Results for: Canada
The Official Commemorative Book of the 75th Anniversary of the Grey Cup [ Football ].
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: E. S. P. Marketing & Communication Ltd., 1987..
First edition. Very good large quarto hardcover in brown cloth. Slight wear to edges and corners. 159 p. w/color and b&w illustrations and list of Grey Cup players from 1909-1986. An attractive history of Canadian Football's championship game.
Price: $60.00
Privileged Access. Moments Privilegies with/avec Trudeau, Turner & Chretien.
Bell, Mark S. Photographs by Jean-Marc Carisse.
Warwick Publishing, 2000..
First edition. Very good quarto (oversized) hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear along the edges of the boards with minor bumping to the head and heel of the spine. Dj has some light wear along the edges also and minor scuffing to the covers. A collection of photographs (in color along with black and white pictures) with the text in English and French of the Canadian Prime Ministers Pierre Trudeau, John Turner, and Jean Chretien.
Price: $30.00
Telling Tales: Essays in Western Women's History.
Cavanaugh, Catherine A., and Randi R. Warne, editors.
Vancouver: University of British Columbia (UBC) Press, 2000..
First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in illustrated binding without dust jacket. Light wear to the edges of the boards with minor bumping to the head and heel of the spine and slight scuffing to the covers. 359 pages with illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. A collection of essays on the role of women in the settlement of Western Canada with topics like Childbirth on the frontier, Mennonite domestic servants in Winnipeg in the early twentieth century, and African-American women on Vancouver Island in the nineteenth century.
Price: $35.00
The Quebec Act: A Study in Statesmanship.
Coupland, R.
Oxford: Oxford University Press/Clarendon Press, 1925.
Good octavo hardcover in red cloth binding without dust jacket. Wear and light rubbing along edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine and lower corners of panels. Light scuffing to covers. Page edges are lightly browned. Name of previous owner written on front pastedown endpaper. Extensive notes on front free endpaper. Extensive pencil marks in margins of text with far fewer notes and some pencil underlinging in text as well. 224 pages with footnotes, 2 appendices (1. British Treaty Obligations, 1759-1763, 2. The Quebec Bill), and index. A detailed examination of the formation and impact of this legislation on Canada and the thirteen American colonies.
Price: $35.00
Writing the Everyday: Women's Textual Communities in Atlantic Canada.
Fuller, Danielle.
Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2004.
First edition. Light wear to edges of boards with minor bumping to heel of spine. Dj has minor scuffing to covers and light wear along edges. 298 pages with endnotes, references, and index.
Price: $25.00
Histoire de L'Ouest Canadien de 1822 a 1869 : Epoque des Troubles.
L'Abbe G. Dugas.
Montreal: Librairie Beauchemin, Limitee, 1906.
Very good thin quarto in brown cloth with gilt lettered red label on spine. Original green pamphlet cover bound in with work. Label chipped, with some scuffing and loss of lettering. Head of spine a bit worn, heel bumped. Lower corners bumped and worn through. Upper corners less so. Covers slightly scuffed. Small bump to top edge of front board. Page edges slightly soiled and browned, though not yet brittle. 154 p. A scarce work by a respected historian of Canada and the Metis.
Price: $95.00
Alexander and Mary Armstrong Masson of Hastings County Ontario ; Their Ancestors and Descendants.
Lindner, Margaret D. Leslie.
Ypsilanti, MI: Budgate Press, 1983.
Large quarto (oversized) in blue-grey cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. Slight wear to edges and light scuffing to covers. 107 p. of text with illustrations of letters and documents and an index of persons followed by a good number of pages reproducing photos in black and white. Uncommon geneaology.
Price: $95.00
Fallen Empires : Lost Theatres of Edmonton, 1881-1914.
Orrell, John.
Edmonton: Ne West Press, 1981..
First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear and minor rubbing to the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine. The dj has wear and rubbing along the edges and spine with some scuffing to the covers. Gift inscription to the previous owner, possibly by the author, on the front free endpaper. 141 pages with illustrations and index. A nice history of the early stage and theaters in Edmonton, Alberta.
Price: $25.00
Montreal: A History.
Prevost, Robert. Translated by Elizabeth Mueller and Robert Chodos.
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1993..
First translated edition. Very good octavo hardcover in very good price-clipped dust jacket. Light wear and rubbing along the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine. The dj has wear and rubbing along the edges with some scuffing to the covers. 416 pages with illustrations and index. An interesting history of Montreal from its foundation in the sixteenth century to the late twentieth century.
Price: $20.00
ESPecially Ghosts: Some True Experiences of the Supernatural in North America.
Sonin, Eileen.
Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, 1970..
First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear to the edges of the boards with minor bumping to the head and heel of the spine. Dj has some wear and rubbing along the edges with some minor tears on the head and heel of the spine and light scuffing to the covers. 185 pages with index. A collection of legends and stories of hauntings, ghosts, and other paranormal events in Canada.
Price: $60.00
Wedded to the Cause: Ukrainian-Canadian Women and Ethnic Identity, 1891-1991.
Swyripa, Frances.
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1993..
First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in light grey/beige binding without dust jacket. Light wear along the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine. The covers are lightly scuffed also with a few faint stainmarks on the front panel. Lower corners of a few pages are creased. 330 pages with illustrations, bibliographic note, endnotes, and index. An interesting examination of the various influences pulling on the images of women of Ukrainian descent in Canada.
Price: $30.00
Village Life in Upper Canada.
Thomson, Gary.
Belleville, Ontario: Mika Publishing Company, 1988..
First edition. Very good quarto (oversized) hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear to the edges of the boards with minor bumping to the heel of the spine. Slight roll to the spine. The dj has some slight scuffing to the covers and light wear along the edges. Minor stains on the fore-edges of the pages. 160 pages with bibliography, illustrations, and index. A nice look at the "living" museum of Upper Canada Village.
Price: $25.00
