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Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 1988. 248 pp, 9 1/4" H. Map endpapers, b&w photographs. The "incredible story of how an itinerant radio repairman accidentally started Queen Charlotte Airlines, Canada's largest bush flying outfit." Minor toning to the edges of the text block. Dust jaket has minor browning at the top inside edge.. Not Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Illus. by A.J. Spilsbury, dust jacket art..
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THE ACCIDENTAL AIRLINE: SPILSBURY'S QCA.
by White, Howard and Spilsbury, Jim.
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ADDRESSES DELIVERED BEFORE THE CANADIAN CLUB OF TORONTO. SEASON 1908-09. (PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN CLUB, TORONTO FOR THE YEAR 1908-1909). VOLUME VI.
by Northcliffe, Lord; Milner, Viscount; Fernow, B.E., Prof.; James, C.C.; Leonard, J.A., Dr.; Spence, F.S.; Muensterberg, Hugh, Prof.; Miller, W.G., Prof.; Sexton, Frederick H., Dr.; Lawrence, Fred S.; Knight, J.P.; Whitney, James P., Sir; et al.
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Toronto: Warwick Bro's and Rutter, 1909. 153 pp, 8 5/8" H. Contents: Our Business Partner, John Bull; The Imperial Question; The Truth as to the Timber Situation; The Agricultural Problems of Ontario; The Reformatory Idea; Some Suggestions as to Toronto's Street Railway Problem; Moral Bi-Metallism; The Right and Wrong of the Prohibition Movement; The Mineral Resources of Canada; The License Reduction Question; The need of a National System of Technical Education; The Resources of the Peace River District; The Origin and Mechanism of the Clearing House; The Canadian Club and its Influence on the Future of Canada; Canadian Agriculture as applied to Wheat Growing; The Work of the Waterways Commission; Aerial Navigation; British Columbia; Good Roads and Transportation; Canada's Relation to the Empire; The Canadian Civil Service; The Political Unrest in India; The Public Library as an Educational Institution; Imperial Defence; Secretary's Annual Report. Interior - very light…
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ANGELS OF DEATH: INSIDE THE BIKERS' GLOBAL CRIME EMPIRE.
by Marsden, William and Sher, Julian.
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Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2006. 464 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). B&w photographs. "While the media has continued to toast the world's most famous Hells Angel, Sonny Barger, as an American legend, the facts tell another story - the Hells Angels are America's major crime export. (The authors) investigate how - with an estimated 2,500 full-patch members in twenty-five countries, including the UK, Australia and Holland - the Hells Angels have inspired a global sub-culture of biker gangs that are among the most feared and violent underworld players. 'Angels of Death' takes readers to Arizona, Nevada and California, inside the biggest American police undercover operation to infiltrate the bikers; to British Columbia, where wealthy bikers dominate the organized crime pyramid; to Australia, where the 'bikies' shoot it out with police; to Curacao, where terrorist organizations funnel drugs to Dutch bikers; and to the streets of Oslo, Copenhagen and Helsinki, where a murderous…
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AROUND THE SOUND: A HISTORY OF HOWE SOUND-WHISTLER.
by Armitage, Doreen.
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Madeira Park, BC: Harbour, 1997. 240 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w photographs, maps. "From Horseshoe Bay to Whistler and the islands and communities of Howe Sound, (this book) traces the area's rich and exciting history. Told in the voices of the people who call the area home, this anecdote-filled book tells of the first peoples, the early European explorers, the bustling gold rush trade, and the newcomers who settled to farm the fertile valley bottoms, log the fir and cedar forests, harvest the ocean's bounty, mine the region's deep veins of copper, and transform the area into the year-round outdoor recreation mecca it is today." Review copy stamp at the bottom of the half-title page, light wrinkling at the bottom of the spine. Dust jacket has minor edge wear/wrinkling - mainly at the bottom of the spine.. Not Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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BEYOND THE BLUE MOUNTAINS: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
by Woodcock, George.
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Markham, Ontario: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1987. 300 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). This, the second volume of George Woodcock's autobiography, "deals with the period between 1949 and 1977. (It) details Woodcock's life in the British Columbia bush, his close and longstanding relationship with the Doukhobors, his battles with US immigration officials. We learn of the founding of the influential 'Canadian Literature' review, and we follow Mr. Woodcock on his extended and beautifully-described tours of India and the South Seas. George Woodcock is not only a revered literary critic. He is also a gifted and witty raconteur. (This book) allows us further insights into the life of this fascinating man." ***Pages 268/9 were not printed/published - they concluded a chapter on a controversy concerning a libel suit brought by Margaret Atwood against "a young writer called Wigle, in which (she) was unflatteringly introduced as a character drawn from real life."***…
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BEYOND THE BLUE MOUNTAINS: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
by Woodcock, George.
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Markham, Ontario: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1987. 300 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). This, the second volume of George Woodcock's autobiography, "deals with the period between 1949 and 1977. (It) details Woodcock's life in the British Columbia bush, his close and longstanding relationship with the Doukhobors, his battles with US immigration officials. We learn of the founding of the influential 'Canadian Literature' review, and we follow Mr. Woodcock on his extended and beautifully-described tours of India and the South Seas. George Woodcock is not only a revered literary critic. He is also a gifted and witty raconteur. (This book) allows us further insights into the life of this fascinating man." ***Pages 268/9 were not printed/published - they concluded a chapter on a controversy concerning a libel suit brought by Margaret Atwood against "a young writer called Wigle, in which (she) was unflatteringly introduced as a character drawn from real life."***…
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BRITISH COLUMBIA IN BOOKS: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY.
by Cuddy, Mary Lou and Scott, James J.
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Vancouver: J.J. Douglas, 1974. 144 pp, 11" H. B&w illustrations. Errata slip tipped in at Contents page. "An immense body of writing exists about the province of British Columbia, but it is scattered and often difficult if not impossible to locate. To codify it all into a single, useful bibliography, (the compilers) began this 'labour of love'. Here is their finished compilation; but far from being a cold, factual listing of titles, it is an informal, pleasantly readable, annotated bibliography of books and pamphlets currently in print (as at 1973). The close to 1,000 entries are arranged alphabetically by author and supplemented with a title and selected subject index." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very light edge wear, light wear at top/bottom of spine, three small minor corner creases, small soft edge crease on the rear cover, light crease on the spine.. Not Signed. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.
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CAMP VERNON: A CENTURY OF CANADIAN MILITARY HISTORY.
by Rayment, Hugh & Sherlock, Patrick. Foreword By Pierre Berton.
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Vernon, B.C.: Kettle Valley, 2003. 524 pp, 10 1/4" H. B&w photographs, reproductions. Camp Vernon officially celebrated "its Centennial as an army training camp in 2008. However, historical records indicate that discussions for its formation and actual military training activities began as early as 1896. This is a book of historical events and the personal stories of people training for war. You will find these men and women to be ordinary people, foot soldiers, who lived, trained and fought and, often died for freedoms we enjoy today. Open the door to an exciting part of Canadian Military History, a journey that will take you from soldiers on horseback to warriors in massive tanks bent on terrible destruction. Read onward, to the peacetime days of Cadets, the Reserve Army and a still active institution useful daily to its founding community, always at the ready for ever imminent war in today's fragile international political environment." Chapter headings: The Early Times,…
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THE CANADIAN COWBOY: STORIES OF COWS, COWBOYS, AND CAYUSES.
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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1994. 287 pp, 9" H. B&w illustrations. "This is the history of a rare and tough breed, the Canadian cowboy. Concentrating on Alberta, but with a tip of the ten-gallon hat to the ranching country in Saskatchewan and British Columbia, the author pays tribute to the hardy pioneers who founded the ranching way of life in Mexico, then brought it north through Texas and across the plains to Canada." Contents: Trailing Herds North and West; Saddles and the Men Who Rode Them; The Development of Cowboy Costume; Cowboys and the Buffalo; The Last of the Free Range; Life in Cow Country; Saskatchewan Campfires; British Columbia Cow Country; Trails of a Young Cowboy; Tough Times; The Unknown Quantity; Some Hazards of the Game; George and Frenchy; Cows, Cayuses, and Dudes; In Retrospect; Epilogue - The Wall-Eyed Stud. Interior - a few scattered light ink marks on the last (blank) page, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior -…
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DEEP CURRENTS: RODERICK AND ANN HAIG-BROWN.
by Haig-Brown, Valerie. Foreword by Steve Raymond.
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Victoria, B.C.: Orca, 1997. 215 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w photographs. "Roderick Haig-Brown's fame as a writer, a conservationist and judge made him a widely recognized public figure. His books on fly fishing brough him an international reputation and visitors from all over the world. His wife Ann shared in many aspects of Roderick's public life, while also establishing her own more local, but nonetheless significant, reputation as an inspirational librarian and teacher, and a community activist. Now their eldest daugher Valerie has written an intimate biography of her parents that reveals the private lives behind the public figures - their intense devotion to each other, their mutual love of books, the daily delights and frustrations of life on a small farm while juggling careers of writing, teaching, judging and raising four children. Much of the book is based on private correspondence between Ann and Roderick, both before and during their marriage, as well as Roderick's early…
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DIVIDING THE WEST COAST TRAIL
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Oakville, Ontario: Chamborg Holdings, 2003. 143 pp, 8 1/2" H. Monotone drawings. In their mid-fifties, the author and his wife decide to hike B.C.'s challenging West Coast Trail. This is the story of their adventure. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light edge wear, slight bump at bottom edge of front cover - migrates into first few pages, small soft creases at bottom corner of rear cover, very light rubbing.. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Morrison, Don..
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THE DOMINION OF CANADA WITH NEWFOUNDLAND AND AN EXCURSION TO ALASKA. HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS. FOURTH REVISED AND AUGMENTED EDITION. (BAEDEKER'S CANADA.)
by Baedeker, Karl.
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Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1922. 420 pp, 6 1/4" H, red cloth over card covers, gilt titling on spine and front board, blind stamping to spine and covers, text block edges marbled, two ribbon book marks. 14 maps (some fold-out) and 12 plans (all present). The fourth and final edition. A paper label pasted on the title page gives addresses for George Allen & Unwin and Chas. Scribner's Sons. The introductory section includes a "Geographical and Geological Sketch" by G.M. Dawson and "Sports and Pastimes", by E.T.D. Chambers and W.H. Fuller. The following sections (routes) comprise: Approaches to Canada; New Brunswick; Nova Scotia; Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland; Quebec; Ontario; Western and North-Western Provinces; Alaska and the Yukon. Information on rail, steamer and coach routes, hotels, restaurants, local history, etc. A previous owner's green ink notation on the front pastedown text and notes in pencil on the rear endpapers, small bookstore label on the…
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THE DOMINION OF CANADA WITH NEWFOUNDLAND AND AN EXCURSION TO ALASKA. HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS. (BAEDEKER'S CANADA.) FIRST EDITION.
by Baedeker, Karl.
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Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1894. 254 pp, 6 1/4" H, red cloth over card covers, gilt titling on spine and front board, blind stamping to spine and covers, text block edges marbled. 10 maps (some fold-out) and 7 plans (all present, although the map listed as at page 33 is actually at page 60, opposite the appropriate text). The introductory section includes a "Geographical and Geological Sketch" by G.M. Dawson and "Sports and Pastimes", by E.T.D. Chambers and W.H. Fuller. The routes follow, comprising the trans-Atlantic routes, travel from New York, Boston and Portland, then internal excursions and journeys through the provinces and up to Alaska. Information on rail, steamer and coach routes, hotels, restaurants, local history, etc. The inside front hinge has lightly separated from the binding but is holding well, the front free endpaper has been archivally taped at the gutter, an edge tear on the front free endpaper and the first map have been archivally taped, the first map has…
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THE DOMINION OF CANADA WITH NEWFOUNDLAND AND AN EXCURSION TO ALASKA. HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS. THIRD REVISED AND AUGMENTED EDITION. (BAEDEKER'S CANADA.)
by Baedeker, Karl. (With Sir J.G. Bourinot, G.M. Dawson, E.T.D. Chambers and W.H. Fuller.)
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Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1907. 331 pp, 6 5/16" H, red cloth over card covers, gilt titling on spine and front board, blind stamping to spine and covers, text block edges marbled, two ribbon book marks. 13 maps (some fold-out) and 12 plans (all present). The introductory section includes: "The Constitution of Canada" by Sir J.G. Bourinot; "Geographical and Geological Sketch" by G.M. Dawson and "Sports and Pastimes", by E.T.D. Chambers and W.H. Fuller. The following sections (routes) comprise: Approaches to Canada; New Brunswick; Nova Scotia; Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland; Quebec; Ontario; Western and North-Western Provinces; Alaska and the Yukon. Information on rail, steamer and coach routes, hotels, restaurants, local history, etc. Interior - a 2" split in the paper of the front inside hinge; three previous owner's names and dates on the half-title page - one in pencil, one in ired ink and one as a stamp; a faint red ink number at the top corner of…
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GOD'S GALLOPING GIRL: THE PEACE RIVER DIARIES OF MONICA STORRS, 1929-1931.
by Morton, W.L., edited and with introduction by. Assisted by Vera K. Fast. Preface (and based on materials provided by) R.D. Symons. (Monica Storrs.)
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Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1984. 307 pp, 8vo (9" H). B&w photographs, drawing, map. "What brough Monica Storrs to embark on a wilderness life in the depressed thirties amidst the hardships of B.C.'s Peace River country - the last North American frontier? A refined woman of 41, the delicately reared daughter of the dean of Rochester Cathedral, she was following a family tradition in seeking missionary work in rough and alien surroundings. Her mission was the settlers and the frontier. She came to teach Sunday School and the traditions of guiding and scouting to tough, work-hardened country children. She rode horseback to bring the gospel to the families of isolated farmers and trappers. She welcomed the poor and hungry to her home - both the god-fearing and the godless. And she was, for the most part, welcome in theirs. Overcoming early fears of failure and rejection, she learned to subdue the prejudices of her moral and social upbringing and at last won…
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HABITAT. VOLUME X, NUMBERS 3-6. CENTENNIAL ISSUE.
by Lester B. Pearson, Hugh MacLennan, Leslie Roberts, Raymond Souster, A.W. Purdy, Marjorie Freeman Campbell, Clare Bice, Grant MacEwen, J.G. MacGregor, Ethel Wilson, Eric Nicol, Harry Boyle, John G. Diefenbaker, Harold Horwood, Alain Grandbois, et al.
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Ottawa: Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 1967. 180 pp, 11" H. B&w photographs, reproductions. A look at Canada's cities in its Centennial year. Contents include: St. John's by Harold Horwood; Charlottetown by Frank MacKinnon; Halifax by Hugh MacLennan, Fredericton by Esther Clark Wright; Charme de Quebec by Gerard Morisset; Trois-Rivieres by Mgr Albert Tessier; Montreal by Alain Grandbois; Westmount by Leslie Roberts; My Two Torontos by Raymond Souster; Hamilton by Marjorie Freeman Campbell; London by Clare Bice; North Bay by Leonard J. Parker; Winnipeg by Christopher Dafoe, Prince Albert by John G. Diefenbaker; Calgary by Grant MacEwen, Peace River by J.G. MacGregor; Young Vancouver by Ethel Wilson; Victoria by Eric Nicol; Prince George by Terry Hammond, Whitehorse by Harry Boyle; etc. Interior - light toning to the edges of the pages, soft bump to the bottom corner of approx. the first half of the pages, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior…
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HUDSON'S BAY TO HARO STRAIT: BOOKS ON WESTERN CANADA AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. A COLLECTORS' GUIDE.
by Whale, G.J. Kim. Signed.
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Victoria, British Columbia: Rockland Books, 1998. 316 pp + Index, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). No. 186 of the first edition of 500 copies. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. "(T)he boundaries of the guide are reasonably flexible. If a book contains significant Western or Western Arctic material, it will be included. The geographic reach embraces all the past and present territory of Western and Arctic Canada, all that was once Rupert's Land as well as those areas where histories have intermingled. For example, the great gold rushes of Alaska and the Klondike are strongly linked, and that's reflected in the accounts dealing with those events. I don't think I've missed many of the West's important books, but allow me the occasional oversight. The listings of the books have been made as clear and simple as possible, with a minimum of bibliographic description; enough ony to provide a sense of the size, shape and format of the book and a rough guide to the…
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LEANING INTO THE WIND: MEMOIRS OF AN IMMIGRANT PRAIRIE FARM BOY.
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Bloomington, Indiana: 1st Books , 2004. 309 pp, large 8vo (9" H). Signed by author on title page. B&w photographs. "This is a humorous story about an awkward runt - a misfit growing up on a farm on the western prairies during a time when there were few radios and no electricity or plumbing. It tells about a boy in a large poverty-stricken family coming of age and making his way into the workforce. (It) gives the reader vivid insights into farm life during the nineteen thirties and forties. The reader will also experience life in the rugged logging, mining and construction camps. Here you will meet some extraordinary characters the author toiled and drank with - a special breed of men who not only worked hard, but played hard. Underground mining was hazardous, but more of these men were killed at the wheels of their cars, than down the mines. The author also tried sales - first vacuum cleaners door to door and later real estate. During his earlier years he used up nine lives, as…
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LEGENDS OF VANCOUVER
by Johnson, E. Pauline. (Tekahionwake.) Introduction by Theodore Watts-Dunton.
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Vancouver: Midtown Press, 2014. 136 pp, 8 1/2" H. B&w illustrations - photographs, drawings. "(P)ays tribute to Pauline Johnson's contribution to Vancouver's cultural heritage and her enduring legacy of sharing some of Canada's rich background of mythological stories. This collection of stories as told to Johnson by Squamish Chief Joe Capilano, represents one of her lasting achievements of cultural preservation. Before her arrival on the West Coast, she was a proponent of Mohawk culture on stage and in her writings. She retired from the stage but continued to tell stories. The Vancouver legends were published separately at first and later as a book. We can still hear Johnson's joy in discovering the area's beauty and culture, most particularly the legends. The reader shares Johnson's wonder and celebrates her more than 100 year old writings. This is also a portrait of a very young Vancouver with its much loved Stanley Park, its rough and tumble gold diggers and…
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LETTERS FROM THE 49TH PARALLEL, 1857-1873: SELECTED CORRESPONDENCE OF JOSEPH HARRIS AND SAMUEL ANDERSON.
by Harris, Joseph and Anderson, Samuel. Edited and with introduction by C. Ian Jackson, technical appendix by Louis M. Sebert.
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780969342588
- ISBN 10
- 0969342586
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- 1
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Oakville, Ontario, Canada
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Toronto: Champlain Society, 2000. 477 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H) - bright red cloth with gold lettering and emblem on spine. One of an limited edition of 820 copies - this copy unnumbered. B&w photographs, maps, figures. Selected letters of Joseph Harris (serving the U.S. government) and Samuel Anderson (serving the British government) during the Boundary Survey from Point Roberts to the Rockies (1857-62) and from the Lake of the Woods to the Rockies (1872-74). Interior - two tiny corner creases, tiny crease at top edge of pages 290-360, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - two tiny faint marks on fore-edge of textblock.. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.
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