Toronto, [1914]: Morang & Company. Quarto. 112 pages, profusely illustrated. There was a 1913 edition but this one is dated 1914 and has the note that James Simpson [whose picture is not in the 1913 edition) now had become Controller replacing T.L. Church who had become Mayor. H.C. Hocken finished..... More
Toronto: Robin Brass Studio, 2001. Oblong Octavo. 176 pages, index. Issued only in paper wraps. Profusely illustrated with over 100 photographs including the uniforms and flags which are in color. It covers the early years (1891-1914) when they served in the Boer War up until World War I. The Second..... More
London; (1894): Samson, Low, Marston & Co. First Edition. Octavo. xvii, 568 pages, many textual illustrations, folding map. errata slip bound in. The author became the collector of customs and internal revenue for the North West Territories in 1869 and becoming the special commissioner for the settlement of crofter fishermen..... More
Calgary, Alberta, nd. Historical Society of Alberta / McClelland and Stewart West. Octavo. 230pp. Illustrated with historical sketches, and scarce photographs. The history of the formation of the mounted police in 1873.Bound in black cloth. spine lettering gilt, upper corner bumped, a very good copy in very good dust jacket..... More
[Canada, 2007]: Fifth House. Qusrto. 344 pages. The definitive study of Canada's first transcontinental railway which came almost twenty years after the U.S. version and a more fascinating project. It was the new country's first critical national project and was a challenge to the railroad engineers covering nearly 3,000 miles..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1906. First Edition. Thick Octavo. Volume I, half-title, engraved portrait, xx, 409; Volume II, half-title, engraved portrait, xii, 409 pages. Durham loved radical ideas but kept his association with the elite. It was said of him, he was too liberal to be A Whig but..... More
Montreal: John Lovell and Son (printers), 1907. First Edition. Octavo. 309 Pages illustrated with photographic images. Vieth was one of a small number of Canadians to see active duty in the Crimean War. He served with the 63rd West Suffolk Regiment (later the Manchesters). The accounts of the three-day assault..... More