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Men and Meridians: The History of Mapping and Surveying in Canada (Volume 1, Prior to 1867)


Thomson, Don W.

Hardcover. Ottawa, Canada, Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, First Edition, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 344 pages. Hardcover with maps to endpapers. Black boards with gilt titles to spine. Illustrations in black & white, with a few images in full color. Frontis photograph, Monument of Champlain by Hamilton MacCarthy at Ottawa. Seven fold out maps. Dust jacket with quarter inch tear to top edge, light toning to edge of flaps. Clean copy.

Record # 6670079


Price: $31.00 

 

Roughing It in the Bush


Moodie, Susanna, Illust. by: R.A. Stewart

Softcover. Toronto, Canada, Coles Publishing Company, Reprint facsimile copy, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 567 pages. Softcover. Facsimile copy of original, published in 1852. Wrapper very good. Light tanning to edges and pages. A moisture stain to top edge. Binding tight. In good shape. A woman takes a trip of exploration with her husband from England to Canada, in the first part of the nineteenth century.

Record # 32142


Price: $23.00 

The Niagara Portage Road: 200 Years 1790-1990 by: Seibel, George A.
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The Niagara Portage Road: 200 Years 1790-1990 by: Seibel, George A.

Hardcover. Niagara Falls ON, The City of Niagara Falls Canada, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 369 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book is a tribute to the courageous men and women who first settled the Niagara Frontier. Their spirit lives on to this day along storied Portage Road, the first King's Highway in Upper Canada. Inscribed by previous owner on second front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33720
Price: $25.00 

Invasion Without Tears: The Story of Canada's Top-Scoring Spitfire Wing in Europe during the Second World War by: Berger, Monty Street, Brian Jeffrey
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Invasion Without Tears: The Story of Canada's Top-Scoring Spitfire Wing in Europe during the Second World War by: Berger, Monty Street, Brian Jeffrey

Hardcover. Toronto, Ontario, Random House of Canada, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is a detailed account of the Canadian 126 Wing's extraordinary combat record during World War II. Clean copy. Record # 34055
Price: $12.00 

 

Indians of Canada, The: A Survey


Rogers, Edward S.

Softcover. Toronto, Canada, Royal Ontario Museum , 1st, 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 20 pages. b&w staple cover. b&w illustrations and prints throughout. Includes bibliography.

Record # 806197


Price: $15.00 

 

Saguenay: The River of Deep Waters


Davies, Blodwen

Hardcover. Montreal, Canada, Canada Steamship Lines Publishers, 1st, 1930, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 204 pages, b&w and color illustrations by Paul Caron & G. A. Cuthbertson. Wear, rubbing and light chipping to dust jacket. Faint foxing to edges, Reading copy.

Record # 857051


Price: $25.00 

 

Promoters' City, The: Building the Industrial Town of Maisonneauve 1883-1918


Linteau, Paul-Andre, Robert Chodos (Translation)

Softcover. Toronto, Canada, James Lorimer & Company, 1st English, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 225 pages. Softcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Wrapper very good. Previous bookstore's price tag on the back cover.

Record # 32161


Price: $15.00 

 

Popular History of the Dominion of Canada, A


Withrow, William H.

Hardcover. Boston, B. B. Russell, 1st, 1878, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 616 pages, illustrated with 3 steel engraved portraits, one double page map in color and over 100 woodcut engravings in the text. Terra-cotta cloth with black and gilt design, beveled edges, rear hinge cracked. Light wear and rubbing to cloth otherwise very good. Clean, tight binding.

Record # 401777


Price: $150.00 

Abrege de l'histoire du Canada depuis sa decouverte jusqu'a 1840 a l'usage des maisons d'education Garneau, F. X.
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Abrege de l'histoire du Canada depuis sa decouverte jusqu'a 1840 a l'usage des maisons d'education


Garneau, F. X.

Hardcover. Montreal, Beauchemin et Payette, reprint, 1858, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, decorated boards with a cloth spine, 197 pages. FRENCH TEXT. Appears to be a third printing, oringinally published in 1856. Boards scuffed, corners worn, minor pencil marking.

Record # 411930


Price: $79.00 

 

Painting the Map Red: Canada and the South African War 1899-1902


Miller, Carman

Softcover. McGill-Queen's University Press, 1st pb, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 541 pages, b&w illustrations. Small stain to lower edge, else a very neat, tight copy.

Record # 454656


Price: $25.00 

His Majesty's Indian Allies: British Indian Policy in the Defence of Canada 1774-1815 Allen, Robert S.
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His Majesty's Indian Allies: British Indian Policy in the Defence of Canada 1774-1815


Allen, Robert S.

Softcover. Toronto, ON, Dundurn, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 296 pages. Softcover. A very clean, unmarked copy with some minor wear to edges. Corner crease to top right edge of front cover. Sticker residue to back cover. Black and white illustrations throughout.

Record # 471481


Price: $19.00 

 

Floodtides of Fortune: The Story of Stratford


Leitch, Adelaide

Hardcover. Stratford, Ontario, Canada, The Corporation of the City of Stratford, 1st, 1980, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 310 pages, b&w illustrations throughout, endpapers decorated with illustrated map of Stratford. Green cloth cover, gilt pictorial to front cover, gilt lettering to spine, illustrated dust jacket. Book in great condition.

Record # 803267


Price: $10.00 

 

Ghost Towns of British Columbia


Ramsey, Bruce

Hardcover. Vancouver, Canada, Mitchell Press Limited, 4th printing, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 226 pages. Black-and-white illustrations throughout. Light edge- and shelf-wear on dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 856651


Price: $13.00 

 

Strangers From A Secret Land - The Voyages of the Brig "Albion" and the Founding of the First Welsh Settlements in Canada.


Thomas , Peter

Hardcover. Llandysul, Dyeed , Gomer Press , 1st , 1986 , Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 315 pages hardcover. Blue and black cloth cover. Previous owner's signature. Black and white illustrations and photographs throughout. Slight warping to covers. Otherwise, clean, tight copy.

Record # 857211


Price: $19.00 

A Formidable Hero: Lt R.H. Gray, VC, DSC, RCNVR by: Soward, Stuart E.
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A Formidable Hero: Lt R.H. Gray, VC, DSC, RCNVR by: Soward, Stuart E.

Hardcover. Toronto, ON, Canav Books, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 186 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is a biography of Lieutenant R.H. "Hammy" Gray, one of Canada's last war heroes. It follows his Navy career during World War II, from a desperate assault on German battleship Tirpitz in a Norwegian fjord, to his time aboard the British aircraft carrier Formidable. Clean copy. Record # 34059
Price: $25.00 

 

Columbia and Canada - Notes of the Great Republic and the New Dominion


Rae, W. Fraser

Hardcover. New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2nd, 1879, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 316 pages. Blue cloth cover with gilt title on front and spine. Light edgewear to cover corners and top and bottom spine. Spine faded and slightly cocked. Small round spot on front cover. Cover page darkened, otherwise internally very good.

Record # 501841


Price: $36.00 

 

Indians of the Plains


Rogers, Edward S.

Softcover. Toronto, Canada, Royal Ontario Museum , 1st, 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 16 pages. b&w staple cover. b&w illustrations and prints throughout. Includes bibliography.

Record # 806198


Price: $12.00 

 

Simon Fraser: Letters and Journals, 1806-1808


Lamb, W. Kaye

Hardcover. Canada, Macmillian, reprint, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 292 pages. Dust jacket price clipped with light edgewear, chipping, protected in a clear mylar cover. Previous owner's bookplate on front end paper, else a nice, clean, tight copy.

Record # 809836


Price: $40.00 

 

Jerome: Solving the Mystery of Nova Scotia's Silent Castaway


Mooney Jr., Fraser

Softcover. Halifax, Canada, Nimbus Publishing, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 178 pages, b&w illustrations in rear. What looks like a tiny coffee-stain on the edge of the textblock, else a clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 854847


Price: $70.00 

 

Art & Nature: Three Centuries of Natural History Art from Around the World


Magee, Judith

Hardcover. Canada, Greystone Books, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 256 pages. Hardcover. Color illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped. In good condition. Edges are a little yellowed (shelf wear) and a few pages have a touch of fingerprint soil. ISBN label on back cover. Artwork from the collections of the Library of the Natural History Museum, London, Eng.

Record # 30874


Price: $31.00 

 

A Compendious History Of The Rise and Progress Of The Methodist Church Both In Europe and America Consisting Principally Of Selections From Various Approved And Authentic Documents


Meacham, A. G.

Hardcover. New York, Knowlton & Rice, 1st US, 1835, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 500 pages plus 4 page index and errata list. Worn leather binding, light soil and foxing throughout. Still, a solid and presentable copy. Chipped leather label on spine reads Rise & Progress of Methodism. First published in Canada by John Wilson. This appears to be the first American publication of the early denominational history. Meacham was a Vermont-born American Methodist preacher from New York who lived and worked in the Bay of Quinte region in 1832-34. He later moved to Illinois where he also practiced medicine. In 1839 he was expelled from the Conference for immoral conduct.

Record # 415148


Price: $375.00 

 

Quebec Hydropolitics: The Peribonka Concessions of the Second World War (Studies on the History of Quebec/Etudes D'histoire Du Quebec)


Massell, David

Softcover. US, Mcgill Queens Univ Pr, 1st, 2011-01-27, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 242 pages, b&w photos. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 466169


Price: $25.00 

Paris: The Secret History Hussey, Andrew
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Paris: The Secret History


Hussey, Andrew

Hardcover. Canada, Bloomsbury Press, 1st US, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 512 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Foxing to top edge of textblock. An otherwise clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy.

Record # 471698


Price: $19.00 

 

History of the County of Huntington and the Seigniories of Chateaugay & Beauharnois from their first settlement to the year 1838 and revised to the 1900s


Sellar, Robert

Hardcover. Huntingon, Quebec, Canadian Gleaner, reprint, 1963, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 634 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Spine cocked. Previous owner's embossed stamp on front fly leaf and title page, otherwise clean copy with light wear to edges.

Record # 2233403


Price: $75.00