BRITISH COLUMBIA, and VANCOUVER ISLAND; Comprising a historical sketch of the British settlements in the North-West coast of America ... Compiled from Official and other Authentic Sources. by Hazlitt, William Carew - 1858

N. Y.: S.r. Publishers Limited / Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1966. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile Reprint. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Fine but for prev. owner address and label. Complete with folding map..

London: G. Routledge & Co. , 1858. Harback, lacking spine. viii, 247pp. Lacking map. Ex-library copy with usual library markings. Binding worn. Reading copy only. (an3). Hard Cover. Fair.

London, 1858.. viii,247pp. Folding frontispiece map. Half title. 16mo. Original color pictorial boards, backstrip neatly replaced. Tiny closed tear in map near mounting stub. Otherwise a very good, clean copy. Includes descriptions of the Gold Rush, which had begun the same year as the publication of this work and radically changed the character of the region, which had until that time been mainly a source of furs for the Hudson's Bay Company. Reprinted in the appendix is the act of Parliament dated Aug. 2, 1858, which called for a separate government for British Columbia. Hazlitt also treats the natives of the region and includes a brief Chinook vocabulary. He "[d]rew on primary sources - letters, and reports from the LONDON TIMES correspondent - for his description of the gold fever" (Streeter). TPL 3818 (lacking map). GAGNON I:1635. LANDE 1219. SABIN 31126. WAGNER-CAMP 300b. SMITH 4272. LOWTHER 73. STREETER 3411.

C.W. Irwin, Customs Broker, Toronto, 1897, Very Good Hardcover / no dustjacket, 200 pages, 4.5" x 6", light soiling to boards, otherwise tight and clean. Also includes Commercial Law of Ontario, Exchange tables for Franc, Mark, Florin and Tables for Metres into Yards, etc

By Olive A. Frederickson with Ben East. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. RARE. 1972 Crown Publishers Inc., NY. The Silence Of The North, The Incredible story of a woman's fight for survival in a merciless winter of the Canadian Wilderness during the 1940's. Adapted as a film in 1981 and directed by Allan King. VG/GOOD $5.95 unclipped dust jacket. USED. 5 ¾ X 8 ½. 209 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.

1994. Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; Front Cover Pulled From Removal of Pocket; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Front, Rear Covers Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled. SUB-TITLE: A Report. AUTHOR: the National Council of Welfare. Members of the National Council of Welfare: Ms. Claudette Arsenault Bradshaw, Moncton, New Brunswick; Ms. Lucie Blais, Sullivan, Quebec; Mr. Jon Buttrum, Hamilton, Ontario; Ms. Helen Margaret Finucane, Regina, Saskatchewan; Mr. Bruce Hardy, North Delta, British Columbia; Mr. J. Michael Miltenberger, Fort Smith, Northwest Territories; Mr. David S. Northcott, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Mr. Calvin A. White, Flat Bay, Newfoundland. Acting Director: Steve Kerstetter. Liaison Officer: Carole Lanthier Bayram. Publications Officer: Anna Kyle. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION; INCOME ASSISTANCE FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN; WELFARE AND SOCIAL SERVICES Fair and Reasonable Federal Funding; Reasonable Levels of Income Support; Eliminating Disincentives to Work; Expansion of Child… Read More

Picton, On: Corporation of the County of Prince Edward, 1994. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. John de Visser. pp: 454. FIRST EDITION. Bound in mid-brown cloth covered boards, gilt lettering on the spine. The book opens with a short history of the County, accompanied by maps and photographs. There are hundreds of photographs in the text covering homes, churches, businesses, and natural features. In addition, there are four section of full colour photographs. In almost all cases, property owner's are named. A very good copy with very light wear to the covers.

La Prairie, Que.: Marcel Broquet Publishing Co., 1988. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio. green cloth, gilt cover and spine letters, 210 pages,index, illustrated, many full color illlustrations, ports. dust jacket has signs of moisture stain at lower front corner and at foot of spine which does not involve book, sligh spine fade, book is bright, clean, tight copy, Size: Folio -(32cm) English version by Raymond Chamberlain..

Signed 1st Ed. w/DJ) WRACK AND RUNE: A PETER SHANDY MYSTERY BY FAMED CANADIAN AUTHOR CHARLOTTE MACLEOD. Publisher: Doubleday & Co., Garden City, NY, 1982. Used First printing SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by author on title page. Good Condition/ Good condition unclipped Dust Jacket, $10.95 original price. Will ship from United States.

016MacLeod, Charlotte. THE RECYCLED CITIZEN, by popular Canadian author Charlotte MacLeod. Mysterious Press ISBN 96187-2.1988. Published January 21, 1988. Softcover. Advance Uncorrected Proof. 199 numbered pages. Signed." The reigning queen of the whimsical whodunit brings back amateur sleuth Sarah Kelling and her art detective husband, Max Bittersohn, in this tasty mystery involving a black-tie charity auction, scandal, and more than one murder." Stated First Printing January, 1988. Number line 1090807060504030201 . Flat-Signed by the author on title page. Used VG Condition.

017MacleodPalace. THE PALACE GUARD, by popular Canadian author Charlotte MacLeod. ISBN 0385175337. Published 1981, by Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City NY. STATED FIRST EDITION. SIGNED WITH BLUE PEN BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. USED. VG/ VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. AUTHOR PHOTO ON BACK PANEL. Summary: " A Peacock screams. A dark something falls past them from the floor above. Serenity turns to pandemonium as the oldest guard sprawls dead among the hyacinths..." 5 ¾ X 8 ½. Will ship from Oregon.

SOMETHING THE CAT DRAGGED IN - A PETER SHANDY MYSTERY. SIGNED BY FAMED CANADIAN AUTHOR CHARLOTTE MACLEOD. Publisher: Doubleday & Co., Garden City, NY, 1983. Used First printing. Flat-signed by author on card affixed to title page. Dark-grey textured paper boards with light-grey imprinting on spine Price intact: $11.95. Good Condition/ Includes good condition unclipped $11.95 Blue and white dust jacket. Will ship from United States.

University Associates of Canada, Toronto, 1948, Near Fine Hardcovers / no dustjackets, 6 volume set, 7" x 9.5" x 10" of shelf, clean and tight copies. The 1948 edition includes the Newfoundland supplement edited by Robert H. Blackburn. Will quote on shipping.