Category: Hamilton & Ontario Local History

Oakville and the Sixteen: The History of an Ontario Port ---by Hazel C Mathews ( 16 )( Town / Local History )

By: ( 2nd and Final Revised Edition ) Mathews, Hazel C, Foreword By G De T Glazebrook

Price: $60.68

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press ( UTP ), 1994, 3rd Edition overall, 2nd and FINAL Corrected Edition, First Printing : 1994

Seller ID: 169989

ISBN-13: 9780802018205

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

----------( First printing of the Final REVISED edition ) hardcover, aa Near Fine example, , in a Near Fine dustjacket, -----521 pages, b&w photos and illustrations, this 1994 edition is the Final corrected edition, ---traces the development of a typical Ontario lake port and pictures social life at the various stages of the town's development. The history is complete, beginning with the earliest settlement and ending at a period in which Oakville has changed its character completely. She has given an intimate picture of the people, houses, and public buildings of Oakville, and of activities a...
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Image for Terry Culbert's Lucan, Home of the Donnellys - Linger Longer in Lovely Lucan (with BOOKMARK ) ( Ontario Local History )( Section on The Black Donnellys and the Feud; Donnelly Authors; Village Life and Commerce, Sports, Music, etc)

Terry Culbert's Lucan, Home of the Donnellys - Linger Longer in Lovely Lucan (with BOOKMARK ) ( Ontario Local History )( Section on The Black Donnellys and the Feud; Donnelly Authors; Village Life and Commerce, Sports, Music, etc)

By: ( 2nd Printing of the 1st Edition ) Culbert. Terry ; Foreword By Tom McLaughlin, Mayor of Lucan Biddulph

Price: $26.93

Publisher: Renfrew, Ontario, Renfrew, ON: General Store Publishing ( GSP ), 2006, 1st Edition, 2nd Printing : 2006

Seller ID: 167544

ISBN-13: 9781897113318

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------( later printing of the First Edition ) softcover, a Near Fine example,looks new, 190 pages., b&w photos throughout, included with this copy is a bookmark designed for this book's promotion, ---"Lucan: Home of the Donnellys, is written and illustrated by Terry Culbert, a native son of Lucan, whose family immigrated to Lucan from Tipperary, Ireland in 1840. This is a collection of vignettes around Lucan, a village in Ontario that has a very rich, albeit controversial, history. In February of 1880, a vigilante committee descended, in the dead of night, on the Donnelly family as they s...
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Image for 17 Algonquin Park Trail Guides: Whiskey Rapids; Hardwood Lookout; Mizzy Lake; Peck; Track & Tower; Hemlock Bluff; Bat; Two Rivers; Centennial Ridges; Big Pines; Booth's Rock; Spruce Bog; Beaver Pond; Berm Lake; Brent Crater; Barron Canyon; Lookout

17 Algonquin Park Trail Guides: Whiskey Rapids; Hardwood Lookout; Mizzy Lake; Peck; Track & Tower; Hemlock Bluff; Bat; Two Rivers; Centennial Ridges; Big Pines; Booth's Rock; Spruce Bog; Beaver Pond; Berm Lake; Brent Crater; Barron Canyon; Lookout

By: (17 Algonquin Park Trail Guides ) Dan Strickland, Drawings By H ( Howard ) Coneybeare

Price: $47.18

Publisher: Ontario, Ontario: The Friends of Algonquin Park, Various Dates, 1st Edition But All are Likely Later Printings (no printing history) : 2005

Seller ID: 167456

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------( later printings of the First Editions ) 17 volumes, softcovers, all are Near Fine examples, all sport Coneybeare cover art, all are 12 to 18/20 pages, all with b&w illustrations, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED///
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Image for Monmouth Township 1881-1981 Collected Views of the Past / Monmouth Historical Committee ( Ontario Local History / Haliburton )(inc. Tory Hill; Bear Lake; Hotspur; Hadlington; Essonville; Wilberforce )

Monmouth Township 1881-1981 Collected Views of the Past / Monmouth Historical Committee ( Ontario Local History / Haliburton )(inc. Tory Hill; Bear Lake; Hotspur; Hadlington; Essonville; Wilberforce )

By: (Monmouth) Anderson, Kathleen; Gloria Billings; Marjorie Madill; Alma Noble; Winnie & Reg Schofield; Elsie Watson / Monmouth Historical Committee

Price: $60.68

Publisher: Ontario, No Place ( Ontario ): Monmouth Historical Committee, No Date ( 1981 / 1982 ), 1st Edition, First Printing : 1981

Seller ID: 169810

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

------------hardcover, a Near Fine/Fine example, in a lightly rubbed Very Good+ dustjacket, 137 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)---
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Ancaster's Heritage - APPENDIX (to Volume 1 ) / Ancaster Township Historical Society

By: Ancaster Township Historical Society / Joan Clark; Mrs Roy Moffat; Grace L Buttrum; Agnes Kendrick McCulloch; Mrs E Grimwood; Miss E Farmer; Mrs H G Morwick; Mr J B Morton

Price: $33.68

Publisher: Ancaster, Ontario, Ancaster, ON: Ancaster Township Historical Society, 1970, 1st Edition, First Printing : 1970

Seller ID: 169018

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

-----------softcover, about 5.75w x 9h inches, a solid Very Good example, some sunning to the covers, ink name, 26 pages plus a one page index, a supplement/appendix to volume one, , any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and NOT a generic image ///NOT SIGNED---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---
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Dictionary of Hamilton Biography -Volume iv - 1940 to 1970 ( Book 4 )( Ontario Local History )( vol. Four )

By: Bailey, Thomas Melville (ed.) With S Patricia Filer;/ Dictionary of Hamilton Biography

Price: $53.93

Publisher: Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton, ON: Dictionary of Hamilton Biography , 1999, 1st edition, First Printing : 1999

Seller ID: 167825

ISBN-13: 9780969102342

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

------------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) hardcover, a Near Fine example, in a lightly rubbed Very Good+ dustjacket, short closed tear with associated creasing, price sticker remnant on front flap, -- 284 pages, b&w photos, a scarce Hamilton book, 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)---
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SIGNED: Dictionary of Hamilton Biography -Volume iv - 1940 to 1970 ( Book 4 )( Ontario Local History )( vol. Four )

By: Bailey, Thomas Melville (signed)(ed.) With S Patricia Filer;/ Dictionary of Hamilton Biography

Price: $101.18

Publisher: Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton, ON: Dictionary of Hamilton Biography , 1999, 1st edition, First Printing : 1999

Seller ID: 168550

ISBN-13: 9780969102342

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------hardcover, a Near Fine example, in a lightly rubbed Very Good+ dustjacket, short closed tear with associated creasing at upper rear flap fold ---this copy has been signed by Mel bailey (editor, writer, compiler), -- 284 pages, b&w photos, a scarce Hamilton book, 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)---
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SIGNED: Dictionary of Hamilton Biography -Volume i ( Origins to 1875 )( Book 1 )( Ontario Local History )( vol. ONE )

By: Bailey, Thomas Melville (signed)(ed.);/ Dictionary of Hamilton Biography

Price: $26.93

Publisher: Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton, ON: Dictionary of Hamilton Biography , 1981, 1st edition, First Printing : 1981

Seller ID: 168553

ISBN-13: 9780969102304

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

-----------softcover, a solid Very Good example, light rubbing, sunning to the spine and front panel, small nick on fore edge of rear cover ---this copy has been signed by Mel Bailey (editor, writer, compiler), -- 244pages, b&w photos and illustrations, a scarce Hamilton book, 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)---
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SIGNED: Dictionary of Hamilton Biography -Volume ii - 1876 to 1924 ( Book 2 )( Ontario Local History )( vol. TWO )

By: Bailey, Thomas Melville (signed)(ed.);/ Dictionary of Hamilton Biography

Price: $67.43

Publisher: Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton, ON: Dictionary of Hamilton Biography , 1981, 1st edition, First Printing : 1981

Seller ID: 168551

ISBN-13: 9780969102328

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------hardcover, a Near Fine example, in a lightly rubbed Very Good+ dustjacket, short closed tear with associated creasing at upper edge ---this copy has been signed by Mel bailey (editor, writer, compiler), -- 209 pages, b&w photos, a scarce Hamilton book, 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)---
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SIGNED: Dictionary of Hamilton Biography -Volume iii - 1925 to 1939 ( Book 3 )( Ontario Local History )( vol. Three )

By: Bailey, Thomas Melville (signed)(ed.);/ Dictionary of Hamilton Biography

Price: $67.43

Publisher: Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton, ON: Dictionary of Hamilton Biography , 1981, 1st edition, First Printing : 1981

Seller ID: 168552

ISBN-13: 9780969102328

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------hardcover, a Near Fine example, in a lightly rubbed Very Good+ dustjacket, closed tear with on front panel, light rubbing with some small flakes to edges ---this copy has been signed by Mel Bailey (editor, writer, compiler), -- 253 pages, b&w photos, a scarce Hamilton book, 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)---
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Image for The Boat Builders of Hamilton ( From the Mid 1800s to Present )( Hamilton, Ontario / Thomas W Jutten; Henry L Bastien; Henry Askew; William Johnson; Robertson Brothers; Zealand's Yard; Ben Kerr; Whittaker, James Massie, The Thompson Weir, McKay Bros. etc)

The Boat Builders of Hamilton ( From the Mid 1800s to Present )( Hamilton, Ontario / Thomas W Jutten; Henry L Bastien; Henry Askew; William Johnson; Robertson Brothers; Zealand's Yard; Ben Kerr; Whittaker, James Massie, The Thompson Weir, McKay Bros. etc)

By: Baldwin, Laura Edith

Price: $26.93

Publisher: New Liskeard, Ontario, New Liskeard, ON: White Mountain Publications, 1992, 1st Edition, First Printing ( First Separate Publication ) : 1992

Seller ID: 167971

ISBN-13: 9780969642312

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

------------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) softcover, about 5.25 x 8.5 inches, a Near Fine copy, 55 pages, b&w illustrations, contents include: Introduction; Thomas W Jutten; Henry L Bastien; Henry Askew; William Johnson; Robertson Brothers; Zealand's Yard; Ben Kerr; Whittaker, James Massie, The Thompson Weir, McKay Bros.; Boat Clubs and races; Glossary, 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)---
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Georgian Bay: An Illustrated History ( Ontario Local History )

By: Barry, James P

Price: $67.43

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

Seller ID: 169676

ISBN-13: 9781550460629

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

----------hardcover, a Near Fine example in a Near Fine dustjacket, looks new, no writing in the book, certainly gift worthy, ---240 pages, packed with b&w photographs many of which are vintage material, ---contents include: Introduction; The Huron Tragedy; First Settlement; The Bay Develops; Daily Life; The Fleets of Georgian bay; Fisheries and Fishing Craft; The Forests Disappear; The Pleasures of the bay; Bibliography, overseas shipping (outside of Canada and the USA ) will require additional postage, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///N...
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Image for Curing Tuberculosis in Muskoka: Canada's First Sanatoria -by Andrea Baston -a Signed Copy ( Ontario Local History / Gravenhurst )( TB Sanatorium )

Curing Tuberculosis in Muskoka: Canada's First Sanatoria -by Andrea Baston -a Signed Copy ( Ontario Local History / Gravenhurst )( TB Sanatorium )

By: Baston, Andrea (signed)

Price: $26.93

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Old Stone Books Ltd., 2013, 1st Edition, First Printing : 2013

Seller ID: 169486

ISBN-13: 9780992090319

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------softcover, about 10w x 8h inches, a Near Fine example but there are some short tears along the bottom edge of the half title page which have been taped, signed and inscribed by the author "To Doug and Gwen with my best wishes, Andrea Baston", 240 pages, b&w photographs, ---"This is the story of Canada's first tuberculosis sanatorium, built at the turn of the twentieth century in Gravenhurst, Ontario. In 1895, Sir William Gage and his friends struggled to establish a hospital that would cure people suffering from a disease which was almost always fatal. The small Ontario town of Grav...
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Image for Destination Algonquin Park: Tracks to Cache Lake and the Highland Inn ( Ontario Local History / Resorts )(inc. Booth's Ottawa, Arnprior & Parry Sound Railway; Cache Lake Headquarters / Community; Tourism; etc)

Destination Algonquin Park: Tracks to Cache Lake and the Highland Inn ( Ontario Local History / Resorts )(inc. Booth's Ottawa, Arnprior & Parry Sound Railway; Cache Lake Headquarters / Community; Tourism; etc)

By: Beaupre, Donald J

Price: $94.43

Publisher: Renfrew, Ontario, Renfrew, ON: General Store Publishing House, 2011, 1st Edition, First Printing : 2011

Seller ID: 168764

ISBN-13: 9781926962115

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-------------softcover, a Near Fine example with a wee bit of very light rubbing,rear endpaper is slightly crimpled, 292 pages, b&w photos throughout, ---"Today's visitor to Cache Lake may wonder about some unusual features visible there. Near the parking lot is a long, low, retaining wall, a concrete sidewalk and steps leading to nowhere, and a short isolated section of rusting railway track. All are disappearing under a blanket of pine needles. Close by, two hydrants jut out in the middle of a red-pine plantation, and a noble white pine, near the public washroom, towers over the surrounding ...
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Upper Stoney Lake: Gem of the Kawarthas ( Ontario Local History / Cottages / Vacation Area / Burleigh and Dummer Township )( Stony )

By: Berry, Gordon; Lesley Wootton (with Roger Jones / Mary Lavery )

Price: $107.93

Publisher: Ontario, Bridgenorth, ON: Woodberry Publications, 2002, 1st edition, First Printing : 2002

Seller ID: 168319

ISBN-13: 9780973089806

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

------------hardcover, a Near Fine example, in an attractive Good dustjacket with some short chips and tears, jacket is now in a hi-quality mylar protector, 222 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)---
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Guelph and Wellington County: A Bibliography of Settlement and Development Since 1880 ( Ontario Local History Reference )

By: Bloomfield, Elizabeth (signed); with Gilbert A Stetler, and Jane Turner, Joe Gabriel, Patricia Abbott, John Warecki / University of Guelph

Price: $67.43

Publisher: Guelph, Ontario, Guelph, ON: Guelph Regional Project / University of Guelph, 1988, 1st Edition, First Printing : 1988

Seller ID: 169250

ISBN-13: 9780889551336

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------hardcover, about 8.25w x 11h inches, a Near Fine example, with some light rubbing and flaking to the front and rear cover pastedown illustrations, , ink initials on front blank endpaper, 329 pages, signed and inscribed by Bloomfield "To Fred with best wishes, from Elizabeth Bloomfield", 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)---
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Yesterday at Caistor Corners ( Caistor Township, Ontario )

By: Bole, J Sheridan

Price: $26.93

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: J Sheridan Powell, 1975, 1st Edition, First Printing : 1975

Seller ID: 168209

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

----------trade paperback size softcover, a Very Good example, ink name, light wear and age toning, ---reminiscences of Bole's life as an United Church pastor at Caistor Corners, 72 pages, b&w illustrations, laid in is a lengthy typed letter (xerox copy) from Bole presented as a Post-Christmas catch-up (not signed), 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)------
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Image for Muskoka's Grand Hotels / Boston Mills Book ( Ontario Local History / Cottage Country )( Bigwin Inn, Beaumaris, Lake Rosseau, Lake Joseph, Lake Muskoka Resorts etc)

Muskoka's Grand Hotels / Boston Mills Book ( Ontario Local History / Cottage Country )( Bigwin Inn, Beaumaris, Lake Rosseau, Lake Joseph, Lake Muskoka Resorts etc)

By: Boyer, Barbaranne ( Barbara Anne ), Edited By Richard Tatley

Price: $60.68

Publisher: Erin, Ontario, Erin, ON: Boston Mills Press, 1987, 1st Edition, First Printing : 1987

Seller ID: 170006

ISBN-13: 9780919783744

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

------------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) hardcover, a Near Fine example with a bit of fading along lower edge, ink name on front endpaper, in an attractive Very Good+ dustjacket, small rubs and nicks at upper tips of flap folds, 192 pages, profusely illustrated, chapters include: The Beginnings of Tourism; Resorts of the 1880's; Resorts of the 1890's; Resorts of the Early 1900's; Life at the Resorts; The Resorts of North Muskoka; The Overflow from Muskoka; The Resorts of the Twenties & Thirtiees; The Modern Scene , any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a ...
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Image for Semper Paratus: The History of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry ( Wentworth Regiment ) 1862 - 1977 ( RHLI / R.H.L.I. / Regimental History ) ( Hamilton, Ontario )

Semper Paratus: The History of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry ( Wentworth Regiment ) 1862 - 1977 ( RHLI / R.H.L.I. / Regimental History ) ( Hamilton, Ontario )

By: Brown, Kingsley Sr. and Jr. and Greenhous, Brereton

Price: $47.18

Publisher: Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton, ON: Royal Hamilton Light Infantry Historical Association ( RHLI ), 1977, 1st Edition, First Printing : 1977

Seller ID: 168925

ISBN-13: 9780969075400

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------hardcover, a Near Fine example, in an attractive Very Good dustjacket with a slightly sunned spine, some light wear and short closed tears, jacket is now in a hi-quality mylar protector, ---446 pages, colour and b&w photos and illustrations, ---contents include: Dedication; Foreword; Preface; The First Mess Dinner; Early Days; a Change of Command; On Active Service; Ridgeway; Lessons Learned; The Late Victorian Years; The south African War; The twentieth Century; The great War; An ' In Between ' Time; The Second World War; Operation Jubilee; The Return to Europe; Verrieres Ridge; ...
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Ontario's Ghost Town Heritage -by Ron Brown / Boston Mills Press ( Ontario History )

By: Brown, Ron / Boston Mills Press

Price: $26.93

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

Seller ID: 168617

ISBN-13: 9781550464672

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 small resident popula...
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Category: Hamilton & Ontario Local History