Dempsey, Hugh A.MareMagnum
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225 pages. Index. Reference notes. Black and white illustrations. "James Gladstone, a treaty Blood Indian, devoted his long and active life to the betterment of Canada's native people... This fascinating biography not only examines the career of a pivotal leader, but also explores the development of the native movement in Canada." - from back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Contents yellowed at edges. Binding intact. A sound working copy. Book
314 pages including index. A story of two Ontario towns, Hanover and Paris, that grew in many parallel ways. They were about the same size, and both were primarily one-industry towns. Average quantity of markings to text. Light wear. Book
77 pages. "Tall tales with a big heart! A rollicking community of Hilarious characters in Canada's Vast Northern Prairie." - Nan Gregory, Storyteller. Author resides in Prince George, British Columbia. Book
194 pages including index. Features 150 gardens from British Columbia to Prince Edward Island. Beautiful colour photography throughout, plus practical touring information and extensive commentary. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
88 pages. A rare surviving copy of this vintage Canadian gardening periodical. Contents include: The Pansy; Roses for the Garden; The Scree - What is it?; Some Further Notes on the Iris; The Lily Pool - a new idea in pool construction; Youth in the Garden - building cold frames for pocket money; Glass substitutes in gardening; Some of our garden pests; and more. Many interesting contemporary ads plus a major Annual Directory of the Trade in Canada for 1934, including retailers, wholesalers, nurserymen, seedsmen, allied trades and buyers' guide. Back cover features ads by Empire Garden Nurseries, Sidney Roofing and Paper Col, Layritz Nurseries Ltd., and H.M. Eddie & Sons Ltd of Sardis, BC. Minimal pencil markings. Somewhat above-average external soiling and wear. Book
278 pages. Signed and inscribed by "Wayne" (Wayne Gretzky) upon front free endpaper. This copy includes the uncommon variant dust jacket which features front panel colour photo of Wayne Gretzky tying his skates. "Chronicles the anatomy of the upstart Edmonton Oilers during the 1980-81 NHL season as they gained power and confidence, fueled by the dazzling skills of Wayne Gretzky and buoyed by the astonishing realization that they might win the Stanley Cup." - from dust jacket. Above-average wear to book and dust jacket. Dust jacket now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. An uncommon Gretzky collectible from the early Oiler days when he took the NHL by storm. Book
Boston, The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1924, in-8, tela edit. azzurra, titolo oro al dorso ripetuto al piatto ant. entro serto di quercia, taglio sup. oro, pp. (8), 308, (2). Con 9 tavv. di ritratti in b.n. Ottime condizioni (seppur privo di sovracc.) Prima edizione.
Circa early 1990s. An update to "Vast Profits for the 1990s". Clean and bright. Excellent set. Book
Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is free of marking of any kind; No creasing to covers or spine with a text block with sharp corners.
Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 96 pages. Many color illustrations.
192p. plus color photographs by E.B.S. Logier. Illustrated with numerous drawings and maps by Frank Beebe. 12mo. Original printed wraps. Third Edition Revised. Nice copy. NH 1
Ex-library book with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 62 pages. Printed on heavy paper in the workshop of Glen Adams. Black and white illustrations.
72 pages. Several pages of black and white reproductions of photos, archival and recent. Features: 'The Victoria Cross', by Edgar L. Boyd; Dave Barbour's WWI War Diary; The Battle of 'Captain Ridge', by Ernie White; 'The Great Moustache Caper' by W.D. Smith; 'A Ramble Through Sicily' by Charlie Swan; Part of War Diary by Captain Les Herman; 'My Father's Speech' by Peggy McEwen; 'Recollections of Portslade' by Ralph C.B. Paulsen; 'Eastburne - 1942' by Shierlaw Burry; Several pages of Association news; Nine-page list of members, complete with their mailing addresses; Three-page list of members who have passed since the last issue. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this informative item. Book
Book is nearly new, clean and neat: sharp corners, no scuffing, creasing or edge wear to covers, text/interior clean and free of marking of any kind. 238 pages, many b&w photos. Previous owner's name on title page.
Book is in excellent condition in every respect, clean and unmarked, sharp corners with very light shelf wear only to covers.
Vintage advertisements. Features: Inbreeding experiments with the Douglas Fir; Panel on Forest Proection; Panel on Forest Administration; Vital Statistics for Forestry in Canada; Viability and germination in yellow birch; and more. Prior owner's name atop front cover else clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
Vintage advertisements. Features: current practices and future trends in forest insect control; industry encouragement to woodlot management; the federal-provincial forestry agreements; the forest resources inventory of Ontario 1946-1952; Logging and utilization in spruce-fir in the west; sustained yield forest management in B.C.; Forest practices on privately-owned and privately-operated public lands in Canada; Logging and utilization in spruce-fir in the east; and more. Prior owner's name atop front cover else clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
Vintage advertisements. Features: Pathological deterioration in wind-thrown Balsam Fir in Newfoundland; Planning for sustained yield operations; a note on the bud count method of forecasting cone crops; a use of site in forest management; group seed tree method and mechanical skidding in the U.S.S.R.; Hail damage in forest stands; some concepts of industrial forestry; wildlife management in the Yukon; The role of forest ranger schools in Canada and the U.S.; The B.C. Forest Service in the field of recreation in Provincial parks and forests; and more. Prior owner's name atop front cover else clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
Vintage advertisements. Features: Teamwork in research; climate, soils and forests of Canada; Farm woodland management in the south; a gall disease of western hemlock in B.C.; Historical aspects of applied silviculture in eastern region; action needed for woodlot management promotion; silvicultural results of forest policies and practices in Manitoba and Saskatchewan; and more. Prior owner's name atop front cover else clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
Vintage advertisements. Features:The forestry situation in Canada - present and future; Performance of Scotch Pine races under prairie conditions; Stereum Pini incorrectly reported as cause of decay in Lodgepole-Pine; Observations of Armillaria Mellea in Immature Douglas Fir; Trends and new developments in the transportation of wood in eastern Canada; The tree decadence classification for mature conifer stands; growth of immature Douglas Fir by tree classes; Forest Research Development in Sweden; and more. Prior owner's name atop front cover else clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
384p. Hardcover Very good condition
334 pages. Footnotes, bibliography and index. Black and white reproductions of photos. "Explores the realities of media censorship in the context of the tension between government, free-market media, and those deputized to act on behalf of the public good. The first examination of Canadian wartime news control to use the massive files of the censors to fill in the historical gaps and answer major questions about Canada's war effort." - dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket progected in Brodart. A quality copy of this fascinating and controversial history. Book
128 pages including index. In Cape Breton in the early 1900s two ambitious men, Alexander Graham Bell and Casey Baldwin, experimented on the Bras d'Or Lakes to discover a heavier-than-air body that would fly. Thir founding work in hydrofoil craft was honoured fifty years later when the Canadian Navy named their experimental craft, Baddeck and Bras d'Or. The Flying 400 is the story of the construction of a jet-age ship - the prototype of the future for anti-submarine warfare - her name was Bras d'Or. They clipped her wings when she cost too much, but nevertheless her past is still the Navy's future. "Perhaps we abandoned the Canadian Hydrofoil Programme too soon." Jean-Jacques Blais, Minister of Defence, August 1983. A fascinating volume loaded with black and white photos, diagrams and data. Book
165 pages including index. Colour illustrations. A hands-on cookbook that is also fun to read. Stuffed with practical recipes from the wide variety of traditions that have affected the capital city's history and reflect upon its present flavour. Average wear. Unmarked. Good working copy. Book
16 pages plus colour illustrated covers. "Exciting new ideas that will really make your parties swing! Full details on the big Five Roses Young-Canada Bake-Off!" - subtitle. "Be the smartest social butterfly in town! Take your pick - an informal Pizza Party? A romantic Roman Holiday? A Boston Bean Bash? A night in Hong Kong? Sounds fun? It's a ball! And so easy to do. Just ask the people, choose your party, and let your imagination go all-out!" - inside front cover. Contents printed in two colours. Undated but appears to be circa 1960. Oblong 22 x 14cm. Unmarked with light wear. A lovely vintage copy of this fascinating snapshot of very different Canadian teen social customs from not so long ago. Book
