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The 175th Anniversary of The Parish of Christ Church, Sorel, Quebec --- 175 Years of History 1784 - 1959 ( Sorel - Tracy / Anglican Church )

By: Vokey, The Rev. ( Reverend ) Edward P, Rector / Parish of Christ Church, Sorel, Quebec

Price: $24.23 CAD

Publisher: Quebec, Sorel, Quebec: The Parish of christ Church, 1959, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1959

Seller ID: 154369

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

----------trade paperback size side-stapled softcover, a Very Good copy, small address label on front cover, 70 pages, b&w photos, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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TWO VOLUMES: Muskoka Nature Walks, Book 1 & 2 -by Marlene Walker -both Signed By the Author ( Natural History / Ontario )

By: Walker, Marlene (signed)

Price: $26.93 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Elm Ridge Press, 2005, 2006, 1st Edition, First Printing for Both: 2006

Seller ID: 163859

ISBN: 0973764619

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

------------2 volumes (ONE SHIPPING CHARGE), softcovers, about 11w x 8.5h inches, both are Near Fine examples, both are signed by the author without inscription, 127and 128 pages, colour iphotos throughout, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Image for The Saint John Police Story: VOLUME 3 -The Slader Years, 1930 - 1941 ( Police Chief Edward M Slader / St John, New Brunswick Policing History )( N. B . / NB )( Book Three )

The Saint John Police Story: VOLUME 3 -The Slader Years, 1930 - 1941 ( Police Chief Edward M Slader / St John, New Brunswick Policing History )( N. B . / NB )( Book Three )

By: Wallace, Gerald F; William Higgins; Peter McGahan

Price: $16.13 CAD

Publisher: Fredericton, New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB New Ireland Press, 1993, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1993

Seller ID: 154626

ISBN: 0920483623

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------trade paperback, about 6 x 9 inches, a Near Fine copy, 175 pages, b&w photos, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Image for The Saint John Police Story: VOLUME 5 -The Oakes' Years, 1947 - 1958 ( Police Chief Joseph J Oakes / St John, New Brunswick Policing History )( N. B . / NB )( Book Five )

The Saint John Police Story: VOLUME 5 -The Oakes' Years, 1947 - 1958 ( Police Chief Joseph J Oakes / St John, New Brunswick Policing History )( N. B . / NB )( Book Five )

By: Wallace, Gerald F; William Higgins; Peter McGahan

Price: $40.43 CAD

Publisher: Fredericton, New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB: New Ireland Press, 1996, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1996

Seller ID: 154628

ISBN: 1896775004

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------trade paperback, about 6 x 9 inches, a Near Fine copy, 232 pages, b&w photos, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Image for PROGRAM: Ceremony for the Unveiling of Historical Plaque Honoring Louis Shickluna 1808 - 1880 ( The Shickluna Ship Yard Story ) / Published By Port Weller Dry Docks

PROGRAM: Ceremony for the Unveiling of Historical Plaque Honoring Louis Shickluna 1808 - 1880 ( The Shickluna Ship Yard Story ) / Published By Port Weller Dry Docks

By: Warwick, Peter D A / Professor Wesley Turner / Ontario Heritage Foundation / Port Weller Dry Docks

Price: $26.93 CAD

Publisher: St Catharines, Ontario, St Catharines, ON: Port Weller Dry Docks / Ontario Heritage Foundation, 1979, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1979

Seller ID: 157153

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

-----------program for a plaque unveiling commemorating Louis Shickluna and his ship yard, a Very Good+ copy, a wee bit of light soiling, only 5 or 6 pages, some b&w photos and illustrations, reprints Warwick's article The Shickluna Story which originally appeared in the June/July issue of the canadian Geographic Journal, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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Image for RED The Island Story Book Volume 2 summer 2011 ( PEI / Prince Edward Island )(inc. Flatnose Currie Butch Cassidy / The Sundance Kid / The Wild Bunch; Francis Ronaghan, Hobo; Tignish Days and Years; Greenmount Boy; Damned By Disney (criticism of Walt) etc)

RED The Island Story Book Volume 2 summer 2011 ( PEI / Prince Edward Island )(inc. Flatnose Currie Butch Cassidy / The Sundance Kid / The Wild Bunch; Francis Ronaghan, Hobo; Tignish Days and Years; Greenmount Boy; Damned By Disney (criticism of Walt) etc)

By: Weale, David (ed) RED, The Island Story Book Volume 2 Summer 2011

Price: $26.93 CAD

Publisher: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PEI: The Island Story Book Volume 2, summer 2011 ( Two ), 1st Edition, First Printing: 2011

Seller ID: 163891

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

-----------softcover, magazine, about 9.5w x14h inches, a solid Very Good example, 64 pages, b&w photos,, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Image for EDENBANK: The History of a Canadian Pioneer Farm -by Oliver N Wells (signed by the editors )( BC / B.C. / British Columbia / Chilliwack Region / Dairy Farming / Family History )

EDENBANK: The History of a Canadian Pioneer Farm -by Oliver N Wells (signed by the editors )( BC / B.C. / British Columbia / Chilliwack Region / Dairy Farming / Family History )

By: Wells, Oliver N; Edited By Marie & Richard Weeden (signed by both); Foreword By Allan Fotheringham; Foreword By Doug Nicol

Price: $22.88 CAD

Publisher: British Columbia, Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 2003, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2003

Seller ID: 159066

ISBN: 1550173030

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------hardcover, about 8.5 x 11.25 inches, a near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, looks new, 186 pages, b&w photos, signed by both Weedens, ---"richly illustrated chronicle that captures more than a century of life on a landmark Fraser Valley farm. This fascinating account details farming methods of a bygone era and all the toil, triumph and tragedy behind the establishment of a championship dairy herd. When Allen Casey Wells passed through the valley of the Chilliwack River en route to the Cariboo goldfields in the spring of 1862, he observed some lush natural meadows on the prair...
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Letters from a Young Garfield Weston ( Limited Edition, One of 300 Copies, in Metal Case, with Facsimile Envelopes )

By: Weston, Garfield ( W / Willard )( Weston Bakery / Family )

Price: $94.43 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, No Place ( likely Toronto, ON ): No Publisher ( Weston Family ), 2010, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2010

Seller ID: 157426

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine (see description)

----------hardcover, about 8.5 x 12 inches, housed in a metal tray with lid, tray measures about 10.25 x 14 inches, a Fine copy of the book, 150 pages, b&w photos, laid into the tray is a panel which holds two facsimile envelopes one of which is addressed to the young Weston's future wife, Reta Howard, , any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Bell Telephone Memorial and Bell Homestead, Souvenir of Brantford, the Telephone City -by A J Whitaker ( Alexander Graham Bell Related )( Ontario Local History )

By: Whitaker, A J / Alexander Graham Bell Homestead Souvenir Booklet

Price: $16.13 CAD

Publisher: Brantford, Ontario, Brantford, ON: Bell Homestead / City of Brantford, NO DATE (circa1951 ), 1st Edition, First Printing ( Assumed ): 1951

Seller ID: 159750

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

----------pamphlet, about 6.25w x 8.25h inches, a Very Good+ copy, a bit of light rubbing, unpaginated (24 pages, b&w photos, latest date in the booklet is 1951 so this is likely 1951 to 1955, cord tied, a nice copy, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo..
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BUCKERFIELD: The Story of a Vancouver Family ( Buckerfield's Feeds, Seeds, and Fertilizers / Stores )( Family History ( BC / British Columbia )

By: White, Mary Buckerfield; Philip Sherwood; Foreword By Meg and Stuart Clyne

Price: $40.43 CAD

Publisher: Vancouver, British Columbia, Vancouver, BC: Mary ( Buckerfield ) White, 2011, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2011

Seller ID: 163697

ISBN: 0987749102

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-------------hardcover, about 10.25w x 8.25h inches, a Near Fine example, looks new, no dustjacket as issued, 321 pages, b&w photos, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Pages from the History of Sorel 1642 to 1958 ---a signed Copy ( Quebec Local History )

By: White, Walter S (signed)

Price: $25.58 CAD

Publisher: Quebec, Quebec ( Sorel likely): Self Published / Walter S White, No Date ( 1959 ), 1st edition, First Printing: 1959

Seller ID: 142696

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good (see description)

----------trade paperback, a solid Good copy, covers are cream colour and thus show some aging and browning, browning to paper, stamp on front endpaper, signed and inscribed by the author, 175 pages, B&w photos, contents include: The Beginning; The Capitulation; The American War of Independance; The Loyalists; The Town of William Henry; The Early families of William Henry; The Anglican Parish of Christ Church; The Parish of St. Peters; The Floods of '62 and '65; Lincoln College; The Towns Officers and Commerce; The City of Sorel ; The Mayors of William - Henry and Sorel; The Industries of Sor...
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Image for Seal Island: An Echo from the Past ---by Sonia Wickens ( West of Cape Sable Island / Nova Scotia )(inc. Seal Island Lighthouse; Shipwrecks; Seal Island Church / Local Families / NS Local history )

Seal Island: An Echo from the Past ---by Sonia Wickens ( West of Cape Sable Island / Nova Scotia )(inc. Seal Island Lighthouse; Shipwrecks; Seal Island Church / Local Families / NS Local history )

By: Wickens, Sonia

Price: $40.43 CAD

Publisher: Nova Scotia, Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia / NS: Sonia Wickens / Self Published, 1988, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1988

Seller ID: 155480

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

-----------softcover, about 6 x 9 inches, a solid very Good copy, a bit of light rubbing, 89 pages, b&w photos, contents include: Seal island; Seal Island Lighthouse; Shipwrecks; Seal Island Church; The island was Their Home, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Image for Horse-Drawn Carriages and Sleighs: Elegant Vehicles from New England and New Brunswick ( Carts, Buggies, Slovens, Ox Wagons, etc)( NB History -Includes: The King's Landing Collection; Carriage Makers; Building a Network of Roads )

Horse-Drawn Carriages and Sleighs: Elegant Vehicles from New England and New Brunswick ( Carts, Buggies, Slovens, Ox Wagons, etc)( NB History -Includes: The King's Landing Collection; Carriage Makers; Building a Network of Roads )

By: Wilbur, Richard; Peter Dickinson

Price: $20.18 CAD

Publisher: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS: Formac Publishing, 2003, 1st Printing, First Printing: 2003

Seller ID: 156773

ISBN: 0887806163

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------softcover, about 8.25 x 9 inches, a Near Fine copy, 72 pages, many colour and some b&w photos, ---"For many years some of the finest craftsmen throughout North America laboured in factories large and small to produce carriages and sleighs. This book celebrates their skills and artistry. This full-colour book presents the full range of vehicles they produced: carts, carriages, sleighs, buggies and slovens -- from the very grand opera bus to the functional ox wagon. The text looks at design developments, the variety of usage and technological details. This book draws on one of the ...
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Wings of Change: Canadian Airmen in Europe -by Stephen Will ( Canadian Armed Forces - 4 Wing )

By: Will, Stephen ; Edited By Barbara Berger ( Canadian Armed Forces - 4 Wing )

Price: $60.68 CAD

Publisher: Canada, Canada: Hornet House Publishing, 1993, 1st edition, First Printing: 1993

Seller ID: 162424

ISBN: 0969758200

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

----------hardcover, about 9.25w x 12.25h inches, a Near Fine example, in a Near Fine dustjacket, looks new, glue marks in the gutters at the endpapers ( from the glue used by the binder ), 127 pages, colour as well as some b&w photographs, a nice look at the last operational wing in Europe-, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE ///
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Image for Two Wolves at the Dawn of Time: Kingcome Inlet Pictographs, 1893 - 1998 ( Gwa'yi village, also known as Kingcome, is the home of the Dzawada'enuxw People or "People of the oolichan Place )( British Columbia / Rock Art / West Coast Indian Culture )

Two Wolves at the Dawn of Time: Kingcome Inlet Pictographs, 1893 - 1998 ( Gwa'yi village, also known as Kingcome, is the home of the Dzawada'enuxw People or "People of the oolichan Place )( British Columbia / Rock Art / West Coast Indian Culture )

By: Williams, Judith

Price: $20.18 CAD

Publisher: Vancouver, British Columbia, Vancouver, BC: New Star Books, 2001, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2001

Seller ID: 164208

ISBN: 0921586841

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

----------softcover, about 7.5w x 9.75h insches, a Near Fine example, looks new and feels unread, 240 pages, b&w photos-, ---"In 1998, Dzawada'enuxw artist Marianne Nicholson scaled a vertical rock face in Kingcome Inlet to paint a massive pictograph to mark the continued vitality of her ancestral village of Gwa'yi. Two Wolves at the Dawn of Time is the story of that painting, of earlier politically defiant rock art, and of "coppers," ceremonial shields that are a central motif in these images. --Judith Williams tracks the history of a culturally and geographically rich locale at a flashpoint ...
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Image for Soldiers of Song: The Dumbells and Other Canadian Concert Parties of the First World War -by Jason Wilson / Wilfrid Laurier University Press ( WWI )

Soldiers of Song: The Dumbells and Other Canadian Concert Parties of the First World War -by Jason Wilson / Wilfrid Laurier University Press ( WWI )

By: Wilson, Jason / Wilfrid Laurier University Press

Price: $22.88 CAD

Publisher: Waterloo, Ontario, Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press / WLUP, 2012, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2012

Seller ID: 156187

ISBN: 1554588448

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------trade paperback, about 6 x 9 inches, a Near Fine copy, likely unread, 239 pages, b&w photos, ---"The seeds of irreverent humour that inspired the likes of Wayne and Shuster and Monty Python were sown in the trenches of the First World War, and The Dumbells?concert parties made up of fighting soldiers?were central to this process. Soldiers of Song tells their story. Lucky soldiers who could sing a song, perform a skit, or pass as a lady, were taken from the line and put onstage for the benefit of their soldier-audiences. The intent was to bolster morale and thereby help soldiers su...
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Image for My Olympic Journey: Sixty Years with Canadian Sport and the Olympic Games -by James Worrall (signed By Worrall - Athlete / Olympian / president of the Canadian Olympic Committee and he rose to be a member of the International Olympic Committee )

My Olympic Journey: Sixty Years with Canadian Sport and the Olympic Games -by James Worrall (signed By Worrall - Athlete / Olympian / president of the Canadian Olympic Committee and he rose to be a member of the International Olympic Committee )

By: Worrall, James (signed); Freword By Richard ( Dick ) W Pound

Price: $26.93 CAD

Publisher: Canada, Canada: Canadian Olympic Association, 2000, 1st edition, First Printing: 2000

Seller ID: 164005

ISBN: 0968771807

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

-----------softcover (no hardcover edition), about 8.5w x 11h inches, a Very Good+ to Near Fine example, a bit of light rubbing and a bit of curling to corners of covers, signed without inscription by former Olympic athlete james Worrall ( Canadian team flag bearer at 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin ), 305 pages, b&w photos, includes a couple of pages about Jesse Owens, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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History of Haney Nokai ( Farmer's Association ) -by Yasutaro Yamaga ( BC / British Columbia / Fraser Valley / Maple Ridge )( Japanese - Canadians )

By: Yamaga, Yasutaro; Translation By William T Hashizume (signed); Preface By Michiko Midge Ayukawa

Price: $121.43 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, North York, ON ( Toronto ): Musson Copy Centre Print Division, 2006, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2006

Seller ID: 165061

ISBN: 097330491X

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

----------softcover, about 8w x 10.25h inches, a Near Fine example, signed without inscription by Hashizume, 134 pages, b&w photos, includes maps and plot layouts, scarce, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Image for In the Shadow of the Shield: The Development of Wireless Telegraphy and Radio Broadcasting in Kingston and at Queen's University: An oral and Documentary History, 1902 - 1957 -by Arthur Eric Zimmerman -a Signed Copy ( CFRC--Radio Station )

In the Shadow of the Shield: The Development of Wireless Telegraphy and Radio Broadcasting in Kingston and at Queen's University: An oral and Documentary History, 1902 - 1957 -by Arthur Eric Zimmerman -a Signed Copy ( CFRC--Radio Station )

By: Zimmerman, Arthur Eric (signed)

Price: $26.93 CAD

Publisher: Ontario, Ontario (likely Kingston, ON ): Arthur Eric Zimmerman, 1991, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1991

Seller ID: 160981

ISBN: 0969557000

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-------------hardcover, a Near Fine copy, in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dustjacket, gently bumped lower corner, a very small stain on the verso of the jacket, signed and inscribed by the author to a contributor in this book, 657 pages, b&w photos, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Image for ARROW COUNTDOWN: Rebuilding a Dream and a Nation -by Peter Zuuring ( Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow )(inc. RL201 Accident Investigation; Orenda Iroquois; Flying the Arrow; Human Factors Engineering; Technical Bulletin; etc)

ARROW COUNTDOWN: Rebuilding a Dream and a Nation -by Peter Zuuring ( Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow )(inc. RL201 Accident Investigation; Orenda Iroquois; Flying the Arrow; Human Factors Engineering; Technical Bulletin; etc)

By: Zuuring, Peter / Arrow Alliance Press

Price: $24.23 CAD

Publisher: Kingston, Ontario, Kingston, ON: Arrow Alliance Press, 2001, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2001

Seller ID: 158575

ISBN: 1550568663

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------hardcover, about 9.25 x 12.25 inches, a Near Fine copy, no dustjacket as issued, looks new, 142 pages, colour and b&w photos throughout, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Category: Canadian History