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1971513j0975Nanaimo BC Canada: Hume Compton. Good. 1971. First Edition. Paperback. Provides descriptions and prices for a wide variety of Western Canadian bottles including: beer bottles; Chinese pots and artifacts; Black glass; soda water bottles; drug store bottles; fruit jars; cures and foods; whiskeys and liquors; inks. Also includes bottle digger's dictionary bottle club addresses list of bottle books and list of breweries of British Columbia incorporated from 1890 to 1900. 74 pages. Numerous black and white photos. Prior owner's name on title page otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Western Canadian Bottle Collecting 74 pages. Very well-worn and smoky copy of this fascinating and informative reference. Contains numerous black and white photos descriptions and prices for a wide variety of Western Canadian bottles including: beer b . Hume Compton paperback
197575403763North Vancouver BC: Western Fish and Game Magazine Ltd. 1975. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 46 pages. Features: Interior Lake Rainbow Techniques; Steelhead Fever; Atlantic Salmon - concluded in this issue; Stump Lake - a lake of large tackle-busting rainbows; Hatcheries and the Angler - Conclusion; The 'Frisky Fly'; Peace River Expedition - Conclusion; Into the Chilcotin - fly-fishing; The Walleye Pollock - a new series covering the lesser game fish from our local salt water; Windmills of the Cariboo-Okanagan - a 'new' pump system for winter-kill lakes. Light wear. Nice tight copy. Western Fish and Game Magazine Ltd. Paperback
196741502264David & Charles/University of Toronto Press 1967. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 248 pages including index and black and white photographic plates. "Through a study of the ventures of Devon merchants in the colony of Prince Edward Island in the half century after Waterloo this book shows how these developments were interrelated. Explains how a major industry building ships for sale in Britain grew up in the Island largely inspired from the west of England." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. A decent working copy with binding intact. David & Charles/University of Toronto Press Hardcover
1990524j0379Victoria B.C.: Sono Nis Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 0919203515 . "The story of the CPR in British Columbia from the summit of the Rockies in the east to the rainforests of Vancouver Island in the west. Here is a detailed sensitive account of construction day-to-day operations engineering achievements such as the Spiral and Connaught tunnels battles with endless winter snows and mountain grades the Kettle Valley Railway Kootenay branch lines and the route through Crowsnest Pass the Esquimalt & Nanaimo locomotives and equipment steam era passenger services dieselization and the first generation of diesel power The Canadian modern unit trains and the grade revisions of the 1980s." - dust jacket. xvi 336 pages. Map endpapers. List of Sources Bibliography Index. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos plus some in colour. Gift greetings upon half-title otherwise book clean bright tight and unmarked with very light wear. Average wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this wonderful and important history.; Art; 4to . Sono Nis Press hardcover
1979627a4994Lloydminster Alberta: West of the Fourth Historians 1979. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 635 pages. Index. Archives. Printed upon glossy stock. Covers the following school districts: Flowerdale Blackfoot Westminster Park Lloydminster rural Spencer Devonia Lake Kinella Thomasville West Centre Cheviot Hills Madresfield Golden Valley Sunnydale Sefton Park Uneeda Paradise Valley E. Rural Highbury Allister Ridgeclough Crosslynde Winona Oxville Park Valley Woodford. Hamlets included: Rivercourse and McLaughlin. Gift greetings inside front board else contents clean and bright. Binding tight. Average external wear. A sound copy of this excellent reference. Krotki 1106. West of the Fourth Historians Hardcover
1981328a4903January Press 1981. Book. Illus. by Mast Uli: Photographer. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Unpaginated. Oblong 9.5" x 12". "Uli Mast is an independent photographer who makes his home on Vancouver Island British Columbia. This book is part of his ongoing exploration of the West Coast environment." - from dust jacket. Black and white photography follows magnificent B.C. timber from when it is cut until it is put in the water ready for transport to a mill. Simple yet evocative. Usual library markings. Above-average but not excessive wear. A sound copy. January Press Hardcover
1960105H2925Hamilton Ontario: The Head-of-the-Lake Historical Society 1960. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 48 pages. Black and white illustrations. Features: Administrative Beginnings; 70 Years with Hamilton Street Railway; A History of the Hamilton Street Railway; Origin of Some Street Names in Hamilton; The Historical Evolution of Hamilton Beach; The Story of Jean Baptiste Rousseau; Crown Patentees of Ancaster Township. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. The Head-of-the-Lake Historical Society Paperback
1964105H2923Hamilton Ontario: The Head-of-the-Lake Historical Society 1964. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 48 pages. Black and white illustrations. Features: The Great Western Railway; Who Were the Five Johns; The Burlington Races; The Beginnings of the History of Hamilton; Chronicles of Corktown; The Story of a Pioneer Doctor - Harmaunus Smith; Crown Patentees of West Flamborough Township. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. The Head-of-the-Lake Historical Society Paperback
1975105H2927Hamilton Ontario: The Head-of-the-Lake Historical Society 1975. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 64 pages. Black and white illustrations. Features: The Journal of a Scottish Farm Pupil in Ancaster 1881-1883; The Reverend Thomas Geoghegan 1848-1906; From the Mayor's Chair - Then and Now by Vic Copps; The Story of William Sampson First Rector of grimsby 1817-1822; The Railways of Hamilton; A History of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church Hamilton; Early American and Canadian Glass; Baptismal Records of the Church of the Ascension Anglican Hamilton 1851-53. Unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. The Head-of-the-Lake Historical Society Paperback
1975105H2928Hamilton Ontario: The Head-of-the-Lake Historical Society. Very Good. 1975. First Edition. Paperback. 36 pages. Black and white illustration of Lieut-Col. Charles R. McCullough 1865-1947. Features: Clothes and History; Family Records and Family Histories; The Land Family; The Story of Jean Baptiste Rousseau; Crown Patentees of Barton Township. Unmarked with light wear. A quality copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Clothes and History; Family Records and Family Histories; The Land Family; The Story of Jean Baptiste Rousseau; Crown Patentees of Barton Townsip Wentworth Bygones: From the Papers and Records of The Head-of-the-Lake Historical Society No. 1 One 1958 . The Head-of-the-Lake Historical Society paperback
1967105H2929Hamilton Ontario: The Head-of-the-Lake Historical Society 1967. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 88 pages. Black and white illustrations. Features: The Life and History of Richard Beasley Esq.; An 18th Century Jewel in a 19th Century Wilderness; The Registers of Christ's Church Hamilton; The Davis Family of Mount Albion; The Stinson Family of Hamilton; The Victorian Buildings of Hamilton; Hamilton Canada West "The Civil War Years"; Sidelights of the Hamilton Police Force; The History of Law Enforcement in Hamilton From 1833 to 1967; He Died With Custer; Crown Patentees of Binbrook Township. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. The Head-of-the-Lake Historical Society Paperback
1981105H2924Hamilton Ontario: The Head-of-the-Lake Historical Society 1981. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 92 pages. Black and white illustrations. Features: The Old Hess Street School Hamilton; "Fronteschwein: Trench Hog; The History of the Stoney Creek United Church 1792-1925; The History of Duncans of Hamilton; James Durand's Eventful Careers 1802-1834; The Story of Archibald Kerr Thomas C. Kerr and Inglewood; From Washington Boultbee's Diary 1837-1841; Burlington Beach Volunteer Firemen's Association; My Company - Bell Canada; baptismal Records of the Church of the Ascension Anglican Hamilton 1854. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. The Head-of-the-Lake Historical Society Paperback
1977105H2922Hamilton Ontario: The Head-of-the-Lake Historical Society 1977. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 56 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Features: Augustus Trew Wood 1889-1977; The "Legend" of the Summers Theatre; The Turbulent Years Bailey Memorial Lecture; The Boultbees of "Thornvale"; John Herbert Caddy 1801-1883; The McQuestens and Their Letters; The Toronto Hamilton and Buffalo Railway Company; House Types in Hamilton in the 19th Century and Their Relationship to the Historical Growth of the City. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. The Head-of-the-Lake Historical Society Paperback
1969105H2926Hamilton Ontario: The Head-of-the-Lake Historical Society 1969. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 68 pages. Black and white illustrations. Features: Lasalle's Arrival in Burlington Bay in 1669 and Lasalle's Probable Route to Tinawatawa; The Hamilton Jewish Committee; The Honourable and Gallant Knight; The Early History of the Hamilton Fire Department 1816-1905; The Ledger of an Early Doctor of Barton and Ancaster 1798-1801; The Historical Significance of the Niagara Escarpment; The Story of Rockwood Academy; One Hundred and Twenty-Six Years of Arrangments by Blachford and Wray; Crown Patentees of Glanford Township. Unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. The Head-of-the-Lake Historical Society Paperback
1980753j1800Wells British Columbia: Wells United Church Women. Good. 1980. Second Edition. Plastic Comb Binding. A compilation of recipes contributed by members of the United Church Women U.C.W. of Wells British Columbia. Includes a one-page history of Wells and its United Church which was started in 1934. "The recipes in this book may not have been laboratory tested but their merit has been established by church and civic groups and the most critical group of all - HUSBANDS!" - first page. 106 pages. Gift greetings and prior owner's bookplate inside front cover otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A sound example. ; 8vo . Wells United Church Women unknown
1974326a2606Canada: Trendex Publications & Western Heritage 1974. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 139 pages. Illustrated. Published on the occasion of Nanaimo's Centennial Year 1974. Front free endpaper removed. Binding intact. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Some markings to contents. A worthy reference copy. Trendex Publications & Western Heritage Hardcover
1966201H0533Victoria BC: Victoria Daily Times 1966. Magazine. Illus. by Beaver Bert. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 64 pages. Features: The U.S.S.R. and I - colour-photo-illustrated article describes what it's like to be a tourist in the Soviet Union; Fantastic one-page colour-photo ad for the 1967 Dodge Dart red - convertible and black hardtop; When the Cable Came to Heart's Content - one hundred years ago the ship 'Great Eastern' linked Newfoundland with Europe; Snow Cruiser snowmobile half-page colour-photo ad; Let's Give The All Assists - a discussion of how assists are awarded in the NHL; Nice one-page colour-photo ad for the line of C.C.M. sports products; Lt.-Gen. E.L.M. Burns discusses what hope he sees for peace in the nuclear age; Vintage one-page colour toy ad for Eldon Road Racing Sets and new Eldon Tinyrooms; Centrefold colour ad for Parker Pens; My Pet Tarantula - Robert Scarlett describes his pet one of 2500 insects butterflies and spiders in his collection; Safe Driving Week - A Sad Report on how Canadian motorists die; Great one-page colour-photo ad for Aylmer Soup features two photos of Phyllis Diller; How to Build a Candy House; Nice photo-illustrated article on Brampton radio station CHIC's all-girl team of disk jockeys Jan Campbell Marilyn Macdonnell Penny Machtell and Febby Barnard; Toy Dolls Come Alive with Personality; Great photo-illustrated article on Beatle John Lennon going to war as Gripweed in making of the film 'How I Won The War'. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Victoria Daily Times Paperback
1967319G0739Toronto: The Telegram 1967. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 28 pages. Features: Seven Months to the Sonic Boom - Air Canada has four Concordes on order - article with great illustrations; The Feminine Evolution - Part 3 of 3 - Judy Lamarsh doesn't think there is any sexual revolution - article with photos; Saskatchewan Roughriders' Coach Eagle Keys - The Man from Turkey Neck Bend - article with photos; Nanaimo's Great Bathtub Race - article with photos; Photo-illustrated article on the lovely female hostesses at Expo '67; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. This copy was printed with only one staple. The Telegram Paperback
1977845G0835Canada: The Whig-Standard 1977. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 20 pages. Features: The Sally Ann in Suburbia - Lieutenant Ken Chapman wages the Salvation Army's battle in North Vancouver - with great colour photo of Ken and Brenda Chapman of London Ontario; K-Tel's Greatest Hits - fantastic kitschy article - with great colour photos - about the firm's hit products and it's leader Philip Kives a former Saskatchewan farm boy - products include the Miracle Brush Hair Magician Multi-Sharpener Feather-Touch Knife Record Selector Frypans Veg-o-matic Patty Stacker Multi-Exerciser Super-Bond glue - a cool article!; Comparing the lot of a department store sales lady in 1907 with the modern version - a fascinating study plus archival photos; How to win at the most popular board games - Othello Scrabble Monopoly Mastermind Risk Organized Crime; A fascinating short history of Christmas carols; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. The Whig-Standard Paperback
1932631a4594Victoria BC: Province of British Columbia 1932. Book. Good. Paperback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 54 pages. Colour plates. Describes dozens of B.C weeds. Some writing on front cover else unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding sound. Province of British Columbia Paperback
2000546H0815Canada: The British Columbia Society of Tapestry Arts 2000. Book. Illus. by Anne Clark Marion Cragg Gabriela Diaconu Laura Ford Barbara Heller Ruth Jones Alison Keenan Lois Kennedy Margaret Klajnert Mieko Konaka Karen Leitch Jane Mackenzie Anthea Mallinson Yolanda Olivotto Kaija Rautianinen. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 60 pages. Bibliography. Partly based upon the exhibition 'Weaving Between the Lines' held in Kelowna and four other cities 1997-1999. Includes work by: Anne Clark Marion Cragg Gabriela Diaconu Laura Ford Barbara Heller Ruth Jones Alison Keenan Lois Kennedy Margaret Klajnert Mieko Konaka Karen Leitch Jane Mackenzie Anthea Mallinson Yolanda Olivotto and Kaija Rautianinen. Printed upon glossy stock. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. ISBN 0968745505 printed in book may be incorrect. The British Columbia Society of Tapestry Arts Paperback
1991559j0759Parksville B.C.: Ballenas Secondary School. Fine. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Loaded with colour and black and white photos. Clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. An excellent copy. Gift quality.; 4to . Ballenas Secondary School hardcover
1940812G2679Toronto: Royal Music Co. 1940. Sheet music. Illus. by Leake G.Y. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 6 pages. Dedicated to Air Marshall William Avery Bishop VC DSO whose illustration is included upon the martial front cover. Average wear and soiling. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy of this uncommonn historic item. Royal Music Co. Paperback
1998038517U.S.A: Orders Battered Silicon Dispatch Box 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. Clean Inside And Out With No Gift Inscription Or Remarks Inside. 157 Pages With Index. Hardcover With As Dust Jacket Volume 1. The Dust Jacket Has Small Tears.- Specializing in academic collectible and historically significant providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us. Orders, Battered Silicon Dispatch Box hardcover
197983700783Toronto ON Canada: James Lorimer & Company Ltd. Publishers 1979. Book. Good. Paperback. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 261 pages including index. Told for the first time here are the stories of twelve of Canada's outstanding labour leaders and organizers. Their accounts tell the behind-the-scenes story of some of the key events in twentieth-century Canadian history from the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike the 1935 On-to-Ottawa trek of the unemployed which played a major role in the defeat of Tory prime minister R.B. Bennett and the 1945 Ford strike in Windsor which consolidated the rights of big industrial unions through to the 1972 Common Front of Quebec's public sector workers. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding solid. James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers Paperback
