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1950rif. 873j0334Vancouver British Columbia: Students of Lord Byng High School. Good. 1950. First Edition. Paperback. 96 pages. Hundreds of reproductions of black and white photos. Prior owner's name atop title page. Some autographs to contents. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage yearbook.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Yearbook of Lord Byng High School Vancouver British Columbia West Point Grey . Students of Lord Byng High School paperback
2010rif. 633j0345Vancouver: Anvil Press. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. 1897535287 . Signed and dated without inscription by Gabor Gasztonyi atop title page. "A self-revelatory journey into a world of darkness and light a place of blatant lies and transcendent truths and represents the culmination of Gabor Gasztonyi's five-year project of photographing the residents of the Cobalt Balmoral Regent and Sunrise Hotels in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside." - dust jacket. 159 pages with 156 glossy black and white photos. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Slight lean to spine. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Oblong 7.4" x 11.3". A quality copy of this haunting work.; Photographs; 12mo; Signed by Photographer . Anvil Press hardcover
2005rif. 569j0372Port Alberni British Columbia: Stephanie Smith. Good. 2005. First Edition. Spiral Bound. "For half a century Totem Tournament has provided ADHS/ADSS students and staff with a uniting school event. No other occasion at the school generates as much enthusiasm and cooperative staff/student involvement. In addition to being the oldest high school boys' basketball tournament in British Columbia Totem plays before capacity crowds every year making it the premier sporting event in the Alberni Valley. Generations of Albernites have been part of the tournament in some way. This compilation of writing and photos is an attempt to capture the history of Totem from its inception to today." - Tournament Director. Includes a chapter for each decade lists of everyone who ever played in the tournament winners and MVPs all stars former coaches and their comments former Princesses and their thoughts referees and Wink Willox Winners and more. 125 pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of photos. Trifle of writing inside back cover otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. List of "Top Ten Opposition Players" to appear in the Tournament on page 125 includes Steve Nash of SMU St. Michael's University School. Nash went on to play eighteen seasons in the NBA where he was twice voted Most Valuable Player. A quality copy of this wonderful compilation. ; 4to . Stephanie Smith unknown
2009rif. 713j0507Kelowna B.C.: KMS. Very Good. 2009. First Edition. Paperback. 0920685439 . "An Irish lawyer who practised law in Winnipeg and Edmonton Thomas Leslie T.L. Gillespie moved to Kelowna's K.L.O. benches in 1910 to become an orcharist. For the next twenty years he and his pioneering neighbours transformed these benchlands into a lush productive and distinct agricultural landscape. His insightful typescript is at once funny and sensitive and it reveals something of the unique characters and events that came together in British Columbia's settlement era." - back cover. 64 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Endnotes. Recommended reading list. Clean bright and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy.; 8vo . KMS paperback
1979rif. 863j0407Don Mills Ontario: Burns & MacEachern. Good dust jacket only. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 0887680844 . "Drawing extensively from Archibald McDonald's letters reports and diaries Jean Murray Cole lets the subject of this biography tell his own story: of the enmity between the Red River settlers and the violent vindictive Nor'Westers who were determined to destroy the Red River colony; of his years of service in the Hudson's Bay Company where he became commander of forts on the Lower Fraser and Columbia rivers; and of the long canoe voyages through the untamed Canadian wilderness." - dust jacket. pp. xviii 2 268. Footnotes bibliography and index. Map endpapers. Black and white plates. Book clean tight and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this extraordinary life story. ; Endpaper Maps; 8vo . Burns & MacEachern hardcover
2000rif. 815j0175Summerland B.C.: Valley Publishing. Good. 2000. First Edition. Paperback. 1896967671 . Signed and briefly inscribed by author upon title page. In England during WWII the author met and married a Canadian soldier whom she traveled with when he was wounded and sent back to British Columbia. Provides unique insight into the trials and triumphs of a young woman whose life was directed by the advent of WWII. Average wear. A sound signed copy of this interesting life story. ; Sm8vo; Signed by Author . Valley Publishing paperback
2000rif. 633j0109Abbotsford B.C.: Dairy Industry Historical Society of British Columbia. Good in Good dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 0968766307 . "The story of the dairy industry is a powerful part of British Columbia's history - a history of hard work and determination success and desperation. This book frames archival photos and the stories of people talking about their lives and their work with a historical account of the major changes in the industry since 1872." - dust jacket. 363 pages. Index. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos and documents. Former library copy with moderate wear and relatively few markings. Binding intact. Oblong 9.5" x 11.5". A sound working copy of this proud history.; 8vo . Dairy Industry Historical Society of British Columbia hardcover
1985rif. 633j0105Canada: O.F. Old Fairbridgians Association. Very Good. 1985. First Edition. Paperback. "The Prince of Wales Fairbridge Farm School located at Cowichan Station on Vancouver Island was our childhood home and the staff and classmates our family. The school's Jubilee Anniversary is therefore more a family gathering than a school reunion. Fairbridge provided us with the opportunity to prepare ourselves for a better life than would probably have been our lot had we remained in the country of our birth the U.K. This book presents a representative selection of written and black and white pictorial items selected from various archival news clippings and pictures at hand plus copies of the Fairbridge Society Annual Reports and copies of the fairbridge Gazette." - pages 1-2. Includes lists of students and the dates they arrived. 82 page stapled book. 11" x 8.5". A treasured reference for those with ancestors who attended this school.; 4to . O.F. [Old Fairbridgians] Association paperback
1987rif. 613j0169Vancouver B.C.: Douglas & McIntyre. Fair. 1987. First Edition. Spiral Bound. 0888945779 . "Here is the boater's bible - the single cookbook no boater should be caught at sea without the cookbook that frees galley slaves and makes cooking on the water fun! A comprehensive guide to catching cleaning and cooking fish and shellfish is a highlight and sprinkled throughout are Nicole Parton's trademark helpful hints to make boating life simpler cleaner and safer." - back cover. 192 pages with index. Gift greetings inside front cover. Minimal markings to contents. Somewhat above-average wear. A sound copy.; Cover Photo; 8vo . Douglas & McIntyre unknown
1960rif. 713H4422Vancouver B.C.: Archives Society of Vancouver. Good. 1960. First Edition. Paperback. 94 pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with high-quality reproductions of wonderful archival photos. Topics include: The Great Vancouver Fire June 13 1886; Vancouver is Named; Photos of massive trees; Clearing the C.P.R. Townsite; Vancouver Becomes a City 6 April 1886; First Meeting of City Council; The First Morgue; Discover of the Source of Capilano Creek; Conversation With A.P. Horne; Unveiling of the Capilano Dam and Capilano Lake. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy of this highly informative and superbly illustrated issue. Lowther 2057 Hale 12375.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; History - Vancouver British Columbia Vancouver - Fire Capilano Creek - History Capilano Dam - History . Archives Society of Vancouver paperback
1973rif. 664G2922Canada: Cove Press. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 0969052812 . 472 pages. Index. A sequel and companion book to The Queen Charlotte Islands 1774 to 1966. Moderate wear to unmarked book. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A worthy reference copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; The Queen Charlotte Islands - Book 2 Two: Of Places and Names British Columbia History . Cove Press hardcover
1986rif. 64400009Nanaimo British Columbia: Loyal Nanaimo Bathtub Society. Good. 1986. First Edition. Paperback. 96 pages. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. A quality Nanaimo Bathtub Race memento; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Nanaimo World Championship Bathtub Race Program - 1986 Loyal Nanaimo Bathtub Society 96 pages. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. . Loyal Nanaimo Bathtub Society paperback
1918rif. 123H4291New York: George Newnes Limited. Good. 1918. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 85 pages plus six pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part I - Robert Wilton and his adventures as a British War Correspondent on the Eastern Front with photos. Wilton's book entitled 'Russia's Agony' was first published in 1918; The Man-Eating Tigers of Rengarih; My Bear Hunt in the British Columbia Rockies - Part II by E. Ashmead-Bartlett; The Water-Wheels of Hama Syria - with photo; Beyond the Law - part V - The Dalton Gang the Condon Bank and the First National Bank at Coffeyville Kansas; Fishing as a Vocation for War Heroes by Ralph Stock; Photo of a fallen California Redwood - said to have been the largest tree in the world; In Unknown British Guiana - Part I - many nice photos; Tales of the Service - Part V - My Smuggle-Catching Adventures - by G.W. Hindmarch a retired Customs and Excise officer in the Shetland Islands; Wonders of the Silver Spruce of British Columbia - in high demand for aircraft construction; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - Part V - by Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman - with excellent photos; Our Seaplane Adventure - Captain Abbott Meade and his plane go down in the Indian Ocean; Photo of large pile of licorice root at Aleppo; The Revenge that went Wrong - James Bestow and his problem with a Yaqui Indian in Mexico; The Railway Conquest of the Australian Desert - construction of the thousand-mile transcontinental railway from Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta - with many excellent photos; The "War Wolf" - Serbia's war hero Colonel Voyin A. Popovich; Whale Flesh as Human Food - informative brief article on the growth of the whale processing industry in Canada with photo; Doctoring War Horses - the personal experiences of Blue Cross worker Charles W. Forward in France and Italy. Nice ad for the Hudson Navigation Company's New York - Albany - Troy route. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World Magazine September 1918 Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part I - Robert Wilton British War Correspondents Eastern Front The Man-Eating Tigers Rengarih Bear Hunting British Columbia Water-Wheels Hama Syria The Dalton Gang Condon Ba . George Newnes Limited unknown
2006rif. 546H1222Burnaby B.C.: Japanese Canadian National Museum. Fine. 2006. First Edition. Paperback. 96 pages. WWII internment resulted in the loss of all but a few possessions of Japanese Canadians relocated from the West Coast. Thomson dilligently searched for surviving photos of the pre-1942 period resulting in an exhibition and this catalogue richly supported with documentation. Clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. An excellent copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Shashin - Japanese Canadian Photography to 1942 British Columbia Immigrants . Japanese Canadian National Museum paperback
1984rif. 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
1984rif. 318c6701Canada: Hancock House. Good. 1984. First Edition. Paperback. 0888399820 . 103 pages. Index. Many archival black and white illustrations. "The B.C. sagebrush desert was transformed into orchards through the imagination and industry of English settlers from 1907 to 1914. Then the men left to fight and die for king and country. A storm wrecked the vital irrigation flume. Now all that remains are ghosts of the flume trees and homes which mock this once thriving settlement." - from back cover. Address label remnant atop title page. Average wear.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Walhachin: Catastrophe or Camelot British Columbia Okanagan Settlers English Pioneers Irrigation . Hancock House paperback
1924rif. 6421Chicago: Poole Bros 1924. Single sheet 21.5 cm x 131.5 cm printed on both sides in color that folds up to pamphlet size 21.5 cm x 10 cm Better than very good. Promotional piece for the D&RGW/Western Pacific. One side contains nine lovely color views of sites along the D& R.G.W. and the Western Pacific lines: Royal Gorge - Eagle River Canon - Canon of the Colorado River - Marshall Pass - Temple Square - Crossing Great Salt Lake - Serpentine Canon - Castle Butte CA - Along the Feather River. The reverse contains a description of the route and sites along the way and a map of the D&R.G.W. line 21.5 cm x 37.5 cm. "The Western Pacific Railroad upholds a reputation for scenery and service equal to that of its sister road the Denver & Rio Grande Western. Thoroughly down to date in its appointments it unfolds a region not only fascinating but instructive much of which is now for the first time penetrated by a railroad. Poole Bros unknown
1995rif. 646h5665Vancouver: Whitecap Books. Very Good. 1995. First Edition. Paperback. 1551102951 . "It's difficult to imagine people would be willing to leave the sunny islands of Polynesia to live in British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest. Yet during the nineteenth century scores of Hawaiians did just that. By the 1880s the Kanakas the Hawaiian word for "human beings" were living in the Vancouver area Victoria the Gulf Islands and in scattered communities along the coast of B.C. and Washington. This work chronicles the lives of the brave and hardy Kanakas and their offspring and recognizes the contribution these people made to British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest". - back cover. 6 152 p. Bibliography index footnotes black and white illustrations. Unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this fascinating and little-known history.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Tom Koppel Kanaka Hawaiian Pioneers - British Columbia Pacific Northwest Hawaiian Immigration Hawaiin Emmigrees Polynesia . Whitecap Books paperback
1983rif. 825c7274Toronto: Maclean Hunter. Good. 1983. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Contents: Drought in Africa short article; B.C.'s Bill Bennet swings his axe - spending down and taxes up; Newfoundland politics - Brian Peckford; Worst of times for the NDP; U.S. shelves a fish treaty; Manitoba bilingualism battle; Robert Bourassa seeks Quebec Liberal leadership; Two-page ad for the new Audi 5000S; Blunt talk between Helmut Kohl and Yuri Andropov; George Schultz - futile side trip to the middle east; Fallout from the Robert Falls affair; Guatemala and Rios Montt; No Expo 1989 for Mitterand; Herman Kahn Obituary; Social update on Vickie Moss and Wayne Gretzky with nice photo; Dave Steib does well in baseball all-star game; Bill Vander Zalm to work for Vancouver Sun after suing it while in office; The recovery takes shape; The Lessons of Japan Inc. by Peter C. Newman; Washington wakes up to Acid Rain; Results of Universiade 1983 in Edmonton; Wynton Marsallis; Reunion of The Band; Poor Toronto - forced to watch as Vancouver opens domed stadium - B.C. Place. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Maclean's Magazine July 18 1983 Drought in Africa short article; B.C.'s Bill Bennet swings his axe - spending down and taxes up; Newfoundland politics - Brian Peckford; Worst of times for the NDP; U.S. shelves a fish treaty; Manitoba bilingualism bat . Maclean Hunter unknown
2005rif. 546H0645Vancouver BC Canada: Douglas & McIntyre Limited. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. Second Edition. Hardcover. 1553651537 . Signed upon title page by author. 180 pages. Index. References. Biographical overview. List of works. Colour illustrated endpapers. "E.J. Hughes is famous for his unforgettably rich and accomplished landscapes primarily depicting the British Columbia coast. His works now command the highest auction prices ever paid for a living Canadian artist confirmation of his emergence as a major figure on the international art scene. The passionate collector has always been central to the emergence of important artists. In this extraordinarily personal account the world of a collector comes alive. Here are 76 Hughes sketches paintings and prints in colour and black and white - only a handful previously published in book form - accompanied by a text rich with anecdotes about the joys frustrations and satisfactions of the chase. This is a very human story of art as master - one which sheds important new light on Hughes and his work." - from dust jacket. "Hughes is the chronicler of a landscape almost too beautiful and too alive with spirit to be believed." - Globe and Mail. Clean bright and unmarked with negliglble wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Gift quality.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; CANADA BIOGRAPHY PAINTING COLLECTORS AND COLLECTING British Columbia Art Artists Coast Ferries Landscapes Sketches Paintings Prints Colour British Columbia; Signed by Authors . Douglas & McIntyre, Limited hardcover
1981rif. 724G0778Smithers BC: Town of Smithers B.C. Good. 1981. First Printing. Hardcover. 0969073704 . 128 pages. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of archival black and white photos plus modern glossy colour photos. The product of the 60th Anniversary project of the Town of Smithers. Chapters include: The Telegraph Trail; Ploughshares Picks and Picaroons; B.C.'s First Village; Before the Crash; Mining's Bright Decade; Life in The Thirties; The War Years and Beyond. Contents clean and unmarked. Binding tight. Average wear to colour photo-illustrated boards. A sound copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Smithers - From Swamp to Village: 1921-1981 History Bulkley Valley History 128 pages. Abundantly illustrated. The 60th Anniversary project of the Town of Smithers. Chapters as follows: The Telegraph Trail; Ploughshares Picks and Picaroons; B.C.'s Fir . Town of Smithers, B.C. hardcover
1984rif. 758G0565North Vancouver British Columbia Canada: Whitecap/David Robinson. Good. 1984. First Printing. Plastic Comb. 0920620604 . 124 pages. Index. "Includes 161 recipes - many named after the places they came from or the people who provided them to the author. The first book to explore in depth the unique regional cooking of British Columbia." - from back cover. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; British Columbia Heritage Cookbook - A Treasury of British Columbia Treats Cookery Canadian Recipes . Whitecap/David Robinson unknown
1915rif. 467c7969Toronto: W.J. Gage & Co. Good. 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. 224 pages. Charming two-colour illustrations throughout. A wonderful collection of over sixty stories including: The Paper Boy; Little Fuzzy; Belling the Cat; Frogs at School; Sir Cleges and the Cherries. Decorated front free endpaper bears ink stamp of Point Grey Kerrisdale School and is nearly detached. Small opening at bottom of front hinge. Somewhat above-average wear to decorated olive-green boards. Few light pencil markings to contents and front board. A pleasing copy of this wonderful vintage British Columbia reader.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; The British Columbia Readers: Second Reader Vintage Antique Public School Elementary BC Vancouver . W.J. Gage & Co. hardcover
1905rif. 738c7642Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. Good. 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. 448 pages. "Contains texts and myths obtained on the Queen Charlotte Islands British Columbia during the winter of 1900-01." - Introduction. Front free endpaper almost loose. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Swanton John R. - Recorded By Haida Texts and Myths - Skidegate Dialect: Smithsonian Institution Bureau of Ethnology Bulletin 29 Northwest Coast Indians Native Peoples British Columbia . U.S. Government Printing Office hardcover
1994rif. 744a0078Madeira Park British Columbia Canada: Harbour Publishing Co. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 1550171100 . "The combination of text and visual history offers readers a privileged glimpse of the glory days of one of the coast's major industries." - dust jacket. 152 pages. Index. Bibliography. Copiously illustrated with archival black and white photography. Prior owner's name atop half-title page else clean bright and unmarked with lightest wear. Dust jacket now preserved in Brodart cover. Lovely copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; BRITISH COLUMBIA HISTORY FISHERIES CANADA Salmonopolis: The Steveston Story Richmond Vancouver Salmon Processing Industry History Fisheries . Harbour Publishing Co. hardcover
