Canada, Canadian History Culture, Canadiana from JWMah

Canada: Henry Birks & Sons, 2004. (CAD) presumed 1st edition. No markings, Fine; no dust jacket as published; lacking the slipcase. Hardcover, [135]pp, colour and B&W photos and illus. This corporate history of the pre-eminent jewellry retailer in Canada starts with Henry Birks' beginnings in Montreal in 1879. Historical photos and also photos of some of the fabulous settings… Read more about this item

Vancouver: UBC Press, 1997. (CAD) 1st printing of the third edition. INSCRIBED BY AUTHORS to President Martha Piper, the first woman presdient of UBC, no other markings, Fine. Wraps, 304pp.Two B&W maps. This is an alphabetical directory of BC place names with biographical, historical and anecdotal material. G. Akrigg is professor of English at UBC and… Read more about this item

Edmonton: The University of Alberta Press., 2019. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition No markings, Fine. Wraps with flaps, 247pp, index, colour and B&W photos. From 1914 to 1920 thousands of men who has immif=grated to Canada from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire were unjustly imprisoned as "enemy aliens", some with their families, in cconcentration camps. Most were… Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart / National Gallery of Canada, 1995. (CAD) Presumed 1st hardcover edition. No markings, Fine in unclipped about Fine dust jackdt with a tiny tear to the top edge of the front panel near the spine edge. Green boards, 375pp, index. This book reproduces all 179 paintings that make up the exhibition---with more than… Read more about this item

Claresholm AB: Claresholm History Book Club, 1974. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, a touh of rubbing to the lower front cover corner and a hint of rubbing to other corner tips and to the head and foot of spine, the back cover has a couple of fine faint abrasions to it (not obtrusive) about Very Good used copy; no… Read more about this item

Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2007. (CAD) 1st printing of the First paperback edition No markings, a tiny nick to the top edge of front cover, and two tiny scratch marks to the back cover, Very Good. Wraps, 192pp, index, 370 original maps. This is a historical geography of the city of Vancouver and the lower Fraser Valley as… Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1949. (CAD) 2nd edition 1949, completely revised. No markings, but small bookseller's stamp to the endpaper, Near Fine;lacking the dust jacket. Beige colored cloth with gold titles on blue rectangle, 360pp, index. No photos. The author advances this book because "the books which have been available are not entirely suitable because they are by American… Read more about this item

Winnipeg: James Richardson & Sons, 2007. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, Fine as New, no dust jackt as published in about Fine slipcase with a hint of rubbing to the corner tips. Blue cloth hardcover, 226pp, introductiory messages of congratuations from Michell Jean, Stephen Harper, Gary Doer, sepia toned photos augmented with colour photos. Richardson family Tree. This… Read more about this item

Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1987. (CAD) 1st printing of the First edition. No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Oblong format, hardcover, black cloth, 192 pp. 180 B&W ink drawings depicting native life, plants, and animals of the region. Originally published in 1815, this is an account of the capture of Jewitt and Thompson in 1802… Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1983. (CAD) Presumed 1st Canadian edition, Owner's Christmas inscription to the endpaper, no other markings, hinges solid, otherwise Near Fine in price-clipped Near Fine dust jacket with a touch ot rubbing to top edge of rear panel which is very slightly abraided at the extreme edge. Brown boards with red cloth spine, gold devices to… Read more about this item

Toronto: Thomas Allen, Limited., 1946. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition, No markings, but there is bookseller's small stamp to the rear endpaper, otherwise Fine in Very Good dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to the spine extremities; DJ is in mylar sleeve. White boards with green titles, 219pp. B&W illus. There are 22 stories including the Cotton cat;… Read more about this item

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1987. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Cloth xviii, 198pp 68 colour plates chart Canada's early history to 1800. "unlike most historical atlasses, ...this volumes and its sister volumes emphasize the circumstances of ordinary life. Much attention is paid to the small agricultural settlements… Read more about this item

Saskatoon SK: Prairie Books, 1985. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition. SIGNED BY AUTHOR and dated 1985, ownership stmap to the half-title, no other markings, fine spine creases, Very Good used copy Wraps, 310pp, index, B&W illus. "A few determined women and men chose an unexplored overland route across North America into the BC gold fields. This is an account of… Read more about this item

Saanichton: Hancock House, 1975. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition. No rmarkings, Very Good in Very Good dust jacket with light rubbing to panels and slight fading to spine of Dj. Green boards, patterned end papers, 224pp, index. Lots of B&W photos and illus show the history of the lumber industry in BC. (2.6 JM HOZ 403/b3. 1st.… Read more about this item

Castlegar BC: Castlegar and District Heritage Society, 2003. (CAD) 2nd printing of the First edition, 2003. No markings, Fine ; no dust jacket as published. Glossy hardcover, 209pp, bibliography, lots of B&W photos augmented with some colour pages, map. Natural history of the area by Lesley Anderton; Castlegar's ear;iest inhabitants by Margaret Sutherland; the Establishment of Castlegar by Margaret… Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2007. (CAD) 1st printing, No markings, Fine; no dust jacket as published. Hardcover, 350pp, map; a few B&W photos. From the cover: George Mercer Dawson is a towering figure in Canadian history and science as the man who led the Geological Survey during its exploration of the Canadian West, mostly from horseback or from… Read more about this item

Toronto: HarperCollins, 2013. (CAD) 4th printing of the first edition, SIGNED BY AUTHOR to the title page, no other makrings, the fold-out family teee is in perfect order, Fine in unclipped Near Fine dust jacket with small crease to corner of front flap. Hardcover, 308pp, index. B&W photos. This book looks at the murder of Charles Massey, a… Read more about this item

NY: Random House, 1969. (USA) Stated first edition but there is blind embossed square to the corner of the back cover, and a price of $6.95 to the dust jacket. No markings, Near Fine in unclipped Fair only dust jacket with chips and tears in mylar sleeve. (hardcover, map endpapers, 272pp, no illus. The author speant 3 months wandering… Read more about this item

Vancouver: Privately Printed, 2014. (CAD) This is a privately printed book produced by Echo Agency in Vancouver, no date but possibly 2014. INSCRIBED BY Hugh Magee: "Best wishes, High", no other markings, Fine, no dust jackdt as published. 11.5 x 8", hardcover, 152pp, colour photos. Seven chapters including chapters on Fibreplast, Great West Steel, the Middle East, Douglas… Read more about this item

Vancouver: Brock House Society, 2012. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, Fine. Wraps,68pp, maps, B&W hotos and illus. Brock House is located at Jericho Beach, Vancouver BC. This book was published for the centennial, an illustrated history of the Philip Gilan home designed by Samuel McLure which later became the family home of the Brock, the Taits, and the McConnells.… Read more about this item