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1952Festschrift issued on the retirement of Gilbert Norwood from the Classics Department,University of Toronto, containing essays such as : The Gods of Homer [G.M.A.Grube] The Seal of Theognis [Leonard Woodbury] Pelias and his Pallid Wits.Pindar [W.B.Stanford] Salamis Symphony: The Persae of Aeschylus [S.M.Adams] The Inner Conflict in the Persae. [L.J.D.Richardson] Notes on Oedipus at Colonus [Ivan M.Linforth] Medea-Interpretations [R.A.Browne] The Spartan Invasion of Attica in 431 B. C. [W.B.Wallace] Mystery of the Choreutes [Kathleen Freeman] Why was Socrates tried? [E.A.Hvelock] Problem in the method of hypothesis in Phaedo [M.D.C.Tait] Epicurus and Menander; [Norman W.DeWitt] Cairensis of Menander by Infra Red [ J.M.Edmonds] Clement of Alexandria's Attitude toward Greek Philosophy; [J.T.Muckle] Lucretius on the Roman Theatre [Lily Rodd Taylor] Dates in the Autumn of 63BC [ O.J.Todd] The Restoration of the Virgilian Farm [H>Bennett] . Vergil Georgics [ Robert J.Getty] Horace's Ninth Satire in its Setting [E.T.Salmon] Elegaic Themes in Horace's Odes [W.Leonard Grant] Thought sequence in the ode [H.L.Tracy] Interpretation of Seneca em 46.1 [W.H.Alexander] "And Passing Rich. " [Gilbert Bagnani] Tacitus Agricola 36.3 [L.A.MacKay] The Prophet in Israel and in Greece [T.H.Robinson] Metaphor,ancient and Modern [ H.J.Rose] On an Underestimated Feature of Language [ Joshua Whatmough] Helens in Goethe's Faust [ Barker Fairley] Milton's Pastoral Monodies [ A.S.P.Woodhouse] Includes bibliography of Norwood's published writings Issued as a "supplementary volume" of The Phoenix, Journal of the Classical Association of Canada, 278 pages. 8vo. Book
réf. 120400London: Sampson Low Son and Marston 1870. Hardcover Poor. 373pp. plus 16pp. ads. Ex-library. Faded the back half of the spine and and the back board are reinforced with clear tape the front board is detached the back inner hinge has been detached and repaired with paper. Locale: Rocky Mountains; Western America. Canada Description and Travel Irish Americans Irish Canadians. Sampson, Low, Son, and Marston Hardcover
1870réf. CA 0940London: Sampson Low Marston 1870. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. blue Dec. Cloth Gilt Spine pp. viii 373 orig spine relaid new endpapers sligh bow in front cover overall moderate soil to covers slight fade to spine Contains an account of trip from Chicago to Denver and Cheyenne. White an Oxford graduate had a keen eye and insite.his observations make interesting reading Size: 8 Vo. Sampson, Low, Marston, Hardcover
1973réf. 757j2430Canada: Nabob Foods. Good. 1973. First Edition. Paperback. Editor travelled across Western Canada inviting homemakers to share their time-honoured recipes. The response was wonderful and the best of those recipes are presented here. 64 glossy stapled pages generously illustrated with colour photography. Unmarked with average wear. A sound example of this popular cookbook.; 8vo . Nabob Foods paperback
2026réf. LRB46001711Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 603 pages. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1915. Text in English. This work presents a detailed study of altitudes across the Dominion of Canada compiled by the Commission of Conservation. It provides comprehensive data and analysis on the geographical and topographical features of the country serving as a valuable resource for researchers and historians interested in Canadian geography and early 20th-century scientific documentation. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
réf. 100257Ottawa: Mortimer Co. Ltd. 1915 2nd edition. Small 4to 603pp. Very good no dust jacket. Two folding maps in color charts index. Only one of the six maps / charts in the rear pocket is present and the covers have minor edgewear. Locale: Canada. Canada Attitude Commission of Conservation Canada Geography--Canada Sea Levels Surveys. Mortimer Co., Ltd. Hardcover
1994408 pages. Index. Black and white illustrations. Stories and history of the British Columbia Coast from Raincoast Chronicles, Issues 11-15. Few very small chips from top edge of back panel of dust jacket (now preserved in archival-grade Brodart cover) which otherwise bears light wear. Lovely copy. Book
1976271 pages. "Raincoast Chronicles is essentially a no-bullshit book that opens up the past of those of us living along the West Coast of Canada in a way that no other magazine has ever succeeded. No glossy tourist nonsense. No political monkeying with the facts of life. Sweat and grease and silver and salmon. Lovely yellowing old photographs. Steam engines. Diesels. Oars. Easthopes. Rigging. Donkeys." - from the Foreward. Book unmarked with moderate wear and soiling. Binding sound. Dust jacket bears above-average wear but is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A sound copy. Book
198776 pages with fascinating archival black and white photographic reproductions. Covers Horseshoe Valley, Lund, Lost Villages of Vancouver Island, Minstrel Island, 84 years in Bella Coola, Whaling stations of the Queen Charlottes, and more. Average wear and a few spots of soiling to front cover which features impressive photo of five men standing in a massive native canoe. Book
1983221 pages. Illegitimus non Carborundum (don't let the b******ds wear you down.) - Bill White. Average wear. One inch tear to bottom edge of back cover. Peeled area from front cover where sticker removed. Contents square and unmarked. "White's stories of the 'bad old days' of B.C. Labour will fascinate anyone interested in the largely unwritten history of this country. For those concerned with the current state of human and labour rights in B.C., Bill White's call for a return to the kind of gloves-off fighting that marked his heyday will seem appropriate and useful." - from back cover. Book
1994réf. 155a7638British Columbia: Harbour Publishing 1994. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 408 pages. Index. Black and white illustrations. Stories and history of the British Columbia Coast from Raincoast Chronicles Issues 11-15. Few very small chips from top edge of back panel of dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart cover which otherwise bears light wear. Lovely copy. Harbour Publishing Hardcover
1996réf. 318c8499Canada: Harbour Publishing 1996. Book. Illus. by Thirkell Keith. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 127 pages. Index. Beautifully colour-illustrated throughout including endpapers. "With paintings by local artists poems by local poets tall tales by local characters miracles by Sechelt medicine men tips on how to predict weather risque' gossip about historical figures bold opinions plenty of hard facts and over 150 breathtaking colour photographs this is a book to be treasured by anyone with an eye for fascinating places." - from dust jacket. Clean bright and unmarked with lightest wear. A lovely copy. Gift quality. Harbour Publishing Hardcover
1958réf. 613h2072British Columbia: British Columbia Women's Institutes. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. "An adventure in cooking awaits you in the following pages for here are gathered the favourite recipes of good cooks from all parts of our Province. Some of them have come from the 'Old Lands' the British Isles and other parts of Europe some from the United States and other countries around the world some are treasures from the collections of our grandmothers and great-grandmothers and others from generation to generation before there were any written cookbooks memories of the gallant women of yesteryears. These recipes have not been lab tested. Instead their merit rests on the reputation of our British Columbia women as good cooks and able hostesses members of our Women's Institutes and used in their own homes across our province who year after year take so many prizes in our Fairs and Exhibitions. Early settlers gave freely of hospitality and food. Doors were always open to travellers and so we are happy to have the opportunity to compile this Cook Book to mark our part in the Centennial Celebration of our Province." - Foreword. 298 pages. Index. Occasional nice black and white photos of scenes of the various areas in the province from which recipes were contributed. Colour map endpapers. Binding intact. Handwritten recipes on last two pages. Contents moderately toned with age. A sound first edition copy of this special vintage B.C. cookbook.; 8vo . British Columbia Women's Institutes hardcover
1968réf. 323h2067Victoria B.C.: The B.C. Railway Hist. Ass'n. Good. 1968. Revised Edition. Paperback. "Of the myriad mining railroads built around the turn of the century few could match the Lenora Mt. Sicker in either the gleaming beauty of its diminutive narrow-gauge Shay locomotives or its harrowing use of thirteen percent grades seventy-five degree curves and triple switchbacks." - page 5. 40 pages. Bibliography. Numerous black and white reproductions of interesting archival photos. Roster of locomotives. Prior owner's details atop title page. Average wear. A sound vintage copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Shays on the Switchbacks: A History of the Narrow Gauge Lenora Mt. Sicker Railway - Revised Edition Vancouver Island Logging . The B.C. Railway Hist. Ass'n paperback
1981réf. 73108856Signed as Kwulasulwut and generically inscribed in English and Coast Salish by author upon title page. 6-64 pages. Frequent full-page black and white illustrations. "In this blend of original and traditional Salish stories the magical characters pass through many magical experiences and adventures. In each story the young reader travels on a journey through both nature and the supernatural and at the end discovers one of life's lessons just as they were once revealed to Salish children by their traditional Storyteller. Author lives in Nanaimo B.C. where she teaches Native Studies and the Coast Salish language. The five tales which make up this book have been adapted from stories which author uses to teach her students at Nanaimo area elementary schools about Native traditions and culture. Illustrator is a Nootkan artist from Nuchatlitz on Nootka Island." - back board. Above-average soiling and wear. Doodling upon back board. Front endpaper neatly removed. "Author spent decades as a lecturer and storyteller at U.B.C. and V.I.U. then known as Malaspina College and is a recipient of the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia." - Wikipedia. Theytus Books, Limited hardcover
2007réf. MASTER304935ICalgary Alberta: University Of Calgary Press. Vg In French Wraps. Oversize. Pages Clean Binding Tight. Pages: 312. 2007. Trade Paperback. University Of Calgary Press paperback
2008réf. 131j2780Canada: Maradadi Pacific. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by April White upon title page. Also signed by editor Judi Tyabji upon title page. Presents the twenty-five year creative journey of a Haida Woman as represented through her art. "It is encouraging to see one who understands the beauty of our country and can depict it in her own unique way. Keep up the good work April the world needs to see through your eyes the beauty and spirit of the north coast and its people." - Roy Henry Vickers. 8-91 4 semi-glossy pages illustrated in colour. Index. Oblong 26 x 31cm. Book clean bright tight and unmarked with very light wear. Light wear to dust jacket now in glossy new archival-grade protection. A high-quality signed example.; 4to . 2008. 0980988802 . Maradadi Pacific hardcover
1994Signed, without inscription, upon title page by Gary Marcuse. xxi, [xvii], 511 pages. Footnotes, list of primary sources, and index. Many pages of black and white reproductions of archival photos. "Digs past the official moderation and uncovers a systematic state-sponsored repression of communists and the Left, directed at civil servants, scientists, trade unionists, and political activists. Unlike the United States, Canada's purges were shrouded in secrecy imposed by the government and avidly supported by the RCMP security service." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket, now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart, is sunned along spine. A high quality copy. Book
1992372 pages including black and white photographic plates. A firsthand and revealing critical account of the most controversial battle of World War II which saw 3,000 Canadian infantry killed, wounded or taken prisoner within a few short hours. Was Dieppe necessary? What was Churchill's real intent behind the operation? Did so much sacrifice have a payoff later in the war? Those who fought so courageously at Dieppe are a vital part of the history of Canada's military effort. They are owed long overdue answers to the reasons why. Author won a DSO as an infantry captain fighting on the main beach at Dieppe. This very well-used former library copy has the defects you would expect, but the vital substance remains. Book
1994réf. 643H1841Toronto: University of Toronto Press 1994. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed without inscription upon title page by Gary Marcuse. xxi xvii 511 pages. Footnotes list of primary sources and index. Many pages of black and white reproductions of archival photos. "Digs past the official moderation and uncovers a systematic state-sponsored repression of communists and the Left directed at civil servants scientists trade unionists and political activists. Unlike the United States Canada's purges were shrouded in secrecy imposed by the government and avidly supported by the RCMP security service." - from dust jacket. Clean bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart is sunned along spine. A high quality copy. University of Toronto Press Hardcover
2000réf. 118c9512Canada: Stoddart 2000. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 470 pages. Footnotes. Bibliography. Index. Author interviewed 150 men who fought alongside him on the Dutch polders. Their revelations are frank and disturbing. This important true story of nineteen- and twenty-year-old soldiers many of whom died misereably on the sodden polders of Zeeland deserves to be read again and again." - from dust jacket. Clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Gift quality. Stoddart Hardcover
1984réf. 317c8994Canada: Stoddart 1984. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 461 pages. Footnotes. Index. Map endpapers. "Meticulously researched in Europe Great Britain and Canada and presenting unpublished papers some of which have come to light for the first time this work does not tread lightly on accepted notions of military historians. For the youths of nineteen and twenty who died miserably on the sodden polders of Zeeland this is their story and that of the larger events surrounding them." - from dust jacket. Engineer's stamp upon verso of front free endpaper and inside front board. Spine leaning. Above-average wear to dust jacket. Average wear to book. A worthy copy of this informative work. Stoddart Hardcover
199816 pages. Bilingual English/French. Published in conjunction with "Songs on Stone: James McNeill Whistler and the Art of Lithography" exhibited at the National Gallery of Canada from 2 October 1998 to 3 January 1999. Unmarked. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
1918réf. 16206Ottawa Commission of Conservation 1918 In-8 illustré de tableaux et d'une carte (Coalfields of Western Canada), 44p. Couverture imprimée.
1936réf. ROD0024237"Stock. 1936. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Manque en coiffe de pied, Intérieur bon état. 217 pages. Dos frotté et fané. Quelques coups de crayon rouge en marge. Coiffe en tête abîmée. Collection ""Les livres de nature"", dirigée par J. Delamain.. . . . Classification Dewey : 971-Canada"