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204 pages including bibliography. "The recorded history of the area is brief, dramatic, intriguing. The struggles of the past, the dilemmas of the present, and the promise of the future are detailed in this fascinating look at Canada's North." - from back cover. Illustrated. Usual library markings. Average wear. Binding intact. Book
When the Cornish Foundation decides to fund the production of an opera entitled Arthur of Britain, or The Magnanimous Cuckold, the participants find their lives begin to resemble the opera's plot.[This is the last of the three connected novels of the Cornish Trilogy. It was preceded by The Rebel Angels and What's Bred in the Bone]. 471p. Looks unread, as new Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 195 pages. Signed by David Leonard. Previous owner's inscription. Many b&w photos. Map endpapers. Small tears on dust jacket. Large format: 10 1/8"w x 12 1/4"h.
68 pages. Index. Apparently intended to help Canada's wartime homemakers prepare healthy and tasty box lunches for their war-plant-working husbands. Promotes the use of Appleford foodsaving products such as Para-Sani waxed paper, Canapar cookery parchment and Presto Pack waxed tissue. Includes nostalgic page of colour illustrations of these products. Contents include: The Art of Sandwich-Making Simplified; Packing Tips for the Carry-Along Lunch; 196 Suggested Sandwich Fillings; Recipes for Patries for the Lunch Box and Home Table; Recipes for Cookies, Cakes and Sweet Loaves; Recipes for Dishes with Sauces; Recipes for Biscuit Dough and Sweet or Savory Left-Overs; Meat Recipes; Croquette Recipes; Timbale Recipes; Souffle Recipes; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear and soiling. Binding tight. A quality copy of this wonderful and uncommon Canadian WWII-era dietary item. Bibliographic Reference: Driver O1065.1 Book
319 pages. Footnotes, glossary, refernces and index. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of marvelous archival photos. "The story of the men who cut and hauled timber from the birth of the industry until the internal combustion engine changed lumbering techniques in the 1950s." - dust jacket. Moderate wear to unmarked book. Tight and square. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Book
The Lucky Child - a memoir cum novel by Toronto-based Marianne Apostolides. immerses us deeply into the lives of the Apostolides family during World War II, and the subsequent Civil War in Greece. Subtle in its execution, clear in its vision, with a narrative that is both incisive and heartfelt, the novel provides an excellent opportunity for readers to witness the private and unfathomable cost of war, politics, and valour during one of the most troubling periods in modern Greek history. Its unanswered questions, both real and imagined, will haunt long after its final page is turned." Book
218 pages including bibliography and index. 200 years after the migration, award-winning author Christopher Moore tells the very human story of the loyalists - the societies that shaped them, the various attitudes that motivated them, and the circumstances that determined their future and influenced the future of Canada. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Very light wear to book. Gift greetings upon half title page else contents bright and unmarked. Minor bit of prior owner's address label remains upon decorated front endpaper. Crack along back hinge which remains closed. Light wear to attractive dust jacket which bears several small tears to top edge. Lovely copy. Book
Ex-library copy with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marks of any kind. Very clean copy with no creases to covers or spine, book shows very little use. Signed on title page.
Review copy of a book describing services and attractions in Toronto for children. 271p.illua.. index . As new except for stamp "Promo Copy" [Only ONE copy found in WorldCat] Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 96 pages. Pictorial covers. This manual "presents 101 species of plants and animals of cultural significance to the Kwakwaka'wakw. It is intended for use by Kwakwaka'wakw individuals pursuing cultural and linguistic studies as well as by others who are interested in the relationships between the Kwakwaka'wakw and their natural environment." Many color photos.
8vo., First Edition, small signature on front free endpaper; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
271 pages including bibliography, index and black and white photographic plates. Between 1870 and the depression of the 1930s, more than 80,000 children from the poverty of England were sent to Canada by well-meaning philanthropists to live and work with Canadian farm families. "Superbly readable... one of the finest pieces of Canadian social history ever to be written. It is, in every way, an exceptional book." - Calgary Herald. Address label inside front cover. Well-used copy with lean to spine. Unmarked. Remains a worthy reading copy. Book
Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. 174 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. "Traces the life of this forgotten Canadian hero - from his childhood in Toronto to his internment in Holland during WWI through to his many record-setting flights and beyond to his final days as an aging pioneer of flight. Returns to fame one of the most important aviators of the Golden Age of Flight." - from back cover. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
[8] + viii + 293pp. + 2pp. theses, 27cm., text in English, Doctoral Dissertation (Universiteit van Amsterdam), softcover, stamp at verso of title page, text is clean and bright, T112913
Prize plate inside front board and fingermarks to a few pages. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A clean very tight copy with slightly marked boards, dusty page edges and minor bumping to corners. Damp mark to lower board corners, no effect on contents. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. 468pp. Biography of the methodist minister and preacher who spent some of his life in Canada.
554 pages. Black and white photographic plates. "...He made known and real his vision of a mighty united land - bound only be the blue rim of ocean. He softened our asperities and dispelled much of the bigotry and ignorance which kept apart Catholic and Protestant, Irish and English and French. He instilled into the heart of the people a veneration for our government, our constitution, our land." - from Preface. Average wear. Unmarked. Exterior somewhat dulled and soiled. Back hinge starting. Binding intact. Quality copy of this important record. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full gray cloth boards. Crease on blurb of edge worn dust jacket. 332 pages.
388 pages. Index. Tissue-protected frontis of subject. Illustrated with photos. Describes the life of the railroad executive best-known for overseeing the construction of the first Canadian transcontinental railway. Blue buckram hardcover library binding remains sound. Usual library markings. Average wear. A solid copy. Book
354pp., 24cm., text in English, Doctoral Dissertation (Dissertatio ad Doctoratum in Facultate Historiae ac Bonorum Culturalium Ecclesiae), softcover (label on lower end of spine), stamp at verso of title page, text is clean and bright (looks unread), R110235
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding.
(Codice VN/0314) In 4º (28 cm) 130 pp. Catalogo d'asta, 47 rari pezzi descritti e illustrati con molte foto a colori e in nero. Allegata la lista dei prezzi di stima in dollari. Tre pagine si presentano lacerate orizzontalmente, senza mancanze di testo o altri difetti. Tela editoriale e titolo oro, copertina illustrata. Ottimo stato. ~~~ SPEDIZIONE IN ITALIA SEMPRE TRACCIATA
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50 pages. Features: Cover photo of Mackenzie King unveiling monument to "Des Elements De La 11 Division Canadienne Debarouerent le 19 Aout 1942"; Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein's Triumphant Tour of Canada - article with seven photos; The Canadian Army at War 1. The Canadians in Britain, 1939-1944 - 2nd Part; What a Queen's University Student Things Of the Legion; The Naval Tradition - "A Band of Brothers... A Service of Gentlemen"; Poppies for Remembrance - article with interesting photos; Radar at Sea; Funny one-page football cartoon by Bing Coughlin; Australia's "Legacy" Movement - a unique form of service; The Doctor-of-Choice Plan - don't let your doctor forget to send treatment record to D.V.A.; Poppy day 1946; The World in Review, Part 12, August 11 to September 10, 1946; Group photo of Boer War veterans taken at Particia Bay, Vancouver Island includes E.A. Robbins, J.C. de Balinhard, A.P. Hobbs, A.E. Long, A.E. Hilder, S. Taylor, G. Bellamy, W.C. Warren, B. Bath, F. Riley, W. Gerrard, and T.H. Gregg; "Occupational Oscar" cartoons; Obituary notices; Nice one-page cartoon-style ad for Dawes Black Horse Brewery; plus numerous additional ads and branch news from across the country. Beige soiling to upper corner affects a patch up to 4.5" x 2" on all pages and covers - all text remains legible. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
143 pages. Index. Great colour photos. "Few companies define their industry in the way that Ritchie Bro. Auctioneers has become synonymous with heavy equipment auctioneering." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with faintest wear. Excellent copy. Book
270 pages including index and notes. "With the disillusionment of the later 1930s, the distraction of the war, and, most of all, the increased support enjoyed by the CCF after 1940, the LSR disappeared as a formal organization, but its ideas shaped a political tradition which found expression in teh CCF and later the NDP." - from dust jacket. Book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket bears some sunning to spine and light wear. Now preserved in Brodart cover. Excellent copy. Book
