Search Results: History - Canada from Riverwood's Books

Ottawa: National Indian Brotherhood. Good. 1973. First Edition. Softcover. Fair to good condition. Ex-library book with usual lib markings does have some moderate wear & soiling. Book appears to have had something heavy sitting on it which caused the cover and pages to be somewhat wavy. Cover has edge wear, light soiling, corner curling and some age tanning, tears to spine bottom and chip out of bottom of spine - some soiling to outer edge of pages. Interior pages are clean, with several library stamps etc. Reading copy only. ; 8vo .

United Western Communications. Very Good. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 096957181x . Volume TWO only. Very good condition. No jacket as published. Cover has some light scuffing/light scracthes but othewise minimal wear. Light soiling to one outer edge of pages and upper edge first endpage. Previous owner's name written top of title page. Pages otherwise clean and intact, light age tanning to page edges. Section Headings: The War at the End of the Century, A Province is born, The Resurgence of Edmonton, The Inurush of Settlers, The Emerging Economy, Live in a New Province and The Northern Bonanza Proves Rutherford's Ruin. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; (*Note: due to heavy weight - approx. 6 lbs wrapped, extra postage will be required) Feel free to contact us for exact shipping cost. .

Alberta Urban Municipalities Assoc.. Near Fine. 2005. First Edition. Softcover. 097388360X . Clean, tight condition, a little wear to corners. Interior pages clean & unmarked. B/w illustrations. 93 pages. Contents: 1905-1913: Boom times in a new province.1914-1929: The Great war and its aftermath1930-1939: The dirty 30's and social credit1940-1948: WWII and labour unrest1949-1961: Oil, prosperity and the cold war1962-1970: Urbanization and property tax pressures1971-1993: New political era for Alberta - new business era for AUMA1993-1999: Belt-tightening for a balanced budget2000-2005: 3R's and urban sustainability for the 21st century. (**Shipping will be reduced to all locations) ; 8vo .

Ontario: Longmans Canada Ltd.. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very nice condition. Hardcover is clean, tight and unmarked. Jacket has light edgewear, a little scuffing & a few tiny tears. "The Baldwins of this book are those of the first three Canadian generations of a family that sailed from Ireland to Upper Canada in 1799 and which, before the end of the following half century, had left an indelible mark on Canadian political life. The Great Experiment was the introduction of responsible government which gave to the British Empire another century of life...." [532] ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Hurtig. Good in Good dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 0888302266 . Ex-library book with usual ex-lib type of markings, library stamps marked out with marker onouter edge of pages. Interior of pages clean. Jacket has scuffing, light soiling and small tears to bottom corners. Based on the personal accounts and records of traders and explorers who opened up the West. The role of the Hudson's Bay company is explored, as well as the impact of the fur trade on the native people and the role of women in the west. [455-noto]; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 191 pages .

Halifax, NS: Fernwood. Very Good. 1998. First Edition. Softcover. 155266001X . Ex-library book, but still in very good condition - laminated cover and usual ex-lib type of markings. Only light wear overall, pages clean and intact. As the debate between French and English Canada rages on, this book takes another look at the national unity issue. The central theme of Beyond Two Solitudes is one of optimism and harmony. Author Donald Smith gives an insider? S point-of-view, as a French-speaking English Canadian who has made Quebec his home..... (250? Osl) ; 8vo .

Edmonton, AB: Institute of Applied Art. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover, no jacket. Cover is clean with moderate edge & corner wear. Tape marks inside covers & name written inside front cover. Pages are tight, with occasional light soiling & occasional wrinkling/creasing. B/w illus. Contents: The River, Indians, The North-west passage, Exploration of the Saskatchewan, The Fur Trade, Some great fur traders, Alexander Henry the Younger and others. [481 ] ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Toronto: Macmillan. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. Not First Edition. Hardcover. 0770508936 . Macmillan 1972. HC/DJ - near fine/VG. Hardcover is clean with light wear to spine ends and corners, light soiling outer edge of pages. Interior is clean and unmarked other than a little age tanning and some tape marks inside both covers. Jacket has light edgewear, light stain to interior, age tanning, a few tiny tears and chips, larger chip out of back of spine, not clipped. With all the vigour and liveliness that has marked his other absorbing books about the Canadian west, James H. Gray writes of the flagrant abuses of those free-wheeling years, and of the rise of the active, vocal, and ultimately successful campaign for total prohibition....; 8vo; From roughly 1914 to 1924 the three prairie provinces were legally dry. ... The vast majority of people in the west approved of & supported prohibition legislation. Yet by 1925, all three prairie provinces had repealed the prohibition… Read More

Montreal: Optimum. Fine in Good dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. High Arctic Search for Shipwreck. Believed to be first edition (unstated). HC has very little wear. There is minor soiling to upper edge of pages. Interior is clean & tight, with no markings. DJ has moderate edgwear and several small chips & tears. One longer tear on upper edge has been repaired with tape, light scuffing. L b/w photographs. Introduction by Walter Cronkite. 171 pages. "In 1975, Joe MacInnis, pioneer in the great frontier of the Arctic Ocean, discovered a new challenge. Through an old Arctic loner and a reclusive English scholar, he learned of a sailing vessel locked for 127 years beneath the polar ice; the Breadalbane...." ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

University of Alberta Press. Very Good. 1991. First Edition. Softcover. 0888642210 . Ex-library book, but still in very good condition - sturdy laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings such as front and spine sticker. Internal pages clean and tight, a little soiling to outer edge of pages, light wear to corners of laminate on cover. Profusely illustrated in b/w & colour. 215 pages. ; 8vo; "The prehistoric, nomadic inhabitants of Canada had no writing, no large settlements, and very little in the way of lasting material things. Before Europeans came to North America they had no guns, no horses, no hard metals. What clues we have come primarily from the work of archaeologists sifting through the buried evidence - little bits of stone and bone and pottery, refuse heaps and firepits, ancient villages and burials, finger prints and prehistoric blood. Yet theirs is a long and triumphant story of survival, a story that is even now just beginning to be told. " [415-noto] .

Edmonton, AB: The Institute of Applied Art. Very Good. 1971. Third Printing. Softcover. Very nice, clean, tight condition. Pages are unmarked, one creased page near rear. Cover has light edge & corner wear, tiny peeled area where sticker was removed. Historical stories of Calgary, Alberta. Stories and events which have made this city unique, collected by master storyteller Grant MacEwan. 246 pages [415-notosl]; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Saint John, NB: Lingley Printing Co.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover is clean and unmarked, with light wear and a little bumping to corners & spine ends, pages are unmarked. Jacket has age tanning to edges & spine, light creasing, several small edge tears and light soiling. 214 pages. B/w illustrations. A historical account for the Canadian city of Saint John, New Brunswick. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Alfred A. Knopf. Fine with no dust jacket. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 0676976751 . Hardcover with illustrated boards. Wrap-around half jacket is missing from this copy. Book in excellent condition - clean, tight and unmarked. Profusely illustrated. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; In this remarkable book — thoughtful, intimate and stunningly illustrated with archival and original photos — three of the best writers in their fields join with Adrienne Clarkson and John Ralston Saul to tell the story of Canada’s house in the 21st century. Opening wide the doors, Canada’s House reveals how Rideau Hall has reinvented itself into a place that mirrors the varied identity, gardens and foods of the country — immensely inspiring, alive with a vitality and distinctiveness that is Canada today. Over the last five years, Rideau Hall has been transformed into a place that vitally reflects Canada’s unique contemporary identity: its kitchens are now a hive of activity… Read More

MacMillan Canada. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0771599838 . HC/DJ - fine/near fine. Great condition - hardcover clean & unmarked, a little bumping to bottom corners. Jacket has light scuffing and very light edgewear. REEVised and More Expansive. "The tale of how we got from there to here is a tall one, but Charlie Farquharson is equal to the telling. Though the conflagration continues and the mist has not entirely cleared, A Histry of Canda can tell you what's happened so far! "; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; [383-osl? ] .

Montreal & London: McGill-Queen's University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 0773502394 . Please Note: Volume One Only, NO dustjacket. Brown cloth hardcover in very good condition. 453 pages, 1st edition. Cover has some bumping at corners, light age tanning to edges, a bit moreso to spine and minimal soiling, a little ink rubbing on spine. Flaps from missing dustjacket have been taped inside front endpages. Pages are clean and intact, with no markings, minor age tanning to page edges, very light soiling outer edge of pages. B/w illustrations. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 453 pages; Trigger's work integrates insights from archaeology, history, ethnology, linguistics, and geography. This wide knowledge allows him to show that, far from being a static prehistoric society quickly torn apart by European contact and the fur trade, almost every facet of Iroquoian culture had undergone significant change in the centuries preceding European… Read More

Edmonton, AB: Alberta Education. Very Good+. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 0920794246 . No jacket as issued. Light corner wear, light creasing. Faint school stamps onp endpaper & upper edge of pages, but no other evidence of being a library book. A part of the Alberta Heritage Learning Resources series, written for younger readers. It tells the stories of the early pioneers and their homesteading efforts, the ranchers, cowboys & immigrants and their struggles & triumphs in developing the prairies, as well the start-up of the Chinook Ridge school. . Great old b/w photos throughout. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 108 pages .

National Archives of Canada. Very Good+. 1988. First Edition. Softcover. 0660127210 . Ex-library, but still in great condition - sturdy laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Pages clean and intact, light edge/corner wear to cover, a little bumping to spine ends. Colour and b/w illustrations. Third volume of the National Archives series, 'Records of our History'. Broadly traces Canada's development & present reproductions of a wide range of archival documents used by researchers when writing the history of the country. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 236 pages .

Mcclelland & Stewart. Very Good+. 1988. First Edition. Softcover. 0771017839 . Only light wear overall, ex-library with heavy laminated cover and usual stamps/stickers, light soiling outer edge of pages. Interior pages clean & tight, no markings. B/w photos/illus. 253 pages. "Surveys the social history of immigration to and settlement in Canada, reveals the similarities of experience across the many ethnic groups who comprise Canada's cultural mosaic, and examines the enormous part these peoples have played in many facets of Canadian life. "; 8vo .

Ottawa, ON: Department of National Defence. Good. 1979. First Edition. Softcover. 0660501341 . Internal pages are clean & tight other than name written on endpage and a light stain to upper inside corner which affects edge of first section of pages. There are several small corner creases and a couple small edge tears. Cover has moderately heavy edgewear, several creases & corner curling. Text is in English and French. Contents: Canada and the World in 1978; Defence Policy; Organization for Defence; National Defence Operations; Maritime Command and others. [573]; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Alberta Report. Fine. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Letters from the Publisher, Alberta Report Between 1979 and 1982. Nn jacket as issued. Clean & unmarked. 224 pages. Ted Byfield's often humorous take on Canadian affairs as published in the Alberta Report from 1979 - 1982. "The American columnist George Will once said that before there was Ronald Reagan there was Barry Goldwater, before there was Goldwater there was National Review, and before there was National Review there was William F. Buckley. The Canadian equivalent may go like this: before there was the Reform Party there was Alberta Report, before there was Alberta Report there was Ted Byfield. But that would not be entirely fair to Byfield who, in this collection of letters, doesn't abandon principles in exchange for popularity. " (400) ; 8vo .