Bell, H.V. (Preface); Jim Halley (Foreword); David Wilson (Foreword); Harol Hutton (Ed.), et al.

The New Era, 1954; Brandon Collegiate Institute

Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, Brandon Collegiate Institute, 1954. 43rd Annual Publication (XLIII, No. 1). Card Covers. pp. 111. Small 4to. measuring 8.5" x 11". Textured, thrice-stapled, card covers with navy-blue lettering and crest of the school to the centre of the front cover. Annual yearbook as published by the students of Brandon Collegiate Institute for the 1954 academic year. Richly illustrated throughout with many black-and-white photographs, portraits, group portraits of student, staff, faculty, etc. Many period advertisements by various sponsoring local and national business. Includes a selection of students' prose and poetry, recollections and anecdotes by staff and students, accounts of notable events from throughout the academic year, details of various school clubs and school sports teams and their members, recipients of scholarships, printed address by the valedictorian, memoriums to students who passed away, etc. Prefaces by the school leadership (principal, etc.), a complete roster of staff, and faculty accompanied with their respective portraits. Exceptionally wel-preserved, neat ink name to the coern of the title page else, contents entirely without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages, and firm stapled binding. Unrecorded in commerce. Not found in Peel, BAC/LAC, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, et al. .

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Book number: 6874

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: education; ephemera; local history; canadian history; yearbook; family history; western canadian history; education; school yearbooks

Bell, Charles Napier

The Old Forts of Winnipeg (1738-1927)

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Dawson Richardson Publications Ltd. 1927. Hardcover. p. 39. Slim 8vo. Bound in stiff card covers bound in textured cloth with faded gilt lettering to spine. Many black and white maps, photographs and illustrations of various forts. Lightest edgewear, one very short closed tear to title page, contents remain clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+ to near fine. Transaction No. 3 of the publications of the Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba. .

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Book number: 64

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: local history; canadian history; canadiana; ephemera; canadiana; indigenous studies; fur trade; native studies; aboriginal studies;

Bellan, Ruben C.

Winnipeg, First Century: An Economic History

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Queenston House Publishing Co. 1978. Softcover. pp. 270. 8vo. Black-and-white photographs, illustrations. Light rubbing to the covers, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked; very good+. .

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Book number: 1880

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: business; economics; western canadian history; prairie history; winnipeg history;

[Ukrainian Orthodox Church of All Saints]; Ben Shuvera; Nadia Krawchenko, et al.

40th Anniversary of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of All Saints of Transcona, 1954-1994

[Winnipeg] Transcona, Manitoba, Ukrainian Orthodox Church of All Saints, Transcona, Manitoba, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wraps. pp. 71. Small 8vo. measuring 6" x 9". Richly illustrated with many black-and-white photographs, portraits, group portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. No detectable flaws, contents and extremities without blemish, errata leaf laid-in to the prefatory matter. Many congratulatory messages from various prominent elected, and religious officials. Comprises a history of the founding of the Parish, details of various clubs, list of prominent parishioners, parishioners who have passed, etc. Near fine. Rare in commerce. Unrecorded in OCLC. Not found in Peel, BAC/LAC, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, etc. .

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Book number: 5272

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: slavic; canadian history; manitoba history; winnipeg; church history; religion; catholic church; ukrainian orthodox church

Benham, Mary Lile; Dr. Alice Hamilton

The Manitoba Club: 100 Years, 1874-1974

Winnipeg, Manitoba, The Manitoba Club | Printed by the Wallingford Press (Winnipeg, Manitoba), 1974. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. xi, 82. Slim 8vo. measuring 6.5" x 9.25". Publisher's navy-blue cloth over boards, gilt lettering and crest of the Manitoba Club in gilt to the front board, map endpapers. Colour photograph frontispiece of the Jubilee Window at the Manitoba Club, accompanied with many additional black-and-white and colour photographs, portraits, illustrations etc. Lightest rubbing to the cloth extremities, contents without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; near fine. Corresponds to OCLC #32385590. .

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Book number: 5595

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: local history; canadian history; winnipeg; western canadian history

Benham, Mary Lile

Once More Unto the Breach: St. George's Anglican Church, Winnipeg; First Century, 1883-1983

Winnipeg, Manitoba, St. George's Anglican Church, December, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wraps. pp. viii, 149. Small 8vo. Illustrated textured card covers. Replete with black-and-white portraits, photographs, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. A rich history of the first century of the establishment of St. George's Anglican Church of Winnipeg. Includes rich details on clergy, women's committees, notable parishioners, and much more. No detectable flaws, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; fine. Signed by the author to the title page.

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Book number: 2551

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: religion; anglican church; manitoba history; family history; local history; canadian history; canadiana

von Berge, Herman; William Kuhn; O.E. Kureger; Martin L. Leuschner, et al.

These Glorious Years: The Centenary History of German Baptists of North America, 1843-1943

Cleveland, Ohio, Roger Williams Press, N.D. [Circa 1943]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 262. 8vo. measuring 8.5" x 6". Publisher's dark-green cloth over boards, gilt rules and lettering to the spine and front board, speckled edges. Rich with many black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. Light rubbing to the cloth extremities, slightly shaken, corner of ffep neatly excised, text-block entirely without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages, and sound binding. Overall, very good. Rare in commerce. Not in Peel. Corresponds to OCLC #9942270 indicating only but one institutional holding at time of cataloguing. .

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Book number: 3822

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Genealogy; history; american history; canadian history; canadiana

Bergen, Isby; Larry Driedger; Theodore E. Friesen; Virginia Martens; Vic Penner; Albert Schmidt; Jack Thiessen (Eds.)

Town of Altona: Millennium Diary

Altona, Manitoba, Canada, [Town of Altona Millennium Diary Book Committee], 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 144. Small 8vo. Pictorial boards, illustrated endpapers. Replete with black-and-white, and colour photographs, portraits, maps, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. No detectable flaws, contents bright, clean, and unmarked; fine. .

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Book number: 1849

Catalogue: Manitoba History

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

Berger, Carl; J.T. Saywell; J.L. Granatstein (Gerneral Ed.)

Imperialism and Nationalism, 1884-1914: A Conflict in Canadian Thought

Toronto, The Copp Clark Publishing Company, 1969. Issues in Canadian History. Softcover. pp. 119. Slim 8vo. Light rubbing to covers, rare occasional pencil marginalia (unaffecting text). Overall, very good. .

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Book number: 2426

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: politics; education; history; manitoba history

Bernal, Martin

Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization; Volume I: The Fabrication of Ancient Greece 1785-1985

New Brunswick, NJ, Rutgers University Press, 1989. Softcover. pp. xxxiii, 736. 8vo. Black and white maps, charts, illustrations. Appears unread; fine. "In one of the most audacious works of scholarship ever written, Martin Bernal challenges the whole basis of our thinking about this question. Classical civilization, he argues, has deep roots in Afroasiatic cultures. But these Afroasiatic influences have been systematically ignored, denied, or supressed since the eighteenth century--chiefly for racist reasons. .

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Book number: 628

Catalogue: History

Keywords: african american history; africana;

Bernardin, Louis

Louis Riel; Avant Et Aprés, Réflexions [English Trans.: Louis Riel: Before and After, Reflections]

Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Privately Printed, 2013. First Edition, First Printing. Spiral Bound. pp. 165. Small 8vo. Illustrated card covers held with black plastic spiral binding. Replete with black-and-white illustrations, facsimiles, photographs, et al. No detectable flaws, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding. Appears unread; as new. .

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Book number: 2668

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: local history; canadian history; metis; metis nation; first nations; aboriginal studies; indigenous studies; canadiana; indian studies; northwest rebellion

Bernardin, Louis

Louis Riel; Avant Et Aprés, Réflexions [English Trans.: Louis Riel: Before and After, Reflections]

Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Privately Printed, 2013. First Edition, First Printing. Spiral Bound. pp. 165. Small 8vo. Illustrated card covers held with black plastic spiral binding. Replete with black-and-white illustrations, facsimiles, photographs, et al. No detectable flaws, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding. Appears unread; as new. .

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Book number: 6033

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: local history; canadian history; metis; metis nation; first nations; aboriginal studies; indigenous studies; canadiana; indian studies; northwest rebellion

Bernardin, Louis

Ma Destineé [My Destiny] ; [Franco-Manitoban, Metis, Local History & Memoirs of Louis Bernardin]

[Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada], Privately Printed, 2023. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. 31. Slim 8vo. Pictorial card covers, one large colour fold-out chart affixed to the rear endpapers. Black-and-white colour portrait frontispiece of the author accompanied with many additional black-and-white family photographs, portraits, facsimiles, plates, etc. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine. Unrecorded in OCLC. Not found in LAC/BAC repository. Privately-printed local history comprising of the author's memoirs of their and their family's history in Manitoba. Bright, clean, and unmarked; fine. Not found in Peel. .

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Book number: 6616

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: local history; canadian history; biographies; memoirs; franco-manitoban history; french-canadian history; metis history

Bernardin, Louis; David MacNair; Paul Lariviere (Trans.)

Quatre-Vin: 4 X 20 = 80 Histoires Courtes

Ste-Anne, Manitoba, Canada, Privately Printed, 2014. First Edition, First Printing. Spiral Bound. pp. 285. 8vo. Pictorial card covers held with white metal spiral binding. Rich with many black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, etc. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine. Not found in Peel. .

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Book number: 6035

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: local history; french-canadian literature; franco-manitobain history; oral history; genealogy; canadian history; french family history

Bernier, Noël

Fannystelle; Une Fleur de France éclose En Terre Manitobaine

Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada, Société Historique de Saint-Boniface, 1939. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. 189. Small 8vo, measuring 21 cm. Charming illustrated textured card covers, untrimmed pages edges. Black-and-white portrait frontispiece of Fanny Rives. Lightest wear to the head of spine, else, extremities exceptionally well-preserved. Neat period ink name to the ffep otherwise, text-block entirely without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; very good+. Scarce in commerce in this edition, and state. Corresponds to Peel #6257 and OCLC #1015662261. Text in French. .

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Book number: 6151

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: local history; french-canadian history; franco-manitoban history; francais; western canadian history