Taylor, G WBiblio.com
8 778 résultats
1978réf. 744a0064Canada: Hancock House Pub Ltd. Very Good. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 0919654878 . 200 pages. Index. Glossary. Dozens of black and white archival illustrations. Chapters include: Golden Future Cariboo Fever Gold - North South East West; Progress in Coal 1835-1900; Change and Turmoil on Vancouver Island; Province-wide Black diamonds; Mining in the Kootenays 1880-1900; Where Copper is King; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding sound. Pages have partially yellowed with age. Quality copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Mining: The History of Mining in British Columbia Mineral Industries . Hancock House Pub Ltd hardcover
1989réf. 75-175CSmithsonian/ Amon Carter Museum of Western Art; 1989. 1989. 366p. Period Photos & art. Many full page color reproductions of the prints. Very Oversize. Fine/Fine copy. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Book. Smithsonian/ Amon Carter Museum of Western Art;, 1989. Hardcover
1993réf. 318c6939British Columbia: LCHAC. Fair. 1993. First Edition. Paperback. 0888783388 . 142 pages. Footnotes. Black and white illustrations. "A fascinating account of the growth of logging in Lake Cowichan - the companies their founders the woodworkers and their struggles to organize unions the ever-changing technology of lumbering and the public policies that have been instrumental in determining the fate of logging in B.C. Above all this is a story of the people of Cowichan Lake and how their lives have been influenced by logging and the forest." - from back cover. Most of this copy has been exposed to moisture with resulting soiling and undulations. Binding intact. Unmarked. Average wear. A worthy reading copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; BRITISH COLUMBIA_HISTORY The Legacy and the Challenge: A Century of the Forest Industry at Cowichan Lake Logging Fallers . LCHAC paperback
1798réf. 930273The Works: London: Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson Paternoster-Row and J. Edwards Pall-Mall. MDCCXCVIII 1798 WITH Memoires of the Last Ten Years of the Reign of George the Second: London John Murray Albemarle-Street. MDCCCXXII 1822. Over 4000 pages and 177 full-page engravings. Seven volumes uniformly bound in Contemporary Calf over marbled boards. Gold Gilt on black leather title labels. Additional spine gilt stamping with decorative blindstamp. Some rubbing to bindings wear heavier towards extremities see image. Hand Marbled endpapers hinges unobtrusively reinforced with moire brown cloth. Internally clean Unmarked. Off-setting from plates with sporadic foxing particularly to plates and adjoining leaves as per usual. Full Collation of the papers used contents and plates on request. A Very Good Antiquarian Set Indeed. First Edition. Half-Leather Marbled Boards. Very Good. Illus. by 177 Full-page Engravings Fold-outs etc. 4to - over 11½" tall. Extremely Heavy Oversized Safely Securely Packed. Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson and J. Edwards hardcover
1980réf. 328c7977British Columbia: Self-Published. Very Good. 1980. First Edition. Paperback. 66 pages. Undated - circa 1980. Black and white illustrations. Presents the history of Port Alice British Columbia from 1917-1965. Clean bright and unmarked with light wear. Tight and square. A quality copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Port Alice Vancouver Island British Columbia History Native Peoples Pulp Mill Sawmill Chinese Immigrants . Self-Published paperback
2011réf. 297909Red deer: Robert Lampard 2011. First edition. paperback. very good/no dustjacket. 8vo. Signed by Author. pp.239 signed by the author on title page Robert Lampard paperback
1971réf. 747G4570Kelowna BC Canada: School District No. 23 S.D. 23. Good. 1971. First Edition. Plastic Comb. 162 pages. A lovely compilation of Kelowna recipes combined with history of the area. Average wear and soiling. Some markings to contents. A worthy vintage copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Centennial Cook Book Cookbook - School District No. 23 SD 23 Kelowna B.C. British Columbia Recpies Cookery . School District No. 23 (S.D. 23) unknown
1912réf. 328a4724Ottawa: Canada Department of Mines Geological Survey Branch. Fair. 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. 208 pages. Black and white photographic plates. Colour Geological Reconnaissance Map of Southern Vancouver Island stored in pocket inside back board. This map has been bolstered in many places with adhesive tape which has yellowed over the years. Above-average wear. Binding intact. It appears that a reference library may have added stiff boards to what was initially a softcover copy. A worthy copy of this very informative work.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Southern Vancouver Island - Memoir No. 13 Colour Geological Reconnaissance Map Coal Minerals . Canada Department of Mines, Geological Survey Branch hardcover
1929réf. 170383Edmonton: The Western Veteran 1929. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Dj. 8vo. pp. 4 27 The Western Veteran paperback
1954réf. 558H3361Nanaimo B.C.: Nanaimo Senior High School. Fair. 1954. First Edition. Paperback. 80 pages loaded with black and white photos of students and staff plus nostalgic ads for local businesses some with photos. Who knew Nanaimo used to have an Egg Pool Many dozens of autographs of both staff and students including Valedectorian Doreen Dobinson. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A sound and pleasing vintage copy of this memento of the school which has since been renamed Nanaimo District Secondary School / NDSS.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Nanaimo District Secondary School Bastion 1953-1954: Student Yearbook of N.S.H.S. Nanaimo Senior High School Now N.D.S.S. Nanaimo B.C. Staff . Nanaimo Senior High School paperback
1971réf. 417H3141Canada: Canada West Magazines. Good. 1971. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 40 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Features: Gold Along Little Hixon Creek; The K and S Railway; Our Vanishing Heritage - Salishan Indian Basketry; Old Fort Rupert Vancouver Island; W.G. Cox - Gold Commissioner - Part III; Collector's Page; The Battle Bend Country; W.S. Hatton's Paintings; Historic Three Forks in the silver country of the West Kootenay. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Canada West Magazine Fall 1971 Volume 3 Number 3 - Gold on Little Hixon / The K & S Railway Kaslo and Slocan Gold Along Little Hixon Creek; The K and S Railway; Our Vanishing Heritage - Salishan Indian Basketry; Old Fort Rupert Vancouver Island; W.G . Canada West Magazines unknown
1973réf. 318c6926British Columbia: Self-Published. Good. 1973. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Paperback. 147 pages. Detailed index. Bibliography. Maps. Archival black and white illustrations. Includes a new chapter on "Two Generations of Steamboating on British Columbia's Inland Lakes" as told to the author by Otto L. Estabrooks. Light wear and soiling. Unmarked. Binding tight. A quality copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Sternwheelers Sandbars and Switchbacks: A Chronicle of Steam Transportation in the British Columbia Waterways of the Columbia River System 1865 to 1965 Inland Lakes . Self-Published paperback
1970réf. 744a9732Victoria BC: Provincial Archives of British Columbia. Very Good. 1970. First Edition. Paperback. 16 pages. A transcript from research conducted for the CBC radio series entitled "People in Landscape." "The days of sealing along the coast of British Columbia. Includes references to Jack London's book 'The Sea-Wolf.' Describes in detail various aspects of the sealing industry. Interviewees - Jimmy Newman Max Lohbrunner and Noel Robinson". - from title page. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Black and white illustrations. Nice copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Days of the British Columbia Sealing Fleet: A Transcript from the 'People in Landscape' Series The days of sealing along the coast of British Columbia. Includes references to Jack London's book 'The Sea-Wolf.' Describes in detail various aspects of th . Provincial Archives of British Columbia paperback
1995réf. 644H3601Canada: Harbour Publishing. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 1550171283 . 223 pages. List of sources. Index. Many black and white reproductions of photos. "Sointula a tiny community on Malcolm Island was founded at the turn of the century by Finnish settlers who driven from their native land by Czarish oppression hoped to build their own utopia on the B.C. coast." - dust jacket. Gift greetings upon half-title page otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Sointula British Columbia B.C. History Malcolm Island Matti Kurikka Finns Finnish Immigrants Local History Pioneers . Harbour Publishing hardcover
1986réf. 644H1930Canada: Tamahi Publishing. Good. 1986. First Edition. Paperback. Signed and generically inscribed by both authors atop title page. "The first complete directory of pioneer soda water companies in BC." - subtitle. 104 pages. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of black and white photos and diagrams primarily of antique soda water bottles. Prior owner's details written inside front cover. Yellow staining to top corner tip of some pages. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this fascinating and authoritative reference.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Pioneer Soda Water Companies of BC British Columbia Bottles Antiques History; Signed by Authors . Tamahi Publishing paperback
1984réf. 713c8442Canada: Publisher. Good. 1984. Second Printing. Paperback. 0920225020 . 52 pages. Index. Signed by author atop title page. Profusely illustrated in black and white. A reference to what many consider to be Nanaimo's most spectacular natural feature. Average wear with bit of peeling to front cover. A worthy reference copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Piper's Lagoon Vancouver Island Nanaimo Shack Island; Signed by Authors . Publisher paperback
1983réf. 75404078Victoria BC: Government of British Columbia. Very Good. 1983. First Edition. Paperback. 23 pages. Black and white illustrations. Prior owner's name atop front cover else clean and unmarked with light wear. Very nice copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Research Note No. 91 - 1983: Mass Wasting October-November 1978 Storm - Rennell Sound Queen Charlotte Islands BC Forestry Silviculture . Government of British Columbia paperback
2022réf. 291799Calgary: Bighorn Books 2022. First edition. paperback. very good/no dustjacket. 8vo oblong. pp.401 heavy book additional postage will apply Bighorn Books paperback
1999réf. 323a0775British Columbia: Harbour. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 1550172123 . 182 pages. "Recounts the area's history with the rigour of a historian and with the warmth and enthusiams of a hometown boy." - from dust jacket. Abundantly illustrated with archival black and white photos. Clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Lovely copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; CITIES TOWNS SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIOLOGY Small City in a Big Valley: The Story of Duncan British Columbia . Harbour hardcover
1994réf. 291699Edmonton: Alberta Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists and the Alberta Research Council 1994. First edition. hardcover. very good/no dustjacket. 4to oblong. pp.510 Very heavy book additional postage will apply.Signed and inscribed by Mika Madunicky on verso of title page Alberta Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists and the Alberta Research Council hardcover
1997réf. 738G0583Canada: SHT. Good. 1997. First Edition. Paperback. 096815770x . 210 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated in black and white. "Focuses on the Halq'emeylem speaking peoples known as the Sto:lo who live along the lower Fraser River watershed. Issues ranging from early contact to contemporary urbanization are addressed providing important and often overlooked insights into Canada's Pacific Coast history. Archival as well as recent photographs and illustrations enliven the papers while the viewpoints within the essays reflect the authors' diverse backgrounds." - from back cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; British Columbia Native Peoples Stalo Indians History Indians of North America Lower Mainland . SHT paperback
1986réf. 325c9553Canada: Morriss Printing. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 0919203582 . 255 pages. Primarily "a photographic record of many of the major camps sawmills pulp mills and other logging camp concerns that developed flourished faded discontinued were dismantled taken over or amalgamated on this island since its pioneer days. Also includes unique stories reminiscences trials and tribulations concerning life in the forest industry plus contributions from loggers' wives families and later generations. will be of interest to photographers loggers and laymen alike." - from dust jacket. Black and white photos abound. Map endpapers. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival Brodart cover. A quality copy of this superb compilation of Vancouver Island logging history.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; LUMBERMEN NATURE FORESTS FORESTRY Loggers Logging As It Was - a Pictorial History of Logging on Vancouver Island Sawmills Shawnigan Lake Railroads Youbou Mill Caycuse Nitinat Hillcrest Lumber Sahtlam Honeymoon Bay BCFP Chemainus Great Central Lake Albe . Morriss Printing hardcover
1945réf. 318c7766London: The Mitre Press. Fair in Fair dust jacket. 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. 56 pages. Undated - appears to be pre-1950. Contents: Poems of British Columbia; Indian Poems; Various Ballads and Ditties. Usual library markings. Average wear. A sound copy.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; Along the Road to Hazelton . The Mitre Press hardcover
1960réf. 318c6423Powell River BC: Publisher. Fair. 1960. First Edition. Paperback. Unpaginated - Half an inch thick. Very informative. Includes a plentiful and wonderful assortment of archival black and white illustrations plus a nice assortment of nostalgic advertisements. Covers beginning to separate from textblock. Somewhat above-average wear. Prior owner's details handwritten atop front cover. A worthy copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Powell River's First Fifty 50 Years - Golden Jubilee History British Columbia . Publisher paperback
1951réf. 873G2312Vancouver British Columbia: Students of Lord Byng High School. Fair. 1951. First Edition. Paperback. 100 pages. Hundreds of reproductions of black and white photos. Lots of autographs. Heavy external wear and soiling. Lacking back cover. Prior owner clipped out his own small photo. A worthy copy of this wonderful vintage yearbook.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 1951 Yearbook of Lord Byng High School Vancouver British Columbia West Point Grey . Students of Lord Byng High School paperback
