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Chuang, Amy: Editor-In-Chief
Retrospect '85 - 1985 Yearbook of Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School (High School), Vancouver, B.C.
160 pages. Hundreds of great black and white photos plus some in colour. Moderate wear. Appears to be unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Rome, David (Compiler); Hayes, Saul (Foreword)
Canadian Jewish Archives, New Series, Number Three (3) - On the Jewish School Question in Montreal 1903-1931
141 pages. Index. Errata. "A narrative and documented chapter out of the annals of Canadian Jewry. Outlines the story documented in the papers described in "Canadian Jewish Archives", new series, no. 2." - from Foreword. Unmarked with moderate wear. Moisture staining to fore-edge. Binding intact. A sound working copy. Book
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Rome, David (Compiler); Hayes, Saul (Foreword)
Canadian Jewish Archives, New Series, Number Two (2) - Inventory of Documents on the Jewish School Question 1903-1932
[3], v, 118 pages. Opens with one-page biographies for each of Michael Hirsch, Maxwell Goldstein, K.C., and Simon Belkin. Deals with a problem which arose in Montreal in the 1920's concerning the public schooling of the Jewish children. Lists the holdings of the National Archives of the Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) on this subject. Intended as a tool for those interested in this chapter of our history; it is not a history or even an outline of these annals." - from Foreword. Unmarked with moderate wear. Moderate moisture staining to fore-edge. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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Winrod, Gerald B. (Editor); Hurt, Dr. A.D.; Jenner, William E.; Rollings, Dr. E.J.; Newcomb, Dr. C.A.; Turnbull, Dr. John R.; Unger, Dr. Merrill F.; Smith, Dr. Oswald J.
The Defender Magazine, January (Jan.) 1955, Volume 29, Number 9 - The True Israel
32 pages. Features: Dr. A.D. Hurt writes about "The True Israel"; Condensed version of speech given by Indiana Senator William E. Jenner regarding censure charges against Senator Joseph McCarthy; Time to Begin Again - Sermon of the Month; Photo of Dr. Harry M. Hoxsey with Mr. and Mrs. Leon Seago of Rockdale Texas and their baby boy , John Wayne Seago, whom Dr. Hoxsey cured of cancer; Joe Parelli's Case; Interview with Dr. C.A. Newcomb; Cedars of Lebanon; Archaeology and the Old Testament - a review of Dr. M.F. Unger's new book; Editorials mention Senator Fulbright, John Paton Davies, George Sylvester Viereck, the American Bible Society and Brotherhood Week; Foreign Missions - the printed page in other tongues; Book Reviews; Sunday School. Interesting ads. Three-inch tape repair to top of photo of Dr. Harry M. Hoxsey on page 9, otherwise unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy of this fascinating publication. Magazine
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McLenaghen, Jessie L.; et al
Foods and Home Management
206 pages. Index. Prior owner's details whited out atop front free endpaper. Few markings to contents. Binding intact. Somewhat above-average wear to red cloth-covered boards. A sound copy of this eminently practical vintage homemaker's guide, intended for school students in British Columbia. Book
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Beery, Jesse
Lot of Ephemera from Jesse Berry and His Beery School of Horsemanship
Eight pieces of miscellaneous mail-order literature from this prominent horse-training authority. Circa 1945. Book
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Stotyn, Keith; Cox, A.E.
Glenbow, March (Mar.) - April (Apr.), 1974, Vol. 7, No. 2 - The Sioux in Exile
8 pages. Features: L.I.P. (Local Initiatives Program); A Museum in 1905?; The Sioux in Exile; A Pioneer School Teacher. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Murphy, R.; Gordon, A.; Carrighar, S.; Bess, D.; Maynard, J.; Khokhlov, N.; Longgood, W.; Et al
The Saturday Evening Post, December (Dec.) 4, 1954: Sonic Booms / Boxer Art Aragon / Schrafft's Restaurants
144 pages. Features: Best-Mannered Children in the World - Eskimo children - nice color-photo-illustrated article; The Army's Tower of Babel - the new language-intelligence school at the Presidio in Monterey, California; They Came to See Him Clobbered - Boxer Art Aragon was the boxer fans loved to hate; The Truth About the "Sonic Boom" - photo-illustrated article how it's 'less dangerous than you might think"; I would Not Murder for the Soviets (part 3 of 4) - Ex-Captain Nikolai E. Khokhlov discloses the exact circumstances surrounding the downfall of his boss, Lavrenti Beria, after Stalin's death; The Wilderness Cure for Delinquents - Twin Pines Ranch in California; Cold Can Save Your Life - fascinating medical article describes how ordinary ice water can be used in a process called hypothermia for better patient outcomes; Daintiest Beaneries in Town - great photo-illustrated article on Schrafft's restaurants; He'll Eat Anything That Swims - Food Scientist Edward Harvey manages Oregon's Seafoods Laboratory at Astoria. Fiction: Haunted Hotel; Salesman's Homecoming; Inexperienced Male; The Lady's Bodyguard; Hollywood Calling! (part 2 of 8); The Avenging Texans (conclusion). Ads: Sensational two-page color 1955 Mercury car ad; Nice one-page color ad for Chevrolet Trucks shows tanker in refinery; Fantastic two-page color-photo ad for Rambler cars; Nice two-page color ad for 1955 Ford cars; Dennis the Menace cartoon is featured in a Cream of Wheat ad; Great two-page color-photo ad for 1955 Plymouth cars; Back cover color-photo ad for Old Gold cigarettes features St. Bernard dog. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Center page loose but present. A worthy reference copy of this great issue. Magazine
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Daniell, Raymond; Lewisohn, Sam; Steiner, Jesse; et al
The New York Times Magazine, October (Oct.) 7, 1945 - Twenty Million Surplus Japanese
56 pages. Features: ; Cover photo of the men of Annapolis; First-Hand Report on How We Deal with the Germans, and what the consequences may be; President Truman's First Six Months in two pages of photos; What Employers can do to promote labor peace; Dilemma - Twenty Million Surplus Japanese - Jesse Steiner on how the shrunken and crowded empire can avert the evils of overpopulation; Annapolis Logs 100 Years - photo-illustrated article; The Story of the Secret Agents of the OSS and of their work behind enemy lines - article with photos including Major General Donovan; The Appeal of Football; Fannie Farmer and her "Boston Cooking School Cookbook"; Festive photos of V.E. and V.J. Day celebrations around New York; Hitler's rumor-shrouded end leads to this article, Living Myths About 'Dead' Men; Honorable League of Southpaws; Color half-page Super Suds ad features Mrs. Bess Resemini; Great one-page color fashion ad for Botany features dame with huge black hat and ghetto kids in background; Children paint as they feel; Five fashion photos of long elegant dresses; Old Dutch one-page ad features color photo of Mrs. Russell Howard of La Grange IL, Mrs. Victor Martin of Gary IN, and Mrs. C. Dachenbach of Milwaukee, WI; and more. Average external wear and soiling. Unmarked. Moderate age-toning to paper. A sound copy of this vintage WWII-era issue. Book
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Ferree, Barr; Northend, M.; Londer, S.; Boyer, J.; De Martin, R.; Sythe, D; et al
American Homes and Gardens Magazine, September (Sept.) 1908, Volume V, No. 9 - The House of A.C. Bartlett, Esq., Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Pages 337-374 plus xvi pages of great vintage ads. Many great black and white photos. Features: The House of A.C. Bartlett, Esq., Lake Geneva, Wisconsin; Raffia in the Normal School; The Endicott Garden at Danvers, MA; A French Rhea (a South American bird related to the emu and ostrich) and Cassowary Farm; A Flock of Highland Sheep Homeward Bound - wonderful two-page photo of a large flock being driven down a road by two farmers; A Residential Park near Philadelphia - "Stoke Pogis," at Villanova, PA; The Bark Cabin - durable, attractive and inexpensive summer homes; "The Terraces" - the Summer Residence of Edward Vassallo Hartford, at Deal, NJ; One-page ad for Chickering Pianos; Sensational back cover color ad for the 1909 line of Pierce Arrow cars features wealthy couple in car with butler, tennis jock and young couple standing beside car; and more. Printed on glossy stock. Complete and unmarked with average wear. Some pages loose but all present. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
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Multiple Contributors
Esquimalt Secondary School 1995 / 1996 (94-96) Yearbook
136 pages. Loaded with photos in colour and black and white. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A high-quality copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Oak Leaves (Oakleaves) 1998 ('98): Yearbook of Oak Bay High School, Victoria, B.C.
208 pages. Loaded with photos in colour and black and white. Clean and bright with light wear. Autographs inside front board. A quality copy. Book
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Regehr, T. D
For Everything A Season: A History of the Alexanderkrone Zentralschule
161 pages. Bibliography. Index. Reproductions of black and white photos. "A chapter of twentieth century late tsarist and early Soviet living and learning. Presents a facet of the Russian Mennonite experience previously unknown." - from dust jacket. Gift greetings atop front free endpaper, otherwise as new. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy. Book
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Bryant, Arthur; Squire, Sir John; Falls, Cyril; et al
The Illustrated London News, August (Aug.) 17, 1946: Trouble in Palestine / Atomic Bom Photos from Bikini
Pages 170- 196. Features: Cover photo of huge illegal arms cache discovered in sealed cellars beneath a school in Tel Aviv; Two fascinating pages of photos of troubles in Palestine - curfew scenes, illegal arms, and illegal immigrants; A crime which shocked the world - photo of the King David Hotel explosion taken two seconds after the detonation of explosives laid in the basement by Jewish terrorists of the Irgun Zvai Leumi organization; Seven photos document the collision of the 'American Farmer' with the American steamer 'William J. Riddle', and the aftermath; Page of historic maps of Russia; Photos of personalities of the week include The King, the Princesses, Capt. Millers, chief officer J. E. Millers, M. Recep Peker, Lord Tedder, and Maj. Gen. H. E. Rance; Article entitled Norway and her Neighbours; Page of photos document H.M.S. Colossus being loaned to France; Two large aerial photos of Eastbourne - a target for Britain's postwar year holidaymakers; Amazing two page panoramic photo of the first Bikini atom bomb exploded in the air, showing many target warships blazing at their lagoon anchorage; Incredible centrefold photo of the underwater atomic bomb test at Bikini; Two pages of photos of Princess Elizabeth being invested as a Bard in Dufferin Park, Glamorgan; Photos of latest discoveries at the Low Ham Roman bath; Page of photos of personalities at the Paris peace conference; Two pages of Elizabethan silver gilt fruit dishes of unique beauty, acquired for the V. and A. Collection; Photo of Winston Churchill in his study at Chartwell; Fascinating and historic photo of wall map used by Gen. Eisenhower for the D-Day operations; Colour back cover add for the Lanchester 10 car. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Speers, Bertha M.
A Cameo of the West - a story of the Pioneers of the Present Namao School District No. (Number) 24 (Twenty-Four)
363 pages. Black and white photographic plates. 15" x 9" legal base map of district laid inside front board. "A revised and much enlarged edition of the 1936 edition. First forty-five pages cover the Sturgeon Namao areas, homesteading, transportation, mining, Carbondale, local government, district churches, schools, and recreation. Balance of book devoted to bibliographies/family histories from 1879 to 1955." - Krotki (2) 941. Gift greetings upon front free endpaper otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this very informative genealogical reference. Book
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Walsh, Andrea N. (Editor)
Nk'Mip Chronicles: Art from the Inkameep Day School
64 pages. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Documents the art and history of the Inkameep Day School, which served the Osoyoos Indian Band in British Columbia. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Unread. An excellent copy. Book
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Lesyk, Elsie
Wings Over Dauphin: A History of a Forgotten Era
vii, 107 pages. Black and white reproductions of photos. Documents the history of No. 10 Service Flying Training School and No. 7 Bombing and Gunnery School which were hubs of Allied training activity near Dauphin, Manitoba during the second world war. Gift greetings upon front free endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked with lightest wear. A quality copy of this important record. Book
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Alix-Clive Historical Club
Gleanings After Pioneers and Progress
vi, 309 pages. Index. Many photos in colour and black and white. Navy blue boards adorned with attractive gilt decoration and lettering. A supplement to "Pioneers and Progress", published in 1974. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Binding tight. A high-quality copy of this excellent genealogical reference. Book
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Von Mises, Ludwig
Human Action: A Treatise on Economics
xv, 889 pp. Index. A comprehensive and systematic treatise on economics, social philosophy, and the social sciences. A survey of the science of human action, its epistemology, its theories derived by reasoning logically from a priori axioms, and their application to specific economic phenomena. A rewritten version of Nationalokonomie, Theorie des Handelns und Wirtschaftens, published in 1940. Usual library markings. Ink markings to page 265. Above-average wear to grey boards. Binding intact. A worthy first printing example of this, the author's masterwork. Greaves & McGee B-16. Hutchinson 351. Fundaburk 1806. Book
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Miller, Chelsea; Matlock, Ann; Holmes, Jacqui; Gedeon, Lucinda H.; Price, Sandra; Harris, Patricia; Lyon, David
Fiberarts - The Magazine of Textiles, March / April (Mar. / Apr.) 1991, Vol. 17, No. 5 - Special Fiber Education Issue
72 pages. Features: Fiber education in the 1990s; The Craft School experience; Travel as education; The master/apprentice relationship; The unseen made visible; Made in Japan; Gerhardt Knodel; Victoria Z. Rivers; Lida Gordon; Marla Brill; Jilli Blackwood; Pamela Studstill; Judy Hubbard; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Sandelin, Bo
The History of Swedish Economic Thought (Routledge History of Economic Thought Series)
v, 248 pages. Index. References. Chapters include: Introduction; Before Economics; David Davidson - the transition to neoclassical economics; Knut Wicksell - neoclassicist and iconoclast; Gustav Cassel - popularizer and enigmatic Walrasian; Eli F. Heckscher - the economic historian as economist; The Stockholm School and the development of dynamic method; Beyond the Stockholm School. Moderate wear. Minimal library markings. Binding tight. A sound copy. Book
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Czery, Carl; et al
1918 School Examinations - Higher Division, List C (Pianoforte Music)
22 pages. "Studies and pieces for the pianoforte contained in the syllabus of the Associated Board and the Royal College of Music for Local Examinations in Music 1918" - from first page. Includes works of moderate difficulty by Czerny, Mozart, Chopin and Ford. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Sheet music
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Newman, Peter C.; Bremer, John; Bruce, Harry; MacLennan, Hugh; Gault, John; Nowlan, Alden; et al
Maclean's, Canada's National Magazine, September (Sept.) 1974 - Bobby Hull Cover Photo
88 pages. Features: Nice cover photo of Bobby Hull doing Russian dance; Jack Gallagher's new Canada Party; Critique of our school system; The Way We Were at Mount Allison; The Splendid Thompson River; Billy Harris' Mission to Moscow; Paperback Hero - Dan Ross of East Riverside, NB has written 234 successful novels in the past 13 years; The Hatches of Alberta - in praise of Victor and Susan Hatch and their 12 children; What the Ministry of Transport did to Harry Kohne and neighbours in Richmond, BC; Therese Casgrain - enfant terrible at 78; The Joy of Fidelity; Inca Ruins in Legendary Peru; Sensational two-page CBC TV ad entitled "First Choice" features colour illustrations of their dozens of popular TV personalities of the day; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Contest blank clipped from page 81. Missing pages 27-28 which included part of the Thompson River story and (probably) a photo of Billy Harris, otherwise a sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Van Gaasbeek, Richard M.
Wooden Boat and Shipbuilding: The Fundamental Principles and Practical Methods Described in Detail
238 pages. Index. Extensively illustrated with black and white photos and diagrams. Charts and tables. A wartime text "especially written for carpenters and other woodworkers who desire to engage in boat or ship building, and as a textbook for schools." - subtitle. Amazingly, a prior owner has neatly handwritten over twenty pages of pertinent notes on and near front and back endpaper! Some additional markings to contents. Binding intact. Somewhat above-average external wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Schumpeter, Joseph A. [Signed]
Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy
Boldly signed and dated, without inscription, by Schumpeter upon front free endpaper. A revision of the 1942 first edition with new material appraising the social changes wrought by WWII. xiv, 411 pp. Index. Bookplate of Leo Kramer inside front board. In these emergent days of AI, robotics and blockchain technology, Schumpeter's concept of creative destruction, introduced in this work, has never rung more true. A 2016 study by Professor Elliott Green determined this book to be the third most frequently cited work in the social sciences published before 1950, according to Google Scholar. Swedberg chapter 7, Blaug p.216, Pressman p.161, Fundaburk 9545, Hutchinson 735. Book
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Steed, Nicholas; Ross, Alexander; Romahn, Jim; Callwood, June; et al
Maclean's Magazine, February (Feb.) 1967, Volume 80, Number 2: The Caribbean - Our New Future
84 pages. Features: John Gerald Benson - Banana Doctor; China's handmade "Red Flag" luxury auto - only 400 exist; Mistaseni Rock is blown to bits behind the future site of the Gardiner Dam; The Caribbean - our sunny new frontier; Canadians in the Caribbean - they've found their own personal paradise; The pleasures of paradise in the Caribbean; Dalton Camp - the man who finally belled the cat; Big-Money Cattle - Holsteins have been taken over by the jet set; Comeback for the one-room school?; Could India Feed Us?; The Lonely death of Charlie Wenjack; Edna - where are you?; The Eccentric oracle of Barrett's Landing, Nova Scotia; Full-page Volvo car ad; Canadiana - Gerald Stevens' column; Great full-page colour photo ad for the '67 Buick Skylark; Wonderful colour ad for Smirnoff Vodka featuring Zsa-Zsa Gabor wearing lots of diamonds. Unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
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Sunalta Junior High School Yearbook Committee
The Vista 57-58 (1957-1958): Yearbook of Sunalta Junior (Jr.) High School, Calgary, Alberta
Approximately 48 one-side pages. Includes photos and biographies, activities, literary and sports. Average wear. Unmarked. Clipping from front cover has been patched. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Yearbook Committee
The Three Feathers Annual 1960-61 (1961) - Yearbook of Prince of Wales Secondary School, Vancouver, B.C.
80 pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of photos. Many autographs and inscriptions throughout. Above-average wear with small patch to fore-edge of front cover. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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Portland Cement Association
Concrete Schoolhouses
24 page stapled booklet promoting the construction of schools from concrete, primarily for their fire resistance. Approximately half text and half black and white photos of splendid examples of concrete school design including: Durant School, Oakland, CA; Jefferson School, Salt Lake City; Washington High School, Milwaukee; Culver City Grammar School; Morgan Park Public School, Duluth; Public School, Mineville, NY; Lockwood School, Oakland, CA; Emerson School, Oakland, CA; Oklahoma City High School; Central School Building, Lake Charles, LA; East Side High School, Salt Lake City; Technical High School, Oakland, CA; Watsonville, CA High School; Lincoln Public School, Summit, NJ; and more. Architects of these schools include: John J. Donovan; Van Ryn & DeGelleke; Oliver P. Dennis; Kelly & WILLIAMS: Layton, Smith & Forsyyth; W.J. Jennings; and more. Back cover suggests a printing date of 1921. Our research suggests this may be a reprint. Attractive cover photo of the precast concrete stone entrance of the Healdsburg, CA High School, William H. Weeks, Architect. Average wear. Center page loose but present. Tiny tick mark on front cover otherwise unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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Kimball, Fiske; Higgins, Daniel; Young, J.H.; Pawley, Arden; Schnitman, L. Seth; et al
The Architectural Record (Magazine), June 1932, Vol 71, No. 6 - Frank Lloyd Wright / Theaters
Pages 365-438 plus 68 pages of ads. Printed upon glossy stock. Black and white photography throughout. Features: Hotel De Ville at Loches, France (Illustration); Builder and Poet - Frank Lloyd Wright - Review of his Autobiography; Night Views of New York City; The Juilliard School of Music - article and cover photo; Firm Specifications; Portfolio of Current Architecture; An Innovation in Steel Flooring; Theater Designs for Rockefeller Center; Portfolio of Theaters; Dozens of sensational full-page illustrated ads; and much more. Minimal library markings. Average wear. External soiling. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Magazine
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Miller, Nory; Legner, Linda
Inland Architect, Chicago Chapter, American Institute of Architects (AIA), April (Apr.) 1973 - School Buildings, New and Old
26 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Features: Roosevelt University and its Adler & Sullivan Auditorium; Weese's Circle Campus Building; A St. Louis Prize-Winner - Parkway North Senior High School; Chicago's Disney Magnet School; Mies' Office Tries its hand at Two Inner-City High Schools - Dirk Lohan's Clemente High School and Orr High School; Harry M. Weese, FAIA, named president of Inland Architect Corporation; Passing of architect of Botho Schneider; News-brief on the compact new Rock Valley junior college facililties in Rockford, IL; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine
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Urbahn, Max. O.; Miller, Nory; Brukoff, Joyce Marshall; Legner, Linda
Inland Architect, Chicago Chapter, American Institute of Architects (AIA), June 1973 - Cover Photo in Edward Dart's Home
26 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Features: Four Architects and Their Homes - Edward Dart, Howard A. Rosenwinkel, John A. Holabird Jr. and Jack S. Baker; Law firm of Jenner and Block relocates to Mies van der Rohe's new IBM tower; The Chicago School Makes it to Munich; The Art of Signage; Can we create courtrooms for human use?; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine
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Miller, Nory; Leposky, George
Inland Architect, Chicago Chapter, American Institute of Architects (AIA), February (Feb.) 1974 - New Life for Downtown Peoria
26 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Features: Peoria says it's time to redo the '60s - the Demetriou plan for downtown; Skill and Caring - The Art of Richard Nickel; The Chicago School - on tour in Europe; Light researcher John Nash Ott - There's more to light than meets the eye - glass in architecture; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine
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Extreme; Cherone, Gary; Bettencourt, Nuno;
Extreme: Guitar Tab / Vocal Songbook
68 pages. Includes 4 pages of color photos of the band. Includes guitar tab and lyrics for these songs: Big Boys Don't Cry; Flesh'n Blood; Kid Ego; Little Girls; Mutha (Don't Wanna Go to School Today); Play With Me; Rock a Bye Bye; Smoke Signals; Teacher's Pet; Watching, Waiting; Wind Me Up. Unmarked. Above-average wear with several holes punched in front cover. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy of this great compilation. Book
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W.C.S. Cookbook Committee
A Collection of Recipes - Worcester Country School (Berlin, MD)
284 pages. Unmarked. Back cover missing, otherwise appear complete. Moderate wear. A sound copy of this pleasing compilation. Book
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Pajackowski, Anna: Editor
Through Open Doors with the Griffin: Student Yearbook of Bishop Ryan High School, Hamilton, Ontario, Volume 4, 1965
Approximately 100 pages profusely illustrated with reproductions of photos and ads for local businesses. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
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The Youngstown Women's Institute
Youngstown (Alberta) and District Pioneers
76 pages. Grainy black and white reproductions of archival photos. Map of district. Presents biographical details of numerous settlers of this rural Alberta region. Above-average wear and soiling. Lower corner of entire book was exposed to moisture, resulting in considerable staining and foxing. Fortunately, all text remains legible. Prior owner's details blacked out atop first blank page, otherwise unmarked. Binding intact. Not pretty but a worthy copy of this valuable genealogical reference. Krotki 1143. Book
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Edenwold Anniversary Committee
Where Aspens Whisper: (History of ) Edenwold, Saskatchewan
x, 326 pages. Index of family names. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Photo endpapers. Illustrated tan cloth-covered boards. Presents of history of this rural community, supplemented with almost 200 pages of family histories. Prior owner's name inside front cover. Moderate wear and soiling. Binding intact. A sound copy of this precious genealogical reference. Book
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Ferguson, Blair
Southwold Remembers... The Fingal Observer, No. 4 B & G School
iv, 132 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this informative WWII reference. Book
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Bench History Hustlers
Rippling Memories: Local History of Gull Lake, Saskatchewan and Vicinity
viii, [2], 654 pages. Index of family names. Many black and white reproductions of archival family photos. A wonderful genealogical guide to families of the Aldag, Bench, Golden Sheaf, String Butte, and Twin Buttes school districts in Saskatchewan. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
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Scott, Robert C. (Signed); Dorey, George (Introduction)
My Captain Oliver: A Story of Two Missionaries on the British Columbia Coast
Signed and inscribed by author atop map of the west coast on first leaf. xiv, 200 pages. Black and white photographic plates. The story of Captain William Oliver, as told by the man who replaced this pioneer of the Marine Work of the Methodist Church on the B.C. coast. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Book
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Varney, Harold L.; Oliver, Revilo P.; Muhlnbeck, Jack; Goff, Rev. Kenneth; Oyaas, Joann; Hearst, Allen L.
American Mercury Magazine, "To Bear Witness To The Truth", June 1960, Volume XC No. 437 - Castro's War on Cuban Capitalism / Is There Free Speech?
160 pages. Features: Castro's War on Capitalism in Cuba; Counting Heads - the first U.S. census was no easy job; Juvenile Integrity Starts in the Home; The Korean Myth - Misconceptions Americans have about Korea; 1960 Version of "The Little Red Hen"; Cold War in International Athletics - opposing Communist athletes intent on propaganda; The Tenth Man - baseball's most important player can be the groundskeeper; Facts Russia Does Not Tell; School Teaching Beats Working for a Living; The Truly Satisfying Life; The China Clipper; Who are the Metrocrats?; Listen to This; Honey - Nutritious Nostrum; Who Wants to Abolish the HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee)?; They Tamed the Wild Missouri River; Is There Free Speech?; The greatest Train Robbery; Walter, The Adaptable Weasel; A Kentucky Political Education; Don't Let your Shoulder Freeze; This Is Christianity - Young Korean Joon Gon Kim's Ministry to Communists; You Can Do Something; Those Modern Eskimos; A Return to Common Sense in Education - Pennsylvania teacher shuns methods that produce illiterate blockheads; The Organization Mother; January-June 1960 Index. Back cover Flag Day coverage features lovely photo of youngsters Kay and Tony of the Dario Politella family of Lindenhurst, Long Island. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Mayse, Arthur; Lawson, Arthur; et al
Country Gentleman, The Magazine for Better Farming, Better Living - April (Apr.) 1951: Meat-Making "Wonder" Drugs
172 pages. Features: Meat-Making "Wonder" Drugs; You ought to have a pond; "No-Hands" feed handling; Green and growing all year; If your power goes off; Get more alfalfa seed; The school that brought a town to life; Farm-welded work savers; High-yield, hot-weather pasture; Getting the best feed for your flock; 'Paving' with grass; For more seed use strong bee colonies; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Magazine
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Rich, Louise Dickinson; Richards, Robert; Cave, Hugh B.
Country Gentleman - The Magazine for Better Farming, Better Living - September (Sept.) 1950: Are Our Farms Ready for All-Out War?
164 pages. Features: Are our farms ready for all-out war?; Fertilize the year before; Better pigs with less risk; Food to build health; Highways are 'buy-paths' to the farm; Is the country school doomed? - folks at Winneconne, WI may have an answer; The sage gives way to grass in Utah; Built for the purpose; A new England farm is born again - the farm of Weikko Holopainen in Hubbardston, Worcester County, MA; and more. Small clipping from ad on page 116. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Knox, Joe; Young, Ben T.; Et Al
Country Gentleman - America's Foremost Rural Magazine, March (Mar.) 1949 - The Newtons of Pleasant Hill Farm
200 pages. Features: Easing the farmer's oldest pain - rheumatism; The Newtons of Pleasant Hill Farm - nice color photos with article about the Park and Ruth Newton family farm near St. Albans, Vermont; Housing for big litters; Less feed, more chicken; Young settlers on the plains - eager veterans have begun farming at Mirage Flats in northwestern Nebraska; What is a good Angus?; Better plant a few nut trees; Mountain school that trains leaders - School of the Ozarks; Wagon ideas to save work; The war against Aftosa; Managing farm finances; Little Johnny Appleseed - Bob Anderson of Van Buren County, Michigan; Shell agricultural laboratory near Modesto, CA; You can help with the mail; Rural art center with over 400 members at Cheltenham Township, PA; and more. Ads: Texaco ad includes Mr. James West of Pomona, CA and his innovative orchard sprayer; B.F. Goodrich ad with large photo at the John and Joseph Mueller farm northeast of Belleville, IL; G.E. radios; Oldsmobile; Kaiser cars (color); Jeep; Chevrolet cars; Gibson Model "E" tractor; New Holland hay equipment (2 pages with photo of Irvin R. Yoder, Belleville, PA); Ford truck ad features Douglas Burden and Florida's Sea World; New York Stock Exchange one-page photo ad features the Louis B. Eckelkamp family of Villa Ridge, MO; Case tractors; Hudson cars (nice 2-page color ad); Hedy Lamarr in Auto-Lite ad; Nice color-photo 1-page John Deere tractor ad; Buick (2 pgs); Ford Tractor (2 pgs); Massey-Harris tractors; Life Insurance ad features the Hinton family of East Peoria, IL, with parents Don and Pauline; Allis-Chalmers Roto-Baler; Minneapolis-Moline Model "Z" tractor; Small photo ad for Harley-Davidson with the Hydra-Glide fork; 1949 Studebaker cars (color photos); Color-photo Camel cigaratte ad on back cover says "More doctors smoke Camel than any other cigarette". Unmarked with average wear. Several middle pages loose but present, otherwise a sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Pollack, Jill; Richardson, Letia; et al
First Class: Four Graduates From The Vancouver School of Decorative And Applied Arts, 1929 - Exhibition Catalogue
48 pages. Artist chronologies. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Floating Curatorial Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., September 10 - October 24, 1987, featuring works of Lilias Farley, Irene Hoffar Reid, Beatrice Lennie and Vera Weatherbie. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Corner of front cover clipped, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
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Bauche, Emile; et al
Log Home Guide (Magazine) - For Builders and Buyers, Winter 1984, Volume 7, No. 1 - Canadian-Japanese Connections
222 pages. Features: 8,200 sf geothermally-heated log mountain retreat; The 'Do it With Logs' design contest; Canadian - Japanese connections - log building school; High altitude builders; Energy - how does the log stack up; The 1984 hand-hewn log home company directory; Schools, teachers and associations; Dealer directory; and much more. Few library markings. Above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy. Book
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Lanchester, Waldo S.; Field, Michael; Downie, Graham
Danzey Green Windmill: Cout-out Model Kit
8 pages. Complete kit to build a model of this fascinating windmill. Includes background information, suggested books to read, and detailed instructions. Oblong 9.5" x 12.25". Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
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Heathorn, Stephen
For Home, Country, and Race: Constructing Gender, Class, and Englishness in the Elementary School, 1880-1914 (Studies in Gender and History)
300 pages. Footnotes. Bibliography. Index. "The crucial role of compulsory schooling in the fostering of national identities is dynamically demonstrated in this study of the English elementary school system at the turn of the century. Analyzes how a specific ideal of English national heritage was consciously nurtured by the professionalizing educational establishment of the period. Implicit in this ideal was an ideology that reinforced gender, class, and race distinction." - dust jacket. Book very clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Light wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A nice copy. Book
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Moon, Barb.; Metcalfe, R.; Richler, Mordecai; Szulner, Eva; Hutton, E.; Nash, K.; Gray, J.; Bruce, H.; Et al
Maclean's, Canada's National Magazine, October (Oct.) 7, 1951 - Radiation Death of Louis Slotin / Mordecai Richler Novella
110 pages. Features: Prudential ad inside front cover features fantastic one-page illustration of Lionel Conacher being carried by his Toronto Argonaut teammates after they beat the Edmonton Eskimos to win the Grey Cup in 1921; Four Canadians plan a trip to mountain climb in the Himalayas - Sev Heiberg et al; Editorial discusses propaganda vis-a-vis the Berlin Crisis; Nuclear Researcher Louis Slotin - A Tiny Slip, A Terrible Death; Falconry in the Suburbs - Frank Beebe of Vancouver Island; It's Harder to Be Anybody - novella by Mordechai Richler; For ten days Eva Szulner was den mother to 24 child geniuses from Oak Park Junior High School in East York; Judson Lowther kills his wife Alice and the hired man, Brandon Isaacs, he found her with near Cremona, Alberta; Prime Minister R.B. Bennett was almost as an important event in Canadian history as the Great Depression itself; Japan's Tragic Solution to the Population Crisis - two milliion abortions per year; How Seven Families Really Got Away From it All - a handful of Americans, mostly Quakers, raise their families in Argenta in the Lardeau Valley of B.C.'s West Kootenays; The License to Defraud in Charity's Name - the 6,800 tax-exempt corporations in Canada are scantily investigated; Colour-photo B.O.A.C. one-page ad shows Bhikku (priest) near the Emerald Buddha Temple in Bangkok; Photos of the dust-blow 1930s; One-page black and white photo ad for Trans-Canada Airlines features cute young girl Karen; Howard Green - Vancouver Lawyer and parliamentary veteran; and more. Please note: missing pages 9-12 and 67-70, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
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