C Grant Head (15 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The blue boards are not bumped, many maps and illustrations with 284 pages. The dust jacket has a ten cm tear at the spine and front panel, in a Brodart cover now.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. (Table)This is a heavy oversized volume that may require additional postage for destinations outside of the USA. "Ontario has a rich, varied, and still expanding inheritance of maps. Many of these are attractive works of art, but they are also historical documents, records of the aspirations and achievements of the people of Ontario. Some are a representation of facts on the ground, others a setting down of future plans. They reflect the knowledge and the understanding, not always accurate, of each generation about the environment; they were and are often the basis for important decisions on matters of economic, military, and political policy. The techniques used to produce maps of Ontario in Europe or in the province and their general appearance and arrangement reflect the cultural values, the interests, and the technological skills of those who commissioned, conceived, and drew them. For this volume the authors have selected nearly three hundred maps, which, combined with an ample explanatory text and informative captions, present a unique graphic history of Ontario from its discovery by European explorers to the present. The text and maps trace the development of the province as recorded in the earliest European manuscript and printed maps of the area, through the fine watercolour maps of the Simcoe era, to nineteenth- and twentieth-century maps documenting the process of settlement and the search for and use of mineral and forest resources. Military road maps, maps of canals and railroads, highway maps, and maps illustrating the planning and development of urban areas show vividly how the people of Ontario have imposed intricate patterns of control and use on a vast land. Approximately half the maps are in full colour. The volume includes an extensive cartobibliographical essay by Joan Winearls for those who wish to learn more about our legacy in this area. Ontario's History in Maps is an outstanding example of contemporary methods of map reproduction, and a work which combines effectively the insights of historical geography and cartography." (Publisher).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Excellent condition, no annotations, writing, ripped pages or smudges. Tear on dust jacket as shown in photos, wear to corners of dust jacket as shown. A beautiful well-preserved copy.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Oblong Folio. xvii, 284 pp., illus. Cartobibliographical essay by Joan Winearls. Published for The Ontario Historical Studies Series. 300 maps, half in full colour. Dustjacket has some edgewear especially at foot of spine, there is an half inch closed tear at lower edge of front cover and a small section of the laminate has lifted in the same place, otherwise a fine copy. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Ontario's History in Maps; R. Louis Gentilcore and C. Grant Head; with a cartobibliographical essay by Joan Winearls; published for the Ontario Historical Studies Series by the University of Toronto Press, 1984. From the blurb - Ontario has a rich, varied, and still expanding inheritance of maps. Many of these are attractive works of art, but they are also historical documents, records of the aspirations and achievements of the people of Ontario. For this volume the authors have selected nearly three hundred maps, which, combined with an ample explanatory text and informative captions, present a unique graphic history of Ontario from its discovery by European explorers to the present. Approximately half the maps are in full colour. Ontario's History in Maps is an outstanding example of contemporary methods of map reproduction, and a work which combines effectively the insights of historical geography and cartography. This huge format book, 284 pages, is fine condition. The book measures 16.5"x12.5". The dust jacket is in verry-good condition and is now in a protective mylar wrap. This large and heavy book may require additional postage.…

12.25" x 16.25". xvii, 284 pp. " . nearly 300 maps, which, .present a unique graphic history of Ontario ." Blue cloth VG. DJ has a few scrapes on the rear panel resuklting in some minor loss, small closed tear along bottom edge of front panel.This book weighs 3.8 kg, extra postage will be requested.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Fine condition, this is the University of Toronto Alumni Edition, signed and numbered by the Alumni President, J. Johnston, this being number 189 of 500. The book contains nearly three hundred maps, with 284 pages. The dust jacket has no marks or tears. The Alumni Edition also includes a map stating, 'This magnificent map of the University of Toronto was painted in 1937 by A. Scott Carter, the same artist whose gold-plated shield adorn the Great Hall of Hart House.' This map was only included in the Alumni Edition 79 x 59 cm, with two folds to fit the book. The Alumni Edition also has a blue heavy card stock folded case to protect the contents. The map and folded heavy card stock case are in fine condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. xvii, [1], 285 pages. List of sources. "The authors have selected nearly three hundred maps, half in colour, which, combined with ample explanatory text and informative captions, present a unique graphic history of Ontario from its discovery by European explorers to the present. An outstanding example of contemporary methods of map reproduction, and a work which combines effectively the insights of historical geography and cartography." - from dust jacket. Book clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Binding sound. Multiple closed openings and patches to dust jacket, now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. 42cm x 32cm. 4kg. A must for the library of any serious student of Ontario's cartographic history.…

Half-Leather. Condition: Very Good. Biography of the celerated traveller. pp535. fpc. Folding map. The endpaper map is missing. Marbled boards. Binding solid. Rubbing to to spine ends. Photo on request.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The early history of Newfoundland and its role in the North Atlantic. Carleton Library No.99. pp296. Browned.

[0-8020-3400-4] 1984, 1st edition. (hardcover) Fine in near fine dust jacket. 284pp. Folio, oblong. Dark blue cloth boards, lettering in silver to spine and top board. Dust jacket with light edgewear, foot of spine rubbed, crème flaps age-toned as always. Bright, tight, and clean. Replete with maps. With a cartobibliographical essay by Joan Winearls. A large, heavy tome which will require additional shipping. Please enquire. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Hardcover; landscape folio, 284 pages. Will require extra postage. Blue cloth hardcovers with silver titles on cover and spine.Light wear/rubbing to edges. Clean grey endpapers. The pages are bright, clean, and crisp. With many full-colour maps. The jacket is grey with illustrated front and black text. Top edge bumped. Lightly yellowing. VG/VG-. Book.…

Condition: Very good. Edition : First Edition., Hardcover with dust jacket., Size : Oblong Folio, Colour and black-and-white plates throughout, 284 pp.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. oblong folio. pp. xvii, 284, [1]. profusely illus. (many colour). cloth. dw. First Edition, Limited to 500 numbered copies.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. binding tight, no markings, 284 pages. S11 1. Photo Reproductions, maps, charts. (illustrator).