1997443 pages including index. Shows that investment restrictions, for instance, the limitation that foreign firms may own no more than 25 percent of an American telecommunications firm that is a licensee of the radio spectrum - no longer serve their national security purpose (if they ever did). Instead, they deny American consumers the benefits of lower prices and more robust innovation that would follow from the full participation of the world's largest telecommunications firms in the U.S. market. Minimal wear. Unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
1990148 pages. An instruction manual developed to assist members of the public who wish to use the system to maximum effect, and change it where it is deficient. Contains information which shows how to give input concerning the use of British Columbia's forest resource by: providing a 'roadmap' to the Ministry of Forests; listing important parts of forest legislation and regulations; reviewing the policies that guide the MOF decisions and actions; Showing what types of decisions are made about the forest resource; and much more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Nice copy. Book
1979261 pages including index. Told for the first time, here are the stories of twelve of Canada's outstanding labour leaders and organizers. Their accounts tell the behind-the-scenes story of some of the key events in twentieth-century Canadian history from the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, the 1935 On-to-Ottawa trek of the unemployed which played a major role in the defeat of Tory prime minister R.B. Bennett and the 1945 Ford strike in Windsor which consolidated the rights of big industrial unions through to the 1972 Common Front of Quebec's public sector workers. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding solid. Book
1972532 pages including bibliography and index. The first full-scale study of the history of the Civil Service Commission of Canada, an organization launched on a wave of civil service reform to uphold the merit principle of selection. Culminates in the 1967 legislation which reshaped personnel policy in the federal bureaucracy and set the Public Service Commission on its contemporary path. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Solid copy. Book
1998115 pages including notes. Describes the tangled maze that is our tax system, explains how we got it, and offers a novel way to fix it. Clean, bright and umarked with negligible wear. Excellent copy. Book
1994470 pages. Index. "A superb piece of scholarship, admirable for its integrity and painstaking research. Provides the fresh air of reason in a national debate too often marked by acrimony and prejudice." - Tom Clancy. Light wear. Usual library markings. Nice clean copy with minor lean to spine. Book
1991Multi-paginated. 5/8 inches thick. Index. "Clarifies the crucial issues in adoption." - Betty Jean Lifton, Ph.D. Usual library markings. Heavy wear. Still a worthy reference copy. Book
1988Features: Marine mirages; The anemonefishes of the Indo-Pacific; Ancient ocean rocks - high in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains; The dolphins of San Pedro Channel; Shipwreck legislation - legality vs. morality; Underwater pharmacy; Simon Lake and his diving boat. Nice copy. Book
2002645 pages. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Moderate lean to spine. A quality working copy. Book
1953Contents include: Organization and methods of collecting and compiling the returns of the 1951 Census with background information on history, purpose and legislation. The 1951 census, held two years after Newfoundland became part of Canada, marked Canada's first census as a nation of ten provinces and two territories. The content of the population and household questionnaire covered name, sex, age, marital status, relationship to "head" of household, and the structural type and tenure of dwelling. This census also provided information for small areas such as counties, municipalities, cities, towns, etc. 291 pages. 11.25" x 9" x 0.8". 1.2 kg. Forest green buckram with gilt lettering upon backstrip. Usual library markings. Average wear. Binding sound. Quality copy. Book
1891259 pages plus advertisements. Several fold-out charts. Index. Contents include: The United States 1792-1873; The Silver Period, 1792-1834; Cause of the Change in the Relative Values of Gold and Silver, 1780-1820; Change of the Legal Ratio by the Act of 1834; The Gold Discoveries and the Act of 1853; The Gold Standard, 1853-1873; The Late Fall in the Value of Silver; India and the East; Germany Displaces Silver with Gold; France and the Latin Union; Cause of the Late Fall in the Value of Silver; Silver Legislation in 1878; The Present Situation. Bookseller's ink stamp upon front free endpaper. Prior owner's signature, dated 1893, upon first blank leaf. Bit of writing upon title page. Binding tender but intact. Moderate loss to each end of gilt-lettered backstrip. Embossed decoration upon each pebbled brown board. A great reference, particularly for hard money advocates. Book
1899Pages 133-194. Printed on glossy stock. Numerous black and white photos. Features: Nice Prescott Pianos ad inside front cover; Down the King's Great Highway - A Sketch of Stratham - feature article with many photos; The Dreamer (poem); On Puget Sound - article with nice photos of early Seattle; Library Legislation in New Hampshire; What Lily-Bell Told (poem); Mr. Unlukikus Shoots; A Reminiscence (poem); A Look at the Old Farm; My Dream (poem); The Difference in Girls; The Wives of Weinsberg (poem); New Hampshire Necrology. Peripheral chipping. Contents in quality condition. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
2001306 pages. Index. Footnotes. Extensive bibliography. "Through detailed case studies of the conflicts over fish weirs on the Cowichan and Babine rivers, this work describes the evolving legal apparatus that dispossessed Aboriginal peoples of their fisheries... A timely legal and historical study of law as contested terrain in the legal capture of Aboriginal salmon fisheries in British Columbia." - from half-title page. Average wear. Frequent markings to contents, most in light pencil. Binding intact. A sound working copy. Book
1958Features: Cover photo of Caribou in the Yukon; Editorial - How to Disarm Citizens; Who's Got the Gat? - J. Warcup Morrison objects to being disarmed by Legislation; A New Look at Archery; Our Battle for Old Man Mose; The Windage Adjustable Rear Sights; The Bloodlust Hunters; How About a Houseboat?; The English Pointer; Rainbow Trout Answers; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1995112 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
1999Features: A view from St. John's - heritage conservation and cultural landscape; Fogo Island - last chance for authentic outport culture; Bonavista; Heritage Precinct or Parking Lot - options for a gateway to Canada's National Captain; Fund-Raising for Heritage Buildings - The Saint George's Experience; The Henry Ruckle Farm on Saltspring Island; U.S. introduces Historic Homeownership Assistance Act; Nova Scotians want lighthouses protected by legislation; Gabrielle Roy's House needs donations; Curtain rises again on Montreal's Corona Theatre. Bilingual English/French. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. An excellent copy. Book
193516 pages of nature pictures in rotogravure. Features: The Galapagos Islands One Hundred Years after Darwin; Wings of the Storm - gulls and cormorants in the north Atlantic; Kentucky Blue-Grass; Feathered New Yorkers; Puddlestone Gardens; Conservation - court decisions hep migratory birds; Progress in Roadside Legislation - the signboard debate; Covering Nature's Nakedness - a sacred duty - planting seedlings in Michigan; The Mourning Dove; Planets and Planetoids. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
2007118 pages. Colour illustrations. "The purpose of this report has been to synthesize and outline legislation in hopes of stimulating further public discussion and community action to ensure that adequate water resources are protected for present and future generations... While aimed at the Comox Valley, hopefully audiences across British Columbia and Canada will find it a useful reference guide or point of comparison to their own communities' water challenges." - from Executive Summary. Contents include: Introduction; Glossary; Water History and Regulation; Water Supply Systems in the Comox Valley; Suggestions and Sites; References. White label remnants upon clear front cover. Contents clean, bright and unmarked. Light wear. A quality copy. Book
201074 pages. Features: Julian Assange/Wikileaks Cover Photo; British Columbia - a rudderless ship of state - Gordon Campbell and Carole James depart; Christopher Hitchens in conversation with Noah Richler; Peter MacKay and Maxime Bernier - Why hasn't Stephen Harper slapped them down?; New federal sex registry legislation - will it help?; Mark Tijssen processes meat for his friends; Murder of Lori Dupont in Windsor; The Hutterite-firm advantage - pay no wages; Feature Article - Julian Assange - a man of many secrets; West Bank sees nearly double-digit growth; Sarkozy vs. the Press; Public sex on the rise in England; MuchMusic seeks to reinvent itself; John Taft of RBC helps rewrite U.S. finance law; Mike Holmes - profile; Dolphin and Whale stranding - due to severe to profound hearing loss?; Marjorie Anne Heinrichs 1956-2010; and more. Average wear. Address label clipped from front cover. Magazine
193748 pages. Contents: The President and Congress - Recovery Legislation at Stake: Mr. Roosevelt Stresses Long-Range Plans; Hill Worries Over Immediate Problems; Capital Press: Do Correspondents Believe What They See in the Papers?; Thanksgiving: Uncle Toby (Wilbur L. Cross) Contemplates the Flight of the Season; Mail Racket: Mr. (Jennings B.) Momsen Fools 14,000 - at $5 a Head; Mabel Shea: Mark Sullivan and F.D.R. Glorify an American Girl; (General Hugh S.) Johnson Boomerang: 'Greatest Phrasemaker' Silenced by Himself; Tupelo Law: City Limits Union Organizers; NLRB (National Labor Relations Board) Has a New Problem; A.F. of L. (American Federation of Labor) Loses: Labor Board Rules Out Edison Employes' Union; B.M.T. (Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corp.) Workers Fail to Escape Closed Shop; Haiti Appeals: President (Stenio) Vincent Gets Promise From Washington; Getulio Vargas Makes Brazil First American Fascist State; Climax in China: Victories Encourage Japan to Defy the Soviet; Chancelleries: Nazi Imperialists Now Aim at Vienna, Not Prague; Reds in Quebec: Premier (Maurice Le Noblet) Duplessis Starts a Clean-Up; Socialized Medicine, an Ideal, Disturbs Organized Medicine; Jersey Woman (Dr. Jean Broadhurst) Finds the Secret of Detecting Measles; Nobel Prize: Man (Dr. Clinton J. Davis) Who Helped 1924 Winner (Prince Louis-Victor Pierre Raymond de Broglie) Is Rewarded; Beaverbrook (William Maxwell "Max" Aitken): Prince of Press Comes Here to Breathe; Education: 44 Millions Get Together on the Subject of Johnny; Book Review: "This is My Story" by Anna Eleanor Roosevelt; The Wind Blows, Blows, and Blows Some More in "The Hurricane"; Ills of Merchant Marine Aided by (Maritime) Commission's Report: Lower Foreign Costs Make Federal Subsidies Necessary for Shipping; Farm Progam Hits Snags; Corn Causing Most Trouble; Housewives Strike: Object to Rapid Advance of Retail Food Prices; Utilities Lose: Compulsory Registration Upheld by Federal Court; Gold Flow: U.S. Loses a Few Million for First Time in 20 Months; and Perspective: Housing at Last? Full page colour anti-war advertisement for World Peaceways with mother lifting baby boy in the air "He's going to grow up to go to war? To be killed in action". Half page black/white Ol' Judge Robbins Cartoon Ad for Prince Albert Pipe Smoke. Binding intact. Small mailing label bottom front cover. Average wear. Contents clean and unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
198060 pages. Features: Volvo ad touts the 18.7 year life-expectancy of their cars; Another Chance for Joe Clark?; Sexy ad for Miami Beach; Profile Article on Rupert Murdoch; Dogsled racing in the Yukon - Paul Sheridan and Dick Eastmure; Yuri Luryi - 35 years on the trail of Raoul Wallenberg; There Could be Economic Civil War if Alberta Stops Sending Oil East; Discovery of 4,000-year-old civilization at the northern tip of Labrador; Celebrity photos of Nelson Skalbania, Stephen Yan (of Wok with Yan), the Frantic Follies, and composer-singer Carol Connors; Pope John Paul II visits the Philippines - article with photos; Indictment of the mullahs' rule in Iran; Rev. Ian Paisley in Ireland; Death threats to Teddy Kennedy aide Richard E. Burke; Canada may have been impacted by US nuclear bomb testing prior to Hiroshima; Government Loan Guarantee to Chrysler Canada; Bert and Irving Gerstein's Peoples Jewelers Ltd. purchases Zale Corp. of the U.S. - article with photo; Tony Tanti of the Oshawa Generals breaks Wayne Gretzky's OMJHL goal scoring record - article with photo; Feature article on actor Donald Sutherland; Gold medal for speed skater Gaetan Boucher; Archeological dig in Calgary's Nose Hill - excavations of the entrepreneurial kind; The Problems of Enforcing Seat Belt Legislation; Dance article on Lawrence Gradus and the Theatre Ballet of Canada; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1979244 pages. Subject and author indexes for all three volumes. "Contains the clearest and most uncompromising exposition of Professor Hayek's political philosopy yet published, in which he analyses and discards modern sociobiological theories of morality and social conduct, demonstrating that man's behaviour pattern has been determined more by custom than by the exercise of reason, and that mind and culture therefore developed concurrently and not successively." - dust jacket. Minimal light pencil marginalia to contents. Moderate wear to book. Binding tight. Spine sunning and average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy. Book
194584 pages. Features: Lovely cover photo of red fall leaves, lady in red sweater, and Irish setter; Colour Parker Pen ad inside front cover with illustration of man holding his Canadian military jacket; Is "Imperialism" Extinct?; photo of Mackenzie King welcoming General H.D.G. Crerar home at Ottawa Union Station; Photo of troopship and British liner "Stratheden" at Quebec City, with Chateau Frontenac in background; Colour country illustration for GSW kitchen appliances ad; Trans-Canada Telephone System one-page ad shows utility poles being installed; Outlook from Parliament Hill - jobs, housing, Dominion-Provincial Relations, Social Legislation, Canadian Flag, Trade; And the Heart Knows (short story); Glamour in Sheep's Clothing - photo-illustrated fashion article on sheepskin plastic; The Ram Remembers (short story); What's Ahead for the Veteran? - photo-illustrated article with photos of Manitoba farmer George Cowan, Norman Bowles, Bruce Gold, Gunner P.S. Burd and Petty Officer E. Buchle; Table for One (short story); The Hunt Ball Murder (short story); Man of the Month - Ernest Campbell MacMillan; Two-page two-colour ad for Victory bonds shows children Betty and Jim with lots of flags; One-page C-I-L ad illustrates their technical achievements; What Happened to the 50 old destroyers?; Nostalgic one-page ad for movie "Night in Paradise" starring Merle Oberon and Turhan Bey; Nice photo of Yvonne DeCarlo in Jergens Lotion ad; One-page colour ad announcing Waterman's Taperite pens; One-page post-war text ad by H.J. Heinz ad explains "How To Make Your Meet Supply Go Further";Two-colour Chevrolet centrefold ad features the Chevy logo; Portrait of Mrs. Ronald Colman in Tangee ad; Charming one-page colour Maxwell House coffee ad with illustration fall scene and dad installing storm windows; Signposts to Victory - when Canadian troops return home there will be a vigorous boost in the sign-writing industry - after all, they were so eager to practice that profession in Europe! (fun article); Half-page Westinghouse ad will illustration of Canada's largest radio and appliance plant in Hamilton; The Fraternity of the Wooden Leg - a support organization for amputees; One-page two-colour ad by the Wartime Prices and Trade Board entitled "Miracles of Make-Do" encourages Canadain women to conserve textiles by making baby clothes from discarded underwear and other unused woollen clothing; Arrid ad features photo of Gertrude Niesen; Colour-comic half-page Chase & Sanforn ad features Charlie McCarthy; Fashion illustrations; Singer Sewing Machine ad; Colour photo of Maria Montez in Woodbury Powder ad; Article on how to make new clothes from old; Nice colour ad for the 1946 Ford Sup;er Deluxe (maroone) inside back cover; Colour Marboleum floors ad on back cover; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A lovely vintage copy. Book
iv + 126 pages. Index. Sections include: On Sunday Observance Legislation; The Quebec Problem; Quebec Feels Under Attack; Lord's Day Alliance; Jews in a Christian Country?; The Community and the Select Committee; A Select Committee of the Commons; In the House of Commons; In Quebec. Unmarked with moderate wear. Moisture marks to fore-edge. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy. Book
1975141 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
