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1940098215Toronto: The Champlain Society 1940. Hardcover. pp. xxxi 328. 8vo. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Top edge gilt. Black and white maps and illustrations: complete as called-for. Ex Hudson's Bay Company Library: ink number and sticker to spine HBC bookplate to front pastedown and stamp to ffep. Light shelfwear sunning to spine; very good. Limited edition. Number 56 of 550. Champlain Society XXVI. The Champlain Society hardcover
1970431G3214Toronto: Macmillan of Canada/a Division of Gage Publishing Limited 1970. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 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. Macmillan of Canada/a Division of Gage Publishing Limited Hardcover
1940ZB138418Ottawa 1940. volumes 34-54 1940-1960 56-60 1962-1966 63-90 1969-1996 all complete volumes original paper wrappers very-good price is FOR THE LOT 54 VOLUMES!. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Ottawa unknown
1963303468Vancouver: Mitchell Press 1963. First edition. hardcover. very good/very good. 8vo. pp.413 Mitchell Press hardcover
1970853a1716Canada: McClelland & Stewart. Good. 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. 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. Slipcase not included. A sound reference copy. ; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; The Jewish Community in Canada: Volume 1 One - A History . McClelland & Stewart hardcover
2000168c7716Canada: New Star / IWA Canada. Good in Good dust jacket. 2000. First Printing. Hardcover. 0921586809 . "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." - dust jacket. 321 pages. Index. List of sources and suggested reading. Moderate wear. Slight lean to spine. Minimal library markings. A quality copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The IWA in Canada: The Life and Times of an Industrial Union Loggers Logging Labour Labor Northwest Coastal Sawmill Forest Strikes Scabs . New Star / IWA Canada hardcover
1988723H4607Canada: CIHA 1988. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 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. CIHA Hardcover
197047216Charlottetown Pei: Prince Island Museum and Heritage Foundation. Near Fine. 1970. Softcover. 71 magazines. Complete run of this highly informative and fully illustrated magazine from Number One of Fall/Winter 1976 - Number 71 Spring/Summer of 2012. Nos. 1-9 are housed in a dedicated binder produced by the publisher. . Prince Island Museum and Heritage Foundation paperback
1983106a1179Canada: Ragweed Press 1983. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 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. Ragweed Press Hardcover
1977Q-0660000822National Museum of Man 1977-01-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! [National Museum of Man] paperback
1930280343Montreal: Rolland Paper Company 1930. First English language edition. hardcover. Very Good/No dustjacket. 8vo. pp. xii 2178 bound in guilt embossed black full-leather gilt rules 3 raised bands marbled endpapers some rubbing with color loss at spine extremities and hinges contents bright and crisp 3 page pamphlet and explanatory page laid-in. attractive bookplate of former owner on verso of front endpaper. Photographs on request. Rolland Paper Company hardcover
1996337045Queenston Ontario: The Edwin Mellen Press 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No dustjacket. 8vo. pp. 537 b/w photographs sketch maps The Edwin Mellen Press hardcover
198476420Canadian Government Publishing Centre Ottawa 1984. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. Canadian Government Publishing Centre Ottawa; CANMET Ottawa copyright 1984. xv628 pages. Illustrated. 11 x 8.5" cloth no dj. ISBN 0660116014. VG/none. Canadian Government Publishing Centre, Ottawa hardcover
1944238253Ottawa Kings Printer, 1944. 399 Seiten. Originalbroschur. 17 cm
198616801394Vancouver BC Canada: Douglas & McIntyre Limited 1986. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 255 pages. Whether they came from Britain or Europe these newcomers all wove new vigour and spirit into the Canadian cultural economica and social fabric. And they all vividly remember their first hours days and momths in a new country. This book is about their memories: sad happy sometimes incredible and always moving. The often felt frustrated and homesick and were at times resourceful or bewildered weak or determined. But always they felt like immigrants in a strange land. Book clean unmarked and very lightly worn. Some yellowing at edges. Slight lean to spine. Dust jacket in excellent condition but for scratch in lower corner of back panel. Very nice copy. Douglas & McIntyre, Limited Hardcover
1972737a2673Canada: Waterloo Lutheran University. Fair. 1972. Reprint. Paperback. 98 pages. "The Canadian Indian as a subject and a concept in a sampling of the popular national magazines read in Canada 1900-1970" - from title page. Heavily worn former library copy with usual markings. A worthy reference copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; The Image of the Indian - WLU Monograph Series No. 1 Canadian Indian as a subject and a concept in a sampling of the popular national magazines read in Canada 1900-1970 . Waterloo Lutheran University paperback
19761125560010<p>Fredericton N.B.: Research and Development Branch Historical Resources Administration 1976. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Spiral bound 50 pages 17 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; Bibliography: leaves 48-49. genealogical table.</p> [Research and Development Branch, Historical Resources Administration], paperback
1990168a7092Canada: Creative Publishers 1990. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 348 pages. "This is a book about the evolution and development of the Newfoundland Light & Power Co. Limited born of an amalgamation of small utilities less than a quarter century ago. Tells the story of these companies from their first glimmerings to the present day Newfoundland Light & Power Co. and examines some of the contributions the present company has made to the social and economic advancement of Newfoundland." - from dust jacket. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. Decorated endpapers. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy archival-grade Brodart cover. Lovely copy. Creative Publishers Hardcover
1964143h1800London: The London Illustrated News. Very Good. 1964. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Features/Photos: The largest earthquake ever recorded - scenes of havoc in Anchorage Alaska; Prince Philip with the Beatles; De Gualle in Latin America; Team Spirit wins Grand National by Half a length; Finds from Caesarea; The Water Bombing Story - Forest Fire-Fighting by Air in British Columbia; and more. 40 pages. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; The Illustrated London News - April 4 1964 largest earthquake ever recorded - scenes of havoc in Anchorage Alaska; Prince Philip with the Beatles; De Gualle in Latin America; Team Spirit wins Grand National by Half a length; Finds from Caesarea; The W . The London Illustrated News unknown
1936338H0998London: The Illustrated London News 1936. Magazine. Illus. by Davis G.H. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Pages 659-702. Features: Cover photo of the Victor of Ashangi Marshall Badoglio commander-in-chief of the Italian forces in Abyssinia; Photo of Gen. Smuts appealing for peace in Europe; Photo of the Kadir Cup "pig sticking"event in India with photo of winner Capt. P. H. J. Tuck with his horse Manifest; Two-page pictorial map of the Franco-German and Belgo-German frontiers - of world interest since the Rhineland was reoccupied; Two pages of photo of massive Burmese Leogriff Cinthe under construction as the funeral pyre for the cremation of a dead priest; Photo illustrated article on Brazil nuts - a minor mystery; Six photos from filming of "Kliou" the first Technicolor film to be photographed entirely in the jungle; Two pages of photos of the "Alps" of South Africa; Page of fascinating photos illustrating the world's greatest telescopic "eye" this great 200 inch telescope disc is twice the diameter of the disc in the Hooker telescope at the Mount Wilson Observatory the biggest at present in use; Page of photos of medieval ship carvings in a Devonshire church - sculpted 16th-century three-masters; Page of photos illustrate the coldest Easter of the century; Page of photos of the king personally bestowing the Royal Maundy to aged men and women; Magnificent centrefold aerial photo of the city of Vancouver British Columbia - before construction of the Lion's Gate Bridge - as she celebrates her Golden Jubilee; Two pages of text and photos present a mysterious 12th Dynasty hoard - Treasures of Asiatic origin found at Toud near Luxor; Photos of personalities of the week include Herr Leopold von Hoesch Señor Alcala Zamora Dr. Constantine Demerjis Señor Martinez Barrio and the king inspecting the Grenadier guards; Photo illustrated article on Galapagos wildlife; One-page photo illustrated Harrods ad presents pocket watches; One-page Johnnie Walker ad shows him inspecting barrels by flashlight; Interesting photo shows crowd gathered around an Imperial Airways airmail service plane at Kai Tak aerodrome Hong Kong after it arrived from Penang for the first time; Photos of Lt. Col. F. J. Popham and Mr. Francis A. L. Would; Nice one-page illustrated ad for the Humber Twelve car; Back cover two-colour ad promotes The Sphere The Tatler The Sketch Sporting and Dramatic News and the Illustrated London News. Please note: pages 685-686 missing. Several interior pages loose but present. Faint store ink stamp to front cover otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy vintage issue. The Illustrated London News Paperback
199667410Halifax: Nimbus Publishing. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1551091763 . Tight unmarked book in clean red cloth and with barely rubbed dust jacket; 10.60 X 9.10 X 0.70 inches; 92 pages . Nimbus Publishing hardcover
199662311Halifax: Nimbus Publishing. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1551091763 . Stiff clean book unmarked but for inscription to front endpaper; in crisp dust jacket. ; 10.60 X 9.10 X 0.70 inches; 92 pages . Nimbus Publishing hardcover
1990723c7652Winnipeg MB Canada: Ronald W. Kristjanson. Good. 1990. Reprint. Paperback. 0969465114 . 557 pages including index reference notes and black and white illustrations. "Recognized as the definitive work on the history of the Icelandic people in Manitoba" - from verso of copyright page. ".Will be welcomed not only by those who have special links with Iceland and her people but by anyone with a broad interest in the settlement of Western Canada. The author's painstaking scrutiny of an enormous wealth of source material has resulted in a carefully documented historical study." - Professor Haraldur Bessason University of Manitoba. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Glossy illustrated covers. A quality copy. Thibault 1029.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; ICELANDERS FOREIGN COUNTRIES MANITOBA HISTORY CANADA GENERAL The Icelandic People in Manitoba : A Manitoba Saga Immigration Emmigrants Immigrants Iceland . Ronald W. Kristjanson paperback
1967723H3608Winnipeg: National Publishers Limited 1967. Book. Illus. by Eliasson Gissur. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed and inscribed by author atop front free endpaper. 510 pages. Select bibliography. Index. Black and white maps and reproductions of photos. Explains how "the evolution of the Icelandic nation developed certain qualities of mind and how those qualities have been strengthened through the adversities the Icelandic people have had to endure. It is these qualities which produced the Icelandic Canadian 'harvest' of achievement during the ninety odd years they have been in Canada." - dust jacket. "A careful perusal of this book is a must for those of Icelandic descent who doubt the grandeur of their ancestral heritage." - A. Isfeld. Author was born in Iceland and educated in Canada where he rose to prominence as a County Court Judge in Manitoba. Book clean and unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this important genealogical reference. Thibault 1030. National Publishers Limited Hardcover
1971318c6826Canada: Western Canadian Regional Council No. 1 International Woodworkers of America 1971. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 63 pages. Many great black and white photos. Contents include: Early Organization 1912-1937; The Fight for Union Recognition 1936-1939; The Blubber Bay Strike; War Policy Cripples Negotiations; The Post-War Years; The "October Revolution"; The I.W.A. Rebuilds; Years of Progress 1955-1970. Sturdy library binding. Average wear. Usual library markings. A sound copy. Western Canadian Regional Council No. 1, International Woodworkers of America Hardcover