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1966réf. 318c6601Port Moody BC Canada: Self-Published 1966. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 130 pages. Numerous black and white photographic plates. Gilt lettering upon backstrip. Gilt decoration upon forest green cloth-covered front board. "Recounts the development of the Flavelle cedar mill and timber holdings. A story that spans 60 years of a great province that is barely 100 years old; over 60 years of the lives of a group of men pioneers who were dedicated to the growth of this province and the lumber and logging industry." - from Preface. Prior owner's small address label atop front free endpaper otherwise contents clean bright and unmarked. Light external wear to book. Moderate wear to gilt-decorated slipcase. A quality copy. Self-Published Hardcover
1876réf. 866a4774Victoria BC: Queen's Printer 1876. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Contains Acts relating to: Assessment; Power of Attorney; Breeding Stock; Cattle Ranges; Choses in Action; Civil Causes; Foreign Companies; Voluntary Conveyances; Debentures; Debts and Choses in Action; Elections; Execution against Lands; Fences; Gold Mining; Jurors; Land; Licences; Loan; Methodist Church of Canada; Mining; Municipalities; Public Parks; Procedure; Qualification and Registration of Voters; Road Tolls; Roads; Public Schools; Supply; Taxes; Tolls; Trustees; Victoria and Esquimalt Railway E&N; Voluntary Conveyances. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Queen's Printer Hardcover
1880réf. 866a4770Victoria BC: Queen's Printer 1880. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Contains Acts relating to: Affidavits Declarations and Affirmations; Bills of Sale; Births Deaths and Marriages; Execution Creditors; Executive Council; Fences; Game; Graving Dock; Insolvency; Lands; Lieutenant-Governor and his Deputies; Members' Indemnity; Municipalities; New Westminster; Independence of Parliament; Partition; Police Constables; Quesnelle River Ditch Company; Sheriffs and Appointment of Registrars of the Supreme Court; Supply; Property Taxes; Telephone Company Victoria and Esquimalt Telephone Co.; Tolls Cariboo Waggon Road; Victoria City; Waverly Hydraulic Mining Company. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Queen's Printer Hardcover
1881réf. 866a4769Victoria BC: Queen's Printer 1881. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Contains Acts relating to: Administration of Justice; Appeals to Supreme and Exchequer Courts Canada; Bishops of British Columbia Caledonia and New Westminster; Cattle - transfer of brands and marks and more; Coroner's Inquests; Supreme and Exchequer Canada Courts; Dogs - damage by; Drainage Dyking and Irrigation; Documentary Evidence; Fences and Water Courses; Firemen; Lien; Loan; Gold Mines; Municipalities; Poisons - preventing indiscriminate use of; Public Parks; Quesnelle Lake Dame Co.; Revenue; Supply; Swine - to prohibit running at large of; School Taxes; Provincial Revenue Taxes; Trustees; Vancouver Coal Mining Co.; Victoria Official Map; Victoria Water Works; Woollen Mill. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Queen's Printer Hardcover
1878réf. 866a4772Victoria BC: Queen's Printer 1878. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Contains Acts relating to: Powers of Attorney; Companies BC Express Company Moodyville Saw BC Milling and Mining; Constitution; Corporations; Supreme Courts; Supreme and County Courts; Dyking and Reclaiming Lands at Chilliwack Sumas and Matsqui; Elections; Game; Highways; Crown Lands; Licenses and Municipalities; Liquor Licenses; Public Loans; Coal Mines; Quartz Mines; Minerals; Municipalities; Prisoners; Legal Professions; Schools; Sheriffs; Supply; Chinese Taxes better collection of; Property Taxes; Tolls; Trespass. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Queen's Printer Hardcover
1886réf. 866a4764Victoria BC: Queen's Printer 1886. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Contains public acts relating to: Breeding Stock Constitution Courts of Assize County Courts Recovery of Small Debts Dentistry Debt Judgements Crown Lands Loan Licenses Medicine and Surgery Minerals Municipalities Victoria and Saanich Railway Settled Estates Smelting Works Consolidation Statutes Surveyors Supply Timber Road Tolls Water Viewers. Private Acts relating to: Electric Light Findlay Creek Mining Gas Insurance Victoria and Saanich Railway New Westminster and Port Moody Telephone Tramways Vancouver Coquitlam Water Works Nanaimo Water Works Vancouver Water Works. Covers heavily worn. Usual library markings. Binding intact. Queen's Printer Paperback
1882réf. 866a4768Victoria BC: Queen's Printer 1882. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Includes Acts relating to: Coroners' Inquests; Supreme and Exchequer Canada Courts; Superior Provincial Courts; Drainage Dyking and Irrigation; Fences and Water Courses; Crown Lands; Free Grants of Crown Lands; Gold and other Mines; Municipalities; Legal Professions S.P. Mills Charles Wilson Andrew Leamy; The New Westminster and Port Moody Railway Company; The Vancouver Land and Railway Company; Railway Reserve repeal of the E&N Railway Act of 1875; Public Schools; Supply. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Queen's Printer Hardcover
1912réf. 73aa1986British Columbia: British Columbia Telephone Company 1912. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant traffic commercial operating accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company industry and technological news traffic levels expansion plans personnel announcements publicity and social events deaths weddings lists of exchanges and more. As such these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Photo of new office in Victoria; Advances in rates; Increased Rates in Manitoba; Telephoning across the Atlantic; Exchanges ranked in order of per cent good toll calls November 1911; Statement of development - number of phones operating in each exchange as of 1 December 1911; Cover photo of Grand Forks Switchboard; Photo montage of underground work at Victoria; Birth of the Telephone - 3 page article; Mr. F.J. MacGougan; Photo of types of protected terminals; Vancouver Switchboard photos from 1908 and 1898; Great 2-page photo of the huge 'A' switchboard at Seymour; Load Curve Graph of Seymour Office; Cut-over of Victoria Plant - new epoch in phone history of B.C.'s capital; Vancouver Island Toll Rates; Special Victoria Issue - photo montage of city and district officials; Photo of New B.C. Office; Table showing # of phones in Victoria since 1880; Photos of underground work in Victoria; May 1880 list of Victoria subscribers; 1890 list of subscribers; cable-laying scenes from last September; Nanaimo and Sidny facilities; New Gulf Cable Ordered by William Farrell in England; Miss Mina Kerr; Record work at Highland; New Plant Department Building; How a Directory is Produced; Jolly moonlight excursion to Nanaimo aboard the steamer Princess Patricia; Great photo of 5 new auto wagons of the construction department in front of the Seymour Office horses having been recently displaced; Some Victoria cable troubles; Photo montage of the Royal visitors the Duke of Connaught the Duchess of Connaught and Princess Patricia; Training school for operators; interior and exterior views of the Royal trolley coach; 3-page Kamloops feature with photos; Functionalization of Plant - reorganization of the department; laying North Vancouver Cable; Photos of large buildings under construction in the Fairmont exchange - the Lee Building the hospital buildintgs Steel plant in G.N.R. yards; Fairmont feature - 4 pages with photos; Instructions for Operators; North Vancouver Cable Ready; Importance of Transmission; and more. Half-leather binding. Hinges tender but intact. Backstrip very rough. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge. Mr. LaBelle's signature upon front free endpaper and his initials are penned to top edge. He is mentioned on page 8 of the July issue as being the new Plant Engineer. Binding intact. Please note: small article clipped from page 18 of the December issue. British Columbia Telephone Company Hardcover
1928réf. 73aa1976British Columbia: British Columbia Telephone Company. Fair. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant traffic commercial operating accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company industry and technological news traffic levels expansion plans personnel announcements publicity and social events deaths weddings lists of exchanges and more. As such these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Hundred Thousandth phone installed - lengthy article; Essentials of good maintenance; Statement of Development - number of phones per exchange in the province; B.C. Telephone Company takes over East Kootenay System; Prompt service aids with Sidney fire; The office boys dream; Telephone assists in Vancouver Stock Exchange VSE Rush - great photo; Automatic phone system installed at Hammond; Keeping the electrons on the proper path; Photo of J.P.D. Malkin takes part in first Vancouver-London phone call; Shell Oil operator; Health Tips; Greater Vancouver can now talk to the European continent; Cable damaged by anchor; Radio interference putting music on phone lines; Production of phone directories - 4 pages with photos; Laying cable through Stanley Park; Direct Route to West Vancouver completed - 5 pages of interesting text and photos; Langley Prairie phone service restored during the fire - article with photos; Phone given as wedding gift in Vancouver; F.C. Paterson; Vancouver Power House Fire; Mr. George H. Halse becomes Chairman of the Board; Close-up photos of splicing job; Transatlantic phone service still expanding; photo of horse-drawn 'drop wagon'; Photo on Cordova St. after fire 42 years ago; There's more to installation work than just placing a telephone - 4 pages with photos and text; Good-bye to operating when Dan Cupid comes along; Sending news stories to Vancouver from California over phone wires; We are linked with 80% of the world's phones; photo of conduit laying on forty-first ave; The Monophone - advertisement; B.C. Tel. acquires government lines in the Interior; New trans-atlantic long distance mark; Photo montage of vehicles used by the Plant Department; B.C. Box Factory Fire; Baby causes problem by teething on phone cord; Chilliwack phone system now affiliated with us; Regular fire drills; Photo of Premier Tolmie participating in first call from Vancouver to Calgary - with detailed related story; The longest circuit in the system of the B.C. Telephone Company; A new radiotelephone company will be organized; New Fraser River Cable serves South Westminster Subscribers; Eleven european countries with telephone reach of Vancouver; Now installing a new type of telephone typewriter; New faster system for handling telegrams; Benefits of new telephone ownership are evident in 500-mile circle; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge of text else unmarked. Binding intact. Significant wear to backstrip with some chips missing.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Telus History British Columbia Telephone Company Telephony Telephone Talk Internal House Magazine Periodical and technological news traffic levels expansion plans personnel announcements publicity and social events deaths weddings lists of exc . British Columbia Telephone Company hardcover
1953réf. 325a2022British Columbia: Publisher Not Stated 1953. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 359 pages plus xxi page appendix and 8 pages index. List of illustrations. Dozens of archival black and white illustrations on glossy stock. "These notes are mainly a record of the B.C. Electric its subsidiaries and the companies which preceded it on Vancouver Island. However the B.C. Electric perforce had a wide range of interests throughout the years and to preserve the main theme in its proper perspective it has been found necessary to make incursions into the history of other utility companies on Vancouver Island and also to record a certain amount of local contemporary history." - from Preface. Appendix topics include: Now it Can Be Told - Kilowatts Went to War; A Short History of Gas; A Short History of Light and Power Service in Nanaimo; Honor Rolls - 1st and 2nd World Wars; History of Transportation Fares in Greater Victoria; Major undertakings and expenditures 1946-1951. Tight and square with only moderate external wear. Unmarked. A well preserved copy of this significant work. Publisher Not Stated Paperback
1970réf. 744a9577Canada: McClelland & Stewart. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. 184 pages. Index. Author's signature upon front free endpaper. Nice black and white photographic plate. "Will be of great interest to those Canadians who have an attachment to their country's wilderness and are concerned by thte death of wilderness at the hands of men." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's large signature upon front free endpaper else book clean and unmarked with only moderate wear. Above-average wear to dust jacket.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Capilano: The Story of a River North Vancouver Canyon; Signed by Authors . McClelland & Stewart hardcover
1925réf. 73203694London: H.F. & G. Witherby. Good. 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. 222 pages including index and glossary. Fold-out map at page 15. Black and white photographic plates. "This book is the outcome of forty years residence amongst the Haidas and is an accurate description of what I have seen and heard in the villages and homes. Through my knowledge of their language I have been enabled to get all my information regarding their customs traditions and social organization direct from the principal chiefs men who at that time were from sixty to eighty years old." - from Preface. Chapters include: Queen Charlotte Islands; Early History; The Haidas; Haida Customs; Births Marriages Divorce Death and Burial Ceremonies; Tools Ornaments and Ceremonial Masks; Industries and Medicines; The Sa-ag-ga or Shaman; The Haida Pantheon; Haida Legends; The Haida Traditions of Creation; Chief Edenshaw; The Natural History of the Islands; Geology of the Islands and Natural Resources. Appendix lists cranial measurements. Average wear. Binding intact. Red cloth-covered boards. Black lettering and decoration legible upon spine. Prior owner's stamp to bottom edge front fixed and free endpapers and title page. Faint bookseller's stamp to back fixed endpaper. A sound copy. Edwards & Lort 1668 Thibault 2231.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Ancient Warriors of the North Pacific - The Haidas Their Laws Customs and Legends with Some Historical Account of the Queen Charlotte Islands Northwest British Columbia History Indigenous index and glossary. Fold-out map at page 15. Black and white . H.F. & G. Witherby hardcover
1993réf. 828H0172Canada: Douglas & McIntyre. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 1550541285 . 136 pages. 12.5 x 10.5". Chronology. Illustrated endpapers. "This extraordinary book portrays a rich and flourishing culture. An extended essay illustrated with archival photographs sets the scene. Then 80 stunning colour images chronicle an annual cycle of activity from the oolichan harvest to the coming of winter from the raising of the first new totem pole in a century to documenting ceremonies rooted in pre-history. The interweaving of image with words from an oral tradition which predates the Greeks by thousands of years reveals a wonderfully sophisticated understanding of the human and natural world." - from dust jacket. Clean bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A lovely copy of the handsome tribute to the Nisgaa people.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Nisga'a: People of the Nass Indians of North America British Columbia B.C. Nass River Region Nishga Tribal Council Land Claims . Douglas & McIntyre hardcover
2002réf. 514a2071Canada: Madrona Books. Fine. 2002. First Edition. Paperback. 0973009608 . 212 pages. Author's signature upon title page. Index. Bibliography. "Captures the essence of the life of an interesting British Aristocratic woman who moved to Qualicum Beach in post WW II days after marrying a well-known Canadian lawyer and entrepreneur. Together they developed an important seaside garden in the tradition of William Robinson. Written with candid accounts of the life of Veronica and captures vividly her life and times." - from back cover. Photography throughout in colour and black and white. Clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A lovely copy of this beautiful book.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Veronica's Garden Milner Gardens and Woodland History British Columbia Gardens Qualicum Beach History Biography William Robinson; Signed by Authors . Madrona Books paperback
1996réf. 744a9813Vancouver British Columbia Canada: Douglas & McIntyre Limited. Fair. 1996. First Edition. Paperback. 1550545221 . 244 pages. "In this timely revised edition Chief Joseph Gosnell Sr. and Ian MacKenzie pick up where Raunet left off describing the historic Agreement in Principle of February 1996 which promises Nisga'a self-government over a portion of their traditional territory and is destined to change the Canadian land claims negotiation process forever." - from back cover. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Moisture exposure to top edge - text unaffected. Reading copy only.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; INDIANS NORTH AMERICA CANADA SOCIAL Without Surrender Without Consent : A History of the Nisga'a Land Claims Settlement Chief Joseph Gosnell Sr. and Ian MacKenzie pick up where Raunet left off describing the historic Agreement in Principle of Februar . Douglas & McIntyre, Limited paperback
2008réf. DBS-9780521721738Cambridge University Press 2008. 1st. Paperback. New. Cambridge University Press paperback
1996réf. 761H4176Canada: Sono Nis Press. Very Good. 1996. Second Printing. Paperback. 1550390619 . 93 pages. Bibliography. Index. Generously illustrated with colour and black and white photos. "Helicopter flying in the high country brought fame and endless challenge to a small group of determined and innovative people in British Columbia and led the way to a world-renowned reputation in commercial helicopter operations. Beginning with Okanagan Helicopters in the late 1940s and Vancouver Island Helicopters in the early 1950s British Columbia helicopter companies led the world in mountain flying." - back cover. Prior owner's address stamp atop half-title page otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Helicopter Transportation - British Columbia - History Helicopters - History . Sono Nis Press paperback
2008réf. DBS-9780521721738Cambridge University Press 2008. 1st. Paperback. New. Cambridge University Press paperback
1995réf. 121h5773Canada: BHP Minerals Canada Ltd. Good in Good dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 0969972806 . 6-184 pages. Index. Many black and white reproductions of photos. "Records the early exploration years and accomplishments of the hundreds of men and women who worked the mine for 25 years and touches on contributions to the community of the miners and their families. Primarily a chronological history of an open pit copper mine and mill which utilized the ingenuity and skills of its people to ensure the mine's survival in the face of the challenges of a rugged environment a low grade orebody and economic recession. But it also tells a more personal story through photographs and anecdotes from the mine's veterans many of whom have taken the lessons learned at Island Copper to other mining operations around the world where they are known affectionately as the 'Island Copper Mafia.'" - dust jacket. Former library copy with several related markings. Moderate wear. Binding tight. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Craig Aspinall Island Copper Mine Rupert Inlet BC Copper Mines and Mining - British Columbia - Vancouver Island - History open pit copper mines . BHP Minerals Canada Ltd. hardcover
1860réf. 45832New York: S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. 1860. Folio 15¼" X 12¼" image area 13¼" X 10½". Hand colored. Very good. Mild age toning only. Quite sharp and attractive map of this what was then Canada's western counties from the 1864 edition of "Mitchell's New General Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World Plans of Cities Etc." Portions of Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania and New York also visible below. Well colored and featuring a handsome decorative border. S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. unknown
1991réf. 64400005Vancouver BC Canada: Cordillera Publishing Company. Fine. 1991. First Edition. Paperback. 1895590000 . 168 pages. The story of James E. "Ted" Wilson written in co-operation with marine author S.C. Heal. Captain Wilson went to his first seagoing job as deckboy out of Victoria at the early age of 14 in 1933. His colourful career saw him working his way through the ranks in British Columbia coast towboats from deckhand to mate and eventually as a licensed master. Includes black and white illustrations. Unmarked. Very light wear. Excellent copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Full Line Full Away : A Towboat Master's Story 168 pages. The story of James E. "Ted" Wilson written in co-operation with marine author S.C. Heal. Captain Wilson went to his first seagoing job as deckboy out of Victoria at the early age of 14 in 19 . Cordillera Publishing Company paperback
1975réf. 351G2862Victoria British Columbia Canada: British Columbia Provincial Museum. Good. 1975. Reprint. Paperback. 179 pages including index references and glossary. "Includes but a fraction of the number of larger fungi known from British Columbia. Emphasis is placed upon the fleshy species especially mushrooms. Covers Club fungi basidiomycetes Gill fungi agarics Fleshy pore fungi boletes Pore fungi polypores coral fungi clavarias tooth fungi puffballs cauliflower fungus sac fungi ascomycetes plus mushroom cookery and mushroom poisoning." - from Introduction. Includes detailed diagrams plus dozens of excellent black and white photographs. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this informative eference.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; Bandoni Robert J.; Szczawinski Adam F. Guide to Common Mushrooms of British Columbia - Handbook No. 24 index references and glossary fungi . British Columbia Provincial Museum paperback
1993réf. 288551Calgary: Detselig Enterprises 1993. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Signed by the author. pp. 192 ""When the West was won the chuckwagon was a part of it all and still is today. The story of the chuckwagon's evolution from mobile kitchen/medical centre for the pioneer cowboy to its current status as a wheeled ""racing machine"" takes us from the Civil War along the dusty trails of the cattle… Detselig Enterprises hardcover
1860réf. 45840New York: S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. 1860. Folio 15¼" X 12¼" image area 13¼" X 11¼". Hand colored. Very good. Faint age toning only. An exceptionally bright and sharp example of this map many of whose names and boundaries have changed dramatically from the 1864 edition of "Mitchell's New General Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World Plans of Cities Etc." "Transcaucasia" is now Armenia Georgia and Azerbaijan Turkey includes what is today Syria and Iraq Persia is of course Iran etc. etc. Inset at lower left shows "Palestine or the Holy Land." Extra bold coloring and with handsome decorative border. S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. unknown
1978réf. 41301953Sidney BC: Gray's Publishing Ltd. Fair. 1978. First Edition. Paperback. 0888260776 . 232 pages including index. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Frances Barkley's "Reminiscences" published here for the first time contain her descriptions of their life at sea and visits to South America India China and what is now known as Alaska and British Columbia. Author has added a wealth of interesting detail on the Barkleys and the world of their time. Offers an intriguing view of the eighteenth century and of a high-spirited woman in British Columbia's past. Dab of liquid paper atop first page. Prior owner's name and blind stamp upon half-title page. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; WOMEN CANADA EUROPE SOCIAL SCIENCE WOMENS STUDIES Hill Beth The Remarkable World of Francis Barkley: 1769-1845 Voyages to the Pacific Coast British Columbia description and Travel 232 pages including index. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. . Gray's Publishing Ltd. paperback
