Crawford Bay, BC: n.p., 1913. Ephemera. A prewar theater program from the 1913 Kootenay Lake community of Crawford Bay, located on the East shore of Kootenay Lake, titled "Palace of Varieties" boasting two plays, a nine-part concert and a production date of December 6th, 1913. A folded 6 x 9.....

(read more)about Kootenay] Crawford Bay Theater Program for 1913 "Palace

Surrey, BC: Northwest Digest Ltd., 1969. Paperback. BC Outdoors : Vol. 25 - No. 1, Jan./Feb. 1969. Saddle stapled illustrated wraps, 4to (10-7/8 inches tall), pp. 64, illustrated with drawings and B&W photos. Covers lightly worn with a rubber stamp and address label on front cover, unmarked inside. Contains articles.....

(read more)about "Thoughts on Conservation" by Roderick Haig-Brown

Vancouver, BC: Bailey Brothers, (c. 1892). Mounted Photographs. Two gold-toned silver collodion POP prints - one of a young indigenous hunter holding a rifle while standing in front of his tipi encampment at Medicine Hat Alberta and the other, a herd of buffalo at Cascade Mtn. in Banff, Alberta -.....

(read more)about Indigenous, Rockies] Photograph of Cree Indian Camp Medicine

London: The Boy Scouts Association, 1923. Photograph. A nice image showing excellent detail of the sitters and their scouting accouterments including the "1st Gillwell Park Troop" Scout flag held up in the background along with four other smaller banners held at row ends. With Gilwell printed in black using two.....

(read more)about Gilwell Park, Boy Scouts] 2nd London Gillwell Scout

New York: The Century Company, 1913. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Publisher's green cloth with title and decorations stamped in black and dark green onto upper board and spine, 16mo (6-5/8 inches tall), pp. (iv), 169, (1) ads, tissue-guarded frontis, copyright page with "Published, May, 1913" and "1913" printed at.....

(read more)about Boxing] The Abysmal Brute

Paris: A. Durand & Fils. (1925). André Hellé. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. English title : 'The Child and The Enchantments : A Lyric Fantasy in Two Parts'. An opera in one act, with music by Maurice Ravel to a libretto by Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. Front cover artwork by André Hellé.....

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Montreal: John Lovell, 1862. Hardcover. An early mention (and perhaps the first book publication) of the proposed state of Kanawha - the breakaway state which became West Virginia - is found in this early Civil War-era printing of a popular school Geography. Yellow printed paper over boards with quarter black.....

(read more)about Kanawha [W. Virginia] American Civil War) Lovell's General