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A Discourse, Delivered at Plymouth, December 22, 1820. In Commemoration of the First Settlement of New-England
by Webster, Daniel
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- 1821
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Port Hope, Ontario, CAN
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$65.00
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[5], 104 pp. Tall 8vo, printed wraps, front wrap chipped, soiled and detached, lacking rear wrap, ffep detached, very sporadic light spotting or chipping, else very good. Celebrates the landing of the colonists at Plymouth Rock on the 200th anniversary of the event. Webster exaults the pilgrims for their efforts and their sufferings in order to build a democratic nation.… Read more about this item Item Price
$65.00
Epistola Cristophori Colom de Insulis Indiae Nuper Inventis.
by [Columbus, Christopher]
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- 1954
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Port Hope, Ontario, CAN
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$25.00
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4to, wraps, sunned and corners a bit dog-eared, otherwise very good. The Letters of Christopher Columbus on the newly discovered islands of the West Idies, translated by Louis Bakelants with text in Latin, French and Dutch. Item Price
$25.00
History of British Columbia From its Earliest Discovery to the Present Time
by Begg, Alexander
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- Used - Spine sunned, spine ends worn, 2 tear to map at left margin otherwise very good.
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- 1894.
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Port Hope, Ontario, CAN
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$135.00
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1894.. Spine sunned, spine ends worn, 2 tear to map at left margin otherwise very good.. 4to, . Toronto: William Briggs, original blue and gilt stamped cloth. Lande 945; Lowther 1097. A comprehensive history of the western Canadian province from the early navigators of Captain Cook, Sir Francis Drake, Captain John Meares and Captain George… Read more about this item Item Price
$135.00
The Legend of the Roses: A Poem. Ravlan: A Drama
by Watson, Samuel James
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- First edition.
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- 1876
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Port Hope, Ontario, CAN
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$50.00
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Toronto: Hunter, Rose and Company, , 1876. First edition. 8vo,. original embossed cloth, cloth mottled and a little dampstained, spine sunned, endpapers spotted else very good. Born in Northern Ireland, Watson emigrated to Montreal in 1857 where he worked as a journalist. He later moved to Toronto where he was employed at the Globe. In 1872 he took… Read more about this item Item Price
$50.00
The New Municipal Manual for Upper Canada, Containing Notes of Decided Cases and A Full Analytical Index
by Harrison, Robert A. [ed]
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- 1859
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Port Hope, Ontario, CAN
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$150.00
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Toronto: : Maclear & Co., , 1859. Lrg. 8vo, . contemporary calf. spine strip starting, calf rubbed and chipped, dampstaining (mostly confined to blank margins). A handbook of municipal acts. Item Price
$150.00
Modern Canada
by Cory, Harper
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- first
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- 1930
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Port Hope, Ontario, CAN
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$15.00
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London: : William Heinemann, , 1930. first . 8vo,. Illustrated blue cloth spine faded, ex-library with bookplate and blindstamp on titlepage and last page, else very good. A historical background on Canada including information on government, agriculture, climate, natural resources etc. Item Price
$15.00
The Early Bibliography of the Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, with Other Information
by Kingsford, William
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- First edition
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- 1892
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Port Hope, Ontario, CAN
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$75.00
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Toronto and Montreal:: Roswell & Hutchinson and Eben Picken,, 1892. First edition. 12mo,. red cloth with black lettering. Small tear to endpaper, else very good. Included with this is a 4 pp. letter from the author Kingsford to John Reade (1837-1919), a journalist who became literary editor of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Canada. An Essay
by Hogan, J. Sheridan
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- Used - spine faded, maps spotted with first map having a short binder's tear.
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- First edition
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- 1855.
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- Original embossed cloth with gilt lettering
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Port Hope, Ontario, CAN
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$200.00
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Montreal and London: B. Dawson and Sampson Low, Son & Co., 1855. Illustrated with 2 folding maps entitled "Map of the Province of Canada, and the Lower Colonies Shewing the Connection by Steam Navigation with New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin & Minnesota and with Europe by the Route River St. Lawrence and… Read more about this item Item Price
$200.00
La Rochefoucalult-Liancourt's Travels in Canada 1795
by Smith, Sir David William
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- First edition
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- 1917
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Port Hope, Ontario, CAN
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$50.00
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Toronto:: A.T. Wilgress,, 1917. First edition. Lrg. 8vo,. Illustrated. blue cloth. Spine sunned, endpapers a little loose, else very good. Edited by William Renwick Riddell Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario. "With Compliments of Alexander Fraser" note tipped-in Item Price
$50.00
Diary of a Tour in America
by Buckley, Rev. M.B
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- 1886
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Port Hope, Ontario, CAN
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$40.00
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Dublin:: Sealy, Bryers & Walker,, 1886. 8vo,. brown and gilt pictorial cloth. Slight rubbing, front hinge about loose. Written by an Irish Missionary who travelled throughout Eastern Canada and the United States. Item Price
$40.00
Nova Scotia in Its Historical, Mercantile and Industrial Relations
by Campbell, Duncan
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- First edition.
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- 1873.
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Port Hope, Ontario, CAN
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$175.00
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Montreal: : John Lovell, , 1873. . First edition. . lrg. 8vo, . rebound in 1/2 morocco and marbled boards Light shelf wear , first 20 pages and pages of index pages spotted else very good. Good history of Acadia. Item Price
$175.00
The Children of the Land The Story of the Macdonald Movement in Canada
by Sherwood, Herbert Francis
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- Reprinted from the Outlook
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- 1910
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Port Hope, Ontario, CAN
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$18.00
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New York: : The Outlook, 1910. Reprinted from the Outlook. Lrg. 8vo. printed wraps some creasing to front wrap, else very good. A history of the Macdonald agricultural college of McGill, Montreal. Item Price
$18.00