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1925Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Paperback. Illustrated covers with portrait of Ismail Hakki Bey and borders. Art-nouveau illustrated borders on frontispiece. Taped and repaired spine. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script. 158, [2] p., musical scores. In contrary of the tradition of Ottoman book printing, this is numbered from right to left. Ismail Hakki Bey was a Turkish composer, musician and educator during the Ottoman Empire. The Society of Ottoman Music was founded by Ismail Hakk' Bey in March 1909 at the flat above the Fevziye Coffehouse. Ismail Hakki Bey, while he was the president and director of the Ottoman Society of Music, applied to the Ministry of Education to have a permit to open a private music school. After the permission was granted, The School of Ottoman Music, (1910-1920), the first private music school in the Ottoman State, was inaugurated on January 5th 1910. This book includes his teachings of solfege and musical scores with scores mostly. Lithograph. Roumi: 1341 = Gregorian: 1925. Second Enlarged Edition. Özege 18193.
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1936ref. 617G1207Vancouver British Columbia Canada: Sun Directories Limited 1936. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 1944 pages. An incredible reference of British Columbia in the year 1936. "Containing an alphabetically arranged list of cities towns post offices and railway stations in British Columbia and the Yukon with a description of each; and alphabetically arranged list of business houses private citizens civic provincial and dominion governments churches public and private schools secret and benevolent organizations associations etc. also an avenue and street guide of householders for Vancouver and Victoria and a classified business directory." - from title page. Above-average external wear. Aged piece of white tape around upper portion of exterior. Portion of backstrip missing. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this wonderfully nostalgic compilation. Sun Directories Limited Hardcover
2003ref. 648G2568Tomslake BC: Borderline History Committee 2003. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 435 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of family and archival black and white photos. Map endpapers. Decorated red boards. Contents include: Families; Schools; Groups and Organizations; Churches and Cemeteries; Sports; Entertainment; Services; Miscellaneous and Pictures. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. A lovely copy of this excellent local history. Borderline History Committee Hardcover
1980ref. 111c5982British Columbia Canada: Self-Published 1980. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 154 pages including copies of black & white photos. Personal Memoirs of W.T. Burkitt Theo born in England who immigrated to Canada early 1900's. Patriarch to Burkitt Family of Salt Spring Island British Columbia. Depicts history of early Vancouver Island military service politics and family life from a personal point of view. Hand typed. Handwritten greetings on title page read "To Marjorie and Gerry With Best Wishes" presumably written by the author. A nice clean copy with sound binding. Self-Published Paperback
1890ref. 866a4760Victoria BC: Queen's Printer 1890. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 395 pages. Public Acts dealing with: agricultural societies; Mischievous Animals Registration of Births Deaths and Marriages Bush Fires Cattle Ranges Incorporation of Companies Constitution County Courts Assignment for benefit of creditors Registration of Voters Firearms Game Protection Homestead Juvenile Reformatory Crown Lands Land Grants for Charitable and other purposes Land Registry Legal Professions Licenses Mechanics Lien Magistrates Medicine and Surgery Minerals other than coal Mines coal prospecting Mines coal regulation Municipalities New Westminster Incorporation persons dying intestate Provincial Royal Jubilee Hospital Quieting titles to real estate Railways Railways - Columbia and Kootenay land grant Railways - Shuswap and Okanagan land grant Rivers and Streams - clearing of Royal Columbian Hospital Sheriffs Supply Timber - marking University of British Columbia. Private Acts relate to: Ashcroft and Cariboo Railway Co British Columbia Electric Company British Columbia Jockey Club British Columbia Mills Timber and Trading Company Columbia and Carbonate Mountain Railway Company Columbia and Kootenay Railway and Navigation Company Coquitlam Water Works Crow's Nest and Kootenay Lake Railway Hill's Bar Gold Mining Company London and Canadian Fire Insurance Company Nanaimo Telephone Company National Electric Tramway and Lighting Company News-Advertiser Company New Westminster Electric Light Company Okanagan and Kootenay Railway Company Pacific Coast Fire Insurance Company Westmister Street Railway Company Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Company Vancouver Incorporation Vancouver Street Railways Company Victoria Lumber and Manufacturing Company. Binding intact. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. A sound copy. Queen's Printer Hardcover
1990ref. 009108State Printing Division Perth. 1990. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover Text and Separate Cardboard Slipcase w/ maps. Minor shelfwear w/ corners bumped on text volume; slipcase w/ a couple of bumped corners w/ one board of slipcase slightly curved/bent; o/w both text and map volumes are in very good condition. This is a very large and heavy 2-volume set; extra shipping may be required for priority mail or international orders. State Printing Division, Perth. Hardcover
1932ref. 714c9691Vancouver B.C.: Self-Published 1932. Book. Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 111 pages. Reproductions of black and white photos. Attractively signed and inscribed by author upon first blank leaf as follows "From - The Church of the Open Door Vancouver BC Yours Sincerely Andrew Roddan." No other markings. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this evocative and sobering look back to the soup lines of the 1930s and the men who stood in them. Self-Published Paperback
1934ref. 60177New York: Rae D. Henkle Publisher 1934. 8vo. 320 pp. Black cloth pictorial cover art and striking Art Deco lettering in red front cover & spine w/ d.j. pictorial cover art by Nat Falk & lettering in red on black field very slight shelfwear an exceptional NF/NF copy. First edition of this Great Depression Era prison reform memoir detailing the life story of career criminal John Goode and his continued downfall and numerous incarcerations over a career of many decades. Moved abruptly to Colorado in the 1870’s Goode ran away from home in 1875 becoming a “second story worker” for a band of yeggmen in Denver; two years later was sent to reformatory in Massachusetts for robbery before escaping twice; indentured to a fishing schooner off the Grand Banks before escaping; rustled cattle in New Mexico looted gambling halls in Colorado herded sheep in Wyoming and eventually repeated in prison sentences in Ohio for Highway Robbery as well as running pickpocket ring in New York. Henkle 1883-1935 editor of the New York Herald and prison reformer along with journalist Thelma Roberts believed his story should be told and dedicated the book to Goode’s mother and “all those who understanding that boys are at hear adventurers romancers brave little crusaders and help them to find the paths of right adventuring.” Scarce in original dustjacket. Rae D. Henkle, Publisher, hardcover
1911ref. 62631San Francisco CA: Nordman Bros. Co. 1911. 4to. 9.75 x 12.25 in. 4 667 3 pp. Illustrated title w/ 100’s of text photos illustrations diagrams. Peach-orange coloured publisher’s cloth light gray lettering & decorative borders lettering on spine spotting & soiling to covers minor wear minor bumping to corners edgewear minor age toning to textblock still G copy. First edition of this scarce and expansive jeweler’s and watchmaker’s catalogue issued less than five years after the 1906 Earthquake & Fire and featuring 1000’s of items for sale including acid bottles jewelers benches calipers engraving blocks jewelry boxes cameo mountings and an exceptional array of large watchmaker and jeweler’s signs and electric signs along with signs for opticians. Also featured were parts for such watch manufacturers as Omega Longines Waltham Hamilton Illinois and other makers. Joseph Nordman 1843-1920 and his brother Leon Nordman 1850-1924 were French-American watchmakers & jewelers who originally emigrated to California in 1867 where they established their successful watch and jewelry supply house which operated for decades on the Pacific Coast. Worldcat locates 1 copy U of O. Nordman Bros. Co., hardcover
1950ref. 64687Philadelphia PA & New York NY: J.B. Lippincott Co. 1950. 8vo. 256 pp. Navy-blue publisher’s cloth red & silver lettering on spine slight shelfwear w/ d.j. cover art of typewriter keys minor shelfwear light dustsoiling to back cover NF/VG copy inscribed by the author on ffep. “Foo Salia -- Who is too pretty to have such a hard name.” First edition stated price $ 2.75 inscribed of this memoir about the author’s life experiences and often disastrous adventures with her sister Mary Bard Jensen in childhood and then in the aftermath of her divorce following the events of the “Egg and I” raising children in the midst of the Great Depression finding employment through whatever schemes her family thought up and surviving tuberculosis. Her “helpful sister” was Mary Bard Jensen 1904-1970 who dropped out of the Univ. of Washington worked as a stenographer and switchboard operator and later wrote advertising jingles for radio commercials before egging on Betty into writing her well-received and humorous memoirs. See: Mildred Andrews Betty MacDonald 1907-1958 HistoryLink Essay 156 Nov. 4 1998. J.B. Lippincott Co., hardcover
1925ref. 3241N.p. 1925. Very good plus. Eight silver gelatin photographs 5.25 x 2.75 inches all with pencil annotations on verso. Mild edge wear. An intriguing collection of eight annotated vernacular photographs picturing construction and other work taking place at an unnamed western riverside fort. The manual labor for the project was performed by incarcerated men who are sometimes pictured. The annotations on the verso of each image provide valuable information on the activities and settings in the pictures. The images themselves show the stockade adjacent to the river the prisoners' dining hall the front part of the bunkhouse and dining tent an elevated view of the stockade showing sand and cement being hauled down a nearby road three young men preparing dinner "prisoners building a concrete wall" "prisoners working on the retaining walls" and "prisoners starting a wall in the side of a very bad slide." In the latter photograph the compiler of the photographs reveals his own involvement in the activities here: "You can see me R.B.A. standing with a gun on my shoulder." An interesting group of photographs documenting the long tradition in the United States of employing prison labor to perform back-breaking manual labor. unknown
1909ref. 261371909. Very good overall. Three large album pages and one scrap of pressed Australian wildflowers likely made by a Perth resident in the early 1900s. The album pages is entitled in manuscript "Wild Flowers of Western Australia" and signed in ink in the lower corner F. Cliff. The flowers loosely arranged in a heart shape are entitled in ink at the center of the arrangement "Kangaroo Paws. From Collie W. A. gathered in early Sept. 1909"; and "Kangaroo Paws. From various parts of W. A. Gathered in Sept. 1909". The small scrap approximately 4 x 6 1/2" is untitled with pencil notations 205 206 & 207. Ancestry locates a Norman Franklin Cliff residing in Perth from 1914 to 1917 and again in 1919 and 1921. In 1925 he is in Fremantle. 3 album pages 9 x 12 1/4" unknown
1942ref. 64642New York: Dodd Mead & Co. 1942. 8vo. 8 245 1 pp. Beige publisher’s cloth brown lettering slight shelfwear w/ d.j. photo cover art minor edgewear minor chipping foot of spine 1 corner light creasing still a NF/VG copy w/ former ownership markings on ffep. and two TLS signed by the author dated April & May 1953 to Clark’s Old Book Store in Spokane WA on her Welcom Ranch Craft Shop Bonners Ferry ID letterhead. First edition with two signed TL laid-in of this scarce pioneer account chronicling how Davis her husband and two children moved with a $ 160.00 grubstake to north Idaho after losing their sheep ranch in the eastern Colorado dust bowl during the Depression. Davis 1901-1986 was an active freelance writer for home and women’s magazines and this memoir was written at the request of Dodd Mead. She lived in nothern Idaho and eastern Washington until her death. The enclosed letters note her purchasing Ralph waldo Trine’s “In Tune with the Infinite” and ‘The Higher Powers” as well as Dorothy Van Doren’s “Country Wife” along with Gould’s “Country Storekeeper.” The second notes her request for the “Secret Science Behind Miracles” by Max Freedom Long. Dodd Mead & Co., hardcover
1925ref. 3241N.p. 1925. Very good plus. Eight silver gelatin photographs 5.25 x 2.75 inches all with pencil annotations on verso. Mild edge wear. An intriguing collection of eight annotated vernacular photographs picturing construction and other work taking place at an unnamed western riverside fort. The manual labor for the project was performed by incarcerated men who are sometimes pictured. The annotations on the verso of each image provide valuable information on the activities and settings in the pictures. The images themselves show the stockade adjacent to the river the prisoners' dining hall the front part of the bunkhouse and dining tent an elevated view of the stockade showing sand and cement being hauled down a nearby road three young men preparing dinner "prisoners building a concrete wall" "prisoners working on the retaining walls" and "prisoners starting a wall in the side of a very bad slide." In the latter photograph the compiler of the photographs reveals his own involvement in the activities here: "You can see me R.B.A. standing with a gun on my shoulder." An interesting group of photographs documenting the long tradition in the United States of employing prison labor to perform back-breaking manual labor. unknown books
1975ref. 644H5063Victoria BC: Self-Published. Good. 1975. First Edition. Paperback. 2 31 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Fascinating and delightful reading. Describes the life of the author's hardy European ancestors who settled in the Cowichan area on Vancouver Island in the 1800s. The story begins with Robert McLay who left Airdrie Lanarkshire Scotland to first visit Vancouver Island in 1862. Modern residents of the area will marvel at how these settlers got by without any of the infrastructure we now take for granted. Also interesting is the description of relations with the local native peoples. Unmarked with average wear to beige card covers. A precious local history and genealogical reference. Hale & Barman 81.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Cowichan North Cowichan Robert McClay Henry E. Evans John Newell Evans David Evans Koksilah Cowichan Valley Duncan British Columbia . Self-Published paperback
1970ref. 521G4521Vancouver B.C.: Canucks Publishing. Good. 1970. First Edition. Paperback. 60 pages. Many reproductions of wonderful archival black and white photos. Features include: The Patrick Family Legend; The First Game; The First Year; The First Stanley Cup; The Second Stanley Cup; The Great Denman Fire; Fred Cyclone Taylor; The Life and Times of Coley Hall; The Glorious Smokies; The Brat Called Pistol - Eddie Dorohoy; The Rollicking Raggedy Vees; The Spirit of the Canucks; The Drillers of Kimberley; The Heart of Fred J. Hume; The Life and Laughs of Babe Pratt; The Palace by the Sea - Pacific Coliseum; The Anatomy of a Franchise; and more. One page CKNW 98 ad highlights play-by-play man Jim Robson. Molson ad features photos of their 1969-70 hockey scholarship winners including: John Cumberbirth Bob Gaston Pat Russell Keith Nordin Richard Beauchamp Daryl Fedorak Brian Debiasio Brenk Kaufmann Robert Little George Walton and Don Young. One-page pricelist of Canucks merchandise. Printed upon glossy stock. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this very informative nostalgic and uncommon work from the year the Canucks entered the NHL.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; History of Hockey in B.C. British Columbia - From the Denman Arena to the Pacific Coliseum Canucks Victoria Arena Lester Patrick Family Legend; The First Game; The First Year; The First Stanley Cup; The Second Stanley Cup; The Great Denman Fire; Fred . Canucks Publishing paperback
1927ref. 652H4445Canada: Canadian National Railways CNR 1927. Book. Very Good. Map. First Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. 62 x 43.5 cm one-sided colour pictorial map reduces to 22.5 x 10 cm when folded inside original blue card cover lettered in black. Illustrates the route of the CNR's Triangle Tour of British Columbia which included "Jasper National Park Mount Robson Park the Canadian Rockies and the scenic seas of the North Pacific coast." Without saying so the right side of the map switches scales so as not to display Lake Louise a prime tourist attraction of rival railway Canadian Pacific. Includes eight sepia-tone photos of sights of interest along the way. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A well-preserved copy of this excellent piece of vintage Western Canadian tourist ephemera. Reference: Cornell University Library Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection 1219.01. Canadian National Railways [CNR] unknown
1956ref. 201G4689Montreal: Maclean Hunter. 1956. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 124 pages. Features: Cover painting of barber shop in Kemano B.C.; Nice Christmas ad for Parker Pens inside front cover; Editorial - If Nationalism's okay it's okay for everybody; Women are not a race apart - opinion piece by Anne Francis; Nice one-page colour-photo ad features inset photo of Dorothy Moreau Miss Canada 1956; How London Dimmed Liberace's Smile; Nostalgic one-page Christmas-motif ad for Ganong's Delector Chocolates; Electrohome TV ad shows dad babysitting; Two-page colour ad for Schick electric shavers for ladies; From Ottawa - Can politics compete with Howdy Doody; Panel Discussion about Women - with contributions by Nathan Steinberg Madame Renee Vautelet Miss Anne Hamilton Mrs. L.M. Baldwin Dr. Marion Hilliard Dr. Reva Gerstein Miss E.W. Loosley and Dr. Ashley Montagu; The Lady is a Labor Labour Leader - Huguette Plamondon; How Serious is the Threat of Radiation - we are constant targets of radioactivity - what is it doing to us - and future generations - some disturbing facts; Johnny Lombardi's Kingdom of Music and Macaroni - this war vet opened an Italian grocery broadcast Italian music and imported Italian movies; The Tragic Case of the Man Who Played Jesus - Peter and Mina Sala were key figures in the 1941 Belcher Islands murders - Peter posed as God Ouyerack as Christ and Mina went mad leading naked women and children on the ice where six died; Comic Paul Kligman - master of the Jewish joke - photo-illustrated article; The Story of Olga - novel; One-page colour-photo ad for McBrine luggage; Two-page colour-photo ad for Kodak cameras; Great Caterpillar one-page photo ad features D8 Cats pulling large loads across the vast wastes of Antarctica as part of Operation Deepfreeze; Two-page ad for Philishave for ladies features figure skaters; Hammond Chord Organ ad features home Christmas scene; Sensational two-page colour-photo ad for the 1957 Pontiac red Laurentian 4-Door Sport Sedan with white roof and stripe; Classy one-page diamond ad for Birks Jewellers features attractive lady and tropical fish; Canadian Club one-page colour-photo ad features Fred Klaus and Tom Morison who are hit by an avalanche while skiing in the Austrian Alps; Nostalgic Red Cap Ale / Black Label Beer colour-photo ad features "Mabel" and mand in red cap putting the finishing pieces on a beautiful Christmas tree; Classy one-page colour ad for Electrohome celebrating their 50th anniversary in 1957; Schick mens' shavers centrefold ad; Nice colour ad for Pyrex decorator casserole dishes; Colourful Moirs Chocolates ad features Santa; Nice colour ad for Maxwell House coffee; Colour photo of elegant couple in Wiser's whisky ad; Remington shaver ad features great colour photo of hatless Santa getting ready to shave; 3/4-page colour ad for B.C. Apples features illustrations of little boy and girl; Robert W. Service recounts his most memorable meal - after being lost at forty below; Interesting colour ad for Cummins portable electric tools; Great archival colour ad for Crown Zellerback Canada features nice illustration of Christmas package being delivered with written details of their kraft paper production at Elk Falls their Richmond B.C. box plant and their pioneer Ocean Falls mill; Attractive large colour-photo ad for Lawson & Jomes Limited features the labels they print for O'Keefe ale beer and double stout; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Page 57 taped into place with archival tape otherwise a sound and pleasing vintage copy.; Magazine; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine December Dec. 8 1956 - Labour Leader Huguette / Johnny Lombardi Chalk River Nuclear Pollution Fluoroscopes Cover painting of barber shop in Kemano B.C.; Nice Christmas ad for Parker Pens inside front cover; Ed . Maclean Hunter paperback
1992ref. 327c5598Canada: Harbour Publishing Co. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Good in Very Good dust jacket. Signed without inscription by author upon title page. Index. Extensive list of oral history sources. A superb reference abundantly illustrated with black and white archival photographs. Chapters include: The Coastal Forest; Beginnings; Early Steam Power; Yarding Them Out; The Railway Era; The Birth of Truck Logging; Final Mechanization; Postwar Conversions; Modern Logging. Appendix - B.C. Coastal Log Production. 304 pages. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper and half-title otherwise unmarked. Average wear to book. Light wear to handsome dust jacket now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade protection. A quality signed example.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; BRITISH COLUMBIA HISTORY LUMBERING LUMBER Logging Pacific Coast Northwest History The Coastal Forest; Beginnings; Early Steam Power; Yarding Them Out; The Railway Era; The Birth of Truck Logging; Final Mechanization; Postwar Conversions; Modern Logging.; Signed by Authors . 1550170724 . Harbour Publishing Co. hardcover
1963ref. 744a0321British Columbia: The Queen's Printer. Very Good. 1963. Reprint. Paperback. 12 pages. Bibliography. Thirty black and white illustrations of clubs. Inscribed and signed 'Wilson' atop first page. "Among the notes and photographs which the Provincial Museum acquired with the Newcombe Collection in 1961 was a small bundle marked 'Tsimshian stone batons.' It contained materials which Dr. Newcombe had assembled with the intention of publishing an article on a remarkable series of more than 35 carved stone clubs found together in a cache at an old village-site on the Bulkley Canyon near Hazelton in the upper Skeena area in 1898." - from page 1. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Stone Clubs from the Skeena River Area Provincial Museum Victoria British Columbia notes and photographs which the Provincial Museum acquired with the Newcombe Collection in 1961 was a small bundle marked 'Tsimshian stone batons.' It contained materia; Signed by Author . The Queen's Printer paperback
1939ref. 417H2818Toronto: The Maclean Publishing Company Limited. Good. 1939. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 72 pages. Nice cover illustration of the H.M.S. Repulse by Eric Aldwinckle. Articles: Civilization in Danger - Liddell Hart explains how France and Britain have been forced into a defensive position; This Way Please - wonderfully nostalgic photo-illustrated article on the Motion-Picture Theatre Usher; Oil is Where You Take It - article on the 112000 miles of pipeline in North America; Co-ops Sell Fish and Homes - informative article on the history of the North Island Trollers' Co-operative Association Queen Charlotte Islands and the the Tompkinsville co-operative housing project at Reserve Mines on Cape Breton Island; To Be Blind Like This - James McDonald of Alberta explains how blindness since age 6 has not kept him from a full and happy life; Streamlined Groceries - great vintage article on food merchandising circa 1939 and how it eases the burden on housekeepers. Fiction: Graven Image of a Boy; South Sea Saga; So Nicely Put; Deep Waters serial. Great one-page photo ad for International industrial crawlers and tractors. Excellent two-colour orange one-page photo ad for Chevrolet trucks. Lovely one-page colour ad for the 1939 Dodge car orange. Colour Studebaker centrefold ad. 1939 Dodge truck ad. Bromo-Seltzer ad includes photo of Bridge expert Ely Culbertson. Photo of 97-year-old twins Hettie Brenton and Rhoda Dartt born in Brookfield Nova Scotia. Vintage one-page ad for Chrysler vans and pickup trucks. Willys Overland photo ad. Nostalgic colour-photo ad for Canadian Pacific's Banff and Lake Louise tourism features poolside ladies in bathing caps. Nice colour back cover 1939 Plymouth ad features a red Custom four-door Streamline Sedan. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue from the ominous months preceeding WWII.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's Canada's National Magazine April Apr. 15 1939 Vol. 52 No. 8 - Civilization in Danger H.M.S. Repulse by Eric Aldwinckle. Articles: Civilization in Danger - Liddell Hart explains how France and Britain have been forced into a defensive po . The Maclean Publishing Company, Limited unknown