VANCOUVER: FROM MILLTOWN TO METROPOLIS. by Morley, Alan - 1969

Vancouver: Mitchell Press, 1969. 241 pp, 9 1/8" H. B&w photographs, reproductions, maps. "This is the story of Hastings Mill and Moodyville days, of Gassy Jack and his Deighton House saloon, of John Morton, the brickmaker, Sam Greer and Sam Brighouse, of the Great Fire, of Van Horne, the railway builder, and so many of those whose names must be forever associated with a city grown in the span of a single lifetime from nothing to a world crossroads and metropolis. It is a saga of a truly Western Canadian city through years of high emprise and deep depression to modern times. In this cavalcade of builders the city is seen as the work of very human people who live again in these pages. It is an affectionate salute to the makers of today's amenities and to the greater city to come. Crease at top corner of page leaf 59/60, light bump at top/bottom of spine, faint browning to bottom of book, tiny dent at bottom edge of front board. Dust jacket has moderate edge wear/creasing with very small chips and tears, moderate rubbing with color loss, light staining/soiling on rear panel mow in a mylar sleeve.. Second Edition, revised and updated.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair.