Search Results: British Columbia from Dale Cournoyer Books

Victoria,B.C.: B.C.Historical Association. First Edition . Soft cover. Vg/No Jacket as Issued. Small 4to. 4 Volumes,various pagination up to 66 pages.Volume 2 has large pull-out photos.Light creasing to corners,some very light soiling to covers.Volume 3 has gift inscription to front cover from A.S.Deaville (known Canadian Postal Superitendant and author of a B.C. postal history published by the Provincial Archives in 1928) These volumes are the first four annual reports for the B.C.Historical Association (established Oct.1922) and were published in (vol.1) 1923,(vol.2) 1924.(vol.3) 1925,(vol.4) 1929. They preceed,and are related to,the "B.C.Historical Quarterly" magazine,established in 1937,and are rarely offered for sale complete in 4 volumes.

Nelson,B.C.: Nelson Midsummer Bonspiel Committee. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 5 pamphlets 4 X 9 inches. One leaf folded to make 4 pages. Entry forms & rules for Nelson's Midsummer Curling Championship for 1959 - 1962 - 1963 - 1967 - 1969. A huge event started in 1945 and people packed the venues for a week of sport and fun. Limited to 100 rinks; bring your own brooms, 2 nights of square dancing, picnics, free street breakfast and baby sitting services. Top shelf Kootenay ephemera.

Victoria, B.C.: Archives of British Columbia, 1926. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. 101 pgs. (many uncut) Illustrs. One folding. A hint of smudging on the front cover (see photo) Some typical light age toning to endpapers and a few pages. No names or marks in text. An excellent copy. Lowther, 1696.

Victoria,B.C.: University of Victoria, 1975. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. Heavy 4to. 446 pgs.bibliography.General index.Map endpapers.Gilt decorated blue cloth.The third volume of the Bibliography of B.C. An indispensible source for librarians,collectors and members of the book trade.

Victoria,B.C.: University of Victoria, 1968. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 324 pgs.2173 entries.Illustrated endpapers.Blue cloth. Fifty years of early provincial detail from the beginning of settlement on Vancouver Island. Includes brief biographies of many of the authors within the index.

Victoria,B.C.: Bureau of Provincial Information.Charles F.Banfield,Printer, 1925. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo. 32 pgs.b/w photo illustrs. Rusted stapled wraps. Light soiling and creases.(see photo) An immigration pamphlet outlining the great resources and opportunity for potential settlers. Highlighted are facts about the climate,geography,transportation & population, as well as general statistics of the day,natural resources,including tourism and investment opportunities.

London & Toronto: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1929. First Edition . Hardcover. Vg/No Jacket. 8vo. 212 pgs. b/w photos. Double page map. Travels through northern B.C. post WWI, with profiles of traders, trappers, native peoples, and pioneers. Great photos, gently used. Name to front endpaper.

Vancouver, B.C.: Kerr & Begg, 1890. First Edition . Cloth. Vg/No Jacket. Heavy 8vo. 326 pgs. 43 b/w portrait illustrs. Gilt decorated cloth faded around the edges with light wear to corners and smaller break in the cloth at the top of the back hinge. (see photos - not a serious flaw) All edges gilt. Sound binding.

London: Constable & Co., 1913. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. 175 pgs. b/w photo illustrs. 5 maps - one folded at end. Gently used in fading green cloth. No names or marks in text. A study of investment potential & immigration to British Columbia: farming, mining, forestry, real estate, history & politics. (Edwards & Lort 3487)

Victoria, B.C.: British Columbia Pioneer Reunion (B.C. Historical Association), 1924. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. String bound original wraps with colour illustration on front cover. 4 pages with illustrated borders; includes a programme of events,menu and programme of banquet held at the Empress Hotel, Song Sheet of 'sing-a-long' favorites (has been folded at one time), and a printed insert stating that the reunion is being held under the auspices of the British Columbia Historical Association also included.

Victoria, B.C.: British Columbia Department of Lands, Forest Service, 1915. First Edition . Soft cover. Vg/No Jacket. 8vo. 34 pgs. Diagrams. Farm Buildings Series, Bulletin No.5. Booklet published by the Govt. of British Columbia to promote the use of West Coast lumber in the construction of Farm Buildings. Includes building plans & materials list. Staples are a little rusted.

Vancouver & Victoria, B.C.: British Columbia Historical Association, 1913. First Edition - #349 of 350 Copies . Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Heavy 4to. Part I: 210 pages."a survey of events from the earliest times down to the Union of the Crown Colony of British Columbia with the Dominion of Canada." Part II: 226 pgs. "a history, mainly political and economic, of the Province since Confederation up to the present time." 284 portraits of individuals influential in the early history of the province (exploration, political, judicial, business etc) with captioned tissue gaurds.Signed by co-author R.E. Gosnell on the colophon page. Heavy volume bound in lightly scuffed and faded blue cloth with gilt titles and front cover design. Marbled endpapers.Text and plates are bright and fresh. A fine copy of a Provincial classic that will require additional shipping charges due to weight. Inquiries welcome. (Lowther 1607)

London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1914. First Edition . Hardcover. Vg/No Jacket. 12mo. xiii,137 pgs. and 24 pgs.publishers ads at end. b/w photos. Folding map at end with a 1 inch tear at the gutter. Paper over boards covers showing moderate wear around the edges & corners. (see photo) One of Fairford's more scarce titles; for the intending immigrant and investor, promoting British Columbia's natural resource wealth, industry and development, social conditions, climate, etc. (Smith 2966 - Edwards & Lort 1325)

Victoria, B.C.: British Columbia Department of Lands, Forest Service, 1915. First Edition . Soft cover. Vg/No Jacket. 8vo. 35 pgs. Diagrams. Farm Buildings Series, Bulletin No.7. Booklet published by the Govt. of British Columbia to promote the use of West Coast lumber in the construction of Farm Buildings. Includes building plans & materials list. Staples are a little rusted.

London: T.Fisher Unwin, 1917. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. 324 pgs. b/w photo illustrs. Folding map.T.e.g. Foxed edges,some foxing internally. Still a nice copy in a black half leather binding with a six panel gilt decorated spine & marbled endpapers. Evidence of a sticker removed from the front endpaper leaving paper loss scar. An account of travel and work by engineer Christian Galloway, a five year resident of B.C. before WWI. Travels on Vancouver Island, Prince Rupert, Queen Charlotte Islands, Peace River District, the Cariboo and Vancouver.

Victoria, B.C.: King's Printer, 1928. First Edition - Limited & Numbered . Cloth. Vg/No Jacket. 8vo. 210 pgs.b/w photo illustrs. Ltd.to 500 copies/#160. Covers a little smudged - no names or marks in text. Memoir number VIII of the B.C.Archives. Offers an excellent history of Colonial Vancouver Island and B.C. by tracing the story of the far West's Postal System.

Toronto: The Macmillan Co., 1934. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 123 pgs. Photo illustration frontis. Front endpapers with bookplate and name of previous owner.Text is unmarked. Intact dust jacket with typical age toning. An excellent copy and account of a year spent in Cassiar, a wild and sparsely settled district in British Columbia.

Trail, B.C.: Printed By the Trail Times Ltd, 1946. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. 32 pgs. b/w photos & sketch map. A scarce Kootenay, post war pamphlet that includes a brief history of the city, information for the tourist and a short section on Trail's contribution to the war effort. Edwards and Lort #3525. Hale & Barman, British Columbia Local Histories: A Bibliography #922.

Vancouver: Mitchell Press, 1968. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 145 pgs. Bibliography. b/w photos. Endpaper maps. A fine unmarked copy in dust jacket with fading along the spine. Also comes with a Mitchell Press book promotions pamphlet. The story of British Columbia's pioneer physicians on the North Pacific Coast and their earliest contacts with aboriginal cultures and traditional healing practices.

Victoria, B.C.: Archives of British Columbia, 1926. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. 126 pgs. (many uncut) Sepia toned illustrs. 2 Name stamps to front endpaper. An excellent, gently used copy. Lowther, 1690.