Category: Canadian History

Storm of the Century: The Regina Tornado of 1912 ( Saskatchewan History )

By: Bingaman, Sandra, Foreword By Mayor Pat Fiacco / University of Regina

Price: $26.93

Publisher: Regina, Saskatchewan, Regina, SK: Canadian Plains Research Center Press / University of Regina, 2011, 1st Edition, First Printing : 2011

Seller ID: 167915

ISBN-13: 9780889772489

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

------------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) softcover, about 10.5 x 8.5 inches, a Near Fine copy, 118 pages, b&w photos, ---"An engaging story of one of the worst natural disasters in Canadian history, Storm of the Century recounts the ?Great Regina Cyclone? of June 30, 1912. A path of death and destruction were left in its wake, and it remains the worst tornado to have ever struck Canada to date."---, contents include: Prologue; The Storm; The City; Wascana Park; 'The Best residential District'; In and Around Victoria Park; Downtown; The North Side; Caring for the Victims; Providing Es...
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Opened By Censor: A Collection of Letters Home from World War I Veterans from Elgin County ( WWI ) ( Ontario )

By: Booth, Jeffrey (compiler and Editor)

Price: $40.43

Publisher: Ontario, St Thomas, ON: Elgin Military Museum, 2008, 1st Edition, First Printing : 2008

Seller ID: 168438

ISBN-13: 9780980980608

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------trade paperback, a Near Fine example, a bit of very light rubbing, gift inscription, 256 pages, b&w photos, ---"a chronicle of WWI as told through the letters home of 110 veterans. The content gives a gripping account of the action, folly, tedium and excitement experienced by those who did service in the "war to end all wars""---, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE /// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---
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Image for The Sleeping Green: No Man's Land 100 Years Later / Un No Man's Land Cent Ans Apres ( WWi / World War One / Frontline / Trench War )(inc. Fields, in Flanders 2014 / Les Champs, Dans Les Flandres 2014; Mapping Cultural Memory / Cartographier La Memoire )

The Sleeping Green: No Man's Land 100 Years Later / Un No Man's Land Cent Ans Apres ( WWi / World War One / Frontline / Trench War )(inc. Fields, in Flanders 2014 / Les Champs, Dans Les Flandres 2014; Mapping Cultural Memory / Cartographier La Memoire )

By: Bos, Dianne; Curtaed by/commissaire - Josephine Mills University of Lethbridge Art Gallery (foreword - Andrew W Hakin / Foreword - Catherine Bedard ( FRENCH - ENGLISH Text)

Price: $60.68

Publisher: Canada / France, Lethbridge, AB / Paris, France: University of Lethbridge Art Gallery / Canadian Cultural Centre - Centre culturel canadien, 2017, 1st Edition, First Printing : 2017

Seller ID: 169998

ISBN-13: 9781927770085

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine (see description)

-----------( 1st printing of the First edition), hardcover, a Fine example, no dustjacket as issued, the orange strip along the spine and front cover is part of the cover art and is not a scorch mark, 144 pages, colour photos, all text is in English and French, ---"a publication catalogue based on a touring exhibition of 36 photographs taken in 'no-man's land' between the trenches on the Western Front of World War I. Artist Dianne Bos travelled through Belgium and France between 2014 and 2016, using a variety of vintage and pinhole cameras to photograph battle fronts a century after the Gre...
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The Strength of a People: Acadian History in General Terms -a Signed Copy -by Nicole ( Saulnier ) Boudreau ( Acadia / Nova Scotia related)

By: Boudreau, Nicole ( Saulnier ) (signed)

Price: $26.93

Publisher: Nova Scotia, Pointe-de-l'Eglise, NS: Les Editions Marciel, 2004, 1st Edition, First Printing : 2004

Seller ID: 168503

ISBN-13: 9780973524307

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------trade paperback, a Near Fine example with a bit of light rubbing, signed and dated by Boudreau, 49 pages, b&w photos, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---
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A History of Rockton Agricultural Society est. 1852 ( Ontario Local History / Roctkton World's Fair )

By: Brassard, Brooke Kathleen / Rockton Agricultural Society

Price: $60.68

Publisher: Ontario, Ontario: Rockton Agricultural Society, 2017, 1st Edition, First Printing : 2017

Seller ID: 168109

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

----------hardcover, a Near Fine example, no dustjacket as issued, 220 pages, b&w photos plus one colour photo, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch )---
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Early Days -A Memoir, 1915 - 1945 / The War Years, 1941 - 1945 ( Bradgate / Rosetown, Saskatchewan )( RCAF / Royal Canadian Air Force related)

By: Broadbridge, Arthur F ( Frederick )(signed)

Price: $53.93

Publisher: Ontario, Cobourg, ON: Arthur F Broadbridge / Self Published, 1994, 1st Edition, First Printing : 1994

Seller ID: 168427

ISBN-13: 9780969844013

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

------------hardcover, a Near Fine example, faint smudge on the bottom edge of the text block, no dustjacket as issued, signed and inscribed by the author, 335 pages, b&w photos, Broadbridge emigrated to Canada with his family when he was four, they settled in SK where he was a teacher, and eventually the archivist for SK, he was an RCAF member who was employed in the radar branch, he later joined the foreign service ans a diplomat for Canada, he moved to Cobourg Ontario in the 1970's,, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED ...
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Canada 1896 - 1921: A Nation Transformed / Volume xiv in the Canadian Centenary Series ( Book Fourteen / 14 )

By: Brown, Robert Craig / Ramsay Cook/ Volume xiv in The Canadian Centenary Series

Price: $33.68

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: McClelland & Stewart / M&S, 1974, 1st Edition, First Printing : 1974

Seller ID: 168107

ISBN-13: 9780771022685

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

----------hardcover, a Near Fine example, in an attractive Good dustjacket, some small chips and short closed tears, couple of small areas of loss on spine of jacket, 412 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/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch )---
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Labrador Diary, 1915 - 1925: The Gordon Journals

By: Buckle, Archdeacon Francis; Foreword By Philip Cartwright Gordon ( Anglican Parish of Cartwright, Labrador )

Price: $40.43

Publisher: Labrador, Cartwright, Labrador: Anglican Parish of Cartwright, Labrador, 2003, 1st Edition, First Printing : 2003

Seller ID: 169377

ISBN-13: 9780973344806

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

------------softcover, about 5.5w x 8.25h inches, a Near Fine / Fine example, likely unread, signed by the author "Every Blessing Francis Buckle ", 227 pages, b&w photos, ---based on the journals of Henry and Clara (nee Ashall) Gordon who worked coastal Labrador at the beginning of the twentieth century, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---
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Dictionary of Manitoba Biography -by J M Bumsted -a Signed Copy ( Manitoba History )

By: Bumsted, J M ( John Michael - JACK Bumsted )( Signed )

Price: $26.93

Publisher: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB: University of Manitoba Press ( UMP ), 1999, 1st Edition, First Printing : 1999

Seller ID: 168325

ISBN-13: 9780887556623

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------softcover, a Near Fine example, looks new, signed without inscription by the author, 273 pages, ---"Manitoba has been at the crossroads of many of the important debates and events in Canadian history. From the early fur trade to the Riel Rebellion to the Winnipeg General Strike, Manitobans have frequently played crucial roles in Canadian and sometimes world history. Until now, there has been no comprehensive, contemporary source for information on the many Manitobans who have left their mark on history and society. Dictionary of Manitoba Biography fills this gap, with biographical s...
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Image for Herschel Island: Qikiqtaryuk: A Natural & Cultural History of Yukon's Arctic Island (inc. Butterflies; Birds; Marine Mammals; Fishes; Caribou, Muskoxen; Inuvialuit Archaeology; Whaling; Fur Traders; Buildings; Sea Ice; Permafrost; Place Names, etc)

Herschel Island: Qikiqtaryuk: A Natural & Cultural History of Yukon's Arctic Island (inc. Butterflies; Birds; Marine Mammals; Fishes; Caribou, Muskoxen; Inuvialuit Archaeology; Whaling; Fur Traders; Buildings; Sea Ice; Permafrost; Place Names, etc)

By: Burn, Christopher R (signed) Michael Hoskin; John B Hattendorf; Wayne H Pollard; Maria Leung; David Mossop Donald Reid; Lois Harwood; Max Friesen; et al

Price: $94.43

Publisher: Calgary, Alberta, Calgary, AB: University of Calgary Press ( UCP ), 2012, 1st Edition, First Printing : 2012

Seller ID: 168469

ISBN-13: 9780988000919

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-------------softcover, a Very Good+ to Near Fine example, a bit of light rubbing, small nick at upper spine tip, signed by the editor " I hope you enjoy this book. Chris Burn:, 242 pages, colour and b&w photos and illustrations, ---"Herschel Island is a remarkable place. For hundreds of years, it sustained aboriginal people who lived off the sea, and its shelter provided a base for the western Arctic whaling fleet in the 1890s. It was named by John Franklin during a voyage to establish sovereignty over arctic North America, and it was the location of the first police detachment in the Canadi...
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The Pictonian Colliers -by James M Cameron ( Pictou County, Nova Scotia / Coal Miners / Mining )

By: Cameron, James M / The Nova Scotia Museum ; Foreword By Donald M Smith

Price: $67.43

Publisher: Nova Scotia, Wolfville, NS: Kentville Publishing / The Nova Scotia Museum, 1974, 1st Edition, First Printing : 1974

Seller ID: 169417

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------hardcover, a Near Fine example, in an attractive Good dustjacket with some light wear and chips, some short closed tears, crease on the spine of the jacket, some sunning to the spine of the jacket, jacket is now in a hi-quality mylar protector, "Wolfville" and ink name and date on front blank endpaper, small ink smudges on 2nd blank endpaper, 356 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///---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---
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Image for The Savage River: Seventy-One Days with Simon Fraser / Great Stories of Canada Series Book / Volume # 33 ( British Columbia related)( Explorer / Exploration ) ( 71 Days )

The Savage River: Seventy-One Days with Simon Fraser / Great Stories of Canada Series Book / Volume # 33 ( British Columbia related)( Explorer / Exploration ) ( 71 Days )

By: Campbell, Marjorie Wilkins / Great Stories of Canada Series

Price: $26.93

Publisher: London, England / Toronto, Ontario, London, UK ( Toronto, ON ): MacMillan, 1968, 1st Edition, First Printing : 1968

Seller ID: 168275

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------hardcover, a Near Fine example, in a Very Good to Very Good+ dustjacket, a wee bit of light rubbing, some very small nicks at upper spine tip, sunning to the spine of the jacket, ---146 pages, b&w illustrations, ---"On the morning of May 28, 1808, Simon Fraser, two clerks, two Native guides, and nineteen voyageurs set out in four frail birchbark canoes from Fort George on the Pacific slope of the Rocky Mountains. Before them was an unnamed and unexplored river that led south and, Fraser hoped, west to the Pacific coast. Every bend threatened new dangers - impassable rapids, treacher...
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Image for Deaf Heritage in Canada: A Distinctive Diverse and Enduring Culture ( Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf Project )(inc. Schools, Deaf Settlers in Western Canada; Occupations; Religion; Printed Page; Sign Languages; Visual Arts, Sports, etc)

Deaf Heritage in Canada: A Distinctive Diverse and Enduring Culture ( Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf Project )(inc. Schools, Deaf Settlers in Western Canada; Occupations; Religion; Printed Page; Sign Languages; Visual Arts, Sports, etc)

By: Carbin, Clifton F, Edited By Dorothy L Smith; Foreword By Charmaine Cecile Letourneau

Price: $80.93

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited, 1996, 1st Edition, First Printing : 1996

Seller ID: 169348

ISBN-13: 9780075513780

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------hardcover, a Near Fine example in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dustjacket, old price sticker on front blanl endpaper, 622 pages, b&w photos and illustrations, ---"Dr. Carbin describes Deaf Heritage in Canada as "a window through which we can catch a glimpse of deaf Canadians as they go about their everyday lives, responding to events around them and making a difference in the future of their local Deaf communities." As such, it provides all Canadians with a fascinating and unique insight into the lives of deaf Canadians. It also provides, for deaf and hearing Canadians alike, an appre...
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The Union of the Canadas: The Growth of Canadian Institutions 1841 - 1857 / Volume x in the Canadian Centenary Series ( Book Ten / 10 )

By: Careless, J MS / Volume x in The Canadian Centenary Series

Price: $53.93

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: McClelland & Stewart / M&S, 1967, 1st Edition, First Printing : 1967

Seller ID: 168106

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

----------hardcover, a Near Fine example, in an attractive Very Good dustjacket, some small chips and short closed tears, 256 pages, b&w photos and illustrations,, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch )---
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Jacques and Hay: 19th Century Toronto Furniture Makers ( John Jacques and Robert Hay )

By: Cathcart, Ruth / Boston Mills Press / Jacques and Hay Furniture Makers

Price: $26.93

Publisher: Erin, Ontario, Erin, On.: Boston Mills Press, 1986, 1st Edition, First Printing : 1986

Seller ID: 168189

ISBN-13: 9780919783294

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------softcover, about 8.5 x 11 inches, a Near Fine example with a bit of extreemly light rubbing, a bit of sunning to covers, 96 pages, colour and b&w photos, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---
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Image for Where the Lardeau River Flows / Sound Heritage Series Number 32 ( BC / B.C. / British Columbia History / / Lardeau-Duncan Valleys )(inc. Mining Boom; Homestead Families; Red McLeod; Along the Arrowhead - Kootenay Railway; Surveying, etc)

Where the Lardeau River Flows / Sound Heritage Series Number 32 ( BC / B.C. / British Columbia History / / Lardeau-Duncan Valleys )(inc. Mining Boom; Homestead Families; Red McLeod; Along the Arrowhead - Kootenay Railway; Surveying, etc)

By: Chapman, Peter; Preface By Editors ( Derek Reimer, David Mattison, Allen Specht ) / Sound Heritage Series Number 32

Price: $33.68

Publisher: Victoria, British Columbia, Victoria, BC: Sound Heritage Series Number 32/ Province of British Columbia, 1981, 1st edition, First Printing : 1981

Seller ID: 167172

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

------------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) softcover, a Very Good+ example, a bit of light rubbing, 84 pages, 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/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---
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Image for Outport: Reflections from the Newfoundland Coast -by Candace Cochrane -a Signed Copy ( Conche, Grey Islands, Bonne Bay, Gros Morne, Canada Harbour, Reeve's Wharf, Stage Cove, Chest Head, etc)

Outport: Reflections from the Newfoundland Coast -by Candace Cochrane -a Signed Copy ( Conche, Grey Islands, Bonne Bay, Gros Morne, Canada Harbour, Reeve's Wharf, Stage Cove, Chest Head, etc)

By: Cochrane, Candace (signed), Edited By Roger Page

Price: $67.43

Publisher: Don Mills ( Toronto ), Ontario, Don Mills, ON: Addison-Wesley Publishers, 1981, 1st Edition, First Printing : 1981

Seller ID: 169136

ISBN-13: 9780201100907

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------hardcover, a Near Fine example, slight crease to black cloth (a binding issue not a result of abuse to the book), in an attractive Good dustjacket with some chips and flakes, some short nicks and tears, ---this copy has been signed by Cochrane ""For Grace -Thanks for all your hospitality! Candace Cochrane", 155 pages, b&w photos, ---a very nice book with a definite emphasis on the people, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---
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Image for Illustrated Historical Atlas of PETERBOROUGH COUNTY 1825 - 1875 / Peterborough Historical Atlas Foundation (inc. Smith, Otonabe, Asphodel, North Monaghan, Ennismore, Douro, Dummer, Harvey, Belmont & Methuen, Townships, etc)( Ontario )

Illustrated Historical Atlas of PETERBOROUGH COUNTY 1825 - 1875 / Peterborough Historical Atlas Foundation (inc. Smith, Otonabe, Asphodel, North Monaghan, Ennismore, Douro, Dummer, Harvey, Belmont & Methuen, Townships, etc)( Ontario )

By: COLE, A.O.C., (General Editor)./ Published by The Peterborough Historical Atlas Foundation Inc

Price: $121.43

Publisher: Peterborough, Ontario, Peterborough, ON: Published by The Peterborough Historical Atlas Foundation Inc, 1975, 1st Edition, First Printing : 1975

Seller ID: 167668

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

------------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) hardcover, green clothwith silver lettering on front board and spine, front blank endpaper has been corner clipped, some small spots and a bit of foxing on endpapers, a sound copy, no dustjacket as issued, 127 pages, maps, maps and more maps as well as b&w illustrations, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---
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Image for The Badges and Uniforms of the Lorne Scots ( Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment ), Over 2 Centuries, 1800 - 2000 ( TWO Hundred Years / Regimental history )

The Badges and Uniforms of the Lorne Scots ( Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment ), Over 2 Centuries, 1800 - 2000 ( TWO Hundred Years / Regimental history )

By: Conover, Colonel E F, C.D., Chairman The Lorne Scots Historical Committee

Price: $87.68

Publisher: Ontario, Brampton, ON: The Regimental Association of the Lorne Scots ( Peel Dufferin and Halton Regiment ), 2000, 1st Edition, First Printing : 2000

Seller ID: 168481

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

---------hardcover, about 8.75 x 11.25 inches, a Near Fine example, no dustjacket as issued, lower corners are slightly bumped, gift inscription on front blank endpaper, 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/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)--
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Image for VIMY: The Battle and the Legend -by Tim Cook (inc. The Battleground; Aftermath; Impact; The Great War Contested; The 1936 Vimy Pilgrimage; Vimy Contested; Vimy Reborn, etc)( WWI / World War One )

VIMY: The Battle and the Legend -by Tim Cook (inc. The Battleground; Aftermath; Impact; The Great War Contested; The 1936 Vimy Pilgrimage; Vimy Contested; Vimy Reborn, etc)( WWI / World War One )

By: Cook, Tim

Price: $26.93

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Allen Lane / Penguin Group, 2017, 1st edition, Later Printing : 2017

Seller ID: 169320

ISBN-13: 9780735233164

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------hardcover, a Near Fine example, two small bumps to lower edge of front board, in a Near Fine dustjacket looks new, 500 pages, b&w photos, ---"Why does Vimy matter? Tim Cook, Canada's foremost military historian and a Charles Taylor Prize winner, examines the battle of Vimy Ridge in April 1917 and the way the memory of it has evolved over 100 years. Vimy is unlike any other battle in Canadian history: it has been described as the "birth of the nation." But the meaning of that phrase has never been explored, nor has any writer explained why the battle continues to resonate with Canadi...
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Category: Canadian History