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A HISTORY OF PEEL COUNTY: TO MARK ITS CENTENARY AS A SEPARATE COUNTY, 1867-1967.
Corporation of the County of Peel, (Brampton, Ontario), 1967.
287 pp, large 4to (13 1/4" H), hard cover (no dust jacket - as issued). A detailed history of Peel County covering the municipalities, organizations, government, military, agriculture, arts and public services. Many b&w photos. Map endpapers. Fa int bump to top corner of textblock, light wear at top/bottom of spine, minor wear at corners, very slight darkening to edges. Very Good
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42.50 USD
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ARCHIVES: MIRROR OF CANADA PAST. ARCHIVES: MIROIR DU PASSE DU CANADA.
Public Archives of Canada/University of Toronto Press, n.p., (1972).
313 pp, square small 4to, HC (color pastedown on front board - no dust jacket). B&w photos, maps, drawings, reproductions. The catalogue of an exhibition mounted to celebrate the centennial of the Public Archives of Canada, 1972. Exhibits fall un der the headings of: Land; People; Government; Economics; Society and Culture. Bilingual text on facing pages (English/French). Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very minor edgewear to boards, tiny b u m p t o t o p corner of front board, a few very tiny stains to boards. VG+
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17.00 USD
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CANADIAN BOOK OF PRINTING: HOW PRINTING CAME TO CANADA AND THE STORY OF THE GRAPHIC ARTS, TOLD MAINLY IN PICTURES.
Toronto Public Libraries / The 500th Anniversary Committee, Toronto, 1940.
130 pp. 8vo (9" H), card cover. B&w photos, drawings, reproductions. Arranged in three sections - the first gives a brief history of printing and how it spread across Canada; the second deals with type, composition, presses and plates; and the thi rd covers the graphic arts - prints, engravings, etchings, gravure, lithography, etc. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light browning and soiling to covers, spine browned, small light stain to bottom edge of rear cover, small crease to top corner of front cover. Good+
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CATHOLIC EDUCATION IN DUFFERIN PEEL: A STORY WORTH TELLING.
Dufferin_Peel Roman Catholic Separate School Board, (Mississauga, Ontario), [c1988].
181 pp, oblong 8vo (8 1/4" h), hard cover in dust jacket. Many b&w photos, maps. Contents: Predecessor Boards, Pre-1969; The Inagural Board; The Development of Secondary Schools; Private Catholic High Schools; The Changing Face of Education; Grow th; Catholicity; People - The Critical Resource; Time Capsule; Board Highlights; The Schools of Dufferin-Peel. Tiny dint on bottom of rear board, tiny tear at bottom of rear hinge, slight waviness to fore-edge of textblock. Dust jacket ha s m i n o r e dge wrinkling and minor rubbing. VG/VG
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35.00 USD
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DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN SOCIETY: NEW ENGLAND. VOLUME I.
Town Topics/Journal of Society, New York, 1929, Ist edition - No. 248 of a limited edition of 2000 copies.
214 pp, 12mo (7 1/8" H), hard cover (elaborately embossed brown faux leather) - no dust jacket. Contents: Preface; Keys - Historical Societies, Abbreviations, Clubs, Societies and Associations, Colleges; Registered Families - Massachusetts, Connec ticut, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, Addenda (Families in New England whose registrations were received too late to record in proper place). Interior - very light browning to pages and endpaper edges, otherwise clean an d t i g h t w i th no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very light edge wear, darkening to top of textblock. VG
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McMASTER UNIVERSITY 1925. A YEAR BOOK OF McMASTER UNIVERSITY WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE MAY NUMBER OF THE McMASTER UNIVERSITY MONTHLY. GRADUATION NUMBER, TORONTO, MAY, 1925.
Joint Committee from Graduating Classes in Arts and Theology and the Monthly Board, McMaster University, May, 1925. Vol. XXXIV, No. 8.
Unpaginated (approx. 70 pp.), large 8vo, soft cover. B&w photos, drawings. Gives individual graduate biographies, and covers events, clubs, societies, sports teams, etc. Interior - light wrinkling at top of first page - from manufacturing process , otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - small soft crease at top corner of rear cover with slight migration into last few pages, small faint stain on front cover, minor browning to covers. VG
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30.00 USD
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METROPOLITAN TORONTO POLICE AMATEUR ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION CENTENNIAL BOOK.
(MTPAAA, Toronto, 1983), Ist edition.
79 pp, 4to, HC with gold decoration on front cover - no dust jacket. Profusely illus in b&w. A pictorial account of the history of the police games from the beginning, when the pillow fight was a feature atrraction, up until the time of printing. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edgewear to boards. VG
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10.00 USD
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ONCE UPON A CENTURY: 100 YEAR HISTORY OF THE 'EX'.
J.H. Robinson, (Toronto, 1978).
143 pp, 4to, soft cover. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, reproductions. A celebration of one hundred years of the Canadian National Exhibition, the 'Ex', from its early days as an agricultural fair to the present day midways, bands, wa ter sports, etc., etc. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light edge wear, tiny corner creases to covers, crease at top of rear cover at spine - migrates into approx. last 30 pages, minor rubbing, sp i n e f l a t a nd uncreased. VG-
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7.50 USD
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QUEEN'S: THE FIRST ONE HUNDRED & FIFTY YEARS.
Queen's University Alumni Association, (1990).
179 pp, 4to, HC in dust jacket. Profusely illus in color and b&w. A look at the people and places that make up the first hundred and fifty years of the history of Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. Dust jacket has minor rubbing, light creasin g to edges. NF/VG+
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20.00 USD
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STORYLINES: AN ANTHOLOGY OF TOLD STORIES.
Ministry of Education, Ontario, 1991.
100 pp, oblong large 8vo (9" H x 10 1/2" D), soft cover. B&w illus. An anthology of stories told by Ontarians (Native people, immigrants, farmers, people with disabilties, etc.) from 20 locations (Dryden, Thunder Bay, Sault Ste. Marie, West Bay, K illaloe, Golden Lake, Sharbot, Smith's Falls, Waupoos Island, Georgetown, Simcoe, Chatham, St. Marys, Orillia, Palmer Rapids, Cornwall, Toronto, Kingston, Lyndhurst, Athens) about witches, hunting, the experiences of women and immigrants, e n t e r t a i n m ent in the days before television, farm life, living with disabilities, the war years, etc. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very light soiling - mainly on rear cover, small soft crease and li gh t li ne i nd en ta tion on rear cover with light migration into adjacent pages, very minor edge wear. VG
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15.00 USD
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THE CANADIAN MERCANTILE ALMANACK FOR 1847. INCLUDING "TEN REASONS FOR EMIGRATING TO CANADA" & ADDITIONAL 19TH CENTURY ADVERTISEMENTS.
Copp Clark Professional, (Toronto, 1996), facsimile reprint.
8vo, soft cover. Reproductions of early advertising material. Contents: Advertisements; Introduction; The Canadian Mercantile Almanack for 1847; Almanac; Legislation; Appendix; Ten Reasons for Emigrating to Canada; Concluding Advertisements. "Th is fascinating glimpse of Upper Canada showcases the new colony: its officials, clergy, lodge members and business people. Here you find the new Acts establishing towns and school systems, militia and tariffs. You get 'Ten Reasons for E m i g r a t i n g to Canada' and many pages of advertisements from 19th century 'Canadian Almanac' editions. Here is Canada 20 years before confederation. Here is the perfect gift that traces early families, business relationships and developi n g in st it ut io ns . H er e is the advertising that sold home remedies, organs and typewriters. Page after page of visual history..." Interior - small gift inscription at top of half-title page, otherwise clean and tight. Exterior - very min or e dge wea r, sma ll, so ft cr eas e to rear cover, spine flat and uncreased. VG+
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25.00 USD
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(McCrea, John McNeely.) HISTORY IN WOOD: THE McCREA MODELS.
Printed by Hunter Rose, Toronto, 1957.
63 pp, 9 1/4" H, hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photographs. "In the Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology in Toronto there is a collection of models representing pioneer life in Old Ontario in the latter half of the nineteenth century. It is the w ork of John McNeely McCrea of Toronto." Mr. McCrea's scale models of agricultural, domestic and industrial buildings, implements and tools, as well as bridges, fences, gates, etc. add another dimension to the study of pioneer life. Prewvio u s o w n e r 's name on free front endpaper, minor browning and soiling to edges of boards. Dust jacket has moderate edge wrinkling - mainly at top edge, several small tears archivally taped, two small closed tears on rear hinge, light browning - mo r e on s pi ne and flap-folds, very small watermark on spine, minor rubbing and soiling. Very Good/Good+
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25.00 USD
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Abraham, Dorothy. Signed. ROMANTIC VANCOUVER ISLAND: VICTORIA YESTERDAY AND TODAY.
Self-published, Victoria, B.C., 1969, 7th edition.
120 pp, 8vo, soft cover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. B&w photos, map. A history of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, with much information on Victoria, the gold rush, etc. Interior - small area of tape residue on page two of Introduction n ear gutter, otherwise clean and tight. Exterior - very minor edgewear, spine flat and uncreased. VG+
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10.00 USD
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Ahern, Frances Robin. RECOLLECTIONS OF ST. JUDE'S CHURCH OAKVILLE.
N.p., n.p., n.d.
21 pp, 8vo, soft cover, stapled in wraps. B&w photos. Contents: Forward; The Church; The Clergy; Choirs and Organists; Sunday School; Church Organizations; The Chimes; Postscript. Interior - staples rusting very slightly, gift inscription on fir st page - "To Janet with love Fran (the author?)" - otherwise clean and tight. Exterior - light sunfading to edges. VG-
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7.00 USD
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Ahern, Frances Robin. THE CHISHOLMS OF ERCHLESS.
Frances Robin Ahern, Oakville, Ontario, 1983.
17 pp, 8 1/2" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps). B&w illustrations. Contents: George Chisholm (1752-1842); William Chisholm (1788-1842); Robert Kerr Chisholm (1819-1899); Allan Stuart Chisholm (1866-1918); Emelda Beeler (Mrs. John Chisholm) (1873- 1951); Hazel Chisholm (Hart) Mathews (1897-1978); Montgomery Chisholm Hart (1920- ). Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor browning at edges. Very Good
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10.00 USD
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Ahern, Frances Robin. (Inscribed by author) SKETCHES OF OAKVILLE - A SMALL TOWN.
N.p., n.p., n.d. (c1988?).
28 pp, 8vo, soft cover, stapled in wraps. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR - "TO___ & ___ WITH LOVE -" B&w drawings. Contents: Built of Brick; Vernerville - Oakville's Forgotten Village; The Underground Railroad; "Let's Move It"; Oakville Strawberries; Winte r - A Contrast; The Summer Resort - Oakville; Recycling - World War II Style; The Tannery: Thompson Smith, Joseph Milbourne, Christopher Armstrong, The Marlatt Connection; The Doctors. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership m a r k s . Exterior - small soft crease at top corner of front cover. Very Good
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Ahern, Frances Robin. Edited by Dr. Mary P. Bentley. OAKVILLE: A SMALL TOWN, 1900-1930.
(Oakville Historical Society / Boston Mills Press, Erin, Ontario, 1981).
213 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H), soft cover. B&w photos, map. History of Oakville, Ontario. Contents: "Beautiful Oakville"; Industries, 1900-1930; The Firefighters; Oakville in Motion; Dundas Street (Trafalgar Road)(Station Road); Educating the Young; La keshore Road and Colborne Street (South Side); Lakeshore Road and Colborne Street (North Side); "The Main Street"; Navy Street; Recreation, 1900-1930; An Era of Gracious Living; Appendix - Origin of Street Names; Surveys; Schools; Churches; B a n k s ; T he Post Office; The Library; Customs Collection. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light edge wear, tiny corner creases on covers, spine flat with one crease. VG
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Akenson, Donald H., ed. (R.M. McInnis, Cathy E. Kindquist, Angela E. Davis, Brian Titley, Julian Gwyn, Gerard Bouchard, Regis Thibeault, Robert E. Ankli, Bruce S. Elliott, W.M. Elofson.) CANADIAN PAPERS IN RURAL HISTORY. VOLUME VIII.
Langdale, Gananoque, Ontario, 1992.
327 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover (gray cloth with gold lettering on spine and front board) - no dust jacket. ISBN 1895158036 Charts, graphs, maps. Contents: Foreword; Perpectives on Ontario Agriculture, 1815-1930; Migration and Madness on the Upper Canadian Frontier, 1841-1850; "Country Homemakers": The Daily Lives of Prairie Women as Seen Through the Woman's Page of The Grain Growers' Guide 1908-1928; Transition to Settlement. The Peace Hills Indian Agency, 1884-1890; Gold e n A g e o r Bronze Moment? Wealth and Poverty in Nova Scotia: The 1850s and 1860s; Change and Continuity in the Saguenay. Agriculture: The Evolution of Production and Yields (1852-1971); Ontario's Dairy Industry, 1880-1920; Emigration from Sou th L e in st er to Eastern Upper Canada; Adapting to the Frontier Environment: The Ranching Industry in Western Canada, 1881-1914." Very light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Near Fine
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