Category: Hamilton & Ontario Local History

The City Beyond - a History of Nepean, Birthplace of Canada's Capital 1792-1990 ( Ontario Local History )( Ottawa related)

By: Elliott, Bruce S / City of Nepean, Ontario

Price: $80.93

Publisher: Nepean, Ontario, Nepean, ON: City of Nepean, 1991, 1st edition, First Printing : 1991

Seller ID: 169986

ISBN-13: 9781550362589

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

------------hardcover, a Near Fine example, in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dustjacket, small nick to jacket, 461 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/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---
View More...

Image for War of 1812 The YEAR 1813 / Hamilton Historical Board ( Disaster at York; Diversion at Sackets Harbor; Encampment at Burlington Heights; Encounter at Stoney Creek; Sinking of USS Hamilton and Scourge; Torching of Newark; Burlington Races )

War of 1812 The YEAR 1813 / Hamilton Historical Board ( Disaster at York; Diversion at Sackets Harbor; Encampment at Burlington Heights; Encounter at Stoney Creek; Sinking of USS Hamilton and Scourge; Torching of Newark; Burlington Races )

By: Elliott, James; Eshtamuel Alvee Goni; Bill Manson; Michael McAllister; Carolyn McCann; Ian Kerr-Wilson; Robin McKee; John Nixon; Peter Rindlisbacher; John Triggs; Robert Williamson / Hamilton Historical Board

Price: $26.93

Publisher: Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton, ON: Hamilton Historical Board / historiCITY Special Edition 2, 2013, 1st edition, First Printing : 2013

Seller ID: 169279

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

--------- softcover, a Near Fine example, a bit of very light rubbing, 34 pages, b&w as well as colour photos and illustrations, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo, ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---
View More...

The Leader and Recorder's History of the Junction ( Leader and Recorder )( West Toronto / Ontario Local History )

By: Fancher, Diana (ed.) / The Leader and Recorder

Price: $26.93

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: West Toronto Junction Historical Society (printed By Coach House Printing ), 2004, 1st edition, First Printing : 2004

Seller ID: 168308

ISBN-13: 9780968663615

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------softcover, about 8.5 x 11 inches, a Near Fine copy, looks new, 139 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/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---
View More...

Image for George A Young: Mining Broker, Early Northern Ontario Stories ( Argyl Mine; Ross-Powell Gull Lake Claim; Bellellen Silver Mines; Red Lake; Grenfell-Kirkland Abitibi Coal Miming; South Lorrain; Camps, etc)( Temiskaming / Timiskaming District )

George A Young: Mining Broker, Early Northern Ontario Stories ( Argyl Mine; Ross-Powell Gull Lake Claim; Bellellen Silver Mines; Red Lake; Grenfell-Kirkland Abitibi Coal Miming; South Lorrain; Camps, etc)( Temiskaming / Timiskaming District )

By: Fancy, Peter (signed)

Price: $47.18

Publisher: Cobalt, Ontario, Cobalt, ON: The Highway Book Shop, 2004, 1st Edition, First Printing : 2004

Seller ID: 167661

ISBN-13: 9780889544369

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

------------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) hardcover, a Near Fine example, looks new, no dustjacket as issued,, SIGNED with inscription by FANCY to a family member of one of the people included in this book ( George Bagshaw ), Fancy has also signed the title page (without any inscription), 243 pages, b&w photos (perdominately photos of documents) and maps, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch )---
View More...

SILVER CENTRE: The Story of an Ontario Mining Camp ( South Lorrain Township )( Temiskaming / Timiskaming District )( Mining )

By: Fancy, Peter (signed)

Price: $26.93

Publisher: Cobalt, Ontario, Cobalt, ON: The Highway Book Shop, 1985, 1st Edition, First Printing : 1985

Seller ID: 167662

ISBN-13: 9780889543065

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

------------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) hardcover, a Near Fine example, looks new, in a Near Fine dustjacket as issued,, SIGNED with inscription by FANCY to a family member of one of the people included in this book ( George Bagshaw ), 145 pages, b&w photos and maps, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch )---
View More...

Temiskaming Treasure Trails 1907 - 1909 -by Peter Fancy -a Signed Copy ( Volume 4 / Four / iv )( Timiskaming District )

By: Fancy, Peter (signed)

Price: $53.93

Publisher: Cobalt, Ontario, Cobalt, ON: The Highway Book Shop, 1993, 1st Edition, First Printing : 1993

Seller ID: 167660

ISBN-13: 9780889543744

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

------------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) hardcover, a Near Fine example, in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dustjacke, SIGNED without inscription by FANCY, 205 pages, b&w photos and maps, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch )---
View More...

Image for Not a One Horse Town: 125 ( One Hundred Twenty-Five ) Years of Toronto and Its Streetcars ---a Signed Hardcover Copy ( Ontario / Street Cars / Local History )

Not a One Horse Town: 125 ( One Hundred Twenty-Five ) Years of Toronto and Its Streetcars ---a Signed Hardcover Copy ( Ontario / Street Cars / Local History )

By: Filey, Mike (signed)

Price: $29.63

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toront, ON: Toronto of Old, 1986, 1st edition, First Printing : 1986

Seller ID: 168252

ISBN-13: 9780969150114

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------hardcover, a Near Fine example in a lightly rubbed Very Good+ dustjacket, ink gift inscription on front blank endpaper has been partially blacked out, signed by Filey who has also written a linitation number on the title page ( #185 of 1000 ), quite scarce in the hardcover edition, unpaginated but well over 100 pages, packed with b&w photos many of a vintage nature and certainly difficult to come by, contents include: Rapid Transit for All; Meet Mr Williams ( Henry Burt ); Rails and Horses; Mr Wright ( John Joseph ) Was Right; The Witch's Broom; Toronto by Trolley; The Ubiquitous Si...
View More...

Image for THORNHILL 1793 - 1963: The History of an Ontario Village -by Doris M FitzGerald, with Reminiscences and Illustrations By Thoreau MacDonald (chapter By Willard Simpson ) ( with ERRATA SLIP )( Local History - Toronto / Vaughan / Markham related)

THORNHILL 1793 - 1963: The History of an Ontario Village -by Doris M FitzGerald, with Reminiscences and Illustrations By Thoreau MacDonald (chapter By Willard Simpson ) ( with ERRATA SLIP )( Local History - Toronto / Vaughan / Markham related)

By: FitzGerald, Doris <; a Chapter By Willard Simpson; Reminiscences and Illustrations By Thoreau MacDonald

Price: $40.43

Publisher: Ontario, Thornhill, ON ( Toronto, Ontario ): Self Published / Doris M FitzGerald, 1964, 1st Edition, First Printing : 1964

Seller ID: 167690

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

------------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) hardcover, a Very Good+ example, red cloth, a wee bit of light rubbing, a few pages have had the lower corner tips turned, a bit of sunning to the spine, ---131 pages, b&w photos and illustrations, errata slip is present, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///.. ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---
View More...

Ode to Ivanhoe ( Ontario Local History / Huntingdon Township, Hastings County )( Sir John Franklin Arctic Expedition related)

By: Fleming, Janice and Wendy Reeves

Price: $33.68

Publisher: Ontario, Ontario: Self Published ( Printed By Madoc Printing and Publishing ), 1983, 1st Edition, First Printing : 1983

Seller ID: 167817

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

------------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) softcover, a Very Good+ example, a bit of light rubbing, unpaginated -52 pages (includes covers), coil bound, b&w photos, ---contents include: Introduction; Ode to Ivanhoe; Early days; In the Beginning; Name Origin; Transportation and Travel; Early Medical Aid; Canadian Pacific Railroad; Recreation; The Ivanhoe Cheese Ball team (present day); The Women's Institute; Town baseball team (approx. 1920 ); St Andrew's Presbyterian Church West Huntingdon; St Andrew's ( guild; Sunday school; Women's Missionary Society / Explorers / St A's Club ); The B...
View More...

Their Town: The Mafia, the Media and the Party Machine ( Hamilton Ontario / True Crime )

By: Freeman, Bill and Marsha Hewitt, Editors ( Henry Jacek )

Price: $26.93

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: James Lorimer, 1979, 1st Edition, First Printing : 1979

Seller ID: 168671

ISBN-13: 9780888622679

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

----------softcover, about 8 x 11 inches, a solidGood to Very Good copy, a bit of light wear and rubbing, a bit of age toning to paper, 174 pages, illustrated with b&w photos, ---contents include: Foreword; Introduction - Hamilton Politics & the Ideology of Business; Welfare Hamilton Style By Freeman; Business Control in a Working Class Town By Freeman; Hamilton Labour, the Failure of an Opposition Group By Freeman; John Munro and the Hamilton East Liberals - Anatomy of a Modern Political Machine By Jacek; The Hamilton Mob and the Politics of Organized Crime By Freeman; Independence or Contr...
View More...

The Burlington I Remember - Gwelda Garnham ( Ontario Local History )

By: Garnham, Gwelda A

Price: $26.93

Publisher: Ontario, No Place ( Burlington, ON.): No Publisher / Self Published / Gwelda Garnham, 1977, 1st Edition, 2nd Printing : 1977

Seller ID: 167840

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

------------( later printing of the First Edition ) softcover, a solid Very Good example with a bit of light rubbing to the cream card covers, flaking to edges, small loss at upper edge of one page, ink name and date, 65 pages, b&w illustrations, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---
View More...

William Blair Bruce: Painting for Posterity: Art Gallery of Hamilton ( Ontario )( Canadian Art / Artist )

By: Gehmacher, Arlene / Art Gallery of Hamilton ( William Blair Bruce related), Preface By Louise Dompierre

Price: $40.43

Publisher: Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton, ON: art Gallery of Hamilton, 2000, 1st Edition, First Printing : 2000

Seller ID: 168960

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------softcover, about 8.5w x 10.5h inches, a Near Fine copy, 72 pages, illustrated with colour & b&w images of Bruce's artwork, includes a lengthy essay by Gehmacher about WBB and his life and work, scarce, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---
View More...

Memories of Lambton Park -by John Gell ( Toronto, ON / Ontario Local History )

By: Gell, John

Price: $33.68

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, No Place ( Toronto, ON ): No Publisher / John Gell - Self Published, ( Annan and Bird Lithographers, Printers ), 2000, 1st Edition, First Printing : 2000

Seller ID: 168995

ISBN-13: 9780968746103

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-------------softcover, about 9w x 12h inches, a Near Fine example, a wee bit of light rubbing, looks new, 232 pages, b&w photos and illustrations, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED --GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---
View More...

The Story of Etobicoke 1850 - 1950 ( Centennial Year / Ontario Local History )( Toronto / Mimico related)

By: Given, Robert A

Price: $26.93

Publisher: Ontario, No Place ( Etobicoke, ON.): No Publisher / Etobicoke Centennial Year Council, No Date ( 1950 ), 1st Edition, First Printing : 1950

Seller ID: 168121

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

----------softcover, about 6.25 x 9.25 inches, a solid Very Good example, 76 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/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)------
View More...

Image for Crossroads in Time - A Pictorial History of Tavistock, 1890 - 1920 - Lemp Studio Collection, Published by Rotary Club of Tavistock on Occasion of Their 50th Anniversary & in Commemoration of 150th Anniversary of Founding of Tavistock ( Ontario )

Crossroads in Time - A Pictorial History of Tavistock, 1890 - 1920 - Lemp Studio Collection, Published by Rotary Club of Tavistock on Occasion of Their 50th Anniversary & in Commemoration of 150th Anniversary of Founding of Tavistock ( Ontario )

By: Gladding, William ( Bill ) J (sihned)/ The Lemp Studio Collection, Tavistock, Ontario, Canada ( The Rotary Club of Tavistock )

Price: $67.43

Publisher: Ontario, Tavistock, ON: The Rotary Club of Tavistock ( Ampersand Printing, Guelph, ON.), 1998, 1st Edition, First Printing : 1998

Seller ID: 169723

ISBN-13: 9780968383803

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------hardcover, about 12.25 x 9.25 inches, a Near Fine example, 184 pages, b&w photographs, --htis copy has been signed and inscribed by the author "To Uncle Kenny Thanks for the memories Bill Gladding', ---"More than 100 years after the first photographers stepped into the Huron Tract to record the daily activities of our forefathers, the Lemp Studio Collection was born to preserve the precious glass negatives of Tavistock's early cameramen. ---Rescued from the Lemp Studio in 1977, the collection of nearly 4,000 glass negatives has since been catalogued and researched with the help of m...
View More...

GEORGIAN BAY: Photographs By Mike Grandmaison ( Photography / Photographer / Photos )( Ontario / Great Lakes related )

By: Grandmaison, Mike (photographer); Introduction By Gerard Courtin

Price: $80.93

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Key Porter Books, 2008, 1st Edition, First Printing : 2008

Seller ID: 168119

ISBN-13: 9781552639245

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------hardcover, a Near Fine example with a bit of fading to the edges of the boards, in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dustjacket, looks new, ---239 pages, absolutely packed with stunning colour photos, ---"The natural, rugged beauty of Georgian Bay has inspired generations of Canadian artists, including Tom Thomson and A.Y. Jackson. ---Georgian Bay: A breathtaking photographic portrait of Canada' s 'inland sea' ---The natural, rugged beauty of Georgian Bay has inspired generations of Canadian artists, such as Tom Thomson and A. Y. Jackson, who have captured the emotional impact that this ...
View More...

Home of My Youth: Hanover -by Josephine Elizabeth Hahn -a Signed Copy ( with dustjacket )( Ontario Local History )

By: Hahn, Josephine Elizabeth (signed and inscribed)

Price: $26.93

Publisher: Ontario, No Place (likely Hanover, ON ): No Publisher / Self Published / Josephine Elizabeth Hahn, No Date ( 1947 ), 1st edition, First Printing : 1947

Seller ID: 169016

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

-------------hardcover, about 5.5w x 8.75h inches, red pebbled cloth, a Very Good+ example, a bit of light rubbing a bit of age toning to the upper edge of the text block, a bit of age toning to the endpapers, in the scarce dustjacket, a clean very Good djwith some shallow chips and short tears, signed and inscribed " Dr Margaret and Miss Agnes Gould - Out of the mist floats a wistful song to strike the chords of memory's golden lyre. Elizabeth hahn August 12th/47", 298 pages, b&w photos, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEE...
View More...

The Story of McCormick's Point, 1906 - 1966 ( Ontario Local History / Puslinch / Hespeler Area )

By: Hahn, Lewis, with Marville Hahn, Maude Eltherington, Percy Hilborn, Tom Hagan, tom West, Roy Brown, Don Parks, Alma Hagan, et al

Price: $53.93

Publisher: Ontario, Ontario: Lewis Hahn - Self Published, NO DATE ( Ca. 1966 ), 1st Edition, First Printing : 1966

Seller ID: 169459

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

-----------softcover, about 8.5w x 11h inches, a Very Good example, faint stain on covers, light wear and rubbing, ---it looks like this has been signed by Hahn BUT the signature looks a little bit like it was traced over a printed signature or penned over a pencil signature, additionally there is one ink correction on one page (a date) so it is likely that this is signed (in some fashion), ---104 pages plus map, ---a collection of reminiscences from local residents, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED (see description above) ---GUARANT...
View More...

Image for The Windsor Star: From the Vault Volume II 1950 to 1980 -A Photo-History of Windsor ( Ontario )(inc. Curling Club Disaster; Olympians; Rock n' Roll; Elmwood Casino; Brooks Murder; Bulldogs; Emancipation Day; Metropolitan Store Explosion, etc)

The Windsor Star: From the Vault Volume II 1950 to 1980 -A Photo-History of Windsor ( Ontario )(inc. Curling Club Disaster; Olympians; Rock n' Roll; Elmwood Casino; Brooks Murder; Bulldogs; Emancipation Day; Metropolitan Store Explosion, etc)

By: Hanna, Sharon; Craig Pearson; Foreword By Bill Bishop / The Windsor Star

Price: $67.43

Publisher: Windsor, Ontario, Windsor, ON: Biblioasis, 2016, 1st Edition, First Printing : 2016

Seller ID: 169825

ISBN-13: 9781771961189

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------hardcover, a Near Fine example in a Near Fine dustjacket, looks new, 479 pages, b&w and photos throughout, ---"By the end of World War II, Windsor had established itself as one of the greatest industrial cities in the British Commonwealth. The region seemed on an easy path to prosperity. But history took a different turn. Starting with the closure of Ford Plant One in 1953, the city was hit by several unanticipated challenges. How would its residents respond? How would they react to rapid changes that swept North America? ---From the Vault, Volume II: 1950-1980 explores what were ...
View More...

Image for DACRE MEMORIAL CEMETERY Brougham Township, Renfrew County Ontario ( Map 31 F/7 West Reference 476253 ) / The Ottawa Branch The Ontario Genealogical Society ( Local History / Burial Plots )

DACRE MEMORIAL CEMETERY Brougham Township, Renfrew County Ontario ( Map 31 F/7 West Reference 476253 ) / The Ottawa Branch The Ontario Genealogical Society ( Local History / Burial Plots )

By: Hare, Alison (recorder/compiler) / DACRE MEMORIAL CEMETERY / The Ottawa Branch The Ontario Genealogical Society

Price: $33.68

Publisher: Ottawa, Ontario, Ottawa, ON: The Ottawa Branch The Ontario Genealogical Society, NO DATE ( Likely 1989 ), 1st Edition, First Printing : 1989

Seller ID: 167820

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

------------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) softcover, a Near Fine example,9 pages, b&w illustration showing cemetery plots, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---
View More...

$0.00 (0 Items)

Category: Hamilton & Ontario Local History