1946réf. 811j0809London: H.J. Jones and Son. Good. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Contents divided into three parts: Mobilization and Training in Canada; Mobilization and Training in England; Active Service; plus sixteen Appendices. 111 1 18 Nominal Roll pp. Glossary. Six fold-out maps at back. Black and white photographic plates and illustrations. Clean and unmarked with average wear to gilt-adorned original blue cloth. Binding sound. Dornbusch 474 Cooke 3rd Edn p.255.; Sm 4to . H.J. Jones and Son hardcover
1983réf. 618c7612Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press in co-operation with the Provincial Archives of British Columbia 1983. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 218 pages. From limited edition of 1600 copies. "Concerned entirely with the Haidas of the Queen Charlotte Islands of the last century the intricacies of the kinship patterns of the great families and how they saw themselves as part of a fantastic but in its own terms logical cosmos and most of all how this was all expressed in their remarkable architecture with its perfectly integrated massive carved and painted embellishments the great totem poles of the Haidas." - from Foreward. "The documentary photographs that survive are among the few remaining records which illustrate the richness and variety of Haida monumental art. Of the more than five hundred carved poles which appear in the plates only about fifty were removed to museums for safekeeping. The remainder have perished entirely or survive at the village sites as decayed fragments overgrown with the lush vegetation of the islands." - from Preface. Light external wear and soiling to cream-coloured cloth-covered boards. No external markings. Discreet bookplate and bit of writing inside front board. Blindstamp to lower corner of title page. Bit of writing in upper left corner of title page. Remnant of card pocket inside back board. Binding tight. A quality copy of this magnificent work. University of British Columbia Press, in co-operation with the Provincial Archives of British Columbia Hardcover
1879réf. xxx018Truckee: Crowley & McGlashan 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 1st printing. Rebound in blue cloth with original decorative cover fabric of both boards and spine laid on. About one-half of the gilt title on spine is visible and can be read. 193pp. Decorative vignettes at top and end of each chapter. Rebound with new endpapers and adjacent blank leaves. The major flaw in this copy is that the title page was torn off entirely from about 1" in from the gutter to the gutter. It was reattached with tape and the tape is a six sixteenth 6/16" track running vertically at slightly different angles on the sheet. Photo available. I have priced this copy accordingly. Laid in is the bindery company's receipt Yakima WA. It was rebound in 1993 for $9.19 tax included. A tight copy now. The original laid on fabric is an attractive uniformly near royal blue on a new blue binding. Rocq California Local History #6004; Howes Mc102 "Best account of the most harrowing of all overland disasters."; Graff/Colton 2610 "The ordeal of the Donner Party is one of the most memorable events in the history of overland narratives.". The Graff/Colton copy is the Holliday copy and was bound in black cloth. It appears most copies were bound in brownish cloth. A truly rare book. Crowley & McGlashan hardcover
1928réf. 144c7692Toronto: The Maclean Publishing Company Limited 1928. Book. Illus. by Casson A.J. Cover Art. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 92 pages. Lovely A.J. Casson painting of a bustling winter street on front cover Features: Great vintage photo ad for the New International "Special Delivery" Truck; Cream of Wheat ad claims it keeps pupils more alert; When Men Kill for Whisky - Millionaire Carling Breweries Executive Sam Low of Walkerville Ontario was kidnapped by Gangsters for a $35k ransom - great photo-illustrated article about rum-running between Windsor Ontario and Detroit; Brummagen Love by Thelma Rudge; What I Learned from Europe by Ontario Premier G. Howard Ferguson; Ottawa-Vancouver in 32 Hours - The Stirring Story of Canada's First Transcontinental Air Mail Flight - with photos; The Mystery of Number Nine by Leslie McFarlane - Part 1; Louis Letourneau Leo Dandurand and Joe Cattarinich - a colorful description of the adventures and achievements of The Three Musketeers of Modern Sport; Canada's Pictorial War Records - Adequate Housing Required by W.W. Murray; Lights in the Windows by Lillian Beynon Thomas; Full-colour colour reproduction of painting "Canada's Answer" by Norman Wilkinson R.I.; The Work Cure - Vetcraft has brought health happiness and economic being to hundreds of veterans; By Especial Corespondent by Geoffrey Hewelcke; The Devil Guards His Own by Victor Lauriston; Amazing photo of Malahat Drive on Vancouver Island - not much more than a couple of ruts through the forest; Nice ad for the De Soto Six by Chrysler; "New York Now Huge Negro City - Black Invasion of Harlem"; Art Deco-style ad for the New Frigidaire refrigerator; Science Teaching Weather Control - Man has made enormous progress in combat with nature; Fantastic colour full-page ad for Packard cars; Great colour full-page ad for Wahl-Eversharp Pens Pencils Desk Sets; Wonderful full-page ad for Erector Set toys; Color ad for Chipso Laundry Soap; Magnificent Colour Centerfold ad for Parker Duofold Pens Pencils and Duettes; Great full-page colour ad for Westclox Clocks; Ad for Mueller Faucets of Sarnia Ontario; "Let the Laundry Do It" - a two-colour ad encouraging readers to let laundries clean their clothes; Nice Hupmobile Ad for their Century Six and Eight; Colour photo ad for Kodak cameras; Lovely colour full-page ad for Moirs Chocolates; Article about collector Walter McRaye; Buses Hurt British Railways - with photo of their first auto Pullman which allows passengers to sleep on the bus; The Road to Perth - short history article by Donald McNicol; Ad for the T-N Toilet which promises to 'banish embarrassment' because it is quiet; Colour ad for Swift's Premium Hams and Bacon; Two-Colour full-page Christmas-themed ad for Eveready flashlights and batteries; Home-Made Christmas Gifts; Short write-up and photo of Elizabeth Styring Nutt; Rug Magic by Mary Agnes Pease; Stewart Warner radio ad; Business Article - "Adventuring in Speculation is Highly Specialized Business"; Colour ad fo Sun-Maid Puffed seeded Muscat Raisins inside back cover. Average wear to textblock. Crossword completed on page 83 otherwise unmarked. Chips and openings along cover fold. Covers loose as one but present. Back cover in rough shape. Particularly wonderful content to go with the excellent front cover artwork. The Maclean Publishing Company, Limited Paperback
1985réf. 315h2002British Columbia: Sono Nis Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 091920368X . "The first full-length study of the career of the controversial missionary William Duncan. An unordained Anglican minister he was sent to British Columbia by the Church Missionary Society of England in 1857 to work among the Tsimshian Indians at Fort Simpson. After five years he left to establish Metlakatla but after disputes with various governmental officials moved this community north to Annette Island near Ketchikan. He was an outspoken advocate of Indian rights particularly land ownership when that was not a popular cause among the land-seeking white population." - dust jacket. 341 pages. Bibliography. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Map endpapers. Book clean bright and unmarked with light wear. Light wear to dust jacket now preserved in mylar. A quality copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . Sono Nis Press hardcover
1953réf. 325a2022British Columbia: Publisher Not Stated 1953. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 359 pages plus xxi page appendix and 8 pages index. List of illustrations. Dozens of archival black and white illustrations on glossy stock. "These notes are mainly a record of the B.C. Electric its subsidiaries and the companies which preceded it on Vancouver Island. However the B.C. Electric perforce had a wide range of interests throughout the years and to preserve the main theme in its proper perspective it has been found necessary to make incursions into the history of other utility companies on Vancouver Island and also to record a certain amount of local contemporary history." - from Preface. Appendix topics include: Now it Can Be Told - Kilowatts Went to War; A Short History of Gas; A Short History of Light and Power Service in Nanaimo; Honor Rolls - 1st and 2nd World Wars; History of Transportation Fares in Greater Victoria; Major undertakings and expenditures 1946-1951. Tight and square with only moderate external wear. Unmarked. A well preserved copy of this significant work. Publisher Not Stated Paperback
1906réf. 349c6811Toronto: Rolph and Clark 1906. Book. Illus. by Lloyd Frank P. Good. Map. First Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. 25.5" x 16 3/8". Grey colouring. Includes owners' names for most acreages outside the city of Guelph. Map of Village of Hartfield where Fergus Road meets Woolwich Road in upper left corner Date lightly handwritten in pencil twice. 5" opening near left side of bottom edge is barely visible. A wonderful historical and genealogical reference ideally suited to framing and displaying in home or office. Please note that our photo shows only the left half of the map. Rolph and Clark unknown
1985réf. 762j2925USA: Garland Publishing. Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. "Deals with that sedulously ignored topic death in the woods." - p. xiii Author lost an Uncle and Great Uncle in logging accidents and carried a dead man from the woods in 1937. "Because nobody except their immediate families seemed unduly concerned about these killings I decided back in 1973 to investigate the matter. This study tells the story of the ordinary logger who with his axe and saw and accompanied by his sweaty partner the sawdust-covered millworker by grueling labor cut the trees from east to west across this continent. We will examine not only how they lived from day to day but also how they died. During more than three centuries the two of them served an industry which while busy at its task of producing lumber like an insatiable Moloch used up men and timber at an appalling rate." - Introduction. xxviii 252 p. Index graphs tables and occasional black and white reproductions of archival photos. An appendix lists details of accidents and injuries to mill factory and logging camp employees in Washington State December 1902-September 1904. No dust jacket. Tight and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound example of this unique informative and rare study.; Modern America History Series; 8vo . 1985. 0824056728 . Garland Publishing hardcover
1968réf. 839j1257New York: Carlton Press Inc. Good with no dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed without inscription by author upon title page. "Harry Roberts after whom Roberts Creek on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia is named built the 37 ft. sailboat named Chack Chack in the early 1920's. He homesteaded on Nelson Island and his grandmother is credited with coining the phrase 'Sunshine Belt' that evolved into the term 'Sunshine Coast'. - ABC BookWorld. Roberts relates many of his adventures although this book does not include his Chack Chack cruising stories as they were intended for a second book per Preface. Roberts built the first mill the first store and many community homes in the Roberts Creek area. 12 207 pp. Map front endpaper. Several grainy black and white reproductions of photos in text. Tight and unmarked with moderate wear to original blue cloth. No dust jacket. A sound signed copy of this rare work.; 8vo; Signed by Author . Carlton Press, Inc. hardcover
1945réf. 243j2213The Hague Netherlands: Mouton et Cy. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Presents "the story of 4th Canadian Armoured Division Engineers - 6th Field Park Squadron and 8th and 9th Field Squadrons. They were mobilized in Toronto and Western Canada in May and June 1941 reached England in June 1942 and landed in France in July 1944. They built bridges floated rafts and lifted mines across France Belgium Holland and Germany until they reached Wilhelmshaven in May 1945. Only sappers could achieve a book with illustrations of this quality. The maps are excellent the paintings of bridges superb the photographs well selected and the forty-six sketches of named 'characters' outstanding." - Perkins p.132. 16-119 p. Includes lists of Honours and Awards those killed in action and those who were wounded in action. Moderate wear. Short openings to cloth along backstrip. Prior owner's details atop front free endpaper. Binding intact. No dust jacket as issued. A sound example of this proud WWII history. Dornbusch 495 Cooke 3rd Edn p. 265. ; 4to . Mouton et Cy hardcover
2013réf. 215j2919Canada: Sono Nis Press. Fine No dust jacket as issued. First Edition. Paperback. "In 1949 Vancouver Island's Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway became Canada's first major railway to be fully dieselized. As the E&N - the westernmost part of the vast Canadian Pacific system - entered the prosperous post-war years change became a dominant force in the railway's history. Its traffic base changed as coal mining declined while at the same time a a major expansion of the local forest industry took place. Once a lifeline of Vancouver Island the E&N declined as new transportation modes became dominant. Includes over 500 select photographs maps scale drawings illustrations appendices references and index. This beautiful carefully researched book is the companion volume to the authors' Canadian Pacific's Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway The CPR Steam Years 1905-1949." - front flap. 324 semi-glossy pages. Clean bright tight and unmarked with lightest wear. A rare and excellent example.; 8vo . 2013. 1550392123 . Sono Nis Press paperback
1949réf. 201H2470Toronto: Maclean Hunter / Key Publishers. Good. 1949. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Features: Wonderful New Year house party cover illustration by Oscar Cahen; Winners of Maclean's Fiction Contest include Ernest Buckler John Jeffrey Symons and Fred Sloman; Russia Won't Attack; Gil Purcell is The CP's Canadian Pacific's Benign Simon Legree; A Housebuilder Talks Back - John Anderson admits prices are a scandal but blames labour and the customers themselves; Lord of Roanonga fiction; Peanut Empire - in the Tanganyika badlands British pioneers aim for three million acres of peanuts; Grizzled Gentleman - experiences with grizzly bears; Happy Landing at Squaw Butte - Gray and Eleanor Campbell and their postwar dream ranch near Cowley Alberta; Curling at Nipawin Saskatchewan; She Walks the Atlantic - Trans-Canada-Airlines Stewardess Helen Mary Gagnon - photo-illustrated article; Father Was a Gambler fiction; Food Can Be a Drug; RCAF recruiting ad with emphasis on radio/radar/electronics; Heinz tomato products colour ad inside back cover features illustration by R. York Wilson of tomato pickers at work in the field; and more. 52 pages. Soiling to lower corner - all text legible otherwise unmarked with average wear. A quality vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine 1 January Jan. 1949 - Gil Purcell of Canadian Pacific / The Campbell Family of Squaw Butte Near Cowley Alberta New Year House Party cover illustration by Oscar Cahen; Winners of Maclean's Fiction Contest includ . Maclean Hunter / Key Publishers unknown
1879réf. 6329Paris, A. Quantin, 1879. 2 volumes in-12 de [6]-II-[2]-6 à 390-[2]p. et [4]-396p., demi-percaline verte, dos lisses, pièces de titre noires, têtes rouges (petit éclaircissement en queue du vol. 2).
1798réf. PHO-2046Paris, De l’Imprimerie de la République, An VI-An VII [1798-1799]. 5 volumes in-8 (22,5x14cm), 1f.-CCI-1f.-294pp.-1f., VII-529pp. (3 tableaux dépliants), VIII-474pp.1f. (8 tableaux dépliants), VIII-494pp., XII-559pp.-2ff., avec 13 cartes en copies, relié toile moderne, pièce d’auteur, titre et tomaison, non rogné, mouillures.
1848réf. 087004London: Printed by E. Couchman 1848. First edition. Paperback. pp. 44. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. Trace of pencil marks to corner of cover and one tiny chip otherwise crisp and unmarked. Peel 228: "The charge was to the jury at the beginning of the trial of a Native for murder and deals with whether the charter rights of HBC extended to judicial authority over Natives." Scarce. Printed by E. Couchman paperback
1941réf. 220931New York 1941. Gelatin silver print. Large bust portrait of Lee in shirt and jacket fist clenched. 1 vols. 35 x 27.5 cm. 13-7/8 x 10-7/8 inches. Docketed on rear in pencil with the date of the session name of the sitter Van Vechten's id number of the negative "xviii t.14" and note to printer for reduction. Gelatin silver print. Large bust portrait of Lee in shirt and jacket fist clenched. 1 vols. 35 x 27.5 cm. 13-7/8 x 10-7/8 inches. Lee was acclaimed for his portrayal of Bigger Thomas in Orson Welles' 1941 stage adaptation of the Richard Wright' s NATIVE SON. Brooks Atkinson in the New York Times called his performance "the most vital piece of acting on the current stage." Reproduced in Mauriber's PORTRAITS 1978 unknown
1941réf. 220931New York 1941. Gelatin silver print. Large bust portrait of Lee in shirt and jacket fist clenched. 1 vols. 35 x 27.5 cm. 13-7/8 x 10-7/8 inches. Docketed on rear in pencil with the date of the session name of the sitter Van Vechten's id number of the negative "xviii t.14" and note to printer for reduction. Gelatin silver print. Large bust portrait of Lee in shirt and jacket fist clenched. 1 vols. 35 x 27.5 cm. 13-7/8 x 10-7/8 inches. Lee was acclaimed for his portrayal of Bigger Thomas in Orson Welles' 1941 stage adaptation of the Richard Wright' s NATIVE SON. Brooks Atkinson in the New York Times called his performance "the most vital piece of acting on the current stage." Reproduced in Mauriber's PORTRAITS 1978 unknown books
1851réf. B167Toronto: Thomas MacLear 1851. Internaly a good set. Binding: Modern black cloth Notes: English Size: 16mo 5cm x 25cm Illustration: 10 county maps and a general map of Ont. Volume: 1 and 2 of 2 Pages: Vignette title dedication preface index introduction pp 184; half-title title index pp 544. Category: ; Book Canada Thomas MacLear hardcover
1831réf. 50737Quebec: Ordered by the Assembly to the printed 1831. Early Bilingual Government Reports Two government reports each printed sequentially in English and then French regarding the exploration of Lower Canada. Scarce; not cited in TPL Lande or Gangon though TPL has since acquired a copy. A rare and relatively early Canadian imprint. 20th-century red three-quarter calf and cloth spine gilt. Bookplates on front pastedown. Some minor foxing and soiling. Very good. hardcover
1831réf. 50737Quebec: Ordered by the Assembly to the printed 1831. Early Bilingual Government Reports Two government reports each printed sequentially in English and then French regarding the exploration of Lower Canada. Scarce; not cited in TPL Lande or Gangon though TPL has since acquired a copy. A rare and relatively early Canadian imprint. 20th-century red three-quarter calf and cloth spine gilt. Bookplates on front pastedown. Some minor foxing and soiling. Very good. hardcover books
1788réf. 12524Quebec: William Brown August 7 1788. Regulations for the Civil Courts Contains a proclamation by Lord Dorchester for the regulation of the civil courts of Canada as well as general news of the town ship arrivals etc. 4pp. printed in double-column format in parallel English and French. Folio. Dbd. some dust soiling at top and bottom else very good. unknown
1788réf. 12524Quebec: William Brown August 7 1788. Regulations for the Civil Courts Contains a proclamation by Lord Dorchester for the regulation of the civil courts of Canada as well as general news of the town ship arrivals etc. 4pp. printed in double-column format in parallel English and French. Folio. Dbd. some dust soiling at top and bottom else very good. unknown books
1926réf. 238471926. Photography. Good overall. 200 original photographs of a 1925/26 trip which begins in the Philippines and includes Singapore Java Australia New Zealand and Suva with many great images of Middle Harbor in Sydney. This is followed by a railway trip across Canada from the Pacific coast and Banff cross country ending in Montreal with the last image of the Engineering building at McGill University. The album is likely an American military man's photographic record of his trip beginning in December 1925 and ending April 1926 as many of the images are of railways bridges ships and military installations and one image identifies a Captain Richardson in white Navy uniform. The album opens with images of the Philippines with rail yards captioned "H. P. Co"; Fabrica Occ. Negros; San Carlos; Fort Santiago Manila; SS "Taiping" of A-O Line; Zamboanga including a shot of "Pettit Barracks" this was the location of the US Army's 43rd Infantry Regiment which was a Philippine scout unit in 1921; Fort Pilar Zamboanga; SS 'Darvel' at Jolo; and city streets of Jolo. The next stage of the trip is the through southeast Asia and Malaysia and Indonesia with images of Sandakan North Borneo; Jesselton Soldier's Monument rubber grove; Labuan government building Naval cemetery two western men in the caption identified as "Jefferson & Watt"; Singapore Bridge government building street scene reservoir old cemetery; Johore Causeway; Fort Canning; Batavia current day Jakarta Indonesia Batavia street scenes bridge canals old Portuguese fort; near Djokjakarta; lowland locomotive; Papandajan smoking craters; Mendoet; Borodbudur temples; Prambanan temples; Surabaya; KPM SS 'Plancius' Dutch ship; Semarang steam tram; KPM SS 'Houtman'; old Fort Macassar; and Celebes canal works views of country side. On to Australia with Brisbane Victoria Bridge Sydney Harbor north & south Head Garden Island "Sydney bridge site" the future site of the Bridge Fort Dennison Spit Bridge Middle Harbor Middle Head Bradley's Head Kuringai Chase Manly and Darling Harbor. Auckland and Fiji are next with images of the RMS 'Niagara' at Auckland and views from Mt. Eden; then on to Suva Fiji with city views landscapes and natives & their dwellings. The author is next in Canada with a Canadian Pacific Railway trip with views from the train windows of the Selkirks Rockies Banff Cascades Mt. Rundle Banff hot springs Mt. Royal Montreal the St. Lawrence River the Victoria Bridge and closing with a shot of the facade of the Engineering Building at McGill University. Oblong album 9 1/4 x 7 1/2". Three quarter leather and stamped patterned paper covered boards the leather at corners rubbed and perished at the spine. 50 pages with 4 photographs per page a total of 200 images 3 x 2 1/2" each dated and captioned on the frame. Photographs in excellent condition. unknown
1881réf. 35023Ottawa: Printed by MacLean Roger & Co. 1881. Original printed salmon wrappers stitched. 2 10 large folding map short closed tear 20 11 3 2 2 pp as issued. Vertical fold light edgewear. Very Good. offered with Booth C.J. President: THE CANADA ATLANTIC RAILWAY CO'Y. PROSPECTUS. Ottawa: 1889. 4 pp printed on rectos only. Caption title as issued. Pinned at upper blank corner and docketed in ink on final blank "Canada Atlantic RR Prospectus January 1889." Fine. The map in excellent condition is titled "Canada Atlantic Railway Map December 1881" accomplished by "Geo. Bishop & Co. Lith. Montreal." It measures 18" x 35" with the route of the railway; extensions and other railways also noted; other boundaries in green. All the documents creating the Company set forth in the title of the pamphlet are printed each individually numbered. The Railway as the Prospectus states "extends from Ottawa in a south easterly direction a distance of 142 miles and connects with the Central Vermont Railroad at the village of Alburgh Springs Vt. U.S.A." "The Canada Atlantic Railway CAR was a small regional railway created in 1880 by lumber baron John Rodolphus Booth. Initially planned as part of the transportation network for his vast lumber holdings the railway quickly grew into a general-purpose railway serving passengers and communities along the route. Booth's first target was to gain access to Vermont in order to connect with the Central Vermont Railway CV and further exploit the US markets" "Canada Atlantic Railway" Ontario Railways accessed at Canada-Rail website May 2018. As of January 2026 2026 we do not locate either of these documents-- or the map-- on OCLC. Printed by MacLean, Roger & Co. unknown
1881réf. 35023Ottawa: Printed by MacLean Roger & Co. 1881. Original printed salmon wrappers stitched. 2 10 large folding map short closed tear 20 11 3 2 2 pp as issued. Vertical fold light edgewear. Very Good. offered with Booth C.J. President: THE CANADA ATLANTIC RAILWAY CO'Y. PROSPECTUS. Ottawa: 1889. 4 pp printed on rectos only. Caption title as issued. Pinned at upper blank corner and docketed in ink on final blank "Canada Atlantic RR Prospectus January 1889." Fine. The map in excellent condition is titled "Canada Atlantic Railway Map December 1881" accomplished by "Geo. Bishop & Co. Lith. Montreal." It measures 18" x 35" with the route of the railway; extensions and other railways also noted; other boundaries in green. All the documents creating the Company set forth in the title of the pamphlet are printed each individually numbered. The Railway as the Prospectus states "extends from Ottawa in a south easterly direction a distance of 142 miles and connects with the Central Vermont Railroad at the village of Alburgh Springs Vt. U.S.A." "The Canada Atlantic Railway CAR was a small regional railway created in 1880 by lumber baron John Rodolphus Booth. Initially planned as part of the transportation network for his vast lumber holdings the railway quickly grew into a general-purpose railway serving passengers and communities along the route. Booth's first target was to gain access to Vermont in order to connect with the Central Vermont Railway CV and further exploit the US markets" "Canada Atlantic Railway" Ontario Railways accessed at Canada-Rail website May 2018. As of January 2026 2026 we do not locate either of these documents-- or the map-- on OCLC. Printed by MacLean, Roger & Co. unknown books
