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The State of the Strait: Proceedings of a Conference on the Health of Georgia Strait, 1991 Nanaimo, B.C. February 22-24, 1991

By: N/A

Price: $149.95

Publisher: British Columbia, Save Georgia Strait Alliance: 1991

Seller ID: 15504986

ISBN: 0969548508

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

0969548508 230 pages. "A wide variety of speakers examine the complex factors and interrelationships involved in formulating realistic and effective solutions for Georgia Strait." - from Introduction. Writing upon front cover and some markings to contents. Average wear. Good working copy.
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Grapple Yarder and Supersnorkel Handbook

By: N/A

Price: $149.95

Publisher: Canada, Workers Compensation Board of British Co: 1992

Seller ID: 101H4436

ISBN: 077189192X

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

077189192X 176 pages. Prepared with the industrial worker in mind, thus consists of concise text supplemented with many excellent colour illustrations. Chapters include: Planning and Developing a Grapple Yarder Site; Transporting Equipment to the Yarding Site; Grapple Yarder Operator; Grapple Yarder Hooktender-Spotter and Back Spar Operator; The Utility Man; Grapple Yarding in Winter Conditions; Grapple Yarder and Loader Inspections; Loading in Proximity to Grapple Yarders; Super Snorkel Yarker/Loader; Super Snorkel Landingman; Radios, Verbal Signals, First Aid, Rigging Identification. Clea...
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Cranbrook: 100 (One Hundred) Years of Heart and Soul

By: N/A

Price: $49.95

Publisher: Canada, City of Cranbrook: 2004

Seller ID: 328C6054

ISBN: 0968003648

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

0968003648 146 pages. Glossy colour illustrated boards. Chapters include: Early Cranbrook; White Traders, Missionaries and Prospectors; Rail Will Go to Cranbrook; The Golden Age of the Early Years; The War to End All Wars Was Over; Tempered by War, a City Consolidates; A Time for Restoration; Cranbrook - Still "Gem of the Kootenays". Wonderfully illustrated with colour and black and white photos. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Couple of short scratches to back cover else as new. A very nice copy.
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Legend of Langley - An Account of the Early History of Fort Langley (B.C. / British Columbia) and an Intimate Story of the lives of some, But Not all, of the Early Pioneers of the District of Langley

By: N/A

Price: $295.00

Publisher: Langley, British Columbia, Canada, Langley Centennial Committee: 1958

Seller ID: 137H4709

ISBN: B01LYIRTGI

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

B01LYIRTGI vi, [2], 183 pp. Printed upon glossy stock with black and white reproductions of archival photos and illustrations. List of source material consulted. Attractive gilt decoration and lettering upon textured blue card covers. An intimate story of the lives of some of the early pioneers of the district of Langley, B.C. Chapters include: Hunting of Furs; Gold on the Fraser (River); Early Settlers; Among the Pioneers; Memories Among the Pioneers; Schools of Langley. Former genealogical library copy with its markings now removed. Binding tight. A worthy vintage copy of this excelle...
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THE FIRST VANCOUVER CATALOGUE Second Edition

By: N/A

Price: $99.95

Publisher: Vancouver, B.C., Ensemble Publications: 1980

Seller ID: 644H4722

ISBN: 0920770088

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

0920770088 294 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of photos. "A starting point for any Vancouverite's exploration of the city - some three hundred places and services you possibly didn't know about, all of them culled from the more interesting pieces of the Vancouver mosaic. We've got limousines and coffee beans and places that sell cowboy jeans. We've got books, cooks and dining nooks, butchers, bakers and you-name-it makers, frames, games and worthwhile names to know all over town, all of them selected because they help make Vancouver such a terri...
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Elmore Vincent's Lumber Jack Songs. With Yodel Arrangements! .

By: N/A

Price: $750.00

Publisher: Chicago, Chicago M.M. Cole 1932.: 1932

Seller ID: 563H4962

ISBN: B000X3F1BC

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

B000X3F1BC Sensational vintage compilation of thirty-five 1930s lumberjack songs from the Pacific Northwest. Elmore Vincent was known as "The Northwest Shanty Boy" and the front cover art features his image superimposed over a scene of tall timber being brought down by hand, as chainsaws were but a dream at that time. 64 pages. Includes lyrics, guitar chords and piano sheet music for these songs: A Lumber Lad's Love, Ballad of the Lumberjack, Billy the River Driver, Canaday-I-O, Come With Me In My Little Canoe, Darling Janet, Down in That Lonely Valley, Drinking Song, Fair Charlott...
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Waterwheels in the Service of British Columbia's Pioneers

By: N/A

Price: $295.00

Publisher: Canada, Friesens Corporation: 1996

Seller ID: 644H5123

ISBN: 1550564552

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

1550564552 pp.[6], iii, 163, iv-vii, [2]. Bibliography. Chronology of Relevant Discoveries and Historical Events. Generously illustrated with informative diagrams, maps and black and white reproductions of archival photos. "An account of how, in a little more than a century, water-driven prime movers affected the economic growth of Canada's most western province." - [5]. Presented in three parts: Activities of the Early Fur Traders; British Columbia's Colonial Period; Advances in Hydraulic Technology during the First 50 years of the Province's History, including the first hydro-el...
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Today's Steam on the Sugar Lines of Cuba, Vol. 1

By: N/A

Price: $99.95

Publisher: Calgary, British Railway Modellers of North America: 1998

Seller ID: 533H5153

ISBN: 0919487580

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

0919487580 49 pages. Oblong 8.5 x 11". Printed upon glossy stock. Map. Generously illustrated with reproductions of archival black and white photos of locomotives and the trains they pulled, accompanied by very informative text. "The selection of photos which follows is not meant to be a comprehensive overview of steam in Cuba as this would be impossible in this size of book. However, it is intended to be representative, with record shots and shed shots mixed with action photos and scenic views, all illustrating locomitives at work or at rest on the four different gauges still in...
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No-Bake Recipes - Cadboro Bay United Church W.A.

By: "The Sunshine Group"

Price: $69.95

Publisher: British Columbia, Cadboro Bay United Church W.A.: 1970

Seller ID: 164H4688

Binding: Ring-bound

Condition: Fair

42 one-sided pages. Oblong 22 x 11cm. Undated but may be circa 1970. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy.
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2000 Golden Memories

By: 2000 Golden Memories Book Committee; Palumbo, Colleen

Price: $299.95

Publisher: Golden, British Columbia, Golden and District Historical Society: 2000

Seller ID: 648G4524

ISBN: 1550567152

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

1550567152 420 pages. Documents the history and families of Golden and the Columbia Valley district of British Columbia. Chapters include: Native Peoples; Business; Transportation; Logging; Trapping Guiding and Hunting; Mining; Agriculture; Churches; Schools; Hospitals and Health Care; Clubs and Organizations; Sports Social Activities; Law Enforcement and the Military; Families; Swiss Guides and their Families; Neighbours to the East, West and South. Many reproductions of archival black and white photos. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. An excellent copy.
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The History of the Northern Interior of British Columbia

By: A.G. (Adrian Gabriel ) Morice

Price: $79.95

Publisher: Smithers, BC, Interior Stationary Smithers: 1978

Seller ID: 72409345

ISBN: 0919213979

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

0919213979 368 pages including index, black and white illustrations and 26"x23" fold-out map entitled Map of the Northern Interior of British Columbia by author, dated 1907. Map in excellent condition. Reprint of 1906 publication by The Bodley Head in London. Contains two additional prefatory sections documenting the life of the author and some early historians of British Columbia. Represents an enlargement of a paper the author had prepared on Aboriginal History, embodying facts which, on account of the light they threw on the manners and customs of the natives in pre-European tim...
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Home from the Hill: Autumn Wanderings in the North-West, 1881-1884

By: A.S. Hill

Price: $49.95

Publisher: Victoria, BC, Canada, TouchWood Editions: 1994

Seller ID: 754C7108

ISBN: 0920663303

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

0920663303 214 pages including footnotes and index. Black and white photos. "Fun, freedom and adventure - these were what drew many young men away from Victorian England to a life of wide horizons in British Columbia. This 'Triography' profiles three of the most intriguing of these newcomers. Moderate external wear. Unmarked. Binding tight. Faint evidence of small label removal atop half-title page. A quality copy.
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Forty-Fifth Report of the Okanagan Historical Society

By: Abernathy, Carol: Editor

Price: $49.95

Publisher: Canada, Okanagan Historical Society: 1981

Seller ID: 75403831

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fine

212 pages. Includes: Historical Papers and Documents; Essays; Biographies and Reminiscences. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy.
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Forty-Fourth Report of the Okanagan Historical Society

By: Abernathy, Carol: Editor

Price: $59.95

Publisher: Canada, Okanagan Historical Society: 1980

Seller ID: 75403832

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fine

200 pages. Includes: Historical Papers and Documents; Essays; Biographies and Reminiscences; Book Reviews; Obituaries; Business and Activities of the Okanagan Historical Society. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy.
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B.C. Binning

By: Abraham J. Rogatnick; Ian M. Thom; Adele Weder

Price: $99.95

Publisher: Canada, Douglas & McIntyre: 2006

Seller ID: 53AH3779

ISBN: 1553651715

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

1553651715 "This elegantly designed book pays well-deserved homage to the life and work of B.C. Binning, a man who helped steer Vancouver's artistic community more boldly towards the mainstream and an international future." - dust jacket. 179 pages. Chronology, footnotes, selected bibliography and index. Generously illustrated in colour and black and white. Printed upon glossy stock. Large handwritten gift greetings upon front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. Short opening to front fold of dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade...
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Romantic Vancouver Island - Victoria Yesterday and Today

By: Abraham, Dorothy

Price: $49.95

Publisher: Victoria, BC, Self-Published (Van Coillie, Dries): 1969

Seller ID: 64500722

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

120 pages. Author's signature upon title page. Illustrated in black and white. A story of life on Vancouver Island in the past and now. Presents extracts from now out-of-print accounts of early life on the island. Unmarked. Light to moderate wear. Nice copy in red card covers.
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The Akerman Family: Growing Up with Salt Spring Island

By: Ackerman, Bob (Signed); Sherwood, Linda

Price: $149.95

Publisher: Canada, Self-Published (Van Coillie, Dries): 2005

Seller ID: 151H2221

ISBN: 0973982608

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

0973982608 Signed, without inscription, by author upon title page. 325 pages. Index. Black and white reproductions of archival photos in text. Includes chapters on Akerman and Gyves family genealogy, plus the author's native ancestry. "Bob's incredible memory of the stories he heard from his family while he was growing up gives an excellent glimpse into what life was like for the early residents of Salt Spring Island. The stories he tells remind us of the importance of family, community and history: they remind us of our place as individuals and as part of the greater whole." - f...
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Between Tzouhalem and Prevost: Memories of Duncan in the 1920s and '30s

By: Ackinclose, Muriel Jarvis

Price: $59.95

Publisher: Canada, M.J. Ackinclose: 2000

Seller ID: 326A2613

ISBN: 096876360X

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

096876360X Approximately 110 pages. Black and white illustrations. "... Because these words were born of the visual images and impressions of a child and teenager, I beg you indulge the juvenile slant of these vignettes, excuse the fragmented and often chronologically disjointed record, and perhaps join me in returning to these simpler, kinder and happier days." - from back cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Usual library markings. A worthy reading copy.
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Sooke: Past and Present

By: Acreman, Mrs. A., Mrs. G. DeRoche, Mrs. O. Forrest and Mrs. S. Martin

Price: $149.95

Publisher: Sooke, BC, Canada, Sooke and North Sooke Women's Institute: 1971

Seller ID: 715H3296

ISBN: B004GVWN0E

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

B004GVWN0E 68 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. An engaging history of this Vancouver Island community. Gift greetings atop half-title page. Moderate wear. A sound copy. [Hale & Barman 1019]
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Logging Railroads of the West

By: Adams, A. Kramer

Price: $49.95

Publisher: New York, Bonanza Books: 1961

Seller ID: 733C7035

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

160 pages. Index. Glossary. Profusely illustrated with magnificent archival black and white photographic plates. "A pictorial history of the logging railways of the western woods. An epic portrait of men and machines now vanishing from the west." - subtitle. An invaluable and awe-inspiring record of the days of yore. Book clean, bright and unmarked. Moderate wear and spine sunning to dust jacket. A quality copy.
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