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Features: Time Gun in Ottawa; Cape Breton - an island of contrasts; Winter comes to British Columbia; Pack Knacks - A very nostalgic look at luggage sets; Your Carburetor is a Refrigerator; Bonanza in Bones - Cypress Hills of southwestern Saskatchewan; Fairies and Artistry in Muskoka - Fairy Garden at Pine Ridge Road in Bala, Ontario. 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: Up and down the Laurentians; the dramatic Deas Island Tunnel - article with great photos; Through the Annapolis Valley; Take your children to Storybook Gardens, a project of the London Public Utilities Commission (PUC); History with a high fence - Fort Macleod has captured much of southern Alberta's history and put a stockade around it; Time for all - public clocks in Canada; Imperial has already printed 25 million road maps!. Illustrated with black and white photos. Average wear. A sound copy of this vintage issue. 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: Elora Gorge on the Grand River; Sunny Okanagan; Crafts on the River Route - the shore road along the St. Lawrence River; Newfoundlanders' harvest of the sea - with photos of the good old fishing days; From Orchids to Horned Toads in the Cypress Hills of Alberta; Something different in Nova Scotia - changes to Citadel Hill and 'The Ovens". Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
No marks or inscriptions. Light creasing to front cover. A clean very tight copy with unmarked boards, dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. 110pp. Bus timetable from 26th April 1965 for services run by Halifax Passenger Transport. Includes a list of train departures from Halifax railway station. Extremely scarce.
Name on first page. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. Very slight creasing to covers. A very clean copy with very slightly marked boards and no bumping to corners. 62pp. A detailed account of the Halifax Tramway System, how it was negotiated and eventually approved after fourteen years of discussions and disagreements. It opened for use in 1898 and includes details of the competition which took place between horse-drawn buses and the new tramways . The account is split into four parts ending in 1908 and fully describes the negotiations which took part over these years as the system extended out to neighbouring districts.
in-12, 195 pages, portrait, broche, couv. Bel exemplaire, non coupe. [JJ-1] Peu courant.
496 pages. Glossary. Index. Over five hundred black and white photos. A chilling historical photographic record of the Soviet Gulag and its legacy. "Kizny spent more than fifteen years researching this work by collecting eyewitness accounts from former Polish prisoners who had returned to their country after Stalin's death. The collapse of the Soviet Union allowed him to see for himself what remained of the dreaded Gulag, take photos and interview witnesses. Each chapter covers a key camp or work project and includes a detailed chronology of the camp, personal accounts of the survivors and formerly banned and previously unpublished archival photographs." - dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket preserved in mylar. Minor tape repair and slight loss to bottom corner of page 359, otherwise a high-quality copy of this massive, important and sobering tome. Lest we forget. Book
36 pages. Includes piano music, lyrics, chords and illustrations for the following songs: Ars Brevis; The Eternal Twins; Consolation Grook; T.T.T.; Simply Assisting God; Hint and Suggestion; Dream Interpretation; Prayer - to the sun above the clouds; Lilac Time; The Double-Door Effect; Losing Face; The Cure for Exhaustion; Making Sense; What Love is Like; The Central Point; Here It Is; The Road to Wisdom; Do Remember. Gift greetings inside front cover otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
376 pages. Numerous black and white illustrations. The history of Lumby, British Columbia and surrounding area within a five mile radius. Topics include: Pre-village, Town History, Mills and Logging, Churches, Clubs and Organizations, Schools, Armed Forces, Lumby Queens, Sports, Parades, Farming, Cemetery list, Family histories, Houses and Buildings, and more. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Lovely copy. Please note that this book represents Volume II (only) of the Lumby history. Volume I covers the years 1877-1927 and is listed separately. Book
146 pages. Numerous black and white illustrations. "This history of Lumby and surrounding area within a five mile radius. Covers fifty years of history from 1877 which marked the arrival of the first permanent settler with descendants still in the area." - from page 5. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Lovely copy. Please note that this book represents Volume I (only) of the Lumby history. Volume II covers the years 1928-1960 and is listed separately. Book
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with numerous coloured photographs throughout; original series binding of British Racing Green cloth, upper board blocked with GRRC monogram, backstrip lettered in silver, green endpapers, a fine copy in publisher's green board slip-case.
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with numerous coloured photographs throughout; original series binding of British Racing Green cloth, upper board blocked with GRRC monogram, backstrip lettered in silver, green endpapers, a fine copy in publisher's green board slip-case.
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with numerous coloured photographs throughout; original series binding of British Racing Green cloth, upper board blocked with GRRC monogram, backstrip lettered in silver, green endpapers, a fine copy in publisher's green board slip-case.
4to., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; original printed wrappers, a fine copy. Includes Goodwood Priority Telegram pages, Brief History of the Centrefold, and 40th Anniversary of Sir Jackie Stewart's Grand Prix debut.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked pale green covers and no bumping to corners. Inserts plus 89pp. A fascinating collection of memories about motor racing at Goodwood and of the times, With images and details of sixteen races from 1948 onwards, full page colour adverts for saloon cars from the past, dress from the time, Festival of Britain facsimile brochure, aircraft Made in Britain, 'wonderful' new housing estates, major feature on Fangio, facsimile brochure of the Goodwood Scramble Trophy, period adverts and 'where the brake and clutch pedals are'. Tucked in is the detailed programme for the meeting.
Book in mint condition. 48pp. Pictorial and documentary history of the tramways of Glossop in Derbyshire's High Peak.
297 pages. "Takes an inside look at the Blue Jays' road to the World Series title. And at the men who made it happen. Told through the eyes of the 1992 players and coaches, author Rosie Dimanno provides a personal view of this championship team that has not yet been told." - from just jacket. Black and white illustrations. Book clean, bright and unmarked with zero wear... Beautiful! Ever-so-slight signs of handling to bright glossy dust jacket. Excellent gift-quality copy. Book
52 pages. Loaded with black and white reproductions of wonderful archival photos supplemented with informative text. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this informative local history. Book
