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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ONTARIO RAILWAY AND MUNICIPAL BOARD TO DECEMBER 31st 1906.

By: N/A

Price: $150.00 USD

Publisher: Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Toronto, 1907.:

Seller ID: 13668

176 pp, large 8vo (9 3/4" H), hard cover (blue textured cloth with blind stamped borders, gold lettering on spine and front board.) - no dust jacket. This book was probably originally issued in wraps, and rebound soon after in this hard cover format. Among the issues covered in this report: Accidents; Hamilton, Annexation of Burlington Beach to; Radial Railway strike; London, Street Railway, Repair of; Niagara Falls Electric Light Extension By-law; St. Thomas Street Railway, Examiner of Motormen; Toronto, vs. Toronto Railway Company (lavatories, etc.), etc. Interior - company stamp on free ...
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WHO'S WHO IN TORONTO: A CELEBRATION OF THIS CITY.

By: N/A

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, CHMH Association: 1984

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28475

ISBN: 0969169701

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

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.
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THE CANADIAN ALMANAC, AND REPOSITORY OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE, FOR THE YEAR 1861. (WITH FOLD-OUT MAP.)

By: N/A

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Maclear: 1861

Seller ID: 28852

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good-

95 pp, 8 15/16" H. Stitched in original paper cover, the first pagebeing the title page. Fold-out map - "Map of Part of Canada West Engraved Expressly for the Canadian Almanac 1861" (approx. 17" W x 16" H), printed in b&w. Title page continues: "Containing Full and Authentic Commercial, Statistical, Astronomical, Departmental, Ecclesiastical, Educational, Financial and General Information. The Astronomical Calculations Have Been Made Expressly For This Publication At The Provincial Observatory in Toronto." Includes sections about: Holydays, Disastrous Occurences, &c.; Remarkable Occurrence...
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Image for McMASTER UNIVERSITY 1925. A YEAR BOOK OF McMASTER UNIVERSITY WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE MAY NUMBER OF THE McMASTER UNIVERSITY MONTHLY. GRADUATION NUMBER, TORONTO, MAY, 1925, VOL. XXXIV, NO. 8.

McMASTER UNIVERSITY 1925. A YEAR BOOK OF McMASTER UNIVERSITY WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE MAY NUMBER OF THE McMASTER UNIVERSITY MONTHLY. GRADUATION NUMBER, TORONTO, MAY, 1925, VOL. XXXIV, NO. 8.

By: N/A

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Joint Committee from Graduating Classes in Arts and Theology and the Monthly Board, McMaster University,: 1925

Seller ID: 11669

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Unpaginated (approx. 70 pp.), 10" H. B&w photographs, drawings. Gives individual graduate biographies, and covers events, clubs, societies, sports teams, etc. Interior - light wrinkling at top of first page (from manufacturing process), otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light wrinkling at top right of front cover and small faint stain, small soft crease at top corner of rear cover with slight migration into last few pages, minor browning to covers.
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SO MANY: A FOLIO DEDICATED TO ALL WHO SERVED WITH RAF BOMBER COMMAND, 1939-45.

By: N/A

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Macmillan, [Toronto], (1995).:

Seller ID: 5306

276 pp, folio, HC. "The central theme is the courage of thousands of men - most of them from ordinary backgrounds in Britain and the Empire, but including important groups from countries overrun by Germany - who survived one of the most severe and prolonged periods of physical danger and mental strain any group of people has ever been asked to bear. Over 55,500 of them were killed. The principal content allocates ten pages to each of 25 aircrew, who, often straight from school, served as pi lots, navigators, bomb-aimers, signallers, flight engineers and air gunners in Bomber Command in Worl...
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THE CANADIAN MERCANTILE ALMANACK FOR 1847. INCLUDING "TEN REASONS FOR EMIGRATING TO CANADA" & ADDITIONAL 19TH CENTURY ADVERTISEMENTS.

By: N/A

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Copp Clark Professional, (Toronto, 1996), facsimile reprint.:

Seller ID: 6644

8vo, soft cover. Reproductions of early advertising material. Contents: Advertisements; Introduction; The Canadian Mercantile Almanack for 1847; Almanac; Legislation; Appendix; Ten Reasons for Emigrating to Canada; Concluding Advertisements. "This fascinating glimpse of Upper Canada showcases the new colony: its officials, clergy, lodge members and business people. Here you find the new Acts establishing towns and school systems, militia and tariffs. You get 'Ten Reasons for Emigrating to Canada' and many pages of advertisements from 19th century 'Canadian Almanac' editions. Here is Cana...
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THE CANADIAN AIRBORNE REGIMENT 20th ANNIVERSARY AIRBORNE SPECTACULAR / LE REGIMENT AEROPORTE DU CANADA 20ieme ANNIVERSAIRE SPECTACLE "PARA".

By: N/A

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: Petawawa, The Regiment: 1988

Seller ID: 27199

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Fine

8 pp (including covers), 10 15/16" H. 2 colour photographs. Bilingual (English/French). The programme for the 20th anniversary celebrations of The Canadian Airborne Regiment, held at CFB Petawawa on the 27th of August, 1988. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - clean.
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Image for THE TOUR THROUGH CANADA OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, AUGUST-OCTOBER: 1919. EMBRACING THAT PORTION OF THE GRAND TRUNK SYSTEM IN THE PROVINCES OF ONTARIO AND QUEBEC TRAVERSED BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS. ANNOTATED TIMETABLE.

THE TOUR THROUGH CANADA OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, AUGUST-OCTOBER: 1919. EMBRACING THAT PORTION OF THE GRAND TRUNK SYSTEM IN THE PROVINCES OF ONTARIO AND QUEBEC TRAVERSED BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS. ANNOTATED TIMETABLE.

By: N/A

Price: $250.00 USD

Publisher: Montreal, Grand Trunk Railway: 1919

Seller ID: 28836

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good -

63, (3) pp + b&w plates and folding map at rear, 9 1/2" H. White spine with gilt lettering, brown paper-covered board with gilt lettering/decoration, black & gilt crest on front board, brown endpapers. 27 b&w plates with tissueguards bearing captions in red. An annotated timetable of the route taken by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII/Duke of Windsor) on the Grand Trunk Railway through Ontario and Quebec in 1919. The Foreword gives a brief history of the Grand Trunk Railway/Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and the book closes with a list of directors, etc. of company. The illustrati...
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HISTORY IN WOOD: THE McCREA MODELS.

By: (McCrea, John McNeely.)

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Printed by Hunter Rose, Toronto, 1957.:

Seller ID: 22420

63 pp, 9 1/4" H, hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photographs. "In the Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology in Toronto there is a collection of models representing pioneer life in Old Ontario in the latter half of the nineteenth century. It is the work of John McNeely McCrea of Toronto." Mr. McCrea's scale models of agricultural, domestic and industrial buildings, implements and tools, as well as bridges, fences, gates, etc. add another dimension to the study of pioneer life. Previous owner's name on free front endpaper, minor browning and soiling to edges of boards. Dust jacket has moderate...
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A CANADIAN INDIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY 1960-1970.

By: Abler, Thomas S., Weaver, Sally M. With Claire C. Veillette and Iris V. Yuzdepski. Case Law Digest prepared by Douglas E. Sanders with Paul C. Taylor.

Price: $40.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, University of Toronto Press: 1974

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28044

ISBN: 0802020925

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

732 pp, 9 1/4" H. "This bibliography lists and annotates material published between 1960 and 1970 of interest to the serious student of the Indians and Metis in Canada. A team of researchers worked through books, monographs, journals, theses, unpublished papers and reports, publications by Indians, and federal and provincial government documents to generate over three throusand entries covering a multi-disciplinary range of aspects of current society and culture. Some aspects such as physical anthropology, biomedicine, archaeology, and linguistics had to be excluded, however. Both English-...
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Image for THE EVENING OF NOVEMBER 24, 1837: AN INTERPRETATION OF EVENTS OCCURRING 150 YEARS AGO - PREPARED AS A TALK AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE TOWN OF YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY ON NOV. 24th, 1987. WITH COMMENTS ON THEIR EFFECT IN REBELLION IN DEC., 1837

THE EVENING OF NOVEMBER 24, 1837: AN INTERPRETATION OF EVENTS OCCURRING 150 YEARS AGO - PREPARED AS A TALK AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE TOWN OF YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY ON NOV. 24th, 1987. WITH COMMENTS ON THEIR EFFECT IN REBELLION IN DEC., 1837

By: Adamson, Anthony Cawthra.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Town of York Historical Society: 1987

Edition: No. 80 of a limited edt'n of 250 Copies

Seller ID: 25927

Binding: Card covers in cerlox binding.

Condition: Very Good

20 pp, 11" H. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very small sticker ghost mark on front cover, very minor soiling on rear cover, minor corner wear, two very small corner creases.
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THE GAIETY OF GABLES: ONTARIO'S ARCHITECTURAL FOK ART.

By: Adamson, Anthony, text. Photographs by John Willard - Inscribed.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: McClelland and Stewart, (Toronto, 1974), Ist edition.:

Seller ID: 6510

Unpaginated, small 4to, HC in dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY JOHN WILLARD ON HALF-TITLE PAGE. Profusely illustrated with b&w photos and drawings. "The story of Ontario's Barge Boards, also called Verge Boards and by the unversed, Gingerbread." A wond erful look at a whimsical architectural decorative form - a type of folk art popular in the second half of the nineteenth century. Page edges browning lightly, a few tiny dints to bottoms of boards. Dust jacket has wrinkling and tiny t e a r s / c h i p s a t top of spine, moderate edgewear/rubbing, light soiling/wrinkling elsewhere. VG/G-
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ERINDALE AT THE CROOK OF THE CREDIT.

By: Adamson, Jean.

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: Cheltenham, Ontario, Boston Mills Press: 1978

Edition: Revised Edition

Seller ID: 28053

ISBN: 0919822126

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

80 pp, 10" H. Number 16, Credit Valley Series. B&w photographs, map. Contents: The Crook of the Credit; Beginning the Village; A Doctor's Letter; Life in the Village; Roads; Churches; School Days; Doctors; Social Events; Politics; Erindale Hydro; Ice Cutting on the Pond; Falconer House; Toronto House; Magrath Estate; Schreiber Estate; Evans Estate. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edge wear, minor rubbing on rear cover.
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THE PICTORIAL HISTORY OF AJAX 1941/1972.

By: Ajax Historical Board, compiled by.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Ajax, Ontario, Ajax Historical Board: 1972

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28319

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good-

130 pp, 8 3/4" H. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, reproductions, maps. Contents: Preface; Prelude to 1941; Ajax Goes to War, 1941/1945; University of Toronto, Ajax Division, 1945/1949; Ajax, Progressive Planned Growth, 1949/1972; Town Planning and Housing; Commerical Development; Industrial Development; Libraries; Churches; Schools; Cultural Activities; Service Clubs and Community Organizations; Fire Department; Police Department; Public Utilities; Recreation Facilities; Hospitals; First Local Municipal Government; First Ajax Town Council; Mayors of the Corporation of the Town of...
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THE CHARLTON STANDARD CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BANK NOTES. 2ND EDITION.

By: Allan, Walter D., ed. W.K. Cross, publisher.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Charlton, (Toronto, 1989), 2nd edition.:

Seller ID: 9866

433 pp, 4to, soft cover. Profusely illustrated with b&w reproductions. Contents: Introduction; How to use this catalogue; Numbering System; Grading of Paper Money; Useful Terminology and Information; Canadian Note Issuing Banks (alphabetically ar ranged); Private Banks and Bankers in Canada; Canadian Chartered Bank Notes Outstanding; Current Chartered Banks in Canada; Non-Note Issuing Banks; Bank Mergers & Amalgamations Since July 1, 1867; Index; Bibliography. Interior - clean an d t i g h t w i t h no previous ownership marks. Exterior - small soft crease at top corner of front cover, ...
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TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS: THE 150-YEAR HISTORY OF EBENEZER/RENFORTH CHURCH.

By: Allen, Glynford P. and Calder, Dale R., editors. Godfrey Green, Ronald F. Watts, Murray J.S. Ford, Frank Rice, Samuel J. Mikolaski, Fannie Dreisinger, Harold W. Kemp, John E. Thomas, Vincent J. Lehman, Franklin W. Morgan, Robert F. Sneyd, John A. Wilton

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Etobicoke, Ontario, Renforth Historical Committee: 1990

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by editors.

Seller ID: 5267

ISBN: 0969423802

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

222 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H). Signed by both editors on title page. Erratum slip laid in. B&w photographs, colour frontispiece. The history of Ebenezer/Renforth Baptist Church in Etobicoke, Ontario. Tiny scuff/light stain on front board. Dust jacket has minor edge wear, very light edge wrinkling, slight browning on spine, two tiny dents on front hinge, small minor scratch on front panel, very light rubbing.
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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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THE PARKDALIAN. VOL. 6. 1929.

By: Anderson, R.W., Editor-In-chief.

Price: $55.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Students of Parkdale Collegiate Institute: 1929

Seller ID: 29021

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

120 pp, 9 3/4" H. Red card covers with red cloth tape spine, black & yellow lettering/decoration on front cover. B&w photographs, drawings, advertisements. Autograph section largely filled in. Parkdale Collegiate Institute, Toronto, Ontario. Contents: Foreword; Parkdale 1929; J.R. Moore; Changes in Staff, Teaching Staff; Staff of Parkdalian; Parkdalian and Literary Society Executives; P.C.I., 1888-1930; Editorial; School Notes; Literary; Exchanges; Personal; Boys' Sports; Girls' Sports; Form News; Laughs; List of advertisers. The first and last 8 pages contain advertisements for local bu...
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SOLDIER ON: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

By: Ansell, Mike, Colonel Sir. Foreword By H.R.H. The Prince Philip.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Peter Davies: 1973

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Inscribed By Author

Seller ID: 27028

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good -

180 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H). **Inscribed on half title page: "G_____ A_____ Best wishes Mike Ansell Oct. 14th 1973". B&w plates. "In June, 1940, when Colonel Mike had just been awarded the D.S.O. and was the youngest Commanding Officer in the Army, disaster struck: he was blinded in a hail of bullets at St Valery. The way he has overcome this handicap, and other more heartbreaking losses, is the inspiring theme of this book. For Colonel Mike has never failed to 'soldier on' in the face of adversities that would have broken lesser men. Whether catching salmon on the Torridge in Devon, cr...
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THE HONOURABLE SOCIETY OF OSGOODE HALL.

By: Armstrong, C.H.A. Essay by E.R. Arthur. Foreword by D'Alton Lally McCarthy.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Clarke, Irwin: 1952

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28732

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

60 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w photographs. "(A) sketch of the origin and some features of the earlier history of the Law Society of Upper Canada and its seat at Osgoode Hall". Also contains an essay on "The History and Architecture of the Fabric" by E.R. Arthur. Slight toning to endpapers, very light browning to edges of text block. Dust jacket has small/tiny chips and tears, light browning, light to moderate edge wear/wrinkling, now in a mylar sleeve.
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