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White Man's Law: Native People in Nineteenth-Century Canadian Jurisprudence (Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History)
by Sidney L Harring
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- J.H. Gordon Books
- Published
- 1998
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN
- 9780802005038
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$20.51
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University of Toronto Press, 1998. 434pp. Hardcover, Used Book. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket, minor shelf wear to DJ, clean bright copy, unmarked interior.
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The Old Burying Ground Fredericton N.B.Vol. I & Vol. II
by Isabel Louise Hill
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- J.H. Gordon Books
- Published
- 1981
- Condition
- Very Good
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$28.71
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Fredericton Heritage Trust, 1981, 2 Volumes. Paperback, used books. Illustrated with line drawings in text. VERY GOOD copies, minor edge wear, a few stains and creases to covers, otherwise clean, unmarked interior. An excellent resource for genealogical research.
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The Doctor Who Never Refused a Call
by M.A. Wittick (as told by Helen Maddeaux
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- J.H. Gordon Books
- Published
- 1978
- Condition
- Very Good
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$9.84
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Sprucedale, Ontario: Olympic Printing, 1978. 3rd printing. pp. 66. b/w photos. Paperback, used book. VERY GOOD copy with minor edge wear, former owner signature obscured by black marker on end paper, paperback in paper wrapper with some chips and small tears along edges, faded spine.
The autobiography of Muskoka and Parry Sound general practitioner M.A. Wittick, C.M., M.D., as told… Read more
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Massanoga: The Art of Bon Echo
by R. H Stacey
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- J.H. Gordon Books
- Published
- 1998
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN
- 9780921254607
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$12.30
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Ontario: Archives of Canadian Art/Penumbra Press, 1998. pp.101. Paperback, Used book. B/W and colour reproductions. Near fine copy, minor edge wear, bright unmarked interior.
"Massanoga - as it used to be called - i both a painted place and a place of painting. Since the opening of the picturesque Bon Echo Inn in 1900, this site has attracted countless artists,… Read more
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The Typewriter is My Pulpit
by Larry Smith
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- J.H. Gordon Books
- Published
- 1985
- Condition
- Very Good
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$8.20
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St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing Limited, 1985. pp.127. Paperback, Used book. Very good condition, minor edge wear/discoloration, clean unmarked interior. A collection of newspaper columns originally appeared in the St. Catharines Standard between May 1980 and January 1984
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The Paradise Engine
by Rebecca Campbell
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- J.H. Gordon Books
- Published
- 2013
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN
- 9781927063255
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$4.92
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Edmonton: NeWest Press, 2013. Trade Paperback. pp.268. Decorative end papers. Used book. NEAR FINE condition, bright clean copy.
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Legends and Stories of French Quebec
by Scott Kingsland & Kathleen Kingsland
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- J.H. Gordon Books
- Published
- 1992
- Condition
- Near Fine
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$8.20
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Quebec: Atelier Pare, National Library of Canada, 1992. pp.71 Trade paperback. Used book. Slim volume, white cover with color illustrations, B/W illustrations throughout by Francoise Lavoie. NEAR Fine condition, a bright clean copy.
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Greenbank: Country Matters in 19th Century Ontario
by W.H. Graham
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- J.H. Gordon Books
- Published
- 1988
- Condition
- Very Good
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$13.12
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Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview Press, 1988. pp.326. Paperback, oversized. Used book. B/W photos. VERY GOOD condition, minor shelf wear, former owner signature on inside of front cover.
"Using the fascinating histories of four neighbouring farms as its focus, the book broadens to explore all aspects of the social and economic history of rural Ontario over the hundred years 1835 to 1935."… Read more
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Great Lakes Suite A Trip Around Lake Erie / A Trip Around Lake Huron / A Trip Around Lake Ontario
by David McFadden
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- J.H. Gordon Books
- Published
- 1997
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN
- 9780889223820
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$8.20
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Burnaby, British Columbia: Talonbooks, 1997. pp.413. Trade Paperback. Used book. VERY GOOD condition, minor shelf wear, clean bright copy, no interior markings.
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The Irish in Ontario
by Donald Harman Akenson
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- J.H. Gordon Books
- Published
- 1985
- Condition
- Very Good
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$12.30
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Kingston/Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1985. pp.404. Trade Paperback. Used book. VERY GOOD condition, minor shelf wear, creases to spine, former owner signature on title page, otherwise a clean bright copy.
"For most of the nineteenth century, the Irish formed the largest non-French ethnic group in central Canada. Akenson provides a detailed analysis of the process of their settlement and adaptation… Read more
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English Bloods: In the Backwoods of Muskoka, 1878
by Frederick, Shipman, Frederick de la Fosse
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- J.H. Gordon Books
- Published
- 2004-08
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN
- 9781896219967
- Item Price
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$16.41
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Toronto: Natural Heritage Books, 2004. pp.207. Trade Paperback. New augmented edition by Scott D. Shipman. VERY GOOD copy, some shelf wear, otherwise a clean, bright copy. Signed by author.
"Frederick de la Fosse's richly descriptive, elegantly penned and delightfully humorous memoir captures that period of life when he, and other young Englishmen of means, came to northern Muskoka in the… Read more
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The Geography of Arrival
by George Sipos
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- J.H. Gordon Books
- Published
- 2010
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN
- 9781554470808
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$12.30
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Kentville, Nova Scotia: Gaspereau Press. 2010. Trade Paperback with dust jacket. NEAR FINE copy.
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The Perilous Trade: Publishing Canada's Writers
by Roy Macskimming
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- J.H. Gordon Books
- Published
- 2003
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN
- 9780771054938
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$16.41
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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2003. pp.464 Hardcover. NEAR FINE copy in NEAR FINE dust jacket.
Journalist, novelist and industry insider, Roy MacSkimming chronicles Canadian publishers' extraordinary struggles and accomplishments of the second half of the twentieth century.
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Lions or Jellyfish: Newfoundland-Ottawa Relations Since 1957
by Raymond B. Blake
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- J.H. Gordon Books
- Published
- 2015
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN
- 9781442628304
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$13.12
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Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2015. pp. 427. Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD copy, minor shelf wear, bumped edges, interior is clean and unmarked.
"Lions or Jellyfish is an interesting well-researched and through study of executive federalism and the relations between political leaders in Ottawa and St.John's since 1957. This is one of the best books I have read in Newfoundland… Read more
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William Wye Smith: Recollections of a Nineteenth Century Scottish Canadian
by Scott A. McLean & Michael E. Vance (eds)
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- J.H. Gordon Books
- Published
- 2008
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN
- 9781550028047
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$16.41
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Toronto: Natural Heritage Books/Dundurn Group, 2008. pp.421 Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD copy, minor shelf wear, clean unmarked interior.
"Many nineteenth-century writers highlighted the difficulties recent immigrants faced - the clearing of forest and the breaking of new ground, the isolation and long Canadian winters - and emphasized what they perceived to be the negative, alienating influences of Ontario's rapid urban… Read more
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The Education of a Canadian My Life As a Scholar and Activist
by H. Gordon Skilling
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- J.H. Gordon Books
- Published
- 2000
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN
- 9780886293574
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$20.51
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McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000. Hardcover. pp.450. NEAR FINE copy in NEAR FINE dust jacket.
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Strange Fatality: The Battle of Stoney Creek, 1813
by James E. Elliott
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- J.H. Gordon Books
- Published
- 2009
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN
- 9781896941585
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$10.25
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Robin Brass Studio Inc, 1999. pp.311 Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE copy, very minor edge wear, clean unmarked interior. Maps by Nicko Elliott
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New Priest in Conception Bay
by Robert Traill Spence Lowell
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- J.H. Gordon Books
- Published
- 1974
- Condition
- Very Good
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$12.30
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Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1974. New Canadian Library N 101, second series. Paperback, VERY GOOD copy, minor shelf wear, rubbing, age toning, clean unmarked interior.
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Self Condemned
by Wyndham Lewis
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- J.H. Gordon Books
- Published
- 1974
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- reprint
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$14.77
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Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1974. New Canadian Library N 112, second series. Paperback, VERY GOOD copy, minor shelf wear, scuff marks, creases, age toning, clean unmarked interior.
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Above Ground
by Jack Ludwig
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- J.H. Gordon Books
- Published
- 1974
- Condition
- Very Good
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$8.20
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Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1974. New Canadian Library N 100. Paperback, VERY GOOD copy, minor shelf wear, age toning, clean unmarked interior.
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