Quebec from Attic Books

Quebec [City], March 7, 1796. Very good. One 12 x 18 cm page, handwritten by Mitchell. Text reads: "This is to cretify that the bearer Duncan Campbell is a person worthy of a renewal of his licence to retail spirituous liquors in this city ... Quebec 7th march 1796 ... James Mitchell."

Montreal, 1825. Good. Orders John Cliff to pay a plaintiff named Thomas Busby the sum of £ 4 or else appear before a judge at the Montreal Court House, on Monday January 31, 1825. Attached is an 1823 handwritten document stating that John Cliff owes 1 to 2 months rent on a house on Campeau Street,… Read more

Quebec: Roads Department, nd. ca. 1935. Booklet. Good. [12 p.]. Map at rear. 12 b&w photos. 19 cm. Staplebound pictorial booklet. Torn upper spine. Ink stamp for Prov. of Quebec Tourist Office, Niagara Falls, on first page.

Montreal: Published by authority of Parliament, 1884. Softcover. Good. Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada. 34 p. 24 cm. Original booklet bound in cream paper covers with typed label. Paper browning.

Montreal: Published by authority of Parliament, 1884. Softcover. Good. Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada. 18 p. 25 cm. Original booklet bound in cream paper covers with typed label and handwritten date. Paper browning.

Shawville, Que.: Printed at Pontiac Printshop, June 1977. Staplebound. Near fine. 54 p. 23 cm. B&w illustrations. Staplebound card covers. History of the village of Ladysmith, Thorne Township/Canton, Quebec.

Printed by Frank Carrel, at ye Signe of ye Quebec Daily Telegraph, 1894. Hardcover. Good. cxl p. 23 cm. Red cloth with gold print. Blue print. Cloth is faded, esp. spine. Corners a bit bumped. A little foxing and occasional marks. List of subscribers to the carnival fund at rear eg. City of Quebec, Fronenac Hotel, W.… Read more

Montreal: International Cartography Ltd., 1967. Staplebound. Very good. 8 fold-out pages. 29 cm. Colour maps. Staplebound booklet. Worn edges. Maps are fine.

Montreal: Printed and published for the Windsor Hotel by the International Railway Publishing Co., Ltd, 1899. Hardcover. Fair. 158 p. 24 cm. B&w illustrations. Grey cloth spine with red cloth boards, gold print, bevelled edges. Spotting and discolouration to cloth. Bumped corners. Hinges cracking internally, endpapers browned and chipped. Ink inscription on a front page. Small ink marks… Read more

Toronto: Congdon & Britnell, 1901. Hardcover. Fair. Edition limited to 500 copies, numbered and signed, of which this is no. 66. Originally published in Montreal by William Greig, 1839. 284 p. interspersed with plates. 20 cm. Fold-out map at beginning, frontispiece, title page vignette, 20 other illustrations, including another fold-out. Cloth hardcover with blank impressing. Some white marks… Read more

Montreal: Published for David Waters, July 1899. Limited edition of 300 copies, of which this is no. 22.. Paperback. Very good. Copy of the original Montreal Directory published by Thomas Doige in 1819. 192 p. 18 cm. Brown paper covers in taped-on mylar cover. Label on lower front. Ink mark inside front cover. Contains description of… Read more

National Historic Parks and Sites Branch, Parks Canada, 1982. Softcover. Very good. 84 p. 24 cm. 47 b&w illustrations. Softcover. Light wear. Covers settlement, ethnic groups, life in the village, cultural and social life, Louis Saint-Laurent. Bibliography.

London: Printed for the Author, and Published by W. Faden, Geographer to His Majesty and the Prince Regent, 1815. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. xv, 640, lxxxvi, [2] p. 24 cm. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Bouchette. Half leather with marbled paper boards. Attractive gold and black impressing on spine. Scuffing to boards and small spot on spine. Front… Read more

London: Henry Colburn, 1846-7. Vol. I is second edition, revised and vol. III is third edition, revised. Hardcover. Good. 2 vols.: xiv, [2], 318; 368 p. 21 cm. First volume is half leather with marbled paper boards while vol. II is dark cloth with blank impressing. Corners worn, some edge wear, spine ends chipped on cloth volume, spine… Read more

Levis: Printed by Mercier & Co, 1891. Paperback. Good +. 246, [5] p. 17 cm. Grey paper covers. Small chips and tears to edges and tiny hole in top rear cover.

London: Printed by George Edward Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, 17th August 1839. Disbound. Very good +. Victoriae Reginae Cap. LIII. Pages 577-580. 30 cm. Disbound. Special Council is to consist of not less than 20 members and no business is to be transacted unless 11 be present. Repeals a previous… Read more

London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Printers to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, 10th February 1838. Disbound. Very good +. Victoriae Reginae Cap. IX. Pages 57-60. 30 cm. Disbound. The powers of the Legislature of Lower Canada are suspended and Her Majesty may appoint a special Council for the province's affairs. Members of the Council… Read more

London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Printers to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, 16th August 1838. Disbound. Very good +. Victoriae Reginae. Cap. CXII. Pages 1025-1026 + blank leaf. 30 cm. Disbound. Proclaimed in Lower Canada and Bermuda.

London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 16th July 1830. Disbound. Very good +. Gulielmi IV. Regis. Cap. LIII. Pages 485-486 + blank leaf. 30 cm. Disbound. Explains how naturalized persons may sit in the Assembly of Lower Canada and in the Legislative Council but that the Act of… Read more

Sherbrooke, Quebec: The Tourist Information Bureau, n.d.. Pamphlet. Very good. 12p. 23 cm. Includes foldout tourist map of Sherbrooke. Stapled paperback brochure. Bilingual publication. No publication date, appears to be a mid-twentieth century publication. Includes numerous black and white photographs promoting the region and tourist activities. Some soiling to paper cover. Pages clean. Text and images clear and… Read more