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8vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps neat contemporary inscription on half-title; white cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
50 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Winnipeg and the HBC; The North Magnetic Pole; Early Western Paintings; New Light on Hearne; Royal Road to the Yukon - the Alaska Highway; Early Days in Winnipeg; Grassy Narrows - photo study; Consul Taylor of Winnipeg - part 2 of an article on James W. Taylor, U.S. Consul at Winnipeg from 1870 to 1893; Iron in Labrador - illustrated article; Expeditions to the Arctic - Part 2 of 3 listing the various expeditions to the Canadian Arctic, this part covering the years 1800-1860; Nice colour ad for Hudson's Bay Point blankets on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
50 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Great colour cover photo of scene inside trading post; Delta Marsh Revisited - waterfowl research station on the shores of Lake Manitoba; Eskimo Sleds - photo-illustrated article; Trading at Padlei, N.W.T. - ; Northern Portraits - photos taken along the Alaska Highway; Conflict on Puget Sound - friction between the Company men at Nisqually and the incoming American settlers, a century ago; First Short-Wave in the Arctic (part II); Filming the Northland - the making of the NFB film 'Indian Canoeman'; Klondike Memories - adventures of young Englishmen who struck it rich in the Klondike; There Go Flukes! - giant sperm whale fights for its life against killer ship ("Nahmint") and killer whales - photo-illustrated article; La Perouse on Hudson Bay - hitherto unpublished eye-witness account of the French capture of Prince of Wales's Fort and York Factory in 1782; Nice colour ad for Hudson's Bay shirts for men and women on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
in-8, 308 pp., broche, couv. ill. Bel exemplaire. [MI-16] Perdu dans l"Alaska, un pilote americain va vivre dix-sept ans avec les Esquimaux
222 pages including index and glossary. Fold-out map at page 15. Black and white photographic plates. "This book is the outcome of forty years residence amongst the Haidas, and is an accurate description of what I have seen and heard in the villages and homes. Through my knowledge of their language I have been enabled to get all my information regarding their customs, traditions and social organization direct from the principal chiefs, men who at that time were from sixty to eighty years old." - from Preface. Chapters include: Queen Charlotte Islands; Early History; The Haidas; Haida Customs; Births, Marriages, Divorce, Death and Burial Ceremonies; Tools, Ornaments and Ceremonial Masks; Industries and Medicines; The Sa-ag-ga or Shaman; The Haida Pantheon; Haida Legends; The Haida Traditions of Creation; Chief Edenshaw; The Natural History of the Islands; Geology of the Islands and Natural Resources. Appendix lists cranial measurements. Average wear. Binding intact. Red cloth-covered boards. Black lettering and decoration legible upon spine. Prior owner's stamp to bottom edge, front fixed and free endpapers, and title page. Faint bookseller's stamp to back fixed endpaper. A sound copy. Edwards & Lort 1668, Thibault 2,231. Book
208 pages. Index. Footnotes. "A unique collection of over 320 original maps of explorers and navigators from four centuries of voyages and overland treks of exploration and discovery to the northwest coast, plus native maps, and a host of others selected for their interest and historical significance." - dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent example of this wonderful work. Book
76 pages. Features: Nice cover photo of the King and Queen with Princess Elizabeth; Fisher Body one-page ad features a McLaughlin-Buick; Wonderful colour one-page ad for Frigidaire fridges; News digest includes these headings - 'The Wild Geese', 'Politicians and Newspapers', 'Totalitarian Swapping', 'First Families', 'A Modern Napoleon', 'Mr. Bennett's Farewell', 'Dictatorship as a Refuge', 'Canada's Lesson from Europe', 'Dominion Unity', and 'Democracy's Frontier'; *Gorgeous* one-page colour ad for a dark blue 1939 Nash 4-Door Sedan; Canada's King and Queen Come Home - photo-illustrated article on their Canadian visit; The Iron Key (short story); Crime Comes to South Street (short story); All Our To-Morrows (short story); Historical Rhymes of Canada; Mr. Mayland Takes a Single (short story); Not in our Stars (short story); Strictly "Off the Record" - nice photo-illustrated article on Canadian figure skating with photos of Mary Rose Thacker of the Winnipeg Winter Club, Norah McCarthy, Canadiand Ladies' Junior Champion of 1938, and her 1939 Canadian Pair Champion partner Ralph McCreath, of the Toronto Skating Club; Nice one-page ad for the 1939 Pontiac; One-page Kodak ad with photos of six of their cameras, complete with prices and basic specs; The province of Saskatchewan is high-lighted in a one-page ad by the Automotive Industries of Canada; Banff and Alaska are featured in Canadian Pacific travel ad; Movie news with photos of Herbert Stothart, Bob Wright, Chet Forrest, pianist Stokowski, and Deanna Durbin; Fashion Illustrations; Canadian National ad features Jasper; Kellogg's All-Bran ad features "Fair Enough!" comic by C.A. Vought; Are You House Dreaming? - article on house design suggestions; Spring Magic - beauty article; Pond's ad features photos of The Lady Ursula Stewart and The Lady Bourke; Another Pond's ad features photo of Lady Harmsworth; Eating for Efficiency and Health; vintage Magic Baking Powder one-page ad features the New York World's Fair; Fabric Fundamentals; World Quotes; Nice colour Coke ad inside back cover features young man in tie and jacket drinking, with small inset colour photo of Coke cooler; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
72 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of lady in purple top feeding pigeons; Frigidaire fridge one-page ad; Colour-photo one-page ad for Singer sewing machines shows lady re-upholstering her chair; News digest includes these topics - The Coming Rowell Report, Democracy on Challenge, The Memories of 1867, United States Congress Keeps 150th Birthday, The Roosevelt Moral, Twenty Years of Fascism; Fisher Body one-page ad with elegant photo of member of the Class of '39; The Marvels of Mexico's Treasure House - interesting photo-illustrated article on Diomed Wray's visit to the land south of the Rio Grande; There's Lots of Time (short story); Bad Luck on the Baron (short story); As the Sun Dial Says (short story); Thomas Cook, Founder of the world-famous travel agency - nice photo-illustrated article; Not in Our Stars (short story); Perfect Service (short story); For Offshore Sailors Only - nautical article with photo of "The Wasp" (88' cabin cruiser), sea-fleas, and Georgian Bay sailboats; Nice two-page 1939 Chevrolet ad features black four-door; Palmolive ad features photo of Phyllis Carter of 2159 Tupper Street, Montreal; Half-page Canadian Pacific features their Jasper and Alaska destinations; Movie news and photos; Lux ad features photos of Claudette Colbert and Andrea Leeds; Miss Peggy Hunter of Toronto is featured in a Woodbury soap ad; Fashion illustrations; Kellogg's All-Bran ad features Alphonse and Gaston comic; Canadian National half-page photo ad features their Jasper destination; Willys Overland ad features photo of Canadian aviatrix Mary Spearing; Are You House Dreaming? - considerations for a new home; Crane kitchen fixtures half-page ad features great colour photo of 1930s kitchen; Pond's ad features The Lady Alexandra Haig, The Lady Grenfell and Lady Morris; Beauty article; Cooking article with recipes; New York World's Fair (brief article); World Quotes; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
86 pages. Features: Nice color-photo ad for the Ruger Blackhawk or Single-Six revolver - advises of a free improvement to these guns; ad for the ithica 'bear stopper' model 37 handgrip shotgun; Carver Dean K. Otteson of Kenai; Nice color one-page ad for the Ruger M-77 rifle; Bernie, the 12-pound Bow; Saint Elias Lake - Jewel of Kluane; Herbie Nayokpuk (conclusion); Winging It! - the story of Jack Jefford; photos of totem preservation; Trade secrets to finding that elusive empty berth on an Alaska fishing vessel; Memories of a fishing trip - Eldo Miller; A Home in the Willows - Jeff Hartman; Alaskana-Canadiana Book Collecting - Dee Longenbaugh of 'The Observatory" in Sitka; Toyota 4x4 ad on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 240 pages. Previous owner's identifying stamp. Tiny tear on dust jacket at top of spine.
363 pages. Index. "Provides a brief description of the flowering plants, the ferns and their allies found in Southern British Columbia." - from Preface. Prescribed for use in the schools of British Columbia. Front free endpaper removed. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Book
241pp. , maps, ports. 22 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
90 pages. Profusely illustrated in black and white. "A concise, fact-filled resource book for anyone interested in the fishing industry. Covering every major fishing port from San Francisco to Kodiak, Alaska... offers detailed information about fishing and cannery work - where the the jobs are, who hires, what the work is like and how much you should expect to earn." - from back cover. Above-average soiling and wear externally. Contents sound and unmarked. A pleasant throwback to more prosperous times of the northwest commercial fishery. Book
232 pages including index. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Frances Barkley's "Reminiscences," published here for the first time, contain her descriptions of their life at sea, and visits to South America, India, China, and what is now known as Alaska and British Columbia. Author has added a wealth of interesting detail on the Barkleys and the world of their time. Offers an intriguing view of the eighteenth century and of a high-spirited woman in British Columbia's past. Dab of liquid paper atop first page. Prior owner's name and blind stamp upon half-title page. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Book
Features: Reasons Why the Canadian Pacific is So Prosperous; Spokane Rate Decision Eagerly Awaited; Value of Steel Equipment Demonstrated in Wreck of the Crack Milwaukee Train, Columbian on May 30th east of Ralston, WA; Continued Smuggling of Opium into West Coast Ports Aboard Trans-Pacific Steamships; Professional Biography of Joseph H. Young, President of Alaska Steamship Co. - with photo; Contracts Let for Coaling Plants in Seattle and Tacoma - article with two photos; $1 Million Available for Improvements at Moran Shipyards; Record Run Between Puget Sound and Callao by Schooner Wilbert L. Smith; After 20 Years on the Seattle-Tacoma Run, Steamer Flyer is Sold - Feature article with photo; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Photo of Steamer Tampico Submerged in Seattle Harbor; Photo of New Boilers for Steamer Charmer built by Commercial Boiler Works of Seattle; Effects of the Panama Canal on Pacific Coast - Oriental Trade; News of Tacoma; Launching of the Titanic - 1/3 page article including photo of the Titanic in drydock with man standing below her massive 100-ton rudder; Charming one-page illustrated ad for The Shasta Limited, "The Finest Train in the West" which connected Seattle with San Francisco; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
184 pages. Index. Thirty-one pages of black and white photographic plates. Signed and inscribed by Hinton upon front free endpaper. Presents the Yukon's lively history from the gold rush through to construction of the Alaska Highway. Average wear. Binding intact. Some sunning to back strip. A sound copy. Book
194 pages. Average wear. Binding intact. Bright gilt lettering upon front board and spine. Children's scribbling upon blank leaves at end of book. Book
In-8 p. (mm. 220x145), tela edit. figur. in bianco, oro e nero, tagli sup. dorati, pp. XIV,485,(2), con 105 ill. fotografiche in b.n. nel t. (compresa la tav. al frontesp). Affascinante resoconto di un viaggio verso Dawon via lo Yukon River, con ritorno via Skagway e Stika. L'A., che coraggiosamente intraprese questo viaggio assieme a una amica nell'estate del 1898, descrive gli usi e costumi della valle attraversata dallo Yukon, la frenesia della corsa all'oro in Dawon, il Skagway Pass, ecc. “Manca la mappa dell'Alaska (the map of Alaska is missing)”. Ben conservato.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 96 pages. 6 7/8"w x 8 1/4"h. Legends, ceremonies, dances and songs of the Eskimos, with lyrics, some with melody lines. Many b&w illustrations.
Pages 485-577, plus 32 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Many black and white photos and illustrations. Contents include: With the Dynamite Squad - among warring factions in Mexico; A Sportsman in the Wilds - an African hunting trip; When the "Norther" Broke - windstorms off the west coast of South America; James "Jimmy" Inness of Juneau, Alaska and his feud against bears; Jimmy's Bear; Curiosities of the Holy Land - part I - peasant life in Palestine - many sensational photos; An Unexecuted Sentence - George Singer was condemned to be hanged; Harnessing a Million Gallons - a farmer builds a reservoir in South Africa; A Prisoner of the Gitanos - author was a prisoner of gipsies for six months; Lost in the Everglades; The Wanderings of an Entertainer, Part II - Robert Ganthony; My Escape from Venezuela - what happened to an Englishman who meddled in the politics of this nation; Odds and Ends. Average wear. Binding intact. Bit of clear tape at each end of spine. A sound copy of this wonderful issue. Magazine
Book is in excellent condition with very light cover wear. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Oblong format, 170 pages, b&w photos throughout. Very clean book.
96 pages pages plus 32 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Gold-Seekers - Edward J. Hoyt and William Palmer experience terrible Central American hardships in pursuit of wealth; Anso the Inaccessible - photo-illustrated article on this quaint Pyrenees town in Spain; Against Odds - in 1896 the natives of Matebeleland rose against their masters and massacred nearly four hundred - two survivors tell their tale; Across the Andes on Foot - amazing photo-illustrated article; Adventures of an Outlaw-Hunter - exciting experiences related by Sergeant Frank W. Northern who waged a relentless war against criminals in San Diego; A Tale of a Tiger - an extraordinary affair in Rangoon, Burma - with great photos, including the Shway Dagon Pagoda; The Wanderings of an Entertainer (part III) - Mr. Robert Ganthony relates his eventful tour in Canada; Curiosities of the Holy Land (part II) - the picturesque habits of peasant life in Palestine are described, accompanied by photos; The Missing Boatswain - how this strange mystery was solved; My Durian - a traveller in Singapore has his first experience with this awful smelling fruit; The "Hodag" - photo-illustrated account of an elaborate hoax involving Mr. E.S. Shepard in Rhinelander, Wisconsin that, after thirty years, is still remembered throughout the state; "The Woman Who Never Came Back" - a description of the tricks of No-ha-de-lan, an astute old Alaskan witch-doctress, with photos; and more. Covers detached as one but present. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
xv, 285 p. front., plates, ports., maps. 23 cm. Hardcover Ex-library, Very good condition
Slight wear to extremities. Spine slightly sunned ; Alaska via aviation; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 285 pages
Signed by author upon title page. 149 pages. Index. Bibliography. Fold-out map affixed inside back board. Black and white plates. "The Alaska Treaty negotiations, 1824-25, and the role of Pierre de Poletica." - subtitle. "Gives substance and personality to the three principal negotiators. It rescues from the relative obscurity a notable Ukrainian, Pierre de Poletica, who jounsted with John Quincy Adams and Stratford Canning to set today's boundaries of a vital segment of North America." - from dust jacket. Dust jacket, now in archival-grade mylar, bears average wear and two tears to upper edge of front panel. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A sound copy. Book