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Manitoba Legislative Building
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Winnipeg: The Provincial Government Public Works Department. 63 pages, glossy paper with light brown card covers. Square tight copy with light wear on covers. A photo illustrated guide to the Manitoba government legislative building in Winnipeg. Black and white pictures. Undated, but most recent date mentioned is the 1939 census results, so probably 1940s.. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $10.00
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Statement Respecting the Earl of Selkirk's Settlement Upon the Red River, in North America: Its Destruction in 1815 and 1816; and the Massacre of Governor Semple and His Party. With Observations
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Toronto: Coles Canadiana Collection, 1974. Square tight copy with minor wear on covers. Facsimile copy of the 1817 John Murray edition.. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $9.00
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CCF Manifesto: Security with Victory
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Ottawa: National Office of the Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation, 1945. 32 pages. Solid copy with light wear on covers. Interior has some margin marks and notes in pencil.. 1st Printing. Staplebound Booklet. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $20.00
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The Textile Industries of Canada in the Decade 1917-26
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Ottawa: Department of Trade and Commerce, 1929. Square solid copy with a small chunk missing on bottom right corner of front cover, small corner creases on covers, and covers show light wear.. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $40.00
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The Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario: Its Origin, Administration, & Achievements
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Toronto: Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, 1928. 39 pages with 16 pages of black and white photographs. Square solid copy with light wear on covers. 1st Printing. Staplebound Booklet. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $50.00
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Canada 1942: The Official Handbook of Present Conditions and Recent Progress
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Ottawa: Dominion Bureau of Statistics Department of Trade and Commerce, 1942. 168 pages. Solid copy with a small chunk missing on top of back cover, small corner creases on covers, a crease on spine, and covers show light wear and some light soiling.. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good -. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $10.00
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The Story of Louis Riel the Rebel Chief
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Toronto: Coles Canadiana Collection, 1970. 192 pages. Solid copy with a spine lean, reading creases along spine on both covers, a 4.5" crease on back cover, 2.5" and 1" corner creases on front cover, a small sticket lift mark on front cover, and covers show light wear. A facsimilie reprint of the 1885 edition.. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Good- Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $7.00
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Guide to Historic Sites and Points of Interest
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Saskatoon: Saskatchewan Diamond Jubilee and Canada Centennial Corporation, 1965. 96 pages. Solid copy with minor wear on covers and interior is unmarked.. 1st Printing. Staplebound Booklet. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $10.00
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Oak River School Reunion July 14 & 15, 1979: Oak River S.D. 253 1929-79 O.R.C.I. 1961-68
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Canada: Privately Printed. 73 pages. Square solid copy with minor wear on covers. Previous owner's name on first inside page, rest of interior is unmarked.. 1st Printing. Staplebound Booklet. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $12.00
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Mendel's Children: A Family Chronicle
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Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 1997. 175 pages. Square tight copy with light wear on covers. Signed with inscription on first inside page. "Through a skillful combination of biography, memoir and autobiography, Cherie Smith traces four generations of her fascinating immigrant family, and in doing so, charts the very course of Russian -Jewish immigration to the Canadian prairies over the last 100 years.". Signed by Author. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $10.00
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Early Days in Algonquin Park
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Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1974. 144 pages. Square solid copy with minor wear on covers. Dust jacket has a few small tears, , some small dents on back, and jacket shows light wear.. Signed by Author. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $25.00
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Histoire Du Madawaska Entre L'acadie, Le Quebec et l'Amerique
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LaSalle, Quebec, Canada: Editions Hurtubise HMH, 1982. 604 pages. Square tight copy with light wear on covers and a grease stain on bottom left corner of back cover. Signed on first inside page, rest of interior is unmarked.. Signed by Editors. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $40.00
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Man and Nature on the Prairies: Canadian Plains Studies 6
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Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, 1976. 99 pages. Square tight copy with light wear on covers from rubbing. Previous owner's name and address on first inside page, rest of interior is unmarked.. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $12.00
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Religion and Society in the Prairie West: CPS 3
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Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, 1974. 110 pages. Square tight copy with light wear on covers. Previous owner's name on first inside page in pencil, rest of interior is unmarked.. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $12.00
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The Corner Cupboard
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Canada: Harlequin 453, 1958. Square solid copy with creases on spine and a 1" corner crease on front cover, else covers show light wear. Previous owner's gift inscription on first inside page. A collection of author's newspaper column writings from the Winnipeg Tribune.. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. more information
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Price: $8.00
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Saskatchewan Provincial Police
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Canada: Frontier Book No. 28, 1972. 64 pages. Solid copy with a 1/4" tear along top edge of spine and front cover and a crease along top edge of front. Otherwise covers show light wear.. 1st Printing. Staplebound Booklet. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $8.00
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Sergeant Harry Morren Royal North West Mounted Police
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Canada: Frontier Book No. 21, 1969. 56 pages. Solid copy with light wear on covers.. 1st Printing. Staplebound Booklet. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $6.00
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Oldtime Canadian Sheriffs and Outlaws
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Saskatoon: Frontiers Unlimited, 1982. 108 pages. Square solid copy with light wear on covers.. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information
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Price: $20.00
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Winnipeg's Westgate Murders
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Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Canada: Gopher Book No. 30, 1999. 95 pages. Square solid copy with light wear on covers.. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. more information
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Price: $15.00
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The Frank Slide Story
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Calgary: Frontier Book No. 1. 60 pages. Solid copy with a crease down center of front cover and covers show light wear. Previous owner's name on inside front cover in pencil.. 1st Printing?. Staplebound Booklet. Good- Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $5.00
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Homestead Hardships Saskatchewan
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Canada: Privately Printed, 1974. 72 pages. Solid copy with light wear on covers. The story of two families homesteading on the prairies in Saskatchewan.. 1st Printing. Staplebound Booklet. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $10.00
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The Jubilee Volume of Wycliffe College
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Toronto: Wycliffe College, 1927. 318 pages, dark blue cloth with gold printing.Solid copy with a slight spine lean, a shallow dent and a few thin scratches on front cover, about a 2/8" gouge in cloth on top right edge of front cover, and covers show light wear. Some light foxing along top edge of book block.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $20.00
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The Bystander: A Monthly Review of Current Events, Canadian and General (8 issues)
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Toronto: Hunter, Rose & Company, 1880. Eight issues of The Bystander, Feb. 1880, May 1880, July 1880, Sept. 1880, Dec. 1880, Jan 1881, April 1881, & June 1881. Stitch bound white paper booklets, approx 60 pages each with a few pages of ads at begining and end, and with blue paper covers. Condition of each varies because the blue covers are becoming brittle, the interior paper of each are still very decent. The Feb. 1880 issue's covers are in three large pieces with small chunks missing. Other issues are much better with some small chipping on edges of spine and covers. The July 1880 issue has some moisture stains along spine on front cover. Two issues also have small paper labels glued on the front covers. The covers are loose on the May 1880 issue. The other issues covers are solid. All covers show some light wear and soiling. The interior of all issues are unmarked and are starting to tan.. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $100.00
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A Message of Liberalism Including the Resolutionns Adopted at the National Liberal Convention of August, 1919
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Ottawa: National Liberal Committee. 22 pages, gray paper covers with glossy paper interior. Frontpiece is a picture of Mackenzie King. Solid copy with light wear on covers and interior is unmarked.. 1st Printing. Staplebound Booklet. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $25.00
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Somerset the Early Days
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Canada: Privately Printed. 28 pages. Solid copy with corner creases on front cover, some stains on front cover, and covers show light wear. A collection of photographs showing the early days of Somerset.. 1st Printing. Staplebound Booklet. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information
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Price: $20.00
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Weeds of Alberta
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Canada: Alberta Environmental Centre / Alberta Agriculture, 1985. 209 pages, color interior. Square tight copy with a 3/4" corner crease on front cover and covers show wear from rubbing.. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information
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Price: $20.00
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Game Birds and Animals of Manitoba
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Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Travel and Publicity Bureau Department of Mines and Natural Resources, 1945. 47 pages. 1.5" tear along bottom edge of spine with a couple of other small spine tears, bottom staple is detached from front cover, some small corner creases on front cover, and covers show light wear. Previous owner's name on first inside page.. 1st Printing. Staplebound Booklet. Good- Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $6.00
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The Farmer's Annual: A Handy Book of Useful Information
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Winnipeg: The Nor' =West Farmer, 1904. 256 pages. Solid copy with masking tape along spine on both covers, cellophane tape below that, large chunks missing on front cover with tears and small chunks missing on back. First and last few interior pages are dog eared and interior is unmarked.. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $15.00
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Ways of Living in Manitoba
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Canada: Department of Mines and Natural Resources. 112 pages. Square solid copy with three corner creases on covers, else covers show light wear. Previous owner's name on first inside page. "Illustrated articles from The Keystone Province, especially prepared for the use of schools by The Department of Education." Undated, but the newest date I can see mentioned in the interior text is 1945.. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $25.00
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Favorite Quotations of the Citizens of Portage La Prairie
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Manitoba, Canada: Local Association of the Boy Scouts of Portage La Prairie. 27 pages. Solid copy with a small tear on back cover, tiny chew mark on upper right corner of booklet, and covers show light wear. Undated, probably circa 1960.. 1st Printing?. Staplebound Booklet. Very Good -. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information
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Price: $10.00
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Toronto Normal School 1847-1947
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Canada: Privately Printed. 76 pages, black cloth with gold printing. Square solid copy with light wear on covers and gold printing on cover and spine is faded. Newspaper clipping taped on inside front cover with two pieces of scotch tape. About 9 inside pages have margin marks in pencil.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good -/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information
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Price: $20.00
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Frog Lake Massacre
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Surrey: Frontier, 1984. 93 pages. Reading crease along spine on front cover, otherwise tight flat copy. Account of the Cree Indians uprising at Frog Lake in Alberta, Canada.. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $8.00
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Coming Home
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Nokomis, Saskatchewan, Canada: Last Mountain Times, 2002. 223 pages. Solid copy with a spine lean and covers show light wear. "Book chronicles life and times in the picturesque area of Bonavista North, by telling Lind's family history and his lifelong career as a United Church minister in many parts of Canada as well as his unique experiences of coming home to his native sea coast community.". Signed by Author. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $22.00
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A Slice of Life: A Woman's Life
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Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Aurora Editions, 1995. 37 pages. Solid copy with light wear on covers. States copy # 78 of 100 on back cover. "Book tells the story of a married woman teacher in Saskatchewan and Manitoba back in the days when it was considered almost scandalous for a married woman to teach.". 1st Printing. Staplebound Booklet. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $8.00
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Voices from Hudson Bay: Cree Stories from York Factory
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Montreal: McGill- Queen's University Press, 1996. 158 pages.Solid copy with light wear on covers. Previous owner's name scribbled out on inside back cover, rest of interior is unmarked.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $33.00
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Undelivered Letters to Hudson's Bay Company Men on the Northwest Coast of America, 1830-57
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Vancouver: UBC Press, 2003. 497 pages. Square tight copy with minor wear on covers and interior is unmarked. Signed by Beattie on title page.. Signed by Editor. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $23.00
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The Manitoba Club 100 Years 1874-1974
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Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Manitoba Club, 1974. Square solid copy with light wear on covers.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $18.00
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Confrontation at Winnipeg: Labour, Industrial Relations, and the General Strike
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Montreal: McGill- Queen's University Press, 1980. 227 pages. Square tight copy with a few corner creases on front cover, else covers show light wear. Interior is unmarked.. 3rd Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $12.00
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The West and the Nation: Essays in Honour of W.L.Morton
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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1976. 335 pages. Square solid copy with reading creases along spine on front cover, corner creases on covers, small stain on bottom of back cover and last 6 pages, and covers show light wear. Interior has some yellow highlighting and margin marks in pen in four essays.. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Good- Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $5.00
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Steel Across the Plains
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Canada: McClelland and Stewart, 1992. 94 pages. Square tight copy with light cover wear. Part of author's Adventures in Canadian History series for young readers.. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $4.00
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My Country: The Remarkable Past
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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1976. 320 pages. Square solid copy with light wear on covers. Price clipped dust jacket has small tears on top of spine, crumpling along top edge, a 1" scratch on front, and a small moisture stain on back.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good- Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $16.00
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The Wild Frontier: More Tales from the Remarkable Past
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Tornoto: McClelland & Stewart, 1978. 250 pages. Square solid copy with light wear on covers. Price clipped dust jacket has a 1/2" tear on front top edge and a 1/4" tear on bottom rear edge. Small scuff mark on spine, else jacket shows light wear from rubbing. Signed on title page above printed name with inscription, "To Dennis, Christmas '78.". Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good - Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $20.00
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The Natural Landscapes of Canada: A Study in Regional Earth Science
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Toronto: John Wiley, 1980. 260 pages. Square tight copy with wear on covers from rubbing. Interior is unmarked.. 2nd Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $12.00
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Night Travellers
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Canada: General, 1984. Square tight copy with light wear on covers.. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. more information
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Price: $4.50
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Turvey
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Canada: White Circle 534, 1952. Solid copy with a light spine roll and a 1" corner crease on back cover. Otherwise covers are bright and show light wear. Small initials in red pen on first inside page.. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good -. more information
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Price: $8.00
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The Era of Streetcars and Interurbans in Winnipeg 1881-1955
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: Privately Printed, 1974. Square tight copy with light wear on covers. Previous owner's name on inside front and back covers. Corrected preface page was glued over bound in preface page, but glue has dries out and page is loose. Rest of interior is solid.. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $25.00
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The Surprise Place
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New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1945. 119 pages. Solid copy with a bump on bottom right corner of front cover and front free end paper is missing, otherwise covers show light wear. Dust jacket has tears and creases, top 3/4" of spine is missing and there are stains and a lift mark on back.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good- Very Good/Fair. Illus. by Lenski, Lois. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $15.00
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Hochelaga Depicta; or the Early History of Montreal
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Toronto: Coles Canadiana Collection, 1974. 284 pages, interior is a facsimili reprint of the 1839 William Greig edition. Square tight copy with light wear on covers.. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information
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Price: $10.00
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Flim Flam: Canada's Greatest Frauds, Scams, and Con Artists
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Toronto: Hounslow Press, 1998. 156 pages. Square tight copy with a few small dents on front cover, else covers show light wear. Previous owner's rubber stamp on inside front cover.. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information
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Price: $12.00
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The Multilingual Press in Manitoba
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Winnipeg: Canada Press Club, 1974. 248 pages. Square solid copy with minor wear on covers. Dust jacket has a 3/4" tear and a thin crease on bottom front edge by spine, a small felt pen mark on bottom of spine, and jacket shows light wear from rubbing.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good - Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $15.00
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