Category: Canadian History

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Gathering of Demons: 407 Demon Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF], during its first year of operations, between May 8, 1941, and June 30, 1942, when it was engaged on low level shipping attacks along the coasts of occupied Europe

By: Abbott, [John] Kim[ble]

Price: $295.00

Publisher: Ontario, Canada, Inkerman House : 1987

Seller ID: 223j0307

ISBN-13: 9780969267102

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

"Author was an original Demon captain and one of the few survivors who flew on operations throughout the period he describes. A carefully researched book based upon what really happened from a German, as well as an Allied point of view." - inside back cover. [8], 228 pages. Many excellent black and white photographic plates. Bibliography. Index. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality copy of this very informative history. Cooke (3rd Edn) p.317; Cover Art; 8vo
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Jewish Life in Canada - Paintings, Commentaries and a Historical Essay

By: Abraham, Arnold [Signed]

Price: $295.00

Publisher: Canada, Hurtig Ltd. : 1976

Seller ID: 114a8990

ISBN-13: 9780888301079

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Fair dust jacket

Signed by Abraham Arnold upon title page. "...A remarkable story and a fine collaboration between artist and historian." - dust jacket. Contains sixteen wonderful colour illustrations by William Kurelek. 91 pages. Light wear to clean and unmarked book. Above-average wear to price-clipped dust jacket which has been touched up and is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A sound copy of this lovely work. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Jewish Life in Canada - Paintings, Commentaries and a Historical Essay *SIGNED BY ARNOLD* Canadian Prairie Art Judaica Immigration Parnos...
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The Enemy That Never Was A History of the Japanese Canadians

By: Adachi, Ken

Price: $99.95

Publisher: Canada, McClelland & Stewart : 1976

Seller ID: 168h1756

ISBN-13: 9780771007248

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

"An account of the deplorable treatment inflicted on Japanese Canadians during World War Two." - front cover. "In a comprehensive study that spans the years from 1877 to 1975, Adachi examines the course of Japanese immigration, the aspects of transplanted cultural traditions and beliefs, the growth of their social, economic and political organizations, and the ongoing struggle against discrimination that they and their descendants endured. A serious indictment of Canada's attitude toward immigrants in the past - and an alarming suggestion that that attitude may continue to exist today." - ba...
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The Canadian Magazine, 2 January [Jan.] 1971 - Meet the Satan's Choice Motorcycle Gang, Whose Members include Actor Art Hindle!

By: Alderman, Tom; Rasky, Frank; King, Paul; Grant, Maggie; Benoit, Jehane; Meyer, Helen

Price: $199.95

Publisher: Toronto, Southstar Publishers Limited : 1971

Seller ID: 143h3860

Binding: Paperback

24 pages. Colour photos. Features: Interviews with members of the Satan's Choice motorcycle gang, including Big Jack Olliffe, Howard Berry, Ted Anderson, David White, Doug MacDonald, and Art Hindle - yes, Art Hindle, the handsome Canadian actor you've seen in dozens of movies and TV shows, not to mention modeling clothing in department store catalogs - who knew?; What goes on inside a strike? - Canadian Longyear; Daytime TV - the men who entertain other men's wives - Graham Kerr, Elwood Glover, Max Ferguson, David Anson, Ed Reid, Paul Soles; Data Security Co. is the brainchild of J. Philip ...
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Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, September (Sept.) 15, 1932 -

By: Allan, Luke; Sanborn, R.B.; Sullivan, A.; Holden, J.; Muir, N.P.; Terrington, Lady R.; Moore, H.N.; Bird, W.R.; Shaw, C.L.; Et al

Price: $299.95

Publisher: Canada, Maclean Hunter : 1953

Seller ID: 201g4727

Binding: Paperback

60 pages. Features: Lovely cover illustration of young lady; Wonderful colour-illustrated Pontiac ad inside front cover features and more. Average external wear and soiling with nibbling to ends of coverfold. Two-inch opening between top of spine and front cover. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.
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Maclean's, Canada's National Magazine, December (Dec.) 14, 1964 - Walter Homburger / The Christmas When Canadians Drove Into Ortona

By: Allen, T.J.; MacLennan, Hugh; Lower, A.R.M.; Gilmour, Clyde; Levy, Lillian; Dunwoody, Derm; Phillips, Alan

Price: $199.95

Publisher: Montreal, Maclean-Hunter : 1964

Seller ID: 201g4696

Binding: Single Issue Magazine

66 pages. Features: Cover photo of lady curler; Carling Black Label ad inside front cover claims it is Canada's best-selling (international) beer and shows ship exporting it to the world; Stephen Lewis - boy socialist of the NDP who's giving the old-line parties lessons in winning elections - article with caricature; How Computers May Catch Bad Drivers Before They Smash Up; Since When Did the Truth Become More Dangerous Than Danger Itself? (Editorial); Will Wawa's gun-totin' Christians fight for peace in Tanganyika? - Leigh Coop and Canadian Lay Missioners; Vintage one-page colour ad for the ...
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Journal of William Amherst in America 1758-1760

By: Amherst, William; Webster, John Clarence (Introduction)

Price: $495.00

Publisher: London, Butler & Tanner Ltd. (Printers) : 1927

Seller ID: 432j0147

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

"The original journal, which is now published for the first time, was found by the late Earl Amherst among the papers of his ancestor, Jeffery Amherst, in Montreal House, Kent, three years ago. It consists of four small volumes in William Amherst's handwriting, which is, for the most part, well preserved and easily read. It covers the period from 16th March 1758, the day of Amherst's departure from England for Nova Scotia, to 8th September, 1760, the day Montreal surrendered. The author's close association with his brother Jeffery, Commander-in-Chief in America, gives additional value to hi...
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Sagas of the Canadian West - Vol.1, No. 3 - September 1971

By: Anderson, Frank W.: Editor

Price: $49.95

Publisher: Calgary, AB, Canada, Frontier Publishing Ltd. : 1971

Seller ID: 83701028

Binding: Paperback

Features: Ned Tate, Highwayman?, George L. Garnett; Last Patrol; Scott A. Krenger; Cariboo Rowland's Caper; The Mysterious Micmac Pipes; Brown, Bankley and Sharp; Matt Roderick; The Last Highwayman; The Accursed South Nahanni; Dr. D.G. Revell; Lillian Alling; William Lewis Fernie. Unmarked. Light wear. Excellent copy.
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Sagas of the Canadian West - Vol.2, No. 1 - March 1972

By: Anderson, Frank W.: Editor

Price: $69.95

Publisher: Calgary, AB, Canada, Frontier Publishing Ltd. : 1972

Seller ID: 83701030

Binding: Paperback

32 pages. Features: Coal Creek Mine Disaster; The Day They Shot Ole; Fort Battleford; Blizzard; Quadra Island Petroglyphs; Vigilante Action; The B.C. Assay Office and Mint; the Haney Brothers. Light pen marks to upper right corner of front cover. Some red pencil writing upon back cover. Contents unmarked. Light wear. Nice copy.
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Sagas of the Canadian West - Vol.2, No. 2 - Summer 1972

By: Anderson, Frank W.: Editor

Price: $49.95

Publisher: Calgary, AB, Canada, Frontier Publishing Ltd. : 1972

Seller ID: 83701029

Binding: Paperback

40 pages. Features: Murder of Constable Graburn; Lynch Justice in British Columbia; Batoche; Murder of Paymaster Wilson; Manitoba's Krafchenko Kaper; Saskatchewan's Provincial Police; Roche Percee; Hazelton Bank Heist. Photo of Stony Mountain Penitentiary upon front cover. Unmarked. Light wear. Nice copy.
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Sagas of the Canadian West - Vol.2, No. 4 - Winter 1972

By: Anderson, Frank W.: Editor

Price: $49.95

Publisher: Calgary, AB, Canada, Frontier Publishing Ltd. : 1972

Seller ID: 83701031

Binding: Paperback

40 pages. Features: Wainwright's Crawford-Cook Mystery; Thomas Dolman Shorts; Early B.C. Penitentiary; Saskatoon Police Force Story; Wagon Train Massacre; Estevan's Deadly Riot; Wreck of the Valencia. Photo of Bill Miner's tombstone upon front cover. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Excellent copy.
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From Sea Unto Sea: Art & Discovery Maps of Canada

By: Armstrong, Joe C.W.

Price: $199.95

Publisher: Canada, Fleet/Lester & Orpen Dennys : 1982

Seller ID: 24802357

ISBN-13: 9780770600303

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Approximately 75 pages. "Brings together for the first time thirty-eight stunning, original Canadian maps - many of them national treasures - and the fascinating stories of the explorers and cartographers who made them. From Gastaldi's woodcut map of 1556 in which monsters roam the sea, through Champlain's 1612 collage map of Canada's bounty, to Sanson's foundation map of 1656 - the first to show all five Great Lakes - this superb 'atlas' takes the modern navigator on a voyage of rediscovery to Canada's beginnings, beginnings not only in strength and adventure but also in humanity and art. ...
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Penticton Pioneers in Story and Picture / Historical Souvenir of Penticton, B.C. (British Columbia) 1867-1967 on the Occasion of the Centenary of the Dominion of Canada

By: Atkinson, R.N.

Price: $149.95

Publisher: Penticton, BC, Canada, The Penticton Branch, The Okanagan Historical Society / City of Penticton : 1967

Seller ID: 647g3329

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

220 pages. Many black and white photos. Errata list. An excellent early Penticton history. Prior owner's blind stamp to Errata sheet, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. [Hale & Barman 38]; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Penticton Pioneers in Story and Picture / Historical Souvenir of Penticton, B.C. (British Columbia) 1867-1967 on the Occasion of the Centenary of the Dominion of Canada
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1886-1936: Vancouver's Golden Jubilee - Official Pictorial Souvenir Programme

By: Author Not Stated

Price: $149.95

Publisher: Canada, Publisher Not Stated : 1936

Seller ID: 744a9998

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

79 pages. Celabratory work published on the occasion of Vancouver, British Columbia's 50th anniversary. Full of archival illustrations and historical information. Will be of great interest to those who appreciate Vancouver's relatively short yet eventful history. Serves as a stunning contrast to Canada's magnificent present-day gateway to the Pacific. Oblong 9" high by 12" wide. Back cover missing. Above-average but not excessive wear. Unmarked.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 1886-1936: Vancouver's Golden Jubilee - Official Pictorial Souvenir Programme
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Material History Review 54, Fall 2001 - Viking Pop Culture

By: Author Not Stated

Price: $79.95

Publisher: Canada, National Museum of Science and Technology : 2001

Seller ID: 135a2505

Binding: Single Issue Magazine

Condition: Good

Features: Viking Pop Culture on Display - the Case of the Horned Helmets; Baseball Landscapes Civically Considered; Decouvir, etudier et mettre en valeur la culture materielle - dialectique entre cultures populaire et savante, l'exemple quebecois au 20e siecle; Hooked Mat Mania and Cross Border Shopping in the early Twentieth Century; Images, Objects and Ideas in the Popular Culture of Seafaring; Minivans, Gender and Family Values; Recuperer pour creer - les enjeux de la recuperation des textiles dans le design de mode quebecois depuis 1980; Popular Culture in the Museum context - Hitchcock, H...
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Powell River's First Fifty (50) Years - Golden Jubilee

By: Author Not Stated

Price: $199.95

Publisher: Powell River, BC, Publisher : 1960

Seller ID: 318c6423

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

Unpaginated - Half an inch thick. Very informative. Includes a plentiful and wonderful assortment of archival black and white illustrations, plus a nice assortment of nostalgic advertisements. Covers beginning to separate from textblock. Somewhat above-average wear. Prior owner's details handwritten atop front cover. A worthy copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Powell River's First Fifty (50) Years - Golden Jubilee History British Columbia
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Kamloops: A History of the District Up to 1914

By: Balf, Mary

Price: $99.95

Publisher: Canada, KMA : 1981

Seller ID: 328c5902

ISBN-13: 9781895089011

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

157 pages. Many black and white illustrations. Index. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. A worthy reference copy. This is a second edition copy printed in 1981.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Kamloops: A History of the District Up to 1914 British Columbia Southern Interior
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Canadian Aviation Magazine, February 1939

By: Bankart, D.E.; Field, G. Blackstone; Farrell, Con; Bradbrooke, F.D.; Ritchey, V.J.; Keith, R.A.; Finnie, Richard

Price: $199.95

Publisher: Ottawa, Aeronautical Publications Limited : 1939

Seller ID: 845g0933

Binding: Single Issue Magazine

56 pages. Features: Cover photo of an Aeronca Chief piloted by Johnny Jones on his non-stop transcontinental flight; Photos taken at the Luncheon at the Annual Meeting of teh Canadian Flying Clubs Association, Chateau Laurier, Ottawa, January 30, 1939; Nice one-page Gold Flake cigarette ad; Flying beyond sixty - article and photos (part 1); Flight tests of the Boeing Stratoliner - article and great photos; Pilots of the Northern Sky use Up-to-date Radios; De Havilland Expands - photos of addition to Willowdale plant; Excellent one-page photo ad for De Havilland features the Dragon Rapide, Tig...
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Canadian Geographical Journal, July 1960 : Tobacco - Another Canadian Achievement

By: Barbeau, Marius; Van Steen, Marcus; Clemson, Donovan; Chaplin, C.E.; Brown, Sutherland

Price: $149.95

Publisher: Canada, The Canadian Geographical Society : 1960

Seller ID: 302g3441

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

39 Pages plus five pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Legend and History in the Oldest Geographical Names of the St. Lawrence; Tobacco - Another Canadian Achievement; British Columbia Lakes (Pictoria); How Canada is Helping the Fishermen of Ceylon; Physiography of the Queen Charlotte Islands; Pictures of the Provinces - XXIII; Nice Army recruiting ad inside front cover; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Canadian Geographical Journal, July 1960 : Tobacco - Another Canadian Achievement British Columbia Lakes (Pictoria); How Canada is...
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Canada West [Magazine] - The Quarterly for Western Canadians, Volume 6, Number 3, Summer 1976

By: Barlee, N.L.

Price: $99.95

Publisher: Canada, N.L. Barlee : 1976

Seller ID: 822h3062

Binding: Single Issue Magazine

40 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Features: The Gold Pool of the Similkameen; Historic Houses - Part II; The Death of Nigger Dan; The Collector's Page; The Lost Patrol; 10,000 Lost Coins; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy.
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Category: Canadian History