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1988réf. 647a8856Canada: Sand Dollar 1988. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 20- Minute VHS video tape in case. "A video portrait from the central east coast of Vancouver Island - with music and narration. This 20 minute profile of the Parksville-Qualicum area of Vancouver Island portrays the beautiful scenery history industry events people and wildlife in the area." - from case. Sand Dollar Hardcover
1995réf. 168a4923Canada: MMP 1995. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VHS video tape with case. Circa 1990s. The 1960s opened an era of changing values and expectations and turmoil. Worker militancy increased dramatically particularly amongst young workers. This is illustrated through the 1965 postal strike and the strike of 15000 steelworkers in Hamilton. Usual library markings. Average wear. A sound copy. MMP Hardcover
1963réf. 644c9714British Columbia: Publisher Not Stated 1963. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 64 pages. Undated but appears to be early 1960s. Many colour photos and other illustrations. Provides a comprehensive snapshot of the many tourist attractions and services of these areas several decades ago. Unmarked with average wear. A great piece for those interested in the history of the tourism industry in these regions. Publisher Not Stated Paperback
1986réf. 846G2106Canada: Boston Mills Press Stoddart 1986. Book. Illus. by Matheson Audrey. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 248 pages. References. Bibliographical notes. Printed on glossy stock. Numerous high-quality reproductions of excellent archival photos. "From the fire rules of Samuel de Champlain for his primitive first settlement at the site of Quebec City to the fires in modern subways and highrise buildings it is all here. Traces the growth of commerce and society in a new civilization in the empty continent and the increased dependence on towns and cities as a nation grows." - from dust jacket. Former library copy with usual markings. Somewhat above-average external wear. Binding sound. A worthy reference copy. Boston Mills Press Stoddart Hardcover
1978réf. 415a2745Ottawa Ontario Canada: Canadian Government Publishing 1978. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 150 pages. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Canadian Government Publishing 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
1994réf. 115a9070Canada: Sunfire Publications Ltd. 1994. Book. Very Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 46 pages. Abundantly illustrated with colour and black and white archival photos. Features: The Gold Boulder of Kootenay Lake; West with the Wheat Harvesters - an army of 1500 adventurers; Medicine of Earth and Sky - Native ways of curing illness healing wounds and easing pain; Fort Victoria 1850-1853 Part II; Shootout at Seven Oaks - bloodshed between the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. Nice copy. Sunfire Publications Ltd. Paperback
1993réf. 115a9072Canada: Sunfire Publications Ltd. 1993. Book. Very Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 46 pages. Abundantly illustrated with colour and black and white archival photos. Features: The Origins of the Fraser River Gold Rush; Donald McLean - Hudson's Bay Company Man at Hat Creek; Death in the Barrens of the North West Territories; Rocky Mountain Rangers - Southern Alberta Milita. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Sunfire Publications Ltd. Paperback
1986réf. 416H3616Great Britain: Purnell Book Production Limited 1986. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 144 pages. Bibliography. Illustrated in colour and black and white. "Provides a fascinating background into the life of those of us who live and train with the British Army Training Unit Suffield. It also records the history of this magnificent part of Canada and is an excellent piece of joint Anglo-Canadian work." - Foreword. Gift greetings atop half-title page. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Purnell Book Production Limited Paperback
1982réf. 726a4897Ottawa: Government of Canada 1982. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 86 pages including extensive endnotes. Many diagrams and black and white illustrations. Former library copy with usual markings. Average wear. A sound reference copy. Government of Canada Paperback
1997réf. 731a0890Canada: Royal Ontario Museum 1997. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 207 pages. References. "This seminal work focuses on Canada's premier collection of Heiltsuk art the R.W. Large Collection in the Royal Ontario Museum illuminating its early twentieth-century origins and the continuity and power of Heiltsuk cultural expression. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Worthy reading copy. Royal Ontario Museum Paperback
1981réf. 323a0778Victoria B.C.: Province of British Columbia 1981. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 76 pages. Numerous archival black and white illustrations. Considerable emphasis upon Japanese residents and the effect of World War II upon them. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Coupon neatly removed along perforated lines on last page. Province of British Columbia Paperback
1987réf. 121a5963British Columbia: Self-Published Van Coillie Dries. Fine. 1987. Second Printing. Paperback. 176 pages. Dozens of black and white archival illustrations. Early northwest British Columbia history. Clean bright and unmarked with slightest wear. Superlative copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Klondike Skeena Gold History Illustrated . Self-Published (Van Coillie, Dries) paperback
1972réf. 764a9390Toronto: Canadian Antiques Collector 1972. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Features: Image of Canada - a Travelling Exhibition; A Desk with a Reason - a 'Table Desk'; Antiques in British Columbia; The Grange; The Davenport; Art and the Courts - France and England from 1259-1328. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Canadian Antiques Collector Paperback
1955réf. 757j2351British Columbia: The Vernon News Ltd. Fair. 1955. First Edition Thus. Paperback. 16 stapled pages with black and white illustrations. Undated but probably circa 1955. Unmarked with above-average wear. A worthy vintage example of this charming B.C. cookbook. ; 8vo . The Vernon News Ltd. paperback
1972réf. 744a9442Canada: Grays. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 0888260350 . 183 pages. Black and white photographic plates. Author is "First last and always a cattleman proud of Western Canadian history and the pioneers who made it great." - from dust jacket. Average wear. Usual library markings. Sound working copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; RANCH LIFE SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIOLOGY Kamloops Cattleman: One Hundred Years of Trail Dust! . Grays hardcover
1930réf. 105H4420Toronto: W.J. Gage & Co. Limited 1930. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. viii 272 pages. Index. Black and white illustrations maps and reproductions of archival photos. "An interesting history is one of the greatest resources a nation may possess. It inspires the soul of patriotism. No country is richer in this source of inspiration than Canada and of its story no part is more romantic than that of the Prairie Provinces." - Preface. The eighteen chapters include: The First Inhabitants; The First White Men on the Prairie; Life on the Banks of the Red River; How the Riel Rebellion Produced the Province of Manitoba; and more. Publisher's stamp atop front free endpaper otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality vintage copy of this engaging and informative vintage work. Peel 2 3169 Artibise 16. W.J. Gage & Co. Limited Hardcover
réf. 1931841373.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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
1997réf. 156c7130Ottawa: Canadian Heritage / Parks Canada 1997. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 276 pages. ".a day-to-day account of the sad events that took place in 1847 a year in which nearly 100000 emigrants mostly Irish disembarked at Grosse Ile or the Port of Quebec. Written as a diary the book gives a detailed description of the administrative measures taken by the authorities to deal with the influx of such a large number of emigrants in deplorable conditions of disease and misery." - from back cover. Bookplate upon first blank leaf. Average wear. A sound copy. Canadian Heritage / Parks Canada Paperback
1995réf. 64601365British Columbia: Clayoquot Sound Scientific Panel 1995. Book. Good. Spiral-Bound. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 296 pages. Presents findings and recommendations of the Scientific Panel for Sustainable Forest Practices in Clayoquot Sound based on its review of forest practices standards in effect in Clayoquot Sound as of September 30 1994. Notes the extent to which current standards for forest planning and information collection physical processes of timber extraction and provisions for incorporating scenic recreational and tourism values meet precepts for sustainable ecosystem management. Ecosystem management must acknowledge the physical structures processes and biological constituents of the ecosystem. This documents describes those features for the Clayoquot Sound region and makes recommendations appropreate to their nature. Panel recommendations seek to create forest practice standards for Clayoquot Sound that are the best in the world. Includes many illustrations and graphs. Unmarked. Average wear. Clayoquot Sound Scientific Panel Paperback
1971réf. 115a7808Canada: Board. Fair. 1971. First Edition. Paperback. 85 pages. Numerous black and white illustrations. Contents: Comparison of the Faunal Remains from French and British refuse pits at Fort Michilimackinac; The French in Gaspe 1534 to 1760; The Armstrong Mound on Rainy River Ontario. Above-average wear with usual library markings. Worthy reading copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Canadian Historic Sites: Occasional Papers in Archaeology and History . Board paperback
1990réf. 649a4794Canada: McGraw-Hill Ryerson 1990. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 321 pages. "Tells the incredible story of the beginnings of our intelligence service its colourful history and its successes and failures." - from dust jacket. Glossary bibliography index. Very light wear. Dust jacket price-clipped. Gift greetings atop front free endpaper else clean and unmarked. Nice copy. McGraw-Hill Ryerson Hardcover
1975réf. 737j0828Sidney B.C.: Gray's Publishing Ltd. Fair. 1975. Third Edition. Paperback. 0888260601 . "This series of Indian folklore tales will endeavour to reach the more sensitive the more sympathetic and the more reasoning segment of the non-Indians who may have some willingness to study and understand the culture of the true Indian whose mind was imaginative romantic and resourceful." - Introduction. 126 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Rubber stamp inside front cover otherwise unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Contents tanned with age. A worthy reading copy. About Indians 638. ; Illustrations; Sm 8vo . Gray's Publishing Ltd. paperback
1992réf. 413c8251Shawnigan Lake BC Canada: Shawnigan Lake School 1992. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 462 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Covers the years 1916 through 1992. Book clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Average wear to dust jacket which bears a one inch opening at top of front fore-edge. A quality copy. Shawnigan Lake School Hardcover