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Circa 1990s. Extensively footnoted. Appendices. Many black and white archival illustrations. Fold-out photo inside back cover. "The history of Canada's longest serving Naval Reserve Division from the days of 'yachting gentlemen' to the present day." - from back cover. Prior owner's details atop first page else clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
321 pages including bibliography and index. The history of the pre-Klonkike era, as recorded in the journals, letters, reports, and books of the first Europeans to penetrate the American northwest. Dabs of liquid paper upon title page. Sticker scar on front cover. Average wear. Book
219 pages including bibliography and black and white illustrations. "Rich in information about our past, from European discovery to settlement, the creation of the townsite, incorporation, and the development of the modern town, while preserving its village character." - Jack Collins, Mayor, Qualicum Beach. Clean and unmarked. Very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
76 pages. Features: Lovely Franklin Arbuckle cover illustration of couple admiring winter view of Peyto Lake at Banff National Park; Nostalgic Canadian Pacific colour ad inside front cover features young lady looking forward to seeing Canada by train; One-page DeSoto ad features a maroon Custom; Pay-Off in Oil - Leduc, Alberta has been stampeded by roughnecks after the recent discovery of oil; Labor War is Civil War - article by Charles Luckman of Lever Brothers Company in the U.S.; Marigold Spring (fiction); E.K. Brown explains his Ontario - rich but repressed, powerful but timid, and disliked but loved by her own; Bell's Sweet Singers - Dr. Leslie Bell conducts the 60 lovely girls of the Ontario College of Education choir - article with nice photos; Divorce - a Racket and a Scandal; Excellent colour-photo Campbell's soup ad features attractive housweife in front of a wall of soup cans; Nice colour Waterman's Taperite pen ad; When the Crowd Roars - Ted Reeve conjours up the biggest thrills of 40 years in sport; Guardian of the Clock (fiction); Flying Railwayman - New head of CPR is W.M. Neal, who rose from office boy to President; Article on mosquitoes by Max Braithwaite; The Faraway Music Company (fiction); Wonderful one-page colour White Rose gas station ad shows vehicles lined up for service; Colour photo Caterpillar ad shows highway excavation in progress, with tarp protecting crawler operator from the cold; Nice back cover Coke ad features young lady with 'come hither' look gazing down from porch. Complete and unmarked with moderate wear. A well-preserved copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book