EARLY HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF AMHERSTBURG. A Short, Concise and Interesting Sketch, with Explanatory Notes, by C.C. James, M.A., Deputy Minister of Agriculture for Ontario.
Amherstburg, Ontario: Printed by the Echo Publishing Co., Limited. 1902. First Edition (& 1st printing). Large octavo, rebound in full red cloth titled in gold on spine panel. 23 pp., 4 charts within the text. Errata slip tipped in. Local history of Amherstburg, Ontario, one of the earliest settlements in Ontario, founded as a British military fort in 1796. Old dampstain to top 1-inch of sheets, very good and clean otherwise. Scarce. Item #1330
¶ Charles Canniff James (1863–1916) was an academic, a civil servant, a book collector and an authority on Canadian history and literature.
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