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1980x +105 pages. Opens with a ten-page memorial of Saul Hayes, O.C., Q.C., LL.D., F.R.S.A. (including a 1.5 page partial bibliography of his publications) who passed away in the year this work was published. "We center our attention upon the pioneer of Trois-Rivieres, a formidable man, of almost mythic proportions." - from page 1. Unmarked with Moderate wear. Biege moisture marks visible to fore-edge of first few leaves, generally quite faint for remainder of textblock. Book
1980viii + pages 224-325. Contents: Reactions to the Hart Election; In the Legislature; Petitions; Hart is Questioned; The Debate of Feb. 20, 1808; More Petitions and the Governor; Elected Again; Political Motivation. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
iv + 126 pages. Index. Sections include: On Sunday Observance Legislation; The Quebec Problem; Quebec Feels Under Attack; Lord's Day Alliance; Jews in a Christian Country?; The Community and the Select Committee; A Select Committee of the Commons; In the House of Commons; In Quebec. Unmarked with moderate wear. Moisture marks to fore-edge. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy. Book
1975x + 102 pages. Black and white reproduction of one-page photo-montage entitled Editorial Staff, Jewish Canadian Eagle & Canadian Jewish Chronicle. "We believe that these pages constitute an addition to the small shelf of Canadian Jewish histories, a supplement to Sack's volume which is the premier book of Jewish Canadiana." - from v. Chapters include: Unmarked with moderate wear. Staining to edges of textblock. Binding intact. A sound copy of this important work. Book
1975141 pages. Index. Errata. "A narrative and documented chapter out of the annals of Canadian Jewry. Outlines the story documented in the papers described in "Canadian Jewish Archives", new series, no. 2." - from Foreword. Unmarked with moderate wear. Moisture staining to fore-edge. Binding intact. A sound working copy. Book
195458 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: France on the Prairies; Potlatch in the Park - photo-illustrated article on potlatch held in new Kwakiutl house built in Victoria's Thunderbird Park; Journey for Frances - 2nd instalment of Mrs. George Simpson's canoe journey of 1930 through two of the Great Lakes and on to the post later named Fort Frances; Wings Across Greenland - between 1928 and 1931 Parker D. (Shorty) Cramer made three attempts to fly across the Atlantic by way of northern Quebec and Greenland - photo-illustrated article; Early Northern Surgeons - article concerning some of the earliest predecessors of Dr. John Rae in Rupert's Land; Dr. John Rae and his Franklin Relics - photo-illustrated article; Dr. John Rae of the Arctic - short biography of the great explorer; John Rae's Stone House - photo-illustrated article on the ruins of Rae's winter house of 1846-7 near Repluse Bay; Rae's Arctic Correspondence - a review of the new volume of the Hudson's bay Record Society; Rae on the Eskimos - his opinions on the Arctic natives among whom he lived and travelled between 1846 ande 1854; The Old Shipwreck - mystery ship has lay wrecked on the north shore of Bylot Island for 130 years; Cobalt and Porcupine - how the great silver and gold mines of Northern Ontario were discovered and developed; Early Days at York Fort; Nice colour ad for Hudson's Bay Point Blankets on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
195616 pages. Features: Article on Babe Zaharias; Two pages of wonderful photos of Babe Zaharias; Photo from Shuttle Meadow CC includes Duncan Dewar, Fred Wright, Holly Mandly and Ralph Rooks; Photo of Ed Rankin of the Ben Hogan Company; Photo of Joe Petrick; Photo of Bob Kay; Photo of Fred Waring and Chick Evans; Great back cover photo of a large group of senior ladies at the Seignory Club, Quebec includes Mrs. Glenna Collett Vare; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1956Pages 222 - 286. Printed on glossy stock. Illustrated in black and white. Contents include: My Friend, Angotiawak; Barbara Hepworth - Sculptor; A Sheaf of Summer Sketches; Annual Artistic Competition of the Province of Quebec; General View from a Lofty Eminence; The Growth of a Canadian Gallery; The Great Winnipeg Controversy; Recent Acquisitions by Canadian Museums and Galleries; Sculpture in a Summer Course; Coast to Coast in Art; and more. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
196764 pages. Numerous pages of heartwarming black and white photos of sentimental Canadian scenes to accompany the songs, plus images of popular personalities and acts which appeared on the popular Don Messer's Jubilee television program on the CBC. Songs include: The Blue Laurentians; The Don Messer Jubilee; Eight Sails in the Breeze; Good Old New Brunswick; In a Little Shack Up the Pontiac; In the Land of Blue Tartan; The Log Driver's Song; Moonrise Over Ottawa; My Canada; My Red Headed Girl From Quebec; Nova Scotia Moon; Old New Brunswick Moon; Ook-Pik - Pride of the Eskimo; Prince Edward Island is Heaven to Me; We'll Rant and We'll Roar; When it's Apple Blossom Time in the Valley; The Avon Breakdown; Banks of Newfoundland; The Centennial Waltz; The Champion Hornpipe; David's Jig; Elliott's Favorite Reel; Expo '67 Two-Step; Happy Acres Two-Step; John A. Cameron's Jig; Lou Sullivan's Breakdown; The Paper Maker's Breakdown; Pictou Island Reel; The Slim Pine Reel. Unmarked. Above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this wonderful Centennial memento. You can't get much more Canadian than this! Book
198820 pages. Text in French. Includes piano sheet music for these songs: L'Eternel retour (Endless Return); Comme Dans Un Film (Like in a Movie); Chanson Pour Liona (Song for Liona); Lettre A Clara (Letter to Clara). Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
1974227 pages. Extensive list of sources cited. Reproductions of black and white photos. Decorated endpapers. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. "Analyzes in parallel the whole evolution of Quebec and Black American culture and literature. Examines these two cultures and literatures in the light of an extended metaphor from Shakespeare's Tempest, with a view to formulating a new concept which could then be applied to the literatures of all emerging national or ethnic groups." - from back board. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear to maroon boards. A high quality copy. Book
194256 pages. Features: Rex Woods cover illustration features WWII sailor dancing with attractive blonde; Drying Eggs - a new war industry - article with photo of egg drying room in Trenton plant of the Canadian Doughnut Co.; Are Farmers Indifferent? - article with photos of the homesteads of Orley Shaw near Forest, ON, and K.M. Betzner of R.R.2 Waterloo, ON; Farmers of the Lower Saint John - article with photos of the Fox and Dingee homesteads of Gagetown, N.B.; Treasure of a Derelict (fiction); Storm Tide (fiction); Fascinating half-page ad by the Department of Munitions and Supply says "Drastic New Regulations Are Now In Effect" restricting sales of new and used tires, tubes and retreading services; Half-page ad for Findlay Ranges of Carleton Place, ON shows military scene and housewife saying she can wait for her range in order to provide metal to the military; An Army Without Banners - article explains how women are producing food at home to supply the military, with photos of Beth Kellington and Mrs. Will Hewlett of the Stouffville district in York County; Photo-illustrated article on the 1942 Kemptville Conference of the Women's Institutes; Aunt Helen's Boys and Girls; Illustrated half-page ad by the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario says WWII is "A War of Steel and Electricity"; Nice photo of horse-drawn hay wagon in action on the Cotton farm near Orillia; Photo of Wallace Knapp of Galt, Ontario on horse-drawn potato planter; Photo of young John McTaggart feeding lamb at the Don Head Farm in Richmond, Hill; Photos of prize animals owned by Featherstone Bros. of Oakville, Haas Bros. of Paris, Byron Rath of Mossley, J.R. Beattie of Aurora, R. Norman Hogg of Uxbridge, and Alfred Bagg of Edgeley; Poultry section includes photo of chicken 'apartment building' of Dr. D.F. McKinley of Unionville, ON; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label remnant on front cover. Five-inch diameter hole neatly cut from back cover, otherwise a sound vintage copy of this fascinating wartime issue. Book
1982This is a paperback copy. x, 210 pages. Footnotes. Bibliography. Numerous black and white photographic plates. "25,000 German officers and other ranks were sent to prisoner-of-war camps across Canada to live out the duration of WWII behind barbed wire. Their fascinating story makes for exciting and provocative reading." - from back cover. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this little-known history. Book
1987112 pages. Features: Jim Coutts; George Woodcock; James Brady checks in on Sunset Blvd.; Chance Wedgewood purchase in Quebec; Hepplewhite; Charlotte Vale Allen steps aboard a legend; Floyd S. Chalmers; Resaurateur John Maxwell; Filmmaker John Sebert and his Port Perry homestead; 20th-century glamour in the home of producer Robert Schulz; Feminine obsession with shoes; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this wonderful issue. Book
1976107 pages. Footnotes. Black and white photographic plates. Text in English and French. Features: Painting in Quebec in the Thirties; Building for Transportation in the Nineteenth Century; Surrealist Traits in the Heads of Alfred Pellan; Architectural Image for the Dominion; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear with short openings to ends of backstrip. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound reference copy. Book
195892 pages. Cover illustration depicts eel harvesting on the lower St. Lawrence near Baie St. Paul, Quebec. Editorial column on page four strongly supports the decision to suspend production of "the very good but very obsolete fighter aircraft, the Arrow." Nice one-page Rambler automobile ad. Beautiful 2-page colour ad for the new Dodge '59. Features: A Macleans Panel Discussion - a new look at the future of man; A TV Repairman talks back; The gods Canadians worship; The Oscar Petersons at Home; My week on the Grand Banks; Roy Thomson's Invasion of Scotland; Klondike! - Conclusion - The rise and fall of Dawson City. Please note: missing pages 7-10 (which included a two-page Oldsmobile ad and other unknown content), pages 37-38, and 45-48. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy reference copy. Book
195264 pages. Features: Cover illustration by Franklin Arbuckle of many boaters upon Lake St. Louis, Quebec; Colour ad for the 1952 Meteor car inside front cover; How Dr. James Gareth Endicott Fronts for the Reds - one of international Communism's greatest assets in the world today; When Chautauqua Came to Town; Outspoken Toronto Mayor Allan Lamport; The Chateau Frontenac Hotel - article with colour photos; They Want the Unwanted - Quebec couple Dirk and Truus Vandervalk help children from broken homes; Listen the the Mockingbird (fiction); Revolution in Lotusland - Vancouver Island is booming; Entertainer Francis Grove Peddie (aka Thomas Craig, the CBC's noontime farmer); Classy colour one-page ad for the Ford Monarch mentions the Canadian Open golf tournament at the St. Charles Country Club, Winnipeg; Ten Percent of What? - article on tipping in restaurants; Champion Spark Plug ad features 1952 Indy winner Troy Ruttman; Pontiac centrefold (Catalina shown); Half-page ad for Dominion Bridge shows steel plant ladle crane; Chevrolet truck ad; Coke ad on back cover features formally-dressed lady and tray of food; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
194956 pages. Features: Cover illustration of Lady in rain trying to find her summer camp; Nice colour ad for International trucks inside front cover; Molson's ad features marketer Hedleigh Venning, a marketer for Shirrif's Limited; I Was an Amateur Magistrate - George A. Wright recently retired as Chief Magistrate of Brockville, Ontario; Debt Detectives - they'll hunt you forever if you don't pay that bill; Priests, Pickets and Politics - the Asbestos strike violence overshadowed some sensational news - the swing to the left inside the church in Quebec; The Reluctant Bush Pilot (fiction); Prize Fighter - Johnny Greco; Let Your Child Grow Up - cut the apron strings lest your youngster mature into an infantile neurotic; You'll Get a Kick Out of Painting - tips from Bill (William) Winter; Meet Maggie Muggins - turning back the clock to play radio's lovable moppet is a breeze to Beryl Braithwaite; We'll Still Have Rachel (fiction); Home From My Homeland - Eva-Lis Wuorio returned to her native Finland and found that home is really where your heart is; Half-page ad for the C.N.E.; Interesting one-page ad for Maclean's features photo of and quote by Edgar G. Burton, President of Simpsons, Limited; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
194980 pages. Features: Karsh cover photo-portrait of Jean Sibelius; One-page Canadian General Electric radio ad shows the Models C122, C602, C352, C400 and C751; Moffat appliance ad features photo of Ted "Teeder" Kennedy, his wife and dog, plus photos of their kitchen and home; Where the Yanks Rule a Part of Canada - Americans at their Newfoundland base can flout our courts, even seize our citizens - and it's all quite legal; How Karsh Photographed Europe's Great; Ordeal By Snow (fiction); Taming the mighty Ottawa River with the Des Joachims dam project - article with photo; Is There a Killer in the Crowd? - Canada has at least 300 who have not been caught; Fortune in a Million Figures - Rose Starkman came to Canada in 1937 with $20, married Hy Marx, and they now sell $1 Million annually of Rose Marx Braz, the only Canadian brassiere sold in bulk in the U.S.; Stop This Fire Death Sacrifice! - firey death of 139 on pleasure steamer Noronic at Toronto's Pier 9; My Papooses Got Pyjamas - life in a Red Cross outpost at Armstrong, 100 miles north of Fort William; Beauty and the Brakeman (fiction); A Firsthand account on the new Britain under Socialism, by John W. Vandercook; TCA (Trans-Canada-Airlines) one-page ad with piggy bank; How to Retire and Like It; Nice colour Coke ad shows youth lunch scene and ice chest stocked with Coke; Bold one-page colour ad for Champion spark plugs features dog with ear muffs; Plymouth car ad; Westinghouse radio colour ad features the Rideau; Kleenex ad features Little Lulu and Tubby; Half-page Eveready battery ad features policeman Joseph Moreau of St. Lambert, Quebec; Photo of load of diesel from Moose Jaw Refineries crossing into the U.S.; Great back cover colour ad for B.C. Apples; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
195250 pages, loaded with tempting black and white photos of models including: Pat Williams; Jessica Rogers; Lisa Belle from Quebec; Rusty Davis dancing in Alaska; Anne Marie Coffinet (voted by Southern GIs as "The Girl With the Extra Oomph"); Frances Lee; Billy Davis; Nina Faure; Eve Adams; Nicole Francis; Lisa Lee; Angel Waters; Renee de Pure; Lana Wong; Linda Bishop; Kayo Terry; Double-jointed Glynda Glenn; April Brooks; Obese couple Pappy Carter and Baby Thelma; Icel Condon; Sugar Cane; Tempest Storm; Melodee Lane; Christiane Bage and her python; Alice Allgood; Italian Ladies Silvano Mangano, Luciana Bosi, Lea Padavani, Isa Barzizza, Lucia Bose, Rossana Podesta, and Franca Marzo; Nicole Caroline. Interesting ad for book "I Was Hitler's Doctor" inside back cover; Back cover Charles Atlas ad. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
1889Outer dimensions: 10.75" x 14.5". Includes many street names and locations of interest. Clean and unmarked with light wear. An attractive vintage copy. Text in English. Book
194356 pages. Features: After Mussolini - Who? - photo-illustrated article argues Il Duce is tottering and Italy is ripe for revolt; Ontario Premier Mitch Hepburn is about to retire; To Air Marshal the Hard Way - a brief biography of Harold "Gus" Edwards; Union Station - Morley Callaghan describes in this photo-illustrated article how this Toronto station has become a communcal centre where the joy of meeting and the sorrow of parting (soldiers) makes living drama; Brief report on B.C. Premier John Hart and his efforts with the B.C. Electric Railway Company (B.C. Power); Privy Council ruling against Alberta creates debt problems; Shipshaw fascinating and informative photo-illustrated article on this massive wartime hydro-electric development on the Saguenay which will be used to support Aluminum smelting; Flower Factory - photo-illustrated article on the Dale Estate in Brampton, Ontario; Our Ally Brazil - photo-illustrated article explaining the major gain this strong nation represents for the Allies now that it has joined the U.N. Fiction: Something for George, by Arthur Stevens; Reconnaissance, by Roy Yonge and Lucien Zacharoff. Half-page photo-illustrated recruting ad for the R.C.A.F. emphasizes their need for women. Province of Quebec half-page ad celebrates construction of the Shipshaw development which will produce "New Power Against Hitler". Fantastic colour-photo Coke ad on back cover shows young servicemen in uniform with supportive young ladies. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality copy of this vintage wartime issue. Book
195476 pages. Features: Wonderful cover illustration of ice fishing huts by Macpherson; Quebec Board of Cinema Censors bans film Martin Luther as it shows the Pope in a bad light; Should White Marry Black? - Interracial Marriage; Dulles Battles an Uneasy Europe; Colour Plymouth ad; John Tunney's Stubborn Fight for Justice - this pro-union Winnipeg milkman spent seven years and thousands of dollars battling the union leaders who cost him his job - bonus-length feature article with photos; Do You Know How Old You Really Are? - new atom-age tests make a liar of the calendar; The Lakehead-core of Canada - Karsh photo feature on Fort William-Port Arthur (Thunder Bay) - with interesting emphasis on the huge Finnish labour force; The Memory of a Sentimental Morning - story by Ronald R. Smith - illustrated by Oscar Cahen; People Won't Believe the Colonel's Blind - Col. Eddie Baker and the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB); He Tried to Create the Perfect Wife - story by Robert Olson; There'll Never Be Another Model T - a Maclean's flashback to 1922 when Henry Ford's 'car for the multitude' became almost a way of life; Lovely colour ad for the 1954 DeSoto; My Adventures in Basic English, by Steve Laszkiewicz, a displace person (DP) from Poland; Unusual colour centerfold "Do I Have To Grow Old?" shows fashionable woman - sponsored by the Canadian Banana Company; Nice colour-photo Coke ad on back cover "After the Prom... it's Coke Time". Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
1978xiv, 335 pages. Index. Color photos. "Here at last the legendary Madame Benoit opens the door to the kitchen in her own home, at Noirmouton, her sheep farm near Sutton in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. She tells of her own cultural heritage, in which food has played such a large part, enriched by her own studies and travel. A practical and valuable cook book with fascinating sections on Herbs and Spices, Beverages, Soups, Salads, Breads, Cereals (including her granola recipes), Egg and Cheese dishes, Fish, Meat, and Poultry, Vegetables, and much more." - dust jacket. Prior owner's details handwritten inside front board, otherwise book tight and unmarked with average wear. Above-average wear to price-clipped dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this lovely and nostalgic Canadian cookbook. Book
198293 pages. "A labour of love and pride, dedicated to our students and staff, past, present and future, the contents of this volume have been gathered to commenorate the 75th Anniversary Homecoming of MacDonald High School, held on October 8, 9. 10, 1982." - title page. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of wonderful archival photos printed upon glossy stock. Written recollections by numerous contributors. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy. Book