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Burlington, Ontario: Confederation Centennial Committee of Burlington. Very Good. 1967. Hardcover. 252 p. 24 cm. Sound and square binding in blue, cloth-covered boards. Minor wear to the corner tips. Inside pages are clean and unmarked, with slight toning. A local history of Burlington, Ontario and some of the villages that have been incorporated into it. Map illustrated endpapers. B&W Photographs .

Burlington, Ontario: Confederation Centennial Committee of Burlington. Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. 252 p. 24 cm. Smoke residue on top and fore-edges (but no odour). Light wear to corners. Spine slightly cocked. Smudge marks on front free endapers, otherwise clean and bright internally. One leaf has a crease to the bottom edge. Jacket has heavy wear: tear and fading to spine, edge wear, tears and chips, scratches, ring stain, and some smoke residue. A local history of Burlington, Ontario and some of the villages that have been incorporated into it. Map illustrated endpapers. B&W Photographs A local history of Burlington, Ontario and some of the villages that have been incorporated into it. .

Burlington, Ontario: Burlington Historical Society. Very Good+. 1997. Card Covers. 0969104014 . 341 p. 23 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Bottom rear fore-corner is lightly bumped which shows on about twenty pages at end of text block. Edges very lightly rubbed. Tiny red dot on bottom of text block. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Appears unread. An updated edition of the 1967 local history of Burlington, Ontario and some of the villages that have been incorporated into it. Includes colour and black and white photographs. B&W Photographs .

Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1983. Second Printing. Hardcover. 0802024831 . 319 p. 24 cm. Signed by Author Sound and square binding in gold, cloth-covered boards. Corners lightly bumped with light wear. Edges slightly darkened. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket has edge and corner wear, and some soiling, more so to the white spine and rear panel. Top flap edges are darkened. An architectural and social history of the buildings and the people who inhabited them along the "Governor's Road" in southwestern Ontario. The authors followed the road through Oakville, Dundas, Ancaster, Brantford, Paris, Woodstock, and London. The book is inscribed and signed by Mary Byers on the title page. Also, laid in is a handwritten, half page letter from Mary Byers to the same previous owner forwarding a signed copy of the book to her. .

Guelph Historical Society. Very Good. 2001. Second Printing. Softcover. 0969059426 . 283 p. 22 x 30 cm. oblong Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Light wear to the corner tips. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. An extensive look at Guelph, Ontario as it developed through the 20th century. The five chapters are individually authored and cover the cultural life, the township, doing business, buildings, and growth and planning. Illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings. .

Toronto: Ryerson Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. 0770003087 . 228 p. 23 cm. Sound and square binding in yellow, cloth-covered boards. Some foxing to the board and text-block edges. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket spine is darkened and mottled. Light edge and corner wear. A history of the city of Hamilton, Ontario from native occupation to the time of publication. Illustrated by the pupils of the Burkholder School. B&W Photographs .

Plympton County Council. Very Good. First Edition. Stapled wraps. 42 p. 23.5 cm. No date of publication but the contents seem to date up to the mid 1960's. Sound binding in centre-stapled cardstock covers. Faded along the spine. A few soil spots. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. A history of the mostly one-room school houses in Plympton Township, Ontario. Includes one black and white photo of each school. Shipping costs may be reduced due to weight and size of book. .

Canborough Township Historical Committee. Very Good. 1991. Card Covers. 0969562209 . 96 p. 28 cm. Signed by Author Sound and square in illustrated, card stock covers. Some wear to edges and corners. A bit grimy along spine and edges. Stain on front panel along part of the front edge. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked (except for author's signature). A history of Canborough Township, Ontario, located in Haldimand County between Niagara Falls and Hamilton. Details of early history and settlement, agriculture, economic development, entertainment, services, education, churches, government, and more. Illlustrated with black and white photographs. Signed by one of the committee member's and foreward writer, Lorne Sorge. .

Warwick Township Council and Central School Board. Very Good. First Edition. Stapled wraps. 34 p. 23.5 cm. No date of publication but the contents seem to date up to the mid 1960's. Sound binding in centre-stapled cardstock covers. Staples are somewhat rusty. Faded along the spine. A few soil spots. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. A history of the schools in Warwick Township, Ontario. Includes one black and white photo of each school. Shipping costs may be reduced due to weight and size of book. .

Guelph Historical Society. Very Good. 1979. Card Covers. 73 p. 23 cm. Sound binding in centre-stapled cardstock covers. Edges sunned. Light soil. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. An issue of a journal published by the Guelph Historical Society, which includes one article entitled "The Guayrians at Guelph in Upper Canada; Scottish Settlers for Canada from Venezuela, A Bureaucratic Problem in 1827" by Edgar Vaughan. .

Guelph Historical Society. Very Good. 1994. Card Covers. 73 p. 23 cm. Sound binding in centre-stapled cardstock covers. Edges sunned. Minor soil. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. An issue of a journal published by the Guelph Historical Society, which includes three individually authored articles. Laid in is the November 1994 issue of their Newsletter. .

Good+. 1973. Booklet. 27 p. 23 cm. Sound binding in centre-stapled cardstock covers. Both covers are tanned with a few tiny soil spots. Inside pages are clean with slight toning. A brief account of the history of St. James the Apostle Anglican church, published to mark the occasion of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the church. Shipping costs may be reduced due to weight and size of book. .

Stratford, Ontario: Beacon Herald Fine Printing Division. Good. 1976. Facsimile. Hardcover. 617 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in blue, cloth-covered boards. Ex-library copy with the labels and stamps. A little wear to the corners and spine ends. Gilt titles are still bright. Front free endpaper has been removed. Library stamp on the title page and a few other pages. A minor amount of pencil underlining to the inside pages. A facsimile printing of an earlier history of the County of Perth, near Stratford, Ontario. Illustrated in black and white. May require extra postage due to weight of book. Ex-Library .

Woodstock, Ontario: The Oxford County Naval Veterans Association. Very Good-. Softcover. 68 p. 21.5 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Rubbed along the edges. A soft crease mark on the front cover. Inscription on foreward page. Otherwise, the inside contents are clean and unmarked. Illustrated with black and white archival photographs. .

Heritage Aylmer. Very Good. 1981. Stapled wraps. 48 p. 23 cm. Sound binding in centre-stapled, cardstock covers. Minor soil to covers. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. A brief history of the cannery in Aylmer, Ontario. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Shipping costs may be reduced due to weight and size of book. .

West Luther Centennial Historical Committee. Very Good. 1981. Plastic comb binding. 120 p. 21 cm. Sound plastic comb binding with cardstock covers. Light soil and some scratches to the covers. Some wear along the edges, including tiny stain to fore-edge. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. A short history of West Luther Township, now part of the Township of Wellington North, in the Grand Valley of Ontario. Published to mark the centennial of the formation of the township. Illustrated with black and white photographs. .

Guelph, Ontario: Self Published By the Church. Good. 1982. Softcover. 176 p. 22 cm. Signed by Editor Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Wear to the edges and several creases to front covers. Rubbed with scratches. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. A church history to mark its 150th anniversary edited by its Archdeacon. .

Belmont, Ontario: Self Published By the Author. Very Good-. 1971. Stapled wraps. 68 p. 15.5 cm. Signed by Author Sound binding in centre-stapled cardstock covers. Some foxing and light soil to the covers. Slight wear to the corner tips. Occasional ink notations to the inside pages. Cover title reads "Belmont Old Boy's Reunion July-August 1971". A brief history of the village of Belmont, Ontario. Published in conjunction with the 1971 Old Boy's Reunion. Shipping costs may be reduced due to weight and size of book. .

Self Published By the Authors. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 0969920105 . 290 p. 28 cm. Sound and square binding in pebble cloth-covered boards. Minor wear to the boards. Gift inscription on recto of the front free endpaper. One tiny dog-eared corner to pages. Otherwise, clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has some edge wear and is rippled along the top edge of the front panel from a moisture stain (shows on reverse only). Spine is faded. Rub worn with scratches. A comprehensive history of Durham, Ontario, in Grey County. Illustrated with black and white historical photographs. May require extra postage due to weight of book. .

Stratford, Ontario: Municipal Corporation of the County of Perth. Very Good. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. 478 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. A little wear to the edges and corner tips. Inside pages are clean and unmarked, with slight toning. A history of the County of Perth in southwestern Ontario. A few pages of black and white photographs of people and places. .