Miracle of Mississauga

Toronto, The Toronto Sun, 1979. 1st printing. pp. 96.4to,,Bound in original stapled card covers,An illustrated account of the November 19, 1979, train derailment near Mississauga, Ontario. The train carried a load of poison gas, and after an explosion, the authorities ordered the evacuation of 250,000 residents of this Toronto suburb. They remained away from their home for six days, while emergency crews dealt with the disaster. Card covers a bit creased and worn. Some soiling, mainly to rear cover. Contents clean and tight. A good plus copy. Ill.: colour, b&w photos.

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Book number: 9900040229

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Ontario;Train wreck;Railroads;;;;;; colour, b&w photos

Moose Mountain Provincial Park Park Master Plan Study / Summary Document

Regina, SK, 1985. 1st printing. pp. v, 23.4to,,Stiff card covers show slightest wear, else in near fine cond, Published by the Saskatchewan Department of Tourism and Renewable Resources. Ill.: map.

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Book number: 9900043505

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: ;;;;;;;; map

Oblate Fathers' Centenary in Western Canada

No place stated, No publisher stated, 1945. Paperback. 104 pp.4to,Sunned, sl bumped & dog-eared, else vg. Ill.: B&w photos.

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Book number: 9900007318

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Manitoba;Western Canadiana;Oblate Fathers;Missionaries;Christianity;;;; B&w photos

Owen Sound Centennial 1857 to 1957 / Souvenir Booklet

Owen Sound, ON, 1957. 1st edition. Wraps. pp. 64.8vo,,Stapled card covers a bit rubbed, else very good condition. Ill.: black-and-white photographs.

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Book number: 9900040219

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Ontario;;;;;;;; black-and-white photographs

Pioneer Days of Weyburn

NP (Saskatchewan), Sask. Golden Jubilee Comm, 1955. 1st edition. Wraps. pp. 40.8vo,,Ex-lib in stapled wraps; covers 'thumbed', sl. scuffed; else vg, Ex-library copy with stamp and accession markings confined to front cover; otherwise contents clean and unmarked. Ill.: black-and-white photographs.

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Book number: 9900030422

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Weyburn;Saskatchewan;Golden Jubilee;;;;;; black-and-white photographs

Quarter Stake Echoes Area South of Shaunavon

Shaunavon, SK, South Shaunavon History Club, 1981. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. vi, 494.Large 4to,,One quarter of pp. 295/296 cut out (photo, probably), Some soiling & a bit of staining to boards. Endpapers spotted; else tight and in good plus condition. ISBN 0889250758. Ill.: maps, b&w photographs.

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Book number: 9900035931

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Saskatchewan;;;;;;;; maps, b&w photographs

Report of the Duchess of Connaught Memorial Hostel; November, 1919 to November, 1928

London, Bedford Place, 1929. Hardcover. pp. 15. 8vo. Ex libris. Bound in burgundy cloth. Light shelfwear, sticker ghost, ink inscriptions and rubber stamp to ffep, rubber stamp to title page, library pouch pasted to rfep; very good. .

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Book number: 090864

Catalogue: Canadian History

Rudyard Kipling's (*Medicine) Hat Trick

Medicine Hat, AB, Medicine Hat News, 1930. Wraps.Four folded sheets (eight pages) of printed paper - stapled, The story of how Rudyard Kipling, in 1910, persuaded the people of the city from changing their name from Medicine Hat. .

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Book number: 9900044297

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Alberta;;;;;;;;

Ski High in the Canadian Rockies

[B.C.], [Canadian Pacific]. Pamphlet. Fold out pamphlet with colour photographs and tri-colour stylized map. Light edgewear, creasing around folds; else good. .

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Book number: 069587

Catalogue: Canadian History

Souvenir Book, Bayham Township Centennial: 1850-1950

Elgin (Ont. : County), publisher not identified, n. d. Stapled Wraps. 8vo. Light soiling to covers, some expected age-toning; very good. .

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Book number: 036711

Catalogue: Canadian History

Town of Altona Millenium Diary

Altona, MB, 1999. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. 144.8vo,,Sl. scuffed, else in very good, to near fine, condition, ISBN 1550567349. Ill.: black-and-white photographs.

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Book number: 9900041324

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: ;;;;;;;; black-and-white photographs

Transactions of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec; Sessions of 1880-81 | Sessions of 1882-83 / Two Volumes Bound Together

Quebec, 1883. Hardcover. pp. 118. 8vo. Bound in 1/2 red leather over marbled boards. Hinges cracked through, front board detached, sticker to spine, owner's name, library tape to gutter at verso of ffep, stamp to ffep; fair. With the original wraps bound-in. .

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Book number: 079323

Catalogue: Canadian History

Vancouver and Western Canada

Vancouver, BC, Saturday Sunset Presses, ND. Stapled Wraps. pp. 54. 4to. Faded gilt lettering and decoration to front panel. Black & white photoraphs, maps. Remnants of inset illustration to front panel, infrequent pencil marginalia, spot to rear cover, light shelfwear; else good+. .

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Book number: 069366

Catalogue: Canadian History

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Atlas of Saskatchewan; Celebrating Saskatchewan 2000-2005

Saskatoon, University Of Saskatchewan, 1999. Second Edition. Hardcover. pp. 336. 4to. Green leatherette binding with gilt inscription to spine. Replete with illustrations, graphs, and photographs. Light shelfwear; very good+ in very good+ dustjacket. .

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Book number: 085511

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Prairies; Canada; Grasslands; Canadian agriculture; Canadian demographics; Natural history

Beaudoin, Gerald A. and Dorothy Dobbie (Joint Chairmen)

A Renewed Canada / the Report of the Special Joint Committee of the Senate and the House of Commons

Ottawa, ON, Queen's Printer, 1992. 1st edition. Paperback. pp. 211, 203. 4to. Card cover creased, sl. soiling; else very good condition. The text is in English and French. .

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Book number: 9900033122

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Confederation;Canada;Parliament;;;;;;