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Happy Motoring, Volume 19, Number 5 - an Imperial Oil/Esso Periodical
Features: Up and down the Laurentians; the dramatic Deas Island Tunnel - article with great photos; Through the Annapolis Valley; Take your children to Storybook Gardens, a project of the London Public Utilities Commission (PUC); History with a high fence - Fort Macleod has captured much of southern Alberta's history and put a stockade around it; Time for all - public clocks in Canada; Imperial has already printed 25 million road maps!. Illustrated with black and white photos. Average wear. A sound copy of this vintage issue. Book
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(Michigan) County Maps, Upper Peninsula, Region 1 (One)
31 pages including 30 maps. Oblong 14" x 18". "This collection of county maps presents in detail basic geographical features of the upper peninsula. Also, it includes all types of roads, federal and state-owned lands, state and local parks, camp grounds, fishing sites, and other public recreational facilities." - from title page. Includes the following counties: Gogebic, Ontonagon, Houghton, Keweenaw, Baraga, Iron, Marquette, Dickinson, Menomnee, Delta, Alger, Schoolcraft, Luce, Mackinac, Chippewa. Moderate wear. Minor external soiling. Maps clean and bright. A quality copy. Book
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(Michigan) County Maps, Region II (Two), Northern Lower Peninsula,
35 pages including 34 maps. Oblong 14" x 18". "This collection of county maps presents in detail basic geographical features of the northern lower peninsula. Also, it includes all types of roads, federal and state-owned lands, state and local parks, camp grounds, fishing sites, and other public recreational facilities." - from title page. Includes the following counties: Emmet, Cheboygan, Presque Isle, Charlevoix, Antrim, Otsego, Montmorency, Alpena, Leelanau, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Crawford, Oscoda, Alcona, Manistec, Wexford, Missaukee, Roscommon, Ogemaw, Iosco, Mason, Lake, Osceola, Clare, Gladwin, Arenac, Oceana, Newaygo, Muskegon, Mecosta, Isabella, Midland, Bay. Average wear. Unmarked. Maps clean and bright. A sound copy. Book
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Dial Map of Greater Vancouver, British Columbia - Street Cars, Buses / Map of Burnaby - New Westminster and Parts of Adjacent Municipalities (including Surrey) Circa 1950
25 inches wide by 19 inches high. Vancouver map indicates parks and water in shades of green, transit routes in red. Shows route of the B.C. Electric Railway, Lulu Island Interurban, Fourth (4th) Ave. Trolley, Granville-Marpole Trolley, Cambie Trolley Coach, Powell Trolley, and various bus routes. Original price $0.35. Four-digit phone numbers. Advertisement suggests printing date circa 1950. Average wear and soiling overall with moderate sunning/tanning along some creases. Above-average soiling to front panel. A worthy copy of this rare vintage map. Book
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Sinclair, A.J.; Wynne-Edwards, H.R.; Brown, A. Sutherland
An Analysis of Distribution of Mineral Occurrences in British Columbia: Bulletin No. 68
125 pages including bibliography and appendices. "Distribution of mineral occurrences in British Columbia recorded in an extensive computerized file." - from page 5. Contents include mineral commodity occurrence maps, quantitative approach to regional analysis of data, and discussion (mineral resource potential, metallogeny). Usual library markings. Moderate wear. Sound binding. A solid working copy. Book
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Snively, Gloria
Exploring the Seashore in British Columbia, Washington and Oregon
240 pages including index. Copiously illustrated, including numerous colour plates. A Guide to Shorebirds and Intertidal Plants and Animals. Enables anyone to identify our seashore creatures. Includes coastal maps. Few hand-written technical notes to last page. Prior owner's name stamped on top and bottom edges of text. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Happy Motoring: A Publication of Esso/Imperial Oil, Volume 16, Number 1, 1955 - New Roads to Atikokan and Steeprock Mine
Features: Highway to Canoe Country - one of Ontario's newest roads leads to the well-established town of Atikokan and Steeprock Mine in Northwestern Ontario; Five Ways to 'Do' the Rockies; The Woodcarvers of Port Joli - Route 2 on the south shore of the St. Lawrence; Twin Brothers, Twin Trucks - The Robertson brothers, Dave and Phil, from near Niagara Falls and their 1948 1/2-ton pickup trucks customized with early truck caps for storage and sleeping, all for less than $50.00!; Those Road Maps, by Lillian Allison. Two-inch opening at bottom of cover fold. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Saul, John C.: Editor
A Complete Geography: Tarr and McMurry's Geographies
506 pages. Lovely vintage geography textbook authorized for use in the public schools of Manitoba. Many black and white photos plus lovely fold-out, double-hinged colour maps of Canadian provinces, regions of the U.S., and other areas of the world. Front free endpaper removed. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding somewhat shaken but still intact. The vintage illustrations make this volume a treat to peruse. Book
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Sullivan, Paul R. - Director; Arens, John J. - Compiler, Georgetown University Contributors: Mann, Jesse A.; Marginot, Robert A.; Preece, Richard M.; Smith, William J. Jr.; Dunbar, Moira; Martin, John C.; Wilson, J. Tuzo
Canadian North: Technical Assistant to Chief of Naval Operations for Polar Projects (OP - 03A3)
Prepared for the Technical Assistant to CNO for Polar Projects. "While this work is primarily prepared for military planners, it also presents the foundation study for engineers undertaking any planned construction. It is hoped that the study leads to consideration of a transportation approach from the inland rather than depending entirely on the difficult and unreliable sea approach to certain areas requiring logistic support... Covers in detail the north Canadian mainland and Baffin Island." - from Preface. Includes several bibliographies covering the geographic areas studied. Black and white illustrations and maps. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy. Book
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Map of Township of Guelph, Ontario
25.5" x 16 3/8". Grey colouring. Includes owners' names for most acreages outside the city of Guelph. Map of Village of Hartfield (where Fergus Road meets Woolwich Road) in upper left corner, Date lightly handwritten in pencil (twice). 5" opening near left side of bottom edge is barely visible. A wonderful historical and genealogical reference ideally suited to framing and displaying in home or office. Please note that our photo shows only the left half of the map. Book
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Ewert, Henry
The Story of the B.C. Electric Railway Company
336 pages including index. "The British Columbia Electric Railway consisted of 111 route miles of streetcar operations in four cities: seven interurban lines totaling 141 route miles; 40 million passengers carried in 1910, and almost 146 million in 1947. For 68 years - 1890 to 1958 - the streetcars and trams dominated and defined urban and interurban transportation in the most populated areas of B.C. Today only traces remain of this fascinating and well-run system that once brought people from all over the world to examine its operation. Includes over 270 fascinating illustrations, plans of rolling stock, tickets, transfers, beautiful route maps, public schedules, employee's timetables, rosters of rolling stock and old Buzzers." - from dust jacket. An amazing, and perhaps unbelievable, reference for residents of the now grid-locked lower mainland. Very heavily worn. Front hinge partially open. Usual library markings. A worthy reading copy. Ex-Library
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Canadian Antiques Collector Magazine, June 1967, Volume 2, Number 6
30 pages. Features: Papineau House - Old Montreal Reborn; London Letter - Kremlin has largest collection of Tudor and Stuart Plate; Port Hope Pottery, by Kathleen M. Graham Stearns; Antique Safari - Maritimes Adventure, by Ann Newton; Collecting Maps, by Alexander E. Macdonald, M.D.; A Timeless Season - Roloff Beny in Canada; Musee Historique de Vaudreuil Soulanges. Bit of writing atop front cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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The Antique Collector Magazine, April 1969 / May 1969
Features: Antiques and Television; Oak House, West Bromwich, Staffs - a Tudor Yeoman's House which has survived an Industrial Tide; Decorative Early Maps; The Hannah Gubbay Collection; "Chayres with Iron Worke" - an account of some late 17th century 'Sleeping' Chairs; The 7th Scottish Antiques Fair; The "AW" Master Salt - a unique example of 17th century English Delftware; The Macabre in Art - as illustrated by Pictures of "The Temptation of St. Anthony"; The Blazing Myth and Kindred Matters for "Silhouette" collectors; Fair news; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Magazine
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Pearsons, Howard
B.C. (British Columbia) Gem Trails - With Maps
30 pages. Undated. Appears to be circa 1970s. Suggests 30 gem-hunting areas in B.C. Two stickers on front cover. Doodling on back cover. Somewhat above-average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Hutchinson, Walter: Editor
Hutchinson's Pictorial History of the War, Series 3, No. 3, January 3, 1939 - , January 9, 1940
40 pages. Circa 1940s. 77 black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on glossy stock. Features: Ad for Mein Kampf, part 3, inside front cover; The army of France at the front; Ministerial and R.A.F. changes - photos of A.S. Barratt, Sir John Reith, Oliver Stanley and Sir Andrew Rae Duncan; Full-page photo of France honouring Sir Edmund Ironside and Lord Gort; Contraband control strangling Germany's tradep Nazi watch on the western front; Text of speech by Lord Snell entitled "The British Empire - In War and After"; Photo portrait of Admiral Sir Charles Forbes; Lumberjacks of the Land Girls Army; British tank gunners in training; Admiral Graf Spee visitors pay courtesy visits - the Ajax in Montevideo and the Achilles in Buenos Aires; Centerfold maps illustrate European industrial targets and bases most vulnerable to raids; At an R.A.F. Aerodrome in France; Norway prepares to defend her neutrality - 12 great photos; photo of partially submerged vessel Dunbar Castle which struck a German mine; photo of bombed Trinity House vessel which was attacked by a Nazi plane on January 9th; Illustrated article - The Royal Army Chaplain's Department; At an R.A.F. fighter station; A 25-pounder shoot at the front; Commentary on the war this week; Finland's fight for freedom - 8 excellent photos including one of a Soviet amphibious tank; Summary of the chief events of this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Trains Magazine, July 1942, Vol. 2, No. 9
50 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: The Unbeatable Class H - C&NW Northern-type locomotive; Railroads at the Front - portable railroads do a better job of military supply with less manpower; Forgotten Railroad - Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway was typical of the more pretentious mining roads of the West; The Twentieth Century - 40-year-old first-class extra-fare train has earned 150 million dollars for New York Central; Nation's Crossroads - 18 trunk railroads serve St. Louis, the second most important rail center in North America; Train maps of St. Louis and Vicinity; The Maine Two-Footers - five separate railroads made a 214-mile empire of two-foot gauge only a few years ago; Monon Metabolism. Average wear and soiling. Centerfold loose but present, otherwise a sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Trains Magazine, August 1941, Vol. 1, No. 10
50 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: East Broad Top - narrow gauge coal hauler is prospering considering its size - it meets highway competition; George M. Pullman - He Improved the existing sleeper, brought comfort to the rails; D&H 4-6-6-4; Penn-Reading Seashore - Once rival systems in southern New Jersey, P-RS now gives efficient cooperative services - maps, article and many photos; Glamor Girl - Avis Lobdell put the oomph in Union Pacific's Challenger service and kept traffic on the rails; Port Isabel Branch - Once the narrow gauge Rio Grande Railroad, now an important tidewater connection for MoPac; The Overnighter - Pere Marquette fast freight service keeps high polish on the Detroit-Chicago rails; Alameda Belt Line - California's island city is important rail-water terminal; Eastbay Railroading - suburban empire once had rapid transit to every district; Letters from readers. Average wear and soiling. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Scientific American, December 1982 - Radar Images of the Earth
180 pages. Features: Migration between the core and the periphery; radar images of the earth from space; the development of maps and stripes in the brain; personal computers; samples of the Milky Way; the interaction of moving water and sessile organisms; the search for prime numbers; the lamps of Cosa; and more. Bit of writing to front cover and page 3. Covers partially detached from staples. Many nostalgic color photo ads, including an early Microsoft ad which incorporates their early green logo. Moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Reynolds, Alta; Wright, Lynn
Cycles: a View of Planet Earth From Four Million BC to 15,000 AD
89 pages. Selected bibliography. Illustrated in colour. "Thirty-nine Earth Change maps spanning a vast period of time, from 4 million BC to 15,000 AD, come to light in a little village in South Africa. Their architect, Hans Luhdo, produced them in only 5 months. The pivotal maps are those drawn for the year 2000. The speed with which they were created suggests that he was a man driven, racing against time. A few weeks after the last map was completed, he died." - from back cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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Cranny, Michael W.; Garrod, Stan; McGuire, Margit; Birchell, Gary
Pacific Rim Discovery - Student Resource
96 pages. Gazetteer. Maps and abundant colour illustrations and photos throughout. Bit of liquid paper atop front free endpaper otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
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Thompson, Courtney
Lighthouses of Atlantic Canada: A Pictorial Guide - New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland & Labrador
128 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated with wonderful colour photos of lighthouses from each province, plus maps and directions, history, legend, lore and descriptions. Printed upon glossy stock. Clean and unmarked with moderate external wear. A quality copy of this charming and informative work. Book
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Author Not Stated
1957 Shell Street Guide and Map of Victoria, British Columbia (B.C.) And Vicinity
19" high x 18" wide fold-out colour street map. Service station ink stamp on front cover, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Map
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Author Not Stated
Black Ball Line (Ferry) Map: Puget Sound Country, Victoria - Vancouver Island, and Southern British Columbia Coast
Measures 18"x12". Circa early 1950s. Shows existing and proposed ferry routes. Includes photos of the MV. Chinook and the MV. Kahloke, plus photos of local scenic attractions and related write-ups. Average wear. Unmarked. A nice collectible. Map
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Visitor's Guide: Victoria, Vancouver Island, Vancouver - Sightseeing Maps
64 pages. Undated but appears to be early 1960s. Many colour photos and other illustrations. Provides a comprehensive snapshot of the many tourist attractions and services of these areas several decades ago. Unmarked with average wear. A great piece for those interested in the history of the tourism industry in these regions. Book
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Ewert, Henry
The Story of the B.C. Electric Railway Company
336 pages including index. "The British Columbia Electric Railway consisted of 111 route miles of streetcar operations in four cities: seven interurban lines totaling 141 route miles; 40 million passengers carried in 1910, and almost 146 million in 1947. For 68 years - 1890 to 1958 - the streetcars and trams dominated and defined urban and interurban transportation in the most populated areas of B.C. Today only traces remain of this fascinating and well-run system that once brought people from all over the world to examine its operation. Includes over 270 fascinating illustrations, plans of rolling stock, tickets, transfers, beautiful route maps, public schedules, employee's timetables, rosters of rolling stock and old Buzzers." - from dust jacket. A wonderful and almost unbelievable reference for residents of the now grid-locked lower mainland of British Columbia. Very light wear. Clean, bright and unmarked. Partial lean to spine. Short opening to back panel of dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A high-quality copy. Book
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Trains - The Popular Magazine of Railroading, August 1951- The Song of the Shay
60 pages. Features: Steam Cools Your Train - interesting article and photos about air conditioning systems on rails; Washington, D.C.'s small railroads - article with maps and photos; The Song of the Shay - twice a day the 'screwdrivers' of the Camino, Placerville & Lake Tahoe sing their concrete-mixer theme on there way to and from the timber - article with photos and map; Photo Section; Centerfold photo of the maiden trip of the EMD FP-7 Reading Railroad train No. 2618 at Jenkintown, Pa.; The Day Coach - Passenger Coaches have become more luxurious - lengthy article with photos; What Might Have Been - Artist Egerton illustrates ideas of George R. Henderson which were never built; Great vintage ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Trains - The Popular Magazine of Railroading, November 1950 - Cover Photo of Burlington's California Zephyr Backing Into Chicago's Untion Station
66 pages. Features: 12 Hours with 6009 - watch this NYC engine as it is readied for the run, then ride the cab for the 403 fleeting miles - great photos and write-up; Burlington Route relocates 13.4 miles of line as Federal Government constructs new dam on the Big Horn River in Wyoming - article and photos; To Alaska Someday - The Great Pacific Eastern - a structly rural steam and diesel road in British Columbia - excellent photos, maps and article; Photo Section includes wonderful shot of sunbeams inside the concourse of Grand Central Station, New York, centerfold photo of a Union Pacific freight climbing Sherman Hill, west of Cheyenne, Wyoming - a 4-8-8-4 'Big Boy'; Millions for Signals - "Either slow down your streamliners or intall more signals", says Interstate Commerce Commission - long article with photos; The Morristown & Erie Railroad - article and photos; Great vintage ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Viereck, George Sylvester; Schrader, Frederick F.: Editors
The Fatherland - Fair Play for Germany and Austria-Hungary, December 2nd, 1914 - Cover Illustration of Captain Otto Weddigen of the Submarine U-9
16 pages. Features: A German Friend of America to the Americans, by Ludwig Fulda; Sohmer Piano ad inside front cover; The German Sailor has "Arrived"; English Barbarism, by Hans F. Kammeyer - an account of how Germans living in England have been degraded and how terribly they are still being persecuted (2-page article); The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army has declared that Emperor Francis Joseph has ceased to be the ruler of Austria-Hungary and is now the King of the Jews; Alsace-Lorraine and Ireland, by James K. McGuire; Help the Germans in Canada - Aliens in their own land - Arthur v. Briesen Shows How; The Iron Cross - a poem by Frederick H. Martens; Belgium's Breach of Neutrality - article with reproductions of maps offering proof of the Anglo-Belgian military convention; "The Leopard's Spots" - a chapter of facts about England's Method of Making War, by Frederick F. Schrader; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Two-inch opening to top of cover fold. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine
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The Illustrated London News, Saturday, June 17, 1939 - Cover Photos of the King and Queen with President And Mrs. Roosevelt
36 pages. Features: Photos of the memorial services for the "Thetis" victims; Photos of Axis Activities - "Volunteers" return from Spain - Italy's Navy Day - Kondor Legion goose-steps past Hitler; Maps of the strenuous Royal Tour; Cross-section illustration and photos of their Majesties' "Royal Yacht" for their return to England in the "Empress of Britain"; Great photos of unusulally-placed bird nests; Amazing illustrations of the feet of various Australian animals; Colour photos of pageantry at the Aldershot Tattoo; Photos of the Royal Tour through the Rockies from Banff to the Pacific; Five photos of the Royals in British Columbia; Photos of the Royals returning eastward across Canada to Niagara; The King and Queen in Washington - photos; The Royals in New York City; Classy two-color ad for Wills's Gold Flake cigarettes; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. First three pages loose but present. Pages 1127-28 and 1131-32 and any pages after 1134 are not included. Despite its deficiencies, still a worthy copy. Magazine
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The World of Interiors Magazine, July-August 1984
198 pages. Features: Manuel Canovas; Lancut Castle; Mimi O'Connell; Zoodochos Pigi; John Standing; David Shilling; Roman Glass; 17th Century Maps; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine
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Canadian Aviation Magazine, July 1948
82 pages. Features: Ground Control Approach Radar for the RCAF; Pilot Error; Navigating from the Cockpit; Wings of Britain; Turbine Era is the Target; Gloom, Excitement in Jet Program; British Seek Transport Lead; Supersonic Fighters for British Arsenal; Aim to Reduce Lightplane Costs; Flight Simulator Trains Crews; Ottawa Report; Canadian Accident Analysis; Maintenance Section; Curved Maps for Navigation; and more. Many pages of great ads including the de Havilland Beaver. Small ink stamp atop front cover. Front cover partially loose. Average wear. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
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Cook, Captain James; Wharton, Captain W.J.L. - Editor
Captain Cook's Journal During His First Voyage Round the World Made in H.M. Bark "Endeavour" 1768-71 - A Literal Transcription of the Original MSS
400 pages. Index. Three maps in pocket at back. Three fold-out maps, the first of these "Modern Chart of South Pacific Ocean" has been cut in half with each half bound separately at page 32. A portion of this map is detached but present. Two fascimile pages of portions from Cook's original journal. Two plates. Frontispiece illustration of Cook. Sturdily rebound in forest green buckram with covers of the original boards affixed to new boards. Library call number gilt stamped to backstrip. Card pocket adhesive inside front board. Minor bit of peeling to new front free endpaper. Moderate overall wear. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, March 1, 1954 - First Hand Report on Rudolf Hess
64 pages. Features: Nice colour RCAF ad inside front cover; Dispute Still Surrounds Duff Cooper; More Canadians than Jobs; Lovely colour full-page ad for 1954 DeSoto automobiles; The Seven Living Ghosts of Nuremberg - an uncensored first-hand report from behind the bars of Spandau where Rudolf Hess, Karl Doenitz, Baldur Von Schirach, Walther Funk, Erich Raeder, Albert Speer and Baron Konstantin Von Neurath - top Nazis - imprisoned for crimes against humanity wait out the tortuous years while the world forgets they exist - with photos; Athabaska's Atom Boom - Albert Zeemel's discovery of Uranium sparks the development of Uranium City, Saskatchewan - great article with many photos; The Maps that Charted our History - a famous collection, published here for the first time, show the slow evolution of Europe's knowledge about Canada; How Early Map Makers Saw the Great Lakes; The Brainiest School in the Country - Dalhousie Law School - article with photos; How Papa Masella Made His Boys Make Music - Frank Masella of Montreal and his eight musical sons; In the Lost World of the Cypress Hills - this strange mountain on the prairies harbors tropical scorpions, petrified figs, fourteen kinds of orchid and a lawless past that sparked the formation of the Mounties; Are People Monkees? - fiction by James McNamee; Ford colour V-8 ad; 1954 Plymouth ad; Colour Buick ad; Chevrolet truck ad; and more. Average wear. Couple of small chips from covers. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
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The Illustrated London News, 22 July 1944
Cover: The First Entry of Canadians into Caen. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "The Bank of England: 1694 - 1944" by Reginald Saw; The Great World War: Moving on in Italy (inc maps); Books of the Day; and The World of Science: Wood Comes of Age. Pictorial Journals include: In Liberated Caen: The Mayor Hoisting the Tricolour; Caen After the Battle: The Key City of Lower Normandy, whose Capture Marked a Valorous British Victory; Two Aerial Photos: German Atlantic Wall, Eastern Section of the Cherbourg Peninsula; On the Western Front (Battle of Normandy): War and Its Aftermath; On the Western Front: Scenes From the Battle Zones of British and American Armies in Normandy; The Red Army Surges On: Important Cities in the Path of Battle; A Lancashire Fusilier's V.C.: Fusilier (Francis Arthur) Jefferson, Single-Handed, Breaking Up an Enemy Tank Attack (illustrated by Captain Bryan de Grineau); The Onward Advance of Gen. Alexander's Armies: War Scenes at Castiglione, Lake Trasimeno, The French Entry into Siena; Mediaeval San Gimignano and Its Towers; The War in Burma: The Clearing of the Kohima-Imphal Road; The Japanese Main Fleet Caught Napping - Another U.S. Sea Victory (Battle of Philippine Sea); New Additions to our Fighting Power: Flying Bombs from Start to Finish; A Threatened View - Durham Cathedral from River and Railway (illustrated by Sir Muirhead Bone); and War's Trail of Devastation in Normandy: Historic Buildings Wrecked in Fierce Armoured Battles on the Allied Front. Binding sound. Clean and unmarked with minimal wear. A quality copy. Book
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The Illustrated London News, 12 August 1944
Cover: Our Royal Field-Marshal (King George VI) Viewing the Fighting in Italy. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "Excellenz X: The Leader of To-Morrow's Germans" by R.G. Waldeck; The Great World War: What Next on the Eastern Front? (inc maps); Books of the Day; and The World of Science: Summer's Emptying Nests. Pictorial Journals include: The King (George VI) in Italy: His Majesty Awards Honours and Decorations; Obstacles in the Path of Our Normandy Advance: German Defensive Methods in a Compact Countryside (illustrated by Captain Bryan de Grineau); Britain's 17-Pounder: More than a Match for German Tanks (illustrated by G.H. Davis); The Armour Against Us: Some Details of Germany's Modern Armoured Vehicles in Use in Normandy To-Day (illustrated by G.H. Davis); Blazing the Trail: Bulldozers Carving Roads Through Debris in Normandy; The Allied Offensive in Normandy: Montgomery's Great Drive; Scenes of Action at Caumont and Other Sites; Advance in Normandy: The Type of Landscape Our Forces Experience; The Devastation of Modern War: St. Lo Cathedral and Other Ruined Sites; Three Famous Places in Brittany - Now in the War News; The Scene of an Invasion Rehearsal - The Invasion Staged in Reality; The 14th Army's Success in Burma Amid Arduous Conditions; Warsaw Yesterday: Poland's Capital Under Nazi Domination; The War From Varied Angles: Topicalities Recorded by the Camera; Flying Our Wounded Home From the Battlefields of Normandy (Illus. by Flight Lieut. H.W. Hailstone); Dover-Photographed by the Enemy for His Cross-Channel Guns; and A Puzzle Posed by High-Speed Photographs of a Bullet in Flight. Prior owners ink stamp with some writing centre front cover. Some ink smudges to back cover. Contents clean and unmarked. Moderate wear. Book
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The Illustrated London News, 23 September 1944: The Invasion of Holland
Cover: Le Touquet, France Canadian Soldiers Walking Along Promenade. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "Norfolk Portraits" by R.W. Ketton-Cremer; The Great World War: Is This the Final Round? (inc maps); Books of the Day; and The World of Science: The Problem of Migrating Birds. Pictorial Journals include: Stubborn Resistance - American Troops in Moving Up for the Final Assault; The Greatest of Airborne Operations - The Invasion of Holland; Canals and Rivers of the Netherlands, Scene of a Vital Battle (inc map); Le Havre: The British Capture of the Important Enemy-Held Port; Infantry and Flame-Throwers in Action: Some of the Prisoners; The Triumphant Advance of the Allies: Scenes of Liberated France and Belgium; The Dutch Landscape Covered with Grounded and Falling Allied Parachutes; The First Penetration By U.S. Troops of the Siegfried Line; The A.V.R.E.: A British Mortar Tank Designed for Breaching Fortifications; The Battle of Britain Commemoration Service in Westminster Abbey on Sunday, September17, 1944; Secrets of the Flying Bomb: Constructional Details Revealed; The Mystery Structure Near St. Omer - Believed a Long-Range V-2 Base; The Quebec Conference, 1944; War Items of Interest; Pencil Studies of Gandhi and Jinnah, Who Recently Met in Bombay (illus. by Feliks Topolski); and Norman Wilkinson's Exhibition of "War at Sea" Paintings in London. Advertising cover: moderate to excessive wear, with prior owners ink stamp with some writing centre front cover. Page 339/340 missing. Page 361/362 loose but present. Covers loose and taped at fold. Contents clean and unmarked. A worthy reading copy. Book
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The Illustrated London News, 11 November 1944
Cover: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "Henry Yevele, c. 1320 to 1400" by John H. Harvey; The Great World War: A Survey of Naval Operations (inc maps); Books of the Day; and The World of Science: Pastures of the Sea. Pictorial Journals include: Novel Ships of War of the Royal Navy (illus. by C.E. Turner): Sketches From Holland: Dutch Civil Guards and U.S. Paratroops (illus. Capt. Bryan de Grineau); The Ubiquitous Bulldozer: A Mechanical Tool of Peace Now Becomes an Important Weapon of War (illus. by G.H. Davis); Battlegrounds of Holland: Scenes of Walcheren Island and the Moerdijk Bridges; The Perilous and Exhausting Operations of British Troops on Walcheren Island: Landing-Craft Difficulties; The Gallant Landing of British Marine Commandos at Westkapelle, Walcheren Island, in the Face of Heavy Enemy Fire; Our Steady Advance in Italy: Scenes in the Mountain War; Shakespeare's London Modelled; Glasgow Faces Housing Problem; The Funeral of Dr. (William) Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, in Canterbury Cathedral; The War in Europe: A Gibraltar "Find": An Historic Enthronement; How the Battle of the Flying Bomb was Won: An Exhibition in London; News Items of Interest from Holland, France, Belgium and Russia; Oxford in Wartime: Uniforms, Caps and Gowns; and Oxford "The Mother of Arts and Eloquence". Page 535/536 missing. Page 557/558 loose but present. Binding sound. Contents clean and unmarked with minimal wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
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Various Contributors
The Illustrated London News, 3 March 1945
Cover: A Triumph of Road-making: The First Allied Convoy to China to Break the Japanese Blockade. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "Persons and Places" by George Santayana; The Great World War: The American Passage of the Roer (inc maps); Books of the Day; and The World of Science: The Locust's Year of Decision. Pictorial Journals include: The Rocket That Would Not Go Up! - Photos of an ill-fated rocked experiement by Herr Johannes Winkler in 1932; U-Boat Warfare - 1939 - 1945: A Survey of Changing German Submarines and Tactics in a Never-Ceasing Battle (Illus. by G.H. Davis); War Scraps: Incidents at the Front and Behind the Lines; On the Western Front: The American Advance into Germany; Battle Incidents with the Third and Seventh U.S. Armies; The Battle for Goch: British Troops in the Wrecked German Fortress Town; General Crerar's Offensive: The Storming of Cleve (Illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); General Crerar's Offensive: British Troops in Mortal Combat With the Germans in the Reichswald (Illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); The Zeitz Synthetic Oil Plant: Before the R.A.F. Attack - And After; War in the Pacific: Luzon Island and Iwo Jima; With the Red Army: Scenes From Liberated Poznan; Bombed Bath: Proposals for Replanning; and Masterpieces of Painting From the Cook Collection. 8" opening to page 241/242. Remaining contents clean and unmarked with minimal wear. A worthy copy. Book
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Esso Staff
Esso Guia Turistica De America Del Sur (Esso South American Road Map)
24" x 34". Text in Spanish. Back side shows the continent overlaid with small color illustrations of dozens of items of local interest. Undated but appears to be circa late 1950s. Library markings. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Senecal, C.O.; Yorston, R.B.; Faribault, E.R.
Province of Nova Scotia, Halifax County (City of Halifax Sheet, No. 68)
Approx. 27" x 19". Library markings. Faint discolouration to upper right corner. Map
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Author Not Stated
Lake Huron Sheet - Map 155A (Publication No. 1553)
Very colourful. Approx. 44" x 40". Library markings. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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B/A (British American Petroleum) Road Map for Metropolitan Toronto, Ottawa and Hamilton, Ontario
Approximately 38" x 24". Average wear. Library markings. Allows viewers to realize the tremendous expansion of Toronto which has taken place in the past 50 years or so. Book
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Ontario & Quebec: Ottawa (Map) Sheet - Portions of Carleton, Renfrew, Lanark, Dundas, Grenville and Frontenac Counties, Ontario, and of Pontiac, Hull, Labelle and Papineau Counties, Quebec
Approx. 23" x 33" standard topographical map. Coloured. Library markings. Two-inch opening to bottom edge. Shorter openings to top and right edges. Somewhat above-average wear and soiling. Book
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Nottawy Sheet - Quebec: Map 190A
Approx. 42" x 36" coloured map. Average wear and soiling. Library markings. Book
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Nova Scotia Sheet - Map 39A
Approx. 46" x 30" coloured map indicating mineral deposits. Clear tape repairs to upper edge. Library markings. Average wear. Map
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Author Not Stated
Harricanaw-Turgeon Basin - Abitibi, Timiskaming, and Pontiac - Map 183A (publication No. 1630)
Approx. 37" x 28" coloured map. Library markings. Average wear. Map
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Bassett, Thomas J.; Seager, Joni; Rokeach, Barrie; Horowitz, Helen Lefkowitz; Nemeth, David; Ricciotti, Dominic; Todhunter, Rodger; Ford, Larry R.; griffin, Ernst
Landscape, Volume 25, Number 2, 1981
48 pages. Features: Reaping on the Margins; - a century of community gardening in America; Push Over, Paradigm; Light Winds Aloft; Seeing Ourselves Through The Bars - A Historical Tour of American Zoos; 'Bright Yard' Maps from Cheju Island; Symbols and Monuments - Images of the Skyscraper in American Art; Banff and The Canadian National Park Idea; Chicano Park - Personalizing an Institutional Landscape. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Brass, R.A.
White Rock (British Columbia) By the Sea: Town Map
24" x 18" map of White Rock, British Columbia. Undated but appears to be circa 1978. Includes directory and locations of local businesses. Light wear. Unmarked. A quality copy of this nice White Rock memento. Map
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Government of British Columbia
British Columbia Invites You To the Land of the Golden Twilight (document 25M-330-9790)
36 pages. Incudes 17 pages of maps of Provincial locales. Sepia-tone reproductions of photos of picturesque Provincial scenes. Unmarked. Average wear and external soiling. Binding intact. A sound copy of the lovely B.C. tourism memento. Book
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British Columbia Travel Bureau
British Columbia 1959 Road Map/Travel Guide with Campsite Locations
Traditional road map measuring 31" x 24" when unfolded. Provides excellent colour map coverage of the Province as well as detailed, and now historic, information about campsites in regions around the province. Moderate wear. Four-inch opening along a fold. A quality vintage copy. Map
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