Search Results: History - Canada from W. Fraser Sandercombe

Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 1987. Book. Illus. by Joe Fleming;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (ix) 227 pp. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine; black endpapers; headband; illustrated with black and white plates. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. The Contents are: Introduction; David Kirke and the Band of Brothers; Sailing Against Acadia - Charles La Tour and others; Sailing Against New France - Captain Doloboratz and others; The Spirit of '76 - American Letters of Marque; Godfrey and the Rover - Privateers of Liverpool, Nova Scotia and Captain Alex Godfrey; The Black Joke - Enos Collins; Winners and Losers in the War of 1812; A Man Called Smith - Henry More Smith; The Shiners of Bytown - Peter Aylen; The Brook's Bush Gang - Highwaymen Around Toronto; The Confederate Raiders - Crimping; Viscount Monck and the Reno Gang; The Canadian Rob Roy - Donald Morrison; Booze and Gold Dust - Cariboo Gold Rush; Charcoal - Legendary… Read More

Banff, Alberta: Summerthought, 1975. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (ix) 157 pp. Burgundy boards lettered in gilt on the spine; endpaper maps; illustrated with black and white photographs. Light edge and corner wear on the dustjacket; no interior markings. The Contents are: Foreword by Dr Lewis H. Thomas; Preface; The Sound of Silence; The First of All Things; Climate and Vegetation; Wildlife in Rocky Montains Park; The First Mountain People; Traders Travellers and Missionaries; New Light on the Rockies; The Coming of the Rails; The Old and the New; A Park and a Man; A New Century; Park Policy; The Park and Industry; Change in the Park; Banff and the Visitor; Sidelights; and The Future; followed by an epilogue, an appendix (the Pablo Buffalo Herd) and an index..

Vancouver: Douglas and McIntyre, 1999. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. Later Printing. 8vo. 326 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. The Contents are: An Introduction to the Bastards and Boneheads Methodology; The Paths of Glory: Canada's Formative Years; Gristle into Bone: Canada in the Twentieth Century; Boneheads on Parade: A Survey of Canadian Prime Ministers Past and Present; and In Conclusion: The Point to All This; followed by an index..

Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 1973. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 241 pp. followed by a bibliography and an index. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine; endpaper maps; headband. Wear on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. Illustrated in black and white with drawings, paintings and maps. The Contents are: Night on the River; Braddock's Chest; The Pomp of Gout; A Stupendous Stronghold; Mad, Is He; The Traverse; Hot Stuff; Wolfe in Despair; The Back Door; The Inevitable Hour; More Important Matters; The Second Battle; The Captains Depart; and New Paths; followed by a Bibliography and an Index..

Toronto: Vintage Canada, 2005. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 344 pp. Trade paperback format. Light rubbing on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. By helicopter, tundra buggy, canoe, and an assortment of other forms of travel, Will Ferguson crossed the country and back again, only to write this tribute. Illustrated with maps and includes seventeen pages of special features that were not in the original hardcover..

Winnipeg, Manitoba: The Hudson's Bay Company, 1995. Book. Illus. by Marion E. Barker;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to. 56 pp. Light wear. Cover art by Marion E. Barker. Started in 1920, this magazine was founded by the Hudson's Bay Company as part of their 250th anniversary celebrations. HBC was chartered on the 2nd of May in the year 1670. Their main business was furs, primarily beaver pelts, hence the name of the magazine, The Beaver. In 1994, the magazine was acquired by Canada's National History Society. In 2010, the History Society changed the name from The Beaver to Canada's History because, apparently, an assortment of half-wits thought the original title of the magazine was disgustingly sexist. This issue contains: Colours of the Farm by Donald Lamont, illustrated by Marion E. Barker; Fuel for the Home Fires by Desmond Morton and Cheryl Smith; Louis Slotin and the Invisible Killer by Martin Zeilig; Tyrant of the Ottawa Valley - planting the Clan McNab in… Read More

Toronto: Coles Canadiana Collection - Coles Publishing, 1980. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Second Printing. 8vo. (xx) 348 pp. followed by a series of black and white plates. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with maps and black and white plates and drawings. The Contents are: Fifteenth Century: Cabot's Voyage; First Voyage of Gaspar de Cortereal in 1500. Sixteenth Century: Verazzano's Voyage, 1523; Voyages of Jacques Cartier 1534-1535. Seventeenth Century: John Guy's Narrative 1612; From Bonnycastle; Extracts from Captain Richard Whitbourne's Book; Notes from Various Sources between the date of Whitbourne's Book 1622 and John Cartwright's Expedition up the Exploits River in 1768. Eighteenth Century: From the Journal of Sir Joseph Banks 1766; Remarks on the situation of the Red Indians, natives of Newfoundland; with some account of their manner of living; Proclamation issued by His Excellency… Read More

Edmonton, Alberta: The University of Alberta Press, 1978. Book. Illus. by J. Frascara;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 258 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated by J. Frascara. This collection contains: Introduction by Dick Harrison; Selling a Birth-Rite for a Mass of Plottage; The Trek West and the Early Days; The Taking of Fort Whoop-Up by Norma Sluman; Whisky Smuggling by Bertrand Sinclair; The Arrest of Wild Horse by Harwood Steele; A North-West Police Party by John Mackie; A Strike on the Railroad by Ralph Connor; The North-West Rebellion and After; The Siege of Fort Pitt by Joseph Collins; Riding West from Duck Lake by Rudy Wiebe; The Lean Man by Roger Pocock; The Error of the Day by Gilbert Parker; The Sun Dance in the File Hills by Frederick Niven; The Gold Rush and the North; Routine Patrol by James B. Hendrix; Smoke by Z. M. Hamilton; The Law Versus the Man by James Oliver Curwood; We Generally… Read More

Ancaster, Ontario: Bramy Books, 2007. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). First and Later Printings. 8vo. 303, 292 pp. Both books have been signed by Bruce A. Woods on the half-title pages. Women is a third printing; Worlds is a first. Both books have light rubbing on the corners with flat uncreased spines; aside from the authors' signatures, no interior markings..

Toronto: ECW Press, 2005. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. (x) 404 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs. The Chapters are: The Peak; Mom; Arrests en Masse; The Hits; An Ocean of Cash; Santa Claus aka Gerald Matticks; Project Rush: Guilty Pleas and Surprises; Stephane Sirois: A Man Inside; Stephane Gagne: Trigger Man; Serge Boutin: Nowhere to Go but Out; The Columbian Connection; The View from the Other Side; and A Jury Decides; followed by a conclusion and the cast of characters..

Toronto: James Lorimer and Company, 1988. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 227 pp. Blue boards lettered in white on the spine; headband. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings..

Markham, Ontario: Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 1989. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 63 pp. Trade paperback format. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. The Chapters are: Young Billy Bishop; the R.M.C. Cadet; Cavalry Officer; The Royal Flying Corps; Pilot; Hero; Carnival of Destruction; Businessman and Bon Vivant; Air Marshal W.A. Bishop, VC; and The Legacy..

Halifax, Nova Scotia: Nimbus Publishing, 1997. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 96 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with a partial crease on the front hinge and a somewhat faded spine; faint pencil mark on the front endpaper. Illustrated with black and white photographs. The Contents are: Whence They Came: The Homeland and the Departure: Origins; Geography and Society. Settling In: Adjusting to the New Land: Early Beginnings; The Loyalist Period; Exodus to Sierra Leone; The Maroons; The Refugee Blacks. History in the Maritimes: Distribution of Blacks in the Maritimes; Problems Associated with Land Ownership; Prejudice Discrimination and Education. Prominent Individuals and Institutions. Blacks in the Maritimes in the Early 1980s: New Directions; Problems; Prospects. Blacks in the Maritimes in the Later 1980s and Early 1990s: The Road to the 1990s; and The Road to the 21st Century..

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1975. Book. Illus. by W. R. MacAskill;. Very Good-. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 4to. 112 pp. Oversized softcover. Edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine and a few small scuff marks on the covers; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs by William MacAskill and others. The Chapters are: Prologue by Jack Brayley; Proud Harbour; Still Water Astern; and Stepping a Legend; followed by an epilogue; and an appendix: MacAskill - Lens Log of an Era, a photo portfolio..

Hantsport, Nova Scotia: Lancelot Press, 1995. Book. Very Good+. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. 119 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings. An account of the schooner men who once traded along North America's rugged east coast, the Contents are: A.D. 1636; The Minas Channel; A Boy's World; A Man's Career; Close Encounters; Cumberland Economy; The Coasting Business; The Ferries; Can Dead Men Vote Twice; The Way of a Schooner; To Build a Schooner; Treen and Other Gadgets; Small Beauties; Masting Our Schooner; Plain Sailing; The Great Rafts; Mostly Merriam Mariners; Some Vessels; and Ode to an Old Love; followed by Appendices: Annie Laurie's Manifest; Mrs. Ivy Longmire's Account of Coasting; and Index..

Fredericton, New Brunswick: Brunswick Press, 1964. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Edition. 8vo. (vii) 129 pp. Blue cloth lettered in a darker blue on the spine; illustrated with black and white photographs. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket with a small chip from the foot of the spine; previous owner's name inside. The Contents are: Foreword to the First Edition by Hon. Harold Connolly; Author's Note; Prologue: Bluenose Sunk Off Haiti; and the story of Captain Angus Walters and the ship..

Ontario: Boston Mills Press - Stoddart Books, 1985. Book. Illus. by Fraser Sandercombe;. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 72 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with sepia photographs. Cover art by Fraser Sandercombe. The Chapters are: The Boardwalk Album 1878 - 1925; The Beach - A World Apart; Amusement Parks Remembered: Victoria Park 1878 - 1912; Kew Gardens 1879 - 1907; Balmy Beach Park; Munro Park Amusement Park 1898 - 1901; Scarboro Beach Amusement Park 1807 - 1925; Fallingbrook Pavilion and St John's Industrial School; The Old Woodbine 1874 - 1956; and Another Era..

Ontario: Boston Mills Press - Stoddart Books, 1985. Book. Illus. by Fraser Sandercombe;. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 72 pp. Oversized softcover. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with sepia photographs. Cover art by Fraser Sandercombe. The Chapters are: The Boardwalk Album 1878 - 1925; The Beach - A World Apart; Amusement Parks Remembered: Victoria Park 1878 - 1912; Kew Gardens 1879 - 1907; Balmy Beach Park; Munro Park Amusement Park 1898 - 1901; Scarboro Beach Amusement Park 1807 - 1925; Fallingbrook Pavilion and St John's Industrial School; The Old Woodbine 1874 - 1956; and Another Era..

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1928. Book. Illus. by J. E. H. MacDonald;. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Printing. 8vo. 368 pp. Blue cloth with a small gilt pictorial and gilt lettering on the front panel; decorated in gilt on the spine; endpapers illustrated by J. E. H. Macdonald; interior decorations by Thoreau Macdonald. Wear on the corners of the dustjacket with some darkening around the edges and on the spine; book plate on the front pastedown; no other interior markings; hinges tight, gutters intact. The Contents are: The Singularity of the Province; Storied Halifax; Ab Urbe Condita; My Townswoman of the Olden Time; The Memorial Tower; The Log of a Halifax Privateer; A Day in Dolcefar; Province House; Old St Paul's; Old King's; Spring in Ultima Thule; Afoot in Ultima Thule; By a Summer Sea; Lindens; Nova Scarcity; Clamming; The Two Games; The Orchards of Ultima Thule; The Potato Patch; The Nereid's Embrace; The Pleasance; Lucullus in Acadie; and The Coasts of Ultima Thule..

Antigonish, Nova Scotia: Formac Publishing, 1977. Book. Illus. by Murray Calder;. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. (vii) 115 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs. The Contents are: Booze; The Rum Runners Bitch; Shenanigans in the Sydneys; The Hounds; The Fox; A Sailing We Will Go; Carptain Courageous and Evasive; Don't Discount Duff; Bootleggers; Box Car Booze; Ladies and Liquor; The Winter of Rum; The Redoubtable Mr R; Rum and Rope; and Government Control..