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Full title: A Hundred Years A-Fellin': Some Passages from the Timber Saga of the Ottawa in the Century in Which the Gillies have Been Cutting in the Valley 1842-1942. xiv, [2], 172 pages. References. Sepia-tone reproductions of archival photos. Many illustrations in text. Fold-out colour map. List of illustrations. Map endpapers of the Ottawa Valley Watershed. Handsomely decorated forest green cloth-covered boards lettered in silver. A slightly modified reprint of the 1943 first edition. Documents one hundred years of history of Gillies Brothers, Limited - lumber manufacturers. Book as new. Appears unread. Moderate wear to photo-illustrated dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A nice copy. Bishop p.111. Book
Oblong 8.5" x 11". 100 pages of magnificent archival black and white photos presenting the jobs performed by members of the local through its long history. Presents scenes of big timber, big machines, and big men. Average wear. Prior owner's ink stamp atop front cover and first page, otherwise unmarked. A sound copy of this important historical compilation. Book
"Under British Columbia's Forest Act, all timber harvested from both Crown and private land must be scaled. Timber is scaled to determine its volume and quality. This manual documents how timber is scaled for purposes of The Forestry Act and the Scaling Regulation." - from Introduction. Topics include: Scaling Overview; Timber Marking and Branding; Species Identification; Common Defects; Firmwood Scaling Procedures; Timber Grading; Documenting and Reporting Scale Results; Special Forest Products; The Weight Scale System; Weight Scale Sampling; Scaling Administration. Includes some colour illustrations. Very large and heavy binder (shipping weight 10 pounds) almost three inches thick - contains many hundreds of pages. Moderate wear. Prior owner's name and details upon first page. No other markings found. A quality copy of this very comprehensive and informative manual. Book
Pages 267-316 plus fourteen pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Canada's Pulp and Paper Industry - article with dozens of excellent photos; Wild Rice in Canada - many wonderful photos; The Dukhobors; Indian Life in Mexico; Apple Marketing; and more. Some of the best ads include: Canadian Apples, The Empress Hotel, and an Imperial Oil ad on back cover which features photo of a very rustic northern scene with drums of fuel and mountains of firewood. Average wear and soiling. Small name stamp inside front cover. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Good+ Hardback without dust jacket. Ex reference library with usual stamps & markings. Black & white illustrations. Tight sewn binding. viii. + 246p.
Pages 249-293 plus seventeen pages of nice vintage ads. Features: An Introduction to Canadian Architecture - major article with dozens of photos; Britain's Trees and Forests; Lawren Harris; PICAO into ICAO - International Civil Aviation Organization; and more. Some of the ads include: 1947 Mercury 114 car; The Monarch 8 car; Canadian Pacific - great one-page color ad for their train travel and Empress Hotel. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
192 pages. Index. Bibliography. Author's signature upon front endpaper. "...Introduces the characters who opened up the north. They raped the forests, endured the ostracism of the 'respectable,' too their lives in their hands to drive huge trucks or fall top spars - and forged a lifestyle that has become the stuff of legends... There is plenty of action and plenty of dirt." - from dust jacket. Abundant black and white photos. Light wear to clean unmarked book. Dust jacket with above-average wear but remains presentable in new archival-grade Brodart cover. Nice clean solid copy. Book
304 pages. Index. Extensive list of oral history sources. A superb reference abundantly illustrated with black and white archival photographs. Chapters include: The Coastal Forest; Beginnings; Early Steam Power; Yarding Them Out; The Railway Era; The Birth of Truck Logging; Final Mechanization; Postwar Conversions; Modern Logging. Appendix - B.C. Coastal Log Production. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Gift quality. Book
254 pages. Index. Glossary. Illustrated with two-hundred colour and black and white photographs. Printed on glossy stock. "This detailed historical account of the evolution of mechanized logging equipment describes how a special breed of inventive people, in various parts of the workd, designed and build the tools needed to haul timber from the forest... The most comprehensive history of the global logging industry ever written." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A sound reference copy. Book
Over 800 pages. An exhaustive and massive reference. Clean and unmarked with moderate external wear. Tight and square. Quality copy. Book
152 pages. Prior owner's name upon front endpaper else unmarked. Light to moderate wear. Nice copy. Lots of candid photos here! Book
Approximately 200 pages. Containing articles prepared exclusively for the Loggers Handbook together with the official proceedings of the 75th sessions of the Pacific Logging Congress and the condensed reports of its affiliated organizations prepared by their respectife secretaries. Black and white photos. Great contemporary advertisements, some in colour. Articles include: Norm Jacobsen - logger with a world outlook; Forestry in the People's Republic of China; Pitfalls await in Developing Wood Market in Japan; What's New in Logging Machinery; Making Excelsior; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
269 pages. Papers include: Forest Soils of Western Montana; Past and Current Nutrient Cycling Studies; A Biophysical Assessment of the Regeneration and growth potential of forested land in Montana; The Western Spruce Budworm in Northern Rocky Mountain Forests and Silvicultural Practices; Predicting Growth and Yield for Managed Timber Stands in Montana; Genetic Tree Improvement in the Northern Rocky Mountains; Cable Logging and Second Growth Management; Forage and Livestock in Western Montana; Wildlife on Managed Forest Lands; Watershed Management in Western Montana; Recreational Resources Inventories in Wildland Settings; An Integrated Resource Management Approach to defining Operable Timber Stocks. Bit of writing atop front cover else unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound working copy. Book
8 pages. A wonderful snap shot of life as it was on Vancouver Island 100 years ago. News of the day includes: Britain demands apology from Russia; Tremendous activity at all British naval stations; Saanichton for Captain Wolley - Big Gathering in the Agricultural Hall Applauds fine speeches by Conservaties; Forestry Work in the Dominion; The Yukon is being Deserted - Hardy Miners driven out by the Scandalous Jobbery of the Officials; Latest Shipping intelligence of the Port, Coast and Ocean; and much more. Dozens of advertisements including: "...Swift's Celebrated... Fresh Pork Sausage - Free from Adulteration." Significant chipping along fold. Some yellowing. Few edge tears. Book
48 Pages. Features: Dominion ammunition ad inside front cover; Full-page Sun Life Assurance ad; List of open seasons for game, 1931-1932; Sky Trails Above the Rockies - Hal Roach followed route of pioneer fur traders (along with Kenneth Allen - guide, Clair B. Brunson, and Harvey Crate - guide; The Perils of Woods Travel - by Grey Owl; Above the Timber Line - unusual animal, bird and tree life; Mowitch to the Minute - a true story of the hunt - why the big ones always get away, by Hamilton M. Laing; ; The Practice of Tree Surgery - article with great photos; The Plant as Artist and Architect; From Dwelling Place to Home - Herman Larsen, a prairie farmer and tree lover, shows how trees make home prosperous and beautiful; New Forests that Follow Fires; Forest Fires in 1930; Logging on the Pacific Coast - How B.C. Giant Timbers are Harvested - article with photos, by James Kay; Fenders Best Quality Spruce - a new use for spruce left following pulpwood operations; Little Puzzlements in Conservation, by Ozark Ripley; Half-page ad for the Waterous Twin Engine Feed for portable and small sawmills; Davey Tree Surgeons ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Please note: missing pages 19-22. Book
71 pages. 1964 Edition of the Forestry Department Yearbook at Oregon State University. Illustrated in black and white. Average wear and soiling. Binding intact. Unmarked. Solid copy. Book
xxxii, 336 pages. Footnotes. Index. Twenty pages of black and white reproductions of photos. "In this far-ranging study, Ian Radforth charts the course of the transition of Ontario's twentieth-century logging industry and the response of its workers to the changes - from the rough-and-ready days of the primitive camp bunkhouse to the development of a highly mechanized and closely managed industry." - half-title page and back cover. Prior owner's name atop first leaf. Moderate quantity of markings to contents. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this fascinating history. Book
213 pages. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Printed upon glossy stock. The 43 chapters include such topics as Early Port San Juan, Jordan River - Logging with Rail; Sooke and Otter Districts, WWI; The Depression Years; Boyd & Garrison; Seaton, Peatt & Eve, Munns; Butlers, CIP Inc.; Silviculture; and much more. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A lovely copy. Book
94 pages. Black and white illustrations in text. "A second book of verse concerning the trials and tribulations, lives and ways of the loggers living and working in the Great Northwest of America." - subtitle. Small 'Compliments of..." bookplate upon front free endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. Bound in forest green buckram without dust jacket. Binding tight. A quality vintage copy. Edwards & Lort 3430. Lowther 1829. Book
317 pages. Index. Clean and unmarked but for prior owner's ink stamp atop title page. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
201 pages. Black and white reproductions of photos. "This is the unusual story of what happened when an unconventional genius, Dr. Alexander Kasser, came to Northern Manitoba in 1965 in response to an ad for someone to take on the challenge of establishing a viable pulp and paper complex in Northern Manitoba." - page 1. At the time of publication Dr. Kasser was in Austria fighting extradition to Canada for his allegedly criminal conduct in financing this work. "This sweet and sour story of the CFI (Churchill Forest Industries) mill at The Pas has been recorded by 1975 both as a success and as a scandal." - page 1. After millions of dollars in losses over many years the mill was finally closed for good in 2016. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. An excellent copy. Book
Pages 155-200 plus sixteen pages of nice ads. Features: Reforestation in Ontario - major article with many wonderful archival photos, including horrific scenes of erosion and drifting sand; The Prospector; England's Rural Craftsmen; Paddlewheels on the St. John River; Alexander Henry; and more. Moderate wear. Binding intact. Small name stamp on ad on verso of first leaf. Large chunk missing from upper corner of back cover. A sound vintage copy. Book
First Edition, 4to, vi, [2], 111, [1] pp., original boards, worn, uncut.
143 pages including index. Brings together state-of-the-art information on the principles, procedures, and predictive abilities of such major tests of seedling quality as nutrition, morphology, and root-growth potential and lays the groundwork for future operational testing and research. Prior owner's name atop title page, else unmarked. Some curling to covers. Moderate wear. Solid copy. Book
251 pages. Black and white photos reproduced. "Handlogger Jackson's story in his own words." - from Foreward. "Moving and exciting... a powerful story." - Logger's World. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
