LeMoine, J. M.

The Scot in New France; an Ethnological Study | Inaugural Address Lecture Season 1880-81 / Read Before the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec

Montreal, Dawson Brothers, 1881. Paperback. pp. 83. 8vo. Thumbed corners, owner's name to title page and to verso of front cover, age toning to pages, general wear; good-. .

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Book number: 080515

Catalogue: Canadian History

Lescarbot, Marc; W. L. Grant (trans.)

The History of New France Volumes I, II, and III

Toronto, The Champlain Society, 1914. Limited Edition. Hardcover. pp. 330. 8vo. Red cloth bindings with gilt lettering to spines; top edges gilt. All maps present as called-for. Ex-Hudson's Bay Company Library: ink number and sticker to spines, HBC bookplate and rubber stamp to front endpapers. Spines sunned, a few minor spots, general edgewear, a few pages cut inexpertly at foredge. Volume II bumped at one corner, Vol III shows a bowed front board. Originally published in Paris by Adrian Perier in 1618. Publications of the Champlain Society I, VII, and XI. Introduction by H. P. Biggar. .

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Book number: 099499

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Quebec; Colonialism; Historiography

Lewis, John

Mackenzie King; the Man; His Achievements

Toronto, Morang and Company, 1925. Limited edition. Hardcover. pp. 139. 8vo. Bound in maroon leather with gilt lettering and gilt portrait to front board, uncut page edges, SIGNED by Mackenzie King. Light shelfwear, small indent and scuff to spine; very good- in good slipcase showing scuffs, and clear tape to edges. Unnumbered copy of limited edition. .

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Book number: 080367

Catalogue: Canadian History

[Algonquin Toy Limited]

Algonquin Toys

Deep River, Ontario, Algonquin Toy Limited, 1980. Stapled Wraps. pp. 112. Square 8vo. Stapled card covers. Many black and white photographs featuring a selection of wood toys. Light rubbing to covers, contents remain clean and unmarked; very good+. A cataogue featuring a selection of Algonquin Wood Toys for children accompanied with prices, measurements and description of toys. Ill.: Larry Le Sage.

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Book number: 046902

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Local history; canadian history; Larry Le Sage

LINDAL, W. J. (ed.)

The Icelandic Canadian / Winter 1971

Winnipeg, MB, The Icelandic Canadian, 1971. Stapled Wraps. 64 pp.8vo,,,This is volume XXX, No. 2. Across the cover page is inscribed' 'Happy New Year, Bob, to you and yours. Thought you might like to read about John. Walt'. There is a feature article in this issue about Jon Kristinn Laxdal, and another article entitled 'Peacekeping on Cyprus', by Capt. John K. Marteinson. Laid-in loose are two b&w glossy photos, both showing former Gov.-Gen Roland Michener at some sort of ceremony, possibly in the old H.M.C.S. Chippewa building in downtown Winnipeg. Also visible in one photo is former MP, the late James Richardson, as well as the former police chief of Winnipeg. The covers of this issue show light wear and some age-toning. The inscription is a bit smudged in several places. Contents unmarked and tightly-bound. A quarterly publication serving the Icelandic community in Canada. Contains articles and advertising. Ill.: b&w photos and illustrations.

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Book number: 9900043759

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Icelandics;Ethnic Interest;Iceland;Canadiana;Icelandic Canadians;Icelandic Canadiana;;; b&w photos and illustrations

Lindal, Walter (Valdimar) Jacobson

The Saskatchewan Icelanders; a Strand of the Canadian Fabric

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Published by the author, 1955. Hardcover. pp. 363. 8vo. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Many black and white maps, photographic reproductions and illustrations. Shelfwear, a bit of a dusty odor; very good. Dustjacket scuffed and soiled, and showing chips and tears, but complete. .

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Book number: 087744

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Alberta; saskatchewan; local history; prairie history; manitoba history;

Little, Margaret Jane Hillyard

No Car, No Radio, No Liquor Permit"; the Moral Regulations of Single Mothers in Ontario, 1920-1997

Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1998. Paperback. 8vo. Black and white photographs. Light shelfwear; very good. .

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Book number: 060214

Catalogue: Canadian History

Low, Hon. Thos. A.

Annual Report on Education Statistics in Canada, 1922; Dominion of Canada, Dominion Bureau of Statistics

Ottawa, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1924. Paperback. pp. 254. 8vo. Light general shelfwear, short closed tear to bottom of spine; very good-. .

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Book number: 063327

Catalogue: Canadian History

Lozinsky, Joseph; Heather A. Leier

Mary As Mother: The Pilgrimage Shrines to the Blessed Virgin Mary in Saskatchewan: A Pictorial and Historial Approach

Muenster, Saskatchewan, St. Peter's Press, 1987. Paperback. pp. ix, 104. 8vo. Stapled card covers. Many black and white photographs and illustrations. Light rubbing to covers, contents bright, clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding. Overall, very good+. SIGNED by author to verso front cover. .

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Book number: 028639

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Saskatchewan History; alberta;

[Ponoka Herald Ltd.]

The Ponoka Book; 50th Anniversary, 1904 - 1954

Ponoka, Alberta, Ponoka Herald Ltd, 1954. Stapled Wraps. pp. 93. Stapled card covers. Black and white photographic reproductions and illustrations. Spot of discolouration to front and rear covers extending through to a few pages. Overall, very good. An account of the Town of Ponoka, Alberta in the middle of the last century. .

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Book number: 048799

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: manitoba history; canadian history; canadiana; local history; ephemera

Lupul, Manoly R.

Visible Symbols: Cultural Expression Among Canada's Ukrainians

Alberta, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press, 1984. Hardcover. 8vo. Bound in full cloth with red lettering to spine and front board. No detectable flaws; near fine. .

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Book number: 028092

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Sociology; Culture; History;

Staton, Frances M. and Marie Tremaine

A Bibliography of Canadiana; Being Items in the Public Library of Toronto, Canada, Relating to the Early History and Development of Canada

Toronto, The Public Library, 1935. Hardcover. pp. 828. Heavy 8vo. Bound in brown cloth. General shelfwear and scuffing to extremities, foxing to endpapers and page ends, bookplate to front pastedown, smoky odour; very good-. .

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Book number: 099718

Catalogue: Canadian History

Styran, Roberta M. and Robert R. Taylor

The "Great Swivel Link"; Canada's Welland Canal

Toronto, The Champlain Society, 2001. Hardcover. pp. 494. 8vo. Red cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine. Includes maps and black and white photos. Light shelfwear; very good+. .

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Book number: 0101903

Catalogue: Canadian History

MacDonald, Jake

Frontier Vision; the Rebirth of the North West Company

[Vancouver], Echo Memoirs, 2014. Hardcover. 4to. Still in original plastic wrapping; near fine. .

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Book number: 086093

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Colonialism; shame; western expansion; cultural genocide

MacDonald, George F.

Ninstints; Haida World Heritage Site

Vancouver, University of British Columbia Press, 1983. Paperback. 4to. Black and white and colour photographs and illustrations. Light shelfwear, ink owner's name to title page; very good. .

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Book number: 060956

Catalogue: Canadian History