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19048 pages. A wonderful snap shot of life as it was on Vancouver Island 100 years ago. News of the day includes: The Russo-Japanese War; Trade with the Orient; News from Nanaimo and Ladysmith; B.C. Telephone announcment of new exchange at Ladysmith including list of all 33 numbers; Dr. Telford Case Proceedings; and much more. Dozens of advertisements including "WANTED - Smart girl or an experienced woman for store (city). Significant chipping along fold. Some yellowing. Few edge tears. Book
1984277 pages. "Focusus upon debates within China over such key issues as the choice of a management system, the choice between balanced and unbalanced growth, and between various patterns of income distribution. They deal with institutional mechanisms recently established to attract foreign technology and capital and to encourage a more flexible Chinese response to increased inter-dependence with capitalist economies." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with lightest wear. Superb copy. Book
191440 pages. Part 5 of a series "...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. Contains Chapters 10, 11, 12 and 13 - The Rally of the Empire, The War and Finance, British Commerce, Shipping and War Finance, and German Finance. Dozens of excellent black and white photographs. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Sound copy. Magazine
1976252 pages. Bibliography. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Line drawings. "The predecessors of the electric telegraph were a wonder of their age. Their operators achieved a remarkable proficiency and, given clear weather, they rendered an invaluable service to governments and to commerce, in peace and in war." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket in clear protective cover. Nice copy. Book
197466 pages. Index. "When the Chinese in 1840 attempted to cut off this pernicious import, the British resorted to war to maintain it." - from summary page. Intended for younger readers but of interest to all. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Front free endpaper removed. Worthy reference copy. Black and white illlustrations. Book
1907351 pages. Contains reports from 1868 through 1894. A wonderful highlight of this volume is the black and white photographic plates of the bank branches in the following locations: Head Office; Ayr; Blenheim; Brandon; Carman; Claresholm; Cobalt; Collingwood; Dawson; Dundas; Dunnville; Edmonton; Fernie; Galt; Guelph; Halifax; Hamilton; Innisfail; Kamloops; London, England; London, Ontario; Middleton; Moosejaw; Nanaimo; Nelson; New York; Orangeville; Ottawa. Narrow opening along front hinge. Back hinge starting. Unmarked. Average wear to partially dulled dark green boards adorned with clearly legible gilt lettering. Overall a quality copy of this rare and informative momento. Book
1992Abundantly illustrated with colour and black and white archival photos. Features: Canyon City and Closeleigh - klondike locations; The Forgotten Mines of Silver Peak Mountain - just south of Hope, B.C.; Portaging in the Fur Trade; The Amazing Mr. O'B - Eugene Francis O'Beirne was the western traveller's worst hazard; Mapping Klondike Gold. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
1993Features: Teardrops for the Trigull; Roundels, Stars and Bars; From Harvey Bergen's Journey Log; An episode of Merlins - the Rolls Royce RM 14-SM Merlin; Brisbane (1937-1952) - BC Aviation's Early Trade School; Auriga - a BC Kitplane; The Baron STOL Modification for the DHC-2 Beaver; Homebuilts in Canada. Sound copy. Magazine
1985100 pages. Features: Duke of York's tureen's reunited at Christie's; Art and Culture of the peoples of the Northwest Territories; Northwest Territories Quillwork and Tufting; Parks Canada - Prairie Region; Personal Possessions of Fur Traders and Trappers 1800-1920; Buttons for the collector and the archaeologist; Preserved Provisions - Food for the Royal Navy in the High Arctic, 1818-1875; Tin (Can) Archaeology on the Chilkoot Trail; Selections from Fort Garry - Hudson's Bay Company historical collection enters sixth decade; Bottles from a cellar at St. Andrew's rectory, Manitoba; The Motherwell Homestead - The home of the Grand Old Man of Canadian Agriculture, restored to the summer of 1912; Keiller's Dundee Marmalade date code deciphered; The significant collections of Klondike National Historic Sites; Ephemera for the china collector - ceramic trade cards; Kenderdine's Prairie Vision; Cape Breton Woodworker - Leo MacNeil and the re-furnishing of Louisbourg. Mended tears to front cover else moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
1985100 pages. Features: The Lachine Rapids and their mark on history; Indian trade silver in the McCord Museum collection; Lords of the Lakes - the North West Company 1784-1821; Wintering Dishes - recalling the famed Beaver Club dinners (with recipes!); Trade and Empire - Fishermen began fur trade in New France; The Challenge of Heritage Conservation (in English and French); Several articles in French; Domestic Interiors - Parks Canada's designated houses in Quebec; Exhibit of five centuries of old and rare maps; The Liliane Stewart Collection; Counterfeit Canadiana I; Paperweights. Light wear. Quality copy. Book
1982112 pages. Features: An Exciting New Era - Renovation and expansion highlight the Royal Ontario Museum's (ROM) seventieth anniversary; Royal Splendour - A Czarina's toilet service designed by Huguenot silversmiths; ROM's Canadiana Department houses treasures of our heritage; All done by committee - dedicated volunteers ply their needles in aid of the Textile Endowment Fund; Japanese Art in the Royal Ontario Museum; The Mohawks arrive at the Royal Ontario Museum; Roman Frescoes circa 325 A.D. discovered at an Egyptian oasis; 18th Century Porcelain in the ROM; Renovation and Construction of the ROM; Conservation of Chinese wall paintings reveals old techniques and employs modern methods; Wall relief fragment from an Egyptian tomb of the 15th century B.C.; Illicit trade in antiquities; Ancient Greek and Roman jewellery in the ROM; The Far Eastern Library - a treasure-house of books from the 1600s to the present; Chinese Lacquer; Fabric, Fashion, Folk Costume; Curator's choice of objects from the Islamic world; Artifacts from the Americas - 12,000 years of pre-history, high civilization and European exploration. Light wear. Quality copy. Book
1981Features: Warriors, Spirits and Servants - Chinese Clay Burial Figurines; Furniture-Maker From Germany - Renfrew County's J. Albert Zadow; Signposts for Collectors Part V - Intaglio Prints in Early Canada; Tools of the Trade - 17th and 18th century medical instruments; The Bohemian Tradition - A short history of glassmaking in Bohemia; Victorian Tiles in Toronto - from Gothic Revival to Art Nouveau; Manuscript Canadiana witnesses to the past; Books, Book-Collecting and Book-Collectors; Miraloma ("The Latch") - A Samuel Maclure Classic in Sidney, British Columbia. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
1980Features: Indian Trade Silver Gorgets; As others saw us - The European Vision in Nova Scotia 1749-1848; The Macdonald Stewart Art Centre; Embroideries of the Ursulines of Quebec; Turn of the century jewellery. Moderate wear. Quality copy. Book
1974Features: The Chinese Exhibition Comes to Canada; Jade - The Mineral; Glossary of Jade Names; Jade - The Art; Export Wares of the 17th Century; Collecting Snuff Bottles; Chinese Furniture; Dumpling Treasures - Over a Thousand years of Food History; Ivory; Trade Silk; Buying Oriental Antiques - a Review for the Canadian Collector; The Charm of Oriental Ceramics. Modest wear. Quality 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
197187 pages. Features: Historic houses; The Dialect called Bungi; Early Manitoba Furniture; Seven Oaks House; Legislative Buildings; The Magnificent Adventure - The first printing press and publications west of Toronto in 1940 - James Evans; Log Construction at Red River; The Crockery Trade; Lower Fort Garry; St. Andrews on the Red; Story of Transportation; Ukrainians in the Manitoba Mosaic; Upper Fort Garry; Sir Thomas Button; St. Boniface Museum; Manitoba Glass Works; Local Museums preserve history; Manitoba Art; Portageto Winnipeg; Indian Trade Silver; Museum of Man and Nature; The Metis and the Buffalo. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
1990243 pages. "A peek into the life and times of Steve Gatensbury. Relive, with him, some of his wide ranging experiences in the lumber business." - from back cover. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
1943Vintage World War II era Canadian food ration book. Some coupons removed, some remain. Bilingual text. Fascinating instructions inside each cover. Of great educational value to those who have never lived through such times. Original owner's details handwritten upon front cover. Circa 1943. Book
1986256 pages. Index. Selected bibliography. "In many ways this book is a native chronicle about being native, for first person accounts enliven every facet of life in times past: the complex social structure based on kinship, rank and the potlatch; ceremonials and religion; gathering food, hunting and fishing; wood-working and basketry; trade, travel and conflict; Prehistory and archaeological discoveries; the arrival of Whites and the fur trade, followed by settlement, and the consequences of change, including the loss of their lands." - from dust jacket. Includes 200 photographs, 40 of which are in colour. "A popular and up-to-date account of native life and traditions on the Northwest Coast." - from dust jacket. Partial lean to spine. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
1913Unread. As new. Number 216 of limited edition of 350 copies. Signed by co-author R.E. Gosnell. "Few publications, if any, of similar size and excellence have been produced in Canada." - From Editor's Foreword. Part I includes 210 pages and eighteen chapters which constitute "a survey of events from the earliest times down to the Union of the Crown Colony of British Columbia with the Dominion of Canada." Part II is "a history, mainly political and economic, of the Province since Confederation up to the present time." Part I is preceded and followed by dozens of tissue-protected black and white portraits of individuals influential in the early history of the province, complete with their brief biographies upon the tissue. Part II comprises eighteen chapters over 226 pages plus 5 pages of addenda followed by dozens of tissue protected portraits of "some of the men conspicuous as present day factors in development." Top edge gilt. Gilt lettering upon backstrip. Marbled endpapers. Exceptionally clean, bright, and unmarked with zero wear. Brown suede exterior appears as fresh as the day it was applied over 100 years ago. This majestic fourteen pound tome measures 13" x 10.5" x 4". A magnificent acquisition for any serious collector of British Columbia history. A better copy will not be found. [Lowther 1607, Hale 2523, Edwards & Lort 3177, Strathern 495] Book
1914Cover photo of Grand Duke Nicholas, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armies. Centerfold devoted to the contributions of New Zealand and Australia. Topics: How Germany Attached our Commerce, and 'Russia's Stupendous Task and her Stupendous Army." Photos and illustrations include: Interesting German Naval Units; With a British Cruiser in the North Sea; Austrian seige guns; Modern artillery practice; Cossacks; Russian Howitzer training; Russia rols west; The Tsar and his military chiefs (montage); Russian mobilisation; The 'Three Emperors' Corner'; and more. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Front cover almost detached. Book
1916Cover portrait of Captain Humphrey Wykeham Bowring - has acted most ably as Chief of Staff to Vice-Admiral Bacon, commanding the Dover patrol. Feature: Neutral Commerce and the Naval Blockade. Franco-British Conquest of German Cameroon (conclusion). Photos from Cameroon. Isolating the enemy - how the central empires were blockaded. Photos of the German submarine mine-layer UC5 - London's unique trophy. 7 photos of the results of a German naval raid at Lowestoft. Covers almost loose. Above-average but not excessive wear. Book
1917Cover portrait of Lieutenant-General John J. Pershing, commanding the United States Army in Europe. The victory of Craonne (conclusion). War-time changes in British trade and industry - a record of remarkable achievement. Centerfold photos of American military scenes. America's marvellous mobilisation. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
1994302 pages. "The definitive book on high-value produce marketing... delivers the kind of practical, hands-on information you need to sell what you grow... turn your backyard garden into a produce profit-maker." - from back cover. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Usual library markings. Worthy reference copy. Book
1970255 pages. Index of merchants and manufacturers. Bibliography. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Decorated endpapers. "Included in this book you will find pictures of Canadian Silver, Silver Plate and Related Glass, copies of advertisements, photographs of the early factories, and trade marks. Also there is other information which we believe will add another chapter to the fascinating story of Canadian Industry and Craftsmanship." - from Author's Preface. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Worthy reference copy. Book
