Dusyk, Charlene; Sylvia Sweetland

School Districts of the Libau Area of Manitoba, 1887-1967

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Privately Printed, 2017. First printing. Hardcover. pp. 297. 4to. Black buckram boards with silver lettering and illustration to spine and front board; illustrated endpapers. Many black and white photographs, portraits, illustrations. No detectable flaws, contents clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine. .

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Book number: 649

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: local history; canadian history; canadiana; education; western canadian history; prairie history;

Duthie, James Hunter; George Lynch-Staunton; National Waterways Association of Canada; Commercial Travellers' Association

The St. Lawrence Project ; as Presented by James H. Duthie of the National Waterways Association of Canada Supporting the Deep Waterway Proposition and Senator, the Hon. Geo., W. Lunch-Staunton, Opposing the Project: at a Joint Discussion of the Subject in a Public Meeting Held in the I.O.O.F. Hall, Hamilton, Ont., September 15th, 1922 ; Under the Auspices of Commercial Salesmen's Association of Hamilton.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, National Waterways Association of Canada, 1922. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wraps. Unpaginated [pp. 12]. 12mo. measuring 5" x 7.5". Front cover detached from text-block, but present and well-preserved. The subject of intense historical debate, James Duthie and Lynch-Staunton present their respective, though opposing, views of the development of the ultimately successful endeavour to further develop the St. Lawrence Seaway to allow further expansion, and thus greater movement of goods, and increased trade with the vast international, and American market. At head, and base of title page, respectively: "A Deep Waterway to the Sea", "Every Lakeport a Seaport". Faint age-toning, some chipping to the edges of the front cover, contents without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked. Corresponds to OCLC #49130433, 76880530, and 1080695092. We were unable to locate instances of this publication amongst the holdings of LAC/BAC, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, UoT, Peel, et al. Scarce in commerce with no extant copies avaialble at time of cataloguing.

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Book number: 4409

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: ephemera; quebec history; ontario; manitoba; business; economics; trade; canadiana; canadian history; william lyon cackenzie king; united states history

Dutka, June; Athanasius McVay; Cynthia Chuckree (Illust.); John Dowd (Photography)

St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church: Celebrating 100 Years; Together for Tomorrow

Winnipeg, Manitoba, St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. 348. Oblong 4to. Illustrated card covers. Replete with black-and-white, and colour maps, photographs, portraits, illustrations, charts, tables, et al. No detectable flaws, contents bright, clean, and unmarked; fine. .

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Book number: 1774

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: local history; canadian history; church history; community history; catholic church; archdiocese of winnipeg;

Dutka, June; Athanasius McVay; Cynthia Chuckree (Illust.); John Dowd (Photography)

St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church: Celebrating 100 Years; Together for Tomorrow

Winnipeg, Manitoba, St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. 348. Oblong 4to. Illustrated card covers. Replete with black-and-white, and colour maps, photographs, portraits, illustrations, charts, tables, et al. No detectable flaws, contents bright, clean, and unmarked; fine. .

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Book number: 5130

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: local history; canadian history; church history; community history; catholic church; archdiocese of winnipeg;

Dyck, Betty (Ed.); [Bethel Mennonite Church]

Bethel, Pioneering in Faith: 50 Years, 1937-1987

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Bethel Mennonite Church, 1988. First printing. Hardcover. pp. 147. 4to. Pictorial boards. Replete with many photographs, portraits, illustrations. Contains a complete membership list with the names, dates of birth, outgoing church registration #, name of assigned pastor of all parishioners. Also included is a list of, 'Council and Board of Deacons' with names, dates of birth etc. No detectable flaws, contents bright, clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine. Near Fine .

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Book number: 1159

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: religion; history; canadian history; canadiana; mennonite church; local history;

Dyck, John [Ed.]

Bless the Lord, O My Soul: Sargent Avenue Mennonite Church 50th Anniversary, 1949-1999

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sargent Avenue Mennonite Church, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. iii, 201. 4t0, measuring 29 cm tall. Navy-blue buckram over boards, gilt lettering to the spine and front board; marbled endpapers. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white photographs and portraits of parishioners, staff, clergy, etc, and, maps illustrations, facsimiles, et al. Bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine. Single errata leaf laid in. Text chiefly in English with some German. .

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Book number: 3530

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: religion; western canadian history; local history; winnipeg; church history; geneaology; mennonite

Dyck, John J. (1928-)

Sixty Years of Blessing: Camping Ministry in Mennonite Church Manitoba, 1949-2009

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Mennonite Church Manitoba, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. x, 183. Oblong 4to. Pictorial covers. Replete with black-and-white maps, photographs, portraits, illustrations, et al. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine. .

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Book number: 2405

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: religion; manitobiana; natural history; travel; recreation; canadian history; mennonite; religion; bible camp

Dygala, P. (Foreword); Harry J. Enns, et al.

The Bike Book

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Government of Manitoba, Highways and Transportation, Driver and Vehicle Licencing, N.D. [Circa 1986]. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wraps. pp. 64. 12mo. measuring 6.25" x 3.25". Charming, twice-stapled, card covers. Illustrated in black-and-white and colour throughout. Lightest rubbing to the covers, contents clean, and unmarked; near fine. See OCLC #1007664262. The Bike Book is a bicycle driver's handbook designed especially for children of the elementary school age. It tells you how to choose a bike, how to look after a bike, and how to drive a bike safely.

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Book number: 5836

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: government publications; sports; ephemera

Fast, Karl (Edited and Compiled by); C.G. Unruh (Eds.); Anniversary Committee for the Mennonite Community of North Kildonan-Winnipeg, Manitoba

Fiftieth Anniversary of the Mennonite Settlement in North Kildonan, 1928-1978 ; Fünfzigjähriges Jubiläum der mennonitischen Ansiedlung in North Kildonan, 1928-1978

North Kildonan-Winnipeg, Manitoba, Anniversary Committee for the Mennonite Community of North Kildonan-Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1978. First Edition, First Printing. Card Covers. pp. 128. 4to. measuring 8.5" x 11". Illustrated covers. Rich with many black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, maps, facsimiles, et al. Bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; fine. Text in German and English. .

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Book number: 4285

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: local history; canadian history; canadiana; mennonite history; steinbach; priaire; western canadian history; western canada

School of Narcotic Education, Technical Collegiate

A.S. M. [Alberta - Saskatchewan - Manitoba] School of Narcotic Education; Technical Collegiate, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | August 14th - 25th, 1950

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, School of Narcotic Education,Technical Collegiate, 1950. First printing. Card Covers. Three panel brochure of stiff cards measuring 8.5" by 11" for the 'School of Narcotic Education' with outlines of lectures by Dr. R.E. Mendenhall, Mr. Howard E. Hamelin and Rev. Allan W. Martin. Includes a daily program over the course of two weeks and a blank application form for admission to the school. The verso of the brochure includes a complete listing of the Board of Governors and General Information on the program including Purpose, Who May Attend, The Course, Accommodation, Transportation, Fees etc. No detectable flaws, fine. Scarce. At time of cataloguing this title does not appear amongst the holdings at Peel, LAC/BAC. .

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Book number: 640

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: western canadian history; prairie history; alberta; temperance society; prohibition; religion; drugs; medicine and health; workshop; education; saskatchewan; ephemera; manitoba;

[Winnipeg Board of Jewish Education]

Allan Blye: Man of the Year; Dinner for Jewish Education ; [held at the] Winnipeg Convention Centre, Sunday, September 14, 1986

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Privately Printed | Kromar Printing Ltd. 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Card Covers. Unpaginated [pp. 12]. 4to. measuring 9" x 12". Pictorial, twice-stapled, card covers, glassine endpapers. Many black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles. Dedicatory messages from Lieutenant Governor Pearl McGonigal, Premier Howard Pawley, Mayor William Norrie. Comprises of a complete programme of events held in honour of the subject, a short history of the Winnipeg Jewish Education Trust Fund, the Winnipeg Board of Education, and Jewish schools in Winnipeg accompanied with a list of prominent supporters of various Jewish causes in Manitoba, etc. Light rubbing to the covers, contents without blemish; very good+. Unrecorded in OCLC. Not found in Peel, BAC/LAC, UoM Archives & Special Collections. .

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Book number: 5979

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: judaica; canadian jewish history; programme book; education; philanthropy; winnipeg jewish organizations

[Grand Chapter, Royal Arch Masons of Manitoba, Committee on Education and Instruction]; M.A. Searle

Royal Arch Masonry; Grand Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons of Canada

Winnipeg, Manitoba, [Grand Chapter, Royal Arch Masons of Manitoba, Committee on Education and Instruction], 1958. Third Edition. Stapled Wraps. pp. 8. 16mo. measuring 3.25" x 6". Illustrated, twice-stapled, self-wrappers bearing the crest of the organization to the centre of the front cover. Bright, clean, and unmarked. Not found in Peel, BAC/LAC, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections. The purpose of this pamphlet is to place before you information which may be helpful, and to invite your interest in Royal Arch Masonry in the hope that you may desire to become a regular member of a Royal Arch Chapter. Capitular, or Royal Arch, Masonry provides the additional ceremonies which extend the Master Mason's Degree and, together with the three degrees of the "Symbolic" Lodge, constitute Ancient Craft Masonry.

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Book number: 4711

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: masonic; masonic history; masons; freemasonry; occult; faternal organization; secret organizations

Department of Education, Province of Manitoba

School Games and Directed Play; Printed by Order of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Department of Education, Province of Manitoba, 1920. First printing. Stapled Wraps. pp. 40. 12mo. Light blue illustrated stapled card covers. Near fine. At time of cataloguing this title does not appear amongst the holdings at Peel. .

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Book number: 614

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: local history; canadian history; education; government publications; ephemera; history;

Roshka, Osyp (Ed.); Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center

Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center, 1980-2010; the Center of Ukrainian Life in Philadelphia

Jenkintown, PA, The Center of Ukrainian Life in Philadelphia, 2010. First printing. Hardcover. pp. 442. 4to. measuring 20 cm tall. Replete with many black and white and colour maps, photographs, portraits, illustrations. No detectable flaws, contents bright, clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; fine. Scarce with only one known institutional holding of this title. Text chiefly in Ukrainian with some English. OCLC # 778071465. .

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Book number: 1091

Catalogue: History

Keywords: american history; ukrainian history; canadian history; canadiana; local history;

[The Winnipeg Board of Trade]; Edward C. Gilliat (Ed.), et al.

Winnipeg Magazine: Official Monthly Publication of the Winnipeg Board of Trade ; [Bound Volume Comprising Twelve Issues for 1930]

Winnipeg, Manitoba, [The Winnipeg Board of Trade], 1930. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Irregular pagination, each issue comprising of roughly between 17 - 44 pages. 4to. measuring 9" x 12". Bound in pebbled navy-blue cloth over boards, gilt lettering to the spine, charming floral endpapers, speckled edges. Gorgeously illustrated covers in period art-deco style. Rich with many advertisements by sponsoring local and national businesses, and merchants including: the Hudson's Bay Company, The Northern Trusts Company, Bridgens, the T. Eaton Co. Western Canada Airways Limited, Piccardy Candy Shops, the Royal Bank of Canada, the Bank of Montreal, et al. Published by the Winnipeg business community (the Winnipeg Board of Trade), chiefly for the consumption of business owners, traders, and merchants, and offering rich insight into business activities in the city of Winnipeg, and the province at-large. Issues include a summary of board activities, updates on provincial legislation relevant to the business community, reports from the immigration and land settlement committee (amongst others), a discussion on the "admittance of large numbers of Mennonites", a complete listing of the executive members, calendars of scheduled meetings, and much else. Remarkably well-preserved showing only some light rubbing to the cloth extremities, contents entirely without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages, and firm sound binding; near fine. Exceedingly scarce in commerce, our offering being the only extant copy available at time of cataloguing. Equally scarce amongst institutional holdings (corresponds to OCLC #855384448). At time of cataloguing, not in Peel. Rare indeed. .

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Book number: 4546

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: canadian history; business; commerce; grain trade; banking; exchange district; agriculture; economics; western canadian history; western canadiana; journal; periodical; newspaper