Adams, L.H.

Mink Raising: A Book of Practical Information About Raising Minks, Marten, and Fisher

Columbus, Ohio, A.R. Harding Publishing Co. 1935. Second Edition. Hardcover. pp. 222 + [3] pages of publisher's advertisements. 12mo. measuring 5" x 7". Charming, illustrated tan cloth over boards. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece, accompanied with many additional black-and-white photographs, illustrations, facsimiles, charts, tables, et el. all demonstrative of the practise of raising mink, marten and fisher. Sections include: Raising Wild Mink, Selecting Mink Stock, Supply and Demand, Mink Pens and Nest Boxes, Sanitation, Breeding and Handling of Mink, Care of Mother Mink and Young, Q. and A. About Mink Diseases, Marten Raising, Fisher Raising, etc. Extremities show light rubbing, and some spotting to the boards, one small spot of foxing to the centre of the title page, else, text-block remains overhwlemingly bright, clean, and unmared with firm, sound binding; very good. Scarce in commerce in this edition, and state. .

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Book number: 4380

Catalogue: Animals

Keywords: hunting; fishing; flora; agriculture; husbandry; trapping; fur trade

Burrows, Roger

A Birdwatcher's Guide to Atlantic Canada; Volume 1: Offshore Islands, Pelagic Ferries, Newfoundland, Labrador

Privately Printed, 1981. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. 175. 8vo. Illustrated card covers. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white maps, drawings, illustrations, etc. Slight crease to upper-right corner of front cover else, near fine. .

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Book number: 2265

Catalogue: Animals

Keywords: natural history; hunting; atlantic provinces; nova scotia; maritimes; ornithology

[German Shepherd Dog Club of Calgary ]

Breeding Regulations for German Shepherd Dogs ; January 1, 1969 #301

Calgary, Alberta, German Shepherd Dog Club of Calgary | Miller Printing Ltd. 1969. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wraps. Unpaginated [pp. 14]. 12mo. measuring 4" x 6". Yellow, twice-stapled, card covers bearing an illustration of a German Shepherd in black-and-white. Bright, clean, and unmarked; fine. .

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Book number: 3448

Catalogue: Animals

Keywords: ephemera; western-canadian ephemera; history; canadian history; prairie; dog show; dog breeding

[German Shepherd Dog Club of Calgary ]

Constitution and by-Laws of the German Shepherd Dog Club ; August 8, 1968 #101

Calgary, Alberta, German Shepherd Dog Club of Calgary | Miller Printing Ltd. 1968. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wraps. Unpaginated [pp.12]. 12mo. measuring 4" x 6". Light green, twice-stapled, card covers bearing an illustration of a German Shepherd in black-and-white. Bright, clean, and unmarked; fine. .

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Book number: 3446

Catalogue: Animals

Keywords: ephemera; western-canadian ephemera; history; canadian history; prairie; dog show; dog breeding

[German Shepherd Dog Club of Calgary ]

Training and Performance Examination Regulations for German Shepherd Dogs ; January 1, 1969 #401

Calgary, Alberta, German Shepherd Dog Club of Calgary | Miller Printing Ltd. 1969. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wraps. Unpaginated [pp.50]. 12mo. measuring 4" x 6". Light blue, twice-stapled, card covers bearing an illustration of a German Shepherd in black-and-white. Bright, clean, and unmarked; fine. .

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Book number: 3447

Catalogue: Animals

Keywords: ephemera; western-canadian ephemera; history; canadian history; prairie; dog show; dog breeding

Cleveland, Norman J.; Scott Edie; Gordon D. Grieef; George E. Holland; Rudolf F. Koes; Julia W. Maynard; Wayne P. Neily; Peter Taylor; RussellTkachuk

Birder's Guide to Southeastern Manitoba

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Manitoba Naturalists Society, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. x, 91. Slim 8vo. Illustrated covers. Black-and-white maps, photographs, charts, tables, illustrations, et al. Bright, clean, and unmarked; fine. The purpose of this book is to provide information on the distribution and abundance of birds in the south-eastern Manitoba region, and to aid birders in finding the best birding spots at different times of the year.

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Book number: 3391

Catalogue: Animals

Keywords: plans; natural hisory; manitoba history; local history; ornithology

Cleveland, Norman J.; Scott Edie; Gordon D. Grieef; George E. Holland; Rudolf F. Koes; Julia W. Maynard; Wayne P. Neily; Peter Taylor; RussellTkachuk

Birder's Guide to Southeastern Manitoba

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Manitoba Naturalists Society, 1988. Second Revised and Enlarged Edition. Softcover. pp. x, 91. Slim 8vo. Illustrated covers. Black-and-white maps, photographs, charts, tables, illustrations, et al. Bright, clean, and unmarked; fine. The purpose of this book is to provide information on the distribution and abundance of birds in the south-eastern Manitoba region, and to aid birders in finding the best birding spots at different times of the year.

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Book number: 6798

Catalogue: Animals

Keywords: plans; natural hisory; manitoba history; local history; ornithology

[Portage la Prairie Kennel Club ]

Official Catalogue: Portage la Prairie Kennel Club ; All Breed Championship Dog Show (Unbenched Under Canadian Kennel Club Rules), Exhibition Building - Island Park, Portage La Prairie, Manitoba; Sunday, May 26th, 1963

Portage la Prairie, [Portage la Prairie Kennel Club ], 1963. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wraps. pp. 35. 8vo. measuring 6" x 8.75". Illustrated, twice-stapled, self-wrappers bearing the crest of the Club to the centre of the front cover. Black-and-white illustrations, and period advertisements by a variety of sponsoring local business, and merchants. Comprises of a complete order of events, list of judges, classes of different breeds and the corresponding competitions, a complete list of exhibitors, and list of tropies and their winners. Entirely without blemish, fine. Unrecorded in OCLC. At time of cataloguing, not in Peel, BAC/LAC, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, et al. .

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Book number: 4655

Catalogue: Animals

Keywords: manitob history; local history; canadian history; ephemera; portage la prairie industrial exhibition

Courage, Katherine Harmon

Octopus!: The Most Mysterious Creature in the Sea

New York, Current, 2013. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 238. 8vo. Black-and-white photoraphs, illustrations. Appears unread; as new in new dustjacket. .

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Book number: 2155

Catalogue: Animals

Keywords: natural history;

Dennis, John V.

A Complete Guide to Bird Feeding

Edison, New Jersey, Castle Books, 2002. Hardcover. pp. xi, 292. Square 8vo. Publisher's bright yellow boards, black lettering to the spine. Rich with many black-and-white drawings, and illustrations. No detectable flaws; bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding. Overall, fine and housed in fine dustjacket. Appears unread. As New A classic in the field since 1975, with 93,000 hardcover copies sold, now newly revised and updated for its first paperback edition. Ornithologist John Dennis includes the latest information about bird foods, feeder designs, changes in bird populations, migration habits, and more.

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Book number: 4121

Catalogue: Animals

Keywords: ornithology; natural history; birds

Gilroy, Doug

Prairie Birds in Color

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Western Producer Prairie Books, 1981. Softcover. pp. 111. Square 8vo. Illustrated covers. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white, and colour photographs, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. Lightest rubbing to the covers, contents bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+. .

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Book number: 4148

Catalogue: Animals

Keywords: ornithology; natural history; art; prairie; western canadian; animals; birds

Johnson, Glen R.

Tracking Dog: Theory & Methods ; The First Complete Guide to Successful Tracking Training for Novice and Expert, Includes Training for Canadian Tracking Dog Excellent

Westmoreland, New York, Arner Publications, Inc. 1977. Second Edition. Hardcover. pp. xv, 34. 8vo. Pictorial boards. Many black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, charts, tables, et al. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine. Uncommon in commerce. .

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Book number: 4888

Catalogue: Animals

Keywords: dog training; sports; recreation

Nero, Robert W.

Redwings [Signed] ; A Smithsonian Nature Book

Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 160. 8vo. Publisher's cloth over boards, black lettering to the spine. Rich with many black-and-white, and colour photographs, illustrations, drawings, maps, charts, tables, et al. No detectable flaws to the extremities, contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and tight, sound binding; near fine and housed in very good+ very lightly rubbed dustjacket. SIGNED, dated and inscribed by the author to the title page. Here, at last, is a book in a popular vein about one of the most familiar and abundant (sometimes too abundant) of all bird species - the Red-winged Blackbird, as the Redwing is officially known.

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Book number: 4399

Catalogue: Animals

Keywords: ornithology; manitoba history; natural history; poetry; birds; nature; manitoba department of conservation

[Friends of Prince Albert National Park]

Bird Watching in Prince Albert National Park

[Prince Albert, Saskatchewan], [Friends of Prince Albert National Park], N.D. [Circa 1988]. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wraps. Unpaginated. [pp. 15]. 12mo. Illustrated, twice-stapled, card covers. Richly illustrated with colour illustrations of a variety of various birds found at Prince Albert National Park. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine. Scarce in commerce. Not found in Peel. Corresponds to OCLC #18635811. .

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Book number: 6192

Catalogue: Animals

Keywords: ornithology; natural history; bird watching; canadian national parks

Pease, W.B.

An Introduction to the Case Against Vivisection

Victoria, B.C. Canadian Anti-Vivisection Society, June, 1928. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wraps. pp. 23. 8vo. measuring 6" x 9". Plain thrice-stapled card covers. Touch of sunning to covers else, bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine. Rare in commerce, our offering being the only extant copy available at time of cataloguing. Unrecorded in OCLC. Not in Peel, UBC Archives & Special Collections, et al. Rare. .

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Book number: 2840

Catalogue: Animals

Keywords: animal rights; law; humane society; farming; human rights; ephemera