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PERSON & PLACE: A CANADIAN GARLAND.

By: Alden, John, foreword by. (Inscribed by John Alden.) (L'Ange, Pierre Motin, Marc Lescarbot, Roger Viets.)

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: G.K. Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, 1974.:

Seller ID: 12556

Unpaginated (approx. 27 pp.), 8 1/2" H, soft cover. Produced as a Christmas gift by G.K. Hall & Co., 1974. INSCRIBED BY JOHN ALDEN ON HALF-TITLE PAGE. Frontispiece is reproduction of monograph poem by Marc Lescarbot, 1618. Reproduces three poems , two from the seventeenth century in French on the subject of Champlain's explorations and one from the eighteenth century in English entitled Annapolis Royal. Interior - previous owners bookplate on inside of front cover, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - tiny crease at bottom corner of rear cover, sligh...
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PIONEERS AND PROGRESS.

By: Alix Clive Historical Club. (Beatrice Parlby, Vera Barritt, Alice Nielsen, Alice Roland Simmons, Dr. A.E. Shore, et al.)

Price: $55.00 USD

Publisher: Alberta, Canada, Alix Clive Historical Club: 1974

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28304

ISBN: 0919212433

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

880 pp, 10 5/8" H. Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine, gold lettering/decoration on front board - no dust jacket (as issued). B&w photographs, reproductions, maps - section on cattle brands. A local history of the Alberta district surrounding Alix and Clive. Contents: Foreword; A "Times' Passing"; A Bird's Eye View of History; I'll Be Remembering; Half-Breed Scrip; Lamerton; Mining Along the Red Deer; Content Memories; Medicine in Pioneer Days; Breaking Horses With Mont; Railways Through Alix - C.P.R. Station Agents - C.N.R. Agents; School Districts - General Articles & Fa...
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SONGS OF THE WILD WEST.

By: Axelrod, Alan, commentary. Arrangements by Dan Fox.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Metropolitan Musem of Art / Simon & Schuster: 1991

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 27441

ISBN: 0671747754

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

128 pp, oblong large 8vo (9 1/2" H x 10 3/4" D). Decorated endpapers, profusely illustrated in color and b&w with photographs, reproductions. "Nothing captures the spirit of the Old West better than the jaunty tunes and classic ballads the cowboys and settlers sang, songs richly represented in this visually stunning volume. Panoramic in scope, the 45 songs, coupled with works of art from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming, chronicle the stirring saga of westward expansion and reflect every facet of life during one of t...
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CORNELIUS KRIEGHOFF: PIONEER PAINTER OF NORTH AMERICA.

By: Barbeau, Marius.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Macmillan Company of Canada: 1934

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28766

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

152 pp, 9 3/4" H. Red cloth with silver lettering on spine and front board. Colour and b&w plates. The 'First Part' consists of a short biography of the artist. 'Second Part': Chronological List (of Kriefghoff's dated pictures); Notes and Information; "Catalogue Raisonne" - French Canada; Bourgeois and Sportsmen of Montreal and Quebec (1847-1871); Canadian Indians; Miscellanea - Nude, Still Life, Copies, Illustrations, Lists. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown, browning to edges of text block with tiny foxing marks on bottom, spine is heavily sun faded - tiltle is l...
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THE INVASION OF CANADA, 1812-1813.

By: Berton, Pierre.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart: 1980

Edition: Limited First Edition, Specially Bound.

Seller ID: 30458

ISBN: 0771012357

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

363 pp, 9 3/4" H. Pictorial endpapers, maps/battle plans. Blue (faux?) leather spine with gilt lettering & decoration, gray boards with blue decoration on front board. "This first edition copy - is one of a limited number (unspecified) which have been specially bound and slipcased" from the copyright page. " To America's leaders in 1812, an invasion of Canada seemed the best way to bloody John Bull's nose. It would, as Thomas Jefferson confidently predicted, be 'a mere matter of marching'. How could a nation of eight million fail to subdue a struggling colony of 300,000? Yet,...
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THE EARLY TRADING COMPANIES OF NEW FRANCE: A CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF COMMERCE AND DISCOVERY IN NORTH AMERICA.

By: Biggar, H.P.

Price: $65.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, University of Toronto Library: 1901

Edition: First, Limited Edition.

Seller ID: 30127

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

308 pp, 10 1/4" H. No. 118 of the limited first edition of 600 copies. Rebound in maroon cloth with gilt lettering on spine, new endpapers. An ex-library copy with college stamp on top edge of textblock, library stamps, etc. on free endpapers. *Please note: lacks fold-out map that should accompany text.* Chapter headings: Introduction: Brief description of early expeditions to the regions of the St. Lawrence; The Discovery and Occupation of the St. Lawrence Valley; The Birth and Growth of Trade and Commerce, 1497-1597; The Two Attempts of La Roche and the First Fur-Trade Monopoly; The...
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WHERE RIVERS MEET: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF OTTAWA.

By: Bond, Courtney C.J.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Windsor Publications, n.p., (1984), Ist edition.:

Seller ID: 11678

191 pp, 4to, hard cover in dust jacket. Pictorial endpapers, profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, reproductions, maps, color plates. Contents: Early Civilization; Highway to the Interior; Settlers and Soldiers; Engineering the Canal; The Timber Days; American Entrepreneurs; Canada's Capital; Railways Westward; Culture and Growth; Centennial Pride; Partners in Progress; Bibliography. Light edge wear, to boards. Dust jacket has very light edge wrinkling. VG+/VG+
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BELLEVILLE: A POPULAR HISTORY.

By: Boyce, Gerry.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Natural Heritage / Dundurn: 2008

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 24510

ISBN: 1550028634

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine

310 pp, square large 8vo (9" x 9"). B&w photographs, reproductions, maps. "(A) treasure trove of stories - 'glorious and not-so-glorious' - embodying the history of the city of Belleville (Ontario) and its beautiful surroundings. Gerry Boyce, the dean of the area's historians, has done a masterful job of pulling together the best of Belleville's storied past, episode by episode, decade by decade: here one learns about the Native roots of the place, its debatable 'discovery' by Champlain, its hot-headed pre-Confederation politics, its involvement in Spiritualism in the 1850s and ...
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RAY BRADBURY'S THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES ADVENTURE GAME. (For Macintosh)

By: Bradbury, Ray.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Byron Preiss Mutimedia, N.P., 1995.:

Seller ID: 7285

CD-Rom in Pictorial box. "Journey to Mars, the mysterious red planet, to embark on an urgent mission that could influence the future of the Earth or cost you your life. Explore the Martian city to uncover the secrets of the mysterious extinction of the Martians and the settlers from Earth. Rumors abound of sightings of Martians and of a potent Martian object that could have a major effect on Earth. But do the Martians still exist? Or are they just illusions? Find the key in the lost Martian archives and unlock the secrets of a lost world! * High resolution 3-D graphic adventure game...
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MACKENZIE, SELKIRK, SIMPSON.

By: Bryce, George, Rev.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Morang: 1905

Edition: Edition de Luxe.

Inscription: Signed by publisher.

Seller ID: 28914

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

305 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 being from set 47, so numbered) of The Makers of Canada series - signed by the publisher, George Morang, on the limitation page. Three b&w tissue-covered portraits, including frontispiece. Contents: Sir Alexander Mackenzie (Struggle of the Fur Companies / The Young Trader / Fort Chipewyan / A Dash to the Arctic Sea...
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WITH AXE AND BIBLE: THE SCOTTISH PIONEERS OF NEW BRUNSWICK, 1784-1874.

By: Campey, Lucille H.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Natural Heritage: 2007

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 29559

ISBN: 1897045220

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

206 pp, 9" H. B&w photographs, reproductions, maps. "New Brunswick's enormous timber trade attracted the first wave of Scots in the late 18th century. As economic conditions in Scotland worsened, the flow of emigrants increased, creating distinctive Scottish communities along the province's major timber bays and river frontages. While Scots relied on the timber trade for economic sustenance, their religion offered another form of support, sustaining them in a spiritual and cultural sense. These two themes, the axe and the bible, underpin their story. Using wide-ranging documentar...
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ONTARIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY. PAPERS AND RECORDS. VOL. I.

By: Casey, Thomas, et al.

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, William Briggs: 1899

Seller ID: 28953

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Good

140 pp, 10" H. 2 b&w plates. Contents: Rev. John Langhorn - Personal Note; Marriage Record of Rev. John Langhorn, No. 1; Rev. G. O'Kill Stuart's Register at St. John's Church, Bath; Marriage Register of St. John's Church, Ernest Town, No. 2; Langhorn's Book, No. 3; In the Parish Register of St. George, Kingston; A Register of Baptisms for the Township of Fredericksburgh; Rev. John Langhorn's Records, 1787-1813 - Burials; Rev. John Langhorn Register of St. Paul's Church, Fredericksburgh; Rev. Robert McDowall - Personal Note; McDowall Marriage Register; A Register of Baptisms by the Rev. R...
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Image for STORY OF ASCOT, PARTS OF RANGES I TO V, 1803-1948. EATON ROAD, SPRING ROAD, JOHNVILLE ROAD OR GLENBURN, GLENDAY NEIGHBOURHOOD, MOULTON HILL, HUNTINGVILLE AND ROADS LEADING EAST AND NORTH.

STORY OF ASCOT, PARTS OF RANGES I TO V, 1803-1948. EATON ROAD, SPRING ROAD, JOHNVILLE ROAD OR GLENBURN, GLENDAY NEIGHBOURHOOD, MOULTON HILL, HUNTINGVILLE AND ROADS LEADING EAST AND NORTH.

By: Coates, Hazel Ashe, compiler. Foreword by Lady Tweedsmuir. H.S. Billings, M.E. McCurdy, et al.

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: Ascot Women's Institute, n.p., 1949.:

Seller ID: 22259

85 pp (printed on one side of leaf only), small 4to (10 13/16" H), soft cover. B&w photographs, maps. Contents: Introduction; History of the Ascot Women's Institute; Institute Pictures; Place Names; Indians; Hyatt Saga - with Historical Document Notes; Early Roads - map; Growth and Development of the County; The Neighbourhoods - including geographical features and industries; Old Map - in sections; Railways; Education; Churches - pictures; Temperance Work; Pearlash and Prices 100 Years Ago; The Home Front World War I; Peace Celebrations 1918; Memorial Roll 1914-1918; Ascot War Work and ...
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THE KEYSTONE PROVINCE; AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF MANITOBA ENTERPRISE.

By: Coates, Ken and McGuinness, Fred. With Roger Newman.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Burlington, Ontario, Windsor Publications: 1988

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28686

ISBN: 0897812573

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

184 pp, 11 1/4" H. B&w and colour photographs, reproductions. "(The authors) describe Manitoba's beginnings as a fur trade empire under the Hudson's Bay Company. They depict the development of the province's resources and potential as a national priority when, in 1870, a very small Province of Manitoba was created to spearhead the development of a western agrarian empire. Working within a changing social and economic climate, entrepreneurs struggled to establish Winnipeg as the West's premier city, and situated that city as the hub of a transportation and distribution network that ...
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THE IRISHMAN IN CANADA.

By: Davin, Nicholas Flood.

Price: $57.50 USD

Publisher: London / Toronto, Samson Low, Marston / Maclear: 1877

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 30591

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good-

692 pp + (4) pp publisher's advertisement, 8 3/4" H. Green cloth with gilt & black lettering & decoration on spine and front board, blind stamped decoration on rear board - bevelled boards. Chapter headings: Motive of the "Irishman in Canada"; Antecedents of the Irishman in Canada; Antecedents - Continued - Irishmen in the New World and Australia; Laying the Foundation of Canada; ditto - Continued; The War of 1812-14; Irish Immigration from 1815 to 1837; ditto - Continued; The Rise of Responsible Government in Canada; ditto - Continued; ditto - Continued; ditto - Continued; The C...
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RED DEER: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY.

By: Dawe, Michael J.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Red Deer, Red Deer and District Museum Society et al: 1996

Seller ID: 25636

ISBN: 0919405126

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

160 pp + 8 pp color photo section, 11 1/4" H. B&w photographs, maps, reproductions. "(A) definitive history of the community from its beginnings as a tiny frontier hamlet to its present-day role as a modern urban centre. Featuring a lively narrative by city archivist Michael Dawe, (it) tells the story of Red Deer (Alberta) - from the time of the great ice age, to the arrival of the first aboriginal residents, to the travels of the explorers, missionaries and freighters, to the struggles of the early settlers, to the heady optimism of those who founded the city, to the hardships and ...
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SASKATOON: A CENTURY IN PICTURES.

By: Delainey, William P.; Duerkop, John D.; Sarjeant, William A.S.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Western Producer Prairie Books: 1982

Seller ID: 28789

ISBN: 0888330901

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

177 pp, 11 1/4" H. "Saskatoon began as a vision of the Temperance Colonization Society. Its members formulated a scheme for a colony in the West where a way of life free from the evils of alcohol might be fostered. Early in the spring of 1882, an advance party travelled by rail and wagon to examine their grant of land and to choose the administrative site for the settlement. By the beginning of the twentieth century, the temperance ideals had become secondary to boosterism. By 1905 discussions were underway to amalgamate the original Nutana settlement with 'Saskatoon' and Riversda...
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Image for ALBERTA HISTORY. VOLUME 25, NUMBERS 2-4 (SPRING/SUMMER/AUTUMN 1977), VOLUME 26, NUMBERS 1-4 (WINTER/SPRING/SUMMER/AUTUMN 1978), VOLUME 27, NUMBERS 1 & 2 (WINTER/SPRING 1979), VOLUME 28, NUMBER 1 (WINTER 1980). 10 NUMBERS IN TOTAL.

ALBERTA HISTORY. VOLUME 25, NUMBERS 2-4 (SPRING/SUMMER/AUTUMN 1977), VOLUME 26, NUMBERS 1-4 (WINTER/SPRING/SUMMER/AUTUMN 1978), VOLUME 27, NUMBERS 1 & 2 (WINTER/SPRING 1979), VOLUME 28, NUMBER 1 (WINTER 1980). 10 NUMBERS IN TOTAL.

By: Dempsey, Hugh A., Editor. Donald B. Smith, J.W. Chalmers, L.J. Wilson, D.J. Hall, C.E.D. Wood, john Liss, W.T. Williamson, Elise A. Corbet, Tom M. Henson, Terry L. Chapman, Rolf, T. Lund, Colin A. Thomson, Eric, J. Holmgren, Anne B. Woywitka, et al.

Price: $55.00 USD

Publisher: Calgary, Alberta, Historical Society of Alberta:

Seller ID: 28936

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Very Good

10 numbers of Alberta History, running from Spring 1977 to Spring 1979 plus Winter 1980, 10" H, each 40 pp. Colour pictorial covers, b&w photographs, drawings, maps, political cartoons. Articles cover: Half-Breed Commission; 1919 Royal Visit; Treaty No. 6; Road to Banff, 1890; Tom Kerr; Ku Klux Klan; Early Eugenics Movement; Skiing in Banff; Black Immigration; High Level Bridge; Women in Labour Movement; Railway to Athabasca; Bobtail Land Surrender; Edmonton Theatres; Arthur Evans; Stocking the Canadian Range; Elliott Galt Letters; Chivaree; Alberta Field Force; George Chipman; Buffalo B...
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A DEADLY DISTANCE.

By: Down, Heather.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Sandcastle / Dundurn: 2007

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 27553

ISBN: 1550026372

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine

133 pp, 8 1/4" H. "At the beginning of the nineteenth century in northeastern Newfoundland, the Beothuks, a First Nations people, have been decimated by disease and are hunted and persectuted relentlessly by European settlers and fur trappers. Young Mishbee, her older sister, Oobata, and the rest of their band struggle courageously in the Bay of Exploits area against tuberculosis, misunderstanding, and prejudice. Mishbee tries to maintain the traditions of her people as she slowly befriends a young English settler and shipbuilder named John and attempts to bridge the deadly gulf bet...
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'AND SOME BROUGHT FLOWERS': PLANTS IN A NEW WORLD.

By: Downie, Mary Allice, Hamilton, Mary, selected and introduced by.

Price: $22.50 USD

Publisher: Toronto, University of Toronto Press: 1980

Seller ID: 17274

ISBN: 0802023630

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

164 pp, large 8vo (10 1/4"). 70 watercolors by E.J. Revell. "In seventy exquisite watercolours E.J. Revell has captured the beauty of plants found by early travellers in North America - from Ash to Wintergreen, Bittersweet to Wappatoo, the common Bedstraw and the uncommon Camass, the edible Fiddlehead and the ubiquitous Dandelion. Accompanying each painting are quotations from a variety of explorers and settlers, describing the plants and reflecting the practical, aesthetic, and botanic interests of newcomers in different parts of the country. The result is an intriguing mixture of na...
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Keyword: Settlers