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2012réf. 215j2317Nanaimo B.C.: Florence L. Riley. Very Good. 2012. First Edition. Spiral Bound. 1927371589 . Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. "Florence Riley was born nine decades ago in the mountains of South Eastern British Columbia and has always loved the open country. Meeting and marrying her husband Ron led her to become a willing helpmate in his dream of owning a piece of land. This is her story of their first five years on a piece of Cariboo Country near Ruth Lake". - inside back cover. 321 pages. Occasional black and white reproductions of photos. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. A high-quality signed example of this marvelous account. ; Cover Illustration; 8vo; Signed by Author . Florence L. Riley unknown
2007réf. 166j1667British Columbia: Sono Nis Press. 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. "The great copper gold and silver mining boom that struck the Boundary District of southern British Columbia and northern Washington State brought a rush to this mountainous region that few travellers of today would imagine. Mines and huge smelters dominated the lives of thousands of people in newly built cities that became famous for their mining wealth. The Canadian Pacific and Great Northern railways are central to the story and are chronicled through the last years of steam and the introduction of diesels to the end of most rail services in the region. It is a rich and dramatic story of a flamboyant era." - dust jacket. 224 glossy pages. Includes over 400 select photos maps and illustrations including many in colour; bibliography; references and index. Clean bright tight and unmarked with light overall wear. Dust jacket now in glossy new archival-grade protection. A high-quality example.; Dust Jacket; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Steam Along The Boundary : Canadian Pacific Great Northern Railway and the Great Boundary Copper Boom Canadian Pacific Railway Company CPR History Copper Mines Mining British Columbia B.C. BC . 1550391585 . Sono Nis Press hardcover
1990réf. 633j0305Abbotsford British Columbia: Self Published. Very Good. 1990. First Edition. Paperback. Presents the history of the Harrison area of British Columbia located just east of the lower mainland. 4 278 pages. Index. Footnotes. References. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Date and initials atop title page otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this informative local history and genealogical reference.; 8vo . Self Published paperback
2003réf. 215j2916Canada: North Kildonan Publications. Good No dust jacket as issued. First Edition. Spiral Binding. Intended to provide a field guide to the former Kettle Valley Railway and the subsequent Kettle Valley Division of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Author grew up in a family of former KVR employees and eventually began his own railway career as a Shopman in Penticton. He got to know many old-timers and heard first-hand their accounts of many incidents. Since then he collected photos and archival material and travelled many miles along the former railway with knowledgeable old-timers. Profusely illustrated with maps and black and white photos. Multi-paginations. 5/8" thick. Bibliography. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound example of this super-informative reference.; 4to . 2003. 0969697120 . North Kildonan Publications unknown
2016réf. 654j0886Canada: S.W.H.C. Good. 2016. First Edition. Spiral Binding. 0921271239 . Presents the local history of South Wellington British Columbia located just south of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. Includes family stories and accounts of life. Chapters include: Coal Mining; South Wellington Lumber Company; Sports and Community Activities; Haying; Schools; Church; Fire; Murders; First Aid and Mine Rescue; Missing Children; Black Road; Alien Enemies; Family Stories; and more. 408 spiral-bound pages. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Bits of liquid paper atop title page otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality example of this informative and engaging local history.; 4to . S.W.H.C. unknown
1946réf. 201G4760Winnipeg: Stovel / National Home Monthly 1946. Book. Illus. by Phillips John cover; Jousset Albert; Scott John; Holmgren John; Dorne Albert back cover. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 40 pages. Features: Lovely cover illustration of snowy Quebec church scene; Colour Canada Dry ad; How Much Was Exploded by the Atomic Bomb; Photo of tractor train pulling into Yellowknife from Lower Hay River; Jergens Lotion ad with photo of beautiful Marie McDonald; The Prime Minister Sweepstakes; Knocking at the Door short story; British Columbia B.C. Counts Her Trees - a general plan is required for the perpetuation of the province's timber stands - photo-illustrated article with aerial photo of Ladysmith fire July 7 1945; Laurie is so Optimistic short story; Home Aides; Advances in Science; Buffalo Farmer Ed Butters of Michigan - photo-illustrated article on man who purchased a 250-animal herd in South Dakota and moved it east; Nearest My Heart shrot story; Nice one-page colour ad for the 1946 Pontiac maroon four-door Silver Streak; Photo ad for Woodbury soap features three photos of newlyweds Mabel Lucille Holland and ex-RCAF officer Thomas Mitchell Mills both of Montreal; Charming colour Fry's Cocoa ad with kids running home from school; Photo of Gypsy Rose Lee in Arrid ad; The New Fashioned Woman; Back cover colour Frigidaire fridge ad shows trio admiring large cut of meat; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A lovely vintage copy. Stovel / National Home Monthly Paperback
1948réf. 201H0018Canada: The National Home Monthly. Good. 1948. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 76 pages. Features: Nostalgic colour GWG Great Western Garment ad inside front cover for their Red Strap Overalls features farmer with farm in background; Half-page colour-photo ad for Ritz Crackers; Massey-Harris one-page colour ad shows farmer on tractor in corn field; Can Europe Be Saved - Sequel to President Truman's Message; Charming half-page colour ad for Canada Dry features beaming girl; Who Will Be the Moses of the Federal Liberal Party; The Money Belt short story; Happy Ending short story; The Company of Adventurers - colour-illustrated article on the history of the Hudson's Bay Company; Swan Song short story; What Did She See in Him short story; Let's Abolish Easy Driving Tests - article with photos of horrific car accidents; Nice one-page colour ad for B-A includes four service station scenes; Magnificent colour two-page 1948 Chevrolet ad features light brown car and fishing couple; Cominco in the Kootenays - photo-illustrated article; Half-page air mail ad; It's Comfort That Counts - interior design article; Half-page colour ad for V-8 veggie drink shows smiling girl; Nice fashion illustrations; Singer Sewing Centers one-page colour-photo ad; Children's birthday recipes; One-page colour ad for Swift's Premium bacon; Colour one-page Heinz ad features large 57 with colour photos of their many products; One-page colour-photo ad for Nabisco Shredded Wheat; Article on Colour shoes - with colour photos; One-page colour Coke ad shows many pop machine scenes; Fashion/Beauty article; Nice Burn's meat one-page colour ad shows Spork Sausage and Speef; Nice colour mother and daughter scene in Wabasso Cottons ad inside back cover; Dutch Cleanser ad on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; The National Home Monthly Magazine May 1948 - Cominco in the Kootenays / The Company of Adventurers HBC Hudson's Bay Company Trail British Columbia Sullivan Mine GWG Great Western Garment ad inside front cover for their Red Strap Overalls features f . The National Home Monthly unknown
2012réf. 246H4259Canada: R.M. & A. 2012. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Printing. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 203 pages. Glossy photo-illustrated boards. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Documents the history of skiing in Revelstoke from 1890 through 2012. Printed upon glossy stock. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. Faint bit of peeling inside front board where small label removed. An excellent copy of this enjoyable and informative history. R.M. & A. Hardcover
1986réf. 647j2688Canada: The Vancouver Police Historical Society and Centennial Museum. Fine in Good dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 0969270003 . Presents one-hundred years of history of the Police Department of Vancouver British Columbia. Published to celebrate the Centennial of the force in 1986. 10-131 11 glossy pages. Profusely illustrated with wonderful black and white reproductions of archival photos. Includes lists of sworn members reserve roll and civilian members as of April 6 1986. Gift greetings upon front free endpaper otherwise very clean bright tight and unmarked with negligible wear. Moderate wear to dust jacket now in glossy new archival-grade protection. A high-quality example of this informative history. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; A Century of Service - The Vancouver Police 1886-1986 The Vancouver Police Historical Society and Centennial Museum . The Vancouver Police Historical Society and Centennial Museum hardcover
2012réf. 644H4128Canada: D.H.E. 2012. Book. Fair. Paperback. Second Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ix 496 pages. Index. Footnotes. Black and white illustrations. "Investigates the greatest human catastrophe ever on Canadian soil perhaps 100000 B.C. natives died from smallpox during 1862/63. Before then the indigenous peoples were still sovereign in their respective territories. Afterward British Columbia subjugated and disposessed the depopulated and demoralized native nations through small wars billed as policing and by hanging more than a dozen natives resisting the unconstitutional imposition of British institutions." - back cover. Former library copy with the usual markings and heavy soiling and wear. Binding intact. Not pretty but a worthy reading copy. D.H.E. Paperback
1960réf. 41302358Victoria BC: Railways Branch. Good. 1960. First Edition. Paperback. "A short article intended to preserve the history and statistics of the Wellington Colliery Railway one of the early narrow-gauge railways which ushered in wide gauge on Vancouver Island before the transcontinental railways reached the shores of the Pacific. The railway was abandoned in 1899 and the locomotives and rails taken to Extension. Today timber grows on the old grades over which millions of tons of Wellington coal had been hauled." - pages 3 and 5. Includes black and white reproductions of five archival photographs which show the first train to Wellington in 1880 the locomotive Columbia the last coal to be hoisted in the Nanaimo-Wellington district in November 1953 and more. Author was chief inspector of the Railways Branch. 8 stapled pages in blue card covers. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Insect damage to bottom two inches of left margin of page 3 contents unaffected. A sound example of this rare history. 10.5" x 7.4". ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Swanson R.E. The History of a Railway Province of British Columbia Department of Commercial Transport - Railways Branch 8 pages in blue card covers. A short article intended to preserve the history and statistics of the Wellington Colliery Railway . Railways Branch paperback
1968réf. 351G4535Ottawa: Canadian Department of Agriculture Experimental Farms Service 1968. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 148 pages. Author's own copy. Signed and dated by Taylor atop front free endpaper with his personal bookplate affixed inside front board. "In 1963 Taylor made a pilot study of collecting methods in Western Canada and during the summer of 1964 he collected some 1600 cytological specimens. Taylor and Mulligan later examined the collections and successfully counted the chromosomes of 71 percent of the vascular flora of the Queen Charlottes." - from dust jacket. Average wear to book with several light pencil markings to contents. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Canadian Department of Agriculture, Experimental Farms Service Hardcover
2002réf. 663H4335Canada: Douglas & McIntyre / Vancouver Art Gallery 2002. Book. Illus. by Hughes E.J. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 226 pages. Index of works. Chronology. Selected bibliography. Illustrated endpapers. Oblong 11" x 12". "Lavishly illustrated with 100 full colour and 25 black-and-white reproductions of prints drawings and paintings this is the first full-scale volume to honour the artistic life and work of E.J. Hughes from the start of his long career in the 1930s to the present. His unique talent for depicting the landscape in a way that both he and viewers believe it should be rather than the way it actually is enables us to experience and understand place and nature in new and deeper ways." - dust jacket. Clean bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A nice copy of this wonderful tribute. Douglas & McIntyre / Vancouver Art Gallery Hardcover
1997réf. 648G1866British Columbia: Trail History and Heritage Committee. Good. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 0969030525 . Presents this history of Trail B.C. from 1895 through 1945. 679 pages including hundreds of pages of family histories. Map endpapers. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Average wear. Binding intact. Prior owner's name inside front board. A sound copy of this informative local history and invaluable genealogical reference.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Trail of Memories: Trail BC British Columbia 1895-1945 Pioneers Settlers Families Local History . Trail History and Heritage Committee hardcover
1940réf. 658j1727USA: Yachting Publishing Corporation. Good. 1940. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Features: Thirty Days in British Columbia Waters - What to expect when cruising in the Pacific Northwest and how to plan for it; College Yacht Racing; "Stormy" Wins Fast Race to Nassau; Sea Island Labyrinth; Cruising to Italy and back; Cheating Old Man Winter; Building the Star "Spirit"; "Spun Yarn" All Wet Again; The Modern Steel Yacht; The "Cresset" Click-Click; An Aluminum Auxiliary; Fishing - Planning Ahead on Tackle; "Gale" Cleans Up Stars in Cuba; Comets Race Off San Juan. Many fantastic photo-illustrated ads. 138 semi-glossy pages. Tight and unmarked with average wear. A sound example of this wonderful vintage issue.; Cover Art; Folio . Yachting Publishing Corporation unknown
1973réf. 63ac8676Burns Lake BC: Burns Lake Historical Society. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 0919212476 . "This book is not only written to show the progress and history of a community and the adjacent area but it is also the story of the pioneers of the district." - Dedication page. 307 pages. Wonderful archival black and white photos. Gift greetings upon front free endpaper otherwise unmarked. Average wear. Foxing to endpapers and periphery of contents. Binding intact. No dust jacket apparently as issued. A sound example of this informative local history. Hale & Barman 932. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Burns Lake British Columbia History Settlers Pioneers Genealogy . Burns Lake Historical Society hardcover
1978réf. 738h1723Victoria B.C.: Province of British Columbia / British Columbia Provincial Museum. Very Good. 1978. First Edition. Paperback. 0000681628 . "Much of the information on gathering and preparing foods contained in this handbook was obtained from elderly members of contemporary Indian communities." - Preface. Chapters include: Lichens Mushrooms and Fungi Ferns Conifers Flowering Plants and more. 259 pages. Glossary references and index. Printed upon glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with high-resolution colour and black and white photos. Tight square and unmarked with light wear. A high quality copy of this excellent reference.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; Food Plants of British Columbia B.C. Indians Part 2 Two - Interior Peoples: Handbook No. 36 Wild Plants Edible British Columbia Indians of North America Food Lichens Mushrooms and Fungi Ferns Conifers Flowering Plants . Province of British Columbia / British Columbia Provincial Museum paperback
1981réf. 839h1721Victoria B.C.: Sono Nis Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 0919462618 . Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. "The Empresses were the finest fastest liners on the Pacific. They forged a link across the North Pacific from the west coast of Canada to Japan China and later the Philippines that lasted for over 50 years. This is the dramatic story of the Canadian Pacific's Empresses on the trans-Pacific service from record-breaking runs and million-dollar silk cargoes to typhoons and war service." - dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with over 400 magnificent black and white reproductions of archival photos illustrations maps timetables and scale drawings together with detailed text and fleet lists. 290 pages. Index. Bibliography. Map endpapers. Tight clean and unmarked with light wear. Moderate wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Original 1983 credit card purchase receipt laid-in. A quality copy of this exceptional history. ; 4to; Signed by Author . Sono Nis Press hardcover
1959réf. 413H1372Kelowna British Columbia: Ellison Centennial Committee. Fair. 1959. First Edition. Paperback. 116 pages. Map of main land owners prior to 1900. Reproductions of many archival black and white photos. Contents include: Summary of Pioneers Before 1900; Indian Inhabitants and Early Traders; Settlers from 1858 to 1908; Early Roads; Her Majesty's Mail; Schools; Residents and the First Subdivision of Farms from 1908-1917; Residents from 1918-1958; Early Homes Social Life and Sports; Logging and Sawmills / Irrigation; Church History / Names of World War Soldiers; and more. Pages moderately tanned. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Sturdy boards mounted over the original card covers. A worthy reference copy of this important record. Hale & Barman 938; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; The History of Ellison District 1858 - 1958 British Columbia B.c. Okanagan Valley Settlers Pioneers Genealogy Central Price . Ellison Centennial Committee paperback
1997réf. 326h6086Canada: Self-Published. Good. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 1550565168 . Signed and inscribed by author upon half-title page. 427 pages. Index. Footnotes. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos including lovely photo-illustrated endpapers. ". A people book a lively collection of maritime memoirs and profiles. Reflects the personalities and experiences of the many dedicated U.S.S. crewmembers from Masters to Mess Boys who laboured long and hard hours often in treacherous weather conditions to serve the people of the West Coast. The author served in the Purser's office aboard every ship in the fleet that plied the rugged coast between 1942 and 1950. He has interviewed more than 170 personnel over a five-year period and collected well over 1000 photographs more than 400 of which are included in this book." - back board. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality signed copy of this most engaging history.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Signed by Author . Self-Published hardcover
1984réf. 63AG0246Valemount B.C.: Valemount Historic Society. Fine. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 0889253951 . Presents the local history of Valemount British Columbia located west of Jasper National Park. 618 pages. Index. Map endpapers. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Over 300 pages of family histories. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy of this informative local history and invaluable genealogical reference. Hale & Barman 1039. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Yellowhead Pass and Its People Valemount British Columbia Historic Society Pioneers Settlers History British Columbia . Valemount Historic Society hardcover
1980réf. 623G1920Canada: Self-Published Van Coillie Dries. 1980. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 299 pages. Reproductions of archival black and white photos. "Intended to portray a comprehensive record of events depicting pioneer life early settlers community indulgence and every manner of development business and service. Special characteristics of certain individuals have been indicated to assist the reader to comprehend in greater depth the story as it is being unfolded. The events and dates are authentic." - from Acknowledgements. Average wear. Binding tight. Sunning to spine. Unmarked. A sound copy. Hale & Barman 948.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; The West Howe Sound Story 1886-1976 - Featuring Gibson's Landing Sunshine Coast . Self-Published (Van Coillie, Dries) paperback
1973réf. 343h5370Canada: Davies Ventress and Kyllo. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Somewhat above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Gift greetings upon title page. Hairline opening in binding at page 3. Hale & Barman 951. Edwards & Lort 3820.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Peace River - History settlers Pioneers . Davies, Ventress and Kyllo hardcover
1979réf. 317H1157British Columbia: The Haunted Bookshop. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. Numbered First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by researcher Eleanor A. Eastick upon colophon where she hand-numbered this copy number 897 of 1000. 264 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Large fold-out map inside back board. "A newly-found manuscropt written in the 1920's and never before published." - from title page. "The personal recollections of the very people who lived and worked in the Cariboo in the last half of the nineteenth century." - from dust jacket. Moderate wear. Binding tight. Vertical line of faint peeling midway along each fixed endpaper where tape removed. Name atop front free endpaper. Gift greetings upon half-title page. Birth and death dates of dedicatee hand-written beneath his name. Price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy. Hale & Barman 959.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Cariboo Road British Columbia History Mark Sweeten Wade; Signed by Authors . The Haunted Bookshop hardcover
1935réf. 746H3338New York: Longmans Green and Co. 1935. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xii 246 pages. Index. Colour frontispiece illustration. Thirty-four black and white photographic plates. Maps of southwestern B.C. the district between Homathko Valley and the Waddington Group and the district between the Waddington Group and Knight Inlet. Frequent illuminating caustic and politically incorrect marginal notes by prior owner whose name D.M. Sinclair is stamped inside boards on title page and once to contents. We believe Mr. Sinclair was a resident of Duncan B.C. who managed a bank in Zeballos on Vancouver Island in the early 1940s during the local gold rush. The book itself is "an account of a trip through British Columbia's dense brush to Mt. Waddington or Mystery Mountain. The party in part British military officers explored and climbed the 15000 foot mountain." - Kim Whale. Reading copy only. Binding open at half-title page. Page xi loose but present. Dust jacket not included. Laid in is a small yellowed news clipping describing a brutish B.C. crime from decades past. Despite it's poor condition Mr. Sinclair's spicy marginal comments make this a particularly interesting copy. Edwards & Lort 3936 Whale 1648. Longmans, Green and Co. Hardcover
