Canadiana

Fitzhenry and Whiteside, (Don Mills, Ontario, 1979).. 306 pp, small 4to (10 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, reproductions, color plates. Contents: Canadian Origins - The Earliest Immigrants; The Explorers; Region and Nation. A Pattern of Regions - Newf. oundland: Where the Empire Began; Atlantic Canada; Quebec: Remembrance of Things Past; Ontario; The Prairie Provinces: Canada's Third World; British Columbia: Beyond the Great Divide; The Vulnerable North. A Canadian Identity - Unity Without Uni. f o r mity; The Life of the Arts; Canadians at Leisure; Canada: Identity Crisis. "George Woodcock's lively descriptions are enhanced by more than 250 black and white illustrations, many never published before and others proven favourites. These, t. og et he r with 16 pages of full colour, bring a panorama of Canadian impressions from early Eskimo carvings and the sketch books of Yukon hopefuls to the artistic lineage of such artists as Jack Shadbolt and Alex Colville and the tracings of modern. Ca nad ian architecture...(he) punctuates his new insights into the Canadian style with 30 delightfully candid and often humorous profiles of some of the great regional figures from Samuel Hearne to Camillien Houde, from Joseph Brant to Joey Small. wood , fr om A mor de Cosmos to Margaret Laurence and from Tiktak to Donald Creighton." Previous owners initials on free front endpaper. Dust jacket is price-clipped, has moderate edge wear, light rubbing, a few tiny to small closed tears - some w. ith c rease s. V G+/G+. more information

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Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Markham, Ontario, 1987, first edition.. 300 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. This, the second volume of George Woodcock's autobiography, "deals with the period between 1949 and 1977. (It) details Woodcock's life in the British Columbia bush, his close and longstandin. g relationship with the Doukhobors, his battles with US immigration officials. We learn of the founding of the influential 'Canadian Literature' review, and we follow Mr. Woodcock on his extended and beautifully-described tours of India and the S. o u th Seas. George Woodcock is not only a revered literary critic. He is also a gifted and witty raconteur. (This book) allows us further insights into the life of this fascinating man." ***Pages 268/9 were not printed/published - they conclude. d a chapter on a controversy concerning a libel suit brought by Margaret Atwood against "a young writer called Wigle, in which (she) was unflatteringly introduced as a character drawn from real life...."*** Minor wrinkling at bottom of spine, remai. nd er mark on bottom of textblock, minor browning on spine. Dust jacket has very minor rubbing, small faint watermark on front panel - mainly visible on inside surface. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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South Shore Protestant Regional School Board, n.p., n.d.. 129 pp (printed on one side of leaf only), 4to (11" H), soft cover (stapled in wraps). B&w maps, drawings, reproductions. Designed as a learning tool for high school students, to be used in conjunction with other resources, such as films, books, f. ield trips. Contents: Introduction; Teaching Aids Required; Student Sheets to Accompany Filmstrips; Orientation Questions for Sound-Filmstrips; Field Trips; Projects: Maps; Churches; Railway History; Historic Buildings; Famous Persons; Interview . W i th a Senior Citizen; A Philatelic History Project; Wall Map of the Three Seigneuries; Quebec Architecture; Montreal and Southern Counties Railway; Victoria Bridge. Supplementary Information: Highlights in the History of La Prairie; Genealogy of. t he Brossard Family; History Notes - Longueuil; "The Brown and the Grey"; The Old Mill on Mount Bruno; Sources of Literature on Local History; Bibliography. Interior - two small light soiling marks on last page, otherwise clean and tight with wi. th no other ownership marks. Exterior - slight discoloration at edges of pages, very light rubbing, minor edge wear. Very Good.. more information

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Town of Oakville, (Oakville, Ontario, c1957).. 48 pp, 8vo, card covers. B&w photos, drawings. A local history of Oakville, Ontario covering the its first one hundred years - shops, houses, businesses, transportation, mayors, schools, churches, etc. etc. Interior - small name stamp on free fro. nt endpaper and inside of rear cover, a few tiny light foxing spots, pages browning lightly at edges - otherwise clean and tight. Exterior - covers browning lightly at edges, very light pen mark on rear cover. VG. more information

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