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Image for JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA. FROM THE 17th JANUARY, 1935 TO THE 5th JULY, 1935, BOTH DAYS INCLUSIVE. VOLUME LXXIII. SIXTH SESSION OF THE SEVENTEENTH PARLIAMENT OF CANADA. SESSION 1935.

JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA. FROM THE 17th JANUARY, 1935 TO THE 5th JULY, 1935, BOTH DAYS INCLUSIVE. VOLUME LXXIII. SIXTH SESSION OF THE SEVENTEENTH PARLIAMENT OF CANADA. SESSION 1935.

By: N/A

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: Ottawa, J.O. Patenaude: 1935

Seller ID: 28949

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

795 pp, 10" H. Orange cloth with black lettering/banding on spine, black borders on front/rear boards. Contents: Proclamations; Journals of the House of Commons; Index. Very light browning in margins of pages, waviness at top edge of last few page leaves, darkening and a small liquid stain on top of text block, light browning to fore-edge and bottom of text block, light browning to spine, some soiling to rear board and light soiling on front board, very light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, small bump at top edge of front board.
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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, 19...
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR.

By: Bishop, James. Foreword by Lord Blake.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Angus & Robertson: 1982

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 27673

ISBN: 0207148260

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

144 pp, 10 1/4" H. Profusely illustrated with b&w reproductions of photographs, drawings, advertisements. "The First World War, which claimed the lives of so many men on the battlefields of the Western Front, also profoundly affected the character and everyday life of the nation at home. It was the first 'total war' and the whole country contributed to the war effort. The unrelenting demands of the trenches eventually forced the Government to introduce conscription while, for those left behind, the state intervened more and more in the lives of its citizens. Hardships increased: f...
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Image for 5 PAMPHLETS. 1. SAVE AMERICA. 2. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY: ITS PRESENT DUTY AND OPPORTUNITY. 3. COLOSSAL DEBTS AND HEAVY TAXES. 4. A CALL TO ACTION. 5. THE HIGH COST OF GOVERNMENT.

5 PAMPHLETS. 1. SAVE AMERICA. 2. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY: ITS PRESENT DUTY AND OPPORTUNITY. 3. COLOSSAL DEBTS AND HEAVY TAXES. 4. A CALL TO ACTION. 5. THE HIGH COST OF GOVERNMENT.

By: Butler, Nicholas Murray.

Price: $100.00 USD

Seller ID: 30379

Binding: Stapled

Condition: Good

5 pamphlets by Nicholas Murray Butler (1862-1947). Mr. Butler was president of Columbia University for 43 years, was president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and twice sought to be the Republican nominee for the presidency (unsuccessfully). 1. Save America: An Address. Delivered at the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Associated Industries of Massachusetts, Copley-Plaze Hotel, Boston, October 23, 1919. 20 pp, 7 1/4" H. / 2. The Republican Party: Its Present Duty and Opportunity. An Address Delivered before the Union League of Philadelph...
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THE FORKED ROAD: CANADA, 1939-1957.

By: Creighton, Donald.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart: 1976

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28339

ISBN: 077102360X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

319 pp, 9 1/4" H. One of 'The Canadian Centenary Series'. B&w plates. "Canada's declaration of war against Germany in 1939 marked the beginning of the most significant eighteen-year period in the history of this nation. By the end of the Liberal regime in 1957 the country had undergone immense growth in human and material resources. The experience of the Second World War had been followed by participation in the Korean War and ten years of the Cold War. The Great Depression had given way to a boom which had continued through the exchange crisis, serious inflation and minor recess...
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RURAL LIFE AND EDUCATION: A STUDY OF THE RURAL-SCHOOL PROBLEM AS A PHASE OF THE RURAL-LIFE PROBLEM.

By: Cubberley, Ellwood P.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin: 1914

Edition: Fifth Impression

Seller ID: 2358

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

367 pp, small 8vo (7 5/8" H). Riverside Textbooks in Education. Brick-colored cloth with gold lettering on spine, blind stamped title block on front board. A study of rural schools, pre WWI, as part of the problems of rural living. Chapters: Changes in the Nature of Rural Life; New Rural--Life Conditions; Effects of these Changes on Rural Society and Rural Institutions; Effects of these Changes on the Rural School; Rural Life and Needs of To-Day; Some Worthy Examples of Rural Service; Fundamental Needs in Rural Education; Organization and Maintenance; The Teaching Equipment; The Reorga...
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CANADA 1940: THE OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF PRESENT CONDITIONS AND RECENT PROGRESS. THE ROYAL VISIT EDITION.

By: Euler, W.D., Foreword. Prefatory Note by R.H. Coats.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Ottawa, Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Department of Trade and Commerce: 1940

Seller ID: 28973

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good-

202 pp, 8 5/8" H. Many b&w photographs, drawings, tables, etc. (some fold out). Colour portraits of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth plus fold-out map of "The Royal Tour of Canada, May 17 to June 15, 1939. Contents: Canada's War Program and Economic Conditions at the Close of 1939; The Wetern Oil Situation - Its Possibilities and Its Problems; The Constitution and Government of Canada; Population - Vital Statistics - Public Health and Welfare; Wealth - Production - Income; Agriculture; The Forest Wealth of Canada - Lumbering - Pulp and Paper; Mines and Minerals; The Fisheries of Can...
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Image for BUDGET SPEECH DELIVERED BY HON. GEORGE E. FOSTER, D.C.L., M.P. MINISTER OF FINANCE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, TUESDAY, 5TH MARCH, 1889. DITTO - THURSDAY, 27TH MARCH, 1890. DITTO - TUESDAY, 23RD JUNE, 1891. THREE SPEECHES BOUND IN ONE VOLUME.

BUDGET SPEECH DELIVERED BY HON. GEORGE E. FOSTER, D.C.L., M.P. MINISTER OF FINANCE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, TUESDAY, 5TH MARCH, 1889. DITTO - THURSDAY, 27TH MARCH, 1890. DITTO - TUESDAY, 23RD JUNE, 1891. THREE SPEECHES BOUND IN ONE VOLUME.

By: Foster, George E., Hon., M.P.

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: Ottawa, Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery, 1889, 1890, 1891.:

Seller ID: 10668

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good-

53 pp, 24 pp, 28 pp, 9 5/8" H - dark blue leather spine/corners with red title block, gold lettering/decoration, green endpapers, marbled boards. Three budget speeches (dated 1889, 1890, 1891) by the Minister of Finance, each with its own title page, bound in one volume. Interior - pages browning lightly, a few pages with soft croner crease at top, small library stamp on rear free endpaper, small number in ink written on first title-page with offset on previous page, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light/moderate edgewear, wear at corners, minor scuf...
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EDUCATION IN THE ATLANTIC PROVINCES. LECTURES DELIVERED UNDER THE QUANCE LECTURES IN CANADIAN EDUCATION.

By: Frecker, G. A. Foreword by W. P. Thompson.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, W.J. Gage: 1956

Seller ID: 27238

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

112 pp, 8vo (8" H). Publisher's reply card and business card laid in. Contents: Dr. G.A. Frecker: A Biographical Sketch; Lecture I: The Historical Background and Earlier Developments; Lecture II: Education for Our Times. Minor musty odor, fiant foxing marks on top of text block. Glassine dust jacket has minor edge wear/wrinkling, light browning on spine, tiny stain on front hinge.
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NOT WITHOUT CAUSE: DAVID PETERSON'S FALL FROM GRACE.

By: Gagnon, Georgette and Rath, Dan.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, HarperCollins: 1991

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28669

ISBN: 0002158426

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

408 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w photographs. "The stunning defeat of David Peterson's powerful Liberal government on September 6, 1990 broke many of the old rules for Canadian elections - and provided the first glimpse of how future elections will be fought. At the center of the story: Liberal leader David Peterson. Young, handsome and rich, he embodied the glory years of the 1980s when Yuppies, BMWs and image politics ruled. His decision to 'go early', to call an election only three years into his mandate, set the wheels in motion. His campaign attracts some of Canada's leading political ...
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THE STORY OF TORONTO.

By: Glazebrook, G.P. deT.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, University of Toronto: 1971

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28286

ISBN: 0802017916

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

310 pp, 10" H. B&w photographs, reproductions. 3 maps - one on inside of dust jacket, 2 in book (1 folds out). "The purpose of this book is to tell the story of Toronto from its earliest days to the present: to describe its character at each stage of growth, how it changed, and why." Contents: Preface; Illustrations; A place in search of a purpose; The birth of a town; War and reconstruction; Government and governed; Urban supremacy; Provincial capital; Pride and prejudice; Progress and poverty; The end of an era; Problems of greatness; Life in Metropolitan Toronto; Toronto's r...
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THE YEAR BOOK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND MANUAL OF PROVINCIAL INFORMATION. 1903.

By: Gosnell, R.E.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Victoria, B.C., Province of British Columbia: 1903

Seller ID: 28558

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

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 ...
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A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE.

By: Green, John Richard. Edited and with an Introduction by Roger Hudson.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: London, Folio Society: 1993

Edition: Second Printing

Seller ID: 29074

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

878 pp, 10" H. Bound in full green buckram, blocked in gold with a design by Malcolm Harvey Young. B&w reproductions, maps, genealogical tables. "(F)irst published in 1874 by Macmillan & Company Ltd. This edition follows the text of the first edition, with minor emendations." Chapter headings: The English Kingdoms, 607-1013; England Under Foreign Kings, 1013-1204; The Great Charter, 1204-1265; The Three Edwards, 1265-1360; The Hundred Years' War, 1336-1431; The New Monarchy, 1422-1540; The Reformation; Puritan England; The Revolution; Modern England; Epilogue, 1815-1873. Sli...
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LOST LHASA: HEINRICH HARRER'S TIBET.

By: Harrer, Heinrich. Message from the Dalai Lama. Introduction by Galen Rowell.

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Harry N. Abrams: 1992

Seller ID: 30562

ISBN: 0810935600

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

223 pp, 11 1/4" H. Map endpapers. "Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer had been in Tibet for seven years when his time in Lhasa came to a swift end. As he fled (from the 1950 Chinese invasion), he brought with him negatives of the pictures he had been taking with left-behind film and borrowed cameras, pictures documenting life in Lhasa, candid images of the people who had made him almost one of their own. His 'Seven Years in Tibet', which has sold three million copies since its publication in 1953, is illustrated with only a few of these photographs. (This book) presents 200 of Harr...
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REALISTIC ECONOMICS AND TODAY'S PROBLEMS.

By: Harrison, Howard Armour.

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Howard Armour Harrison Trust Fund: 1963

Seller ID: 18914

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good-

214 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). Contents: Preliminary Survey (The True Province of Economics: Is It a Social Science? - Do Economic Processes Constitute an Economic System? - Society and Distribution - The Realistic Approach - Commentary); The Realistic Theory (The Subject Matter of Economics - Economic Persons and Their Purposes - Economic Phenomena in General - The Phenomena of One-Person Economics - The Special Phenomena of Interpersonal Economics - The Business Cycle - Taxation); Applications of the Realistic Theory (Proposed Remedies, Introductory - The Alleviation of the Business Cycl...
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THE COUNCIL OF THE SANTA HERMANDAD: A STUDY OF THE PACIFICATION FORCES OF FERDINAND AND ISABELLA.

By: Lunenfeld, Marvin.

Price: $14.95 USD

Publisher: Coral Gables, Univesity of Miami Press: 1970

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 12166

ISBN: 0870241435

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

134 pp, 8vo (8 1/4" H). B&w illustrations. "The role of the Council was to govern the Holy Brotherhood, the kingdom-wide police force (of Renaissance Spain). The Council guided the colorful Brotherhood in pacifying Castile, and, while so doing, created a royal army for the conquest of Granada, the prototype of the great Spanish infantry that dominated Europe for centuries. The fact that Queen Isabella borrowed the money for Columbus' voyage from the treasury of the Brotherhood is an incidental, but not insignificant contribution to the Brotherhood in history. (The author) brings i...
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RESTORATION LONDON: EVERYDAY LIFE IN LONDON, 1660-1670.

By: Picard, Liza. Introduced by Jenny Uglow.

Price: $27.50 USD

Publisher: London, Folio Society: 2012

Seller ID: 27337

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

320 pp, large 8vo (9 7/16" H), maroon cloth blocked in gilt with design by Neil Gower - in slipcase. Pictorial endpapers, b&w and colour illustrations. Chapter headings: London; The Houses; Interiors; Gardens, Parks and Open Spaces; Communications; Medicine and Dentistry; Clothes, Jewellery, Cosmetics, Hairdressing, Washing and So On; Housework, Laundry and Shopping; Cooking, Meals, Food and Drink; Sex; The Household; Education, Literacy and Speech; Hobbies, Excursions, Family Occasions and Etiquette; Divers Events and Acts in the Law; Money, Poverty and Class; Religion and Popular Belie...
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HEAVY WORDS LIGHTLY THROWN: THE REASON BEHIND THE RHYME.

By: Roberts, Chris.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Granta: 2004

Edition: Second Edition

Seller ID: 29804

ISBN: 1862077657

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

176 pp, 9" H. B&w illustrations. "Was little Jack Horner a squatter? 'Baa, baa, Black Sheep' a bleat about taxation? What did Jack and Jill do on that hill? Who was Mary? And why was she contrary? This witty and ingenious book delves into the hidden meanings of the most innocuous-sounding nursery rhymes, revealing a seething subtext of sexual innuendo, religious hatred and political subversion. (It) provides a fascinating history lesson, teases out some alarming Freudian interpretations, and makes entertaining connections to contemporary political and popular culture." A few ver...
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THE MIRROR OF THE PAST. 2 VOLUME SET. CONTAINS: A DISTANT MIRROR: THE CALAMITOUS FOURTEENTH CENTURY & THE MARCH OF FOLLY: FROM TROY TO VIETNAM.

By: Tuchman, Barbara W.

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: London, Folio Society: 1997

Seller ID: 29073

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

673 pp, 419 pp, 10" H. Bound in full black cloth with gold lettering on spines, gold decorations on front boards. Gold slip case with black lettering on front panel. Colour plates. "The March of Folly" gas minor wrinkle at top of spine, "A Distant Mirror" has tiny soiling mark on fore-edge of text block. Slipcase has dome light edge wear and some light rubbing, a few tiny scuffs, two large faint rub marks across rear panel.
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THE ROMAN EMPIRE.

By: Wells, Colin.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press: 1992

Edition: Second Edition, Updated.

Seller ID: 30361

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

366 pp, 8 1/2" H. B&w photographs, maps/plans. "In this updated edition of his classic work, Colin Wells offers a vivid, sweeping history of the Roman Empire from 44 B.C. to A.D. 235. He has three aims: to describe what was happening in the central administration and in the entourage of the emperor; to indicate how life went on in Italy and the provinces, in the towns, in the countryside, and in the army; and to show how these two different worlds impinged on each other. Wells centers his narrative in a comprehensive chronological account of Roman political life from Augustus to the ...
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