CANADIAN HISTORY

Canada's National History Society, 1994 56 pages. Features: Annals of the fur trade - the making of the Hudson's Bay Company Archives; The story of the HBC Museum Collection; On the Cariboo Gold Rush Road; 1919 - the Winnipeg General Strike reconsidered; George Back's sketchbooks come to Canada. Clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Lovely copy. . Stapled. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Canada: Simpsons Sears, 1972 770 pages. Highlights include hot pants, 'wet look' fashions, knee-high boots, avocado-coloured appliances, and page after page of shoe styles that will make you wonder. Average wear. Binding tight. A sound copy. Guaranteed amusement - a great gift for anyone born in 1972!. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Canada: MMP Reveals how labour unions evolved in Canada as workers began to organize for greater protection in the workplace. Examines how the concept of solidarity grew between groups of workers across the country when there was still no right to collective bargaining. Documents the beginnings of labour's political influence at the ballot box. Undated. Circa 1990s. Usual library markings. A sound copy.. Good. Ex-Library. more information

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Canada: National Museum of Science and Technology, 1999 Features: The Architecture of Old Quebec, or The HIstory of a Palimpsest; Material History as Cultural Tradition - A La Ronde, Exmouth, Devon, England; Construction d'un paysage identitaire - Grand-Pre et la collectivite acadienne; Construire une histoire basque au Quebec; "Our Nation's Attic?" - Making American National Identity at the Smithsonian Institution; "Hitler's Car" and the Canadian War Museum - problems of documentation and interpretation; The changing significance of the Warren B. Sheppard Site, Battle Creek, Michigan; David Lowenthal on Public History - an interview; 5 book reviews. Average wear. Usual library markings. A sound copy. . Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Montreal, Canada: Canadian Railroad Historical Association (CRHA), 1977 Features: The Mysterious Eight-Wheelers - great photos; The Business Car. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy.. First Edition. Stapled. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Toronto: Maclean-Hunter Limited, 1965 Features: Great 3-panel fold-out Ford colour photo ad inside front cover - presents the 1966 Ford cars; La Vieille Garde Liberale Croule - L'age, les scandales et des reformes-cles en ont eu raison; Le Couturier de ces dames signe Michel Robichaud - with photos; Les "Petits Genies" - Marc Fluet, Louis Duchesneau, Warren Leclerc, Pierre Russo; Les Autos, Modeles 1966; Colour photos of futuristic cars; La difficulte d'etre Allemand; Madame, la vie ne finit plus a 45 ans. Text in French. Average wear. A sound copy.. First Edition. Stapled. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Toronto: Maclean-Hunter Limited, 1963 Features: Conversations with Quebec's Revolutionaries, by Peter Gzowski; One Man's Intimate Picture of the FLQ; The Savage Legacy of Columbia's Civil War; The Life and Times of Wheeler-Dealer Ralph Farris - nice photos; The Wild Trade in new and used animals, by Robert Thomas Allen; The Gold-Braid Mind is Destroying our Navy, says James Plomer; What Jack McClelland has done to Book Publishing in Canada; Portrait of a great modern shrine - Saint Joseph's Oratory in Montreal. Colour photo Coke ad on back cover. Average wear. A sound copy.. First Edition. Stapled. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Canada: Sunfire, 1987 Features: Cape Scott - An Ill-Conceived Providence; Canals of Southern Alberta; B.C.'s Most Famous Prison Escape; Grappler's Fateful Voyage; Port Essington - Only a Dream. Clean, bright and unmarked. . Stapled. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Ontario: Antique Showcase, 1996 70 pages. Features: Desks come in many styles; The Group of Seven 75 Years Later; Perth - the prosperous Regency town; Hallett Antiques of Perth; In celbration of Folk Painting; The Barr Colony - British Group Settlement in Western Canada; Mr. 'Type' of Collecting (typewriters) - Martin Howard. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Quality copy.. Stapled. Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Toronto: Southstar, 1970 Features: Top Dogs - the long, the short and the tall - plus 12 others that make Canadian dog owners sit up and pant; The Facts of Death; Nobody Gives a Listen - George Cook has written 5,501 songs - more than anybody else in the world; Revving through the streets of Trois-Rivieres at 140 mph; What's really what in Ottawa?; Moveable Feasts - food feature: How Montreal cracked down on its port thieves. Doug Wright's Family. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Please note: half of page 27 missing; most of page 29 missing; half of back cover missing. . Stapled. Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. more information

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Toronto: Maclean-Hunter Limited, 1962 Features: Cover photo of the RCMP National Ride; The Cannibal Cities - how urban sprawl is eating Canada alive, by Jane Becker; The Magical RCMP Musical Ride - with colour photos; Can you trust a Chiropractor with your Health? - two million people do; Does anybody here speak Canadian? - by Barbara Moon; Nights and Days of a Ward Boss - Frank (Banjo) Hanleyand how he runs his polyglot political kingdom on the seedy side of Montreal; Ask the Name of the Lion, by Ralph Allen (conclusion); Nice colour photo centerfold displays seven models of Kodak cameras; Nice colour photo Molson Canadian ad inside back cover shows picnicking family with the bridge over the Welland Canal under construction near St. Catherines. Average wear. A sound copy. . First Edition. Stapled. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: The Winnipeg Tribune, 1961 47 pages. Features: The (bilingual) National Theatre School of Canada, located in Montreal; They Expect Miracles of (baseball player) Frank Howard; Dillies by Dali - the famed surrealist applies his ideas to a new medium - the designing of jewelry - with seven colour illustrations; Amanda Blake says "I don't need men" - marriage has no place in the life of the girl TV viewers know as Gunsmoke's Kitty Russell; Maurice Chevalier - the eternal youth; Anatomy of a Wedding - X-ray wedding photos!; Showing the flag - 798 Mini-minor cars are arranged to form a giant Union Jack (with colour photo); They have a word for it - a series of new Canadian dictionaries published by Gage; Essie Johnson - new model missionary - a Canadian works in Northern Rhodesia to prepare the Africans to educate their own people; Colour photos of birds; Nipper by Doug Wright. Nice colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked.. Stapled. Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. more information

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Canada: Canadian Racing Pigeon Union, 1978 269 pages. Black and white illustrations. Average wear. Few markings. Binding intact. Covers soiled but contents better. Decent copy.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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British Columbia: British Columbia Telephone Company, 1938 Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Photo of new office at Hope; 3 pages re: 'Up-to-the-minute' phone system for Vancouver's city hall; Article and photo of J.C. (Joe) Armstrong, founder of the B.C. Telephone Co.; Hope Joins our Phone System; 3 page article with photos re: The Jeffrees and the Pendrays - telephone pioneers in Victoria; The Birthplace of the Telephone - 2 page article; Employee sales plan resutls; Table of number of phone sets per B.C. community, January 1, 1937; The McMicking Family Tradition - 3 pages with photos; Roland (Sam) Nosworthy; North Vancouver Phones to Llanerchymedd; E.J. Haughton of Victoria; Linemen best Coquihalla avalanches; Lloyd Purdy; Peter McNeish; 'Thank-you' replaces repetition of numbers in Vancouver; George H. Halse, former CEO, passes away - 3 pages with photos; Cavalsky's Store was Nanaimo's first telephone office - 2 pages with photos; E. Purcell Johnston; Fire sweeps the Vancouver Sun - 2 pages; Harry Wilson; Great photo of construction men in front of Nanaimo phone office 25 years ago; 1886 fire leaves the Janes family home as Vancouver's telephone office - with photo; Robert Daniel Davies; We can telephone to China!; Life as a Vancouver operator; Low rates for Long-Distance calls Sundays and every night - with full-page rate sheet; Service to Britannia and Texada; Mrs. George Pittendrigh - Vancouver's first Toll Operator; PNE parade float cover photo; Service to Alaska now available; Operators rally to relieve load during Marpole fire; Edmund Esson; Juanita Booth, Seymour chief operator; James Cummins of Victoria - pioneer phone man; Newcastle Island picnic; Flat Rate Telephone Service for Greater Vancouver - 4 pages with photos; Dominion phone organization meets at Minaki Lodge; We can now talk to Haiti; "Operator, Get Me to the Police!" - 3 pages with photos; Anchor fouls North Vancouver cable; Engineers 'see' by phone during construction of new Pattullo Bridge, with photo; Photo of the London international switchboard - heart of the world telephone network; Ocean Falls and Edinburgh linked; Vancouver's phone directory - with photos; Vancouver can now 'magic carpet' from Vancouver to Bagdad; T. Percy Waters; Ten Years of Transoceanic Telephone Service, with photos; B.C. ship-to-shore service now available on commercial basis; Voices under the sea, by Al Miller; Reginald H. Milner; Pioneer James Cowherd; Submarine link with Britannia - 4 page article with photos; New Whytecliff office; Alfred Crickmay and his brothers; Development of the phone in B.C., by James Hamilton, V.P.; Operators used to need great memories - 2 page article with great Victorian-era operating room photo; Zeballos and Alert bay join phone system - article and photos; Prince Rupert centre of new radiotelephone network; Police session told of proposed teletype network; First call from Atlantic ship to Vancouver; Radio hams in our company; Newcastle Island picnic; Miss Almina Eligh; West Van exchange now includes Whytecliff; PNE float details and photos; F.C. Patterson retires, replaced by C.C. Simpson; Two submarine cables severed by Pier D Fire - with photos and text; Ship-to-shore demonstration on CJOR radio; Vancouver's telephone system will be converted to dial; C.A. (Charlie) Price; Frank C. Paterson; Beware of the common cold; Vancouver toll room enlarged; Back cover advertisement for the handy hang-up monophone; and more. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon fore- and top edges, and inside front board, else unmarked. Binding intact. . First Edition. Half Leather. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Canada's National History Society, 1998 56 pages. Features: The Arctic ordeal of Captain John Ross; Health reformers and alternative medicine in 1860s New Brunswick; Canada's aboriginal soldiers come into the light; Louis Cyr and his Amazing feats; The Sisters of Ann - the Pacific Coast Mission of four faithful Quebec daughters; Devil's Island - the brief but vital life of a tiny Atlantic community; Canada's last political club celebrates its longevity. Clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Lovely copy.. Stapled. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Toronto: The Canadian Antiques and Fine Arts Society, 1981 Features: The Cormier House, Montreal - Its Design and Furnishings in Art Deco; Signposts for Collectors Part III - Early Brass Candlesticks and Their Construction; Beneath the Richelieu - 18th century artifacts; Theft at Sweeney House; An Exciting Discovery - a hitherto unrecorded view of Montreal on ceramics; Glimpses of High Victorian life in Canada; Communion tokens of the Presbyterian Church in Nova Scotia; Early Cash Registers Cast Metal and Wood Cased. Moderate wear. Sound copy. . Stapled. Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Magazine. more information

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Canada: National Museum of Science and Technology, 2004 Features: The Appropriation and Disappropriation of Objects/L'appropriation et la desappropriation des objets; La ceinture flechee au carrefour des convoitises des communautes canadiennes-francaises, amerindiennes et metisses du Canada; Vitrines coloniales - ethnologie plastique de l'Algerie a l'exposition universelle de 1889 a Paris; L'identite culturelle armenienne entrevue dans un interieur domestique - les indices d'un patrimoine de diaspora; From Object of Poverty to National Treasure - the Ambiguous place of Catholic convents in Quebec and the Rhetoric of herigage; La modernite paradoxale inscrite dans la culture materielle d'une communaute de Roms hongrois; Reconsidering the Smallest of artifacts - on the origins of Philatelic Collecting; Des musees dans tous leurs etats - trois sites Web; three book reviews. Average wear. Usual library markings. A sound copy. . Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Gadsby, Alberta: Gadsby Pioneers Association, 1979 482 pages. Profusely illustrated in black and white. Endpapers decorated with historic local cattle brands. Moderate wear. Writing atop copyright page, otherwise clean and unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this very informative local history.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Toronto: Maclean-Hunter Limited, 1970 Articles: How to Tell Hawks from Doves among Canada's 38,500 policemen - and why you're safer if you can - views of various chiefs of police; Where has all our best land gone? - the surrender of our best land to the Americans could be the ultimate sellout; The crusade to make Canada's national capital a tale of two cities; How to keep up with Fashion's shifting erogenous zone - with great colour photos, including cover shot; The Revealing Canadian Compulsion for Profanity - a Martin Goldfarb report; Photojournalist Cathy Wismer reports on CFL Football, thus violating one of North America's last inviolate preserves For Men Only - with many Argo photos; I'm Married, happy, and went through hell for a legal abortion, by Roberta Squire; The U.S. Senator from Canada - Senator Mike Gravel of Alaska; The new fad of treasure hunting with metal detectors; Many lost cities in Brazil; Paul Almond's 'Act of the Heart'; William Robson, undenighable novelist; Colour ad for the full line of Ski-Doo products; Flying from Edmonton to Vancouver to watch the new Vancouver Canucks. Scorpion Snowmobile Ad. Great colour ad for the 1971 Mercury Cougar; Nice colour ad for the 1971 Ford Mustang. Fantastic full-page colour ad for Sno-Jet featuring Al Unser, Bobby Unser and Mario Andretti. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy.. First Edition. Stapled. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Toronto: Don Mills Developments, 1969 Approximately 50 pages. Many fold-outs. This large 15" x 12" work presents the master plan for Erin Mills. "A fortunate combination of circumstances should make Erin Mills New Town a singular community. First, the company had the foresight and resources to acquire a tract of land in excess of ten square miles in one of the most favourable growth regions on the continent. Secondly, there exists a strong demand in this region of Southern Ontario for all types of residential, commercial and industrial land and buildings... Erin Mills New Town presents our company an opportunity to create, in cooperation with the public authorities, one of the most imaginative planned communities on the continent. It offers us an unparalleled opportunity to direct our resources to a sound business venture that will provide an urban environment in which a prime consideration is quality living for those who live and work there." - from Foreword by A.E. Diamond, President, Don Mills Developments Limited. Sections include: Erin Mills in the region; West Credit Development Area; Land Ownership; Natural Features; Existing Land Use; Development Concept; Employment; Commercial Facilities; Education and Institutions; Open Space and Recreation; Housing and Residential Environment; Special Housing Studies; Landscaping; Road System; Public Transportation; Transportation Corridor; Services; Staging and Growth; General Plan; Erin Mills Centre; Erin Mills South; West Credit Development Plan; Development Policies; Fiscal Consideration. Gift Greetings inside front board, otherwise clean and unmarked with very light wear. Binding intact. An excellent copy. . First Edition. Cirlox/Hard Cover. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. more information

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Toronto: Maclean-Hunter Limited, 1965 Features: de Gaulle, the US dollar, and Gold (short article with cartoon); Beautiful color photo ad for the 1965 Buick Wildcat; Claude Wagner - "Ma Mission... La Justice" - with photos; Le Quebec Manque-t-il de Pretres?; Becancourt etait sur d'avoir l'acierie; Le retour des six jours - trois editions en mois de deux ans, et deja c'est un evenement important du sport montrealais - Aurelio Battello; Le Fort Ste-Marie Revivra; Attention! - Le Quebec ne produit pas asses de savants; Nice colour full-page ad of a partially cut-away Volkswagen van with the population of Jiggs, Nevada aboard!; Text in French. Average wear. A sound copy.. First Edition. Stapled. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Toronto: Southstar, 1970 Features: Story with many colour photos in the wake of the FLQ crisis; What it means to Canada?; What it means to separatism?; The FLQ - what it is, who it is, how it works, and what makes it so hard to stop; Six basic skills of hockey - Ed Giacomin on goaltending, Bobby Orr on Balance, Gordie Howe on Passing, Norm Ullman on stickhandling, Bobby Hull on Shooting, Keith Magnuson on hitting; The widow of the man they called God - Father Divine, the famed Depression preacher, died in 1965 but his followers refused to believe it - now Mother Divine keeps five banquet tables waiting for him; Maggie Grant; Doug Wright's Family. Clean and unmarked with average wear. . Stapled. Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. more information

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Toronto: Maclean-Hunter Limited, 1965 Features: L'Existence du Canada est Menacee, mais... cette constatation de la commission Laurendeau-Dunton est minimisee par les journaux anglophones; Huit Semains a l'ile de Paques, parle Dr. Armand Boudreault; Apres l'explosion de Ville La Salle - (a natural gas explosion?); Sur un air des Beatles ou de Charles Aznavour - les discotheques montrealaises; La Maison Leclerc a plu de 200 ans - nice photos; Des Heros Costaudes - Au debut du siecle, les idoles des foules s'appelaient - Louis Cyr, le geant Beaupre, Barre, Hector Decarie, Michaud, Victor DeLamarre, Jos. Montferrand... - with photos. Text in French. Average wear. A sound copy.. First Edition. Stapled. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Toronto: The Canadian Antiques and Fine Arts Society, 1977 Features: Bill C-33 in effect; Rare and Unusual Ontario Pottery; Antique Mechanical Toy Banks; From the Portfolio of a Canadian Artist and Collector - Douglas Allan Fales; Early Fireplace Cooking Utensils; Log Cabin Quilts; Emily Warren, RBA 1869-1956 - a neglected Canadian Artist. Sound copy. . Stapled. Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Magazine. more information

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Toronto: Southstar, 1970 Features: Life under the Breathalyzer - how a neat little machine has changed party-giving, marriages, Christmas, New Year's, driving, dining, even our sex lives; From Oven to Entree - how a chicken becomes a dinner (includes recipe for Supreme of Chicken Albufera); Polish up my diamonds, I'm wearing my jeans tonight - fashion; Hair - The American Tribal-Love Rock Musical; Fran Huck - The Reluctant (Hockey) Pro - when Canada dropped out of international hockey, he announced he would turn pro; The Crepe - easy elegance (food feature); Doug Wright's Family. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Some rubbing to front cover. 3"x3" piece missing from upper corner of back cover.. Stapled. Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. more information

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Canada: Canadian Racing Pigeon Union, 1963 224 pages. Black and white illustrations. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label atop front cover. Solid copy. . Stapled. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Canada's National History Society, 1993 56 pages. Features: Christmas Past - Maritime traditions with a touch of Dickens; Making fun of the hero of the Plains of Abraham; The fate of Tecumseh - learning from 'war crimes' and the lesson of 5 October 1813; Fifth Column crisis - war jitters on the home front, 1940; Canada's forgotten railway tycoon - Charles Melville Hays; Feasting with the North Westers at Old Fort William. Clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Lovely copy. . Stapled. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Toronto: The Canadian Antiques and Fine Arts Society, 1974 Features: Country Heritage - Loan exhibition of Ontario and Maritimes furniture; Original Prints; Baroque Bronze Sculpture - Opening in Toronto; Potting in Ontario; The Grange - a Gentleman's House of the Early 19th Century; Canadian(?) Glass - a noted collector speaks out; Mysterious Bolles; Antiques Shows 1974; and more. Moderate wear. Quality copy. . Stapled. Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Magazine. more information

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Victoria BC: Queen's Printer, 1886 Contains public acts relating to: Breeding Stock, Constitution, Courts of Assize, County Courts, Recovery of Small Debts, Dentistry, Debt, Judgements, Crown Lands, Loan, Licenses, Medicine and Surgery, Minerals, Municipalities, Victoria and Saanich Railway, Settled Estates, Smelting Works, Consolidation Statutes, Surveyors, Supply, Timber, Road Tolls, Water Viewers. Private Acts relating to: Electric Light, Findlay Creek Mining, Gas, Insurance, Victoria and Saanich Railway, New Westminster and Port Moody Telephone, Tramways, Vancouver, Coquitlam Water Works, Nanaimo Water Works, Vancouver Water Works. Covers heavily worn. Usual library markings. Binding intact.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Reading Copy. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Toronto: Canadian Antiques and Fine Arts, 1968 Features: The Burlington Glass Site; Silver Christening Presents; The Tam O'Shanter Jug; The Heritage of Robert Adam; Early Canadian Furniture; Pomanders and Vinaigrettes; Corporate Collectors; The Indispensable Inkstand. Somewhat above-average wear. Sound working copy. . Stapled. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Vancouver, B.C.: The Canadian League of Rights 60 pages. Circa early 1970. A right-wing critique of Canada's Waffle movement precedes the text of the Waffle Manifesto. Average wear. Neat ball pen underlining to contents. Prior owner's name atop first page. A sound copy. . Stapled. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Toronto: Maclean-Hunter Limited, 1966 Features: Gorgeous red photo ad for the 1967 Buick Wildcat Custom Sport Coupe inside front cover; Eilat hopes to be a tourist Garden of Eden; Montreal - how a big town became a great city - many great colour photos with article; Photos and brief write-ups for: Ulysse Comtois; John David Molson; Michel Robichaud; Louis Tavan; Hubert Aquin; Monique Leyrac; The Idler's Guide to Montreal; Can Israel cope with war adn peace? - Blair Fraser in Tel Aviv; Powell Smily reveals the living hell he experienced through Blackmail - it cost him $25,000 before he wrote this story; England Swings? - maybe the tiny, mini-skirted minority, but Alan Edmonds found the country depressing and he's glad to be back home; Gerald Stevens on Canadiana; Enjoying Montreal without speaking French; Nice full-page colour photo ad for the Chevrolet Camaro; Ad for the Bolens snowmobile called the Diablo Rouge; Crown Zellerbach ad features a majestic black and white photo of their log-laden train passing over the Nanaimo River on it's way to the Ladysmith booming grounds; The NFB - rudderless in a sea of talent - according to Don Bell; and more. Average wear. A sound copy.. First Edition. Stapled. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Toronto: Maclean-Hunter Limited, 1962 Features: Your Health and the almighty Pill - overmedication (part 1); Will the Killers Come Here? - a report on the pieds noirs of Algeria, who may soon look to French-speaking Canada for refuge; Canada's role in attempting to discover how David took Jerusalem and where Christ rose again; Paul Anka - a new look at our besn-known export - a 21-year-old singer, composer, and tycoon - with photos; Your passport is suspect - any red spy, international crook or alien smuggler can get one by mail; Indian - a new TV play to read and see - CBC's half-hour George Ryga play; Ton Smits cartoons; Fantastic colour centerfold ad for International Trucks. Average wear. A sound copy. . First Edition. Stapled. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Canada: The Leader-Post, 1971 26 pages. Features: The Town that Hit the Jackpot - Nickie Rubuliak and the residents of Smoky Lake, Alberta who defeated Imperial Tobacco's Casino Contest; The Mob - Part 5 - A foothold in Ontario; Dignity in Decay - Totem Poles along the British Columbia coast; Four-page feature on mothers having *two* sons playing hockey in the NHL; Glenn Martin of the Pine River Cheese and Butter Company near Goderich, Ontario; Funny Doug Wright's Family comic strip. Average wear. Unmarked. Short closed tear to back coveer. A quality copy. . Stapled. Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. more information

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Toronto: Maclean-Hunter Limited, 1962 Features: Article on how 1,300 BC doctors are 'cutting the cancer toll'; Corruption - a modern manual of Graft in Civic Office; Nice colour full-page ad for the Pontiac Parisienne Sports Sedan; The Hidden Kingdom of B.C.'s Holy Terrorists - The 3,000 Sons of Freedom may be losing their grip on 9.000 more peaceful Doukhobors; Lovely colour photos of seasonal wildflowers; What Thinking Machines are doing for us, and to us; Cuba's program to export revolution - William Eccles' notes after two months inside Castro's camp - many great photos; How Wade Hampton found his feet - on crutches - the disabled former ski champ now heads a company of 50 handicapped employees; There's more in whiskers than meets the eye. Average wear. A sound copy.. First Edition. Stapled. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Toronto: The Canadian Antiques and Fine Arts Society, 1976 Features: Prehistoric Plainsmen; Fort Chipewyan; Saint Albert; Writing on Stone - Milk River Valley; The Ranching Saga of Southern Alberta; Home, House and Temple Among the Plains Indians; Oil City, Alberta; Some Early Travellers' Accounts of Alberta; The Mountains in Maps; The Frontier Art of R.B. Nevitt; Gerald Tailfeathers; Carl Rungius - An Artist's View of Nature; Architectural Heritage; Heritage Park; Ukrainian Vernacular Architecture; Medalta Pottery; Saddles; Hutterites - The Peaceful People; Cattle Brands; From an Alberta Kitchen; Beadwork by Alberta Native Peoples; The Doukhobors; Museums in Alberta; and more. Average wear. Date hand-written atop front cover. Sound copy. . Stapled. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Magazine. more information

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Toronto: The Canadian Antiques and Fine Arts Society, 1974 Much text also in French. Features: Saint Gabriel House; The Preservation of Old Monteal; Traditional Sculpture; History of Painting; Conversion Through Pictures - An Aspect of Religious Painting in New France; Quebec's Traditional House; Early Furniture; Silver; Quebec Ceramics; Quebec Maple-Sugar Moulds; Stoves; From an 18th Century Table; French-Canadian Blankets; The First Quebec Glass Factory - Canada Glass Works; Some Museums of Quebec.. and Their Treasures; Military and Maritime Museum. Date hand-written upon front cover. Modest wear. Quality copy. . Stapled. Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Magazine. more information

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British Columbia: British Columbia Telephone Company, 1922 Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Nice photo montage of six female lower mainland agents; Commendation for Excellent service; Industrial Review - statistics for the province; Bar graph of phones in service between 1903 and 1921; When the telephone was a curiosity in the Capital City - nice seven page feature on the history of telephony in Victoria, beginning in 1877; Page of the 1880 Victoria and Esquimalt phone book; Facsimile of letter dated 1878 from the Bell Telephone office in Brantford, Ontario which says Mr. R.B. McMicking has accepted the agency of the company in British Columbia; City of Vancouver gets new phone number; Telephone development keeps pace with progress; Cover photo of the operating room of the Nanaimo exchange; Five-page illustrated article on Nanaimo, including 35 year-old photo of downtown with Bastion visible and an 1890 photo of a portion of the downtown and bowl area; Trouble shooting in Kootenay; The manufacture of porcelain; photo of operators at work in New Westminster; 6-page illustrated feature on New Westminster with mid-90s photo of the Colonial Hotel and area plus a photo of Columbia street before the fire of 1898; Composite cables will be important betterment; Fairmont operating room photo; Great photo montage of the old wooden bridge connecting Nanaimo's Fitzwilliam St. with downtown (the caption mentions E.P. LaBelle, whose name is stamped on the top edge of this book); 11 page feature on the history of telephony in Vancouver, with several photos from before 1900; pulling coils of duplex wire through the mountains by snow shoe(!); Nice photos of the following exchanges - Seymour, Fairmont, Highland, Bayview, Victoria, New Westminster, North Vancouver, Nanaimo, Chemainus, Cobble Hill, Cumberland, Belmont, Duncan, Courtenay, Port Alberni, Colquitz, Ladysmith, Keating, Aldergrove, Abbottsford, Collingwood, Fraser, Port Moody, Port Coquitlam, West Vancouver, Ladner, Kerrisdale, Eburne, Milner, Cloverdale, Steveston, Sidney, Hammond, Mission City, Kamloops, Agassiz, Trail, Rossland, Kaslo, Nelson, Grand Forks, Greenwood, New Denver, plus plant headquarters for the Mainland and Victoria; statement of development showing number of operating phones per community; Cover photo of the Foul Bay area of Victoria; More Switchboards for Seymour; Bayview Extension; Centralization of observation equipment; Demo. switchboard for school; Much outside construction; Seven duct miles of conduit laid in Seymour underground; Table showing exchanges in order of percent good toll calls; Alexander Graham Bell dies; Oaks Point snap shots; new motor control switchboard; Wireless telophony in early nineties (article); Laying underground conduit in Shaughnessy; New aerial cable across Capilano River; Passing of William Farrell, Company President; Rejuvinating used Plant material in machine shop; a peculiar case of hydrolysis; photo of Georgia street conduit trench; Second Annual Telephone Convention; 1885 B.C. Provincial Directory - article with 1885 photo of Vancouver Harbour; Autobiography of a switchboard plug; photo of burying conduit on Seymour in 1905; Appreciation shown by Port Alberni business men; Long Distance operators usually get their man; 7,000 mile motor trip of B.C. Telephone man; The telephone directory - my favourite book; Map showing routing of two cable between Point Grey and Nanaimo; Device to record telephone conversations - article; ditch-digging in Kerrisdale; Page of photos of motor vehicles used by the company, including the Packard 3.5 ton truck equipped with "winch and two niggerheads"; Feature on the telephone man's vehicles and the folks who keep them repaired - photos; and more. Average wear. Backstrip loose at back edge. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge else unmarked. Binding intact. . First Edition. Half Leather. Fair+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Toronto: The Canadian Antiques and Fine Arts Society, 1979 Features: Auction Report - John Bateman Furniture; More Rare and Unusual Ontario Pottery; Montreal Metalsmith Paul Beau; The Art of Early Artifacts; South Persian Tribal Rugs from Vancouver Collections; Ontario and Pennsylvania Parallels in the Decorative Arts; Indian Treaty Medals of the Canadian West. Average wear. A sound, clean copy. . Stapled. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Magazine. more information

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Canada's National History Society, 1994 56 pages. Features: Baraga - a Habsburg prelate in the New World; Baseball's Canadian roots; A touch of sin with Elinor Glyn; British farmers on the grain and banquet circuit; the remarkable Mary Barrett Speechly. Clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Lovely copy.. Stapled. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Ottawa: Government of Canada, 1973 Features: Adventure Training for Army Cadets - Summer Challenge; Drop-out Kings - over 35,000 pounds of JP-1 aviation fuel delivered to the North Magnetic Pole; My First Jump - photographer becomes paratrooper; Fencing; La Citadelle - changing the guard in Quebec City; Last of the Few - Battle of Britain Pilot, Col. B.E. 'Bev' Christmas retures; Rockliffe Roll-out - the national aeronautical collection; CMR at Saint-Cyr - officer cadets visit France. Quality copy. . Stapled. Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Willowdale, ON: Canadian Antiques and Fine Arts, 1969 Features: Japanese Theatre Prints - Part 2; Nature's Artist - preserving flowers and grasses; Art Glass; London Letter - One Owner's Furniture; The Mystery of artist W.F. Wilson; Mabel Smith's Rare Goblet Collection. Some writing at bottom of front cover. Address label on front cover. Average wear. A sound copy. . First Edition. Stapled. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Toronto: The Canadian Antiques and Fine Arts Society, 1973 Features: Momentous Issues in the Island Story; Garden in the Gulph; Notable Prince Edward Islanders; The First Islanders; Handwoven and Homespun; Island Currency; Heritage in Building; Houses of Worship; Did They Hear the Whistle Blowing? - Prince Edward Island Railway; History of Printing; Furniture Making on Prince Edward Island; Visual Arts; Red is the Soil - PEI Pottery; Glassware; Those Gallant Ships - Photo of 'The Meteor' under construction in 1892; The Farm Family; Island Barns; Heritage Foundation; Anne of Green Gables; Acadian Settlers; Museums; Clock and Watchmakers. Average wear. Sound copy. . Stapled. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Magazine. more information

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Toronto: Maclean-Hunter Limited, 1965 Features: Colour ad for the Oldsmobile F-85 inside front cover; Beautiful full colour photo 2-page ad for the 1966 Buick Riviera and 1966 Buicks; Les carnets secrets de Jean-Marie Nadeau - precurseur de la 'revolution tranquille'; Very Rare full-page colour ad for the Honda S600 car!; La Bande a Charlot; Malraux, retour de Chine; Un Hiver Fou - fashion colour photos; Ils ont invente le cowboy Quebecois - Wellie Lamothe, Paul Brunelle et Marcel Martel; Pour Noel - James Bond, G.I. Joe, Barbie...; On nous change la Messe; L'ouest a-t-il compris Lesage?; Colour photo centerfold ad for the 1966 Chevrolet Caprice; Full-page colour photo ad for the OMC Snow Cruiser snowmobile; L'Expo de 9 a 5. Text in French. Average wear. A sound copy.. First Edition. Stapled. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Toronto: Maclean-Hunter Limited, 1966 Features: Gerda Munsinger - and Cabinet; Gerda Munsinger - and the Press; Nice colour photo ad for the 1966 GM Beaumont; The Kennedy Legend - photos with text; JFK - the man and the myth, by Malcolm Muggeridge; JFK - a man for the ages, by Arthur H. Schlesinger, Jr.; The Torch Bearers - Bobby and Teddy; Jacqueline Kennedy - Keeper of a Legend - Her triumph and ordeal; New book poses unanswere questions about the JFK assassination; When is a Happening not a Happening? - When it's a No-Happening, an eye-and-ear-popping adventure in the wayout; Joe Greene - an eastern Minister of Agriculture; W. Allan Beckett on how high the cost of living can get; A League of Women all named Rose Kastner; Leisure Living section with colour photos of the new Toronto Board of Trade golf course near Woodbridge; New boats - frills are out, cut-price luxury is in; At School high in the Bugaboos - 15 amateur alpinists learn to belay and rappel in style on this remote Rocky range - colour photos; Horse Riding - suburbia's booming family sport; Nice colour ad for the International Harvester Scout 4WD; Ad for Air Canada's new DC-9; Gerald Stevens on Canadiana; Patt Lister - Canada's rebel guitar-maker; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. . First Edition. Stapled. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Toronto: The Canadian Antiques and Fine Arts Society, 1976 Features: Canadian Collector and the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM); 20th Century Decorative Arts in the Royal Ontario Museum; Furniture Sleuthing; The Egmondville Pottery Revisited - Huron County, Ontario, 1852-1910; Canadian Crewelwork; Pysanka; A Letter From Canada - Written and Illustrated by John Locke Blagdon in 1844; Artist-Craftsman in Glass - Elmer John Hookway, 1889-1974; Studio Pottery; and more. Moderate wear. Nice copy. . Stapled. Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Magazine. more information

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Toronto: Maclean-Hunter Limited, 1964 Features: Colour ad for the Ford Mustang inside front cover; Colour Coke ad with puppies; Dans les coulisses du "Hit Parade", les vedettes se bousculent - with many photos of Ginette Reno; Sur la carte du ski, un pays neuf - L'estrie; Bas Saint-Laurent et Gaspesie - un nouvel espoir - le B.A.E.Q.; L'affaire Tragique du faux Dr. Couture - Adrien Couture; Un Potier Japonais a North Hatley - Tatzuo Shimaoka; L'Incendiaire - une nouvelle de Jean Simard; Nice colour photo ad for the 1965 Lincoln Continental. Text in French. Average wear. A sound copy.. First Edition. Stapled. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Toronto: The Canadian Antiques and Fine Arts Society, 1975 Features: On Collecting Canadian Antiques; The Calvary at Oka; Indian Artifacts from Canada's Past; Canadian Painting in the Thirties; The Egmondville Pottery - Huron County, Ontario 1852-1910; Studen Prize Books - Canadian School Life in the 19th Century; Silver Made in Plymouth; Royal Railcars; Collecting Locks; and more. Light wear. Nice copy.. Stapled. Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Magazine. more information

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Toronto: Maclean Hunter, 1958 Features: Loaded with British Columbia content! Nice Full-page colour ad for Bulova watches; A Native's Return to B.C., by Pierre Berton; Nice colour photo ad for the 1958 Ford cars; Feature article on Victoria's Government Street, with colour photos; Many B.C.-themed cartoons; The Salty Princesses of the Pacific Coast - B.C.'s Princess Boats - article with colour photos; The Douglas Fir - the vanishing giant that built a province; The Rise and Fall of Social Credit - the west's wonder party now seems headed for destruction; What B.C. means to nine of its best artists - many colour illustrations commissioned by Maclean's - works by Jack Shadbolt, Joe Plaskett, Bruno Bobak, Lawren Harris, Gordon Smith, Molly Bobak, B.C. Binning, ElJ. Hughes, John Korner; The Truth about the Sasquatch - fiction by Vernon Hockley; Nice colour full-page ad for B/A gas stations; Glamourous colour ad for B-58 Buick; Labatt's '50' ale colour ad; Nice colour ad for the Sheraton - Mt. Royal Hotel; Great full-page black and white photo ad for Canada Mink; Faded Coke ad on back cover shows a mountain scene and people in cowboy hats. Covers detached but present else average wear. Unmarked. . First Edition. Stapled. Fair. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. more information

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Ottawa: Government of Canada, 1972 Features: HMCS Skeena and STANAVFORLANT - operating with a NATO fleet; A Radio Station at sea - some voices of A-O.K.; Forces' Sunday Schools help out with Hong Kong mission; CFB Chatham's CHAF - on the air; HMCS Haida - on display; 50 years of Aid - St. John Ambulance and the Forces; Howie's Highlanders - Canadian Forces at the Scottish World Festival; Saludo a la Bandera - the story of a wartime escape (part 2) - Art Fay and Earl Price; Microfilm - modern document handling in the Canadian Forces. Bit of writing on front cover.. Stapled. Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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