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1976152 pages. Records the development of Western Canada from 1882 to 1939 as seen through the eyes of farm journalists who wrote about what they saw and felt during that time. Records how the prairie farmer has been a vital cog in Canada's economic, political and social development. Chapters include: The Sod Busters; Farm Power and Farmer Power; Feeding a War; The Turbulent Twenties; The Dirty Thirties. Abundantly illustrated including numerous wonderful full-size colour reproductions of contemporary magazine covers. Book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear and slight lean to spine. Dust jacket bears several tears and shows average wear. Lovely copy. Book
1995245 pages. Index. Notes. "Studies the rapid rise of the Reform Party and presents some fascinating insights into the party and its leaders." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Surprisingly light wear. Quality copy. Book
1989250 pages. Alan Fry's signature upon title page. In this irreverent look at backwoods life and politics Wilf Taylor recounts his dealings with zesty bears, inept supervisors, and overzealous hunters. Reveals the human side of a rugged and unforgiving land. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket protected by clear glossy protective cover. Excellent copy. Book
2014144 pages. Features: State of the Art - Wyoming; Collecting Today's Western Sculpture; Loveland Sculpture Invitational; Analyzing a Howard Terpning Masterwork; Favorite Things - Art Experts Share Their Favorite Pieces; Kim Wiggins; and more. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
2012144 pages. Features: State of the Art - Utah; American Woman Artists; Intimate Observations - Walter Matia; Tradition and Innovation - Native American Pottery; Greatest Photographs of the American West; and more. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
1975Signed, without inscription, by Dick Warwick #9 atop title page. Warwick was one of the team's most prolific scorers. [8], 136 pages. Many great black and white reproductions of archival photos. Recounts how "the Vees fought in only four seasons through to the pinnacle as Canada's representatives in the World Hockey Tournament. The won the B.C. Championship and the Western Canadian title twice running and then, in one of the most outstanding comebacks in hockey history, they won the Allan Cup and went on to avenge the USSR's defeat of the Toronto York Lynhursts." - from Foreword. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Tight and square. A nice copy. Book
1933Pages 169 - 267. Features: The First National Pastime in the Middle West; The Western Association of Writers; Old Landmarks of Goshen; The Shipley Ancestry of Lincoln's Mother; Caleb Blood Smith; and more. Prior owner's ink stamp atop first page otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
1977231 pages. Signed and inscribed by author upon front free endpaper. Black and white photographic plates. "The fascinating first hand story of Canada's unique Christian liberal arts college in British Columbia by its founding president." - from dust jacket. Moderate wear to book. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Book
1959120 pages. Short Stories: Doomsday and Mr. Lincoln; Forbidden Zone; The Imaginary Heir; Marry the Boss' Daughter. Articles: Bright Young Boss of Princeton - Bob Goheen; Adventures of the Mind - 25 - How War began; Color-photo feature on the North Atlantic island of St. Pierre; Hectic Home of the Los Angeles (L.A.) Dodgers - Los Angeles Coliseum; Medicine's Legal Nightmare, Part 2, Doctors in Court; Making a Man Out of Charlie - great photo-illustrated article on 10-year-old Prince Charles; D Day, conclusion, Beachhead Established. Serials: The Dark Road (part 2 of 6); Comanche Captives (part 6 of 7). Ads: GE and Philco fridges; Bufferin; GE Appliances; Northern tissue; Lark Play Wagon (baby blue) by Studebaker; NAPA parts; Coffeematic by Universal; Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup; Pontiac (orange); Betty Crocker / Sunkist "Mystery Lemon Pie Contest"; Western Auto; Arrow Shirts; Ford Cars - featuring a blue Country Sedan station wagon in fishing/camping scene; Chef Boy-Ar-Dee Ravioli; Benny Goodman is prominently featured in a Texaco ad; Centerfold Texaco color-photo ad; Karo Syrup; Band-Aid; Packard Bell TVs; Gulf - super color night photo of Corvette (?) filling up; Admiral fridges; Foremost 'Big Dip' Ice Milk; Canada Tourism; Cushman 780 Truckster; Hammond organs; Betty Crocker Devils Food Cake ad on back cover; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
193940 pages. Circa 1940s. 85 black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on glossy stock. Features: German Guns in Action on the Western Front; The King Decorates First Air Heroes of the War; Britain's Larder, by J.R. Clynes, M.P.; Illustration of British fighter plane attacking a German Reconnaissance bomber on November 2nd; The French Army Behind the Lines and at the Front; Britain's War Aims - a statement by Lord Halifax; Siegfried Line Under Water; Happenings on the Home Front; The Dutch Army Take Up Defense Positions; The Evacuation Scheme - a general review by Walter Elliot, Minister of Health; On the Western Front with the B.E.F.; Photo of 'Throwing a Destructive Depth Charge'; Poland's Army for the Western Front; German Warship Taking a Torpedo Aboard; Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
193940 pages. Circa 1940s. 81 black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on glossy stock. Features: Defenders of the Maginot Line increase Defences; Royal Inspections of the Home Front; British Hospital Ship with Casualties from France; French Contraband Precautions; Decorations for Valour and Gallantry in the Field, by J.F.C. Fuller; How Britain's Postal Censors Work - great photos; Testing 15 inch Shells at an Experimental Station; Hitler Escapes Death in Munich Bomb Explosion; Centerfold naval illustration of minesweepers by Frank H. Mason; Safeguarding America's Neutrality; Happenings Behind Germany's Western Wall; Dominions Representatives Visit the B.E.F. in France; The British Commander in Chief in his working quarters - Lord Gort; Peace Appeal by Holland Belgium - full text of the Allied Replies; Royal Engineers in Training; Nazi Mines Washed up on Danish coast; Keel of new ship in British shipyard; Allied Air Supremacy on the Western Front; A commentary on the War for this week;Defenders of the Home Front stage mock air raids. Protecting the trade routes of France; Summary of the chief events of this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
193940 pages. Circa 1940s. 71 black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on glossy stock. Features: The ministers of war visit the front; Premier of Poland decorates Polish sailors; Dutch liner Simon Bolivar sunk by German mine; British A.A. gunners on the Western Front; Making sound locators to detect enemy aircraft; The Merchant Service Can Carry On, by G. Purssey Phillips; Life in and above the Maginot Line; German Liners Escape from Lobito - the Adolph Woermann and the Windhuk; Japanese victims of German Piracy - the sinking of the Terukuni Maru; Centerfold photo portrait of Admiral Sir Dudley Pound; Training British Troops in Tank Warfare; H.M. The Queen's Broadcast Message to Women; British Destroyer Strikes Nazi Mine - The Gipsy; French Seaplanes Fight U-Boat Menace; Illustration by S. Coleman Wright of Nazi bombers raiding the Shetlands; French pilots examining wrecked German planes; The Women's Royal Naval Service -article with photos; U.S. Builds warplanes for Britain; French submarine captures German Ship - the Chemnitz; A Commentary on the War; Canadian Tank Units in Training; New Zealanders in England train as Anti-Tank unit; Summary of the chief events of this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
193940 pages. Circa 1940s. 72 black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on glossy stock. Features: Great ad for part I of Hitler's Mein Kampf inside front cover; Big guns of the coast of France; Australia prepares to fight for the Allied cause - nice full-page photo of troops of the Australian Scottish Regiment marching on a road near Victoria, Australia; Royal Navy Gunners in training at sea; Photo of the Fire Region Nerve Centre; Princess Royal inspecting the Royal Corps of Signals on December 12th; The Corps of the Military Police - illustrated article by Sir Malcolm Campbell; Refuelling a Nazi seaplane; Finland holds out against the Soviet Invaders - eight great photos; British Air Supremacy - illustrated article by Sir Kingsley Wood; Torpedoed survivors have second adventure - the Belgian steamer Louis Sheid beaches on the coast of Devonshire on December 7th after rescuing survivors of the Dutch motor-ship Tajandoen - two super photos; Wonderful centerfold illustrations show how the R.A.F. has obtained thousands of valuable photos of German territory on the Western front; French Army activity on the Front; Training sailors for the Fleet Air Arm; The War at Sea - statement by Winston Churchill with photos; Sweden strengthens her defences - ten great photos including a full-page photo of the Drottning Victoria with guns ablaze; Commentary on the war this week; Photos of bomb-making for the Royal Air Force; Nazi Heinkel reconnaissance aircraft crashes into sea off Sheringham on December 6th; Summary of the chief events of this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
193940 pages. Circa 1940s. 81 black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on glossy stock. Features: Great ad for part 1 of Hitler's Mein Kampf inside back cover - with proceeds to the British Red Cross; Barrage balloons over Thames Estuary; With the French Army on the Western Front; H.M. the King inspects naval commands - Lieut. H.E.M. Glenny, R.N., is decorated by the King for courage in dealing with enemy mines; French Naval Chief's visit to Great Britain - Admiral Francois Darlan; Nazi airmen bomb defencless trawlers - three crewmembers of the Etruria were killed; Canada's contribution to Britain's Might - article with many great photos; Full-page photo portrait of General Sir Edmund Ironside; British forces in the front line; Battle of the River Plate on 13th December - photos of the Exeter, Achilles and Ajax plus photos of their captains; three photos of damage to the Graf Spee plus a great photo of the Graf Spee at sea; Great centerfold illustrations explain the naval battle tactics of the fight with the Admiral Graf Spee, two awesome full-page photos of the scuttling of the Graf Spee; The British Navy's sea exploits - broadcast speech by Winston Churchill; Photos of the H.M. Submarine Ursula, her Captain Bethell and crew, plus the German cruiser Koeln which they sunk, photo of H.M. submarine Salmon; Neville Chamberlain visits British forces in France; Activity on the German front; R.A.F. successes in raid over Heligoland Bight; Photos of the German liner Columbus before and after being set afire by her crew on December 19th; A commentary on the war this week; Russian troops captured by the Finns; Summary of the chief events of this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
194040 pages. Circa 1940s. 77 black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on glossy stock. Features: Ad for Mein Kampf, part 3, inside front cover; The army of France at the front; Ministerial and R.A.F. changes - photos of A.S. Barratt, Sir John Reith, Oliver Stanley and Sir Andrew Rae Duncan; Full-page photo of France honouring Sir Edmund Ironside and Lord Gort; Contraband control strangling Germany's tradep Nazi watch on the western front; Text of speech by Lord Snell entitled "The British Empire - In War and After"; Photo portrait of Admiral Sir Charles Forbes; Lumberjacks of the Land Girls Army; British tank gunners in training; Admiral Graf Spee visitors pay courtesy visits - the Ajax in Montevideo and the Achilles in Buenos Aires; Centerfold maps illustrate European industrial targets and bases most vulnerable to raids; At an R.A.F. Aerodrome in France; Norway prepares to defend her neutrality - 12 great photos; photo of partially submerged vessel Dunbar Castle which struck a German mine; photo of bombed Trinity House vessel which was attacked by a Nazi plane on January 9th; Illustrated article - The Royal Army Chaplain's Department; At an R.A.F. fighter station; A 25-pounder shoot at the front; Commentary on the war this week; Finland's fight for freedom - 8 excellent photos including one of a Soviet amphibious tank; Summary of the chief events of this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
194040 pages. Circa 1940s. 71 black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on glossy stock. Features: Full-page photo of Australian troops marching down Martin Place, Sydney as they leave for overseas; Training Britain's Submarine Heroes; Article entitled The Farmer and The War, by Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, with photos; Photo portrait of Admiral Jean Francois Darlan, Commander-in-Chief of the French Navy; Arctic conditions on the British front; Pictorial news on the home front; Resignation statement by Leslie Hore-Belisha and the Prime Minister's reply; Rumania - her oil and her army; R.A.F. penetrate deep into Germany; With the Frenchmen who face the Siegfried Line; French shoot down three Nazi planes in a day; Photos of British submarines lost - the Undine, the Seahorse, and the Starfish; Neville Chamberlain surveys the progress of the war; Excellent photos of the struggle on the Finnish front; Nazi mountain troops in the Alps; Commentary on the war this week; Indian troops on the Western Front, including excellent full-page photo of hundreds of transport mules of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps; Summary of the chief events of this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
194040 pages. Circa 1940s. 77 black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on glossy stock. Features: Women ferry aircraft for the R.A.F. from factories to aerodromes; French Troops in war zone; Photos of two British destroyers lost - H.M.S. Grenville and H.M.S. Exmouth which was lost on 23 January with all hands; Article on the Economic War on Germany, by R.H. Cross, Minister of Economic Warfare; full-page photo portrait of Sir John Greer Dill; Photos of new types of German and British aircraft - the ME 110, the de Havilland Flamingo, the Blackburn Roc., the Defiant; Sowing a British Mine Field; R.A.F. photographs Nazi secrets - photos of a German aerodrome near Hanover, Siegfried Line fortifications, Heligoland, and the naval base at Wilhelmshaven; Photos of the manufacture of steel helmets for the defense forces; Centerfold illustrations show how the British Navy attack the U-Boat with depth charges; British troops on the western front; French destroyer on convoy duty; Photos of two-stages in the doom of a U-Boat; Article entitled The War in the Air - Survey of the first four months' operations; Graphic assemblage of the ranks and badges of the British Army; Excellent photos from the Finnish-Russian war front; Fulll-page photo of Danish volunteers marching through Oulo, Finland; Their majesties visit the troops; A Commentary on the War this week; Photos of German defences on the Island of Sylt; Nazi activity on the Siegfried Line; Summary of the chief events of this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
194040 pages. 74 black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on glossy stock. Features: Full-page photo of British Vickers-Wellington bombers which sweep over Germany; Out with the Dover Patrol; In and above the Maginot Line; Article by Ernest Brown, Minister of Labour, on Employment in Wartime; Full-page photo portrait of General Sir Walter Kirke; With the Nazis on the western front; Victims of German bombing at sea - the Royal Crown and the Yewdale; Their Majesties' visits of inspection; Supreme war council in Paris; Meeting of the Balkan States Council; New Zealanders training for overseas; centerfold illustration by C.E. Turner depicts British destroyers hunting a U-boat and attacking with depth charges; Pictorial news from the British war front; Street scene photo from Warsaw shows Jews wearing yellow triangles on their backs as ordered by the Gestapo; Photo of Germans fleeing that part of Poland occupied by the Soviet Union to German occupied Poland; Article and photos on the Royal Army Medical Corps; Cutaway diagrams of a Torpedo - The most Destructive Naval Weapon of the War; Contraband control at Gibraltar; Photos from the Finnish-Russian front; A commentary on the war this week; British trawlers armed as mine-sweepers; Heavy guns atop Gibraltar; Summary of the chief daily events in the war this week. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
194032 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Dozens of quality black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Excellent full-page aerial photo looking down on three Messerschmitt's raiding an English town; Great full-page night photo of a 4.5" anti-aircraft battery of the Western Command at work; Pill box vigil; Inside a watch post; photos of how shell-burst data is recorded; Problems of the Royal Navy - photo-illustrated text of broadcast by Admiral of the Fleet Lord Chatfield; Dramatic illustration by Montague B. Black shows a Hurricane pilot ramming a Dornier; Greece also answers the call to arms - five photos and full-page map indicating where Greece and Italy are at Grips; Article on the air war on Britain - Official report on Germany's losses over a period of twelve weeks; photos of famous London buildings bombed; Centerfold illustration by Montague B. Blackshows night attack on Naples with Vesuvius smoking in the background; Four dramatic photos of an Italian submarine under attack, going down, and having its crew picked up by a British destroyer; Photos of H.M. the King with the Eastern Command; Progress of the War - Commons Statement by Winston Churchill; Empire troops in the desert war; A commentary on the war this week; Exellent photos of Naples' Maritime Railway Station, The Skoda Works in Czechoslovakia and Essen - Germany's City of Steel with its Krupp works; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. Cover holding loosely. Contents tight. Book
194032 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Dozens of quality black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Photo of RAF rescue launch; A column of Italian POWs is marched into Cairo; Egypt's President Hassan Sabry Pasha dies; Reinforcement reach the western desert; Photo of Sayed Idris el Senussi, leader of free Libyans, meeting Libyans pressed into service by Italy; Illustrated text of broadcast by H.V. Hodson entitled "Our Position in the Middle East"; Illustration by Roland Davies shows the RAF bombing the Italian base at Durazzo; Five photos of major bomb damage in London; Photos of Italian vessels damaged by the RAF; Downed German planes in England; Super aerial photos of the destruction caused to Italy's navy in Taranto's inner harbour; Centerfold illustration by S. Drigin shows how Italy's battle fleet was mutilated at Taranto; Nice photos of a Fairey Fulmar and a Fairey Albacore; Full-page photo of a Fairey Swordfish flying over H.M.S. Aircraft-Carrier Eagle; Photos of the vigil along England's coast; Their majesties meet their countrymen; Illustrated article entitled "Canadian Arms and Men - an arsenal with a background of farms - Air training for the empire - with photo of Iceland's Canadian garrison in armoured Bren gun carriers; Photo at Camp Borden showing men of the RCAF marching past a line of Yale intermediate training planes; Reproduction of a German propaganda painting by Richard Hess showing a bomber over England; Indian troops in England; A commentary on the war this week; Photos of the Royal Navy maintaining its constant watch; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
194032 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Photo taken aboard the Abel P. Upshur as she leaves port; RAF to the aid of gallant Greece; Super full-page aerial photo of RAF bombing attack in progress on the Albanian port of Valona, being used by Italy; Illustrated text of statement in the House of Commons on the progress of the war by Winston Churchill; Wonderful full-page photo of a massive British factory containing many bombers under construction; photo of desert listening post in action; Map showing the progress of British operations in the western desert; Centerfold illustration by Montague B. Black shows the Albanian port of Valona under bombardment by the British navy; Photos of terrible London bomb damage to the House of Commons and Middle Temple Library; Photos on Hitler's 'invasion coast' (France); Illustration of fallen German pilots in rubber boat climbing aboard a Nazi raft prepositioned for them off the coast of France; Great before and after photos of repaired bomb damage to the London and North Eastern Railway; Illustrated text of the last speech of the late Lord Lothian, British Ambassador the the U.S., who passed away on 12 December; Dramatic photo of a British battle squadron firing on the French Fleet to keep it from enemy hands - the Bretagne is shown ablaze; Gallabat taken from Italians; Commentary on the war this week; British Army studies invasion tactics - photos of British troops in boats practising to cross unbridged rivers; Summary of the chief events in the war this week. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
194132 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Illustrated declaration by President Roosevelt at the annual dinner of teh White House Correspondents' Association on 15th March, 1941; Photo of mosquito boats speeding by the Statue of Liberty; Photo of Douglas Boston bombers nearing completion for service with the Royal Air Force; Photos of Australian Prime Minister R.G. Menzies touring Nelson's flagship Victory and in Coventry observing engine manufacture; The reconquest of Abyssinia; Illustration by Montague Dawson depicting the H.M.S. Guillemot shooting down a German Heinkel 111; Photo of a Wellington navigator at work over the Western Desert - where landmarks are few; Many photos of Nazi bomb destruction in London; Aerial photos of R.A.F. damage caused to Gelsenkirchen and the Bremen which was docked at Bremerhaven; Centerfold illustration by Montague B. Black depicts a ferocious R.A.F. night bombardment on Berlin, March 23rd, 1941; Three great photos of Canada's east coast anti-aircraft forces; Photos of the German occupation of Bulgaria; Poignant full-page photo of Britain's national day of prayer with injured airman in church; Large map of Albania entitled "The Greek Fighting Line"; Photo-illustrated text of broadcast by Air Commodore R.V. Goddard entitled "Spring - and the R.A.F."; Super full-page photo of a U.S. Liberator bomber in flight; Excellent photo from the back of a corvette showing fuses being set on depth charges; A Commentary on the war this week; Photos of their majesties in the south-west; Photo of some British night fighters wearing darkened glasses prior to beginning their mission; Summary of the chief events in the war this week. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
194132 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: photo of bomber crew being plucked from the water after 24 hours; Preserving Britain's Blockade - photos; Training in tanks at Camp Borden in Canada; Photo-illustrated text of message broadcast by Winston Churchill entitled "Westward the Land is Bright; Britain challenged in Iraq - aerial photos of Basra waterfront, Basra Airport, and the Habbaniyah native cantonment, shelled by Iraqi troops; Two photos related to British radio propaganda in the Middle East; Photos of the heroes of the historic rearguard action in Greece; Centerfold illustration by Montague B. Black depicts the last days of the campaign in Greece - withdrawal of the Imperial Forces; Four photos illustrate the training of Britain's paratroops; Three photos of parachutists jumping; Photo-illustrated text of broadcast by H.L. Stimson entitled "Peril of the Western Hemisphere"; Photo of "Electric Hare" used to train air gunners; A commentary on the war this week; 50,000 troops in anti-invasion exercise; Summary of the chief events in the war this week. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
1970Pages 37-74. Features: Nice colour-photo ad for the CBC Weekend TV show includes Lloyd Robertson; Yellowknife - Capital City of the Northwest Territories - article with great aerial photo of city; The Pointer Boat - workhorse of Canadian rivers for over a century - wonderful article with great photos; Hot Springs of Western Canada; Town Symbols; Assignment in Punjab; Attractive color back page ad for Cadillac features a gold 1970 Coupe deVille. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
197964 pages. Features: The Garden City, Kansas Cattleman's Carnival - article with great photos; Mexico Bound - remember the first time you left home?; Ben Kilpatrick's Last Stand - death was waiting in the baggage car of westbound SP Train #1; Panning at Old Humbug - Shasta City, California in 1853; Trigger Fingers - Nervous or otherwise, they took the pulse of the American West; The "Eventful" Day of Sam Butterworth - trapped in a tree half blind and surrounded with Indians loaded with plenty of booze and matches!; Laura Ingalls' Untold Stories; A Man Whose Time Hadn't Come - Talmage Palmer; West From El Reno - starving in the midst of plenty; The Men of South Park; Sammy Holman, "Hello" - he moved to Idaho from New York; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Contents partially yellowed with age. A sound copy. Book
