Unpaginated (48 pp), 11 3/4" H. B&w and colour photographs. A look at the life of Canadian singer, Anne Murray circa mid-1970s. Interior - light toning to the pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very light edge wear, light wear on the spine/hinges, old price sticker on the front cover, small crease at the bottom corner of the rear cover, a few minor soft wrinkles on the covers. View More...
598 pp + index and abbreviations, fold-out family tree (not filled in) at rear, 11 1/4" H. Blue imitation leather boards with gold lettering/border on spine, gold lettering/border/illustration on front board - no dust jacket (as issued). B&w photographs. Contents: Introduction; Media; Business; Government; Professionals (Architects / Engineers / Legal Profession / Medical); Sports; Academia; Community; Artists; Name Index (Alphabetical); Abbreviations; Family Tree Chart; Community Homes for the Mentally Handicapped. Minor edge wear. View More...
240 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w photographs, maps. "From Horseshoe Bay to Whistler and the islands and communities of Howe Sound, (this book) traces the area's rich and exciting history. Told in the voices of the people who call the area home, this anecdote-filled book tells of the first peoples, the early European explorers, the bustling gold rush trade, and the newcomers who settled to farm the fertile valley bottoms, log the fir and cedar forests, harvest the ocean's bounty, mine the region's deep veins of copper, and transform the area into the year-round outdoor recreation mecca it is today." Rev... View More...
320 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). B&w photographs. Signed by author on title page. "(The) story of Sister Juliana, for over forty-five years a member of the Community of Sisters of the Church. Sister Juliana was one of those rare individuals who was able to combine a profound interest in her own spiritual development with an active, even aggressive, desire to assist everyone who sought her aid. From the Arctic to the Caribbean, from Anglican Women's groups to jails, Sister Juliana spread the same message of love - love of God and for His creatures. The author has gathered numerous comments and r... View More...
358 pp, 8vo (9 1/4" H). B&w illustrations and map endpapers. Contents: The New City in 1834: The Physical Layout; A Rising Metropolis; Developing Communications: The First Railway Venture; The Most Controversial Torontonian: William Lyon Mackenzie; The Scottish Immigrant, The Family Compact, and Vertical Mobility: The Rise of the Carfrae Family; Evolving Multiculturalism: The Toronto's Black Community in the Late 1840's; Capt. Hugh Richardson and Toronto's Lake Communications; An Ambulatory Architect: William Hay; The Unwitting Philanthropist: The Curious Case of Andrew Mercer; The First Grea... View More...
304 pp, 11 1/4" H. Profusely illustrated in b&w and colour with photographs, reproductions, maps. "(P)aints a panoramic view of Toronto's history as it progressed from a French trading post and British Imperial garrison to the largest metropolis in Canada. With penetrating insight and compelling narrative, (the author) weaves the many strands of the city's past into a vivid tapestry - an appropriate gift for the city's 150th anniversary of incorporation. Spectacular events have punctuated Toronto's history: two captures in the War of 1812, a tragic-comic attack in the Rebellion of 1837, two g... View More...
127pp., lg 8vo (9 3/4" H). Story of Canada's top scoring fighter pilot of World War I. "In the ranks of allied air aces, Billy Bishop officially stands third, behind Frenchman Rene Fonck (75 victories), and Irishman Mick Mannock (73 victories). As it is, he was the highest scoring Canadian and with 79 "unofficial" victories to his credit, may have been second only to the war's leading ace, Manfred von Richthofen." Interior - small area of water staining on inside fore-edge of front cover, tiny crease at bottom edge of two pages, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exteri... View More...
128 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w photographs. "(L)ooks back at five of the best players and most intriguing characters to have played Canada's favourite game. The stories of Reg Noble, Jack Portland, Ernie Fryer, Donnie Westbrooke and Darryl Sly explore not only their skills on the ice, but also their private lives and distinct personalities. It was their good fortune to grow up in the Collingwood, Clearview Township and Wasaga Beach part of Ontario. This region - once best known for its shipbuilding - was also a hotbed of hockey in the early years of the twentieth century, and has produced many top ama... View More...
128 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w photographs. "(L)ooks back at five of the best players and most intriguing characters to have played Canada's favourite game. The stories of Reg Noble, Jack Portland, Ernie Fryer, Donnie Westbrooke and Darryl Sly explore not only their skills on the ice, but also their private lives and distinct personalities. It was their good fortune to grow up in the Collingwood, Clearview Township and Wasaga Beach part of Ontario. This region - once best known for its shipbuilding - was also a hotbed of hockey in the early years of the twentieth century, and has produced many top ama... View More...
341 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w photographs. "In 1932, when young Tom Bata watched his father's coffin being lowered into his grave, he silently promised to abide by the wishes expressed in his father's 'moral testament': that the Bata Shoe Company was to be treated not as a source of private wealth, but as a public trust, a means of improving the liviing standards within the community and providing customers with good value for their money. At the time, Tom had no idea of the challenges he would face in fulfilling that promise. Not only was he ill-equipped, at age eighteen, to step into the shoes o... View More...
Volume One: 612 pp.- Volume Two's pagination runs 613-1265, 9 1/4" H, black boards with gilt lettering and school crest on front boards, orange spines with black title blocks/gilt lettering. Black endpapers with illustration by Edward Goodall. B&w photographs, reproductions. A history of Ridley College, St. Catharines, Ontario. Light rubbing and soiling on boards and spines. Volume One has minor discoloration at top corner of front board. Volume Two has faint foxing marks on front board, one slight corner bump. Slipcase has moderate wear and rubbing, one top rear corner is bumped. View More...
307 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H). B&w photographs. "These biographies bring to life the stories of those who fought in the air in the most spectacular of modern wars - World War I and II, and Korea. The drama, chivalry and honour of warfare in the air, as well as the danger and horror of battle, are captured in these pages. With an exciting and compelling journalistic style, Bishop has provided a worthy tribute to Canada's bravest and best air force veterans." Minor wrinkling at bottom of spine. Dust jacket has light rubbing, a few small shallow dints, a few areas of light edge wrinkling. View More...
307 pp, 8vo (9" H). B&w photographs. "(O)ffers a significant contribution to understanding our nation's role in the great wars through the very Canadians who, from all walks of life, served with distinction and won international respect for their bravery and sacrifice. With an exciting and compelling journalistic style, Arthur Bishop brings to life the stories of those who fought in the air in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. The drama, the chivalry, the honour of warfare in the air, as well as the danger and horror of battle, are captured in these pages. A worthy tribute to Can... View More...
201 pp, 4to (12 1/2" H). B&w photographs, colour and b&w reproductions. "Already celebrated in Europe in 1906 as a great 'American' etcher, Clarence Gagnon then 25 years old, did not follow through his great success and wished thereafter to be recognized only as a painter. His work is represented in many different collections, public and private in Europe and Canada. The publication in France of 'Maria Chapdelaine' by Louis Hemon in 1933, wholly illustrated by Clarence Gagnon, is still talked about in many countries. The encounter of two geniuses as well as the perfect integration of the illu... View More...
227 pp, oblong 4to (10 3/4" H x 13 1/2" C x 1 1/4" W), hard cover in dust jacket. Beautifully and profusely illustrated in full colour with full page reproductions. "(A) story of the landscape paintings of Tom Thomson and those painters who banded together as the Group of Seven. In a succinct and readable essay, author Roger H. Boulet follows the trails these artists blazed on their sketching trips. Theirs was a quest for the rediscovery of their own country. Most of the paintings selected for this volume have been held in both private collections and major public galleries. The majority, ... View More...
276 pp, 9 1/2" H. Beige cloth with paper title label on spine (a duplicate label laid in at the last page at time of publication could be used to 'freshen' the book's appearance), top edge gilt. A volume from the "Edition De Luxe" (limited to four hundred sets - this copy unnumbered) of The Makers of Canada series - inscribed in red ink on the limitation page: "With the Compliments / of / the Publishers (underscored) / Nov 16 - 1903". There is also a previous owner's signature in black ink on this page. B&w tissue-covered frontispiece. Contents: Early Career; Political Condition in Canada;... View More...
64 pp, 8 1/8" H. B&w photographs, map. Inscribed on half title page: "To Mabel / Enjoy / Dave Bowman". "It was bad enough that Royal Canadian Air Force warrant officer David S.J. Bowman was fighting in a war, but then on April 23, 1945, David encountered an unexpected and terrible twist of events that changed his life forever. After a fairly routine enemy target attack on a munitions dump near Rangoon, Burma, his Liberator aircraft was making its way back across the Bay of Bengal, bringing David and his comrades back to home base for a debriefing and a beer. Ten miles from the shores of Burma... View More...
204 pp, 8" H. Part of the Extraordinary Canadians series. "Louis Riel, a controversial Metis mystic and visionary, fought for his people's rights against an encroaching tide of white settlers. Hunter and Metis leader Gabriel Dumont, a man tested by warfare, was, in contrast, a pragmatic realist of the land. Celebrated novelist Joseph Boyden explores the tumultuous year when Riel and Dumont united the Metis while dividing a nation. Could Dumont have foreseen the impact of the Metis cause when he brought Riel home? While making rational demands of Sir John A. Macdonald, Riel seemed increasingly... View More...
267 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). B&w drawings. "On July 3, 1942, RCAF Bomber Pilot Kingsley Brown was shot down over Holland, and shortly afterwards incarcerated in Stalag Luft 3. He spent the next three years there. When the gates slammed shut behind him, much to his surprise Brown found himself in a fascinating environment where hardship and trial were more than matched by the bizarre, the absurd and the comical. A seasoned raconteur, Brown brings to life a whole array of unusual characters: Wally Floody, the indefatigable digger of tunnels and the engineer of the Great Escape; Hermann Glemnitz, the... View More...
429 pp, 8vo (9" H). B&w illustrations. "Millions of people every day buying newspapers or reading magazines react to the news as published by the Southam Press. How did the Press get its power? How do they use it? Charles Bruce's book, at once a biography of a family and a history of their publishing enterprise, answers the questions and illuminates a long avenue of Canadian history. The story of Southam Press is a bright montage of news and personalities showing more than a century of Canadian development, and in telling it Charles Bruce provides a skilful blend of newsmen and newsmakers, ed... View More...
