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History of The County of Middlesex, Canada. From the Earliest Time to the Present; Containing an...

ANONYMOUS.

History of The County of Middlesex, Canada. From the Earliest Time to the Present; Containing an Authentic Account of Many Important Matters Relating to the Settlement, Progress and General History of the County; and Including a Department Devoted to the Preservation of Personal and Private Records, etc. Illustrated.

Toronto and London. W.A. & C.L. Goodspeed, Publishers. 1889. Hardcover. thick tall 8vo. 24.5cm, 1076p., with 15 plates (including a map), bound in full publishers calf with gilt titles on spine and front board, some light edge wear, internally fine, a near fine copy. (On) An uncommon history of the.....

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Insurance Plan of the Town of] Simcoe, Ont. Population 6908, Plan Dated April 1949. Ontario. GOAD...

ATLAS. Simcoe, Ontario]. GOAD, Charles E.

Insurance Plan of the Town of] Simcoe, Ont. Population 6908, Plan Dated April 1949.

Toronto & Montreal. Underwriter's Survey Bureau Limited. 1949. Hardcover. Atlas Folio. 55x31.5cm, 18 linen backed double page scale maps, a bit wrinkled, green cloth covered boards, very good, rare.

Price: $1,200.00

Everyman and Other Plays. John AUSTEN, illustrated

AUSTEN, John, illustrated & decorated by

Everyman and Other Plays.

London. Chapman and Hall. 1925. 1st Edition. Hardcover. sm4to, 25cm, The First Edition, 202p., colour title page illustration, 18 colour plates including frontis, text illustrations and decorations, decorated endpapers, original black cloth, rebacked, gilt spine and cover titles, very good, internally fine, (Hol). ~ Three medieval English morality plays: Everyman;.....

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Six Years in Biscay: Comprising A Personal Narrative of The Sieges of Bilbao, in June 1835, and...

BACON, John Francis

Six Years in Biscay: Comprising A Personal Narrative of The Sieges of Bilbao, in June 1835, and Oct. to Dec. 1836. And of The Principal Events Which Occurred In That City and The Basque Provinces, During The Years 1830 to 1837.

London. Smith , Elder & Co. 1838. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, The First Edition, viii,478,[ii]p., ads., appendix, with folding frontis map (plan of Bilbo) & 4 folding plate views, in contemporary full black calf, wide gilt decorated raised bands, gilt spine titles, elaborated gilt decorated borders on the boards, all.....

Price: $5,000.00

By Land and Sky. John M. BACON

BACON, John M.

By Land and Sky.

London. Isbister and Company 1901. 1901. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, 22.5cm, first (sole) edition,viii,275p., with 4 photographic plates including frontis, maroon cloth, gilt spine titles, ex-library copy black call number on the spine and a few internally library stamps otherwise a very good copy, rare (tgc). - The author, a......

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A Book on Hackles for Fly Dressing. With an Introduction by W. Keith Rollo. BAIGENT Dr, illiam

BAIGENT, Dr. W[illiam]

A Book on Hackles for Fly Dressing. With an Introduction by W. Keith Rollo.

Newcastle Upon Tyne. Privately Printed. (By Mawson Swan & Morgan). c.[1943]. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 31p., plus 5 plates (inc.frontis portrait, in full dark blue calf, spine titles on the upper cover, original shipping wrapper folded and loosely inserted, first edition, limited to 65 copies, bound with: Set of 11 card.....

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The Albert N'yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, and Explorations of the Nile Sources. In Two...

BAKER, Samuel W.

The Albert N'yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, and Explorations of the Nile Sources. In Two Volumes.

Philadelphia. J.B. Lippincott & Co. 1868. Hardcover. 19cm, xxx,371 & x,372p., with plates and illustrations, in green cloth with gilt titles, blind ruled boards, a very good to fine set. (tr).

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The Mountain and the Valley. Ernest BUCKLER

BUCKLER, Ernest

The Mountain and the Valley.

New York. Henry Holt and Company. 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, 20.2cm, The First Edition, 373p., light blue cloth, spine titles stamped in red, in complete (not price clipped) jacket which was designed by R.M. Powers, some slight fade speckling on the cloth and some slight wear on the top.....

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Songs of the Church. William BULLOCK

BULLOCK, William

Songs of the Church.

Halifax. Printed for the author by David Clapp. 1854. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo, 19cm, first edition, 235p., errata slip, original elaborate blind decorated brown cloth, some slight wear on the top and bottom spine edges else very good to fine sound copy (cn). ~ TPL 5632. Watters p.29. "These 'Psalms.....

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Precis of The Wars inCanada, from 1755 to the Treaty of Ghent in 1814. With Military andPolitical...

CARMICHAEL-SMYTH, Colonel Sir James

Precis of The Wars inCanada, from 1755 to the Treaty of Ghent in 1814. With Military andPolitical Reflections. Edited by his son Sir James Carmichael.

London.Tinsley Brothers. 1862. Hardcover. 8vo, 2nd edition, 216,[4]p., ads., in theoriginal dust worn wavy grain red cloth, gilt spine titles, internalprivate library stamp (Royal Engineers), attractively printed 19thcentury bookplate & one call number, some wear at the edges, a very goodsound copy, in my experience this second edition is scarcer.....

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Retrospect of Thirty-Six Years' Residence in Canada West: being a Christian Journal and...

CARRUTHERS, J.

Retrospect of Thirty-Six Years' Residence in Canada West: being a Christian Journal and Narrative.

Hamilton. Printed for the Author by T.L. M'Intosh. 1861. Hardcover. 12mo. 18cm, 253p., in the original pebbled green cloth, some edge wear, a very good copy. (cdn) T.P.L. 4049. Gagnon II-322. Mathews p223. Sabin 11081. A record of the author's labour as a Presbyterian missionary and his travels in the.....

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London Chess Congress, 1946 (January 14th - January 26th). [Limited Edition of Tournament Books....

CORDINGLEY, E.G.R, (Edited by)

London Chess Congress, 1946 (January 14th - January 26th). [Limited Edition of Tournament Books. Number Sixteen].

London. The Editor. 1946. Hardcover. sm4to. 25cm, number 44 of a limited edition, (4),44pp., typescript, chess examples, index of openings, list of subscribers, blue cloth, minor cover wear, very good copy (ds1). ~ A scarce account of the first large British post World War Two chess congress. With many records.....

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Cruchley's Improved Environs of London. (Cruchley's New and Improved Environs of London,...

CRUCHLEY, G.F.,

Cruchley's Improved Environs of London. (Cruchley's New and Improved Environs of London, extending 15 to 18 Miles round St. Paul's, on a Scale of Three Quarters of an Inch to a Mile. On which is carefully delineated all the Main & Cross Roads, Foot Paths, & Gentleman's Seats, Parks, Inns. Divisions & Sub-divisions of the counties in Hundreds, &c. &c. &c., . From An Actual Survey). cover title.

London. Engraved and Published b, July 17th, 1823, by G.F. Cruchleym Mapper. folding linen backed engraved map in panels, 60x 61cm, mounted on linen and folded to 20.5x 12cm, colour & outline colour, map slightly dust worn, expertly restored and relayed, very good to fine, in the original slipcase which.....

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The Royal Irish Fusiliers, 1793-1950. Marcus CUNLIFFE

CUNLIFFE, Marcus

The Royal Irish Fusiliers, 1793-1950.

London, New York, Toronto. Oxford University Press. 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Sm4to, 25cm, first edition, 517p., with 16 plates, (4 in colour), 19 maps, (4 folding), mapped endpapers, appendices, notes, index of officers & men of the regiment, general index, green cloth, gilt spine titles and gilt crest on the.....

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The Northern Tourist. Seventy-ThreeViews of Lake and Mountain Scenery, Etc. in Westmoreland,...

D'AMITIE, Gage [& Thomas Rose]

The Northern Tourist. Seventy-ThreeViews of Lake and Mountain Scenery, Etc. in Westmoreland, Cumberland,Durham, & Northumberland. 1836.

London & Paris. Fisher & Son, & Co.[1836]. Hardcover. 4to. 28cm, [ii],150-220p., plus 3 plate views (inc. frontis) &34 plates containing 68 illustrations, with tissue guards, incontemporary half black morocco grain leather, wide gilt decoratedraised bands, gilt titles, gilt roll borders on the boards, cross graindark green cloth boards, text.....

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Discours de la Methode, pour bien conduire sa raison, & chercher la verite dans les Sciences....

DESCARTES, Rene

Discours de la Methode, pour bien conduire sa raison, & chercher la verite dans les Sciences. Plus, La Dioptrique et les Meteores, Qui sont des effais de cette Methode. Nouvelle Edition, revue & corrigee. En deux tomes.

Paris. Chez Pierre Huet, (vol.1.), & La Compagnie des Librairies. (Vol.2.). 1724. Soft cover. 16mo, (in 8's), 16.6cm, in 2 volumes, 470 & [8],479pp., with 26 folding plates (complete), in full contemporary calf, real raised bands, full gilt spine panel decorations, both title labels wanting, volume labels present, spines chipped.....

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Lands Forlorn. The Story of an Expedition to Hearne's Coppermine River. With an Introduction by...

DOUGLAS, George M.

Lands Forlorn. The Story of an Expedition to Hearne's Coppermine River. With an Introduction by James Douglas.

New York and London. G.P. Putnam's Sons. The Knickerbocker Press. 1914. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 23cm, first edition, xv,285p. with 180 plates and illustrations from photographs by the author, 2 rear folding maps, (unhinged), original blue cloth, spine titles faded, all edges worn, hinges and text shaken, a good copy, loosely.....

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Life of Colonel Talbot, and the Talbot Settlement, Its Rise and Progress, with Sketches of the...

ERMATINGER, Edward

Life of Colonel Talbot, and the Talbot Settlement, Its Rise and Progress, with Sketches of the Public Characters, and career of some of the Most Conspicuous Men in Upper Canada, who were either friends or acquaintances of the subject of these memoirs.

St. Thomas. Printed at A. McLachlin's House Journal Office. 1859. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo, 17cm, The first edition, iv,[v-vi], (contents),230p., wanting the errata slip, (supplied on a typed note and loosely inserted), in the original diamond grain blind decorated light brown cloth, gilt title on the upper cover, glazed yellow.....

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The Letters of Sir Thomas Fitzosborne, on Several Subjects. Sir Thomas FITZOSBORNE

FITZOSBORNE, Sir Thomas

The Letters of Sir Thomas Fitzosborne, on Several Subjects.

London. Printed for R. And J. Dodsley. 1763. 1763. Hardcover. 8vo, 21cm, 6th edition, xii,452p., title page printed in red and black, in contemporary full polished calf, real raised bands, full gilt borders and decorations in the panels, crushed crimson morocco label gilt, some slight edge wear, a fine sound.....

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The Lectures Complete of Father Gavazzi, as delivered in New York, reported by an eminent...

GAVAZZI, Alessandro] by Giovanni Battista Nicolini

The Lectures Complete of Father Gavazzi, as delivered in New York, reported by an eminent stenographer, and revised and corrected by Gavazzi himself. Including translations of his Italian addresses with which the greater part of the Lectures were prefaced. To which is prefixed, under his authority and revision, The Life of Gavazzi, continued to the time of his visit to America. By G.B. Nicolini, his friend and fellow exile, author of a history of the late Roman Republic.

New York, Published by M. W. Dodd. 1854. Hardcover. 12mo, 20cm, xxiv,393p., original blind decorated brown cloth, blind stamped border decorations on the boards, gilt spine titles, spine slightly faded to light brown, private library bookplate and blank pocket on rear endpaper, bottom slightly curled, otherwise the condition is fine.....

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A History of the City of Dublin. J. T. GILBERT

GILBERT, J.T.

A History of the City of Dublin.

Dublin. JamesMcGlashan. 1854-1859. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, 22cm, first edition, in 3 volumes (complete), xvi,437 & vi,335,xix,viii & 382,xii,pp., errata leaf, folding city plan, appendices, volume bibliographies, index, in the original blind-stamped blue cloth, with gilt-embossed city crests on front boards,gilt titles, coated yellow endpapers, some slight staining on the.....

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Half-Seas Over. Guy GILPATRIC

GILPATRIC, Guy

Half-Seas Over.

Toronto. Dodd-Mead & Company (Canada) Limited. (1932). 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo, 18.5cm, the first Canadian edition, 227p., light blue/grey cross hatched cloth, spine and covers block titles stamped in dark blue, endpapers somewhat toasted, good to very good sound copy (n13). - "Canadian Edition For Sale in Canada Only".....

Price: $150.00

Report on the Proceedings of the United States Expedition to Lady Franklin Bay, Grinnell Land, by...

GREELY, Adolphus W.

Report on the Proceedings of the United States Expedition to Lady Franklin Bay, Grinnell Land, by Adolphus W. Greely. International Polar Expedition.

Washington. GPO. 1888. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to, 29cm, in two volumes, first edition, 545 & 738pp. extensively illustrated with full-page plates & text illustrations, folding charts and maps, rebound in dark blue linen, black leather spine labels, gilt titles, a fine set thus. (ads) Greely's voluminous official account. The first.....

Price: $500.00

An Angler's Autobiography. With an Introduction by William Senior, Editor of the "Field" Frederic...

HALFORD, Frederic M.

An Angler's Autobiography. With an Introduction by William Senior, Editor of the "Field".

London. Vinton & Co., Limited. 1903. Hardcover. 4to. 28cm, one of a "Edition de Luxe" limited to 100 Signed copies, out of series, xxiv,286p., rubricated title page, photogravure frontis portrait of the author, and 43 plate illustrations, (including several photogravure plates), text illustrations, in full dark-green crushed morocco, raised bands.....

Price: $3,500.00

On the Immediate Treatment of Stricture of the Urethra, by the Employment of the "Stricture...

HOLT, Barnard

On the Immediate Treatment of Stricture of the Urethra, by the Employment of the "Stricture Dilator".

London. John Churchill & Sons. 1863. Hardcover. 22cm, second edition, ix, 110p., 32p. book catalogue, frontis lithograph, maroon cloth, blind-stamped decoration, some fading at the spine, a fine copy An interesting association copy: signed by Sir James Alexander Grant. Dr. Grant practiced medicine in Ottawa, and was physician to the.....

Price: $157.50

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