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MOSAIC OF CANADA ON POSTAGE STAMPS: A PICTORIAL GLIMPSE AT CANADA'S HISTORY.

By: Mika, Nick and Mika, Helma.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Belleville, Ontario, Mika Silk Screening: 1967

Seller ID: 16656

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

143 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H). Profusely illustrated with reproductions of Canadian stamps. "(C)ompiled not only for the enjoyment of stamp collectors, but for everyone who wants to know more about Canada. The selection of Canadian postage stamps used as illustrations presents a colourful mosaic of our fascinating country. If you study the stamps more closely you will find that together they unfold the panorama of a great nation, as each one has a story to tell. Some emphasize the natural beauty of the land, others allow a glimpse into its history or bring to mind the milestones of its prog...
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BRITAIN AND THE OLD DOMINIONS.

By: Miller, J.D.B.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: London, Chatto & Windus: 1966

Seller ID: 24616

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good-

286 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H) - black boards with silver lettering on spine. Contents: Preface; Introduction; The Common Background; Canada; Australia and New Zealand; South Africa; Britain and the Four 1918-1945; Commonwealth Structure and Ideas 1945-1965; Defence and Foreign Affairs 1945-1965; Economic and Social Connections 1945-1965; The Climate of Change; The Future; Index. Very light bumping at corners, minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, minor rubbing.
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DUGARD OF ROUEN: FRENCH TRADE TO CANADA AND THE WEST INDIES, 1729-1770.

By: Miquelon, Dale.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Montreal, McGill - Queen's University Press: 1978

Seller ID: 28412

ISBN: 0773502998

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

282 pp, 9 1/4" H. Tables, map. "From the letters and fragmentary accounts of Robert Dugard of Rouen, Professor Miquelon has brought to life the history of an eighteenth-century trading company. Robert Dugard and his associates were men who came of age at the right moment to capitalize on the political and financial stability of France during the thirty years after Utrecht, and on the widening opportunities of colonial trade. Their Societe du Canada was founded in 1729 to handle the Quebec trade, but soon they were also testing the sugar island trade. By 1742 their business with th...
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THE CROSS IN CANADA: VIGNETTES OF THE CHURCHES ACROSS FOUR CENTURIES.

By: Moir, John S., editor. Introduction by John Webster Grant.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Ryerson Press: 1966

Seller ID: 28531

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

247 pp, 8 3/4" H. "This anthology of vignettes illustrating the part played by all branches of the Christian church in Canadian development offers glimpses into church life - from Jacques Cartier's planting the cross in the Gaspe to the remarkable Christian pavilion at Expo '67. Here are such different personalities as Jeanne Mance, founder of Canada's first hospital; Brother Andre, the modern miracle worker of Montreal and Norman MacLeod, the hero-tyrant of his own congregation in Cape Breton. Here, too, are brief pictures of the churches' many-sided service to Canada - a Presbyter...
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WHERE IS HERE? CANADA'S MAPS AND THE STORIES THEY TELL.

By: Morantz, Alan.

Price: $17.50 USD

Publisher: Penguin Canada, (Toronto, 2002), Ist edition.:

Seller ID: 12917

256 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w maps, reproductions. "(T)ells the story of the maps that made Canada and that, in turn, have made us Canadian. (Morantz) examines how the inhabitants of this land have used maps for their own purposes - some laudable, some creative and some despicable. And he shows us how maps - made by Inuit hunters, hobos, explorers, missionaries, adventurers, marketers and artists - are often windows on our world views, our assumptions and our dreams. They mirror the best and worst in human nature. They tell the story of Canada." ...
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WHERE IS HERE? CANADA'S MAPS AND THE STORIES THEY TELL.

By: Morantz, Alan. Signed.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Penguin Canada, (Toronto, 2002), Ist edition.:

Seller ID: 12916

256 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. B&w maps, reproductions. "(T)ells the story of the maps that made Canada and that, in turn, have made us Canadian. (Morantz) examines how the inhabitants o f this land have used maps for their own purposes - some laudable, some creative and some despicable. And he shows us how maps - made by Inuit hunters, hobos, explorers, missionaries, adventurers, marketers and artists - are often windows on our world views, our assumptions and our dreams. They mirror the best and worst in human nature. Th...
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EARLY WOODENWARE IN CANADA.

By: Morgan, Carl.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Cheltenham, Ontario, Boston Mills Press: 1977

Seller ID: 28113

ISBN: 0919822886

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+

96 pp, 10" H. B&w photographs. Contents: Introduction; Wood and Our Heritage; Setting Your Sights; Looking Back - And Ahead; Woodenware; All That Glows Is Not Old; Boxes; Tools; Utensils; Unique. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very minor edge wear, minor rubbing.
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THE CAHS JOURNAL. VOL. 1, Nos. 1-4 1963 (REPRINT). INCLUDES "THE CAHS - ITS EARLY HISTORY", BY W.J. WHEELER.)

By: Morley, George, editor.

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: Canadian Aviation Historical Society: 1969

Seller ID: 28762

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Very Good+

11" H Reprint, in one volume, of the first volume (four numbers) of the CAHS Journal of 1963, with the addition of "The CAHS - Its Early History' by W.J. Wheeler (1 page). B&w photographs, drawings. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very light wrinkling on front cover around staples, small faint soiling mark on rear cover.
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MARCHING TO ARMAGEDDON: CANADIANS AND THE GREAT WAR, 1914-1919.

By: Morton, Desmond and Granatstein, J.L.

Price: $18.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Lester & Orpen Dennys: 1989

Seller ID: 23147

ISBN: 0886192099

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

288 pp, small 4to (10 1/4" H). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, reproductions, maps/battle plans, colour plates. "Much more than a military history, (this book) evocatively recreates the effect of the war years on ordinary Canadians. All the facets of the war - the blunders, the heroism, the battles and the suffering - are vividly brought home by action pictures of the day, by poster and war art, and by the incisive text of two of Canada's most highly regarded and popular historians." Light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has light to moderate wrinkling -...
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FIGHT OR PAY: SOLDIERS' FAMILIES IN THE GREAT WAR.

By: Morton, Desmond.

Price: $27.50 USD

Publisher: Vancouver, UBC Press: 2004

Seller ID: 25375

ISBN: 0774811080

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

326 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). B&w plates. "Aware that the recruiting effort might fail if men were forced to choose between their families and the front, the Canadian government and its wealthy backers introduced the Canadian Patriotic Fund, known in its day at 'the Patriotic'. Charged with support of soldiers' loved ones, the Patriotic and its volunteers set out to transform them into a middle-class model of frugality and self-denial. At the same time, the Militia Department took on the task of determining which dependants a soldier could or should support. Suddenly, the state and pr...
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IMAGES: STORIES BY THIRTY FAVORITE AUTHORS. (THIRTY STORIES BY FAVORITE WRITERS.)

By: Mowat, Farley; Mitchell, W.O.; Collins, Robert; Callaghan, Morley; Russell, Andy; Kinsella, W.P.; Braithwaite, Max; St. Pierre, Paul; Least Heat Moon, William; Hodgins, Jack; Hellyer, David Terrell; Conover, David; Gibson, Jim; Lynch-Staunton, et al.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, NC Press: 1988

Seller ID: 28589

ISBN: 1550210076

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

104 pp + (8 pp), oblong (8 11/16" H x 10 5/8" D). Colour reproductions, b&w drawings. "From farms and ranches, coastlines and islands, in some thirty stories and vignettes by some of North America's best loved writers and the exquisite art of Len Gibbs, here are timeless portraits which evoke not just rural living, but the universal condition. Meet a diverse and changing mix of people whose lives have been shaped by harsh realities and share with them the pain and sunshine, and truth and laughter. Here prose and paintings have been interwoven to create a loving tribute to those...
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THE ART OF CLAIRTONE: THE MAKING OF A DESIGN ICON 1958-1971.

By: Munk, Nina and Gotlieb, Rachel. Foreword by Samantha Sannella.

Price: $95.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart / Design Exchange: 2008

Seller ID: 27710

ISBN: 0771065078

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

171 pp, oblong (9" H x 10 1/4" D). "For a decade, in the 1960s, Clairtone Sound Corporation captured the spirit of the times: sophisticated, cosmopolitan, liberated. From its modern oiled-walnut and teak stereos to its minimalist logos and promotional materials, Clairtone produced a powerful and enduring body of design work. Founded in 1958 by two young Canadians, Peter Munk and David Gilmour, Clairtone quickly became known for its iconic designs and masterful advertising campaigns. Its acclaimed Project G stereo, with its space-age styling, epitomized the Swinging Sixties. Famous...
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A SELECTION OF SHIPS' BADGES OF HIS MAJESTY'S ROYAL NAVIES.

By: N/A

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Gutta Percha & Rubber, Limited: 1942

Seller ID: 25169

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Good-

16 pp, 8 7/8" H. Shows colour badges, sleeve markings and shoulder straps of naval officer, b&w silhouettes of British warships. A patriotic promotional piece from the Gutta Percha & Rubber Company, touting their contribution to the war effort and exhorting the public to save rubber. The back cover shows the badge of the Canadian Merchant Navy. Interior - water stains at fore edge of pages and inside of covers, small soft crease at top corner of pages. Exterior - water stain on covers - mainly on front, light edge wear - moderate on spine, a few soft wrinkles, one tiny edge tear.
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THE BANK OF TORONTO: RULES AND REGULATIONS. 1st MARCH, 1915.

By: N/A.

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Bank of Toronto: 1915

Seller ID: 21350

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good- Reading Copy Only

146 pp, 8vo (8" H) - dark red cloth with gold lettering on front board. Several updates have been glued in or attached with straight pins. Main section headings: General Rules; Staff; Vault and Safe - Cash, etc.; Drafts, Collections, etc.; Deposit Business; Correspondence; Loans and Discounts; Business with Municipalities and School Boards; Advances under Section 88; Expense Account; Clearing House Conventions and Rules respecting Endorsements. An interesting business and social history - for example, Article 49 in the Staff Section states: "It must be clearly understood that the mar...
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HOORAY FOR TODAY! A CANADIAN CHILD'S YEAR.

By: Newman, Fran and Boulanger, Claudette. (Leslie McFarlane, Kerry Wood, Robert Thomas Allen, Bruce Hutchinson, Horst Schmid, Jean Little, Mona Gould, Andy O'Brien, Bess Kaplan, Bobby Hull, Carlo Italiano, Pitseolak, Miyuki Tanobe, John Diefenbaker, et al.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Richmond Hill, Ontario, North Winds Press: 1979

Seller ID: 20305

ISBN: 059007623X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Unpaginated, oblong (8 1/4" H x 9 7/8" D) - pictorial boards. Profusely illustrated in colour with 24 full page drawings facing 24 pages of text, describing various cultural, religious and ethnic celebrations held during the year, starting with Canada Day on July 1st. From the Calgary Stampede, Highland Games, Caribana, and Oktoberfest, to Hallowe'en, the Grey Cup, Hanukkah, Christmas and Chinese New Year through Carnaval, the Arctic Winter Games a Ukranian Easter, the Stanley Cup, Victoria Day, St. Antony's and St. Jean Baptiste Day, the varied authors cross the country and the years...
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KING OF THE CASTLE. THE MAKING OF A DYNASTY: SEAGRAM'S AND THE BRONFMAN EMPIRE.

By: Newman, Peter C.

Price: $17.50 USD

Publisher: New York, Atheneum Books for Young Readers: 1979

Seller ID: 28818

ISBN: 0689109636

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

304 pp, 9 1/2" H. "It is one of the world's great fortunes, the empire founded by Sam Bronfman and carried on through his family, a kingdom worth more than $7 billion nurtured on bootleg alcohol and sustained through decades of deals, scandals, legal explosions and interfamily warfare. At its heart is the Seagram Company Ltd., the world's largest distilling operation, responsible for more than one million bottles of liquor per day sold in the U.S. alone, but it also reaches far beyond that - to oil companies, hotels, mines, factories and real estate all over the world." Very ligh...
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Image for CANADIAN HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS SERIES - 3 VOLUME SET. VOLUME I. THE FRENCH REGIME. VOLUME II. PRE-CONFEDERATION. VOLUME III. CONFEDERATION TO 1949.

CANADIAN HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS SERIES - 3 VOLUME SET. VOLUME I. THE FRENCH REGIME. VOLUME II. PRE-CONFEDERATION. VOLUME III. CONFEDERATION TO 1949.

By: Nish, Cameron; Waite, P.B.; Brown, R.C.; Prang, M.E., editors.

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: Scarborough, Ontario, Prentice-Hall: 1965

Seller ID: 28735

Condition: Very Good

Three volume set - volumes I & III are hard covers in dust jackets, volume II is soft cover. Volume I: The French Regime - 176 pp, hard cover in dust jacket, 9" H - "(C)ontains a fascinating collection of first-hand accounts by individuals involved in the founding and settling of Canada. Through their own words these men chronicle their ambitions, deeds, and frustrations, from the time of Jacques Cartier's first voyage of exploration in 1534 to the surrender of Montreal to the British in 1760. Consisting mostly of translations from the original French, this book of documents was com...
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KING'S WAR: MACKENZIE KING AND THE POLITICS OF WAR, 1939-1945.

By: Nolan, Brian.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Random House: 1988

Seller ID: 28619

ISBN: 0394220366

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

188 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). B&w photographs. "(A)n extraordinary chronicle of raw politics and ruthless courage; of one man's 'divine mission' to save Canada from dismembering itself over controversial wartime issues such as conscription, Japanese internment, the infamous 'Zombie' army, and the tragic battles of Hong Kong and Dieppe, where thousands of Canadian soldiers lost their lives. (B)rilliantly details King's close friendship and political bond with Roosevelt; his key role as negotiator for Churchill; and his bizarre meeting and mystical attachment with Hitler. (T)he shock...
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Image for ADDRESSES DELIVERED BEFORE THE CANADIAN CLUB OF TORONTO. SEASON 1908-09. (PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN CLUB, TORONTO FOR THE YEAR 1908-1909). VOLUME VI.

ADDRESSES DELIVERED BEFORE THE CANADIAN CLUB OF TORONTO. SEASON 1908-09. (PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN CLUB, TORONTO FOR THE YEAR 1908-1909). VOLUME VI.

By: Northcliffe, Lord; Milner, Viscount; Fernow, B.E., Prof.; James, C.C.; Leonard, J.A., Dr.; Spence, F.S.; Muensterberg, Hugh, Prof.; Miller, W.G., Prof.; Sexton, Frederick H., Dr.; Lawrence, Fred S.; Knight, J.P.; Whitney, James P., Sir; et al.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Warwick Bro's and Rutter: 1909

Seller ID: 28853

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good-

153 pp, 8 5/8" H. Contents: Our Business Partner, John Bull; The Imperial Question; The Truth as to the Timber Situation; The Agricultural Problems of Ontario; The Reformatory Idea; Some Suggestions as to Toronto's Street Railway Problem; Moral Bi-Metallism; The Right and Wrong of the Prohibition Movement; The Mineral Resources of Canada; The License Reduction Question; The need of a National System of Technical Education; The Resources of the Peace River District; The Origin and Mechanism of the Clearing House; The Canadian Club and its Influence on the Future of Canada; Canadian Agricu...
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THE CANADIAN INVENTIONS BOOK: INNOVATIONS, DISCOVERIES AND FIRSTS.

By: Nostbakken, Janis and Humphrey, Jack.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Greey de Pencier: 1976

Seller ID: 28587

ISBN: 0919872247

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

159 pp, 11" H. B&w photographs, drawings. Contents: Preface; Out of the Ground; Wheels and Rails; Airborne; Communicating; Water, Ice and Snow; Odds and Ends; A Timetable of Canadian Inventions; Resources for More Information; Index. Interior - very tiny bump to top corner of first 15 pages, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - very light edge wear - mainly on spine.
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Category: Canada - General