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pp. xii, 305. Map upon front endpaper. Numerous black and white photographic plates. " A masterly account of the first solo flight made from Great Britain to Canada via Greenland. Recounts author's mishaps, his crash at Iceland, his second attempt, his Greenland adventures, and his ultimate success. Also includes much that is extremely interesting about Mr. Grierson's record flight from India to Great Britain and his experiences of winter aviation in Europe. Tells of an intrepid piece of pioneering courageously carried out, but which history has, perhaps, been made." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's name and date atop half-title page else unmarked. Average wear. Binding sound. Some spotting and soiling to edges. Small chips, tears and yellowing to dust jacket. Nice copy overall. Book
52 pages. Features: Cover photo of sulphur storage in B.C.'s Peace River Country; The Day the Yanks Flew Through Hell - treetop bombing of Romania's Ploesti oil refineries by 163 giant B-24 Liberators on August 1, 1943 - article with photos and illustration; Nice colour photo full-page ad for Ogilvie Macaroon Mixes; The 500 Children I Short-Changed - Fred Sloman taught school in Northern Ontario between Capreol and Foleyet for 40 years but feels there were many children he could have helped more than the many he did - article by him, with photos; Nice full-page ad for Lux soap featuring Mitzi Gaynor; Why Film Stars Get Into James - photos of Clark Gable, Mickey Rooney and Lana Turner; My MVD Man Can Lick Your MVD Man - Part 2, by Art Buchwald who recounts his recent three weeks behind the Iron Curtain - with photos; How Much Are You Worth To Your Widow? - Lloyd Lockhart examines Death Duties; Hollywood's Secret of Weight Control, by Jean Manning - with flattering photos of Alexis Smith, Ann Miller and Mrs. James Mason; Patterson's Just Too Good - Tex Coulter Writes of his former Montreal Alouettes star teammate Hal Patterson - with photo and illustration; Science Explodes Some Myths About Your Hair, by John E. Gibson; Nice colour full-page ad for Noxzema skin cream; Walter Murdoch - a man of many hassles; Noise Can Change Your Life - man is on the verge of becoming submerged in a sea of intolerable self-made sound; The Spanish Mick - fiction; The Wolf is Here to Stay! - a northern B.C. article with photos including a shot of Sylvia Woywitka with a huge wolf fur; Can We Justify Spending Millions in the Arctic? - photo illustrated article examines the development of infrastructure in the north; The High Places - Fiction; Debbie Reynolds in Lustre-Creme Shampoo ad; Let Teenagers Run Their Own Parties; Crossword; Rural Route Cartoon by Walter Ball; Food Article by Marjorie Elwood with colour photo of judges Denyse Pesant, Laura Pepper, Helen McKercher, and author; Colour photo full-page ad for Chef Boy-Ar-Dee spaghetti and meat balls; Nice colour full-page ad for Red Rose tea. Small piece missing from back cover. Above-average soiling and wear. A worthy vintage copy with lots of interesting content and photos. Book
Cover illustration of the scoreboard at Maple Leaf (Baseball) Stadium by Duncan Macpherson. Features: Blair Fraser reports on Baghdad and its new Prime Minister Abdul Karim Kassem; Editorial on Princess Margaret's visit and the (smelly) Don River in Toronto; Let's Stay Off the Moon, by Bertrand Russell; When is Adultery News, by Beverley Baxter; Why Do We Hate The Police? - a Maclean's national survey; Holiday weekend in Montreal- an introduction to the fascinations of the continent's most flavorful city, revisited by novelist Morley Callaghan who once lived, worked and played there; Now even the Canoe is going Modern; What is it about Budgies? - the may soon make dogs man's second-best friend in Canada; The double life of Football's fiercest Coach - Jim Trimble is coach of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats; Women are Equal - Especially Ellen Fairclough, Canada's new Secretary of State; Colour photo sailing-themed Coke ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label on front cover. A sound copy. Book
52 pages. Features: Colour Sunkist orange juice ad inside front cover; Fairchild Engine and Airplain Corporation ad - 'From Plans to Planes at Wartime Speed; End of Steel - Dawson Creek, B.C. is a hundred boom towns rolled into one, a stampede, a bedlam of activity... on the road to Tokyo - with photos; Movie Boom - war has brought Canadian movie theatres their greatest boom - 180 million customers a year; Story - Sockeye in the River, by Clive Grierson Cornish; Navy Type - Trent Frayne writes about life aboard a Canadian minesweeper - with photos; Lightning - article by William B. Crist; Inside Germany, by Alfred Kantorowicz - article with photos; Story - The Touch of a Vanished Hand, by Laurence Wilson; Sky Troops, by Ronald A. Keith - Canadians who will soon be dropping into Hitler's back yard - with photos; RCAF recruiting ad for women; Nice colour ads for Nabisco Shredded Wheat and Pepsi-Cola (in the old bottle style!); Colour ad for Orange Crush - showing the old brown glass bottle!; Colour GoodYear ad on back cover shows a downed air crew in a life raft being rescued by a plane. Address label atop front cover. Average wear. A sound wartime issue. Book
Over one inch thick. Some of the many topics include: Beirut Hostages; American Protectionism; Sting; Closing the Levesque Era; Air India Flight 182 is blown up; Peter Loughheed's Legacy; Office Politics; Jenilee Harrison; Judy Chicago; Paul Desmarais (?) stalks Southam Inc.; Forty Years after Hiroshima; Nagasaki then and now; Fighting the fires of Summer; Boris Becker wins Wimbledon; Tina Turner; Reagan's surgery; Tears are not enough - starvation in Africa - Live Aid; Prairie Drought; Moves to buy Gulf Canada; South Africa Under Seige - the world debates sanctions; Bryan Adams - Superstar; Rock Hudson and AIDS; Toyota announces plans for Canadian plant; Debating Star Wars; Whale Watching; New Terror of AIDS; Paul Reichmann and his brothers buy Gulf Canada; Recovery in Tibet; The Race to Dominate the Arctic - the Polar Sea in Canada's north; Pierre Marc Johnson; Maple Leaf coins gain in popularity vs. the Krugerrand; Apartheid inferno in South Africa; Two-day Major League Baseball Strike; The Crisis of Canada's Water; Mulroney's first visit to B.C.; Year of the Dragon - Movie by Michael Cimino; The Takeover Frenzy; Botha's defiant stand; Cover photo of The Boss - Bruce Springsteen; Mulroney Cabinet Shuffle; War in Afghanistan; Pressure on Canada's wheat industry; Hard days for Canada's Navy; Special Report on Mulroney's Second Year; Pia Zadora; South Africa - a nation on the brink; Beer Battle; Quebec's garish crime press; Free Trade - climax to a historic debate; Swedes prepare to elect a new government; Canada's rapidly vanishing wilderness; Agnes of God - film; Joshua - Canada's costliest movie; Travels of Joseph Savimbi in Angola; Collapse of the Canadian Commercial Bank; Marcel Masse; Cover Photo - The Blue Jays race to the World Series; Mexico's week of death; The Tainted Tuna Scandal; TV Shows; Fishing Treasures of the Bow River. Light wear. Firmly bound. Former library copy with usual markings. Book
96 pages. Features: Nice color ad for Pan American World Airways inside front cover features travel to Guatemala; B.F. Goodrich ad features photo of huge articulated bus owned by Santa Fe Trailways; Gillette shaving blade ad features speedskater Irving Jaffee; Nice color ad for Ford cars; Former Soviet official Kiril M. Alexeieff; Russian shortwave broadcasts to America; Nice color General Tire ad; What Stalin said to Montgomery; Plymouth car ad; Photo of Kelly the Clown; Poland harassed by 170,000 Russian-trained security police; Behind the Japanese Purge - American Military Rivalries; Britain's postwar moral climate; Brief obituaries for Jean-Marie Cardinal Villeneuve, James T. (Jimmy) Sheckard, Lt. Gen. Daniel I. Sultan, and Pedro Leao Velloso; Nice International Truck ad features oil drilling scene; Accused murderer William Heirens, University of Chicago student; Photo of Polio virus isolators Drs. Hubert S. Loring and C.E. Schwerdt; Father of Radio - Lee de Forest; Color ad for the Lockheed Constellation aircraft features Rio party scene; Henry Hazlitt writes on "Stabilizing" the Economy; New York Yankee article with photo of Trippe who spurned them for Charles Bidwill of the Cardinals; Nice color-photo ad for McCall's Magazine; Freeze the RFC; and more. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Features: Two Men and a Donkey - Part I - two young artists walk from the South of France to Spain; With a Pack-Train in Jasper National Park, Canada; Dead Men's Tracks - Part II - a Western Australia Story about a lost mine; My Adventures in Mexico - Part I, by John Edwin Hogg; Obtaining an identity card in France; The Harpist of Alexandria; My First Panther - The Fur Trail - a trappers tale from the southern end of Kootenay Lake, British Columbia, Canada; To Lhasa in Disguise - Part III (Conclusion) - how a white woman succeeded, for the first time in history, in entering Lhasa, the Forbidden City of Tibet; The King of the Dedangs - how an obsure adventurer became a short-term king of certain savage tribes; Checkmate - how a murderous gang of dacoits in India met their Waterloo; a special home in Parksville, British Columbia (photos); A Night with Crocodiles - an eventful African river journey. Covers loose but present. Light pencil signature atop front cover. Above-average wear. Still a worthy copy. Book
72 pages. Features: Nice color-photo ad for Nash cars inside front cover; Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation; Nice one-page two-color ad for the April 19th issue of the Saturday Evening Post features photo of FDR's best friend, Harry Hopkins; Dictograph features photo of Mr. J.H. Victor, President of the Victor Mfg. & Gasket Co.; Brief obituaries for Loring C. Christie, Marcel Provost, Frederic William Wile, Isidore Witmark, Sen. Morris Sheppard, and Urbain J. Ledoux (Mr. Zero); Nice one-page ad for the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York illustrates its many amenities; Very attractive two-color one-page ad for New International Trucks features a red pickup; US Assumes Protection of Greenland; Submarine S-49; Photos of Pan-American Day in Greenfield, Iowa; Nazis overwhelm Yugoslavs and set up new Croation state; Pressure on Suez Mounts; The British in Greece; Kremlin treaty with Japanese follows hint of displeasure at Reich; Nice one-page color photo ad for American Cyanamid features geologist at work in beautiful wild country; Lots of war coverage; Great one-page color Cadillac ad; Nice centerfold color ad by GM features letter to their dealers from Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.; Nice one-page color ad for Owens-Illinois packaging service shows lady tending cosmetics display; Photo of Air Secretary Robert A. Lovett; One-page color Calvert Whiskey ad features antelope; Great one-page color ad for Texaco features ill-looking boy who has just tried smoking a guitar; Cutting the $2 million Presidente Vargas diamond; Nazis and Drugs; Photo of boxer Jack Johnson; Nice Chevrolet ad; Nice 2/3-page ad for Moore-McCormack Lines shows incredible Rio; Mennonite conscientious objectors (COs) do bit at their camp, the Grottoes; Nice photo of new Lone Ranger Brace Beemer; Nice color-photo ad for Monsanto Plastics inside back cover features lady using Resinox adding machine; Back cover ad for Old Overholt whiskey. Average wear and soiling. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
60 pages. Features: One-page photo ad for Goodrich Silvertown tires shows huge 100-ton transformer on large flatbed trailer; Babe Ruth's birthday (with small photo); Marriage of Dorris Bowdon to Nunnally Johnson (with small photo); Obituary for Capt. Wilford H. (Captain Billy) Fawcett; Obituary for Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor General of Canada; Absolutely gorgeous one-page full-color ad for Diamond T Super-Service Trucks; Nice one-page photo ad for International Trucks illustrates work on huge aquaduct to bring water to Rio de Janeiro; Photo of Maurice Wrixon with his unique animal - half cat, half monkey?; George R. Hart performed marriages wholesale before being shut down; Census Storm - maze of "Prying Questions"; American Youth Congress (AYC) Blasts War; War Rumblings in Near East mark Anzac arrival in Suez; Allies provide guns for Finland; Photo of German soldiers at Essen Krupp works scanning skies for bombers; How the Finnish War Affects the Western Front; IRA Bombers' Hanging Brings Riots in Dublin and Belfast; Censor woes in France; Four war photos from Finland; Lord Haw-Haw; Britain's new fighter, the Boulton & Paul Defiant; Walt Disney - illustrated Pinocchio movie article; Intimate view of Hitler by Hermann Rauschning; Joe Louis fights Arturo Godoy - with photos; Nice one-page photo ad for Chrysler features the 6-passenger New Yorker sedan; Photo of figures skaters Eugene Turner and Joan Tozzer; Nice one-page Chevrolet ad features the Special De Luxe Sport Sedan; Fast photo captures runners William Fritz, Charles Beetham and Charles Quigley in the Boston Garden; Weird 2/3-page photo ad for Kreml Shampoo and Hair Tonic; Alcoholics Anonymous; Fashionable one-page ad for Mallory hats; Fashion designers Elizabeth Hawes and Muriel King; GM shareholder Charles S. Mott; Nice color-photo ad for the new 1940 Studebaker Commander features an orange car surrounded by a well-heeled group; Back cover features nice ad for Old Overholt Whiskey with an illustration of the Falstaff Inn of Pennsylvania. And much more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Book
391 pages. Map endpapers. Dozens of wonderful archival black and white illustrations. This informative work presents the history of the area from the days of the early native pioneers until the time of publication. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. Some soiling to decorated front board. A quality copy. Wetherell 6-86, Krotki (2) 570. Book
36 pages. Features: B.C.'s Contribution to Northwest Defences - 21 Miles of Mud Road - the worst section in the 6,000 miles of roads connecting Florida to Fairbanks!; B.C. Truckers Are Losing $1,000,,000 Per Year - due to antiquated customs regulations; From Montana to the Klondyke (conclusion) - the experiences of Frank R. Miles - this part covers an expedition to the head of the White River in 1900 and the discovery of native copper - article with photos and map; Proposed Cost Highway to Alaska of Great International Importance; Should we make Canada and the US into One Country?; Modern Tugs Ply Upper Fraser - photos with captions of the Westply III and IV; Central B.C. Airways Inaugurates Daily East-West Service - photos with captions; Political article by O.R. Baxter who thinks one of our few remaining freedoms is to think; Beans for Busbies - an appeal has been made to prospectors to search for Manganese; Nice Finning Caterpillar ad on back cover with illustration of a cat pulling a loaded arch through the woods; Dozens of nostalgic ads for local businesses. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
256 pages. Index. Colour photo illustrated endpapers. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of archival black and white photos. Signed and inscribed by Southern upon title page. "Focuses on one year in every decade from 1907 to 1987, tracing the progress and regress of the community with each expansion and cut-back of their lifeline, the pulp and paper plant, now MacMillan, Bloedel Limited." - from dust jacket. Bright and unmarked with very light wear. Minor coffee stain to base of fore-edge and part of bottom edge. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A very nice copy of this informative reference. Book
239 pages. Index. Footnotes. Bibliography. "Documents the Okanagan's transformation from a rough-and-tumble region on Canada's western frontier, into a major agricultural district and one of the fastest-growing areas in the province. The heart of this book is a selection of articles, essays, letters, diaries, memoirs and observations that first appeared in Okanagan History... Interesting, accurate and accessible, with lots of archival photographs, this work is a must-read for Okanagan locals, first-time visitors and BC history buffs alike." - from dust jacket. Few library markings. Very light wear. A lovely copy. Book
194452289Salem OR: Oregon State Highway Commission February 1944. 4to. Approx. 520 pp sections separately paginated some unpaginated. Frontispiece numerous maps many folding some in colour plans some folded tables diagrams some in colour and other text photographs and illustrations. Burgundy-coloured simulated calf gilt lettering on front cover & spine minor shelfwear slight rubbing still NF copy from library of Richard Rosecrans w/bookplate on front pastedown. First edition of this remarkably scarce report prepared during the depths of World War II to detail the traffic flows needs road structures the loads of existing Columbia River Bridges at Hood River Cascade Locks and Longview together with proposed bridges to be built in order to facilitate economic growth in the Pacific Northwest Home Front. The proposed bridges included those at the Dalles Umatilla and Astoria which were eventually built but also pushed for far more crossings which have been resisted up to the present day. Of particular interest are the photos and descriptions of the types of commercial trucks and buses on the roads the service stations and support facilities for maintaining commerce and more. Oregon State Highway Commission, unknown
191050893Hood River: The Commercial Club 1910. 1910. First edition. 10" x 8 1/2" in colorful stiff pictorial wrappers. 32 pp. illustrations map. Overview of Hood River area and encouraging individuals to consider moving to the area. Information on the beauty of te area and its climate irrigation and the use of scientific methods the feasibility of making a living growing apples to include how many boxes of apples per acre one can expect over the years the variety of fruits that are practical to grown in Hood River information on the city of Hood River the social and educational advantages the transportation facilities and timber and water power in the area. Illustrated throughout with orchard scenes. At center of booklet is a birds-eye-view map of the Hood River Valley. Rubbing and chipping to spine and edges of wrappers; 3" splits to head and toe of spine; closed tear to edge of rear wrapper; and with light soiling. Very good. The Commercial Club, 1910. unknown
188760494Salem OR: n.p. 1887. 8vo. 6 2 pp. Self-printed softcovers & title minor shelfwear dustsoiling still a VG bright copy from the library of Caroline Augusta Gray Kamm 1840-1932 noted socialite and philanthropist in Portland built home for poor women & girls with the YWCA and was daughter of PNW pioneer William H. Gray 1810-1889 who traveled to the Lapwai Mission in Lewiston ID in 1836 where he was the Nez Perce secular agent and she subsequently later married Jacob Kamm 1823-1912 pioneering Oregon steamship builder industrialist entrepreneur and co-owner/operator of the Ilwaco Railway & Navigation Co. First edition of this scarce speech delivered by J.H.D. Gray 1839-1902 who was the first Euro-American “White†male child born west of the Rocky Mountains after his pioneer father William Henry Gray 1810-1889 came West with Dr. Marcus Whitman in 1836. This speech was one of the earliest proposals to construct a “large iron gastron†dam immediately above the Dalles filled with heavy timbers to back up enough water so that the treacherous Celilo Falls could be deepened and enable continuous navigation on the Columbia River. Largely due to financing political will and the Herculean engineering obstacles this dream would not reach fruition until March 10 1957 when the floodgates of The Dalles Dam were opened 70 years later. J.H.D. Gray first began working for his brother-in-law Jacob Kamm’s Oregon Steam & Navigation Co. in 1858 and ran sternwheelers from Celilo Falls to Lewiston ID to the Owyhee Crossing and onto the Snake River. After losing his hand he began operating the sternwheeler U.S. Grant between Astoria and Ilwaco and in 1886 was elected to the Oregon State Senate. No copies in Worldcat. n.p.], paperback
1985526j0254Carrot River Saskatchewan: Carrot River and District History Book Committee. Fair. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 0889253382 . Presents the local history of Carrot River Saskatchewan and district located about two hours east of Prince Albert. xii1046 pages. Index of family names. Large fold-out map inside back board. Over seven hundred pages of family histories. Gift greetings atop front free endpaper. Above-average wear and soiling. Narrow opening in binding at page ii. Front hinge wobbly. Evidence of a modicum of past moisture exposure. Not pretty but a worthy reference copy of this informative local history and invaluable genealogical reference. Heidebrecht & Leutenegger 612. ; 4to . Carrot River and District History Book Committee hardcover
1970157j1312Ochre River Manitoba: History Committee of the Ochre River Women's Institute. Fair. 1970. First Edition. Paperback. Presents the local history of the Ochre River Rural Municipality located three hours northwest of Winnipeg. "We have attempted to preserve the memory of the pioneers who laid the foundation of this area the trials and hardships endured the individual tragedies joys and sorrows as they braved a frontier land. We hope we have established a record which will be available as reference in years to come for the children of today." - Foreword. vi 350 pages including over one-hundred pages of personal histories and details of Makinak old timers and recent residents. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Prior owner details handwritten upon second blank leaf. Details of the Recknell family stapled to page 283. Binding intact. Above-average wear. Spine leaning. A worthy reference copy of this informative local history and invaluable genealogical reference. Hackett 2nd Edn 634; 8vo . History Committee of the Ochre River Women's Institute paperback
2018051853Spirit Studios Inc. 2018. Book. Near Fine. Paperback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Tight copy fully illustrated in color. Will exceed standard shipping rates for international options. 467pp. Spirit Studios Inc. Paperback
1994562j0016Keg River Alberta: Keg River History Book Committee. Very Good. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 1550561944 . This history of several districts south of High Level Alberta includes general chapters on the history of the area folowed by an extensive list of family histories. 310 pages. Index. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Gift greetings upon title page. Clean and bright with light wear to black faux leather boards brightly lettered in gilt. A high-quality copy of this informative local history and invaluable genealogical reference. Wetherell 6-65. ; 4to . Keg River History Book Committee hardcover
2001012783Paris France: Adam Biro 2001. This is a fine hardcover copy still in the shrinkwrap with no wear at all. Completely clean. Text in French. This is the 3rd edition revised and enlarged. Illustrated in black & white and color. Bibliography. 11" high X 9" wide 367 pages. A fine unopened copy. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Third Edition Revised and Enlarged. Hard Cover. Fine. Adam Biro Hardcover
1978137H4691Swan River Manitoba: Swan River Valley History Book Committee 1978. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. vi 508 pages. Map endpapers. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Local history of this Manitoba community located between Lake Winnipegosis and the Saskatchewan border. An invaluable genealogical reference. Unmarked with moderate wear to navy blue boards. Binding tight. A sound copy. Hackett 2e 388. Swan River Valley History Book Committee Hardcover
2024x-1032655062CRC Pr I Llc 2024. Hardcover. New. 400 pages. 10.00x7.00x0.91 inches. CRC Pr I Llc hardcover
19482081002108700086Shinpu shobo 1948. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 207209220 Size: B6 Shinpu shobo paperback
20112090202120402935Popurasha 2011. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Popurasha paperback