Canada from Pulp & Circumstance

Toronto: Stoddart Kids (Stoddart Publishing Ltd), 1999. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to: 9¾ - 12" tall. Anthology of personal memoirs by some of Canada's most admired writers of children's literature who were too young to fight during WW2 but certainly old enough to remember how the war shaped their experiences. Hardcover in blue papered boards with… Read more about this item

Canada: Valhalla Press, 1978. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. oblong 4to: 9¾ - 12" long. Jean M. Ball (Drawings). Stated ISBN: 0-919962-03-3. Volume Two of a series dealing with the historic architecture of Newfoundland. Volume One (1975) focused on properties in St. John's, while this book looks at small towns and outports.… Read more about this item

Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1992. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Folio: 12 - 15" tall. Illustrations, Introduction and Commentary all by Ted Harrison. Bilingual: in English and French. Hardcover in blue boards with silver titling on the spine. Unpaginated. Features twelve full page colour plates, one for each province and… Read more about this item

Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 1979. Soft cover. Good/Good. 8vo: 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Robert Jack (Interior Illustrations); Frank Lewis (Jacket Illustration). Evans tells "a story of growing up in the small town of Galt in southern Ontario, drawing on experiences he himself lived through before the twentieth century began." Soft cover in dust jacket. … Read more about this item

Saskatoon: Tri-Leaf Publications. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo: 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A guide to the trees of Saskatchewan with b&w photos and little locater maps with green ink. Staple-bound booklet in card covers. Undated, but looks to be from the 70s. A few light stress lines to the lower free corner of the… Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1976. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo: 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A collection of short vignettes set in rural Quebec which glimpse the animals and wildflowers, people and landscapes that taken together paint a picture of a peaceful life close to nature. First published in French in 1972, this copy is a first printing of… Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. oblong Folio: 12 - 15" long. Containing 116 landmark works, this book intends to reproduce the treasures of Canadian art history. Hardcover in red cloth with gilt titling on the spine and inukshuk decoration pressed into the front board. Illustrations beautifully reproduced on plates. Engaging… Read more about this item

Victoria, BC: Yalenka Enterprises Inc, 1991. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Visual depictions of the pioneer experience of Ukrainians in Western Canada. Firsthand accounts of settlers are supplemented by fifty paintings. Hardcover in plum cloth with gilt titling on the front and spine. Colour illustrations. … Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1984. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First printing of the trade edition. Hardcover in white cloth with gilt titling to the spine. Includes 90 colour plates. Biographical text follows Morriice to the places he celebrated in his painting. Index. Minor wear only. … Read more about this item

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. This large, heavy set will require additional shipping charges: contact us for a quote. New books and slipcase still in publisher's shrink wrap. Old price sticker dated from 1999 on shrink wrap (not on slipcase). Two volumes… Read more about this item

Montreal: Hermitage Country Club, 1961. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Small octavo in blue cloth with gilt titling to the spine and the club's logo to the front cover. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated with b&w photos. Quite a list of minor flaws, yet still a very good… Read more about this item

Toronto: Royce Publications, 1984. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. The history of the men, machines and operations of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Hardcover in blue boards with gilt titling on the spine. Illustrated with both colour and b&w photos. Index. Slight bump to top rear closed corner… Read more about this item

Toronto: Canav Books, 1984. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large heavy book might require additional shipping charges. Hardcover in denim-blue boards with gilt titling to the spine. Illustrated endpapers. Well illustrated with photos and drawings in both colour and b&w, including meticulous colour aircraft drawings.… Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1988. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A collection of acerbic essays, most of which were previously published in magazines and newspapers, about the eminent Canadians and pivotal moments that helped shape the country in the later twentieth century. Among those exposed to Newman's critical… Read more about this item

Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 1988. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Oral History. Interviews with Canadians including Hugh McLennan, Paul Martin, Wayne & Shuster, King Clancy, a RCMP officer who saved as many as he could when the cruise ship Noronic burned at the Toronto docks, and another RCMP officer who was there… Read more about this item

St. Catherines, Ontario: Vanwell, 1995. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Aspirational profiles of sixteen North American women born before 1900. Included are profiles of Mohawk adoptee Eunice Williams, Salt Spring's Sylvia Stark, physicist Harriet Pitcher, and Parliamentarian Agnes Macphail. Soft cover, illustrated wrap, glossy paper, b&w illustrations, Time Line, Bibliography,… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company , 1985. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Samuel H. Bryant. Memoirs of growing up among the Scottish immigrants found in the farmlands along the north shore of Lake Erie. First published in 1964, this copy is a 1985 second edition, first printing thus. Hardcover… Read more about this item

Langley, BC: Mr. Paperback, 1980. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Contains, according to the Introduction, the best of those articles which appeared in Canada West Magazine between 1970 and 1979. Digest-sized soft cover in illustrated wrap. Selection of 25 articles by various authors. B&W illustrations.… Read more about this item

Edmonds, Washington: Alaska Northwest Publishing Company, 1986. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Martha Louise Black (1866-1957), Yukon pioneer and politician, first offered her autobiography with "My Seventy Years" (1938). The subsequent "My Ninety Years" (1976) was published posthumously, then retitled, revised and updated by Flo Whyard. Published as part of the… Read more about this item

Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Company, 1964. Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First published in 1961, this copy is a 1964 mass market paperback. Good plus condition: Crease along spine. Very small bump to top open corner. A little toned. Binding firm. Book clean, mildly worn, and without… Read more about this item