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Victoria, B.C.: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1982. Book. Illus. by Bates, Maxwell. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 50 pages. Generously illustrated in colour and black and white. Catalogue for an exhibition held September 9 - October 17, 1982 in Victoria. "Maxwell Bates is a major figure in Canadian art. As an expressive figurative painter he stands alone. In his work he portrayed the foibles of society around him; the individuals, events and landscapes, all with great clarity. The exhibition included both well known and lesser known works, and this publication gives an in-depth look at the artist and his work and includes much new information." - Foreword. Errata slip laid in. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy..

Vancouver, B.C.: Versatile. Good. 1979. First Edition. Paperback. vii, 112 pages. Bibliography. Footnotes. Black and white illustrations. Chronology of Highlights of Relations Between China and Canada Since Recognition. "Nearly all informed, older Canadians have a bad conscience about the way Chinese immigrants were treated in the early days. That story needs to be told clearly and factually. It has been shown many times in history that when the free enterprise, intensely competitive system gets into a crisis, which it does fairly regularly, there is always a tendency to make some easily identifiable group a scapegoat. That was the case in Germany in the 1930's and in Canada after Pearl Harbour in 1941. Books like this one help to create understanding that can help to prevent such things." - James G. Endicott. Chapters include: The First Chinese Immigrants and the Fraser River Gold Rush; Construction of the C.P.R. and the Contribution of the Chinese to Canada; The… Read More

Errington, BC, Canada: Fogducker's Press, 1989. Book. Illus. by Harding, Blanche (illustrator). Very Good. Paperback. Signed by Author(s). Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 172 pages. Recounts author's experiences in China whilst teaching English with his wife on a voluntary basis. "I was like the ancient mariner; under a terrible compulsion to stop western travellers and tourists and hold them by the lapel as I babbled off all the iniquities of the monstrous oriental madhouse.... "What is it like to experience waiting to be executed? It is lastingly horrifying even by vicarous experience. Believe me." But don't worry, there were lighter moments as well! Author won the Brissendon Scholarship for creative writing at the University of British Columbia..

Canada: Fogducker's Press, 2001. Book. Fine. Paperback. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 223 pages. Author's signature upon title page. Join the author and his partner as they visit fifty countries around the world and share with you over 500 tips that will help make your travels fun! Gift quality..

Errington, BC, Canada: Fogducker's Press, 1990. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 128 pages. In 1962 Benny Foster was serving his seventh term in the B.C. Penitentiary when the Canadian government decided to experiment in paroling addict inmates. It was a roller coaster ride of depressions and euphorias garnished with drug squad guzzlings and prison humour but Benny hung out to the end. Also provides two glimpses of life on B.C. coastal native reserves plus an insider's view of capital punishment. Unmarked copy with moderate wear. Author served in the Royal Canadian Navy in World War II..

London: New World Publishers, 1951. Book. Fair. Sheet Music. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 4 pages. Nice cover photo of Ken Mackintosh. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy..

USA: The Magazine Antiques, 1945. Book. Fair. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. A magazine for collectors and others interested in times past and in articles of daily use and adornment devised by the forefathers. Features: Frontispiece photo of English Delft in an American Setting; Some Notes on English Delft in the American Colonies; A Morse [painting] Puzzle; On Dating New England Houses - Part I - The 17th Century - Floor Plans and Framing; Painters of the Hudson River School; A Hudson Valley Portrait - The Moot Question of the "Master of the Stringy Hair"; Washington Square North; An Apartment on Washington Square - The Washington Square apartment of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene E. Dressner; George Washington Lived Here - Some Early Prints of Mount Vernon, Part II; and more. Many pages of nostalgic ads from a broad assortment of prominent dealers. Profusely illustrated with excellent black and white photos. pp. 129-192. Printed upon glossy stock.… Read More

Canada: Algrove Publishing, 1993. Magazine. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 48 pages. Features: Louisbourg Sideboard - Reproducing an 18th Century Piece of Furniture; Christmas Projects; The Prop Shop; Parson's Chair; Gregory Brown - Master Craftsman; Turning in Japan - The Woodturners of Shogawa; Japanese Lacquer; Good Intentions/Bad Solutions - Trading Butternut for Brazilian Rosewood; Making the Perfect Moulding Joint on an Inside Corner; Hydrocote Equal Water-Based Lacquer; Woodworking Incunabula; Prairie Rear Prop Snow Planes are featured on back cover. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A lovely copy of this, the final issue of this wonderful Canadian woodworking publication..

U.S.A.: Princeton University Press / University of Tokyo Press, 1984. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 269 pages. "This book is of enduring value as the culminating work of one of the most important ecologists of all time." - Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A high-quality copy..

Canada: Sono Nis Press, 1979. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 136 pages. Selected bibliography. Index. "A delightful and sensitive journal..." - from back cover. Nice black and white photographic plates. Above-average wear. Worthy reference copy..

USA: Marine Corps Association, 1961. Magazine. Illus. by de Grasse, John (cover). Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 72 pages. Features: Two-page illustrated ad for the Boeing-Vertol 107; Fidel Castro's Threat to the Hemisphere - the author fought with Castro's army but left when he was convinced Castro would not stop until he was the master of all Latin America; Riot Control with Chemical Agents - when the mission is to quell, not kill; The 2d MAW's - Level Ready Pilot Training; Rogers' Rangers - Recon Company 1757 - the principles of small unit tactics they worked out over 200 years ago; Characteristics of Leaders; 2d Mar Div - 2d MAW - The Wing; 2d Mar Div - 2d MAW - The Division; Do-it-yourself Linguist; Mr. Gish, You're the New S-2; This is BUWEPS; Marine Corps Reserve; Baseplate McGurk; LAW Rocket Grenade Launcher, XM 72; Promotions and Transfers; Back cover color ad for the McDonnell Phantom II with J79-GE-8 engines; and more.… Read More

Canada: HRM, 2001. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 288 pages. Black and white photos. "Includes many interesting tales of the wife of a permanent force military man. Her first home in Canada was on a telephone repeater station in the Yukon. The couple's travels, during post-war and cold-war periods, resulted in more than 20 residences spread through most of the provinces, and a four-year sojourn in West Germany with NATO forces." - from back cover. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Gift quality..

London: Swan & Co., 1900. Sheet music. Fair. Paoerback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 8 pages. Undated. Appears to be circa 1900. Above-average wear. Few markings. Taped together. A worthy copy..

Toronto: William Briggs, 1887. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 119 pages. Tissue-protected frontispiece. Solid library binding. Moderate wear. Usual library markings. Three-inch tear from bottom edge of frontispiece, one-inch of which affects image. A sound copy..

Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 176 pages including index. "This splendidly illustrated book brings together archival and contemporary photographs; superb reproductions of rarely-seen paintings belonging to the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa; and an astute text by veteran naval officer, Jack Macbeth. Together they vividly convey the proud story of what was once the fourth most powerful navy in the world." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked. Minimal wear. Excellent copy..

Canada: Musson Book Company, 1931. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Revised and Enlarged Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 352 pages. Prior owner's details blacked out atop front free endpaper else unmarked. Somewhat above-average external wear with modest sunning to backstrip. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy..

Yukon, Canada: Beringian Books, 1991. Book. Good. Paperback. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 96 pages. Signed and inscribed by Roy Minter upon title page. Reproductions of archival black and white photos. Mr. MacBride lived a life of adventure in Canada's Yukon. Average wear. A worthy copy..

Canada: Architecture and Ideas, 2006. Book. Very Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 96 pages. Most text in English plus some in French. Features: Infrastructure as Architecture; Junction City; Urbi et Orbi; Modern Architecture and Flight; Ubiquites Publiques - Desynchronized Public Spaces; Clean, Plastic, Stainless, and Ruined - the Dream Cities of Douglas Coupland; Walled City. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy..

London: Jonathan Cape, 1969. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First British Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 350 pages. Index. Footnotes. "An original and stimulating contribution to the literature of the period." - from dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Moderate wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A quality copy..

Toronto: The Maclean Publishing Company, Limited. Good. 1941. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 48 pages. Cover photo of ski loge in the Rockies. Features: A Democracy Speaks - the importance of FDR's latest aid-for-Britain move; Science at War - using technology to improve night bombing; The Turning Point - Douglas Reed suggests Italy may soon be knocked clean out of the war; This is Kingston (Ontario) - nice photo-illustrated article; Farm Home Beautification; "Bend Zee Knees" - photo-illustrated ski instruction by Wallace Reyburn. Fiction: Kelsey Skates Again (Part One) by Hardy Boys author Leslie McFarlane; The Great Enrico; Stay Where You Belong. Nice photo ad for Fargo trucks and vans inside front cover. Dodge van photo ad. Nice ad for the 1941 Pontiac. Great colour back cover ad for International K-line trucks, built in Chatham. Unmarked with average external wear and soiling. Binding intact. A sound copy of this vintage wartime issue.; Folio - over… Read More