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The Northern Mariner - The Journal of the Canadian Nautical Research Society: July 1996
Articles: Burrard Drydock Co. Ltd. - The Rise and Demise of Vancouver's Biggest Shipyard; The Multidisciplinary Rediscovery and tracking of 'The Great Newfoundland and Saint-Pierre et Miquelon Hurricane of September 1775; Avoidable Loss - The Saga of the Blucher; Seamen Ashore - Port Vistas of Late Nineteenth-Century Finnish Sailors; plus book reviews. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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The Northern Mariner - The Journal of the Canadian Nautical Research Society: April 1996
Articles: The Lost the Smell - The Canadian Steam Merchant Marine, 1853-1903; Managing Change - The Organisation of Port Authorities at the turn of the Twentieth Century; Shipwrecks, Collisions and Accidents in St. Lawrence/Great Lakes Waterway, 1848-1900; plus a letter re: The Tancook Schooners and book reviews. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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The Northern Mariner - The Journal of the Canadian Nautical Research Society: January 1996
Articles: Adventures in the Sack Trade - London Merchants in the Canada and Newfoundland Trades, 1627-1648; The Battle for Convoy UC-1, 23-27 February 1943; Not More Ports, Better Ports - The Development of British Ports since 1945; Keeping the Local Economy Afloat - Canadian Pacific Navigation and Shipowning in Victoria, 1883-1901; plus several book reviews. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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The Northern Mariner - The Journal of the Canadian Nautical Research Society: April 1997
Articles: The First Generation of Marine Engineers in Central Canadian Steamers, 1809-1837; Spencer Baird and the Scientific Investigation of the Northwest Atlantic, 1871-1887; The Battle for Convoy ONS-154, 26-31 December 1942; Maritime Strength and the British Economy, 1840-1850; plus several book reviews. One item high-lighted in Table of Contents else clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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The Northern Mariner - The Journal of the Canadian Nautical Research Society: July 1997
Articles: The Advisory Committee on Trade Questions in Time of War; British Marine Industry and the Diesel Engine; Management and Finance in Nineteenth-Century Spanish Ports; The Development of Strategic Concepts and Shipbuilding Programmes for the Soviet Navy, 1922-1953 - Stalin's Battleships and Battlecruisers; plus several book reviews. One article high-lighted in Table of Contents, else clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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The Northern Mariner - The Journal of the Canadian Nautical Research Society: October 1997
Articles: The Impact of German Technology on the Royal Canadian Navy in the Battle of the Atlantic, 19442-1943; The Seamen's Union, the National Maritime Board and Firemen - Labour management in the British Mercantile Marine; The Defence of Alaska Must Remain a Primary Concern of the United States - Canada and the North Pacific, May-June 1942; Management of the Port of Saint Thomas, Danish West Indies, during the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries; Government and Port Administration in Japan in the aftermath of the Port and Harbour Law of 1950; plus several book reviews. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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The Northern Mariner - The Journal of the Canadian Nautical Research Society: October 1998
Articles: The Fortunes of War - Commercial Warfare and Maritime Risk in the War of 1812; Safe Home in Port? - Shipping Safety within the Port of Liverpool; The Decline of British Whaling in Arctic Canada, 1820-1850 - a case study of Newcastle upon Tyne; Letters from Halifax - Reliving the Halifax Explosion Through the Eyes of My Grandfather, a Sailor in the Royal Canadian Navy; plus several book reviews. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Nice copy. Book
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The Northern Mariner - The Journal of the Canadian Nautical Research Society: July 1998 - Wreck of the Troopship 'Commerce'
Articles: The Master's Measure - Remunerative Patterns for Hudson's Bay Company Captains, 1726-1736; Politics, Technology and Policy-Making, 1859-1865 - Palmerston, Gladstone and the Management of the Ironclad Naval Race; This Sad and Melancholy Catastrophe - Port Maitland, Ontario and the Wreck of the Troopship 'Commerce', 6 May 1850; A Dundee Ship in Canada's Arctic - SS Diana and William Wakeham's Expedition of 1897; The Historical Experience of Scaled-Down Nineteenth Century Drydock Technology; plus several book reviews. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
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The Northern Mariner - The Journal of the Canadian Nautical Research Society: April 1998
Articles: Women Ashore - The Contribution of WAVES to US Naval Science and Technology in World War II; Privateer Entrepot - Commercial Militarization in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, 1793-1805; Mahan's 'Life of Nelson'; Croissance Portuaire et Urbanisation - Les Cas D'Anvers (XIXe Siecle); plus book reviews. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
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The Northern Mariner - The Journal of the Canadian Nautical Research Society: January 1998
Articles: The Ports of Halifax and Saint John and the American Civil War; The Floating Factory - Dominant Designs and Technological Development of Twentieth-Century Whaling Factory Ships; A Lonely Ambassador - HMCS Uganda and the War in the Pacific; Sailor as Entrepreneurs in a Great Lakes Maritime Village; plus book reviews. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Nice copy. Book
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The Northern Mariner - The Journal of the Canadian Nautical Research Society: January 1999
Articles: You Don't Make a Torpedo Gunner Out of a Drunkard - Agnes Weston, Temperance, and the British Navy; Business for Ships is Miserable Dull - A New Brunswick Mariner Confronts the Waning Days of Sail; The Battle for Convoy HG-75, 22-29 October 1941; Tyranny of the Lash? - Punishment in the Royal Navy during the American War, 1776-1783; plus book reviews. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Nice copy. Book
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The Northern Mariner - The Journal of the Canadian Nautical Research Society: April 1999 - Mexican Navy 1846-1848
Articles: Too Few Ships, Too Few Guns, and Not Enough Money - The Mexican Navy, 1846-1848; Computer Simulations of Ancient Voyaging; Arctic Focus - the Royal Canadian Navy in Arctic Waters, 1946-1949; Muster Table for the Royal Navy's Establishment on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812; The Company of Women; plus book reviews. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
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The Northern Mariner - The Journal of the Canadian Nautical Research Society: October 1999
Articles: Women and Seamen Don't Mix - VD in Canada's Merchant Navy, 1943-1945; Home Ports and Destinations - English Shipping in the Baltic Trade, 1536-1547; The Living Conditions onboard UK Distant-Water Trawlers, 1945-1970; This Fraudulent Trade - Confederate Blockade-Running from Halifax During the American Civil War; plus several Book Reviews. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
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Canadian Antiques Collector - a Journal of Antiques and Fine Arts: August 1969
30 pages. Features: France's Furniture Craftsmen; Japanese Theatre Prints - Part 3; The Nor'Wester Museum; Decorating with antiques; Early Canadian Printmakers; Pressed Glass Exhibition at New Brunswick Museum. Some peeling to front cover and address label on back else moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Canadian Antiques Collector - a Journal of Antiques and Fine Arts: June 1969
Features: Japanese Theatre Prints - Part 1; Beaver Teapots; The Walking Rocking Horse; China Mark Research; Edward - King of the Castles; Glass - the great enigma; Ancient Mexican Gold - Four Masterpieces. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Address label on front. Quality copy. Magazine
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Collard, Elizabeth; et al
Canadian Antiques Collector - a Journal of Antiques and Fine Arts: April 1967 - Strickland Family Artists
Features: Strickland Family Artists; Bell Pottery; Silver and the Young Collector; Winchester Cathedral; Furniture Designs - the three masters; The Chafing Dish; Digging Up Ontario's Past - early Ontario Documents; Reason for the Beaver Goblet; London Letter - Oriental Antiquities; Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Canadian Antiques Collector Magazine - a Journal of Antiques and Fine Arts: June 1970
30 pages. Features: Victorian Silver; Oriental Cloisonne Enamels - a Western Collection; 100 Years after The Great Boz (Charles Dickens); The London Market; New Form of Pattern Glass for Canadian Collectors - 20th Century Antiques; Louisbourg - the Gibraltar of Canada; Don't Just Stand There - a dummyboard figure; Button Collecting; The Simeon Perkins House in Nova Scotia. Unmarked with moderate wear. Address label clipped from back cover. A sound copy. Magazine
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Canadian Antiques Collector Magazine - a Journal of Antiques and Fine Arts: August 1971
46 pages. Features: Ceramics from France - the middle ages to the revolution; William Morris and Art Nouveau; Douglas M. Duncan, 1902-1968 - Uncommon Collector; How Much is my Antique Worth?; A Brief History of English Furniture; A Sailor's Chest; A Dutch Bird's Eye of the Fine Arts; The Penetanguishene Glass Factory; Early Books are Canadian Too; Irish Follies; England's Monastic Inns; Button Collecting; Unmarked with average wear. Address label clipped from front cover. A sound copy. Magazine
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Canadian Antiques Collector Magazine - a Journal of Antiques and Fine Arts: July/August 1972 - Whitehern
46 pages. Features: Whitehern - 200 Years of Treasures; St. Thomas Smith, 1862-1947; Ontario Drop Leaf Tables; A country Home Revisited - Heritage Hall Farm; Abram Brinsmaid - clock maker & Silversmith; Along the Old Mill Streams. Unmarked with average wear. Address label clipped from front cover. A sound copy. Magazine
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Infantry Journal - June 1926
Pages 597 through 714 pages. Several additional pages of illustrated advertisements. Contents include: The 'Lost Battalion' of the 77th Division; The Enveloping Attack; Motor Transportation in Military Operations; The Philippines Maneuvers; The Company's Personnel; Trotski and the Conscription of Labor; German Infantry Training; The War Stock Uniform. Black and white illustrations. Average wear. Top inch of backstrip open but present. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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Canadian Textile Journal, 3 November 1927 - Volume XLIV, No. 44
42 pages. "An educational periodical published weekly for the dissemination of technical information, with a commentary and review of the news and conditions of the Textile Industry in Canada." - from masthead. Contains many finely illustrated advertisements which clearly present the contemporary state of the art. Features: Customs Commissioner's Report; News of the Industry; The Stockinette Tariff; The Edinburgh Textile Exhibition; Some Typical Hosiery Trade Problems - calculations every knitter should know; Glossary of knit underwear terms; Silk doubling and spinning machine; Cotton Mill Efficiency; The Dyeing of Acetate Silk; British Wool Letter; British Rayon News; The Markets; British Wool and Top Quotations; and more. Above-average wear. Covers detached but present, but for top third of back cover. Book
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McCullough, Karen M.: Editor
Arctic - Journal of the Arctic Institute of North America - Volume 44, Supplement 1, 1991 - Remote Sensing of Arctic Environments
171 pages. Contents include: The Polar Oceans Progarm of the Alaska SAR Facility; Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System Training Requirements in Arctic Canada; Topographic Data and Satellite Spectral Response in Subarctic High-Relief Terrain Analysis; Monitoring the Water Bodies of the Mackenzie Delta by Remote Sensing Methods; Operational Remote Sensing of Sea Ice; Remote Sensing of the Sea Surface Temperatures for Aquaculture Planning in Northern Norway; Remote Sensing of Permafrost by Ground-Penetrating radar at Two Airports in Arctic Canada; Mapping Muskox Habitat in the Canadian High Arctic with SPOT Satellite Data; Calibration of Aerial Thermal Infrared Imagery for Walrus Population Assessment; Detection and Classification of Muskox Habitat on Banks Island, Northwest Territories, Canada, Using Landsat Thematic Mapper Data; An Assessment of Bison Habitat in the Mills/Mink Lakes area, Northwest Territories; Preliminary Geologic Interpretation of SAR Data, Yellowknife-Hearne Lake Area; Monitoring Natural Vegetation in Southern Greenland Using NOAA AVHRR and Field Measurements; Satellite Geological Mapping of the Yellowknife Volcanic Belt; Measuring Climatc State Variables from SAR images of Sea Ice - The SIMS SAR validation site in Lancaster Sound; The Role of Imaging Radar in the Development of the Canadian Arctic - Background and applications; The Use of AVHRR Thermal infrared imagery to determine sea ice thickness withing the Chukchi Polyna; In Situ Measurements of Micro-Scale Surface Roughness of Sea Ice; Derivation of Snow Water Equivalent in Boreal Forests Using Microwave Radiometry; Lake and River Ice Investigations in Northern Manitoba using airborne SAR Imagery; Location and Areal Extent of Polynyas in the Bering and Chukchi Seas. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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Doggett, Denzil; Wish, Harvey; Bundy, Alice; Knox, Julie LeClerc; Nevis, Benjamin W.
Indiana Magazine of History, December 1936
Pages 317-448. Features: Water-Powered Mills of Flat Rock River - article with black and white photos; New Indiana Archival Documents; Jennings County in the Frontier Period; The Century-old Wright Home; Legend of Cedar Isle; Journal of John T. Williams, 1850; Indiana Genealogy; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality vintage copy. Book
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Newman, Peter C.; Mowat, Farley; Katz, Sidney; Stein, David Lewis; Keats, John; Murray, Dr. Gordon; Richler, Mordecai; Gzowski, Peter
Maclean's Magazine, November 16, 1963 - Hydro Development at Hamilton Falls, Labrador
Features: Nice full-page colour ad for Viyella; Canada's Next Boom - Robert Winters' Hydro-Power development at Hamilton Falls, Labrador - by Peter C. Newman; Getting to know wolves on a personal basis, by Farley Mowat; My Colleagues, the Witch Doctors - Dr. Raymond Prince, a Canadian psychiatrist's African journal; The triumph and troubles of Place des Arts; The great communist scare of the Thirties in Canada - a Maclean's flashback; To the Little Red (Canadian) School House; My long search for a cancer serum, by Dr. Gordon Murray; The Social Side of the Cold War, by Mordecai Richler; Journey down the railway that couldn't be built - the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Line; Colour Coke photo ad on back cover features many guys reaching from bus for Cokes from a girl outside. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Crowdy, Michael (Editor); Coleman, R.J.; Squarey, C.M.; Menzies, Colin D.L.; Tripp, G.W.
Marine News - Journal of the World Ship Society, September 1963
Pages 227-251. Features: Photo of the ACCRA, the first passenger liner to use the new Langton River Entrance at Liverpool; Introducting the W.S.S. Negative Bank; Branch News; Naval Craft; A Day with the First Submarine Squadron; Merchant Ships; Passenger Liners Today; Photos of new bulk carriers - The Simandou, Orion, Polarvik and Tank Princess; Perth Harbour; Warship Quiz; Echoes of the Past; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Crowdy, Michael (Editor); Pryde, Richard; Ransome, George
Marine News - Journal of the World Ship Society, June 1965
Pages 155-180. Features: Photo of the Shahristan inside front cover; Naval Craft; Shipbuilding; Merchant Ships; Photos of the Magleby Maersk and the Priboj; Austro-Hungarian Sisters; Technical Topics No. 8 - Tonnage; The German Auxiliary Cruisers - Part 8; Ships sold for demolition; Sales, Transfers and Renamings; Photo of the Ayrshire; Casualties; Photo of the Yousufbaksh ablaze; Launches - April 1965; Orders. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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The Typographical Journal, July 1962
64 pages. Contents: Truth easier to find than the lie which was told; Delegates to 104th ITU convention; Photo progress report - new ITU Administration Building; Delegates to participate in important discussions; Compulsory arbitration ever-increasing danger; Trend toward monopolistic press continues unabated; ITU convention will again reflect union's democracy; Two recordings made of convention proceedings; Myth of immensely wealthy labor unions shattered; Training center topics; Home news and notes; Report of Board of Electors; Official matters; Financial section; Officer's reports (Annual) - Supplement; plus many ads, including a nice ad for Cincinnati's Sheraton-Gibson hotel on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Borlase, Skip; Tregarron, Yate; Mugford, Rev. J. Trounsell; et al
The Mint - A Money Making Journal For All Who Need It & Read It, No. 11, Vol. 1, January 1907
36 pages. Contents: Details and illustrations of various merchandise offered; Details of an offer to Subscribers; Two-pages of photos of various departments in the Mint House; Various articles; Careers for Lads and Lasses; Stock and Share information; List of grocery items and prices. Above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. An interesting vintage item which presents an engaging snapshot of England in the early 1900s. Book
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Balfour, Philip; Campbell, R.N. "Rusty"; Campbell, Nellie R.; Simpson, George; Lindsay, Fred W.; Cumming, R.D.; Hickling, E.
Northwest Digest Magazine, August 1951
24 pages. Features: The Perfect System Myth - an argument against Russia's alleged peaceful intentions; Old Inn by the Roadside - The Clinton Hotel - article with photos; Camp Cookery - Game Recipes; Small Business League; The Rooster's Eye; Pioneer Ashcroft Author is Custodian of Archives - The Journal Museum and Archives; Sam Slade's Dream (poem); Finning ad on back cover with sawmill illustration; Dozens of nostalgic ads for local businesses. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Martin, E.S.; Bass, John F.; Hale, Edward Everett; Benson, E.F.; Whitney, Caspar; Chambers, Robert W.; Johnson, Robert Underwood
Harper's Weekly (Magazine) - A Journal of Civilization, Saturday, June 24, 1899 - The Philippine Revolt
Pages 612-634. Features: Cover illustration at Herreshoff's Yard, Bristol, Rhode Island, of the launching of "Columbia," built to defend "America's" Cup against "Shamrock"; Our Opportunities; This Busy World; Photos of Men of the Day - A.J. Cassatt of the Pennsylvania Railroad, W.W. Keen of the American Medical Association, and Henry O. Havemeyer; Photos and brief obituaries for "Waltz King" Johann Strauss and Richard Parks Bland; Photo of Captain H.E. Nichols, U.S.N. who commanded the U.S.S. "Monadnock"; Photos from the Philippines of - General Lawton at the Battle of Baliuag, General MacArthur on the Skirmish Line, Colonel Summers and staff leaving Baliuag with six battalions, General Lawton in his field HQ at Angat, Colonel Summers's troops on the march, Colonel Summers's command advancing to the Battle of Moasin; The Philippine Revolt - The Santa Cruz Expedition; An English Mother (poem); The Fifth Annual Lake Mohonk Arbitration Conference; Image of the French cruiser "SFAX" bringing Captain Dreyfuss home for retrial; Full page illustration "A Faro Game at El Paso"; A Curious Coincidence; A Queen's Charity; London; Two-page centerfold illustration of the North Atlantic Squadron in the Harbor of Cape Haitien, Island of Haiti "A Visit From the Natives"; Hawaiian America - lengthy article with Oahu, Hawaii, Maui and Kauai; Amateur Sport - baseball article with many photos of college players; The Conspirators (continued); Illustration "Forced Inspiration" by Peter Newell on back cover. Great vintage ads. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality copy. Magazine
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Martin, E.S.; Bass, John F.; Leupp, Francis E.; Scollard, Clinton; Whitney, Caspar; Ralph, Julian; Chambers, Robert W.; Ross, Clinton; Bangs, John Kendrick
Harper's Weekly (Magazine) - A Journal of Civilization, Saturday, June 17, 1899 - The Proposed Nicaragua Canal
Pages 588-610. Features: Cover illustration by Ernest L. Blumenschein entitled "Wards of the Nation - Their First Vacation From School" depicts a Native American scene; British Problems in Asia; This Busy World; The Passing of John Barrett, United States Minister to Siam; Photos from the Philippines - Admiral Dewey Going for a Drive Around Manila, Admiral Dewey at the Office of the Captain of the Port at Manila, Dakota and Montana Troops Crossing Wrecked Bridge over the Rio Grande; The Philippine Revolt - The Malolos Campaign; Photos and write-ups of these men in the news - Frank Thomson of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Major Arthur M. Diggles who was lost in the Malolos Campaign, Augustin Daly, Rev. W.H.P. Faunce of Brown University, and George K. Nash, Republican candidate for Governor of Ohio; Full-page illustration by W.A. Rogers entitled "Conquering a Desert in Southern Arizona"; A page of photos and illustrations along the route of the proposed Nicaragua Canal; The Nicaragua Canal in Sight - article by Francis E. Leupp; Ballad of Leiutenant Miles; Two-page centerfold compilation of photos and illustration depicting the proposed Nicaragua Canal, the country through which it will pass, and the people along the route; Hawaiian-America; An American Sovereign (continued); Amateur Sport - considerable text with six photos; Poem To Augustin Daly; The Conspirators (continued); Great vintage ads, including an illustrated one for the Columbia Bevel-Gear Chainless Bicycle from the Pope Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Conn. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality copy. Magazine
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Hiestand, L.A.
Western Canadian Motor - A Journal for the Automotive Trade - July 1930
32 pages. Features: Profitable Electric Service (conclusion) - the Layout of the Wilson Electric Service; Undercutting Mica on Armature Commutators; Correct Methods of Brake Relining - how to insure a satisfactory job; Wiring Diagrams - International Trucks; Shop and Showroom; Studebaker introduces Free Wheeling Principle - article with photos; Short Cuts for Handy Mechanics; Modern Equipment - Atlas makes new super service equipment; Modern Car Loading; Complete Mechanical Details of the American Austin; Passenger Car Prices F.O.B. Vancouver; Truck Prices F.O.B. Vancouver; Passenger Car Specifications for Engine, Pistons, Rings, Rods, Valves, Lubrication, Cooling, Clutch, Axles, Brakes, Steering, Springs, Crankshaft Bearings, Crankshaft Bearings, Camshaft, Electrical, Fuel; Photo of the Vernon Garage; Photo of the Beausejour Auto and Marine Shop; Nice Canada Cement Concrete ad inside back cover includes photos of the Fleet St. retaining wall near John St., Toronto and two other Toronto structures; Great vintage ads. Average wear and soiling. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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MacDonald, George F.
Haida Monumental Art : Villages of the Queen Charlotte Islands
218 pages. 'A monument in itself... a sourcebook to which the scholar can return over and over again... a valuable companion to the museum visitor who wishes to learn more about the context of the Haida poles... pleasurable and informative reading for anyone interested in Northwest Coast culture... The historic photographs are stunning. To see the villages as the earliest photographers saw them is to recapture in part the wonder and majesty that was the Haida cultural heritage. At the same time the grief that was the destruction of the villages is all too apparent." - From back cover. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Moisture exposure to fore-edge of front cover and first fifty pages has resulted in light staining and mild undulations. A sound copy of this impressive work. Book
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Dahl, Knut; Nobbs, Percy E.; Turing, Julius; Raymond, C.J.; Raitt, Dr. D.S.; Rushton, Dr. W.;
The Salmon and Trout Magazine - The Journal of the Salmon and Trout Association, Number 85, December 1936
Pages 308-412. Features: Frontispiece photo of Horace Brown; Salmon marking in Norway - the lessons of 1935; In Praise of Horsehair and How to Use it; ; Scotland's Salmon Season - a good year for grilse, but poor for autumn fish; A Book of Two Peoples - Norwegian trout fishing in the 1880's; In the Outer Isles - Trout Fishing in the Sandy and Peaty Lochs of Uist; ; How to Select and Preserve Sandeels - some suggestions for the salmon fisher; Freshwater Fisheries in North America - some notes of a tour in parts of Canada and teh U.S.A.; Biological Notes; Reviews of new books; The Jolly Angler (continued). Average wear. Few institutional library markings. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Calderwood, W.L.; Mottram, Dr. J.C.; Platts, W.Carter; Nobbs, Percy E.; Gerrish, C. Stratton; Simpson, Jajor R.C.; Mottram, Dr. J.C.; Parrott, A.W.; Harle, T.G.A.; Kemp, C.; Macintyre, Dugald
The Salmon and Trout Magazine - The Journal of the Salmon and Trout Association, Number 84, September 1936
Pages 209-308. Features: Frontispiece photo of George F. McCorquodale; Natural and artificial methods of salmon production - a short review of Canadian results; Salmon Fisheries of Norway; Defective Bones in Hand-reared Trout; The Grayling - part IV - bait fishing; Rod Joints and Whippings - how to recondition them for difficult climates; The Value of Hatchery Trout for Stocking Rivers; De Profundis - a tale of a fisherman's Dilemma; Experiments on the Starvation of Trout Fry; Artificial Propagation of Brown Trout - Hatchery Mortality; Reviews of new books; The Jolly Angler (continued); and more. Average wear. Few institutional library markings. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Morgan, Henry J.: Editor
The Dominion Annual Register and Review for the Sixteenth Year of the Canadian Union, 1882
504 pages. Contents include: Political and Parliamentary History for 1882; Journal of Remarkable Occurrences; Accidental Deaths, Suicides, Etc.; List of Fires, with Amount of Losses and Insurance; Progress of Education in the Dominion; review of Literature, Science and Art; Promotions and Appointments in the Public Service; Obituary; Misc. Stats and Info. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Usual library markings. A sound reference copy. Book
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Cornwall, George M.: Editor; Koroleff, A.
The Timberman, An International Lumber Journal, November, 1937, Volume XXXIX, Number 1
96 pages. Index of advertisers. Features: Cover photo of the vessel 'Orient City' fully loaded with lumber; Two-color ad for Broderick yellow-strand wire rope inside front cover; Nicely logging-theme illustrated Timken bearing full-page ad; American Tiger Brand Wire Rope ad features great photo (circa 1885) of steam (bull) donkey and many loggers; R.G. LeTourneau ad features photo of their bulldozer and a Willamette-Hyster arch at work; Full-page two-color photo ad for Caterpillar features A.E. Baker of Fruit Growers Supply, Susanville, CA; Durable Douglas Fir Cross Arms used on telephone poles by the British Columbia Telephone Company - article with photo; Hand Methods Must Give Way to Mechanization in Eastern Canada - article; Photos of sawmill scenes in Sweden and Finland; Novel Effects in Wood at Paris Exposition - article with photos; Unique Power Plant of Vancouver Island Lumber Operation - Nootka Wood Products, Ltd. mill at Port Tasis (Tahsis) is driven by wood gas - article with photos - including photo of John P. Blenkinsop and Harry Smith and another photo of plant manager Lute D. Rogers with George M. Cornwall of this publication; Fantastic two-page two-color illustrated ad for the Ross Lumber Carrier, Model 90; S.A. Woods Machine Company ad features their new 412 planer and matcher; Magnificent full-page ad for Disston precision ground cross-cut saws includes photos of fallers at work with this two-man saw; Distinct saving shown to be possible with two-man bucking crews - article; Plywood's outdoor uses are increasing - photo-illustrated article; Meeting of the Wooden Box Association at San Francisco; Mark Markkula and his logging Bunks and Chunks - article with photos of products and Mr. Markkula; Nicely illustrated one-page ad for Hercules Engines of Canton, Ohio; Logging in Tillamook - article with photos; Super one-page photo ad for Feenaughty Machinery Co.'s FWD trucks - with photo showing a massive load being hauled; Nice truck-logging themed photo ad for Waukesha engines; Awesome photos of Allis-Chalmers tractors at work for the Big Lakes Box Company in Klamath Basin; Fantastic full-page ad with photos of the Washington Diesel Yarder made by Washington Iron Works; Crazy photo of trucks driving 132' logs across the Bloedel Donovan Lumber Mills' narrow old logging bridge above Skykomish, WA; Photo of a Dow low stump power saw at work; Small illustrated ad for P. Sharkey & Son Horse Collars; Photo of an FWD truck at work for Mr. W.S. Jeans of Culp Creek, OR; Superheaters - their use on Donkeys and Locomotives - article; Oriental strife affects Pacific Lumber Trade - article; France decides between steel and wood rail cars; Foreign Lumber Fleet - list of lumber vessels visiting Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia - and their capacities; Three Bamfiled, B.C. photos accompany brief article about Pacific Cable and Wireless, Ltd. and their cable which extends from Bamfield to New Zealand; Photo of G.L. Graiff with redwood charcoal experimental wood gas-powered truck - Hammond Redwood Co. of Samoa, CA; Reunion of pioneer members of the Southwestern Washington Lumber Manufacturers Association - with photos of T.H. MacLafferty, C.A. Doty, Charles Gilchrist, W.C. Miles, Jerry Startup, S.S. Somerville; Obituary of August K. Berter; Nice illustrated ad for the Warren Axe and Tool Co. of Warren, PA.; and more. Unmarked. Above-average but not excessive wear. Chips missing from backstrip. Binding intact. A rare surviving issue of this highly informative vintage lumber periodical. Magazine
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Rudner, Jalmar and Ione: Translators and Editors
The Journal of Gustaf De Vylder - Naturalist in South-Western Africa 1873-1875, Second Series No. 28
292 pages. References. Index. Translated from the original Swedish. "De Vylder was a Swedish naturalist, who, after a year's stay in Cape Town, journeyed through present-day Namibia from 1873 to 1875 collecting insects and other natural-history specimens for institutions in his home country... His journal is a record of an adventurous journey, personal encounters and conditions in what was then considered to be a remote region... With this translation the historical travel literature of southern Africa has been enriched." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy. Book
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Nekola, Vladimir; Kingman, Stu; Sagrillo, Mick; et al
Home Power - The Hands-On Journal of Home-Made Power, Issue #46, April / May 1995
112 pages. Features: Vladimir Nekola generates his own electric power in downtown Chicago using wind and sun; Stu Kingman and family install a home photovoltaic system; Wind Generators and Birds; Electric Cars - Toys or Reality?; EV Battery Chargers; Electric Vehicle Tires; A Graphic Guide to Solar Water Pumping; California 'Net Metering' legislation introduced; Mark Klein and the Gimme Shelter Crew; David Booth's straw bale home odyssey; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy. Magazine
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Buck, Risa; Nelson, Kurt; Whitaker, Mark; Hackleman, Michael; Prange, Shari; McCrea, Steve
Home Power - The Hands-On Journal of Home-Made Power, Issue #48, August / September 1995
112 pages. Features: Risa Buck went off the grid in Ashland; Kurt Nelson combines solar electricity and science education in a space station simulator for students in Wausau, WI; Mark Whitaker powers some of his appliances with solar electricity; Ely Schless's electric power bike; Electric Vehicle Charging and Maintenance; Visit to a lead recycling factory; The evolution of hot water heaters; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy. Magazine
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Ramsey, Dennis; Siebert, Robert; Ligtenberg, Allart; Hackleman, Michael; Prange, Shari;
Home Power - The Hands-On Journal of Home-Made Power, Issue #45, February / March 1995
96 pages. Features: Dennis Ramsey installed two photovoltaic-powered lighting systems in Nepal; Robert Siebert feeds solar electricity into the local grid from his 'patio cover'; Solar Cooking in Nepal; Upcoming production electric vehicles; Electric Voltsrabbit; Jonathan Tennyson's electric vehicles in Hawaii; Electric Vehicle Testing & Troubleshooting; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy. Magazine
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Otto, Shawn; Kinzel, terry; Kingsley, Sue Ellen; Haeme, Jon; Parthe, Mark; Prange, Shari
Home Power - The Hands-On Journal of Home-Made Power, Issue #47, June / July 1995
112 pages. Features: Windpower, Zoning and the '90s; Rules for surviving Micro Hydroelectric Power; Portable Solar-Powered Workshop; Electric Pickup Truck; Electric Vehicle Aerodynamics; Understanding the Lead-Acid cell; Survey of 14 wind generators; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy. Magazine
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McDougall, Charlotte and Harry; Clemson, Donovan; Matravolgyi, T.A.; Shchepanek, Michael J.; Ives, J.D.
Canadian Geographical Journal, February 1971, Volume 82, No. 2 - Trading Posts of the Moose-Michipicoten Trade Route / Flood Protection for Metro Toronto
Pages 39-80.. Features: Hurricane Insurance for Metropolitan Toronto - article with photos of Hurricane Hazel damage; Coastal Scenes - Prince Edward Island; Wascana Centre; Trading Posts of the Moose-Michipicoten trade route; Samarkand, Jewel of Central Soviet Asia. Nice back cover colour ad for the 1971 Cadillac Eldorado Coupe and Convertible featuring gold-coloured models. Somewhat above-average wear. Soiling to upper corner of some pages. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy. Book
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Davies, Ivor G.; Friesen, Victor Carl; Kenney, G.I.; Ault, O.E.
Canadian Geographical Journal, January 1971, Volume 82, No. 1 - Lonely Grave on Ellesmere Island / The Old Trail from Fort Carlton to the Prince Albert Settlement
80 pages. Features: The Mid-Canada Development Conference; The Old Trail from Fort Carlton to the Prince Albert settlement; Lonely grave on Ellesmere Island - Ove Braskerud; Discovering the Pacific. Wonderful color photo back page ad for CBC's "The National" with photos of Lloyd Robertson and George Finstad. Average wear. Binding intact. Trifling scribble on first page. A worthy reference copy. Book
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Bond, Courteney, C.J.; Malak; Hess, Quimby F.; Russell, Dale A
Canadian Geographical Journal, December 1970, Volume 81, No. 6 - Dinosaurs of Central Asia / Two Eastern Arctic Communities - Frobisher Bay and Cape Dorset
Pages 183-215. Features: Two Communities in the Eastern Arctic - Frobisher Bay and Cape Dorset; The Flowers of Christmas; The Study of Butterflies and Moths as a Hobby; The Dinosaurs of Central Asia; Index 1970 - Vols. LXXX and LXXXI; Great colour-photo ad on back cover for CBC Radio/TV Sports features a variety of famous Canadian athletes. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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Baird, D.M.; Harrington, Lyn; Perry, Margaret L.; Clemson, Donovan; Stenton, Jean E.
Canadian Geographical Journal, November 1970, Volume 81, No. 5 - Thompson, Manitoba - Southern Luzon
Pages 145-183. Features: Patterns in Nature; Thompson, Manitoba - Suburbia in the Bush; Nova Scotia's Wildlife Park; Curiosities of Erosion; Southern Luzon - The Philippines; Great colour-photo ad for CBC TV's "The National" with photos of Lloyd Robertson and George Finstad. Soiling to upper corner of most pages. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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Gillespie, G.J.; Simmons, James and Robert; Clemson, Donovan; Stenton, Jean E.
Canadian Geographical Journal, October 1970, Volume 81, No. 4 - Some Western Fences / Canada's Commercial Fisheries
Pages 109-146. Features: Canada's Commercial Fisheries; The Cultural Diversity of Canadian Cities; Some Western Fences; Chile; Nice hippy-style colour ad for CBC TV features many of their shows; Handsome back page colour ad for 1971 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special Brougham and Sedan deVille. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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Baird, D.M.; Harrington, Lyn; Clemson, Donovan; McDougall, Harry
Canadian Geographical Journal, June 1970, Volume 80, No. 6 - Water Pollution and the Role of the Canada Centre for Inland Waters / Shuswap Log Salvage
Pages 181-220. Features: Stelco ad inside front cover boast of their pollution reduction; Water Pollution and the Role of the canada Centre for Inland Waters; Sand; The Columbia Icefield; Shuswap Log Salvage; Volcanoes of Hawaii; Nice color-photo back cover ad for Air Canada's European service. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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Wonders, William C.; Pullen, T.C.
Canadian Geographical Journal, June 1970, Volume 80, No. 5 - S.S. Manhattan in Arctic Waters / Murray Edmund Watts
Pages 145-184. Features: The Canadian Northwest - Some Geographical Perspectives; S.S. Manhattan in Arctic Waters; Murray Edmund Watts - Massey Medal 1970; Annual General Meeting; and more. Nice Westinghouse ad inside front cover boats of their Northwest Passage breakthrough; Nice colour-photo ad for Inco shows underground scenes. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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Inglis, George Erskine; Lee-Whiting, Brenda B.; Harrington, Lyn; Edwards, D.K.
Canadian Geographical Journal, February 1970, Volume 80, No. 2 - Hot Springs of Western Canada / The Pointer Book
Pages 37-74. Features: Nice colour-photo ad for the CBC Weekend TV show includes Lloyd Robertson; Yellowknife - Capital City of the Northwest Territories - article with great aerial photo of city; The Pointer Boat - workhorse of Canadian rivers for over a century - wonderful article with great photos; Hot Springs of Western Canada; Town Symbols; Assignment in Punjab; Attractive color back page ad for Cadillac features a gold 1970 Coupe deVille. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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