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The McLane Family of Nova Scotia: The Descendants of Joseph McLane and Esther (Hamilton) McLane of Onslow, Nova Scotia
by Nye, George R.
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- Fine, as new
- Jacket Condition
- Fine, flawless
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 2010
- Binding
- Large hardcover, gilt lettered, with dustjacket
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- 9781553832553
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$115.00
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A Fine copy in new condition, signed by George Nye on the title page. Both book and jacket are flawless. Has additional material and corrections loosely laid in. Item Price
$115.00
The Last Best West: An Exploration of Myth, Identity, and Quality of Life in Western Canada
by Gagnon, Anne; W.F. Garrett-Petts, James Hoffman, Henry Hubert, Terry Kading, Kelly-Anne Maddox and Ginny Ratsoy (editors)
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- New
- Published
- 2009
- ISBN
- 9781554200443
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$24.95
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Vancouver, B.C.: New Star Books / Thompson Rivers University, 2009. First edition; 'trade-size' softcover. A Fine, brand new copy.. New. Item Price
$24.95
Woods and River Tales: From the World of Roderick Haig-Brown
by Haig-Brown, Roderick
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- Used
- Published
- 1980
- ISBN
- 9780771037689
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Toronto, ON, Canada: McClelland and Stewart, 1980. First edition, first printing. Hardcover in dustjacket. The VG Jacket is price-clipped, has a little light edge wear, and the spine panel is gently sunned from brown to gray-green. Book itself is clean, bright and unmarked, VG+ or better. "A new collection of stories, many never before published, and is… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bygones of Burnaby: An Anecdotal History
by McGeachie, Pixie
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- As New
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- 1976
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Burnaby, BC: Century Park Museum Association, 1976. First edition, the scarce hardcover binding. Slim hardcover in gilt lettered brown boards, 108 pages including 10 pages of illustrations from photos. Near Fine condition: clean, unmarked, and unworn; a very nice copy indeed.. As New. Item Price
$24.95
The Trail of the Black Walnut
by Reaman, G. Elmore
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- Used
- Published
- 1993
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- 9780806313948
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$99.95
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Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., 1993. Second edition. Hardcover in dustjacket. A Fine copy in new condition, no flaws at all, in a Near Fine jacket (just a couple of tiny edge tears; now protected in a clear mylar sleeve). A super copy.. Item Price
$99.95
R. M. Patterson: A Life of Great Adventure
by Finch, David
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- Used
- Published
- 2009
- ISBN
- 9781894898959
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$19.95
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Victoria, B.C.: TouchWood Editions, 2009. Reprint; softcover. Small, pale stain on fore-edge, else a Near Fine (nearly new condition) copy, bright, clean and unworn.. Item Price
$19.95
Those Earlier Hills: Reminiscences, 1928 to 1961
by Patterson. R. M.
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- New
- Published
- 2008
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- 9781894898676
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$39.95
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Surrey, B.C., Canada: TouchWood Editions, 2008. First printing; hardcover in dustjacket. A Fine copy in new condition, in a Fine new condition jacket. Already an uncommon book.. New. Item Price
$39.95
1866 The Union Proclamation: Colony of British Columbia, Colony of Vancouver Island
by Seymour, Frederick; Margaret Ormsby
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- Used
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- 1966
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Vancouver, B.C., Canada: The Alumni and The Friends of The University of British Columbia, 1966. Facsimile reprint of the Government Gazette Extraordinary of November 19th, 1866, plus a four-page historical pamphlet written by Margaret Ormsby. Both the facsimile and the pamphlet are in Fine condition, and are enclosed in the original mailing envelope (VG condition). Alcuin bibliography page… Read more about this item Item Price
$24.95
Church Union and the Presbyterian Church in Canada
by Scott, Ephraim
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- Used
- Published
- 1928
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$34.95
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Montreal: John Lovell & Son, Limited, Publishers, 1928. First edition. Hardcover in dustjacket, 175 pages, with frontispiece of Ephraim Scott. A Very Good copy bound in burgundy cloth, gilt lettered on front and spine. Cloth of back board has been damp-stained at some point but is now dry and clean. No inscription or book-plate and text… Read more about this item Item Price
$34.95
A Knight in Politics : A Biography of Sir Frederick Borden
by Miller, Carman
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- New
- Published
- 2010
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- 9780773537309
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$39.95
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Montreal, PQ, Canada: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2010. First edition, hardcover in dustjacket. A Fine, brand new copy.. New. Item Price
$39.95
The Diplomacy of Impartiality: Canada and Israel, 1958-1968
by Kay, Zachariah
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- New
- Published
- 2010
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- 9781554581870
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Waterloo, Ontario, Canada: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2010. First edition. Hardcover (glossy pictorial boards, was not issued with a dustjacket). A Fine, brand new copy.. New. Item Price
$39.95
The Eleventh Report of the Okanagan Historical Society of Vernon, British Columbia, 1945
by Ormsby, Margaret A.; Norris, Leonard; and others
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- Used
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- 1945
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Vernon, British Columbia, Canada: Okanagan Historical Society, 1945. Hardcover edition (scarce thus). 114 pages. Bound in blue cloth, lettered in gilt on front board, numbered '11' on spine. Tiny inkstamp at top corner of front endpaper else a Fine, bright, unblemished copy. A tribute volume to the Society's recently deceased Secretary and Treasurer, Leonard Norris, who… Read more about this item Item Price
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Far Pastures
by Patterson, R.M.
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- Used
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- 1963
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Sidney, British Columbia: Gray's Publishing, 1963. First edition, hardcover, 302 pages. With sixteen pages of b.& w. photographs. Pioneer days in Western Canada described by a pioneer and lyrical storyteller. A clean, firmly-bound VG+ copy with previous owner's name written on half-title page and verso of contents page. The cheap paper is a little age-browned as… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Voyage of the Komagata Maru: The Sikh Challenge to Canada's Colour Bar
by Johnston, Hugh
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- Used
- Published
- 1979
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- 9780195611649
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$19.95
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Delhi, India: Oxford University Press, 1979. First edition, hardcover, 172 pages, with photographs. A VG+ to Near Fine condition copy in original gilt-lettered navy blue cloth binding, in a VG+ dustjacket now protected in a clear mylar sleeve. Text is completely clean and unmarked. An excellent copy.. Item Price
$19.95
The Lion, the Eagle and Upper Canada: A Developing Colonial Ideology
by Errington, Jane
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- Used
- Published
- 1987
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- 9780773506039
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Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1987. First edition, hardcover in dustjacket. A Fine copy in brand new condition (no inscription, no book-plate, no textual markings), in a Near Fine dustjacket (slight creasing at head of spine).. Item Price
$24.95
Courtship, Love, and Marriage in Nineteenth-Century English Canada
by Ward, Peter
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- Used
- Published
- 1990
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- 9780773507494
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Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1990. First edition, hardcover in dustjacket. A Fine copy in new condition, in a Fine dustjacket.. Item Price
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Short History of the Presbyterian Church in the Dominion of Canada From the Earliest to the Present Time
by Gregg, William
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- Used
- Published
- 1893
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$44.95
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Toronto, Canada: Printed for the Author (self-published), 1893. Second edition, revised. This is a small book bound in original burgundy cloth, gilt-lettered on spine. A VG+ copy: firmly-bound, clean, endpapers present and undamaged, no inscription or book-plate, no cracking or loosening of binding, no fraying of cloth, no textual markings. A much better than average copy.. Item Price
$44.95
An Apostle of the North: Memoirs of the Right Reverend William Carpenter Bompas, D.D., First Bishop of Athabasca, 1874-1884, First Bishop of Mackenzie River, 1884-1891, First Bishop of Selkirk (Yukon), 1891-1906
by Cody, H. A.
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- Used
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- 1908
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$99.95
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New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1908. First edition. Hardcover. A large, thick book bound in original burgundy cloth binding, gilt-lettered on spine and gilt decorated with a dog team and sled on the front board. A VG+ copy: firmly-bound, clean and bright. Both endpapers are present and undamaged. Archdeacon Douglas P. Watney's name… Read more about this item Item Price
$99.95
Church Work in British Columbia, Being a Memoir of the Episcopate of Acton Windeyer Sillitoe, D.D., D.C.L., First Bishop of New Westminster
by Gowen, Rev. Herbert H.
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- Used
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- 1899
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$195.00
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London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1899. First edition. Hardcover. A small book bound in original dark blue cloth binding, gilt-lettered on spine. A VG+ copy: firmly-bound, clean and bright. Endpapers are present and undamaged (tiny name-stamp on front endpaper). No cracking or loosening of binding, no fraying of cloth, no textual markings. All illustrations… Read more about this item Item Price
$195.00
God's Galloping Girl: The Peace River Diaries of Monica Storrs, 1929-1931
by Storrs, Monica; W.L. Morton (editor)
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- Used
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- 1979
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$27.95
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Vancouver, B.C.: UBC / University of British Columbia Press, 1979. First edition, hardcover in dustjacket, 359 pages. Edited and with an Introduction by W.L. Morton, with a Preface by R.D. Symons. Frontier life in Western Canada, as lived by the delicately reared missionary daughter of the Dean of Rochester Cathedral. A VG+ copy: bright and clean with… Read more about this item Item Price
$27.95