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Vintage Photograph of University College at the University of Toronto
by (Toronto interest).
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On heavy card with rounded corners, 3 1/2" x 4 1/2" verso blank. Handwritten caption in lower margin. Architects Frederic Cumberland and William Storm designed the Romanseque Revival-style building with inspiration from the designs of Oxford and Cambridge Universities in England. Construction began on October 4, 1856. University College first opened its doors to students three years later on… Read more
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Official Programme Trenton Old Boys Home Coming Celebration August 4th to August 8, 1923.
by (Trenton Ontario interest).
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10 1/4" x 7 1/2", stapled pale pink wrappers, unpaginated, but [12]pp. Picture of Mayor Lewis E. Roenigk on cover only illustration. Brief programme notes include "A Few Word of Welcome"; a Cruising Race a Special Train (C.P.R.); the 48th Highlanders Band from Toronto; a Midway Afternoon And Evening (Maple Leaf Attractions); 50 Yard Dash; Balloon Races; Tug of War;… Read more
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Minutes and By-Laws - and Voter's Lists, 1965; 1966; 1970. [Four items].
by (Township of Richmond).
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Minutes and By-Laws of the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Richmond for the Year 1965. - Minutes and By-Laws of the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Richmond for the Year 1966. - Voters' List, 1965. - Voters' List, 1970. All four printed by the Napanee Beaver, Napanee Ontario. Tears to the spines of both… Read more
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The Last Laird of MacNab. An Episode in the Settlement of MacNab Township, Upper Canada.
by Fraser, Alexander. Editor and Publisher.
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Toronto: Printed by Imrie, Graham & Co., 31 Church Street, 1899. 7 1/2" x 4 7/8", pale green cloth blocked in black, pp. 218, + 10 pages of ads. Small stain and crimp in spine, suggestive of having been tied in a cord bundle at some point, else near fine. .
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County of Lanark - Minutes, Reports and By-Laws. Six different, 1953-1958.
by (County of Lanark).
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October and December Sessions, 1953. 36 pp. January Session 1954. 72 pp. June Session 1954. 36 pp. June Session 1956. 34 pp, January Session 1957. 93 pp. January Session 1958. 74 pp. Various local printers. Condition is generally good, with occasional light foxing and slight rippling to pages. .
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The Cataraqui Golf and Country Club: The First Seventy Years 1917-1987.
by JONES, Lyndon.
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- Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
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- Good
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- 9780921341109
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$20.00
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Belleville: Mika Publishing Company, 1987. First edition.. Soft cover. Good. Card covers, pp.119, [9 pages designated for notes - this copy blank and unused]. Illustrated throughout. Considerable Kingston, Ontario interest. Book is sound, but covers have wear along edge of spine, and some visible scratches to the front and back. Condition rated as… Read more
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Waterloo Portfolio: Woldemar Neufeld's Paintings and Block-prints of Waterloo, Ontario
by (Waterloo, Ontario Interest).
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- Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
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- Very Good
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- 9780920446102
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$35.00
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St. Jacobs: Sand Hill Books, Inc., (1982). #211 of 1,250 copies offered for sale.. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong quarto, yellow cloth, unpaginted; illustrated. Book is near fine. The jacket has some edge tears and creaes, but is complete and is now in a removable, acid-neutral mylar dust jacket protector.
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Labourers on the Rideau Canal: , 1826-1832: From Work Site to World Heritage Site
by McKENNA, Katherine M.J.
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- As New
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$15.00
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Ottawa: Borealis,. Soft cover. As New. Trade paper format, 135 pages. In 2007 the Rideau Canal was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Labourers on the Rideau Canal honours the difficult, tragic lives of the workers who were instrumental in creating such a world treasure. The book includes genealogical paths to uncovering Irish and other groups´ ancestral… Read more
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Nortel Belleville 50th Anniversary, June 19, 1997.
by (Belleville Ontario Interest).
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- Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
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- Very Good
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Hardcover. Very Good. Yearbook format: quarto, boards, pp. 95, (1). Illustrated in black and white, with some colour images as well. Printed by Jostens Canada. Chronicles the ground breaking ceremony at the plant site in 1947 through the history of the company, with material on their community involvement, and their association with Brown's Fine Foods, unions.as well as… Read more
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A Radioactive Waste Dump in Malvern: A Citizen's Account.
by HEIGHINGTON, George R.E.
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- Fine
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Self published. "Second generation " of the text, printed in 2017, after the first edition of 2017. Revised.. Hardcover. Fine. Quarto, glossy pictorial boards, pp. a-g, xvii, 264; illustrated. Publication history and author's signature on front pastedown endpaper. Impressive account of this contaminated site in Scarborough Ontario, compiled by a citizen scientist. As… Read more
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Built on Faith and Fortitude: A Brief History of Hope Township
by Leetooze, Sherrell Branton.
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- 9780969878940
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(Bowmanville):Lynn Michael-John Associates, (1997). Octavo, pictorial card covers, pp.iii, 187; illustrated. Signed by the author. Very good. .
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Baldoon. Lord Selkirk's Settlement in Upper Canada.
by MacKENZIE, A.E.D.
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(London): Phelps Publishing Company, (1978). First printing of 2,000 copies. Octavo, orange card covers, pp.viii, 84; illustrated. Spine faded, light soiling to covers, else very good. .
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Destination: Ottawa Valley.
by HESSEL, Peter.
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- 9780969197607
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Ottawa: Runge Press Limited, (1984) Card covers, pp.[vi], 162; illustrated. Slight creasing to lower corner of rear cover, covers lightly rubbed, else very good. .
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Historical Sketch of the County of Carleton.
by BOND, Courtney C.J. (New Introduction by)
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Belleville: Mika Silk Screening Limited, 1971. Octavo: red cloth, pp. vi, 354; illustrated. From the "Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Carleton", originally published in 1879 by H. Belden & Co., Toronto. Previous owner's small, tidy ink rubber stamp on front free endpaper, else near fine, no dust jacket. .
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Origins - A History of Dummer Township.
by COLE, Jean Murray.
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- 9780969748106
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Township of Dummer, 1993. Octavo, teal boards, pp. [viii], 296, [4] pp. of advertisements for local businesses. Illustrated and with map endpapers. Near fine in dust jacket. .
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Valley Irish.
by Bennett, Carol; MacCuaig, D.W.
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- 9780919137073
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(Renfrew: Juniper Books, 1983). First edition. Quarto, pictorial card covers, pp. 114; illustrated. A history of Irish Settlers in old District of Bathurst of the Ottawa Valley (now part of Carleton, Lanark and Renfrew). Publisher's small circular promotional sticker affixed neatly to front cover, else fine. .
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Muskoka and Haliburton 1615-1875. A Collection of Documents.
by MURRAY, Florence B. (Edited with an Introduction by)
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The Champlain Society for the government of Ontario / University of Toronto Press, (1965). Reprinted. Octavo, publisher's red cloth, pp. cxiv, 445; illustrtaed with line drawings and plates. Volume VI in theb Ontario Series of The Champlain Society. Book is fine; dust jacket with fading to red printing on spine, a couple of minute… Read more
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Gravestones of Glengarry. Volume 1. Williamstown.
by FRASER, Alex, W.
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Belleville: Mika Publishing Company, 1976. First edition. Octavo, blue and black wove cloth, pp. 278; illustrated. Signed by the author with best wishes, and dated in the year of publication. A loosely inserted newspaper clipping has offset onto the title page, a couple of small spots to the top page edge, else near fine in a… Read more
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Peterborough Scrap-book: A Pictorial History of the city of Peterborough, 1825-1975.
by LaBranche, Bill.
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(Peterborough: Self-published, ). First edition.. Quarto, brown and black wove cloth, pp. iv, 228; numerous b&w illustrations. Book is near fine, in dust jacjket with a long-closed tear to the front panel of the dust jacket, now protected in a removable. acid-neutral mylar dust jacket protector. . .
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The Long Point Settlers
by Mutrie, R. Robert
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- 1992
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- 9780969281245
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(Ridgeway): Log Cabin Publishing, (1992). #904 of 1,000 copies., 1992. Quarto: faux leather binding, pp. xxx, 274. Endpapers have facsimile signatures reproduced from documents, else no illustration. Signed by the author. Slight bumps to corners of covers, else fine. No dust jacket and presumably so issued. .
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