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1954réf. 114j2987Canada: The Municipal Corporation of the Township of York. Fair with no dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Features many wonderful black and white archival photos from the collection of Melbourne H. Bryce. Young residents of the city will be amazed by these rustic images of the Toronto of yore. 131 semi-glossy pages. Somewhat above-average wear to original maroon cloth lettered in gilt. Bottom two inches of backstrip loose but present. Fore-edges of some pages were stuck together. Binding intact. Former school text with usual markings. A worthy reference example. Bishop p.1060.; 8vo . 1954. The Municipal Corporation of the Township of York hardcover
2000réf. 301j2837Winnipeg Manitoba: Canada's National History Society. Good No dust jacket as issued. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Features: Little Brother of War - When lacrosse was more than just a game; Portrait of Robert Ross - The Canadian who restored Oscar Wilde's reputation; Aftermath - Home from war 1945 vs. 1918; The Guibord Affair - a dead body stirs anticlericalism in Quebec; The PIg War; Guarding the Gold - the wealth of Britain comes to Canada; The Hills that shouldn't be - exploring the Cypress Hills. 56 glossy colour pages. Unmarked with average wear. A sound example.; 4to . 2000. Canada's National History Society unknown
1998réf. 301j2840Winnipeg Manitoba: Canada's National History Society. Good No dust jacket as issued. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Features: Immigrants and other Strangers - Special Section; The Surplus People - uncertainty haunts a boatload of Irish immigrants; Lese Majeste - The Trial of Aaro Vaara - In 1928 when criticizing the King was a big mistake; Sir Wilfred Laurier & Canada's Jews - did he make a promise he couldn't keep; The Gypsies in Peterborough; Mackenzie King's last years; Remembering Mona Parsons - a Canadian civilian in the Dutch resistance; and more. 56 glossy colour pages. Unmarked with average wear. Roll to spine. A sound example.; 4to . 1998. Canada's National History Society unknown
2008réf. 221j3008Canada: Self-Published. Very Good No dust jacket as issued. First Edition. Paperback. Presents the local history of Boat Harbour located on the east coast of Vancouver Island twenty minutes southeast of Nanaimo. 115 pages. Many black and white reproductions of archival photos. Undated but probably circa 2008 as recollections of local resident Merv Wilkinson d. 2011 are included. Clean bright tight and unmarked with very light wear. A high-quality example. 11 x 8.5 inches.; 4to . 2008. Self-Published paperback
2019réf. 714j2751Canada: Touchwood. Fine No dust jacket as issued. First Printing. Paperback. Signed and inscribed by author atop title page. "Celebrates the historic hotels and roadhouses that sprung up near the E&N Railway on Vancouver Island. Discover the foundations of establishments that have been remodelled into modern-day neighbourhood pubs like the Rod & Gun in Parksville and the Waverley Hotel in Cumberland. Peppered with fascinating stories of patrons and proprietors alike this book resonates with the timeless haunting echoes of the train's whistle." - back cover. 263 p. Chronology Bibliography Footnotes and Index. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Clean tight bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Gift quality. Promotional advertising piece for this book laid-in.; 8vo; Signed by Signed . 2019. 1771512873 . Touchwood paperback
2002réf. 224j2759Canada: Bunker to Bunker. Very Good No dust jacket as issued. Reprint. Paperback. Paperback reprint of the rare 1958 first edition. "This present history is a sequel to Colonel Urquhart's book which covered the years 1920 to 1955. The emphasis of this book is on the overseas battalion from the time it assaulted the Normandy beaches until V-E Day when the battalion was preparing to attack Aurich Germany. Although the bulk of the text describes the battles in Europe the period between 1920 and 1939 is dealt with in some detail." - Preface. xvi 640 p. Fold-out maps. Black and white reproductions of photos. Very clean tight and bright with very light wear. A high-quality example of this important Canadian military history.; 8vo . 2002. 1894255119 . Bunker to Bunker paperback
1988réf. 731j2917USA: Douglas & McIntyre. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. "Describes an anthropologist's experience with the subarctic Beaver Indians the Dunne-za. Describes moments in the life of their community revealing the dynamics of change and stability among them as well as the ideas and assumptions that sustain them. Reflects both the actual quality of Indian experience as well as Ridington's discovery of the metaphors through which the Dunne-za communicate their reality. Speaks vividly to the academic world of anthropology as well as to all those looking for insights into the meaning of Indian culture and experience." - dust jacket. xvi 301 pages. References. Index of names. Black and white reproductions of photos. Tight and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now in glossy new archival-grade protection. An attractive example.; 8vo . 1988. 0888946287 . Douglas & McIntyre hardcover
1994réf. 215j3007Canada: C.C.P. Fine in Fine dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. "This first fully-illustrated history of the PGE and BC Rail includes nearly 400 photographs and illustrations including 64 pages in full colour showing the trains stations people and tracks that make up this fascinating railway. The informative text includes numerous entertaining first-hand accounts and anecdotes plus maps and equipment rosters." - dust jacket. 256 glossy pages. 8.75 x 11.25 inches. Clean bright tight and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now in glossy new archival-grade protection. A lovely example. Gift quality. Note: The ISBN printed in this book 0920698379 appears to be shared with a different title.; 8vo . 1994. C.C.P. hardcover
1967réf. 463j2734Toronto: The Ryerson Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. The biography of Michael John O'Brien 1851-1940 railway builder industrialist philanthropist and founder of the town of Renfrew Ontario. He quit school to work at the age of fourteen carrying water to railroad builders. Before he was nineteen he was sub-contracting for railroad work. When the forerunner of the Canadian National Railways was being laid across Canada he built more of it than any other man. Further O'Brien and his son Ambrose played a part in founding the Montreal Canadiens hockey team. A valuable addition to Canadiana especially in the fields of popular financial and social history. 249 p. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Tight and square with light wear to publisher's attractive jade cloth adorned in gilt. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper. No dust jacket. A quality example of this fascinating and impressive Canadian life story.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Michael John O'Brien - biography Renfrew Ontario NHA National Hockey Association Montreal Canadiens Renfrew Millionaires Ottawa Valley History . 1967. The Ryerson Press hardcover
2006réf. 714j2923Canada: Douglas & McIntyre. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. "Paul Yee a third-generation Chinese Canadian brings the perceptions of a previously diffident community to its own history. A text resonant with often painful first-person recollections combines with 200 photographs fo form a chronological portrait of the community from its earlieset beginnings to the present. Yee offers an unflinching look at the agony of the 'gold mountain ' dream dying hard; the sharp racism that lasted almost a century; the emergence of a Canadian-born generation; and the transformation of the old community by a fresh wave of Chinese immigrants from around the world. This work pays tribute to those who went through the hard times to those who swallowed their pride to those who were powerless and humiliated but who still carried on. They all had faith that things would be better for future generations. They have been proven correct." - dust jacket. 250 semi-glossy pages. Footnotes and index. Book clean bright tight and unmarked with negligible wear. Light wear to dust jacket now in glossy new archival-grade protection. A lovely example of this meaningful and attractive work.; 10 X 1 X 11.75 inches . 2006. 155365174X . Douglas & McIntyre hardcover
1997réf. 863j3080Victoria B.C.: O & J Enterprises Ltd. Very Good No dust jacket as issued. First Edition. Paperback. "This candid autobiography ranks mighty high among advocacy pleas from exasperated agency leaders 'who can't stand it any longer.' In this bold book Dr. James Hatter a former British Columbia government manager of wildlife resources tells it as it was is and should be here in this story about his experiences." - Lee Straight. "Throughout much of the book I have included short anecdotal stories involving the writer as well as frank and objective discussions of problems that befall the practice of hunting and our wildlife heritage." - Preface. x 220 p. Black and white reproductions of photos. Clean tight and unmarked with light wear. A quality example.; Cover Art; 8vo . 1997. 1895332176 . O & J Enterprises Ltd. paperback
1969réf. 244j2921Canada: The Vancouver Numismatic Society. Good No dust jacket as issued. First Edition. Paperback. A comprehensive study of the trade tokens of British Columbia the result of seven years of research. Contents are grouped by city with a separate section for the Yukon. 10 88 p. Includes Token Locator and lists of relevant publications. Tight with average wear. Very frequent blue high-lighting with less frequent small marginal marks. A sound working example of this excellent reference.; 8vo . 1969. The Vancouver Numismatic Society paperback
1980réf. 738j2908Canada: Hancock House Publishers Ltd. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. "An ambitious yet thoroughly satisfying undertaking. This book. brings Haida carver and argillite carving out of their 'splendid isolation' and into the intellectual reach of all who would know Raven Eagle and the cool black slate that is their transformation." - Margaret Mitchell Camoson College. "This major project was researched and written by a master Haida argillite carver Douglas Wilson and journalist-historian Leslie Drew. Their photographs of more than 300 pieces reveal the progression of the art the consummate skill of the artists." - dust jacket. 313 semi-glossy pages profusely illustrated with black and white photography. Index bibliography footnotes chronology list of carvers past and present and list of museums with argillite holdings. Book very clean bright tight and unmarked with negligible wear. Light wear to complete dust jacket now in glossy new archival-grade protection. A lovely example.; 4to . 1980. 0888390378 . Hancock House Publishers Ltd. hardcover
2010réf. 738j2924Canada: HGMP. Very Good No dust jacket as issued. First Edition. Paperback. "Offers insights from carvers elders artists and voices from the past on the great cedar canoes - from how supernaturals first gave the technology to the Haida to how carvers find a tree that will eventually become an ocean going vessel to tips about design and steaming and how the canoe has influenced everything from food gathering and trade to the Haida language." - back cover. xii 84 glossy pages generously illustrated with colour and black and white photography. List of references. Clean bright tight and unmarked with negligible wear. A lovely example of the beautiful work.; 4to . 2010. 0920651305 . HGMP paperback
1993réf. 721j0859Agincourt Ontario: Ramsay Business Systems Limited. Very Good. First Edition. Paperback. "Exposes how the national interest continues to be sacrificed to the demands of Quebec and provides a startling look at just how close Canada has come to dissolution." - William Trench author of Only You Can Save Canada. 120 pages. Clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. An excellent copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Conning the Canadians - Book Three - The End of Canada Being One Nation 120 pages. "Exposes how the national interest continues to be sacrificed to the demands of Quebec and provides a startling look at just how close Canada has come to dissolution." - . 1993. 0969179030 . Ramsay Business Systems Limited paperback
1967réf. 224j2815London Ontario: London Printing & Lithographing Co. Limited. Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. A detailed treatment of the proud history of this Regiment from 1933 through 1966. xii 420 p. Index Roll of Honour black and white photographic plates map endpapers fold-out maps. Details of prior owner a member of the Regiment atop half-title otherwise clean tight and unmarked with moderate wear to navy faux-leather over boards faintly decorated in yellow. No dust jacket. A sound example.; 4to . 1967. London Printing & Lithographing Co., Limited hardcover
1983réf. 224j2756Canada: The Royal Canadian Regiment. Good No dust jacket as issued. First Edition. Paperback. "Colonel Strome Galloway has made a valuable contribution to the annals of The Royal Canadian Regiment by agreeing to the publication of his personal diary covering the period from 11 July to 31 December 1943. When the 1st Canadian Infantry Division landed in Sicily on 10 July 1943 he was the only officer in the Royal Canadian Regiment with battle experience having served in North Africa on exchange with the 2nd Battalion London Irish Rifles. He proved his battle worthiness many times in the following months as his fellow Royal Canadians will remember. Readers who were in 'sunny Italy' will have their memories nudged and those who were not will learn something of life in the 'Poor Bloody Infantry.'" - Foreword. 223 pages. Glossary. Three pages of black and white head shot photos of the author's mates. Undated but appears to be circa 1983. Unmarked with average wear. Small tape repair to foot of spine. A worthy example of this important Canadian WWII account.; Sm 8vo . 1983. The Royal Canadian Regiment paperback
2003réf. 215j2916Canada: North Kildonan Publications. Good No dust jacket as issued. First Edition. Spiral Binding. Intended to provide a field guide to the former Kettle Valley Railway and the subsequent Kettle Valley Division of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Author grew up in a family of former KVR employees and eventually began his own railway career as a Shopman in Penticton. He got to know many old-timers and heard first-hand their accounts of many incidents. Since then he collected photos and archival material and travelled many miles along the former railway with knowledgeable old-timers. Profusely illustrated with maps and black and white photos. Multi-paginations. 5/8" thick. Bibliography. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound example of this super-informative reference.; 4to . 2003. 0969697120 . North Kildonan Publications unknown
2001réf. 301j2832Winnipeg Manitoba: Canada's National History Society. Good No dust jacket as issued. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Features: The Emma Lake Encounters - Big Apple attitudes meet prairie perceptions; The case for Mr. Berczy - reconsidering Toronto's cofounder; The Crazy Canucks of '33 - McGill's ski team conquers Europe's finest; Borbert Borden's Siberian Adventure - Coming of age in revolutionary Russia; how the Queen's Law came to Cowichan - An interracial love triangle ends native sovereignty; The Grifter - the last days of swindler Hubert Smith aka Lord Gordon; Tragedy at Crooks Inlet - a mysterious illness fells an Inuit village. 56 glossy colour pages. Unmarked with average wear. A sound example.; 4to . 2001. Canada's National History Society unknown
1991réf. 514j2901Smithers British Columbia: Ministry of Forests Regional Office. Good No dust jacket as issued. First Edition. Plastic Comb. A cookbook prepared as a Christmas fundraiser in aid of Timmy's Telethon by folks associated with the Smither B.C. regional office of the Ministry of Forests. Black and white illustrations. 184 pages. Oblong 23 x 14cm. Unmarked with average wear. A sound example.; 24mo . 1991. Ministry of Forests Regional Office unknown
2002réf. 301j2827Winnipeg Manitoba: Canada's National History Society. Good No dust jacket as issued. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Features: Benjamin Lett Rebel Terrorist - The man who blew up Brock's monument; Bison - Back from the Brink; The Ghostbuster - Psychic shenanigans embroil a Nova Scotia town; Anatomically Incorrect - Montreal's invasion of the bodysnatchers; Trading Talk - the rise and fall of Chinook Jargon; Jack Turner's War - forbidden photos from the trenches; The Monarch and the Maple - a Royal visit inspires an enduring symbol. 56 pages. Unmarked with average wear. A sound example.; 4to . 2002. Canada's National History Society unknown
1986réf. 714j2986Canada: Vancouver City Archives. Very Good No dust jacket as issued. First Edition. Paperback. "Intended to provide context and explanation for some of Vancouver's most significant early photographs consequently allowing readers to view what may be familiar images in a new and richer light." - Foreword. Published on the occasion of Vancouver's Centennial year. Many black and white reproductions of wonderful early Vancouver photos are supported by considerable text. 76 semi-glossy pages. Index. Bibliography. Oblong 11"x 8.5". Clean bright tight and unmarked with very light wear. An attractive example of this high-quality work.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Eyes of a City: Early Vancouver B.C. Photographers 1868-1900 - Vancouver City Archives Occasional Paper No. 3 Views Description Photographers City Archives J.A. Brock and Company The Bailey Brothers Trueman and Caple S.J. Thompson History . 1986. 0969163711 . Vancouver City Archives paperback
2005réf. 627j2985Canada: Bowness Historical Society. Very Good No dust jacket as issued. First Edition. Hardcover. Presents the local history of Bowness Calgary's oldest neighbourhood and a former town. "Intended both to accurately document the past and to be a forum for Bowness families' stories. We hope it will challenge your assumptions confirm what you already know and bring you new insights into our past." - page vi. The 586 pages include almost 300 pages of family histories. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of wonderful archival black and white photos. Light wear to black faux leather boards lettered and illustrated in gilt. Illustrated endpapers. Clean bright tight and unmarked with light wear. A quality example of this informative local history and invaluable genealogical reference.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Carpenter Carole J. / Bowness Historical Society Bowness - Our Village in the Valley Calgary History Genealogy Bow River Alberta Settlers Pioneers John Hextall Families . 2005. 1553830946 . Bowness Historical Society hardcover
2000réf. 301j2838Winnipeg Manitoba: Canada's National History Society. Good No dust jacket as issued. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Features: Harry Yates - breaking the London-Cairo flight record; Arthur's Secret - Was America's 21st president Canadian; Ten Means Death - Mystical numbers of the French and Huron; Passage from India - A Boatload of Sikhs contest the colour bar; The Ancaster Eight - Hanging quells dissent from the War of 1812; Mrs. Dignam's Pursuit - Art and liberation in Victorian Canada; Briging History to Life - the play's the thing in Millbrook Ontario; Fallout from the Family Tree - One Man's search for his Yorkshire roots. 56 glossy colour pages. Unmarked with average wear. A sound example.; 4to . 2000. Canada's National History Society unknown
1980réf. 731j2904Victoria B.C.: British Columbia Provincial Museum. Good No dust jacket as issued. First Edition. Paperback. "Eighteen narratives in Bella Coola with grammatical analyses glossary and English translation." - front cover. 322 pages. Bibliography. Clean tight and unmarked with average wear. A sound example.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Bella Coola Texts - British Columbia Provincial Museum Heritage Record No. 10 Salishan Languages Texts Bellacoola Indians Legends grammar Analysis Glossary English Translation . 1980. 0771882068 . British Columbia Provincial Museum paperback
