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56 pages. Features: Around the world by canoe - the voyage of the Tilikum; The Customs scandal of 1926 - rumrunning and corruption nearly topple a government; A portrait of Tom Longboat; Growing a garden in Labrador; Mifflin Gibbs and the critical black vote in colonial B.C.; Scandal at Red River - the vicar, the servant girl, and the trial; Fuss and furor over daylight saving time. Clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Lovely copy. Book
Features: Yuletide on the Santa Fe Trail; Last ride to Leadville; Dixieland in search of sun; the lady and the Pennsy; Yellow dog extra; News photos; New River Trains; and more. Moderate wear. Quality copy. Book
54 pages. Features include: Tenures around the world - Part 2; Asia - the new frontier; Logging down under; Palm Pilots, Calm Pilots and Helicopters; Close Calls; Necessity - the father of invention; New helicopter repari facility in Duncan; Morgan Skidder - homegrown success; Remember the Tugboatmen; River Dance - working on the river. Cover features photo of the world's largest self-loading, self-dumping barge, the Seaspan Forester, dumping its load into Howe Sound. Moderate wear. Usual library markings. Solid copy. Book
62 pages. Features: "Lapidaryitis" - something for everyone; The goldmaker of the Adironkacks; Brass on the beach; 2 people + 1 discriminator = good friends; Lost North Fork placer gold; Coins from the past; Seaprobe to recover deep water treasures; Portland Proprietaries - old medicine bottles; Gold in Rhode Island; Create your own coinshooting calendar; The great salted desert treasure; coinshooting - where not to look; Tracks along a river - an historic spot for TH'ing. Average wear. Book
70 pages. Features: Diamond finds; plowed fields - a THer's bonanza; Over discrimination - enemy number one; Suwanee River Coral; Lapidary skills not hard to learn; Copper country adventures; Digging up glass money - serious bottle diggers make money; Bad start, good finish - gals discover a great coinshooting spot; Treasure hunging - romantic adventure; Stanton, Arizona and its ruthless shopkeeper - the history of a ghost town; Black Hills treasure - some placer gold may lay hidden between Deerfield Reservoir and Mystic; The Invisible Purple - the amethysts of Maine. Above-average wear. Book
78 pages. The Wilderness - relic hunting in Virginia; Seminoles invaded!; Canning jars have soared in value; We make a cabochon; Prospecting small creeks for gold; National Forests - happy hunting grounds; Apache tears, crystals, and even gold - directions to an exciting spot; Identifying Minerals - a step-by-step course; Last but not least - after the hurricane; Treasuring Mouse Island - More fun than profit; Herbie and the innertube - a Rouge River experience; Buying cheap can be expensive; Fort Erie - the hardluck outpost; Pick a ghost town; Delamar - the 'widow-maker town. 2"x5" Chunk missing from bottom corner of back cover else average wear. Book
160 pages. Features: Walter McInnis - Part I - The Lawley Years; ALVIN CLARK; Lofting by numbers; The Ancient and Versatile Vlet; The McKenzie River Drift Boat - for whitewater fishing in Oregon; Motonautico - the water taxis of Venice; A cold-molded rejuvenation; The Australian Cadet Dinghy; Building the Beetle Cats, Part II - Stem and Centreboard Trunk - the continuing study of Concordia's production methods; The End of Your Rope. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
198 pages including index. A collection of new writing which explores the neglected post-settlement history shared by the communities of the Thompson Valley in British Columbia. Abundant black and white illustrations. High quality glossy paper. Unmarked. Light wear. Very nice copy. Book
102 pages. A tourist's guide to the Elk Valley in British Columbia. Includes several beautiful colour photographs. Gift greetings upon title page else unmarked. Book
48 pages. Features include: Joint Canadian-US research finds strong link between climate and sockeye returns; Opening Day; Spawn-on-kelp - a demanding fishery in a demanding marketplace; Royal Society of Canada Probes GM Food Regulation - Advises Immediate Moratorium on GM Fish and Introduction of 'precautionary principle'; WCVI Chinook & Southern Coho; Selective Fishing 2001; Fisheries Management Options - The case for limited entry over ITQs; Sick Salmon - Parasites invade from the Yukon River; Pacific Salmon Commission Appointments; 2001 Pacific Prawn by Trap Fishery; Salmon Summit 2000 Conference Proceedings Review. Average wear. Usual library markings. Book
48 pages. Features include: Outlook for the 2001 Salmon Season; North Coast Advisory Board Commercial Caucus Recommendations for the Northern 2001 Salmon Fishery; Summary of the International Pacific Halibut Commission Meeting; Joan Donley's Memories as a Nurse, Fisherman and Tail Sawyer on the Sunshine Coast; Back to School? - Changes to the Fishing Master Certification Regulations may affect you; DFO's Selective Policy - Fishermen to Buy-in and Pay for New Selectivity Standards; Upper Adams and Nadina River Updates. Average wear. Usual library markings. Book
82 pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of wonderful archival photos. Fold-out maps. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this pleasing vintage reference of early days of transportation in Pennsylvania's Wyoming Valley. Book
120 pages. Features: Calgary's salute to the RCMP; Yukon River Patrol 1973; VE 3 RCMP; The Year at Depot; The Scarlet Divers; Honouring Major Walsh; New Guidon; plus coverage of numerous Centennial events. Faint ink stamp and small blacked out name upon title page, else unmarked with light wear. Nice bright copy. Book
80 pages. Features: Deputy Commissioner Fitzsimmons Retires; Policing the Green Gold Country - Alert Bay, Vancouver Island; A Mine Washes up; Hugh Keenleyside Dam near Castlegar, B.C.; Patrol Boat Moosomin II; Dangerous Water Skier; Resuce on the Red River; Arctic Honeymoon; Montreal Tragedy; The Plastic Witness; Retired Undefeated - Cst. Martin Parsons; N Division - 1921; Hockey Memories; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
96 pages. Features: The 19th Olympiad - Sgt. A.G. Rae; The Quality of Mercy - Norman G. B. McLetchie M.D.; Wilfred H. Heffernan; Airlift to Bermuda; Near Tragedy on the St. Lawrence River; Friday the 13th in Saskachewan; Huge Expo-bound logs from Duncan/Chemainus Vancouver Island; Indian Justice; The Changing Division; Hall of Famer - Cst. Raymond Powell, Halifax Sports Hall of Fame; Bonnie and Clyde - Newfoundland Version; New Sydney Sub-Division Building; Kim Mi Sook - a year later; Royal Bank Hold-up - Turner Valley, Alberta; Burnaby's Home; and much more. Prior owner's details stroked out upon page one else unmarked with moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
134 pages. Nice recipes from the Campbell River area. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
148 pages. Features: The River at Rancho Mirage; Rincon of the Seas (Puerto Rico); Water as an Interactive Experience; Aquascape Solutions for Stormwater Management and Treatment; Education and Fun Highlight Water Playground; Circular water feature dominates Target's campus in Brooklyn Park, MN. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
176 pp. Index. Bibliography. Gloriously illustrated with one-page black and white reproductions of vintage photographic postcards. Printed upon glossy stock. "Allows us a nostalgic and enlightening glimpse of Vancouver and surrounding environs during its first great decade of growth, years now known as the Edwardian Era. Presents a collection of visual treats, historic anecdotes and amusing asides. As the Lower Mainland bursts forth in its latest growth explosion, this collection, complete with detail maps showing original photo sites, helps us gain a new perspective of a grand time and a magnificant place." - back cover. Oblong 28 x 21cm. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
56 pages. Average wear. Unmarked. Includes maps and much additional helpful information. Book
166 pages including index. Inspired by the popular TV show "Kitchen Culture". Read the personal stories of women who have moved to Canada from around the world. Includes over 100 of the women's favourite traditional dishes from 17 cultures. Beautiful illustrations and full colour photos featuring the women of "Kitchen Culture" and their foods. Enjoy the world of international cuisine found right here in Canada - and get to know the women who are proud to call Canada home. Signature, date and inscription upon page 135 may be those of a woman in a picture on that page. Light wear. A nice copy of this enjoyable work. Book
92 pages including index. Small dab of liquid paper upon half-title page. A readable account of the origins and mission of an Anglican parish founded in 1866 in the Cowichan Valley region, of wich the present city of Duncan is now the centre, on southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The work traces the many links past and present between the parish and its people and the communities in the region, including Salt Spring Island, as well as with the extensive native community. There is a full description of the historic cemetery, still in operation, as well as biographical sketches of some of the many interesting former parishioners who lie buried in it. Book
24 pages. Abundantly illustrated. Nice learning tool for young students. Moderate wear. Few school markings. Nice copy. Book
Omaggio al conte Nicolò Da Rio. Volume celebrante le gesta di alcuni membri importanti della sua famiglia dal XV al XIX secolo e gli incarichi da loro sostenuti a Padova. Qualche lieve fioritura sul frontespizio, copertina in buono stato. Angoli leggermente smussati.
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