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PRINCE ALBERT: THE FIRST CENTURY, 1866-1966.

By: Abrams, Gary William David.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Council, City of Prince Albert: 1976

Edition: 2nd Printing

Seller ID: 25986

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

389 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). B&w photographs, maps. Inscribed by former mayor, Dick Spence, on front free endpaper. Contents: Preface; A Mission in the Wilderness, 1866-1874; Fastest-Growing Settlement in the North-West, 1874-1881; "The Great City and Railway Centre of the North-West", 1881-1883; Roughest Town in the North-West, 1883; Loyalty in Adversity, 1884; The Rebellion and its Aftermath, 1885; A Railway at Last, 1886-1890; Prosperity Deferred, 1891-1896; Discarding the Old Ways, 1897-1901; The Hard Hand of Destiny, 1902-1906; Slipping Behind, 1906-1910; The White Coal City, 1910-1913; Dis...
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BARBED LYRES: CANADIAN VENOMOUS VERSE.

By: Atwood, Margaret, foreword. (Tom Denholm, Glen Stone, Denis Woollings, Brian Davis, Gerry MacIntosh, Pierre Berton, Robertson Davies, Hoard Engel, Tomson Highway, Dennis Lee, Robert Priest, al Purdy, Charles Pachter, Mavor Moore, Don Harron, et al.)

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Key Porter: 1990

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 30244

ISBN: 1550132520

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

112 pp, 8 3/4" H. B&w illustrations by political cartoonist Aislin. "(W)inning entries and special celebrity submissions from a nationwide contest for satircal verse (judged by) author Margaret Atwood, columnist Allan Fotheringham and songwriter Nancy White. Over 100 of the best entries are featured. Also included are poems submitted by invitation from: Pierre Berton, Robertson Davies, Howard Engel, Don Harron, Tomson Highway, Dennis Lee, Mavor Moore, Susan Musgrave, Eric Nichol, Charles Pachter, Robert Priest, Al Purdy, Erika Ritter, Robin Skelton, et al." A 1/2" dia raised area under the ...
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THE DIARY OF SIMEON PERKINS, 1804-1812. PUBLICATIONS OF THE CHAMPLAIN SOCIETY L.

By: Fergusson, Charles Bruce, editor. (Simeon Perkins.)

Price: $40.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Champlain Society: 1978

Edition: Limited Edition.

Seller ID: 16732

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

liii, 520 pp, large 8vo (9 3/4" H) - bright red cloth with gold lettering, emblem on spine. Top edge gilt. Limited edition of 1400 copies, this copy unnumbered. "This is the fifth volume of the diary of Simeon Perkins. It begins on January 1, 1804, and ends on April 13, 1812. Unfortunately, however, the diary for March 5, 1806 to November 30, 1809, has been lost." "Simeon Perkins the diarist, was the patriarch of Liverpool, Nova Scotia, during this period of his life. Although he reduced his responsibilities in some measure with advancing years, he was still active in business and prominent i...
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KNIGHT'S CROSS: A LIFE OF FIELD MARSHAL ERWIN ROMMEL.

By: Fraser, David.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: New York, HarperCollins: 1993

Edition: Book Club Edition

Seller ID: 24122

ISBN: 0060182229

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

601 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H). B&w photographs, maps/battle plans. "(S)hows how inspiringly spontaneous and superficially haphazard Rommel's style of leadership could be: 'Rommel believed that war is a reckless, untidy business, and that the habits of mind of a methodical manager are alien to what is required'. Instead, his hallmarks were boldness of manoeuvre, ferocity of attack, and tenacity in pursuit. These were the qualities he displayed in his great battles in the North African desert; they were, David Fraser demonstrates, evident from his earliest battles in the First World War to his l...
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AND WE SHALL SHOCK THEM: THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

By: Fraser, David.

Price: $17.50 USD

Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton, London, (1983).:

Seller ID: 21644

429 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0340270853 B&w photographs, maps. "How the British Army contributed to the Allies' eventual victory against the Axis powers is a remarkable story of apparent defeat turned into ultimat e victory...David Fraser discusses every major campagin fought by the British Army in the Second World War. As a young serving officer during the war, and ultimately reaching the highest reaches of the army, he has been able to bring pers o n a l e x p e rience to his account as well as drawing on many hitherto unpublished sources. The narrativ...
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PRESERVING ONTARIO'S HERITAGE: A HISTORY OF THE ONTARIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

By: Killan, Gerald.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Ottawa, Love Printing Service: 1976

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 28691

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

292 pp, 8 1/2 "H. Signed by author on title page. Contents: Preface and Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; The Origins of the Historical Society Movement in Ontario; The Forming of the Ontario Historical Society, 1888-1898; Concepts and Attitudes, 1898-1914; Ambition Denied 1898-1914; Historic Preservation 1898-1914; Wartime Decline and Twenties Recovery; "To the Very Edge of the Precipice": Depression and War; Coping with the Limits of Growth; Some New Wine in an Old Bottle; Appendices: The Presidents of the Ontario Historical Society; The Secretaries and Executive Assistants of the Ontario H...
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WINNER TAKE ALL: THE TRANS-CANADA CANOE TRAIL.

By: Lavender, David.

Price: $40.00 USD

Publisher: New York, McGraw-Hill: 1977

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28410

ISBN: 0070366780

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

363 pp, 9 1/4" H. Map. One of 'The American Trails Series'. "Hundreds of white traders operated throughout the area for 300 years. They rubbed elbows with Jesuit priests, Indians, Scottish settlers, and English adversaries. Guided by Indians, they worked out canoe routes which eventually stretched nearly 4000 miles. They suffered portages and freeze-ups which today stagger the imagination. They lived on pemmican and wild rice, berries and fish, and risked losing their lives on every trip they made. Here are the stories of the epic fights between the Nor'west and the Hudson's Bay Company...
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B.M.C. 1100s: MAINTENANCE, TUNING AND MODIFICATION.

By: Marshall, David and Fraser, Ian.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, G.T. Foulis: 1967

Seller ID: 25557

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

176 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). B&w photographs, drawings, diagrams. "A special handbook for owners and mechanics. Written with the private owner in mind, it is more intimate than a standard workshop manual and much easier to follow. Much of (the authors') helpful advice and many of the diagrams, specially drawn, are exclusive to this book; a glance at the list of contents indicates the detail in which the following are covered: general maintenance and rectification of common faults, overhauls to combat normal wear and tear, and modification of the power unit for improved road performance and for ...
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A CONCISE HISTORY OF CANADIAN PAINTING. SECOND (EXPANDED) EDITION.

By: Reid, Dennis.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Oxford University Press: 1988

Edition: Second (expanded) Edition.

Seller ID: 28075

ISBN: 0195406648

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

418 pp, 8 1/2" H. B&w and colour illustrations. "This Second Edition covers painting to 1980. A long final chapter treats a crucial fifteen years when there developed in Canada a tremendous interest in other art forms and an apparent falling off of interest in painting. In fact the cry was hear - throughout the western world - that painting was dead. It turned out, however, that this was far from true. Dennis Reid discusses the work of established artists who produced steadily in the period - including Jack Bush, Jack Chambers, Greg Curnoe, Gershon Iskowitz, John Meredith, Guido Molinari...
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A COUNTRY SO INTERESTING: THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY AND TWO CENTURIES OF MAPPING, 1670-1870.

By: Ruggles, Richard I.

Price: $85.00 USD

Publisher: Montreal, McGill - Queen's University Press: 1991

Seller ID: 28200

ISBN: 0773506780

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

300 pp, oblong (9 1/4" H x 12 1/4" D). Dark blue cloth with gold lettering/banding on spine. "Maps were an essential tool for the Hudson's Bay Company. The Company became, during the two centuries before Confederation, the main mapping agency in British North America for the immense territory extending from Ungava Bay to the Pacific Ocean. Richard Ruggles describes and analyses the mapping activities of the more than 160 Company servants and surveyors engaged in the field, as well as the contributions of more than fifty Indians and Inuit who drew sketches and gave confirgurations. Also in...
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Keyword: David Fraser