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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good, clean, tight condition. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged with tracking.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. Canadian First. French flaps format; a bit of edge wear to card covers; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; well illustrated with both black and white and colour photographs. Book.…

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Sec 5, pp. 19-60, Illus, Extracted from orig vol, thus begins with title page, trimmed & stapled pamphlet, else VG.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Stiff unmarked book in glossy covers with flaps.; 8.4 X 5.9 X 0.7 inches; 237 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Very clean tight copy.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Card covers show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book with French flaps. B&W photos and illustrations; 8.4 X 5.9 X 0.7 inches; 237 pages; A thorough history of the establishment and development of the port facility at Prince Rupert, located on British Columbias north-west coast. Included are accounts of the early Spanish and English explorers (16th Century).…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very clean tight copy, heavy to ship.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Card covers have some light shelfwear, small spotting to page foredges, but do not penetrate to page surfaces.; A bright, solid book, text unmarked, French flaps.; B&W Photographs; 8.43 X 5.85 X 0.73 inches; 237 pages; A thorough history of the establishment and development of the port facility at Prince Rupert, located on British Columbias north-west coast. Included are accounts of the early Spanish and English explorers (16th Century).…

softcover. Condition: Good. Good condition. Minor to Moderate wear. Binding tight, pages clean. Gift inscription inside front cover. Pictures available upon request.? dw.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Fine trade paperback with french flaps, a clean copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 10" x 8". xvii, 450 pp. "The development of the major West Coast Gateway ports and corridors." Illustrated with 221 photos. Covers have some light shelf wear. A bright clean copy. This book weighs 1.4 kg, extra postage may be requested.

Condition: very good. no dustjacket. larger 8vo pp.450, heavy book additional postage will apply. book.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. SUBTITLED : ` The Story of the Port of Prince Rupert '. The first major dock, with a freight shed was built in Prince Rupert in 1907. LEARN more about : Ridley Island, Naval Service of Canada, Skeena River, Klappan Anthracite Basin, Burrard Inlet, Fed Nav, stacker reclaimers, ammunitions wharf, crop-year, Wheat Board marketing, CPR, CNR, and Porpoise Harbour. 202 pages that shed light on the politics of competition between a major B.C. port facility and the one at Churchill, and the whole St. Lawrence Seaway complex. Biblio and appendices at back. Very well illustrated with b/w photographs and at least one b/w map. Cond : Paper wrapper is blue fading ro green with white lettering. Front cover colour photo is of the harbour and city from the air. Bright and crispy CLEAN - in all senses. Collectible ! Giftable ! Scholarly ! Quote (p. 49) : " A typical cargo for a freighter loading at Prince Rupert at the time would be pulp and copper concentrates from the Granisle copper mine below decks, plus a deck load of logs. In 1965, the Port could boast only ._._._. .' Size: 4to. B/W Photographs (illustrator).…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 450 pages with a great many photos, mostly in b&w. Chapters, with a large number of sub-chapters, include Rail corridors through the Cordillera to Canada's two Pacific gatways; The first Pacific gateways to overseas treade; The gateways 1917 to 1929 -- Panama extends Vancouver's reach to atlantic markets; A visual record of the gateway ports and the men who moved to cagoes 1843 to 1918; The depression years 1930 to 1938; The war years 1939 to 1945; The gateways 1946 to 1970 -- new markets for bulk commodities -- etc. for a total of eleven chapters ending with The facilities needed to handle overseas treade to 2020. Keywords: Prince Rupert, Dry, Terminals, Breakbulk, Liquid, Chemical, Auto Cruise, Anti-Pollution, Measuers, Ferry, Coal, Ridley, Island, Petrochemical, Natural Gas, Ocean Dock, Fairview, General Cargo, Long Ahard, Grain, Victoria, New Westminster, Vancouver, Waterfront, Harbour Narrows, Shipbuilding, Victoria, Failing, Railway, Projects, British Columbia, Canadian, Canada.…

Rústica. Condition: Nuevo. Ejemplar nuevo. New. idioma español. Una selección de artículos destacados sobre teodicea y filosofía de la religión. Dimensiones: 20x13 - 334 pp.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. French Flaps. No Edition Stated, Presumed 1st. "A . . . . . . very readable account of the Port of Prince Rupert, Canada's only alternate major Pacific Coast outlet and North America's finest natural harbour." (rear panel) 199 pp. plus: Bibliography, Appendices 1 through 5. 237 pp. in toto. Book weighs nearly 3 lb. and may incur extra shipping costs, unless if shipped within canada in a flat rate box. Profusely Illustrated with b/w photographs. FlatSIGNED in blue ink. Bookseller's Inventory # 173246. By Author.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. First Edition. "The history of the north coast of B.C. is traced back to when the first Spanish, Russian, British and American explorers were vying for control of the Pacific coast of North America. Provides an engaging, compelling and thoroughly researched history of the Port, complete with skullduggery, backroom deals, political hot air and conniving, irrational exuberance, the boom and bust cycles of natural resource production and agricultural exports, and hard-won dreams, all painted on a backdrop of the B.C. wilderness from the earliest explorers, to Canada as an infant nation during the early railway mania, and on up to the present day. This is the book that will finally prove that Canadian history is anything but boring!" - front flap. xiii, 237 p. Printed upon glossy stock generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Mended opening to front flap, otherwise clean, bright, tight and unmarked with very light wear. An attractive example of this informative history.; 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall; Port of Prince Rupert - history, British Columbia - history.…

Soft cover. Condition: VG+. 450 pages in very good condition; minor wrinkle and stain on the fore-edge. Illustrated. Grey softcovers with illustration and white titles. Very light wear on corners. Scarce. VG+. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Brand new book, sourced directly from publisher. Dispatch time is 7-8 days from our warehouse. Book will be sent in robust, secure packaging to ensure it reaches you securely.