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| Nova Scotia Canad'a Ocean Playgound; Where To Stay in Nova Scotia (Travel Booklets in Original Envelope) Halifax, Nova Scotia CANADA, Nova Scotia Bureau of Information, 1955. Soft Cover, Very Good/, Lovely information packet sent from Nova Scotia to resident of Akron, Ohio in 1955. Maintains orginal envelope with attractive label and sticker marking the Acadian Bicentennial. Both books are clean as a whistle with no names or writing. Where To Stay in Nova Scotia measures 6"x8-1/2" and has 38 pages, plus index. Very nice color map at center. Nova Scotia; Canada's Ocean Playground measures 7-1/2"x 10-1/4" and is beautifull illustrated with full page color photos on every right hand page. 62 pages. Altogether a nice addition to the vintage travel collection. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1765] Book number: 19647K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books. | ||
| BALBAR, GEORGE Niagara-on-the-Lake; Images of a Town St. Catherine's, Ontario, Vanwell, 1988. (ISBN: 0920277187) Hard Cover with dust jacket, Oblong, Fine/Very Good, Nice copy of a pretty book. Measures 7-1/2"x10-3/4" and is clean as a whistle inside and out with no names or writing. Only fault is a closed tear to bottom front and a small wrinkle next to it, both of which almost disappear in brand new mylar cover. The charming Canadian city that is home to the Shaw Festival is enchantingly offered up in a series of beautiful full page color paintings on right hand page and numerous explanatory drawings on the left with hand lettered captions on both. Not much text -- this is more about the art and the experience. USD 12.95 [Appr.: EURO 8.75 | £UK 8 | JP¥ 1143] Book number: 17701 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books. | ||
| BASKERVILLE, PETER A, Beyond the Island: An Illustrated History Oif Victoria , Canada: Windsor Publications Ltd. 1986. /, Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition, Stated. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Very nice, very clean copy with no chips or tears. Dustjacket protected by mylar and has not been price-clipped. Wonderful pictorial endpapers and lavish illustration, including vintage photos. Only "defect" is nice gift inscription to back of front free endpaper from a company to an employee who had worked for awhile in Canada. Text traces the city's evolution from its fur trade and gold rush days to its arrival as the center of provincial government and a magnet for tourists. 144 pages. Indexed. USD 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 | £UK 9.75 | JP¥ 1412] Book number: 11,291 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books. | ||
| BISHOPS, BILLY Winged Warfare Winged Peace (2 volmes in slipcase) Montreal Toronto, McGraw Hill Ryerson, 1990, First Thus. (ISBN: 007551026x) Soft Cover, Fine Books in VG Slipcase/, Book are crisp and clean as new. No names or writing, no spine crease, and covers protected by clear rigid plastic. Slipcase shows a few isolated spots of edgewear, but is sturdy and clean as a whistle. Winged Warfare was published in 1918 and Winged Peace in 1944. Winged Warfare is the author's autobiography, the story of a Canadian aviation hero of WWI. Winged Peace is the story of aviation and its future as seen by Canada's leading air fighter. 483 pages collectively. USD 24.95 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15 | JP¥ 2202] Book number: 18891K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books. | ||
| CHARTERS, DEAN Mountie, A Golden Treasury of Those Early Years , Ontario, Canada: Collier-Macmillan Canada Ltd. 1973. /, Soft Cover. Very Good/Cards Wraps, Very Good. Later Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Nice clean attractive copy. Slight edgwear is only defect. Lavishly illustrated with vintage photos spanning 1873-1973. Published in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Royal Mounted Police. Text offers historical data. 253 pages. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1059] Book number: 7183 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books. | ||
| GEIKIE, JOHN Adventures in Canada or Life in the Woods , Philadelphia: Porter and Coates. /, Hard Cover. Very Good for Age/No DJ As Issued. Alta Edition. Very attractive little book dating from the late 1800's, though there is no date listed. Red boards embiossed with a floral design and nice gilt title box on spine, Slight cant to spine and a touch of wear to corners and tail of spine, but overall most handsome. One page has a small stain. Pages are evenly browned. Former owner's name and state written in pencil. Essays discuss Quebec, Montcalm & Wolfe, Toronto, insects, snakes, fish, wolves, the aurora borealis, sugar making, Indian tribes, torandoes, Niagra and much more. 408 pages USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 | £UK 11 | JP¥ 1589] Book number: 8604 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books. | ||
| HUMBER, CHARLES J., EDITOR, Canada, From Sea Unto Sea, Ontario, Loyalist Press Limited, 1986. Hard Cover, Near Fine/No DJ, Oversized book in fine condition. Handsome brown boards with gilt lettering. No DJ. Front board bears insignia which says "Neff International Designer's Collection." Inside one full page says "On behalf of Neff Kitchens it is our pleasure to present you with this special edition of Cananda: from sea unto sea." Below the printed inscription are two printed names and handwritten signatures.. Huge, gorgeous book - a whopping 674 pages, including index. Beautiful color photos and extensive text explores early discoverers and explorers, settlement patterns, famous Canadians, important events, entertainment, sports, visual and performing arts, literature, religion, education, the Canadian space program and more. Wonderful keepsake. USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 | £UK 24.25 | JP¥ 3530] Book number: 2510 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books. | ||
| LAWRENCE, J.W. Foot-Prints; Or, Incidents in Early History of New Brunswick 1783-1883 St. John, New Brunswick, J. & A. McMillan, 1883. Hard Cover, Very Good/No DJ, as Issued, Very nice copy. Bright blue boards are quite clean with bright gilt at face and just a small bit of wear to corners and crown and tail of spine. Endpapers are likewise clean with no cracking to hinges. Pages have toned only faintly and book is nicely fitted with a clear rigid-plastic cover.Measures 7"x8-1/2". The author was president of the New Brunswick Historical Society at the time of, writing shortly before the province's centennial celebration, and was considered the utmost authority on its history. He begins with the arrival of the Loyalists who departed New York after the American Revolution and proceeds forward, the text nicely accompanied by drawings of important people and sites. There is also a map at the front. Especially interesting to anyone pursuing geneaology are the lists in the back of the book of land grantees in both Parr Town and Carleton in 1783. 119 pages. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 | £UK 30.25 | JP¥ 4413] Book number: 17950K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books. | ||
| REID, THOMAS H. (EDITOR) This Canada; An Illustrated Story of Canada Montreal, Canada, Folkard Company of Canada Limited. Soft Cover, Very Good/, Very nice, scarce Canadian travel guide, of indeterminate age -- most likely 1930's-40's. Red card covers show gilt printing to face and paste-on art. Measures 7"x10" and is profusedly illusrtrated in full color with vintage photographs of which we counted 94, plus a map of Canada. Tightly bound and clean, it shows light tonoing to front endpapers and a snipped corner on one page which does not compromise text or pictures. 64 pages. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2206] Book number: 19098 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books. | ||
| SOWARD, STUART E. Hands to Flying Stations: A Recollective History of Canadian Naval Aviation , Neptune Developments (1984), 1995. (ISBN: 0969722907) Hard Cover with dust jacket, Fine/Fine, Crisp, new book. Dustjacket protected by brand new mylar cover. Illustrated with black and white photographs.Traces the history of the Canadian Naval Air Branch from the end of WWII to 1954. Though budget cuts, lack of organization, and a mass exodus of trained personnel aftrer the war created less than ideal conditions, the young, adventurous and high spirited would-be carrier pilots arrived in droves, willing to do and face whatever was necessary to realize a dream. And so the Canadian Naval Air Branch, despite all odds, rose to the level of the Royal Navy and the United States Navy. 340 pages. Indexed. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 | £UK 18.25 | JP¥ 2648] Book number: 17655K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books. |
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