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1990xx, 467 pages. Extensively footnoted. List of scientific names of plant species discussed. Index. "Provides a comprehensive account of the most advanced scientific information available on the processes of forest stand dynamics, enabling you to predict local and regional forest growth and change, plan forest manipulations successfully, and plan for regional changes in forest structures, products, and demands." - from back cover. Prior owner's name stamped on half-title page, bottom and fore-edges, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Tight and square. A sound copy of this impressive reference. Book
1986xvi, 407 pages. Index. Bibliography. "A history of the forests and their components, beginning with the recession of the last ice age and continuing to 1982. Briefly describes the history of people in their relationship with forests, and of the forest industries, transportation, forest legislation, and forestry organizations." - from Preface. Very clean, bright and unmarked with slight wear. An excellent copy. Book
1994220 pages. Index. Addresses these topics: Slope movement processes and characteristics; An office/field technique for recognizing landslide-prone terrain; Measure to manage unstable terrain during forestry activities; Road deactivation and revegegation of unstable terrain. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A nice copy. Book
1965Approximately 290 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Features: Robert B. Kennedy - Pine Logger; Prince George - white spruce capital of the world; Forest Road Traffic; Founding of the Pacific Logging Congress; Don't Underestimate Powder (explosives); Efficient Engine Air Cleaners are a Must; The Loggers Role in Forest Insect Control; Providing Redwoods for Parks and Recreation; Day Rate Falling and Bucking; Freak Douglas Fir - article and photo of natural graft in 1930 south of Gunter in Douglas County, Oregon; What's New in Logging Equipment; and much more. Includes many interesting equipment ads, some in color. Front free endpaper removed. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Binding tight. A sound copy. Book
2003v, [1], 1039 pages. Index. References. "Offers many case studies, conclusions, and recommendations regarding progress towards sustainable forest management." - from Acknowledgements. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. A superb copy. Book
194394 pages. Black and white illustrations in text. "A second book of verse concerning the trials and tribulations, lives and ways of the loggers living and working in the Great Northwest of America." - subtitle. Small 'Compliments of..." bookplate upon front free endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. Bound in forest green buckram without dust jacket. Binding tight. A quality vintage copy. Edwards & Lort 3430. Lowther 1829. Book
1976153 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Prior owner's name stamped on front cover and bottom edge. A sound copy. Book
200082 pages. Features: Animal Outings - Nonreproductive sexual behaviour has been widely observed throughout the animal kingdom... Researchers are only beginning to ask why; Child Support - A Canadian initiative to aid Thai street children; Blue-Collar Canines - Some dogs live to work... it's a family trait; Salmon Trees - a researcher's finding that trees and animals depend on salmon as much as people do has far-reaching implications for British Columbia's forestry and fisheries policies. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
193777 pages. List of literature cited. "An analysis of the changes in habitat factors on two plots thinned at different degrees in 1925 and an unthinned check. Remeasurement of the plots in 1929 and 1934, together with an analysis of sample trees in 1934, serves as a basis for a study of changes in rate of growth due to thinning." - page 71. Former library copy with usual markings. Overlaid by sturdy library boards. Stapled textblock loose but present. A worthy reference copy. Book
1988xxxii, 336 pages. Footnotes. Index. Twenty pages of black and white reproductions of photos. "In this far-ranging study, Ian Radforth charts the course of the transition of Ontario's twentieth-century logging industry and the response of its workers to the changes - from the rough-and-ready days of the primitive camp bunkhouse to the development of a highly mechanized and closely managed industry." - half-title page and back cover. Prior owner's name atop first leaf. Moderate quantity of markings to contents. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this fascinating history. Book
1973cv, 307 pages. Index. Bibliography. Black and white plates. Fold-out map. Map endpapers. Hand-numbered copy #29 of limited printing of 825 copies. Some pages uncut. Binding intact. Somewhat above-average wear to red boards. Relatively few library markings. A sound reference copy. [Bishop p.1049] Book
198632 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Whistle Punk was a quarterly which provided informative and entertaining articles on the history of the British Columbia forest industry. Features include: Guardians in the Sky - the role of aircraft in forestry work in the 1920s lost its appeal for want of newer and more reliable machines; The One-Armed Whistle Punk - Dave Kydd; A Gyppo Logger's Wife - Val Galbraith started her married life by moving to a gyppo float camp; Olof 'Tie" Hanson - Timber King of Northwestern B.C.; Industrial Timber Mills - they survived the Depression, prospered, then became part of a giant; Leonard Frank - Photographer. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
1969116 pages. Glossary. Wonderfully illustrated with colour and black and white photos. Printed on glossy stock. Contents include: Non-Infectious Diseases; Infectious Diseases - Root and Butt Rots, Dwarf Mistletoes, Stem Diseases - Sap Rots, Needle Blights and Casts of Coniferous Trees, Foliage Diseases of Broadleaved Trees, etc. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding tender but intact. A worthy reference copy. Book
1963137 pages. Index. Colour-photo plates. Name inside front cover, otherwise unmarked. Above-average external soiling and wear. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy of this handy and informative reference. Book
1916265 pages. Index. Illustrated in color and black and white from photographs. Reprint of the 1914 first edition. Oblong 3.25" x 5.5". Unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this informative vintage pocket-sized guide. Book
1930X [ads], 363-464 pages. Profusely illustrated with wonderful black and white photos. Features: Colour reproductions of paintings by F.H. Brigden and Charles W. Simpson; Northern Rivers; Unto the Hills; Green Gold - Canada's wealth of forests, including many photos of 1930s logging techniques/technology; Colonization in Quebec - article with many photos; Roof of the World - a photo-illustrated journey to the fascinating Indian city of Simla, by B.G. Radley; Where B.C. Ends - Stewart B.C. and the Portland Canal - article with many great photos; New Books; Glorious nostalgic Canadian ads. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue. Book
1990213 pages. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Printed upon glossy stock. The 43 chapters include such topics as Early Port San Juan, Jordan River - Logging with Rail; Sooke and Otter Districts, WWI; The Depression Years; Boyd & Garrison; Seaton, Peatt & Eve, Munns; Butlers, CIP Inc.; Silviculture; and much more. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A lovely copy. Book
1937184 pages. Black and white diagrams and photographic plates. Map endpapers. Gilt lettering upon red cloth. Authors kept a log while trekking the wilds of Alaska to study the forests and forest diseases of the state. They experienced "a big country of mountains, timber, game, salmon rivers, and glaciers, The pleasure derived from this simple account was so great that we decided to allow others to share it with us. It is our wish that you may tramp, eat, and camp with our party each day." - Preface. No dust jacket, apparently as issued. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. TOURVILLE 432. Book
1991xiii, [1], 129 pages. Footnotes. Glossary. Index. Maps. Many reproductions of archival black and white photos in text. Colour frontispiece illustration depicts logging equipment on shore of Loch Ness. "Covers the experiences of the thirty companies of the CFC from their mobilization across Canada to their operations throughout the Scottish Highlands and ultimate return to Canada." - back cover. Former library copy with usual markings. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this informative Canadian military history. Cooke [3e] p.278. Book
1974Full title: A Hundred Years A-Fellin': Some Passages from the Timber Saga of the Ottawa in the Century in Which the Gillies have Been Cutting in the Valley 1842-1942. xiv, [2], 172 pages. References. Sepia-tone reproductions of archival photos. Many illustrations in text. Fold-out colour map. List of illustrations. Map endpapers of the Ottawa Valley Watershed. Handsomely decorated forest green cloth-covered boards lettered in silver. A slightly modified reprint of the 1943 first edition. Documents one hundred years of history of Gillies Brothers, Limited - lumber manufacturers. Book as new. Appears unread. Moderate wear to photo-illustrated dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A nice copy. Bishop p.111. Book
1976201 pages. Black and white reproductions of photos. "This is the unusual story of what happened when an unconventional genius, Dr. Alexander Kasser, came to Northern Manitoba in 1965 in response to an ad for someone to take on the challenge of establishing a viable pulp and paper complex in Northern Manitoba." - page 1. At the time of publication Dr. Kasser was in Austria fighting extradition to Canada for his allegedly criminal conduct in financing this work. "This sweet and sour story of the CFI (Churchill Forest Industries) mill at The Pas has been recorded by 1975 both as a success and as a scandal." - page 1. After millions of dollars in losses over many years the mill was finally closed for good in 2016. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. An excellent copy. Book
1943xiv, 159, [7] pages. Index. Black and white reproductions of photos. Numerous detailed diagrams. Pocket inside back board contains a booklet of six 12 x 9" engineering drawings of sleigh designs. "Provides a description of conventional ways of pulpwood hauling in Eastern Canada from planning and road construction to placement of wood on landings. Analyses these parameters from the efficiency standpoint. Several hundred recommendations are contained on sound practices to be followed and the faults to be avoided." - Introduction. A deadly serious exposition on how pulpwood could be most efficiently moved by horse and sleigh back in the day. Ink stamp inside front board. Hinges open. Average wear to publisher's pale green cloth-covered boards. 25 x 17 cm. A worthy copy of this fascinating investigation which is sure to make those fortunate enough to benefit from today's heavy-duty logging equipment appreciate how far their technology has advanced over the intervening decades. Book
2002Signed and inscribed by author upon front free endpaper. xi, [1], 236 pages. Generously illustrated with quality black and white reproductions of archival photos and documents, supplemented with recent colour photos. Book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Light wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Author's business card laid-in. A high quality copy of this fascinating and informative Canadian business success story and family history. Book
1925Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Jogi's Curse - An Indian government official is cursed by a wondering jogi (priest) and the prophecy is tragically fulfilled; An Underground Wonderland - Fantastic photo-illustrated article on the Carlsbad Cavern of New Mexico; Adrift in the China Seas - Sent off to fetch help for their crippled steamer, H.W. Millard, G. Grant Simmons and their companions are blown off course and suffer an eight-day ordeal; "Watu Wa Miti" - R. St. Barbe Baker founded the "Men of the Trees" in Equatorial Africa to preserve trees which were continually being burned to secure land for cultivation - with photos; The Man Who Wanted a Change - A factory hand seeking escape travels to the South Seas, only to return sadder and wiser; Two Years in Borneo - Part I - Oscar Cook spent eight years there, the last two of which were quite strenuous - with photos; "The Man With the Buried Head" - photo of alms-seekers in India; The Promotion of Private Smith - The inside facts of an affair involving Private Smith, a young soldier in the American Army, stationed in the Philippines; The Last of the Bushrangers - Mrs. Mary J. Nichols reflects on the old pioneer days in Tasmania and the 'sticking-up' of an isolated station by the last gang of bushrangers that operated in the island - with photos; Forbidden Nepal - Hugh Walter had unusual opportunities to visit this closed state and provides interesting glimpses of the manners, customs, and principal religious festivals of the Nepalese - with photos; White Man's Magic - While exploring the interior of New Zealand the author and his companion fell afoul of a rascally Maori tohunga, or medicine man; Where Cannibals Roam - Part II - An eventful journey into the unknown interior of Papua, with photos; "Old Peter" - C.N.C. Hayter, formerly of the Royal North-West Mounted Police, describes instances of 'second sight' he witnessed among Eskimos, thus providing independent corroboration of a story about apparent Eskimo telepathy in this publication a few months ago; What Happened to Spott - A funny story about a miserly old South African storekeeper and a black mamba snake; The World's Largest Goldfish Farm - founded by Eugene Shireman of Martinsville, Indiana - with photo. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue. Book
2010105 pages. Generously illustrated with reproductions of colour and black and white photos. The fascinating autobiography of Frank Barnard who, after serving in WWII, returned to Canada and went on to a successful business career in the tree seed business. Clean and unmarked with negligible wear. Gift quality. Book
