Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company, Publishers/Canadian Museum of Civilization, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780888629814ISBN:0888629818
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. "Bytown's early years-as military outpost and lumber town-did not presage greatness. Yet, this rough little town {renamed Ottawa IS 1855} did not remain insignificant, for geography and politics soon combined to place it at denterstage as Canada's national capital. Its fascinating story is recounhted with skill and wit in John H. Taylor's OTTAWA: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY....In his exploration of the city's past Taylor analyzes the history of its ... read more
Edition: First Edition, Complete Number Line
Binding: Hardcover (black cloth)
Publisher: James Lorimer and Company/Canadian Museum of Civilization, Toronto
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780888629814ISBN:0888629818
Description: F in F jacket. Landscape Octavo. Inscribed and Signed By Author A fine copy in a fine dust jacket, unmarked and as new. Black and white frontispiece, 232 pp. including appendix and index, with 12 maps and numerous b/w illustrations throughout text. A somewhat unconventional history of Canada's capital, spotlighting the ever-present power struggles between the Ottawa citizenry and the federal government. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. Crisp and square, without bumping to ... read more
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