Stringer's Books and Ephemera
Rare and Fine Books and EphemeraAdvertising - Tourism - Ontario (8 items)
- THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO NIAGARA FALLS AND VICINITY. (Cover title: POCKET GUIDE TO NIAGARA FALLS. 40 ILLUSTRATIONS) (Niagara Falls, NY) no d85.00Condition of this softcover book is very good+ with some edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends, some light soiling to covers. 68 pages with foldout map affixed in rear.Softcover book, size is 4" x 6 1/2".A wonderful old guide to Niagara Falls probably published sometime around the 1890s.00021View Full Details
- SUMMER HOMES TOURISTS, CAMPERS AND SPORTSMEN IN ONTARIO Toronto Dept. of Lands and Forests no date (ca. 1930s)45.00Condition for this booklet is near fine with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners.
80 pages with photos.Wrappers, booklet, size is 5" x 8".Ontario Department of Lands and Forests guide from the 1930s on finding tourist resorts, camps, cottages, Provincial Parks, summer resort properties and also how to obtain crown land.01671View Full Details - A DOOR TO SIMCOE'S PAST (Simcoe, Ontario Tour Guidebook) (Simcoe, ON) Simcoe L.A.C.A.C. no date (ca. 1960-70s)25.00Staple-bound booklet in near fine condition with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners and spine ends.
20 pages with illustrations.Softcover, staple-bound book, size is 3 1/2" x 9".Locally produced (on the cheap) walking tour booklet through Simcoe, Ontario, Canada.01669View Full Details - GREATER CORNWALL THE FRIENDLY CITY INVITES YOU TO STAY A WHILE IN THE CITY OF OPPORTUNITY (Cornwall, ON) Board of Trade no date (early 1950s)25.00Softcover staple-bound brochure in good+ condition with some tanning to cheap paper, some darkening along the spine of front and back covers, some wear to front cover bottom left corner.
30 pages with photos.Staple bound brochure, size is 7 3/4" x 8 3/4".Original tourist brochure for Cornwall, Ontario, Canada published sometime in the early 1950s, with a brief history of the town, attractions, places to stay and see, etc.01670View Full Details - HISTORIC ONTARIO "OLD UPPER CANADA" (Toronto?) The Department of Travel and Publicity30.00Staple-bound softcover book in in very good+ condition, someone has tried to erase a name on the front cover top right and has worn away right through the paper (small), name stamp on first page (small), stamped "For Reference Only". Still a very nice copy.
56 pages, illustrated throughout by Frank Fog.Softcover staple-bound book, size is 7 1/2" x 8 1/2".A region by region look at old "Upper Canada", Ontario, the buildings and the locations. Tourism book published by the Dept. of Travel and Publicity, Ontario in the 1950s.01667View Full Details - SOUVENIR 1948 OTTAWA SELECTED BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL GUIDE Ottawa Universal Tour and Travel Service 194830.00Staple-bound softcover book in near fine condition with slight wear to corners and spine ends.
48 pages with photos and many local area ads.Softcover staple-bound book, size is 6" x 9".More of a directory than a tourist guide this "souvenir" of Ottawa consists of about 8 pages of text and photos and the rest all local Ottawa ads.01668View Full Details - ORILLIA THE TOWN ON TWO LAKES (cover title) YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO VISIT ORILLIA ONTARIO CANADA (Orillia, ON) Orillia Board of Trade no date (ca. 1930s)75.00Condition for the booklet is very good+ with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners and some wear to the spine ends.
24 pages with photos.Staple-bound booklet, size is 5 1/4” x 7 3/4”."An undated tourist booklet, most likely from the 1930s, for Orillia, Ontario, Canada. With a photo of Stephen Leacock enjoying his yawl, and a night scene of "The best lighted Main Street on the Continent".01666View Full Details - THE FISHERMAN'S ONTARIO (1940s/1950s Tourist Fishing Guide) Toronto Department of Travel and Publicity no date (circa late 194040.00Condition for the booklet is very good with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners and some wear to the spine ends, slight wear along the spine.
16 pages with a few photos and foldout map titled "Fishing Map of Ontario". Staple-bound booklet, size is 6” x 9”, map opened is 12" x 17 1/2".Undated tourist fishing guide to Ontario, Canada. Probably printed in the late 1940s to early 1950s.01665View Full Details
