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1835EYL-243Paris, Dentu, Edimbourg, Blackwood, Leipsick, Bossange, Prague, Ryba, 1835. Gr. in 4 (260 x 340) de 137 p. et 30 lithographies hors-texte sous serpente et un fac-similé. Cartonnage vert de l’éditeur, demi basane brune à petits coins, dos lisse orné de fleurons et quadruples filets dorés, qq. frottements, doubles filets dorés sur les plats, qq. rousseurs.
xiii, [1], 129 pages. Footnotes. Glossary. Index. Maps. Many reproductions of archival black and white photos in text. Colour frontispiece illustration depicts logging equipment on shore of Loch Ness. "Covers the experiences of the thirty companies of the CFC from their mobilization across Canada to their operations throughout the Scottish Highlands and ultimate return to Canada." - back cover. Former library copy with usual markings. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this informative Canadian military history. Cooke [3e] p.278. Book
Signed and dated by author upon first leaf. (2), 104, (14 blank) pages. Maps. Addendum stapled to page 34 (presumably by author) provides information about the vessel "Wenonah". Graph of historical membership numbers for the local Methodist church. Two obituaries stapled to first blank leaf at back. Over two pages of wonderful hand-written notes on blank pages at back present the lineage and family history of this copy's prior owner, who then proudly proclaims that he comes from 'Real Pioneer Stock.' Underlining on pages 57-58. Writing on first leaf. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this precious Northern Ontario local history. Book
Wonderful vintage brochure in brown decorated card covers. Measures 23 cm x 10.5 cm when closed. Opens to reveal six large double-side leaves, each measuring 30.5 cm x 23 cm when folded-out. Includes twenty-three black and white reproductions of photos plus a map, all supported by considerable text. Rates for cottages and tents provided inside back cover. A plaque located near the former site of the inn states it closed in 1928 and burned down in 1936. It was purchased in 1910, a year before this brochure was printed, by Toronto feminist Flora MacDonald Denison who, inspired by the philosophy of Walt Whitman, set out to build a wilderness retreat for the avant-garde. Guests were offered painting lessons, amateur theatre, and poetry readings. Many well-known Canadian artists, including members of the Group of Seven, painted and sketched in this area, drawn by the strking landscape. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A marvelous piece of Canadiana. Book
0513H284064Hardcover. Very Good. Edingurgh: John Grant lVery good decor. blue cloth hardcover bright gilt edgewear rubbing and rounding at corners. Clean tight. Bright illus. portraits of perhaps 40 worthies. 269 pps. plus photo-lithograph of Pulpit Bible of 1843 with signatures. NEC TAMEN CONSUMEBATUR across the floral edging of each page with For Christ's Crown and Covenant gracing the bottom. Small quarto. Our pics. hardcover