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1950Best.-Nr. 823c7649Canada: Esso / Imperial Oil 1950. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 18 pages. Cover illustration of Princess Margaret Rose by Dorothy Wilding. Contents: How often should motor oil be changed; Vancouver Island's new Island Highway; Where Past and Future Meet - Fantastic industrial sites along Ontario's Highway 17; Gordon Lund - Taxidermist of Prince Albert Saskatchewan; Identify photos of Canadian sites; Casa Loma - Canada's Famous Castle; Average wear. Three-inch opening at foot of cover-fold. Unmarked. Address label on back cover. Esso / Imperial Oil Paperback
1964Best.-Nr. 352c7764Ottawa: Fisheries Research Board of Canada 1964. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 52 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Black and white photos charts tables map. Extensive reference list. Contents include: Historical review of pinniped food studies in British Columbia waters; Methods and materials; General habitat description; Distribution numbers and migratory behaviour; Feeding habits; Effect of seal and sea lion predation upon British Columbia's commercial fishery. Stiff protective library boards over original card covers. Usual library markings. A sound copy. Fisheries Research Board of Canada Paperback
1980Best.-Nr. 155c7535British Columbia: Sono Nis Press 1980. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 270 pages. Index. Bibliography. Black and white photographic plates. "A delightful personal memoir and a well-researched and much needed history of a West Coast fort community." - from back cover. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this substantial work. Sono Nis Press Paperback
1973Best.-Nr. 325c7581Portland Oregon: The Pacific Logging Congress 1973. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 11" x 8.5" x 0.75". "Contains articles prepared exclusively for the Loggers Handbook together with the official proceedings of the 63rd session of the Pacific Logging Congress and the condensed reports of its six regional conferences prepared by their respective secretaries." - from title page. Articles include: Archie W. Rafter; Moving Logs in British Columbia Waters; Renewing Productivity on Forest Brush Lands; Natural and Man-Caused Slash in Headwater Streams; Precision Logging - Management of the Future Forest; A History of Railroad Logging; Effects of Logging on Small Streams in the Thorne Bay Area of Southeast Alaska; The Tango; Forestry in Austria; Logging Engineering; Intensive Management of Coastal Douglas Fir; and more. Also includes many great contemporary logging equipment advertisements. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. Nice copy with illustrated boards and endpapers. The Pacific Logging Congress Hardcover
1993Best.-Nr. 464c7699Canada: Caitlin Press 1993. Book. Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 413 pages. Index. Great reproductions of black and white photos. Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. "Author recounts some of the highlights of his forty years in the Cariboo/Chilcotin particularly his love/hate relationship with the famous Gang Ranch and its various owners." - from back cover. Moderate wear. Minimal markings. A sound copy. Caitlin Press Paperback
1968Best.-Nr. 751c7707Vancouver British Columbia Canada: Self-Published 1968. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 108 pages. "What I have learned of the logging and loggers has been picked up in the Coast districts of Washington and British Columbia. That I have tried to picture unusual characters amongst loggers and have said little of the unnumbered thousands of fine upstanding many men in the industry is not that I'm unaware of them. The unusual always get more attention. In the Saga I speak from personal knowledge not heresay. And the characters I attempt to picture are not fictitious nor are the incidents in which they are involved." - from author's note to the reader. Contains fifty-four poems with titles such as: The Tyee Logger; The Logging Camp; Rough House Pete; Sad News at Spry; The Ballad of B__ S___ Bill; First the Kaiser Then Hitler; When the Sun Begins to Shine; To Fred Elworthy; Song of the Axe; To Felix Penne; To Be Read at a Stag Party of a Friend; Burns Night; Despondency; Vancouver; Gay Nymph; The New Chief; and many more. Prior owner's name inside front cover. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this wonderful compilation of historical northwest coastal logging lore. Self-Published Paperback
1983Best.-Nr. 618c7612Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press in co-operation with the Provincial Archives of British Columbia 1983. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 218 pages. From limited edition of 1600 copies. "Concerned entirely with the Haidas of the Queen Charlotte Islands of the last century the intricacies of the kinship patterns of the great families and how they saw themselves as part of a fantastic but in its own terms logical cosmos and most of all how this was all expressed in their remarkable architecture with its perfectly integrated massive carved and painted embellishments the great totem poles of the Haidas." - from Foreward. "The documentary photographs that survive are among the few remaining records which illustrate the richness and variety of Haida monumental art. Of the more than five hundred carved poles which appear in the plates only about fifty were removed to museums for safekeeping. The remainder have perished entirely or survive at the village sites as decayed fragments overgrown with the lush vegetation of the islands." - from Preface. Light external wear and soiling to cream-coloured cloth-covered boards. No external markings. Discreet bookplate and bit of writing inside front board. Blindstamp to lower corner of title page. Bit of writing in upper left corner of title page. Remnant of card pocket inside back board. Binding tight. A quality copy of this magnificent work. University of British Columbia Press, in co-operation with the Provincial Archives of British Columbia Hardcover
1999Best.-Nr. 318c7715Canada: H.P. 1999. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 239 pages. Index. Footnotes. Bibliography. "Documents the Okanagan's transformation from a rough-and-tumble region on Canada's western frontier into a major agricultural district and one of the fastest-growing areas in the province. The heart of this book is a selection of articles essays letters diaries memoirs and observations that first appeared in Okanagan History. Interesting accurate and accessible with lots of archival photographs this work is a must-read for Okanagan locals first-time visitors and BC history buffs alike." - from dust jacket. Few library markings. Very light wear. A lovely copy. H.P. Hardcover
1980Best.-Nr. 107c6480Victoria: Garland Music Ltd. 1980. Sheet music. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. As performed by Mary Saxton Michael Logie and the studio orchestra. Garland Music Ltd. Paperback
1988Best.-Nr. 559c6622Chilliwack BC: Mount Cheam Christian School 1988. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Loaded with wonderful black and white photos of students staff and facilities. Also includes very informative text. Undated. Unpaginated. Average wear. Prior owner's name sticker inside front board. Binding intact. A sound copy of this wonderful memento. Mount Cheam Christian School Hardcover
1983Best.-Nr. 559c6602Victoria B.C.: Oak Bay High School 1983. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 133 pages. Usual autographs. Average wear. Minor moisture exposure to a few pages. Binding intact. A sound copy. Oak Bay High School Hardcover
1941Best.-Nr. 531c6618Vancouver: British Columbia Telephone Company 1941. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 28 pages. Articles: Savings and Government Loans by Morris W. Wilson; B.C. Telephone Employees Rally to War Savings Appeal; Teleophone Operator Writes of War-Time Britain; Pioneer Mission B.C. Telephone Man Passes Away - John A Catherwood; Eddie Esson is Braving the "Blitz" Somewhere in England; Employees for Credit Unions; Samples of Canada's first telephone advertising used in 1877 to promote Bell Telephone usage. War savings certificate advertisement on back cover features quote by and silhouette of Winston Churchill. Average wear. Considerable pencil annotations particularly to back cover and last page. Middle page loose but present. A worthy copy. British Columbia Telephone Company Paperback
1965Best.-Nr. 559c6540Canada: Norfolk House School 1965. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 84 pages. Printed upon high quality glossy stock. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this charming and nostalgic yearbook. Norfolk House School Paperback
1951Best.-Nr. 341c6559Vancouver B.C.: McLennan McFeely & Prior Limited 1951. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pages 1131-1173 43 pages in total. Includes index and prices. Profusely illustrated in black and white. Intended to be read by shop owners. "In the following pages. you will find illustrated and described the world's finest offerings of up-to-date tackle - tackle that is particularly suited for use in the waters of British Columbia." - from Foreward. Above-average but not excessive wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this superb vintage reference. McLennan, McFeely & Prior, Limited Paperback
1974Best.-Nr. 559c6604Victoria B.C.: Claremont Senior Secondary School 1974. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound copy of this nostalgic yearbook. Claremont Senior Secondary School Hardcover
1990Best.-Nr. 465c6644British Columbia: Self-Published 1990. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 322 pages. Undated. Autobiographical account of the author's life as a missionary. Above-average wear and soiling. Some marks to contents. Binding intact. A worthy reading copy. Circa 1990. Self-Published Paperback
1993Best.-Nr. 559c6623Chilliwack BC: Mount Cheam Christian School 1993. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Loaded with wonderful photos of students staff and facilities in colour and black and white. Undated. Unpaginated. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Mount Cheam Christian School Hardcover
1987Best.-Nr. 318c6689British Columbia: The Baptist Foundation of B.C. 1987. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 321 pages. Black and white illustrations. Author's signature upon front free endpaper. Prior owner's name neatly printed at bottom of front free endpaper. Clean with light wear. A nice copy. The Baptist Foundation of B.C. Paperback
1951Best.-Nr. 341c6560Vancouver B.C.: McLennan McFeely & Prior Limited 1951. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pages 1025-1124 99 pages in total. Includes index and prices. Profusely illustrated in black and white. Intended to be read by shop owners. Presents a wonderful cross-section of "the most complete stocks in Western Canada" - from page 1024. Extensive listings of firearms and related products. Also included are products for dogs traps thermos and related products flashlights and batteries lighters harmonicas cards baseball tennis badminton golf football hockey soccer volleyball basketball boxing lawn bowling croquet roller skating snow shoes bicycles and ski equipment. Above-average but not excessive wear. Front cover taped in place. Back cover missing. A very enjoyable and nostalgic item. Young readers will be amazed to see how far today's gear has advanced in the past 50 years particularly ski equipment. McLennan, McFeely & Prior, Limited Paperback
1986Best.-Nr. 318c6837North Vancouver BC: Whitecap Books 1986. Ex-Library. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 336 pages including index. "The British Columbia Electric Railway consisted of 111 route miles of streetcar operations in four cities: seven interurban lines totaling 141 route miles; 40 million passengers carried in 1910 and almost 146 million in 1947. For 68 years - 1890 to 1958 - the streetcars and trams dominated and defined urban and interurban transportation in the most populated areas of B.C. Today only traces remain of this fascinating and well-run system that once brought people from all over the world to examine its operation. Includes over 270 fascinating illustrations plans of rolling stock tickets transfers beautiful route maps public schedules employee's timetables rosters of rolling stock and old Buzzers." - from dust jacket. An amazing and perhaps unbelievable reference for residents of the now grid-locked lower mainland. Very heavily worn. Front hinge partially open. Usual library markings. A worthy reading copy. Whitecap Books Hardcover
1995Best.-Nr. 469c6829Victoria B.C.: Royal British Columbia Museum 1995. Book. Illus. by Stephen Elizabeth J. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 393 pages. Index. Copiously illustrated with line drawings. Average wear. Usual library markings. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent reference. Royal British Columbia Museum Paperback
1971Best.-Nr. 318c6826Canada: Western Canadian Regional Council No. 1 International Woodworkers of America 1971. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 63 pages. Many great black and white photos. Contents include: Early Organization 1912-1937; The Fight for Union Recognition 1936-1939; The Blubber Bay Strike; War Policy Cripples Negotiations; The Post-War Years; The "October Revolution"; The I.W.A. Rebuilds; Years of Progress 1955-1970. Sturdy library binding. Average wear. Usual library markings. A sound copy. Western Canadian Regional Council No. 1, International Woodworkers of America Hardcover
1908Best.-Nr. 713c6810Columbus Ohio: International Tax Association 1908. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 27 pages. Reprinted from the addresses and proceedings of the International Conference on State and Local Taxation held at Toronto Ontario Oct. 6-9 1908. Presents an overview of British Columbia's contemporary provincial taxation system. Somewhat above-average wear. Usual library markings. Library stiff boards over original covers. A sound copy. International Tax Association Paperback
1990Best.-Nr. 328c6877Canada: WPB 1990. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 200 pages. Black and white illustrations. ".Follows the author's adventures on the West Coast of Vancouver Island during the 1930's. While detailed and historically accurate this story captures the essence of day to day life in rustic and rugged surroundings." - from back cover. Prior owner's small ink stamp atop first blank leaf otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. WPB Paperback
1982Best.-Nr. 318c6895Victoria: Government of British Columbia 1982. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 62 pages. Black and white illustrations. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Government of British Columbia Paperback
