Search Results: Ontario History from Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB

28 x 21 cm, dark blue cloth blocked in white, unpaginated; illustrated. Yearbook for the Port Hope High School. A very good copy..

(London): Phelps Publishing Company, (1978). First printing of 2,000 copies. Octavo, orange card covers, pp.viii, 84; illustrated. Spine faded, light soiling to covers, else very good. .

(Bowmanville):Lynn Michael-John Associates, (1997). Octavo, pictorial card covers, pp.iii, 187; illustrated. Signed by the author. Very good. .

October and December Sessions, 1953. 36 pp. January Session 1954. 72 pp. June Session 1954. 36 pp. June Session 1956. 34 pp, January Session 1957. 93 pp. January Session 1958. 74 pp. Various local printers. Condition is generally good, with occasional light foxing and slight rippling to pages. .

(No Place: self-published, 2012). Octavo, cloth, pp. 138;illustrated. Inscribed to a family member. "From Meadowbrook Farm" tries to preserve lifestyles in 20th Century Ontario, through vignettes of farming days, profiles of the lives of one family, and thre influence of the Church. Fine in dust jacket..

Belleville: Mika Silk Screening Limited, 1971. Octavo: red cloth, pp. vi, 354; illustrated. From the "Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Carleton", originally published in 1879 by H. Belden & Co., Toronto. Previous owner's small, tidy ink rubber stamp on front free endpaper, else near fine, no dust jacket. .

Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada, Limited, 1913. First edition. Octavo, navy cloth, pp. xii, 427; illustrated. Signed by Herrington across the title page. Front free endpaper gone, erasure to upper right corner of half title, small hole in illustration opposite page 1, half inch tear in binding at base of spine else a very good, clean copy. May require extra post, depending on shipping variables. .

The Peterborough Historical Atlas Foundation inc., (1975). Large folio, publisher's green cloth blocked in gilt on front cover, titled in silver lettering on spine, pp. 127; illustrated; maps. Set in Bodoni typeface on Oxford Antique paper. Gift inscriptyion on front free endpaper, light wear to rear board, else very good or better condition. No dust jacket. Please note this is a very large item; if shipped out of Ontario additional postage will be requested by the seller. .

Belleville: Mika Publishing Company, 1987. First edition. Quarto, dark blue cloth, pp. 192; illustrated. With material on Kingston under French and British rule, the War of 1812, early architecture of Kingston, creative writers and artists of the area, and Kingston and the British military. Small address label and non-authorial inscription on endpaper, else near fine..

Ottawa: Borealis,. Soft cover. As New. Trade paper format, 135 pages. In 2007 the Rideau Canal was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Labourers on the Rideau Canal honours the difficult, tragic lives of the workers who were instrumental in creating such a world treasure. The book includes genealogical paths to uncovering Irish and other groups´ ancestral links to the Rideau Canal. The front cover identifies the Rideau Canal as a World Heritage Site; the four flowers, rose, thistle, shamrock, and lily, represent the racial background of the labourers: Irish, English, Scots and French. The eight frames show the labourers at work. The water and Canal extend to the back cover which contains the Celtic Cross, in memory of the labourers, which stands at the beginning of the Canal between the Parliament Buildings and the Chateau Laurier.Still in publisher's shrink wrap, and appears to be as-new.

Ottawa: Borealis,. Soft cover. As New. Trade paper format, 135 pages. In 2007 the Rideau Canal was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Labourers on the Rideau Canal honours the difficult, tragic lives of the workers who were instrumental in creating such a world treasure. The book includes genealogical paths to uncovering Irish and other groups´ ancestral links to the Rideau Canal. The front cover identifies the Rideau Canal as a World Heritage Site; the four flowers, rose, thistle, shamrock, and lily, represent the racial background of the labourers: Irish, English, Scots and French. The eight frames show the labourers at work. The water and Canal extend to the back cover which contains the Celtic Cross, in memory of the labourers, which stands at the beginning of the Canal between the Parliament Buildings and the Chateau Laurier.Still in publisher's shrink wrap, and appears to be as-new.

Toronto: Printed by Imrie, Graham & Co., 31 Church Street, 1899. 7 1/2" x 4 7/8", pale green cloth blocked in black, pp. 218, + 10 pages of ads. Small stain and crimp in spine, suggestive of having been tied in a cord bundle at some point, else near fine. .

Pittsburgh Historical Society, 1989. First edition. Quarto, beige sloth, pp. xxx, 336; illustrated. History of Pittsburgh Township (east of Kingston, Ontario). Attractively designed by Peter Dorn. Slight lean to spine, else fine in an edge-worn dust jacket, with tears to top edge of the front panel. Presents attractively in a mylar dust jacket protector. May require extra postage..

Pittsburgh Historical Society, 1989. First edition. Quarto, beige sloth, pp. xxx, 336; illustrated. History of Pittsburgh Township (east of Kingston, Ontario). Attractively designed by Peter Dorn. Signed by Patterson. Slight lean to spine, else fine in an edge-worn dust jacket, with tears to top edge of the front panel. Presents attractively in a mylar dust jacket protector. May require extra postage..

(Ridgeway): Log Cabin Publishing, (1992). #904 of 1,000 copies., 1992. Quarto: faux leather binding, pp. xxx, 274. Endpapers have facsimile signatures reproduced from documents, else no illustration. Signed by the author. Slight bumps to corners of covers, else fine. No dust jacket and presumably so issued. .

Bracebridge, Ontario: The Herald- Gazette Press, Muskoka Publishing Group, 1987). Trade paper format, pp. 203; illustrated. The author was born in Saskatchewan, Canada and gives vivid accounts of her family history, as well as parts of her life lived in Bracebridge Ontario, and other Canadian (and foreign) locales. Inscribed by the author and dated 1988. Light creasing to covers, else good to very good. .

Minutes and By-Laws of the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Richmond for the Year 1965. - Minutes and By-Laws of the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Richmond for the Year 1966. - Voters' List, 1965. - Voters' List, 1970. All four printed by the Napanee Beaver, Napanee Ontario. Tears to the spines of both volumes of By-Laws, and annotations to the front cover of the volume for 1966. Some sunning to spines, but good condition overall. .

The Champlain Society for the government of Ontario / University of Toronto Press, (1965). Reprinted. Octavo, publisher's red cloth, pp. cxiv, 445; illustrtaed with line drawings and plates. Volume VI in theb Ontario Series of The Champlain Society. Book is fine; dust jacket with fading to red printing on spine, a couple of minute edge chips, light rubbing, and a 2 cm closed tear to the rear panel, else very good, Supplied with an archival quality mylar dust jacket protector (removable). .

Hardcover. Very Good. Yearbook format: quarto, boards, pp. 95, (1). Illustrated in black and white, with some colour images as well. Printed by Jostens Canada. Chronicles the ground breaking ceremony at the plant site in 1947 through the history of the company, with material on their community involvement, and their association with Brown's Fine Foods, unions.as well as documentation of various internal departments including finance, human resources and technology. A glimpse into a workplace that vanished with the dot-com crash of 2000. Produced as a souvenir keepsake for employees .Very good no dust jacket.

10 1/4" x 7 1/2", stapled pale pink wrappers, unpaginated, but [12]pp. Picture of Mayor Lewis E. Roenigk on cover only illustration. Brief programme notes include "A Few Word of Welcome"; a Cruising Race a Special Train (C.P.R.); the 48th Highlanders Band from Toronto; a Midway Afternoon And Evening (Maple Leaf Attractions); 50 Yard Dash; Balloon Races; Tug of War; Softball; and a Lacrosse Match. Hydroplane will carry passengers every 15 minutes. Most of the programme is devoted to advertising local businesses. Printed by The Quinte Sun, Printers Trenton. Programme has been lightly folded in half (horizontally), light creasing, but a well preserved copy of a fragile and ephemeral item..