BEST, CHRISTOPHER

The Kitsilano Boys' Band from 1895 to 1982 the Most Famous Boys Band in the World

Vancouver BC: Warfleet Press, 2007. First Edition. Coil Bound. Only light wear ; A bright, solid book.; B&W and colour photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 289 pages; Christopher Best released several books covering this famous band that won a world championship and toured the world. Arthur W. Delamont, who came from a musical family, coached and conducted boys (and girls) for a number of years. Many these boys went on to become famous locally, in entertainment, business, including Dal Richards and Jimmy Pattison.. Near Fine .

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N° du livre: 19695

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia::Entertainment

Mots-clés: band Vancouver delamont kitsilano Entertainment

BICKNELL, JACQUIE & VICKY WHITE

Oliver Area Secrets and Surprises

Oliver BC: South Okanagan Publishers & Writers, 1995. Paperback. ISBN: 0969981708. Signed by Editors; Only slight wear to yellow card covers; Signed by the editors on Acknowledgments page; Trade PB; 140 pages; "A celebration of our town written by the people who live here". Near Fine .

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N° du livre: 14252

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia

Mots-clés: 0969981708 oliver BC Travel Wine History::Canada

BILSON, GEOFFREY

Darkened House Cholera in Nineteenth Century Canada : 1832

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1980. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0802064027. Card covers show light edge wear, minor creasing. ; A bright, solid book.; Social History of Canada #31; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 222 pages. Very Good+ .

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N° du livre: 17145

Catalogue: Canadiana

Mots-clés: 0802064027 disease cholera History::Canada Science::Medicine

BIRD, GEORGE HUBERT

Tse-Ees

Port Alberni, BC: Arrowsmith Press, 1971. Softcover. Signed by Family Member; Short tear top of spine, otherwise in very good condition ; Signed on title page by author's daughter , Florence who wrote a short bio of her father. A tight solid book. Inner sides of the card covers are illustrated with maps, book is illustrated with B&W photographs. Index at back of book. ; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 237 pages; George Bird arrived in 1892 in the Alberni Valley from England. Instead of continuing on to Australia as originally planned, he and his new wife decided to stay and make a new life. His first job was to single handedly bring a steamer from Victoria for the BC Paper Manufacturing Co. This earned him the native name Tse-ees-tah (one man in a boat). Bird worked in various capacities over the years and became interested in the history of the valley. He wrote a number of articles for the local newspaper. This book was compiled from a selection of those sketches and personal reminiscences.. Very Good .

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N° du livre: 21763

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia::Community History

Mots-clés: Port alberni paper mill Community history Alberni Valley History::Canada Biographies & Memoirs Community History

BISHOP-STALL, SHAUGHNESSY

Down to This: Squalor and Splendour in a Big

Toronto: Random House of Canada, Limited, 2005. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0679312285. Card covers show light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book.; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 475 pages; "One cold November day, Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall heads out on just such a quest. He packs up a new tent, some clothes, his notebooks and a pen and goes to live in Tent City, twenty-seven lawless acres where the largest hobo town on the continent squats in the scandalized shadow of Canada’s largest city (Toronto). The rules he sets for himself are simple: no access to money, family or friends, except what he can find from that day on. He’ll do whatever people in Tent City do to get by, be whatever bum, wino, beggar, hustler, criminal, junkie or con man he chooses to be on any given day.". Very Good+ .

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N° du livre: 21343

Catalogue: Canadiana

Mots-clés: 0679312285 Homelessness tent city Toronto History::Canada Social Science

BLANCHET, MURIEL WYLIE

The Curve of Time

Sidney, BC: Whitecap Books, 2011. Anniversary Edition; Later Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1770500375. A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped, map endpapers, B&W photos throughout; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 271 pages; This Canadian classic tells the story of Muriel Wylie Blanchet who was left widowed with 5 young children in 1927. She taught in winter but spent summers cruising with her crew ( the kids) aboard the Caprice along the coast of British Columbia where they acquired a truly amazing education learning about the cultures of the many coastal communites, native and newcomer.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 21417

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia

Mots-clés: 1770500375 History::Canada MARITIME

BLASHILL, LORRAINE

Remembering the '50s: Growing Up in Western Canada

Victoria, BC: Orca Book Publishers, 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1551430916. Slight wear to dustjacket ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. B&W photographs ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 167 pages; Personal reminiscences of individuals in various cities in the Canadian West. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 21396

Catalogue: Canadiana

Mots-clés: 1551430916 Canada reminiscence West History::Canada