Stringer's Books and Ephemera
Rare and Fine Books and Ephemera2022 - Additions (29 items)
- CHOOSING THE HEATING SYSTEM FOR YOUR HOME CRANE LIMITED MONTREAL (Cover Title) Montreal Crane Limited no date (ca. 1939)35.00Condition for this sales brochure is good+ with some edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends, some wear along the spine, ex-library stamps on front cover and back cover, soiling to back cover.
16 pages with photos and illustrations.Brochure size is 8 1/2" x 11"Original sales brochure from Montreal's Crane Limited for home heating. An interesting look at home heating systems from the late 1930s with offering fuel, coal, oil and water options. A lot of information.01501View Full Details - FEED FACTS30.00
MAPLE LEAF MILLING CO. LIMITED (Cover title) Toronto Maple Leaf Milling Co. Ltd. no date (ca. late 1930s)Condition for this booklet is near fine with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners and spine ends.
40 pages with a few in text illustrations.Pictorial wrapper booklet, size is 6" x 9".Promotional booklet from Maple Leaf Milling Company promoting their poultry, and livestock feed.01500View Full Details - THE STORY OF A STORE EATON'S OF CANADA35.00
1959
EATON'S OF CANADA SERVING THE NATION (cover title) (Toronto) Eaton's 1959Condition for this softcover book is near fine with slight wear to corners.
72 pages with photos.Softcover staple-bound wrappers, size is 6 1/2" x 9 1/2".A 1959 history of Canada's formerly iconic department store.01511View Full Details - YORK TIRE SERVICE LTD.30.00
Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg York Tire Service Ltd. no date (1960)Condition for this softcover catalogue is very good+ with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners and spine ends, a bit of rusting around the staples.
24 pages with illustrations.Softcover staple-bound wrappers, size is 6 3/4" x 9 1/4".Original 1960 catalogue from this Winnipeg, Manitoba based tire and related store.01512View Full Details - THE NEW FARMER'S MANUAL. Family Herald and Weekly Star Montreal Family Herald and Weekly Star no date (ca. 1920s)60.00Condition for this softcover book is good with some edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends, crease across front cover (see photo), small tear front cover top left corner at spine, small chip to front cover top right corner, some soiling to back cover.
256 pages with a photo section and a few in text illustrations.Softcover book, size is 6" x 9".An early 1920s manual on all things farming.01499View Full Details - FARM IMPROVEMENTS. MARCH 1915. Volume 4 - Number 130.00
CANADA CEMENT COMPANY LTD Montreal Canada Cement Company Ltd. (1915)Condition for this soft cover journal in very good+ with slight edge wear, small stain to back cover and top of pages.
16 pages with photos.Softcover journal, size is 6 3/4" x 10".Journal published by Canada Cement Company promoting concrete use on the farm (silos for example), this issue also has an article on the Edison Plant fire in New Jersey.01498View Full Details - THE SALESMOTOR JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 193475.00
Toronto Toronto Sales Promotion Division of the General Sales Dept. of Imperial Oil Limited 1934Staple-bound journal in very good condition with some wear to corners with slight curl to bottom right corner, slight indent to the bottom of spine.
48 pages with photos.Staple-bound wrappers, size is 6 3/4" x 10".A scarce Canadian Imperial Oil issue published "... for all employees engaged in selling Imperial products. It is intended to inform them of company selling policies, the qualities and uses of its products and the services and facilities of the company available to its customers."01513View Full Details - ANNUAL REPORT IMPERIAL OIL LIMITED (CANADA)40.00
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DEC. 31st 1948
Illustrations by John Worsley Sarnia, ON Imperial Oil Limited 1949Condition is very good+ with slight edge wear, slight indent to the top right corner, slight wear to corners and spine ends.
32 pages with illustrations.Softcover staple-bound book, size is 8" x 11".Not only an annual financial report but also an annual report to shareholders covering manufacturing and marketing, transportation, employee relations, corporate changes, and more.01509View Full Details
With illustrations by John Worsley, "formerly an Official British Naval War Artist, who recently visited Imperial Oil's operations at several points in Canada." - ANNUAL REPORT IMPERIAL OIL LIMITED (CANADA)40.00
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DEC. 31st 1945 (Toronto) Imperial Oil Limited 1945Condition is near fine with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners.
32 pages with photos throughout.Softcover staple-bound book, size is 8" x 11".Not only an annual financial report but also an annual report to shareholders covering refining and marketing, exploration, the marine department, personnel, and more.1510View Full Details - PARKE AND PARKE LIMITED75.00
RECIPE BOOK CONTAINING TESTED RECIPES FOR PICKLES, JELLIES AND PRESERVES COMPILED BY AN EXPERIENCED HOUSEKEEPER (Cover Title) Hamilton, ON Parke & Parke Ltd. no date (ca. 1910-20s)Booklet is in good+ condition with some edge wear, wear to corners and spine ends, dampstain front cover along spine at bottom (see photos), light creasing to covers.
16 pages (including covers) with a few illustrations.Softcover booklet, size is 5" x 6 3/4".Original booklet from Parke & Parke Chemists and Druggists of Hamilton Ontario Canada. Another of those booklets purporting to be helpful to the homemaker but really an advertising booklet for all their medicines.01506View Full Details - ELECTRO SONIC SUPPLY CO. LTD.40.00
TORONTO, ONTARIO
AUTO RADIOS FOR 1956 Toronto Electro Sonic Supply Co. Ltd. (1956)Condition for this staple-bound booklet is near fine with slight wear to corners.
36 pages with photos.Softcover oblong staple-bound pictorial wraparound wrappers, size is 8 1/2" x 3 3/4".Great wraparound cover to this small catalogue of auto radios and accessories available from Toronto based Electro Sonic Supply Company, Limited. Radios available are separated by car maker (e.g. Ford, Meteor, Chevrolet, Plymouth, Dodge, Mercury Monarch, Volkswagon, Austin, Studebaker).01484View Full Details - GENERAL CATALOGUE OF CONDUIT PIPE FITTINGS, SWITCH AND OUTLET BOXES AND COVERS, KONDU MFG. COMPANY LTD.65.00
PRESTON, ONTARIOEXTERIOR ILLUMINATING FIXTURES.
Preston, ON Kondu Mfg. Company Ltd. no date (1930s?)Top right corner of the cover and the first 4 pages has been clipped (see photo) otherwise the catalogue is in very good condition with slight edge wear, slight wear to spine ends.
52 pages with illustrations.Softcover catalogue, size is 8 1/2" x 11".Original catalogue from Kondu Manufacturing Company Canada featuring lighting related products. No date but probably sometime in the 1930s.01497View Full Details - TAKE ONE VOL. 1, No. 6 (1967) Montreal Unicorn Publishers 196745.00Condition for the journal is near fine with a few small blemishes to the front cover, a bit of tanning to the pages (cheap newsprint).
28 pages with photos.Staple-bound newsprint journal, size is 8 1/4" x 11"."Take One (published Montreal, 1966–1979) was a Canadian magazine devoted to coverage of both Canadian and international film.01517View Full Details
Founded by three "graduates" of the McGill Film Society—Peter Lebensold, Adam Symansky and John Roston -- Take One was the first serious English-Canadian film magazine. This—first of the two Canadian film magazines entitled Take One—gave due attention to the newly emerging Canadian film scene, but was international in scope." (Wikipedia)
Fascinating scarce early issue of this Canadian film study journal with articles on Bonnie and Clyde by Arthur Penn (director), an interview with Kenneth Anger, "Film as Guerilla Warfare" by John Hofsess, and more, plus reviews of Hombre, The Dirty Dozen, Roger Corman's The St. Valentine's Day Massace (not a bad film, albeit miscast), and In the Heat of the Night. - TO SERVE YOU BETTER (Cover Title) (Canada) Imperial Oil (1955)35.00Staple-bound booklet in very good condition with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners, slight indent top right corner, a small bit of foxing to a few pages.
24 pages with illustrations.Softcover staple-bound booklet, size is 6" x 9".What the Imperial Oil Agent and Imperial Oil products can do for the Canadian farmer.01495View Full Details - HELLO SPRING! HUBBELL HARDWARD. Thamesville (Ontario). No place no publisher 186825.00Staple-bound booklet in near fine condition with slight edge wear.
32 pages (including covers) with illustrations throughout.Softcover booklet, size is 5 1/2" x 8 1/2".Generic looking hardware store catalogue with the imprint of Hubbell Hardware Ltd. Thamesville, Ontario, Canada.01508View Full Details - BROCKVILLE ONTARIO CANADA. AN INDUSTRIAL SURVEY Brockville, ON Brockville Industrial Commission no date (ca. late 1940s,20.00Staple-bound booklet in near fine condition.
6 pages (recto only). Staple-bound booklet, size is 6" x 9".Brief promotional booklet promoting Brockville, Ontario's industry advantages.01527View Full Details - RAINBOW DISTRIBUTORS CO. MONTREAL40.00
1958 CATALOGUE Montreal Rainbow Distributors Co. 1958Condition of this book is near fine, small hole punch top left corner.
80 pages with numerous illustrations.Card covers, size is 8 1/2" x 11".Original 1958 catalogue from this Montreal department store.01505View Full Details - 1958 RENFREW CENTENNIAL OFFICIAL PROGRAM No place no publisher (1958)45.00Condition for this softcover staple-bound program is good only with edge wear, wear to corners and spine ends, light crease and slight curl to top right corner, a bit of staining to the front cover top left corner, wear along the spine.
56 pages with photos and local area ads.Softcover staple-bound program, size is 8 1/2" x 11".A rather information program on the history of Renfrew, Ontario published during the town's 100th anniversary. Scarce.01483View Full Details - ALBUM-SOUVENIR REUNION DES JEUNES AGRICULTEURS A GRANBY, P.Q.25.00
28 Octobre 1936 Waterloo, P.Q. L'Imprimmarle de Formules Legales, Enrg. 1936Condition for this softcover book is near fine with slight wear to corners, slight wear to spine ends, small stain on back cover.
56 pages with photos and local ads. French Language.Softcover book, size is 9" x 11 1/2".French language program guide for the Young Farmers reunion of 1936 in Granby Quebec.01503View Full Details - FARMING TO WIN (Canada) Imperial Oil no date (ca 1940-5)40.00Booklet is in very good+ condition with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners, a bit of light creasing to covers.
24 pages with illustrations.Staple-bound journal, size is 8 1/2" x 5 1/2".Canadian publication from Imperial Oil published during World War 2 providing the farmer with tips to keep the farms producing.01496View Full Details - BEAUTY: IT IS OUR ENDEAVOR TO ACQUAINT YOU WITH SOME BEAUTY SECRETS: WHY NOT BE YOUR OWN BEAUTY DOCTOR? (Bridgeburg, ON) World's Dispensary Medical Association no date (ca. mid-1920s)40.00The booklet is in very good condition with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners, cheap paper tanned.
32 pages with photos.Softcover staple-bound booklet, size is 3 1/4" x 5 1/2".1920s advertising booklet for health and beauty aids, with a few tips in amongst all the ads and testimonials.This is the Canadian edition of Dr. Pierce's booklet there is also an American edition based out of Buffalo.01515View Full Details - A FEW COOKING SUGGESTIONS (Cover title) (Hamilton, ON & Cincinnati) Proctor & Gamble c. 192825.00Condition for this staple-bound booklet is good with soiling to covers, some wear and darkening to the back cover as well.
16 pages (including covers).Softcover staple-bound booklet, size is 4 1/2" x 7 1/2".Canadian edition of Proctor and Gamble's "A Few Cooking Suggestions" for Crisco.01516View Full Details - 2 ORIGINAL PHOTOS PLUS PRESS RELEASE MACDONALD'S 4,000th RESTAURANT OPENS IN MONTREAL25.00
(Announcing the opening of the 4000th restaurant world-wide) No place no publisher (1976)Photo is in near fine condition with slight wear to corners, they both have stamped on the back "WITHDRAWN. Toronto Public Library", no other such markings. Pages are in near fine condition, with light creasing on first pages to the top right corner.Two B/W photo size 8" x 10", plus 10 page press release (stapled, recto only).Two photos (one shown, the other photo is a outdoor shot of the restaurant), with 3 separate press release articles: "MacDonald's Corporation - General Information", 6 pages; "MacDonald's 4000th Restaurant Opens in Montreal", 2 pages; "MacDonald's Restaurants of Canada - General Information", 2 pages. All the press releases have the notice at the top that they are "For Release After 2 p.m. Friday, September 10, 1976".01504View Full Details - TO SERVE YOU BETTER (Cover Title) (Canada) Imperial Oil no date (ca. 1950s)35.00Booklet in near fine condition with slight wear to corners.
24 pages with in text illustrations.Softcover staple-bound booklet, size is 6" x 9".Booklet from Imperial Oil of Canada aimed at the farmer with tips and product suggestions.01507View Full Details - UN AVENIR PROMETTEUR POUR L'INDUSTRIE ST. HYACINTHE - A PROXIMITE DE MONTREAL30.00
[ A PROMISING FUTURE FOR INDUSTRY ST . HYACINTHE - CLOSE TO MONTREAL] St-Hyacinthe Hôtel de ville no date (ca. 1948?)Softcover book is in very good condition with some edge wear, wear to top of spine, slight wear to corners, slight musty smell.
42 pages with photos. Text in French.Soft cover bound, size is 8 1/2" x 11".Text completely in French. Quebec town promotional book on the advantages of moving your industry to St. Hyacinthe Quebec Canada.01502View Full Details - THE AUTOMATICOOK BOOK (Cover title) Ottawa Beach Foundry Limited no date (ca. 1940s)65.00Condition for this softcover staplebook book is very good with slight edge wear, slight wear along the spine, distributor stamp front cover, a few pencil notations.
60 pages. Softcover staple-bound book, size is 7Cook book for the somewhat sounding magical device "Automaticook".01518View Full Details - WHY CANADA MUST BORROW FOR VICTORY50.00
A STATEMENT BY THE MINISTER OF FINANACE (Ottawa) (Canada Dept. of Finance) 1941Condition for this staple-bound booklet is very good with small chip front cover bottom right corner, slight edge wear, slight wear to corners and spine ends.
Unpaginated (44 pages) profusely illustrated.Softcover staple-bound booklet, size is 4 1/4" x 6".Scarce booklet from Canada's Minister of Finance on the raising of money to support Canada's World War 2 effort. With a lot of photos and explanations on where the money is spent.01534View Full Details - GOOD OLD FASHIONED FUN CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION. (1966 Program) (Toronto) Canadian National Exhibition 196635.00Softcover staple-bound program in near fine condition with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners and spine ends, a few pen circles on last page (small). 62 pages with photos (colour & b/w).Staple-bound program, size is 8 1/2" x 11".1966 program and guide to Toronto's Canadian National Exhibition.01529View Full Details
- WITH CANADA'S FIGHTING MEN Ottawa Director of Public Information, ... 194145.00Condition for this staple-bound booklet is very good with some soiling to covers, some wear to corners and spine ends, small stain back cover.
44 pages with photos.Softcover staple-bound paper wrappers, size is 5".x 7 3/4"."In September 1941 a party of Canadian journalists was taken on a tour, bu the Dominion Government, through Eastern Canadian establishments of the Navy, Army and Air Force, and a number of industrial plants engaged in the production of war materials.01493View Full Details
"Mr. G. H. Sallans, representing The Vancouver Sun, wrote a series of articles describing his impressions of the men he saw at camps, barracks, schools and airports. These articles are now reproduced in this pamphlet through the courtesy of The Vancouver Sun and Mr. Sallans."
