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Courtenay, BC: Plateau, 1995. Large format, 8 1/4" x 10 3/4". Clean and tight. 80 pages, with many B&W illustrations from photos and a few in colour, index.. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine Plus..
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100 Flaming Years: The Cumberland [ BC ] Volunteer Fire Department
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100 Years of Pleasure: The Story of Harrison Park 1912-2012 (First Edition)
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Owen Sound, ON: Ginger Press, 2011. Square, 9" x 9", cover with flaps. Collection of vintage and contemporary photographs of the "gem of Owen Sound", Harrison Park. Foreword by John Arthur Harrison. 88 pages.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine..
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18th Century Maritime Influences on the History and Place Names of British Columbia
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Madrid: Editorial Naval, 1991. Cover with flaps. Text in English; 133 pages.. English Edition. Trade Paperback Original. Near Fine Plus..
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The 5th Annual Catalogue of the Record of Performance (R.O.P.) Poultry Breeders Association of British Columbia: The World's Record Hens Greet the World's Poultry Congress, Canada 1927
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British Columbia: Record of Performance Poultry Breeders Association of British Columbia, 1927. Large format: 9" x 12", stapled at spine. Medium blue printed wraps are faded top fo front cover and along spine fold; front cover has 4" corner crease. 100 pages with many B/W illustrations, ads, and articles.. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good Plus..
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Admirals, Adventurers and Able Seamen (First Edition)
by Brown, Harrison
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Vancouver: Self-Published Glossy covers are missing some of the gloss along top edge (about the size of a half dime), staples are rusty, and general light shelf soiling of the all white rear cover. Forgotten stories about places on our British Columbia coast and how they got their names. 31 pages.. First Edition. Pamphlet Stapled in Wraps. Very Good Plus..
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The Adventures of a Young Swiss in California: The Gold Rush Account of Theophile De Rutte
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Sacramento: Sacramento Book Collectors Club, 1992. Quarter bound in a blue-gold irridescent cloth and black paper over boards; gilt lettering on upper board and on spine. A few light smudges on rear board; internally clean, unmarked and tightly bound. Translated from the original French and edited by Mary Grace Paquette. One of 400 copies. Laid-in is publisher's prospectus for this book. 109 pages including index. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket.
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The Agassiz-Harrison Valley: History and Development
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Saanichton, BC: Kent Centennial Committee, 1958. Wear and a bit of soiling to cover, and previous owner name on front cover; internally clean. 113 pages with B/W illustrations from photos and chronology of important events.. Second Edition. Trade Paperback Original. Very Good..
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Agnes Macphail: Reformer: Canada's First Female M.P.
by Pennington, Doris
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Toronto: Simon & Pierre, 1990. 262 pages with index.. Second Edition. Trade Paperback Original. Near Fine..
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Airborne: a Heritage Stamp Collection / Envol: Une Collection De Timbres Consacree Au Patrimoine
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Canada Minor edge wear and vertical creases on spine; otherwise clean and tight. Not dated but libraries date either 1982, 1983, or 1984. Short history of aviation with emphasis on Canada. Detailed description with line drawings and photographs of 16 Canadian aircraft, from jetliners to bush planes, and mock-up postage stamps (in B&W) of each using images painted by Robert Bradford. Also includes list and data of stamps actually issued by Canada Post that feature Canadian aircraft. 140 pages; text in English and French.. Trade Paperback Original. Very Good Plus..
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The Akerman Family: Growing Up with Salt Spring Island (Signed)
by Akerman, Bob with Linda Sherwood
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Salt Spring Island, BC: Self-Published, 2005. Very faint vertical creases on spine. 325 pages with index. Signed by author on title page.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Trade Paperback Original. Near Fine..
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Alarm of Fire: 100 Years of Firefighting in Winnipeg 1882-1982
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Winnipeg: Firefighters Burn Fund, 1982. Large format, 8 1/2" x 11", bound in red leather or faux leather blind stamped with title and overall flame decoration and fire department symbol stamped in gilt on upper board. This second printing the same year as the first. 144 pages of text and illustrations from photos plus 36 pages of photos and names of Winnipeg Fire Department Personnel.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine Plus/No Jacket as Issued.
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Alaska and the Alaska Highway 1963-64 Edition
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Washington, DC: American Automobile Association, 1963. Travel brochure, 5 1/2" x 9 1/4", 72 pages.. Pamphlet. Near Fine Plus..
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Alaska, the Land of Plenty (Signed)
by Noonan, D. A.
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New York: Pageant Press, 1960. Bound in blue cloth with the Seal of the State of Alaska stamped in gilt on the upper board and gilt lettering on spine. Dust jacket has small chips bottom of front panel, ends of spine panel, and a series of small holes along the bottom of the front flap fold. Illistrated endpapers, 163 pages, mainly poems, but with some facts about Alaska. Inscribed by author on the half title page "Seattle - Wn. Aug. 25-'60 / To ___ / Ever an Alaska enthusiast. - with the sincere good wishes of the author - D. A. Noonan". Accompanying this book is a promotional pencil lettered with "Read and enjoy . . . "Alaska, The Land of Plenty" by D.A. Noonan / See your Bookseller".. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Good Plus.
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Alexander Mackenzie and the North West
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London: Faber, 1969. Dust jacket is tanned along top edge and gloss partially dulled. Canadian author traces history and significance of Mackenzie's journeys, much of which he himself retraced. Of the Great Travellers series with general editor George Woodcock; 219 pages with maps, bibliography and index plus a few photo illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine.
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Alexander Mackenzie in Bella Coola July 12-27, 1793 (excerpts from his journal) (First Edition)
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Bella Coola, BC: Bella Coola Valley Museum Noticeble diagonal crease at bottom of front cover and a few short horizontal creases emanating from the spine fold. Internally clean and unmarked. 44 pages, the last page being blank; 2 hand-drawn maps. Not dated. Relevant excerpt from the original edition of 1801.. First Edition. Pamphlet. Near Fine..
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All Roads Lead to Wells: Stories of the Hippie Days (Signed)
by Safyan, Susan
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Halfmoon Bay, BC: Caitlin, 2012. Oblong, 304 pages with index. Wells, a remote mining town in British Columbai discovered in the 1970s by a disaffected generation of young people. Inscribed by author on title page "13 July 2012 / Dear ___ / From you ol' 1405-er / with love, Sue".. Signed by Author. First Edition, First Printing. Trade Paperback Original. Near Fine Plus..
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The Archaeology of San Francisco.
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New York: Crowell, 1965. First edition. Fine book in bright very good price-clipped dust jacket with edge wear, a few short tears and creases and a 1 1/2" tear bottom of front panel. Illustrations by Leonard Everett Fisher. An account of the archaeologists of the San Francisco area and a re-creation of prehistoric Indian days..
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The Archaeology of the Donner Party
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Reno, NV: University of Nevada, 1997. Dust jacket has a narrow band of slight fading along top edge of front panel. 156 pages with tables and figures, literature cited and index.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine Plus.
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Archives of British Columbia: Memoir No. IV: House of Assembly Correspondence Book - August 12th, 1856, to July 6th, 1859
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Victoria: Government of the Province of British Columbia, 1918. Many pages unopened along top and fore edges. Relates to the inauguration and progressive devlopment of the Colonial Government of Vancouver Island; 62 pages.. Wraps. Very Good..
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BC Studies - Number 21, Spring 1974
by Prang, Margaret & Walter Young (editors)
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Vancouver: BC Studies, University of British Columbia, 1974. Including article on "A Report on Health Insurance: 1919"; and others. 72 pages.. First Edition. Wraps. Fine.. Digest-Sized Magazine.
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