Harry Cimino. Uncut. 8vo. Original full black cloth binding with original color title labels on spine and front board. Rear board wrinkled. Original priced dust jacket worn with loss. First Edition. PA 11
249 pages. "Few Canadians have ever heard of Kananaskis, but it has a primary place in any honest history of this country. It was there in 1940, in a camp designed for prisoners-of-war, that left-wing Canadians were interned without trial for two years. One of them was William Repka."- June Callwood. Gift greetings atop half-title page, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Minor moisture exposure to lower corner. A sound copy. Book
Unpaginated volume of poetry from Northern Ontario. Approx. 0.25" thick. Bit of faint writing on top right corner of front cover. Author's (faux?) signature upon last page. Book
389 pages. Index. Bibliographical references. Over 200 black and white photos reproduced throughout. "The first book ever written about Canada's women pilots... Based on hundreds of personal interviews with men and women in civil and military aviation, the book reveals the women's determined characters and the often single-minded quest of Canada's female aviators from 1928 to the present." - from dust jacket. Bit of writing atop front free endpaper. Light overall wear. A quality copy. Book
Broch?. 192 pages. Cachets. Marques de biblioth?que.
454 pages. Index. Footnotes. Bibliography. Profusely illustrated in black and white. "Treats construction techniques in the context of their environment and traces the history of various European and North American influences on methods of building in Upper Canada during the pioneer years... The book's emphasis on techniques of building and on details such as joints distinguishes it from glossier 'picture' books. It remains the ideal guide for everyone interested in early architecture and in the conservation of old buildings in Canada." - from back cover. Company inkstamp atop half-title page otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Tight and square. A quality copy of this acclaimed work. Book
Broch?. 534 pages.
136 pages. Index. Bibliography. "Based on memoirs, interviews and archival records, this is the first full account of the glorious, occasionally scandalous, life and times of one of the world's legendary hotels... Lavishly illustrated with over 100 black and white and 30 colour photographs, as well as some drawings, gathered from both public and private collections." - from dust jacket. Book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Light wear to dust jacket. A high quality copy of this engaging and handsomely presented work. Book
New York, Sterling Publishing, 1958. 4to.; 127 pp. Con numerosas reproducciones de monedas norteamericanas y canadienses entre el texto. Encuadernación original en tela estampada.