No Binding. Very good. Colour map from Letts's "Popular Atlas" central fold two tears near to top border of sheet 2 tear and portion missing from bottom border of sheet 3 tears to bottom margin of sheet 4. No Jacket issued unknown
Toronto: William Briggs 1908. First edition. Illustrated from photographs. Map. 1 vols. 8vo. Original printed cloth pictorial onlay to front cover. Near fine. First edition. Illustrated from photographs. Map. 1 vols. 8vo. Mair was a major Canadian poet and was secretary of the peace commission concluded the Peace River treaty with the Indians in 1899. Peel 2004 William Briggs unknown books
Fort Madison Iowa: W. J. McGiffin Newspaper Company Democrat Job Printing 1937. Illustrated by Dobby Blank. 18 unnumbered leaves printed rectos only on stiff wood-grained paper. 1 vols. 12mo 7 x 6-1/4 inches. Self wrappers gathered with cord. Tan cloth folding box with morocco spine label. Fine. Illustrated by Dobby Blank. 18 unnumbered leaves printed rectos only on stiff wood-grained paper. 1 vols. 12mo 7 x 6-1/4 inches. Whimsical illustrated account of a fishing trip in the North Woods of Ontario. Bill McGiffin proprietor of the Fort Madison Iowa Evening Democrat and colleagues from the newspaper travelled to Crow Lake Lodge north of Nestor Falls. Each member of the party comes under the satirical eye of cartoonist Dobby Blank whose pen captures fishing mishaps outdoor fun and some carousing. The final page is a cartoon of a fish snapping the leader marked with the journalist's concluding "30".<br/>McGiffin 1893-1955 bought the Evening Democrat in 1919 and later built up substantial newspaper holdings. This work is unrecorded. Not in Bruns Biscotti Heller. Not in OCLC W. J. McGiffin Newspaper Company, Democrat Job Printing unknown books
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