Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry;: A history. 1784-1945 by Harkness, John Graham

Mutual Press Limited. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1946. Hardcover. No DJ; page edges lightly sunned; 601 pages .

Oshawa, Ontario: Munday-Goodfellow, 1946. Oversized hardcover without dust jacket, Facsimile reprint (commissioned by The United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry in 1972) of the 1946 First Edition, 601 pages including many black-and-white photographs; very attractive book in bright blue pebbled cloth covers with exceptionally bright and clear gilt lettering to front cover and spine, very gently used, just a hint of shelf wear to cover corners, tight in binding, neat one-line six-word gift inscription in ink on free front endpaper, otherwise very clean and unmarked throughout, pages fresh and white. See also our listing for Historical Atlas of Prescott & Russell, Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Counties, Ontario, Illustrated, H. Belden & Co., Toronto, 1862-1879-1881 (buy both and save on postage!).. Facsimile. Hard Cover. Very Good ++.

Ottawa, Canada: Mutual Press Limited, 1946. 601 pp. White endpapers, with previous owner's name on ffep. Blue cloth with gilt tiltles. Corners lightly worn. VG+.

Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry: A History, Harkness, John Graham. Published by Mutual Press Ltd., Ottawa, Ont., Canada, 1946. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 601pp., illustrated with maps, line drawings, landscapes and photographic portraits of notable inhabitants. Blue textured boards with gilt titles front and spine. Volume is in unread, as new conditions with a couple of tiny bumps to rear board outside edge. The author is a descendant of one of the earliest settling families in the area. This 1700's settlement was later to become Canada West, then Upper Canada and, today, Ontario. Early settlers arrived from Scotland and from the Palatinate area of Germany and an influx of United Empire Loyalists (UELs), escaping the unbridled consequences of their defeat in the American War of Independence.