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1958rif. 543G1506Quebec: National Business Publications Limited 1958. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Features: What is the Biggest Thing in Boating; "Houseboat Happy" - the New Boating Disease: Don't Fry Crows!; Fishing the Never-Never Lands; The Brittany Spaniel; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. National Business Publications Limited Paperback
1928rif. 713G1026Vancouver B.C.: Canadian Memorial Chapel 1928. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 20 pages in string binding plus original mailing envelope in which this item was stored. Very informative with exhaustive details of multiple dedication ceremonies and their participants. Black and white photographic plates of Canadian Memorial Chapel Lt.-Colonel G.O. Fallis and Canadian Memorial Chapel. Envelope unmarked but soiled worm and yellowed with age. Booklet clean and unmarked with light wear. A high-quality copy of this informative and solemn memento. Canadian Memorial Chapel Paperback
1951rif. 845G1020Quesnel British Columbia: Cariboo Digest Ltd. 1951. Magazine. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 36 pages. Features: British Columbians All; Can We Learn From History; Letters; Pioneer Pilots of the Skeena - article with great photos; Our We Slaves to Our Clocks; 210 Miles on Horseback - in 55 degrees below - to attend the funeral of Charlie Fortier Chief of the Chu Chua Indians; Nature Oddities; Wonder-Weed Ramie Grass Would Revolutionize Textile Industry; B.C. History - Finance and Early Vancouver Island Events; Some Observations of a Rambling Angler; The Monument - poem by an unknown author; Frontal Attack - From the Rear! - a skunk story; The Mighty Hunter; "Pacific Pete" in Big Program - Westcoast's ammended all-Canadian natural gas pipeline route to Vancouver and cities of the U.S. pacific coast; Stewart B.C. - article with photos; Nice ads on covers include Finning the Yukon Brewery Syndicate Port Hope Garage Ltd. and The Charles Hotel; Dozens of nostalgic local ads some with photos. Unmarked. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Cariboo Digest Ltd. Paperback
1990rif. 413G1006British Columbia: H.P. Books 1990. Book. Illus. by Griffiths Bus. Good. Paperback. Reprint. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 119 pages. "Once in a while a book is published about the Pacific Northwest that is so remarkable for its insights and honest portrayal of events that it deserves special attention. This is such a book." - from back cover. The story of Al Richards and Red Harris who go to work in a small west coast truck-logging show during the dirty thirties. Presented in comic format. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. H.P. Books Paperback
1930rif. 845G1081Vancouver B.C.: Pacific Coast Motorist Limited 1930. Magazine. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 32 pages. Features: Profitable Electric Service conclusion - the Layout of the Wilson Electric Service; Undercutting Mica on Armature Commutators; Correct Methods of Brake Relining - how to insure a satisfactory job; Wiring Diagrams - International Trucks; Shop and Showroom; Studebaker introduces Free Wheeling Principle - article with photos; Short Cuts for Handy Mechanics; Modern Equipment - Atlas makes new super service equipment; Modern Car Loading; Complete Mechanical Details of the American Austin; Passenger Car Prices F.O.B. Vancouver; Truck Prices F.O.B. Vancouver; Passenger Car Specifications for Engine Pistons Rings Rods Valves Lubrication Cooling Clutch Axles Brakes Steering Springs Crankshaft Bearings Crankshaft Bearings Camshaft Electrical Fuel; Photo of the Vernon Garage; Photo of the Beausejour Auto and Marine Shop; Nice Canada Cement Concrete ad inside back cover includes photos of the Fleet St. retaining wall near John St. Toronto and two other Toronto structures; Great vintage ads. Average wear and soiling. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Pacific Coast Motorist, Limited Paperback
1975rif. 536G1144Vancouver B.C.: The Medical Undergraduate Society UBC 1975. Magazine. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 64 pages. Features: Doctors And Art; Doctors as Collectors; Calling Dr. Kildare; Medicos Monsters and Mountebanks; Music and Medicine; The New Curriculum for the Faculty of Medicine; I've Been Sex-Educated; Wisdom and Cleverness; Melissa story; Some Ethical Dilemmas posed by Advances in Medical Genetics; Humanism and Tokenism; Medical Nemesis Book Review; A Way of Life; Departure; poem; The Good Medicine of Christianity; Should the Patient be Allowed to Die; On Being Explicit - Sex Education for Professionals. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. The Medical Undergraduate Society, UBC Paperback
1967rif. 328G0717Parksville British Columbia: Island Hall Hotel 1967. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 32 page booklet. Reproductions of many archival black and white photos. Presents the history of Parksville's Island Hall Hotel Resort which was replaced with the Beach Club Resort in 2008. Average wear. Sunning to coverfold and top of front cover where a prior owner's name is faintly visible. No other markings. A sound copy of this informative work. Island Hall Hotel Paperback
1967rif. 319G0739Toronto: The Telegram 1967. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 28 pages. Features: Seven Months to the Sonic Boom - Air Canada has four Concordes on order - article with great illustrations; The Feminine Evolution - Part 3 of 3 - Judy Lamarsh doesn't think there is any sexual revolution - article with photos; Saskatchewan Roughriders' Coach Eagle Keys - The Man from Turkey Neck Bend - article with photos; Nanaimo's Great Bathtub Race - article with photos; Photo-illustrated article on the lovely female hostesses at Expo '67; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. This copy was printed with only one staple. The Telegram Paperback
1977rif. 845G0835Canada: The Whig-Standard 1977. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 20 pages. Features: The Sally Ann in Suburbia - Lieutenant Ken Chapman wages the Salvation Army's battle in North Vancouver - with great colour photo of Ken and Brenda Chapman of London Ontario; K-Tel's Greatest Hits - fantastic kitschy article - with great colour photos - about the firm's hit products and it's leader Philip Kives a former Saskatchewan farm boy - products include the Miracle Brush Hair Magician Multi-Sharpener Feather-Touch Knife Record Selector Frypans Veg-o-matic Patty Stacker Multi-Exerciser Super-Bond glue - a cool article!; Comparing the lot of a department store sales lady in 1907 with the modern version - a fascinating study plus archival photos; How to win at the most popular board games - Othello Scrabble Monopoly Mastermind Risk Organized Crime; A fascinating short history of Christmas carols; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. The Whig-Standard Paperback
1990rif. 155G0800British Columbia: F.F.G R.M. 1990. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 56 pages. Includes lists of additional sources and postmasters. ".Relates to the establishment of postal service and the anchoring of a name to a community. The postmarks reproduced here can be considered to be the official seal of the communities" - from introduction. Discusses the following postal service communities: Aleza Lake Chief Lake Cranberry Lake Croydon Station Dewey Dome Creek Dunster Giscome Giscome Portage Henningville Hutton Mills Longworth Loos Lucerne Station McBride Newlands Station Nichol Penny Prince George Raush Valley Tete Jaune and Willow River. Publisher's ink stamp inside front cover otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. Undated but printed in recent years - we estimate in 1990. A nice copy. F.F.G R.M. Paperback
1955rif. 317G0585Vancouver: British Columbia Electric Railway Company Limited 1955. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 22 pages. This issue of the Buzzer commemorates the conversion of Vancouver's urban rail transportation to rubber/bus transit. Reproductions of many interesting archival photos in text recount the history of the rail phase of the company's operation. Moderate wear. Usual library markings. Mounted in protective card covers. An interesting piece of Vancouver history. which may one day return. British Columbia Electric Railway Company Limited Paperback
1946rif. 558G0652Vancouver Canada: The Students of the University of British Columbia 1946. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 323 pages. This issue features a full-page photo dedication to former UBC student Lieut. R. Hampton Gray D.S.C. who was awarded the Victoria Cross for sacrificing his life to sink a Japanese destroyer on August 9 1945. Prior owner's details neatly written inside front board otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. The Students of the University of British Columbia Hardcover
1945rif. 558G0650Vancouver Canada: The Students of the University of British Columbia 1945. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 292 pages. Includes an extensive eight-page list of names - and some photos - of UBC students who left the University since the start of WWII to go on active military service. Many never returned. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. The Students of the University of British Columbia Hardcover
2000rif. 558G0051Lake Cowichan British Columbia: Lake Cowichan Secondary School 2000. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 112 pages. Clean and unmarked with moderate external wear. Illustrated in colour and black and white. A quality copy of this great keepsake. Lake Cowichan Secondary School Hardcover
1950rif. 155G0672Steveston British Columbia: British Columbia Packers Limited 1950. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 16 pages. Twenty-four black and white photos in text. Perhaps prepared as a handout for guests of the plant this informative booklet presents an overview of the company and details of this plant including its production line warehousing fresh fish department cold storage department reduction plant evaporation plant research and development employment and the BC Packers fishing fleet. Undated but appears to be circa 1950. Printed on glossy stock. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this informative and nostalgic memento. British Columbia Packers Limited Paperback
1986rif. 106G0876Canada: The Travers and Kirchhofer Familes 1986. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 130 pages. Name index. Maps. Several reproductions of black and white photos. The earthy British Columbia biography and genealogy of Sidney Travers 1904-1978 Handsome blue boards with gilt lettering upon front board and backstrip. Contents clean and unmarked. Faint bit of address label remnant atop front free endpaper. Moderate external wear. A quality copy. The Travers and Kirchhofer Familes Hardcover
1975rif. 647G0096Canada: Gizeh Temple A.A.O.N.M.S. 1975. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 303 pages plus index. Black and white photographic plates. "The 72 year history of Gizeh Temple Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America Oasis Vancouver British Columbia Canada." - subtitle. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Gizeh Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S. Paperback
1994rif. 257G0164British Columbia Canada: Interior Lumber Manufacturers Association ILMA 1994. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 147 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of archival black and white photos. "This recounting of forest industry history spans the period from pioneer days to the present. Forestry is much changed from early times. It seems safe to anticipate that change will continue." - from Author's note on page iii. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A superior copy of this important work. Interior Lumber Manufacturers Association (ILMA) Hardcover
1998rif. 558G0247Comox British Columbia: Highland Secondary 1998. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 224 pages. Photo-illustrated in colour and black and white. Clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A superb copy. Highland Secondary Hardcover
2002rif. 558G0246Comox British Columbia: Highland Secondary 2002. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Photo-illustrated in colour and black and white. Clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A superb copy. Highland Secondary Hardcover
2004rif. 558G0249Comox British Columbia: Highland Secondary 2004. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Photo-illustrated in colour and black and white. Clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Scratching to lower portion of front cover otherwise an excellent copy. Highland Secondary Hardcover
2003rif. 558G0248Comox British Columbia: Highland Secondary 2003. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 144 pages. Photo-illustrated in colour and black and white. Clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A superb copy. Highland Secondary Hardcover
1997rif. 715G0590Tofino BC Canada: Grassroots Publications 1997. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 80 pages. Index. Reproductions of archival black and white photos in text. Signed by author upon title page. "The first sensitive overview of thiis second major period of Clayoquot history. Author moved to Tofino in the 1920s and met all the surviving players or their peers of the post-pioneer era." - from back cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Grassroots Publications Paperback
2005rif. 317c9927Canada: McClelland & Stewart Ltd 2005. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 380 pages. Many black and white photographic plates of the key players. "An outstanding and hair-raising account of mass murder and deception that pieces together the cowardly plot and the conspirators' successful twenty-year evasion of justice." - from dust jacket. Unmarked with modest wear. Bit of soiling to edges of textblock. A quality copy. McClelland & Stewart Ltd Hardcover
1989rif. 317c9934Canada: Sunfire 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Deluxe Clothbound Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 104 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated in colour and black and white. Hand-numbered copy 59 of only 200 printed. Contains features on the following locations: Leechtown; Bamberton; Mount Sicker; Cassidy; Morden; Extension; Wellington; Red Gap; Powder Point; Union Bay; Cumberland's Chinatown; Bevan; Headquarters; Fort Rupert; Cape Scott; Zeballos; Clayoquot; Fort Defiance; Port Hughes; Clo-oose; Kildonan; Hayes Landing; Barclay Townsite; Secchart. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Sunfire Hardcover
