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"Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity." Christopher Morley to his friends, published posthumously.

Original 1950's Cartoon Strip Archive of "Bobby of...

Stevens, William Leslie (Glenn Baglo...

[Map of Ymir Gold Mines] 1899 Plan of...

Smith, H.B.

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[Baden-Powell, Royals] Canadian Boy Scout Vernacular Photo Album...

Copland, J.W. et al....

The Night of Fear (Harper Sealed Mystery with...

Dalton, Moray (pseud. Katherine Mary...

Map of Part of the Goat River District...

"E.C.H."

1899. Loose Map. An historic hand-colored map on linen, showing six early mining claims in south east British Columbia. Pen and ink with wash color on coated drafting linen, "Nov. 25th 99" and "E.C.H." at bottom right "International Boundary" written at lower left, map measures 9-1/8 inches tall x 7-3/4.....

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[Indigenous, Rockies] Photograph of Cree Indian Camp Medicine...

Bailey Brothers & Unknown Photographer

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 -.....

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(Kanawha [West Virginia] from American Civil War) Lovell's...

Hodgins, J. George

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.....

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Propeller-Shaped Advertising Ephemera (Early Aviation, Barnstorming, Imperial Polarine)

Aerial League of Canada

(Vancouver): Aerial League of Canada, n.d. (1919). Black ink printed onto paper, 7-5/16 inches wide x 2-1/16 inches tall (18.5 x 5.2 cm) reading in part “LET’S ALL GO - SEE / Thrill of Thrills / AVIATION EXHIBIT / Saturday, May 24 / Minoru Park / Aerial League of Canada”.....

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1931 Canadian Pacific Dining Car Service Menu *...

Canadian Pacific

Canada: Canadian Pacific, 1931. Card Stock. Dining Car Service Menu header reads "Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Party en route to Banff, July 4, 1931" Glossy card stock folded in half to make a 4 page menu (9-1/2 inches tall x 6-3/4 inches wide), with color front cover of the then.....

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[Boxing] The Abysmal Brute

London, Jack

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.....

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L'Enfant et les Sortilèges : Fantaisie Lyrique en...

Ravel, Maurice and Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette...

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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