Search Results: Local History from Niagara Fine Books

Florida: Columbia Pictures Publications, 1983. Book. Good. Paperback. Clean solid copy with some light creasing and edge wear. couple of pages with pencil notation. Includes tv theme songs, such as Hill Street Blues, Cheers, etc. d5.

Toronto, ON, Canada: Aidan Manning, 2009. Book. Good. Paperback. Signed by Author(s). 330 pages. Signed by the author Aidan Manning on the title page. Clean sound reading copy with unmarked text. Graded good as there is a crease to the front and rear covers and tiny chip on the rear cover. Makes an excellent clean and sound reading copy. Priced accordingly with secure boxed packaging! "This book tells the story of the first three or four generations of Irish-Catholic settlers in what is now Mississauga....The story is related in fourteen short chapters that describe their journeys from Ireland, their ways of obtaining land, what awaited them on arrival at the sites of their new homes, their methods of house construction and farming, their food and how they tended to their spiritual needs.".... Also discusses the graveyard that ended up between runways at Toronto's Pearson International Airport. j5.

Tilsonburg, ON: Otter Publishing, 1986. Book. Good. Paperback. Book. Nice solid copy of this work. some typical rubbing to the cover. Makes an excellent solid reading copy. Unmarked text. "A story about ordinary folk living in rural and smalltown Ontario by three gentlemen who in their retirement wrote columns for their hometown weekly newspapers. 'Bottom of the Barrel' by Gordon Saunders - from the "Grand River Sachem" / 'Memories and Other Stories' by Les Richardson - from the "Grand River Sachem" / 'Rhymes and Rambles' by Doug Murray - from the "Haldimand Advocate". e3.

Hamiton: Wentworth Book, 1973. Book. Good. Paperback. Clean copy with some typical creasing and edgewear. Secure boxed packaging! Oblong book of photographic images celebrates the old townships of the County of Wentworth in Canada. Over one hundred old photos included in the publication of the area. An interesting historical collection. k4.

Beamsville, ON: Great Lakes Christian College, 2002. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 288 pp. Clean nicely bound copy. Unmarked pages. Secure boxed packaging! Discussion and illustrations on the history and story of the Great Lakes Christian College. c3.

Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, U.S.A.: Arcadia Pub, 2005. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Clean tightly bound copy. Near Fine with Unmarked pages. Securely packaged! Black and white illustrations. Hockey in Syracuse retraces the history of the eight professional teams that have taken the ice in Syracuse in six different leagues since 1930. Each team has its own colorful story, beginning with the Syracuse Stars of the International Hockey League. i1.

Orangeville: Westminster United Church , 1987. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Clean tightly bound copy. price sticker on the ffep. some dj edge tearing thus its good grading. Book is sound and square. Discussion and photos of the history of the church in and around the Orangeville area during the period. Numerous local history and church photos. h4.

Montreal: Libre Expression, 1995. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Book. 341 pp. Clean nicely bound copy. lightly tanned pages. A very nice copy, En Francais, Tres Bon! Written in French. Secure boxed packaging! i1.

Lincoln, Ontario: W.F. Rannie, 1986. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Clean tightly bound copy. Unmarked text. Securely packaged! "Mostly, these are stories about people, born in Lincoln or who came to this part of Niagara to make their homes. Each of the twenty-two chapters deserves remembering and recording.". 164 pgs. with illustrations. e3.

Lincoln, Ontario: W.F. Rannie, 1991. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Clean, unmarked, tightly bound copy. Secure packaging! e3.

Brookridge Publishing House., 1995. Book. Good. Paperback. Clean solid copy with unmarked text. some cover rubbing and a couple small markings. Illustrated with several black and white photos. Signed by the author Carole Lidgold. Makes a nice sound reading copy and priced accordingly with secure packaging! k3.

Hanover, 1981. Book. Good. Paperback. Nicely bound copy. Pages clean and fresh, covers gently toned. A very nice copy. Securely packaged! e3.

Beamsville, ON: Rannie Publications, 1987. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Clean nicely bound copy. Unmarked text. Inscribed by the author to prev. owner on the ffep. e3.

St. Catharines: Stonehouse Publications, 1985. Book. Good. Paperback. Signed by Author(s). Clean nicely bound copy, Signed by the author on title page. Stated First Edition. Securely packaged! i1.

Jacana Media, 2007. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. Book. 139 pp. Clean nicely bound copy. Unmarked text. light edgewear. Securely packaged! Featuring pieces written from 1994 to the present, this collection explores the minds of black youth in South Africa during apartheid. Collectively, they provide a provocative commentary of the realities of everyday life, tenderly yet intensely giving a voice to the rising youth who would become prominent players in the post-apartheid nation..

Observer Publishing, 1999. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Clean very nicely bound copy. Unmarked text. some edgewear to the corners of the jacket. Book is clean and sound being in near Fine condition! Book includes discussion and local history on Port Perry Ontario. Includes numerous black and white photos, illustrations and index. Includes history on the fires of 1883 and 1884. Secure boxed packaging! itop.

Altona, Manitoba: Friesen Printers, 1984. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Clean nicely bound copy. Discusses different aspects of self publishing a cookbook for the beginner. 48 pages. Spiral bound. i4.

The History Book Committee Town of Raymond, 1993. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Clean nicely bound copy with unmarked pages. Secure boxed packaging! small dj tear to the inside bottom flap. Large handsome volume on the History of the Alberta community. Numerous b&w photos, and discussion on the people, places, and events of Raymond. "Raymond Remembered has had thousands of authors. It was the very special privilege of the editors to draw these many stories together into a single, eomprehensive and, we hope, a very interesting volume--one that will be of interest not only to those still living who are mentioned in it, but to their posterity also. o5.

Lincoln, Ontario: W.F. Rannie and Grimsby Historical Society, 1987. Book. Good. Paperback. Good plus! Clean, tightly bound fresh copy. Pages fresh and bright. small faint markings to the front cover, else would be graded VG. Chapters are: Where in the World Is West Lincoln; Stone from the Mountain; Fishing Off West Lincoln Shores; If In Doubt. Appeal; The Greatest Year of the Peach Kings; A Venerable House and the Cossitt Family; Grimsby - Lincoln and England; The Royal Crests and the Tokays; William Archer Wanted the Twain to Meet; The Political Times of William Gibson; The Stars: In Two Years They Won Two Crowns; Church Union: A Trying Time in West Lincoln; The Day the Bank Was Robbed; When the Stars Played at Vineland; Oscar Kinkle's Dream - Higher than Woolworth; The Missionary Sisters: Dedicated to Service; The Woolverton House: Main Street Landmark; Bones: He Left His Mark on His Favourite Town; and Like Marrying by Mail: Buying Sight Unseen. h2.

London, Ontario: Phelps Publishing Company, 1977. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book. Clean tightly bound copy. prev. owners inscription neatly on ffep. Truly Rural is a rare, even extraordinary, piece of scholarship, the work of two talented writers. It uncovers and rescues from oblivion some fascinating accounts of pioneer and later days that have escaped the attention of urban scholars, immured as they are in obscure texts of Parliamentary dissertations and vice regal proclamations. h4.