‎Canada‎

‎[National Gallery of Canada]‎

‎Exhibition of Canadian War Art‎

‎Ottawa: The National Gallery of Canada 1946. Softcover. fine. 26pp. Pamphlet. Original manilla printed wrappers; staples as issued. Notation in ink to front panel. Some pencil notations to interior. Un-illustrated. A tight copy; exceptionally clean and bright. fine Catalogue for exhibition of the same name with an introduction by Vincent Massey then High Comissioner for Canada. The exhibition was convened to celebrate the work of war artists comissioned in 1942 by the Canadian Overseas Artists Control Committee over which Massey was chairman. The catalogue features work by Captain D.A. Colville and Captain Lawren Harris among others. Extremely scare in original. 1946 The National Gallery of Canada paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 132595

‎[NAVIGATION & MARITIME -- BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA].‎

‎British Columbia Pilot Volume I: the coast of British Columbia from the Strait of Juan de Fuca to Cape Caution including Vancouver Island and the Inland Passages. H.O. No. 175; Supplement. . . British Columbia Pilot Vol. I. . . to January 1 1930; Volume II: the coast of British Columbia from Cape Caution to Portland Inlet including the Queen Charlotte Islands and Dixon entrance second edition. H.O. No. 176; Volume II: the coast. . . third edition. H.O. No. 176; Supplement. . . British Columbia Pilot Vol. II. . . to January 1 1940.‎

‎Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office Hydrographic Office U.S. Navy 1920-1940. Five vols. 8vo. vi 638; v 1 287 1; 8 390 pp.; 1; 2 17 1 leaves. With 5 large folding colour maps numerous plates showing elevations. Three volumes uniformly bound in blue publisher’s buckram gilt lettering front cover & spine darkening to spines fore-edges minor shelfwear dustsoiling slightly shaken Supplements in self-printed softcovers edgewear toning to fore-edges minor chipping still VG- set. Third editions revised & updated of vols. I & II second edition of vol. II and 1st editions of both scarce Supplements of these coast pilot guides to British Columbia including lower Alaska and upper Washington in the years between the World Wars. Prior to modern GPS systems and satellite navigation these regularly updated and revised navigation handbooks provided key sailing instructions often drawing not only from Brazilian Argentine and British coast pilots as well as sailing reports from U.S. Navy vessels and those from merchant ships. The first large map delineates the requisite coast pilots for sailing in B.C. waters and charts to be ordered from the Hydrographic Office while the second maps depict the sailing routes to Asia the Soviet Union and the Arctic across the Pacific. Both editions of Vol. II are offered here with the expanded 3rd edition featuring nearly double the material and extra map of the 2nd. Government Printing Office, Hydrographic Office, U.S. Navy, paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 59237

‎[New Brunswick Tourist Association],‎

‎Saint John New Brunswick Canada; The Tourist's & Sportsman's Paradise‎

‎Battle Creek MI: New Brunswick Tourist Association Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. brochure coloured covers no date circa 1907 54 pages illustrated numerous black & white illustrations from across the province center fold two colour map.21 x 22 cm folded to 21 x 11 of Maritime Provinces of Canada showing St. John. lists and illustrations of hotels game laws numerous adverts including CPR RR. [New Brunswick Tourist Association] Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 1125558859

‎[No Author]‎

‎A LETTER FROM THE DUCHESS OF M-R------GH, IN THE SHADES, TO THE GREAT MAN.‎

‎Original Wraps. 12mo. [2], 79, [1] pages. 20 cm. First edition. A letter, supposedly written by the spirit of Sarah Churchill (1660-1744) , Duchess of Marlborough, to William Pitt. Includes material on the colonies in America, Cape Breton, and political events on the continent. Subjects: Marlborough, Sarah Jennings Churchill, Duchess of, 1660-1744. Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778. Great Britain - Politics and government - 1727-1760. OCLC lists 28 copies. Spine rebacked. Spine light soiling and minor tear to title page, otherwise clean and fresh. Good condition. (SPEC-40-44)‎

‎[Osgood's]‎

‎THE MARITIME PROVINCES: A HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS A guide to the chief cities, coasts, and islands of the maritime provinces of canada, and to their scenery and historic attractions; with the gulf and river of St. Lawrence to quebec and montreal; also, newfoundland and the labrador coast‎

‎Light wear to boards. Title page blindstamped. Front map with some wrinkles. Light marginal wear to some maps; With four Maps and four plans. A lesser known Baedeker clone. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 336 pages‎

‎[Peace River Lodge No 131, Auxiliary To The BPO Elks Canada] B P O‎

‎Cooking Favorites; Peace River Lodge No. 131 Auxiliary To The B.P.O. Elks‎

‎Peace River Alberta Canada: Peace River Lodge No. 131 Auxiliary To The B.P.O. Elks Canada N.D. Circa 1960's. First printing. Spiral Bound. pp. 40 h. 8vo. measuring 9.5" x 6". White stiff card covers held with black plastic spiral binding. Black and white illustrations many advertisements by local business merchants of Peace River Alberta. A variety of recipes with the names of contributors noted below each recipe. Light rubbing to covers contents bright clean and unmarked with tight sound binding; very good. Contains a full listing of members of Order of the Royal Purple. Note: The Order of The Royal Purple was the female auxiliary of the Elks of Canada. At time of cataloguing this title does not appear amongst the holdings at Peel LAC/BAC University of Alberta or The University of Guelph Special Collections Cookbook Collection. Scarce. <br/><br/> Peace River Lodge No. 131, Auxiliary To The B.P.O. Elks Canada unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 811

‎[Photographie cliché M. WALERY] - Madame Emma ALBANI-GYE‎

‎Portrait de Madame Emma ALBANI-GYE - cantatrice - née à Chambly au Canada -‎

‎1889 Portrait photographique tiré en photoglyptie extrait de "Our Célébrities" - Londres - Swan Sonnenschein - 1889 - une photographie de 25 x 18 cm contrecollée sur carton fort (29 x 40 cm) - légendé - quelques rousseurs sur la marge du carton -‎

‎Avec la notice biographique de 4 pages en anglais par le Dr Louis Engel -‎

Bookseller reference : GF7553

‎[Photogelatine Engraving Co, Limited (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)]‎

‎Souvenir Coloured View Book of Riding Mountain National Park‎

‎Toronto Ontario Canada: PECO Photogelatine Engraving Co. Limited Toronto Ontario Canada N.D. Circa 1930's. First Edition First Printing. Stapled Wraps. Unpaginated 18 unnumbered leaves. Oblong 12mo. measuring 6.75" x 4.5". Illustrated twice-stapled mustard-yellow textured card covers with an oval cut-out to the front cover which in-turn reveals a lovely colour photographic view of presumably Clear Lake beneath. Short one-page introduction of the history and various amenities and recreations available to prospective visitors to the famed Manitoba-based National Park. Chiefly comprised of lovely period colour photogravures of the various landmarks lakes and beaches accommodations lodges hotels etc government buildings the famous entrance gate to the Park and much else. Also includes one colour map of the Park and region at-large. Remarkably well-preserved and entirely without blemish to the extremities or contents. The booklet is accompanied with its original equally well-preserved envelope. Near fine. <br/><br/>Rare in commerce. Unrecorded in OCLC. Not in Peel BAC/LAC University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections et al at time of cataloguing. [PECO] Photogelatine Engraving Co., Limited (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 4225

‎[Photograph] [Railroads] [Canada] [Edwin C Blair, Photographer]‎

‎Photograph of crew working on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Vermillion Bay Ontario‎

‎High Bluff Manitoba: Edwin C. Blair Photographer 1906. Photograph. Very good. Photograph. Approx. 9" x 7". Printed on the back of the photograph is the photographer statement "Scene or Subject blank This reproduction is the result of labours of Edwin C. Blair or one of his representatives for the quality of whose work he alone is responsible." A pencil inscription written on the back reads "Lill with best love from Harry W. J. In a rock cut on Grand Trunk Pacific Ry Vermilion Vermillion Bay Ontario." From the Manitoba Historical Society:<br /> <br /> Born at North River Nova Scotia on 12 September 1862 son of Robert Blair 1824-1889 and Jane Lynds 1823-1909 he moved to the United States in 1881 to work for a camera company founded by his brother Thomas H. Blair 1855-1919 and manage camera stores at New York Philadelphia and Chicago. On 5 September 1899 he married Edith Justina Bemis 1879-1930 at Northborough Massachusetts and they had a son although the marriage ultimately ended in divorce. He came to Manitoba around 1906 and worked as an itinerant photographer based at High Bluff taking photos along the railways of western Canada. In 1908 he opened a photographic studio at Wainwright Alberta but later returned to High Bluff. Known to suffer from mental illness and having served time in an insane asylum he was arrested at Grandview in the fall of 1917 and was charged according to a local newspaper account with “manufacturing photographs tending to corrupt public morals.†Six years earlier he had been sentenced to six months in jail for a similar offense at Dandarand Alberta. In November 1915 he was sentenced to nine months in jail for sending indecent photographs through the mail. He later moved to British Columbia where he died at New Westminster on 12 December 1945 and was buried in the Woodlands Memorial Garden. Edwin C. Blair, Photographer unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 35279

‎[Province of Canada – 19th Century – English Immigration] Senkler, Edmund J‎

‎Letters from Edmund John Senkler Describing Life In 1840s Canada‎

‎Quebec City and Brockton Canada 1847. Four letters approximately sixteen total pages: four 8 x 12.5 inches twelve 8 x 10 inches and smaller. Two letters dated 1846 one 1847 missing final pages and one without date missing initial and final pages. Very good. Edmund John Senkler 1802–1872 was born in Norfolk England educated at Cambridge and in 1827 ordained as an Anglican minister. Senkler his wife Eleanor and their children immigrated to Canada in 1843 to live in Quebec City Canada East now the province of Quebec. They then moved to Sorel also known as William Henry and finally to Brockville near Kingston Canada West now Ontario.<br /> <br /> Offered here is a set of four letters from Senkler to his friend G. W. Chad back in Norfolk describing the activities of Senkler and his family as they settle into life in Canada. The Senklers had first moved to Quebec City but did not enjoy their time “in that pestiferous cloaca . over which the destroying angel seems evermore to hover with his drawn sword in his hand†May 8 1846. On planning to leave the Bishop of Montreal offers Senkler an unpaid position in “Coteau du Lac a lonely place 40 or 50 miles above Montreal†whose previous missionary had “been enjoying for many years a handsome salary†and was now “on his return to England.†Senkler turns down this meager offer and takes his family to Sorel.<br /> <br /> The move is providential as “Not fewer than 27 persons with whom we had some acquaintance have died there Quebec City since we left†September 10 1846. The family’s acquaintances apparently died in a theater fire in Quebec City—probably the St. Louise Theater—which seemed to have turned into a crowd crush:<br /> <br /> “I knew some of the sufferers: some were very pious people . What shocked the feelings of all who witnessed the scene with some of whom I have conversed was that the misery was so easily approachable and yet so utterly beyond relief. . In the case of poor Mr. Scott mentioned in all the papers particularly the Illustrated London News of July 18 where there is a view of the place his brother could not only see him but talk with him – caress him petting his face weeping over him while the poor suffering man commended his wife family to his care; and yet no force could drag out his limbs from the entangled mass of human beings. They did pull at him until they pulled the ball of his shoulder out of the socket and he begged to be allowed to die.â€<br /> <br /> By 1847 the family had sold their property in Sorel and moved west to Brockville in what is now Ontario. The family are noticing the effects of England’s Panic of 1847:<br /> <br /> “The great scarcity of money now felt in England will very shortly be felt here. The produce sent from hence home has not been paid for. Consequently our merchants must pay for the manufactures c. sent out by bills of exchange which must be in so much greater demand therefore fetch a higher premium.†December 8 1847<br /> <br /> And around the same time an epidemic of typhus breaks out in Canada from Irish immigrants fleeing the famine:<br /> <br /> “Probably you have learned from the papers what misery the unfortunate Irish emigrants have brought and are likely yet to bring to this country. They have spread a pestilence through the city of Montreal. Grosse Isle the quarantine station below Quebec has been crowded with fever patients to an alarming extent. . The emigrants as they recover are forwarded by the steam-boats from Grosse Isle to Montreal without touching at Quebec where they are received in miserable wooden sheds. Many suffer a relapse; others first shew symptoms of fever when there; and spread the infection though the town by begging. You can imagine what hotbeds of infection those steam-boats must be. Last week 3 passed Sorel without touching at the port one had 1000 emigrants on board the other two about 800 500 respectively. . These unhappy people are forwarded to their destination in the Western Country. For many of them doubtless that destination will be an untimely grave in a strange place.†No Date.<br /> <br /> Nonetheless the Senkler family happily settles in the town of Brockville with “an orchard garden with plenty of pasture for a couple of cows and horses with ground for growing all the vegetables required for the family†December 8 1847. The land is rapidly developing with land prices increasing and a telegraph line from Toronto to Quebec running through it – which to Senkler is “surprising in a country in which 60 years ago there was only an Indian’s hunting track for hundreds of miles.â€<br /> <br /> Overall the letters provide an intimate look at life for settlers in Canada in the middle period of its rule by the British. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : List2609

‎[Raymond BURR] - SIRO‎

‎Portrait caricature représentant : Raymond BURR - acteur canadien -‎

‎Dessin original à l'encre de chine sur calque signé - format 13,5 x 10,5 -‎

‎SIRO est le pseudonyme de Pierre ROLLOT - journaliste et caricaturiste (L'Equipe, l'Aurore, le Figaro) - (1914-2005) -‎

Bookseller reference : GF14967

‎[Revillon]-SEXE (Marcel).‎

‎Histoire d'une famille & d'une industrie pendant deux siècles, 1723-1923.‎

‎1923 PARIS, Librairie Plon,Draeger, Plon-Nourrit & Cie Editeurs, 1923, C.27, 5x20, cartonnage éditeur marron marbré, titre et motifs estampés en doré sur plats et dos; 125 et (3) pp.; 13 hors-texte photo N&B recto hors-pagination, bandeaux, lettrines et culs-de-lampe ornés, cartes, photos ou reproductions en noir; papier glacé. Cartonnage petit frottis au dos,‎

‎Historique. Développements de la Maison de Paris. Création et Développements de la Maison de Londres. Révillon Frères en Amérique. Les Postes de l'Est Canadien. Les Postes de l'Ouest Canadien. Edmonton Wholesale. Nanook l'Esquimau. Révillon Frères en Russie et Extrême-Orient. Organisation de la Direction. Histoire de la Maison Révillon. Remise de 20% pour toutes commandes supérieures à 200 €‎

Bookseller reference : 5469

‎[Revue de Géographie Alpine]‎

‎REVUE de GEOGRAPHIE ALPINE - Tome XXXV - 1947 - Fascicule II‎

‎Revue de 257 pages, format 160 x 250 mm, illustrée, brochée, Institut de Géographie Alpine, bon état‎

‎Au sommaire : Etudes canadiennes : Montréal, esquisse de géographie urbaine ; L'œuvre troglodyte en Auvergne : la Loupe creusée de Palère, commune de Fayet-le-Château ; La poussée industrielle récente dans la Cluse de l'Arve ; L'étude de la dépopulation en montagne et ses enseignements récents‎

Bookseller reference : LFA-126720796

‎[Revue de Géographie Alpine]‎

‎REVUE de GEOGRAPHIE ALPINE - Tome XXXV - 1947 - Fascicule III‎

‎Revue de 217 pages, format 160 x 250 mm, illustrée, brochée, Institut de Géographie Alpine, bon état‎

‎Au sommaire : Rapport sur la modernisation ce la vie montagnarde en Suisse ; Etudes canadiennes : l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue ; L'Ile de la Réunion : jeunesse et archaïsmes ; Les buttes gazonnée cde la planèze de Saint-Flour‎

Bookseller reference : LFA-126720798

‎[Report of R J Thomas and D R Hicklin of the St Anne's Board Mill Company Limited, Bristol, to the USA and Canada]:‎

‎Mimeographed Typed Report with plans and diagrams. St. Anne's Board Mill Company Limited Visit of Mr. R. J. Thomas and Mr. D. R. Hicklin to the U.S.A. and Canada - 1954'.‎

‎St Anne's Board Mill Co. Ltd. 1954. v 135pp. folio. With diagrams and plans in text and one large fold-out diagram of '100 Ton Waste Paper Cleaning System'. A well-produced item well-typed and with clear diagrams bound in navy buckram with 'REPORT ON AMERICAN VISIT 1954' on the spine. In good condition on lightly-aged paper. The text is preceded by an Index a map of North America and an itinerary. The 'objects of the visit' are given on the first page as 'a To obtain information on the current production practice in Woodpulp and Paperboard Mills. b To discuss with Machinery Manufacturers the latest designs now in operation and in the experimental stage. c To assess the best method of exploiting the F. B. Principle.' Plans and diagrams on are laid-down pieces of paper. This intelligent and well-produced document contains reports on visits to and interviews with 32 companies from Price & Pierce New York to J. O. Ross Engineering Corporation New York. [St Anne's Board Mill Co. Ltd. 1954.] hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 11832

‎[ROY (Pierre-Georges)]‎

‎L'Île d'Orléans‎

‎Québec, Ls-A. Proulx, 1928. In-4, 505 pp., demi-chagrin à coins vert foncé, filets à froid sur les plats, dos à nerfs orné de filets dorés, tête jaunie, couverture conservée (dos insolé et légèrement gauchi, quelques petites épidermures).‎

‎Édition originale illustrée de figures en noir et en rouge dans le texte ainsi que de planches à pleine page en couleurs d'artistes canadiens tels Horatio Walker, Charles Huot, Charles Maillard ou Clarence Gagnon. Voir photographie(s) / See picture(s) * Membre du SLAM et de la LILA / ILAB Member. La librairie est ouverte du lundi au vendredi de 14h à 19h. Merci de nous prévenir avant de passer,certains de nos livres étant entreposés dans une réserve.‎

Bookseller reference : 18840

‎[ROYALISME]‎

‎Voyage de Mgr le Comte de Paris et de Mgr le Duc d'Orléans aux Etats-Unis et au Canada.‎

‎Paris, Librairie Nationale, 1891 in-8, 66 pp., avec 6 illustrations à pleine ou double page n'interrompant pas le chiffrage, broché sous couverture illustrée en couleurs. Couverture légèrement défraîchie avec des petits manques de papier.‎

‎Rare compte-rendu de la visite du prétendant orléaniste ("Philippe VII") et de son fils (le futur "Philippe VIII") en Amérique du Nord (et notamment aux champs de bataille de la Guerre de Sécession), survenu juste après l'affaire du "Prince-gamelle", qui avait redonné un peu de tonus au royalisme français, avant que l'encyclique Au milieu des sollicitudes (1892) ne douchât tout le petit monde royaliste français. - - VENTE PAR CORRESPONDANCE UNIQUEMENT - LIEN DE PAIEMENT, NOUS CONSULTER.‎

Bookseller reference : 215611

‎[Rockyford and District History Book Society] Roppel, Louise (ed)‎

‎Rockyford: Where We Crossed the Creek and Settled‎

‎NP: AlCraft Printing n.d. ca. 1980. Hard bound large quarto illustrated throughout 486pp includes index. A very good or better copy. Well over 2 kilograms packed - depending on destination extra postage may be requested. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg Manitoba. NP: AlCraft Printing, n.d. (ca. 1980) unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 26731

‎[SAINT-JOHN PERSE] - HOUDE (Nicole).-‎

‎Les oiseaux de Saint-John Perse.‎

‎Lachine, Quebec, La Pleine Lune, 1994, in 8° broché, 197 pages ; couverture illustrée.‎

‎Exemplaire enrichi d'un envoi autographe signé sur la première garde. ...................... Photos sur demande ...................‎

Bookseller reference : 73162

‎[SISS] Général H.D.G. CRERAR‎

‎Portrait en couleur d'après une aquarelle de Siss représentant le Général H.D.G. CRERAR - Commander of the First Canadian Army -‎

‎Planche en couleurs sur japon spécial (24,5 x 16 cm) extraite de Soldats et Généraux des Campagnes d'Europe Occidentale 1944 - 1945 - publié à Paris en 1946 chez Chavanne et Cie à Paris‎

‎Siss était peintre aux armées -‎

Bookseller reference : GF15521

‎[Social Credit Association of Canada]‎

‎The Manifesto of the Social Credit Association of Canada: Canada's Charter of Freedom.‎

‎Edmonton Alberta Canada: Social Credit Association of Canada 1950. First Edition First Printing. Stapled Wraps. pp. 18. 16mo. measuring 12cm. Illustrated stapled card covers. Neat bookseller's stamp to the lower front cover else near fine. Outlines the objectives of the Social Credit Association of Canada with sections on: Monetary Reform Taxation Agriculture Individual Enterprise Public Utilities and Monopolies Natural Resources Industrialization Labor Relations Social Security Measures National Health Program National Veterans' Affair Policy Education Housing Immigration Constitutional Issues International Peace and Security International Trade National Defence and Electoral Reofmr. Fascinating early Canadian political ephemera exceedingly scarce in commerce our offering being the only other copy available at time of cataloguing. Corresponds to OCLC #15850673 indicating only but a handful of institutional holdings. <br/><br/>"This manifesto was drafted at a Social Credit Conference held in Winnipeg in April 1950 and recommended for adoption at the National Convention. The draft was mimeographed and distributed to members of the organization throughout Canada. On October 18th 1950 and 20th 1950 in Regina it was finalized and adopted by the National Convention of the Social Credit Association of Canada." Social Credit Association of Canada paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 2473

‎[Society of Jesus]‎

‎Relations Des Jesuits 6 Volume Set; Volume I: 1611-1636; Volume II: 1637-1641; Volume III: 1642-1646; Volume IV: 1647-1655; Volume V: 1656-1665; Volume VI: 1666-1672‎

‎Montreal: Editions du Jour 1972. Paperback. 8vo. Text in French. All volumes very lightly worn creasing to spines with ink signatures to inside front covers; very good in lightly worn slipcase. Contenant qui s'est passé de plus remarquable dans les missions des Pères de la Compagnie de Jesus dans la Nouvelle-France. Editions du Jour paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 0100575

‎[STRACHAN] - HENDERSON (J. L. H.).-‎

‎John Strachan. 1778-1867.‎

‎Quebec, Presses de l'Université Laval, 1970, in 8° broché, VIII-137 pages.‎

‎PHOTOS sur DEMANDE. ...................... Photos sur demande ...................‎

Bookseller reference : 50849

‎[Symbolisme] Ostiguy, Jean-René‎

‎Ozias Leduc : peinture symboliste et religieuse - Symbolist and Religious Painting. Exposition itinérante / organisée par les services extérieurs de la Galerie nationale du Canada, Ottawa, 1974 ; [catalogue] par Jean-René Ostiguy,...‎

‎Ottawa, Galerie nationale du Canada 1974 In-4 26 x 23 cm. Broché, couverture verte, titre en blanc sur le dos et le premier plat, 224 pp., 78 planches en noir & blanc, 77 figures, biographie, chronologie, bibliographie. Exemplaire en très bon état.‎

‎Très bon état d’occasion‎

Bookseller reference : 102158 ISBN : 888842570

‎[The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of Canada and Newfoundland, Portage Elks Lodge]‎

‎Twentieth Annual Manitoba Convention; June 12th and 13th 1947‎

‎Portage la Prairie Manitoba Canada: The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of Canada and Newfoundland Portage Elks Lodge Printed by the Daily Graphic Job Prining Department Portage la Prairie Manitoba 1947. First Edition First Printing. Card Covers. pp. 48. Octavo. measuring 6" x 9". Twice-stapled card covers bearing the distinctive Elk crest of the organization to the front cover captioned with their initials “B.P.O.E. Canada and Newfoundland” all printed in lilac ink. Portrait frontispiece depicting members of the Manitoba Lodge accompanied throughout by a variety of individual and group photographic portraits of the organization’s leadership and prominent members including a group portrait of the Elks’ Band; a charming series of period photographs of Portage la Prairie; and images of members of the female auxiliary unit the Order of the Royal Purple. Many period advertisements from a wide range of local businesses and merchants. Prefaced with numerous congratulatory and salutary messages from national and local leadership including C.W. Beese Harrison Peile I.H. Greenberg C.W. Pooles and J.C. Preece Mayor of Portage la Prairie and most notably Royal Burritt the reform-minded former head of the Headingly Gaol. Comprises a detailed programme of events surrounding the group’s three-day summer convention held in 1947; a comprehensive roster of lodge officers and leadership; an overview of the history aims and charitable purpose of the organization; a dedicated overview of the female auxiliary unit the Order of the Royal Purple; a historical account of the Manitoba Lodge detailing its founding and leadership; further information regarding the Elks’ Band and Junior Elks’ Lodge No. 8; and material relating to the Save the Children Fund a wartime charitable initiative supporting the children of Coventry including totals of funds raised. Slight crease to the centre of the front cover else remarkably well preserved with clean bright contents; near fine. Unrecorded in OCLC. Not found in Peel BAC/LAC University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections the Manitoba Legislative Library et al. Rare. <br/><br/> The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of Canada and Newfoundland, Portage Elks Lodge | Printed by the Daily Graphic, Job P unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 7725