240 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w photographs, maps. "From Horseshoe Bay to Whistler and the islands and communities of Howe Sound, (this book) traces the area's rich and exciting history. Told in the voices of the people who call the area home, this anecdote-filled book tells of the first peoples, the early European explorers, the bustling gold rush trade, and the newcomers who settled to farm the fertile valley bottoms, log the fir and cedar forests, harvest the ocean's bounty, mine the region's deep veins of copper, and transform the area into the year-round outdoor recreation mecca it is today." Rev... View More...
254 pp, 6 1/4" H, red cloth over card covers, gilt titling on spine and front board, blind stamping to spine and covers, text block edges marbled. 10 maps (some fold-out) and 7 plans (all present, although the map listed as at page 33 is actually at page 60, opposite the appropriate text). The introductory section includes a "Geographical and Geological Sketch" by G.M. Dawson and "Sports and Pastimes", by E.T.D. Chambers and W.H. Fuller. The routes follow, comprising the trans-Atlantic routes, travel from New York, Boston and Portland, then internal excursions and journeys through the province... View More...
420 pp, 6 1/4" H, red cloth over card covers, gilt titling on spine and front board, blind stamping to spine and covers, text block edges marbled, two ribbon book marks. 14 maps (some fold-out) and 12 plans (all present). The fourth and final edition. A paper label pasted on the title page gives addresses for George Allen & Unwin and Chas. Scribner's Sons. The introductory section includes a "Geographical and Geological Sketch" by G.M. Dawson and "Sports and Pastimes", by E.T.D. Chambers and W.H. Fuller. The following sections (routes) comprise: Approaches to Canada; New Brunswick; Nova Scoti... View More...
331 pp, 6 5/16" H, red cloth over card covers, gilt titling on spine and front board, blind stamping to spine and covers, text block edges marbled, two ribbon book marks. 13 maps (some fold-out) and 12 plans (all present). The introductory section includes a "Geographical and Geological Sketch" by G.M. Dawson and "Sports and Pastimes", by E.T.D. Chambers and W.H. Fuller. The following sections (routes) comprise: Approaches to Canada; New Brunswick; Nova Scotia; Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland; Quebec; Ontario; Western and North-Western Provinces; Alaska and the Yukon. Information on rai... View More...
192 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w illustrations, tables, maps. "(F)ocuses on the political and administrative history of a highly visible, controversial provincial institution. The book deals with two main themes: the fair's evolution from a small urban exhibit to one of the largest of its type in North America, and the often stormy relationship between the fair directors, residents of the Lower Mainland, city councillors, and members of the provincial government." Contents: Fairs and Exhibitions: An Historical Background; Origins of the Vancouver Exhibition Association, 1907-1910; First Years, 1910-1... View More...
369 pp, 9 1/2" H. Beige cloth with paper title label on spine (a duplicate label laid in at the last page at time of publication could be used to 'freshen' the book's appearance), top edge gilt. A volume from the "Edition De Luxe" (limited to four hundred sets - this is copy number 47 - signed by George Morang on limitation page. B&w tissue-covered frontispiece. A history of the exploration and settlement of British Columbia and the life of Sir James Douglas Contents: The North-West Coast; The Traveller Overland; New Caledonia; Fort Vancouver; The Oregon Boundary; Victoria; Vancouver Island;... View More...
144 pp, 11" H. B&w illustrations. Errata slip tipped in at Contents page. "An immense body of writing exists about the province of British Columbia, but it is scattered and often difficult if not impossible to locate. To codify it all into a single, useful bibliography, (the compilers) began this 'labour of love'. Here is their finished compilation; but far from being a cold, factual listing of titles, it is an informal, pleasantly readable, annotated bibliography of books and pamphlets currently in print (as at 1973). The close to 1,000 entries are arranged alphabetically by author and suppl... View More...
143 pp, 8 1/2" H. Monotone drawings. In their mid-fifties, the author and his wife decide to hike B.C.'s challenging West Coast Trail. This is the story of their adventure. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light edge wear, slight bump at bottom edge of front cover - migrates into first few pages, small soft creases at bottom corner of rear cover, very light rubbing. View More...
311 pp, small 8vo (8" H) - brown cloth with pale green letter/decoration on spine/front board. Volume One of The Canada Series, edited by F.P. Grove. Fold-out b&w map at rear, b&w illustrations. "This is the journal of the first transcanadian tourist. Before him others either on business, exploration or duty, had crossed overland from Eastern Canada to British Columbia. But Walter Butler Cheadle was the first to traverse the whole country from the Saint Lawrence to the Pacific simply 'for pleaseure', for the sheer enjoyment of seeing new lands, hunting the buffalo and visiting the gold region... View More...
39 pp, 7 3/8" H. A collection of poems by a Canadian author from Victoria, British Columbia, arranged in three parts. The first, devoted to the Second World War includes the title poem as well as Four Horsemen Ride; Jew Baiting; Scorched Earth; Victory; etc., while the second, entitled 'Forest Music Lyrics' includes Winter, Autumn, Forest Fire; etc. The book concludes with a longer poem - Reindeer Saga. Light browning to endpapers, very light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has light to moderate edge wear/wrinkling, light browning, a few edge tears, some dust soiling and rubbi... View More...
47 pp, oblong (8 3/4" H x 19" D). B&w and colour photographs. "Published in conjunction with the exhibition" at Oakville Galleries, 2002. "Roy Arden's art work, in its subject matter and 'mise en scene', make visible the 'conflictual aspects' of urban and suburban life. The many sites he has chosen to photograph allude to the rapidity of economic change in British Columbia, as well as its human costs - a far cry from the glossy images of tourist brochures. The prosaic depictions of his environs are reminders of the precariousness of the social structure, with its sometimes brutal moments of ... View More...
308 pp, 9 1/8" H. Pale lilac/gray cloth with dark blue lettering/banding on spine. B&w reproductions, charts - all present, including large folded map in pocket at rear. Contents: Preface; Early Days; With Cook to Hawaii; With Rodney and Gardner; The Nootka Affair; Start of the Great Voyages; Otahiti; The Fabled Coast; Quadra and Vancouver; The Spanish Settlements; The Lawgiver; Northward Again; The Southern Track; King George Men; Alaska; Homeward Bound; Work and Worry; The Last Year; Appendix; Bibliography; Index. Tiny scuffs to fore-edge of pages 277 to 298, rear map has one tiny tear a... View More...
394 pp, 9" H. B&w photographs, tables. Contents: Introduction; Physical Characteristics (Geology of British Columbia / Rivers and Lakes / Political Divisions / A Coast Trip / Climate); Agriculture ( Upper Mainland / Lower Mainland / Vancouver Island and Adjacent Islands / General Conditions / Fruit-growing in Okanagan / Poultry-raising in B.C. / Hog-raising / Sheep-raising / Cattle-raising / Dairying / Fruit-growing / General Farming / Dominion Census Returns / Land Returns / Prices, Current Market, Etc. / Laws Affecting Agriculture); Mining in British Columbia (Mining Statistics / Coal and ... View More...
269 pp, 11" H. B&w maps, drawings, graphs, tables, photographs, colour plates, colour fold-out map in pocket at rear. Contents: The Frame of the Land; Basic Resources; Forest Resources; Agriculture; Energy; Commerical Fisheries; Mining, Recreation; Some Incidental Matters; People. Moderate browning to the edges of the end papers and one edge of the rear map pocket, light to moderate browning to the edges of the text block, light edge wear - two very small scuffs/dents, slight darkening to the spine, moderate wrinkling around some of the folds of the map located in the rear pocket. Dust jac... View More...
215 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w photographs. "Roderick Haig-Brown's fame as a writer, a conservationist and judge made him a widely recognized public figure. His books on fly fishing brough him an international reputation and visitors from all over the world. His wife Ann shared in many aspects of Roderick's public life, while also establishing her own more local, but nonetheless significant, reputation as an inspirational librarian and teacher, and a community activist. Now their eldest daugher Valerie has written an intimate biography of her parents that reveals the private lives behind the public fi... View More...
477 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H) - bright red cloth with gold lettering and emblem on spine. One of an limited edition of 820 copies - this copy unnumbered. B&w photographs, maps, figures. Selected letters of Joseph Harris (serving the U.S. government) and Samuel Anderson (serving the British government) during the Boundary Survey from Point Roberts to the Rockies (1857-62) and from the Lake of the Woods to the Rockies (1872-74). Interior - two tiny corner creases, tiny crease at top edge of pages 290-360, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - two tiny faint marks... View More...
243 pp, 8vo (9" H). B&w photographs. "Written primarily by Daisy Phillips, with a few by her husband Jack, to her family in England, these letters describe the creation of a shortlived English home in the Windermere Valley of southwestern British Columbia. From Daisy's frank descriptions we learn of the experiences of the Phillips and their neighbours in settling the newly opened land and of their attempts to grow fruit in an area of limited agricultural potential. Between her first request for a pamphlet on laundering handkerchiefs and her departure less than three years later, (Daisy) learn... View More...
309 pp, large 8vo (9" H). Signed by author on title page. B&w photographs. "This is a humorous story about an awkward runt - a misfit growing up on a farm on the western prairies during a time when there were few radios and no electricity or plumbing. It tells about a boy in a large poverty-stricken family coming of age and making his way into the workforce. (It) gives the reader vivid insights into farm life during the nineteen thirties and forties. The reader will also experience life in the rugged logging, mining and construction camps. Here you will meet some extraordinary character... View More...
136 pp, 8 1/2" H. B&w illustrations - photographs, drawings. "(P)ays tribute to Pauline Johnson's contribution to Vancouver's cultural heritage and her enduring legacy of sharing some of Canada's rich background of mythological stories. This collection of stories as told to Johnson by Squamish Chief Joe Capilano, represents one of her lasting achievements of cultural preservation. Before her arrival on the West Coast, she was a proponent of Mohawk culture on stage and in her writings. She retired from the stage but continued to tell stories. The Vancouver legends were published separately at ... View More...
180 pp, 11" H. B&w photographs, reproductions. A look at Canada's cities in its Centennial year. Contents include: St. John's by Harold Horwood; Charlottetown by Frank MacKinnon; Halifax by Hugh MacLennan, Fredericton by Esther Clark Wright; Charme de Quebec by Gerard Morisset; Trois-Rivieres by Mgr Albert Tessier; Montreal by Alain Grandbois; Westmount by Leslie Roberts; My Two Torontos by Raymond Souster; Hamilton by Marjorie Freeman Campbell; London by Clare Bice; North Bay by Leonard J. Parker; Winnipeg by Christopher Dafoe, Prince Albert by John G. Diefenbaker; Calgary by Grant MacEwen... View More...
