Canada from Ayers Books/Livres Ayers

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… Read more about this item

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: Eastend Books, 1988. Soft cover, 9 inches, 23 cm. 272 pages. Includes index. An insider's account of Canadian musicians from World War II to the 1990s, including the role of the CBC. Illustrated with black and white photos throughout. Very good condition. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Ottawa: National Museum of Canada, 1961. Soft cover, 97 pages, 9 3/4 inches, 16.5 cm. National Museum of Canada Bulletin No. 174, Anthropological Series No. 51, issued under the authority of the Minister of Northern Arrairs and National Resources. Illustrated cover and endpapers, in colour. Black and white frontispeice drawing, black and white photographs throughout the text. Mild… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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"… Read more about this item

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.

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.… Read more about this item

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"… Read more about this item

Toronto: Penguin Canada, 2009 Hard cover, 175 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with portrait of Stephen Leacock by Joe Weismann, portrait of the author by John Scully. Part of he Extraordinary Canadians series edited by John Ralston Saul. First edition, inscribed by the author, near fine. . Inscribed By Author. First. Hard Cover. Near fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Toronto: Random House, 2016 Hard cover, 342 pages. First edition. Blue cloth cover with silver titles and decorative design on the spine. Illustrated dust jacket. Nominated and short listed for Canada's Giller Prize in 2016. Very good+ in very good + dust jacket. . Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read more about this item

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.… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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.… Read more about this item

Val d'Or, QC, Canada: Hyperborea/Amerindian Roots, 1984. Soft cover, 106 pages. The author - a trapper, lumberman and miner in the Kipawa area of Western Québec, was a leader in Native affairs. He addresses the fundamental rights of First Peoples of Canada and their relationship to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. English version (first published in… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Montreal: AMCA International/Key Porter Books, 1982 Large oblong, 191 pages. Corporate publication celebrating the first century in business of Dominion Bridge, subsequently AMCA, the steel maker responsible for many highly visible Canadian landmarks. Generously illustrated with stunning photographs of projects from coast to coast by Steve Dunwell. Two form letters on letterhead from CEO Kenneth S. Barclay presenting the… Read more about this item