ABBOTT, ARTHUR P.

The Hudson River Today and Yesterday

New York, N.Y. A.T. de la Mare Printing and Publishing Company. 1915. (hardcover) Near fine, no dust jacket. 85pp. 12mo. Original tile-blocked blue cloth. Very well preserved; tight, clean, square and strong.slight sunning to spine. Illus. plates, and fold map. Canadian Art Series.

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Book number: 123679

Catalogue: History

Keywords: History, American History, Geography, Hudson River, New York

CANADA DEPARTMENT OF INDIAN AFFAIRS AND NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT

Atlas Od Indian Reserves and Settlements Canada 1971

Ottawa, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development NONE. 1978. (hardcover) Near fine. NP. Large folio. Published in a paperback fromat, this copy is rebound in navy faux leather, beautiful. First published in 1971, this is a 1978 reprint. Fold out map sheets. There is a name penned (small) to the top of the title page; else is clean and bright, in fine condition.

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Book number: 129717

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Indigenous History, Canadian History, Cartography, Maps, Reserves - Canada

ALBERY, WILLIAM; BELLOC, HILAIRE (INTRO.)

A Parliamentary History of the Ancient Borough of Horsham, 1295-1885; With Some Account of Every Contested Election, and So Far As Can Be Ascertained, a List of Members Returned

New York / Toronto, Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd.. 1927. (hardcover) Good, no dust jacket. xvi, 557pp. 8vo. Green cloth boards, lettering in dark green to spine, lettering and border in dark green to top board. Light wear to boards, faint cup ring at centre of top board. Faint sunning to spine. EPs toned. Starting at ornate half-title due to rough open. With monochrome portrait illus. maps.

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Book number: 120753

Catalogue: History

Keywords: England, History, History - Britain

ANGUS, H.F.; MACIVER, R.M. (INTRODUCTION)

Canada and Her Neighbor; Sociological Surveys of Opinions and Attitudes in Canada Concerning the United States

Toronto, The Ryerson Press NONE. 1938. (hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. xxxvi, [2], 451pp. 8vo. Blue cloth, gilt title (faded) to spine. Deckled edges. Mapped endpapers. There is a name finely penned to the half title page; otherwise clean and bright, solid. The relations of Canada and the United States; a series of studies prepared under the direction of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Division of Economics and History. James T. Shotwell, Director.

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Book number: 127818

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Canadian - History, Canada - U S Relations, Canadian History, Sociology

[ANNON.]

Two Depressions in One Lifetime; A History of Unemployment in Canada

Winnipeg, Privately Printed. [no date], 1st edition. (Mass market paperback) Very good. 72pp. Undated, c.1983. 8vo. Yellow printed card wrappers; stapled. Wrappers rubbed, chipping at foot of rear wrapper, light soiling to top wrapper. Small pin hole through rear wrapper and rear notes; text unaffected, scarcely noticeable. Previous owner's signature to head of verso-top wrapper; else internally unmarked, clean. B&W photos.

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Book number: 118676

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Labour History, Canadian Prairies, Labour

CONFEDERACY OF MAINLAND MI'KMAQ; ROBERT S. PEABODY MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY

Mikwite'lmanej Mikmaqi'k; Let Us Remember the Old Mi'maq

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Nimbus Publishing. (ISBN: 1-55109-350-2). 2001. (Mass market paperback) Near fine. 140+. 8vo. Gallery catalogue created for an exhibtion of the same name that showed the photographs of archeologist Frederick Johnson between 1930 and 1931, when he visited 7 Mi'kmaw communities in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. He took about 200 photographs, the collection of which is the core of this book. Unless otherwise noted, these photographs were taken by Johnson in time period earlier specified.

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Book number: 127891

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Indigenous History, Archaeology, First Nations History, Indigenous History, Mi'kmaq, Mi'kmaw, Micmac, Mikmaqi'k 1551093502

EPHEMERA; AYERS, BILLY; REED, JOE (EDITOR)

Osawatomie Vol. 2 No. 1, April-May, 1976

Red Dragon Print Collective. 1976. (Mass market paperback) Very good. 28pp. 4to. Periodical. 8-1 / 2" X 11'. Stapled. Photograph of Lolita LeBron on the cover. Osawatomie / The Weather Underground Organization (WUO) is a revolutionary group of communist women established through the civil-rights, anti-war, and youth movements of the 1960s, in particular, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). Black and white photographs. Contributions made by Bernadine Dohrn, Ella Flynn, J. Lardner. Includes a tribute to Paul Robeson, who died in 1976. Lightly toned; else is almost like new. Independicia Para Puerto Rico / Free the Nationalist Prisoners.

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Book number: 127105

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Periodicals, American History, Civil Rights, Community and Culture, New Left, Periodicals, Red Dragon Print Collective, Social Activism, Underground Organizations

BACKHOUSE, FRANCES

Women of the Klondike

Vancouver/Toronto, Whitecap Books. (ISBN: 1-55110-375-3). 1995. (Mass market paperback) Fine. xi, 212pp. 8vo. Foreward by Pierre Burton. Clean, tight, bright, with maps, black and white historical photographs.

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Book number: 125468

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Klondike, Canadian - History, Gold Rush, Klondike, Pioneers, Women 1551103753

BALSDON, J.P.V.D.

Life and Leisure in Ancient Rome

London, the Bodley Head. 1969, 1st edition. (Cloth, 8vo) Fine in fine dust jacket. 463pp. Green cloth covers with gilt lettering to spine. Illustrations. DJ has rubbed corners, slight chipping to head and tail of spine, and some wear marks due to shelf wear, as expected. Unclipped.

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Book number: 113924

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Roman Empire, History, Roman Empire

BARBER, PAUL

Birr

Dublin, Ireland, Blackwater Press. (ISBN: 0 86121 986 4). 1997. (Mass market paperback) Very good. 186pp. 4to. Scarce. History of Birr, Ireland in black and white photographs. Clean, bright and solid.

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Book number: 126073

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Ireland - History, Ireland, Ireland - History, Irish History 0861219864

BARBER, RICHARD

The Pastons; A Family in the Wars of the Roses

London, UK, The Folio Society. 1981. (hardcover) Fine, no dust jacket. 208pp. 8vo. Boxed, as issued. Midnight blue slip case. Illustrated buckram boards, with black and gilt title block to spine. Mapped endpapers. Frontispiece, as well as 9 other full colour plates. Lovely copy.

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Book number: 126820

Catalogue: History

Keywords: English History, British History, English History, Folio Society, Letters, Wars of the Roses

BASKERVILLE, PETER (EDITED AND INTRODUTION BY)

The Bank of Upper Canada

Toronto, Champlain Society. 1987. (Cloth) Fine. 397pp. Frontispiece and plates. Pages are uncut. Numbered copy 513 of 1300. The Publications of the Champlain Society Ontario Series XIII.

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Book number: 113085

Catalogue: History

Keywords: History, Banking, Canadiana, Champlain Society, Ontario

BEGAMUDRE, VEN

Isaac Brock; Larger Than Life

Montreal, QC, Xyz Publishing. (ISBN: 0-9683601-7-3). 2000. (Mass market paperback) Very good. xi, 179pp. 8vo. Inscribed. Clean, tight, bright copy with B / W maps, ports. ills.

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Book number: 124630

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Canadian - History, Biography, Canadian History, Upper Canada 0968360173

BEGENT, PETER J.; CHESSHYRE, HUBERT

The Most Noble Order of the Garter 650 Years

London, Spink. (ISBN: 1-902040-20-1). 1999. (hardcover) Fine in fine dust jacket. 469pp. 4to. The Order of the Garter was founded by King Edward III around 1348 CE. It is believed to be the oldest order in continued existence. This tome is the first comprehensive history and dates from its inception to the time of this publication which was set to commemorate the 650th anniversary of the first Garter Feast on St. George's Day held April 23, 1349. Foreword by His Royal Highness, the Duke of Edinburgh KG, Prince Philip. Richly illustrated. Blue satin ribbon marker. Jacket housed in loose, protective mylar sleeve. There is a small bookplate (small and tasteful) affixed to the front fixed endpaper. A fine copy of this fascinating historical work.

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Book number: 130955

Catalogue: History

Keywords: British History, Crusades, History - British, Royal Family, The Alms Knights 1902040201

HUNT, W. BEN AND BURSHEARS, J.F. "BUCK

American Indian Beadwork

New York, Toronto, The Bruce Publishing Company/Collier-Macmiillan Canada, Ltd.. 1951. (Mass market paperback) Near fine. 63pp. 4to. Clean, tight, bright copy with very light edge wear. Abundantly illustrated with colour photographs as well as B / W photos and drawings. Beautiful copy.

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Book number: 124156

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Cultural Heritage, Beadwork, Cultural Heritage, First Nations