Search Results: Canada from Ayers Books/Livres Ayers

Ottawa: Department of Agriculture of Canada, 1906 Red cloth book with gilt titling, 210 pages, Includes 25 black and white photographic plates and , folding photograph of the Parliament Buildings. A large colour map is inserted in a front pocket. Gift inscription on front endpaper. Exterior wear and soiling, minor tears on the map's folds. A fascinating portrait of Canada in 1906. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto: Gage & Co., 1889. Hardcover, 498 pages. Green cloth cover with black titles and decorative front cover, which also specifies New Brunswick (Canada) and the price of $1.00. Revised edition that includes the preface to the first editon of 1879 as well as a new preface. Includes and index and glossary. Botanical drawings throughout. Name of student on ffep, dated 1894. The title page shows that this book was also approved for the Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and Manitoba. The cover has general wear, with a few blemishes and a stain on the back cover. Still a very sound copy. . Harrdcover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1954. Hard cover, [8] 58 pages. Black boards with silver titles, black illustrated dust jacket. F.R. Scott was a Canadian intellectual and poet. This volume also contains several poems written by Anne Hébert, translated from the French by Scott. Dust jacket faded, spine sunned and worn at extremities. Previous owner's name, free front end paper. Very good in good dust jacket. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Montreal: Vehicule Press, 1996 Soft cover, 127 pages, containing three stories. Now out of print. Very good condition. . Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London & New York: Oxford University Press, 1957. Hardcover, 8 3/4 inches, 21 cm. 273 pages. Third edition. Myths and tales of Canadian indigenous peoples told by "a gifted storyteller" and collected by Cyrus MacMillan (1878-1953). MacMillan was a professor of English and Dean at McGill University and Canada's Minister of Fisheries. First published as Canadian Wonder Tales (1918) and Canadian Fairy Tales, (1922), by John Lane, the Bodley Head. A miniature folding pamphlet entitled "the Treasures of Blomidon" is laid in - this is an additional tale of Glooscap (alternate spelling) from Nova Scotia. Illustrated with frontispiece plus sixteen red and black plates, as well as black and white line drawings in the text. Book is very good with a slight incline; dust jacket has light wear to the edges. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good +. Illus. by John A. Hall. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Arcturus Publishing Limited/Capella, 2008. Illustrated glossy boards and dust jacket. Thirty speeches spanning a century and a half. Includes John A. Macdonald, Louis Riel, Wilfrid Laurier, Mackenzie King, Pierre Trudeau, Jean Chrétien, Charles de Gaulle's Québec speech and more. Book near fine, dust jacket very good with a slight curl on upper front edge, . Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Germany: Steidl, 2006. Large 4to, 479 pp. Beige boards with black titles: Illustrated dust jacket. The evolution of Wall's work from 1978-2004, from an exhibiton at Schlaulager Basel, 2005 and the Tate Modern, 2005-2006. Text in English. Edited by Theodora Vishcer and Heidi Naef, Essay "The Metamorphoses of Space" by Jean-François Chevrier. Colour plates in chronological order, pp. 33 through 267, followed by Jeff Wall Essays pp. 435-447. Book and dust jacket lightly bumped at base of spine. Very Good. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Jeff Wall. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Montreal: Concordia University/The Journal of Canadian Art History, 2006 Soft cover, 118 pages. Portrait, front cover, black and white illustrations throughout. Articles in French or English. Includes article on the exploration of the Atlantic coast of Canada with maps and drawings by Champlain and others. Very good condition. . Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Duncan, BC, Canada: Unica Publishing Company, Limited, 1995. 123 pages, illustrated cover, 57 reproductions of black and white snapshots taken between 1920 and 1970. Dorothy Mesher was born and raised in the North. This book describes the arrival of US soldiers in 1941 and the founding and quick abandonment of the Kuujjuaq (Crystal) air base. Twenty-two pages of black and white photographs tipped in. Contains bookplate of previous owner. Top corner lightly bumped, very light edge wear. Good+ condition.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1901 Hardcover, 473 pages, seven pages of advertisements. Cloth with green titles, illustrated front cover. Three black and white plates from the Photoplay of The Man from Glengarry presented by Ernest Shipman. Bookplate of Frederick William Wallace, photographer and author of Wooden Ships and Iron Men. The bookplate design is of a sailing ship in rough waters. Edge wear, more pronounced at the crown and foot of the spine, toning. Good+ condition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2006 Hard cover, 525 pages. Blue cloth boards, silver lettering, illustrated dust jacket. Comprensive biography of Harold Innis, a professor of political economy and the author of seminal works on Canadian economic history, media and communication history. Very good in very good dust jacket. . Hard Cover. Very good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Montreal: Students' Executive Council and The Athletics Society, 1961 Illustrated white card cover with red spine, 169 pages. Guide to student activities, societies and sports, including songs and cheers. Includes a photograph of Redpath Library and a folding red and black map of the campus. Toning to the cover and edges, else very good condition. . Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Toronto: Penguin Canada , 2009 Hard cover, 236 pages. Black boards with illustrated dust jacket with portrait of Mordecai Richler on the front cover by Vlad Yakobchuk and portrait of the author by John Scully. Part of the Extraordinary Canadians series edited by John Ralston Saul. Near fine. . First. Hard cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto: Penguin Canada, 2009 Hard cover, 200 pages. Black boards, illustrated dust jacket with portrait of Bethune on the front cover, by Carl Shinkaruk, photo of the author on back cover by John Scully. Inscribed by the author. Part of the Extraordinary Candians series edited by John Ralston Saul. Near fine. . Inscribed By Author. First. Hard cover. Near fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto: Parachute, Revue d'art contemporain, 1994. Bound magazine, 74 pages + 12 pages of advertisements. Contemporary art in Canada with black and white illustrations throughout. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Toronto: Penguin Canada, 2009 Hard cover, 222 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with portrait of Pierre Elliott Trudeau on the front cover by Robert Carter, photo of the author by John Scully. Part of the Extraordinary Canadians series edited by John Ralston Saul. Near fine. . First American. Hard cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Atlas Folio - over 23" - 25" tall.

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1988 Hard cover, 328 pages. Grey boards with silver titles, illustrated dust jacket. CBC radio host Peter Gzowski's journal and autobiography, illustrated with personal photograhps. Best known as the host of Morningside, a national CBC radio program, Gzowski reflects on his family life and his career as a journalist and broadcaster, offering fascinating accounts of Canadian media in the 1970s and 1980s. Book very good, with small stain at the base of the just jacket and spine. Signed by the author on the half-title page. . Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Montreal: Editions du Castor, 1974. Facsimile rare. Sans reliure, 8.5 x 5.5 pouces, 21x13.5 cm, 144 [4] pages en cinq livrets de 24 pages et un sixième de 28 pages. Facsimilé de l'édition originale de 1839 par John Lovell, Imprimeur, Rue St. Nicolas. D"après le Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec, Culture et communications, Québec, cet ouvrage, par "un édudiant en droit'' est souvent attribué à André-Romuald Cherrier, Sir Francis Johnson, Joseph N. Cardinal, cf. Gagnon; cf. Vinet, B., Pseudonymes québécois. La présente copie, no 84 de 100 exemplaires, publiée par les Éditions du Castor et imprimée par Osiris à Montréal, est parue en 1974. Suite à la dernière page [145] il y a une Note de l'auteur: '' N.B. - Des raisons de circonstances nous forcent à supprimer ici, plusieurs autres documents que nous avions… Read More

Toronto: Penguin Canada Hard cover with illustrated dust jacket. 219 pages. Black boards, dust jacket portrait of René Levesque by André Dubois, photo of the author by Gila Sperer. Part of the Extraordinary Canadians series edited by John Ralston Saul. Near fine. . . First. Hard cover. Near fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Montreal: The Social Register of Canada, 1958. First edition of the Canadian Social Register. Dark navy boards with gilt titles on the front cover and spine and a gilt crest in the centre of the front cover, 8 1/2 inches, 22 cm. 651 (4) pages. Names and addresses in order of province and city. The short entries also contain some  genealogical links. Includes Canadians abroad and an index by location. Name of former owner on ffep. Very good condition. . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.