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1990réf. 63AG0640Canada: Winnipegosis History Book Committee 1990. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 520 pages. Index. Many black and white illustrations. Chapters include: Early History The Fishing Industry Lumbering Agriculture The War Years Education Winnipegosis News Reports from the Dauphin Herald; Local Government Sports Churches Organizations Family Histories Mini Histories Reminiscences and Diary Excerpt. Attractive silver decoration and lettering upon dark blue front board. Clean bright and unmarked with light wear. An attractive copy of this substantial work. Winnipegosis History Book Committee Hardcover
réf. 144518Winnipeg: Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg 1968. Oblong 4to plastic comb binding 36 16pp plus maps. Very good. Illustrations photographs maps. Locale: Manitoba; Prairie Provinces; St. Vital--Winnipeg; Western Canada; Winnipeg--Manitoba. Manitoba City Planning--Manitoba. Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg Paperback
réf. 158387Winnipeg: Winnipeg Blackout Committee 1941. 4to stiff paper covers 83pp. Very good. Printed covers with plain black cloth tape spine. Locale: Civil Defence--Canada; Manitoba; Winnipeg--Manitoba. Manitoba Winnipeg Blackout--1941 World War 2. Winnipeg Blackout Committee Paperback
réf. 133430Winnipeg: Winnipeg 2000 1995. 4to in slipcase Near fine no dust jacket. Printed cloth three-ring binder in a printed cloth slipcase. 121 sheets with tab-indexed dividers maps tables 2 large folding maps and a brochure in back pocket. An economic profile of the city. Locale: ; Manitoba; Prairie Provinces; Western Canada. Manitoba Economic Conditions--Winnipeg. Winnipeg 2000 Hardcover
réf. 143399Winnipeg: Wm. A. Martel & Sons 1903. Folio 195pp. Very good. Olive cloth. Illustrated with photographs throught. The binding reinforced and the covers skilfully remounted. The corners are soft and the back few pages have been damp at the top fore-edge with some peeling to the margins of the coated pages. Locale: Manitoba; Winnipeg--Manitoba. Manitoba Souvenir Albums--Winnipeg. Wm. A. Martel & Sons Paperback
réf. 144506Winnipeg: Winnipeg. Planning and Land Use Division 2001. 4to plastic coil binding Very good. 320pp. An inventory of the buildings in the district including maps descriptions and historical building permit information. Locale: ; Exchange District--Winnipeg; Manitoba; Prairie Provinces; Western Canada. Manitoba Architecture--Manitoba Historic Buildings--Manitoba Local History--Manitoba. Winnipeg. Planning and Land Use Division Paperback
réf. 156625Winnipeg circa 1905. Oblong 4to staplebound Good. Disbound remains of a stringbound portfolio of photographs of buildings in Winnipeg now stapled together. 13 pages of photographs of buildings with captions including the names of the architects. Includes 16 pages of local advertisements. No covers. Locale: Manitoba; Prairie Provinces; Western Canada; Winnipeg--Manitoba. Manitoba Historic Buildings--Winnipeg. Paperback
réf. 133600Winnipeg: City Council 1903. oblong 4to stiff paper covers 48pp. Very good. String-bound. A view book printed by the Telegram Printing on glossy paper. The title page and last page are a bit soiled and the covers have some tears and are chipped where they overlap the pages. Locale: ; Manitoba; Prairie Provinces; Western Canada. Manitoba View Books--Manitoba. City Council Paperback
1972réf. 816j0683Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. Good in Good dust jacket. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 0300013612 . "Examines the entire range of the black experience in Canada. Uses an impressive array of primary and secondary materials to analyze the histories of black groups and individuals throughout Canada. The French and English periods of slavery the Canadian abolitionist movement and the role played by Canadians in the broader continental antislavery crusade are investigated as well as Canadian adaptations to 19th and 20th century racial mores and the continous efforts by black people to establish and maintain meaningful lifefstyles in a Canadian setting. Considerable attention is devoted to the press the schools and the churches within the black community." - dust jacket. "No review can do justice to the rich data provided by this book. Will prove a mine of information to scholars for years to come." - August Meier Journal of American History. xvii 7 546 pages. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper. Very faint pencil underlining and occasional marginalia. Moderate wear. Binding intact. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this impressive work.; 4to . McGill-Queen's University Press hardcover
1919Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part VI - Robert Wilton, a British War Correspondent on the Eastern Front, recounts his experiences, tells the true story of the tragic end of Rasputin, and discusses claims that the Czar is alive - article with photos of the Czar, his family, and Rasputin; The Most Savage of Beasts - John A. Jordan describes the strange tactics and danger of hunting the African Buffalo; A Hero of the Soudan - How the first Civilian's Victoria Cross was won by Sergeant J.J. Farmer - article with photo; My Niggers - humorous account of the writer's experiences of Gyppies at a camp along the Suez Canal; My Wanderings in Little-Known Angola - interesting article with many excellent photos; The Mechanically-Minded Skipper - Tobias Meddling of the 8-thousand ton ship Peerless; Capturing Seventy-Nine Germans Single-Handed - Canadian officer Captain MacDowell tricked Germans into surrendering at Vimy Ridge; The Battle for the Lake - German warships are ousted from the great inland sea in Central Africa, Tanganyika; Our Grizzly Bear Record - Francis Dickie and his companion set a new world's record for killing Grizzly bears in the Canadian Rockies - article with photos; Pipe Town - where Brier pipes are made for the "Tommies" and the "Poilus" - article with excellent photos; A "Rice Wedding" in Java - fascinating photo-illustrated article; Some Strange Escapes From Germany - Part I - how prisoners of war escaped from the Germans in WWI; My Escape From Russia - Madame Semenoff describes her escape from Petrograd after the Bolsheviks took over; Canada's Water Miracle - The Bassano Dam, the world's longest, built in Alberta, Canada - article with excellent photos; The Zulu Love Medicine - Part I - a member of the Natal Mounted Police describes how an Englishman was murdered by a Zulu medicine-man and accomplices so a portion of the body could be used to make an effective love medicine; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [3], 268-352, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
191885 pages plus six pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part I - Robert Wilton and his adventures as a British War Correspondent on the Eastern Front, with photos. (Wilton's book entitled 'Russia's Agony' was first published in 1918); The Man-Eating Tigers of Rengarih; My Bear Hunt in the British Columbia Rockies - Part II, by E. Ashmead-Bartlett; The Water-Wheels of Hama, Syria - with photo; Beyond the Law - part V - The Dalton Gang, the Condon Bank and the First National Bank at Coffeyville, Kansas; Fishing as a Vocation for War Heroes, by Ralph Stock; Photo of a fallen California Redwood - said to have been the largest tree in the world; In Unknown British Guiana - Part I - many nice photos; Tales of the Service - Part V - My Smuggle-Catching Adventures - by G.W. Hindmarch, a retired Customs and Excise officer in the Shetland Islands; Wonders of the Silver Spruce of British Columbia - in high demand for aircraft construction; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - Part V - by Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman - with excellent photos; Our Seaplane Adventure - Captain Abbott Meade and his plane go down in the Indian Ocean; Photo of large pile of licorice root at Aleppo; The Revenge that went Wrong - James Bestow and his problem with a Yaqui Indian in Mexico; The Railway Conquest of the Australian Desert - construction of the thousand-mile transcontinental railway, from Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta - with many excellent photos; The "War Wolf" - Serbia's war hero Colonel Voyin A. Popovich; Whale Flesh as Human Food - informative brief article on the growth of the whale processing industry in Canada, with photo; Doctoring War Horses - the personal experiences of Blue Cross worker Charles W. Forward in France and Italy. Nice ad for the Hudson Navigation Company's New York - Albany - Troy route. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
1918réf. 123H4291New York: George Newnes Limited. Good. 1918. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 85 pages plus six pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part I - Robert Wilton and his adventures as a British War Correspondent on the Eastern Front with photos. Wilton's book entitled 'Russia's Agony' was first published in 1918; The Man-Eating Tigers of Rengarih; My Bear Hunt in the British Columbia Rockies - Part II by E. Ashmead-Bartlett; The Water-Wheels of Hama Syria - with photo; Beyond the Law - part V - The Dalton Gang the Condon Bank and the First National Bank at Coffeyville Kansas; Fishing as a Vocation for War Heroes by Ralph Stock; Photo of a fallen California Redwood - said to have been the largest tree in the world; In Unknown British Guiana - Part I - many nice photos; Tales of the Service - Part V - My Smuggle-Catching Adventures - by G.W. Hindmarch a retired Customs and Excise officer in the Shetland Islands; Wonders of the Silver Spruce of British Columbia - in high demand for aircraft construction; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - Part V - by Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman - with excellent photos; Our Seaplane Adventure - Captain Abbott Meade and his plane go down in the Indian Ocean; Photo of large pile of licorice root at Aleppo; The Revenge that went Wrong - James Bestow and his problem with a Yaqui Indian in Mexico; The Railway Conquest of the Australian Desert - construction of the thousand-mile transcontinental railway from Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta - with many excellent photos; The "War Wolf" - Serbia's war hero Colonel Voyin A. Popovich; Whale Flesh as Human Food - informative brief article on the growth of the whale processing industry in Canada with photo; Doctoring War Horses - the personal experiences of Blue Cross worker Charles W. Forward in France and Italy. Nice ad for the Hudson Navigation Company's New York - Albany - Troy route. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World Magazine September 1918 Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part I - Robert Wilton British War Correspondents Eastern Front The Man-Eating Tigers Rengarih Bear Hunting British Columbia Water-Wheels Hama Syria The Dalton Gang Condon Ba . George Newnes Limited unknown
2003réf. 044735Brampton ON: Brampton Fire Department 2003 Book. New. Laminated HC. 1st.Canadian Edition. Well illustrated commemorative volume. New in shrinkwrap. 219p illus some col. index. illustrated endpapers. Brampton Fire Department hardcover
réf. ria9781118342336_inpHardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Take your knowledge of fishes to the next level Fishes of the World Fifth Edition is the only modern phylogenetically based classification of the world s fishes. hardcover
réf. 007696Toronto: Doubleday Canada 1989 1st edition. Hardcover 258pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Photographs index. Locale: Manitoba; Prairie Provinces. Manitoba Clergy Manitoba Author Memoirs United Church of Canada. Doubleday Canada Hardcover
1988286 pages including index. An ambitious and engrossing portrait of an insecure, ambitious and not always scrupulous young man who invented a personality, and a myth, to make it to the top. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
1984réf. 613j0328Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre. Good. 1984. First Edition. Spiral Bound. 0888944306 . "Kasey Wilson's Granville Island cooking classes inevitably led to a collection of recipes based on fresh market foods. Catering to the west coast lifestyle and range of ethnic tastes Vancouverites enjoy she offers 80 recipes together with menu ideas that represent her choicest dishes. Here at last is a cookbook to match the variety for which the Granville Island market is becoming internationally familus. Kasey is one of ten Canadians certified as members of the International Association of cooking Schools." - back cover. 106 pages. Index. Glossy colour photos. Few markings to contents. Moderate wear. A sound copy of this wonderful Vancouver cookbook.; Photography; 8vo . Douglas & McIntyre unknown
1985réf. 231H0310Canada: Self-Published 1985. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 83 pages. Photo of author on page 5. ".A collection of poems on unemployment. Deals with people who find themselves living through the 'Depression of the Eighties'." - From Introduction. Through the author's life experience she became an impassioned supporter of those experiencing difficulty finding employment. Gilt lettering upon maroon front board. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A sound copy. Self-Published Hardcover
2003146 pages. Bibliography. Index. "Explains how John Wilson and his family made their dreams of a natural home come true. Find out how much it cost. Learn how to get a wind turbine, solar panels, the hydro meter running backwards, grass on the roof, and a furnace the size of a bread box that doesn't burn fossil fuels" - from promotional sheet laid-in. Also laid-in is a signed personal letter from the author to the prior owner of this book. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1962réf. 10593Toronto: Macmillan 1962. Unpaginated.frontis. B&W & color illustrations. Green cloth gilt cover & spine. Color Illustrated DJ in Brown slip case with color illustration. slip case is slightly sunned. First Edition. Hard Cover in Slip Case. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Wilson John Francis. 9 X 12. Macmillan Hardcover
1991réf. 64400005Vancouver BC Canada: Cordillera Publishing Company. Fine. 1991. First Edition. Paperback. 1895590000 . 168 pages. The story of James E. "Ted" Wilson written in co-operation with marine author S.C. Heal. Captain Wilson went to his first seagoing job as deckboy out of Victoria at the early age of 14 in 1933. His colourful career saw him working his way through the ranks in British Columbia coast towboats from deckhand to mate and eventually as a licensed master. Includes black and white illustrations. Unmarked. Very light wear. Excellent copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Full Line Full Away : A Towboat Master's Story 168 pages. The story of James E. "Ted" Wilson written in co-operation with marine author S.C. Heal. Captain Wilson went to his first seagoing job as deckboy out of Victoria at the early age of 14 in 19 . Cordillera Publishing Company paperback
1929Pages 169-252 plus 28 pages of ads. Features: Chink-Running - an account of the illegal smuggling of Chinese over the U.S. border from Canada via the Detroit River; Slippery Wiley's Luck - Mr. Wiley returns to the scene of his prior crime to con money from more victims in Australia; The Mysterious M'Zab - A description of a little-known country in the heart of the Sahara where, although the French are the nominal rulers, the people actually obey the edicts of a secret Government of their own - great photos; "Ning We Pulls the Strings" - A story of Colonel Mackenzie's inimitable Chinese detective; Our Gatta - a most amusing tale of a native regatta from West Africa; The Longest Canoe Voyage on Record, by John H.E. Nolan (Part 3 of 3) - with several photos; Murder Paul Jaworski is permitted to read advance copy of a magazine serial before being executed for his crime; Feather's Folly - a stirring sea yarn from Newfoundland; Seeing America on Thirteen Dollars - Carl N. Taylor describes his four year adventure which began when he was sixteen; At the Eleventh Hour - Racing A Dying Prospector in the Belgian Congo to British Territory for the sake of his life insurance policy; The Human Tiger - a man planning murder in Perth Australia sees his plan go wrong; A Break in Routine - a true story from a Commissioner of Police in Uganda. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Small tape reinforcements to each end of backstrip. A sound copy of this engaging vintage issue. Book
1963réf. 302G3448Canada: The Canadian Geographical Society. Good. 1963. First Edition. Paperback. Pages 107-141 plus eighteen pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Graham Westbrook Rowley - Massey Medal 1963; Science ICSU and UNESCO; The Life of Lower Fort Garry; Some Early Recorders of the Nineteenth Century Canadian Scene; Bite a Birch Bark Pattern; Canadian Archaeology and History in 1962; Nice full-page RCAF recruiting ad; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Canadian Geographical Journal April 1963 Graham Westbrook Rowley - Massey Medal 1963; Science ICSU and UNESCO; The Life of Lower Fort Garry; Some Early Recorders of the Nineteenth Century Canadian Scene; Bite a Birch Bark Pattern; Canadian Archaeology . The Canadian Geographical Society paperback
1990269pp. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
1916Cover portrait of Lord Robert Cecil, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, who has entered the Cabinet as Minister of Blockade and Contraband. Feature: The Clash of Teutonic and Anglo-Celtic Interests in the United States. The Germanic Conspiracy against the United States. Photos re: German Lieutenant Robert Fay, in the U.S. Photos of American munitions factories destroyed in the name of Kaiserism. Photos of a motor convoy transporting $52 million from the Bank of England to Wall Street. Photos of the Royal Flying Corps in training. Portrait photo of Lieut.-General Sir E.H.H. Allenby. Centerfold photos of the U.S. Destroyers Benham and Parker (trailed by immense clouds of black smoke!). Photos of Canada's burning Parliament building - captions says fire was started by German incendiary bombs (if true, this history has been suppressed in Canada). Three photos of Viscount French of Ypres inspecting men of his home command. Covers secured by tape. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
