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Catalogue  238
Canada

|235.  ANON. «Canada – Our Frozen Frontier». New York, Published by Leonard Scott & Co., January 1862, pp. 102-118. (23 cm). "Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine No. DLV. – American Edition, Vol. LIV, No. 1". Essay about the possibility of war between Great Britain (Canada) & the USA. We offer the complete magazine. Nice condition, unopened.     85 $

236.  ANON. «CANADIAN LETTERS. Description of a Tour thro' the Provinces of Lower and Upper Canada in the course of the years 1792 and '93». Montreal, The Canadian Antiquarian and Numismatic Journal, Third Series, Nos 3 & 4, Vol. IX, 1912. pp. 85-168. (24 cm).    20 $

237.   BEATTY, Sir Edward W. «Le Problème Ferroviaire Canadien et sa Solution. Discours prononcé par M. E.W. Beatty, c.r., ll.d., Président du Pacifique Canadien, devant le Canadian Club, Toronto, 16 Janvier 1933». Sans lieu, 1933. 18 p. (22 cm). Discours favorisant l’unification du service ferroviaire.    15 $

238.   BEATTY, Sir Edward W. «Agriculture et Prospérité: Le Fermier et son Blé. – La Base de Notre Existence Nationale. Un discours sur l’importance des industries de base et sur la nécessité fondamentale d’unifier les chemins de fer. Discours prononcé par E.W. Beatty, c.r., l.l.d., devant le Canadian Club, à Toronto, le 20 mai 1935». Sans lieu, 1935. 23 p. (22 cm). Au sujet de l’unification des chemins de fer.    20 $

239.  BRADLEY, A.G. «Colonial Americans in Exile, Founders of British Canada». New York, E.P. Dutton & Co., 1932. 288 p. (22 cm). Publisher’s cloth; 1st edition. Illustrations. Scarce.    45 $

240.  CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS & CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY. «Visit of Their Majesties the King & Queen to Canada. Itinerary – May-June, Nineteen Hundred Thirty-Nine». No place, (1939?). 195 p. (24 cm). Original decorated binding. With an account of each area the train passes through and profusely illustrated. Library stamps on fly leaves.     45 $

241.  CURTIS, William E. «Letters on Canada». (Chicago, 1911?!). 173,(1) p. (23 cm). Letters which appeared in the Chicago "Record-Herald" from august 23 to October 8, 1911; author was a special correspondent for that newspaper. Illustrations. Small tear to the spine; decorated wraps. Uncommon.    60 $

242.  GOODING, S. James. «An Introduction to British Artillery in North America». Ottawa, Museum Restoration Service, 1965. 54 p. (25 cm). Historical Arms Series No. 4. Profusely illustrated.    35 $

243.   (IMMIGRATION). «L’Est Canadien. – CANADA, Le Nouveau Chez Soi». Ottawa, Ministère de l’Immigration et de la Colonisation, 1924. 24,(2) p. (28 cm). Superbe présentation ornée de couvertures en couleurs et d’une carte en couleurs. Fortement illustré. Rare!    75 $

244.  KNÖTEL, Richard & al. «Uniforms of the world. A Compendium of Army, Navy, and Air Force Uniforms, 1700-1937; revised, brought up to date, and enlarged by Herbert Knötel, Jr., and Herbert Sieg. With 1600 illustrations of uniforms by Richard Knötel and Herbert Knötel, Jr.». New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1980. XII,483 p. (26 cm). Original cloth and pictorial dust jacket.    35 $

245.   LAURIER, Sir Wilfrid. «La Prolongation du Parlement. Discours du Très Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier à la Chambre des Communes, le 8 février 1916». Ottawa, Bureau Central d’Information du Parti Libéral Canadien, 1916. 14 p.  Publication No 45. Cachet.    15 $

246.  LONGSTRETH, T. Morris. «The Silent Force. Scenes from the life of the Mounted Police of Canada». New York & London, The Century Co., 1928. XIV,383 p. (22 cm). Second printing. Original cloth, illustrated, clean copy.    45 $

247.  MAC BETH, Roderick George. «The Romance of the Canadian Pacific Railway». Toronto, The Ryerson Press, 1924. 263 p. (21 cm). Original cloth. Illustrations.     35 $

248.   PIERCE, Lorne. «An Outline of Canadian Literature (French and English)». Toronto, Ryerson Press, 1927. 251 p. (19 cm). Publisher’s blue cloth. Portraits. Historical study in nice condition.    20 $

249.   SCHULL, Joseph. «The Far Distant Ships. An Official Account of Canadian Naval Operations in the Second World War». Ottawa, Minister of National Defence, 1961. XIX,527 p. (22 cm), Publisher’s cloth & pictorial dust jacket. Profusely illustrated. Nice copy.    45 $

250.  SCHULL, Joseph. «Laurier. The First Canadian». Toronto, Macmillan of Canada, 1965. 658 p. (22 cm). Publisher’s cloth & pictorial dust jacket. Ills. Important biography of Sir Wilfrid Laurier.    30 $

251.  SCHULL, Joseph. «Edward Blake. The Man of the Other Way, 1833-1881 ...&... Edward Blake, Leader and Exile, 1881-1912» (2 volumes). Toronto, Macmillan of Canada, 1975 & 1976. XI,257 & XI,266 p. (24 cm). Publisher’s cloth and pictorial dust jackets. Portraits and illustrations. Biography of former Canada’s Liberal Party leader, late 19th century. Very nice set.    45 $

252.  SCHULL, Joseph & GIBSON, J. Douglas. «The Scotiabank Story. A history of the Bank of Nova Scotia, 1832-1982». T, Macmillan, 1983. XV,421 p. (26 cm). Publisher’s cloth & d.j.; ills. Fine.    25 $

253.  STACEY, Col. C.P. «L'Armée canadienne, 1939-1945. Résumé historique officiel». Ottawa, 1949. XV,364 p. (25 cm). Reliure d'édition. Nombreuses cartes.    35 $

254.  STEWART, George. «Canada under the administration of the Earl of Dufferin». Toronto, Rose-Belford Publishing Co., 1878. XVI,696 p. (22 cm). Half leather binding, marbled boards. Portrait. Library stamp but a good copy.     30 $

255.  TOWERS, Graham F. «Financing Foreign Trade». Montreal, The Royal Bank of Canada (Head Office), 1927. 118,(10) p. (23 cm). Revised edition. With 10 plates, 9 folded. Illustrations and fac-similes.    35 $

256.  TUCKER, Gilbert Norman. «The Naval Service of Canada. Its Official History» (2 volumes). Ottawa, 1952. XII,436 & XIII,579 p. (25 cm). Original blue cloth bindings and gilt lettering.  Volume I: Origins and Early Years. / Volume II: Activities on Shore during the Second World War. Profusely illustrated, much in color. A very important historical title.    150 $

257.  UPPER CANADA HISTORICAL ARMS SOCIETY, (THE). «The Military Arms of Canada». West Hill, Ont., Museum Restoration Service, 1963. VIII,47 p. (25 cm). Illustrations. Muskets & rifles since the French Regime.    20 $

258.  WALLACE, W. Stewart. «The Macmillan Dictionary of Canadian Biography». Toronto, Macmillan, 1973. 822 p. (24 cm). Publisher’s cloth and pictorial dust jacket.    35 $|


Franco-Américains; Nouvelle-Angleterre /
Franco Americans; New England

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