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1964rif. 715j2313Canada: McClelland and Stewart Limited. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. "Shocking tragic unbelievable is this account of the strange sect and its fanatic leaders who have defied the laws of Canada for over fifty years. A story of fanatical terrorism let loose in the name of religious freedom; of a Mafia-like organization growing more sophisticated in its criminal activities with each passing year." - dust jacket. 312 pages. Bibliography index and many pages of dramatic black and white photographic plates. Map endpapers. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade protection. Book tight and unmarked with moderate wear. Blank bookplate upon verso of front free endpaper. A worthy example of this extraordinary and fascinating history. Cuddy & Scott p.44 Spadoni & Donnelly 1728 Artibise 2907.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Doukhobors British Columbia Kootenays Krestova Agassiz Prison March Sons of Freedom Leo Tolstoy Peter Verigin Peter Christiakoff Michael Sorokin Stefan Sorokin New Denver . McClelland and Stewart Limited hardcover
1944rif. 166j2183Victoria B.C.: The Archives of British Columbia. Good. 1944. First Edition. Paperback. Features: The Founding of Nanaimo; Amor De Cosmos Journalist and Politician; The Appointment of Governor Blanshard; The Journal of John Work 1835 - being an account of his voyage northward from the Columbia River to Fort Simpson and return in the brig 'Lama' Jan.-Oct 1835; and more. 169-253 pp. Unmarked with blindstamp to contents page. Chip from upper corner of front cover. Tanning to periphery of original green card covers. Binding intact. A sound reference example.; 8vo . The Archives of British Columbia paperback
1983rif. 166j2177Vancouver B.C.: BC Studies. Very Good. 1983. First Edition. Paperback. Features: Early British Columbia Textbooks from 1872 to 1925; Japan's Reaction to the Vancouver Riot of 1907; Interest Group Power and Government Regulation - The Cases of the Mining and Insurance Industries during the period of the NDP 1972-75; and more. Card pocket remnant inside front cover otherwise clean tight and unmarked with light wear. A quality example.; 8vo . BC Studies paperback
2005rif. 546j2683British Columbia: Osoyoos Museum. Fine. 2005. First Edition. Paperback. 0973392401 . Documents the art and history of the Inkameep Day School which served the Osoyoos Indian Band in British Columbia. 64 pages. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Unread and as new. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Nk'Mip Chronicles: Art from the Inkameep Day School Osoyoos Museum Okanagan Art British Columbia Indian Reserve No. 1 Exhibitions Children's Art history School Anthony Walsh . Osoyoos Museum paperback
1975rif. 554j2442British Columbia: University of British Columbia Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 0774800380 . "Helmcken's is a unique account of the way social and economic conditions were actually felt and experienced in B.C. at the time of Confederation. The memoirs are the most complete and intimate record available of how Canada secured a foothold on the Pacific." - dust jacket. "John Sebastian Helmcken June 5 1824 September 1 1920 was a British Columbia physician who played a prominent role in bringing the province into Canadian Confederation. He was also the founding president of the British Columbia Medical Association." - Wikipedia. 373 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Tight and unmarked with light wear to original dark mauve cloth. Light soiling to edges. Average wear to dust jacket now in glossy new archival-grade protection. A quality example. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; The Reminiscences of Doctor John Sebastian Helmcken British Columbia History . University of British Columbia Press hardcover
1955rif. 215j2681Mission City B.C.: Fraser Valley Record Ltd. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by Solomon Mussallem upon front free endpaper. Printed for private distribution. Solomon Mussallem 1881-1963 was born in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley and moved to Canada in 1897 not speaking a word of English. After a variety of stops including a successful fur-trading expedition in Northern Ontario he and his growing family settled in Maple Ridge British Columbia. He started the Haney Garage in 1919 became a Ford dealer in 1924 and in 1930 became a GM dealer for the twenty-five years. He served on Maple Ridge council for 23 years 21 of those as Mayor. His son George went on to serve as the local MLA for four terms. credits: Maple Ridge Museum Find a Grave This book was written by a friend and admirer so that future generations would understand the adventurous making of a Canadian in the first half of the 20th century. xiv 143 p. Black and white photographic plates. Map. Book clean tight and unmarked with moderate wear to original blue cloth decorated in gilt. Above-average wear to dust jacket now in glossy new archival-grade protection. A rare and signed example of this important and engaging British Columbia life story. ; 8vo; Signed by Subject . Fraser Valley Record Ltd. hardcover
1955rif. 558j2728Victoria B.C.: Victoria College. Fair with No dust jacket as issued. 1955. First Edition. Paperback. 54 pages loaded with tasteful group photos and head shots of staff and students plus ads for local businesses and write-ups of the activities of the many student groups on campus. A few autographs. Above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy vintage example.; 8vo . Victoria College paperback
1985rif. 166j2347Cloverdale B.C.: Cold Spring Books. Good. 1985. Second Revised Printing. Paperback. 0889256055 . "Author and her husband spent twenty-five years operating lodges and stores at D'Arcy and Short Portage. Most of their neighbors were Indian people and they also catered to hundreds of construction workers during the three phases of Bridge River Hydro Power. This book was born because of the great interest the Lodge guests took in the early history of Short Portage and the Indian people. Covers the Lillooet Indian People explorations for trade and fur and the Gold Rush from San Francisco to Lillooet and the Cariboo." - back cover. 272 pages. Maps and many black and white reproductions of archival photos. Unmarked. Binding intact. Somewhat above-average external wear. A sound example of this informative local history. Hale & Barman 278 ; 8vo . Cold Spring Books paperback
2016rif. 166j2334Burnaby B.C.: Self-Published. Very Good. 2016. First Edition. Spiral Bound. 6 86 pages. Chronology. References. Nicely illustrated in colour and black and white. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. An attractive example of this informative history. ; 4to . Self-Published unknown
1980rif. 111j2459Campbell River B.C.: Self-Published. Good. 1980. First Edition. Paperback. The biography of the man after whom Campbell River B.C. is named. 28 2 IV stapled pages. Prior owner's blindstamp to title page otherwise tight and unmarked with light wear. A sound example. ; 8vo . Self-Published paperback
1978rif. 167j2594Saanichton British Columbia: Hancock House Publishers Ltd. Good in Good dust jacket. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 0888390025 . "The author attempts to familiarize the reader with the background of the Sudeten German refugees who came to Canada in 1939 and secondly he attempts to picture the life and experiences of these refugees as pioneers in Northern British Columbia. When one realizes that most of them had not been farmers in their homeland it should be evident that there was a tremendous task involved in their learning the Canadian way of life the Canadian way of farming and in dealing with the many hazards involved." - Foreword. Tomslake is located near the Alberta border just south of Dawson Creek. 183 pages. Maps. Black and white reproductions of photos. List of Settlers. Notes on Sources. Contents tanned with age. Prior owner's details upon front free endpaper otherwise tight and unmarked with moderate wear. Average wear to dust jacket now in glossy new archival-grade protection. A sound example of this precious genealogical reference. ; 8vo . Hancock House Publishers Ltd. hardcover
1947rif. 166j2184Victoria B.C.: The Archives of British Columbia. Good. 1947. First Edition. Paperback. Features: "Dear Sir Matthew" - A Glimpse of Judge Begbie; The Sea-otter in History; Lieutenant-Colonel Israel Wood Powell M.D. C.M.; and more. 68 pages. Black and white illustrations. Few markings. Small tape repair to top of backstrip. Binding intact. Average wear. A sound reference example. ; 8vo . The Archives of British Columbia paperback
2005rif. 224j2340Victoria B.C.: Trafford. Very Good. 2005. Reprint. Paperback. 1412049180 . Signed and inscribed by author upon first blank leaf. "This is the story of young people of Coastal B.C. who grew up under the 'Be Prepared Motto' and served in the Army Navy or Air Cadets." - back cover. 288 pages. Index bibliography and glossary. Black and white reproductions of photos and documents. Clean tight and unmarked with light wear. An attractive signed example. ; 4to; Signed by Author . Trafford paperback
2004rif. 166j2391Duncan B.C.: P.H.C. Fair. 2004. Reprint. Spiral Bound. 0968320600 . Signed and generically inscribed by author upon title page. Presents the local history of Paldi B.C. "Paldi is a name bound to evoke memories of the old days of early logging in B.C. Carved from the bush in the middle of nowhere it was once a bustling community of 1500 hard working pioneers of the logging and lumber industries. Its founder Mayo Singh arrived by ship at San Francisco in 1906. His older brother Ganea and cousin Doman Singh were already in B.C. working for the C.P.R." - page 1. 2004 reprint of the 1997 first edition x130 pages. Many black and white reproductions of archival photos. Average wear. External soiling mostly to back cover. Minor moisture exposure to upper corner of pages. A worthy signed example of this very informative local history. ; 4to; Signed by Author . P.H.C. unknown
1992rif. 103j2321Lantzvillle B.C.: Oolichan Books. Good. 1992. First Edition. Paperback. 0889821151 . Proceedings of a conference held September 10 & 11 1991 in Victoria B.C. "The legal case Delgamuukw V. The Queen represents a significant moment in the history of British Columbia. The case is about aboriginal title in the province specifically the claim of the Gitksan and Wet'suwet'en people to ownership and jurisdiction over their traditional territories. But it is about much more. The judgement the case which led to it and now the appeal of the judgement compel British Columbians to come face-to-face with their history their origins and their most fundamental social and cultural values. This collection of essays examines the legal historical political human and international dimensions of this historic case." - back cover. 330 page paperback book. Tight and unmarked with average external wear. A sound example. ; 8vo . Oolichan Books paperback
1890rif. List2450Deadwood: H.R. Locke 1890. Albumen photographs measuring 9 x 7 inches on larger mounts. Very good contrast some chips and wear to mounts. Very Good. A group of four photographs by Henry Robinson Locke who operated a studio in Deadwood South Dakota in the early statehood years. He photographed the Black Hills region. This collection of four photographs shows a gold mill in Deadwood a cyanide mill in Deadwood and two views of Lead City which was the home of the Homestake Mining Company during the period and continued to be a center for natural resource extraction for several decades following the initial Gold Rush period of the 1870s which brought the first wave of Euro-American settlers to the area. H.R. Locke unknown
1882rif. List2451Chicago: Rand McNally and Co 1882. Lithographic broadside illustration printed in color measuring 11 x 5 ¾ inches. Closed tear to margin paper reinforcement to corners verso very good condition quite bright and attractive. Very Good. An attractive advertisement for the Chicago and North-Western’s routes to San Francisco printed during the tenure of the railroad tycoon Marvin Hughitt as General Manager a position he held from 1876 to 1880 before being named Second Vice President. The advertisement was printed by Rand McNally and Company which in its early years focused on railroad-related materials. The Omaha and California line of the Chicago and North-West Railway connected passengers from Chicago to California. Other maps printed by Rand McNally and Co. during the period illustrate the route. We find no other examples of this broadside. Rand, McNally and Co unknown
1920rif. List515Various Places 1920. Oblong folio cloth over cardstock 15 x 11 inches. Photographs and realphoto postcards most measuring around 5 x 3 1/2 inches mounted to pages. The system of national parks was created at first in a somewhat piecemeal fashion with the Department of the Interior holding responsibility for establishing each park individually. Chief White Calf of the Blackfeet famously negotiated the sale of the bulk of the lands that would form Glacier National Park in 1895 with the agreement being that the US Government would allow for Blackfoot hunting Chief White Calf’s son Chief Two Guns White Calf would later travel to Washington in protest of the government’s subsequent actions. The establishment of the National Park Service in 1916 coincided roughly with the dawn of American motor tourism. This album dates from that early period of National Park recreation and bears evidence as to the recreation that happened around the early part of the century. The album shows scenery in three national parks by noted photographers including some iconic photographs of Yellowstone by Frank J. Haynes first taken in the and several scarce images of Blackfoot attributed to the noted photographer T.J. Hileman who was the official photographer of Glacier National Park during this period. The album begins with twenty-eight photographs by Haynes who printed copies of his classic Yellowstone photographs first taken in the 1890s from his St. Paul Minnesota studio. The next group shows twenty realphoto postcards of Mt. Rainier National Wilderness Area taken by Frank Jacobs. Some images show the architecture of the lodges some of which were later designated as national landmarks due to their exemplification of National Park Service rustic-style architecture. Surrounding these images are a series of photographs presumably of the family responsible for the album showing a young family picnicking beside their automobile. This section also includes interestingly a realphoto Christmas Card from Mr. and Mrs. Mark Frederick Jukes. Jukes was a notable photographer based in Elko Nevada during this period. The next section which represents the most uncommon images in the album shows a series of images of Glacier National Park. The group includes ten realphoto postcards by or attributed to T.J. Hileman some with his copyright mark who was at that time the park’s staff photographer and famously took photographs of the Blackfoot people living in the eastern portion of the park. Included are two portraits of Two Guns White Calf and a portrait of Chief Three Bears neither of which we find records of in the trade. Following the Hileman images are twenty-one images taken by Fred Kiser of Glacier National Park each measuring 3 x 3 â… inches showing captioned scenes throughout Glacier National Park in Kiser’s distinctive cursive writing. Kiser began photographing western mountain landscapes on his own in 1905 following the death of his brother and his photographs of Glacier and its environs were reproduced during the park’s early days. Eight amateur photographs follow showing camping scenes in an unidentified Western landscape. The remainder of the album - 29 pictures - show the family at home and are most notable for a series of white children dressed up in faux- American Indian costumes. Overall a somewhat extensive and iconic representation of early automobile-age Western travel with the grand western scenery and zeitgeist of the time on full display. Images generally in fine condition with a few stray creases album with some light normal wear. Offered in partnership with James Arsenault & Company. unknown
1954rif. List516California and Oregon 1954. Oblong 8vo dyed calf album measuring 11 x 7 inches. Contains 218 photographs most measuring 3 x 5 with some smaller. Very Good. A charming album depicting the canine-centric adventures of a couple as they fish hike and camp their way through some of the great Western parks nearly always with a German Shepherd in tow. Several iconic landmarks are on display - El Capitan the Columbia River giant redwoods and more. The photographer had a keen eye for landscapes and the overall quality of the images and the omnipresent dogs present an infectious appreciation of nature and the outdoors. The size of the fish on display and the beauty of the surroundings show the bounty of the Western parks in the early days of automobile-era tourism. Mixed in with the shots of the outdoors is a curious series of a German shepherd in various poses at a table and several pictures of the couple at home. Presumably several dogs are shown all German Shepherds as the album spans several decades. Contents are beautifully preserved album torn at seams at the exterior and spine perished good to very good condition overall. unknown
1985rif. 758a4698Vancouver B.C.: The Vancouver Sun. Good. 1985. First Edition. Spiral-Bound. "Here for the first time in one handy reference are 190 of the top recipes from a decade of testing in Edith Adams College. From hearty soups to luxurious desserts each lives up to the high standards Sun readers have come to expect. This book solves the question of what to serve on any occasion." - back cover. 216 pages. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; The Vancouver Sun's Five-Star Recipes . The Vancouver Sun unknown
1865rif. 10246Boston: the hotel 1865. Menu printed on silk 30 x 10.5 cm. one leaf printed verso only. Illustrated with an engraving of vignettes of freight transport via ship and train. WITH: Printed envelope 8 x 13 cm. with an engraving. A handsome menu printed on silk for a banquet celebrating the Boards of Trade of the Western Cities given by the City of Boston at the Revere Hotel. Revere House was one of the city's leading hotels hosting guests that included Charles Dickens Jenny Lind and Walt Whitman. Daniel Webster addressed audience from the steps of the portico. The engraving on the envelope depicts the hotel from across Boston's Bowdoin Square. The hotel has had an additional structure added to the previously flat roof. The bill of fare for the Western Boards of Trade included Green Turtle Soup Baked Shad in a Wine Sauce Leg of Southshore Mutton in Caper Sauce Duffield's Ham Pate de Foie and much more. In remarkably fine condition with only the slightest fraying to the edges of the silk. The envelope with an engraving of the Boston's City Hall has some light soil but is near fine. the hotel hardcover
rif. 50746Oklahoma City: National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum 1985. 1985. BRONZE WRANGLER AWARD. Wrangler bronze 13" x 9 1/2" x 4 3/4" overall on a 1 3/4" wood base complete with a 1 3/4" x 5 1/2" brass plague. The bronze is signed by "R. Muno" and weighs almost ten pounds. The brass plague is inscribed: "Western Heritage Wrangler Award / National Cowboy Hall Of Fame and Western Heritage Center / Ben Johnson Narrator / 'THE DREAM' / Outstanding Special Short Feature Award 1985." The Bronze Wrangler is an award presented annually by the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum at the Western Heritage Awards to honor the top works in Western music film television and literature. Provenance: Ben Johnson estate. Francis Benjamin Johnson Jr. June 13 1918 - April 8 1996 was an American film and television actor stuntman and world-champion rodeo cowboy. Tall and laconic Johnson brought authenticity to many roles in Westerns with his droll manner and expert horsemanship. The son of a rancher Johnson arrived in Hollywood to deliver a consignment of horses for a film. He did stunt-double work for several years before breaking into acting with the help of John Ford. An elegiac portrayal of a former cowboy theater owner in the 1950s coming-of-age drama The Last Picture Show won Johnson the 1971 Academy Award BAFTA Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Johnson also operated a horse-breeding ranch throughout his career. Although he said he had succeeded by sticking to what he knew shrewd real estate investments made Johnson worth an estimated $100 million by his later years. He was an actor from 1939 until 1996 and is the only true cowboy to have won an Academy Award. The film The Dream was directed by Joe Pytka born November 4 1938 an American film television commercial and music video director born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. He holds the record for the most nominations for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing - Commercials. Pytka gets a call from a new agency in Minneapolis to do a short film for U.S. West a telephone company and the idea was a 'teaser' film of cowboys saddling their horses at predawn. The art director was Pat Burnham and the writer was Bill Miller. Pytka asks whether or not they have the account. Told no simply the current assignment Pytka says "Let's do something big!" Pytka had been filming Busch Beer commercials for a number of years and was familiar with locations and cowboys. He also knew that the number of convincing cowboy actors in Hollywood was extremely limited. He needed to get away from Los Angeles where he knew a great cowboy that had a great hat. "Cowboys are defined by their hats and boots . The thing should be realistic. Real cowboys. Real horses . There are horses and there are horses. For example a cowboy wouldn't be caught dead on a paint horse." The short film was shot mostly in Monument Valley with a select few real cowboys as that is their home. Most amazing to Pytka was how the cowboys and their horses are completely as one. The film was shot and almost everything done in a single day. By some stroke of good fortune the agency has gotten the great cowboy actor Ben Johnson to record the narration. In the session Johnson remarked that we'd gotten some real cowboys there a huge compliment since he was a real wrangler before he discovered that he could make more money in Hollywood than in Oklahoma. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1985. unknown
1976rif. 41302017Sidney BC: Gray's Publishing Ltd. Fair. 1976. First Edition. Paperback. 0888260679 . A dream came true when in 1933 author and his bride set off from Calgary by packhorse following the old trails of the explorers and traders taking four months to reach Bella Coola. A tale of excitement and suspense interspersed with humour and fragments of history. Evident over all is a deep love and appreciation for the Canadian wilderness. 132 pages including index and black and white photographic plates. Bit of writing atop half-title page. Back cover stained. Binding becoming fragile. A worthy reading copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Kopas Cliff Packhorses to the Pacific British Columbia Description and Travel 1900-1950 Rocky Mountains Canadian 132 pages including index and black and white photographic plates. A dream came true when in 1933 author and his bride set off from Calgary . Gray's Publishing Ltd. paperback
1902rif. 3732Tillamook 1902. Very good. 25 leaves containing twenty-five silver gelatin photographs approximately 3.75 x 4.75 inches. Oblong 12mo. Contemporary leather spine and extremities lightly worn. Grey leaves annotated in white ink.Some slight silver mirroring at edges of several images but contents generally clean. Handsome vernacular album featuring the wilds of the Oregon coast as well as several images of local natives during a trip from Tillamook to Redondo aboard the steamer Homer. The steamer ran for two decades up and down the Pacific coast mostly hauling lumber ranging from California to Alaska. The photos appear to have been taken primarily from the ship's deck with views of the local towns from the sea and her captain on deck featured in the last few images. In the summer of 1902 the Tillamook Bay was home to Hobsonville one of the last native settlements in Oregon not on a reservation. The town is featured here including its lumber mill. While the mill employed Native Americans the situation was less than favorable to them and eventually the Tillamooks purchased the village site from Hobson making it one of the few independent Native American villages of its day. The images here show the rugged coastline several small settlements and three striking photos of the natives. These include a lovely portrait of Maggie the chief's wife; her granddaughter; and an unidentified Indian woman with her baby. A nice glimpse into this region at the turn of the century. unknown
1905rif. 4623Pierre S.D. 1905. Very good. 12 leaves illustrated with twenty-nine photographs between 4.5 x 6.5 inches and 7.75 x 9.5 inches with some small format panoramas measuring 3.75 x 9.75 inches. Oblong folio. Contemporary black pebbled cloth gilt titles reading "Photo Views" on front cover. Minor wear to covers. Text block detached minor wear light staining to edges of some leaves otherwise clean internally. An early-20th century collection of mostly large-format photographs featuring scenes in Pierre South Dakota as well as the surrounding plains. Most of the photographs measure around 7 x 9 inches and feature the train depot in Pierre the Hughes County Courthouse a bridge over the Missouri River likely a Chicago and Northwest Railroad bridge and a spectacular image of a pair of Sioux / Crow Indians. Other photographs picture steamboats loaded with passengers ranching farming rock formations one with a lone horseman posed in front fishing a mill some family group images herds of cattle and a few shots of buffalo roaming on the open prairie. One of the latter photographs of a distant herd of buffalo on the plains is titled in the negative "The last one of the kind" and captioned at bottom right "Photo by Christensen." None of the remaining photographs are captioned with identifying information regarding the photographer but they are nonetheless well composed and professionally developed. The photographs are unusually large and more informative than most western photograph albums we have seen. unknown
