Maclean Rev John (7 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1899, 4to, pp273-284. Removed from TRANSACTIONS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. VOLUME VI. SEMI-CENTENNIAL MEMORIAL VOLUME 1849-1899. VG in report covers. From the first page: "Language is the handmaid of religion. As the outward expression of religion is dependent upon language, we may by the study of the words and forms of expression obtain some conception of the religious ideas and ceremonies of a tribe or nation.".…

Condition: Very good. - Small quarto [9 inches high by approximately 8 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wrappers. The front cover is lightly foxed with a few small stains. There is some discoloration & minor soiling to the rear cover with a crease to its top corner. 63 pages. Black-and-white illustrations, including facsimiles. Very good. "The University of Waterloo.has one of the largest and best engineering schools in Canada.An educational foundation was established in 1977 to promote cooperative education and to develop new modes of interaction between industry and universities to further improve engineering education.". The foundation was named after Sandford Fleming, described in Legget's lecture as "a statesman engineer" and "truly one of the real builders of Canada". For a few years Fleming was simultaneously the Chief Engineer of the Intercolonial Railway from Halifax to Montreal, the Newfoundland Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Near fine condition, quarto, black boards, in near fine condition, illustrated throughout, 284 pages. This is a heavy book (1.5kg net weight). [QH] [QP].

pamphlet, reprinted from Transaction of the Canadian Institute.

Original Red Cloth Hardback. Condition: Good. Second Edition. 1909. lxxv, 298pp. B&W illustrations, including of the Nigg Stone, the Obsdale Monument, the Fearn Abbey, Ruins of St. Duthus Chapel in Tain, etc. Publisher's red cloth. Gilt titles to spine and upper board. Top edge gilt. Fading to spine. Patchy damp/splash marks to boards. Red from cloth has bled into the book leaving a marlk to the top inner corner of the first few pages. Light foxing to fore edge. Offsetting to endpapers. Binding tight. No inscriptions.…

Original Red Cloth Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. 1909. lxxv, 298pp. B&W illustrations, including of the Nigg Stone, the Obsdale Monument, the Fearn Abbey, Ruins of St. Duthus Chapel in Tain, etc. Gilt titles to spine and upper board. Top edge gilt. Cut outs of matching paper have been pasted onto the front endpaper possibly to cover old inscriptions or stamps. Rear free endpaper neatly removed.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. 51 pages plus advertisement. Includes numerous black and white photographs. Subject was born in Rama, Ontario in 1820 and died in 1884. He began work among his own people in the North-West in 1840. Undated. Appears at least several decades old. Average wear. Closed one inch tear at base of cover fold. Unmarked. Circa 1960.…