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Catalogue  239
Ontario, Manitoba, Prairies & B.C.

|200.  CROIL, James. «Dundas; or A Sketch of Canadian History, and more particularly of The County of Dundas, One of the earliest settled Counties in Upper Canada». Montreal, B. Dawson & Son, 1861. 352 p. (19cm). Modern brown cloth. Content in nice condition; would probably be the first County history to be published in Canada. Scarce first edition.  T.P.L. 4053.    145 $

201.  CUMBERLAND, Barlow (editor). «The Northern Lakes of Canada, The Niagara River & Toronto, The Lakes of Muskoka, Lake Nipissing, Georgian Bay, Great Manitoulin Channel, Mackinac, Sault Ste. Marie, Lake Superior, a guide to the best spots for waterside resorts, hotels, camping outfit, fishing and shooting, distances and routes of travel. With sectional maps of the lakes & illustrations. – Second Edition, with Latest Information». Toronto, Hunter, Rose & Co., Printers, 1886 (Facsimile reprint, no place, no publisher, c. 1960??). VIII,223 p. (19 cm). Pictorial red cloth entitled "Muskoka and the Northern Lakes of Canada". Illustrations and folding maps. As new.     75 $

202.  CYR, Joseph-Ernest. «Monseigneur Joseph Norbert Provencher. Quelques considérations sur sa vie et son temps». Saint-Boniface, mars 1919. 15 p. (22 cm). Portrait. Titre de la couverture. Peu commun.    25 $

203.  GROLET, Edwige & PICOUX, Louisa. «Légendes manitobaines». Saint-Boniface, Éditions des Plaines, 1987. 129 p. (21 cm). Illustrations. Nombreuses légendes Amérindiennes.     15 $

204.  KIRBY, William. «Annals of Niagara». (Niagara Falls), Lundy Lane Historical Society, 1896. 269,(1) p. (22 cm). Modern buckram vellum binding, printed wraps preserved. First edition, uncommon.  Morley, p. 185.     125 $

205.  MACDONELL, John Alexander. «Sketches illustrating the early settlement and history of Glengarry in Canada relating principally to the Revolutionary War of 1775-83, the War of 1812-14 and the Rebellion of 1837-8, and the services of the King’s Royal Regiment of New York, the 84th or Royal Highland Emigrant Regiment, the Royal Canadian Volunteer Regiment of Foot, the Glengarry Fencible or British Highland Regiment, the Glengarry Light Infantry Regiment, and the Glengarry Militia». Montreal, Wm. Foster, Brown and Co., 1893. 337 p. (26 cm). Burgundy cloth and gilt text. First edition, very scarce title. Nice copy. Author, John Alexander Macdonell (1851-1930) was an Ontario lawyer and he also worked for Sir John A. Macdonald. This title deals mainly with Scottish-Canadian military history, 1775-1840s, with emphasis on Glengarry and references to Stormont & Dundas Counties, the American Revolution, the War of 1812 and the Rebellion of 1837; it includes biographical sketches and name lists of grantees and militiamen.    Morley, p. 58.    325 $

206.  (MANITOBA & NORD-OUEST). «Province de Manitoba et Territoire du Nord-Ouest du Canada. – Informations à l’usage des émigrants». Ottawa, Ministère de l’Agriculture, 1878. 68 p. (20 cm). Reliure en toile, couverture imprimée conservée. Nombreux   témoignages sur les possibilités agricoles au Manitoba et au Nord-Ouest. Petit prix car la carte manque.    65 $

207.  PIERCE, Lorne. «A Catalogue of Canadian Manuscripts collected by Lorne Pierce and presented to Queen’s University». Toronto, The Ryerson Press, 1946. 164 p. (24 cm). Original blue cloth and gilt text. The first 87 pages is about author’s outstanding Bliss Carman Collection. Nice condition.    65 $

208.   RYERSON, Egerton. «Rapport Annuel sur les Écoles Normales, Modèles et de Grammaire et sur les Écoles Communes du Haut-Canada, pour l’Année 1858; avec des Appendices : par le Surintendant en Chef de l’Éducation». Toronto, Imprimé par John Lovell, 1859. 8,CXXXVI & 202 p. (26 cm). Belle reliure en toile; excellent exemplaire. Illustrations.     150 $|


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