‎Canada‎

‎Wilmot, Fred; Dickson, RGB (Foreword) R G B‎

‎"Call 320" A Documentary Record of the 1950 Manitoba Flood and Red Cross Activities in the Disaster‎

‎Winnipeg: Canadian Red Cross Society. Good. 1950. First Edition. Paperback. "Compiled to record the organization established within the Manitoba Division of the Canadian Red Cross Society to meet the 1950 Manitoba flood emergency. It is hoped that this booklet may prove of value as a reference should another major disaster occur in Manitoba or elsewhere." - inside front cover. "The flood of '50 was the worst that the modern city of Winnipeg has survived. Never before in the history of North America has it been necessary to have plans readied for the mass evacuation of a city of 300000 people. The permanent staff of Red Cross supplemented by thousands of volunteers met the emergency with dogged persistence that often rose to heroic levels." - Foreword. 94 pages. Abundantly illustrated with excellent black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Prior owner's faint stamp upon front cover otherwise tight and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy of this very informative history. Winnipeg Centennial Bibliography #329 Peel 2003 #7174. ; 8vo . Canadian Red Cross Society paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 721h5832

‎Wilmshurst, Edwin; et al‎

‎Ships Monthly - The International Magazine for Shiplovers Ashore and Afloat: October 1986‎

‎48 pages. Features: Cover photo of the cross-Channel ferry nf Tiger; On the Waterfront; Ships Pictorial; Cruise Ship Review; Ports of Call; HMS Canada - J.W. Duckworth describes the career of this First World War battleship which became the last surviving warship to have seen active service at the Battle of Jutland; Ferry Fleets Updates; Bristol's Collier Fleet - the story of Osborn & Wallis Ltd.; New Ship News; Sail on the Tyne; Passage in a Paperboat - the shipping company of the mighty Bowater Paper Corporation; Ship Sales; Full-page photo of the Scol Venture; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book‎

‎WILSON Robert Charles - Gilles Goullet (traduit de l'anglais (Canada) par)‎

‎Julian. Apostat. Fugitif. Conquérant‎

‎2011 Denoël, collection lunes d'encre - 2011 - In-8 broché avec rabat - 592 pages‎

‎Bon état, coins très légèrement émoussés‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 95889

‎WILSON, Andrew‎

‎Gaslights to Gigawatts: A Human History of Bc Hydro and It's Predecessors‎

‎Brand new book is in excellent condition in every respect. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 236 pages, heavily illustrated with clippings, ads, b&w and color photos, logos, drawings, and maps.‎

‎Wilson, Bill (Signed); Askey, Jim (Signed)‎

‎Pioneer Soda Water Companies of BC British Columbia‎

‎Canada: Tamahi Publishing. Good. 1986. First Edition. Paperback. Signed and generically inscribed by both authors atop title page. "The first complete directory of pioneer soda water companies in BC." - subtitle. 104 pages. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of black and white photos and diagrams primarily of antique soda water bottles. Prior owner's details written inside front cover. Yellow staining to top corner tip of some pages. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this fascinating and authoritative reference.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Pioneer Soda Water Companies of BC British Columbia Bottles Antiques History; Signed by Authors . Tamahi Publishing paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 644H1930

‎Wilson, Donald‎

‎A Walk Down Memory Lane‎

‎Very faint spots to one page. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Extremely scarce. 72pp. An autobiography with a strong religious element, covering times spent in Japan, South Africa, Canada, America, Ireland, Rhodesia and Liberia. Undated but mentions 'writing the book in mid 2005'.‎

‎Wilson, Eric‎

‎MURDER ON THE CANADIAN‎

‎Toronto: Bodley Head 1976. Fine in dj. SIGNED COPY. The Canadian sets out from Montreal on a 4633 kilometre journey across the longest scenic railway. route in the world. Author's first book. Illustrated by Tom McNeely. 1st ed. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Bodley Head Hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 004639

‎Wilson, Harold‎

‎Boats unlimited‎

‎269pp. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good‎

‎Wilson, J.F.; "Billy See"; Nolan, John H.E.; Bodley, R.V.C.; MacLeod, Captain Jack; Taylor, Carl N.; Adams, W.H.; Stuart, Murray; Charnley, W.; Mackenzie, Lieut.-Colonel Donald; "Gundi"; "The Captain"; Melville, Fred. J.‎

‎The Wide World Magazine, June 1929 - "Chink Running" Cover Illustration‎

‎Pages 169-252 plus 28 pages of ads. Features: Chink-Running - an account of the illegal smuggling of Chinese over the U.S. border from Canada via the Detroit River; Slippery Wiley's Luck - Mr. Wiley returns to the scene of his prior crime to con money from more victims in Australia; The Mysterious M'Zab - A description of a little-known country in the heart of the Sahara where, although the French are the nominal rulers, the people actually obey the edicts of a secret Government of their own - great photos; "Ning We Pulls the Strings" - A story of Colonel Mackenzie's inimitable Chinese detective; Our Gatta - a most amusing tale of a native regatta from West Africa; The Longest Canoe Voyage on Record, by John H.E. Nolan (Part 3 of 3) - with several photos; Murder Paul Jaworski is permitted to read advance copy of a magazine serial before being executed for his crime; Feather's Folly - a stirring sea yarn from Newfoundland; Seeing America on Thirteen Dollars - Carl N. Taylor describes his four year adventure which began when he was sixteen; At the Eleventh Hour - Racing A Dying Prospector in the Belgian Congo to British Territory for the sake of his life insurance policy; The Human Tiger - a man planning murder in Perth Australia sees his plan go wrong; A Break in Routine - a true story from a Commissioner of Police in Uganda. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Small tape reinforcements to each end of backstrip. A sound copy of this engaging vintage issue. Book‎

‎Wilson, John Francis‎

‎The Story of the Migration of Skivins and His First Year in Western Canada‎

‎Toronto: Macmillan 1962. Unpaginated.frontis. B&W & color illustrations. Green cloth gilt cover & spine. Color Illustrated DJ in Brown slip case with color illustration. slip case is slightly sunned. First Edition. Hard Cover in Slip Case. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Wilson John Francis. 9 X 12. Macmillan Hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 10593

‎Wilson, June‎

‎Down - But Not Out‎

‎Canada: Self-Published 1985. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 83 pages. Photo of author on page 5. ".A collection of poems on unemployment. Deals with people who find themselves living through the 'Depression of the Eighties'." - From Introduction. Through the author's life experience she became an impassioned supporter of those experiencing difficulty finding employment. Gilt lettering upon maroon front board. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A sound copy. Self-Published Hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 231H0310

‎Wilson, Keith (Professor Of English, University Of Ottawa, Canada)‎

‎Thomas Hardy On Stage‎

‎new. unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 4813712-n ISBN : 0333598857 9780333598856

‎Wilson, Kevin; Wilson, Garrett‎

‎Diefenbaker For The Defence‎

‎286 pages including index. An ambitious and engrossing portrait of an insecure, ambitious and not always scrupulous young man who invented a personality, and a myth, to make it to the top. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book‎

‎Wilson, Mark V H (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada)‎

‎Fishes of the World‎

‎Hardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Take your knowledge of fishes to the next level Fishes of the World Fifth Edition is the only modern phylogenetically based classification of the world s fishes. hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : ria9781118342336_inp ISBN : 111834233x 9781118342336

‎Wilton, Robert; Brandreth, C; Ashmead-Bartlett, E; Dalton, E; Stock, R; verrill, A; Hindmarch, G; Workman, W & F; Meade, A; Best‎

‎The Wide World Magazine September Sept. 1918 - Cover Photo of Robert Wilton Who Provides Startling Disclosures of Russia's Collapse‎

‎New York: George Newnes Limited. Good. 1918. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 85 pages plus six pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part I - Robert Wilton and his adventures as a British War Correspondent on the Eastern Front with photos. Wilton's book entitled 'Russia's Agony' was first published in 1918; The Man-Eating Tigers of Rengarih; My Bear Hunt in the British Columbia Rockies - Part II by E. Ashmead-Bartlett; The Water-Wheels of Hama Syria - with photo; Beyond the Law - part V - The Dalton Gang the Condon Bank and the First National Bank at Coffeyville Kansas; Fishing as a Vocation for War Heroes by Ralph Stock; Photo of a fallen California Redwood - said to have been the largest tree in the world; In Unknown British Guiana - Part I - many nice photos; Tales of the Service - Part V - My Smuggle-Catching Adventures - by G.W. Hindmarch a retired Customs and Excise officer in the Shetland Islands; Wonders of the Silver Spruce of British Columbia - in high demand for aircraft construction; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - Part V - by Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman - with excellent photos; Our Seaplane Adventure - Captain Abbott Meade and his plane go down in the Indian Ocean; Photo of large pile of licorice root at Aleppo; The Revenge that went Wrong - James Bestow and his problem with a Yaqui Indian in Mexico; The Railway Conquest of the Australian Desert - construction of the thousand-mile transcontinental railway from Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta - with many excellent photos; The "War Wolf" - Serbia's war hero Colonel Voyin A. Popovich; Whale Flesh as Human Food - informative brief article on the growth of the whale processing industry in Canada with photo; Doctoring War Horses - the personal experiences of Blue Cross worker Charles W. Forward in France and Italy. Nice ad for the Hudson Navigation Company's New York - Albany - Troy route. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World Magazine September 1918 Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part I - Robert Wilton British War Correspondents Eastern Front The Man-Eating Tigers Rengarih Bear Hunting British Columbia Water-Wheels Hama Syria The Dalton Gang Condon Ba . George Newnes Limited unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 123H4291

‎Wilton, Robert; Jordan, John A.; Dickie, Francis J.; Holden, Lieut. J. Railton; McBride, Mrs. Harry A.; Cowie, J.S.; Martin, Stuart; Koppel, Harwood; Dickie, Francis J.; St. Lawrence, Bernard; Semenoff, Mme.; Shepstone, Harold J.‎

‎The Wide World, The Magazine for Everybody, February [Feb.] 1919, Vol. 42, No. 250: Behind the Scenes in Russia‎

‎Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part VI - Robert Wilton, a British War Correspondent on the Eastern Front, recounts his experiences, tells the true story of the tragic end of Rasputin, and discusses claims that the Czar is alive - article with photos of the Czar, his family, and Rasputin; The Most Savage of Beasts - John A. Jordan describes the strange tactics and danger of hunting the African Buffalo; A Hero of the Soudan - How the first Civilian's Victoria Cross was won by Sergeant J.J. Farmer - article with photo; My Niggers - humorous account of the writer's experiences of Gyppies at a camp along the Suez Canal; My Wanderings in Little-Known Angola - interesting article with many excellent photos; The Mechanically-Minded Skipper - Tobias Meddling of the 8-thousand ton ship Peerless; Capturing Seventy-Nine Germans Single-Handed - Canadian officer Captain MacDowell tricked Germans into surrendering at Vimy Ridge; The Battle for the Lake - German warships are ousted from the great inland sea in Central Africa, Tanganyika; Our Grizzly Bear Record - Francis Dickie and his companion set a new world's record for killing Grizzly bears in the Canadian Rockies - article with photos; Pipe Town - where Brier pipes are made for the "Tommies" and the "Poilus" - article with excellent photos; A "Rice Wedding" in Java - fascinating photo-illustrated article; Some Strange Escapes From Germany - Part I - how prisoners of war escaped from the Germans in WWI; My Escape From Russia - Madame Semenoff describes her escape from Petrograd after the Bolsheviks took over; Canada's Water Miracle - The Bassano Dam, the world's longest, built in Alberta, Canada - article with excellent photos; The Zulu Love Medicine - Part I - a member of the Natal Mounted Police describes how an Englishman was murdered by a Zulu medicine-man and accomplices so a portion of the body could be used to make an effective love medicine; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [3], 268-352, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book‎

‎Winnipeg‎

‎Illustrated Souvenir of Winnipeg‎

‎Winnipeg: Wm. A. Martel & Sons 1903. Folio 195pp. Very good. Olive cloth. Illustrated with photographs throught. The binding reinforced and the covers skilfully remounted. The corners are soft and the back few pages have been damp at the top fore-edge with some peeling to the margins of the coated pages. Locale: Manitoba; Winnipeg--Manitoba. Manitoba Souvenir Albums--Winnipeg. Wm. A. Martel & Sons Paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 143399

‎Winnipeg‎

‎Winnipeg Architecture‎

‎Winnipeg circa 1905. Oblong 4to staplebound Good. Disbound remains of a stringbound portfolio of photographs of buildings in Winnipeg now stapled together. 13 pages of photographs of buildings with captions including the names of the architects. Includes 16 pages of local advertisements. No covers. Locale: Manitoba; Prairie Provinces; Western Canada; Winnipeg--Manitoba. Manitoba Historic Buildings--Winnipeg. Paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 156625

‎Winnipeg 2000‎

‎Winnipeg 2000 Profile‎

‎Winnipeg: Winnipeg 2000 1995. 4to in slipcase Near fine no dust jacket. Printed cloth three-ring binder in a printed cloth slipcase. 121 sheets with tab-indexed dividers maps tables 2 large folding maps and a brochure in back pocket. An economic profile of the city. Locale: ; Manitoba; Prairie Provinces; Western Canada. Manitoba Economic Conditions--Winnipeg. Winnipeg 2000 Hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 133430

‎Winnipeg, Metropolitan Corporation of Greater‎

‎St. Vital Detailed Area Plan‎

‎Winnipeg: Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg 1968. Oblong 4to plastic comb binding 36 16pp plus maps. Very good. Illustrations photographs maps. Locale: Manitoba; Prairie Provinces; St. Vital--Winnipeg; Western Canada; Winnipeg--Manitoba. Manitoba City Planning--Manitoba. Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg Paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 144518

‎Winstanley, Anthony F (Signed)‎

‎Under Eight Flags: Vol. 1 1937-1947 The First Eleven Years at Sea - Revised Edition 2004‎

‎Canada: Self-Published 2004. Book. Fine. Paperback. Signed by Authors. Revised Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 398 pages. Black and white illustrations. Author's signature atop title page. "Over a period of 55 years the author has sailed on over fifty ships under eight national flags." - from back cover. Discard stamp atop first page else clean bright and unmarked with lightest wear. Nice copy. Self-Published Paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 233a4164 ISBN : 1552123898 9781552123898

‎Winter, Brian (Signed)‎

‎Chronicles of a County Town - Whitby Past and Present‎

‎398 pages. Author's signature upon page ii. A large collection of stories based upon columns the author wrote for local newspapers. Each story is a fragment of Whitby's history. Taken together, they make truly fascinating reading. Abundant archival black and white illustrations. Examples of the many dozens of stories include: The Day the Railway Came to Whitby; The Day Brooklin was Nearly Washed Away; Gun Fight at Myrtle Station; Tom Thomson Learned his Art From Whitby's Florence McGillivray; Whitby Fared Better Than Most Communities in the 1918 'Flu Epidemic'. Mr. Winter has spent nearly 40 years studying and compiling the history of Whitby, Ontario. Beautiful copy. Gift quality. Book‎

‎Wintermute, Alan; Bailey, Colin B; American Federation of Arts; Frick Collection; National Gallery of Canada‎

‎Watteau and His World: French Drawing from 1700 to 1750‎

‎Merrell Pub Ltd 1999-05-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Merrell Pub Ltd hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : Q-1858940796 ISBN : 1858940796 9781858940793

‎WINTERS H ROBERT.‎

‎CANADA UN SIECLE 1867 - 1967.‎

‎CHEZ L AUTEUR.. 1967. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos plié, Intérieur frais. 504 pages. Nombreuses photos en noir et blanc et en couleurs dans le texte et hors texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 971-Canada‎

‎Classification Dewey : 971-Canada‎

Riferimento per il libraio : R150164885

‎Wise, S F (V 1) ; Douglas, W A B (V 2) ; Greenhous, Brereton; Harris, Stephen J ; Johnston, William C Rawling, William G P (V 3)‎

‎The Official History of the Royal Canadian Air Force 3 Volumes Complete : Vol. 1: Canadian Airmen and the First World War; Vol. 2: the Creation of a National Air Force; Vol. 3: the Crucible of War 1939-1945‎

‎University of Toronto Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Three volumes set still stiff to open in gossy dust jackets. 771 pp; 797 pp; 1096 pp. . University of Toronto Press hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 62947