HURST, THERESA

An Illustrated History of Vernon and District

Vernon BC: Vernon Branch, Okanagan Historical Society, 1973. Third Printing. Softcover. Card covers show light shelf wear. ; A bright, solid book, B&W photographs throughout, stapled wraps. This is largely a pictorial history ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 111 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 20529

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia::Community History

Keywords: Vernon Okanagan History::Canada Community History

HUTCHERSON, E. WILLIAM

Landing at Ladner

New York: Carlton Press, Inc, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0806217472. Boards show some shelf wear, DJ shows shelf wear with short tears, chipping, soiling and scuffing. Price-clipped, lightly spotted on page fore-edges. ; A tight solid book,green cloth covered boards. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 207 pages; This is considered a historical memoir, starting in 1850s when the Fraser River Delta was first homesteaded. The main interest starts when the author moved to the area after the depression.. Very Good in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 20607

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia::Community History

Keywords: 0806217472 South Delta Homestead ladner History::Canada Community History

INSTITUTE, RIDGEDALE WOMEN'S

Wigwams to Windmills a History of Ridgedale and Area

Abbotsford, BC: Ridgedale Women's Institute, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards show light shelf wear. ; A tight solid book. Red cloth covered boards with gilt titles front and spine. Liberally illustrated with B&W photographs ; 9.0 X 6.0 X 1.0 inches; 207 pages. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 20765

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia::Community History

Keywords: ridgedale abbotsford Community history matsqui History::Canada Community History

JAMES, PHYLLIS & LENE (ARTIST)

Power of the Peace

Fort St John BC: Alaska Highway News / Phyllis James, 1972. First Edition. Softcover. Light corner curl of the fore corners, small pen mark front cover, previous owner's name on front fly leaf ; A tight solid book. No creasing, ink drawn illustrations by Lene on front cover and throughout the book ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 33 pages; A fictionalised story of a family in the dust bowl of the Peace River area of northern British Columbia during the depression. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 21023

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia::Depression

Keywords: Depression British Columbia Fort St John Farming Peace Country Fiction::Canadian History::Canada

JAMIESON, ERIC

Tragedy at Second Narrows the Story of the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge

Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 2008. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1550174517. DJ shows light shelf wear with small tears and creasing on top front. ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. B&W photographs throughout. ; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 301 pages; "On June 17, 1958, Vancouver experienced the worst industrial accident in its history when the new bridge being built across Burrard Inlet collapsed into the flooding tidal waters of Second Narrows, killing eighteen workers. Photos of the two broken spans tilted into the sea went around the world and provided the city with one of its iconic historical images, still familiar to school children half a century later. The shocking thing was that the bridge was not an old, decrepit structure, but a new one just in the midst of being erected with all the support and security modern engineering could provide. That somebody had made a colossal error seemed obvious, but it would take a Royal Commission to discover how and why. Even then, some mysteries will never be solved.Tragedy at Second Narrows unravels one of Vancouver's great mysteries with all the appeal of a gripping detective novel. Eric Jamieson has returned to the scene of the tragedy and reconstructed the tragic event with scrupulous care, introducing the entire cast of politicians, construction bosses, engineers and ironworkers; he relives those terrifying moments when the structure began to crack and drop like the bottom was falling out of the world. In the end, readers will have learned about the fascinating world of big-time bridge building and will be left with a searingly clear picture of precisely how a great disaster took shape and plunged to its inevitable conclusion.". Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 18977

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia

Keywords: 1550174517 second narrows Engineer Collapse Engineering History::Canada

JUPP, URSULA

Cadboro - a Ship, a Bay, a Sea

Victoria, BC: Jay Editions / Estate of Ursula Jupp, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ shows shelf wear with short tears on top edge, light chipping. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 71 pages; A brief fanciful account of the very real community of Cadboro Bay on Vancouver Island.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 20374

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia::Community History

Keywords: cadboro bay Vancouver Island History::Canada Community History

JUROME, WILLIAM BRADLEY

Sun, Sage & Sand. Volume 2

Kelowna BC: Dacona Graphics, Inc, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0929041003. Light edgewear and chipping of dustjacket ; A bright, solid book, dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Colour photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 151 pages; A pictorial journey through the Okanagan, Similkameen, Shuswap, Thompson and the Nicola Valley regions of British Columbia. This is especially nostalgaic for middle aged British Columbians with colour photos of all those places you holidayed as a child with your family, the pristine beaches and clear lakes, the orchards, laden with fruit, the ski slopes in winter and the arid areas, hot and dry with only sagebrush and low bushes as vegetation.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 9235

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia::Okanagan

Keywords: 0929041003 kelowna similkameen shuswap nicola valley British Columbia sagebrush Okanagan Valley

KAHN, CHARLES

Salt Spring the Story of an Island

Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 2001. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 155017262X. Light edgewear to card covers ; A bright, solid book ; B&W Illustrations; 8.9 X 5.9 X 0.8 inches; 344 pages; "The largest of BC's southern Gulf Islands, beautiful Salt Spring Island has long been a favoured holiday destination and a prized real-estate area for those in search of an idyllic rural residence. Because of the island's rugged geography, the early story of Salt Spring is largely the story of hard-working people in small isolated communities industriously carving farms out of rough terrain. Many of the settlers who followed came to find a place where they could live their lives free of the constraints of most societies. This was as true for the African-Americans, many of whom were among the first non-aboriginal settlers to arrive in 1859, as it was for those fleeing conventional middleclass life and for Americans seeking to avoid the Vietnam War. And it's true of almost every new islander who arrives today with a unique personal dream." It is also home to a vibrant artistic community.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 19667

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia::Community History

Keywords: 155017262X gulf islands Artists History::Canada Community History

KELLER, BETTY

A Thoroughly Wicked Woman Murder, Perjury and Trial By Newspaper

Halfmoon Bay BC: Caitlin Press Inc, 2010. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 1894759486. Signed by Author; Card covers show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, inscribed by the author on half-title page.; 7.9 X 5.5 X 2.2 inches; 230 pages; "On a foggy evening in November 1905, 48-year-old Thomas Jackson returned to his home on Melville Street in Vancouver after nine months of prospecting north of the Skeena. Jackson was happy because he had made an important gold strike. Four days later he was dead from strychnine poisoning. What followed was a series of hearings and trials in the city's courtrooms with fledgling lawyers trying to make their names in combat with the celebrated defence counsel Joseph Martin, KC. At the same time the newspapers, which were locked in a deadly circulation war, tried desperately to trump each other with juicy bits of information, all of it splashed on their front pages week after week. In the end the two women served time in the BC Penitentiary, but no one was ever tried for the murder of Thomas Jackson.". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 20233

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia

Keywords: 1894759486 True Crime Gold Rush Signed Skeena History::Canada

KENDRICK, JOHN

People of the Snow the Story of Kitimat

Toronto: NC Press, Limited, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 155021022X. Card covers show light shelf wear, light soiling. Back top fore corner creased. ; A bright, solid book.; B&W Photographs; 8.9 X 5.9 X 0.5 inches; 179 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 20150

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia::Community History

Keywords: 155021022X kitimat Community history History::Canada Community History

KENNEDY, LIV

Coastal Villages

Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1550170570. DJ has some light creasing top edge and boards show very light shelf wear. Gift notation on half-title page. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. B&W and colour photgraphs ; 12.0 X 8.9 X 0.8 inches; 176 pages; British Columbia's coastline is extend by many inlets and islands, many of these inlets have small villages inhabited by those who wish to get away from the hustle and bustle of the big city and, or native communities. "Coastal Villages is a gorgeous book of photographs, history and anecdotes about 24 picturesque British Columbian villages, including Lund, Campbell River, Quadra Island, Owen Bay, Hardwicke Island, Telegraph Cove, Alert Bay and Port Hardy.". Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 20320

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia

Keywords: 1550170570 British Columbia coastline Villages inlets History::Canada Native Studies

KEREMIDSCHIEFF, VLADIMIR

Seize the Time: Vancouver Photographed, 1967

Vancouver BC: New Star Books Ltd, 2013. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 1554200741. A near-fine volume. B&W photographs ; Trade PB; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 123 pages; These photographs represent a time of change in Vancouver BC, the city that was changed into the city that could be. The young of Canada invaded to join the Hippie vibe that grew here in the late 60s. It was exciting, vibrant - the protests and the music became all important. Keremidschieff captured the feel of the time in this photo essay.. Near Fine .

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Book number: 21310

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia::Community History

Keywords: 1554200741 hippie 4th avenue Courthouse protests Vancouver

KIRK, J. P.

My Ain Folk Revisited Denman Island 1875

Denman Island, BC: Self Published, circa 2000. First thus. Softcover. Signed by Author; Card covers show light shelf wear, spine and covers show some creasing from having been lightly bent .; A bright, solid book, signed by the author on the title page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 95 pages; This is a revised and updated version of the original, authored by Winnifred Isbister in 1975. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 20454

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia::Community History

Keywords: Denman Island Community history British Columbia History::Canada Community History

KLASSEN, A. E. (EDITOR)

Yarrow a Portrait in Mosaic

Yarrow, BC: Self Published, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards show light shelf wear, previous owner's name on FFEP. ; A bright, solid book. Generously illustrated with maps and B&W photographs, newspaper clipping laid in.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 119 pages; Yarrow, known for its Mennonite roots, is still largely a thriving agricultural community.. Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued .

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Book number: 21403

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia::Community History

Keywords: yarrow Chilliwack mennonite History::Canada Community History

KLUCKNER, MICHAEL

Vancouver the Way It Was

North Vancouver, BC: Whitecap Books, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0920620566. Illustrated by Michael Kluckner. Small dot top page edges, only light wear top book and dustjacket ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped; B&W and Colour Illustrations; 12.30 X 9.50 X 1 inches; 239 pages; Kluckner has taken old historical photographs from the Vancouver of old and created beautiful watercolour reproductions, romanticizing Vancouver's historical buildings and neighbourhoods. Accompanying all this is a brief biography of the people associated with the buildings and histories of the neighbourhoods. A simple full page map showing the important areas and streets covered in the book appears after the table of contents.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 16858

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia::Vancouver

Keywords: 0920620566 Woodward granville Georgia Burrard Inlet map Vancouver History::Canada ARTS Architecture