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Published by Ryerson Press, 1958
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1958. No Edition Remarks. 162 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white illustrated plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper and pastedowns. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Small splits to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Water staining to spine and edges. Ring marks to front panel. Wear marks and foxing overall.
Published by The Ryerson Press, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1958
Seller: Alexander Books (ABAC/ILAB), Ancaster, ON, Canada
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 162 Pages Illus.
Published by The Ryerson Press, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1957
Seller: Alexander Books (ABAC/ILAB), Ancaster, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 100 Pages Illus. Book.
Published by The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1958
Hardcover. Pale green cloth with gold lettering on spine; 162 pp. with 5 full-page colour plates and 121 smaller bw plates. The illustrations are taken from the Royal Ontario Museum, Sigmund Samuel Canadiana Collection. They show the life, landscapes, historical buildings and more to give an idea of Canada from earliest views to the late 19th century. Chapters are arranged by locale. VG, clean and tight but for auction house lib. marks on title page, mark from former sticker on back cover, and pencil notations about original prices inside front cover.
Published by Ryerson, 1960
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: VERY GOOD. 1960. Ryerson. Hard Cover. Book-VG, extremities rubbed, gilt titles on spine. 9x6.5. 208pp. Profuse b/w plates in text, including frontis.
Published by The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1958
Seller: Livresse, Gatineau, QC, Canada
Book
Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. Dust Jacket Condition: Bon. 162 p. Ill. Call number and bookplate of the Fraser Institute.Dust jacket a bit worn.
Published by Toronto. The Ryerson Press.1960, 1960
Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Canada
Hardcover. 8vo, 23cm, xx,208p., with 64 plates and illustrations, biblio.,index, light blue cloth, very good to fine. (Agc).
Published by Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1958
Seller: Inno Dubelaar Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st. First printing. 162 pp., 6 color plates, 122 b&w ills., index, oversize (4to), hardcover, dustjacket. Text is Nearly Fine with virtually no flaws. Dj is Good: quite edge-worn with chipping to spine-ends, some edge-tears.
Published by The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1958
Seller: Balfour Books, Sidmouth, DEVON, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Copy in green cloth on boards with gilt title on spine. very slight wear to head/foot of spine. Corners lightly bumped. Coloured end papers. Free of inscriptions. Clean text with colour and b/w plates.
Published by Toronto. Ryerson Press. 1958, 1958
Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 4to. 28cm, xxi, 162p. with 6 colour plates & 122 illustrations, green cloth, a fine copy in near fine jacket. (agc).
Published by The Ryerson Press, 1960
Seller: BYTOWN BOOKERY, Vars, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Blue cloth covers in Very Good condition. The binding is tight, pages are clean & unmarked with some water damage to the bottom of the first four pages. The DJ is Very Good with wear to the spine ends, protected by a clear plastic covering. Numerous black & white photographs theough the book. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 208 pages.
Published by The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1958
Seller: Schooner Books Ltd.(ABAC/ALAC), Halifax, NS, Canada
xxi,162 Pp. Colour frontis, 3 colour plates & 122 b.&w. illus. Illustrated by examples from the Sigmund Samuel Canadiana Collection, Royal Ontario Museum This is the standard reference for early prints and engravings of Canada. Edges lightly browned and dust jacket has a few small nick to edges & tear to lower left corner Light green cloth with dust jacket.
Published by The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1958
Seller: Dave Shoots, Bookseller, Saint John, NB, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Various Artists (illustrator). First ( No Additional printings). Original light green cloth on boards. Inscribed and signed by the author. A different previous owner's name. Based on the Sigmund Samuel Collection, Royal Ontario Museum. Six colour plates plus 122 black/white prints. 162 pp. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.
Published by The Ryserson Press, Toronto, 1958
Seller: Brillig's Books, Kingston, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Pp.: xxi + 162. Gilt titles: sp .Frontis. Illust. w/ colour & b/w plates. Shelfwear. Green cloth bds. Interior leaves slt. toned, else clean and tight." Illustrated by examples from the Sigmund Samuel Canadiana Collection, Royal Ontario Museum." An illustrated history of Canada pictured in artwork by artists from the 18th century and laterwith chapter essays. Some of artists presented here are Thomas Davies, James Peachey; George Heriot and others. Five full colour and 121 b/w plates (2 to a page.). Illustrations include; historical genre pieces, views of Quebec, Montreal, the St.Laurence valley, Quebec after the 1759 siege, etc, etc. A very fine work on Canadian art and its historical context.
Published by Ryerson Press, Toronto, Canada, 1958
Seller: Alan Angele Popular Culture, IOBA, Upper Nyack, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Unclipped dust jacket protected by archival mylar. Dust jacket has small signs of wear on the corners and top and bottom of spine. First and only edition, signed by author on reverse of title page underneath acknowledgments. 122 plates, curated by the author out of sketches and prints, most not by professional artists, for the value they offered in "recording the growth of settlement, the birth of towns, and the appearance as if by magic of fort and government house, church and school, city hall and army barracks, law courts, wharves and warehouses.". Signed by Author(s).
The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1958. 162 S. mit Illustr. nach Beispielen von Sigmund Samuel., Ln.U., quart.--- 750 Gramm.
Published by Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1958
Seller: McCanse Art, Toronto, ON, Canada
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Large quarto. 11.25 x 8.75 in. Full green cloth boards. Spine lettered in gilt. Yellow pasted and free endpapers. With publisher's dust jacket, clipped/trimmed, in Mylar. 128 illustrations, many in colour. Inked ownership on front free endpaper, recto; Diefenbaker's pledge from Canadian Bill of Rights, dated July 1, 1960, inscribed on verso. With clipping of Pierre Elliott Trudeau and wife Margaret Sinclair leaving state dinner with son Sacha (Alexandre) carried in basket (circa 1973, Christmas). Very good example. Some rubbing, toning. Jacket trimmed, general wear.
Published by Toronto : Ryerson Press, 1958
Seller: Joseph Burridge Books, Chadwell Heath, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. green cloth in a worn DJ. xxi, 162 pages : 128 plates (6 colour) + bibliography : 29 cm. Illustrated by examples from the Sigmund Samuel Canadiana Collection, Royal Ontario Museum.
Published by The Ryerson Press, 1960
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Author was Curator of the Canadiana Collections, edgewear/chipping to dustjacket, unmarked, illustrated, 208pp, VG/G.
Published by The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1958
Seller: Lord Durham Rare Books (IOBA), St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition. 8-1/4 x 11 inches. xxi, 162pp. Dust jacket with a few tears and creases. Book and insides in good condition. 6 color plates and 122 B&W illustrations from the Sigmund Samuel Canadiana Collection, Royal Ontario Museum where George Spendlove was employed from 1936 to his death.
Published by Ryerson, Toronto
Seller: Spafford Books (ABAC / ILAB), Regina, SK, Canada
First Edition
1958, 1st limited edition. (Cloth, 4to) Very good, no dust jacket. xxi, 162pp. Missing DJ.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 162 pages. Index. Many colour and black and white plates. "The period covered by the present study begins in 1556 and ends in 1867, the year of Confederation." - from Preface. Above-average but not excessive external wear. Contents sound. A worthy reference copy of this informative and interesting work.
Published by Toronto Ryerson Press 1958, 1958
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
Book First Edition
Condition: very good. 1st edition. xxi,162pp. Quarto. Original green cloth. Spine title in gilt. Green endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket; small chips to edges, crown and foot similar. 2 small closed tears to rear panel; minor rubbing to panels. Illustrated with B/W and colour plates ( including frontis). Textblock clean; plates bright. Very good condition Collected engravings and prints by the then Curator of Canadiana Collections, with extensive notes to plates. Spendlove considers the representation of the early Canadian landscape and its inhabitants. Includes work by Cornelius Krieghoff and others.
Published by The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1958
Seller: Marnie Taylor Books & Antiques, NIAGARA ON THE LAKE, ON, Canada
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First. first edition "pictures of early Canada which have helped to make history", well illustrated, very good condition, edgewear, tanned page edges, previous owner's name on ffep., pencil inscription that it's now a "rare book", good dustjacket, edgewear with chips, rubbing, discoloration, fold marks, not remaindered, not ex-libris, not price-clipped, in protective mylar cover.
Published by Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1958
Seller: Abbey Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A numbered copy, # 41. Signed by F. St.George Spendlove on copyright page. Some wear and chipping to dust jacket. Signed by Author(s).
Published by The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1958
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 162 pages, with 6 full-colour plates, numerous black and white plates. Grey cloth covers with gold titles, top and base of spine, corners are bumped, edges of text are lightly yellowed, text is clean and unmarked, binding is tight, Very Good. Orange dust jacket with black titles, top and base of spine, corners are bumped with some small chips and tears, medium chip missing from front tail corner, top ege is lightly worn with some light creasing, small tear to top edge of rear jacket, Good.
Published by Canadian Antiques Collector, Canada, 1967
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. 30 pages. Features: The Wonderful Watercolours of James P. Cockburn, by F. St. George Spendlove; Martin Cheney - Elegant Clockmaker; Canadian Silversmiths, by A.S. Thompson; Blending Antiques and Flowers, by Margaret E. Dove; Stop Scalping Our Heritage!, by Donald B. Webster who argues that current fashions are responsible for the destruction of more good, early furniture than fire, rot, neglect and weather combined; London Letter - The Sheffield Plate Show; The Lost Art of Haban Pottery, by Maria Horvath; Tunbridge Ware, by Hugh Manning; The 'Water Lily' Pattern used by Wedgewood; Unique Celtic Collection, by C.I.N. Macleod; Outline of the Development of 18th Century English Furniture. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy.
Published by The Ryerson Press, Toronto, Canada, 1958
Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Hardcover, Black-and-white illustration, 162 pp.
Published by Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1958,, 1958
Seller: John W. Doull, Bookseller, Dartmouth, NS, Canada
Signed
SPENDLOVE, F. St. George. The Face of Early Canada : Pictures of Canada which have helped to make history. Illustrated by examples from the Sigmund Samuel Canadiana Collection, Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1958. Deluxe Signed Limited Edition. Pp (6),vii-xxi,(1),1-162, frontis. Illustrated. 4to, tan cloth, illustrated paper slipcase. Spine slightly browned,else vg in edgeworn slipcase. Copy number 297 signed by the author. 150.00.
Published by London : Royal Academy of Arts, 1936
Seller: Arthur Probsthain, London, United Kingdom
Soft cover. Condition: Good. 3rd Edition. xxxv, 264 & 288 pages of B&W plates + fold-out map. ; 22 cm. with notes in pen on covers which are faded & have some staining. internally VG.