Canadiana from Minotavros Books

Toronto: The Copp Clark Company Ltd, 1911. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Orig. plain wrappers with ads on front cover, 504pp. Illustrated. Rear wrapper lacking, light tears to covers at extremities with some chips on spine but still very good."Containing full and authentic Commercial, Statistical, Astronomical, Departmental, Ecclesiastical, Educational, Financial and General Information.

Ottawa: The Ottawa Journal, 1950. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Orig. creme wrappers, 117pp. Yellowing to wrapps, small tears along spine, o/w very good. Smith was an Associate Editor of the Ottawa Journal, travelled for 10-weeks through India, Italy, Egypt, Pakistan Turkey, and Greece. Here are Smith's dispatches, which contains Canadian's impressions of the East following the Second… Read more

[Edmonton, AB]: Folklore Publishing, 2010. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo. Paperback, 350pp. Illustrated. Signed by author on title-page. About fine. "A hilarious romp through the stories of our great country, playing fast and loose with some of the most celebrated and significant moments that portray why canada is what it is and who made it that way!… Read more

Burks Falls: Old Rectory Press, 1975. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Bengough, John Wilson. 5.5" x 8.5" Thin pamphlet. Limited and numbered, #149/500. Original blue card wraps, saddle stitched staple binding. Unpaginated, [8] pp. B&W cartoons by Bengough. Sunnin to spine, small scuff to front, else fine.

Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 2003. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Full black paper boards. Map endpapers. ix, 309 pp. B&W illustrations in text. Light bumping to spine ends, else fine in fine jacket. In Epic Wanderer, the first full length biography of David Thompson, D'Arcy Jenish's careful scholarship has informed reconstruction of a world long past, and his… Read more

Halifax: Marion Robertson, and the Nova Scotia Museum, 1979. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Scott, Fred. 8vo. Reprint. Original card wraps, staple bound. 98 pp. Some very light rubbing to edges, small chip at spine head, else fine.

Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1946. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo. Original brown cloth, dark brown labels to spine and front board. xvi, 381 pp. [13] plates, some in colour, incl. colour frontis. Some bumping to spine ends and corners. Bookplate to ffep. Dust jacket is worn at extremities, long tears to joints and rear flap, bumps… Read more

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1952. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 12mo. Contemporary Affairs No. 23. Published under the auspices of the Canadian Institution of International Affairs. Original green card wraps, saddled stitched with staple binding. 63 pp. Soiling to covers and foot of text block. Chip to spine head, stain to rear.

Vancouver: New Star Books, 1987. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo. Soft cover. 158 pp. B&W photos in-text. Fine condition. The intersection of Hastings and Main Streets, in Vancouver's oldest neighbourhood, is at the heart of the city's urban core. In this book, twenty residents of the area talk about their lives. Their reminiscences, which span ninety years,… Read more

Toronto: The Musson Book Company, 1931. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Eighteenth edition. Orig. green cloth, black title labels to spine and front. Colour pictorial endpapers. xxx, 170 pp. Roughly cut edges. Rubbing to spine ends and corners. Neat ink annotations to one page, an introduction to a live reading of one of Johnson's poems.

Tillsonburg, Ontario: Bert Newman. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Paperback, 180pp. Illustrated. Signed by author on title-page. Covers a bit rubbed and scuffed but o/w very good. A history of Tillsonburg, Ontario at the turn of the twentieth century and other articles.

Winnipeg: Harlequin, 1967. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 16mo. Paperback, Harlequin Series No. 289, 158pp. Light wear and small soil on rear cover, o/w near fine. "The true story of Canada's most barbaric feud.

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Black cloth, xii, 270pp. Illustrated with 11 leaves of photos. Signed by author on title-page. A rubber price stamp on ff/ endpaper, some light rubbing to extremities o/w near fine in d/w. This is the first of two published volumes on Vincent Massey, "statesman,… Read more

Hamiliton: Herbert R. Larson Publishing Co. Ltd, 1949. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. ORiginal red cloth. B&W map endpapers. xiv, 128 pp. B&W photos in-text throughout. Bruising to spine ends and corners. Dust jacket is bumped at head, torn at head of rear joint, a few other short tears, bumped at upper corner of front cover, chafing… Read more

Ontario: Self-Published, 1971. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo (tall). SIGNED by author to frontis. portrait facing the foreword. Original blue cloth. [14], 90 pp. B&W photos in-text. Sunning to edges of boards, bump to spine foot. Dust jacket has a few damp stains, a few small chips and short tears, soiling to rear. A nostalgic… Read more

Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1980. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo (imperial). Based on the film "Liberation!" produced and directed by John Muller. Full orange cloth. 176 pp. B&W photos throughout. Minor bumping to spine ends. Dust jacket bumped to extremities, blue scuff to front joint, sticker ghost to rear. The liberation of the Netherlands in 1944-45… Read more

London, Ontario: Self Published, 1981. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 7.25" x 9" SIGNED by author to ffep. First printing stated. Original pictorial cream card covers, perfect bound. 28 pp. With duotone illustrations by the author. A few light stains to covers, else fine. A portrait of the hometown of Maggie Clark, who inspired the George Washington… Read more

Erin, Ontario: The Boston Mills Press, 2003. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 10.25" x 10.25" Full green cloth boards. 176 pp. Numerous B&W photos in-text. Fine in fine jacket. Muskoka has long been Ontario's most glamorous lake district, the holiday retreat of choice for generations of successful Canadians and Americans. Today, these cherished family retreats are important not… Read more

Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1991. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Full blue paper boards. 196 pp. [16] pp. B&W plates of photos. Fine condition. From the birth of the Canadiens in 1909, and that of the Leafs in 1927, to the last epic Toronto/Montreal Stanley Cup encounter in 1967 and beyond, The Rivalry highlights the great players, great… Read more

Ottawa: Windsor Publications, 1984. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo (imperial). First edition stated. Full maroon cloth. Pictorial endpapers. 191 pp. Illustrated with B&W photos in-text throughout, plus 16 pp. in full colour. Light rubbing to spine ends and corners, else fine. Dust jacket has short tear to head of front cover, light bumping to extremities.… Read more