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1964réf. 72409463Vancouver B.C.: Vancouver Real Estate Board 1964. Book. Good. Paperback. First Ed. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Read it and weep! Unimaginably low 1964 real estate prices! Contains hundreds of black and white contemporary photos of homes their details plus list and sale prices. An important historical record. Further this book could easily represent a lucrative summer job for an enterprising youth i.e. by blowing up the pictures framing and selling them to current owners of the homes a handsome profit may well be achieved. Two inch tear to front cover. Unmarked. 1/2 inch thick in green card covers. Vancouver Real Estate Board Paperback
1989réf. 64501296Sarasota FL: Crestline Publishing 1989. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 308 pages including index. Profusely illustrated with archival black and white photographs of early logging equipment. "In terms of plant succession the imprint of the shoes of tracklaying tractors in the woods are truly endless tracks in the woods. This book is written for those who wish to appreciate the woodlands of North America and to more fully participate in the management of such areas by acquiring additional historical perspective on how our current woodland landscapes have evolved." - from Introduction. Chapters include: Steam Tractors; Best and Holt Steam Wheel Tractors; Lombard Log Hauler; Logging with Big Wheels; Holt Tractor Company; C.L. Best Tractor Company; Cletrac; The Remainder of the Cast - Tracklaying manufacturers Besides Best and Holt 1920; War Labor Strife and Productivity; Caterpillar Tractor Company; The Competition - Allis Chalmers and International Harvester; Auxilliary Equipment for the Transportation of logs with Tracklaying Tractors; Stand Damage - The First Crisis in Logging with Tracklaying Tractors; Bulldozers; Scrapers; Motor Trucks for Hauling Logs; Tracked Loaders. Clean bright and unmarked. Very light wear. Some bumping to two corners. Excellent copy of this work which is guaranteed to thrill the souls of early logging buffs. Crestline Publishing Hardcover
1981réf. 64409784Nanaimo British Columbia: The Loyal Nanaimo Bathtub Society 1981. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 80 pages. Features many excellent photos and nostalgic local advertisements. Unmarked. average wear. Cover illustration features "Black Frank" leading his armada across the Strait of Georgia. The Loyal Nanaimo Bathtub Society Paperback
1995réf. 75203254Victoria BC: Sono Nis Press 1995. Book. Fine. Paperback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 205 pages including bibliography and index. Abundant black and white illustrations. "Eight elite Victoria founding families and their monumental efforts to achieve refinement in a rugged corner of Vancouver Island. Their ample homes their public displays their private hopes and disappointments - the food they ate the clothes they wore the games they played: these are the ingredients from which Ms. Green concocts a social history of solid research amusing detail and elegant style." - from back cover. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excllent copy. Sono Nis Press Paperback
1986réf. 34501353Vancouver BC Canada: Pulp Press Book Publishers 1986. Book. Good. Paperback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 231 pages including bibliography and over 180 illustrations. "A complete history of what John Maynard Keynes has called "the underworld of economics." Beginning in England in 1917 it makes a bizarre at times nearly unbelievable story of monetary cranks political parvenues conspiracy theorists end-of-the-world millennialists and political demagogues that sweeps through Alberta British Columbia and Quebec before culminating in the '80s in British Columbia." - from back cover. Moderate wear and soiling. Unmarked. Solid copy. Pulp Press Book Publishers Paperback
1971réf. 64601634Downsview ON Canada: Atmospheric Environment Service - Department of the Environment - Canada 1971. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 94 pages. Means for the period 1941 to 1970 and extremes up to 1970. Contains monthly and annual values of temperature and precipitation elements from 342 stations in the province of British Columbia. The stations are arranged in alphabetical order and data are listed for stations with an appreciable period of record over the period from 1941 to 1970. Undated. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Bilingual English/French. Circa 1971. Atmospheric Environment Service - Department of the Environment - Canada Paperback
1992réf. 64400199Canada: Self-Published 1992. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 350 pages including index and 150 photographs. Signed and inscribed by author upon verson of half-title page. The first narrative of this popular game in British Columbia. Veteran Vancouver Sun writer Arv Olson traces a century of the game from its grassroots at Jericho Beach and Victoria through the good and the bad times of growth depression wars and important tournaments. Un unprecedented reference book of tournaments competitors and courses in British Columbia. Moderate wear to book which has bump to lower corner of front board. Some moisture-induced rippling to bottom edge of text. Dust jacket shows moderate wear with half-inch tear to base of front panel at fore-edge. Light moisture stain to base of dust jacket back panel. Self-Published Hardcover
1916réf. 71608088Toronto Canada: W.J. Gage & Co. Limited 1916. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 272 pages including glossary. Occasional black and white illustrations. "The literature in the readers of the lower grades must be largely that of the nursery tale and fairy lore but when the children have reached the middle period of their public school course - in the Third Reader - they may be introduced with profit to more mature forms of literature and acquire at an early age a taste for reading good books. A careful reading of properly chosen selections cannot fail to extend the knowledge of the pupils as well as to improve their taste and to develop their power of expression. The highest aim of all good teaching is the development of character and the selections for practice in oral reading should illustrate the virtues in which the children should be established - the virtues that make for material success and those especially that form and strengthen right principles of conduct and life." - from the preface. Contains primarily selections drawn from the works of writers in Britain with input from some of Canada's best known writers. Prescribed for use in the schools of British Columbia. Illustrated brown cloth front board reads "The British Columbia Readers - Third Reader." Writing and scribbing upon front endpaper few marks otherwise. Well worn boards with no major defects. Some soiling to contents. W.J. Gage & Co., Limited Hardcover
1993réf. 64501145Vancouver B.C.: A.T. Eight Artropolis Society 1993. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 168 pages including index of artists. Seeks to address the new artistic cultural economic and political landscape by presenting many points of view on a varied terrain. Showcases the works of artists in all media concerned with public art/public issues. Everything from maquettes for realizeable art projects to playful ironic pieces that are the opposite of the practical are found in this exhibition. All illustrations in black and white. Light to moderate wear. Unmarked. A.T. Eight Artropolis Society Paperback
1975réf. 72408943Vancouver B.C.: Forest Club University of British Columbia 1975. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 136 pages. Excellent copy of this yearbook. Very light wear. Unmarked but for prior owner's name upon verso of front free endpaper. Forest Club, University of British Columbia Hardcover
1944réf. 64601521Victoria BC: Provincial Museum 1944. Book. Good. Paperback. Reprint. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 40 pages plus fold-out map. Topics discussed include: Description of the area; Plants; Miscellaneous Invertebrates; Insects; Vertebrates; plus bibliography. Colour illustration upon front cover. A reprint without change of paging of the 1943 edition. Contents illustrated in black and white. Unmarked. Average wear. Lightly yellowed. Provincial Museum Paperback
1961réf. 64601381Vancouver BC: King George High School 1961. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Unpaginated in green boards. Contents unmarked. Blue pen doodling on boards. Average soiling and wear. Binding intact. Solid copy. King George High School Hardcover
1992réf. 41301962Victoria BC Canada: Western Geographical Press/University of Victoria 1992. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 223 pages. How often and where do people die and from what causes These and related questions are central to the study of population health geography and epidemiology. As one contribution to answering such important questions and hopefully as a catalyst to the generation of other inquiries this atlas illustrates spatial variations of all major causes of death in British Columbia for the period 1985 to 1989. Overhead transparencies in pocket inside back board. Clean bright and unmarked. Very light wear to top edge of dust jacket else an As New copy. Western Geographical Press/University of Victoria Hardcover
1976réf. 64501295West Vancouver BC: Environment Canada 1976. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 298 pages including index. Compiles all available references relevant to the environmental aspect of the Nanaimo River Estuary. Summarizes pertinent information and provides lists on plant and animal life to provide readers with some idea of the ecological characteristics. Contents include topics such as: Geology; Economic Geology; Surficial Geology; Climatology; Hydrology; Oceanography; Invertebrate Biology; Invertebrate Fisheries Resource; Flora; Wildlife; Land and Water Use; Pollution; plus an extensive Bibliography. Includes a variety of maps. Report of the Estuary Working Group Department of the Environment Regional Pacific Region. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A wonderful reference. Environment Canada Paperback
1984réf. 41302202Nanaimo British Columbia: Self-Published 1984. Book. Illus. by Weighill Richard. Very Good. Plastic Comb. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 201 pages of profoundly fascinating and delightful illustrated history. Author's father b. 1870 left Yorkshire England with his young family for Canada in 1909 and arrived in Fife Lake Saskatchewan where they spent their first winter in a straw house. Author was born in a sod house in 1910 and moved with his family to Montana when he was 6 years old. At age 14 the family moved to Victoria B.C. and from there to Nanoose Bay further up Vancouver Island. Most pages contain brief text accompanied by the author's simple sketches of the way things were. He has stressed the most practical elements of daily life and survival. A priceless compilation of the challenges and genius of the pioneer. Examples include: how to hunt prairie antelope by wearing a white sheet; avoiding flying ants by erecting a pole to your wagon and hanging a coat at its top; uprooting stumps by tying them to nearby trees to be felled; cutting wood by rigging a buzzsaw to the back wheel of a Model "T" Ford truck; and many many more. Mentions Vancouver Island landmarks such as the Arlington Hotel Lantzville Hotel Quarterway Hotel and more. This book lends itself wonderfully to teaching youngsters the ways of the not-so-distant past. You will have great difficulty in putting it down. Self-Published Paperback
1978réf. 71507946Nanaimo BC Canada: Nanaimo District Secondary School N.D.S.S. 1978. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 151 pages. Provincial Basketball Championship issue! Only a few markings. Light wear. In black boards. Nanaimo District Secondary School (N.D.S.S.) Hardcover
1986réf. 64500741Madeira Park BC Canada: Harbour Publishing Company Limited 1986. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 279 pages including index. Bill Vander Zalm's ascent to the premiership of British Columbia in July 1986 is one of the most remarkable political resurrections in Canadian history. Some people may have thought his political future was non-existent and there were doubts about his chances for the Socred leadership right up to the evening of July 29 1986. What does Bill Vander Zalm's record tell us exactly Pulling together much of Vander Zalm's vast public record and adding extensive new information from his friends relatives enemies and from the man himself this book allows the patterns that make up the Vander Zalm enigma to be unravelled for the first time. Book clean bright and unmarked with no wear. Very light wear to glossy attractive dust jacket. Excellent copy. Harbour Publishing Company, Limited Hardcover
1986réf. 64400129Gabriola Island BC Canada: Gabriola Island Peace Association 1986. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 209 pages including black and white photos of selected participants. The concept of the People's Enquiry was to gather information on the implications of CFMETR by inviting a number of experts in various fields to give papers on selected topics. The idea of having an open meeting was to provide the public with the answers which were denied them when the government turned down requests to hold a public meeting. Major-General Leonard Johnson retired one of the three distinguished panelists said of the Enquiry it was "an attempt to obtain facts to inform the public and to influence the activities that bear on the security of the people of Canada. Defence agreements can lead with changes in strategy and technology to unforseen and unintended consequences inimical to the security of Canadians. Because they are made and implemented in secret beyond public security such agreements are not subject to democratic control by an informed electorate as all agreements affecting the lives of people should be. This is especially serious where nuclear weapons are involved." Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. Nice copy. Gabriola Island Peace Association Paperback
2001réf. 64601498Hull PQ Canada: Canadian Museum of Civilization/Musee Canadien des Civilisations 2001. Book. Fine. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 281 pages. Thirteen scientists provide insight into the archaeology of the north coast of British Columbia in celebration of the field work begun by George F. MacDonald for the National Museum of Canada in 1966. A decade of field seasons saw excavation at 18 sites representing 5000 years of human occupation. Most fieldwork was done at Prince Rupert Harbour. Author is Curator of Physical Anthropology at the Canadian Museum of Civilization and has been involved in Northwest Coast archaeological research for over 30 years. Clean bright and unmarked with minor crease to bottom corner of front cover. Very faint wear. Excellent copy. Canadian Museum of Civilization/Musee Canadien des Civilisations Paperback
1925réf. 72409213Vancouver: Sun Publishing Co. Ltd. 1925. Book. Illus. by Smith J. Howard; Innes John. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 206 pages. Undated. circa 1920s Very well-travelled copy of this charming collection of British Columbia stories. Gift greeting upon illustrated front cover which is missing a few chips. A well-read rodent has removed part of the lower corner of the first 30 pages. Text is unaffected. Prior owner's name atop copyright page else unmarked. Sun Publishing Co. Ltd. Paperback
1998réf. 64601429Victoria BC: Natural Resources Canada Canadian Forestry Service 1998. Book. Fine. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 157 pages including extensive. Clear attractive colour photography throughout. Designed to help the reader with both field and laboratory identification of common poplar diseases in British Columbia and to provide regionally specific disease impact and distribution information where it is known. Includes host-fungus index for Populus in British Columbia. Lightest wear. Clean bright and unmarked. Excellent copy. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forestry Service Paperback
1999réf. 75202863Nanoose Bay BC Canada: Heritage House Publishing Company Limited 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 190 pages including bibliography and index. Author's signature upon half-title page. From Admirals to Yates the streets of Victoria boast numerous intriguing names that tell the history of the city. This work combines a passion for the past with a curiosity about street names as she tells the stories behind over forty streets from Saanich to Sooke. Abundantly illustrated in black and white with archival photos. Clean bright and unmarked. Lightest wear. Beautiful copy. Heritage House Publishing Company, Limited Hardcover
1991réf. 72409402Duncan B.C.: Cowichan Secondary School 1991. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Unmarked. Light wear. Excellent copy of this 1991 high school yearbook from Duncan B.C. Excellent clean copy. Cowichan Secondary School Hardcover
1981réf. 41302134Victoria BC: Heritage Conservation Branch Ministry of Provincial Secretary and Government Services Province of British Columbia 1981. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 250 pages plus appendices. Offers an overview of prehistoric and historic features of Native Indian and colonial origin. Sites areas structures and trails of heritage value are identified and mapped their significance discussed and preliminary recommendations made for their utilization protection or enhancement. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Very nice copy. Heritage Conservation Branch, Ministry of Provincial Secretary and Government Services, Province of British Columbia Paperback
1978réf. 75202944Nanaimo BC Canada: John Barsby High School 1978. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 156 pages. Light wear. Many autographs. Binding tight and square. Blue cloth-covered boards. Nice copy. John Barsby High School Hardcover