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1971Best.-Nr. 125a7081Canada: University of Toronto Press 1971. Book. Illus. by Dingle Adrian. Fair. Paperback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 316 pages. Bibliography. "This is Ontario's story a collective biography of her people a history of her development as a province." - from back cover. Usual library markings. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Worthy reference copy. University of Toronto Press Paperback
2006Best.-Nr. 317c8555British Columbia: Sono Nis Press. 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 373 pages. Footnotes. Index. Many black and white photos. Printed on glossy stock. "The remarkable story of the men and women who surveyed the province. Using basic equipment surveyors endured arduous work conditions. They witnessed the tragedy of colonial impact on aboriginal peoples protected the interests of prospectors settlers and entrepreneurs pioneered aerial technologies in the mountains and left their names on landmarks all over British Columbia." - dust jacket. Clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. A superb example.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; BRITISH COLUMBIA_HISTORY CANADA_BIOGRAPHY SURVEYING SURVEYORS . 1550391534 . Sono Nis Press hardcover
1968Best.-Nr. 644c9708Victoria B.C.: Department of Travel Industry Government of British Columbia 1968. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 1968 Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 24 pages. Measures 9"x4". Dozens of small black and white photos capture Vancouver Island's tourist industry in 1968. Appears to have been provided free to tourists. Provides a comprehensive list of: Ferry Services; Things to Do; Where to Shop; Places to Dine; Where to Stay; Special Tourist Services; Seeing Vancouver Island; Mainland Services; Useful Information. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Department of Travel Industry, Government of British Columbia Paperback
1993Best.-Nr. 121a5984Madeira Park BC Canada: Harbour Publishing Company Limited. Very Good. 1993. Reprint. Paperback. 1550170600 . 269 pages including index and abundant illustrations. Here are tales of adventure on the sea suffering and starvation on land monstrous weather hardships insanity and the happiness found by some tending the lighthouses of the B.C. coast. "I defy anyone to put it down after only one chapter. Surely this is what history is about." - Canadian Geographic. Clean bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Very nice copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Lights of the Inside Passage - a History of British Columbia's Lighthouses and Their Keepers . Harbour Publishing Company, Limited paperback
1991Best.-Nr. 86201453Toronto: Doubleday & Company Inc. 1991. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 390 pages. In this landmark book many of the best minds in "English Canada" set out their position and agenda vis-a-vis the Quebec crisis. They argue cogently for Canada's survival as a tolerant purposeful independent state with or without Quebec. Brings a much needed dose of clarity and realism to the questions raised by Quebec's demands for greater powers and possible separation. Addresses possible solutions and looks at the processes of accommodation renewal or separation. In so doing it provides a crucial definition of "English Canada" today. Very light wear. Clean bright and unmarked. Doubleday & Company, Inc. Paperback
2004Best.-Nr. 217c9725Canada: Random House of Canada Limited 2004. Book. Illus. by Tong Nancy. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Over 700 pages. Footnotes. Index. "A place so vast and so inclusive that it could never be housed in a physical building. It's a virtual museum of our country's history a road map to the Canadain psyche whose signposts are physical artifacts that date back to the birth of life on our planet. Prior owner's details clipped from top of front free endpaper otherwise clean and unmarked with very light wear. A nice copy of this attractive and interesting work. Random House of Canada, Limited Hardcover
1967Best.-Nr. 41502264David & Charles/University of Toronto Press 1967. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 248 pages including index and black and white photographic plates. "Through a study of the ventures of Devon merchants in the colony of Prince Edward Island in the half century after Waterloo this book shows how these developments were interrelated. Explains how a major industry building ships for sale in Britain grew up in the Island largely inspired from the west of England." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. A decent working copy with binding intact. David & Charles/University of Toronto Press Hardcover
1987Best.-Nr. 846G2888Canada: New Hogtown Press 1987. Book. Good. Paperback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 487 pages. Footnotes. Bibliography. Index. "Demonstrates the complex character of working class history and the Canadian labor movement." - from back cover. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A sound copy. New Hogtown Press Paperback
2000Best.-Nr. 815j1464British Columbia: Priority Printing. Very Good. 2000. First Edition. Paperback. 096873720X . "Anthony Guppy was born in India in 1920 where his father was with the Indian Civil Service. In 1921 the family moved to the isolated village of Tofino on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. Growing up there during the Depression gave him a special affection and regard for the beaches and inlets and forests where he and his siblings played learned to fish hunt and sail. After serving in the Canadian Army overseas during WWII he returned to the West Coast. In this memoir he returns to the early years in Tofino." - back cover. 202 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Clean bright tight and unmarked with very light wear. An attractive example.; Cover Illustration; 8vo . Priority Printing paperback
1997Best.-Nr. 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
1979Best.-Nr. 41502303Austin Manitoba: Manitoba Agricultural Museum 1979. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 295 pages including index. 'The Manitoba Agricultural Museum has a motto: "Preserving the past for the future." It is this philosophy that makes this Museum a living breathing part of the present and provides a tremendous potential for its future in Manitoba and Canada at large.' Gift greetings upon front endpaper. Half-inch nick to bottom of blue cloth spine else very light wear. Excellent copy. Manitoba Agricultural Museum Hardcover
1976Best.-Nr. 15604636Canada: McClelland & Stewart / CBC Television 1976. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 63 pages. Oblong - 11 inches wide. Examines one of the constant themes of Canadian history - the problem of the relations between our two founding nations. A geographical approach to this historical theme. Many excellent black and white illustrations. Considerable high-lighting. Average wear. Worthy working copy. Bit of tape on front cover. McClelland & Stewart / CBC Television Paperback
1983Best.-Nr. 41502301Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press 1983. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 379 pages including notes bibliography index and black and white photographic plates. Makes an important and colourful contribution to regional history and to the history of education in Canada. In addressing issues of concern to many North American university communities it also makes a significant statement about the current crisis in higher education. Book clean and unmarked with very light wear. Light wear to dust jacket. Excellent copy. University of British Columbia Press Hardcover
1994Best.-Nr. 853a4172British Columbia: Raincoast 1994. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 128 pages. "From the vantage of the eagle Russ Heinl has captured undiscovered secrets masterpieces of pattern and light. Join him on a flight of discovery." - from dust jacket. Clean with light wear. Price-clipped dust jacket. Discard stamp atop front free endpaper. Nice copy. Raincoast Hardcover
1996Best.-Nr. 815c7482Canada: Sono Nis Press 1996. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 307 pages. Reference notes. Bibliography. Index. Black and white photographc plates. Signed and dated by Roberta L. Bagshaw upon half-title page. Light wear. Unmarked. Slight curl to front cover. A quality copy. Sono Nis Press Paperback
1946Best.-Nr. 121a6012Toronto: Ryerson 1946. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 170 pages. Colour frontis. Black and white plates. "This is a fascinating book a beautiful book a magnificent memorial to the pioneer period with which it deals." - From dust jacket. Prior owner's details atop front free endpaper else unmarked. Average wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart cover. A sound working copy. Wallace p.119. Ryerson Hardcover
1979Best.-Nr. 105a0663Manitoba: The Anglican Parish of Flin Flon Manitoba 1979. Book. Good. Paperback. Second Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 85 pages. Recounts the author's interesting and humorous adventures in northern Manitoba. Illustrated with cheerful line drawings by the author. Includes Christmas card from the author plus a news clipping of the author. Prior owner's name atop title page. The Anglican Parish of Flin Flon, Manitoba Paperback
1975Best.-Nr. 713H1115Horsefly B.C.: Horsefly Historical Society. Good. 1975. First Edition. Paperback. 28 pages. Black and white diagrams and reproductions of archival photos. Prior owner's name atop title page. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Hale & Barman 420; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Horsefly British Columbia / B.C. - Its Early History 1859-1915 Ernest Patenaude Meiss Hotel . Horsefly Historical Society paperback
1999Best.-Nr. 318c6821Canada: McClelland & Stewart Ltd 1999. Book. Illus. by Houston James. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 259 pages. ".About the love affair with the cottage and the salmon river beside it and the rainforest magic of Haida Gwaii as the Queen Charlotte Islands are also known." - from dust jacket. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. McClelland & Stewart Ltd Hardcover
1988Best.-Nr. 16703399Toronto ON Canada: University of Toronto Press 1988. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 418 pages including notes and index. "Attempts to sketch the educational enterprise as it evolved during the period that ends with the Ryerson era: the formative decades of Ontario's first century.The importance of public schooling in the history of nineteenth-century Ontario society cannot be overestimated. The advent of publicly funded elementary - and later secondary - schooling has been ranked with the extension of the franchise as a milestone in the evolution of a modern democratic state." - from page ix. Some black and white illustrations. Top corner clipped from half-title page. Few markings to contents. Light to moderate wear. Tight and square. Solid copy. University of Toronto Press Paperback
1974Best.-Nr. 156a1301Canada: Government of Canada 1974. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 159 pages. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Printed on glossy stock. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Government of Canada Paperback
1973Best.-Nr. 125a7741Canada: Board. Fair. 1973. First Edition. Paperback. 127 pages. Many black and white photographs plus significant text. Usual library markings. Somewhat above-average wear. First leaf removed.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Canadian Historic Sites: Occasional Papers in Archaeology and History No. 7 - Archaeological Explorations at Signal Hill Newfoundland 1965-1966 . Board paperback
1972Best.-Nr. 125a5515Canada: Aurora and District Historical Society 1972. Book. Good. Paperback. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 62 pages. Bit of writing upon first leaf else unmarked. Average wear. Sound copy. Aurora and District Historical Society Paperback
1979Best.-Nr. 111a0124Canada: Univ of Toronto Press 1979. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 318 pages. Index. Sources. "Premier of Manitoba for more than 20 years and later leader of the federal Conservative Party John Bracken became the recognized voice of the west during the difficult years of the depression." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Average wear. Sound working copy. Univ of Toronto Press Hardcover
1974Best.-Nr. 721H2916Adolphustown Ontario: Board of Trustees of the Old Hay Bay Church 1974. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 20 pages. Footnotes. Black and white illustrations. "William Losee 1757-1832 was the first regularly appointed Methodist missionary to serve in Canada west of the Maritimes." - page 2. Prior owner's name stroked out inside front cover otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Board of Trustees of the Old Hay Bay Church Paperback
