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139 pages. Circa 1967. "This is a story of my experience during six years of war, and of miraculous deliverance and protection. Knowing not which way to turn myself, I put my trust in a Higher Power, and an unseen hand took me out from place to place. I lived under five different governments. Poland, my country, was occupied by Russia and later by the Nazis. I was moved to Germany which was later under American occupation, and finally emigrated to Canada, now my beloved home." - Author. Frontis illustration of author in her youth. Photo of author, her husband and daughter inside back cover. A challenging true story of mystery and adventure. Prior owner's name inside front cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
316 pages. Index. Reference notes. Discovers "A force in crisis, struggling to be all things to all Canadians in a society that is no longer sure what role it wants the federal police to play - but is sure that it wants them to do it on less money... Raises issues that should be of concern to every Canadian." - from dust jacket. "Fascinating and timely." - Jane Jacobs. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now in Brodart. An excellent copy. Book
Book is in excellent condition in every respect with sharp corners, straight, solid binding, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket has several large tears along the folds, heavy chipping at edges. Clean boards in brown cloth, map endpapers. 280pp. Formerly of a private library with two stamps near the front of the book. Many b&w photos, some full page. Maps, tables, charts. Contents include Fur company exploration, First Fort Langley, Hudson's Bay co. , The great Langley prairie, A yuculta attack, Fraser river gold rush, Birth of B.C. Mainland's first church, Collins telegraph, Birth of Langley, Municipal troubles, The great railway, Great flood of '94, The B.C.E. railway, The war years, etc. "Don Waite began the task of collecting the material for this book with day by day interviews with the descendants of the pioneers.The book covers the history of the municipality from the time of the establishment of the Hudson's Bay Company's first Fort Langley in 1827 until the end of the First World War in 1918."
265 pages, unmarked in any way, b&w photos, clean, nice copy, shows light use.
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
8vo., First Edition thus; original maroon cloth binder, gilt back, a near fine copy.
(Codice VN/0395) In 8° XX-933(4) pp., 16 plates (photographs). Hardcover, gilted title (fine), dust jacket (fine) ~~~ SPEDIZIONE IN ITALIA SEMPRE TRACCIATA
159 pages. Written at the time of the famous book "Joy of Sex", this book extoles, humourously, the virutes of Canada's real national game. Includes many humourous drawings. Pencil gift inscription upon front endpaper. Book
551 pages. Index. Bibliography. Four fold-out maps. Prior owner's signature upon front free endpaper otherwise very clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. An excellent copy. Book
Complete volume 9: 512pp. with some figures in text + 25 plates out of text and 13 folding maps, 24cm., hardcover binding in half cloth, title in gilt lettering on spine, marbled boards, stamp on verso of title page (provenance: library of the Teyler Museum in Haarlem, Netherlands), few foxing, very good, W94697
Complete volume 8: xx + 430pp. with some figures in text + 13 plates out of text and 2 folding plates of which 1 map, 24cm., hardcover binding in half cloth, marbled boards, title in gilt lettering on spine, stamp on lower edges and on verso of title page (provenance: library of the Teyler Museum in Haarlem, Netherlands), few foxing and vague spots on some pages, very good, W94698
Complete volume 6: 382pp. with some figures in text + 38 plates out of text, 24cm., hardcover binding in half cloth, marbled boards, title in gilt lettering on spine, stamp on verso of title page (provenance: library of the Teyler Museum in Haarlem, Netherlands), few foxing, very good, W94698
Complete volume 4: 500 + 40pp. with some figures in text + 36 plates out of text, 24cm., hardcover binding in half cloth, marbled boards, title in gilt lettering on spine, stamp on lower edges and on verso of title page (provenance: library of the Teyler Museum in Haarlem, Netherlands), few foxing, very good, W94698
Two Volumes: Volume I: Red River and the Journey to the Missouri; Volume II: The Saskatchewan and Columbia Rivers. Toronto: The Champlain Society, 1988-1992. Full red cloth boards with gilt titles on spines. Gilt top edges. Limited edition; #775/1250. With illustrations and maps drawn by William Constable.
240 pages. Index. Black and white illustrations. "In this first volume, the essential history has been recounted as it developed across the land, in various places, from the beginnings until the present." - from page 7. Usual library markings. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound reference copy. Book
72 pages. Abundantly illustrated. Follows several generations and the history they experienced on their road to and in Canada. Somewhat above-average wear. A sound working copy. Book
35 pages. A reprint of the 1931 edition. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
321 pages. Index. List of sources and suggested reading. "Traces the struggle to unionize forest and sawmill workers from the early days of the Wobblies, the Lumber Workers Industrial Union, and other predecessor unions to the breakthrough of 1937, when the IWA was founded and quickly grew in the booming wartime economy... Generously illustrated with historical and contemporary photographs... A worthy tribute to the strength, vision, humour, and perseverance of the men and women of this important industrial union." - from dust jacket. Moderate wear. Slight lean to spine. Minimal library markings. A quality copy. Book
158 pages. Footnotes. Glossy illustrated white boards. A compilation of eight papers dealing with the Italian immigrant experience in North America. Title of these papers include: Italian Immigration and the Frontiers of Western Civilization; Neighbourhood and Paesani; U.S. Industrialism and Internationalization of Labour - Two Case Studies; The Italian Immigratiion to Canada and the Farm Labour System through the 1920's; Thunder Bay's Italian Community, 1880's -1940's; Southern Europeans in Strikes on Thunder Bay's Waterfront Before WWI; The Memoirs of Giovanni Veltri - A Contadino Turned Railway Builder; Italian-American Ethnicity - Twilight or Dawn?. No dust jacket as issued. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
Previous owner's mark on front end paper, otherwise book shows little use with bumped lower corners, dust jacket has light shelfwear only, no tears, edgewear at upper spine. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and unmarked in any way. 134 pages with many large color photos.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 362 pages.
159 pages. Black and white plates. "The story of a British family which crossed the Atlantic in the mid 19th century. It is told in their own words in letters written home from Canada West (Ontario) and Prince Edward Island. From the letters emerges a portrait of a fascinating family which included portrait painter Robert Harris and architect William Harris. Here we encounter the beliefs, values and attitudes of a mid-Victorian family, and a view of their daily lives at home and at work." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Lovely copy. Book
253 pages. Index. Fold-out. Numerous figures. Average wear. Unmarked. Chipping to spine ends. Binding intact. Sound reference copy. Book
280 pages. Signed and inscribed upon front free endpaper by author to Roman Fast in June of 1949. Gouzenko was the Soviet embassy cipher clerk whose defection in 1945 marked the beginning of the Cold War. His revelations resulted in major investigations and dozens of arrests. Above-average wear to red boards. Binding intact. Unmarked. What appears to be a clipping from the dust jacket of a Second Printing copy is neatly affixed at half-title page. Said clipping provides major contemporary media reviews of this work. A treasure for your Espionage or Cold War collection. Book
In November, 1915, a shy, cosseted and rather pompous bank clerk left Canada to fight as a lieutenant on the battlefields of Europe. Despite genteel poverty, his mother had raised him to be the heir to both military greatness and aristocratic splendour. She even followed him to Europe in an attempt to manipulate his destiny. But in the awful killing ground of the Ypres Salient, and subsequently at Vimy and Passchendaele, William Arthur Peel Durie came to understand something of the man he was, instead of the man he was supposed to be. Mother was not pleased. When her son died in the trenches of France, Anna Durie could once again control his fate. Despite the dictates of Britain and the Empire stating that soldiers who fell in the Great War must rest with their comrades, she made up her mind to steal his body from its grave in the military cemetery near Lens and smuggle it home to the Toronto family plot. Veronica Cusack has unearthed a treasure trove of letters, memoirs, and war records and used them to brilliantly recreate a soldier finding himself in battle and a woman driven by her maternal obsession.205p. plates Book