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THE CROW'S NEST FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY, 1942-1982.

By: N/A

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Crow's Nest Board of Directors, n.p., (1982).:

Seller ID: 5147

107 pp, 8vo, soft cover. Profusely illus with b&w photos of the club and its members/visitors, etc. The forty year history of the Newfoundland Officers Club, St. John's Newfoundland. Gives list of Executive Members for each year. Includes a brochure outlining history and membership requirements. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light edge wear/rubbing. VG
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ROYAL CANADIAN MILITARY INSTITUTE YEAR BOOK 1990.

By: Allinson, Sidney, editor. Murray E. Buckstein, Gregory Loughton. President's Report by LCol G.I. Mathieson.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Royal Canadian Military Institute: 1991

Seller ID: 27929

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Very Good+

48 pp, 10 15/16" H. B&w and colour photographs. Contents: Patrons, Officers, Directors, Committee Chairmen, and Trustees; Past Presidents, 1890-1990; President's Report; Board of Directors 1990; 1990: A Momentous Year at the RCMI; History of the RCMI Museum; Lt Col G.K. (Ken) Bell; Our Centenary Year in Photos; Committee Reports (Centenary / House / Library / Functions / Membership / Museum / Communications / Sports and Recreation / Speakers); Membership Lists (Honorary Life / Life / Resident / Non-Resident / Associate Officers - Resident / Associate Officers - Non-Resident / Associate M...
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THE QUEEN'S OWN RIFLES OF CANADA, 1860-1960: ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF CANADA.

By: Barnard, W.T., Lieutenant-Colonel.

Price: $65.00 USD

Publisher: Don Mills, Ontario, Ontario Publishing Company: 1960

Seller ID: 14299

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

398 pp, 8vo (9 1/4" H), black boards with silver lettering on spine, silver insignia on front cover - no dust jacket (as issued). Map endpapers, b&w photographs, fold-out maps and diagrams. Inscribed by author on half title page: "To K____ A____ with all good wishes from the author W.T. Barnard Jan/85". Appendices include: The Victoria Cross; The Roll of Honour; Honours and Awards; Battle Honours; Succession Rolls; The Buffs; The King's Royal Rifle Corps; Characteristics of a Rifle Regiment; Rifles and Rifle Shooting; Dress; The Military Band; The Bugle Band; The Queen's Own R...
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DEADLOCK IN KOREA: CANADIANS AT WAR, 1950-1953.

By: Barris, Ted. Introduction by Joe Schlesinger.

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Macmillan: 1999

Seller ID: 24233

ISBN: 0771576757

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

326 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). B&w photographss and maps. "In 1950, nearly 25,000 Canadians signed on for a UN-sponsored 'police action' to stop the Communist incursion into South Korea. They joined a multi-national expeditionary force that quickly found itself embroiled in a full-scale war. Members of the Canadian navy, airforce and infantry fought with distinction and endured months of bloody stalemate that ultimately stopped the Communists but failed to reunite the people of the Korean peninsula - with consequences that continue to haunt the world today. Ted Barris interviewed hundred...
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THE SPIRIT OF THE REGIMENT: AN ACCOUNT OF THE 48TH HIGHLANDERS FROM 1956 TO 1991.

By: Batten, Jack.

Price: $37.50 USD

Publisher: Privately Printed: 1991

Seller ID: 23176

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

172 pp, small 4to (10 1/4" H). Dark green cloth with silver lettering/insignia on front board. B&w photographs. "Kim Beattie's book 'Dileas' takes the history of the 48th to the year 1956. This present book, a more informal work than Beattie's monumental record, picks up the story in 1956 and carries it forward to 1991. However, for the benefit of readers not familiar with the 48th's founding and its early years, the first two chapters recount the pre-1956 history of the regiment in abbreviated form." Minor wear at bottom of spine.
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THE SPIRIT OF THE REGIMENT: AN ACCOUNT OF THE 48TH HIGHLANDERS FROM 1956 TO 1991.

By: Batten, Jack.

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: Privately Printed: 1991

Seller ID: 29463

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

RED COATS ON THE PRAIRIES: THE NORTH-WEST MOUNTED POLICE 1886-1900.

By: Beahen, William and Horrall, Stan.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Centax, Regina, Saskatchewan, (1998).:

Seller ID: 15420

351 pp, small 4to (10 3/4" H), soft cover. B&w photos, reproductions. ".(C)uts through the romantic fantasies to expose the real heroes. It examines the social background of the men, their living conditions, their indiscretions, health, habits, training, discipline, benefits and marital relations. 'Red Coats on the Prairies' documents the influential role of the North-West Mounted Police in the political, social and cultural life of the developing western community." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - three tiny light marks on fore-edge of...
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ROYAL CANADIAN MILITARY INSTITUTE: 100 YEARS, 1890-1990.

By: Bell, Ken and Morton, Desmond.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: RCMI, (Toronto, 1990):

Seller ID: 4363

208 pp, 4to, hard cover in dust jacket. B&w and col. photos. "This centennial history of the Royal Canadian Military Institute may be a history of Canadian defence and of Toronto's military evolution but it is above all the history of those who bu ilt and maintained an institution." Very minor edgewear to boards. Dust jacket has light edgewear/rubbing. VG+/VG
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MARCHING AS TO WAR: CANADA'S TURBULENT YEARS, 1899-1953.

By: Berton, Pierre.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Doubleday Canada: 2001

Seller ID: 22478

ISBN: 0385257252

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

632 pp, large 8vo (9 5/8" H). Pictorial endpapers, b&w maps. "The first war of the century, which took Canadian soldiers to South Africa, and the last, which sent them to Korea, bracket the tumultuous years of the (20th) century's first half like bookends on the shelf of history. They have a good deal in common, these two minor conflicts, whose chronicles pale when compared to the bloodbaths of the two world wars. Canada's wartime days are long past, and for many, the scars of war have healed. Vimy has been manicured clean, its pockmarked slopes softened by a green mantle of Canadian p...
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COURAGE ON THE BATTLEFIELD. VOLUME II OF CANADA'S MILITARY HERITAGE.

By: Bishop, Arthur. Foreword by General A.J.G.D. de Chastelain.

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Toronto, (1993), Ist edition.:

Seller ID: 7923

341 pp, large 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photos. "...exciting narratives (of selected Canadian war heroes) bring to life the gallant and self-sacrificing stories of those who fought first on Canadian soil in the War of 1812, in the Crimea , the Indian Mutiny, the Boer War, in World Wars I and II, and in Korea..." Book is clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Dust jacket has very minor edge wear/rubbing. A clean, bright copy. NF/NF
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COURAGE IN THE AIR. VOLUME I: CANADA'S MILITARY HERITAGE.

By: Bishop, Arthur. Foreword by Lieutenant-General F.R. Sutherland.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McGraw-Hill Ryerson: 1992

Seller ID: 24374

ISBN: 0075513765

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

307 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H). B&w photographs. "These biographies bring to life the stories of those who fought in the air in the most spectacular of modern wars - World War I and II, and Korea. The drama, chivalry and honour of warfare in the air, as well as the danger and horror of battle, are captured in these pages. With an exciting and compelling journalistic style, Bishop has provided a worthy tribute to Canada's bravest and best air force veterans." Minor wrinkling at bottom of spine. Dust jacket has light rubbing, a few small shallow dints, a few areas of light edge wrinkling.
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CANADA'S GLORY: BATTLES THAT FORGED A NATION.

By: Bishop, Arthur. Foreword Hon. Hartland de M. Molson.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McGraw-Hill Ryerson: 1996

Seller ID: 25368

ISBN: 0075528096

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good-

309 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). B&w maps, photographs, reproductions. "Spanning over 200 years of Canadian history and over 30 major battles, (this book) includes: The War of 1812, when Upper Canada and Lower Canada united to defeat the American threat, giving Canadians a true sense of nationalism for the first time; The Boer War in South Africa, from 1899 to 1902 where Canadian troops first fought and won overseas; World War I and its grim trench warfare, including the Battle of Vimy Ridge - a classic in terms of planning and strategy - described in unforgettable detail; World War II, ...
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CATEGORICALLY INCORRECT: ETHICAL FALLACIES IN CANADA'S WAR ON TERROR.

By: Borovoy, A. Alan.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Dundurn: 2006

Seller ID: 24533

ISBN: 1550026283

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

205 pp, 9" H. "If humanity has learned anything from the horrors of the past century, it is that our one hope is democracy. The goals of Canada's actions at home and abroad should be the preservation of democracy. This is the lens through which our policies should be discerned, dissected and amended. (The author) argues that Canada has pursued an ethically and categorically incorrect war against terror. We have been needlessly dovish abroad and excessively hawkish at home. In order to use military force abroad, the government fussed over the need for United Nations approval. At home, ...
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SERVICE: THE STORY OF THE CANADIAN LEGION, 1925-1960.

By: Bowering, Clifford H.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Dominion Command, Canadian Legion, Ottawa, (1960).:

Seller ID: 2021

240 pp, 8vo, hard cover - no dust jacket. Illus. with b&w photos. Previous owner's name and address stamped on free front endpaper, minor edge wear, minor rubbing to boards. VG
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HISTORIC FORTS OF ONTARIO.

By: Bradford, Robert D. Foreword by Stephen D. Mecredy.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Belleville, Ontario, Mika: 1988

Seller ID: 14194

ISBN: 0921341202

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

176 pp, 4to (11 1/2" H). Beautifully illustrated in b&w and colour with photographs, reproductions, maps/plans. Contents: Foreword; Preface; The Heritage; Ontario's First Forts: The Iroquoian Fortified Village; In Search of Souls: Ste-Marie-Among-the-Hurons; The First British Army Fort: Fort Erie; Guardian of the Capital: The Old Fort at York; Canadiens, Nor'Westers and Adventurers: Fort William; Frontier Sentinel: Fort George; The South-West Bastion: Ford Malden; Dockyard Sentry: Fort Frederick; Citadel of Upper Canada: Fort Henry; Guarding the St. Lawrence Life Line: Fort Wellington; W...
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HISTORIC FORTS OF ONTARIO.

By: Bradford, Robert D. Foreword by Stephen D. Mecredy.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Belleville, Ontario, Mika: 1988

Seller ID: 28394

ISBN: 0921341202

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

STAND ON GUARD: THE SEARCH FOR A CANADIAN DEFENCE POLICY.

By: Brewin, Andrew.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, 1965, first edition.:

Seller ID: 18684

140 pp, 8vo (8 5/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. "In today's nuclear era, in a world now spending roughly $120 billion annually preparing for war, all other questions fade into insignificance in comparison with the problem of preventing conflict. Yet in this race toward annihilation Canada, with a limited budget and modest military strength, could carve for herself a new, significant and perhaps decisive role, if her military and political leaders could set aside tradition-bound c o n c e p t s , concentrating instead on the unique position Canada can hold on a world scale. Penetr...
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FORESTERS: THE CANADIAN QUEST FOR PEACE.

By: Brown, Brian A. Foreword by H.R.H. Princess Anne.

Price: $37.50 USD

Publisher: Erin, Ontario, Boston Mills Press: 1991

Seller ID: 28061

ISBN: 155046017X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

176 pp, 10 1/2" H. B&w photographs, maps, reproductions. Contents: Foreword - On Guard For Thee; Dedication - To the Grey and Simcoe Foresters; Prologue - The Canadian Quest for Peace; Introduction; Revolution Aborted; The Peaceable Kingdom; The Fenian Threat; Invasion Thwarted; Causes of Rebellion; Civil War Averted; The War to End All Wars; The Cost of Peace in Europe; Blessed are the Peacekeepers; Best Suited for Defence; Power Shift; Epilogue On Implementation; A Final Word - Hitting the Mark; List of Illustrations; Index. Dust jacket has minor edge wrinkling, minor rubbing.
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THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS: ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 43.

By: Brown, June.

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: Oshawa, Royal Canadian Legion: 1979

Seller ID: 28308

ISBN: 0969006705

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

160 pp, oblong (7 5/8" H x 9 1/4" D). Inscribed on front free endpaper: "To Jim / Best Regards / June Brown". Many b&w photographs. "(W)ritten with the purpose of acquainting new members and the general public with the part the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 43, plays in the community of Oshawa. First and foremost was the assistance to veterans returning from the wars and to widows and children of veterans. Several years after the second World War, they became involved with community work. Here the various activities have taken the Branch into many fields of welfare, s...
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THE ROYAL NORTH-WEST MOUNTED POLICE: A CORPS HISTORY.

By: Chambers, Ernest J., Captain (Corps of Guides).

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Coles: 1972

Seller ID: 9738

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good -

160 pp, + (89) pp of advertisements, 4to (10 15/16" H), in slipcase. From the Coles Canadiana Collection of facsimile reprints - originally published in 1906. B&w photographs, drawings, decorations. Contents: A Big Problem for a Young Country; Organization of the NorthWest Mounted Police; The First Winter in the Far West; Col. Macleod Commissioner; The Sitting Bull Incident; Under Sir John Again; Lord Lorne's Tour; Headquarters Removed to Regina; The Rebellion of 1885; Increase of Strength and Duties; Under the Present Commissioner; Appendix. Interior - tiny light mark on rear endpape...
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Category: Military - Canadian: General