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Windsor: Electa Press, 1993. Paper bound, first edition, illustrated. Inscribed and signed by author on half title page. 103pp includes references and bibliography. Very good. 200 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Humboldt: Gopher Books, 1999. As new! Paper bound in yellow wrappers, revised edition, illustrated throughout, Pp100. As new. We welcome all reasonable offers on our books. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Winnipeg: Watson & Dwyer, 1990. New! Hard bound, 1st edition, grey cloth, illustrated, xx + Pp298pp. Includes appendices, bibliography & index. New and unread in fine dust jacket. Multiple copies available, all in new/unopened condition. 680 grams unpacked - depending on destination, extra postage may be requested.

Winnipeg: Watson & Dwyer, 1990. New! Trade paper bound, 1st edition, illustrated, xx + Pp298pp. Includes appendices, bibliography & index. New/fine/unread. Multiple copies available, all in new, unread condition. 515 grams.

Winnipeg: Watson & Dwyer, 1990. New! Hard bound, 1st edition, grey cloth, illustrated, xx + Pp298pp. Includes appendices, bibliography & index. New and unread in fine dust jacket. Multiple copies available, all in new/unopened condition. 680 grams unpacked - depending on destination, extra postage may be requested.

Toronto: Permanent Press, 1979. Paper bound, first edition, numerous tables, 73pp includes bibliography. Scored text to preface, introduction, and concluding chapter, else very good. 150 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Toronto: Coles, 1980. Paper bound, 4to, reprint edition of History of the Great Lakes, Volume 1, originally published by J.H. Beers & Co., in 1899. Illustrated, 202pp includes general index. BLank library pocket glued to inside of front cover and an ink stamp on front fly else a fine copy. 490 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Toronto: Holt, Rinehart and Winston of Canada, 1975. Paper bound, first printing, smaller quarto, illustrated, v + Pp122. Includes guide to journals and bibliographic essay for further reading. Tight and unmarked - a very good or better copy. 230 grams. Scarce. We welcome all reasonable offers on our books and also offer local curbside pick-up. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Calgary: Fifth House, 2003 . As new! Paper bound, 1st edition, illustrated with plates, extensively referenced, xvii + Pp316. Includes index. A tight, unmarked, unread copy. Brand new. 530 grams.

Winnipeg: University of Manitoba, 1985. New! Canadian Biographical Series. Stapled tan wrappers, illustrated throughout, 52pp includes bibliography. As new. 120 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Winnipeg: University of Manitoba, 1985. Stapled tan wrappers, illustrated throughout, 52pp includes bibliography. Previous owner name label at bottom of title page else a tight, unmarked, very good or better copy. 110 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Toronto: Coles, 1980. Paper bound, facsimile edition reprint, illustrated with line drawings, 351pp includes appendix. Tight and unmarked - a very good or better copy. 290 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1930. Paper bound in stapled blue wraps, 30pp. Illustrated by C.W. Jefferys. Rear cover moderate creased and abraded on inside. Two inch tear to covers down spine from top. Moderate stain to side edge does not affect text or interior. School stamp to first page and last blank else very good. 45 grams - ships letter mail.

Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1930. Paper bound in stapled red wraps, 28pp. Illustrated by C.W. Jefferys. Moderate stain to side edge does not affect text or interior. Bottom corner a bit fanned and creased and a few school stamps inside else very good. 45 grams - ships letter mail.

Winnipeg: Canada's National History Society, 1996. Periodical, 8.5 x 11 stapled wraps, illustrated throughout in black and white and colour with numerous photos, art, diagrams and maps, 56pp. Ships lettermail. A very good copy (other copies of this issue may also be available). Cover: Catharine Parr Traill, by Sydney Strickland Tully. Contents of this issue include: Living History - Remembering Canada's most elderly citizens by Donald Smith; Quebec's Laurier, Canada's Prime Minister who bridged two solitudes by PB Waite; The Sport of Kings in Victorian Canada - Running from the rural races to the Queen's Plate by Glen Mikkelsen; A Glorified Stall - Newfoundland contemplates its options, 1946-48 by CJ Fox; Yonge at 200 - The dramatic story of a street and a dream by RB Fleming; Conflicts and Adversities - Scientists in the Arctic, 1913-1916 by Stuart Jenness; plus Book Reviews. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Winnipeg: Hudson's Bay Company, 1994. Periodical, 8.5 x 11 stapled wraps, illustrated throughout in black and white and colour with numerous photos, art, diagrams and maps, 56pp. Ships lettermail. A very good or better copy (other copies of this issue may also be available). Cover: Skaters in Lawrence Park, Toronto, 1948 by J.S. Hallam. Contents of this issue: Simpson at Red River by Christopher Dafoe; The Great Debate - Lincoln versus John A. Macdonald on the speaker's platform by David Raymont; Painters of Canada's Past - As they were: The art of JS Hallam by Paul Hallam; The Strange Expedition of Alexander McArthur - An amateur ornithologist heads into the unknown by William Barr; The Voyage of the John Barry - From Cook to Canada on the perilous ocean, 1825 by Carol Bennett McCuaig; Kings of the Ice - Hockey's first Golden Age and the men who made it by James Whalen; 999 Queen Street West - George Brown and the Toronto Asylum scandal by Chris Raible; plus Book Reviews. All… Read More

Winnipeg: Hudson's Bay Company, 1992. Periodical, 8.5 x 11 stapled wraps, illustrated throughout in black and white and colour with numerous photos, art, diagrams and maps, 62pp. Ships lettermail. A very good or better copy (other copies of this issue also available). Cover: Norse Ship Gaia, North Atlantic, 1991. Contents of this issue: Confederation Summer by Christopher Dafoe; Northern Approaches - Before Columbus, Early European Visitors tot he New World by Robert McGhee; Hurricane - Railcars to fighter planes: A Canadian industry goes to war by David Kemp; A Tale of Three Settlements - Lord Selkirk and his North American agents by JM Bumsted; Journey of a Mind - The genius of Alexander Graham Bell by Marcus Van Steen; Whatever Happened to Confederation? - Writers of history and the Founding Fathers by Christopher Moore; plus Book Reviews. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Winnipeg: Hudson's Bay Company, 1986. Periodical, 8.5 x 11 stapled wraps, illustrated throughout in black and white and colour with numerous photos, art, diagrams and maps, 63pp. Cover: The Parting of the Brigades, 1826 by Walter J. Philips. Contents of this issue: A Forest of Poles (In the summer of 1876 vice-regal tourists visited a far corner of the new Dominion) by Judy Hall; Robert Brown and the Vancouver Island Exploring Expedition (A greenhorn from Edinburgh plunges into the depths of darkest Vancouver Island, 1864) by John Hayman; Vancouver's Real Estate Tree (As fires raged and mighty trees fell, a great city was born) by Betty C. Keller; Exploring for The Telegraph in B.C. (London and Paris via New Westminster and Russia? Why not?) by Gerard Chapman; New Dawn at Skidegate (Bill Reid and the Haida revival) by Max Wyman; Books in Review. Very good condition. We welcome all reasonable offers on our books. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Winnipeg: Hudson's Bay Company, 1992. Periodical, 8.5 x 11 stapled wraps, illustrated throughout in black and white and colour with numerous photos, art, diagrams and maps, 62pp. Ships lettermail. A very good or better copy (other copies of this issue may also be available). Cover: Frances Anne Hopkins, 'Young Girl Skating 1867', Royal Ontario Museum. Contents of this issue: The Fragrance of the Past by Christopher Dafoe; Something Terrible; The Odour of Contagion, Montreal 1885 by Michael Bliss; Keyboards for Canadians; Our long love affair with the piano by Wayne Kelly; A Peal of Bells for a Poet by Hubert Mayes; The Duke's Astonishing Telegraph; Good news travelled fast in colonial Atlantic Canada by James Morrison; In the Midst of Life; A young woman's letters evoke the old West by Ruth Buck; Colours of History; Women combined art and utility at the quilting bee by P. Colleen Archer; Christopher Moore on The Happy Warrior; plus Book Reviews. All books in stock and… Read More

Winnipeg: Canada's National History Society, 1997. Periodical, 8.5 x 11 stapled wraps, illustrated throughout in black and white and colour with numerous photos, art, diagrams and maps, 56pp. Ships lettermail. A very good copy (other copies of this issue may also be available). Cover: The Upper Canada ALMANAC, for the year of our Lord 1803. Contents of this issue include: The Secrets of Halifax Harbour - A maritime history in lost ships by David Napier; Hostess to a Nation - Nellie King poured tea and saved governments by RB Fleming; The Calgary Gold Brick Caper by Hugh Dempsey; A Printer is Indispensably Necessary - The not-so-free colonial press by Chris Raible; Stanley Park's Big Hollow Tree by Meg Stanley; Behind the Legend - Bethune's curious retreat from the Spanish Civil War by Larry Hannant; Hawke of The Transcript - A forgotten hero of Canadian journalism by John Edward Belliveau; Vikings at Play - The unique pleasures of Vinland by David Gardner; plus Book Reviews &… Read More