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1994réf. 613j0174Nanaimo B.C.: Nanaimo Community Kitchens. Good. 1994. First Edition. Plastic Comb. "The recipes in this book are favorites prepared in our Community Kitchens. Most of the dishes stand on their own as complete meals or with a light accompaniment. The Basics Plus section provides recipes for some additions to enhance these meals as well as instructions for preparing stocks and cooking beans. Recipes that are expecially economical are marked with an in the index." - page iv. "When Nanaimo Community Kitchens began in 1991 we aimed to provide nutritious meals that tasted good at a cost of not more than $1.00 per serving. This cookbook published in 1994 is the proof these goals are attainable." - page iii. 60 pages. Index. Average wear. Minimal markings. A sound copy.; 8vo . Nanaimo Community Kitchens unknown
1956réf. 713H4435Victoria BC: Hebden Printing Co. Ltd. 1956. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 63 pages. Numerous black and white reprints of photos from the provincial archives. 23 x 15 cm. Chapters include: The Douglas Family; Craigdarroch Castle; The First Mayor; Seymour's Croquet Ground; Bill Lush's Park Hotel; Emily Carr; The Macdonald Bank; Early Day Hotels; A Wedding in 1852. Clean and unmarked with respectful wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Edwards & Lort 2544 Lowther 1973 Hale & Barman 648. Hebden Printing Co. Ltd. Paperback
2000réf. 168c7716Canada: New Star / IWA Canada. Good in Good dust jacket. 2000. First Printing. Hardcover. 0921586809 . "Traces the struggle to unionize forest and sawmill workers from the early days of the Wobblies the Lumber Workers Industrial Union and other predecessor unions to the breakthrough of 1937 when the IWA was founded and quickly grew in the booming wartime economy. Generously illustrated with historical and contemporary photographs. A worthy tribute to the strength vision humour and perseverance of the men and women of this important industrial union." - dust jacket. 321 pages. Index. List of sources and suggested reading. Moderate wear. Slight lean to spine. Minimal library markings. A quality copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The IWA in Canada: The Life and Times of an Industrial Union Loggers Logging Labour Labor Northwest Coastal Sawmill Forest Strikes Scabs . New Star / IWA Canada hardcover
1983réf. 41302023Nanaimo BC Canada: Nanaimo Historical Society. Good. 1983. Revised Edition. Paperback. 169 pages including index fold-out map and numerous black and white photographic plates. Traces a broad spectrum of the social history of Nanaimo's first hundred years. s include: The Foundations are Laid; A Community in Embryo 1854-1862; The Isolated Port 1862-1886; Into the Twentieth Century 1886-1950; Moderate to average wear. Unmarked. Remains a nice copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Norcross E. Blanche: Co-ordinating Editor Nanaimo Retrespective: The First Century - Revised Edition Nanaimo Historical Society 169 pages including index fold-out map and numerous black and white photographic plates. Traces a broad spectrum of the so . Nanaimo Historical Society paperback
1980réf. 744a9738Victoria BC: Provincial Archives of British Columbia 1980. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 20 pages. A transcript from research conducted for the CBC radio series entitled "People in Landscape." "Martin Starret's memories of childhood at Hope B.C. in the 1890s." - from title page. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Black and white illustrations. Nice copy. Circa 1980. Provincial Archives of British Columbia Paperback
1990réf. 64500651Vernon BC: Corporation of the District of Coldstream. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 1550560050 . 145 pages including index and black and white illustrations. Extensively referenced. Chapters include: the Irish Adventurers; the Viceroy's Ranch; the District Corporation - the Ricardo Era; "The New Golcanda"; The Fruit Grower's Municipality; Depression and Disillusionment; Rural Society in Transition; Rural Municipality as suburb. Very faint wear. Clean and unmarked. Excellent copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Coldstream - Nulli Secundus Cattle Ranching Ranch Aberdeen Temair John Campbell Gordon Marquess of 1847-1934 Fruit Ranching Okanagan Valley British Settlement Irrigation Marketing Land Subdivision and Transition to Urbanization 145 pages including index . Corporation of the District of Coldstream hardcover
1987réf. 613j0169Vancouver B.C.: Douglas & McIntyre. Fair. 1987. First Edition. Spiral Bound. 0888945779 . "Here is the boater's bible - the single cookbook no boater should be caught at sea without the cookbook that frees galley slaves and makes cooking on the water fun! A comprehensive guide to catching cleaning and cooking fish and shellfish is a highlight and sprinkled throughout are Nicole Parton's trademark helpful hints to make boating life simpler cleaner and safer." - back cover. 192 pages with index. Gift greetings inside front cover. Minimal markings to contents. Somewhat above-average wear. A sound copy.; Cover Photo; 8vo . Douglas & McIntyre unknown
1995réf. 644H3601Canada: Harbour Publishing. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 1550171283 . 223 pages. List of sources. Index. Many black and white reproductions of photos. "Sointula a tiny community on Malcolm Island was founded at the turn of the century by Finnish settlers who driven from their native land by Czarish oppression hoped to build their own utopia on the B.C. coast." - dust jacket. Gift greetings upon half-title page otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Sointula British Columbia B.C. History Malcolm Island Matti Kurikka Finns Finnish Immigrants Local History Pioneers . Harbour Publishing hardcover
1992réf. 644H4725Canada: P.P.P. 1992. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 143 pages. Bibliography chronology index partial list of claims map. Profusely illustrated with wonderful sepia-tone reproductions of archival photos. "This book carries you from Sandon's beginnings in 1891 through the boom years and on to the present. This is an eminently readable history for Sandon enthusiasts and armchair historians alike." - back cover. "A well-presented social history of Sandon. very readable and well-researched." - W.W. Sloan. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this engaging work which documents the history of this one-time silver mining boom town in the Kootenay region of British Columbia. P.P.P. Paperback
2002réf. 828H1489Canada: Harbour Publishing Co. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 1550172751 . 144 pages. Profusely illustrated with excellent colour photos. "Never has the towboat's central place in the coastal landscape been more forecefully brought to light than in this masterful photographic study. This ruggedly handsome book explores the history of West Coast towboats from the days of the Hudson's Bay Company's ungainly sidewheeler S.S. Beaver to the space-age tractor tugs of today that can turn on a dime and have so much power they can cave in a ship's side." - from dust jacket. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Skookum Tugs: British Columbia's Working Tugboats West Coast Tug Boats Pictorial Works . Harbour Publishing Co. hardcover
1999réf. 317c7341Canada: Oolichan Books 1999. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 395 pages. Index. Reference notes. Many excellent archival black and white photograhic plates. Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. "The history of the Alberni Inlet the beautiful waterway that reaches from Barkley Sound on the west coast to the center of Vancouver Island." - from back cover. Unmarked with very light wear. A highly-informative work. Oolichan Books Paperback
1991réf. 757H1815Port Clements BC: Port Clements Preschool 1991. Book. Illus. by Smith Evelyn. Good. Spiral Bound. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 175 pages. Index. Gift greetings inside front cover otherwise unmarked. Few rusty paperclip marks to page tops. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Port Clements Preschool Paperback
2001réf. 216j1171Vancouver B.C.: Orca Bay Hockey Limited Partnership. Good. 2001. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Features: Q&A with Trevor Linden; Brendan Morrison Comes Home; Todd Bertuzzi - Well worth the wait; Justin Kurtz - Up and Comer; Lineups for the Canucks and New Jersey Devils. 96 glossy pages profusely illustrated in colour. Clean and unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this nice Canucks memento.; 8vo . Orca Bay Hockey Limited Partnership unknown
1986réf. 41302015West Vancouver BC: The Corporation of the District of West Vancouver B.C. Fine. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 0889257493 . "A history of independent courageous people who dared to be first who dared to meet the challenges of a wilderness who dared to leave their comfortable surrounds in "civilized" Britain and Europe and who dared to be leaders in a new land and in a new mountain and marine-oriented Municipality. This is the story of those people." - Don Lanskail Mayor. 350 pages including index and black and white illustrations. Gift greetings upon dedication page and small erasure atop front endpaper else clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy in attractive glossy boards. Hale & Barman 756. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Ramsey Bruce A Place of Excellence - a Chronicle of West Vancouver 1912-1987 350 pages including index and black and white illustrations. "A history of independent courageous people who dared to be first who dared to meet the challenges of a wildern . The Corporation of the District of West Vancouver B.C. hardcover
1997réf. 647a4323British Columbia: Douglas & McIntyre 1997. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 136 pages. Index. Bibliography. "Based on memoirs interviews and archival records this is the first full account of the glorious occasionally scandalous life and times of one of the world's legendary hotels. Lavishly illustrated with over 100 black and white and 30 colour photographs as well as some drawings gathered from both public and private collections." - from dust jacket. Book clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Light wear to dust jacket. A high quality copy of this engaging and handsomely presented work. Douglas & McIntyre Hardcover
2009réf. 465H0291Canada: Harbour Publishing Co. 2009. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Boldly signed by Dal Richards upon half-title page. 288 pages. Index. Reproductions of many black and white photos. "These are Dal's memories of the stars and the wannabes the hustlers and bootleggers and hat check chicks all of whom paraded through his life in the days when Vancouver's nightclub scene rivalled San Francisco's and Hollywood's big-name performers made it a regular tour stop." - from dust jacket. Very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Promotional bookmark and relevant news clipping laid inside front board. A lovely copy. Harbour Publishing Co. Hardcover
1947réf. 646H3599Vancouver B.C.: Wrigley Printing / T.A. Rickard 1947. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiii 358 pages. Black and white plates. "Russia Spain the United States and Great Britain are linked with our Province historically; therefore to comprehend the history of our home land we must know something about the conditions existing in those four countries during the period under review. In other words we must study the backgrounds as well as the foreground of British Columbia. This I have tried to do for the reader of this book." - Foreword. Contemporary news clipping with review of this book laid-in at page 49. Bookplate upon front free endpaper. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Lowther 1888. Wrigley Printing / T.A. Rickard Hardcover
1971réf. 715h1999Lillooet BC: Lillooet Publishers Ltd. Good. 1971. First Edition. Paperback. A historical look at the territory beyond Mount Garibaldi British Columbia. Sections include: 1858-1864 The Douglas Route; Lillooet a Hundred Years Ago; The Squamish Trail; The Lillooet Indians; Homestead Recipes; Pemberton Valley Playground; and more. 167 pages. Includes dozens of black and white reproductions of fascinating archival photos. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality vintage copy of this interesting and informative work. Hale & Barman 782. ; Cover Art; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 167 pages. Circa 1971. Contains dozens of fascinating black and white photographic reproductions. A historical look at the territory beyond Mount Garibaldi. Sections include: 1858-1864 The Douglas Route; Lillooet a Hundred Years Ago; The Squamish Trai . Lillooet Publishers Ltd. paperback
1981réf. 533H5149Calgary: British Railway Modellers of North America BRMNA 1981. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 26 pages. Oblong 8.5 x 11". Printed upon glossy stock. Map. Generously illustrated with reproductions of archival black and white photos of locomotives. "Brings together a selection of photographs and reminiscences of my days as a rail photographer and railroader during the sunset period of the great steam era." - Introduction. Also includes four photos of diesel locomotives which took over from the steam-powered units. Includes lots of informative supporting text. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this excellent reference. British Railway Modellers of North America [BRMNA] Paperback
1983réf. 533H5150Calgary: British Railway Modellers of North America BRMNA 1983. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 26 pages. Oblong 8.5 x 11". Printed upon glossy stock. Map. Generously illustrated with reproductions of archival black and white photos of locomotives on almost every page accompanied by very informative text. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this excellent reference. British Railway Modellers of North America [BRMNA] Paperback
1983réf. 716H3602British Columbia: Fraser-Fort George Museum Society. Very Good. 1983. Reprint. Hardcover. xxi 199 pages. Index. List of Books Consulted. Illustrated in black and white. Reprint of the 1946 first edition. "May this second edition give to all who read it a greater understanding and appreciation of the roots and early years of the city of Prince George and of the struggles and spirit of its pioneers." - xi. Name atop front free endpaper otherwise clean and bright with very light wear to maroon boards with gilt lettering. A handsome copy. Hale & Barman 797.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Prince George British Columbia History Settlers Pioneers Families Genealogy . Fraser-Fort George Museum Society hardcover
1982réf. 713h1759British Columbia: Skookum. Good. 1982. First Edition. Paperback. A nostalgic look back to the early history of this Okanagan community. 94 pages. Many quality black and white reproductions of archival photos. Small address label atop title page otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Hale & Barman #810.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; East Summerland Naramata Okanagan History Settlers Pioneers . Skookum paperback
1993réf. 762H0419Victoria B.C.: B.C. British Columbia Ministry of Forests. Very Good. 1993. First Edition. Paperback. 18 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. "This transcript is taken from a slide presentation given by Ralph Schmidt at the annual meeting of the Northern Silviculture Committee in Prince George July 8 1992. The meeting marked the occasion of the re-opening of the Aleza Experiment Station now called the Aleza Lake Research Forest." - from Preface. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; The Aleza Lake Experiment Station 1920's and 1930's B.C. British Columbia Ministry of Forests Miscellaneous Report Forestry Research Forest Service Bob St. Clair Dr. Percy M. Barr Silviculture History . B.C. (British Columbia) Ministry of Forests paperback
1991réf. 761H2524Canada: Pilot Press 1991. Book. Very Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 40 pages. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Features: The Village of Fort St. James; Ginger Part 2 - Ginger Coote buys a Fairchild 51 and a Fox Moth starts a pioneer BC airline and hires Russ Baker; Port McNeill; Grumman Mallard; Tech-Log - Oil and Airplanes; Robinson 22's R22s; a restored Avro Anson. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Pilot Press Paperback
1994réf. 761c8317Canada: Pilot Press 1994. Magazine. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 40 pages. Features: BNP Airways Limited - The Gentleman's Airline; Pioneer Profile - Harry McKeown; Hurry-Up and Wait - Minstrel Air and Edward Emery Carder; The Totem Flying Boat; Regatta 1914 in Kelowna; Northern Airborne Technology; Kelowna Flightcraft; AOG Air Support; Telco One to Kelowna/Return; The Fairchild F11 Husky. Light wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Pilot Press Paperback