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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
réf. 121979Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences 1968. Hardcover 247pp. Very good no dust jacket. Photographs bibliography index. Some pencil notations in the index and a previous owner's stamp. Foreword by J.B. Rudnyc'kyj. Canada Literary Criticism Ukrainian Canadians. Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences Hardcover
1920réf. MASTER254896IVANCOUVER B.C.: COWAN & BROOKHOUSE. G IN ORIGINAL RED CLOTH WITH GILT LETTERING & TARTAN PASTE-DOWN. Pages: 311. . 1920. 1ST EDITION. HARDCOVER. EDGEWORN WITH FRAYING AT CORNERS & ALONG SPINE. SPINE LIGHTLY SUNNED. LIGHT SOILING TO REAR BOARD. SMALL TEAR AT FRONT GUTTER. . COWAN & BROOKHOUSE 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
réf. ria9780631187295_inpPaperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This bookm the first history of contraception for almost fifty years provides a scholarly and highly readable account of procreation and attempts to prevent it from ancient Greece to the late twentieth century. The story as the author paperback
1962réf. 63686Corps Committee. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Tight clean book in royal blue cloth; in rubbed dust jacket with edgetears.; 366 pages . Corps Committee hardcover
1904réf. 22493Toronto: William Briggs 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. pp xi 349 with folding map and 21 plates bibliography index. An attractive copy in publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering and insignia of snowshoes rifle and bow and arrow. Light rubbing to corners a few small nicks in cloth at spine ends penciled ownership inscription dated 1904 on front free endpaper. Sound and clean. Lowther 1534: "Presents details of fur-trading days life at the Hudson's Bay trading posts the story of the gold rushes the work of missionaries especially on the Babine and Skeena Rivers as well as information on Indian life. William Briggs hardcover
1985réf. 72208360Edmonton AB: Alberta Energy and Natural Resources 1985. Book. Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 408 pages including index. On title page author has inscribed this copy to a helpful friend Don Owen and signed his first name below. Mr. Owen's name is atop front cover and his address label is upon title page. No other marks. Average wear with two inch crease to top corner of illustrated front cover. Text contains 81 figures many of which are interesting archival black and white photographic reproductions. "This account is an attempt to describe where we are coming from in fire control. The original paper was completed in February 1982. It was so engrossing and the research turned up so many interesting leads that demanded attention that the original was substantially augmented for this edition. The story is by no means complete but it has to stop somewhere". - from the introduction. Chapters include: Pre-European times; Rupert's Land; Dominion Administration of the North West Territories 1870-1905; Alberta-Dominion Administration 1905-1930; Alberta 1930-1981; plus numerous appendices and reproductions of early fire ordnances. Alberta Energy and Natural Resources Paperback
1914réf. 415c5904Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Company 1914. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 337 pages. "It is estimated that less than 50 men control more than one-third of Canada's material wealth as expressed in railways banks factories mines land and other properties and resources." - from Preface. Gilt lettering legible upon navy backstrip. Above-average external wear and soiling. Front hinge open. Pages partially tanned with age. It appears only Volume I was ever published. A worthy first edition reading copy of this important and interesting work. Charles H. Kerr & Company Hardcover
1962réf. 517H3319Ottawa: Corps Committee Royal Canadian Corps of Signals. Good in Good dust jacket. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. xii 366 pages. Glossary. Index. Colour map endpapers. Black and white photographic plates. Diagrams. Ten appendices list various officers appointees those killed in action in WWII the Korean Campaign and with U.N. forces in the Middle East and those who received awards in WWII the Korean Campaign and in peacetime since 1946. Four fold-out maps three of which are in colour. Minor soiling and wear to blue cloth-covered boards. Contents very clean bright and unmarked. Binding sound. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this important Canadian military history reference. DORNBUSCH 181 COOKE p.179.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; History of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals 1903-1961 Dieppe First World War WWI Second World War WWII England Sicily Italy Normandy D-Day Northern France Belgium Netherlands VE Day Northwest Territories NWT Yukon Radio System Korean War Campaign Peace . Corps Committee, Royal Canadian Corps of Signals hardcover
1980réf. 837H1090Canada: Canadian Society of Animal Science 1980. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 40 pages. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Canadian Society of Animal Science Paperback
1967réf. 156H2161USA: S.R. Publishers Limited / Johnson Reprint Corporation 1967. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Facsimile Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 165 cxvi Appendix pages. Reprint of the 1793 first edition. "Deals with the struggles of two contending interests; the planters and inhabitants who needed the protection of a government and police with the administration of justice: and the adventurers and merchants who needed no such protection and had reasons for preventing its being afforded to others." - TPL 4783. Usual library markings. Somewhat above-average wear to blue cloth-covered boards. Binding intact. A sound copy. S.R. Publishers Limited / Johnson Reprint Corporation Hardcover
réf. 136165Riding Mountain: Riding Mountain and Area History Book Committee 0-88633-004-1 1984 1st printing. 4to Fine. Issued without dust jacket. 368pp. Burgundy leatherette with gilt illustration. Illustrated endpapers maps illustrations photographs honor rolls family histories. Locale: Manitoba; Prairie Provinces; Riding Mountain--Manitoba; Western Canada. Manitoba Family Histories--Manitoba Local History--Manitoba. Riding Mountain and Area History Book Committee Hardcover
réf. ria9780470276099_inpHardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; In A History of Modern Psychology in Context the authors resist the traditional storylines of great achievements by eminent people or schools of thought that rise and fall in the wake of scientific progress. Instead psychology is po hardcover
1958réf. 744a0229British Columbia: Rutland Centennial Committee 1958. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 128 pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Many black and white reproductions of marvelous archival photos. "A chronicle of the people who at one time or another lived in Rutland and adjoining districts and the community organizations that served the district." - Forward. Very informative. Usual library markings. Average wear. A sound reference copy. Hale & Barman 798 Edwards & Lort 3080 Lowther 2046. Rutland Centennial Committee Paperback
1945réf. 515j1138Amsterdam: Elsevier. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. "This was intended to be a gunners' book written about the gunners for the gunners. Although it is primarily the names of the officers and NCOs which are mentioned the reader must remember that there were 800 men who were serving the guns driving tanks and vehicles maintaining communications under fire sitting long hours at telephones radios or exchanges cooking in field kitchens carrying ammunition or working in offices command posts and stores - these are the men who made history." - Foreword. Contents include: Mobilization and Training in Canada; Mobilization and Training in England; Active Service in Caen Falaise The Seine The Somme The Schelde The Hochwald The Rhine; Honour Roll; Battle Casualties; Commanding Officers and Battery Commanders; Honours and Awards; and more. 13-302 1 pp. Fold-out maps. Black and white photographic plates. Professionally cloth rebacked. Binding tight. Contents toned with age. Prior owner made small marks beside the lists of names at back otherwise unmarked. Above-average external soiling and wear. No dust jacket as issued. A sound example of this proud and important Canadian military history. 10.6" x 7.9". Dornbusch 479 Cooke 3rd Edn p.270.; Sm 4to . Elsevier hardcover
1967réf. 008258Sydenham Township Centennial Committee 1967. Hardcover. Good/N/a. Book has blue pebbled cover with gilt lettering. Slight edge wear otherwise good to very good. Sydenham Township Centennial Committee hardcover
1959réf. 744H4433British Columbia: Saanich Pioneer Society. Fair. 1959. First Edition. Paperback. 82 pages. Index. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. 22cm. Deals primarily with pioneers of the nineteenth century. Unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Edwards & Lort 3886 Lowther 2082 Hale & Barman 957.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; North Saanich - History South Saanich - History Vancouver Island - Pioneers Settlers Vancouver Island . Saanich Pioneer Society paperback
1921297 pages plus 48 pages of British Columbia supplement. Index. Black and white illustrations. Prior owner's details, dated 1922, neatly written inside front board else unmarked. Back hinge open. Somewhat above-average wear to olive green boards. All things considered, a nice copy of this vintage text. Book
1914337 pages. "It is estimated that less than 50 men control more than one-third of Canada's material wealth as expressed in railways, banks, factories, mines, land and other properties and resources." - from Preface. Gilt lettering legible upon navy backstrip. Above-average external wear and soiling. Front hinge open. Pages partially tanned with age. It appears only Volume I was ever published. A worthy first edition reading copy of this important and interesting work. Book
1973207 pages. The first and only complete record of Canadian golf. Abundantly illustrated with black and white photos from provincial archives and private collections. Includes a who's who of Canadian Golf, information about historic clubs and courses, anecdotes and golf lore as well as the complete records of the: Canadian Open Championships; Canadian Amateur Championships; Willingdon Cup Matches; Senior Championships of Canada; Canadian Juvenile Championships; Interprovincial Senior and Junior Team Matches; Canadian Ladies Open; and the Canadian Professional Championships. Gift greetings and small Christmas sticker upon front endpaper else clean and unmarked. Light wear to book in attractive brownish-grey cloth boards. Average wear to dust jacket which is missing some chips and is well-worn at edges with a variety of tears. Book
1973207 pages. Dozens of archival black and white illustrations. "Including a complete record of touraments & winners; who's who in Canadian golf; historic clubs and courses; anecdotes & golf lore." - from dust jacket. Front free endpaper removed. Above-average wear with usual library markings. A worthy reference copy. Book
19092 vols. Hardcover Very good condition
1820réf. 120898Leeds: Printed by Davies and Co. 1820. Titelblatt, 458 Seiten. Mit 4 gestochenen Tafeln. (Ohne Einband. Rücken unschön überklebt. Erste Tafel gegenüber dem Titel stark fleckig u. mit Knickspuren. Papier durchgehend eselsohrig u. teils fleckig). 21x13 c,
2004xxx, 540 pages. Index and extensive footnotes. "Examines the role of print in the political, religious, intellectual, and cultural life of the colonies that eventually became Canada." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A superb copy. Book
