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April 19, 1915. Very good. 22 x 28 cm stock certificate numbered 37964. Made out to G. M. Hunt for 100 shares. Vertical creases. Not cancelled. Alberta Petroleum Consolidated Limited was incorporated in Alberta in 1914 but did very little and was liquidated in 1929.

November 16, 1914. Good. 17 x 33 cm stock certificate numbered 9635. Made out to Western Securities Corporation Ltd. of Calgary for 1000 shares. Vertical creases. Tears in folds at bottom and blue notation in one corner. Not cancelled. Alberta Petroleum Consolidated Limited was incorporated in Alberta in 1914 but did very little and was liquidated in 1929.

1940. Softcover. Very good +. [10], 278 p. 24 cm. Burgundy leatherette with gold print. Small nick in upper rear cover. Boards a bit splayed but would flatten under a weight. Topics: exploration and production; field price; wider markets and transportation costs; refining; marketing; ethyl gasoline; standardization; taxation; conservation and proration in Alberta; etc. Index.

1917. Softcover. Good. 202, ii p. 26 cm. B&w illustrations. Grey paper covers with tear in front near spine, chips and tears in spine tail, some stains to rear cover and fore-edge. Covers Cattle, Stallions, Dairy, Weeds Commission, Apiarist, Immigration and Colonization, Game, Farms.

Sherwood Park, AB: Geoscience Publishing, 2005. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. xviii, 342 p. 24 cm. B&w illustrations. Brown cloth in dustjacket. Crease in jacket front flap. Inscribed by editor on title.

Beaverlodge, Alberta: The Beaverlodge and District Historical Association, 1976. Cloth. Near fine. 349 p. 29 cm. B&w illustrations. Red cloth hardcover with gold print. Faint wear to spine ends and corners. Stacey and three other editors signed p. 3.

University of Toronto Press, 1953. Reprint. Hardcover. Near fine/Fair. x, 300 p. 22 cm. Small b&w line drawings. Geen cloth in dustjacket. Jacket has tears, esp. to front flap, some chps and creases. Also some soiling and discolouration. Book itself has only the faintest of wear with small book store label on front pastedown. Inscribed by author on title page.

Redcliff, Alberta: Town of Redcliff, 2011. Hardcover. As new. vi, 548 p. 29 cm. Numerous b&w illustrations. Burgundy hardcover with gold impressing. Municipal and public buildings, schools, churches, service clubs, businesses, entertainment, sports, celebrations and disasters, legends, heroes, awards, family history.

Calgary, 1983. Softcover. Good. 48 p. 28 cm. Colour and b&w illustrations. Stapled. Spotting to covers and inside covers.

T. Edwards Thonger, 1952. First Edition. Softcover. Very good +. 236 p. 31 cm. B&w photos. Softcover. Light edge wear and faint soiling. Signed by author on title page. Includes programme and ticket for 1949 Stampede. Topics: The Greatest Outdoor Show On Earth; birth of the Stampede; Victory Stampede 1919; Prince of Wales Cowboy; Livestock Show; Royal Winter Stampede 1951; Banff Indian Days; Square Dance Glamor; Canada's Oil Capital; etc.

Ottawa, [1925]. Booklet. Fine. 24 p. 20 cm. B&w illustrations. Stapled softcover. About Jasper National Park.

Camberley and Cleland History Book Committee, nd. ca 1988. Hardcover. Very good +. viii, 174 p. 28 cm. B&w photos. Blue cloth hardcover with some discolouration to edges.

Calgary: The Canadian Wax Gallery Ltd, nd. Booklet. Fine. 32 p. 20 cm. 2 colour illustrations. Staplebound. The gallery contained a scene of the Calgary Stampede including Guy Weadick, Wilf Carter, Pete Knight, Charles Marion Russell, etc. Brief bios of all figures.

Winnipeg: Department of Agriculture, 1881. Disbound. Fair. 20 p. 21 cm. Map of Canada showing the route of the Governor-General across Canada, as well as a map of part of Quebec. Disbound. Folding maps complete but unattached. Speech delivered after Lorne's tour through Manitoba and the North-West during the summer of 1881.

Winnipeg: Bureau of Travel and Publicity, 1959. Softcover. Very good. 55 p. 27 cm. B&w line drawings. Card covers. Light wear.

Winnipeg: Bureau of Travel and Publicity, 1959. Softcover. Very good. 55 p. 27 cm. B&w line drawings. Card covers. Ink marks on front, small tear at bottom of title page, small stains.

Wetaskiwin, Alberta: Wetaskiwin Times, 1961. Paperback. Very good. 114 pp. Fold-out map. Photographs. Illus. Ink name inside the front cover. A history of the districts Angus Ridge, Battle River, Bears Hill, and Cherry Grove in the Wetaskiwin area of Alberta. Includes sketches of Bears Hill Coal Mine, and Bears Hill Trading Post.

Edmonton: The Institute of Applied Art, 1963. First printing. Softcover. Good. 277 p. 23 cm. B&w illustrations. Paperback. Staple holes in front cover near spine. Some creases and light soiling. Signature on first leaf.

1944. Softcover. Very good. 42 p. 26 cm. Colour photo and several b&w photos of Dafoe. Stapled paper covers. Some discolouration to edges. From 1901 to 1944 John Wesley Dafoe was the editor of the Manitoba Free Press, later named the Winnipeg Free Press. Tributes and biography. Dafoe had close relations with his employers, the Liberal Sifton family.

Brandon, MB: Leech Printing, 1980. Softcover. Good. iii, 130 p. 22 cm. B&w illustrations. Paperback. Ink inscription on first leaf. Light wear.