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Frontier Times Magazine: May 1974 - Ghost Town & Mining Special Issue
Features: Western book roundup; I saw the gold; Turkey Creek Wildcat - Galeyville; Big Uncle Cemetery; The Murderer's Ghost - the case of Lewis Holder; Chinese Diggin's - does a vein of quartz cross Burnt Bridge Creek?; Punching Chihuahuas for the nations; No place to go but down - South Mountain in the San Juans; Oklahoma's Indian boarding schools; The great Cornish Pump at the Ontario silver mine in Utah's Wasatch Mountains; Slaughter of the Innocents - one of Iowa's most bizarre unsolved crimes; To 'Red-up a house' - house cleaning; John Clarke - wood carver; and more. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
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Frontier Times, Winter 1961*CORD OF DEATH - Bloody Bill Anderson Tied 53 Knots in His Silken*
64 pages. Features include: Cord of Death; Bloody Bill Anderson; A Young Man's Country - William Greening in Northern Alberta; Saint with a Silver Eye - San Antonio, Nevada; Bob Meldrum; - Wyoming's Mysterious Badman; !2:00 Noon Meridian Time; The Gunnison Massacre - Natives take their revenge upon surveyors in Utah; Requiem for the Wild West Shows - Glenn Kischko; Revival at Seven Rivers; Charlie Bemis' Highest Prize; How Well do you know these Western Badmen?; Wagontrain Bride; The New World - steamboat queen of the Gold Rush; More on the Mystery of the Lost Ozarks Silver; Lady from Leadville; Death Rode with the Freighters. Unmarked. Average wear. One inch opening to base of coverfold. Book
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Air Pictorial Magazine, Volume 48, 1986, All Issues Hardbound in One Volume
Features. Grumman X-29A; Cook Island Hopping; "Mallet Blow"; Blackburn's Buccaneer - 1; Captured Argentine aircraft in the UK; Slingsby T67M Firefly; Schneider Trophy 1929; Air Malawi; Blackburn's Buccaneer - 2; R. Norwegian A.F.; Starfighter Twilight; 'Ocean Safari 85'; German Cargo Services; Where have all the Tridents gone?; ARV Super 2; Chinese 'Coke' with a western flavour; 'Frogfoot'; Back to Barbados; R.A.F. Finningley; Orions provide ASW network around the world; Coat of many colours; Aeronautical Research in WWI; South African DC-3 Anniversary; Republic of Singapore A.F.; EAP - Britain's fighter demonstrator; Bell AH-1W SuperCobra; First TriStar K.1 for No. 216 Squadron; Final Top-up with No. 57 Squadron; Zeppelin-Staaken E.4/20; Sun'n Fun; R.A.F. Fighter Command 50 years on; British Caledonian Airways - part 1; Electronic Warfare - part 1; R. Moroccan A.F.; Hanover Report; Tiger Club Air Show; Outback Medic; British Caledonian Airways - part 2; What to see at Farnborough; R.A.F. Support Helicopters; British Aerospace 146; British Caledonian Airways - part 3; Lynx Speed Record; British Aerospace ATP; Chile's Air Force; Sea Harrier Training; Freighters at Birmingham; Tactical Fighter Meet '86; Eastern Air Lines - part 1; Farnborough postscript; Beverleys in Aden; Visit to China; R.A.F. Support Helicopters; EW Training in the R.A.F.; Oshkosh Highlights; Eastern Air Lines - part 2; Westland Lysander; Index laid in. Clean and unmarked with moderate external wear. A quality copy. Book
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Air Stories - Aerial Adventure in Fact and Fiction: November 1938, Vol. 7, No. 5
96 pages. Features: Blood Money - A Swedish Mercinary in R.F.C. Uniform and the most merciless killer on the Western Front; Murder in the Mess - A modern R.A.F. Bomber Squadron is the setting of Murder in an Officer's Mess; Smoking Prohibited - Misadventure in the Fleet Air Arm; True Story - Continuing the Personal Narrative of a Young Airman who fought in Spanish War Skies; A Spot of Snooping - A Bristol Fighter and its mission where success meant a German Gaol and failure the annihilation of fifty thousand men; and more. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Book
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Air Stories - Aerial Adventure in Fact and Fiction: June 1939, Vol. 8, No. 6
96 pages. Features: Bats Fly Too - 'Bats' Trevor came within an Ace of Death before a flaming raider in the NIght Skies of London showed that Bats fly best at night; Battlefleet in Blue - A short moment of intense fright upon an Aircraft-Carrier; The Colonel Remembers - A Dramatic Story of Warfare in the Desert; Thunderbirds Fly Fast - Dick Reynolds was almost the Perfect Pilot of the Canadian North; The Gas Cow - Down from the clouds above the western front fell a strange derelect of the skies; Behind the Lines - An R.F.C. Officer experiences the Dark Labyringhts of Espionage; and more. Above-average wear. Small doodle upon front cover else unmarked. Binding intact. Book
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Air Stories - Flying Thrills and Aerial Adventure: October 1936, Vol. 3, No. 4
96 pages. Long Complete War-Air Adventure - Raiders of the Night - Up from a Darkened 'Drome on the Western Front Rose the Strangest Convoy that ever Sailed the Night Skies of Flanders, a German Bomber and a British Fighter, Bound Together on a Desperate Mission of Death; Ace of the Black Cross - The Authentic Story of the War-time Adventures of Germany's Greatest Living Air Ace, Victor in 62 Aerial Combats and Former Member of the Richtofen Circus; The Zeppelin Fighters - The Epic Story of the men who Freed Britain's Skies from the Terror That Flew By Night; Thriller - The Airship Alibi; Dramatic Story - Chivalry prevails in the Mad Lust of Battle; Dramatic Story - A Great Story of War-Time Adventure in a Pup Squadron on the Western Front; and more. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Book
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Air Stories - Flying Thrills and Aerial Adventure: December 1936, Vol. 3, No. 6
96 pages. Features: War-Air Adventure - One after another the British Batteries were Blown out of existence - until a pilot returned from the dead to reveal the secret of the Phantom gun ranger; Modern Air Thriller - The R.A.F.'s most Secret Bomber carried its Murdered Pilot to a Watery Grave when England's enemies staged a daring plot on Empire Air Day; Real-Life Story - The Amazing story of Germany's Greatest Living Air Ace; Real-Life Story - A Stirring Record of the Pioneers of Aerial Warfare; The Ace of Rabbits - Augustus Barton was the Rabbit of all Rabbits and Herman Kranz the Sector's Ace of Aces; Thrilling Story - The Night-raiding Baron von Ekkehardt was the Scarlet Pimpernel of the Western Front; Well-Engineered - The Call of the Mad Mullah Turned a Quiet Desert Oasis into a seething hive of Arab Fanatics; and more. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Book
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Air Stories - Flying Thrills and Aerial Adventure: May 1935, Vol. 1, No. 1: Premier Issue
Volume I, No. I of this publication. Contents include two long complete novels of war flying entitled "One Man's War", a tale of a Handley-Page night-bomber, and "Gas-Bag Aces", a tale of Seaplane and Blimp adventures of the Coast Defence Forces in the Great War; Terror in the Sky - A Pilotless R.A.F. Fighter crashes in the centre of New York; Murder in the Air - The Red Prop School trained the Foreign Legion of the Air; Cundall of the Camels - The remarkable life of a Camel pilot of the R.F.C. on the Western Front; Real Life Adventures - Crashing Aeroplanes for Movie Thrills and Thrills and Spills in Parachuting; and more. Interesting cover illustration depicts kilt-wearing machine-gunner. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Book
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Alberta Historical Review: Vol. 5, Autumn 1957, No. 4
32 pages. Black and white illustrations. Features: Rise of the United Farmers of Alberta; A Historical marker - Indian Style; F.W.G. Haultain, Premier of the N.W.T.; Ukrainian Pioneers in Western Canada; Alberta Gleaners; Notes and Comments; Index of Alberta Historical Review, 1953-1957. Average wear. Prior owner's small ink stamp atop front cover else unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Alberta Historical Review: Vol. 5, Spring 1957, No. 2
32 pages. Black and white illustrations. Features: The Rocky Mountain Rangers; Chief Factor John Rowand; From the Old Land to the New (Part 2); Moira O'Neill in Alberta; Indians of the Early West (Part 2); Eye Openers; Notes and Comments; Western Bookshelf. Average wear. Prior owner's small ink stamp atop front cover else unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Alberta Historical Review: Vol. 5, Winter 1957, No. 1
32 pages. Black and white illustrations. Features: From the Old Land to the New (Part I); 'North West' and "Minnow," - two Saskatchewan River Steamers; Joe Macdonald, Tripper, 1835-1916; Western Penetration of the Historic Buffalo in the Upper Bow River Valley; Historic St. Albert, 1890-1954; The Alberta Gleaner, January 1881; Notes and Comments. Average wear. Prior owner's small ink stamp atop title page else unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Alberta Historical Review: Volume 6, Number 2, Spring, 1958
32 pages. Black and white illustrations. Features: The Old Log House in Western Canada; John Edward Harriott, Chief Factor; How the Bible Came to the Cree; The Blackfeet and the Rebellion; Eye Openers; Notes and Comments; Western Bookshelf. Average wear. Prior owner's small ink stamp atop front cover else unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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American Indian Art Magazine, Spring 2000
112 pages. Features: From the Kunstkammer to the Museum fur Volkerkunde - The Eventful History of the early North American Indian Collection in Berlin; Honoring the Past - Embracing the Future - Native American Art at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University; The Life and Work of Clitso Dedman, Navajo Woodcarver (1879?-1953); The Vamp and false Vamp Moccasin Decorations in the West - One Example of Eastern Material Culture influencing Western Native Peoples; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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American Indian Art Magazine, Winter 2008
112 pages. Features: Contemporary Navajo Peyote Arts; An interview with Fritz Scholder; Tlingit Dance Collars and Octopus Bags - Embodying Power and Resistance; Ukjese Van Kampen - Indianizing "Western" Art; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Antique Showcase Magazine - A Journal of Fine Arts and Collector's Notions: January/February 1996, Volume 31 Number 5
70 pages. Features: Desks come in many styles; The Group of Seven 75 Years Later; Perth - the prosperous Regency town; Hallett Antiques of Perth; In celbration of Folk Painting; The Barr Colony - British Group Settlement in Western Canada; Mr. 'Type' of Collecting (typewriters) - Martin Howard. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Quality copy. Magazine
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Architectural Digest, June 2007 *Special Country Houses Issue*
220 pages. Contents include: The Today Show's Jill Rappaport Goes Western on Long Island; Adapting to its site, a Massachusetts Home Nestles into the Land; On the Eastern Shore of Lake Michigan, a Home is Memorably Shaped by Colour and Geometry; Modern Lines and Muted Hues Lend Quiet Glamour to a Wyoming Retreat; Lee F. Mindel's Progressive Country House in the Hamptons; A Los Angeles Couple Yield to the Charms of Nantucket and a House Filled with Folk Art; A Whimsical Boathouse Reminiscent of Norwegian Stave Churches; An Elegant Design is Grounded by Informal Touches at a Country Estate in Virginia; In Northern California, a Fourth-Generation Farmer Builds a Thoughtful Home That Speaks to the Past; The Bounty of Nature Serves as an Exquisite Muse for Six Jewelry Makers; Angela Lansbury - Simplicity is the key in her Traditional Farmhouse on the Coast of Ireland. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. ne-inch opening to front cover at top of spine. A quality copy. Book
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Art Focus - Art of the West and Western Heritage Volume VII, Issue One November/December 1983
144 pages. Covers well worn. In this issue: Nancy Glazier, Mac MacKenzie, The Mountain Woodcarvers, Gary Niblett, Park City, Bill Reese. Magazine
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Aviation and Marine International - Atlantic Edition: April 1978 *The Fairchild Republic A-10 (Warthog)*
Features: Mirage 2000; War on Mines in the West - the evolution of mine warfare in the Western World from the end of World War II to the present (mine-sweeping/mine-hunters); The Italian Aerospace Industry; The Fairchild Republic A-10 - great article with colour fold-out; Panama Canal Treaty - Selected Documents (part 1); Additional illustrated stories. Former price on front cover else clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
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Aviation and Marine International - Atlantic Edition: July/August 1978 *THE 5000TH PHANTOM II*
Features: Airlines Today; F-15 Anatomy; The Israeli Lion - An outline of what will be the I.A.I. Arye (article with colour illustrations); The Phantom II Legend; Rotterdam Naval Technology Expo; The Pacific Ocean Today; Western Pacific Air Forces; 18 Navies to One Ocean; Additional illustrated stories. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
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Bottles and Extras Magazine, No. 16, July 1991
80 pages. Great black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Schramm Glass Manufacturing Company of St. Louis, 1905-1925; Jar Talk - Killer Fruit Jars; Hair Raising Stories - Tricopherous for the Hair; British Bottle Bits - Unlisted Poison Bottle - John Southerst Patent, fantastic ads for vintage machines; Great illustrated two-page ad for a Western Glass Auctions event; Extra Special Deliveries; S.L.O.B.S. - The San Louis Obisbo Bottle Society; Bottle Network News - The Pioneer Drug Store, by David Bethman; Auctions; Bottle Displays welcome new collectors; Up-Dates; Golden Gate Show; My Little Brown Jug - Charlie Horn digs up a M.& M.Co. Island City, Oregon jug; Extraordinaire - Potomac Show & Slick's Auction, including photo of Vaseline jar collection. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Bottles and Extras Magazine, No. 28, July 1992
64 pages. Great black and white photos and illustrations. Nice vintage ads on covers. Features: What in the World are Nordhausen Korn Schnapps? - article with photos by Jack Sullivan; Bryan's Top Shelf - Embossed Pepsi-Cola Bottles - article with photos - by Bryan Grapentine; Magic Metamorphic Advertising/Trade Cards of the late Victorian age - article plus reproductions of super vintage ads, by Dave Cheadle; "Seeking Killer Jars", by Jack La Baume; Extra Special Deliveries; Bottle Network News - Shows; Auction Directory; British Bottle Bits - Clay Pipe Bowls; The Label Space - Max Ams of Cincinnat and their patented sheet metal can and their patented cover fastening for jars, WAN-ETA Cocao of Boston - by Tom Caniff; Details of a major Western Glass Auction; Up-Dates; Bromo-Seltzer Blue - postscript to article in last issue, by Cecil Munsey. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January/February 1959 Through January/February 1960
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: Rate increase approval; explansion plans for 1959, including new purchasing, warehousing and repair centre to be built at Manitoba Street and Southeast Marine Drive in Vancouver; Operator Distance Dialing Nears Reality; B.C.'s Biggest Television Events in 1958 as covered by mobile television links, including the Ripple Rock blast, the visit of H.R.H. Princess Margaret, and the Grey Cup; Changes to Sales Organization; Automating Accounting; Expanding the Personnel Department; Conversion of manual systems to dial operation; Conversion of Glenburn to Cypress; New Long Distance Route to Kamloops; Dial phones come to Sidney, Keating and James Island; Pension Plan Personalized; Adoption of Irregular Base Rate Areas; Closing of two historic switchboards in Victoria and Vancouver; Teletype Sale Made to East Asiatic; R.W.J. Angus becomes new General Commercial Manager; The Birth of N.P.A. 604 (the 604 area code); High cost of workplace accidents; Long Distance Anniversary greetings to a New Westminster Rotary Club from around the Western Hemisphere; Removal of high-wire span that linked Agassiz and Chilliwack since 1910 (6 pnotos); Conversion jobs sparked romances; Maintenance men to match our mountains; The visit of the queen (14 photos); "Follow Me" - a child's-eye view of the telephone company through the medium of C.B.C. television; Vancouver General Hospital (3 photos); Electronic 'Detectives' Guard Microwave; The FW-1 intertoll switching installation in the William Farrell Building - the brain and heart of toll; Logging by Radio - New Switchboard serves radiotelephone subscribers; Laying cable in the Pitt River (2 photos); Opening of new headquarters in 700 block of Seymour Street in Vancouver (3 photos); A new approach to serving the public in the new addition; Activation of a new radiotelephone long distance system through the Cariboo - illustrated; Traffic Signs for Toll; New Woodland Central Office serves Whalley (photos); Phone fashion; Network Television reaches the Interior; 500,000th telephone installed; Night move of revenue accounting to 555 Seymour (photos); Terrace phones now automatic (photos); Traffic, Staff Metering - Instantly; Service at New Denver is Personalized; The Heave-Ho Boys - name your antenna and they'll put it up! (with great photos); new building for Gibsons, Sechelt; Kamloops Editorial salutes operators; Transmission Levesl - an FW-1 Problem; Plans for 1960, including completion of Burnaby centre; Graph of telephone growth in B.C. since 1880; History of the Alma Central Office; The Happy Islanders on Calvert, Trutch and Swindle Islands; Machines take over in the Accounting Field; Rough weather at Newcastle Ridge; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight and square. Marbled endpapers. Name of E.P. LaBelle stamped on bottom edge of text. A photo and announcement re: Mr. Labelle is found in the July/August 1959 issue. Book
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British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January/February 1945 Through November/December1946
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: awarding of Distinguished Flying Cross to Flt.-Lieut. Gordon Smith; Excellent photo of Vancouver radiotelephone operators at work; Long Distance Load in '44 set new record - statistics; Radiotelephone saves 3 lives when tug sinks; Annie Gillman - never late for work in 38 years as operator; Telephone Trouble - by Francis Aldham of the Vancouver Daily Province; Forty Miles of Telephone Bills - reprinted from the December 1944 issue of Western Business and Industry; Harold Morse retires; A few lines from the front lines - portions of letters from telphone employees on active service; Large black and white reproduction of B.C. Tel. Victory Bond advertisement featuring Winston Churchill; Expansion Programme will fall short of needs - with drawing of new central office building at Tenth Ave. and Yew St.; Digits control names of new Central Offices; Report shows phone situation still serious - no prospect of relief in near future; Al Miller retires after 36 years of service; Popular chief operator, Edna Green, resigns; Farewell to Don (Mac) McAuley; Photo of the "Kamloops Kid" - Dave Wilkie; Photos of Sports Starlets; A Telephone Man in the Navy - a lengthy letter to the editor from Elect. Lieut. N.J. Dunlop, R.C.N.V.R.; Article - Two Million Wait for Phones in North America, and relevant B.C. Tel advertisement; Cover photo of U.S. Army Bronze Star recipient Staff Sgt. Robert Creech; Photos of the three Stephan sisters who are operators; Photo of war shortage billboard; Voices with smiles - article from the Vancouver Daily Province by Gordon McCallum; Article - $64 question in the telephone business; Plagued by Shortages - article from the National War Finance Committee; article and photo - Pup Flies Atlantic with Flt. Lt. Gordon Heselton; Article on Robert Garnett Tatlow, Vancouver Pioneer; B.C.'s First Emergency Phone Call - Pants torn by Dog; Construction photos of 'Cedar'; War's End Brings Record Long Distance Load; Heading Back to Normal - but still a long way to go; Death removes Ernest F. Helliwell; Radiotelephone service to the rescue; Photo of phone installer Charlie McAndrew, and the billboard which used the photo; Photos of North Vancouver staff and facilities; Secret of wartime 'what-is-it' building on Seymour finally revealed - photos and two-page article; 5 excellent pages of photos and article on the building of the Pacific Communications System, 'One of our Biggest War Jobs'; Daisy Bonde retires; Excellent photo of B.C. Telephone's 'Sky Riders', dangling 350 feet in the air over Rock Creek Canyon; 3 more billboard photos; We are establishing an F.M. Radio Network; We subscribed nearly $2,000,000 to the war effort; Farewell to Miss Mary Lloyd, Ernest Cole and William Silver; Many photos of employees knitting; Trail operators at work; Eighteen Thousand Calls a day - article; New record for telephone calls in 1945; Difficulties of supply situation again stressed in telephone company's annual report; Charlie McAndrew has installed 40,000 photos; Cupid is main cause of our traffic problems - article; Only photo available of Vancouver's first telephone exchange, established in 1885 in Tilley's book store, on the east side of Carrall St.; PNE float; Alma open house; Hastings Hay Ride; Better phone service to central B.C. points Book
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British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January, 1924 Through December 1924
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: Great cover photo of Duncan operating room; Several photos of new interior plant equipment at Duncan; Sensational 9-page feature on Duncan and district with great photos of the area including Duncan Station, Maple Bay, Genoa Bay, and an aerial view; Fire deprives downtown Vancouver of service - photos and text; Grand Forks office and staff; Table showing "Exchanges in order of Per Cent Good Calls Out"; Statement of Development as of 1 January 1924 showing number of phones per community; Cover photo of steamer Jacques Cartier; Nice full-page showing two views of Vancouver Harbour with many ships in port; 7 page feature on the Port of Vancouver with several great photos; Possibilities of both radio and wire telephony; Exchanges in order of percent good out calls; Excellent full-page photo of Ballantyne pier, Burrard Inlet; Take advantage of company's new savings plan; Fine addition to shipping facilities on Burrard Inlet - Ballantyne Pier - 5 great photos with text; Greater Vancouver will benefit by reduced telephone rate; Repair shop has greatly expanded in recent years - 6 pages with nice photos; nice full-page photo of the Empress of Australia in port; Greater Vancouver Inter-Exchange Telephone Service; Fold-out map of Vancouver area exchanges, complet with great statistics; Telephone extenstion to Campbell River; 8 page feature on the flow of commerce through Canada's western port with many absolutely smashing photos; Cover photo of Glenburn office; 6-page feature on the B.C. Herring fishery with excellent photos (re: sea lions, contains the following quote "The government is undertaking to greatly lessen the numbers of this prey animal"); archival photo of laying the first underground cable in Vancouver; Statement of Development - # of phones operating in each community; Cover photo of Milner office; photo mosaic of 5 lower valley exchange offices; Wonderful 8 page feature on the great supply district (i.e. the lower Fraser Valley) of BC coastal cities - excellent photos including a shot of the only remaining original Hudson's Bay Company building at Langley; New Gordon Head Exchange cut over; New Point Grey office under way; new observation office aids efficiency; Electrical Communication Development; Full-page photo of sailors from the battleship H.M.S. Repulse marching through Vancouver; Multiple photos of British warships docked at Victoria; Article and photos of the visit of the Royal Navy to Vancouver; The Traffic Department and the Public it serves; Tennis Tournaments; Printing a phone directory; Great feature on Ship Salvors (Salvagers) with many photos; A motoring trip through the U.S., with photos; Biggest cable will cross False Creek; Oxygen Farms; Cornelius Vanderbilt writes of his long distance call from Alberni to Los Angeles; P.B.X. serves interesting purposes - 5 pages with photos; Early motor tourists to B.C., with photos; Full-page photo of the Empress of Canada; 5 page illustrated article on the reclamation of the Sumas; The switchboard as a newspaper; Health secrets of the telephone pole - 3 illustrated pages; new Victoria equipment; Bayview library proves popular; cover photo of a long-distance operator timing a call with a calculagraph; Billing toll and inter-exchange calls keeps eight clerks busy - 3 pages with photos; 7 page a Book
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British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January, 1913 Through December 1913 *DOCUMENTS DIRECT CONNECTION OF VANCOUVER TO NANAIMO ON 16 JUNE BY LAYING OF 30-MILE SUBMARINE WIRE*
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: North Vancouver feature - 5 pages with photos; Activity in Plant Department - construction of many apartments in Victoria and Vancouver causing new conditions; Abbottsford exchange burned; Year's Business Shows Fine Increase; Monthly traffic record; New island route; Photo of the company's Victoria hockey team; New Westminster switchboard in action; Organisation Chart of the Traffic Department; Table showing 'Exchanges in order of per cent good toll calls'; Statement of Development - showing the number of operating phones in each exchange in the province; 7-page Feature on the Bayview area with several large photos of prominent home; Early spring construction; Traffic department conference; Full-page photo of the Western Fuel Company (Coal) Number One Mine at Nanaimo; New Central Building on Seymour; 5-page feature on Nanaimo with photos of salteries, the herring fishery, Mayor Shaw, the Nanaimo Exchange, and a great shot overlooking downtown Nanaimo and its harbour; Timing Conversations with a Calculagraph; Large photo of the Eburne sawmills; Fire damage at New Westminster Exchange; 4-page feature on Eburne with photos; Company bowling team - Victoria Commercial League Champions; Photo montage of operator's telephone sets; Great full-page photo of a commercial corner building in Duncan, Cowichan Merchants, Ltd.; 5-page feature on Duncan with several photos including one of the highly successful Duncan Creamery; photo of yachting on Cowichan Bay; Many gangs busy in the field; Weighing service; photos of telephone men at work in the field; photo of Comox and the wharf; 6-page feature article on Comox, including excellent photo of 'Flying Machine' logging in progress; Many extensions to outside plant; How telephone cable is made, 3 pages with photos; Full page photo of the Tug Dola with her tow the Princess Louise, at anchor off Port Grey; Super photo of Dozens of notable men aboard cable ship; Steveston Feature article with 3 pages and photos; 11-page major feature article on the consummation of the cable project connecting Vancouver to Nanaimo - great photos including erection of the highest telephone poles in the province at Brechin Mine, near Nanaimo, several nautical shots, cross-section of the Gulf cable, and more; Saanich Inlet cable installation; photo of the visit of H.M.S. New Zealand showing Hon. J.D. Hazen, minister of marine, Commander Halsey, Sir Richard McBride and Hon. H.E. Young, provincial secretary; Five-page feature on Nelson and area with photos; New Zealand's gift to the Imperial Navy - 2 page illustrated feature on the visit of the H.M.S. New Zealand to Vancouver, including shot of two of the monster eight 12" guns; Full-page displaing the 6 chief (lady) operators in Vancouver; 5-page feature on the Saanich Peninsula with photos of subjects including the Brentwood Bay power house, Mr. Luke Pither's model poultry ranch, the Holland Bulb Farm and more; Growth demands more outside plant; Photo of company baseball team; Illustrations of railway telephone device; Photos of the 3 chief operators of Victoria; The Growing of Hops at Agassiz - several pages and photos; Phones for Forest Protection; Manufacturing Protector Micas - raw material obtained from India; Photo of the City of Rossland; 4-page illustrated feature Book
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British Columbia Western Fish and Wildlife January 1975 Vol. 10, No. 1
50 pages. Features include: The Morice-Bulkley - Mores Steelhead rivers in danger; Vancouver Island's Wild Coast; Experimenting with old Doc Spratley; Fishing in Alberta for something different; Octover Trout; Hunter ethics and responsibilties; Deer of the Charlottes; From the Steelhead Society; Trichinosis and the hunter. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Excellent copy. Book
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British Columbia Western Fish and Wildlife June 1975 Vol. 10, No. 5
46 pages. Features: Atlantic Salmon - First of 3 parts - What can they teach us about steelhead?; The B.C. Flyfisher - The Tackle and Terminal Gear; Peace River Expedition - 1st of 3 parts; Hatcheries and the Angler - First of Two parts; Smutting - Don't cuss the midgets, duplicate them; The "Mosquitoes"; Okanagan Lake. Light wear. Address label upon front cover. Very nice copy. Book
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British Columbia Western Fish and Wildlife May 1975 Vol. 10, No. 4
46 pages. Features include: The B.C. Flyfisher; From the Steelhead Society; A Quiet Place; Knight Inlet; Where Grayling Still Run Free; White Water Dollies; B.C.'s Big Lake Inland Area. Light wear. Tight and square. Address label upon front cover. Lovely copy. Book
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Canadian Antiques Collector - April 1969, Vol. 4, No. 4
Features: Alice and Vincent Massey as Private Collectors; Sterling in Perspective; Who's for the Michilimackinac Hunt?; Manitoba Furniture; Peter Rindisbacher - Resident Western Artist; Some Art Mysteries; London Letter - Sales Sidelights. Some pages and front cover were stuck together and have been damaged when they were re-opened. Still a useful reference copy. Book
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Canadian Antiques Collector Magazine - a Journal of Antiques and Fine Arts: June 1970
30 pages. Features: Victorian Silver; Oriental Cloisonne Enamels - a Western Collection; 100 Years after The Great Boz (Charles Dickens); The London Market; New Form of Pattern Glass for Canadian Collectors - 20th Century Antiques; Louisbourg - the Gibraltar of Canada; Don't Just Stand There - a dummyboard figure; Button Collecting; The Simeon Perkins House in Nova Scotia. Unmarked with moderate wear. Address label clipped from back cover. A sound copy. Magazine
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Canadian Antiques Collector Magazine, February 1968, Volume 3, Number 2 - Osborne House
30 pages. Features: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria - Japanese Ceramics; Osborne House - Queen Victoria's seaside home on the Isle of Wight; 19th Century Doll Carriages; English Delftware - Western Canadian Collection; Daniel Fowler, R.C.A. - Canadian Water-Colourist; Early Ontario Floor Coverings; English Valentines. Some soiling to front cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Canadian Antiques Collector Magazine, November 1969 - Treasures in Canada's Museums, Galleries and Historic Sites
This is an extra large issue. Features: The Pursuit of Heritage; The National Gallery as Collector; Furniture for History; Preservation in Canada; Canada Council; Development of Museums in Canada; Prince Edward Island; Art Collection of Memorial University; The NovaScotia Museum; L'Art Traditionnel Musee du Quebec; Art Gallery of Ontario; R.O.M. Canadiana Gallery; Ontario Council for the Arts; Arts and Periodicals; Winnipeg Art Gallery; Vancouver Art Gallery; Art Gallery of Greater Victoria; Treasures from the Northwest Coast; The Crisis in Art Museums; Saskatoon Art Centre; James Henderson - Western Artist; Edmonton Art Gallery; The Hudson Cup. Address label on back cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Canadian Aviation Magazine, February 1947 *Cover Photo on Deck of Canadian Aircraft Carrier H.M.C.S. Warrior*
94 pages. Features: Flight Safety (first of a series); Our Navy's Wings - The First of Two Aircraft Carriers Join Canada's Fleet; Report from Ottawa; U.S. Navy orders Jet Fighters - the XFJ-1 and XF6U-1; Let's Learn to Fly - Taxiing and Control During Takeoff; London Letter; Supersonic Quest; Western Skylines; The Case for Community Airports; Interior Decoration of Aircraft - Designing for Passengers; Sperry Gyropilot - Electronic Approach works with "George"; Northrop Pioneer - trimotor transport; Photo of the XC-99 under construction; and more. Many pages of great ads including one for Kashower Air Service Ltd. of Oshawa plus a Fairey ad featuring a photo of Canada's first aircraft carrier, the H.M.C.S. Warrior. Small faint ink stamp to front cover and ad on first page. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
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Canadian Collector Magazine, March/April 1983, Volume 18, No. 2: Guelph Architectural Stone Carving
72 pages. Features: Auction Report 1982; Architectural Stone Carving in 19th Century Guelph; Quebec House - James Wolfe's childhood home in Kent; Early Coins of Canada; Canadian-American Postal Relations - I - The Beginnings to the 1820s; A Dowager Clings to Dignity - Edmonton's Alberta Hotal set a standard of Western Hospitality; Legh Mulhall Kilpin (1855-1919); Restoration and Renovation VI - Landscaping Your Period House; The Graphic Art of Advertising Pot-Lids; Unsuspected Harmonies - an unusual exhibit investigates multicultural responses to aesthetic qualities. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
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Canadian Forces Sentinel, November-December 1969, Volume 5, Number 10
Features: Cadets climb mountains (7 pages); 405 Squadron takes anti-submarine trophy; Militia take to the field at Camp Dube; Interesting collections and hobbies at La Macaza; How are you with the Press?; Annual Art Competition; They shall never forget - Shelburn and the other escape organizations set up throughout Western Europe; A North Atlantic Christmas - MWO J.L. Wilson. Sound copy. Magazine
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Canadian Geographic Magazine, August/September 1984 - Horns and Antlers
90 pages. Features/Articles: Charlottetown - the pleasures of a small town with the stimulation of a city; Horns and Antlers - Revered, admired, coveted... and different in most respects; Ship-time! - for many northern communities the sea-lift is their life line; Perth Revival - dramatic mainstreet program has restored a small Ontario town's charm and character; The International Plowing Match - Canada's biggest outdoor farm show; Ducks on the Prairies - every western slough has its hungry residents, and their appetite is no joke to grain farmers; When is a tree not a tree - strange shapes and fascinating adaptations at the treeline; Riding the Rails in private style - privately-owned railcars; Fraser Valley Hops - the choice of brewers around the world; Our Endangered Species in Art; Lake Laberge (rhymes with marge) and other Yukon Names. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Canadian National Magazine, July 1946, Volume 32, Number 7: Joan Fontaine Cover Photo
50 pages. Features/Articles: Cover photo of Joan Fontaine, who starred with Bing Crosby in "The Emperor Waltz", filmed in Jasper; Unity of Purpose - delegates from all parts of the C.N.R. system in Canada and the U.S. met in Montreal on June 11th; Jasper goes Hollywood - filming of The Emperor Waltz - with photos; T.C.A. links Canada with Chicago - soon service to Cleveland will begin; A Century of Progress - The Great Western Railway from Hamilton to London; Vancouver's Diamond Jubilee; Waterway for Salmon - Hell's Gate fishways on the C.N.R. and C.P.R. sides of Fraser River Canyon; He Knows his Race Tracks - Jim Quinn, operator, Canadian National Telegraphs, Toronto; Meet Mr. Saskatchewan - E.G. Wickerson; System News; Dozens of photos of new names on pension roll; Departmental Doings; Photo of one of the largest single-unit freight shipments ever handled by rail - a 100-ton crude oil fractioning tower for McColl Frontenac Oil Company at Montreal; Lots of company news; Young Railroaders' Club; Coke ad on back cover; and more. Address label on back cover. Unmarked. Three inch opening to top edge of front cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Canadian National Magazine, June 1948, Volume 34, Number 5
50 pages. Features/Articles: Cover photo of view from Jasper Park Lodge; The New Prince George starts service this month; Jasper Park Lodge - a Quarter of a Century, with many photos; Canadian National Cameos - the meaning of train signals; Longmoor - a memorial window for the Canadian railway troops, who did their overseas training on the Longmoor Military Railway, was unveiled April 25 at the Garrison Church at Longmoor, Hants; Posters display our services - great pictorial display; The Reminiscing Run - a gabfest ensues when engineers get together; T.C.A. enters Bermuda - new direct air service inaugurated from Montreal and Toronto - with photos; G.T.W. (Grand Trunk Western Railway holds annual meeting; List and photos of staff working in Moncton's New Atlantic Building; System News; Chickens Without Wings - Dominica specializes in eating Crapaud (Frogs) which the natives refer to as "Mountain chicken"; Young Railroaders' Club; and more. Address label on back cover. Small piece missing from back cover. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Chip Chats Magazine, May/June 1988
88 pages. Features: Desiree Hajny - carver extraordinaire; Carving the historic Western Face; Direct Carving Green or Seasoned Timber; Work Moving on Empire State Carousel; Let's Carve - a little girl; Noah Weiss - Pennsylvania Folk Whittler; Information on detail master burning pens (cont'd from last issue); Arizona's first lady of wood carving - Mae Johnson; Prosit! - carve a wooden frog tankard; Many show photos and reports; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Creative Needle Magazine - Smocking, Handsewing, Embroidery, Other Needle Arts - May/June 1989
Features: Tender Buttons - a shop dedicated to buttons; Fine Machine Sewing - Hemstitching - Part II; Smocking - Lesson One by Mollie Jane Taylor; Mother's Day - gifts to stitch; French Handsewn Pincushion - pullout pattern and instructions; Canada - Western Style - Calgary's Stampede Fashions; Smock Plate; Linen Handkerchief Case; Summer's Juicy Fruits - an orchard of picks; Elizabeth Garrett's Sampler - a SAGA chapter's project; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Equinox - The Magazine of Canadian Discovery: September/October 1984
Features: Life and Death of the Sea Tuskers - The Sea Cow Fishery on these islands is totally annihilated; Victorian Canada - A Photographic portfolio selected by Edward Cavell; Classic Revival - Greece battles to save the Sacred Rock of the Western World; Earth's Great Dyings - Scientists seek clues to the mystery of mass extinctions. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
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Equinox - The Magazine of Canadian Discovery: September/October 1987
Features: Everlasting Oasis - Canadian Archaeologists unearth 200,000 years of human habitation in Egypt's great Western Desert; Beluga Hunters - 'from time immemorial, this has been our life'; Traditions in Wood - hand-carved wildfowl decoys lure a new generation of collectors; Muddy Waters - Lake Winnipeg's rich fisheries and folkways face a stormy future; History's Lessons - a new atlas provides a fascinating vision of Canada and its development; The Daedalus Factor - Space-age materials replace the mythical wax and feathers in today's human-powered vehicles. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
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Explorer's Journal, December 1985
Features: Puerto Rico's Natural Treasure; Rowing across the Pacific; The Cordage Revolution; Whale Rescue Expedition to Newfoundland; Adrian "Ace" Williams, 1899-1984; The Lost City of Nueva Cadiz; Western Samaria - Method and Discovery. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Explorer's Journal, September 1979
Features: Fiery Vesuvius; The Peregrine Falcon's Return; Marine Chart Revisions Urged; In the Wake of Typhoon Pamela - survey of the effect on the Guan Reefs; Offshore Migration of Land Birds - Weather Fronts assist long-distance fliights; Meteors; Underwater Archeology - Photogrammetry of artifacts near Bimini; Native Iron in Western Greenland - discovery and interpreation; Semiotics; St. Lucia Expedition - to collect and photograph wildlife. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Explorer's Journal, September 1981
Features: An Explorer's Credo, by Theodore Paul Bank II - with his photos from the Aleutians and Hokkaido; Ted Bank 1923-1981; Western Egyptian Desert Expedition - Radiographic imaging to evaluate relics; Florida Sinkhold Archeological Site - yields evidence of human life 12,000 years ago; The Hyksos; The Outer Hebrides; Diurnal Raptors in Amazonia; The Elegant L'Hoest's Monkey; Search for Chili Peppers in Bolivia - botanist pursues research of evolution; Coring in Antarctica - searching for clues to the past; Nomads of the World - an endangered way of life. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Fencelines and Furrows: Local History of the Frank Lake District of Alberta, Including Blackie, Herronton, Mazeppa and Frankburg
568 pages. General index. Family index. Contains many dozens of wonderful archival photos. Text is divided into the following sections: Historical Development; Indians, Homesteaders and Settlers; The Towns and Settlements; For King and Country; Social Life; Sports Throughout the Years; Family Histories - Blackie, Herronton, Mazeppa, Frankburg; Miscellaneous. Gift greetings, dated 1970, upon front free endpaper else clean and unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Printed upon glossy stock. A sound copy of this excellent compilation. Book
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Flying Lady - The Periodical of the Rolls-Royce Owner's Club, Inc., January/February 1995
Cover photo a Brewster Limousine. Features: Wonderful West Virginia Vintage Tour, September 18-23, 1994 - 9 pages with dozens of photos; Silver Shadow, Early Silver Spirit, Tour and Tech, October 17-22, 1994; Western Inter-Regional, Santa Barbara CA, August 11-14, 1994; A Four Door Corniche Convertible. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Garden Railways Magazine, January-February 1990
62 pages. Features: Build an Odometer Car; The Grun Mountain und Western; Electricity in the Garden - Part 2; The Great Central Railroad; Plants for Northern Garden Railways; The Phillips Family's Recreational Railroad; Steam from the Dutch East Indies; Life Forms on the Cobre Railroad. Moderate wear. A sound copy.. Book
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Garden Railways Magazine, June 1995
102 pages. Features: The Longlands & Western; Garden Railway Wiring; A Kitbashed 2-4-4-2; Small Cars for Small Railroads - Part 2; The Joys of Spring; A Hartford Gondola Becomes a Heavy-Duty Flatcar; Structures for Outdoor Railroads - Part 7. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Heritage, Fall 1999: The Magazine of the Heritage Canada Foundation
Features: Saving our Lighthouses; Disappearing Prairie Giants - Western Canada's Country Grain Elevators; Hamilton's Auchmar Estate Slated for Development; Calgary Construction Heats Up; Old Government House, Fredericton, New Brunswick; International Heritage Corridor Project for The Champlain-Richelieu Valley; Nova Scotia's Sales Tax Rebate Program for Heritage Property Owners. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. An excellent copy. Book
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