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2006réf. 154G2347Vancouver Canada: Raincoast 2006. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 256 pages. Index. "Through the four decades of the team's existence fans have witnessed the courage of Trevor Linden and Curt Fraser; the heart of Stan Smyl Gary Lupul and Matt Cooke; the peculiar virtuosity of Gary Smith and Richard Brodeur; and the artistic Petulance of Petri Skriko and Pavel Bure. Fans have revelled in the fists of fury flung by Gino Odjick and Tiger Williams the stately elegance of Jyrki Lumme and Orland Kurtenbach the presence and power of Greg Adams and Todd Bertuzzi and the God-given grace of Markus Naslund and Thomas Gradin. All of these players and many more are profiled. Full of anecdotes and trivia and overflowing with four decades' worth of photography this book is a must-have for canucks fans everywhere." - from dust jacket. Clean bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A high-quality copy of this magnificent Canuck collectible. Raincoast Hardcover
1948réf. 64500656Canada: South Hill Publishers Ltd. 1948. Book. Fair. Paperback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 64 pages. Copiously illustrated with incredible black and white photographs. The inside story of the disastrous British Columbia floods of 1948 which inundated thousands of acres of fertile farmland left hundreds of persons homeless and wrought ruin and devastation throughout the province. Compiled from the works of newspapermen who spent almost three weeks in the Fraser Columbia Kootenay and Okanagan Valleys to bring first-hand accounts of the disaster to the public. "Most of the pictures the climax to a hundred dangers traversed by each photographer are self-explanatory. They show NATURE'S FURY from every angle." - from Foreward. Sections are devoted to the following locales: Barnston Island; Agassiz; Nicomen Island; Chilliwack; Hatzic; The Haztic Break; Matsqui; The Lower Mainland; Queensborough; Pitt Meadows; Kootenays; The Mission Gauge; Mission; Fort Langley and Glen Valley; Trail; Sumas; and Hope. Above average wear. Bit of ink writing upon page 50 else unmarked. A rare and scarcely believable account. South Hill Publishers Ltd. Paperback
1966réf. 664G4538Canada: Okanagan Historical Society 1966. Book. Illus. by G.K.L. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 284 pages. Includes sixteen-page index of the first twenty-nine issues of this report - an invaluable reference tool. Many reproductions of wonderful archival black and white photos. The dozens of articles include such titles as: Edgar Emeny; The Bassetts of Okanagan; The Okanagan Language; Hector Whitaker; The Story of the Postill Family; Max Herman Ruhmann; William Bill Ruhmann; The Joyce Hostel; Hugh Charles Musgrove Leir; Robert Carswell; Mr. & Mrs. W.J. Woods; Pioneer Canadian Nurse; William and Mary Rice; and many more. Year written on spine otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Okanagan Historical Society Paperback
1988réf. 648G1772Canada: P.R.H.R.A. 1988. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 256 pages. Index. Colour photo illustrated endpapers. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of archival black and white photos. Signed and inscribed by Southern upon title page. "Focuses on one year in every decade from 1907 to 1987 tracing the progress and regress of the community with each expansion and cut-back of their lifeline the pulp and paper plant now MacMillan Bloedel Limited." - from dust jacket. Bright and unmarked with very light wear. Minor coffee stain to base of fore-edge and part of bottom edge. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A very nice copy of this informative reference. P.R.H.R.A. Hardcover
1931réf. 623G1655Victoria B.C.: The Colonist Printing and Publishing Company 1931. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 146 pages. Black and white photographic plates. Edward and Lort 2373. Chapters are devoted to: Sister Mary of the Conception; Sister Mary Lumena; Sister Mary Bonsecours; Sister Mary Clement; Mother Mary Anne of Jesus. Includes a brief report of the work of the Sisters of St. Ann in education and hospitals on Vancouver Island in the twentieth century. Bright gilt lettering upon chocolate brown backstrip. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Curious performations to upper portion of back free endpaper are near spine so relatively unobtrusive. Slight lean to spine. A sound copy of this informative reference. The Colonist Printing and Publishing Company Hardcover
1988réf. 636a0077British Columbia: Eagle Dancer 1988. Book. Illus. by Vickers Roy Henry. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 144 pages. Signature of R.H. Vickers dated 1988 upon title page. Offers a comprehensive view of Vickers' art. Chronologically presents his work beginning with his more traditional Indian pieces and moving to his more recent 'Victoria Series'. A celebration of line and colour as well as his graphic style and writing talent. Book clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in Brodart is lightly worn and bears several smallish blemishes upon front panel. Please see photo. Pertinent news clipping laid inside front cover. Overall a very nice copy of this important work. Eagle Dancer Hardcover
1989réf. 41302645Campbell River BC Canada: Ptarmigan Press Limited. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1989. First Printing. Hardcover. 0919537103 . 471 pages. Lets the diaries letters and newspapers of the pioneers tell the story of the region's growth. Told in chronological sequence with chapters added to provide more detailed information on the industries and organizations developed by the people of the region. From first printing of 3000 copies. Light wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Book clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. A beautiful copy. HALE & BARMAN 439.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Watson D.E.; Stephens E.G.; Isenor D.E. Edge of Discovery - a History of the Campbell River District 471 pages. Lets the diaries letters and newspapers of the pioneers tell the story of the region's growth. Told in chronological sequence with chap . Ptarmigan Press, Limited hardcover
1999réf. 318c7715Canada: H.P. 1999. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 239 pages. Index. Footnotes. Bibliography. "Documents the Okanagan's transformation from a rough-and-tumble region on Canada's western frontier into a major agricultural district and one of the fastest-growing areas in the province. The heart of this book is a selection of articles essays letters diaries memoirs and observations that first appeared in Okanagan History. Interesting accurate and accessible with lots of archival photographs this work is a must-read for Okanagan locals first-time visitors and BC history buffs alike." - from dust jacket. Few library markings. Very light wear. A lovely copy. H.P. Hardcover
réf. 79382Image: 7 ¼” x 4 ¾”. Mount: 8” x 5”. An albumen silver print: “#1612 of Ouray from the North”. Geo. E. Mellen’s Colorado Views is imprinted on the verso along with C.H. Clark Publisher and General Trade Agent Gunnison Colo. Mellen b.1854 was an itinerant photographer. His views can be found in a wide array of collections from The Getty to The Amon Carter Museum of Art. Established by miners searching for silver and gold at its height Ouray had more than 30 active mines and was home to thousands of people. Ouray’s downtown is now on the National Register of Historic Places and the town bills itself as the "Switzerland of America” for its setting at the narrow head of a valley enclosed on three and a half sides by steep mountains. unknown
1855réf. 63044Washington: Beverley Tucker A.O.P. Nicholson & Thomas H. Ford 1855-1860. One coloured lithograph sized 11.25 x 8.5 in. extracted from the original Explorations and Surveys volumes a fine crisp copy. First edition of this view of Fort Vancouver Washington Territory while future General Ulysses Grant was stationed there as a quartermaster Captain. The original survey was one of the most important and massive compilations of exploration reports and scientific data ever published about the Trans-Mississippi West. Published by the Federal Government at the urging of Secretary of War Jefferson Davis and the result of numerous reconnaissance surveys of exploring four major routes surveyed for the Pacific Railroad -- these reports represent the first attempt at a comprehensive systematic geographical exploration of the Western regions of America and made possible the first reasonably accurate topographical maps of the West. Vols I & XII parts 1 & 2 are still considered some of the best early sources of information on the Pacific Northwest the Puget Sound and the tribes of Washington Territory. Of the eleven official expedition artists the most prominent is the renowned John M. Stanley 1814-1872 most widely known for his portraits of Native Americans and their way of life. Warren's Map of the Territory of the United States from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean Vol. XI was considered by Howe as the best cartographical work on the West up to its time and was used for 25 years following as the definitive reference. Graff 4435; Hill pp. 301-302; Howes P3; Sabin 69946; Taft pp. 4-9; Wagner-Camp 262-266a 267:1; Wheat Mapping the Transmississippi West IV pp. 67-91. Beverley Tucker, A.O.P. Nicholson, & Thomas H. Ford, unknown
réf. 2998S.l.: The Company 1857. . Single card stock printed on one side only 7 x 4 3/8 inches With the notation that this was to "be used only on the 2d June" and that "The regular Passenger and Freight Trains East and West will be run as usual upon this day. S.l.: The Company, 1857. unknown
réf. 2998S.l.: The Company 1857. . Single card stock printed on one side only 7 x 4 3/8 inches With the notation that this was to "be used only on the 2d June" and that "The regular Passenger and Freight Trains East and West will be run as usual upon this day. S.l.: The Company, 1857. unknown books
1937réf. 5395Chicago: Pocahontas Press 1937. First edition of 100 copies. 12x11cm 12ff. Illustrations printed in two colors throughout. Signed inscribed to the former owner and dated by the designer and illustrator Suzette in 1938 on ffep. Printed by George Domke at the Art Institute of Chicago. Orange cloth spine lettered in gilt hand decorated covers in white blue orange and gold t.e.g. Spine sunned else near fine. Collection of poetry from the Chicago collector and founder of the Centaurs Press Alfred E. Hamill 1884-1953 writing as Hugh Western. Hamill was also the father in law of the book's designer and illustrator and founder of the Pocahontas Press Suzette M. Hamill later Davidson 1911-1996. Suite Chinese is the first book from the press published while she was a student at the Art Institute of Chicago. Suzette Hamill was turned on to fine printing while an undergraduate at Vassar College through Goudy exhibits at the library the famous typographer also paying visits to the school from time to time. In the Vassar Quarterly Volume XLI Number 1 October 1955 Hamill elaborates on her founding of the press and first effort: "At Christmas time in 1937 while still a student at the Art Institute I published the first book bearing as imprint The Pocahontas Press. Why Pocahontas Seeking a name that was American feminine and related to me I chose that of the Indian girl who had married an English ancestor eleven generations ago. A son was born of this union making the proprietor of The Pocahontas Press 1/384 part Algonquin Indian! .It is of significance that the first Pocahontas Press imprint should be a collection of poems Suite Chinese by Alfred E. Hamill my first husband's father. .Suite Chinese was a small volume of squarish format illustrated and hand set by me in Bruce Rogers' Centaur type and printed by George Domke on English handmade paper. The edition comprised one hundred copies of which only about ten were sold the rest being given to friends as keepsakes. Happy days!" This significant and beautiful first book from Pocahontas Press is quite uncommon in the trade. Worldcat shows 10 holdings. . Pocahontas Press unknown
1916réf. 78132Denver: The Clason Map Co 1916. Includes a geographical index of towns and a table of railroad distances. The population of the state at the time was 98726 and Las Vegas was little more than a railroad division point. The raising of stock was an important industry: “Owing to the limited water supply it will never be an important agricultural state.” 20 p. index with a folding map 17 ¾ x 22 ½”. Original printed green paper wrappers 4” x 6 ¼”. Some minor edgewear; otherwise very good. The Clason Map Co unknown
1918réf. 78138Des Moines Iowa: The Kenyon Company 1918. A color map showing all the railroads cities towns post offices rivers telegraph stations money order post offices and chief auto roads. The population of the state at the time was 799024. 18 p. with a folding map 18 ½” x 14”. An index of Colorado with the latest census and a shipping and postal guide is printed on the verso of the map. Original printed blue paper wrappers 4 ¼” x 6 ¼”. Near fine. The Kenyon Company unknown
1873réf. 63936Hartford CT: Dustin Gilman & Co. Queen City Publishing Co. et al 1873. Thick 8vo. xvii 18-604 pp. Woodcut-engraved frontisp. of Carson frontisp. portrait of Peters and 32 woodcut-engraved plates. Emerald green decorated publisher’s cloth gilt & black lettering & black decorative borders front cover minor rubbing edgewear to lower fore-edge & corners very slight bumping to couple corners still a VG bright copy. First Dustin Gilman & Co. printing of this nicely illustrated and significantly expanded version of Peters’ biography of Kit Carson who was the only authorized biographer by Carson first published in 1858 as “The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson.” The work examines his life as mountain man and fur trader participation in the Modoc Indian Wars and Modoc Indians and other Indigenous Peoples experiences in Yellowstone gold mining in California mining in Colorado and involvement with Fremont and more. See: Graaf 3260; Wagner-Camp 306; Howes P266. Dustin, Gilman & Co., Queen City Publishing Co., et al, hardcover
1879réf. Cat359Fargo Dakota Territory 1879. Cabinet card photograph measuring appx 4 x 5 ½ inches on larger mount. Very good plus. An early studio portrait by Frank Jay Haynes taken during his initial establishment in Fargo Dakota Territory shortly after his 1879 move from Moorhead. The mount—“Art Studio cor. 8th Ave. & Main St.”—appears to represent Haynes’s first likely short-lived location in the city set just off the main commercial corridor before he relocated his business to the more prominent Front Street Main Avenue. The sitter an affluent-looking man in a fur overcoat holds a cane. In 1879 the affluent class of Fargo consisted primarily of railroad officials tied to the Northern Pacific Railway for which Haynes would later become the official photographer land agents and speculators capitalizing on townsite expansion grain merchants and elevator operators profiting from the wheat boom and a small professional class. Haynes was the first major photographer in the area and would have a prolific output; this image represents an example of his early work before he was established in the city. unknown
1892réf. 64701Portland OR: Oregon Immigration Board 1892. Oblong 4to. 10 x 8 in. 46 2 pp. Numerous photo illusts. tables text illusts. Colour lithographed softcovers birds-eye view of Portland on front cover minor dustsoiling & thumbing to fore-edges minor creasing and very small nick closed tears to fore-edge last few leaves old erasure ownership marking on back cover still VG- copy. First edition of this scarce and well-illustrated promotional history of Portland Oregon illustrating and detailing the the united city which was composed of Portland East Portland and Albina. Included are photos & illustrations of bridges municipal buildings important industries many of the Victorian houses and buildings dotting the city and invaluable commercial information. The Oregon Immigration Board had emerged before 1881 in Portland OR in order to better provide information for homesteaders and land promoters and by the 1890’s with completion of many of the Pacific Northwest Railroad lines was actively touting local development. [Oregon Immigration Board], paperback
1948réf. 64686Philadelphia PA & New York NY: J.B. Lippincott Co. 1948. 8vo. 254 pp. Blue publisher’s cloth white & blue lettering on spine blue lettering front cover minor bumping to a couple corners slight darkening to spine very minor thumbing to fore-edge w/ d.j. lozenge photo cover art minor sunning to spine edgewear still a VG/VG copy signed by the author on ffep. & Everett E. Farwell Books Alameda CA label on rear pastedown w/ bookplate as well. First edition stated with 10th printing jacket price $ 3.75 signed of this memoir about the author’s experiences directly following her bestselling “Egg and I” set against the backdrop of her yearlong confinement in the Firland Sanatorium for tuberculosis now the city of Shoreline and still remains “one of a tiny handful of first-person accounts of life in a tuberculosis sanatorium before the era of penicillin.” The regimen was strenuous and at first demanded total bedrest with doctor’s orders to lie silently no talking writing or reading for weeks on end as the coughed up sputum was tested on a daily basis. Eventually as Firland patients gained strength they were given more and more activities as rewards until they were allowed by medical authorities for discharge. The poignant and often humorous work touches on her coping with being separated from her two girls her immediate family and how she survived the grim years during the Great Depression. See: Mildred Andrews Betty MacDonald 1907-1958 HistoryLink Essay 156 Nov. 4 1998. J.B. Lippincott Co., hardcover
1933réf. 25852Perth: Department of Lands and Surveys 1933. Cadastral map showing land use. Includes plan showing townsite boundary. Version dated "6.2.33". Addition of lots 185-200 on upper right to town plan printed in red. The earliest held by SLWA seems to be ca. 1950. Call Number 9024.P3G46 1 map ; 58 x 76 cm. encapsulated in plastic. Western Australia. Department of Lands and Surveys. Map Dept. of Lands & Surveys W.A. 1937. Available at 3rd Floor Map Stack Call number: 35/11/MANJ 1937 plus 1 more. Call Number 9024.M25G46 Related titles Townsite maps Western Australia. Description 1 map ; 54 x 69 cm. encapsulated in plastic. Part of collection: Townsite maps Western Australia. Department of Lands and Surveys unknown
1829réf. 22252London: Baldwin and Cradock 1829. First edition. Hardcover. Good overall. Highly important early Western Australia content with report by Captain Stirling on his expedition to the Swan River undertaken in the year prior to the first settlement. A 7 page report from Captain Stirling's despatches describes the results of his 1827 expedition. Other topics include: The Netherlands: Progress of the Insurrection in Java; Russia: Hostilities with Persia renewed; Russia declares War against Turkey; Piracies in the West Indies; Account of Franklin's Second Journey to the shores of the Polar Sea; Present State of the Jews; Steam Boat; American Great Western Canal; and the First English Newspaper established in China. Single 8vo volume in two parts. The article appears at pp 510-517. Part I: viii 1 - 267pp 1; Part II: 545pp Index 11. Rebacked with the original leather spine laid down still quite rubbed and worn. Part of the original label loosely inserted inside paper label laid down at top of front board. Text clean and bright. Hard copy not found in Trove. Baldwin and Cradock hardcover
1879réf. Cat359Fargo Dakota Territory 1879. Cabinet card photograph measuring appx 4 x 5 ½ inches on larger mount. Very good plus. An early studio portrait by Frank Jay Haynes taken during his initial establishment in Fargo Dakota Territory shortly after his 1879 move from Moorhead. The mount—“Art Studio cor. 8th Ave. & Main St.”—appears to represent Haynes’s first likely short-lived location in the city set just off the main commercial corridor before he relocated his business to the more prominent Front Street Main Avenue. The sitter an affluent-looking man in a fur overcoat holds a cane. In 1879 the affluent class of Fargo consisted primarily of railroad officials tied to the Northern Pacific Railway for which Haynes would later become the official photographer land agents and speculators capitalizing on townsite expansion grain merchants and elevator operators profiting from the wheat boom and a small professional class. Haynes was the first major photographer in the area and would have a prolific output; this image represents an example of his early work before he was established in the city. unknown books
1989réf. 765j1538Nakusp British Columbia: Arrow Lakes Historical Society Book Committee. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 0969423608 . "A pictorial overview of the history of the Arrow Lakes - Lardeau region of British Columbia. A preview of life in pioneer times." - dust jacket. 216 glossy pages generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of marvelous archival photos. Index Picture Index and Bibliography. Map endpapers. Book clean tight and unmarked with moderate wear. Somewhat above-average wear to dust jacket now in glossy new archival-grade protection. A sound example of this engaging work. ; Folio . Arrow Lakes Historical Society (Book Committee) hardcover
1902réf. 467h5501Toronto: W.J. Gage & Company Limited 1902. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. pp. 64. Many adorable colour and black and white illustrations. Printed upon glossy stock. "The work in the book consists of a series of problems that increase in difficulty and in variety as the child gains control of the powers of new letters or new combinations." - page 5. Prior owner's details written in "The Property Of." blanks inside front cover otherwise unmarked. Binding intact. Many pages beginning to loosen from bottom through respectful use but this copy remains complete and intact. A quality vintage example of this wonderful early British Columbia school text for new readers. W.J. Gage & Company, Limited Paperback
1936réf. 611c7342Victoria: Province of British Columbia. Fair. 1936. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 173 pages. Index. ".Intended for the use of the students of Home Economics in elementary and junior high school classes." - from Foreword. Heavy external wear. Binding intact. Moderate age-yellowing and some soiling to contents. Pencil writing upon front endpaper and occasionally through book. A worthy copy of this charming vintage B.C. home economics text which features reproduction of charming vintage black and white photo of contemporary student in class garb.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Foods Nutrition and Home Management Manual - Home Economics Circular No. 1 Textbook Elementary Junior High . Province of British Columbia hardcover
