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xii, 94 pages. Three-panel foldout map indicates 175 shipwreck locations in the vicinity of Sable Island. Black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Two-page colour photo of wild horses. "To keep alive the memories of this fascinating island, I have put together the history of its past, as well as a description of the present state in which she exists. This refuge has become the home of the famous Sable Island horses and the many birds and marine animals which visit its shores. Sable Island is not just a name or a place, it has become a legend to all sea-loving people." - Introduction. Unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A sound reading copy. Book
108 pages. Features: Two-page ad for Electrohome televisions, of Kitchener, Ontario; The Operational Code of Pierre Elliott Trudeau; One-page colour-photo ad for the (green) Chrysler Newport Royal; Have I Ever Lied To You Before? - The Table Talk of Jerry Goodis; Two-page Volkswagen Beetle ad shows Beetle confronted by a 'gang' of North American cars; Colour Royal Bank ad features photo of 'Mary'; One-page colour-photo ad for Molson Canadian (in stubby bottle) beside fancy drink; Arrow shirt ad features colour photo of Toronto disc jockey "Jungle" Jay Nelson (of 1050 CHUM) and John McLeod; Keeping Toronto Hateful - Eight pages explain why any sensitive Canadian continues to live in such a rotten place(!); Toronto - Middle-Class capital of the world; Who's Who in the Toronto Power Game; Feature article on hockey player Derek Sanderson; Colour photos and interview with Derek's lady, Judy Martin; 20 Things You'd Better Know About the New Taxes, by Izzie Asper; The Sound of Mario Bernardi; Backing the Better Mousetrap - article on inventors taking their ideas to market, including Harold Humphreys who invented the Polypump, and Peter Davis; A Feast of Provinces - article on Canada by Al Purdy; Colour-photo ad for the Series 30 Chevy Van (RV) includes photo of A.R. Williams of Terence Bay, Halifax County, Nova Scotia; Canadian Club ad features colour photos of the Mudmen of New Guinea; One-page colour ad for the Chevrolet Vega; Classy one-page colour-photo ad for the 1972 Buick Centurion (green two-door); Article on television includes small photo of comedian Flip Wilson; Fiat black and white photo ad inside back cover features photo of Mr. Ferrari and the Fiat 128 he drives. Average wear. Unmarked. Minor bit of moisture exposure at bottom of coverfold. A sound vintage copy. Book
128 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated with wonderful colour photos of lighthouses from each province, plus maps and directions, history, legend, lore and descriptions. Printed upon glossy stock. Clean and unmarked with moderate external wear. A quality copy of this charming and informative work. Book
Pages 245-292. Individual photos of fourteen of "Our Missionaries 1930"; Antonio and the Doctor - Dr. Strangway at Chissamba Hospital in Africa; The Maritime Home for Girls, Truro, Nova Scotia - article with photo; Little Chiyoko San and a Christian kindergarten in her home in Shizuoka, Japan; Travel letter from Effie A. Jamieson; The President's Journal - with photo looking over Foochow and photo of sampans; on the Upper Yangtsze; The Gyproc House - The Nurses' Home at Gypsumville, Manitoba; and much more, plus several nostalgic ads for The Bank of Toronto, The Hwaiking Shops, The T.Eaton Co., Sterling Trusts Corporation, and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this diminutive yet highly informative issue. Reading it will provide an excellent snapshot of the wonderful worldwide works of the Woman's Missionary Society in 1930. Book
Pages 178-264 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Mysterious Heart of Asia (part I) - Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes gives an account of his adventures during a war-time expedition, with photos; The Murder Ship - the Russian schooner Johannis and one of the most tragic narratives in the annals of the sea; The Lifted Veil (part I) - POWs in Turkey concoct a 'spook' and create an amazing deception for their captors; The Largest Camera in the World - constructed by George Lawrence of Chicago - fantastic photo-illustrated article; 'Twixt Earth and Sky - the story of a German's vengeance and the terrible ordeal that resulted for a timber-getter in the New Zealand kauri forests; The Great Zeebrugge Raid - And After (part II) - a Royal Marine captured on the Mole describes the full story of the historic landing (in part I) and curious adventures during subsequent captivity; The Bullet-Hole Cross - Guatemalan estate manager Mr. Dellplain incurs the wrath of an Indian who swears to have his life; The Mystery of the Missing Nun (part II) - Sister Janina disappeared from a peaceful little village in Michigan; Timber-Cruising in California - Terence H. Lambert describes interesting experiences among the big trees of California; Pirate Gold - The Buried Treasure of Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia; After Big Game in East Africa - advice on the fitting out of expeditions, cost, and the game available; Photo of amazing bamboo scaffold structure over the great Ch'ien Men Gate, Peking as it was being rebuilt; A Two-Days' Battle with a Baboon - it escaped aboard a ship!; A Night With a Madman in India; The Sheriff's Bad Day - this story hinges on a very odd connection with this publication; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Book
64 pages. Features: Charming cover illustration of cute little car cutting in front of 'Mammoth Transport' by William Winter; Colour-photo Marboleum ad inside front cover features wild 1940s interior design; One-page 1949 Chevrolet ad features a green Styleline De Luxe 2-door sedan; One-page two-colour (yellow and black) Canadian Army recruiting ad shows soldier playing baseball; Photo of Jean Simmons in J. Arthur Rank ad; Is radio doing its job in Canada?; Half-page ad for colourful Monarch-knit socks; Nice one-page colour ad for the 1948 Meteor car; We Have a Thousand Days - Civilian radar expert warns Canadians that it is later than we think, and that our defence thinking is out of date - 'we cannot afford to waste 90 centes out of each defense dollar for tradition'; Alderman at the Back Door (short story); Halifax, Nova Scotia - photo-illustrated article by Hugh MacLennan; A Sensitive Man (short story); Lorne Greene - fast man with a voice - wonderful photo-illustrated article; All that Glitters (short story); Nice colour one-page ad for the 1949 Mercury (blue); Morley Callaghan discusses 'Love at forty'; Lovely one-page colour Pontiac ad features a maroon Fleetleader sport coupe, blue Fleetleader De Luxe 4-Door Sedan, cream Chieftain De Luxe 4-Door Sedan and gold Streamliner De Luxe Sedan Coupe; Quarter-page La-Z-boy ad; Mr. (Morley) Callaghan Comes to Town - photo-illustrated article on 'To Tell the Truth', the first Canadian play to hit the Royal Alexander Theatre in Toronto for 42 years; I'd Hate to be a Wife (humorous article); Nice colour one-page ad for the 1949 Ford Custom car; Nice colour-photo one-page ad for Singer Sewing Centers; Half-page two-colour ad for Canadian General Electric home appliances; Attractive 3/4-page colour ad for a new Yardley perfume called Lotus; Classy one-page colour ad for Snyder's Furniture of Waterloo, Ontario; Fashion article with photos; Classy cheesecake-style two-colour ad for Nemo 'Sensation' Girdles features lady on floor playing with cat; How to keep the kiddies busy; Seagram's one-page colour ad features nice illustration of British Columbia hand-loggers falling a huge fir; Easter recipes; Nice one-page colour ad for Swift's Premium Easter hams; Inside back cover is a nice colour ad for the 1949 (red) Ford Monarch; Carling's ad on back cover explains tree roots and their importance; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A nice copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
Book is in excellent condition with sea blue cloth covers. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows edge wear, scuffing, small chips/tears at corners, no large tears. 278p. with 27 illustrations in b&w, bibliography, glossary, map endpapers. Title page has previous owner's sticker. "Shipbuilding in the Maritime Provinces had progressed as an industry for almost 100 years when it burst into full glory during the middle decades of the nineteenth century. These were the years of the Golden Age of Sail, when wooden square-rigged vessels were being built in every town and hamlet close enough to water to float a vessel; when Canada stood fourth among the ship-owning countries of the world and Yarmouth and Saint John were among the world's great ship-owning ports."
260 pages including answers. Originally published in 1920. Authorized in separate edicions for use in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. Chapters include: Notation and Numeration; Common and Decimal Fractions; Percentage and Simple Applications; Applications of Percentage; Powers and Roots; Mensuration; The Metric System; Review. Few pencil markings primarily at or near endpapers. Above-average but not excissive wear. Book
84 pages. Features: New Deputy-Commissioner, R.J. Ross; The King's Escort - with several archival black and white photos; VIP Section gets a home at Harrington Lake, Gatineau; Maintien(s) Le Droit - G.T. Hann/Grand Trunk Railway Regiment; The Martin's Field Murder - Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia; Open House - Frobisher Bay; Why I Joined the RCMP - Wive's Division; Police solve two hit-and-runs; A Book and Its Cover - C.W. Harvison intercepts a book intended for German POWs in Canada, and prevents an escape; Schefferville, Quebec; Electronics - an aid to criminals; "Mojo" - on the spot; Shades of Androcles; Chapel Windows Creator; Refurbishing the old St. Roch; Right Name Wrong Crime; The Brothers Jarvis; Grain Theft Solved; Stray Shot; Trapline Trouble; and more. Prior owner's name blacked out atop table of contents. Faint ink stamp to bottom of table of contents. Book
84 pages. Features: Bell 212 Helicopter in Newfoundland; Brun - RCMP Horses in Alberta; Hidden Liquor Well; Cree Tattooing; Bootleg Fish - Nova Scotia; The Alberta Provincial Police; Robbery or Mischief in Haney, B.C.; Constable John Clisby; Arrested German POWs; and much more. Moderate wear. Prior owner's details black out atop title page else unmarked. Sound copy. Book
Covers show very light wear, binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 258 pages with many b&w photos Covers the early history of Barrington Township in Nova Scotia. Early 1800 -- 1990's. Signed "Hattie" on title page.
36 pages. Features: Power Tools and the Basic Home Workshop; Veneering for Beginners - A Backgammon Board; Cutting the Classic Dovetail; Grindstones and Clipper Ships; Lower Cove, Nova Scotia - 150 Years Later - grinding wheels were fashioned from rock here; The Ryobi Woodcarver. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A lovely copy of the first issue of this excellent but short-lived Canadian woodworking publication. Magazine
Features: Recent work by A.J. Casson; The Brothers Martin 1813-1914; The 375th Anniversary of the Acadians in Nova Scotia; St. Mary's Church, Church Point, Nova Scotia; Acadian Furniture; Auctions. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Seen at the shows; Rediscovering E. May Martin; Canadian Sports on Plates; 300 Years of Cap-Sante ,Quebec; The Macdonald Stewart Library; An Introduction to Japanese Art - Art Gallery of Greater Victoria; The Old Catholic Cemetery in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia; Massey (Agricultural Works) Memorabilia; The Careful Collector - Part III - Handling and Packing Art Objects. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
Features: Hooked Rugs; The Unknown Furniture Master of Waterloo County; The Constancy of Glass; Christian L. Hoover - Markham Township fraktur artist; Remembering University College; The New Hamburg Pottery - Waterloo County, Ontario; Early Academic Laurels in Canada; Canadian Glass Collecting; The Shand House, Windsor, Nova Scotia, 1890; and more. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
Features: Auction Report; Seen at the Shows; John and Ebenezer Doan - Builders and Furniture Craftsmen; 'Arctic Scenery' on Staffordshire Pottery; The McKendry Quilt Collection; A View of Windsor, Nova Scotia; Logging Tools - worthy finds for collectors; Canadian Button Collectors. Nice copy. Magazine
90 pages. Features/Articles: Champlain and shellfish - the French Connection; Alexander Graham Bell and Baddeck, Nova Scotia; The Arctic Realm - Beauty and Bounty in a 'hostile' land; Canada's Noorduyn Norseman - a tribute to a great bush plane - a fixture in the North for 50 years; Coyotes - no varmint after all; A New View of Canada - Geoff Goodship and his huge map of Canada - 5m x 1m; Seafood's new wave - plump blue mussels and exotic oysters hottest items on East Coast shellfish farms; Faces from the past - photographic treasures from B.C.'s provincial museum and archives; A patch of tallgrass very much worth saving - the St. James - Assiniboia Living Prairie Museum; Jimmy McQuat's log 'castle'; Whatever happened to Breadalbane's wheel?; Pronouncing names as the locals do; The Luck of a Grandparent's Farm - recollections of Arthur Stilwell. Moderate wear. Unmarked. *Please note: Coyote photo clipped from page 38 affecting text of coyote article on page 37. Please do not buy this magazine if you are interested in the coyote article. Book
64 pages. Features: 6c. Pearson (Sc. 591) Error; Nova Scotia - a Problem Cover; Stamps of the Spanish Antilles - a listing of errors in general catalogues; Identifying paper varieties - Criticisms and a proposal; The Admirals - Part 6, conclusion; Soaking stamps; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
Includes the following 8 issues from 1993: February, March, April, May, June, August, November, December. Includes the following features: Hakai Passage; Giant Nudibranch; Roatan and Utila; Bay Islands 'Aggressor'; Wreck of the Bohemian; Cayman Brac; Joy of Snorkelling; St. Lawrence Belugas; Tahiti - the rangiroa Atoll; Hawaiian Humpbacks; Tobermory in the Summer; Grand Cayman Island; Nakwakto Rapids; Norway Wrecks; Deep Divers; Pacific Octopus; Barkley Sound's Ten Best; Artificial Reefs in Ontario; Belize Holiday; Cuba; Saba; Isleworth; Black Sea Visit; Sidney, B.C.; San Juan Islands; Photobiology; Battle of the 'Atlantic'; Costa Rica; Macrophotography - getting up close; Neah Bay, Washington; Discovery Passage, B.C.; Bonaire; Aruba and Curacao; 'Touch the Sea'; Cozumel; Pirate's Treasure in Cayman; Inflatables; Nudibranchs; New York Cops; Queen Charlotte Islands; Similan Islands, Thailand; Philippines - Balicasag; Hypothermia; Marine Parks; Halifax Harbour; Ceolacanth cycles; Jurassic Seas; Talking Underwater; Palau, Vanuatu, Best of the Great Barrier; Sambro Island, Nova Scotia; Palm Beach, Florida; Mystery Wreck in Georgian Bay; Sumbarines Ahoy!; Clayoquot Sound, Hotsprings Cove; 'Shoal Searcher'; Bahamas. Clean with moderate wear. Quality copies. Book
9 issues from 1991 including the following months: February, March, April, May, June, August, September, November, December. Topics featured include: Cayman Islands; Port Hardy, B.C. Dolphins; Wreck of the A.W. Perry - Nova Scotia; Kingston and Killarney Shipwrecks; The Elusive Wrymouth; Barkley Sound, God's Pocket, Campbell River; Caribbean ABCs; Blackfish Sound; Wreck of the Emperor; Tropical Fish - in the Maritimes?; Indonesia - Exotic Diving; Yap, Saba, Catalina Island; Sunshine Coast, B.C.; Wreck of the Cornwall; Gulf Stream - Bahamas and Florida; Gargantua Harbour Wreck- Lake Superior; East Coast Anemone; Kona, Palau, CoCo View; Sidney, B.C.; St. Lawrence; Moon Jelly; Six Gill Sharks; Diving naturalist - temperate vs. tropical; B.C's Race Rocks; Diving with the RCMP - Search and Rescue; The US Virgin Islands; Sinking the G.B Church - New Canadian Artificial Reef; The Sea Cucumber; Construction Diving; Emeral Bay - wreck dive in Alberta; Panama; Thunder Bay; The Solomon Islands - WWII remnants; Diamond Knot - West Coast Wreck; Indonesia; Beluga Encounter off Cape Breton; Nudibranchs. Moderate wear. Sound copies. Book
Includes the following issues from 1994: February, March, April, May, June, August, September, November, December. Topics include: The Red Sea; Mexico Revisited; Dugong - Homely Mermaids; Slingsby Channel, B.C.; Flagship of the Muskokas; Thailand Daytrips and Liveaboards; New Caledonia; Lake Erie Shipwreck - Carlingford; Indonesian Princess - Island Hopping; Nova Scotia; Dive the Brae; Cayman Islands; Cetacean Encounter - Dolphins; Ten Best Dives in the West; Choose a Suit; Disable Divers; Swimming Scallops; U.S.S. Monitor Update; Coral in the Maldives; Beach Access in B.C.; Shipwreck - President Coolidge; Nova Scotia's 'Vienna'; Choosing a Mask; Shooting at Night; Spacious 'Lady Goodiver'; Lost Steamer 'Colonial'; Palau - 10 Great Sites; B.C.'s Magnificent Red Coral; Elusive Cuttlefish; Port Colbourne - Raleigh; Adams River Salmon Run; Grunt Sculpins; Is Liveaboard Diving For You?; How to Win Underwater Photo Contests; Snorkelling Gear for Summer Fun; Seymour Inlet Lodge; Sinking of the HMCS Saguenay; God's Pocket; Kona Coast, Hawaii; Fiji; Solomon Islands; Light Meters; Underwater Time-Keeping; Ghost Ship of the Muskokas; Duel at Swordfish - Victoria, B.C.; B.C. Garden of Sponge; Voyage Aboard Nai'a; Best of the Caribbean; Anemones - they're everywhere!; Diving is the Pits - in Minnesota; Whytecliff Park, B.C. - a favourite local dive; Telegraph Cove, B.C. - North Island Diving; Canada's Arctic; Sipidan and Sangalakki; Cape Cod. Moderate wear. Clean. Quality copies. 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
56 pages. Features: Why can't we get our money's worth from CBC television?; Are the Republican's stuck with Nixon?; Nice Colour Ads: '56 Dodge - PowerFlite push-button automatic transmission; The Unknown Country - Part IV, Nova Scotia; My Heart Belongs to Old McGill; The World's Biggest Pawnshop - McTamney's in Toronto. Average wear. Centre-fold loose but present. Page 34 loose but present. Moderate soiling to lower portion of front cover. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Cover illustration by Franklin Arbuckle. Full-page Allis-Chalmers ad features a large TS-300 motor scraper working on a Toronto bypass; Champlain - The Man Who Came to Stay - Part One of The White and the Gold, by Thomas B. Costain; Can McCarthy Happen Hear? - This searching study of the U.S. investigating committees and their Canadian equivalents - including the prelude to the Ottawa spy case of 1945 - reveals that Canadians have no cast-iron guarantees against judgement without fair trial - with photos; Brian Boru, by Sean O'Faolain - illustrated by James Hill; The Pulse of French Canada - Montreal's La Presse newspaper; The Happiest Couple in Show Business - dance team Alan and Blanche Lund; The Waiting Lines of Spandau - What's it like to be the wife of a war criminal? - This first-hand report takes you into the homes and hearts of the women - once the elite of Hitler's Germany - whose fight for their husbands' freedom has reached kings, presidents and even the Archbishop of Canterbury - with photos; A Coal Town Fights for its Life - Bloody strikes and stark depression failed to conquer the proud miners of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, but now cheaper coal from the U.S., oil, gas and hydro power present new challenges; Edmonton's Log Cabin Ritz - Bob Kashower hated hotels so much that when he turned an old air-force hut into the Airlines Hotel he insisted the guest by king; Nice colour ad for the 1954 Ford Monarch, with a 161-HP overhead valve V-8 engine; Mrs. Delores Dalzell is featured in a Jergens Lotion ad; Nice colour Chrysler ad features the 1954 Windsor De Luxe; Great two-colour full-page recruiting ad for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN); Colour Trans-Canada Airlines ad features their new Super Constellation service to Europe; Colour ad for the 1954 Dodge; Nice colour ad for "The Newest Oldsmobile in 57 Years"; Full-page ad for the 1954 Ford Consul and 1954 Ford Zephyr; Colour photo ad for the 1954 Meteor Rideau inside back cover; Coke ad on back cover features Eddie Fisher bowling. Above-average wear and external soiling. Middle two pages loose but present. Unmarked. A worthy copy. Magazine
80 pages. Beautiful cover illustration of Canada Geese by A.J. Casson. Features: Colour photo ad for Eversharp pens and pencils inside front cover; Beautiful Toronto model Betty Syme featured with her son 3-year old son Paddy in a multi-photo ad for Ipana toothpaste; The Last Delegate, fiction by Margaret Lewerth; Stuttering Can Be Cured, by George W. Kisker; Big Larry of U.B.C. - Norman Archibald MacRae MacKenzie is President, by Clyde Gilmour; Hut Scene, fiction by Ralph Allen; Stries Without Strife, by Clarence H. Curtis; They Won't Go Home - Homeless, hopeless, buffeted by propaganda, a quarter million world war II Displaced Persons (DP's) rot in exile rather than face the real or fancied terrors of home, by Blair Fraser; Fall of the Sparrow, fiction by Robert Fontaine; Full-page Karsh colour photo of Field Marshall Viscount Alexander of Tunis, 17th Governor-General of Canada; Ballerina Tamara Toumanova - article with six photos; The Gift - fiction by Louis Kaye; Are The Russians Mad?, by Eddy Gilmore; Happy Island - Tancook Island, Nova Scotia, with photos; Nice full-page colour ad for Bulova; Colour photo ad for Caterpillar Diesel; Fantastic colour full-page ad for the Oldsmobile Series 66 Club Sedan with Hydra-Matic Drive; Colour Northern Electric ad displays their range of radios, waching machines, refrigerators and electric ranges; Beautiful full-page colour Pontiac ad features a 4-door model; 2-page black and white Buick ad; Full-page colour ad by Erven Lucas Bols, a Dutch Distiller, thanks Canada for liberating their country from the Nazis; Full-page ad for Fleet Aircraft featuring the Canuck; Interesting ad by Blue Top Brewing Company of Kitchener, Ontario presents details of 'The Expanding Home'; Colour ad by O'Keefe's Brewing Company on back cover features Southern Ontario - Canada's Industrial Province; plus many more wonderful ads and short articles. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Address label atop front cover. A superior copy of this magnificent vintage issue. Book
