|
Moret, Neil; Kahn, Gus
Ready for River (Mood Indigo) - Sheet Music for Piano and Voice with Ukulele Chords
6 pages. Above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy with nicely illustrated front cover. Sheet music
|
|
|
Morgado, Alonso/ Del Rio, Rocio/ De LA Rosa, Jose M
Nanometer Cmos Sigma-delta Modulators for Software Defined Radio
Springer Verlag 2011. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 312 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. Springer Verlag hardcover
Référence libraire : x-1461400368 ISBN : 1461400368 9781461400363
|
|
|
MORICONI Ubaldo
Da Genova ai deserti dei Mayas. (Ricordi di un viaggio commerciale) con 345 illustrazioni
In 8, pp. 309 + (1b) + (4) di pubbl. con molte foto in b/n, cartine e ill. n.t. anche a piena pagina. Mancanze al d. Br. ed. dec. Fa parte della Collezione di Monografie Illustrate. Serie viaggi. Dall'Indice: In rotta per le Canarie, Sull'Orenoco, Gli Indiani dell'Orenoco, del Rio Negro e di altre regioni del Venezuela, Una fermata a Barbados, Un giorno a Puerto Rico, A Cuba libera, Al Paese degli Aztecas, Messico a traverso l'istantanea, Tra i ruderi della Roma Azteca, Italia e Messico, Ai deserti dei Maya, Il carnevale di Merida, etc...
|
|
|
Morrin Historical Book Committee; Grenville, D.A. - President
Blooming Prairie - A History of Morrin [Alberta] and District
An extensive chronicle of the families and history of this rural Alberta district located 25 km north of Drumheller. 639 pages. Maps. List of Morrin property owners 1913-1970. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Publisher's dark green boards adorned with gilt. Tight and square. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. An excellent copy of this very informative local history and irreplaceable genealogical reference. Krotki [2e] 751, Strathern 3166. Book
|
|
|
Morris, Alex.; McKay, James; Nah-Wee-Kee-Sick-Quah-Yash; Kah-Nay-Wah-Kee-Wee-Nin; et al
Treaty No. (Number) 5 (Five) Between Her Majesty The Queen and the Saulteaux and Swampy Cree Tribes of Indians at Beren's River and Norway House with Adhesions
22 pages. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Faint label removal patch on first page. A sound copy. Book
|
|
|
Morris, Alexander; Christie, W.J.; Mis-To-Wa-Sis; Ah-Tuk-Uk-Koop; et al
Copy of Treaty No. (Number) 6 (Six) Between Her Majesty the Queen and the Plain and Wood Cree Indians and Other Tribes of Indians at Fort Carlton, Fort Pitt and Battle River with Adhesions
32 pages. Some pencil underlining and minimal ink markings to contents. Moderate wear. A sound copy of this important document. Book
|
|
|
Morris, Rob: Editor
Mariner Life - July 2001 Volume 1 Issue 6
48 pages. Features include: Dockwalk - Rock Bay, Brown's Bay, Menzies Bay, Campbell River; 10th Anniversary Focus - W.C. Fuels; The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System - Part 2 - VHF Digital and Selective Calling; Arctic Kapvic - From the Mackenzie Delta to the Central Coast; Modular Persuasion; Book Review - Seamen, Ships & Cargo. Average wear. Usual library markings. Book
|
|
|
Morrison, J. Warcup; Harvey, Paul; McGillen, Pete; Nicholson, H.P.; Gillese, J.P.; Morrow, Les; Landis, C.S.; Frost, Rex
Rod & Gun in Canada Magazine, June 1959 - Reloading, Mule Deer
Features: Taking Mule Deer Along the Peace River; Reloading is Easy; Winter and the Angler; Make Your Own Line Drier; Western Salmon Come East; The Value of a Good Hunting Dog; Today's Wild Hunters; Smell to Success; South Paw Rifle; Camera Hobby Popularity Expands; and more. Average wear and soiling. A sound copy. Book
|
|
|
Morton, James W. (Signed)
Capilano: The Story of a River
184 pages. Index. Author's signature upon front free endpaper. Nice black and white photographic plate. "Will be of great interest to those Canadians who have an attachment to their country's wilderness and are concerned by thte death of wilderness at the hands of men." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's large signature upon front free endpaper else book clean and unmarked with only moderate wear. Above-average wear to dust jacket. Book
|
|
|
MOSSAZ (Annick) & GARCHERY (Jean)
Le Foron à travers le temps.
Textes Annick Mossaz. Peintures Jean Garchery. Vétraz-Monthoux, éditions de la Boussole, 2000. In-8 (22x26cm) toile bleue éditeur sous jaquette en couleurs. 133pp.
Référence libraire : WOC-727
|
|
|
Mossey River History Book Committee
Memoirs ""From the Past"": Rural Municipality of Mossey River
Fork River: Mossey River History Book Committee 1999. As new! Hard bound green cloth thick quarto illustrated throughout bright gilt titles to spine and front board iv Pp590. Includes index. Except for a previous owner name on title page a tight and unmarked fine copy. 1.7 kilograms. Scarce. We welcome all reasonable offers on our books and also offer local curbside pick-up. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg Manitoba. Fork River: Mossey River History Book Committee, 1999 hardcover
Référence libraire : 30803 ISBN : 1550566857 9781550566857
|
|
|
Mossey River
Memoirs "From the Past": Rural Municipality of Mossey River
Fork River MB: Mossey River History Book Committee 9781550566857 1999. hardcover 590pp. As new no dust jacket. As new. Dark green textured faux leather with gilt lettering and decoration to front cover and spine. Mossey River History Book Committee Hardcover
Référence libraire : 134666 ISBN : 1550566857 9781550566857
|
|
|
Motherwell, Andy
Life at the Little Zipper Sawmill; We Were Fly-By-nights
Covers show light wear with bumped upper corner. Straight, solid binding, text/interior clean and free of marking of any kind. 145 pages, maps, b&w photos.
|
|
|
Mouchart Benoît/Rivière François
"La damnation d'Edgar P. Jacobs - ""Biographie"""
Seuil/Archimbaud. 2003. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 335 pages - quelques planches photos en noir et blanc hors texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 97.2-Dédicace, envoi
Référence libraire : R300164061 ISBN : 2020605309
|
|
|
MOUCHART B., RIVIÈRE F.
Hergé, portrait intime du père de Tintin
2011, Robert Laffont, in-8 broché de 245 pages, Hergé, portrait intime du père de Tintin | Etat : bon état (Ref.: ref91291)
Référence libraire : 9782845218098
|
|
|
Mouchart, B. et F. Rivière
La damnation d'Edgar P. Jacobs
Seuil / Archimbaud Couverture souple Paris 2003
Référence libraire : 35935
|
|
|
Moyne, Michele; Le Corre, Florence; Riviere, Cecile
19th Century Painters of the Opal Coast / Peintres de la Cote d'Opale au XIXe Siecle
Paris / Arras: Somogy / Conseil General du Pas de Calasis 2013. Softcover. VG. Quarto. Softcover. Illustrated wraps. 79 pages : illustrations chiefly color ; 26 cm. Somogy / Conseil General du Pas de Calasis paperback
Référence libraire : 204715 ISBN : 2757207083 9782757207086
|
|
|
Mr Ikkyu Shinji Mizushima Makoto-chan Kazuo Umemura Red Pegasus Motoka Murakami Fujio's Gag Ariki Fujio Akatsuka River of Youth
Weekly Shonen Sunday 34 August 21 1977
Not Available 1977. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
Référence libraire : 2090502113718056
|
|
|
Mrs (Mary De La Riviere) 1663 Manley
Secret Memoirs and Manners of Several Persons of Quality of Both Sexes. from the New Atalantis an Island in the Mediteranean. Written Originally in Italian . Volume; Volume 1
Hardback. New. hardcover
Référence libraire : B9781340254438 ISBN : 1340254433 9781340254438
|
|
|
Mrs Mary de la Riviere Manley
Almyna or the Arabian Vow: A Tragedy as It Is Acted at the Theatre Royal in the Hay-Market by Her Majesty's Servants Classic Reprint
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Référence libraire : 026062506X.G ISBN : 026062506X 9780260625069
|
|
|
MTR Consultants Ltd.
Port Master Plan - Nanaimo Harbour Commission: May 1997
39 pages plus large colour map in sleeve inside back cover. Intended to guide the Nanaimo Harbour Commission well into the 21st century. A useful and interesting resource for those with an interest in this diversified and expanding port. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
|
|
|
Muir, James Hamilton
Glasgow in 1901
253 pages. Fold-out map of Glasgow. Twelve black and white plates. Fifty-two illustrations in text. A detailed and nostalgic snapshot of life in this wonderful city over 100 years ago. Average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Contents moderately tanned with age. A sound copy of this engaging and informative work. Book
|
|
|
Mul, Geert; Mike Van Gaasbeek; Fleur Kolk; Gyz La Riviere
Flyer'dam Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Catalogus Het Complete Oeuvre Raisonnee
Veenman Publishers. As New. 2008. Paperback. 9086901077 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 224 pages; 1500 illustrations. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Catalogus Het Complete Oeuvre Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . Veenman Publishers paperback
Référence libraire : C87025 ISBN : 9086901077 9789086901074
|
|
|
Mul, Geert; Mike Van Gaasbeek; Fleur Kolk; Gyz La Riviere
Flyer'dam Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Catalogus Het Complete Oeuvre Raisonnee
Veenman Publishers. New. 2008. Paperback. 9086901077 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 224 pages; 1500 illustrations. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Catalogus Het Complete Oeuvre Raisonnee Veenman Publishers paperback
Référence libraire : 87025 ISBN : 9086901077 9789086901074
|
|
|
Mulltiple Contributors
Frontier Times Magazine, July 1965
Features: Founder of the Cowboy Camp Meeting - William B. Bloys at Fort Davis, Texas in 1888; Shoot-out on Christmas Day, 1883 at McDade, Texas in Bastrop County - Thomas Bishop and George Milton; Boom Days at Ash Meadows, Nevada; Strawmen and Marshals - Ellensburg, WA and locality circa 1906; Greatest living hunter - Clell Lee; Riding the Shale Rock Trail; Paul P. Lawson and Idaho adventures; Victim of the "White Night" - unfortunate Joseph Hahn, after whom Hahn's Peak was named; Whipping Tree - primitive form of Seminole justice rarely suffered repeat offenders; John J. Tomlinson - Sawmill man of Yellowstone City in the Crow River Reservation; Oro, Arizona - most remote of the Bradshaw's Ghost Towns; The Wound that never healed - Mary Christofferson Anderson's chin was shot away by a cannonball at age 14 during the Morrisite Massacre of 1862; Rawhide times in Dakota - when it was open range from the White River to the Niobrara; I Cast My Lot With a Soldier - dedicated Army wives who followed their husbands to the American frontier in the 19th century; Appointment on Red Mountain - Emma Crawford was buried atop 7,200 foot-high Red Mountain where she said she had communed with an Indian brave; New Mexico's Mysterious Markers - many styles of Christian Cross; Flames of Starvation and Death - Cattlemen and nesters were comrades in arms when the sky warned of fire; King-sized nugget - found at the Willard Claim Mine in California's Sierra Nevadas; Uncle Milty's Legs - Milt Clements stood tall even though he only had one leg - Frank Lockert's personal museum at Coats, Kansas. Average wear. Some yellowing to pages. Occasional markings to contents. A sound copy. Book
|
|
|
Mulltiple Contributors
Frontier Times Magazine: July, 1971
Features: Last rig to Battle Mountain - the last family to take the Humboldt Trail by covered wagon, led by Sherman Wilhelm, makes one of Nevada's richest gold strikes; Motion Picture Vignettes - Neal Hart; Clues to Frontier Treasure; Over-kill in Apache land - Camp Grant Massacre; Last rails across North America - Building the Grand Trunk; A hundred miles of lonely river - the Missouri River; Toughest school in the county - Oklahoma; Stars over Chloride, New Mexico; "My God, My Hero, My Ideal" - Joaquin Miller; and more. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Magazine
|
|
|
Mulltiple Contributors
Frontier Times Magazine: May, 1971
Features: A test of courage - Sitting Bull, last Sioux to lay down his gun; Last of the horseback outlaws - 'Arkansas Tom' Daugherty; Old Pete's (Pete Peterson's) Lost gold mine; Horse king of the northwest - Charlie Newell - Goldendale, Washington; Ghosts of the Rio Puerco; Motion Picture Vignettes; Murder at Rincon - Amasa Barton killed by the Navajos; High-Wheeling to Denver - bicycles were a status symbol in 1889; A Search for Home; Wes Cates - A Lawman's life in pictures; Clean and unmarked with light wear. Very nice copy. Magazine
|
|
|
Mulltiple Contributors
Frontier Times Magazine: May, 1972
Features: The ghosts of Inyo; Matadors walked the streets of Gillette! - Bull Fighting in Colorado; "We Must Kill" - medicine men near the Yukon River wanted to get rid of gold seekers; Colonel Tim McCoy - 30 years under crossed sabers; Up in the La Sals - A basin so rich 'you can run trees through the sawmill and the sawdust will assay at better than $10 a ton"; Life is just a chance you have to take; Lost Cabin Creek Mines (Dawson County, Montana); Amos Chapman, Scout - the hero of the Buffalo Wallow fight; Timberline Kate - Kate Knowlton at Monte Cristo; A Day at the Greene House - a youth confronts a Mexican mob; Cump Sherman out west - William T. Sherman was never able to take San Francisco... He was disoriented in the Bay City, unable to understand the mystique of gold; and more. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Magazine
|
|
|
Mulltiple Contributors
Frontier Times Magazine: November 1973 *BADMAN-LAWMAN SPECIAL*
Features: Oregon's Legendary Sheriff - Jim Blakely; Saddle Mountain's Lost Mine; That joint down by the river; The Moline Dreadnaught - an early auto adventure over 5 states; Samuel MacDougall's Great Gold Hoax; The James Connell Murder Case - a beef contract turned out to be a death warrant; Horse Traders and Gypsies; Bloodshed on Lightning Creek, Wyoming - a border dispute; Deputized Sawmill Man - James William Anderson; Newt Israel's last trip to Tucson; A close call at Red Fork; Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Magazine
|
|
|
Mulltiple Contributors
Frontier Times Magazine: November, 1972
Features: Massacre! - in the 1850s, California's Indians were treated with heartless brutality; Gold of the Coquihalla River in British Columbia; Warrior's Witches - a display of temper earned an Indian girl a bad reputation; Fair Play Meant a Hanging - to the Fairplay 105; Sequoyah Houston fell to Cherokee Bill; Kit; Living on Borrowed Time - Horatio Larned saved the life of Porcupine... and thereby saved his own; Readin', 'Ritin', and Retribution - ; $110 per sack!; Northwest Trade Gun - the Indian's magic smoke pole; and more. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Magazine
|
|
|
Mulltiple Contributors
Frontier Times Magazine: September, 1969
Features: Special Feature - Apache Vengeance - The savage murder of Sheriff Glenn Reynolds and deputy Hunkydory Holmes; Jesse (James), Frank and Cole; Gold-Filled Safe of Knight's Ferry - it floated down the Stanislaus River!; Terror on a Train - The "Harvest Excursion"; Massacre by White Men - The Tragedy of the Nueces; Tombstone 'Typos'; San Augustine Ranch House; Hobo, the horse that never quit; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Magazine
|
|
|
Mulltiple Contributors
Frontier Times Magazine: September, 1972
Features: Alaska Bound - Kenneth Gideon, a young mining engineer, heads for Crow Creek, Alaska; Double Hanging at Lincoln - a daughter writes of her father's murder and of its traumatic aftermath; Slate Mountain's Golden Tunnel - is really a golden tomb; Bully of the Town - Denton, Texas; A Trek to the Gold Fields; When Horse Trading was a Profession; Henry Wickenburg's Old Colt - brief glory with the Vulture Mine, then disillusionment; Tame the Wild River - Major Frank McLaughlin and what he did to the Feather River; Horsehead Crossing; The Stolen Claim; and more. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Magazine
|
|
|
Mulltiple Contributors
Frontier Times, February 1936
46 pages. Features: early day mail lines in Texas; Bits of Historical Information; a desperate hand-to-hand battle; John L. Goforth - a plow pioneer of Parker; six-shooters in the old southwest; a journey through Texas in 1856; taking the law to the Rio Grande; Baileys and Polleys among Earliest Texans; Noah Smithwick recorded Texas history; "I'll know what you're talking about"; Rangers' desperate battle with the Indians; John B. Hood - the man of courage; old Rockport Road - laid out by a preacher. Clean and unmarked. Undated - circa 1990? Book
|
|
|
Multiple Contributors
1984-1985 Yearbook: Carihi Secondary School/Campbell River (British Columbia) Senior Secondary School
135 pages. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
|
|
|
Multiple Contributors
1986-1987 Yearbook, Phoenix Secondary School, Campbell River, British Columbia
Many colour photos and autograohs. Average wear. Book
|
|
|
Multiple Contributors
1987-1988 Yearbook, Phoenix Secondar School, Campbell River, British Columbia
96 pages. Many colour photos and autographs. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
|
|
|
Multiple Contributors
1988-1989 Yearbook, Southgate Secondary School, Campbell River, British Columbia
148 pages. Colour and black and white photos. Prior owner's name inside front board else clean and unmarked. Moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
|
|
|
Multiple Contributors
Adventure Magazine, February 28th, 1925
191 pages. Cover illustration by H.C. Murphy Jr. Contents: The Secret of Timor Laut, by Frederick Moore; Empty Cartridges, by Barry Scobee; A Freudian Analyst, by Michael J. Phillips; Salt as Currency in 1780, by Arthur Woodward; The Push Lopers - Part I, by Hugh Pendexter; Keegan's Law and Order, by E.S. Pladwell; The River of Lost Souls, by F.W. Hodge; The Scarecrow, by Sidney Herschel Small; Mountains of Myster (conclusion), by Arthur O. Friel; On the Cards, by John Webb; In Ghost Canon, by James Sharp Eldredge; Sailor's Song, by Harry Kemp; The Camp-Fire, and more. Several nice vintage ads, including Sears Roebuck and Lionel Strongfort. Peripheral wear to covers. Unmarked. Binding intact. A quality copy. Book
|
|
|
Multiple Contributors
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
|
|
|
Multiple Contributors
Architectural Digest Magazine, April 2003 *Oprah Winfrey's Drawing Room*
266 pages. Features: Hotels Around the World - The Roxburghe in Scotland, The Ritz-Carlton in Sarasota, Hotel Royal in Evian-les-Bains, France, Kersefontein Guest Farm in South Africa, Maison Place Royal in Montreal, Udaivilas in India; Penthouse in Key Biscayne; Charles Gwathmey - complex volumes in Bel Air; Faith Popcorn's weekend cabin on Georgica Pond, Long Island; Complex environment in a Chicago high-rise; English country style in the midwest; Chilly minimalist rooms thaw out by the East River; Japanese Fusion - east and west meet in an Okayama compound; Photographer Ellen Graham goes Anglo-Indian in Palm Beach. Light wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Magazine
|
|
|
Multiple Contributors
Architectural Digest Magazine, May 2003 *The Great Design Issue*
334 pages. Features: Palace outside St. Petersburg; Los Angeles apartment by Joseph Giovannini; Union of architecture and interiors in the midwest by Sills Huniford; Great Design - Mobility; Four Seasons Hotel in Tokyo; T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings; Meditative retreat overlooking Elliott Bay in Seattle; A modest town house in London; Great Design - Utility; A Bay area home by Hariri and Hariri; Henry Dreyfuss; Valentino's luxurious Rome apartment; Grand Marina Hotel in Barcelona; Oscar Niemeyer's own free-form masterpiece above Rio de Janeiro. Light wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Magazine
|
|
|
Multiple Contributors
B.C. Historical News Volume 12, No. 1 November 1978
31 pages. Features: Archives and History; Chief Benedict of Boothroyd and the Department of Indian Affairs; 'Very Dear Soldiers' or ' Very Dear Labourers' - the Royal Engineers in British Columbia; Old Trails and Routes in British Columbia - Blackeye's and the 1849 HBC Trail; Captain Cook comes to Campbell River - museum displays rare Cook journals; plus six book reviews. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
|
|
|
Multiple Contributors
BC Studies: No. 43, Autumn 1979
114 pages. Articles include: City-Building in the Canadian West - A Case Study of Economic Growth in Early Vancouver, 1886-1893; The Decline of Geese and Swans on the Lower Fraser River; 'Self-Respect and Hopefulness" - THe Webbs in the Canadian West; Changes of Mind - Dunne-za Resistance to Empire; The Seaforths and the Strikers - Nanaimo, August 1913; Mormonism on Vancouver Island - a comment. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
|
|
|
Multiple Contributors
Beautiful British Columbia Magazine, Spring 1993 *Cumberland, B.C. - From Dark Past to Bright Future*
46 pages. Wonderful colour photography throughout. Features: B.C. - Land of Bouquet - Canada's First Province for Flowers; Cumberland - Coal-dust memories stir a sleepy village - an explosive and tragic past; A Little Block of heritage homes in Vancouver's West End; River of White Death - why the Alsek River's Turnback Canyon is so named; Whistler heats up in summer. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
|
|
|
Multiple Contributors
BMI Album of Radio Proven Songs, Volume 3 (Three) - Songbook
21 pages. Complete songs with words and music for piano with banjo and guitar chords and symbols. Songs include: Accidentally on Purpose; An Old Fashioned Christmas; Friendly Tavern Polka; G'Bye Now; It All Comes Back To Me Now; Keep an Eye on Your Heart; Let's Dream This One Out; Little Sleepy Head; Walkin' By the River; You Walk By. Name stroked out upon front cover, otherwise unmarked with somewhat aboved-average external wear. Contents clean and unmarked. A worth copy of this great vintage compilation. Book
|
|
|
Multiple Contributors
British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January/February 1957 Through November/December1958
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: Laying cable for the new United States - Alaska telephone link; Working around the sudden collapse of a 150-foot span of the Mission Abbotsford Bridge in 1955(photos); New truck digs its own post holes in the Peace River area; Storm cripples telephone plant; Overseas Rates Cut; More Long Distance Circuits; Repeater key to Trans-Atlantic Cable; Telephone man (Clifford Sherlock) treads trapline on weekends; 1956 review; Recruiting Program; microwave towers to carry second Radio Telephone system - article and photo; List of Exchanges i.e. # of phones operating in each community; photo of microwave relay truck; Dog Mountain tramway completed - text and photos; Howe Sound Line Rebuild -photos with captions; Squamish Exchange - photos; Private radiotelephone system feeds sawmill operations - two pages of photos and text; Nanaimo to be SATT dialing center - article; photos of 'microwaves across the mountains; passing of Mr. R.S. Argue; Great photos of the Vedder Crossing; Ladner goes automatic; Photos of Terrace staff; 'floating phones' - nice set of photos of phones at work at sea; Training; photos from atop Promontory Mountain and Greenstone Mountain; Gordon Farrell now Board Chairman (Karsh photo); Cyrus H. McLean now President (photo); B.C. Microwave to open 1 July - great photos; microwave opening previewed; 1958 big year for radiotelephone - article and map; 7,000 mile trade goodwill call; picture of a Moore "Formorama"; Coverage of the Ripple Rock Blase - with photo; increasew will not give required revenue; Microwave Skyway - text and photos; B.C. Centennial coverage facilities very complex; Oliver cutover; photo of men at work over the Sumas River; TOC - the Television Operating Center, inside the Farrell Building in Vancouver; Lloyd Purdy and John Martin retire; Creston Cutover; Photos of the radiotelephon serving an active paving company; Meet Fred Feeney - article with photo; Ladysmith converts to Automatic - photos; Lloyd Purdy and Percy Crute retire after a combined 82 years of service; Victoria 2-5 conversion; photos of microwave sites readying for onslaught of winter; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight and square. Marbled endpapers. Name of E.P. LaBelle stamped on bottom- and fore-edges of text. Mr. Labelle was a second-generation employee off the company. Book
|
|
|
Multiple Contributors
British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January/February 1955 Through November/December1956
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: Good-bye to the Fairmont board in Vancouver - great photos including one with Miss Joan Ross; Map of radiotelephone chains; Fairmont Cutover Highlights; Merritt switchboard gutted - photo; Photo of a young Kenneth Dye - who went on to serve as Auditor-General of Canada from 1981-1991; Company Auto Equipment Staff; Photos of the expansion of Vancouver's underground telephone system; Many photos of Kamloops staff at work; New phone system for Vancouver's new Public Safety Building - photos; 1954 Annual Report Highlights; Record expansion this year; Outdoor phone booths popular; 15 years ago; Photos of Victoria's expansion program; Victoria Commercial Office modernized - photos; Photos of moving phone lines prior to dismantling the old Granville Street Bridge; New radiotelephone mast on Lulu Island - photos; New Engineering Section formed; Automatic Toll Board for Royal City; Conversion project for Vancouver's Dexter office; Photos of placing cable 70 feet above the Fraser River near Boston Bar; Photo of 'Jocko', the company chimpanzee; Sales Training; Campbell River First North-west Conversion to automatic operation; Oliver and Osoyoos approve free calling; Walter R. Jones retires; L.C. Patey passes away; path testing to begin for microwave system - article; photos of cable-laying between Ioco and Port Moody; microwave skyway - photos and text; photos of loss of part of the bridge at Mission; microwave path testing completed for B.C. - article with map; photo and article of 'electronic secretary' (hint: picture a big box with a record player in it!); List of Exchanges in B.C. and # of lines operating; photos of heavy gangs at work; access to microwave sites 'most difficult' (article); G.W.S. Montgomery passes away; photos of New West's Lakeview office; Engineering for TD-2 Microwave in B.C. - article with map; Photos of laying underwater cable near Nelson; 1955 - company's best year ever; James Hamilton and C.B. Diplock retire; Aerial tram to serve Dog Mountain site near Hope; Teletype now links Trans-Canada system; "They Take their telephone with them - great article and photos on the use of radiotelephones - early car phones!; groundwork laid for microwave in B.C.; R.A. Story ends 46 years career; Photos of cable-laying between Mayne Island and Swartz Bay; photos of blasting near Hedley; North-west acquires Peace River; PNE photos; Dog Mountain construction photos; photos of the Mid-Canada Line, which supplemented the DEW line; article and photo re: the new 'Speakerphone'; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight and square. Marbled endpapers. Name of E.P. LaBelle stamped on top and bottom edges of text - Mr. Labelle was a second-generation employee of the company. Book
|
|
|
Multiple Contributors
British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January/February 1953 Through November/December1954
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: Port Alberni operator's help save infant's life (photo); Abbotsford and Mission 'cut' to automatic - 8 pages of photos and text; Photo of laying cable between Mission and Abbotsford; New buildings for Richmond and Steveston; Script of two successive broadcasts by Dorwin Baird of radio station CJOR re: proposed telephone rate increases; Telephone growth sets all-time record in 1952; Interim rate increase authorized; Nice photo of North Vancouver automatic telephone being installed in preparation for cut-over; Photos of cable-laying near Lion's Gate Bridge; new buildings for Albion, Belmont and Colquitz; Company earns dividends but has surplus shortage; Mr. W.S. Pipes; Gerald Clarke - Memoriam with photo; New buildings for Richmond and Steveston; Photos of expansion of Vancouver Island; Doug Beckett, 19, - Big League Baseball Prospect - photo; New International Radiotelephone Link; The Telephone in our Air Defense Picture - article; farewell to Miss H.L. Montgomery; dramatic photos of conduit installation under and on Lion's Gate Bridge; Photos of Port Coquitlam progress; Cloverdale's automatic program; R.S. Argue is new traffic manager; John Dickson Johnston in memoriam, with photo; Fred Buckle winds up record career; great Cloverdale office photos; Expansion photos from Kamloops, Vancouver and the Fraser Valley; A.J. Jack retires after 41 years; Trail and Rossland favour 'Free Calling'; 18,000 attended civil defense show; Kootenay Company joins B.C. Tel.; wonderful photo of 'sky-riders' working on lines over the Columbia River at Trail; North Van. goes automatic; Stirling Ross closes 50 year career; Nice photos of some of the company's heavy work gangs in the field; Photos of the company's war against winter; Company expansion sets new record; List of Exchanges - # of lines operating per community; Albion-Belmont Colquitz Cut-over; Radiotelephone network still expanding - article with 2 maps; Stirling Ross - in Memoriam, with photo; Port Coquitlam Photos; photos of a cable repair off Mayne Island; new New West Plant Center building; Cranbrook construction - photo of breaking ground; Editor of Telephone Talk, Peard Sutherland passes away - article with photo; Chilliwack joins B.C. Tel; photos of some of the equipment used to serve the British Empire Games in Vancouver; British Empire Games Transmitted in Record time - 2 page article; Inside New Westminster; Victoria Expansion Photos; A.H. Lemmon - Memoriam with photo; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight and square. Marbled endpapers. Name of company employee E.P. LaBelle stamped on top and bottom edges of text. Book
|
|
|
Multiple Contributors
British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January/February 1949 Through November/December1950
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 destruction - the result of heavy year-end storms and gale-velocity winds; Interesting photos of construction and construction gangs; $15 million spent on Plant in 3-Year Span; Charles Fisher, Nelson District Manager, Retires; Two veteran Construction Foremen retire - Frank Townsend and James McDevitt; Vancouver Commercial Department reorganized; The Pioneer Trail, by Ken Cowper; Good-bye to Bayview - hello Cedar-Cherry automatic installation; Company fails to meet full divident requirements; Traffic Department Reorganization; Viola Simmons ends varied career; Robert Bell becomes new President of Federation of Telephone Workers of B.C.; Vancouver Boat Show Exhibit; Photos of trunk line installation between Vancouver and West Vancouver; "Emerald" to be first dial unit in Fairmont area; Fairwell to Miss Margaret Moncrieff; Retirement of Thomas Reilly in Duncan; How Unit System benefits Vancouver Subscribers; Accounting Department Changes; Kamloops operating room photo; New Rates sought by B.C. Telephone Company; Decorated phone men - Edmund Esson, Gordon Smith, Ken Milligan; Photos of Sidney office and operators; PNE parade float; Photos of the greatest cable expansion in the company's history; Building program moving forward; Several Canadian Champion athletes; Several photos of Duncan operators, office, construction and repair crews; Good-bye to (one ton!) tabulators; New cable laid from Point Roberts to Mayne Island - photos and text; Nice cover photo of William May of Nelson whose quick action prevented a passenger train wreck near Creston; Lovely full page photo of the Trail operating room; Amazing photo of Jim Gural atop a swaying pole in the middle of a Capilano River flood; Great photos of the Victoria switchboard and staff; Expansion continued at record pace in 1949; Never a dull moment in life of chief operator; Ganges office wins Salt Spring Award; photos of 'when winter came to Colquitz and Keating; Photo of Miss Theodora G. Rhodes, librarian in the Public Relations Department, Vancouver, being presented with the British Empire Medal by Lieutenant-Governor Charles Banks for her service in the Women's Division at the Flying Control Airway Centre at Western Air Command during the war; Two new Vice-Presidents - G.A. Kennedy and H.M. Boyce; Company failed to earn full dividend requirements; Old Man Winter was a formidable foe - January storm destruction in the Fraser Valley; Hastings Barn Dance; Photos of the heavy construction gangs at work in the Fraser Valley; Photos of Trail office and staff; New Rates - many revenue accounting photos; photos of cable spinning; New look pay cheques; Photos of new automatic offices in Osoyoos and Castlegar; Parade float photos; Picnic returns to Newcastle Island; Nice photos of Alberni staff and facilities; Miss Mary Martin - Champion Highland Lassie; Photos of operating school; Final judgement on rates received; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight and square. Name of E.P. LaBelle stamped on top edge of text - Mr. Labelle was a distinguished executive of the company. Book
|
|
|
Multiple Contributors
British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January/February 1941 Through November/December1942
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: Many photos of the Ocean Falls mill, the plant and townsite of the Powell River mill, the Woodfibre mill, the Port Mellon mill, and Port Alice; Next Vancouver Dial Cut-Over on Saturday, April 12; Seymour's last 'Number Please' will be uttered April 12; 1886 photo of Tilley's bookstore which housed Vancouver's first telephone switchboard; photo of the Empire Building which housed Vancouver's telephone eschange from 1890 until 1907; Edward (Big Ed) William Singer passes away; Trinity operating room; Statement of Development (# of telephones in various exchanges) as at 1 January, 1941; Savings and Government Loans - article by President of the RBOC; War Bonds Appeal; Telephone operator Marion L. Davis writes of war-time Britain; Pioneer Mission Phone man John A. Catherwood passes away; Notes and photos from Eddie Esson, braving the blitz in England; Employees form credit unions; 6 samples of Canada's first telephone advertising, used in 1877 to promote Bell Telephone usage; artistic full-page war bond advert. with a Churchillian quote and silhouette, complete with cigar; Several pages of nice photos from the Courtenay/Comox region, including the Cumberland Mine; Courtenay and Comox receive new and improved phone service; All of downtown Vancouver now served by dial - multi-page article with photos; John Hough - The Comox Argus; Recycling phone books; Norman J. Dunlop retires; Many photos of Trail and vicinity; New dial unit for Victoria - text and photos; "Buck" Telephone advertisements - promoting the safety benefits of phones; Lauchie McMillan; Many great photos of Port Albernia and area, including a more heavily treed Cathedral Grove; PNE phone exhibit promotion; Peter Grant, Superintendant of switchboard construction, retires; Alan C. Irvine - new Marine Wire Chief; each issue concludes with the number of phones in each exchange; Many photos of Kamloops and area; 'Shortage of Telephone Supplies is a Wartime Problem'; Earl Squire; Fraser telphones now served by dial system - significant text and many photos; War Bond advert.; Elizabeth Teague retires as Victoria Toll Chief; 12 year growth chart of company's system with accompanying bar graph intended to show 'why forecasting is difficult'; Fascinating and substantial text and photos emphasizing conservation due to, among other things, a tin and rubber shortage due to Japanese attacks on Malaya; Photos and text of facility wartime blackout preparations; Jean Peard retires; Name of Highland office to be changed to Hastings; Photos of executives; photos of operator school; A.R.P. (Air Raid Protection?) meetings; Ship-to-shore service saves valuable log tows; Allan Wood Hunter recounts developing phone services in Venezuela; Many photos of drills to prepare for air attacks; Government puts restrictions on telephone installations; Did you use your phone during the Blackout? - article; James Cruickshank retires; Many photos of lovely young operators from across the province; Air Raid Sirens - photos and captions; Article on Norman MacDonald; William Sherry killed in Libya; Hugh D. Simpson; photo of 93' pole being escorted by policeman on motorcycle; Many ARP photos with captions; photo of tabulators at 'information'; two awesome photos from the Marine-Pacific facility; "Watch the Clock Wh Book
|
|