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VIEWS OF DULUTH, MINN.

By: N/A

Price: $55.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto / Duluth, Minn., W.G. MacFarlane for S.H. Knox & Co.: 1910

Seller ID: 30505

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Fair

Unpaginated (40 pp excluding covers), oblong (7" H x 9" D), purple paper covers with decorative gilt lettering on front. Undated, but c1910. One page of introductory text followed by captioned b&w photographs of streetscapes, schools, churches, commercial buildings, parks, docks, shipping, industries, scenery, etc. Some pages have two or more images. Interior - most pages have soft creases at top/bottom corner, soiling at top/bottom corners of first page with a tiny corner repair at bottom corner. Exterior - wear at top/bottom of spine icluding a 1/2" tear at bottom of spine, hea...
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CANADIAN WATERCOLOURS AND DRAWINGS IN THE ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM. 2 VOLUME SET IN SLIPCASE.

By: Allodi, Mary. Forword by Donald Blake Webster.

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum: 1974

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28650

ISBN: 0888541597

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Unpaginated, oblong (8 7/8" H x 12 1/4" D) - medium brown cloth with gilt lettering on spines and front boards. Slipcase covered in matching brown cloth with gilt lettering and colour pastedown on front panel. 2220 reproductions in b&w and colour. Volume One: Foreword; Introduction; Notes on Procedure; Abbreviations; Artists A to K. Volume Two: Artists K to Y; Anonymous Artists; Geographic Index; Subject Index. Minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spines. Slipcase has very minor rubbing.
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WORLD AIRCRAFT: COMMERCIAL, 1935-1960.

By: Angelucci, Enzo and Matricardi, Paolo.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: Chicago, Rand McNally: 1979

Seller ID: 16187

ISBN: 528882066

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

317 pp, small 8vo (7 1/2" H). Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with drawings, profiles, insignia, reproductions of posters. Contents: United States; Great Britain; USSR; France; Italy; Germany; Sweden; Japan; Holland; Canada; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Romania; Spain; Argentina; Australia; Switzerland; People's Republic of China; Major Commercial Aircraft; Civil Aviation Registration Letters - 1960; Insignia of the Major Airlines in 1960; Principal Airports of the World - 1960; Engines. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - book lightly cocked, very l...
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Image for LETTERS FROM CANADA, WRITTEN DURING A RESIDENCE THERE IN THE YEARS 1806, 1807, AND 1808; SHEWING THE PRESENT STATE OF CANADA, ITS PRODUCTIONS - TRADE - COMMERCIAL IMPORTANCE AND POLITICAL RELATIONS.

LETTERS FROM CANADA, WRITTEN DURING A RESIDENCE THERE IN THE YEARS 1806, 1807, AND 1808; SHEWING THE PRESENT STATE OF CANADA, ITS PRODUCTIONS - TRADE - COMMERCIAL IMPORTANCE AND POLITICAL RELATIONS.

By: Gray, Hugh.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Coles, Toronto, 1971, facsimile reprint of Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme edition of 1809.:

Seller ID: 19180

406 pp, 8vo (8 3/8" H), soft cover. Title continues: "Illustrative of the Laws, the Manners of the People, and the Peculiarities of the Country and Climate. Exhibiting Also the Commercial Importance of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Cape Breton; an d Their increasing Ability, in Conjunction with Canada, to furnish the necessary Supplies of Lumber and Provisions to our West-India Islands." Interior - previous owner's small stamp on inside of front cover, very small bump to top corner o f p a g e s , otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - very light ...
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CANADIAN GENERAL AVIATION, 1967-1980.

By: Hewson, E.L., preface. (Wayne McNeal, Ken Marks, Bert Saumur.)

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Ottawa, Queen's Printer: 1969

Seller ID: 28471

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Very Good+

52 pp, 11" H. "The object of this booklet is to provide an initial report on the data collected in a questionnaire survey of Canadian aircraft owners during the summer and fall of 1968. By and large, the booklet merely presents statistical information, although some analytical input is implied in the way in which the data have been organized for presentation, and the final chapter contains a first attempt to forecast future levels of activity based on the data collected." From the Preface. Contents: Summary; Introduction; General Aviation Activity (Aircraft Fleet / Aircraft Uti...
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THE BOEING 247: THE FIRST MODERN COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE. THE FLYING CLASSICS SERIES.

By: Holden, Henry M.

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: Blue Ridge Summit, PA, TAB / McGraw-Hill: 1991

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 24732

ISBN: 0830635939

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

168 pp, 9 3/16" H. B&w photographs, drawings. "The introduction of the Boeing 247 in 1933 is widely regarded as the beginning of modern air transport. With an all-metal, stressed-skin design and a cruising speed of 170 miles an hour, the 247 marked the end of the slower, flimsy wood-and-dope frame biplanes used by the military and mail service. Though quickly overshadowed by its competitors, the 247 proved to the American public that commercial air travel could be both safe and efficient. In fact, this innovative airplane determined the direction of aircraft design for nearly the next...
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Image for CANADA: TO THE DELEGATES OF THE NINTH CONGRESS, CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, TORONTO, SEPTEMBER 18-22, 1920. WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF THE BOARD OF TRADE OF THE CITY OF TORONTO.

CANADA: TO THE DELEGATES OF THE NINTH CONGRESS, CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, TORONTO, SEPTEMBER 18-22, 1920. WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF THE BOARD OF TRADE OF THE CITY OF TORONTO.

By: Marriott, Charles, Foreword.

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, City of Toronto / R.G. McLean: 1920

Seller ID: 28854

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Good+

301 pp, 9 3/16" H. Textured leather over flexible card covers with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Profusely illustrated with sepiatone photographs, colour Coat of Arms, decorated title page, tissue covered reproduction of "The Fathers of Confederation", decorative headpieces and initial capitals to chapters and fold-out colour map at rear. Contents include: Agricultural Development; Agricultural Implement Production; Automotive Vehicle Industry; Banking and Currency; Canada and the (First World) War; The Story of Confederation; Dairying; Education System; Fisheries; Fl...
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JEEP: FROM BANTAM TO WRANGLER.

By: Munro, Bill.

Price: $27.50 USD

Publisher: Ramsbury, Marlborough, Crowood: 2000

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 22518

ISBN: 1861263198

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

192 pp, large 8vo (9 7/8" H). Profusely illustrated in b&w and colour with photographs, drawings, diagrams, reproductions. "The Supreme Allied Commander in World War Two, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, once said that the jeep was one of the three tools that won the War, and today's Jeep Wrangler and Cherokee models are its direct descendants. The US Army requirement was for a light reconnaissance vehicle that would also provide light armoured support for the infantry. It needed to be able to travel off-road at speed and carry four people. Four-wheel drive and a powerful engine were con...
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FROM WAR TO WINTERLUDE - 150 YEARS ON THE RIDEAU CANAL. DE LA DEFENSE A LA DETENTE - LES 150 ANS DU CANAL RIDEAU.

By: Peck, Mary E.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Ottawa, Public Archives Canada: 1982

Seller ID: 28320

ISBN: 0660510154

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

154 pp, 11" H. The catalogue of the exhibition. B&w photographs, reproductions, maps. A look at the evolution of the Rideau Canal. Originally planned by the British military in response to threats of military incursions from the United States, it became a source of commercial development and transportation and now a recreational gem. Bilingual text in parallel columns (English/French). Contents: Foreword; Abbreviations; The Military Era - Construction of the Canal; Commerce and Industry on the Canal; The Age of Recreation on the Canal; Notes; Bibliography; Sources of Items in the Exh...
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Keyword: Commercial Transportation