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No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. Large folded sheet consisting of a geologic map superposed on topographic contours, three cross-sections, a columnar section with description of units, a discussion of geology, and references cited; in printed envelope; ex-corporate library; in very good condition. Map.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. Large folded sheet consisting of a geologic map superposed on topographic contours, four cross-sections, a columnar section with description of units, a discussion of geology, and references cited; ex-corporate library; a couple of green pencil marks, o/w in very good condition. Map.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 50 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Christmas at Fort Pitt; Hobby for Booklovers - the Canadiana book collection of D'Alton C. Coleman; The House That Mac Built - the log buildings erected by the North West Company in the north and west originated in French Canada - interesting photo-illustrated article on early building styles; Redcoats at Fort Garry - nearly a century ago, 300 foot soldiers, with artillery and engineers, came from England to Red River, brought by the HBC to stand on guard for Canada; The Cowichan Sweater - photo-illustrated article; Mining in the North; Sled Journey - photo study; Peter Rindisbacher - Red River Artist; Chief Factor Dr. John McLoughlin's Letters, 1844-46; Arctic fur show - photos of Eskimo ladies wearing fur fashions; Atmospheric Defence - how HBC 'brass-pounders' heled guard our northern approaches during WWII - fascinating photo-illustrated article; Veteran of Two Wars - the good ship 'Nascopie'; Vintage back cover two-colour (orange and black) ad for the HBC's Imperial Mixture of tinned pipe tobacco. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Beaver, A Magazine of the North, December 1945, Outfit 276 - The Cowichan Sweater / Peter Rindisbacher / McLoughlin's Letters Siwash Sweaters Captain Thomas F. Smellie Christmas at Fort Pitt; Hobby for Booklovers - the Canadiana book collection of.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. Illustrated by Prater, Ernest; Carruthers, G.P.; Hiley, F.E.; Holloway,Cyril; Wigfull, W.E.; Briault, S.; Gale, W.G.; Goss, G.W.; Tresilian, S.;Potts, Leonard; Wood, Stanley L.; Brock, H.M. (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 338-420 + 16 pages of nice ads, including one page for Leonard Wood Memorial, an organization combatting leprosy. Features: The Sealed River - the terrible events which befell a young British police officer at the hands of an old Boer ex-commandant; The Hold-Up of No. 13 - remarkable robbery of the Southern Pacific Railway Company in Oregon, October 11, 1923 - article with photos of Hugh De Autremont, Ray Charles De Autremont and Roy A.A. De Autremont; Saving a President - the author spirited President Porfirio Diaz of Mexico from Mexico City to the coast when he adbicated in 1911; Ning Wo Intervenes - a Chinese Sherlock Holmes with methods all his own; Diver v. Devil-Fish - a Puget Sound battle in 1927; Life in a Land of Death - Part 1 - adventures among Papuan head-hunters - article with amazing photos; A Matter of Slave-Raiding - the white man goes up against a ruffianly border chieftain along the Abyssinian frontier of the Sudan; "Square-Pegs" - part 1 - the misadventures of a middle-class London family which uprooted itself and relocated to a Canadian prairie farm; Saved by an Iceberg - two Newfoundland fisherman were adrift for 11 days; The Lost Tusker - occult powers of the primitive Kurramba tribesmen of the Malabar forests; O'Hara to the Rescue - incident on board a steamer; Tom Threepersons - article with photo about a 'wild west' gunman; On Tour with a Puppet-Show - part 2 - odd experiences through the West of England; Tobacco Redeemer (smoking cessation) ad inside back cover. Unmarked. Somewhat above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, March (Mar.) 1928, Vol. LX, No. 359 - Slave-Raiding Leonard Wood Memorial, an organization combatting leprosy. Features: The Sealed River - the terrible events which befell a young British police offi.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. Tresilian, S.; Robinson, T.H.; Wenban, R.; Bestall, A.E.; Holloway, Cyril; Cleaver, Reginald; Peddie, T.H.; Goss, G.W.; Inns, Kenneth; Prater, Ernest; Abbey, S.; (illustrator). First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Our Wild Boar - Coolies were afraid to work on a tea plantation in Assam, India due to a huge wild boar; Two Mysteries - Two strange incidents that happened in a North Country hospital during WWI; Bred in the Bone - What happened to an Australian aborigine couple who offended their tribal elders; Photo of an excellent example of French topiary; Round the World in a "Baby" Car - Part II (of II) of Gladys de Havilland's world-tour in a midget car, with photo of her in Hollywood talking to Mr. Lupino Lane plus five other wonderful photos; The Forbidden Valley - The fascinating photo-illustrated account of how RCMP officers Horsfield, Berger, and Greenfield accompanied a surveyor sent to the Kitwancool Valley in Northern British Columbia where the local natives had previously evicted the few settlers, wanting nothing to do with the white man - with photos and illustrations; the "Fool Afoot" in Italy - Part V - John Gibbons continues his amusing walking trip; Photo and explanation of "Sati" memorials in India, where wives were burnt in the same funeral pyre as their deceased husbands; The Haunting of the "Flamingo" - Bad luck strikes a vessel named Flamingo after her third engineer takes a shot at an albatross; Filming in the Wilds - Part II - Major C. Lestock Reid and his film crew experience major adventures as they attempt to film an adventure story in Siam - with photos; The Brand of the "Circle H" - A charming little story from the far west by Edith Ammons Kohl; Payment in Kind - A curious tale from Western India; The Mystery of the Post - Sergeant A.R. Cooper of the French Foreign Legion is sent to a lonely Moroccon outpost where N.C.O.s have been murdered - with photos; My Island Home - Henry G. Lamond describes his idyllic life on Homestead Bay on South Molle Island - article with photos; and more. 84 pages plus 32 pages of great ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely vintage copy of this fascinating issue.