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1989106 pages. Author has used "traditional landscape" photography to portray the variation, emptiness and beauty of the land, but the vision is a personal one: the land is seen through one man's eyes and his magically evocative lens. Lovely clean unmarked copy with very light wear to dust jacket. Book
2002399 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. "Presents stories of pre-GPS times - the halcyon days of the navigator - when his skills were so very often the 'key to success'". - dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A superb copy. Book
1983121 pages. Selected references. "This colourful photographic survey shows 93 of the finest pieces of folk art ever made in communities across Canada over the past two and a half centuries." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings and wear. Binding sound. Worthy reference copy. Book
1994179 pages. Tracing the path she took from obscurity to public prominence, her physical and legal battles and private torment from the time she was diagnosed in August of 1991 to her death in February of 1994, this story illuminates the sensitive moral issues raised by Sue's crusade and sheds light on this woman of uncommon strength and deep conviction. Includes black and white photographs. Former owner's rubber stamp upon front endpaper else unmarked. Please note: prior owner neatly taped dust jacket to boards with invisible tape. Book remains attractive in pale green illustrated jacket. Book
1995191 pages including index. The concluding volume of Canada's Military Heritage trilogy compiled by Arthur Bishop. This work brings to life Canada's war heroes at sea through two World Wars as well as the Royal Canadian Navy's role in Korea. Includes black and white illustrations. Minimal wear. Clean and unmarked but for small faint pencil erasure upon front endpaper. Excellent copy. Book
1994234 pages. "Multiculturalism, with all of its festivals and its celebrations, has done - and can do - nothing to foster a factual and clear-minded vision of our neighbours." - from back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound working copy. Book
194496 pages. Index. Colour illustrations. Intended to promote use of a new product called Irradiated Carnation Milk. Prior owner's details and light scribbling upon front cover. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Above-average wear and soiling. Two-inch opening to bottom of front cover at spine. Still a worthy copy of this vintage cookbook. Book
1989198 pages including index. A practical, informative guide for the outdoors enthusiast dedicated to getting to all those 'off the beaten track' adventures that Vancouver Island is famous for. It is *the* book for the hiker, kayaker, canoeist, fisherman, off-roader, and anyone else seeking to get away from it all. Describes 35 adventures covering Provincial Parks and Forest Service campsites, logging road travel, wilderness trails, fishing lakes, canoeing routes and four-wheeling areas from Sooke to Cape Scott. Minimal wear. Unmarked. Fresh copy. Attractive illustrated covers. Book
1965147 pages. Index of streets and buildings. Numerous black and white illustrations. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
1994284 pages including references and index. Offers a rich, realistic interpretation of the human geography of the North. Discusses the physical geography and the history of more than three-quarters of our nation, examines northern and native development, and outlines some geographic realities for the 1990s as northerners move from the fur economy and subsequent dependence on governments to the promise of self-government in Nunavut and Denedeh. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Very nice copy. Book
1991225 pages. Canada's foremost civil libertarian presents a blueprint for anyone interested in bringing about social change. Clean, bright and unmarked. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Broadart cover. Beautiful copy. Book
1979397 pages. Footnotes. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "The first major biography of Clarence Decatur Howe [1886-1960], that awesome giant among Canadian politicians, the colossus who dominated Canada's landscape for more than a quarter century and left it irreversibly changed. Howe exerted his greatest influence as Mackenzie King's Minister of Munitions and Supply, a job which gave him final authority for the entire scope of the nation's war production. But he was also the man who presided over Air Canada, the CBC, international wheat sales, atomic energy, public housing and frontier development from B.C. to Labrador." - dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this important Canadian biography. Spadoni & Donnelly 3036. Book
1974208 pages. Bibliography. "Exhibition catalogue for the first major exhibition devoted entirely to the Indians of Alaska and northwestern Canada, combining the best material from two of the foremost collections in this field. Concerned primarily with the ethnography of the northern Athapaskan Indians i.e. the objects they made and used, such as weapons, tools, utensils, houses and clothing, in order to sustain their way of life in a particular environment." - from Foreword. Printed upon glossy stock. Illustrated with photos in color and primarily black and white. Prior owner's name blacked out atop first page otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
1982280 pages. Index. Excellent black and white photographic plates. Reviews the dramatic history of coal mining and coal miners on Vancouver Island. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Please note: Front free endpaper removed. A sound working copy. Book
1971128 pages. "...Virile, evocative, concerned, original: a pure delight to hear or read." - from dust jacket. Average wear. Usual library markings. Pencil notes upon half-title page. Solid working copy. Book
2003469 pages. Index. Footnotes. "Reveals the fatal weakness of the patchwork quilt of legislation that results because laws are invariably cobbled together when environmental crises are encountered, rather than attempting to avoid such crises in advance." - from back cover. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A nice copy. Book
1975105 pages. Documents how far Canada has travelled down the road to socialism, "a journey which can only end in the complete subjugation of the individual to the state." Proposes an alternative to socialism which will enable all Canadians to become individual owners of shares in the productive enterprises which generate the major part of the country's wealth, and thus enjoy two incomes - one from working and one from their own capital investment. Light yellowing to covers. Light wear. Unmarked. Book
198652 pages. Provides general tips on how to watch whales safely from various types of boats without disturbing them. Chapters include: Guidelines, Distinguishing Whale Groups, Identifying Species from what can be seen out of the water, Comparison of various whale species observed from the surface, Rorquals, Gray Whales, Right Whales, Sperm Whales, Oceanic Dolphins, Porpoises, Narwhal and Beluga. Abundantly illustrated. Book
2002200 pages including index and lists of references. Describes the evolution of the small community of Hope, British Columbia: the collision of mountain ranges, the slow grinding of earth by glaciers and ice, the carving out of valleys, and the convergence of two great rivers. At once a history of place, a spiritual and ecological memoir, and a biography of Hope. Tells stories of this land and its people with a mystic's sense of wonder, and a scientist's curiosity about the precise nature of the forces that shape our world. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Excellent copy. Book
1980Unpaginated. Undated. Circa 1980? A wonderful and now nostalgic colour tour of Vancouver Island. We estimate this book to now be three decades old. Look at how things have changed! Book
1979285 pages. Fascinating and hilarious. Illustrated. Above average wear. Price sticker remnant inside front cover. Unmarked. Binding intact. Book
1987208 pages including footnotes and black and white photographs. Backbreaking work for slave wages in labour camps - that was the government's response to thousands of young men looking for jobs in the Dirty Thirties. This historical account tells the little-known story of the jobless who drifted across the country during the Depression and were drawn into the work camps - offered poor food, mass shelter, and a few pennies a day in exchange for doney work on major government projects. Records the desperation, disillusionment, and rebellion of these welfare inmates, and the repressive shameful way in which the politicians and government authorities tried to keep the situation under control. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
1976265 pages including index. A most lovely copy of this work, originally published in 1905. The most comprehensive and yet succinct one-volume work ever written about the mighty waters of the St. Lawrence which for a thousand miles act as the border between the United States and Canada. Includes 100 illustrations. Unmarked. Minimal wear. Attractively illustrated dust jacket. Book
2005296 pages. Bibliography. Index. "The Invitation Project's magnificent Quilt of Belonging is the largest collaborative work of textile art to be created on a national scale. With 263 squares representing 71 Aboriginal groups and 192 immigrant nationalities found in Canada, the Quilt will prove a lasting testimony to our country's multicultural heritage and identity." - from front flap. Printed upon glossy stock. Wonderful colour photography throughout. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Book
2008418 pages. Includes Infotrac. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound working copy. Book
