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1974ref. 118a9557Canada: Government of Canada 1974. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Features: Queen Mum's Highlanders - Black Watch and TorScot colors; PPCLI Records an Album; CFS Inuvik; Saglek spill clean-up; Grunts cartoons; Cyprus - based upon an interview with Capt. Ian Nicol; RAD - Brigadier-General S.V. Radley-Walters CMMDSO MC CD. Light wear. Nice copy. Government of Canada Paperback
1955ref. 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
1963ref. 42102777Canada: Canadian Racing Pigeon Union 1963. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 224 pages. Black and white illustrations. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label atop front cover. Solid copy. Canadian Racing Pigeon Union Paperback
1964ref. 42102778Canada: Canadian Racing Pigeon Union 1964. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 264 pages. Black and white illustrations. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label atop front cover. Crease to back cover. Minor damage to foot of spine. Decent copy. Canadian Racing Pigeon Union Paperback
1975ref. 75403763North Vancouver BC: Western Fish and Game Magazine Ltd. 1975. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 46 pages. Features: Interior Lake Rainbow Techniques; Steelhead Fever; Atlantic Salmon - concluded in this issue; Stump Lake - a lake of large tackle-busting rainbows; Hatcheries and the Angler - Conclusion; The 'Frisky Fly'; Peace River Expedition - Conclusion; Into the Chilcotin - fly-fishing; The Walleye Pollock - a new series covering the lesser game fish from our local salt water; Windmills of the Cariboo-Okanagan - a 'new' pump system for winter-kill lakes. Light wear. Nice tight copy. Western Fish and Game Magazine Ltd. Paperback
1987ref. 15604333Vancouver BC Canada: New Star Books Limited 1987. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 617 pages including bibliography and index. "A provocative retelling of Canada's history from the period of the first contact between European and North American cultures to the conclusion of World War I. By situating Canada in its proper context - at the periphery of the new and growing capitalist world economy and the European powers' struggle for empire - the author provides a compelling clearly focused perspective on this country's development." - from back cover. Clean and unmarked but for a couple of minor pen marks on bottom edge of text. Light to moderate wear. Tight and square. Nice sound copy. New Star Books, Limited Paperback
1987ref. 755j0504Campbell River B.C.: Gloria Newlove. Good. 1987. Revised Edition. Spiral Binding. "Gloria Newlove of Campbell River British Columbia has collected her delectable simple to prepare recipes into an easy to read easy to use volume. for your gourmet enjoyment!" - back cover. 105 pages. Index. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy.; 8vo . Gloria Newlove unknown
2012ref. 411j2655Canada: Heritage House. Very Good. 2012. First Edition. Paperback. 192705141X . "Pays tribute to the heroes of B.C. golf including renowned course designer A.V. Macan; British Columbia's most successful professional Stan Leonard; celebrated amateur Doug Roxburgh; the early female greats Violet Pooley Sweeny and Vera Hutchins; the incomparable Davey and Ken Black; and recent BC Golf Hall of Fame inductees. Author was a sportswriter for 60 years so knows of what and whom he writes. 432 pages. Index. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Clean bright tight and unmarked with very light wear. A nice example. ; 8vo . Heritage House paperback
1980ref. 125c8525Canada: Gage 1980. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 696 pages. "Argues that the cession of Canada to Great Britain had no significant influence on the colony's social economic or institutional structures - that in fact the 'trauma' of the conquest was a fabrication of the defensive psychology of later generations. Deflates a number of patent nationalist myths firmly embedded in the historical interpretation of the period." - from back cover. Above-average external wear. Former library copy with usual markings. Binding tight. A worthy working copy. Gage Paperback
1981ref. 121a6870British Columbia: Self-Published 1981. Book. Illus. by Patenaude Branwen C. Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 93 pages. Index. "This collection of human interest stories and illustrative sketches serves to record a period of regional history that might otherwise be lost to the younger generations. It is also hoped it will bring back a lot of nostalgic memories to those remaining generations that helped to shape the history of the Cariboo." - from Introduction. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Self-Published Paperback
1988ref. 415c7773Canada: Methuen & Co Ltd. 1988. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 319 pages. Index. Selected bibliography. ".An original and scholarly history of the Communist Party of Canada 1921-1981. This work puts the Party into an international setting and compares it with similar movements in Great Britain the United States and France." - dust jacket. Somewhat above-average wear. Usual library markings. A worthy reference copy. Methuen & Co Ltd. Hardcover
1980ref. 754c6448Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre 1980. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 281 pages including notes bibliography and index. Black and white illustrations. Explains the far-ranging factors bearing on the Nootka stage: European War the Russian presence in the northern Pacific the onset of Spain's waning fortunes America's thrust west the British East India and South Sea trading monopolies and the steady advance of coastal charting by explorers like George Vancouver. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Moderate wear to dust jacket. A sound copy. Douglas & McIntyre Hardcover
2000ref. 55402843Campbell River BC Canada: Ptarmigan Press Limited 2000. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 152 pages. Author's signature and inscription upon title page. Author grew up in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island and served as a medical doctor before entering local politics where he served a further 19 years including time as mayor of Comox. He expresses his views on elected officials changes he's seen in medical care and his concerns for the future of our health care system. Lightest wear. Clean and unmarked. Excellent copy. Ptarmigan Press, Limited Paperback
1972ref. 524j0516Ottawa: Public Archives of Canada. Good. 1972. First Edition. Paperback. Catalogue for an exhibition prepared by the Public Archives of Canada to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the incorporation of the Canadian National Railway company. 58 58 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy.; 8vo . Public Archives of Canada paperback
1997ref. 75403617Canada: Orca Book Publishers 1997. Book. Fine. Paperback. First Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 180 pages including index. A decade-by-decade history of 20th century British Columbia as recorded on the front and inside pages of our newspapers. This instant history is sometimes told eloquently and sometimes matter-of-factly but it is a living record of our society. Author spent 34 years with the Vancouver Sun. Black and white illustrations. Lightest wear. Clean bright and unmarked. Excellent copy in glossy illustrated covers. Orca Book Publishers Paperback
1979ref. 317c8562British Columbia: BCRHA. Good. 1979. First Edition. Paperback. 63 pages. Many excellent black and white photos. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A sound copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Timber Down the Capilano: A History of The Capilano Timber Company and Railroad Logging on Vancouver's North Shore North Vancouver . BCRHA paperback
1996ref. 118G2634Canada: Vanwell Publishing 1996. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 206 pages. Index. Bibliography. Footnotes. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Vanwell Publishing Hardcover
1997ref. 738G1454Vancouver BC Canada: D&M Publishers Incorporated 1997. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Paperback Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 192 pages. "Thanks to Bill Reid the art of the Indians of the Pacific coast makes its entry upon the great stage of the world." - from back cover. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of colour and black and white photos of the artist and his works. Clean bright and unmarked with light wear. An attractive copy of this beautiful work. D&M Publishers Incorporated Paperback
1971ref. 83700376Edmonton AB: Hurtig Ltd. 1971. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 177 pages. "Takes us as far as rationality can in a consideration of October 1970. picks apart with considerable flair and logic the reasoning behind the activities of Ottawa and Montreal. the sort of analysis that justifies the existence of a nations' intelligentsia as a critical force." - Dennis Duffy. Covers faded. Rubber stamps inside front cover and upon half-title page. Contents clean tight and square. Good working copy. Hurtig Ltd. Paperback
1980ref. 721H1288Toronto: University of Toronto Press / Glenbow-Alberta Institute 1980. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 215 pages. Index. Footnotes. Reproductions of archival black and white photos. "This lively account of a dashing young man about town provides a firsthand description of society in early Victorian Toronto. Young Mr. Smith's diaries and letters from 1839-1858 have been edited by his granddaughter and deftly interwoven with her own background comments." - from dust jacket. Clean tight and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. University of Toronto Press / Glenbow-Alberta Institute Hardcover
1964ref. 352c7764Ottawa: Fisheries Research Board of Canada 1964. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 52 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Black and white photos charts tables map. Extensive reference list. Contents include: Historical review of pinniped food studies in British Columbia waters; Methods and materials; General habitat description; Distribution numbers and migratory behaviour; Feeding habits; Effect of seal and sea lion predation upon British Columbia's commercial fishery. Stiff protective library boards over original card covers. Usual library markings. A sound copy. Fisheries Research Board of Canada Paperback
1963ref. 837H3326Toronto: The Toronto Historical Board 1963. Book. Illus. by Fog Frank. Good. Paperback. Revised. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 22 pages. Includes centrefold facsimile of "Sketch of the ground in advance of and including York Upper Canada" by Geo. Williams November 1813. "It is April 27 1813. The most dramatic day in Toronto's history is dawning." - page one. A slightly revised version of the first edition which appeared in The Globe Magazine April-May 1963. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Bonus: includes vintage two-colour four-panel double-sided brochure entitled "Historic Fort York" which appears to be of similar vintage to the book. The Toronto Historical Board Paperback
1987ref. 118a4728Toronto: University of Toronto Press 1987. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 198 pages. Reference notes. Index. "Makes liberal use of contemporary photographs and cartoons as well as an important source that has been generally overlooked until now namely censorship reports quoting letters written by members of the Canadian forces and British civilians." - from dust jacket. Oblong 7"x10". Gift greetings upon front free endpaper else unmarked. Clean with moderate wear. A quality copy. University of Toronto Press Hardcover
1918ref. 125a6140Canada: Department of Mines 1918. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 68 pages. Presents data in tabular form. Documents 22 Alberta Coal Field regions Alberta Natural Gas Alberta Oil and Northwest Territories Oil. Average wear. Binding intact. Writing atop front cover. Sound copy. Department of Mines Paperback
2009ref. 645j3074Canada: Douglas & McIntyre Ltd. Good No dust jacket as issued. First Edition. Paperback. "British Columbia revealed through the eyes of its finest visual and literary artists." - back cover. "Highlights the work of more than thirty visual artists drawn primarily from the collections of the Vancouver Art Gallery. Their work is matched by texts from thirty-five of the province's greatest writers." front flap. 268 pages gloriously illustrated in colour. Gift greetings atop first page otherwise clean bright and tight with moderate wear. A quality example of this beautifully presented work.; 8vo . 2009. 1553655001 . Douglas & McIntyre Ltd paperback
