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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

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

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

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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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: $63.83

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///
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Milton: Welcome to Our Town ( Ontario Local history )

By: Cook, William E / Boston Mills Press

Price: $18.39

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

Seller ID: 161318

ISBN: 0919822177

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

-----------softcover, about 8w x 10h inches, a Very Good+ example, light rubbing, unpaginated ( 75 pages), profusely illustrated with b&w photos and drawings, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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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: $42.53

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 th...
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Where Guelph Began: A Walking Tour of the Original Market Square Area ( Ontario Local History )

By: Couling, Gordon

Price: $12.71

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: $191.63

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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Old Toronto Houses ( Ontario Architecture / Homes / Local History / Architects )

By: Cruickshank, Tom, with John De Visser, Foreword By Stephen Otto

Price: $49.63

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Firefly Books, 2003, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2003

Seller ID: 160464

ISBN: 1552977315

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------hardcover, about 11w x 10.75h inches, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, a lovely copy, 304 pages, colour photos on virtually every page, a VERY nice book, contents include: Introduction; Map of Toronto 1915; ---SIGNATURE STYLES 1793 - 1837 ---oldest Houses; Formal Georgian Neo-Classical; Farmhouse Georgians; Adobe Brick; Later Georgians; Regency Cottages --- The CONFEDERATION YEARS - 1837 - 1867 --- Pre-Confederation Terraces; Picturesque Farm Houses; Mid Victorian Estates; Gothic; Italianate; Ontario Farmhouses --- HIGH-VICTORIAN TORONTO - 1867 - 1901 --- Second Empire...
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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, Captain 44th Battalion ( Welland )

Price: $21.23

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
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CENTENNIAL: Haliburton Village, 1864 - 1974 Haliburton County, 1874 - 1974 ( 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: $15.55

Publisher: Ontario, Ontario: Rotary Club of Haliburton ( Printed By Maxwell Review Ltd., Peterborough, ON.), 1974, 2nd Edition, 1st Printing: 1974

Seller ID: 151676

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------hardcover, a Near Fine copy in a lightly chipped and torn dustjacket, 134 pages, b&w photos, ink name and date on front blank endpaper, 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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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: $15.55

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: $32.59

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: $28.33

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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Burlington -by John De Visser (signed) and Jane Irwin (signed) ( Ontario Local History )

By: De Visser, John (signed) and Jane Irwin (signed)

Price: $19.81

Publisher: Erin / Toronto, Ontario, Toronto / Erin, ON: Stoddart / Boston Mills, 1995 1st Edition, First Printing: 1995

Seller ID: 155237

ISBN: 1550461273

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------hardcover, a Near Fine copy in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dustjacket, signed by Irwin and de Visser, 96 pages, colour photos throughout, contents include: Intro; Father's day at Hidden lake; Joseph Brant and His House; The Beach Strip; The La Salle Park and pavilion; Mount Nemo; Twelve Mile Creek; Going to Work; The Garden of Canada; The Royal Botanical Gardens ( RBG ); Parks abd Recreation; Arts and Letters; Festival days; Select Bibliography, , any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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Credit River Valley / Credit Valley Conservation Foundation ( Ontario / History / Photographs By John De Visser )

By: de Visser, John / Credit Valley Conservation Foundation, Foreword By Lou Parsons

Price: $15.55

Publisher: Erin, Ontario, Erin / Toronto, ON: Boston Mills Press / Stoddart, 1992, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1992

Seller ID: 153169

ISBN: 1550460722

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------large (quarto) hardcover, a Near Fine copy with a wee bit of very light rubbing, in a Near Fine lightly rubbed dustjacket, small remainder dot, 120 pages, packed with colour photos, the Valley touches upon: City of Brampton; City of Mississauga; Township of Amaranth; Town of Caledon; Township of East Garafraxa; Town of Halton Hills; Town of Mono; Town of Orangeville; Town of Port Credit ---contents include: Settlements at the Headwaters; Forks of the Credit; Belfountain and the Quarries; Credit Vlley Recollections; From Inglewood to Cheltenham; Descending th...
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Burlington -by John De Visser and Jane Irwin (signed) ( Ontario Local History )

By: De Visser, John and Jane Irwin (signed)

Price: $14.13

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario / Erin, ON, Toronto / Erin, ON: Stoddart / Boston Mills, 1995 1st Edition, First Printing: 1995

Seller ID: 151849

ISBN: 1550461273

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------hardcover, a Near Fine copy in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dustjacket, signed by Irwin, 96 pages, colour photos throughout, contents include: Intro; Father's day at Hidden lake; Joseph Brant and His House; The Beach Strip; The La Salle Park and pavilion; Mount Nemo; Twelve Mile Creek; Going to Work; The Garden of Canada; The Royal Botanical Gardens ( RBG ); Parks abd Recreation; Arts and Letters; Festival days; Select Bibliography, , any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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CORNERSTONES: Rural Churches in Southern Ontario (includes: Niagara-on-the-Lake; Simcoe; Port Ryerse; Brantford; Mitchell; Shakespeare; New Hamburg; Acton; Uxbridge; Magnetawan; Pickering; Whitby; Brighton; Cavan; Shanty Bay; Woodbridge; Huntsville;etc)

By: Delhaise, John (text) (signed), Drawings By Catherine Delhaise (signed)

Price: $14.13

Publisher: Erin, Ontario, Erin, ON: Boston Mills Press, 1988, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1988

Seller ID: 151570

ISBN: 0919783791

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------hardcover, a Near Fine copy in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dustjacket, signed by both Delhaise's, unpaginated, about 100 pages, b&w illustrations, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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Heritage Driving Tour of Wellesley Township ( Waterloo related / Ontario Local History )

By: Dick, Jerry and Michael Longo

Price: $14.13

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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Mississauga: The First 10,000 Years ( Ontario Local History / Toronto related )( 10000 / Ten Thousand )(still in shrinkwrap)

By: Dieterman, Frank A (ed.)

Price: $28.33

Publisher: Canada, Canada: EastEndBooks / East End Books, 2002, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2002

Seller ID: 149465

ISBN: 1896973280

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine (see description)

-----------hardcover, about 8.75 x 11.25 inches, a Fine copy in a Fine dustjacket, still in the original shrinkwrap so I am assuming that this is a 1st printing, clearly an unread copy, 300 pages, b&w as well as some colour photos, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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Category: Hamilton & Ontario Local History