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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: $26.93 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 Torontos 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, and town square, tr...
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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: $26.93 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 its time to pull up a chair in the old bunkhouse and swap some tales. Storyteller extraordinaire Brent Connelly is back wit...
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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: $107.93 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 ///NOT S...
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Image for Some of Vaughan's Pictorial Past -by Hugh A Cook - a Signed Copy ( Ontario Local History / Photographs / Photographic / City / Township History )(includes a Photo of the Home of Max Aitken / Lord Beaverbrook )

Some of Vaughan's Pictorial Past -by Hugh A Cook - a Signed Copy ( Ontario Local History / Photographs / Photographic / City / Township History )(includes a Photo of the Home of Max Aitken / Lord Beaverbrook )

By: Cook, Hugh A (signed and Inscribed)(includes a Photo of the Home of Max Aitken / Lord Beaverbrook )

Price: $60.68 CAD

Publisher: Ontario, No Place ( Ontario ): No Publisher / Hugh A Cook / Self Published, 2011, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2011

Seller ID: 161188

ISBN: 1897486162

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------softcover, coil bound, about 11.5w x 8.5h inches, a Near Fine example, a wee bit of light rubbing, signed and inscribed on the title page by Hugh Cook, 245 pages, hundreds of b&w photos, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo / /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Cabbagetown: The Story of a Victorian Neighbourhood -by Penina Coopersmith ( Toronto, Ontario / Local History )( Neighborhood )

By: Coopersmith, Penina; Foreword By George H Rust-D-Eye

Price: $33.68 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Tornoto, ON: James Lorimer & Company, 1998, 1st edition, First Printing: 1998

Seller ID: 165399

ISBN: 1550285793

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

------------hardcover, a Near Fine example, in a Near Fine dustjacket with a short closed tear on front panel, looks new, 96 pages, b&w and colour photos and illustrations, ---"Cabbagetown is one of Toronto's most vibrant downtown neighbourhoods: tiny workers' cottages stand cheek-by-jowl with grand Victorian homes; it has parks, gardens, theatres, a working farm, and a main street that boasts an eclectic mix of pleasant shops and restaurants. ---This beautifully illustrated book captures the highlights of Cabbagetown's lively history. Penina Coopersmith traces Cabbagetown's origins in the ei...
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Normanby Reflections, Volume ii: A History of Normanby Township ( Vol. 2 / Two )( Ontario Local History - West Grey County

By: Cork, Campbell (ed.) / Normanby History Committee ( Gloria Page, Robert Scriven, Audrey Filsinger, Marg Rapp, Howard Weltz, Bill Page, Verna Brusso, Agnes Diemert, Wayne Pfeffer, Carol Leibold )

Price: $80.93 CAD

Publisher: Ontario, Ontario: Normanby History Committee ( Printed Stan Brown Publishers, Owen Sount, ON ), 2003, 1st Edition, 1st Printing: 2003

Seller ID: 166173

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------hardcover, a Near Fine example, no dustjacket as issued, 616 pages, b&w photos throughout, 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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Where Guelph Began: A Walking Tour of the Original Market Square Area ( Ontario Local History )

By: Couling, Gordon

Price: $12.08 CAD

Publisher: Guelph, Ontario, Guelph, ON: Guelph Arts Council, 1996, Revised Edition, 1st Printing: 1996

Seller ID: 149181

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good (see description)

-----------trade paperback size stapled softcover, a solid Good exlibrary copy, written and illustrated by Couling, 32 pages, Couling looks at: City Hall; West Market Square --- Carden Street; The King Edward Hotel and Wyndham Street; IODE Cross of Sacrifice; Canadian National Railway Station ( CNR ); Bell Piano and Organ Company Block; Royal Hotel; 6167 Railway Engine; Co-Operators Building; Blacksmith Fountain; The Priory Site; Heritage Park; Gooderham and Worts Granary Building; Stone Warehouse Apartments; 81 Farquhar St.; The Old Drill Hall; Armory; Freshfield St.; Gordon St.; 21 Nottingh...
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Image for The Welland Ship Canal Between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie 1913 - 1932, Reprint of Articles in ENGINEERING During the Years 1929 1930 1931 By Major P J Cowan / Department of Railways & Canals Canada ( Facsimile of the 1935 1st Edition )( Ontario )( 1933 )

The Welland Ship Canal Between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie 1913 - 1932, Reprint of Articles in ENGINEERING During the Years 1929 1930 1931 By Major P J Cowan / Department of Railways & Canals Canada ( Facsimile of the 1935 1st Edition )( Ontario )( 1933 )

By: Cowan, P J ( Percy John ) / Department of Railways and Canals Canada ( Facsimile Reprint of the 1935 Edition )( Articles from 1929, 1930, 1931 Issues of ENGINEERING )

Price: $168.68 CAD

Publisher: St Catharines, Ontario, St Catharines, ON: Vanwell Publishing, 1989 ( Facsimile Reprint of the 1935 London [ UK ] Offices of Engineering edition), 1st Vanwell Edition, First Printing: 1989

Seller ID: 163910

ISBN: 0920277845

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------hardcover, about 10.5w x 14.5h inches, blue cloth, a Near Fine example, a bit of light rubbing, no dustjacket as issued, b&w photos and illustrations including a number of fold-outs showing design plans, scarce in any edition, the title page states 1913 - 1932 but for some reason this Vanwell edition cover title shows 1913 - 1933, bit odd that, nonetheless this is a complete facsimile of the scarce 1935 edition, 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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Image for The Battle of Lundy's Lane, 25th July, 1814, A Historical Study -by Ernest Cruikshank ( War of 1812 )( Facsimile Reprint of the 3rd Edition of 1893 By The Lundy's Lane Historical Society, Niagara Falls, Ontario )

The Battle of Lundy's Lane, 25th July, 1814, A Historical Study -by Ernest Cruikshank ( War of 1812 )( Facsimile Reprint of the 3rd Edition of 1893 By The Lundy's Lane Historical Society, Niagara Falls, Ontario )

By: Cruikshank, Ernest, ( E A ) Captain 44th Battalion ( Welland )

Price: $20.18 CAD

Publisher: Niagara Falls, Ontario, Niagara Falls, ON.: The Lundy's Lane Historical Society, 1984 (reprints the 1893 3rd Edition ), 1st Facsimile Edition, First Printing: 1984

Seller ID: 157144

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------softcover, about 5.25 x 8.5 inches, a Near Fine copy, 47 pages, includes a b&w 2 page map of the battlefield (frontispiece) 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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Haliburton Village: CENTENNIAL, 1864 - 1964 ( Ontario Local History / Haliburton Highlands )(includes Thompson's Life of a Lumberman )

By: Curry, Ronald J (compiler) and Rotary Club of Haliburton ( Geo. S [ George ] Thompson )

Price: $14.78 CAD

Publisher: Ontario, Ontario: Rotary Club of Haliburton ( Printed By Maxwell Review Ltd., Peterborough, ON.), 1964, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1964

Seller ID: 151681

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

----------softcover, trade paperback size, a Very Good+ copy with a bit of light wear, small address label on first page, 66 + 20 pages, b&w photos, Life of a Lumberman is about 25 pages, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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Many Voices II: A Collective History of Greater Fort Erie ( Ontario Local history / 2 )( 1st Revised Edition )

By: Davies, Jane with Joan Lyons Felstead, Editors / Fort Erie Museum Board

Price: $22.88 CAD

Publisher: Fort Erie, Ontario, Fort Erie, ON: Fort Erie Museum Board, 2004, 2nd Edition, 1st Revised Edition, First Printing: 2004

Seller ID: 152352

ISBN: 0968173012

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------hardcover, about 8.75 x 11 inches, a Near Fine copy in a lightly rubbed Very Good+ dustjacket, ix + 397 pages, this is the 1st REVISED edition and comparing the contents of the 1st issue with this issue the revisions seem to be substantial, ---contents include: Introduction; EARLY HISTORY---Human Beginnings; Neutral Iroquoians; Neutrals; Contemporary Natives; EARLY SETTLEMENT---Greater Fort Erie; Agriculture; COMMERCE---Fort Erie Business; Ridgeway Business; Stevensville Business; Crystal Beach Business; Dairies; Mills; Quarries; TRANSPORTATION---Railways; Marine; Roadways; Shipy...
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Image for An Introduction to the Twenty-First Toronto Antiquarian Book Fair -by Robertson Davies ---with an Advertising Sheet for Toronto Antiquarian Book Fair 28-30 May 1993 ( 21st Bookfair )

An Introduction to the Twenty-First Toronto Antiquarian Book Fair -by Robertson Davies ---with an Advertising Sheet for Toronto Antiquarian Book Fair 28-30 May 1993 ( 21st Bookfair )

By: Davies, Robertson / Toronto Antiquarian Book Fair 28-30 May 1993

Price: $26.93 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Toronto Antiquarian Book Fair 28-30 May 1993 / Coach House Printing, 1993, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1993

Seller ID: 159859

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------3 items, one is a commemorative booklet for the Toronto Antiquarian Book Fair 28-30 May 1993 written by Robertson davies, about 4.5w x 7h inches, a Fine copy, ---with an advertisement / poster for the book fair, a Near Fine example which mentions Robertson Davies on the poster -poster has been folded once, measures anout 5.5w x 10.75h inches, and finally this includes a ticket to the bookfair, 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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Heritage Driving Tour of Wellesley Township ( Waterloo related / Ontario Local History )

By: Dick, Jerry and Michael Longo

Price: $13.43 CAD

Publisher: Canada, Canada: Wellesley Township Local Architectural Authority Committee, 1984, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1984

Seller ID: 149189

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

-----------trade paperback size stapled softcover, about 5.5 x 8.5 inches, a solid Very Good+ copy, 31 pages, b&w illustrations, light wear, , any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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Moments in History: Reflections of Halton's County Town, 1833 - 1864 ( Milton, Ontario Local History )

By: Dills, Jim (compiler) with Jack Charlton and Alex S Cooke / Halton Ontario

Price: $22.88 CAD

Publisher: Milton, Ontario, Milton, ON.: County Chronicles Press, 1993, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1993

Seller ID: 153187

ISBN: 0969729707

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------large (oblong quarto) hardcover, a Near Fine copy, 106 pages, b&w photos and illustrations, laid into this copy is a 145th Milton anniversary bookmark, a collectioon of episodes from Milton / Halton history including: a cricket team loss; county fairs and shows, a public hanging; burials and deaths (hopefully the deaths came before the burials ! ); government activities; tragedies; Orange Lodge celebrations; Temperance Unions; women praising new washing machines; aid to destitute, etc, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ...
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Image for Ghosts of Haileybury (inc Leslie McFarlane, Haileybury's Ghost of the Hardy Boys; Art Ross Season with -; Ossian Walli & Provincial Institute of Mining; Nipissing Central Railway; Birthplace of Curling; Street Name Origins, etc / Ontario Local History )

Ghosts of Haileybury (inc Leslie McFarlane, Haileybury's Ghost of the Hardy Boys; Art Ross Season with -; Ossian Walli & Provincial Institute of Mining; Nipissing Central Railway; Birthplace of Curling; Street Name Origins, etc / Ontario Local History )

By: Dobbs, Brian (signed)( Leslie McFarlane / Art Ross / Ossian Walli related)

Price: $26.93 CAD

Publisher: Cobalt, Ontario, Cobalt, ON: Highway Book Shop, 1997, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1997

Seller ID: 164317

ISBN: 0889543976

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

----------softcover, about 5.5w x 8h inches, a Very Good+ example, a bit of light rubbing, reading crease on front panel, signed without inscription by the author, 140 pages, b&w photos, contents include: Preface; Ossian Walli and the Provincial Institute of Mining; The Great Fire of 1922; Art Ross' Season with Haileybury; A Mining Centre without a Headframe; The Nipissing Central Railway; The Birthplace of Curling; Three Boys and a Pair of Skis; Gilbert LaBine -H's Link to the Atomic Bomb; The Big Explosion; A Day at the Races; Leslie McFarlane -H's Ghost of the Hardy Boys; haileybury's Stre...
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Image for Niagara Fruit Barns (inc. Grimsby, Stoney Creek; Beamsville; Cave Springs Conservation Area; Jordan Station; St Catharines; Queenston; St David's; Niagara-on-the-Lake; Vineland; Winona )( Ontario Local / Agricultural History )

Niagara Fruit Barns (inc. Grimsby, Stoney Creek; Beamsville; Cave Springs Conservation Area; Jordan Station; St Catharines; Queenston; St David's; Niagara-on-the-Lake; Vineland; Winona )( Ontario Local / Agricultural History )

By: Dobson, Michael; Edited By Morris Wolfe

Price: $24.23 CAD

Publisher: St Catharines, Ontario, St Catharines, ON: Stonehouse Publications, 1985, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1985

Seller ID: 157059

ISBN: 091954908X

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

-----------softcover, about 11.5 x 8.5 inches, a Very Good+ copy with a bit of light rubbing and a few small creases, unpaginated (about 50 pages), b&w illustrations, each location includes a brief description and history., 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 First 150 Years: A History of St John's Anglican Church, Burlington, Ontario 1835 - 1985 ( 1st One Hundred Fifty Years )

By: Duke, Robert; Foreword By Rector David Hamid / St John's Anglican Church, Burlington, Ontario

Price: $26.93 CAD

Publisher: Burlington, ONtario, No Place ( Burlington, ON ): No Publisher / St John's Anglican Church, No Date ( 1985 ), 1st Edition, First Printing: 1985

Seller ID: 157354

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

-----------softcover, about 8 x 5.5 inches, a Very Good+ copy with a bit of light rubbing and a bit of edge wear, a nice copy, 49 pages, b&w photos, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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The Canadian Niagara Power Company, One Hundred Years 1892 - 1992 ( Niagara Falls, Ontario )( 100 Years / Centennial History )

By: Dumych, Daniel M / The Canadian Niagara Power Company

Price: $26.93 CAD

Publisher: Niagara Falls, Ontario, Niagara Falls, ON.: The Canadian Niagara Power Company, 1992, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1992

Seller ID: 157143

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

-----------softcover, about 5.5 x 8.5 inches, a Very Good copy with a wee bit of rippling and a very faint damp stain (and I do mean faint ), 54 pages, b&w photos, 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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Welcome to the --- Place of the White Rolling Sands -by David Michael Dupuis ( Penatanguishene / Ontario Local History )

By: Dupuis, David Michael

Price: $17.48 CAD

Publisher: Ontario, Penentanguishene, ON: David Michael Dupuis / Self Published, 1989, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1989

Seller ID: 161320

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

----------softcover, about 6w x 9h inches, a solid Very Good+ example, a bit of light rubbing, 60 pages, illustrated in b&w, 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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Image for LEATHER BOUND, Limited Edition of ---From Pathway to Skyway: A History of Burlington / Burlington Centennial Committee ---signed By Claire Emery and Barbara Ford ( Ontario Local History )

LEATHER BOUND, Limited Edition of ---From Pathway to Skyway: A History of Burlington / Burlington Centennial Committee ---signed By Claire Emery and Barbara Ford ( Ontario Local History )

By: Emery, Claire; Barbara Ford (signed by both) Preface By James H Parker Chairman Confederation Centennial Committee of Burlington (signed) / Burlington Centennial Committee

Price: $60.68 CAD

Publisher: Burlington, Ontario, Burlington, ON: Confederation Centennial Committee of Burlington, 1967, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1967

Seller ID: 166012

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

------------hardcover ---LEATHER BOUND issue which was likely reserved for politicos and Centennial Committee mucky-mucks, have not seen this leather bound edition before and was likely limited to well fewer than 30 copies (no limitation stated ), a solid Very Good example, scratch to front board, light rubbing, ink name on front endpaper blacked out, some browning to map endpapers, signed by Emery and Ford and Parker, 252 pages, contents include: Before the White Man; Joseph Brant - the Greatest Freeholder; Brant Park; The Beach; A World of Ships; County Governement; Politics - federal and ...
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Category: Hamilton & Ontario Local History