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1960Best.-Nr. 302G3441Canada: The Canadian Geographical Society. Good. 1960. First Edition. Paperback. 39 Pages plus five pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Legend and History in the Oldest Geographical Names of the St. Lawrence; Tobacco - Another Canadian Achievement; British Columbia Lakes Pictoria; How Canada is Helping the Fishermen of Ceylon; Physiography of the Queen Charlotte Islands; Pictures of the Provinces - XXIII; Nice Army recruiting ad inside front cover; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Canadian Geographical Journal July 1960 : Tobacco - Another Canadian Achievement British Columbia Lakes Pictoria; How Canada is Helping the Fishermen of Ceylon; Physiography of the Queen Charlotte Islands; Pictures of the Provinces - XXIII Legend and . The Canadian Geographical Society paperback
1982Best.-Nr. 633j0315Canada: Publisher Not Stated. Good. 1982. First Edition. Paperback. "Sorrento Centre is a gathering place for all A values-based retreat and conference centre welcoming small groups and individual guests for courses and retreats throughout the year. Formed in 1963 Anglican in tradition ecumenical and interfaith in expression it offers an inclusive welcome and generous hospitality to all. Sorrento Centre is filled with vibrant spirit and joy while being a healing place for body mind and spirit." - Sorrento Centre website. iii 59 pages. Bibliography. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. A diminutive but surprisingly information-laden history. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. ; 8vo . Publisher Not Stated paperback
1969Best.-Nr. 255j1922Summerland B.C.: Canada West Magazine. Very Good. 1969. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Features: Chinook Jargon - an explanation of the origin of this famous trade language of the far west; Along the Wild Horse - an account of an intriguing and still little known placer gold river in the East Kootenay frequented today by bottle hunters and prospectors; Yukon Diary part 2 - takes us farther into the famous Klondike as we follow the trail taken by F.R.S. Barlee in the late 1890's; South Thompson The Kekuli country - the historic Indian Country of the dry belt region between Kamloops and chase. 32 stapled pages. Many black and white reproductions of archival photos. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent example. ; 4to . Canada West Magazine unknown
1970Best.-Nr. 255j1919Summerland B.C.: Canada West Magazine. Very Good. 1970. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Features: Four colour plates by pastelist Irvine Adams of Summerland centering on the 'Desert Country' of the southern parts of the Okanagan and Similkameen areas; Cascade - Gateway City - a brief history of a little known boom town in the Boundary Country of British Columbia which in 1898 was headed for greatness but two years later had literally disappeared; Alert Bay - a feature on this fascinating and old totem pole village off the eastern side of Vancouver Island; The Lost Mine of Pitt Lake - a renowned treasure story of the province which introduces new evidence concerning this legendary lost mine; Allison Pass Memoirs - takes readers into the mid 1880's in the Similkameen country conclusion. 36 stapled pages. Many black and white reproductions of archival photos. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent example. ; 4to; Signed by Illustrations . Canada West Magazine unknown
1971Best.-Nr. 255j1918Summerland B.C.: Canada West Magazine. Very Good. 1971. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Features: The B.X. Line - a renowned stagecoach line which for nearly half a century served the central interior along the historic Cariboo Road; Gold Commissioner William George Cox - an article drawn from the letters of one of British Columbia's Gold Commissioners and Justices of the Peace a man who ranged from Rock Creek in the Boundary Country to the golden streams of the Cariboo at the height of the placer gold excitement in the 1860's Part 1; Greenwood City - an article which provides a fleeting glance at the smallest incorporated city in the province of B.C. a town in the southern interior which came into being when copper was king in the 1890's; William Hind - a little-known painter who portrayed scenes from the Cariboo gold rush in 1864. 32 stapled pages. Many black and white reproductions of archival photos. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent example. ; 4to . Canada West Magazine unknown
1972Best.-Nr. 417H3143Canada: Canada West Magazines 1972. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 40 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Features: Discovery - Gold Town in the Atlin District of B.C.; The Collector's Page; Edward Dossetter's Queen Charlottes - he was a photographer who travelled the northwest coast in the late 1870s; The 1913 Liberty Nickel; Billy Ballou - The Forgotten Expressman; Canadiana - spitoons/cuspidors; The Cliff Dweller; Letters from the North-West - Part II - A.R. Dyre was a young North West Mounted Police Constable from 1882 to 1885; Our Vanishing Heritage - false front buildings; Gagnon and His Flying Machine - was he the first to make a vertical free helicopter flight in 1907. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Canada West Magazines Paperback
1972Best.-Nr. 417H3142Canada: Canada West Magazines 1972. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 40 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Features: The Lost Morgan Mine near Greenwood City; The Highest Judge in the Highest Court in the HIghest City in Canada - W.R. "Willie" Williams; Historic Hedley B.C.; Gold Bullion at Twelve Fathoms - the Pacific went down in 1875 off Cape Flattery; The Money Shell - money used by native peoples of Western Canada was dentalium or higua a sea shell; Letters from the North-West - Part I - A.R. Dyre was a young North-West Mounted Policeman who served in the wests from 1882 to 1885. Name atop front cover. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Canada West Magazines Paperback
1970Best.-Nr. 417H3140Canada: Canada West Magazines 1970. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 32 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Features: Beyond Lillooet; Nature Notes; Tokens From Yesterday; Allison Pass Memoirs - part 4 of 5; Our Vanishing Heritage - disappearing lake boats; Ymir - Old Kootenay Mining Town. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Canada West Magazines Paperback
1971Best.-Nr. 417H3141Canada: Canada West Magazines. Good. 1971. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 40 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Features: Gold Along Little Hixon Creek; The K and S Railway; Our Vanishing Heritage - Salishan Indian Basketry; Old Fort Rupert Vancouver Island; W.G. Cox - Gold Commissioner - Part III; Collector's Page; The Battle Bend Country; W.S. Hatton's Paintings; Historic Three Forks in the silver country of the West Kootenay. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Canada West Magazine Fall 1971 Volume 3 Number 3 - Gold on Little Hixon / The K & S Railway Kaslo and Slocan Gold Along Little Hixon Creek; The K and S Railway; Our Vanishing Heritage - Salishan Indian Basketry; Old Fort Rupert Vancouver Island; W.G . Canada West Magazines unknown
1985Best.-Nr. 417j0608Canada: Sunfire Publications Ltd. Very Good. 1985. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Features: Jolly Jack Thornton's Lost Placer; Historic Greenwood B.C.; Fraser River Bars - Once hundreds of gold seekers panned every gold bar from Hope to Lytton; Peace River James Jim K. Cornwall - the greatest promoter of the Peace River country; and more. 32 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Canadian West Magazine - The Pioneer Years Collector's Issue #1 August Aug. 1985 - Historic Greenwood B.C. Jolly Jack Thornton's Lost Placer; Historic Greenwood B.C.; Fraser River Bars - once hundreds of gold seekers panned every gold bar from Hop . Sunfire Publications Ltd. unknown
1976Best.-Nr. 327a4894Esquimalt British Columbia: St. Paul's Church 1976. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 99 pages. This history of this important naval and garrison church. Sturdy hard cover library binding. Usual library markings. A sound copy. St. Paul's Church Hardcover
1979Best.-Nr. 417H3152Canada: Stagecoach Publishing Co. Ltd. 1979. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 44 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Features: Gold! - Part 1 - Gold throughout the ages; Massacre at Seven Oaks - the battle became a massacre when a Metis shot the governor; The Black Donald Mines - John Moore slipped on a rock and made the largest and richest graphite discovery in Canadian history; On the Klondike Trail - some struck it rich but many more experienced only hardship; A Brief History of Matches; The Saga of the Steam Threshing Machine on the Canadian Prairies; Writing-On-Stone in the Milk River Valley - a replica of the NWMP fort recalls the border patrols of the past; British Columbia's First Visitors from Outer Space; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Stagecoach Publishing Co. Ltd. Paperback
1900Best.-Nr. 659c9602Victoria B.C.: Hicks & Lovick 1900. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 75 pages. Intended for entry-level pianists this work begins with the rudiments of piano playing then leads readers through many pages of increasingly difficult songs. Binding tender but intact. Above-average wear. Some markings to contents. Pages tanned with age. A worthy copy of this vintage British Columbian piano text. Undated circa 1900. Hicks & Lovick Hardcover
1983Best.-Nr. 351a9751Victoria BC: British Columbia Provincial Museum 1983. Book. Illus. by Belton Peter. Fair. Paperback. First Printing. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 189 pages. References. Species index. 70 Line drawings. 3 Tables. "Intended to assist those interested in the biology and identity of our mosquito fauna." - from Preface. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Worthy reference copy. British Columbia Provincial Museum Paperback
1981Best.-Nr. 15504311Canada: Hancock House Publishers 1981. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 192 pages. Index. Bibliography. Author's signature upon front endpaper. ".Introduces the characters who opened up the north. They raped the forests endured the ostracism of the 'respectable' too their lives in their hands to drive huge trucks or fall top spars - and forged a lifestyle that has become the stuff of legends. There is plenty of action and plenty of dirt." - from dust jacket. Abundant black and white photos. Light wear to clean unmarked book. Dust jacket with above-average wear but remains presentable in new archival-grade Brodart cover. Nice clean solid copy. Hancock House Publishers Hardcover
1961Best.-Nr. 565H4187Vancouver B.C.: Jim Railton 1961. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 26 pages. Features: Mailbag; Caribou From the Clouds - Wes Bickerton and a trip to Francois Lake for Mountain Caribou - article with photos of Harold Daye Don and Wes Bickerton and Shorty Innis; Photo of John Shelford receiving award from Game Director Frank Butler; Photo of Rick Lamb; Two nice illustrated ads for Parker-Hale rifles; Spa Lake Rod Smasher - the dry fly demons of the fly hills - article with photo of Al Worobey and his wife fishing on Bolean Lake; Illustrations of how to identify 'exotic' fish by their tails; Salt Water License - if proceeds from these licenses are used properly good fish management should result; Boats; Water Safety tips; Let's Go Crabbing - article; Clay Chips - article with photos of Jim Logan Henry Rempel "Hand" Burnett Bob Flintoft Bill Thompson Joe Lindsay Ken Blagbourne George Sherwood Ry Beem Chuck Collins Murray Laidlaw Aldon See Sr. Ernie Todd Stu Loutit Wallace McMillan Bill McLean Rab. Williamson Toni Grebliunas Russ Barker and Hugh McGowan; Nice illustrated ad for the new International Travelall Station Wagon inside back cover; Nice illustrated Lucky Lager ad on back cover; Many additional nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Jim Railton Paperback
1973Best.-Nr. 154G1316Vancouver B.C.: Canucks Publishing 1973. Magazine. Very Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 72 pages. Features: Colour photo of Bobby Orr in Yardley ad inside front cover; The Ageless Alex Delvecchio; Canucks Quiz; New Red Wing Coach Ted Garvin - Laying Down the Law; Canucks vs. Detroit - 72-73 stats; Headband for Henry Boucha - article with photo; Great Bobby Schmautz ad modelling a fancy leather jacket; photos of Canuck players management and staff; Nice half-page feature on Mickey Redmond and how he became the first Red Wing to score 50 goals in a season; Full-page ad for Borgeson Ice Rinks Ltd - they build ice rinks in homes!; NHL History - with photo of Frank Boucher; Nice full-page feature on Bobby Schmautz; Photos of Detroit Red Wing players; Full-page photo of the ill-fated Pontiac Astre; Full-page CKNW ad features caricature of Jim Robson; Goalie Jacques Caron photo feature; Gary Bergman is featured in a VanCity ad; Dave Dunn - Player of the week; plus many great vintage ads. Unmarked with light wear. A nice vintage copy. Canucks Publishing Paperback
1985Best.-Nr. 518h1688Ganges B.C.: Horsdal & Schubart. Good. 1985. First Edition. Paperback. 0920663028 . "Between 1890 and 1929 Samuel Maclure designed many comfortable gracious houses mostly in Vancouver New Westminster and Victoria British Columbia. From large projects such as Hatley Park now Royal Roads and Gabriola Mansion to modest bungalows his buildings are all noted for their exquisite detail thoughtful layout and elegant proportions. Other members of the energetic Maclure family did important pioneer work in British Columbia in surveying brick making and newspaper publishing and their ventures are also described in this book." - back cover. 164 pages. Footnotes list of sources index. Many black and white diagrams and reproductions of archival photos. Inclues nineteen pages of inventory of structures designed by Maclure. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A must have for anyone privileged to live in a home designed by this gifted architect.; 8vo . Horsdal & Schubart paperback
2009Best.-Nr. 633j3093Victoria BC: Self-Published. Fine No dust jacket as issued. First Edition. Paperback. Signed and dated by author upon title page. "After reading many books newspapers and mining journals on the history of coal mining on Vancouver Island and after talking to oldtimers I decided to create a coal miner's daughter who in this story shares memories of being raised in three coal mining communities: Wellington Extension and Oyster Harbour - later renamed Ladysmith. Some of the experiences the character recalls are based on stories told by miners and mine workers. The factual information woven throughout this story is based on my research of the time period 1896 to 1910." - Author's Message. 36 pages generously illustrated with colour and black and white photos. Clean bright tight and unmarked with negligible wear. Gift quality.; 4to; Signed by Author . 2009. 0980985811 . Self-Published paperback
1992Best.-Nr. 553H1804Canada: 49th Battalion The Loyal Edmonton Regiment 1992. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 72 pages. Several pages of black and white reproductions of photos archival and recent. Features: 'The Victoria Cross' by Edgar L. Boyd; Dave Barbour's WWI War Diary; The Battle of 'Captain Ridge' by Ernie White; 'The Great Moustache Caper' by W.D. Smith; 'A Ramble Through Sicily' by Charlie Swan; Part of War Diary by Captain Les Herman; 'My Father's Speech' by Peggy McEwen; 'Recollections of Portslade' by Ralph C.B. Paulsen; 'Eastburne - 1942' by Shierlaw Burry; Several pages of Association news; Nine-page list of members complete with their mailing addresses; Three-page list of members who have passed since the last issue. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this informative item. 49th Battalion, The Loyal Edmonton Regiment Paperback
2000Best.-Nr. 644j1861Canada: British Columbia Railway Historical Association. 2000. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. "Presents a wonderful album of railroading in a coastal area of British Columbia. From 1895 to 1955 logging camps mines and quarries all used railways and they were fascinating ones. Narrow gauge and standard gauge operations employed a delightful range of vintage locomotives and specialized equipment. They left a lasting legacy in the Powell River area and on nearby Texada Island. This is their enduring and intriguing story illustrated with over a hundred vintage photographs." - back cover. 140 glossy pages. Index. Profusely illustrated with maps and black and white reproductions of wonderful archival photos. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. A quality example.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Powell River logging Railway History Transportation Railways Mining Quarries . 0969251122 . British Columbia Railway Historical Association paperback
1961Best.-Nr. 565H4188Vancouver B.C.: Jim Railton 1961. Book. Illus. by Brayshaw Tom. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 42 pages. Features: Revised Fresh Water Fishing Spots and Maps of British Columbia; Nice one-page illustrated ad for Gibbs fishing tackle; One-page illustrated ad for Hardy and Milward split cane fishing rods from England; Marine fir plywood ad; Clay Chips - article with photos of Mr. & Mrs. Bert Whelan Ray Gray Virgil Poppe Rudy Wiley Earl Caldwell Don McKay Paul Maylor Larry French C.H. Reinhard and Verne Greensword; Yacht Bureau begins research and product testing program; Boats; Nice framable one-page ad inside back cover by the B.C. Department of Recreation and Conservation entitled "Good Fishing!"; Nice photo-illustrated Lucky Lager ad on back cover; Many additional nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Jim Railton Paperback
1973Best.-Nr. 644H3711Victoria B.C.: Government of British Columbia 1973. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 92 pages. Many black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. An expansive overview of the profusion of province-wide activities held to celebrate her Centennial. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Government of British Columbia Paperback
1979Best.-Nr. 75404069Victoria BC Canada: Royal British Columbia Museum 1979. Book. Fine. Paperback. First Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 380 pages. A brief historical background and catalogue. Lists and describes over one thousand movie films made in or about British Columbia up to the time of World War II. Clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Tight and square. Excellent copy. Royal British Columbia Museum Paperback
1977Best.-Nr. 755c9315Canada: Woodward Stores Limited. Good. 1977. First Printing. Paperback. 144 pages. This cookbook "has come about because of the many requests from viewers and others for such a book and is a collection of the most called for recipes tested and developed by Mona and staff over her 14-year association with Woodward's Food Floors. Ingredients used in the testing and development were purchased from Woodward's." - from Editor's introduction. Bit of writing atop front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this much-loved cookbook.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Brun Mona; Stemo Johanne Cooking with Mona - "Over 500 Recipes Before Metrics" British Columbia Woodwards Stores Recipe Book . Woodward Stores Limited paperback
