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1938845G0929Ottawa: Aeronautical Publications Limited 1938. Book. Very Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 36 pages. Features: Cover photo of a DeHavilland Dragon Rapide floating on a lake; Nice Pratt & Whitney ad inside front cover features photo of the Douglas DC-4; Test Flying the DC-4 - article with photo; Fascinating Stinson full-page ad features photo of a plane snatching a bag of air mail from the ground; Gold in the Sky - article and photos of air travel in gold country between Winnipeg and Hudson Ontario; Attractive one-page photo ad for Beechcraft; Nice two-colour centerfold ad for the Bellanca "Aircruiser"; Full-page ad for Brewster Wing Tip Floats; Reviewing the Aviation News; Sports Day at Trenton; Flying Club Briefs; News from the West Coast; Cub Aircraft ad features photo of the Orillia Flying Club's J3 Cub on Edo Floats; Tale Spinning from Winnipeg; Old Country Gossip; Bristol Engine/Blenheim Bomber ad inside back cover; Nice photo ad for Intava lubricants on back cover; and more. Light wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Aeronautical Publications Limited Paperback
1971465H0067British Columbia: Elizabeth Riley Urquhart 1971. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 52 pages. Intended to preserve the spirit vitality humour and zest for life possessed by Christopher Riley during his lifetime. Titles include: The Bear and the Sourdough The Overpopulated Jackpine Bears versus Skunks The Drunken Whiskey Jack More Courage than Judgement Excerpt from a Letter to His Wife Prospecting for Prospectors The Frog Continuing Our Education Another Engineering 'Must' On Sitting at the Head Table Proposing a Toast and Matthew Sam - Prospector. Riley's family moved from England to Canada in 1903 and eventually homesteaded at Celista B.C. He became a well-educated geologist and discovered the Endako molybdenum mine. Signed and inscribed by Mr. Riley's wife Carol Caroline upon title page. Binding intact. Above-average wear. A worthy copy of this wonderful memento. Elizabeth Riley Urquhart Paperback
1993751a4539Canada: Exile Editions. Fair. 1993. First Edition. Paperback. 1550960148 . 151 pages. Each poem presented in both English and French. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Binding intact. A worthy working copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; POETRY POETIC WORKS AUTHOR Metis History . Exile Editions paperback
1903731j2405London: Church Missionary Society. Fair with No dust jacket as issued. 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. "Describes visits to the Church of England/missions along the northern British Columbia coast and on the Nass Skeena and Stikine Rivers from 1879 to 1900." - Lowther 1515. viii192 p. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Gift greetings upon floral-decorated front free endpaper. Front inner joint starting. Somewhat above-average wear to original red cloth legibly lettered in gilt. A worthy example of this very wonderful compilation which provides precious information about the local native peoples. ; 12mo . Church Missionary Society hardcover
1959558H3168Victoria B.C.: Victoria College 1959. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Loaded with great black and white photos including an autographed photo of Campus Queen Louise Marcil. Approximately 80 pages. Somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. Several autographs inside. Name blacked out atop front cover. A worthy vintage copy. Victoria College Paperback
1991224j2457Winnipeg Canada: The Kirby-Marlton Press. Good. 1991. First Edition. Paperback. 1895452023 . "Contains entries for all Canadian officers who served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force those who were seconded to the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps/Royal Air Force or who joined the R.N.A.S. or R.F.C/R.A.F. directly or from the Canadian Local Forces and were awarded the Distinguished Service Order." - Introduction. 130 pages. Bibliography. Tight and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound example of this informative reference. ; 8vo . The Kirby-Marlton Press paperback
191710087New Haven: Yale University Press. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Light edge wear bump top front board; A bright solid book hinges intact. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles on spine fore and bottom edges of pages untrimmed; Yale Lectures on the Responsibilities of Citizenship; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 170 pages . Yale University Press hardcover
1947646H3599Vancouver B.C.: Wrigley Printing / T.A. Rickard 1947. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiii 358 pages. Black and white plates. "Russia Spain the United States and Great Britain are linked with our Province historically; therefore to comprehend the history of our home land we must know something about the conditions existing in those four countries during the period under review. In other words we must study the backgrounds as well as the foreground of British Columbia. This I have tried to do for the reader of this book." - Foreword. Contemporary news clipping with review of this book laid-in at page 49. Bookplate upon front free endpaper. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Lowther 1888. Wrigley Printing / T.A. Rickard Hardcover
1990042372McGraw-Hill Inc.US 1990. Hardcover. Very Good. 9x7x1. 679 Pages With Index. Hardcover Binding. Volume 6 Of The Series. International Finance And Investing The Library Of Investment Banking- Specializing in academic collectible and historically significant providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us. McGraw-Hill Inc.,US hardcover
1963319G0578Toronto: Maclean-Hunter Limited 1963. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Features: What we can do about fallout - how to protect yourself from the hottest year for nuclear fallout since testing began - Canada is the hottest country in the world; What is a Screen Gem - the tv show machine that turns out the lion's share of the canned entertainment on our screens - a profile of the factory and the shrewd men who run it in the United States and Canada; Mordecai Richler reports from the world hockey tournament in Sweden; The cottage industry of Timmins Ontario - Stealing Gold; Moral Re-Armament/MRA - a private citizen's security check on this 'mysterious organization that claims to be fighting communism'; Mackenzie Porter among the Bunnies - what these lovely young women are like on their own time; Pierre Berton spends election night with the Pearsons. Nice colour photo Coke ad on back cover shows young lady in red gown and young man in clown suite. Some chipping and sunning to edges of front cover. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Maclean-Hunter Limited Paperback
1996122820Toronto: Doubleday of Canada 1996. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. beige cloth gilt spine 238 pages signed by author on front free endpaper Size: 8 Vo. Doubleday of Canada Hardcover
19721124004Fredericton N.B.: New Brunswick Chapbooks 1972. Book. Illus. by Cover By Bruno Bobak. Very Good. Paperbound. First Edition. Sm 4to.20cm. pict. paper wraps stapled at spine 30 pages New Brunswick Chapbook No. 17. limited edition 0f 250 copies Richards second published work a clean bright copy not common .Preceeded only by a privately printed book of poetry and short stories entitled One Step Inside 1972. New Brunswick Chapbooks Paperback
1981310609Alberta: Canada Privately Published 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dustjacket slightly worn and chipped. 8vo. pp. 179 SIGNED by the author. Canada Privately Published hardcover
1973109810Vancouver British Columbia Canada: The Alcuin Society 1973. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dj. Oblong 8vo. pp. iv 34 this is copy #387 of a limited edition of 500 produced for the Members of the Alcuin Society maps and drawings by Fritz Jacobsen ep maps edited and with an introduction by Neil Brearley The Alcuin Society hardcover
1936012104Barrington & Yarmouth: Self Published 1936. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Cover depicts family crest. Binding was reinforced with bookbinding tape. A very scarce book. Contains some letters photos and some genealogy. Some yellowing staining and small rip on covers. Self Published Paperback
1949083650Toronto: The Champlain Society 1949. Hardcover. pp. 352. 8vo. General shelfwear light sunning to spine ink inscription to front pastedown pencil marginalia throughout; very good. The Champlain Society hardcover
1939098610London: The Hudson's Bay Record Society 1939. Hardcover. pp. cxxxi 372. Large 8vo. Bound in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Top edge gilt. Black and white frontispiece. Ex Hudson's bay Company Library: ink and sticker removal mark to spine sticker and HBC bookplate to ffep. Front board bowed horizontal incision to foot of spine hinges cracked with mull exposed tear to foredge of page cxxxi overall binding sound; good. The Hudson's Bay Record Society II. Limited edition number 402. The Hudson's Bay Record Society hardcover
19449900043117London: Hudson's Bay Record Society 1944. Hardcover. Two folding maps. pp. lxiii 341. Royal 8vo. Spine slightly sunned shelfwear a few ink markings else very good-. This is volume VII in the Society's publications. Published by The Champlain Society for the Hudson's Bay Record Society. Spine a bit sunned. Rippling to cloth insufficient glue at bindery. Binding tight and contents unmarked. A good plus copy. This is copy #1368 of a limited edition issued only to subscribers to the Hudson's Bay Record Society. Hudson's Bay Record Society hardcover
1960227464Toronto: McClelland and Stewart 1960. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Pages 401 - 974. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine; endpaper maps. Two black and white plates: a frontis of Winston Churchill; and on page 448 - Sir George Simpson. Wear on the corners of the dustjacket with some darkening on the spine; no interior markings. The Chapters are: COMPANY RULE: 1821 - 1870: Reorganisation Under the Deed Poll and the Licence for Exclusive Trade; The Governor; Economy and Recuperation; The Company the Colony and Opposition Traders; Freedom of Trade at Red River; American Opposition in the Columbia Department and the Snake Country; Development in the Columbia; Settlement and National Rivalry in the Columbia; McLoughlin and the Settlers in the Columbia; The Company and Oregon; Victoria and Vancouver Island; The Company and the Government; The International Financial Society; The Deed of Surrender; and The End of Company Rule; followed by an index. McClelland and Stewart Hardcover
196010239Toronto: McClelland & Stewart 1960. Book. Very Good . Hardcover. First Printing of the First Edition. About fine but for bumps to extremities and a small stamp on the half title page -- " HBC Post Library ". Dust jacket is a bit edgeworn and soiled with small chips to extremities. McClelland & Stewart Hardcover
1941121a6109Ottawa: Mines and Resources Canada 1941. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 86 pages. Two black and white photographic plates. Based upon field work conducted in 1936 through 1938. Clean and unmarked. Yellowed at edges. Average wear. Unmarked. Large colour map in excellent condition stored in pocket inside back cover. Sound copy. Mines and Resources, Canada Paperback
1951137H4708Barrie Ontario: The Barrie Examiner Limited 1951. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 184 pages. Many black and white reproductions of fascinating archival photos. "This is a story in the life of a Canadian township during its first hundred years. Hewn from the virgin forests which heretofore had been the home of the Huron Indians the settlers who came from the old lands to make their homes and raise their families tell in these pages the story of development of a community with top place in the affairs of the nation". - Introduction. Unmarked. Considerable tanning to contents and covers. Tape repairs to backstrip. Binding intact. A sound copy of this highly informative history and genealogical reference. Bishop p.1105. The Barrie Examiner Limited Paperback
1968415H1463Canada: The Provisional County of Haliburton 1968. Book. Good. Hardcover. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 343 pages. Bibliography. Map endpapers. Black and white photographic plates. An informative history of Ontario's Haliburton County. Average wear to book. Binding intact. Prior owner's name in red marker along fore-edge. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this detailed reference. BISHOP p.1151. The Provisional County of Haliburton Hardcover
1982137H4326Kincardine Ontario: Kincardine Historical Book Committee. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 0969089910 . vi 370 pages. Bibliography. Index. Profusely illustrated with sepia-toned reproductions of archival photos plus several in colour. Illustrated endpapers. "The first Kincardine pioneers are gone. As the second and third generations of descendants become fewer in number it is my feeling their history should be recorded before it is too late. Every attempt has been made to ensure that the facts are correct. Earlier authenticated publications council minutes by-laws and personal documented histories have been referenced." - dust jacket. Binding is so tight we believe this copy to be unread. Clean bright and unmarked with just a hint of wear to the illustrated chocolate brown boards. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodaft. A quality copy of this cherished and informative Ontario local history.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Kincardine - History pioneers Settlers . Kincardine Historical Book Committee hardcover
1995854a2154Victoria B.C.: Province of British Columbia 1995. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. "Under British Columbia's Forest Act all timber harvested from both Crown and private land must be scaled. Timber is scaled to determine its volume and quality. This manual documents how timber is scaled for purposes of The Forestry Act and the Scaling Regulation." - from Introduction. Topics include: Scaling Overview; Timber Marking and Branding; Species Identification; Common Defects; Firmwood Scaling Procedures; Timber Grading; Documenting and Reporting Scale Results; Special Forest Products; The Weight Scale System; Weight Scale Sampling; Scaling Administration. Includes some colour illustrations. Very large and heavy binder shipping weight 10 pounds almost three inches thick - contains many hundreds of pages. Moderate wear. Prior owner's name and details upon first page. No other markings found. A quality copy of this very comprehensive and informative manual. Province of British Columbia Hardcover
