History of the Townships of Dartmouth, Preston and Lawrencetown; Halifax County, N. S. (Akins Historical Prize Essay.) by Lawson, Mrs William (1828-1890) [Mary Jane Katzmann] - 1893

London: Sampson Low Marston & Co. 1882. (Hardcover) 367pp. Good to very good, no dust jacket. Decorated endpapers, frontispiece, fold out map, illustrations. Spine slightly cocked, egdewear and minor rubbing and bumping to cover. Previous owner's blindstamp, library pocket in back endpaper, tapestains to front free endpaper. Book about Lord Selkirk. Locale: Manitoba; Prairie Provinces; Western Canada. (Manitoba, Explorers, Fur Trade, Hudson's Bay Company).

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart 1960, 1st Trade Edition. (Hardcover set) 687,974pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Map endpapers, frontispiece, folding maps, indices. The dust jacket on v. 1 has tears and some chipping, all are a bit darkened on the spine and the front inner hinge of v. 1 has been repaired carefully. Vol. 1 1670-1763. Vol. 2 1763-1820. Vol. 3 1821-1870. Foreword by Winston S. Churchill. Locale: Western Canada. (Western Canada, Fur Trade, Hudson's Bay Company).

Montreal: A. McKim & Co. 1892. (Hardcover) 368pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and black decoration. Abbreviations, illustrations, advertisements, index.The corners are lightly bumped, the spine is lightly worn and discolored, pages 16-17 are toned from a newspaper clipping stored between the pages, and there are markings in blue pencil in the margins of the text. "Containing: A history of the rise and progress of journalism in each province, with a facsimile of the first paper printed in Canada; statistics and tables showing the increase in Canadian newspapers since the period of Confederation; tables of the imports and exports of materials in the printing and publishing trades; the customs tariff affecting these various press associations of Canada. Etc.; A Gazetteer; of all Canadian and Newfoundland Newspapers and periodicals, in which is given the name of each paper, its editor and publishers, date of establishment; politics or class; frequency of… Read More

Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 1995, hardcover, xxiii-511 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, Very Good in Fine dustjacket, Signed by the Author with no personal inscription on the title page. Clean and firmly bound, slight spine lean, former owner's address label to front endpaper. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight rubs, slight corner bumps, in new Brodart sleeve. Illustrated with 16 pages of black-&-white plates and three maps. Appended: One of Four Allied Armies in Normandy, Record Rates of Shell Consumption, A Comparison of Tanks and Their Performance, Index. Mapped endpapers. ISBN 9780771015007

Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau 1914, 1915. (Oversize paper covers) 1348pp. Very good. 2 volumes. Tables, notes, without maps. Locale: ; Alberta; Assiniboia; Fort Garry--Manitoba; Manitoba; Northwest Canada; Prairie Provinces; Red River Colony; Rupert's Land. Series: Publications of the Canadian Archives 9. (Western Canada).

London: Sampson Low Marston & Co. 1882. (Hardcover) 367pp. Good to very good, no dust jacket. Decorated endpapers, frontispiece, fold out map, illustrations. Spine slightly cocked, egdewear and minor rubbing and bumping to cover. Previous owner's blindstamp, library pocket in back endpaper, tapestains to front free endpaper. Book about Lord Selkirk. Locale: Manitoba; Prairie Provinces; Western Canada. (Manitoba, Explorers, Fur Trade, Hudson's Bay Company).

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart 1960, 1st Trade Edition. (Hardcover set) 687,974pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Map endpapers, frontispiece, folding maps, indices. The dust jacket on v. 1 has tears and some chipping, all are a bit darkened on the spine and the front inner hinge of v. 1 has been repaired carefully. Vol. 1 1670-1763. Vol. 2 1763-1820. Vol. 3 1821-1870. Foreword by Winston S. Churchill. Locale: Western Canada. (Western Canada, Fur Trade, Hudson's Bay Company).

Montreal: A. McKim & Co. 1892. (Hardcover) 368pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and black decoration. Abbreviations, illustrations, advertisements, index.The corners are lightly bumped, the spine is lightly worn and discolored, pages 16-17 are toned from a newspaper clipping stored between the pages, and there are markings in blue pencil in the margins of the text. "Containing: A history of the rise and progress of journalism in each province, with a facsimile of the first paper printed in Canada; statistics and tables showing the increase in Canadian newspapers since the period of Confederation; tables of the imports and exports of materials in the printing and publishing trades; the customs tariff affecting these various press associations of Canada. Etc.; A Gazetteer; of all Canadian and Newfoundland Newspapers and periodicals, in which is given the name of each paper, its editor and publishers, date of establishment; politics or class; frequency of… Read More

Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 1995, hardcover, xxiii-511 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, Very Good in Fine dustjacket, Signed by the Author with no personal inscription on the title page. Clean and firmly bound, slight spine lean, former owner's address label to front endpaper. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight rubs, slight corner bumps, in new Brodart sleeve. Illustrated with 16 pages of black-&-white plates and three maps. Appended: One of Four Allied Armies in Normandy, Record Rates of Shell Consumption, A Comparison of Tanks and Their Performance, Index. Mapped endpapers. ISBN 9780771015007

Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau 1914, 1915. (Oversize paper covers) 1348pp. Very good. 2 volumes. Tables, notes, without maps. Locale: ; Alberta; Assiniboia; Fort Garry--Manitoba; Manitoba; Northwest Canada; Prairie Provinces; Red River Colony; Rupert's Land. Series: Publications of the Canadian Archives 9. (Western Canada).