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1. Bancroft, Hubert Howe. HISTORY
OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1792-1887. The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 32. San
Francisco, The History Company: 1887. 792 pages. Original brown leather binding,
with black leather labels on the spine. The front joints are cracked, but the
covers are still held in place by the binding cords. There is slight browning to
the edges of the pages. There is some shelf wear to the spine edges and corners.
Text block is tight and the contents are complete. $45.00
2. Barlee, N.L. GOLD
CREEKS AND GHOST TOWNS. Summerland, British
Columbia, Canada West Magazine: 1971. Large softcover edition. Slight wear to
edges. $3.70
3. Camsell, Charles. GEOLOGY,
AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE TULAMEEN DISTRICT, B.C. Ottawa,
Canada, Government Printing Bureau: 1913. 181 pages. Softcovers. Some stains and
browning to the title page. The printed wrappers and missing, so the first page
is the title page. There is a folding map inserted in the middle of the book.
There are a couple of pages missing from the back the book. These pages list the
government reports that have been printed. $35.00
4. Dalwick, R.E.R & C.H.C. Chamber.. NEWFOUNDLAND
AIR MAILS 1919-1939. With Additional Notes on Subsequent Flights and Air Stamps.
London, H. R. Harmer: 1953. 180 pages. Shelf wear
and discoloration to the binding. Corners are bumped. Binding is tight. $45.00
5. Deaville, Stanley Alfred. THE
COLONIAL POSTAL SYSTEMS AND POSTAGE STAMPS OF VANCOUVER ISLAND AND BRITISH
COLUMBIA, 1849-1871. Lawrence, Massachusetts,
Quarterman Publications: 210 pages. $41.50
6. Forester, Joseph and Anne. FISHING
BRITISH COLUMBIA'S COMMERCIAL FISHING HISTORY. British
Columbia, Canada, Hancock House: 1975. 224 pages. VG in slightly edge-worn d.j.
$9.95
7. Frontier Publishing. THE
DEAD AND DYING GHOST TOWNS OF SOUTH WEST ALBERTA. (The Ghost Towns Journal,
volume 1). Alberta, Canada, Frontier Publishing
Ltd. : 40 pages. Softbound covers. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine
and corners and slight soiling. $18.95
8. Getty, Ian A.L.-editor. ONE CENTURY LATER: WESTERN CANADIAN RESERVE INDIANS SINCE TREATY 7. Vancouver, University of British Columbia Press: 1978. 153 pages. Some shelf wear to binding and browning to edges of covers. Softcover. $25.00
9. Gomery, Percy. A
MOTOR SCAMPER 'CROSS CANADA: A HUMAN-INTEREST NARRATIVE OF A PATHFINDING JOURNEY
FROM MONTREAL TO VANCOUVER. Toronto, Ryerson
Press: 1922. 208 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners.
Corners bumped. $35.00
10. Harmer, C. H. C. NEWFOUNDLAND
AIR MAILS, AIR STAMPS AND FLIGHT COVERS FROM 1919 THROUGH MARCH 31, 1949 (AN
UPDATE OF 1953 EDITION). Cinnaminson, New Jersey,
American Air Mail Society: 1984. 181 pages. $55.00
11. Healey, Elizabeth. HISTORY
OF ALERT-BAY AND DISTRICT. [n.p.], Private
Printing: 116 pages. Some shelf wear. Corners bumped. Softbound covers. $5.95
12. Hornstein, Walter. THE
D'AMOURS FAMILY IN CANADA, AND OTHER PIONEER FAMILIES OF NEW FRANCE. An
historical and genealogical record of the first settlers in the French colonial
Province of Quebec. Escanaba, Michigan, Photo
Offset Printing: 1970. 349 pages. Slight shelf wear to spine and corners. $75.00
13. Hume, Mary. BRANDON,
PROSPECT OF A CITY. City of Brandon, Leech
Printing Ltd. : 1981. Some shelf wear. $12.95
14. James Prince Family Organization. THE
PRINCES: JAMES-LUCY-SARAH AND THEIR FAMILIES. Edmonton,
Calgary, Alberta, James Prince Family Organization: 1992. 670 pages. A good
family history of this Mormon-Canadian family. $55.00
15. Leechman, Douglas. NATIVE
TRIBES OF CANADA. Toronto, W. J. Gage: 357 pages.
Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Softbound covers. The
bottom front corner is snipped away on the paper cover. Slight soiling. $8.00
16. Mebane, Alexander. THE
CANADIAN FIREBALL PROCESSION OF 1913 FEBRUARY 9: OBSERVATIONS OF THE GREAT
FIREBALL PROCESSION. [n.p.], Meteoritics: 1956. 19
pages. Softbound covers, VG condition. $20.00
17. Mika, Nick and Helma. BLACK
CREEK PIONEER VILLAGE. Belleville, Ontario, Mika
Publishing: 1988. $7.75
18. Morice, A.G. THE
HISTORY OF THE NORTHERN INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. Fairfield,
Washington, Ye Galleon Press: 1971. 1st American edition. 1971 Ye Galleon Press
edition. Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Very nice printing. A
few pages at the back are bumped at the bottom, with slight dog-earring. Maps in
envelope inside back cover. $33.00
19. O'Neill, J.J. PLATINUM
AND ALLIED METAL DEPOSITS OF CANADA. Ottawa,
Canada, J. O. Patenaude: 1934. 165 pages. Softbound covers. Some wear. Some
staining to front cover and a few initial pages. pages. $19.00
20. Provincial Archives. BRITISH
COLUMBIA HERITAGE SERIES. Series1 Our Native Peoples. Volume 10-BELLA COOLA. British
Columbia, Canada, Provincial Archives: 1964. 77 pages. Softcovers. Shelf wear
and some small stains to the covers. $5.50
21. Ross, Eric. BEYOND
THE RIVER AND THE BAY: SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE STATE OF THE CANADIAN NORTHWEST
IN 1811. Toronto, Canada, University of Toronto:
1970. First American edition. $5.90
22. Rylatt, R.M. Surveying
the Canadian Pacific: Memoir of a Railroad Pioneer. Salt
Lake, University of Utah: 1991. 246 pages. Spine slightly cocked. Light shelf
wear. Dust jacket has slight edge-wear. $32.50
23. Sansom, Joseph. TRAVELS
IN LOWER CANADA, WITH THE AUTHOR'S RECOLLECTION OF THE SOIL, AND ASPECT; THE
MORALS, HABITS, AND RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS. Toronto,
Coles: 1972. Softcover. Slight wear. Softbound covers. Facsimile reprint. $6.00
24. Sessions, David F. THE
EARLY RAPID CANCELLING MACHINES OF CANADA. Toronto,
Canada, Canadian Philatelic Society of Great Britain: 1982. 140 pages. Softbound
covers. Slight wear to spine and corners. $28.00
25. Sinclair, David-editor. THE
NEW WORLD JOURNAL OF ALEXANDER GRAHAM DUNLOP, 1845. Toronto,
Dundurn Press: 1976. Slight Shelf wear, else VG in edge-worn dust jacket. $9.50
26. Snyder, L.L. ONTARIO
BIRDS. Toronto, Clarke, Irwin: 1951. Shelf wear,
else VG in dust jacket With slight chipping to edges. A few tears to dust
jacket. $18.00
27. Sylvestre, Guy. CANADIAN
WRITERS: A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY. Toronto,
Ryerson: 1964. Ex-library, with internal stamps and label on spine. Label on
dust jacket. Light wear. $10.00
28. Warrilow, Betty-editor. BEAUTIFUL
STONEY KEPPEL, INCLUDING THE VILLAGE OF SHALLOW LAKE, 1855-1986. Owen
Sound, Ontario, Canada, W. D. Keeling Printers: 1986. 484 pages. $75.00