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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
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Mulltiple Contributors
Frontier Times Magazine: July 1975
Features: Wild Old Cherokee Nation - the Saline District before 1907; Gold! Gold! Gold! - Dr. Cornu of Ellensburg, Washington; Last Wilson Creek Roundup - Fremont County, Colorado; She saw Jed Smith die; Three Legged Willie - Robert McAlpin Williamson; Night Journey in the land of the wolves - a surveyor's adventure in northern Canada; Borax King - John W. Searles; I rode shotgun - a renegade Indian makes himself at home in the cabin of a Washington family while the man is away; Dead or Alive - Adolph 'Dolph' Shenk; Raised in a barn - Winkley's Livery, Faribault, Minnesota; and more. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Nice copy. Magazine
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Multiple Contributors
Old West Magazine - Summer 1967 *SPECIAL GHOST TOWN ISSUE*
Features: complete reprint of rare book "Tales of the West" by Frank W. Calkins; Elkhorn - Montana's amazing ghost town; Stolen Bullion of Indian Ridge - taken from 'Golden Treasures of the San Juan' by John B. Marshall and Temple H. Cornelius; Arizona's Toughest Ranger - Jeff Kidder; The Barker Family looks at the old days - a family moves west/'call-cattle' of the mountains; Utah's Unknown - the Newfoundland Mountains in Utah; The Goldrush follies; Battle at Ball's Ranch, Texas; The Big Old Red Ants of Cow Country - Bert Judia; Where the Gold Turned from Yellow to Green - Idaho's Clearwater country got a second chance; Wells Fargo and the Concord; Lore of Lynx Creek - stray bullet kills a community; 'Cash up' Davis' love affair - his hotel south of Spokane; Garry Owen - the pride of Fort Bliss; Cottonwood Tales of central Kansas; Thirty Days in a Rut - early motor journeys; A Raft of Trouble for the Wrong Train - the Percy train robbers of Wyoming; Lost Fort of the Cimarron; Mrs. Burton's macabre ordeal courtesy of Peter A. Vallat, French Creole born in New Orleans. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Magazine
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Lintlaw Historical Society
Echoes of the Past - A History of Lintlaw (Saskatchewan) and District
355 pages. Circa 1977. Map endpapers. Abundant black and white archival illustrations. Topics include: Rural Municipality of Hazel Dell No. 335; Family histories; Western Construction; Town stories; Churches; Schools; Reminiscences; Interesting Documents; Dominion Telegraph. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
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The Arborfield History Book Committee
Echoes from the Past - a History of Arborfield (Saskatchewan) and District
450 pages. Index. Many dozens of black and white illustrations. "Our aim is to recall names and incidents of the past and by relating individual experiences to help you see the real history of our community." - from Preface. Topics include: Some well-known people; Our roll of honour; Moose Range; Addington; Jordan River; Vercheres; Connell Creek; Megan; Pembina; Arborfield; Hillworth; Moosedale; Berkley; Ravenhurst; Family histories; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. Quality copy. Book
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Antique Showcase Magazine - Canada's Oldest Antique Magazine: November 1989, Volume 25 Number 5
72 pages. Features: Cries of London; Deputation of Indians; Family Heirlooms; Jumping Jacks; GST; Alberta's First lady of Antiques and Auctions - Catherine Clausen; Occasional Tables; A model kettle-drummer; Corning Museum recieves cameo masterpieces; Aerial Arrows. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Quality copy. Magazine
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Multiple Contributors
The Wide World Magazine, November 1954, Australian Edition
Features: The Deserted Farm - an amazing story from a holiday cycling tour in Northern France; That Night in Singapore - reprint of a 1932 story of an exciting nocturnal adventure connected with opium-smuggling; Saharan Adventure - A memorable trip through little-known regions; Doing a Perish - the grim search for water by a mounted constable and his prisoner in Western Australia; A Day with Ostriches - a trip to the Ostrich Breeding district in the Cape Province of South Africa; Magic Books - passport issues and Jugoslav frontier officials; Arctic sparks - the world's northernmost radio station at King's Bay, Spitzbergen; "Wee Eck" - a quaint tale of British Army life in India during the late war; Escape by Sea - Marooned in Somaliland, the author charters a native dhow; Bad Neighbours - A Finnish immigrant, Helles Forsman, in British Columbia brings over his family... and they meet up with bears at their logging camp; and more. Backstrip almost entirely missing. Binding intact. Clean and unmarked. Decent copy. Book
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The Wide World Magazine - August 1953, Australian Edition
Features: The Tragedy of the "Ouida" - a pearling lugger disappears along with three members of her crew; That Night in Shanghai - Mr. and Mrs. Aitchison no longer sleep with a tree close to their window; African Nights - a young family is relocated to a home in the middle of the African wilds; A Fool Afoot in France - the amusing narrative of an economy traveller in France; Deadline Hitch-hike - the author, new to America, hitch-hiked from Arkansas to Colorado in 10 days; High Seas Murder - the new Malay fireman was a trouble-maker; Moroccan Location - a breezy account of the adventures of the people engaged in making the well-known "Black Rose" film among the Berber hillmen of Morocco - many photos; Frozen Terrow - Paddy Brennan was as tough as a youngster could be; The Rubber Hunters; Mediterranean Pirates - Recent happenings in Tangiers - photos; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. Nice copy. Book
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Correspondents of The Times
The Times History and Encyclopaedia of the War - Part 169, November (Nov.) 13, 1917. The Disorganization of Russia, March-July 1917
Cover portrait of M. Kerensky. Abundantly illustrated with black and white photos. Contents: Rise of the Soviet; Bolsheviks and Maximalists; Jewish Influences; Indiscipline in the army; Kerensky abolishes the death penalty; Alexeieff as Generalissimo; German Propaganda; Lenin and his agents; Resignation of Miliukoff; Provisional government's note to the allies; replies of Great Britain and France; No annexations and no indemnity; Resignation of Gutchkoff; A coalition cabinet; the 'soldier's charter'; dismissal of generals; Kerensky's visit to the armies; chaos in Russia; confiscation of land; mutinees in the fleet and armies; The Sukhomlinoff Trial; All-Russian congress of Soviets; Drunkenness revived; Treatment of the Imperial family; The Revolution and the Church; Fraternization with the enemy; women solderis. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Please note: the following issues may be of interest: Part 13 - The History of the Russian Army/The Russian Army at the Outbreak of War; Part 32 - Russia's Problem - The First Invasion of East Prussia; Part 33 - The Russian Conquest of Galicia; Part 44 - The last phases of the Russian Winter Campaign (1914-15); Part 50 - The Russian Offensive in the Carpathians (1915); Part 55 - The Campaign against the Baltic Provinces/ The Austro-German Victory on the Dunajec; Part 56 - The Reconquest of Przemysl and Lemberg; Part 61 - The Fall of Warsaw; Part 65 - The Advance from Warsaw, Last stages of the summer campaign (1915); Part 97 - Russia at War; Part 105 - The Russian Offensive of 1916 - first phase; Part 110 - The Russian Offensive of 1916 - Second phase; Part 122 - The Russian Offensive of 1916 - last phase; Part 124 - The Russian Campaign in 1915-16 in Armenia; Part 159 - The Adbication of the Tsar. Magazine
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Multiple Contributors
True West Magazine: November 1983
Features: Wild Indians of the 20th Century; Ever been attacked by an angry range mare? Don Bell has; The High Price of Strawberries - His Crimes began with Theft and Ended with Murder - Patrick Coughlin in Utah; True West Party - a gala gathering in the west; Sacred White Buffalo - Used in Secret Indian Ceremonies; Sarah Winnemucca and the War in the West (Northern Paiutes); Buffalo Calf Road - Indian Heroine - She Fought to Save Cheyenne Way of Life - a heart-rending story of an Indian woman who fought Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn; Terror in Central Texas - 15 to 40 Indians overtook the Riggs family, killed John Riggs and his wife and scalped them and carried off their two little girls; Forgotten Frontier Food - Part I; William Cary - Artist/Adventurer; That Crazy Young Man and His Flying Machine - Lyman Gilmore flew nine months before the Wrights - one of the most bizarre episodes to emerge from California's northern mines! Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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Old West Magazine: Winter 1980
Features: Sea Otters and Personalized Bullets - long-ago days of white hunters, Indian hunters, and a curiosity-filled child on the beach - Grays Harbor, Chehalis County, Washington; Riding the Rails with Hood River Blackie - Hobo Camps and Jungles; The Scandal of Park County - Como, a near-ghost town in Colorado's South Park; New Mexico's Tully Family - a story of cattle and horses and men of strong will; Will Written on a hat - W.S. Baldwin; Oil Boom in Alligator Land - Dallison, West Virginia; Matched Bronc Ridin'; Logging on Nine Mile Creek in Western Montana - Eat, Sleep, and Work - no Women, few laughs; Murder on Cane Hill - makeshift brutality avenged by makeshift justice dealt out by the famed 36 - Washington County, in Northwest Arkansas; The Doctor Turns Cowboy - Part II from 'A Frontier Doctor' by Henry Hoyt; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
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Old West Magazine: Winter 1979
Features: Two Ugly Men - Glanton, the brutal scalp hunter, and Naked Horse, the vengeful Yuma chief, fought to the death for control of the mighty Colorado; Homesteaders' Saturday Night - in the sand hills west of North Platte, Nebraska; Meanest Town on the Coast - Madison, Texas; He Lived with the Barrens - John Hornby; Captain Jack - a stray in the family line - Orren Arms Curtis; Tensleep Raid - the raiding and burning of a sheep camp threw the Big Horn Basin country of Wyoming into a turmoil of accusations, hatred and murder!; Unleaded Horse Flesh - Did we shut the stable door to soon?; Trapped in a Snowbank - Grandfather Dickinson moves his young family to Lyon County, Minnesota in 1872; Rekindling Camp Fires - The Exploits of Ben Arnold (Connor) (Wa-si-cu Tam-a-he-ca) - Part II; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label removal from front cover opened a hole 1" x 3" which has been taped over. Otherwise a sound copy. Magazine
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Old West Magazine: Fall, 1978
Features: The Blizzard, by Walt Coburn; Revival at Seven Rivers - The Jones Family of New Mexico; Canyon of the Skeletons - a young Crow brave helps his people survive; The Fight that Finished Tombstone - the knockout punch by Mel Rigley was the most expensive punch in the entire history of the west!; Lady Moon - Catherine Evelyn Gartman was loud of voice, crude and boisterous of manner; Man, was it rough! - rugged Idaho Territory; The Last Owl-Hoot - lawmen called Earl Durand 'The Wyoming Tarzan'; Lost - a fortune in silver, somewhere in Arizona; They Could Laugh... at Death - the pioneers never lost their sense of humour; Sandhills Tragedy - children lost in the great sandhills of Western Nebraska, the dread fear of every pioneer family; The 'Fightin'est' Ranger - Jim Gillett; Military Ghosts on the Carson - Fort Churchill; Oklahoma Scout, by Theodore Baughman; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Ekogatok, Bernard; Quaquaq, Therese (translator)
Naraye, Anarktee and Other Stories
35 pages. Text in English and Inuit. Line Drawings. Includes: The Story of Inaloosiak and the Grizzly Bear; The Birds and Their Contest; The Man Who Became Many Things; Naraye; Anarktee; The Mouse and the Fox; Young Polar Bear; Ookpik and the Polar Bear; Medicine Song; Song of the Fox; Eratak; The Little Boy and His Grandmother; Polar Bear Family and the People; The Evil Woman. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Equinox - The Magazine of Canadian Discovery: June 1995
Features: Who's Fit? Who's Fat? - Canadian researchers are at the forefront of exploring how and why we put on fat; Animal Family Values - bringing up baby is a universal behaviour that reveals critical clues to how species survive; The Meaning of Markets - Communities of Commerce that connect us to our earthly roots; Art and Soul - a roaring fire destroyed their home, but not their dreams - a story of the steel spirit and true heart of arctic art. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
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Tuck, Robert C.
The Island Family Harris: Letters of an Immigrant Family in British North America, 1856-1866 *SIGNED BY AUTHOR*
159 pages. Black and white plates. "The story of a British family which crossed the Atlantic in the mid 19th century. It is told in their own words in letters written home from Canada West (Ontario) and Prince Edward Island. From the letters emerges a portrait of a fascinating family which included portrait painter Robert Harris and architect William Harris. Here we encounter the beliefs, values and attitudes of a mid-Victorian family, and a view of their daily lives at home and at work." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Lovely copy. Book
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MacAulay, Susan Schaeffer
Something Beautiful from God
93 pages. "Tells of the wonder and worth of life. As a read-aloud book for children, the text explains the miracle of life before birth. This is complemented by remarkable in-the-womb photography reproduced in full colour..." - from back cover. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
The Wide World Magazine, October 1954
Features: The Deserted Farm - an amazing story from a holiday cycling tour in Northern France; That Night in Singapore - reprint of a 1932 story of an exciting nocturnal adventure connected with opium-smuggling; Saharan Adventure - A memorable trip through little-known regions; Doing a Perish - the grim search for water by a mounted constable and his prisoner in Western Australia; A Day with Ostriches - a trip to the Ostrich Breeding district in the Cape Province of South Africa; Magic Books - passport issues and Jugoslav frontier officials; Arctic sparks - the world's northernmost radio station at King's Bay, Spitzbergen; "Wee Eck" - a quaint tale of British Army life in India during the late war; Escape by Sea - Marooned in Somaliland, the author charters a native dhow; Bad Neighbours - A Finnish immigrant, Helles Forsman, in British Columbia brings over his family... and they meet up with bears at their logging camp; and more. Average wear. Binding intact. Clean and unmarked. Sound copy. Book
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Canada Dominion Bureau of Statistics - Bureau Federal De La Statistique
Ninth Census of Canada - 1951 - Neuvieme Recensement Du Canada: Volume III (Three) - Housing and Families
Contents include: Housing data covering such characteristics as type of dwelling, number of rooms, tenure, rent, household facilities. Data on size and composition of family and characteristics of family heads. The 1951 census, held two years after Newfoundland became part of Canada, marked Canada's first census as a nation of ten provinces and two territories. The content of the population and household questionnaire covered name, sex, age, marital status, relationship to "head" of household, and the structural type and tenure of dwelling. This census also provided information for small areas such as counties, municipalities, cities, towns, etc. Multi-paginations. 11.25" x 9" x 2.4". 2.8 kg. Forest green buckram with gilt lettering upon backstrip. Usual library markings. Average wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. Book
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Solomon, Stan
Patients First : The Story of Family Medicine in Canada
112 pages. "Looks at the trials, tribulations and triumphs of family medicine over the last fifty years." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Excellent copy. Book
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Nature Canada Magazine, Fall 1985
Features: Iceworms, sea ravens and other oddities in Canada's national parks; Great Moments in Parks - With Pierre Berton, R.D. Lawrence, Janet Foster, Wayne Lynch, and George Calef; Nature Canada's Photo Contest, 1985; A Sense of Place - Robert Bateman Goes West; Fingerprinting Fish - A single scale can reveal the family of fish from which it came; Who Killed 100,000 Caribou? - Was it fate, or must man bear the brunt of the responsibility? Usual library markings. Average wear. Worthy reference copy. Book
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British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January/February 1939 Through November/December1938
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: Photo of new office at Hope; 3 pages re: 'Up-to-the-minute' phone system for Vancouver's city hall; Article and photo of J.C. (Joe) Armstrong, founder of the B.C. Telephone Co.; Hope Joins our Phone System; 3 page article with photos re: The Jeffrees and the Pendrays - telephone pioneers in Victoria; The Birthplace of the Telephone - 2 page article; Employee sales plan resutls; Table of number of phone sets per B.C. community, January 1, 1937; The McMicking Family Tradition - 3 pages with photos; Roland (Sam) Nosworthy; North Vancouver Phones to Llanerchymedd; E.J. Haughton of Victoria; Linemen best Coquihalla avalanches; Lloyd Purdy; Peter McNeish; 'Thank-you' replaces repetition of numbers in Vancouver; George H. Halse, former CEO, passes away - 3 pages with photos; Cavalsky's Store was Nanaimo's first telephone office - 2 pages with photos; E. Purcell Johnston; Fire sweeps the Vancouver Sun - 2 pages; Harry Wilson; Great photo of construction men in front of Nanaimo phone office 25 years ago; 1886 fire leaves the Janes family home as Vancouver's telephone office - with photo; Robert Daniel Davies; We can telephone to China!; Life as a Vancouver operator; Low rates for Long-Distance calls Sundays and every night - with full-page rate sheet; Service to Britannia and Texada; Mrs. George Pittendrigh - Vancouver's first Toll Operator; PNE parade float cover photo; Service to Alaska now available; Operators rally to relieve load during Marpole fire; Edmund Esson; Juanita Booth, Seymour chief operator; James Cummins of Victoria - pioneer phone man; Newcastle Island picnic; Flat Rate Telephone Service for Greater Vancouver - 4 pages with photos; Dominion phone organization meets at Minaki Lodge; We can now talk to Haiti; "Operator, Get Me to the Police!" - 3 pages with photos; Anchor fouls North Vancouver cable; Engineers 'see' by phone during construction of new Pattullo Bridge, with photo; Photo of the London international switchboard - heart of the world telephone network; Ocean Falls and Edinburgh linked; Vancouver's phone directory - with photos; Vancouver can now 'magic carpet' from Vancouver to Bagdad; T. Percy Waters; Ten Years of Transoceanic Telephone Service, with photos; B.C. ship-to-shore service now available on commercial basis; Voices under the sea, by Al Miller; Reginald H. Milner; Pioneer James Cowherd; Submarine link with Britannia - 4 page article with photos; New Whytecliff office; Alfred Crickmay and his brothers; Development of the phone in B.C., by James Hamilton, V.P.; Operators used to need great memories - 2 page article with great Victorian-era operating room photo; Zeballos and Alert bay join phone system - article and photos; Prince Rupert centre of new radiotelephone network; Police session told of proposed teletype network; First call from Atlantic ship to Vancouver; Radio hams in our company; Newcastle Island picnic; Miss Almina Eligh; West Van exchange now includes Whytecliff; PNE float details and photos; F.C. Patterson retires, replaced by C.C. Simpson; Two submarine cables severed by Pier D Fire - with photos and text; Ship-to-shore demonstration on CJOR radio; Vancouver's telephone system will be converted to dial; C.A. (Charlie) Price; Frank C. Paterson; Beware of the common cold; Vancouver toll ro Book
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Schulz, Henry (Signed)
Snowborne - The Siberian Chronicles of Henry Schulz
229 pages. Author's signature upon first blank leaf. "A novelized history of one man's family and the travails of building a society in a barren land... Captures the hardships and fortunes of Czarist Russia, continuing through the throes of the Bolshevik Revolution, and on to a new life in Canada... A gathering of high adventure, folktales, history, emotion and tradition too valuable to be lost." - from back cover. Average wear. Tight and square. Unmarked. Black and white illustrations. A sound copy. Book
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Book Committee
Settlers Along the Bow: A History of Rainier, Bow City
296 pages. Index. Many black and white illustrations. Topics include: Bow City - early ranchers, 1900; First Homesteaders, 1906; River Bow; South-west of town; Townsite and Mining; Irrigation; Schools and Teachers; Camp; Cattle Brands; Rainier - Agriculture; The Railway; Clubs and Organizations; Public Services; Schools; Items of Interest; Family Histories. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound coyp. Book
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Hot Rod Magazine - 1956 Annual
144 pages. Index. Dozens of black and white photos and diagrams. Features: How Fast Should it Go? - 110 road test results for Detroit cars, 1950 through 1955; Making it Go Faster - latest info. on what you can buy to hot rod your family car; Stealing the V8's Thunder - the complete story on OHV V8 engines; Overhead V8 Prices and Sizes; Engine Swaps - What Fits and Why; Adapter Plates - Where to Use 'em; Proper Transmission Alignment; Choosing the Right Transmission; Hot Rodding Detroit Mills. Above-average wear. Moisture stains along fore-edge of all pages. Binding intact. Unmarked. An entertaining look back to the early days of hot rodding. Book
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Kroll, Virginia L
Fireflies, Peach Pies & Lullabies
"In this honest and healing picture book, Francie finds a way to share her nice memories of her Great-Granny and encourage others to remember the little things - the fireflies, peach pies, and lullabies - that celebrate the true life of a beloved one." - from dust jacket. Unpaginated. Usual library markings. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy reading copy. Book
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Ives, W.G.H.; Wong, H.R.
Tree and Shrub Insects of the Prairie Provinces: Information Report NOR-X-292
327 pages. "More than 600 species of insects and mites that feed on trees and shrubs in the prairie provinces are discussed in terms of their distribution, hosts, and importance, life cycle and appearance and damage. There are approximately 1100 colour photographs; the life cycle and damage of major pest species are illustrated, and for less important species, primarily the larval stage is shown. Pests attacking coniferous hosts are separated from those attacking hardwoods, and each group is subdivided according to the kind of feeding damage and type of insect involved. Includes an extensive bibliography. A taxonomic index lists the order and family of each insect or mite. A diagnostic index lists the host species, feeding site of the pest, and species of insect or mite involved." - from Abstract. Light to moderate wear. Prior owner's details neatly atop title page else unmarked. Slight lean to spine. A quality copy of this superb reference. Book
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Multiple Contributors
True West Magazine, October 1964 *In Defense of Ingalls, Oklahoma*
Features: In defense of Ingalls, Oklahoma; Guns of the Old West - the Shotgun; Battle at the Cascades - Kamiakin; Homesteading in the Rockies; Frontier Relics; Big Bend Melee; Spraddley of the 101 - Bill Pickett; Early Day Coolers/Jails; Gold Town of the Coeur d'Alenes - Murray, Idaho; Blazing the Trail to El Paso - Rip Ford and Bob Neighbors; Wild Old Days - Agnes Moses; Jim Parker's Revenge - Peach Springs, Arizona; Barbershop Ballad; The Tradegy of Ramona - Sam Temple kills Juan Diego; Iron Door Mine of Blue Canyon - Colonel J.S. Hutchason of Socorro, New Mexico; My Brother - the Herman Family; Dodge City's Boot Hill. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
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True West Magazine, August 1966 *Special Treasure Issue*
Features: Gold Canyon - the true saga of a lost mine; The Tragic Ward Family - Lay Creek, Colorado; Walt Coburn's Tally Book; Come Hard, Go Easy Country - Lost Horse Mine and Billy Keys; Jack Morrow - Road Rancher, Benton, Wyoming; Buck Jones - Hero; The Boom Days of Staging - California Express Companies; Oregon's Buried Tresure; The Courier's Ordeal - Brigadier-General O.O. Howard; Ruby - 8th in a series of 'Ghosts along the Yukon'; A Bank for the 'Little Guys" - A.P. Giannini and the Bank of Italy; The Mystery of Little Wing's Medicine Sack - did she has ESP?; Wild Old Days; Identify these objects!; Mexican Bullion on the Flying H Bar Ranch; Cowboys in Town - Thad Sowder at the 1902 Mountain and Plain Festival; Messages in Beeswax from a Missing Galleon - does this spot at the mouth of the Nehalem River mark the final destination of the San Francisco Xavier?. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
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True West Magazine: October 1971
Features: Breakthrough - in 1906 the Imperial Valley suffered one of the worst man-made disasters of all time; A Story That Never Got Written - Timberline, the old Wyoming cowboy; The Little Green Tents - Walt Mason, "Poet Laureate of Ameica"; The Last Powwow and the Nicholson Family; Wolf-Kill Treasure - making life tough for prospectors; Who was George Matics?; General Ranald S. Mackenzie - his insanity and death; Mementos of Notriety - imfamous weapons; Grass-grown streets in Sierra Nevada - Part V - Columbia, Chinese Camp, Coulterville, Bagby and Bear Valley; Remember 'Chip of the Flying U"? - the B.M. Bower Books are in demand again; Wild Old Days; Travelin' Lilght - Tom Lipps; Tall Wolf's Macabre Necklace. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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True West Magazine: October 1972
Features: Mountainman - Philander Simmons; The Gold that Floated - Jim Payson; Frenchy the Bronc Rider; Crazy Snake - the last rebel; The Double Life of "Easy" White - artist John White; "I have almost become desperate over the idea of dying a poor man - most cowmen faced that dread every day of their lives; A Family Letter Regarding the Youngers; Milt Hinkle - the great old cowboy; Wild Old Days!; Old Beaverhead's Point of Rocks - it dominated the state road to Virginia City. Coverfold almost fully open else average wear. Book
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True West Magazine, April 1972
Features: Black Jack Ketchum tried to give me a break - before and after photos of his decapitation during hanging; Mysterious Lillian Human Homing Pigeon - Lillian Alling and her travels through northern British Columbia toward Siberia; Laying tracks on the High Plains; No mine except Tayopa has fascinated the Mexican Rainbow-runners as much as El Naranjal; Family Papers - what's going to happen to them?; The Lucky Town the World Forgot - Sisterdale, Texas; A Night of Suspense in Indian Country - the killers of Major Powell's men were still roaming the canyons; Pelton's Wondrous Wheel - photos; Gray Wolves and Buffaloes - were they really guardians of the herd?; Buckaroo and Bobwire - Every boy should have an 'Uncle Dan'; Tex Ritter - Voice of 'High Noon'; Wild Old Days!. Unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
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True West Magazine, June 1973 *The Lost Patrol*
Features: The Lost Patrol - an experienced Mountie fails to turn back in time; Bringing Home the Cook - Roundup Cooks; When Lightning Strikes - The Ritch Family; Small Caliber Two-Man Placering; The Salt Hauler Murders - nothing would stop the Cheyennes; Elwha's Feuding Hermits - photo of a post office in a stump!; Attempted Break at Yuma Penitentiary; Little Finland - Snoma, South Dakota; Montana's Caveman Outlaw - Frank Brady; Wild Old Days!; They Found the Range Empty! - A ranger cleaned out by Comanches and Kiowas. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
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True West Magazine, February, 1974
Features: Delta County, Colorado Sheep War; Concords in Africa? - Stage Coaches were used in Africa too!; A Golden Jesus - Famed artifact of the Henry Mountains; The Stringfield Massacre - McMullen County, Texas; How about living in a Bank? - the Christy Building, formerly the Ness County Bank building in Scott City, Kansas; Queenie Danced Naked at the Convention of the Panhandle and Southwestern Stockmen's Association in Oklahoma City in 1914; Desert Cowboy - Sam Cuddeback, the last of the Mojave's early-day riders; War Horse No. 9 - Montcalm and Mr. Auclair; Old Red Mountain City, Montana; Panhandle Outlaw - Shine Popejoy; All of us Thorps could Ride! - a Washington state/Yakima Valley family; Wild Old Days!; Methods of Boys on the Hustle;A Con-Man's Christmas Carol. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
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True West Magazine, June 1976
Features: A Case of Forgery in Old San Francisco - Isaiah Lees was a great criminal catcher; The Brookings - a family history; Waybills of the Virginia & Truckee RR.; Nancy Parker a - a lady backed to the wall on the Texas Frontier; Burn-out of a Boom Town - Keifer, Oklahoma; R.I.P. Henry Wickenburg - the discoverer of the Vulture Mine; Soul Saving - Kind words for the family of the circuit rider; Life Along the Canadian River - it flowed through Comanche land; Josanie - Apache Warrior. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
True West Magazine, November 1981
Features: Bunkhouse culture; Murder at Mount Sicker - This peaceful Canadian village was no match for a jealous madman who could disappear and reappear at will; Death in El Dorado - most 49ers had six months to succeed or go hungry; A Very Lively Hermit - Charley Parks; Emma Montgomery Jorgenson - the Queen of the Cook Tent; Neil Howie - Better than his times; Some Tragic Wyoming Characters; Twelve Years Shot - the Lawson Family; Caddo George - Slipped a dagger into Satank; "Dort Naus Ist America" - a siren's song that emptied the Old World and populated the new; Early-Day Orders at Fort Sill; Don Florencio of Lincoln County. A quality copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
True West Magazine, June 1982
Features: Sneak attacks and murder - Texas Ranger John Peavey harks back to bloody days on the border - Mexican bandits would derail trains; Mysterious Death at the Washita - Louis McLane Hamilton; Mrs. Henry Plummer - wife of a Philandering Outlaw Sheriff, Bannack, Montana Territory; Bronc Rider for Buffalo Bill - Harry Webb; A House by the Side of the Road - Alamosa Creek; Johnsons on the Chisholm Trail - ancestors of Lyndon Johnson; Orphaned by Black Hawk's Warriors - The Kuhre Family and Ephraim, Utah; Cable Car Genius - Andrew S. Hallidie - he showed San Francisco a better way to climb a hill!; Wild Old Days!. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
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The Waterloo Historical Society
Waterloo Historical Society Reports: Volume III (Three), 1923-1927
The Eleventh annual report from 1923 includes: Annual Meeting, President's Address - Early Settlements in Upper Canada - W.H. Breithaupt; Aboriginal Agriculture in Southwest Ontario - William Herriot; War Memorials of Waterloo County - Miss L.M. Bruce; Brubacher Family History - Benjamin Brubacher; Eby Family - A.A. Eby; Biography of Miss L.M. Bruce; Biography of Dr. John Beattie Crozier; Illustrations of the Ayr Monument, Trinity Church Tablet (Galt), and Miss L.M. Bruce. Twelfth Annual Report from 1924 includes: Early Days in Ayr - Miss E.D. Watson; The Trees of Waterloo County - William Herriot; Jacob Y. Shantz and Russian Mennonites - H.M. Bowman; Reminiscences of Freeport - M.G. Sherk; Biography of Thomas Carscadden; Biography of David Forsyth; Illustrations of Jacob Y. Shantz, Shantz homestead, Shantz barns, Freeport Academy, Group photo of Freeport Academy teachers and students (with names) circa 1869, Thomas Carscadden, David Forsyth. Thirteenth Annual Report from 1925 contains: History of the Galt Collegiate Institute, 1881-1914; Reminiscences of Early Waterloo; Galt, Sixty Years Ago; The Exiles of 1838; Biography of Sir Adam Beck; Biography of Dr. John Beattie Crozier (Supplemental). Includes illustrations of Galt Collegiate Institute, Thomas Carscadden, The Old Galt Hish School, Sheriff A.S. Allan and Sir Adam Beck. Fourteenth Annual Report from 1926 includes: The Galt Collegiate Institute 1914-1926; The Waterloo County Pioneers Memorial Tower; The Public Schools of Galt; Also includes a biography of Dr. Augustus Stephen Vogt. Illustrations include: Pioneers' Memorial Tower; Galt Collegiate Institute, 1924; Dr. Augustus Vogt; Officers Pioneers' Memorial Association. Additional articles: Blazing the Trail in New Dumfries; The Pennsylvania-German in History; Significance of the Memorial Tower. Fifteenth Annual Report from 1927 covers: The Trail of the Aborigines through Waterloo County; History of the Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School; Early Days of Elmira; Hespeler Public Schools; Hespeler Public Library; The Reserve of the Six Nations Indians on the Grand River, and the Mennonite Purchase; Origin of the Place and Stream Names of Waterloo County; Museum Report, etc.; Current History; plus biographies of Hugh McCulloch and John Mickleborough. Illustrations include: Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate & Vocational School; Map of Waterloo County-Places and Streams; Old Waterloo Mill. Unmarked with average wear. Binding sound. Gilt lettering upon green spine. Prior owner's small bookplate inside front board. A sound copy. Book
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Duff, David
The Shy Princess: The Life of Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice, the Youngest Daughter and Constant Companion of Queen Victoria
310 pages. Index. Bibliography. Lovely black and white photographic frontis of the subject with her mother, Queen Victoria. Additional portraits sprinkled through the text. Average wear. Faint erasure atop front free endpaper else unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
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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Daysland History Book Society
Along the Crocus Trail - A History of Daysland, Alberta and Districts
818 pages. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Topics include: The Early Days; Town Growth - hospital, businesses, recollections; The Halls of Learning - country and town schools; The Faith of Our Fathers - churches; Organizations; Sports and Recreation; Family Histories; Our Unsung Heroes - pictures of veterans; Memories. Decorated blue cloth boards. Endpapers illustrated with a wonderful photo of an obviously hardworking man posing proudly in front of his log house. Moderate wear. Unmarked but for two tiny ticks to index on the last page. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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The Niton History Book Committee
Then and Now - A History of Niton and Foley Timber, Alberta
380 pages. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Includes dozens of family histories plus sections on: Tie and Timber Camps; Homestead; Trapping, Hunting and Fishing; Early Community Life; Schools; Stores and Trucking; Forget Me Not; Wedding Anniversaries; War Veterans; Tragedies and Disasters; Pictorial; Memorabilia. Handsome decorated maroon cloth-covered boards. Very light wear. Clean, bright and unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Frets - The Magazine of Acoustic String Instruments: February 1984 *Includes 5 Year Index*
Features: The new acoustic music - David Grisman, Bela Fleck, Tony Trischka, Jerry Douglas, Mark O'Connor; New acoustic music sampler; the family tree of acoustic music; Nashville action; Roy Clark on Stage; Jimmy Henley; Pickups vs. Microphones; Inside the JEMF; Frets' 5-year index. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
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Author Not Stated
Material History Review 54, Fall 2001 - Viking Pop Culture
Features: Viking Pop Culture on Display - the Case of the Horned Helmets; Baseball Landscapes Civically Considered; Decouvir, etudier et mettre en valeur la culture materielle - dialectique entre cultures populaire et savante, l'exemple quebecois au 20e siecle; Hooked Mat Mania and Cross Border Shopping in the early Twentieth Century; Images, Objects and Ideas in the Popular Culture of Seafaring; Minivans, Gender and Family Values; Recuperer pour creer - les enjeux de la recuperation des textiles dans le design de mode quebecois depuis 1980; Popular Culture in the Museum context - Hitchcock, Hip Hop, and the Hockey Hall of Fame; Six book reviews. Average wear. Usual library markings. A sound copy. Book
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Rohner, Ronald P.
The People of Gilford - a Contemporary Kwakiutl Village - Bulletin 225
179 pages. "Field research for this study was conducted among the Kwakiutl Indians of the Gilford Island Band, B.C. from September 1962, through August 1963, and again during June and July 1964." - from Preface. Topics include: Gilford Island and the Northwest Coast; History of the Gilford Island Band; Band Economic and Subsistence Activities; The People of Guilford; Community Social Organization; The Family at Gilford; The Formative Years; The Village School and Education; Intoxicants and Village Life; Political Organization and Social Interaction; Death and Religion; Epilogue - Conditions of Field-Work. Printed on glossy stock. Front free endpaper removed. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy. Book
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Semans and District Historical Society
Always a Hometown - Semans (Saskatchewan) and District History
527 pages. Index of family names. Illustrated endpapers. Many black and white illustrations. Decorated front board. Chapters include: History of the Village, Development of the Community, Churches, Our War Record, Organizations, Sports/Recreation/Entertainment, Schools, Family Histories, Memories. Prior owner's details handwritten on bottom of title page else unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this substantial work. Book
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The Millarville Historical Society
Foothills Echoes (Millarville, Alberta History from 1940)
571 pages. Index of family names. Many black and white illustrations. Continues on from where "Our Foothills" left off, around 1940. Chapters include: Schools, Churches, Hamlets and Post Offices, Halls, The Changing Scenes, Organizations, District Highlights, Utilities, General Articles, Those Who Served Their Country, Family Biographies. Illustrated endpapers. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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Barton, Hildor Arnold
The Search for Ancestors: A Swedish-American Family Saga
178 pages. Index. "A microanalysis of those social, economic and cultural developments that led to the gradual breakup of an ancient way of life in the Swedish countryside and the migration of growing numbers of Swedish peasants across the Atlantic to America... Contains a Wealth of practical genealogical information and is a good case history of a typical immigrant family." - from dust jacket. Price-clipped dust jacket light worn with small chip from back panel. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Canadian Antiques Collector Magazine, November-December 1976 - Fraktur Artist Joseph Bauman
62 pages. Features: Collectors and Dealers - Antours; Collecting Ironstone; Christmas in Canada; Fraktur Artist Jospeh Bauman, 1815-1890; Letters from Beatrix Potter; English Silversmiths in the Family Business; Blanket Chests from Prince Edward Island; The Potters of Paris, Ontario; Watches for the Collector. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Taylor, T.M.C.
The Figwort Family (Scrophulariaceae) of British Columbia
237 pages. Index. Moderate wear. Usual library markings. Binding tight and square. Quality copy. Book
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