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Maple Leaf Club 1903

1903réf. 38161Washington D.C.: Privately printed 1903. 11 x 8 1/2 inches. 29 leaves of text printed double-column on rectos only with occasional manuscript ink corrections; 62 mounted photographs mostly 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches facing text on versos of printed leaves or on separate thicker paper. Original red ribbon tied green printed green wrapper. Likely privately printed account of an August 1903 camping and fishing trip into Canada's Muskoka region by fourteen people from the Indian Territory Arkansas Mississippi Kentucky Tennessee Washington DC and Northampton and Boston Massachusetts. Hosted by Major Breckenridge this trip was a follow-up to a 1902 trip ruined by bad weather and other problems and cut short. This 1903 trip was better organized and with a larger party. The group assembled at a cottage on Lake Rousseau north of Toronto and took canoes to camps on Lakes Blackstone and Crane near Parry Sound. The first four chapters relay descriptions of their travels camping gear fishing tackle boats the scenery local farms and preparations for various activities among many other details. The final chapter of the book "August 1903" was written by Mary Breckenridge and provides a detailed account of the fishing: "We now had a plentiful supply of fish. Luck was good for nearly everyone.to the major rested the honor of the largest fish a wall-eyed pike with a really ferocious countenance." The photographs closely track the narrative with the images reflecting the text opposite and show docks and buildings along the traveled routes scenes of the Canadian backwoods camps and members of the party engaged in various activities including swimming boating fishing cooking etc. Major Breckeridge wished to "provide a trip which would make his girls permanent lovers of fishing and camping and willing companions of his future expeditions for.none are too tender to cultivate the angler's art." He bought a small number of maple leaf pins which he distributed to the party and which became the badge of the Maple Leaf Club. Privately printed unknown books

Donald Heald Rare Books · États-Unis2 750,00 $US≈ 2 452,07 €

Canada Atlantic Railway CompanyABAA

THE CANADA ATLANTIC RAILWAY COMPANY. INCORPORATED BY THE PARLIAMENT OF CANADA. CONTENTS. MAP OF THE RAILWAY. REPORT OF W. SHANLY C.E. TRUST MORTGAGE DEED TO SECURE FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS. ACTS OF INCORPORATION OF THE RAILWAY

1881réf. 35023Ottawa: Printed by MacLean Roger & Co. 1881. Original printed salmon wrappers stitched. 2 10 large folding map short closed tear 20 11 3 2 2 pp as issued. Vertical fold light edgewear. Very Good. offered with Booth C.J. President: THE CANADA ATLANTIC RAILWAY CO'Y. PROSPECTUS. Ottawa: 1889. 4 pp printed on rectos only. Caption title as issued. Pinned at upper blank corner and docketed in ink on final blank "Canada Atlantic RR Prospectus January 1889." Fine. The map in excellent condition is titled "Canada Atlantic Railway Map December 1881" accomplished by "Geo. Bishop & Co. Lith. Montreal." It measures 18" x 35" with the route of the railway; extensions and other railways also notes; other boundaries in green. All the documents creating the Company set forth in the title of the pamphlet are printed each individually numbered. The Railway as the Prospectus states "extends from Ottawa in a south easterly direction a distance of 142 miles and connects with the Central Vermont Railroad at the village of Alburgh Springs Vt. U.S.A." "The Canada Atlantic Railway CAR was a small regional railway created in 1880 by lumber baron John Rodolphus Booth. Initially planned as part of the transportation network for his vast lumber holdings the railway quickly grew into a general-purpose railway serving passengers and communities along the route. Booth's first target was to gain access to Vermont in order to connect with the Central Vermont Railway CV and further exploit the US markets" "Canada Atlantic Railway" Ontario Railways accessed at Canada-Rail website May 2018. As of May 2018 we do not locate either of these documents-- or the map-- on OCLC. Printed by MacLean, Roger & Co. unknown books

David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC · États-Unis600,00 $US≈ 535,00 €

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