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London: His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1943. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 144 pages. The official story of air operations in the middle east, from February 1942 to January 1943. Many excellent black and white photos plus informative text. Above-average wear. Covers detached but present. A worthy reference copy..

Toronto: University of Toronto Press / Glenbow-Alberta Institute, 1944. Book. Good. Hardcover. Revised. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 418 pages. Numerous black and white photographic plates. Includes list of recipients of Orders, Decorations and Medals. Roll of Honour (new to this revised edition). Glossary. Index. "... Presents a picture of individual gallantry and cool courage comparable only to the finest tales of ancient chivalry, and destined inevitably to a permanent and glorious niche in the annals of Canada." - dust jacket. Prior owner's details inside front board covered by blank white label, otherwise book clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Cooke [3e] p.322..

St Johns, Newfoundland, Canada: St. John's Committee on Canadian Labour History, 1989. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 438 pages. Index. A compillation of R.C.M.P. Intelligence Bulletins issued in the critial period between 23 October, 1939 through 24 December, 1941. Major concerns of the day included: Potential enemy aliens in Canada; Espionage suspects; Fascists; Nazis; Ukrainian Nationalists sympathetic toward the Hitler regime; Communist agitators; The Communist Party. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. A worthy copy of this intriguing and important reference..

Great Britain: Furness Warren Line, 1958. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Your mouth will be watering after you read the details of this feast for a king! Approx. 9" x 7" four-panel folded menu. This sailing was commanded by C.H. Kenyon. Signed on back panel autograph section, apparently by the (Tourist?) Chief Steward, Bill Johnston. Average wear and soiling. A nice memento of this famous vessel..

Toronto, Ontario: R. Maresch & Son, 2000. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 128 pages. Many pages of high-quality colour plates. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy of this beautiful catalogue..

Canada: Wilfred Laurier University Press, 1989. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pages 113-335. Numerous black and white plates. "Contains articles on works in the collections of the Canadian Centre for Architecture... Sheds new light on the careers of the designer and publisher Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau (1520-86), and architects Louis-Pierre Baltard (1764-1846), Jean-Baptiste Rondelet (1743-1829), Ernest Cormier (1885-1980), Lloyd Wright (1890-1978), Le Corbusier (1887-1965), and the photographer Alexander Henderson (1831-1913)." - from title page. Text in English and French. Bits of soiling to back cover otherwise clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy..

Canada: The Universities Art Association of Canada, 2004. Book. Fine. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 110 pages. Features: Art History Inside and Outside the University; George Turnbull and Art History at Scottish Universities in the Eighteenth Century; Art, History and Discipline in the Eighteenth-Century German University; Engering Art History in the Mid-Nineteenth Century - Felicie d'Aayzac; Anna Jameson and the Legacy of Mme de Stael; L'Institutionnalisation de l'histoire de l'art en France au XIX siecle; The Academn, the Market and the Art Museums in the Repositioning of Australian Aboriginal Art; New Art Histories - Severing the Incestuous Relation Between the Discipline and the Museum. Bilingual English/French. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A nice copy..

Montreal: RCA Victor Company, Limited - Service Division, 1940. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 272 pages. Many wiring diagrams and black and white photos of the products discussed. Contents include: Model Number Index for 1939-1940, and the following service notes: A.C. Models; Radio Phonograph Models; AC-DC Models; Battery Operated Models; Automobile Receivers; Record Players and Changers. Unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear to maroon cloth-covered boards. Front hinge starting. Back hinge mostly open. A worthy copy of this excellent vintage reference..

Ottawa: RCHA History Committee. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 0969088116 . [iii]-x, 303 pp. Many black and white reproductions of archival photos. Name Index. General Index. Extensive footnotes. "Among the regular Armed Forces of Canada the RCHA has the oldest roots; this book spans its history from the establishment of 'A' and 'B' batteries at Kingston and Quebec in 1871 to the present. The editors have unearthed diaries and photo albums, combed official dispatches, and interviewed scores of veterans to present the rich and dramatic story of the RCHA in peace and war. This chronicle is fully documented, along with over 175 photos and 24 maps and sketches. The appendices include Honour Rolls, lists of decorations won, some artillery songs, and a full roll of all who served the guns of the RCHA in France and Belgium during 1915-18." - dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Above-average wear to dust jacket… Read More

Canada: RCMP, 1985. Book. Very Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 84 pages. Features: Noble Service - John Eric Smaridge; The Early Years of Depot, Regina, Saskatchewan; 100 Years of Training - Depot Division; Military Police at War - The No. 2 Provost Company, Canadian Provost Corps in England and France 1942-1945; CSIS Badge; Jetranger (Bell Helicopter) - a Valuable Asset in Law Enforcement Operations; RCMP History Preserved in Oils; Andrew Cruickshank and the Queen of the Yukon; RCMP Depot Division Graduates; Divisional Dispatches; and more. Prior owner's name atop Table of Contents else clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy..

Canada: RCMP, 1973. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 84 pages. Features: Snowmobile Exhibition; Burgeo story; Rodeo Queen; DHC-3 Otter Aircraft; Burnaby's NWMP Outpost; Biggest ever registered pistol match in Ottawa; Frightening Experience - Cpl. D.K. Price; New Toronto Headquarters; The Lyalls of the North; Sounding Lake Detachment; Prince Rupert Story; Grain Theft Solved; A Rafting Experience; Staff Sergeant Mundy; The Recruit - 50 years ago; High Priced Stove Wood; and more. Stroked out name and faint ink stamp upon title page else unmarked with moderate wear. Quality copy..

Canada: RCMP, 1971. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 80 pages. Features: Commissioner receives Tipstaff; Dominion of Canada Rifle Association - 1970; Fresh Pork(er); The RCMP Auxiliaries; Break up Hash Party; Tragic Patrol - Sgt. R.J. Schrader and Cst. D.B. Anson; Intuition Pays Off; Protect that car from Theft!; Flying "High"; Province of the Giant Bluefin; Historic Document recalls establishment of the force; Paddy Hamilton; and more. Prior owner's details blacked out atop title page. Faint small ink stamp to front cover. Moderate wear. Sound copy..

Canada: RCMP, 1969. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 80 pages. Features: B.C.'s Oldest Church in Maple Ridge - Rev. W. Burton Crickmer; Gold Trafficking - Surrey B.C.; Mrs. Policeman - Crescent Valley, B.C.; Unfounded Complaint - Virden MB detachment; Law Enforcement and the Community College; Tofield Gun Club; Power Toboggan displaces sled dogs at Grise Fiord - The Last Patrol; M Division, Maclead; At Calgary 75 years ago; Augustus James Rust; and more. Pages 37-44 were loose but are taped in place. Prior owner's details blacked out upon page one. Average wear. Worthy copy..

Canada: RCMP, 1970. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 80 pages. Features: Farwell, Saskatchewan Detachment; Cottonwood Patrol; Texas Adventure - Cpl. G.R. Mashford; Police and the Computer; Toy Guns; Frontier Law Enforcement; A "Tape Recording"; A Ranger's Lot; The Caribou Eskimos; It's Your Money; Jamboree of the Air; New Corner Brook Building; When We Were Young and Gay ; and more. Prior owner's details black out upon page one else unmarked with average wear. Centerfold taped in place, otherwise a sound copy..

Canada: RCMP, 1974. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 84 pages. Features: New Deputy-Commissioner, R.J. Ross; The King's Escort - with several archival black and white photos; VIP Section gets a home at Harrington Lake, Gatineau; Maintien(s) Le Droit - G.T. Hann/Grand Trunk Railway Regiment; The Martin's Field Murder - Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia; Open House - Frobisher Bay; Why I Joined the RCMP - Wive's Division; Police solve two hit-and-runs; A Book and Its Cover - C.W. Harvison intercepts a book intended for German POWs in Canada, and prevents an escape; Schefferville, Quebec; Electronics - an aid to criminals; "Mojo" - on the spot; Shades of Androcles; Chapel Windows Creator; Refurbishing the old St. Roch; Right Name Wrong Crime; The Brothers Jarvis; Grain Theft Solved; Stray Shot; Trapline Trouble; and more. Prior owner's name blacked out atop table of contents. Faint ink stamp to bottom of table of… Read More

Canada: RCMP, 1973. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 84 pages. Features: New Deputy Commissioner - Chester Redmond; Fort Carlton 1885; Family Tradition - The Sutherland Clan; Late Cst. Michel Allard; RCMP Literature AFter 1900; Liquor Raid in Nova Scotia; Safe Jackers; Murray Linklater crashes his Cessna 140; The Thief Who Never Was - Prince Rupert; Corporal Leonard Victor Ralls; and more. Average wear. Binding intact. Prior owner's name blacked out atop title page else unmarked. Sound copy..

Canada: RCMP, 1974. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 120 pages. Features: Calgary's salute to the RCMP; Yukon River Patrol 1973; VE 3 RCMP; The Year at Depot; The Scarlet Divers; Honouring Major Walsh; New Guidon; plus coverage of numerous Centennial events. Faint ink stamp and small blacked out name upon title page, else unmarked with light wear. Nice bright copy..

Canada: RCMP, 1969. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 96 pages. Features: The 19th Olympiad - Sgt. A.G. Rae; The Quality of Mercy - Norman G. B. McLetchie M.D.; Wilfred H. Heffernan; Airlift to Bermuda; Near Tragedy on the St. Lawrence River; Friday the 13th in Saskachewan; Huge Expo-bound logs from Duncan/Chemainus Vancouver Island; Indian Justice; The Changing Division; Hall of Famer - Cst. Raymond Powell, Halifax Sports Hall of Fame; Bonnie and Clyde - Newfoundland Version; New Sydney Sub-Division Building; Kim Mi Sook - a year later; Royal Bank Hold-up - Turner Valley, Alberta; Burnaby's Home; and much more. Prior owner's details stroked out upon page one else unmarked with moderate wear. Sound copy..

Canada: RCMP, 1970. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 80 pages. Features: Deputy Commissioner Fitzsimmons Retires; Policing the Green Gold Country - Alert Bay, Vancouver Island; A Mine Washes up; Hugh Keenleyside Dam near Castlegar, B.C.; Patrol Boat Moosomin II; Dangerous Water Skier; Resuce on the Red River; Arctic Honeymoon; Montreal Tragedy; The Plastic Witness; Retired Undefeated - Cst. Martin Parsons; N Division - 1921; Hockey Memories; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy..

Canada: RCMP, 1967. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 80 pages. Features: Fights near Edmonton; New Guinea Patrol; Expo is coming to Canada!; New Patrol Vessels for Expo; Late Commissioner Stuart Taylor Wood CMG passes; Fort Walsh; Written Off - Kalomo District; Tire Technology; Commissioner George B. McClellan on Police Leadership; Cpl. Bradley's Dogs Sweep N.B. Field Trial Titles; International Traffic in Stolen Gems; A Windsor, Nova Scotia Crime; Moonshine in Toronto; An Angler's Last Journey in the Northwest Territories; Leads to Murder; Asst. Commissioner T.V. Sandys-Wunsch; and more. Prior owner's details blacked out upon page one else unmarked with average wear. Sound copy..