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Image for Illustrated London, Ontario Canada: City of London, Ontario Canada, The Pioneer Period and The London of To-Day / Facsimile of the London Printing & Lithographing Company Edition of 1900 ( Fold-Out Map of 1897 Map Intact [also facsimile])

Illustrated London, Ontario Canada: City of London, Ontario Canada, The Pioneer Period and The London of To-Day / Facsimile of the London Printing & Lithographing Company Edition of 1900 ( Fold-Out Map of 1897 Map Intact [also facsimile])

By: Bremner, Archie ( Facsimile of the London Printing & Lithographing Company Edition of 1900 )

Price: $56.73 CAD

Publisher: London, Ontario, London, ON: The London Public Library Board, 1967 ( Facsimile of the London Printing & Lithographing Company Edition of 1900 ), 2nd Edition Overall, 1st Facsimile Edition, First Printing: 1967

Seller ID: 164512

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------hardcover, red cloth with gilt lettering, a Near Fine example, front blank endpaper has been removed, small booksellers label on verso of front cover ( Robert Holmes Bookseller from London Ontario ), no dustjacket as issued, 178 + 2 pages, b&w photos and illustrations, fold-out map of 1897 Southern Ontario is intact, lots oh historical photos, street plans, important people, etc, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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The Story of Aldershot: A Special Place with a Special History ( Burlington, Ontario Local History )

By: Broadus, Edwin

Price: $12.71 CAD

Publisher: Ontario, No Place ( Burlington, ON.): No Publisher / Edwin Broadus (?), NO DATE - 2008, 1st edition, First Printing: 2008

Seller ID: 147820

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------softcover, about 5.5 x 8.5 inches, a Near Fine copy, 12 pages, colour and b&w photos, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED///
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The Story of Aldershot: A Special Place with a Special History ( Burlington, Ontario Local History )

By: Broadus, Edwin

Price: $12.71 CAD

Publisher: Ontario, No Place ( Burlington, ON.): No Publisher / Edwin Broadus (?), NO DATE - 2008, 1st edition, First Printing: 2008

Seller ID: 162397

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

Once Upon a Little Town --- Grimsby, 1876 to 1976: Grimsby Historical Society ( Ontario Local History )

By: Bromley, Ada and Jean Powell (compilers), Edited and foreward By phil Dechman; Introduction By Linda Coutts / Grimsby ( Ontario ) Historical Society

Price: $16.97 CAD

Publisher: Grimsby, Ontario, Grimsby, ON.: Grimsby Historical Society, 1979, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1979

Seller ID: 156030

ISBN: 0920258026

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

----------hardcover, a solid Very Good copy, a clean copy, spine is slightly cocked, in a chipped and torn Good only dustjacket with some soiling and browning to the jacket paper, ink name and date on front blank endpaper, 304 pages, b&w photos throughout, contents include: A Turbulent Century; Grimsby's First Residents; Organizing Ourselves; Campgrounds and Cottages; Freedom of Worship; The Busy Classrooms; In Leisure Time; Enriching Extras; Community Workers; Keeping in Touch; More Than a Newspaper; The Wheels of Industry; They Serve and Protect; Sentinels of Health; Getting Around; The New...
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Disappearing Ontario -by Ron Brown (chapters include: Grist Mills; Farm Houses; Bridges; Sawmills; Country Roads; Mines; Barns )

By: Brown, Ron (signed)

Price: $42.53 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Polar Bear Press, 1999, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1999

Seller ID: 164714

ISBN: 189675712X

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

----------softcover, a Near Fine example, looks new, signed without inscription by the author, 158 pages, b&w photos throughout, ---from the rear cover: Ontario is changing. Familiar sights that we once took for granted, are vanishing. Grand & beautiful old bridges & mills are now hard to find. Farms, mines, old barns and even country roads have important stories to tell about out past., any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Ontario's Ghost Town Heritage -by Ron Brown / Boston Mills Press ( Ontario History )

By: Brown, Ron / Boston Mills Press

Price: $28.33 CAD

Publisher: Erin, Ontario, Erin, ON.: Boston Mills Press, 2007, 1st edition, First Printing: 2007

Seller ID: 156127

ISBN: 1550464671

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------softcover, about 8.5 x 11 inches, a near Fine copy, 208 pages, colour and b&w photos, ---" Ontario's Ghost Town Heritage features the most interesting or "ghostly" destinations from Ron Brown's earlier volumes, all with updated information and images, along with newly "discovered" ghost towns. In all, it includes 80 accessible locations throughout Ontario. As international travel becomes more difficult, there is a renewed interest in exploring our own backyard. Ontario historian Ron Brown visits vestiges of once-thriving towns and villages. Some still maintain s...
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Brighton 1900 - 1960 / Volume 5 of the Brighton Series ( Ontario Local History )( #354 of 1000 Copies )

By: Browne, Bonnie

Price: $35.43 CAD

Publisher: Ontario, Brighton, ON: The Brighton Volunteers / Self Published / Bonnie Browne ( Printed By Self's Printing ), 1999, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1999

Seller ID: 165751

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------softcover, a Near Fine example, a bit of very light rubbing, #355 of 1000 numbered copies, 254 pages, b&w photos, contents include: Dawning of the twentieth century; World War I; Social Life & Services; Early Doctors and Miscellaneous; Downtown Businesses ( southside, Northside, Prince Edward St.); Other Businesses in Town; Railraod Stations; Depression 1929 - 1939; Schools ( one room schools - Township Brighton & Cramahe; Brighton Schools ); Family farm; Canning Factories; Gosport -Fishing and Trapping; World War II; Living in the 1940's; Businesses; Community Services; Dutch Immi...
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Image for Canning and Community - Past to Present ---Published for the 2nd Canning Reunion, July 7th 1991 ---Canning School Reunion Committee ( Canning, Ontario )

Canning and Community - Past to Present ---Published for the 2nd Canning Reunion, July 7th 1991 ---Canning School Reunion Committee ( Canning, Ontario )

By: Burbank, Marjorie; Donald Curtis; Clara Decker; Walter Gretzky; Agnes Hayward; Jim Hardie; Jack Hutchinson; Nancy Johnson; Edna Pipe; Tony Skokun; Eva Wilson / Canning School Reunion Committee

Price: $18.39 CAD

Publisher: Ontario, Canning, Ontario: Canning school reunion Committee, 1991, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1991

Seller ID: 154372

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

----------stapled trade paperback, a Very Good copy, 160 pages, b&w photos throughout, a history of Canning and area, Walter Gretzky went to school in Canning thus his participation, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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The Beach in Pictures 1793 - 1932: Toronto Public Library Board Local History Handbook No. 6 ( Toronto, Ontario History )

By: Campbell, Mary and Barbara Myrvold / Toronto Public Library Board Local History Handbook

Price: $14.13 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Toronto Public Library Board Local History Handbook No. 6 , 1988, 1st edition, First Printing: 1988

Seller ID: 151961

ISBN: 0920601081

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------oblong quarto softcover, a Near Fine copy, 44 pages, b&w photos, contents include: Preface; Introduction; PART 1 - Development of the Beach Area -Early History; Development of the Kingston Road; Early Settlers; Summer Resort; Permanent Community; After Annexation; Waterfront Development -- PART 2 - Highlights - Small's Estate; Woodbine Beach; Woodbine park; Kew Beach School; Fire Protection; Kew gardens; Scarboro' Beach Amusement Park; Glen Stewart; Balmy beach park; Munro Park; Victoria Park; Beaches Library -APPENDIX A: Beach Area Subdivision Plans --APPENDIX B: Origin of Beach...
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Ramsay Reflections 1836 - 1979 ( Ontario Local / Township History / Lanark County / Ottawa Region )

By: Campbell, Susan; Trisha Stewart; Shelley Timmins / Ramsay Township Council / Ontario Local History

Price: $39.69 CAD

Publisher: Ontario, Ontario: Tamsay Town Council, 1979, 1st edition, First Printing: 1979

Seller ID: 155599

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------softcover, about 6 x 9 inches, a solid Very Good copy, light wear, ink name, signed by Margaret Duncan who was a councillor at the time this book was published, a bit of marginalia, 72 pages, b&w photos, contents include: Ramsay Beginnings; Ramsay developing; Ramsay To-Day; Joe Baye; The Mill of Kintail; Churches; The North Lanark Historical Society; The biggest change in my lifetime is-; Municipal History; Township Council members, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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Image for 2 VOLUMES: Cordwainer's Scrapbook Reflections / Memories -a Collection of Selected Articles (from)The Walkerton Herald Times Since 1981 ( First and Second Books )( 1st / 2nd / 1 & 2 )( Ontario Newspaper / Local history )( Cordwainer Scrap Book )

2 VOLUMES: Cordwainer's Scrapbook Reflections / Memories -a Collection of Selected Articles (from)The Walkerton Herald Times Since 1981 ( First and Second Books )( 1st / 2nd / 1 & 2 )( Ontario Newspaper / Local history )( Cordwainer Scrap Book )

By: Cartwright, Lloyd (signed) / The Walkerton Herald Times ( Ontario Newspaper )

Price: $55.31 CAD

Publisher: Ontario, Ontario: Lloyd Cartwright / The Walkerton Herald Times (printed By Stan Brown Printers, Owen Sound, ON.), 1991, 1995, 1st edition, First Printing for Both: 1991

Seller ID: 163744

ISBN: 0969485506

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

-----------2 volumes (ONE SHIPPING CHARGE), softcovers, both are about 8.5w x 11h inches, both are Very Good+ or better, a bit of light rubbing, book one has been signed by Lloyd Cartwright, 152 and 136 pages, b&w photos throughout, in spite of being a collection of newspaper articles about local events these collect older newspaper articles from well before (and some after 1981 with the majority being older evenys covered, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///SIGNED -one volume ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Image for Cayuga - North Cayuga Centennial History 1867 - 1967 ( This booklet is an attempt to compile & record the history cayuga, Haldimand's County Town, & of North cayuga, the surrounding Township )( Ontario Local History )

Cayuga - North Cayuga Centennial History 1867 - 1967 ( This booklet is an attempt to compile & record the history cayuga, Haldimand's County Town, & of North cayuga, the surrounding Township )( Ontario Local History )

By: Cayuga - North Cayuga Centennial Committee

Price: $35.43 CAD

Publisher: Ontario, Cayuga, ON.: Cayuga - North Cayuga Centennial Committee, 1967, 1st edition , First Printing: 1967

Seller ID: 161442

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

-----------softcover, about 6w x 9h inches, a solid Very Good example, a bit of light rubbing, ink name, 179 pages, b&w photos, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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A Heritage of Stone: Buildings of Niagara Peninsula, Fergus, Elora, Guelph, Region of Waterloo, Cambridge, Paris, Ancaster, Dundas, Flamborough, hamilton and St Mary's -a Signed Copy ( Architectural History )

By: Chapple, Nina Perkins (signed)

Price: $35.43 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: James Lorimer. 2006, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2006

Seller ID: 151011

ISBN: 1550289357

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

---------softcover, about 10.5 x 8.25 inches, a Near Fine copy, signed by the author, 128 pages, colour photos throughout, ---"The story of the stone buildings of the cities and towns of southwest Ontario --Constructed in the most permanent of building materials, historic stone buildings are, quite literally, touchstones to other times and other lives. Exploring the history of these mid-nineteenth-century buildings -- among them, charming cottages and farmhouses, spectacular mansions, glorious churches and cathedrals, and dignified civic buildings -- reveals a picture of their communities...
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At the Mouth of the Credit -by Betty Clarkson / Boston Mills Press ( Mississauga South Historical Society )( Ontario Local History )

By: Clarkson, Betty / Boston Mills Press

Price: $12.71 CAD

Publisher: Erin, Ontario, Erin, ON: Boston Mills Press, 1977, 1st Revised Edition, First Printing: 1977

Seller ID: 154638

ISBN: 0919822169

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good (see description)

----------trade paperback, stapled as issued, about 6 x 8.75 inches, a Near Fine copy but there is some hi-liting so a Good copy, 72 pages, b&w photos, errata slip, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo..
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Image for Reference and Guide Book of THE TRENT CANAL Including Kawartha Lakes Lake Simcoe Lake Couchiching ( Facsimile of 1911 Edition Printed By Peterborough Examiner)(inc. Ads for Peterborough Canoe Company, O'Keefe's Lager; Grand Trunk Railway, etc)

Reference and Guide Book of THE TRENT CANAL Including Kawartha Lakes Lake Simcoe Lake Couchiching ( Facsimile of 1911 Edition Printed By Peterborough Examiner)(inc. Ads for Peterborough Canoe Company, O'Keefe's Lager; Grand Trunk Railway, etc)

By: Clarry, E S (introduction) / The Department of Railways and Canals of Canada ( Facsimile of the 1911 Edition Printed By The Peterborough Examiner )

Price: $26.91 CAD

Publisher: Ontario, Ontario: Friends of The Trent-Severn Waterway, NO DATE (likely 1986 / 1986 ) ( Facsimile of the 1911 Edition Printed By The Peterborough Examiner ), 1st Facsimile Edition, First Printing: 1986

Seller ID: 158856

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------softcover, about 8.25 x 12.25 inches, a near Fine copy, cord tied, a facsimile of the scarce 1911 edition which was also issued in a cord-tied softcover, 26 pages of ads plus 50 pages, 9 fold out maps and charts at the rear of the book, loads of b&w photographs, the ads are from the period, a very nice production that was likely done in 1985 or 1986 as a 75th anniversary commemorative edition, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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Image for KENSINGTON -a Signed Copy / Boston Mills Press (inc. How It Started; The Ward; The Market; Helpers; The Portuguese; Embattled; Changes; Diversity; Photo Essay; Bibliography )( Toronto Local History / neighbourhood )

KENSINGTON -a Signed Copy / Boston Mills Press (inc. How It Started; The Ward; The Market; Helpers; The Portuguese; Embattled; Changes; Diversity; Photo Essay; Bibliography )( Toronto Local History / neighbourhood )

By: Cochrane, Jean (signed), Photographs By Vincenzo Pietropaolo (signed); Preface By Liane Regendanz

Price: $38.27 CAD

Publisher: Erin / Toronto, Ontario, Erin, ON / Toronto, Ontario: Boston Mills Press / Stoddart, 2000, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2000

Seller ID: 157412

ISBN: 1550463381

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

------------hardcover, about 11.25 x 8.75 inches, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, signed by Cochrane and Pietropaolo, 160 pages, b&w photos by Pietropaolo as well as many vintage historical photos, ---"Kensington is a comprehensive pictorial history of Toronto’s Kensington Market and area, from its beginnings in the 1800s right up to the year 2000. --It has been a settlement area for successive waves of immigrants — European Jews, Italians, Ukrainians, Hungarians, Portuguese, Asians, Blacks, Latin Americans, and others — who made the “market” their home, workplace, ...
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A Matter of Honour and Other Tales of Early Perth -by Susan Code -a Signed Copy ( Ontario Local History )

By: Code, Susan (signed)

Price: $14.13 CAD

Publisher: Burnstown, Ontario, Burnstown, Ontario: General Store Publishing House, 1996, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1996

Seller ID: 151005

ISBN: 1896182275

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------trade paperback, a Near Fine copy, 155 pages, b&w photos and illustrations, signed by Code, ---The past retold by a master storyteller: real characters and true events that will satisfy any appetite for entertaining reading. Susan Code has recreated this isolated community of nearly two centuries ago and brought back to life the host of characters who built this town out of virgin wilderness. A delightful romp in a town that is close at hand, during a time that has long since passed us by., any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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Image for TWO VOLUMES: Holy Old Whistlin' - Yarns About Algonquin Park Loggers -with Finer Than Hair on a Frog: More Yarns About Loggers and the Like -by Brent A Connelly -both Signed ( Whistling ) ( Ontario Logging Accounts )

TWO VOLUMES: Holy Old Whistlin' - Yarns About Algonquin Park Loggers -with Finer Than Hair on a Frog: More Yarns About Loggers and the Like -by Brent A Connelly -both Signed ( Whistling ) ( Ontario Logging Accounts )

By: Connelly, Brent A (signed)

Price: $42.53 CAD

Publisher: Ontario, Renfrew, ON: General Store Publishing House, 2005, 2007, 1st edition, First Printing for Both: 2007

Seller ID: 162104

ISBN: 1897113897

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

------------2 volumes (ONE SHIPPING CHARGE), softcovers, about 8.5w x 8.5h inches, both are Near Fine examples, both are signed and inscribed to former owners, 139 and 161 pages, b&w photos, contents of HOLY include: Introduction; Shaping a Dream; McRae Lumber Co.; This, That and the Other Thing; Tales of Truck Drivers; A Personal Moment; The Algonquin Forestry Authority; Time to Whittle a Stick; References, ---FROG = ---"The plates are scraped and the smokes are lit, so it’s time to pull up a chair in the old bunkhouse and swap some tales. Storyteller extraordinaire Brent Connelly is b...
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Elora / The Early History of Elora, Ontario and Vicinity ( Copy Owned By William Perkins Bull with His Bookplate )( Ontario Local History )

By: Connon, John R ( William [ Wm ] Perkins Bull related )

Price: $141.93 CAD

Publisher: Ontario, Elora, ON: The Elora Express and The Fergus News-Record, 1930, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1930

Seller ID: 160996

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good (see description)

-------------hardcover, about 6.75w x 10h inches, a solid Good example of a scarce Elora history, de-accessioned from the Brampton Library with normal exlibrary marks and stamps, this copy has the bookplate of noted Canadian author Wm Perkins Bull on the verso of the front cover, a solid copy in green cloth, light edge and tip wear, some browning to preliminary pages, 207 pages, b&w photos and illustrations, a nice copy with a nice association, ---BULL grew up on a farm in the area that is now Brampton, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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Fading History: Stories of Historical Interest -by Dave Cook -signed, Volume 1 and 2 ---with From Frozen Ponds to Beehive Glory: The Story of Dixie Arena Gardens ---THREE BOOKS ( Mississauga, Ontario Local History )

By: Cook, Dave (signed)

Price: $21.23 CAD

Publisher: Mississauga, Ontario, Mississauga, Ontario: David L Cook / Self Published, 2008, 2010, 2006, 1st Edition, First Printing for All: 2008

Seller ID: 151787

ISBN: 0973426527

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------3 volumes (ONE SHIPPING PRICE ), trade paperbacks, all are Near Fine copies, all are signed and inscribed by Cook, 224 pages in each , b&w photos, contents of FADING are ( Book ONE ): British Commonwealth Air Training Plan; Fishing for Bombs; The Canadian lancasters; Aeronautical Lodge 717; AVRO Canada; Flying Saucers; Orenda; Teddy Morris; Music fair; WCB Hospital-a world leader; Air Crash over W C B Hospital; Bobby Cunningham; Bobby Cunningham Jr; Toronto Golf Club; The Dixie Staffords Hockey Club ( Book TWO ): The Last Grand Duchess of Russia; Gordon Sinclair -the Americans; FD...
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Category: Hamilton & Ontario Local History