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1914Cover photo of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, now at the front. The First Battles in East Prussia. The Agony of Belgium - how her cities and towns were laid desolate; Horrors of war in the village of Cortenbergh, Brabant. Centerfold depicts the sacking of Louvain, while the Hotel de Ville is spared. Photos and Illustrations of: Officers of Scottish descent fighting for the Tsar; German outpost scenes; Pole fights Pole on the Russian frontier; Germany experiences terrors in East Prussia; Russian prisoners; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
1983250 pages including index. Chapters include: 1. Towns and Villages in Urban Canada 2. The Persistence of Small Towns 3. Town and Village Economies 4. Regional Relations of Small Towns 5. The Social Structure of Towns and Villages 6. Life in Towns and Villages 7. Housing and Land Use Patterns 8. Community Needs 9. Planning Approaches to Small Towns 10. Towards a Viable Future for Small Towns. This book grew from a 1978 study bearing the same title which was prepared for the government of Canada. Authors are professors at the School of Urban and Regional Planning at Queen's University at Kingston. Clean, tight and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
1945Features: Horrific opening photo of the ruins of Wesel bears the caption 'German cities are being pulverised to dust; photos of the British jet plane, the Gloster-Whittle; photos of the crossing of the River Rhine; Photos and details of Hitler's Berhof at Berchtesgaden; Photos of the capture of Mandalay; photos from Iwo Jima; The capture of Wesel; New equipment for use against Germans and 'Japs'; Pictures from Russia; and more. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
1978302 pages. Index. "Traces the evolution of towns from their prehistoric origins right up to the problems and opportunities of the present day." - from dust jacket. Somewhat above-average wear. Sound working copy. Usual library markings. Book
1988347 pages. Bibliography. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "A definitive history of Chinatowns in Canada - the culmination of 20 years of research." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A splendid copy of this rare and important work. Book
1999182 pages. "Recounts the area's history with the rigour of a historian, and with the warmth and enthusiams of a hometown boy." - from dust jacket. Abundantly illustrated with archival black and white photos. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Lovely copy. Book
1981434 pages. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound working copy. Book
1996Articles: The Challenge of Navigation to Hydrography on the British Columbia Coast, 1850-1930; Prisoners of War and British Port Communities, 1793-1815; A Private War in the Caribbean - Nova Scotia Privateering, 1793-1805; Labour and the Unions in Wartime Essential Industry - Shipyard workers in British Columbia, 1939-1945; Port Cities in the French Wars - The Responses of Merchants in Bordeaux, Hamburg and Livorno to Napoleon's Continental Blockade, 1806-1813; plus several book reviews. Bit of high-lighting to table of contents else clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
1936Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Service to Japan, Hawaii and the Philippines now available; Anchors foul cable 4 times within 10 days - Burrard Inlet; Classified system will be extended to remainder of territory - includes full-page rate sheet; Company gains telephones in 1934 after 3 year decline (presumably due to the Great Depression); Company architect, Hugh D. Simpson; Our overseas service kept growing last year; Employee Sales Team Results; Statement of Development, 1 January 1935 - show # of phones per community; System suffers heaviest storm damage in history - January 1935 - 8 pages with photos; New exchange for the Albernis; John C. Miles succeeds John Johnston as Building Head; World Telephone network now includes 60 countries; Billy Palliser - champion salesman for Victoria Plant; Sechelt Company picnic; New phone system for thriving Alberni area - 4 pages with photos; Record 19,000 mile call from Vancouver to Perth, Australia; Dog's bark in Vancouver heard in Scotland; Round the world telephone talk sets record; Telephony's part in Canada's Jubilee celebration - 2 pages with photos; Parksville Exchange has Dial Unit at Qualicum Beach; Arthur R. Harness - garden awards; New switchboard handled by sightless operator - article with photos; PNE float details and photo; 2-page bio. with photo of Eugene P. LaBelle, the company's General Superintendant of Plant *MR. LABELLE'S NAME IS STAMPED ON THIS COPY*; Carrier circuits established between Vancouver and Calgary; Number of phones increased last year; Miss Elizabeth Murray, Vancouver's first chief operator, dies; New radio stations established; Fraser telephone building remodelled; Conference calls link Canadian cities by long distance (!); Operator school reopened; George E. Pittendrigh of Cloverdale, BC - installed Vancouver's first telephones; Telephone folks to the rescue; New Long Distance developments embrace Howe Sound Points; Key to Safety on the Job; New radio link serves Quesnel and adjacent mining area; Vancouver's first emergency phone calls; Newcastle Island Picnic; C.A. (Charlie) Price - Queer theories prove that people read the 'Yellow Pages"; James Welsh - our first formen; Article on the challenges of information operators; Seymour operating room photo; Mr. W.F. Salsbury - helped pave the way for our present telephone system; *CARICATURE OF E.P. LABELLE* and other company executives; Vancouver Arena fire damage quickly repaired; PNE float photo and details; Long Distance developments this year; Dominion Telephone organization meets in Victoria; Ex-policeman Ernest A. Harris recalls use of telephone in 1891; Monte Butler wins more rowing laurels; and more. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon fore- and top edges, and inside front board, else unmarked. Half-leather binding intact. Backstrip loose along front edge. Book
1930Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Twentieth Year of Telephone Talk; P.A.B.X. for Telephone Company in Vancouver; When this magazine was a bab - by the first editor of Telephone Talk; North-west Telephone Company acquires Prince George System; Hard battle for phone men in rough country along Howe Sound; Christmas gale puts 75% of toll lines out of order; cover photo of 20 ton cable reel for use in Fraser River link in Vancouver-Victoria line; Preparatory work on new trans-gulf cable job nears completion; Speeding Aeroplanes can keep in touch with the earth - two; George Gaetz - Victoria 'heavy' gang foreman; Cover photo of woman demonstrating how to use dial phone; Full page photo of cable barge Brico; First section of new trans-gulf cable successfully laid - 6 pages with many photos; New construction in Victoria; Night work required to build line across Ladner Marsh; The Brico succeeds the Iwalani; Heavy Gang Foreman Andrew Bertram (Andy) Jackson; Land portion of new Victoria-Vancouver cable route now complete - 3 pages with many photos; New Traffic Headquarters in the Georgia Building - several photos; Richmond is thriving Neighbour of big coast cities - photos and text; Picture for Telephone Talk obtained via ship-to-shore phone call; Over half of Trans-Atlantic calls are with Great Britain; We can now talk with South America; Nanaimo heavy gang restores Nanaimo-Victoria service; Vancouver can talk to ship on the Atlantic; Wilfred Calman; 5 page illustrated article announcing completion of Vancouver-Victoria cable; B.C.'s first radiotelephone service now open; Second Calgary Circuit provides Windermere Valley connection; Cable to link Europe with North America; New type of conduit being used for underground work; Record load handled by New Westminster staff; Work on Victoria's central office equipment progressing - many photos; Nice cover photo of the Prince Henry, first passenger ship on the Pacific equipped with dial phone system; New type of pay telephone in Vancouver; Burnaby feature - rapidly industrializing; Bob Perry - Blaster - The Lone Canadian; Ruined Burrard Inlet cable to be replaced; Phone service now available to/from a train; Dunsmuir residence in Victoria speaks with London, England; Dials being placed on Victoria phones - 4 pages with photos; Direct coast and Alberta service now available for Revelstoke; Phone men fight fire which takes 5 buildings in Nanaimo; Dial demonstration popular at Victoria Exhibition; John (Jack) C. Miles; Prince George Reconstruction; Many photos of new Plant and Engineering building in Vancouver; Radiotelephone experiments at coast points successful - 6 pages with photos; William Palliser; Powell River System joins phone family; Trans-Gulf cable now in service; The Terminal and Repeater Equipment of the all-cable toll route - 4 pages with photos; Victoria now using new dial system - photos; Nanaimo high span replaced with submarine cable; Building the B.C. link of the Trans-Canada Line; 17,500 mile link connects Vancouver to Australia; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge of text else unmarked. Binding intact. Backstrip almost entirely loose. Book
1973Features: Good-bye to Fred Gipson; Lost Cities of the Sierra Madre; The Disappearance of Eugene Wilson; A $30 Poker Chip of Pure Gold; Bandid with the Post Hole Banks; Ghost Camp on the Big Horn - a resort only accessible via two hours by boat, dodging boulders and rapidsd - Dr. G.W. Barry of Big Horn Canyon; The Frozen Priest of Pembina - Father Joseph Goiffon; The Golden Clay - Hackett Elmore; Some Still Make it on the Home Place - Luis McCuistion is one! - Wimberley, Texas; The Treasure of Alamo Canyon - Arch Frame; Gore Canyon's Haunted Silver Mine; Heist in a West Texas Sandstorm - the Seminole National Bank, Texes; Wild Old Days!. Unmarked with light wear. Advertising coupon clipped from page 55 - text unaffected. Quality copy. Book
1911334 pages. Papers include: Health Needs and Civic Action; Housing and Health; Scientific Research by the Public Health Service; The Census and the Public Health Movement; Sources of Information upon the Public Health Movement; Work of the Committee of One Hundred on National Health; Public Health Movement on the Pacific Coast; Protecting Public Health in Pennsylvania; Health Problems of the Indians; Health Problems of the Negroes; The Rural Health Movement; Sanitation in Rural Communities; Tropical Diseases and Health in the United States; The House Fly as a Carrier of Disease; The Mosquito Campaign as a Sanitary Measure; Clean Milk and Public Health; Ventilation and Public Health; Social Service Work in Hospitals; Mouth Hygiene and its Relation to Health; The Physical Care of Children; What American Cities are Doing for the Health of School Children; The Elimination of Feeble-Mindedness; Prevention of Infantile Blindness; The Warfare Against Infant Mortality. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Book
1956Features: Banff tea house survives roaring avalanche (ad); Leon Koerner's one-man giveaway program - Canada's happiest spender is this Czech millionaire who arrived here 17 years ago; A blueprint to stop our cities' decay - one in every 8 Canadian homes is slowly falling apart, soon to become part of a slum with its by-products of disease and distress - here's what Baltimore, Maryland found; Can science beat the virus diseases?; We're wasting millions on an obsolete air force - Guy Simonds charges that in this atomic age of guided missiles we're still committed to a costly, outdated concept of military strategy based on the airplane; We gambled our love on freedom - James Pegg, a British soldier, met Olga, a Ukrainian slave worker in a German prison camp - they had to choose... stay and be parted, or escape together into unknown dangers; The town that wants to stay old fashioned - Niagara-on-the-Lake; The secondhand love letter, by Edward Kaylin; The private lives of Byng Whitteker; Throw out our cruel divorce law - Kent Power, QC. Nice colour Chevrolet ad on page 5. Front cover heavily torn with chunks missing - it illustrated the construction of the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal. Colour Coke ad on back cover. Magazine
1986308 pages. "Demonstrates that the label 'North American City' as widely used is inappropriate and misleading in discussion of the distinctive Canadian urban environment." - from back cover. Prior owner's name clipped from first page. Moderate quantity of highlighting. Average wear. A sound working copy. Book
1968100 pages. Features: The former chief of French Intelligence in the U.S. reveals the fantastic story of Soviet espionage that penetrated De Gaulle's official family - 'Martel', the key Russian agent, repercussions that caught Kim Philby, J.F.K.'s secret letter to De Gaulle; German students storm the cities in the name of Red Rudi (Dutschke); End of the 'Wahine' in Wellington Harbor; The Emergence of James Earl Ray alias Eric Starvo Galt; Refugees on a bridge to nowhere - Vietnam; Gardiners Island - its haunted legacy - America's offshore fiefdom with piracy in its past; Super Shots from Big T - golfer Tom Weiskopf; Under the gaze of the charmer - Warren Beatty, footloose at the top; "Fog that foils an old disease - TB" - Dr. Sol R. Rosenthal; and more. Colour Ford Torino ad inside front cover; Nice 2-page colour ad for four Chevrolet models - Chevy II, Chevrolet, Camaro, Chevelle; nice 2-page GM colour car ad. Moderate wear. Address label on front cover else unmarked. A quality copy. Book
1961Features: Tanganyika - bright spot on a dark continent; People on the way up - Mike Ditka - Dangerous Bear, Joan Odell - Lady Prosecutor, James N. Anno Jr - nuclear pioneer, Pamela Tiffin - Instant Star; Tomorrow the moon - colour photo of Titan rocket on pad at Cape Canaveral; PT 109 - the adventure that made a President; Trouble Shooter for Weddings - Mrs. Frances Poetker, Cincinnati Florist; Must our cities be so ugly? - by John E. Burchard; Adventures of the Mind; TV's most unexpected hit - Great article on Bill Hanna, Joe Barbera, the Flintstones and Yogi Bear; How to get rich with a rope - Cowpuncher/Cowboy Dean Oliver; The Peacemakers, part 8 (conclusion). Somewhat above-average wear. A sound copy. Book
1962Features: Gutter Politics, by Bruce L. Felknor - in every election year unscrupulous smear experts ply their shoddy trade; Eichmann and His Trial (Part 1 of 3), by Gideon Hausner - the full story, his prosecutor, the Attorney-General of Israel; Change of Pace on the Night-Club Scene - New York's grab bag of entertainment holds a varied fare for the enterprising visitor; His Car is Named Desire - with the racy Avanti, Studebaker's Sherwood Egbert hungers for big sales; 'Genius' at Green Bay - Jim Tayolr delivers running power for the Packers; From Greece - Food Fit for the Gods; Tale of Two Cities - San Francisco vs. Los Angeles; Memoirs of a Monster, by Boris Karloff - the world's most famous bogeyman looks back on his 35-year career in horror; Can we still be first on the Moon? (PLEASE NOTE: PAGES 83-84 MISSING FROM THE MOON STORY. Nice colour Cadillac ad inside back cover. Average wear. Book
1969Features: Cover photo of Ian St. John (Liverpool and Scotland); Bobby Moore writes - 'Burnley - the best soccer school in Britain'; b/w photo of John Ritchie (Stoke City); Ron Davies - the Saint with a head for goals; Colour photos of Pat Crerant (Manchester United) and Terry Venables (Q.P.R.); Leeds - top of the record charts; They've put the 'New' in Newcastle United - the team who surprised all soccer; Nice colour centerfold photo of Derby County - First Division New Boys; b/w photo of Wilf Smith (Sheffield Wednesday) vs. Francis Lee (Manchester City); New Boys on top form; Shoot Readers score at Arsenal; Joe Payne, emergency centre-forward of Luton Town, scored 10 (TEN!) GOALS in one match on Easter Monday, April 13, 1936 vs. Bristol Rovers; Colour photos of Steve Kember (Crystal Palace) and Barry Lyons (Nottingham Forest); Focus on Willie Carr (Coventry City); Gordon Banks; great action b/w photo of Ralph Coates (Burnley) and Bob McNab (Arsenal); A soccer tale of two cities - Merseyside v. Milan!; Colour photo of David Powell (Sheffield United) on back cover; and more. Unmarked. Modest wear. A quality copy. Book
1963Features: The New Cities - a national report on the downtown revolution - what it means to the people; For the Sake of Argument - public 'inquiries' often abuse justice - a lawyer says stop legal smears - Aubrey Golden; Our Schools are Loaded Against Boys - a school principal shows how the system is weighted unfairly in favor of girls; The Carnies on the Picture Tube - a lighthearted look at junk TV and the people who make money making it; The Kennedy Dynasty, Part IV - how the family opened the blitz that was to elect the first Catholic president; My first 50 years in medicine - Dr. Alton Goldbloom's testament to the pleasures and pains of treating the young; The Great Balloon Voyage - How the air age reached Canada in 1859, but the aeronauts ended up hoofing it; Last chance for the Deer People - as the caribou goes, so go the Eskimos - trying to save both; A report on Canada's secret John Birchers (JBS / John Birch Society), by Pierre Berton; Nice colour photo ad for Canadian Club whiskey inside back cover features B.C. "High-Riggers" race of Gordie Eve; Back cover ad for the 1963 Chevrolet Impala Convertible on a ski hill. Some age-toning to pages at edges. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
197328 pages. Features: Violence in the streets - can we keep our cities safe?; Four of Golf's top players rate each other - Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino, Gary Player and Gary Cowan - article with colour photos of Palmer and Trevino; Nice two-page colour photo fashion segment; Rockhead's Paradise in Montreal - when American blacks are looking for fun they head to this club - article with colour photos; What do you think of the Gallup Poll?; Doug Wright's Family; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
195136 pages. Features: British Columbians All; Can We Learn From History?; Letters; Pioneer Pilots of the Skeena - article with great photos; Our We Slaves to Our Clocks?; 210 Miles on Horseback - in 55 degrees below - to attend the funeral of Charlie Fortier, Chief of the Chu Chua Indians; Nature Oddities; Wonder-Weed Ramie Grass Would Revolutionize Textile Industry; B.C. History - Finance and Early Vancouver Island Events; Some Observations of a Rambling Angler; The Monument - poem by an unknown author; Frontal Attack - From the Rear! - a skunk story; The Mighty Hunter; "Pacific Pete" in Big Program - Westcoast's ammended all-Canadian natural gas pipeline route to Vancouver and cities of the U.S. pacific coast; Stewart, B.C. - article with photos; Nice ads on covers include Finning, the Yukon Brewery Syndicate, Port Hope Garage Ltd., and The Charles Hotel; Dozens of nostalgic local ads, some with photos. Unmarked. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1900612 pages. Chronology of the Boxer Uprising. Glossary and key of Chinese terms. Black and white illustrations. "Containing a complete history of the Boxers; the Tai-Ping insurrection and massacres of the foreign ministers; manners, customs and peculiarities of the Chinese; oriental splendors; superstitions; secret societies; the opium habit; idol worship; industries; great cities; natural scenery; etc.... This great work contains full accounts of recent atrocities in China... Profusely illustrated with scenes in China and all objects of interest in that wonderful country." - from title page. Above-average wear and soiling. Hinges open. Partial lean to spine. Brown staining to lower corner of first ten leaves - text unaffected. A worthy copy of this chauvinistic work. Book
196032 pages. Cover photo of Crown Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko playing with their infant son, Prince Naruhito Hironomiya. Many great vintage ads for Japan's major manufacturers. Many photos. Articles include: Close U.S.-Japan Relations Important to Free World; Japan's Electronics Industry Helps Set World Pace in Price and Quality; American Cities Have 23 Sisters in Japan; Japan Leads the World in Shipbuilding; Japan's Dam Construction Expertise; Japan's National Parks; Japan one of the best U.S. customers; Five million TV sets in use - Radio vying for audience; Tokyo Metropolis; Japanese farmers achieve maximum crop on small plot, use new methods/chemicals; The Tea Ceremony and Flower Arrangement; Japanese Toys; Japanese Souvenirs. Average wear. Unmarked. An informative and interesting memento from the days before Japan's rise to prominence as a world manufacturing and banking power. Book
1921Black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Witherell Kidnapping case - Mrs. Gladys Witherell was kidnapped for several days - article with photos of victim and perpetrators; Bad Man Louis - a tale from what is now Glacier National Park in Montana; The Justice of the North - The North-West Mounted Police set out in search of two Eskimos - Sinnisiak and Uluksak - who killed Catholic priests in Canada's north; The Cowboys of the Camargue - a description of the life and cowboys of Frances's Camargue; Through Central America on Horseback - Part I - Eugene Cunningham describes his trip by horseback south from San Jose, Costa Rica - with photos; The Wreck of the "Angola" - the horrible tale of 42 days afloat between China and the Philippines; The River of Mystery - the largely unknown Orange River of South Africa; The Adventures of a Rolling Stone - VI - the author finds himself hired as a Montana ranch hand; Photo and brief writeup of Turkey farm of Mr. M.A. Stutsman in Barstow, California; Two Boys in the Foreign Legion - young men choose to escape from the French Foreign Legion in the African desert, pursued by Arabs; Photo and brief write-up of "The Joshua Tree", the world's largest Yucca tree in southern California; The Buried Cities of Asia Minor - II - investigating the cities of Carchemish and Jerablus, on the Euphrates; The Cowboy Outlaw - Kid Curry terrorized the western states; Odds and Ends - Hungarian barber and Egyptian fisherman at work; nice vintage ads. Average wear. Bits of external tape secure spine. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
194982 pages. Articles: Terror/Crime in Our Cities - No. 1 - Detroit; University of North Carolina Football Coach Carl Grey Snavely - article with nice color photos; The Schary Script - M-G-M's Dore Schary is one of the busiest men in Hollywood; Clowns after Hours - The Minneapolis Aquatennial festival and its Aqua Jesters; My 4-Year War with the Reds; (part 3 of 5); So You Had a Virus?; Down with the Little Things; I Hate a Dumpy Woman; A Good Clean-Cut American Boy; Owl, He Crow For Midnight; Champion of Sonora; Valley of the Tyrant (part 2 fo 4); A Game of Skill. Includes these nice vintage ads: General Electric tvs; Herbert Tareyton cigarettes - featuring colour image of Mrs. Herbert Bayard Swope, Jr.; B.V.D. shirts; Admiral tvs; Lord Calvert Whiskey ad features full-page color photo portrait of author James Michener; Dodge Trucks; Pabst beer ad features photo of Sid Luckman; Plymouth cars; Puerto Rican Rum; General Motors; Bicycle playing cards; Nice full-page color Schenley Whiskey ad features Ed Sullivan; Camel cigarette ad on back cover includes Vic Scott, Albany to New York out-board racing champ. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book