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Tapestry - A Priest's Journey

163 pages. Author's signature and inscription upon dedication page. "Father Andre Dion, now a priest of the Diocese of Victoria, was born in Montmagny, Quebec, and decided to learn English shortly after his ordination and to exercise his ministry in western Canada. This book is about the different places he served as a catholic priest." - from back cover. Sticker removal mark upon front cover else clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book

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THERIAULT YvesMareMagnum

Tayaout fils d'Agaguk.

Broché. 158 pages.

Librairie Loic Simon · Saint Sulpice sur Loire, FR12,00 €

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The (Toronto) Star Weekly, Saturday March 15, 1947 - Complete!

A very rare and wonderful find! Take a trip down memory lane with this complete issue of the (Toronto) Star Weekly from March of 1947. Includes five separate components. Magazine Section Number One (16 pages) includes: Harvest in Springtime, by Mary Brinker Post; Tall Tales of the Rattler, by J. Frank Dobie; article entitled 'Arctic Becomes Frontier in New U.S. Strategy'; Trouble in the Desert, by Chester Chatfield; Article - Swing to Nationallization - in which Emil Lengyel describes how various European countries are nationalizing their industries; Article - England's Under Ground - in which Harold A. Albert writes of English Archaeology; Article by Benjamin Waife describes Einstein's contention that two-thirds of people might be killed in nuclear war; Go-Getting Granby, Quebec - nice article with photos; Article - Argentina's 'Little Eva' Bids for More Power; 'Mart, I Know Women!', by Sven Skaar; King of the Clarinet - Barry Ulanov writes of Benny Goodman - includes photos; Moshin Ali writes about 'Opening Up a Forbidden Land' in Nepal; 'Jap Children Learn a New Way', in which Richard Hughes writes about children in the 'bomb-blackened' suburbs of Tokyo; Boxing's 'Uncle' Mike Jacobs; Article on scientific study of the sun by Charles Greeley Abbot; Article - Bombay to Cut Booze by States; Senator Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma has invented a Global Alphabet - article by Mario A. Pei; Claws and Effect, by Clifford L. Walters; plus various black and white ads. Magazine Section Number Two (12 pages) contains: Superior Moustrap, by Travis Ingham; The Sobbing Wind, by Keith Edgar; Monkey-Shines in Zooland, by William M. Mann; News article with the headline "German Divorce a Bargain at $40 - Free if Poor; Britain's Land Revolution, in which Matthew Halton of the CBC describes progress with Britain's Town and Country Planning Bill; Plant Sleuth, by Leigh Henry; Lost Lode - Third Instalment; Your Easter Bonnet, with photos; Variety in the Lenten Menu; The 'Cheesecake' Industry - How Hollywood celebrities spend much of their time posing for publicity photos - includes colour photos of Patricia White and Frances Gifford; Colour half-page cartoon entitled 'Right Around Home' by Dudley Fisher on the theme of 'We Do Our Banking - Such as it is'. The third section is 'Rimrock Red' - a Star Weekly Complete Novel (15 pages) by Lytle Shannon. Page 16 of this section is a cartoon called Vignettes of Life on the theme "Spring is Near". Next we have a twenty-page colour cartoon section - "Canada's Best" - including offerings of: Jane Arden; Thimble Theatre - Starring Popeye; Winnie Winkle; The Lone Ranger; Steve Canyon; Ella Cinders; Invisible Scarlet O'Neil; Dick Tracy;Tarzan; Blondie; Little Orphan Annie; Superman; Napoleon; Flash Gordon; Moon Mullins; Pepsi and Pete (Pepsi cartoon/ad); Mandrake the Magician; Bringing Up Father; Li'l Abner; Terry and the Pirates; Little Lulu; Abbie and Slats. Please note there are fore-edge tears to some of these cartoon pages. Finally we have the 26-page Star Weekly magazine which features a colour cover illustration by Anderson of a boy preparing cough medicine for his sick pooch in front of the pot-bellied stove. The magazine contains dozens of black and white photos on themes including: The Far East's Colorful Highways and Byways (including a most primitive scene scene of stilt fishing huts in the Kalang River near Singapore's civil airport); The Transit Twins and Trolley Triplets - the children of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Macatee of Philadelphiago through 420 diapers weekly!; Life with the world's largest fishing fleet of Norway; Nice full-page colour Campbell's Soup ad; British Folk Dances; Rebirth of Monte Cassino; Colour Bovril ad. Barbara Ann Scott; Lois Maxwell; Gale Robbins; Colour centerfold ad for Rogers Bros. Silverplate; Nice colour Kellogg's All-Bran ad (with beige stain in upper corner; Michele and Mikey Morgan; Stewart Granger with son James; Grandson of Rin Tin Tin; Colour ad for Lipt Book

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The Beaver - Canada's History Magazine - April/May 1995: War on Lake Ontario

56 pages. Features: War on Lake Ontario - a costly victory at Oswego, 1814; Rescue Mission - Canadian soldiers and airmen in an arctic ordeal; Quebec and Conscription - the death of Ernest Lapointe and a fateful change of policy; Mysterious deaths at Onion Lake - were two union men murdered?; Reflections from The Beaver 1936. Clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Lovely copy. Book

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The Beaver - Canada's History Magazine - August/September 1998: Arctic Ordeal of Captain John Ross

56 pages. Features: The Arctic ordeal of Captain John Ross; Health reformers and alternative medicine in 1860s New Brunswick; Canada's aboriginal soldiers come into the light; Louis Cyr and his Amazing feats; The Sisters of Ann - the Pacific Coast Mission of four faithful Quebec daughters; Devil's Island - the brief but vital life of a tiny Atlantic community; Canada's last political club celebrates its longevity. Clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Lovely copy. Book

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The Beaver - Canada's History Magazine - February/March 1996: Quebec and the Defence of Canada

56 pages. Features: The Iron Duke, Quebec and the defence of Canada; Fire! - Ottawa and Hull in Flames, April 1900; Mayflower compact and family compact - contrasting views of the political authority; North End - Winnipeg's immigrant community observed; Camels in the Cariboo - on the gold rush trail; Berlin 1936 - Canadian dancers at Hitler's Olympics. Clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Lovely copy. Book

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The Beaver - Canada's History Magazine - June/July 1997: Leslie McFarlane, Father of the Hardy Boys

56 paages. Features: The father of the Hardy Boys - Leslie McFarlane; Medals for the volunteers - after the rebellion there was glory for all; Protecting Toronto's working girls; Joseph Banks - a naturalist in Newfoundland; A Quebec doctor and his bishop clash over evolution; Helping hands in the west - successful farms were good for the railway business. Clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Lovely copy. Book

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Hewlett, A.; Nesbitt, J.; Simpson, F.; Ellis, F.; Mitchell, R.; Kerr, R.; Wallace, R.; Bird, J. & M.; Et alMareMagnum

The Beaver, Magazine of the North, March 1954, Outfit 284 - Early Northern Surgeons / Rae's Franklin Relics / Rae's Arctic Correspondence

58 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: France on the Prairies; Potlatch in the Park - photo-illustrated article on potlatch held in new Kwakiutl house built in Victoria's Thunderbird Park; Journey for Frances - 2nd instalment of Mrs. George Simpson's canoe journey of 1930 through two of the Great Lakes and on to the post later named Fort Frances; Wings Across Greenland - between 1928 and 1931 Parker D. (Shorty) Cramer made three attempts to fly across the Atlantic by way of northern Quebec and Greenland - photo-illustrated article; Early Northern Surgeons - article concerning some of the earliest predecessors of Dr. John Rae in Rupert's Land; Dr. John Rae and his Franklin Relics - photo-illustrated article; Dr. John Rae of the Arctic - short biography of the great explorer; John Rae's Stone House - photo-illustrated article on the ruins of Rae's winter house of 1846-7 near Repluse Bay; Rae's Arctic Correspondence - a review of the new volume of the Hudson's bay Record Society; Rae on the Eskimos - his opinions on the Arctic natives among whom he lived and travelled between 1846 ande 1854; The Old Shipwreck - mystery ship has lay wrecked on the north shore of Bylot Island for 130 years; Cobalt and Porcupine - how the great silver and gold mines of Northern Ontario were discovered and developed; Early Days at York Fort; Nice colour ad for Hudson's Bay Point Blankets on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book

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Renouf, Ethel [ed]MareMagnum

The Black Whale cook book : famous old recipes handed down from mother to Daughter

Fine old recipes from the Gaspe Coast going back to pioneer days including local dishes such as Braised Moose, Caribou Roast, Gaspe Cod Tongue Stew and Sea Bird Pot Pie. Most dieshes are in English but there are also some original French Canadian recipes.llustrated with woodcuts by V C Wynn-Edwards; Andre´ Bieler,Irene Tuzo. Gnaedinger Printing Co. Montreal 1948..

Kalamos Books · STREETSVILLE, CA0,00 €

Gordon, CharlesMareMagnum

The Canada Trip

346 pages. Author and his wife set out in the summer of 1996 to drive across Canada. Starting from Ottawa they drove east through Quebec, through New Brunswick, P.E.I., Nove Scotia, and Newfoundland. From St. John's they headed west on a different route through the Maritimes to Montreal, Toronto, and Lake of the Woods. Then it was west to Vancouver and Victoria. Next, via Prince Rupert, they followed the Yellowhead Trail back through Edmonton ad Saskatoon, hitting Flin Flon and Northern Ontario on the way home. The dream trip you would love to take... if you had the time! Some yellowing to edges of pages. Book

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The Canadian Historical Review: Volume XL, No. 4 December 1959

Features: Canada's Negotiations with Newfoundland 1887-1895; The Quebec Resolutions and Le Courrier du Canada 1864-1865; W.T. Stead and the Boer War - The Irony of Idealism; David Thompson and Defence Research. Average wear. Unmarked. Solid copy. Book

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The Canadian Indian - Quebec and the Atlantic Provinces

44 pages (English section). A bilingual back/to back publication. Light wear overall. Illustrated with black and white photos. Brown card covers. Covers the Beothuks, Micmac, Malecite, Abenaki, Naskapi, Montagnais, Algonkin, Cree and the Iroquois (Mohawk and Huron). Book

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The Canadian Magazine, 20 Mar 1971 WHAT MAKES QUEBEC QUEBEC?

Features: What Makes Quebec Quebec? - text and photos; Children of the Quiet Revolution - the first generation to feel that they, not the 'English', will determine the future of Quebec; How do you carry on business in Quebec? - at your leisure; Please note: most of page 13 has been clipped and is not present; What Price Terrorism? - it could corrupt everything the Quebecois are striving for; Has the Church gone Underground in Quebec? - some Quebecois think so; Canada's best young skier since Nancy Greene and Betsy Clifford - 13-year-old Kathy Kreiner *Sadly, page 21/22 are not present and they constituted the bulk of the Kreiner article; What's Big Bad Ben Ginter up to now? - B.C.'s big-talking businessman and brewer; Maggie Grant; and more. Doodling to front cover which has had a portion neatly clipped out. Book

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McCullum, Hugh and Karmel; MacGregor, Roy; Bruce, Harry; Alderman, TomMareMagnum

The Canadian Magazine, 24 July 1976 - Diane Jones Cover Photo

20 pages. Features: Surrender By Ballot - How Canada and Quebec purchase the birthright of the native people of northern Quebec; Canadia's hope in the women's Pentathalon, Diane Jones; Dottie - Dorothy Wyatt, the madcap mayor of St. John's; Doug Wright's Family; Auto Lemon Fighter Phil Edmonston; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy. Book

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The Canadian Magazine, May 2, 1970 - Best Highway Diners in Canada

Features: The Seven Best Highway Diners in Canada - Parkside Service Centre, Maberley, Ontario - Kanaka Bar Restaurant, Lytton, BC - Helen's Coffee Shoppe, DeWinton, Alberta - Headingley Husky Travelcentre - Headingly, Manitoba; Gil's Truck Plaza, Quebec City - Valley Restaurant, Saint-Basile, New Brunswick - Blanche's Grill, Moosomin, Saskatchewan; Miss Nude America... is a Canadian, Dianne Boisclair; Colour ad for GM Pontiac models - Firebird, Le Mans, Grand Prix; The NHL's Ten Best Fighters - John Ferguson, Gordie Howe, Bobby Hull, Bobby Orr, Orland Kurtenbach; Ted Harris; Reggie Fleming; Eddie Shack; Derek Sanderson; Jim Dorey; Shades of Captain Marvel - fashion; Nice colour Hush Puppies ad; Nothing succeeds like failure - ask Marvin Fleishman of auctioneer Danbury Sales Ltd; Rebuilding a wreck and restoring a memory - an HS-2L flying boat and Don Foss; The Things you didn't know about Nature; Maggie Grant; Doug Wright's Family. Clean and unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book

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The Canadian Philatelist - Volume 41, No. 4, Whole No. 239, July-August, 1990: Henry Kelsey and Anthony Henday

87 pages. Features: Orapex '90 - Ottawa's Second National Stamp Show and Bourse; Netherlands - Indies - In Quest of Correct Franking; Prairie Pathfinders - Henry Kelsey and Anthony Henday; Postmarked Ottawa; George Mackinley Geldert, M.C. 1886-1967; Decoys, Spears and Skates; The R.P.S.C. Junior Stamp Collector; Vignettes of early British North American Postal History - Part XIII - The Wilderness Route from Quebec to Halifax; Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book

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LLOYD ChristopherMareMagnum

The Capture of Quebec. [Batsford British Battles series]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates and maps; original series binding of blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Batsford's notable 'British Battles' series.

Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books · Thakeham, GB43,22 €

Knott, Leonard L.MareMagnum

The Children's Book of the Saguenay

28 pages. Lovely colour-illustrated boards. Illustrated endpapers. "This book was written to give some of the answers and tell some of the stories about the St. Lawrence and Saguenay Rivers and the little French Canadian towns and villages that the ship named The Saguenay) passes as she sails." - from page two. Illustrations throughout in a Richard Scarry-like fashion. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this thoroughly enjoyable and educational early Canadian children's title. Book

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Dixon, JackMareMagnum

The Chretien Legacy - A Canadian's View of the Administration of The Right Honourable Jean Chretien, Prime Minister of Canada, 1993-2003

178 pages. "... the author has not pulled any punches in his condemnation of Jean Chretien's record. But he reserves a special contempt for Chretien's cabinet and Liberal caucus, who could have stopped Chretien in his tracks at any time, but ttook the dishonourable path of clinging to their comfortable offices and fat pensions and vaporous celebrity." - from back cover. Clean, bright and unmarked but for gift greetings on page iii. Negligible wear. An excellent copy. Book

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Palardy, Jean; McLean, Eric (translator)MareMagnum

The Early Furniture of French Canada

412 pages. Undated reprint, circa 1971. 8.25" x 6.5". "A valuable sourcebook of basic information on the design and workmanship of French Canadian furniture from the seventeenth to the first half of the nineteenth century. Armoires, buffets, chairs, commodes, beds and other common items are described and illustrated in detail, and the scope of the book extends to spinning-wheels, chandeliers, mantelpieces, stoves, fabrics, doors, locks and latches. Included also are suggestions for restoring the original colour to traditional furniture, and for identifying genuine French Canadian period pieces. There are approximately 600 black-and-white photographs." - dust jacket. Includes: List of Master-Woodworkers, Woodworkers and Carvers. List of English and Scottish Woodworkers and Cabinet-Makers. List of Master-Locksmiths and Locksmiths. List of Collectors. Bibliography. Abbreviations List. Lexicon of French-Canadian Terms. Glossary. Index. Minor lean to spine. Unmarked with moderate wear to dark green publisher's cloth. Binding intact. Average wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this valuable reference. Whiteman, Stewart & Funnell 1643. Book

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Grady, PatrickMareMagnum

The Economic Consequences of Quebec Sovereignty

168 pages. Provides the first comprehensive and objective look at this critical issue, considering all important aspects including fiscal flows, trade relations, migration, division of the public debt, and monetary arrangements. Light pencil underlining and marginalia throughout. Light wear. Book

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Speare, M. Edmund: Forward; Hees, Hon. George; Little, James G.; Price, William; Bocquet, Derek; Bruchesi, Dr. Jean; Hancock, Bowell W.MareMagnum

The Educational ABC's of Industry 1959/1960

32 pages. Ffeatures: St. Lawrence Seaway; From Festive Rocket to Nuclear Rocket; Science Fair; Tennis Anyone; Competition Instructions; General Competition Instructions; Province of Quebec; Canada's Fur Trade. Includes several wonderful vintage colour ads intended for younger readers by such companies as: The Bank of Nova Scotia; Orange Crush; The Book of Knowledge; Gold Seal canned Salmon; General Motors of Canada; Face-elle tissues; Mil-Ko powdered milk; Shredded Wheat; Oxo products; Texaco; St. Lawrence Starch Company products; Toastmaster baked goods; Southam Newspapers; Rose Brand pickles (back cover). Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this interesting and unusual education publication for younger readers. Book

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Geggie, H.J. G., M.D.MareMagnum

The Extra Mile: Medicine in Rural Quebec 1885-1965

134 pages. Black and white illustrations. "Into his notebooks he (Harold Geggie) poured his heartbreaks, his frustrations, his accomplishments and his compassion for the people. His stories speak for themselves." - the Editors. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A tight, sound copy. Book

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King, Maurice J.MareMagnum

The First Step

276 pages including index. The conflict between Quebec nationalism and Canadian values and the story of the appeal to the United Nations Human Rights Committee against the violation of freedom of expression. Author is the Canadian who pioneered the appeal of Quebec's sign law to the United Nations. Very light wear. Clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Book

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