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TORONTO STREET NAMES: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO THEIR ORIGINS.
by Wise, Leonard and Gould, Allan.
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- 2000
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Willowdale, Ontario: Firefly, 2000. 244 pp, 10" H. Map endpapers, profusely illustrated in b&w with photoraphs, reproductions. Arranged alphabetically. "Some street names commemorate faraway places where Canadians died fighting. Others commemorate the lives of brewers, politicians, architects, royalty, explorers and farmers. Still others echo the names of villages, towns and grand homes sadly left behind, as well as the… Read more about this item Item Price
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TORONTO BETWEEN THE WARS: LIFE IN THE CITY 1919-1939.
by Cotter, Charis.
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- 2004
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Richmond Hill, Ontario: Firefly, 2004. 223 pp, square (10" x 10"). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. "In the two decades between the First and Second World wars, Toronto was finding its place in the swiftly changing world of the twentieth-century. In the 1920s the city was expanding, the automobile replaced the horse, and radio, movies and mass advertising began… Read more about this item Item Price
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OLD TORONTO HOUSES.
by Cruickshank, Tom. Foreword by Stephen Otto.
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- 2003
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Toronto: Firefly, 2003. 304 pp, square (10 7/8" H x 10 7/8" D). Profusely illustrated with colour photographs, 2 maps. "(O)utlines the signature architectural styles that left their mark on Toronto's ordered streets and discusses how they contributed to the unique neighbourhoods that developed across the city. Starting with Henry Scadding's simple log house built in 1794 near the… Read more about this item Item Price
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OLD TORONTO HOUSES.
by Cruickshank, Tom. Foreword by Stephen Otto.
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- 2003
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Toronto: Firefly, 2003. 304 pp, square (10 7/8" H x 10 7/8" D). Profusely illustrated with colour photographs, 2 maps. "(O)utlines the signature architectural styles that left their mark on Toronto's ordered streets and discusses how they contributed to the unique neighbourhoods that developed across the city. Starting with Henry Scadding's simple log house built in 1794 near the… Read more about this item Item Price
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A TORONTO ALBUM 2: MORE GLIMPSES OF THE CITY THAT WAS.
by Filey, Mike.
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- 2002
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- 9781550023930
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Toronto: Dundurn, 2002. 116 pp, square (10" H x 10" D). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, reproductions. ""(A) photographic journey through bustling Toronto from the late 1930s to the early 1970s. Among the 100-plus photographs is a quartet that shows the remarkable changes to Toronto's skyline over a half-century. Others capture the 1939 royal visit, steam trains in their… Read more about this item Item Price
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LEAFS '65: THE LOST TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS PHOTOGRAPHS.
by Brunt, Stephen.
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- 2015
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- 9780771006951
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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2015. [184] pp, square (10 1/4" H x 10 1/4" D). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. "In the fall of 1965, Lewis Parker received a call from Maclean's magazine offering what was, for him, an unusual gig: accompanying a reporter to Peterborough to cover the Toronto Maple Leafs' preseason training camp, which included the stars of… Read more about this item Item Price
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ROY ARDEN: SELECTED WORKS 1985-2000.
by Fleming, Marnie and Steiner, Shep.
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- 2002
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- 9781894707077
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Oakville, Ontario: Oakville Galleries, 2002. 47 pp, oblong (8 3/4" H x 19" D). B&w and colour photographs. "Published in conjunction with the exhibition" at Oakville Galleries, 2002. "Roy Arden's art work, in its subject matter and 'mise en scene', make visible the 'conflictual aspects' of urban and suburban life. The many sites he has chosen to photograph… Read more about this item Item Price
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THIS WAS EXPO.
by Fulford, Robert. Picture story texts by Alan Edmonds.
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- 1968
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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1968. 203 pp, 11 3/16" H. B&w and colour photographs. A pictorial look at Expo 67, the World's Fair held in Montreal in 1967. Contents: Introduction / A heaven-storming ambition: Tomorrow's World; The greatest show on earth: How the world saw the fair; An exultation of form and structure: Architecture's giant stride into tomorrow; The… Read more about this item Item Price
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WINDSWEPT.
by Bonis, Robert R. Inscribed.
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- 1980
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West Hill, Ontario: Highlands Press, 1980. 202 pp,10 1/4" H. Inscribed on front free endpaper: "To L__ W___ / With the best wishes / of the members of the Fellowship / Club of St. Timothy's Church, / Agincourt, and a Scarborough / historian. / Robert R. Bonis / April 7th, / 1990." - also signed by author on title… Read more about this item Item Price
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PORTRAITS OF BRITISH AMERICANS. 3 VOLUME SET.
by Notman, W., photographer. Biographical Sketches by Fennings Taylor.
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- 1865
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Montreal: William Notman, 1865. 425 pp, 350 pp, 280 pp, - 3 volume set, 8 5/8" H (just under 22 cm). These volumes have been rebound in dark red faux leather cloth with gilt lettering/bands and blind stamped decoration on spines. Speckle decoration to text block edges. New medium brown endpapers and white preliminaries - original text starts with… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE GREAT MACKENZIE: IN WORD AND PHOTOGRAPH.
by Davies, Raymond Arthur.
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- 1947
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Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1947. 139 pp, 8 1/4" H. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. A pictorial work about the Mackenzie River basin, its people, industries, institutions, shortly after the end of World War II. Contents: Foreword; The Awakening; The Gateway; The Great River; Northern Wealth; Fuel for the World; Northern Farming; Make Way for People; The Churches of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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ILLUSTRATED MONTREAL, THE METROPOLIS OF CANADA. ITS ROMANTIC HISTORY, ITS BEAUTIFUL SCENERY, ITS GRAND INSTITUTIONS, ITS PRESENT GREATNESS, ITS FUTURE SPLENDOR.
by McConniff, John.
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- Fifth Edition
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- 1899
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Montreal: John Mcconniff, 1899. 111 pp, oblong (6" H x 9" D) - red patterned cloth spine with decorated paper-covered bevelled boards, all edges red. Floral-patterned endpapers, profusely illustrated in b&w with photographs (by William Notman, et al) and drawings showing the public, commercial, religious, and private buildings of late 19th century Montreal, along with the surrounding scenery, sports, methods… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE TWO SOOS, AMERICAN AND CANADIAN, ON THE FALLS OF THE ST. MARY'S RIVER. THE HISTORY OF LAKE NAVIGATION, THE NATIONS COMMERCE PASSING BY ITS DOORS - THE LARGEST AND MOST USEFUL LOCKS IN THE WORLD BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIBED.
by Young, A.E., Compiler.
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Sault Ste. Marie / Grand Rapids: Young's Art Studio / James Bayne Co. Unpaginated (approx. 58 pp, excluding covers), oblong (6 3/4" H x 9" D), with string ties. No date (c1910). Title page continues: "Mammoth Power Developed and Industries Established - The Growth of Two Large Cities - In the Land of Hiawatha." Two page introduction, followed by b&w… Read more about this item Item Price
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PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM. HAMILTON, ONTARIO FAMILIES: SMITH, McDUFFEE, BAILLIE, FAREWELL, GILRAY, FITCH. PHOTOGRAPHERS: ECKERSON, BELL SMITH, MILNE, INGALLS, INGLIS.
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Small green cloth-covered photograph album, 5 5/8" H x 4" W, blind stamped decoration on spine and boards, gilt decoration on front board, gilt "Album" on spine, all edges gilt, metal clasp, decorative endpapers. 6 leaves, each page having a cut-out for photograph and decorative gilt border with the letters "E.&H.T.A." printed at bottom. This album contains 8… Read more about this item Item Price
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ALBERTA HISTORY. VOLUME 25, NUMBERS 2-4 (SPRING/SUMMER/AUTUMN 1977), VOLUME 26, NUMBERS 1-4 (WINTER/SPRING/SUMMER/AUTUMN 1978), VOLUME 27, NUMBERS 1 & 2 (WINTER/SPRING 1979), VOLUME 28, NUMBER 1 (WINTER 1980). 10 NUMBERS IN TOTAL.
by Dempsey, Hugh A., Editor. Donald B. Smith, J.W. Chalmers, L.J. Wilson, D.J. Hall, C.E.D. Wood, john Liss, W.T. Williamson, Elise A. Corbet, Tom M. Henson, Terry L. Chapman, Rolf, T. Lund, Colin A. Thomson, Eric, J. Holmgren, Anne B. Woywitka, et al.
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Calgary, Alberta: Historical Society of Alberta 10 numbers of Alberta History, running from Spring 1977 to Spring 1979 plus Winter 1980, 10" H, each 40 pp. Colour pictorial covers, b&w photographs, drawings, maps, political cartoons. Articles cover: Half-Breed Commission; 1919 Royal Visit; Treaty No. 6; Road to Banff, 1890; Tom Kerr; Ku Klux Klan; Early Eugenics Movement;… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE GLORY OF THE GARDEN: ST. JUDE'S ANGLICAN CHURCH IN OAKVILLE.
by Wiggins, Diana, photographer.
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- 2000
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- 9780921156611
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Oakville, Ontario: Rubicon, 2000. [78] pp, oblong 8vo (8 1/4" H x 10 3/16" D), glazed pictorial boards. Profusely illustrated throughout with colour photographs, 2 plans. "In 1983, a small group of parishioners of St. Jude's Anglican Church in Oakville began the task of transforming the dandelion field beside their church into a garden. Today, a magnificent perennial… Read more about this item Item Price
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GOLD RUSH: A PICTORIAL LOOK AT THE PART EDMONTON PLAYED IN THE GOLD ERA OF THE 1890s.
by Blower, James. Foreword by Grant MacEwan.
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- 1971
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- Hardcover
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- 9780070929197
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Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1971. 199 pp, oblong (8 3/4" H x 10 5/8" D). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, reproductions. "By 1898 all roads led to the Klondike. One such road was to pass through the tiny Edmonton community, and Edmonton was never to be the same again. As the gateway and principal outfitting centre to… Read more about this item Item Price
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FANSHAWE COLLEGE.
by Bain, Richard. Foreword by Anne Marie DeCicco-Best. Text by Hank Daniszewski.
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- Very Good+
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- First Edition
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- 2007
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- Hardcover
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- 9780978301231
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London, Ontario: Binea Press, 2007. 120 pp, 12 1/8" H. "These spectacular photographs by Richard Bain serve to celebrate Fanshawe College by depicting current scenes of our campuses, its students and staff. Having been compiled during our 40th year, the photographs suggest the incredible diversity of education that occurs at Fanshawe as well as the emerging beauty of… Read more about this item Item Price
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CASTLEGUARD.
by Muir, Dalton and Ford, Derek. Foreword by J. Keith Fraser.
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- 1985
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- 9780660117904
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Ottawa: Ministry of Environment, 1985. Unpaginated, oblong (8 3/4" H x 11 1/4" D). 113 colour photographs, plus three maps. "Beside the Columbia Icefield, in Banff National Park, lies a narrow valley. One end of the valley is a barren arctic waste, newly formed by the retreat of the ice ages. Gradually, it grades into an… Read more about this item Item Price
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CANADA: THE LAND THAT SHAPES US.
by Malak. Yousuf Karsh: Preface. Peter C. Newman: Essay.
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- 1995
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- 9781550136678
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Toronto: Key Porter, 1995. 159 pp, 12 1/4" H. Profusely illustrated with colour and b&w photographs. "In this breathtaking photographic tribute to his adopted country, one of Canada's best-known and top-ranking photographers captures the many faces and moods of this vast land. From the quaint fishing villages of Atlantic Canada to the majesty of the Rocky Mountains,… Read more about this item Item Price
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