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Features: Virgin Forest... in Big City! - Vancouver's Stanley Park; Santa's Village near Bracebridge in Muskoka, Ontario; The Fish come Big in Nova Scotia - swordfish and bluefin tuna; The Kingsmere "Ruins" in the rolling hills of Kingsmere, Quebec; Family Week a la Jasper; From the Mailbag of Eddie Torr. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: The Land of Believe it or Not - great photos from the Bay of Fundy; Lac Le Jeune - Angler's Dream; Island of Orleans, below Quebec City on the St. Lawrence; Those Pesky Post cards; The Nature Programme in Algonquin Park; Dinosaur Valley - the banks of the Red Deer River in central Alberta (Drumheller); The International Peace Garden - astride the International border between Dunseith, North Dakota, and Boissevain, Manitoba; From the Mailbag of Eddit Torr. Drawing of contemporary gas pumps on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: Who says pioneering is a thing of the past? - Imperial Oil agent L.M. Fortin and his truck supply road contractors near Beattyville and Senneterre in Northwestern Quebec; Yukon's Highway to the Sea - taking the Haines Cutoff to the sea from the Alaska Highway; The Devil's Hills - Manitoba's desert, about 100 miles west of Winnipeg and 40 miles east of Brandon; Rollin' Along, Singin' A Song - Songs sung across Canada; Logging in the Gatineau - great photos - trucks on the frozen river; Muskoka Pioneers, by Anne Smyth; On to Peggy's Cove (continued from last issue); The Carillon across Canada. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: British Columbia - a century of progress - with story and photos; Canada's cradle of celtic culture - St. Ann's, The Gaelic College in Nova Scotia; Rocky Mountain Motorcade - 100-car, 300-man motorcade pioneers 125-mile route from Rocky Mountain House to the Banff-Jasper highway - super photos!; Quebec City's 350th Birthday; Motoring at Fort Churchill; Echoes from an old coach road - highway 33 between Trenton and Kingston. Illustrated with black and white photos. Average wear. Bit of writing on back cover. A sound copy of this vintage issue. Book
Features: Eel fishing in the Richelieu at the twin towns of St. Jean and Iberville; Writing on Stone - Milk River, Southern Alberta; East Coast Totem Pole - John L. Bradford of Hunt's Point, Nova Scotia; Lillooet's Ice Cave - a freak of nature discovered near Lillooet, B.C. by Martin Chernault; Protecting Our Heritage - the work of Ducks Unlimited; The "Tent" that's Permanent - the Shakespearean Festival Theatre at Stratford, Ontario. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Pictures from five Canadian Zoos; Raising speckled trout at Balsam Creek, near North Bay, Ontario; The Senega-Root (Snake-root) Diggers of Manitoba; Alberta Handicrafts; The North Shore Highway from Baie Comeau to Quebec along the St. Lawrence River; Sandford Boat Hole - pine-sized picturesque harbour just north of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: New Brunswick Claybake - the Deichmanns of Sussex, New Brunswick; The last of the wooden heads - Cigar store Indian named Mazeppa in St. Thomas, Ontario and the large cedar wooden head carved by Pete Fuoci which was used at the opening of the Big Bend highway between Revelstoke and Golden, B.C. in 1940; Dude Ranches; The Scottish Highlanders come to Fergus, Ontario; Le Chien d'Or of Quebec City; The Stolen Church - St. Peter's Church on Lake Windermere used to be at Donald, B.C. and was supposed to be in Revelstoke but Rufus Kimpton and J.C. Pitts may have played a role in changing this! Bit of writing atop back cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Revue mensuelle de l'Asociation des anciens elèves de l'Ecole des H. E. C. - PARIS - 52 ième année - N?° 7 - Juillet 1935 - In-4 - Broché - couverture souple illustrée - Photographies et cartes NB en texte - 152 pages - Propre
251 pages. Black and white illustrations. Intensely describes the various states of mind of a scarred hockey player who sets about the task of riding his strong wrists to glory and success. Lafleur's confidant in certain disquieting circumstances, Larochelle embellishes his account with previously unpublished disclosures that are both moving and profoundly human. - from dust jacket. Moderate wear to book which is clean and unmarked. Average wear to dust jacket. Solid copy. Book
192 pages. Index. "Featuring delicious modern interpretations of classic recipes and traditional dishes from Atlantic Canada, Quebec, Ontario, the prairies, the mountains and the Pacific coast, this collection is truly a celebration of great Canadian cuisine... Delectable food photography by John Sherlock, striking images of the beloved hotels and a selection of nostalgic illustrations make this book a treasure both to look at and to cook from." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Gift quality. Book
16 pages. Features: Article on Babe Zaharias; Two pages of wonderful photos of Babe Zaharias; Photo from Shuttle Meadow CC includes Duncan Dewar, Fred Wright, Holly Mandly and Ralph Rooks; Photo of Ed Rankin of the Ben Hogan Company; Photo of Joe Petrick; Photo of Bob Kay; Photo of Fred Waring and Chick Evans; Great back cover photo of a large group of senior ladies at the Seignory Club, Quebec includes Mrs. Glenna Collett Vare; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
181 pages including notes, index and black and white illustrations. Show's how Cartier, as the dominant Quebec politician of his day, directed the transformation of that society's fundamental landholding, legal, business, and educational institutions. Moderate wear. Some markings. Binding tight. Solid working copy. Book
Broché. 190 pages.
Canada, 1634. Quando gli indiani credevano che le foreste parlassero e gli spiriti vivessero di notte.
249 p. Profusely illustrated with wood engravings from the original drawings by F. B. Schell, L. R. Obrien, W. T. Smedley, T. Moran, G. Gibson, and others. 4to. 31 x 23 cm. Original decorated full cl th binding. Somewhat soiled and rubbed. The text and plates are in fine condition. Includes: 'French-Canadian Life and Character' by J. G. A. Creighton; 'Quebec-Historical and Descriptive' by Principa l Grant and Miss A. M. Machar; 'Southeastern Quebec' by J. H. Hunter; 'Montreal' by A. J. Bray and John Lesperance; ' The Lower Ottawa' by R. V. Rogers and C. P. Mulvaney; 'Ottawa' by F. A. Dixon; and 'The Upper Ottawa' by C. P. Mulvaney; Etc. Fascinating reading. Scarce.**PRICE JUST REDUCED! W143
Cover photo of a RRCCW Pall Mall. Features: Je me Souviens - Recollections of the Quebec Vintage Tour, September 22-27, 1991 - six pages with many nice photos; From the Shadow's Corner - long term storage of a 1976 Silver Shadow, Fluid for convertible top and recharging accumulators, 1972 T Type Bentley with crankshaft oil leaks; 1965 Siver Cloud III with low oil pressure; Brooks-Ostruk Company - La Carrosserie - 3 pages with wonderful photos; Dipping systems on Lucas P100 Lamps; Nuts, Cheese & Worms - a confectionary of items needed to get your steering straight - 4 detailed pages with illustrations. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 106 pages. Text in French and English. Pictorial cover. Many color plates. Marcel Fecteau was born in Quebec in 1927 and has been painting the Quebec landscape in a variety of mediums over the past 40 years. He is one of the six founding members of the Norditude du Parc des Grands Jardins de Charlevoix.
56 pages. Features: Rex Woods cover illustration features WWII sailor dancing with attractive blonde; Drying Eggs - a new war industry - article with photo of egg drying room in Trenton plant of the Canadian Doughnut Co.; Are Farmers Indifferent? - article with photos of the homesteads of Orley Shaw near Forest, ON, and K.M. Betzner of R.R.2 Waterloo, ON; Farmers of the Lower Saint John - article with photos of the Fox and Dingee homesteads of Gagetown, N.B.; Treasure of a Derelict (fiction); Storm Tide (fiction); Fascinating half-page ad by the Department of Munitions and Supply says "Drastic New Regulations Are Now In Effect" restricting sales of new and used tires, tubes and retreading services; Half-page ad for Findlay Ranges of Carleton Place, ON shows military scene and housewife saying she can wait for her range in order to provide metal to the military; An Army Without Banners - article explains how women are producing food at home to supply the military, with photos of Beth Kellington and Mrs. Will Hewlett of the Stouffville district in York County; Photo-illustrated article on the 1942 Kemptville Conference of the Women's Institutes; Aunt Helen's Boys and Girls; Illustrated half-page ad by the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario says WWII is "A War of Steel and Electricity"; Nice photo of horse-drawn hay wagon in action on the Cotton farm near Orillia; Photo of Wallace Knapp of Galt, Ontario on horse-drawn potato planter; Photo of young John McTaggart feeding lamb at the Don Head Farm in Richmond, Hill; Photos of prize animals owned by Featherstone Bros. of Oakville, Haas Bros. of Paris, Byron Rath of Mossley, J.R. Beattie of Aurora, R. Norman Hogg of Uxbridge, and Alfred Bagg of Edgeley; Poultry section includes photo of chicken 'apartment building' of Dr. D.F. McKinley of Unionville, ON; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label remnant on front cover. Five-inch diameter hole neatly cut from back cover, otherwise a sound vintage copy of this fascinating wartime issue. Book
in-16, 320 pp., broche, couverture illustree.- ISBN 2264008520 Etat proche du NEUF. [PM-LP2] Pour le Quebec libre
Features: First Down Quebec's Whale River; Landsat - an aid to Exploration; Mysteries of the Pena Colorada; The Karo Batak of Sumatra Revisited; Aztec Warfare, Sacrifice and Cannibalism; Youth Activity Essay Contest; Sir Edmund P. Hillary - Honorary President. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Au sommaire, dossier "Les mots des institutions": "Pour une exploration des sémantiques institutionnelles" par Marc ABELES, "Global expert: la religion des mots" par Bernard KALAORA, "L'invention de la "culture de Lomé" - La sémantique du dialogue dans les institutions européennes" par Irène BELLIER, "Calculs et croyance - La mission civilisatrice d'une multinationale en Europe de l'Est" par Birgit MÜLLER, "Du "capitaine" au "chef coutumier" chez les Kali'na" par Gérard COLLOMB, "L'anthropologue, le citoyen et l'habitant - Le rapport au politique dans une ville du Nord" par Catherine NEVEU, "La définition des disciplines et leurs enjeux" par Pierre BOUVIER, "Le mot et son institution" par Régis DEBRAY, "Les mots pour l'élire - Professions de foi électorale à Bayonne" par Jean-Daniel CHAUSSIER, "Puissance des concepts et pouvoir des discours - Quelques débats révolutionnaires sur la souveraineté" par Sophie WAHNICH, "La "vanne" et la "pression" - Ethnographie d'un chantier dans la région de Marseille" par Christian GHASARIAN, "Les égouts de Montpellier: mots crus et mots propres" par Agnès JEANJEAN, "Hors la loi: les Tsiganes d'Europe face aux institutions" par Caterina PASQUALINO; suivi de "La "fabrication" de la mariée" par Cécile BOUCHET, "L'analyse morphologique de la culture: l'exemple des rituels matrimoniaux" (enquête québécoise) par Gérard BOUCHARD, "Le mauvais oeil en Grèce: le champ de l'émotion et de la parenté" par Micheline KOTTIS; et divers. Français
N°3, de juillet-septembre 1999, de cette revue trimestrielle fondée et dirigée par Jean Cuisenier: le musée ethnographique dans les anciennes colonies "s'inscrit désormais dans le registre de la construction d'une mémoire et d'une identité": dans les Dom-Tom comme dans nombre de jeunes Etats issus de la décolonisation, les musées sont "à la fois des points d'ancrage d'une affirmation identitaire et des instruments de légitimation politique contribuant à construire, à valider ou à réfuter les représentations mobilisées par différents groupes en quête d'une histoire et d'un territoire" (4è de couverture); articles sur l'Afrique tropicale, le Gabon, l'Indonésie, la Réunion, les Antilles, le Vénézuela, le Québec, la Louisiane, le Canada, la Nouvelle-Calédonie, la Hongrie; et divers. Français
Very scarce report on Canada. 86 pp, including 2 large folding plates. With numerous tables giving exact details on demography, agriculture, and business. 4to. Bound in recent marbled boards. FINE AND BRIGHT, with no defects.
This is a paperback copy. x, 210 pages. Footnotes. Bibliography. Numerous black and white photographic plates. "25,000 German officers and other ranks were sent to prisoner-of-war camps across Canada to live out the duration of WWII behind barbed wire. Their fascinating story makes for exciting and provocative reading." - from back cover. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this little-known history. Book
Features: Where Waters Run Brown - Once the 'pearl of the Caribbean', Haiti hovers at the edge of ecological collapse... a cautionary tale; Audubon's Wake - retracing the route of John James Audubon along Quebec's rugged lower North Shore; The Hounds of Summer - Sans tracks, touts and hustlers, the sleek sport of greyhound racing is catching on in southern Saskatchewan; Bound for Glory - with leather and gold, virtuoso bookbinder Michael Wilcox turns tomes into tiaras; The Great Fire - Early European explorers brought more than fresh ideas to North America - how a simple virus (smallpox) depopulated two continents, destroyed their cultures and helped create, among other things, slavery, the fur trade and capitalism. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
