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réf. 0484646753.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
réf. 0266709869.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1973réf. 653H4786Canada: Garnet Publishing Co. Good. 1973. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 40 pages. Features: Cover illustration of the Battle of Batoche; Norfolk County Witchcraft; Murder on the Rangeland - a 60-year-old account of one of the greatest manhunts in B.C. history near Clinton; Gabriel Dumont's Ferry; The Evil-Tempered Explorer - Captain Sir Edward Belcher R.N.; Sir Allan Napier MacNab - The Laird of Dundurn; Laura Secord - Heroine of Upper Canada; The Battle of Batoche; and more. Bit of writing on front cover. Average wear. A sound vintage copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Canadian Frontier Magazine Paul Spintlum Moses Paul Laura Secord Sir Allan Napier MacNab Sir Edward Belcher Gabriel Dumont Clinton B.C. Manhunts - British Columbia Witchcraft - Norfolk County Ontario . Garnet Publishing Co. unknown
réf. 46152602like new. unknown
réf. A9781018122809Paperback / softback. New. paperback
1896réf. 79679Denver: W.H. Jackson & Co. Photo 1896. Hand color-tinted photograph image: 9” x 3 ½” mount: 15” x 9 ¼”. Although Leadville was one of the largest boomtowns in Colorado the mines were in decline by the 1890s and a plan to save the community in 1895 came in the form of an ice hotel and winter carnival. After months of fundraising and then building the ice palace opened on January 1 1896. It measured 450’ long by 320’ wide with five-foot thick walls. Two octagonal towers rose 90 feet at the entrance on the north where arched doorways led visitors inside. Smaller 60-foot towers flanked the sides and the south wall. Inside there was a rink that would accommodate 1000 skaters along with two ballrooms a restaurant and a 20-foot wide promenade that led people down the middle of the place. On its first day of operation 2500 visitors came by train wagon horseback and on foot to see the gigantic wonder. For nearly four glorious months visitors paid .50 cents for adults and .25 cents per child to walk past the ice sculpture of “Lady Leadville” at the entrance and into the fantasy world of their dreams. It’s estimated there were 250000 visitors. Some edgewear and staining to the mount with a small scuff to the photograph. W.H. Jackson & Co. Photo unknown
1878réf. 0712153Cincinnati: Western Biographical Publishing. Good/No Jacket. 1878. First Thus. Full-Leather. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Used In elaborate black embossed brown leather with gilt titling; beveled edges wear and rubbing to extremities; front hinge cracked at gutter with front board & endpaper loose; vintage name in ink. Keywords: american biographical history of eminent and self made Men Michigan Volume. Western Biographical Publishing hardcover
1985réf. 335924Alberta: Alberta Culture 1985. First edition. paperback. very good/no dustjacket. Larger 8vo. pp.182. coil binding Historic Sites Service no.12 Alberta Culture paperback
réf. 45464680like new. unknown
réf. 79363Four quit-claim deeds dating from the 1880s involving women in property transfers at a time when women’s property rights were severely restricted nationwide. A deed dated September 17 1885 recorded the purchase of a lot in Aspen by Mrs. Rilla Patten who paid $150 to J.C. Dodge for lot “L” in Block 99 in the town of Aspen. The city’s population exploded from 500 to 3500 between 1883 and 1885 reflecting the rapid development driven by the silver boom. On January 5 1865 Nanum Howe Rice and Eliza A. Rice husband and wife sold a "planing mill" and all its machinery in Denver Arapahoe County Territory of Colorado for $3000 to another party. He died in 1878. The additional deeds appear to show the sale and transfer of properties within families. On July 18 1887 another deed records the sale of mining property in Clear Creek County by Catherine M. Cowles for $1000 to Frederick Nelson. According to Ancestry records Nelson married Catherine K. Cowles in 1885. Her mother Catherine M Cowles died in 1884. On December 6 1883 John Hardenburgh sold to his wife Martha B. Hardenburgh an interest in several mining claims in Pitkin County Colorado and a lot in the town of Aspen for $1000. The couple was married in 1873 and she preceded him in death. Changes in property rights laws for women paved the way for these transactions. While still a territory Colorado adopted the Married Women's Property Act in 1861 which gave married white women the right to own property otherwise given to them. Before this time under coverture an English common law system married women could not own property control their wages be part of contracts and otherwise act autonomously to their husband's authority. Further in 1872 the Colorado Territory allowed any woman while married to “execute any bond bill promissory note or other instrument in writing for the direct payment of money; and if the consideration thereof went to the benefit of her estate.” By 1900 most states allowed married white women to own property but access to credit and mortgages without a male co-signer was a barrier for all women not addressed until the 1970s. unknown
réf. 1334400865.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 1334149283.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
réf. 1334176175.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1968réf. 126733Holt Rinehart and Winston Inc. January 1968. Hardcover . Good/No Jacket. Good Hardcover with No DJ. Light soiling and shelfwear to covers corners lightly bumped. Previous owner's label on IFC. Pages clean and tight in binding. Pictures available upon request. A locally owned independent book shop since 1984. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. hardcover
1965réf. 336200Alberta Veterinary Medical Association 1965. hardcover. very good/no dustjacket. 8vo. pp.126 Alberta Veterinary Medical Association hardcover
1860réf. 250708New York & Chicago: Derby & Jackson 1860. First edition. Hardcover. Good. engraved portrait. 12mo; 270 187 pages brown embossed cloth x-library with only a rubber stamp on title-page and white call numbers on spine apparently never circulated tips of spine worn corners rubbed. Ex libris Fred W. Jones Presidential Candidate Douglas' campaign biography when he opposed Lincoln for the White House not the Senate Chamber. Engraved portrait frontispiece. The first part is the biography. Part 2 is his collected Speeches and Reports. Note: the Doublas-Lincoln Debates are not included. Derby & Jackson hardcover
1986réf. 411H1085Canada: International Sports Properties. Good. 1986. First Edition. Paperback. 144 pages. Magazine/program for the 1986 Grey Cup game in Vancouver. Many articles and ads plus roster details for both teams. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A nice vintage CFL item.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Coupe Grey Cup 1986 / B.C. Place Vancouver: Edmonton Eskimos Vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Ti-Cats CFL Illustrated Magazine Volume XVII Number 21 CFL Football Canadian Football League Program Programme . International Sports Properties paperback
réf. 000011652n.p.: Published exclusively for The Interstate Company n.d. Wraps. Very Good. Oblong 8vo. 29.5 cm x 23.5 cm. 3 a full-page map 25 plates. Tan wrappers printed in black and gold with a color illustration inset on the front decorations in gold and black. Staple-bound with ties. Price of $1.50 on the title page. Consisting of twenty-five beautiful colored illustrations of the most interesting views seen along the route this includes the inset and twenty-four mounted illustrations between the wraps. The full-page map depicts the Western Pacific Railroad and the connections between this railroad and the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad. Moderate edge wear and two small damp spots to the front wrapper does not contain the publisher's informational sheet. Published exclusively for The Interstate Company unknown
1911réf. 000011106Winnipeg: The Western Land and Townsite Co. Limited 1911. Map. Very Good. 55 cm x 86 cm. Map. Printed in red and black. The map directs the reader to the townsites on that year's construction which they state: "practically all of which will afford excellent openings for all lines of business necessary in a new and developing country and particularly to the divisional point: Coronation. The lines under construction are printed in red. The map directs those looking for plans and prices to contact the Land Department of the Canadian Pacific Railway Co. F.T. Griffin the land commissioner or J.L. Doupe the assistant land commissioner. A large and informative map of two Canadian provinces which experienced development at the hands of railroad tycoons and the descendants of European colonists. A fascinating look at Canada's political and railroad history. With three vertical folds and five horizontal folds the map has about three small splits all at the folds but is holding up quite well. The Western Land and Townsite Co. Limited unknown
1930réf. 2033Various places 1930. Very good. Ninety-nine photographs on fifty leaves various sizes but many approximately 7 x 6 inches. Oblong octavo. Original brown covers typed paper label; black paper leaves. Covers a bit worn corners heavily so. Minor soiling to contents a few photos with some light silver mirroring. Images each with typed captions in the negative. A handsome vernacular vacation album with images taken by a skilled photographer with a keen eye for composition and lighting. Each image has a typed caption printed in the negative and most photos are one per page and quite large. The cover label indicates trips to Chicago Virginia Beach New Orleans Houston San Antonio Tucson and Phoenix over the course of three years. The album opens with several handsome panoramic shots of the Chicago skyline and Grant Park before moving on to scenes of sand dunes at Virginia Beach. The remaining forty leaves however show images of New Orleans and the Southwest all captured in artistic detail. Among the more interesting scenes are "Civil War Tenements - Church Street - New Orleans"; "At Twilight the Old Mission Concepcion San Antonio - Texas"; "U.S. Veterans Hospital - Tucson". There are many sweeping scenes of desert scenery and cactus some well-composed tourist shots in San Antonio at the zoo and Brackenridge Park and a series of three images of the Rodeo Parade in Tucson in 1930 showing the cowboys cowgirls and "Indians" marching in the parade. There are also street scenes in each city documenting the growing urban landscape and its buildings. One such shows the Alamo and is captioned "The famous Alamo and the Medical Arts Building. The old and the new - San Antonio Texas." Though the photographer is unidentified he has taken a self-portrait in Audubon Park in New Orleans which shows a middle-aged man in spectacles wearing a fedora and a plaid suit. An unusually nice vernacular photo album comprised of sharp and artistic photographs documenting scenes of tourism and travel in the late 1920s. unknown
1914réf. 3378Various locations in Southern California and Hawaii 1914. About very good. Sixty-one leaves illustrated with 214 mounted silver gelatin photographs most with manuscript annotations in white ink; plus numerous mounted postcards menus and assorted ephemera. Oblong quarto. Contemporary black textured limp cloth over boards. Edges a bit chipped and tattered inelegant black tape repairs to spine. First leaf detached contents otherwise clean. A wonderful annotated vernacular photograph album documenting a well-to-do family's vacation to Hawaii via brief stops along the West Coast in 1914. The album opens with a group image of the travelers in San Francisco numbering around twenty-two men women and children captioned "Southern California - Honolulu." This is followed by several pages picturing their initial journey from Seattle down to San Pedro Los Angeles and San Diego before they departed for Honolulu on the S.S. Matsonia on June 17. A passenger list is included and many of the images are captioned with the names of the subjects providing a nice opportunity for identifying the travelers by cross-referencing the passenger list. The group spends their vacation time at the Sea Side Hotel on Waikiki Beach in bathing houses and on the beach visiting local businesses plantations and other hotels surfing fishing and more. Through the course of the album much of the landscape of Waikiki is featured providing a snapshot of the hotel and details of its surroundings along with shots of a "Native Village" sugar cane fields and a plantation pineapple fields street views of Honolulu a picnic for "Kids of all nations" at Waikiki the Port of Honolulu and more. The album also features a few early images of surfing at Waikiki Beach. In mid-July true to the title of the album the group heads back across the Pacific Ocean aboard the R.M.S. Niagara after just one month. Most notable among the photographs are about thirty risqué images of local Hawaiian women interspersed throughout. The pictures of the "Native Girls" often feature them topless or scantily clad identifying them with additional captions such as "Hawaiian Beauty" "Maidens bathing" "Girls" "Hula Hula Dancers" and "The Ex. Queen of Hawaii." One group shot shows ten Hawaiian women eating fish captioned "'Lunau' sic Lu'au or Native feast." Another side-view image of a naked Hawaiian woman is annotated "The Natives are a sturdy race of people." There are also numerous images featuring other indigenous Hawaiian people in a variety of settings including a couple of images showing a "Hawaiian boy climbing a cocoa nut palm" two pictures of "Native fisher boys" a "Native hut" "Hawaiian kiddies" a "Native canoeist" a "Group of Natives" a "Native Priest - looks as if he had been fasting for some time" and images showing "Natives selling 'Leis' for departing visitors" and "Native 'Leis' vendors on Honolulu." The images of the Hawaiian women as well as the men combined with the captions provide an opportunity for further studying the ways in which affluent American mainlanders have traditionally viewed indigenous Hawaiians and other native peoples encountered throughout the world. In addition to the passenger list mentioned above the ephemeral items include shipboard menus a program for an onboard concert newspaper clippings cigar labels and postcards. The latter includes a series of forty-one vibrantly-colored postcards illustrated with Hawaiian fish. An interesting travel album detailing a trip to Hawaii at the outset of the First World War with many notable observations on indigenous peoples in Honolulu especially the young women of the island. unknown
réf. 0656208201.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
réf. 1531654169.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
réf. 0307071103.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 0265522153.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
