Santa Paula, CA: V. Parr Publishing, (1984). Limited Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth hardcover with title stamped in gold to spine, 8vo, pp. 345. Limited Edition, inscribed and signed by Spike Nasmyth on ffep, "For Jack / Good Flying / & good logging. Mike Nasmyth". Volume with three small areas where..... More
Dallas, Texas: Division of Production, American Petroleum Institute, 1958. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Green cloth over boards, title stamped in gilt onto spine, illustrated with a map, charts, diagrams, 4to (10 inches tall), pp. viii, 87. Binding with slant, else near fine and unmarked. B&W photos throughout, including appendices..... More
Plzen, CZ: Grafik Print Works, 1945. Photographers : Kren, Prazsky, Caltova, Houda, Havlik. Paperback. Cover title "American Army of Plzen" title page continues "Czechoslovakia May 1945", printed in Czech and English. Oblong 16mo (6 inches tall) pp. unpaginated [2 - blanks, i-ii - title page/Address for Czech Friends, 1-16 photo..... More
Vancouver / Ottawa: National Harbours Board Canada, (1965). Card Slipcase. Printed card slipcase containing 2 folding maps [1964], a large folding promotional brochure/map, a N.H.B. News Bulletin dated March, 1965 and a small brochure titled "Progress and Development of the Port of Vancouver". Slipcase with slight toning and wear, contents..... More
New Denver, BC: Author, [194-]. Paperback. "Nelson Daily News Printing Department / Nelson, B.C." printed at foot of p. 20. Saddle stapled printed wraps, 8vo (8-3/16 inches [20.8 cm] tall), pp. (1) - 20, index. Volume covers toned with small stains, 1 cm tear at foot of spine, an abrasion..... More
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, (1989). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Gray paper over boards with title printed onto spine, 8vo (9 inches tall), map and letter correspondence endpapers, pp. 294, ads. The comic novel about Francis Dickens, third son of Charles Dickens, who joined the North-West Mounted Police in 1874..... More
London: Henry Frowde And Hodder & Stoughton, [1900?]. H. C. Earnshaw. Hardcover. Blue cloth over boards, title stamped in white and blue onto upper board and spine, paste-down color illustration to upper board with double lined blue and white border, 4to (10-1/8 inches tall), unpaginated, color frontis and title page..... More
![Item #4136 [Police] Souvenir Programme of the Ottawa RCMP Bands' 1958 Centennial Year Tour of BC....](/pictures/thumb/4136.jpg?v=1654638182)
BC: B.C. Centennial Committee, 1958. Loose Ephemera. Program measures 8.5 x 13.5 inches wide and is folded in half to make 4 printed pages, an additional typed copy of the program is loosely inserted. The 4 page program has a rubber stamp and some discoloration to front cover, the typed..... More
![Item #4287 [Pictorial Maps] 1936 "Flying Clipper Ship" Flight Schedule for Pan American Airways....](/pictures/thumb/4287.jpg?v=1667848443)
New York, NY: Pan American Airways System, 1936. Kenneth W. Thompson [?]. Paperback. A folding brochure, providing Pan Am's most up to date flight schedules and passenger fares effective July 15th, 1936. Interestingly, the brochure's centerfold route map "Diagram of Routes and Services" seems to appropriate the recently published (and..... More
![Item #4169 [Nelson, BC] Streetcars in the Kootenays : BC Railway Historical Association -...](/pictures/thumb/4169.jpg?v=1657059902)
Victoria, BC: British Columbia Railway Historical Association, 1961. Gordon Hatch [cover illustration]. Paperback. Cover title "Nelson Street Railway" ; date from front cover. Side stapled card wraps, 4to (11 inches tall), pp. 11, [21], illustrated w. B&W photo reproductions and two maps, roster of equipment, bibliography, ads. Volume w. faint..... More
![Item #4014 The Children's Story of the War - No. 41 [with Illustrations and Maps]. James Edward...](/pictures/thumb/4014.jpg?v=1643413556)
Toronto, ON: T. Nelson & Sons, 1917. Paperback. Date of 1917 from inside back cover, which gives the cash sums received up to Aug. 9, 1917 for The Serbian Boys' Fund. Published 1915 through 1919, this is a part from a series telling the story of the first world war..... More
![Item #4005 The Children's Story of the War [with Illustrations and Maps]. James Edward Parrott, Sir](/pictures/thumb/4005.jpg?v=1643406440)
London: T. Nelson & Sons, [1915-19]. First Edition - Rebound. Hardcover. Published 1915 through 1919, these three orphan volumes contain Volumes III-VIII [together 6 volumes] of the story of the first world war for children. Green cloth w. titles stamped in gilt onto upper board and spine, 8vo (9-1/8inches tall)..... More
![Item #3667 [WW I] The Gold Stripe No. 2 : A Tribute to the British Columbia Men Who Have Been...](/pictures/thumb/3667.jpg?v=1621291317)
Vancouver, BC: Amputation Club of B.C., 1919. Paperback. Staple-bound printed wraps, paste-down halftone photo reproduction of the statue "Their Name Liveth For Evermore" by C. Marega at center of upper cover, 4to, (11-1/8 inches tall), pp. [16], [1]-160, I-XXVIII (ads), illustrated throughout with plates, line drawings and photo reproductions, index..... More
![Item #4022 [WW I, Boy Scouts] Belgian Boy Scouts Distributing Food and Drink in the Firing Line....](/pictures/thumb/4022.jpg?v=1644182882)
[London?]: [P.] H. Pearse, c. 1915. Postcard. The Battle of Liège occurred from 5–16 August 1914, consequently, we date this card to shortly after, i.e. circa 1915. A postally unused sepia halftone postcard, measuring 5-1/2 inches tall x 3-1/2 inches wide. Card w. some soil and a misaligned, improper caption..... More
London: The National Institute for the Blind, (1919). Paperback. Heavy paper printed wraps, saddle staple bound 8vo (9-1/2 inches tall), pp. 24. Volume toned with a horizontal mailing fold line, rust to staples and a brief 1/4" fold line tear to fore-edge of cover. From the back cover "Out of..... More
Victoria, BC: Province of British Columbia, 1943. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Two volumes included. Side stapled printed card covers, narrow folio (13-3/4 inches tall), pp. Vol. I: v, 201, (202) ; Vol. II: 422, illustrated with maps and tables, one large fold-out map at rear of vol. II. Age..... More
Grenoble, France: J. Rey, 1920. Second Revised and Enlarged Edition. Paperback. [cover title] Printed wraps containing two parts, tall 8vo (9-7/8 inches [25 cm] tall), pp. [part 1] (i)-58 ; [part 2] 59-71, (1 blank), (73) -74 table of contents, 5 folding charts at rear graphically displaying calculation solutions. Both..... More
![Item #1849 [Big Game Hunting] Map of the Canadian Pacific Railway, The Minneapolis, St. Paul and...](/pictures/thumb/1849.jpg?v=1449284042)
Chicago: Poole Bros. 1893. Reissued [with overprinting] in 1900 by Canadian Magazine. Color railway map of North America, printed area 14-5/8 inches [37.1 cm] tall x 31-3/8 inches [79.3 cm] wide, lower right corner with "Copyrighted 1893 by Poole Bros. Chicago." and "Poole Bros., Engravers, Chicago", lower left corner has..... More
![Item #2645 [Trains, Railways] The Canadian New First, Second and Third Year Examinations for...](/pictures/thumb/2645.jpg?v=1495484690)
Chicago, IL: Frederick J. Prior, (1912). Flexible Card. Title continues ... Complete Explanatory and Instructive Answers to the Three Series of Examination Questions, Covering in Detail Locomotive Firing, Including Combustion and Care of the Boiler ; the Care and Management of Simple and Compound Locomotives ; Airbrake Handling ; Breakdowns..... More
![Item #3462 [Canada Arm] "You're No Cripple" : Advice to Those Who Have Suffered Amputation....](/pictures/thumb/3462.jpg?v=1630959962)
[Toronto, ON]: Prosthetic Services, Department of Veterans' Affairs, c. 1946. Paperback. Staple-bound card covers, 8vo (8 inches tall), pp. 31, [32 - blank], illustrated throughout with B&W photo reproductions. Volume w. light soil and a vertical crease, an ink dot to front cover and some rust to staples, else unmarked..... More
![Item #4406 [Railway Brochure] Modern Travel by Pullman. Pullman](/pictures/thumb/4406.jpg?v=1678497179)
USA: Pullman, 1957. Brochure. A folding, full color brochure, measuring 11 x 11.5 inches wide, opens to a two-sided poster, measuring 22 x 34.5 inches wide. Some minor handling creases and small abrasion at upper right corner, else fine. An interesting look at the once luxurious world of train travel..... More
Vancouver, B.C. Douglas & McIntyre, (1996). First PB Edition, Later Printing. Paperback. Illustrated wraps, square 8vo (8-3/8 inches tall), pp. v, 186, bibliography, index. "Phil Garratt, the man in charge of de Havilland Canada, conceived the Beaver as a half-ton flying pickup truck, an airplane that could carry more than..... More
Smyrna: Photographie Parisian, c. 1870. Mounted Photograph. An expansive Rubellin image, displaying his early rubber stamp "PHOTOGRAPHIE PARISIAN / RUBELLIN / SMYRNE" to one panel verso and "Smyrne" written in a cursive hand in pencil. Circa 1870, before the company name was changed to "Rubellin et fils" or even later..... More
Ottawa, ON: The Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League, 1940. Self Wraps. A delicate and rare wartime pamphlet, issued as an offprint of "The Legionary" magazine, with no institutional holdings located by OCLC. Staple bound self-wraps, 4to (11 inches tall), pp. [8]. Pamphlet has been folded in half..... More
Newton, NJ: Carstens Publications, Ltd., (2012). Paperback. Illustrated card wraps, 4to (10-7/8 inches tall), pp. 95, [96 - ad], illustrated throughout. More