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QUEEN'S 1919. 1919 YEAR BOOK PUBLISHED BY THE GRADUATING CLASS IN ARTS AND SCIENCE, QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY, KINGSTON, ONT.

By: N/A

Price: $100.00 USD

Publisher: Kingston, Ont., Graduating Class, Arts and Science, Queen's University: 1919

Seller ID: 28477

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good+

155 pp, oblong (99 3/8" H x 11 5/8" D), dark brown pebbled cloth with blind stamped borders and gold lettering/crest on front board, floral patterned endpapers. Many b&w photographs of University buildings, professors, sports teams, etc. Head shots and short biographies of students. Information on students who served/died in the First World War. Honour rolls. Light browning and a few very tiny stains on endpapers, small area of printing ink offset in top margin of pages 22 & 23, light edge wear/wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, light browning to edges of text block, light wear at...
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Image for THE RECORD MAKERS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. 1937 EDITION. THIRTY-SIXTH ANNIVERSARY SOUVENIR OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. CONTAINING THE YEARLY AND ALL-TIME RECORDS OF THE LEAGUE.

THE RECORD MAKERS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. 1937 EDITION. THIRTY-SIXTH ANNIVERSARY SOUVENIR OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. CONTAINING THE YEARLY AND ALL-TIME RECORDS OF THE LEAGUE.

By: N/A

Price: $75.00 USD

Publisher: L.S. McKenna: 1937

Seller ID: 28910

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Very Good

64 pp, 6" H. B&w centerfold advertisement for Gluek's Beer of Minneapolis. Records for the American Association from 1902 to 1936, including: Yearly Team Leaders in Batting - Scoring - Holding Opponents to Fewest Runs - Hits - Total Bases - Two Base Hits - Three Base Hits - Home Runs - Sacrifice Hits - Stolen Bases - Bases on Balls - Fewest Strikeouts - Most Strikeouts - Double Plays - Fewest Errors - Batting - Runs Scored; Fielding Leaders in Percentage - Chances Accepted; Leaders in Assists, etc., etc. Interior - very small soft bump at top corner of pages, light toning to pages, othe...
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REGINA BEFORE & AFTER CYCLONE, JUNE 30, 1912.

By: N/A

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Regina, P.T. Evans & K.L. Fenney: 1912

Seller ID: 30351

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Good-

Unpaginated (24 pages excluding covers), oblong (6 1/2" H x 10 1/4" D). Undated (c1912). B&w photographs with captions showing the destruction caused by the cyclone, including some paired 'before & afters' and a centre "Panorama". One text page with facts about Regina and the cyclone. Interior - previous owner's name/place in ink on inside of front cover, small creases/bump at corners of pages - more at bottom corner of first four page leaves along with tiny tear or small pieces missing, some soiling marks and soft creases at fore-edge in fore-margin of pages, crease down c...
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Image for JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA. FROM THE 17th JANUARY, 1935 TO THE 5th JULY, 1935, BOTH DAYS INCLUSIVE. VOLUME LXXIII. SIXTH SESSION OF THE SEVENTEENTH PARLIAMENT OF CANADA. SESSION 1935.

JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA. FROM THE 17th JANUARY, 1935 TO THE 5th JULY, 1935, BOTH DAYS INCLUSIVE. VOLUME LXXIII. SIXTH SESSION OF THE SEVENTEENTH PARLIAMENT OF CANADA. SESSION 1935.

By: N/A

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: Ottawa, J.O. Patenaude: 1935

Seller ID: 28949

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

795 pp, 10" H. Orange cloth with black lettering/banding on spine, black borders on front/rear boards. Contents: Proclamations; Journals of the House of Commons; Index. Very light browning in margins of pages, waviness at top edge of last few page leaves, darkening and a small liquid stain on top of text block, light browning to fore-edge and bottom of text block, light browning to spine, some soiling to rear board and light soiling on front board, very light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, small bump at top edge of front board.
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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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TITANIC: THE OFFICIAL STORY.

By: N/A

Price: $18.00 USD

Publisher: Kew, Richmond, Public Record Office / National Archives:

Seller ID: 30603

ISBN: 1873162375

Binding: Folder

Condition: Very Good

Pictorial folder (9" H x 14" W), containing 18 facsimile documents (some multi-page, some fold-out) pertaining to the Titanic story - plus 15 page introductory pamphlet. No date - c1990. Contents: Transcripts of Registrar General's copy of the Register for transmission to Registrar-General of Shipping and Seamen; Report of Survey of an Emigrant Ship; Certificates of Clearance for an Emigrant Ship; Cross section and deck plans of the 'Titanic'; Extract of the Report of the British Commission of Enquiry into the loss ot the 'Titanic' - describing the decks, accommodation, structure and l...
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THE COLLECTED POEMS OF RUPERT BROOKE: WITH A MEMOIR. RIVIERE & SON BINDING.

By: (Brooke, Rupert.) Memoir by E. Marsh.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: London, Sidgwick & Jackson: 1926

Edition: Fifteenth Impression.

Seller ID: 30487

Binding: Three-Quarter Leather

Condition: Very Good-

clix (Memoir), 160 pp, 7 1/8" H. Riviere & Son binding (stamped on verso of free front endpaper) - blue leather spine/corners, marbled paper-covered boards, five raised bands on spine with gilt lettering and decoration, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers.Two tissue-covered b&w portraits. Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) is best known for his war sonnets, particularly "The Soldier". Previous owner's small bookplate on front free endpaper; small chip at bottom edge of half-title page; small light foxing mark on page lxxix, tiny foxing mark on one other page and a small light line mark on an...
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WALT DISNEY'S ELMER ELEPHANT. 948

By: (Walt Disney.)

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: Racine, Wisconsin, Whitman: 1938

Seller ID: 29248

Binding: Sewed in wraps

Condition: Good-

Unpaginated (12 pages including covers), 12 1/8" H. Thick stock - "Linen-like and Sewed". Colorful illustrations with text below. Mickey Mouse helps Elmer Elephant built a house, but before it is complete, the sleepy Elephant decides to take a nap in Pluto's dog house, with disastrous results. Interior - light wrinkling at top/bottom of page gutters, small dent in middle of pages, some pages with a small corner crease, 1" tear at top edge of pages - archivally taped, slight browning to page edges and in gutters. Exterior - creases at top/bottom of spine, some tears at top ...
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AMERICAN WICKER: WOVEN FURNITURE FROM 1850 TO 1930.

By: Adamson, Jeremy.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Rizzoli: 1993

Seller ID: 23505

ISBN: 0847816702

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

175 pp, 4to (11 1/4" H). Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with photographs, reproductions. Contents: Wicker in History; The Emergence of an American Industry, 1840-1873; The Great Rivals: Wakefield Rattan Company and Heywood Brothers and Company, 1874-1897; Victorian Wicker and the American Home, 1876-1900; The Search for New Materials, Styles, and Meanings in the Progressive Era, 1893-1914; Novel Uses, Technologies, and Designs for the Modern Age, 1915-1930; Wicker in the 1930s. A few tiny dints on bottom edge of both boards. Dust jacket has very light edge wrinkling - mainly at ...
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THE MEADOW-BROOK GIRLS BY THE SEA OR THE LOSS OF THE LONESOME BAR.

By: Aldridge, Janet.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Saalfield, Akron, Ohio, c1914.:

Seller ID: 20450

255 pp, small 8vo (7 5/8" H), hard cover (dark blue/green cloth with black lettering on spine and front board, illustration of girl with paddle coming out of tent on front board and a pair of crossed logs on spine), in dust jacket. 4 b&w illustrati ons, including frontispiece. The further camping adventures of the Meadow-Brook girls, set in early 20th century America. The titles on the back of the dust jacket list up to "The Meadow-Brook Girls on the Tennis Courts". Heavy browning t o p a g e s , front inside hinge paper is split, heavy browning to edges of textblock, minor e...
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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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MOMENTS OF MEMORY: RECOLLECTIONS AND IMPRESSIONS.

By: Asquith, Herbert.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Hutchinson: 1937

Edition: Second Impression.

Seller ID: 29238

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good -

382 pp, 9 1/2" H. Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. B&w illustrations. The author's memories of his father, Herbert H. Asquith, Liberal Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1908-1916. Contents: Cricket at Keats Grove; Early Friends; Grasmere and London; The Journey to Scotland; Fact and Fancy; A New Outlook; Winchester; Some Oxford Characters; A Generous Settlement; Asquith and Balfour; Force and Ferment; A Poet in Revolt; The Outbreak of War; Flanders in 1915; Men and Problems; The Somme and Whitehall; Arras and Passchendaele; The Battle in the Mist; Lord Oxford in Later Years; In...
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THE WESTERN FRONT 1914-1918.

By: Banting, D.R. and Embleton, G.A.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: London, Almark: 1974

Seller ID: 23825

ISBN: 85524173X

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good+

80 pp, 8 1/4" H. B&w photographs, maps/battle plans, reproductions, colour uniform studies, reproductions. An overview of the countries and leaders involved, the weapons, tactics and uniforms, and the aftermath of "the war to end all wars". Interior - light cigarette odour, slight browning to pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - two tiny corner creases, minor edge wear, crease and small scratch on rear cover, light browning to top and fore-edge of text block.
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HOCKEY HEROES OF THE GEORGIAN TRIANGLE. LOOKING BACK SERIES.

By: Barber, Jim.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: St Catharines, Ontario, Looking Back Press / Vanwell: 2004

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 26026

ISBN: 1550689339

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+

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 m...
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HOCKEY HEROES OF THE GEORGIAN TRIANGLE. LOOKING BACK SERIES.

By: Barber, Jim.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: St Catharines, Ontario, Looking Back Press / Vanwell: 2004

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 29326

ISBN: 1550689339

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

THE WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. (THE XIVth REGIMENT OF FOOT). FAMOUS REGIMENT SERIES.

By: Barker, A.J.. Introduction by Lieut.-General Sir Brian Horrocks.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: London, Leo Cooper: 1974

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 22575

ISBN: 0850521505

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

80 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). B&w photographs, reproductions. Music for Regimental March (Ca Ira). Contents: Early days; Ca Ira!; Service in the West Indies; Corunna; Waterloo, 1815; India, 1807-1825; The Crimea; The Maori Campaign; Mainly South Africa; The Auxiliary Forces; The First World War; The Second World War; The Final Years; Appendices: The Regimental March; The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own); Synopsis of Service. Very light cigarette odour, very light browning to edges of text block and in page margins, minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has light...
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THE SECRET WORLD OF THE FLOWER FAIRIES.

By: Barker, Cicely Mary.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Frederick Warne: 1998

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 29760

ISBN: 072324457X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

127 pp, 10 1/4" H. Beautifully illustrated in full colour throughout. "Have you ever wondered where the fairies dance at midnight balls or when fairy queens hold court? This delightful book delves into the mysterious private life of the Flower Fairies, revealing their deepest secrets and explaining the work-ings of their invisible communities. A treasure trove of whimsical information, (it) is sure to enchant readers, young and old." Contents: Introduction to the Flower Fairies; The Fairy Court; Homes and Housekeeping; Jobs; Baby Fairies; The Fairy Market; Animal Friends; Food; ...
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THE MEASURE OF THE RULE.

By: Barr, Robert. Introduction by Louis K. MacKendrick.

Price: $17.50 USD

Publisher: Toronto, University of Toronto Press: 1973

Seller ID: 22798

ISBN: 0802020720

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

308 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). 'Literature of Canada - Poetry and Prose in Reprint' series. "Originally published in 1907, (this) is the nearest (Barr) came to writing an autobiographical novel. It concerns the Toronto Normal School and the experiences there in the 1870s of a young man who undoubtedly is Barr himself. In this novel, Barr is exorcising unhappy memories and is ironic, even bitter, about the school's quality of education, the rigid discipline observed by its staff and their indifference to their students, and the sexual segregation practised. As a realistic study of Ontario's o...
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ECHOES OF THE WAR. (CONTAINS: THE OLD LADY SHOWS HER MEDALS; THE NEW WORD; BARBARA'S WEDDING; A WELL-REMEMBERED VOICE.)

By: Barrie, J.M.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1920

Edition: Reprint.

Seller ID: 19022

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good reading copy only.

188 pp, small 8vo (7 1/2" H) - dark green cloth with gold letteringon spine, blind stamp of Barrie's initials on front board. Tissue-covered frontispiece. Four plays by the author of 'Peter Pan' on the subject of war and its consequences. Previous owner's name/datre and small corner crease on front free endpaper, paper at inside rear hinge is split - joint still holding well, hinge crease on frontispiece which has a 2" tear and is now archivally taped, minor browning to endpapers, moderate edge wear - mainly at top/bottom of spine, two slight corner bumps, moderate browning to edges of...
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GLIMPSES OF NORTH DAKOTA.

By: Bartlett, David.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: North Dakota Pan-American Exposition Commission: 1901

Seller ID: 30560

Binding: Unbound

Condition: Poor

62 pp, oblong (6 3/16" H x 9" D). Engraved and printed by Gies & Co., Buffalo, NY. Deep purple covers with black lettering, blind stamped decoration. Profusely illustrated throughout with b&w photographs of towns, farms, harvesting, houses, churches, schools, public buildings, cattle, Fargo Fire Festival, scenery, etc. Text sections are titled: North Dakota in Brief; North Dakota Homes; Stock Interests; Coal and Clays; State Insitutions; North Dakota Schools and Churches. Interior - front free endpaper is partially detached and has a corner crease and some several soft creases; the t...
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Keyword: Early 20th Century