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lvii + 291pp., 2e édition, 23cm., br.orig. (petit manque de papier au bout du dos), pages non coupées, bon état, G87667
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 69pp. Periodical magazine with feature articles on Conquered Canada - Memors of 1762, Hanry Salt Esq - Collector-Diplomat 1780-1827, Cavagnari of Kabul, Nicklaus Manuel and the Reformation in Berne, Between Waterloo and the Alma - the Polish Prussian War of 1831 - part 2 Ostrolenka, Bishop Salvado and the Aborigines, the Migrants plus book reviews and letters.
16°, pp.126 (2), br.ed. ill. Tra le notizie, sono particolarmente interessanti gli appunti sui costumi locali, prezzi di alcuni oggetti esposti nei negozi, osservazioni sul sistema giudiziario belga, note sul carcere di St.-Gilles (tra cui descrizione del mobilio delle celle, del riscaldamento, acune norme del regolamento, misure speciali, scuole interne al carcere, etc.),l'utilizzo dei cani poliziotti, l'Esposizione universale di Bruxelles, una gita a Waterloo, note sulle città del Belgio.
Hardcover grand in-8°, 236 pages, nombreuses illustrations en noir et en couleurs, cartonnage illustré. Etat proche du NEUF. [POR-3]
Sm. 4to., Seventh Impression, with illustrations in the text; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly browned at edges else a good, clean copy. Imrie/Risley Uniform Color Guides. Series No. 1. Booklet No. 1.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and double-page map; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by Gerry Embleton. Sandler 2894.
8vo., Fourth Edition, with 2 folding maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. The separately published atlas is not present with this copy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Sandler, 2909
32 pages. Map, car rosters and many black and white archival photos. "The name Canadian Pacific Electric Lines is the unofficial title given to the small electric railways leased by Canadian Pacific in Southern Ontario in the early 1900s. These began in Waterloo County between Galt and Preston and the first line, the Galt and Preston Street Railway opened on July 26, 1894." - from page one. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Bit of sticker remnant atop front cover. Sound copy of this excellent reference. Book
pp. 234 + Plus frontis. Illustrated with full page engravings. Decorated title page. Foxed and age stained. Inked ownership of R. J. Stewart, Texas, June 1st, 1850 and John C. Boone, Nov. 1st, 1879. Penciled manuscript quotation from Gibbons in Vol. 1. 12mo. Original full leather binding, worn. Slight loss at bottom of spine. Early schoolbook used in Texas in1850. FRENG 3
8vo., SOLE EDITION, some age-marking on half-title, neat repair to last leaf without loss of text, fore-edges browned, new endpapers; newly bound in black coarse-grain cloth, gilt back, uncut, a very good, clean copy. WITH THE SIGNATURE OF BRIGADIER-GENERAL [HENRY] CLINTON, DATED JUNE 1810, ON HALF-TITLE. The author was an officer of infantry. Sir Henry Clinton, the younger (1771-1829), was the second son of Sir Henry Clinton the elder and victor of Charleston. Beginning his career as ensign in 1787 he served in Holland from 1788-89 and was gazetted captain in 1791. He was appointed aide-de-camp to the Duke of York in 1793 and promoted lieutenant-colonel in 1795. A distinguished career followed: as adjutant-general in India, 1802-5; military attaché with the Russian Army at Austerlitz, 1805; commandant at Syracuse, 1806-7; MP, 1808-18; adjutant-general in Sir John Moore's campaign, 1808-9; major-general, 1810, commanded sixth division in Peninsular, 1811-14; KB, 1813; lieutenant-general, 1814; at Waterloo, 1815. A SPLENDID ASSOCIATION COPY OF A SCARCE WORK OF CONSIDERABLE NAPOLEONIC INTEREST. Apparently not in BLPC; not recorded by Sandler.
Fort in-8°, 450p+112p+LXV pp., frontispice, illustrations hors-texte, cartes, chronologie, cartonnage vert decor estampe de l'editeur avec jaquette rhodoid. Tres bel exemplaire. [DV-18]
170 pages. Index. of figures. "Raised a Mennonite, Peter Estril Snyder has devoted over twenty years to the creation of paintings that reflect the lifestyle of the gentle, industrious Mennonite farmers of South-Western Ontario. Snyder's love of nature and of country life is also revealed in paintings and drawings from his travels to Europe, Virginia and throughout Canada. Personal anecdotes by the artist about his approach to painting and life, accompany the paintings." - from dust jacket. Signed and dated (August, 1986) by author upon title page, else book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket bears two 2" closed openings to front panel and is now attractively preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A nice copy. Book
292 pages including index. "Edna Staebler brings to her writing the same qualities of subtle perfection she brings to her bean saled." - Pierre Berton. "Chock full of old standbys and everything from coffee cakes to one-course meals. There are special recipes for celiacs and enough breads and cookies and cakes to keep even the most dedicated baker busy." - from dust jacket. Light wear to unmarked book. Some sunning to spine of lightly worn dust jacket. A quality copy. Book
Stampa antica ed originale con testo al retro
ONLY Volume One of Two. pp. xii, 401, (12)[Publisher's catalogue] + half title, frontis and folding maps and views. Numerous text engravings. XLib. Stamp on half title and elsewhere. Library bookplate. Text clean. Folding maps and views brown but not brittle. Tall 8vo. Original full gold decorated brown cloth binding, slightly worn. FRENG 1
56 pages. Features: Rex Woods cover illustration features WWII sailor dancing with attractive blonde; Drying Eggs - a new war industry - article with photo of egg drying room in Trenton plant of the Canadian Doughnut Co.; Are Farmers Indifferent? - article with photos of the homesteads of Orley Shaw near Forest, ON, and K.M. Betzner of R.R.2 Waterloo, ON; Farmers of the Lower Saint John - article with photos of the Fox and Dingee homesteads of Gagetown, N.B.; Treasure of a Derelict (fiction); Storm Tide (fiction); Fascinating half-page ad by the Department of Munitions and Supply says "Drastic New Regulations Are Now In Effect" restricting sales of new and used tires, tubes and retreading services; Half-page ad for Findlay Ranges of Carleton Place, ON shows military scene and housewife saying she can wait for her range in order to provide metal to the military; An Army Without Banners - article explains how women are producing food at home to supply the military, with photos of Beth Kellington and Mrs. Will Hewlett of the Stouffville district in York County; Photo-illustrated article on the 1942 Kemptville Conference of the Women's Institutes; Aunt Helen's Boys and Girls; Illustrated half-page ad by the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario says WWII is "A War of Steel and Electricity"; Nice photo of horse-drawn hay wagon in action on the Cotton farm near Orillia; Photo of Wallace Knapp of Galt, Ontario on horse-drawn potato planter; Photo of young John McTaggart feeding lamb at the Don Head Farm in Richmond, Hill; Photos of prize animals owned by Featherstone Bros. of Oakville, Haas Bros. of Paris, Byron Rath of Mossley, J.R. Beattie of Aurora, R. Norman Hogg of Uxbridge, and Alfred Bagg of Edgeley; Poultry section includes photo of chicken 'apartment building' of Dr. D.F. McKinley of Unionville, ON; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label remnant on front cover. Five-inch diameter hole neatly cut from back cover, otherwise a sound vintage copy of this fascinating wartime issue. Book
Stubbe, Lotte & Wolf: Anthonie Waterloo 1610-1690. Um 1660 auf Reisen gezeichnet. Ansichten aus Hamburg, Altona, Blankenese, Holstein, Bergedorf, Lüneburg und Danzig-Oliva. Hamburg: Christians, 1983. 232pp with 60 monochrome illustrations, good condition. Hardback. 29.5 x 23.5cms. Drawings of landscapes and townscapes during his travels, c.1660. With bibliography; index of people, landscapes, places and buildings. Text in German. Drawings of landscapes and townscapes during his travels, c.1660. With bibliography; index of people, landscapes, places and buildings. Text in German
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; red tweed cloth, gilt back, red top, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Sandler 3185.
Mm 130x205 Collana "GUM. Storia e documenti". Brossura editoriale con bandelle, 460 pagine. Piccola macchia ai tagli, peraltro copia molto buona. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
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The Eleventh annual report from 1923 includes: Annual Meeting, President's Address - Early Settlements in Upper Canada - W.H. Breithaupt; Aboriginal Agriculture in Southwest Ontario - William Herriot; War Memorials of Waterloo County - Miss L.M. Bruce; Brubacher Family History - Benjamin Brubacher; Eby Family - A.A. Eby; Biography of Miss L.M. Bruce; Biography of Dr. John Beattie Crozier; Illustrations of the Ayr Monument, Trinity Church Tablet (Galt), and Miss L.M. Bruce. Twelfth Annual Report from 1924 includes: Early Days in Ayr - Miss E.D. Watson; The Trees of Waterloo County - William Herriot; Jacob Y. Shantz and Russian Mennonites - H.M. Bowman; Reminiscences of Freeport - M.G. Sherk; Biography of Thomas Carscadden; Biography of David Forsyth; Illustrations of Jacob Y. Shantz, Shantz homestead, Shantz barns, Freeport Academy, Group photo of Freeport Academy teachers and students (with names) circa 1869, Thomas Carscadden, David Forsyth. Thirteenth Annual Report from 1925 contains: History of the Galt Collegiate Institute, 1881-1914; Reminiscences of Early Waterloo; Galt, Sixty Years Ago; The Exiles of 1838; Biography of Sir Adam Beck; Biography of Dr. John Beattie Crozier (Supplemental). Includes illustrations of Galt Collegiate Institute, Thomas Carscadden, The Old Galt Hish School, Sheriff A.S. Allan and Sir Adam Beck. Fourteenth Annual Report from 1926 includes: The Galt Collegiate Institute 1914-1926; The Waterloo County Pioneers Memorial Tower; The Public Schools of Galt; Also includes a biography of Dr. Augustus Stephen Vogt. Illustrations include: Pioneers' Memorial Tower; Galt Collegiate Institute, 1924; Dr. Augustus Vogt; Officers Pioneers' Memorial Association. Additional articles: Blazing the Trail in New Dumfries; The Pennsylvania-German in History; Significance of the Memorial Tower. Fifteenth Annual Report from 1927 covers: The Trail of the Aborigines through Waterloo County; History of the Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School; Early Days of Elmira; Hespeler Public Schools; Hespeler Public Library; The Reserve of the Six Nations Indians on the Grand River, and the Mennonite Purchase; Origin of the Place and Stream Names of Waterloo County; Museum Report, etc.; Current History; plus biographies of Hugh McCulloch and John Mickleborough. Illustrations include: Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate & Vocational School; Map of Waterloo County-Places and Streams; Old Waterloo Mill. Unmarked with average wear. Binding sound. Gilt lettering upon green spine. Prior owner's small bookplate inside front board. A sound copy. Book
Hardcover in-4° oblong, non pagine (54 pages), Introduction et 25 planches a pleine page et texte au verso. Page de titre decorative. Cartonnage d'editeur illustre en noir et rouge, dos toile verte.- RARISSIME E. O. Excellent etat, TRES FRAIS. (Exempt d'inscription, de plis, de dechirures ou de rousseurs) TTBE - VG+++ Very rare. [PLG-1]
in-8, 316 pp., broche, couv. Bon etat (papier jauni et tres fragile). [CA29-1]
The University of Waterloo in photographs designed to be an everlasting reminder of that place" Over 60 pages of plates. As New except for a congratulatory inscription to a new graduate! 65p.[10 copies found in Worldcat] Book
8vo., Second Edition, on laid paper, with a portrait frontispiece in photogravure, 2 plates in photogravure and 5 folding maps, neat signature on front free endpaper verso, half-title, frontispiece and title mildly spotted ; original red cloth, upper board framed in blind enclosing regimental crest of 16th Light Dragoons in gilt, gilt back, black endpapers, upper hinge tender (but binding entirely sound) else a very good, bright, clean copy. SIR CHARLES OMAN'S COPY WITH HIS NINETEENTH CENTURY ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE MOUNTED ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. Tomkinson's Diary was first published in 1894 (a number of Press reviews is given on half-title verso). Widely regarded as a classic personal account of the campaign, it has been several times reissued but usually without the plates. This second edition contains the editor's final amendments, including the correction to the part played by Vivian's brigade at Waterloo. A RARE, POSSIBLY UNIQUE, ASSOCIATION COPY. Sandler 3277.