Stringer's Books and Ephemera
Rare and Fine Books and EphemeraMilitary History - Canadian (17 items)
- CANADA IN KHAKI (No. 1) A TRIBUTE TO THE OFFICERS AND MEN NOW SERVING IN THE CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE London Published for the Canadian War Records Office by the Pictorial Newspaper Co. (191165.00Condition for this soft cover book is good+ with edge wear and chipping along wallet-style edges, back cover bottom left corner has tears and chips (see photo), some to corners and spine ends, interior nice.
172+ xxxiii pages with photos and ads.Softcover book, size is 8 1/2" x 11".Stories, articles, essays, and illustrations covering the Canadians in Europe during WW1. With articles on how Canada answered the call, what the Germans think of Canada, Ypres, and many, many more with some photos. A few of the photos have pen notations from a "T.H.L." who is most likely a Canadian soldier as his notes make reference to his personal experiences in conjunction with the photo's subject (quite interesting).00145View Full Details - ARMY SHOW, THE185.00
CANADA'S ALL SOLDIER STAGE SHOW
Proceeds to the "Army Show Fund" for the Welfare of Troops
Original Program (Canada) Department of National Defence (ca.Condition for this program is about very good with slight edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends, back cover bottom left corner has a bit of dampstaining, darkening to back cover along edges. A very nice copy actually.
12 pages with photos and articles.Program size is 10" x 14"Original program for Canada's version of the USO, among the performers are Sgt Frank Shuster and Sgt. Johnny Wayne. The shows were broadcast on CBC Radio Sunday nights at 9pm. A great programme with photos and short articles (CWACS, Rehearsal story, This Is Your Army). Scarce.00159View Full Details - THUMBS UP! DARTHMOUTH, N.S. APRIL 1943 VOLUME 1, NUMBER 10165.00
(R.C.A.F. Journal) Dartmouth, NS Airmen of R.C.A.F. Station, Dartmouth, N.S. 1943Condition for this journal is very good with light crease down middle of journal, slight edge wear, slight wear to corners and spine ends, small crease top right corner of journal.4to. (12” x 9”), wrappers, 24 pages.Original journal issued at the RCAF Dartmouth Station during World War 2 informing their readers of “what’s what” at the station. Covers entertainment, sports, station personalities, unit news and more.01479View Full Details - 50 YEARS AFTER. THE ARMY COURSE REUNION35.00
OCTOBER 22, 23, 24, 1993 Burlington, ON The Lakewinds (1993)Condition for this soft cover book is near fine with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners, a bit of light staining on the back cover.
112 pages with photos.Softcover book, size is 8 1/4" x 10 1/2"."50 years ago, 225 young men voluntarily enlisted, in Toronto, in the #2 Canadian Army Course. This special Army unit was established to attract bright, grade 13 high school graduates with good academic standing, into a program which provided first year military engineering formal academic training at the University of Toronto, leading to commissions in the technical branches of the Army."01065View Full Details - SOUVENIR OF THE DEDICATION OF THE BRANT WAR MEMORIAL Brantford, ON Hurley Printing Co. Ltd 193340.00Condition of this staple-bound softcover book is near fine with slight wear to corners and edges.
19pp with photos and list of Brant County men who gave their lives in the Great War.Staple-bound softcover book with string tie, size is 8" x 11 1/4".Dedication program for the Brant War Memorial, dedicated to those from Brant County Ontario who gave their lives in World War 1.01074View Full Details - WHY CANADA MUST BORROW FOR VICTORY50.00
A STATEMENT BY THE MINISTER OF FINANACE (Ottawa) (Canada Dept. of Finance) 1941Condition for this staple-bound booklet is very good with small chip front cover bottom right corner, slight edge wear, slight wear to corners and spine ends.
Unpaginated (44 pages) profusely illustrated.Softcover staple-bound booklet, size is 4 1/4" x 6".Scarce booklet from Canada's Minister of Finance on the raising of money to support Canada's World War 2 effort. With a lot of photos and explanations on where the money is spent.01534View Full Details - HISTORY OF THE 11 CANADIAN ARMY FIELD REGIMENT RCA Utrecht Kemink En Zoon N.V. 1945250.00Condition is about very good, with some fading to the covers, some wear to corners and spine ends, first 2 pages have a small nick on the left side (no loss of text), former owner’s name on title-page.
205, (v) pages. Softcover book, size is 6" x 9".Published in the Netherlands just after the war and for the most part distributed to members only. A scarce military history of the 11 Canadian Army Field Regiment’s in Europe.01558View Full Details - (Cover title:) WORKERS MUST EAT (Toronto) Chatelaine no date (1940-45?)35.00Leaflet is in very good+ condition with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners and spine ends, a few corners turned down.
12 pages.Leaflet size is 6" x 9".Chatelaine wartime bulletin for the homefront.00657View Full Details - MAPLE LEAF ROUTE: FALAISE Alma, ON Maple Leaf Route 198335.00Condition of this book is fine with jacket in near fine condition. Jacket has slight edge wear, slight wear to corners.
143 pages with index and photos.Hardcover book size is 9 1/2" x 12".Second volume on the Canadian Campaign in Europe, 1944-45.01078View Full Details - No. 242 SQUADRON THE CANADIAN YEARS Stittsville, ON Canada's Wings 198125.00Condition for this hardcover book is near fine with jacket.
177 pages with photos.Hardcover book size is 6 1/4" x 9 1/4"."The story of the RAF's 'all-Canadian' Fighter Squadron."01071View Full Details - CANADIAN SQUADRONS IN COASTAL COMMAND St. Catharines, ON Vanwell Publishing Ltd. 199725.00First edition.Hardcover book in fine condition with dustjacket.
208 pages with photos.Hardcover books, size is 7" x 10"."This comprehensive study covers every success achieved by Canadian squadrons listed in Coastal Command's records for World War II - including attacks on U-Boats and enemy controlled vessels."01404View Full Details - WOMEN AT WAR. Montreal & Toronto The MacLean Publishing Co. 1943150.00Condition of this hardcover book is good+. The cover has a dark stain top right corner (see photo), slight fading along the bottom front and back covers, some wear to corners and spine ends. Interior clean.
190 pages, profusely illustrated.Hardcover without dustjacket as issued, size is 10 1/2" x 14".A fascinating collection of articles and various ads promoting the work performed by women during WW2 in Canada.01079View Full Details - WE BAND OF BROTHERS Ottawa Canadian Fighter Pilots' Association c. 199230.00Condition for this book is very good+ with some wear to corners, slight soiling to covers, some wear to spine ends.
297 pages with photos.Softcover book, 8 1/2" x 11"."An anthology of war stories by members of the Canadian Fighter Pilots' Association - (World War 2 and Korea)."01076View Full Details - CAMP BORDEN. BIRTHPLACE OF THE RCAF50.00
RCAF 80TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION Borden, ON 16 Wing c. 2004Condition for the book is near fine with dustjacket, jacket has some edge wear, some wear to jacket corners, 1 1/2" tear to jacket front cover top left corner.
202 pages with numerous photos.Book size is 8 3/4" x 11".History of Ontario Canada's Camp Borden.01066View Full Details - WITH CANADA'S FIGHTING MEN Ottawa Director of Public Information, ... 194145.00Condition for this staple-bound booklet is very good with some soiling to covers, some wear to corners and spine ends, small stain back cover.
44 pages with photos.Softcover staple-bound paper wrappers, size is 5".x 7 3/4"."In September 1941 a party of Canadian journalists was taken on a tour, bu the Dominion Government, through Eastern Canadian establishments of the Navy, Army and Air Force, and a number of industrial plants engaged in the production of war materials.01493View Full Details
"Mr. G. H. Sallans, representing The Vancouver Sun, wrote a series of articles describing his impressions of the men he saw at camps, barracks, schools and airports. These articles are now reproduced in this pamphlet through the courtesy of The Vancouver Sun and Mr. Sallans." - GREMLINS ON THE JOB London, ON London Printing & Lithographing Co. Ltd. c. 1943345.00Condition for this book is a bit better than good+ but not quite very good, interior is clean, front cover has some wear top right corner, and some wear to spine ends and along spine. Still a very nice copy.
24 pages with colour illustrations.Varga, JudyCard cover book, size is 9" x 12"A wonderfully illustrated book on all those mysterious "gremlins" that plague RAF pilots. Published in Canada in 1943.00144View Full Details - LOST IN WAR25.00
The BRAVE LIFE AND MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A CANADIAN AIRMAN Orillia, ON Troutspawn Publishing 2006Softcover book in very good+ condition with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners, small crease top right corner.
167 pages with photos. Softcover book, size is 11" x 8 1/2".The tragic story of airman Hinrik Guttormson, Icelandic-Canadian killed while serving as an air gunner over Germany.01405View Full Details
