Colour pictorial boards, P.O.N., 64 pp. "A complete tour of the Parliament buildings, rich in the roots of Canadian history" by means of colour photographs of all buildings and grounds. Ca. 1981. View More...
Original pictorial pastedown on boards, no DJ. No FFEP. Essay directed toward this age of tolerance, to save it from becoming an age of laxity, and finally - moral anarchy. Minor specks missing on cover pastedown (See photo). Minor edge foxing. 126 pp. View More...
Original oblong pictorial(cartoon) cover in black on white cloth, no DJ. Inscribed and signed by the artist author. Clever, astute drawings and gag lines with no smut ! I laughed until I could hardly breathe ! Definitively Canadian, but well-read Americans will enjoy it, too! Cartoons were originally published in the Hamilton Spectator, Hamilton, Ontario. Minor soil and staining to back cover, still Very Good. View More...
Original pictorial paper boards. Corner and edge wear. Previous owner's name. I have glued both hinges and one gutter lightly to prevent breaking. Many illustrations, believed to be woodcuts, uncredited.. 162 pp. plus ads. Copyright by O.M. Dunham, which leads me to believe that he or she is the author, since the only other title by Chatty Cheerful was copyrighted by Dunham in 1889. View More...
White cloth over boards with brick-coloured painting and black lettering. Unclipped dustjacket repeats the cover design. One tiny scuff at top corner, and a 1/8" tear at bottom edge are the only flaws. No marks or writing. Glossy, heavyweight paper. This book was undertaken as part of the Quetico Foundation series. It details native rock paintings in Northern Ontario and Minnesota. 191 pp. View More...
Pictorial glossy cover. Tri-Service Pocketbook. 132 pp. Full specifications and technical data for each class, with silhouette drawing and B/W photo to illustrate same. A list of abbreviations used, as well as a complete index of vessels and classes, is included. View More...
Original pictorial plasticized cover on boards, no DJ. Very clean, with only minimal library stamp and numbering. Any lover of animals in the wild will appreciate the colour and b/w drawings. 57 pp. including glossary and index. A book for children, or put it on a coffee table! View More...
Green cloth, original, with fetching cover art(Isidore Diamantstein giving Eva Gonorowsky a comic valentine). Book is edge-worn, edge-foxed and inscribed, but a not-to-be-missed account of a young Irish-born teacher and her charges on New York's East Side at the turn of the century. Full of malapropisms and 17 humourous line drawings. Surprisingly able writing by a young woman who died at only 35. 353 pp. View More...
Original pictorial cover charter issue, very good. This magazine was started by James M. Lawrence in tiny Camden East, Ontario, a few years after the amazingly successful launch and worldwide distribution of his Harrowsmith Magazine. Outstanding in its quality of writing and photographic reproduction, this first issue features articles on the Father of Ice Mountains, Artist Robert Bateman, the fishing village of Petit Forte, caribou of the Barren-Ground, architecture of University College, and deep-water submersible vehicles, with a special feature on La Loche, Sask. by Charles Long. 136 pp... View More...
Original orange cloth on boards, figure of pilot on cover. No DJ. C. by Cupples and Leon, 1930, so believed First Edition. Cover lightly bowed and edge-soiled. Previous owner's name stamp. 208 pp plus ads for four contemporary series - Bomba, Motor Boys, Baseball Joe, and Webster. View More...
Original brown cloth pictorial cover on boards, no DJ. Jack Hildreth Among the Indians. Adapted for our boys and girls from C. May. Companion volume to Winnetou, the Apache Knight. Heavily scuffed cover with substantial edge and corner wear. Hinges weak. Still, intact and quite readable. 231 pp. plus large Benziger catalog. View More...
Original tan pictorial cloth on boards. DJ present, but chipped on edges and torn on fold, with small pieces missing top and bottom. SEE SCAN. Lists to title on EP, but lists to Her First Little Pet Show on DJ. Library sticker on spine, card envelope, and stamp. P.O.N. RFEP marked in purple. 182 pp. View More...
