ADAMS, R. (TEXT AND PHOTOGRAPHS)

Eternal Prairie; Exploring Rural Cemeteries of the West

Calgary, AB, Fifth House Ltd.. (ISBN: 1-894004-33-7). 1999. (Mass market paperback) Near fine. 122 +. 4to. Describes in text, along with full colour and black and white photographs, the social history, stories, people, traditions, and significance related to grave markers on the Canadian Prairies. A tribute to the weathered crosses of the Prairie fields to the more ornate markers found in urban cemeteries. Cover lightly rubbed; still, a very nice copy.

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Book number: 129514

Catalogue: Canadiana

Keywords: Canadian Prairies, Cemeteries, Epitaphs, Prairie History 1894004337

ADAMS, ROBERT J.

Fish Cop

Spruce Grove, AB, Megamy Publishing. (ISBN: 0-9681916-4-9). 2001. (Mass market paperback) As new. 191pp. 8vo. Signed. Anecdotes to make you chuckle, from the author's adventures as a Fish and Wildlife Officer on the Alberta prairies. Related ephemera laid in. Author of 'The Stump Farm'.

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Book number: 125835

Catalogue: Canadiana

Keywords: Canadian Prairies, Alberta, Alberta History, Alberta Writers, Canadian Prairies, Humour, Prairie Authors 0968191649

ADAMS, ROBERT J.

Horse Cop

Spruce Grove, AB, Megamy Publishing. (ISBN: 0-9681916-3-0). 1998. (Mass market paperback) Near fine. 226+. 8vo. Signed. The author's third collection of short stories, following the Stump Farm and Beyond the Stump Farm. Clean, crisp and solid, with illustrated card covers.

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Book number: 124388

Catalogue: Canadiana

Keywords: RCMP, Canadian Prairies, Humour, RCMP, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Short Stories 0968191630

ADAMS, ROBERT J.

In the Shadow of the Rockies

Spruce Grove, AB, Megamy Publishing. (ISBN: 0-9733728-0-X). 2005. (Mass market paperback) As new. 182pp. 8vo. Signed. True stories from the author's outdoor adventures as a Fish and Wildlife Officer on the Alberta prairies. Related ephemera laid in. Author of 'The Stump Farm'.

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Book number: 125837

Catalogue: Canadiana

Keywords: Canadian Prairies, Alberta, Alberta History, Alberta Writers, Canadian Prairies, Prairie Authors 097337280X

ADAMS, RAMON F.

The Rampaging Herd; A Bibliography of Books and Pamplets on Men and Events in the Cattle Industry

Norman, University of Oklahoma Press NONE. 1959. (hardcover) Near fine in very good dust jacket. xix, 463pp. 8vo. Listed are approximately 2,600 titles related to range cattle and the men who herd them. Jacket is very good, but shows some protected in loose mylar sleeve. There is a bookplate (small, tasteful) to the front fixed endpaper; otherwise, a fine copy. Green cloth. Green jacket with white titles to front and spine. Top edge stained green. Binding solid. Clean and bright copy.

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Book number: 130519

Catalogue: Canadiana

Keywords: Cattle Industry, American West, Collectible Books, Cowboys

ADAMS, JOHN COLDWELL

Sir Charles God Damn; The Life of Sir Charles G. D. Roberts

Toronto, University of Toronto Press 978-1442651319. (ISBN: 978-1442651319). 1986. (Cloth) As new in as new dust jacket. 235pp. Frontispiece, illus. The first Canadian writer to come to terms with the Canadian landscape, influencing his contemporaries to see their own surroundings with fresh and discerning eyes.

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Book number: 109242

Catalogue: Canadiana

Keywords: Canada, Literature-Canadian 9781442651319

ADAMS, ROBERT J.

Skunks and Hound Dogs

Spruce Grove, AB, Megamy Publishing. (ISBN: 0-9681916-9-X). 2004. (Mass market paperback) As new. 190pp. 8vo. Signed. Humorous anecdotes from the author's outdoor adventures as a Fish and Wildlife Officer on the Alberta prairies. Related ephemera laid in. Author of 'The Stump Farm'.

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Book number: 125838

Catalogue: Canadiana

Keywords: Canadian Prairies, Alberta History, Alberta Writers, Canadian Prairies, Humour, Prairie Authors 096819169X

ADAMS, ROBERT J.

Skunks and Hound Dogs

Spruce Grove, AB, Megamy Publishing. (ISBN: 0-9681916-9-X). 2002. (Mass market paperback) Fine. 190pp. 8vo. Humorous anecdotes from the author's outdoor adventures as a Fish and Wildlife Officer on the Alberta prairies. Author of 'The Stump Farm'. There is a gift inscription to the half title page; else is clean and bright.

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Book number: 130310

Catalogue: Canadiana

Keywords: Canadian Prairies, Alberta History, Alberta Writers, Canadian Prairies, Humour, Prairie Authors 096819169X

ADAMS, ROBERT J.

The Stump Farm; Beyond the Stump Farm

Spruce Grove, AB, Megamy Publishing. [no date]. (Mass market paperback) As new. 8vo. As new. Pictorial card covers. Two book set, signed and shrink wrapped.

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Book number: 123141

Catalogue: Canadiana

Keywords: Canadian Prairies, Alberta, Alberta History, Canadian - History, Canadian Prairies, Canadiana, Prairie History

ADAMS, ROBERT J.

The Stump Farm

Spruce Grove, AB, Megamy Publishing. (ISBN: 0-9681916-0-6). 2003. (Mass market paperback) Very good. 201pp. 8vo. Stories from a time now long forgotten, when needs were simple and laughter came easily.

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Book number: 130311

Catalogue: Canadiana

Keywords: Canadian Prairies, Alberta History, Prairie History 0968191606

HEMPLEMAN-ADAMS, DAVID

Walking on Thin Ice, in Pursuit of the North Pole

Londn, Orion Books. (ISBN: 0-75281-797-3). 1998, 1st edition. (Cloth, 8vo) Fine in fine dust jacket. x, 271pp.

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Book number: 117976

Catalogue: Canadiana

Keywords: Arctic Exploration, Arctic Exploration, North 0752817973

ADANAC, PHIPPEN, QUEENSTON, CROOKED VALLEY, LOCAL CENTRE, CLEAVERING, TAKO

Grassland to Grainland

North Battleford, Historical Seven Book Association. 1982, 1st thus. (hardcover) Fine, no dust jacket. x, 756pp. Previous owners name, small and neat to illustrated endpapers.

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Book number: 117209

Catalogue: Canadiana

Keywords: Saskatchewan, Canadian Prairies, Canadiana, Genealogy, Local Histories, Saskatchewan

ADANAC, PHIPPEN, QUEENSTON, CROOKED VALLEY, LOCAL CENTRE, CLEAVERING, TAKO

Grassland to Grainland

North Battleford, Historical Seven Book Association. 1982, 1st thus. (hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. x, 756pp. 4to, illus. ports. facs. maps. Ex-lib. While illustrated end-papers are a flurry of stamps, stickers and pockets, the remainder seems untouched, including illustrated dark green faux leathercovers.

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Book number: 122906

Catalogue: Canadiana

Keywords: Saskatchewan, Canadian Prairies, Canadiana, Genealogy, Local Histories, Saskatchewan

DEPARTMENT NORTHERN AFFAIRS AND NATIONAL RESOURCES

Annual Report of the National Museum of Canada for the Fiscal Year 1954-55

Ottawa, Department Northern Affairs and National Resources. 1956. (Card covers) Very good. vi, 180pp. 8vo, black and white photographs; some articles' text in French. Usual ex-library suspects but extremely clean as such. National Museum of Canada Bulletin No. 142; of interest, article: "Archaeological Reconnaissance of the Delta of the MacKenzie River and Yukon Coast" by Richard S. MacNeish (pp.#46 - 81).

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Book number: 115208

Catalogue: Canadiana

Keywords: Canada - North, Anthropology, Canada - Natives - North, Canadian North, Native Americans, North

GOVERNMENT OF CANADA; MINISTER OF NORTHERN AFFAIRS AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Canadian Eskimo Fine Crafts

Ottawa, Government of Canada; Minister of Northern Affairs and Natural Resources NONE. 1963. (Mass market paperback) Near fine. 68pp. 4to. Catalogue of art and craft work created by Canadian Inuit (Eskimo) people. Map. Black and white photographs, portraits. Card covers, stapled. Covers lighty rubbed, with some small creases; otherwise fine.

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Book number: 129501

Catalogue: Canadiana

Keywords: Inuit Art, Arctic, Art Catalogue, Eskimo Art, Exhibition Catalogue, Inuit Crafts, North