Language: English
Published by J. M. Dent and Sons - Canada, Toronto, 1977
ISBN 10: 0460935887 ISBN 13: 9780460935883
Seller: WF Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Blake Debassige; Cheryl Donison; Andrea Gallagher; (illustrator). First Printing - First Thus. 64 pp. Trade paperback format. Edge and corner wear with some minor creasing on the front cover and an uncreased spine; previous owner's name inside. Front and back cover art by Blake Debassige; interior drawings by Cheryl Donison and Andrea Gallagher. The Chapters are: Charter Members of the Canadian Community: Eastern and Central Woodlands; Lower Great Lakes - St Lawrence; The Plains; Pacific Coast; Plateau; Northwest Woodlands; The Tundra; The New Challenge. Enriching the Canadian Heritage: Living Legends; Old Traditions Inspire New Artists; Contemporarty Inuit Art; Music Old and New; Our Place in Nature. And The Native Peoples Today: Survivals of the Traditional Way of Life; Life on Reserves; Life in an Urban Setting; and The Future; followed by Accomplishments in Many Fields. Size: 8vo. Book.
Language: English
Published by J.M. Dent, Toronto, 1977
Seller: Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. B/W Drawings and Photographs (illustrator). 1st Edition. SUBTITLED : `The Native Peoples of Canada'. Page 5 of the introduction to this 64 page overview cites the 1966 Hawthorn Report as somewhat the inspiration for this study. LEARN more about : thunderbirds, Pauline Johnson, Six Nations, Tsimshian Chief, candlefish, Eastern Woodlands, Alma Greene, Wally Firth, and beaver bones. Lots of b/w drawings and photographs accompany text. Cond : Paper wrapper is off-white in colour with reddy-brown lettering and graphics. Cover art and 5 back cover images are by Blake Debassige. Tight in binding. Light general wear and soil. No names nor marks. Excellent reading copy. QUote (p. 24) : " In 1609 Champlain and a few of his men armed with arquebuses accompanied an Algonkian and Huron raiding party against the Iroquois. In his account of the raid ._._._. . ".
Language: English
Published by Township of Marathon, 1981
Seller: ABC: Antiques, Books & Collectibles, Tantallon, NS, Canada
Soft cover. Condition: Good. Some writing in pen on title page. A revised edition. History of Marathon, Ontario.
Language: English
Published by Township of Marathon, Canada, 1981
Seller: Rainy Day Books, Courtenay, BC, Canada
Paperback. Condition: Good. Revised edition. Light crease to spine edge of cover else a clean tight copy.