'50 for Sioux in '62' / Sioux Lookout Ontario / the Ojibway Country / 50th Anniversary / August 4, 5 and 6, 1962

Sioux Lookout, ON, 50th Anniversary Committee, 1962. 1st edition. Wraps. pp. 128.8vo,,Card covers scuffed & a bit 'thumbed'; else clean, tight & g/vg. Ill.: black-and-white photographs. Ink name and address at top of first page. Ads of local merchants throughout.

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Book number: 9900023760

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Ontario;;;;;;;; black-and-white photographs

Aberdeen

Aberdeen, SK, Aberdeen Historical Society, 1982. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. v, 306.4to,,Former owner's name on front free endpaper,A local history of the town of Aberdeen, Saskatchewan. Ill.: maps, b&w photos. Front board bowed, else binding shows slightest shelf wear and contents immaculate. A very good copy. ISBN 0889253757.

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Book number: 9900044334

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Saskatchewan;;;;;;;; maps, b&w photos

Alberta in the 20th Century / a Journalistic History of the Province in 11 Volumes / Volume I / the Great West Before 1900

Edmonton, United Western Communication, 1991. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. xi, 292.4to,,Near fine condition. Ill.: maps, colour, b&w illusts. ISBN 0969571801.

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Book number: 9900044780

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Alberta Report;Western Canada;;;;;;; maps, colour, b&w illusts.

Archives Mirrors of Canada's Past

Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1972. 1st edition. Wraps. pp. 313.Square 4to,,Card covers a bit turned at edges, sl. soiling; else vg cond. Ill.: black-&-white illustrations. Foredge of text block a bit spotted. Contents clean and unmarked. ISBN 0802061540.

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Book number: 9900034796

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Archival;Ephemera;;;;;;; black-&-white illustrations

The Beaver a Journal of Progress Vol. I October, 1920 No. 1

Hudson's Bay Company, 1990. Wraps. pp. 31.Small 4to,,A facsimile of the first issue of this famous Canadian journal. Ill.: black-&-white illustrations. In near fine condition with no visible flaws. Included is the (now) rather scarce original mailing envelope.

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Book number: 9900041216

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Fur trade;Retail trade;;;;;;; black-&-white illustrations

Beyond the Bridge / Sioux Narrows

Sioux Narrows, ON, 1985. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. xxi, 409.Heavy 4to,,,Light wear to boards, else clean, tight, and in very good to near fine condition. Ill.: maps, b&w photos, illusts. Published by the Sioux Narrows Historical Committee. Family histories are alphabetically arranged for easy reference.

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Book number: 9900043880

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Ontario;;;;;;;; maps, b&w photos, illusts.

British Columbia 1926

Vancouver, BC, The Vancouver Sun, 1926. 1st edition. Wraps. pp. 46.4to,,Card covers a sunned & 'thumbed'; else good/very good condition,Sticker on inside front cover states: 'This is number 2845 of a limited edition of comparative Canadian business statistics specially compiled in graphic and concise form for business exceutives.'. Ill.: maps. A survey of business conditions in Vancouver & British Columbia together with comparative data on Canada's trading areas.

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Book number: 9900038330

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: ;;;;;;;; maps

Canadian Frontier Special Collectors Issue Vol. 1, No. 1, Summer 1972

Vancouver, BC, Garnet Publishing Co. 1972. 1st edition. Wraps. pp. 32.4to,,Stapled wraps. A bit of scuffing & sl. soiling; else vg cond,This is the first issue of the short-lived West Coast history quarterly magazine. Contains five interesting original articles: 'Treasure Ships of the Great Lakes'; 'Treasure Hunting in B. C. Ghost Town'; 'Alberta's Lost Lemon Mine'; 'The Iron Box of the Belle Isle'; 'Blue Mountain Cave'. Also included is an original 'booklength feature' entitled 'A Winter Journey in 1861'. Ill.: black-&-white illustrations.

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Book number: 9900003243

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Great Lakes;Lost Lemon mine;Alberta;;;;;; black-&-white illustrations

Canadian Progress 1925-26

London, Canadian Gazette Ltd. 1926. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. 195.Tall 4to,,Library re-bind in orange buckram with white spine lettering,Remains of library 'date due' bookplate on (replaced) front free endpaper. A few margins of pages torn or chipped. Text otherwise clean and tight. In good overall condition. Many interesting full-page advertisements. Ill.: black-and-white photographs. 'An Annual Survey of Canadian conditions embracing every aspect of Social, Commercial, Industrial and Financial activity..'.

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Book number: 9900036380

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Economics;;;;;;;; black-and-white photographs

Centenaire de la Paroisse St-Ignace Des Saules 1870-1970 / Centennial of St. Ignace Des Saules Parish Willow Branch, Sask.

NP (Saskatchewan), ND (1970). 1st edition. pp. 71.4to,,Card covers sl. creased; else near fine condition. Ill.: black-and-white photographs. Text in French and English. Small ink inscription on first page.

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Book number: 9900035968

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Saskatchewan;Roman Catholic;;;;;;; black-and-white photographs

Centennial Celebration of the Ordination and Induction of the Late Rev. Alexander Dick / Presbyterian Minister

NP (Truro, NS), NP, 1903. Hardcover. pp. 76.Slim 8vo,,Bound in blue buckram with gilt lettering. Ill.: black-and-white photographs. Foxing to a few pages, boards a but rubbed, bumped, & sl. soiled; else in good to very good condition.

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Book number: 9900030144

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: ;;;;;;;; black-and-white photographs

Collection of Vintage Canadian Postcards in a Suede Album

Canada, [Circa 1906]. Limp leather. 4to. Limp brown suede covers with image of Fort Garry burnt into front cover. Contains 68 postcards primarily focused on Canadian themes, including ten from Winnipeg. Most postcards have been used but remain bright, uncreased, and generally remarkable condition; very good+. .

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Book number: 054233

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Manitoba History; Western Canada; Eastern Canada; Local History;

Convention Report / the Proceedings of the 37th Dominion Convention of the Royal Canadian Legion

1998. 1st edition. Wraps. pp. 202.4to,,Card covers sl. edge-worn, else in very good condition. Held at Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 14-18, 1998.

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Book number: 9900015923

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Military history;Manitoba;;;;;;;

The Crutch That Cripples: Drug Dependence

Edmonton AB, The Committee on the Misuse of Drugs and Narcotics, Human Resources Development Authority, Government of Alberta, [Circa 1960's]. Stapled Wraps. pp. 21. 8vo. Very good+. .

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Book number: 053524

Catalogue: Canadian History

Footsteps in Education a Historical Digest of the Rural Schools of Roseau County

NP (Roseau, MN), ND (1970). 1st edition. Wraps. pp. 57.4to,,. Ill.: black-and-white photographs. Roseau County is in northern Minnesota. Card covers creased and slightly worn. Contents clean and tight. A good plus copy.

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Book number: 9900037021

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Education;Minnesota;;;;;;; black-and-white photographs

Forgotten Echoes a History of Blackfoot and Surrounding Areas

Blackfoot, AB, 1982. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. 800.Heavy 4to,,Light shelf wear, else in very good condition,A history of events and families in Blackfoot, Durness, Flowerdale, Millerdale, Myrtlehill, Staplehurst, Westdene, and Westminster Park, Alberta. Ill.: maps, b&w photos. Published by the Forgotten Echoes Historical Society. Index at end of family names mentioned in this book.

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Book number: 9900041266

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Alberta;;;;;;;; maps, b&w photos

Fort Pitt History Unfolding 1829 - 1975

Frenchman Butte, SK, Fort Pitt Historical Society, 1985. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. vii, 771.Heavy 4to,,,The history of the Hudson Bay Post and the school districts of White Eagle, Harlan, Frenchman Butte, Rock Bottom, Onion Lake, and Fort Pitt in Saskatchewan. Ill.: maps, b&w photos. Cloth at top of spine pulled. Binding a bit shaken but holding nicely. Contents unmarked. Very good condition. ISBN 0889255733.

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Book number: 9900043209

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Saskatchewan;;;;;;;; maps, b&w photos

Forty-Fourth Annual Report of the Ontario Department of Mines Being Vol. XLIV, Part IV, 1935

Toronto, Government of Ontario, 1936. 1st printing. Wraps. pp. iv, 58.8vo,,Bound in original blue printed stapled covers,Pages 1-28 deal with the geology of the Rowan-Straw Lakes area, pp. 29-47 deal with gold deposits on the Lake of the Woods, and pp. 48-52 deal with some gold occurences west of Port Arthur (now Thunder Bay). With 15 maps (some folding), diagrams and sketches, but lacking the map of the Rowan-Straw Lakes area. Front card cover torn. Corners turned. Contents unmarked. Still a good copy. Ill.: maps, diagrams, sketches.

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Book number: 9900042706

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Gold mining;Lake of the Woods;;;;;;; maps, diagrams, sketches

From Prairie Wool to Golden Grain Raymore and District 1904-1979

Raymore, SK, 1980. 1st edition. pp.4to,,Bound in original woven green cloth with gilt lettering,Rubber stamp of 'Raymore Pioneer Museum Inc.' to front endpaper and foredge of text block. Bottom edge of book a bit smudged. Overall, the book is in very good condition. Ill.: maps, b&w photos, illustrs. Raymore, SK Published by the Raymore and District Historical Society. Index of family histories at the end of the book. ISBN 088925098.

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Book number: 9900044273

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Saskatchewan;;;;;;;; maps, b&w photos, illustrs.

Furrow to the Future

Oxbow, SK, 1984. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. vi, 1,189.Heavy 4to,,Complete two volume set bound in 'pebbled' blue buckram,Volume I shows light shelf wear and a trace of soiling to boards. Volume II shows a bit more wear. The pages of both volumes are a little 'wavy', as from exposure to moisture, but there is no foxing or spotting to contents, which are otherwise clean and tight. A good plus set, overall. This is a very heavy set: it might be best to enquire, first, as to costs and options to ship. Ill.: maps, b&w photos. Published by the Oxbow-Glen Ewen History Book Committee. Name of 'Elsie Hayter' imprinted on front boards. ISBN 0889252858.

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Book number: 9900038109

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Saskatchewan;;;;;;;; maps, b&w photos

Gnadenthal 1880 1980

Winkler, MB, Gnadenthal Hist. Book Comm. 1982. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. vii, 232.Large 4to,,. Ill.: maps, b&w photographs. Front board sl. bowed. Sl. shelf wear & soiling; else in very good condition. ISBN 0889253862.

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Book number: 9900035932

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Mennonite;;;;;;;; maps, b&w photographs

Graphic Revised Map and Street Guide of Calgary Alberta with Directions to Places of Interest Including Suburbs

Toronto, Graphic Publishers.Card covers creased & lightly soiled; else light wear & vg cond,'Complete with Transportation Routes with Directions to all Highways, exact mileage and best routes to points in Western Canada, Ontario and U.S.A'. No date of publication shown but it appears to have been published in the late 1950s. Graphic Publishers produced city street maps for the major centres in Canada. A twenty-four panel folding map measuring approximately 86 x 56 cms when unfolded. The scale is 1,200 feet to one inch.

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Book number: 9900037910

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Geography;Maps;Cartography;;;;;;

Graphic Map and Street Guide of Calgary Alberta with Directions to Places of Interest

Toronto, Graphic Publishers.Card covers creased & lightly soiled; else light wear & vg cond,'Complete with Street Car and Bus Routes with directions to all Highways, exact mileage and best routes to all points in Western Canada, Ontario and U.S.A'. No date of publication shown but it appears to have been published in the early to mid-1950s. Graphic Publishers produced city street maps for the major centres in Canada. A thirty-two panel folding map measuring approximately 71 x 85 cms when unfolded. '35' marked in grease pen on front cover.

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Book number: 9900037911

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Geography;Maps;Cartography;

Guide to the Model of Quebec Made by Lieut. Jean-Baptiste Duberger, R.E.

Ottawa, ON, 1925. 1st printing. Wraps.Small 4to,,Stapled covers turnd at edges & lightly sunned, else g/vg cond. Ill.: folding coloured plate. Presented to Canada in 1910 by the British Government. Restored and set up by Lieut-Col. P. M. O'Leary of Quebec 1910-13.

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Book number: 9900040213

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: ;;;;;;;; folding coloured plate

History of Aneroid

NP (Saskatchewan), Aneroid High School, 1955. 1st edition. Wraps.Larger 8vo,,Ex-lib in stapled wraps; covers 'thumbed', sl. soiled; else vg. Ill.: black-and-white photographs. Ex-library copy with stamp and accession markings confined to front cover; contentents otherwise clean and unmarked.

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Book number: 9900030427

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Aneroid;Saskatchewan;Golden Jubilee;;;;;; black-and-white photographs