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Features: The MIG-Hunting School (part II); Invincible launced; Bourget '77 - pictures from a show; The USSR and the Warsaw Pact - the Soviet Union's post-war strategies, from defense of the national territory to world expansion; Survey of the air forces of the Warsaw Pact Countries - the ever-increasing power of these forces; The Navies of Warsaw Pact Countries - their strength and strategy, upperly subservient to Soviet strategy; Sabres in Korea; Kaiten Guided Torpedoes (Part III); Many additional illustrated stories. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
Includes many colour photos. Minimal markings. Very light wear. Some lean to spine. Excellent condition. Book
159 pages. In excellent condition. Glossy colourful boards. Unmarked but for back flyleaf. Very light wear. Book
184 pages. Extensively adorned with wonderful signatures and inscriptions. Loaded with wonderful black and white photos. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. This one will bring a smile to your face! Book
Half-leather binding. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Photos of operators at work in Haney, Nanaimo and Port Moody; $35 million improvement and expansion programme; Rotation billing will be inaugurated in March; Ed Tomer terminates 44-year career; Victoria says good-bye to George Gaetz; Daniel G. Houston - he installed phones in the horse-and-wagon days; Retirement of Thomas (Tom) Smith; photos of W.J. Jefree's clothing store and W.J. Pendray soap works, both in Victoria - the first commercial firms in British Columbia to be linked by a telephone line, in 1880; Photo of Nanaimo's first telephone office in 1887 at the fruit store of Mr. and Mrs. E.G. Cavalsky; Photo of splicer's school; Annual report reveals record demand for service as result of great growth of province; World telephone network is operating again; A farewell to Dave Falconer; The telephone situation as we see it today; Hammond-Haney toll charges eliminated; From Office Boy to District Plant Chief - Lindsay Morrison; High school visitors to the Hasting's operator area; New Building Commemorates Name of First Company President, William Farrell - article with photos; A Report on the telephone situation in B.C.; Thirty-Four Years of Phone Service at Parksville; First commercial VHF circuits now in service here; Toll Chief Operator weds Chief Engineer - A.H. Lemmon and Lila Boden; advertising slogans; Wirephoto service comes to Vancouver; Telephony made great Strides during Labelle Career - Eugene P. LaBelle retires after 44 years in telephony *THIS APPEARS TO BE THE PERSONAL COPY OF MR. LABELLE AS HIS NAME IS STAMPED ON TOP EDGE OF TEXT*; A.C. Bull Elected Federation President; Photo of lovely twin sister operators in Vancouver; Photos behind the scenes at the Victoria Plant Building; New Dial Offic, 'Cedar', Now in Service; 800,000 phone calls per day in Vancouver; Wage increases for 1,000 plant employees; Meet the Executive Assistant's Department - many photos; Nearly 3,800 Bayview phones 'cut' to Cedar; Revenue accounting girls adopt three orphans; replica's of 3 recent billboards, 2 of which include suggestions for party line use; misc. photos of Fraser Valley operators; 1947 was record year despite shortages; *Car phone* service now available - with photo; Leo Griggs, Nanaimo Plant Head, retires; Fifteen years ago; Three blind mice in South America - Kathleen Stephen and Catherine Wilson recall their trip; Ads advise fewer calls, shorter calls - with 2 ads; "Newton" joins our telephone family - story and photos; 1947 progress was offset by record demand annual report points out; 37 years of ups and downs - Percy Turley, cable-splicing foreman; Miss Gertrude Greaves honoured; Photos of Seymour (Vancouver) operators; photo of radiotelephone transmitting station at Lulu Island; various photos inside Kamloops office with staff; article on John (Jack) C. Hemer; Operators learn Human Nature's Queer Quirks; Newspaper columnist visits new William Farrell Building; Trans-Canada phone system construction job resumed - text and photos; photos of staff and facilities at Princeton; Spirit of service triumphs over flood - photos of washed out Mission bridge and more, plus article; PNE float photos; Introducing the company's new business library; New submarine cable links Vancouver and North Shore - photos and text; T. Percy Waters Book
Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Service to Japan, Hawaii and the Philippines now available; Anchors foul cable 4 times within 10 days - Burrard Inlet; Classified system will be extended to remainder of territory - includes full-page rate sheet; Company gains telephones in 1934 after 3 year decline (presumably due to the Great Depression); Company architect, Hugh D. Simpson; Our overseas service kept growing last year; Employee Sales Team Results; Statement of Development, 1 January 1935 - show # of phones per community; System suffers heaviest storm damage in history - January 1935 - 8 pages with photos; New exchange for the Albernis; John C. Miles succeeds John Johnston as Building Head; World Telephone network now includes 60 countries; Billy Palliser - champion salesman for Victoria Plant; Sechelt Company picnic; New phone system for thriving Alberni area - 4 pages with photos; Record 19,000 mile call from Vancouver to Perth, Australia; Dog's bark in Vancouver heard in Scotland; Round the world telephone talk sets record; Telephony's part in Canada's Jubilee celebration - 2 pages with photos; Parksville Exchange has Dial Unit at Qualicum Beach; Arthur R. Harness - garden awards; New switchboard handled by sightless operator - article with photos; PNE float details and photo; 2-page bio. with photo of Eugene P. LaBelle, the company's General Superintendant of Plant *MR. LABELLE'S NAME IS STAMPED ON THIS COPY*; Carrier circuits established between Vancouver and Calgary; Number of phones increased last year; Miss Elizabeth Murray, Vancouver's first chief operator, dies; New radio stations established; Fraser telephone building remodelled; Conference calls link Canadian cities by long distance (!); Operator school reopened; George E. Pittendrigh of Cloverdale, BC - installed Vancouver's first telephones; Telephone folks to the rescue; New Long Distance developments embrace Howe Sound Points; Key to Safety on the Job; New radio link serves Quesnel and adjacent mining area; Vancouver's first emergency phone calls; Newcastle Island Picnic; C.A. (Charlie) Price - Queer theories prove that people read the 'Yellow Pages"; James Welsh - our first formen; Article on the challenges of information operators; Seymour operating room photo; Mr. W.F. Salsbury - helped pave the way for our present telephone system; *CARICATURE OF E.P. LABELLE* and other company executives; Vancouver Arena fire damage quickly repaired; PNE float photo and details; Long Distance developments this year; Dominion Telephone organization meets in Victoria; Ex-policeman Ernest A. Harris recalls use of telephone in 1891; Monte Butler wins more rowing laurels; and more. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon fore- and top edges, and inside front board, else unmarked. Half-leather binding intact. Backstrip loose along front edge. Book
Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Photo of downton Nelson; Bird's-eye photo of Nelson from atop a mountain on north shore of west arm; Kootenay Feature 'The Romance of the 1890s - 8 pages of text and archival photos, including electric street cars in Nelson!; Table showing 'Exchanges in order of percent good toll calls; Cover advert. for Northern Electric Vacuum Cleaner!; Review of growth show steady expansion - 3 pages; Telephoning across Atlantic by AT&T Wireless continued for hours; When the Victoria and Esquimalt Telephone Company issued its own (one call) nickels; B.C. Industrial Review - statistics; Bar graph of # of phones operated from 1906 through 1923; the company's operator school; Issuing of monthly phone bills a work of magnitude - 4 page article with photos; photos of the halibut industry before 'the fish were scarcer in quantities and their habitats more scattered'; William Farrell- an appreciation of the former company president; 7 page article on B.C.'s deep sea fishing industry - great photos - halibut, herring, flounder; multiple photos from the Kootenays of snakes which have climbed up phone poles onto the wires!; photo of 25 year-old phone; Great full-page photo of the CIBC building at Hastings and Granville; 8 page article on the banks of vancouver with excellent photos; First interdepartmental football game; new power plant at Seymour office; A phone in B.C. for every 6 persons; Feature on Dams and the water-powers that turn the wheels of industry - photos of dams and various industries which use electricity, including the American Can factory and grain elevators; new power plant at Seymour office - illustrated; photos of productive farms and ideal homesites with super centerfold luxury Saanich home; Cover photo of U.S. President Harding in Stanley Park; Full-page photos of the U.S.S. Henderson entering the narrows and at dock with President Harding aboard; 13 page illustrated feature on the visit of President Harding - the first visit to Canada made by a President of the United States (President Harding died mere days later on August 2nd in San Francisco and this is reported as well); Photo of Crosland Bros. Farm in Duncan; 9 page illustrated feature on the seed growers of B.C.; photo of Duncan office under construction; Nice 8-page illustrated feature on Haney and area; photographing sound; Exploring Kootenay - Bill Skilling; 9 page illustrated feature on the Delta and Ladner district; Many miles of new long distance circuits; Improved inter-office trunk lines in Vancouver; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear overall with the exception of the backstrip which is missing small chips and loose at back edge. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge else unmarked. Binding intact. Spine leaning moderately. Book
Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Photo of new office in Victoria; Advances in rates; Increased Rates in Manitoba; Telephoning across the Atlantic; Exchanges ranked in order of per cent good toll calls, November 1911; Statement of development - number of phones operating in each exchange as of 1 December 1911; Cover photo of Grand Forks Switchboard; Photo montage of underground work at Victoria; Birth of the Telephone - 3 page article; Mr. F.J. MacGougan; Photo of types of protected terminals; Vancouver Switchboard photos from 1908 and 1898; Great 2-page photo of the huge 'A' switchboard at Seymour; Load Curve Graph of Seymour Office; Cut-over of Victoria Plant - new epoch in phone history of B.C.'s capital; Vancouver Island Toll Rates; Special Victoria Issue - photo montage of city and district officials; Photo of New B.C. Office; Table showing # of phones in Victoria since 1880; Photos of underground work in Victoria; May 1880 list of Victoria subscribers; 1890 list of subscribers; cable-laying scenes from last September; Nanaimo and Sidny facilities; New Gulf Cable Ordered by William Farrell in England; Miss Mina Kerr; Record work at Highland; New Plant Department Building; How a Directory is Produced; Jolly moonlight excursion to Nanaimo aboard the steamer Princess Patricia; Great photo of 5 new auto wagons of the construction department in front of the Seymour Office (horses having been recently displaced); Some Victoria cable troubles; Photo montage of the Royal visitors, the Duke of Connaught, the Duchess of Connaught, and Princess Patricia; Training school for operators; interior and exterior views of the Royal trolley coach; 3-page Kamloops feature with photos; Functionalization of Plant - reorganization of the department; laying North Vancouver Cable; Photos of large buildings under construction in the Fairmont exchange - the Lee Building, the hospital buildintgs, Steel plant in G.N.R. yards; Fairmont feature - 4 pages with photos; Instructions for Operators; North Vancouver Cable Ready; Importance of Transmission; and more. Half-leather binding. Hinges tender but intact. Backstrip very rough. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge. Mr. LaBelle's signature upon front free endpaper and his initials are penned to top edge. He is mentioned on page 8 of the July issue as being the new Plant Engineer. Binding intact. Please note: small article clipped from page 18 of the December issue. Book
104 pages. Includes many student and teacher autographs. Average wear. Binding intact. Book
312 pages. Many great black and white photos. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A quality copy. Book
132 pages. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely copy. Book
Features: On Collecting Canadian Antiques; The Calvary at Oka; Indian Artifacts from Canada's Past; Canadian Painting in the Thirties; The Egmondville Pottery - Huron County, Ontario 1852-1910; Studen Prize Books - Canadian School Life in the 19th Century; Silver Made in Plymouth; Royal Railcars; Collecting Locks; and more. Light wear. Nice copy. Magazine
Features: "The Military Profession - Lt. Gen. W.A.B. Anderson, Commander of Mobile Command; Biathalon Training; From North Star to Southern Cross - The Travels of a Yukon and its crew; Destroying a beached Second World War British Mine, lodged in driftwood on a Vancouver Island beach; Sea survival for Starfighter pilots; They were given a real bridge to blow up - 2 Field Squadron, Royal Canadian Engineers brings down the old Hawkshaw Bridge, mid-way between Fredericton and Woodstock, N.B.; Shades of Alley Oop - a CH-113A Voyageur removes dinosaur bones from their ancient resting place; Classroom for the sea - Fleet School (Pacific) at Esquimalt (5 pages); The Buffalo Aircraft - Our newest tactical transport; Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missile systems. Sound copy. Magazine
64 pages. Student yearbook. Usual autographs and inscriptions. Average wear. Solid copy. Book
64 pages. Major markings to front endpaper else clean with light to moderate wear. Book
64 pages. Many autographs. Light wear. Nice solid copy. Book
48 pages. Directed play: games, puzzles, songs, things to make, things to do, stories, play projects, creative work, drawings. Average wear. Markings/crayoned drawings on pages 28 and 28. A sound copy of this delightful publication. Book
40 pages. Directed play: games, puzzles, songs, things to make, things to do, stories, play projects, creative work, drawings. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this delightful publication. Book
40 pages. Directed play: games, puzzles, songs, things to make, things to do, stories, play projects, creative work, drawings. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this delightful publication. Book
80 pages. Features: Jack Borres; Ralph Bower; Let's Carve - Coyote Carving Directions; Carl Johnson; Tales about three snails; More on Kashmir Carving; School of Classical Carving; Burning Techniques; Carvers, Shows and People; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
80 pages. Features: Osvaldo Orellana; Try Carving a Lynx; Burning Techniques; Let's Carve - carve a cow; Painted Pony sets new World Record; Campbell Folk School; Chips - Making a Carving knife, by Ted Kona; David Bennett; Tupelo - an excellent carving wood; Many show photos and reports; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
70 pages. Features: The Grand Manner - a modest young man in love (Frederick Nebel); Invitation to Dance - The girl who stole a lipstick (Libbie Block); White Man's Burden - in defense of a lady and a tropical isle (Will F. Jenkins); On the Bench - Harun-al-Rashid in modern dress (Frank Condon); Very Much a Lady by Alec Rackowe; Man with a Past - Romance of a stagecoach guard (Ernest Haycox); I Love You Again, Part VI - Suspicion of Murder (Octavus Roy Cohen); Castle Key, Part II - Get up and Fly Again (Dwight Mitchell Wiley); Under Chiang Kai-shek's Hand - Number One in Asia, with photos (Jim Marshall); The Minsky Kids, H.K. and Morton - Art School for strippers/burlesque (Henry F. Pringle); High School Hero - Mr. Bob Feller - The $100,000 rookie (Kyle Crichton); You're the Cook - Kitchen Calm (Betty Thornley Stuart); Who Taught You to Drive? - It's never too late to learn (T.R. Carskadon). Page 23 is a wonderful full-colour ad for a food product called Karo which features charming photos of the Dionne quints (quintuplets). Page 25 is a nice colour ad for Packard cars. Super colour centerfold for the Hudson automobile. Excellent two-page colour ad for Nash cars on pages 48-49. Interesting United Airlines ad on page 55 - does not resemble contemporary air travel! Two-colour Ford V8 truck ad inside back cover. Interesting colour Lucky Strike cigarette ad on back cover suggests that their product offers 'throat protection'. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
32 pages. Undated but appears to be circa 1955. Wonderful black and white photos throughout. Features: British Columbia's Centennial Celebrations; Canada's Boy's Town in Malaya; Colombo Plan Steel Technicians in Britain; Ghana's Goodwill and Trade Mission; Designs of the Year - annual U.K. awards; Ceylon's Buddhists in London; H.M. the Queen Mother's World Tour; Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition; Child Welfare in Pakistan; Modern New Airport in Nairobi, Kenya; New Zealand's expanding forests; The Craft of the Nigerian Potter; Spare-Time Studies in Britain; Uganda's New Agrucultural School. Bonus: includes 8-page Canadian supplement which bears a lovely colour portrait of H.R.H. the Princess Margaret. Second Bonus: 13" x 9" photographic portrait of H.R.H. The Princess Margaret, suitable for framing. Covers detached from textblock but present. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy copy. Book
Unmarked. Light wear. Excellent copy of this 1991 high school yearbook from Duncan B.C. Excellent clean copy. Book
Features: Creative Duplicate Stitch - Part II - more designs with specialty threads; Connie Harbor teaches Machine Heirloom Sewing; Handkerchief/Nosegay - double buttonholed with branced bars and fil tire; Organdy and Linen Collar - pattern pull-out by Margaret Pierce; Prairie Fashions - Old West Colors and Fabrics; The Final Touch - Edgings; Back to School - Appliqued Jacket; The Art of Peppering - Couching; Smock PLate - by Gwen Milner; Smocking Tips - Centering a Smocked Design; Simply Serging - Piping; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
