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Price: $29.95
Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead & Co: 1988
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Seller ID: 18534
ISBN: 0396090656
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
DJ has 1 inch closed tear on back at bottom and light soil, remainder mark bottom page edges. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; B&W Illustrations; 9.30 X 6.20 X 1.30 inches; 340 pages; "In The Gold Ring, Capitol Hill veteran Kenneth D. Ackerman tells the story of two dazzling con men who rose to the top of the Erie Railway Company before fixing their ambitions on a scam so great it would make them two of the richest men in America—and cement their reputation as two of the most corrupt. They were Jay Gould, the ruthless self-promoter who came to be recognized as th... View more info
By: Bakewell, Jack
Price: $21.50
Publisher: Vancouver BC, TNT Publishing: 1995
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 14695
ISBN: 0969910002
Condition: Very Good+
Signed by Author; Light corner curl of decorative card covers ; Signed by author on title page, 2 pages bound in at front of book.A bright, solid book ; Trade PB; 194 pages View more info
By: Bentall, Shirley
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Vancouver, BC, The Bentall Group Ltd.: 1986
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 15052
ISBN: 0969237502
Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
Light edge wear, previous owner's name on front free end paper ; DJ in Mylar. ; 198 pages; Charles Bentall, a giant in the development of the downtown core of Vancouver is featured in this book along with his family. View more info
By: Craven, Paul
Price: $40.00
Publisher: Toronto, ON, University of Toronto Press: 1980
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 11024
ISBN: 0802055052
Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket
Missing FFEP, library mark on spine & bottom page edges, withdrawn stamp on title page ; A bright solid, book Text unmarked, despite condition grading, this is in very nice condition. ; Ex-Library; The state and economic life; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 386 pages; "This is an insightful look at and detailed analysis of Canadian labour relations at the beginning of the 20th century and the formulation of distinctive features which still characterize it today." View more info
By: Cullen, L.M.
Price: $40.00
Publisher: Dublin, Eason & Son Ltd: 1989
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 15445
ISBN: 0900346876
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
Light wear to book and dust jacket ; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar ; 9.13 X 6.38 X 1.50 inches; 426 pages; "Founded as Johnston & Company in 1819, taken over by W.H. Smith in 1850, the first Eason was appointed by W.H. Smith as his Manager in Dublin in 1856. Dublin had been the first branch outside London, and Eason in turn opened their branch in Belfast in 1886. Charles Eason and his son acquired the business from Smith in historic circumstances in 1886 in the heady days of Parnell and the Land League." View more info
By: Gray, James H.
Price: $17.50
Publisher: Toronto, University of Toronto Press: 1991
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 17105
ISBN: 0802059759
Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
DJ shows light edge wear, some damage to front cover, bottom fore corner of book bumped. ; Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. A tight, solid book.; B&W Photographs; 9.26 X 6.17 X 1.10 inches; 310 pages; A young New Brunswick lawyer arrived in Calgary in 1897. In the 30 years before he assumed the leadership of the federal Conservative party, Bennett served in many capacities in the Northwest Territories and the Alberta legislature. Business was another love - oil development, grain, real estate, mining. This book covers those 30 years of hard work. View more info
By: Griffin, Sean
Price: $12.50
Publisher: Vancouver BC, Tribune Publishing: 1985
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 14888
ISBN: 0969236506
Condition: Very Good
Signed by Author; Some scuffing and light creasing of card covers ; A tight solid book. ; Trade PB; 159 pages View more info
By: Griffiths, Percival Joseph
Price: $49.50
Publisher: London, Inchcape & Co.: 1977
Seller ID: 15525
Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket
Light bumping top edge of blue cloth covered boards, clear mylar cover chipped, large chip base of spine ; A bright, solid book, gilt titles on spine. ; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 211 pages; "1847 to 1950In 1847, William Mackinnon and Robert Mackenzie formed the Mackinnon Mackenzie Company (MMC), a general merchanting partnership based in Calcutta. In 1856 Mackinnon formed the Calcutta and Burma Steam Navigation Company to carry post to the region: the Company appointed MMC as their agents, secured contracts to transport British troops from Ceylon to India during the Indian Mutiny of... View more info
By: Hart, Matthew
Price: $65.00
Publisher: Vancouver BC, Douglas & McIntyre: 1985
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Seller ID: 16502
ISBN: 0888944675
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
Dustjacket spine faded, only light wear to book ; A bright, solid book, dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8.90 X 6 X 0.90 inches; 176 pages; In a patch of bush country in northern Ontario, Hemlo became the talk of the town in the world of speculators in gold. At first thought to be just a small mine it was first staked in 1979 by a couple of prospectors. They went to the mony men in Toronto who turned them down. The mine ran until 2005 and was one of the highest producing mies ever. The real story though was played out in the back rooms of Bay Street and in the court rooms. with fortune... View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Yorks, England, The Social Credit Co-ordinating Centre: 1937
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 18618
Condition: Very Good-
Green card covers have some shelf wear present, light soiling, light chipping, corner curl. ; A tight solid book. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 349 pages View more info
By: MacAvoy, Paul & Vadim Marmer & Nickolay Moshkin & Dmitry Shapiro
Price: $89.95
Publisher: New Jersey, World Scientific Publishing Company: 2007
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 16541
ISBN: 981270860X
Condition: Fine with No dust jacket as issued
Only slight wear ; Bright, solid book, text unmarked ; World Scientific Series on Energy and Resource Economics Vol. 5; 8.98 X 6.06 X 0.87 inches; 220 pages; This book offers the first set of quantitative analyses of the results of deregulation of the gas wellhead process coupled with partial deregulation of pipeline transportation and product storage. This complex process which involves taking pipelines out of the field markets as product purchasers, and creating spot gas and pipeline space markets has changed the nature and extent of services for gas at the burner tip, and the level as well ... View more info
By: N/A,
Price: $42.50
Publisher: Montreal, Bombardier: 2008
Edition: Second Edition
Seller ID: 15399
ISBN: 2921393875
Condition: Fine
Only slight wear to slip case, book as new. ; As new; 1 x 12.5 x 9.5 Inches; 187 pages; This is an updated history of Bombardier. Navy blue cloth covered boards in matching slipcase. Text in English. View more info
By: Sleigh, Daphne
Price: $19.50
Publisher: Abbotsford, BC, Vicarro Publishing: 1994
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 19092
ISBN: 0969867808
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Boards show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Photographs; 9.4 X 6.4 X 0.9 inches; 227 pages; "This book is the story of five generations of the Trethewey family. They originally made their name in the lumber industry, owning large sawmills and numerous logging operations in the Fraser Valley, where the family were early pioneers. The towns of Abbotsford, Mission and Harrison Mills ( and to a lesser extent Chilliwack and Maple Ridge) owe much of their early growth to Trethewey initiative." They also branched out into ranching, la... View more info
By: Watt, K. Jane; Dairy Industry Historical Society of British Columbia
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Abbotsford, BC, Dairy Industry Historical Society: 2000
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 17125
ISBN: 0968766307
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Only slight wear to book and dust jacket ; Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. A bright, solid book. Oblong small 4to ; B&W Photographs; 363 pages; A comprehensive history of the Dairy Industry in British Columbia. Many photographs. View more info
By: Wolferstan, W. H
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Victoria, BC, Ministry of Environment, Assessment and Planning Division: 1981
Edition: Revised Edition
Seller ID: 10359
ISBN: 077188270X
Condition: Good+
Heavy card covers are reinforced on the spine and on hinges, some scuffing and soil. card pocket, withdrawn stamp and other library markings ; A tight solid book. Text unmarked; Ex-Library; APD bulletin; 82 pages View more info