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British Columbia: British Columbia Honey Producers' Assocation. Fair. 1980. First Edition. Paperback. "These recipes have been provided by members of the B.C. Honey Producers' Association, their families and friends. The recipes have been compiled and tested by Home Economists from the B.C. Ministry of Agriculture. All the recipes included have been approved by a taste… Read more about this item

USA: M.P.. Very Good. 1987. First Editioin. Plastic Comb. "For many years I treated furbearer meat the same as most other trappers - to be discarded or, at times, to be used as trapline bait. Then one day a trapping partner talked me into trying fried beaver. I was hooked! Thus, for the past… Read more about this item

USA: Richard Israel, Reny Slay. Good. 1975. Second Edition. Paperback. 0913978019 . "We know there are a lot of young folks like ourselves turning to the countryside or wilderness to live more fully and productively than our modern society and crowded cities allow. We have compiled this book for you. It is a book of… Read more about this item

Alberta: Government of Alberta. Good. 1985. Reprint. Plastic Comb. "The environment has played an important role in the survival of the Native cultures in Alberta. Even today many Indian communities are dependent on a harmonious relationship with the land. This publication was originally produced in 1975 to accompany a travelling exhibition on ethnobotany in… Read more about this item

St. Paul, MN: University Farm. Good. 1960. First Edition. Paperback. "Fresh-frozen foods mean better flavor, more nutrition plus a world of new ease in preparing and serving meals for your family. Your freezer can become many things to you - a reliable guardian for fresh produce, meats and ready-cooked meals, a storage locker for commercially frozen… Read more about this item

Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited. Fair. 1980. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. 0070923655 . "Captures the flavour of Ontario country cooking at its best. Tasty stews and casseroles, mouthwatering old-style cakes, traditional favourites such as bread pudding and Sally Lunn cake, hearty home-baked breads, pastries and pies, home-made ice cream." - back cover. "A treasure for anyone… Read more about this item

USA: Mad River Press. Good. 1980. Second Edition. Paperback. "Since the early mushroom dye results were so incredibly rewarding, numerous further tests of ever more species have followed over the past years. Thus the necessity for this new enlarged edition with its much expanded index, additional alphabetized list, charts, and the remarkably accurate drawings of… Read more about this item

Canada: Caitlin Press Inc.. Fair. 2014. First Edition. Paperback. 1927575524 . "Lasqueti Island has a rowdy and divided reputation. Through the 1970s and early '80s, the island attracted a flood of counterculture seekers - communards, hippies, utopians, revolutionaries and other exotic characters looking for an alternative lifestyle. [This book] explores both its eccentric days… Read more about this item

London: W. Foulsham & Co. Ltd.. Fair. 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. "How to make these pure delicacies in the home at half the cost of shop supplies." - subtitle. "As a work of reference it will be found invaluable, and a copy kept in the kitchen will be helpful on a thousand occasions." - Preface. … Read more about this item

Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia / British Columbia Provincial Museum. Very Good. 1978. First Edition. Paperback. 0000681628 . "Much of the information on gathering and preparing foods contained in this handbook was obtained from elderly members of contemporary Indian communities." - Preface. Chapters include: Lichens, Mushrooms and Fungi, Ferns, Conifers, Flowering Plants, and more. … Read more about this item

Muncie, Indiana: Ball Corporation. Fair. 1972. New Revised Edition 29. Paperback. "Brings you the most reliable and up-to-date methods of home canning and freezing. New recipes have been added and old favorites rewritten; the continuity rearranged and instructions simplified so all age homemakers may find it helpful. Includes all the information needed to obtain… Read more about this item

Canada: Bernardin, Limited. Very Good. 2000. Updated Edition. Paperback. 0969471939 . "This updated edition includes over 100 new recipes for home food preservation as well as easy-to-understand home canning instructions and tips. The book features a broad range of fruit and vegetable recipes which can be processed in a boiling water canner. The recipes are… Read more about this item

Vancouver, B.C.: Labrador Tea Company. Fair. 1981. Revised Edition. Paperback. "This book is about Hotsprings. There are 94 hotsprings in Canada, all of them in the west. Some of these springs can be reached only by days of heavy back-packing; others are just a few yards off major highways. This book tells you where… Read more about this item

Canada: Consumer Branch - the Wartime Prices and Trade Board, Government of Canada, 1942. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 48 pages. Undated but probably circa 1942 as this is clearly a WWII-era publication intended to provide ideas for readers to slash their requirement for wool, "106 pounds of which is needed to… Read more about this item

USA: Paladin Press, 1981. Book. Good. Paperback. Reprint. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. [5], i, [3], 150 pp. Black and white diagrams. Publisher believes this to be a work of Great Britain's elite Special Air Service (SAS). "While comparable to other government survival texts in some areas, its combat orientation differentiates it from all others… Read more about this item

New York: Oxford University Press. Good. 1943. First American Edition. Hardcover. xv, [4], 2-253 pages. Index. References. Black and white illustrations and photographic plates. Graphs. Tables. First published in England in 1940. "The purose of this book is to draw attention to the destruction of the earth's capital - the… Read more about this item

London: Oxford University Press. Good. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. 0197111386 . First edition of this landmark work in the history of organic agriculture. Intended to "draw attention to the destruction of the earth's capital - the soil; to indicates some of the consequences of this; and to suggest methods by which the lost fertility can be restored… Read more about this item

New York: Hurst & Co., Publishers, 1884. Book. Good. Hardcover. Tenth Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. xi, [1], 13-145, [1], [10] ads, pages. Index. Frequent line drawings in text. "Showing clearly how to plan and construct dwellings in the bush, on the prairie, or elsewhere, cheaply and well, with wood, earth, or gravel. … Read more about this item

Canada: Self-Published, 2009. Book. Fine. Paperback. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed and generically inscribed by author atop title page. "Includes many columns written for the Victoria Times-Colonist in the early 2000s about country living." - back cover. Author's column was called Rural Roots and also included personal and family history.… Read more about this item

Canada: Trafford Publishing. Good. 2001. Reprint. Paperback. 1553690621 . 244 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. "The saga of hardy West Coast pioneers, who lived in snug floating homes and were sustained by surrounding sea and forest. In short time segments, complete with maps, letters, photos and recipes, readers are drawn into… Read more about this item