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NICKELS AND NIGHTINGALES
Written by Jack Watts.
Stock no. 1829750
Published by General Store Publishing House. 1st 1995. Very good condition.

Jack Watts, an observer with RAF Bomber Command and the Desert Air Force during WWII. He successfully completed three tours and was one of the few to become a member of the select Pathfinder Force, the Winged Goldfish and Caterpillar Clubs, and the Order of the Winged Boot. A compelling recollection of how one young man successfully beat the odds of war. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 285 pages. ISBN: 1896182135. Spine sunned and rubbed at top & tail. Text block just a little grubby. Previous owner's address label to inside front cover, has also imprinted on title page. Else contents clean.

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A FORMIDABLE HERO: LT R.H. FRAY, VC, DSC, RCNVR
Written by Stuart E. Soward.
Stock no. 1329456
Published by Canav Books. 1st 1987. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 186 pages. ISBN: 096907039X. Minimal bumping to top of spine and a tiny nick to top edge of front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is sunned to spine.

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CANADIAN RAILWAYS IN PICTURES
Written by Robert F. Legget.
Stock no. 1828521
Published by Douglas, David & Charles. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Few countries int eh world have a history of railroading to match Canada's for daring, imagination and engineering achievement. A collection of photographs showing how bridges, tunnels and water crossings link overland track, how rail services the cities as it once contributed to their growth, how Canadians - pioneers in snowplough equipment - have dealt with the merciless winter conditions. Grey cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 96 pages. ISBN: 0889140529. Light fading to lower edge of boards. Minor foxing to text block and a few minor spots to endpapers. Else contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed.

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A HISTORY OF CANADIAN ARCHITECTURE VOLUME 2
Written by Harold Kalman.
Stock no. 1828441
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

A detailed and comprehensive study of Canadian architecture. A rich panorama, describing a vast range of Canadian building, from the dwellings of the native peoples and the first settlers to buildings of the recent past and present day. The second of a two volume set. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0195411609. Light fading to spine and spine edge of covers. Minor foxing to text block. Contents clean.

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A HISTORY OF CANADIAN ARCHITECTURE VOLUME 1
Written by Harold Kalman.
Stock no. 1828432
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

A detailed and comprehensive study of Canadian architecture. A rich panorama, describing a vast range of Canadian building, from the dwellings of the native peoples and the first settlers to buildings of the recent past and present day. The first volume of a two volume set. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0195411595. Light scuff marks to covers. Light vertical reading crease to spine. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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GREAT LAKES LIGHTHOUSES ENCYCLOPEDIA
Written by Larry Wright; Patricia Wright.
Stock no. 1828321
Published by The Boston Mills Press. 1st thus 2011. Nearly fine condition.

Featuring more than 650 lighthouses located on both the American and the Canadian sides of all five Great Lakes. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 9781554078936. Cover corners lightly rubbed. Rear cover lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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LORDS OF THE LAKE: THE NAVAL WAR ON LAKE ONTARIO, 1812-1814
Written by Robert Malcolmson.
Stock no. 1828089
Published by Chatham Publishing. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Naval War Between the United States and the British Provinces in Canada 1812-1814. Yellow cloth boards, navy title to spine. B/w illustrations. xx + 411 pages. ISBN: 1861761120. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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FLIGHT TWO: CANADA
Written by David Scott Daniell. Illustrated by Jack Matthew.
Stock no. 1324673
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1959. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 587. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. A super copy in bright wrapper which is just a little rubbed at top edges and very faintly foxed.

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BIRDS OF ONTARIO (LONE PINE FIELD GUIDE)
Written by Andy Bezener. Illustrated by Gary Ross; Ted Nordhagen; Ewa Pluciennik.
Stock no. 1824690
Published by Lone Pine Publishing. Circa 2000. Very good condition.

318 species of birds are grouped and color coded for quick identification. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1551052369. 7th printing. Top front corner of covers and prelims lightly creased. Contents clean.

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THE WHITE TRAIL
Written by Alexander MacDonald. Illustrated by William Rainey.
Stock no. 1323783
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Circa 1925. Good condition.

A story of the early days of Klondike. Green pictorial cloth. 8 b/w plates plus a b/w map of the Klondike Goldfields. 392 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn with small split to base of spine. Name plate to front pastedown. Prize inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Page 303 is detatached but still present with slightly ragged edges and a grubby margin at top.

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WINGS ACROSS THE WATER: VICTORIA'S FLYING HERITAGE 1871-1971
Written by Elwood White; Peter L. Smith.
Stock no. 2139647
Published by Harbour Publishing. 1st CANADA 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 1550173553. Some wear along cover edges. Pale page edge browning.

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THE CACTI OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
Written by Lyman Benson. Illustrated by Lucretia Breazeale Hamilton.
Stock no. 2139157
Published by Stanford University Press. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Brown cloth with black title block, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. Some diagrams. ISBN: 0804708630. Wrapper has some light edge-creasing.

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