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199356 pages. Features: Christmas Past - Maritime traditions with a touch of Dickens; Making fun of the hero of the Plains of Abraham; The fate of Tecumseh - learning from 'war crimes' and the lesson of 5 October 1813; Fifth Column crisis - war jitters on the home front, 1940; Canada's forgotten railway tycoon - Charles Melville Hays; Feasting with the North Westers at Old Fort William. Clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Lovely copy. Book
1999"Mr. Frumble is so full of Christmas cheer that he decides to go straight to the North Pole to offer Santa some help." - from back board. A typically excellent Richard Scarry book. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
1993116 pages. Index. Nice colour photography throughout. "Encourages the use of garden and store-bought herbs, along with natural materials gathered from fields and woods." - from dust jacket. Book clean, bright and unmarked with lightest wear. Light wear and closed tear to attractive dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Nice copy. Book
1997144 pages. Index. "Combines the best of The Gooseberry Patch Christmas books into one deluxe volume, complete with whimsical watercolors and charming illustrations. Hundreds of time-honored recipes from treasured family collections make this a resource you'll turn to again and again, during the holidays and throughout the year." - from dust jacket. Unread. Remainder dot upon bottom edge of text else As New. Book
1964Features/Photos: 73,000 cross into East Berlin for Christmas; The Lakonia Disaster; End of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; Rock art of the Australian Aborigines in Northern New South Wales; Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Today I, II, III and IV; Mikhail Andreevich Suslov; Photo of elephant hindquarters; Crossing the Mekong Delta upon a Water Buffalo's back; Jim Clark-World Champion - Esso Oil Ad.; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
1961Features/Photos: Full-page colour advert for the Austin Seven; Pet West African Otter; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Quality copy. Magazine
1949Stories: Our pilgrimage to Badrinath; The sheriff learns a lesson; the headless man; Bill of the desert; Between ourselves; McKellar's medallion; the Black Knight; Happy Jack; Bushman's Holiday; Copper Palaver; The Passing of a Ju-Ju; Through the Congo to Natal; The Taming of Gamu. Front cover detached. Above-average wear. Book
1947Stories: The Christmas Tree Derby; The Last of the Conquistadores; Solving Five Thousand Mysteries; Climbing under a Mountain; Searching for Smith; The Land of Mud Castles; South Sea Sugar; We Covered the Water-Front; Shark Hunting; The Spell; Mystery Moths; The Pursuit of the Breelong Blacks. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Book
1939Stories: The Hunting of Bad Young Man; A Doctor In Korea; British Columbia Loggers; The Ways of Crocodiles; The Man Who Blundered; Down Channel; The Thieves Market; Our Treasure Hunt; The Odyssey of Idle Hour; To the Congo Volcanoes; White Man's Magic; The Uninvited Guest; Old Silas; A Bush Christmas. Prior owner's name upon front cover. Average wear. Covers separated from textblock but present. Book
1937Stories: The Ice Jam; The Manila Fireflies; Squaw Mike; Crashing into Burma; The Wheat Stealers; What Happened to the Bullion Box; One Christmas Day; The Railroad Boomer; There She Blows!; Rounded-up Wild Elephants; Tracking Down Hot Oil; Witchcraft; A Ride for 1000 Pounds; On Patrol with the B.P.P. Average wear. Book
1937Stories: Adventures in Bunk; The Daybreak Raid; Live Wires; A Man-Hunt in Jamaica; The Lizard-Master; The Last of the Seris; Prospecting in Peru; Down the Mine; A Call in the Night; A Grips with the Head Hunters; Death in the Air; That Christmas Dinner; Pay-Day at Anna Regina. Average wear. Covers present but separated from textblock. Book
193748 pages. Great Christmas reader for primary students. Cheerily illustrated in colour throughout. School stamps inside each cover else unmarked. One-inch opening to title page at base of spine. Average wear. Binding intact. Sound copy of this charming work. Book
1900Scenes of fighting in Natal. The seige of Ladysmith. Scenes at the front. Scenes near Estcourt, Natal. New South Wales Contingent departs for action aboard the 'Aberdeen' (photo). The "Medic" departs Fort Melbourne Pier for the Cape with Victorian and Tasmanian Contingents (photo). Bringing Boer Prisoners into Ladysmith (illustration). 16 Photos of Casualties at the front. Photo of the Canadian contingent passing up Adderly St., Cape Town. Photo of the Bluejackets of H.M.S. "Terrible" with 4.7" gun. Centerfold illustration entitled "The Transvaal War: The Loss of Our Guns at the Tugela River". The Khalifa's last stand at Umdebereikat, in Kordofan. The Battle of Abu Aada. Full-page Monkey Brand Soap advertisement. Photo of four officers of the Dublin Fusiliers. A jubilee group of colonials - photo. Quaker Oats ad upon back cover. Moisture exposure at edges has resulted in light staining and waviness. Average wear. Book
1900Extensive coverage of the Transvaal (Boer) War. Photos include: The Late Duke of Teck, The "A.M.R." Festival at the Royal Albert Hall, Several Photos with Lord Methuen's Force, General Gatacre's Base Camp at Queenstown, The Company of the Bloomsbury Rifles, Farewell Dinner for the C.I.V., Passing of John Ruskin, The Cheshire Regiment. Illustrations include: General Lord Methuen Directing the Battle of Magersfontein, A Boer Trench at Magersfontein, Spearman's Farm, Christening "Joe Chamberlain" (a 4.7" gun), the British Retirement on Molteno, General White congratulates the Natal Volunteers, Night-Signalling from an armoured train outside Ladysmith, The Siege of Ladysmith, Melton Prior's Sketch of the Bombardment of Ladysmith(Centerfold). Moisture exposure at edges has resulted in light staining and waviness. Average wear. Binding intact. Book
1916Numerous black and white photographs. "...Framed with the object of producing an account of the great contest now in progress, which shall be at once popular and authoritative... An account written by men of great experience in political, military, and naval matters... Will contain a great deal of first-hand material which will be really valuable to historians of the future." - From Preface. Contents: Chapter CXXXII - The Churches and the Armies. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Sound copy. Magazine
197180 pages. Features: Young Narwhal; Mississauga COPS; They Got Their... Ghost?; A Crude Mace in Surrey, B.C.; "Ursus Horribilis"; Rogue Sheep Killer: A Story of K Troop 1959; Poetic Justice; Derek Thomas Ivany; The "Pierce" Touch; Barrage of Bullets in Nanaimo; Barbados Drug Seminars; A Page From the Old West; "Thank-You" Christmas Card - Jasper National Park; Ingenuity Pays Off; and much more. Moderate wear. Prior owner's details blacked out upon title page else unmarked. Sound copy. Book
1988Features: Ginger Goodwin - Hero or Martyr?; Historic Newcastle Island; The Christmas Day Murders - in the Klondike; The Lost Lemon Mine; Captain Ainsworth. Clean, bright and unmarked. Book
1985100 pages. Features: LeBaron collection of Canadiana, folk art; Christmas at Dundurn; Ceremonial horse furniture among the Blackfoot; Coffee, Candles and Cognac - Filling the 1890s inventory at Fort St. James; Coopering at Fort Langley; Mission Churches in British Columbia; Spanish Nootka - prints and drawings record B.C.'s first permanent garrison; Hudson Bay Company country-made furniture on the Pacific Slope; Chilkat Dancing Blankets; Mowachaht - a manuscript reports on the people Cook mis-named Nootka; Craigflower Manor near Victoria; B.C. Woman Artists 1885-1985; U'Mista Cultural Centre; Rungius - Painter of Wildlife; Cots, cradles and sleeping benches in the Hutterite home; Master Cabinetmaker - Gregory Brown of Sidney, B.C. Moderate wear. Mended tears to fore-edge of front cover. Sound copy. Book
198271 pages. Features: Conception Bay Furniture Maker - Henry William Winter; China for Children - Christmas gifts of other days were often replicas of adult tableware; Silver by any other name - Sheffield Plate, Electroplate, Paktong, German Silver, Britannia or britannia?; Chinese Pictorial Tapestries - Fine examples of k'o-ssu, a silk-weaving technique, in the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria; Collecting Glass Target Balls; Game Equipment - the games people play have a long and intriquing history; Restoration and Renovation IV - Reflections on Past Interior Decor; Appraising Your Heirlooms; Nutmeg Graters; The Macdonell House - Nor-Wester's Georgian House on the Ottawa contains elaborate decorative plaster. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
1981Features: Green Santas, Plum Pudding and Spritzen - Swiss, German, British and Ukrainian Christmas traditions are all current in Waterloo County, Ontario; Historic Houses re-create the Victorian Christmas; Signposts for Collectors VI - Canadian Presentation Pieces and Awards of Merit; Appraisals - how much is it worth? to whom? for what purpose?; Saints and Angels, Kings and Prophets - stained glass in Trinity College, University of Toronto; Railway Tickets - a new source of collectibles. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
1974Features: High Victorian Design; The John A. Macdonald Album; The Jacques and Hay Style? - Canadian Cabinet makers and Victorian Style; A Rare Canadiana Discovery - St. Johns Porcelain Bust; Victoria Hall - Preservation in Cobourgh; Hair Receivers - Those little jars with a hole in the top; The International Silver Company - Silverplate in Canada; Bringing Home Britain - for the collector abroad; Canada's Victorian Christmas Cards; Beadwork Whimsies; Papier Mache. Nice clean copy. Magazine
1973Features: Adventure Training for Army Cadets - Summer Challenge; Drop-out Kings - over 35,000 pounds of JP-1 aviation fuel delivered to the North Magnetic Pole; My First Jump - photographer becomes paratrooper; Fencing; La Citadelle - changing the guard in Quebec City; Last of the Few - Battle of Britain Pilot, Col. B.E. 'Bev' Christmas retures; Rockliffe Roll-out - the national aeronautical collection; CMR at Saint-Cyr - officer cadets visit France. Quality copy. Book
1969Features: Cadets climb mountains (7 pages); 405 Squadron takes anti-submarine trophy; Militia take to the field at Camp Dube; Interesting collections and hobbies at La Macaza; How are you with the Press?; Annual Art Competition; They shall never forget - Shelburn and the other escape organizations set up throughout Western Europe; A North Atlantic Christmas - MWO J.L. Wilson. Sound copy. Magazine
1971Features: Christmas and the Rockhound; Christmas Decorative; Center for Advanced Gem Studies; Last Chance Fossil Beds; Diamond Knowledge; I Bought a Bottle of Opal; Geodes; Tennessee Geodes; Its Pointsettia Time; Rockhounding in Lime Gulch; A Rockhound's Christmas Tale; Tools of the Trade; A Lapidary Christmas Tree. Somewhat above-average wear. Date stamp upon front cover. Sound reference copy. Magazine
1977Features: The Beauty of Gemstone Intarsia (cover art); A Two-Finger Ring; The Spirit of The Southwest in Intarsia; Cold Dopping; A Rockhound's Christmas; Polishing Jade; The Handbook of Flat Lapping, Part 2; A Design Problem and Solution; Easy-to-do Cocktail Forks; Designing Jewelry - Part 11; Faceting for Beginners - Part 7; A Start Cut for Christmas; The Chivor Emerald Mines; La Turmalina De senor Dominguez; California is Quicksilver Country - Prospecting for Mercury. Somewhat above-average wear. Sound working copy. Date stamp upon front cover. Book
