Search Results: Canada from Quickhatch Books

Hamburg und Berlin: Verlag Paul Parey, 1983. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 4. Auflage. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 182pp., photos, endpaper maps..

Acadiensis, 1991. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 208pp. Contents include D.A. Muise, The Industrial Context of Inequality: Female Participation in Nova Scotia's Paid Labour Force, 1871-1921; Robert MacKinnon, Farming the Rock: The Evolution of Commercial Agriculture around St. John's, Newfoundland to 1945; B. Anne Wood, The Significance of Evangelical Presbyterian Politics in the Construction of State Schooling: A Case Study of the Pictou District, 1817-1866; Wendy Owen and J.M. Bumstead, Divorce in a Small Province: A History of Divorce on Prince Edward Island; L. Anders Sandberg, Forest Policy in Nova Scotia: The Big Lease, Cape Breton Island, 1899-1960; Thomas R. Roach and Richard Judd, A Man for All Seasons: Frank John Dixie Barnjum, Conservationist, Pulpwood Embargoist and Speculator; Nicolas Landry, L'exploitation agricole à Caraquet : étude basée sur le recensement de 1861..

Toronto: Copp Clark, 1943. Book. Illus. by Sinclair, John E.. Good. Saddle-stitched. Signed by Author(s). First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 36pp., ill., gift inscription, signed by author on title page. Juvenile reading text on the history of the fur trade in Hudson Bay. Canadian Social Studies Unit Readers. Light wear..

Toronto: MacMillan, 1927. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Second. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 329pp., index, xviii, endpaper maps, ill. Bookplate obscures part of the endpaper map at front, which is fortunately duplicated at rear; corners lightly bumped, frontispiece is detached, else sound, solid, clean copy . Edited, with introduction and notes, by Lorne Pierce..

Toronto: MacMillan, 1951. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. x, 317pp., index, biblio., ill. VG copy, with only negligible wear to the book itself, but DJ shows a great deal of wear and literally tear, with the front flap bearing the brunt. "This is a vivid and sympathetic portrayal of a great Canadian statesman who was given the rare faculty of seeing broad horizons, an choosing the shortest routes to them.".

Toronto: Coles Publishing, 1971. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Facsimile. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. viii, 351pp., ill. Coles facsimile of the the first (Charles Knight) edition. Label remnant to front cover, previous owner's name inside front, else only negligible wear..

Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Nautical & Aviation Publishing Company of America, 1993. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxi, 342pp., index, biblio., notes, maps, ill. "In his interpretation of a still controversial action, Donald E. Graves fills in the planning and operational background of the Niagara campaign of 1814 - one of the most bitterly contested of military operations of the War of 1812. He narrates the action at Lundy's Lane and provides a thorough examination of the weaponry, tactics, organization, and prominent personalities of the two conflicting armies.".

Doubleday Canada, 2003. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 387pp., index, maps, photos. Near fine and near fine. "In The Border noted political scientist and writer James Laxer explores the future of Canadian soveriegnty by taking the reader on a provocative 5,000 mile journey into culture, politics, and history. Timely and vital, The Border investigates our relationship with the mercurial power to the south.".

Edmonton: s.n., 1993. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Deuxième. 160pp., biblio. references, index. Yes, this book is in French. Oui, ce livre est en français. Transcripts of CHFA weekly historical radio segments broadcast in 1989-1990, and other material on the history of the Franco-Albertan community..

Toronto: Brigdens, 1970. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 95pp., photos, ill., facsims. Fine in like slipcase. No. 270 of a limited run of 500, with presentation card laid in. A centennial history of Toronto printing and publishing firm Brigdens..

Ottawa: National Historic Parks and Sites Branch, Parks Canada, 1979. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. First. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 113pp., ill., biblio., notes, appendices. Minimal wear and nearly as new. Wonderful item on 18th an 19th-century Quebec, well-footnoted for further research and reading..

1980. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 108pp., photos. No place, date, or publisher; presumably self-published inNewfoundland, and from appearances ca. 1980 or the late 1970s. MUN library has catalogued it as 197-. Minimal wear and slight rub/smudge to the left-hand (binding edge) extremity of the front cover, else clean, undamaged, unmarked copy. Rare; is not widely held in Canadian libraries, not even the National Library. True accounts of Newfoundlands and dogs of other breeds, in Newfoundland and on Newfoundland fishing boats..

Ottawa: Ottawa City Archives, 1978. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. iii, 101pp., index, notes, appendices, introduction. Excellent source on the mid-19th-century history of Ottawa.

Saint-Boniface: Les Éditions du Blé, 2006. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 271pp., index, photos, cartes. "Le monde que vous allez decouvrir dans ces pages provient d'une série de chroniques diffusées sur la Première chaîne de Radio-Canada au Manitoba. Bernard Bocquel, en quelque sorte l'historien officiel de CKSB, le premier poste de langue français de l'Ouest, avait accepté de créer, par le biais de chroniques radiophoniques, 'un lieu de réflexion, un rendez-vous qui offrirait un nouveau regard sur le Manitoba français et sur la communauté que nous formons.' En retraçant le cheminement historique du Manitoba français, Bernard Bocquel propose des sujets de réflexion pour nous tous, comme Canadiens, comme francophones, comme citoyens du monde.".

New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1992. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xii, 156pp., index, photos, maps. Previous owner's name has been clipped from half-title page, else VG clean, undamaged copy. "Canada North makes the best of traveling companions: compact, informed, and lively. You'll want to read and reread it as you plan the journey of a lifetime.".

New York: Institute of Pacific Relations, 1940. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ix, 152pp., index, notes. Previous owner's name in ink inside front; some pencil annotations to rear endpaper. Original DJ is heavily worn, chipped, and torn, and, least of the worries, also has the previous owner's name. "Mr Lower, who is Professor of History at United College, University of Manitoba, bases his analysis of Canada's attitude vis-à-vis the Far East, upon a detailed survey of the historic, economic and political background of the country from 1872 when Canadian missionaries pioneered in China and Japan, to 1940 when unsettled relations between the United States and Japan, and Great Britain and Japan, bring acute reminder of her position as good neighbour and Dominion.".

Toronto: Glasgow, Brook & Company, 1914. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Archives Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Canada and Its Provinces, vols. 21&22. Pacific Province. Shortt and Doughty, general editors. xii, 346; x, 660pp., 2v paginated together; minor wear. Many pages are unseparated if not uncut. Lovely set of the two volumes in the Canada and Its Provinces series on the history of British Columbia and the older colonies of Vancouver's Island and New Caledonia. Printed by T&A Constable, Edinburgh..

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: University of British Columbia Press, 1996. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiv, 269pp., index. Light wear and crease to front panel of DJ..

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: University of British Columbia Press, 1996. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiv, 269pp., index. Signed by author, with inscription, on title page..

New York: Institute of Pacific Relations, 1940. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Signed by Author(s). First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ix, 152pp., index, notes. Wear, nicks, and scuffs to jacket; signed by author, with inscription, on title page. "Mr Lower, who is Professor of History at United College, University of Manitoba, bases his analysis of Canada's attitude vis-à-vis the Far East, upon a detailed survey of the historic, economic and political background of the country from 1872 when Canadian missionaries pioneered in China and Japan, to 1940 when unsettled relations between the United States and Japan, and Great Britain and Japan, bring acute reminder of her position as good neighbour and Dominion.".