History - Local & World
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Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, (c.1914). Reprint. Hardcover. Green cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in red and green onto upper board and spine, 16mo, (6-3/8 inches tall), all edges stained green, pp. ix, 253, 9 ads, (7) ads, "With Forty-One Illustrations" and "Copyright 1900 by Henry Altemus Company" on... More
Aldergrove, BC: Alder Grove Heritage Society, (1993). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Vol 1 : 1993 ; Errata List : 2000 ; Vol 2 : 2001. Green faux-leather over boards, title stamped in gilt onto upper board and spine, map endpapers, 4to (11 inches [28 cm] tall), pp. v1: xviii... More
Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1965. Paperback. (cover title). Saddle stapled illustrated card wraps, 8vo (8 inches tall), pp. [1] - 20. A fine, unmarked copy. Written by Lt. Col. (ret.) W.M. Allen, who served as Governor General of the Society from 1954-1960. More
London: H. M. S. O, 1918. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. This wartime dispatch was originally sent from General H.Q. of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force by Allenby to the Secretary of State for War in London, prior to it's first publication here by The London Gazette. It was then republished... More
Shoshone, CA: A.V.R.A., 1985. Paperback. Saddle stapled illustrated wraps, 4to (11 inches tall), pp. unpaginated (72), map printed inside front cover, illustrated with B&W photo reproductions, ads. Volume with covers soiled and stained, a single ink mark on map, text toned else unmarked. An uncommon event brochure, offering a list..... More
Germany: 1946. Hardcover. German 3-D book with 36 stereo view photographs and it's original adjustable viewer. The views, numbered 1-36 are described and stamped on verso with "Raumbild-Werkstätte München" and measure aprox. 2 -1/2" x 5". The box is 8" high x 6-1/2" wide x 1" deep. Covers open to... More
Kamloops, BC: Kamloops Museum, 1973. Paperback. Saddle stapled illustrated wraps, 8vo (8-3/8 inches [21.4 cm] tall), pp. 12. Covers with some fading, light soil and creases, else unmarked. Historical survey of the paddlewheelers of the Thompson River. More
Kamloops, BC: Kamloops Museum, 1978. Paperback. Saddle stapled illustrated wraps, 8vo (8-3/8 inches [21.4 cm] tall), pp. 48. An alphabetical listing of the origin and history of places and geographic features in the Thompson River drainage basin. More
Summerland, BC: N.L. Barlee, 1971. Paperback. Saddle stapled illustrated wraps, 4to (11 inches tall), pp. 32, 40, 40 and 36, illustrated with line drawings, color plates, B&W photos and maps. Volumes with light wear and soil, No. 4 with ink initials at top of front cover and some pencil marks... More
Toronto: McArthur & Company, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth, title in silver to spine, large 4to (12 inches tall) , pp. xi, 210, illustrated. More
London: A & C Black, 1911. Second Edition. Hardcover. Decorated cloth over boards, title stamped in gilt onto upper board and spine, 12mo, (7-3/4 inches tall), pp. xi, 220, xvi (ads), ad illustrated endpapers, fold-out cancel frontis, 31 photo illustrations, tables. Volume with spine ends bumped, rubbing and a thin... More
Terrace, BC: First Nations Education Center, (1999). First Edition. Paperback. Illustrated card wraps, 4to (11 inches [27.9 cm] tall), pp.xviii, 154, map, appendicies, bibliography, illustrated with B&W and color photos throughout. Signed by the author on the half-title page and by the dedicatee next to his photo on the dedication... More
New York: Derby & Jackson, 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's decorative blind stamped cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in gilt onto spine, 8vo (7-1/4 inches tall), pp. x, 480, colored endpapers, tissue-guarded steel engraved frontis with 8 additional engraved plates (Wagner-Camp plate count omits the plate "Prairie on... More
Saskatoon, Sask. Blucher Historical Society, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated cloth over boards, title to upper board and spine, 4to (11 inches tall), pp. viii, 218, B&W photo illustrated endpapers, illustrated throughout with B&W historical photos and maps. Volume with a few tiny spots of soil to cover..... More
Calgary, AB: Canadian Pacific Limited, 1980. Paperback. Back cover with "Legal deposit - 4th quarter 1980" printed at foot. Saddle stapled printed wraps, oblong 24mo (5-1/16 inches [12.9 cm] tall), pp. (1), 2-21, (22) [inner covers are counted in pagination], illustrated with tables and B&W photo reproductions. Covers are rubbed... More
n.p. Canadian Pacific Limited, [1939]. Paperback. Together, three items. Saddle stapled pamphlet, 4to (11 inches tall), pp. 20, illustrated with pictures from the royal tour in 1939 ; an unpublished, original B&W photo (3-3/4 inch tall x 2-3/4 inch wide) of Queen Elizabeth restraining her hat on the bridge of... More
Chicago: Central Electric Railfans' Association, 1965. Paperback. Printed side-stapled wraps, 4to (11 inches tall), pp. 112, illustrated in color and B&W, maps, schedules and 5 color plates inc. title page. Some toning and a few light creases to covers. one map with a small spot of soil. A technical, educational... More
Mariposa, CA: Gazette Press, (1936). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Brown cloth over boards, 8vo, pp. xii, 183, illustrated, maps, signed by author ffep, p.o. notes taped to p. vi (blank); Price-intact DJ has large pieces missing and multiple tape repairs. More
Vancouver, BC: Mitchell Press, (1974). Paperback. Perfect bound illustrated wraps, 8vo (9 inches [23 cm] tall), pp. xiv, 222, index, B&W photos. Covers lightly rubbed and soiled, text unmarked. The history of Mission, B.C., which started as an Indian Mission station in the 1860's. More
Invermere, B.C. Margaret Christensen, 1980. First Edition. Paperback. Illustrated card covers, 8vo (8-1/2 inches tall) pp. 64, B&W photos; light wear with small crease to top corner of front cover and p.o. name ffep. The story of a family in the Upper Columbia Valley in eastern B.C. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1944. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Red cloth over boards, title stamped in gilt onto upper board and spine, 8vo (8-1/8 inches tall), pp. x, (xi), 357. Volume with some ink underlining to 4 speeches and the first edition statement on copyright page, p.o.... More
Pentiction, B.C. Skookum Publications, 1988. First Edition. Softcover. Pictorial card covers, 4to (10-3/4" tall), pp.96, bibliography. Small sticker ghost and light crease at top of front cover, text age toned. Filled with B&W action photos. More
New Westminster, BC: The Columbian Co., 1966. Signed Limited Edition. Paperback. Saddle stapled illustrated wraps, 8vo (8-3/4 inches [22.1 cm] tall), pp. (ii), 37, (38), illustrated with drawings and B&W photos. Signed and numbered by the author on the limitation page. Light wear and toning, else fine. The biography of Captain Irving. More
Niagara Falls, Ontario: Self-Published, 1973. Ring Bound. U.S. letter-sized paper, printed recto only and bound into a black three ring binder, 4to (11 inches tall), pp. 91, illustrated in color and B&W. The genealogy of the Crawford, Pay and Coleman families, from 1826 - 1973. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1937. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Black cloth over boards, title printed onto paste-down labels on upper board and spine, 8vo (7-7/8 inches tall), pp. viii, 84, (2) ads, stated first edition. Volume with light wear to extremities, some browning to gutter/hinges from binder's glue... More