Few houses in the city have such an interesting history. Located on Davenport Hill to the east of Casa Loma, Spadina was built in 1818 as a country house some distance from town. In her preface to the book's first edition, Edith Firth of the Metropolitan Toronto Library wrote, "Metropolitan Toronto has swept past the property, leaving it an anachronistic oasis in the heart of a changing city.... It remains, however, a rare survival of a former age, wearing its years with grace and dignity. Its story, and the story of those ...
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Few houses in the city have such an interesting history. Located on Davenport Hill to the east of Casa Loma, Spadina was built in 1818 as a country house some distance from town. In her preface to the book's first edition, Edith Firth of the Metropolitan Toronto Library wrote, "Metropolitan Toronto has swept past the property, leaving it an anachronistic oasis in the heart of a changing city.... It remains, however, a rare survival of a former age, wearing its years with grace and dignity. Its story, and the story of those who lived there, is part of the history of Toronto."
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Very Good. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. xv, 223pp., index, notes, photos, ill., maps. Excellent item in any library of Toronto-iana, with bonus material! Dropped into the front are a Christmas Card from Warnock Hersey International Ltd featuring a reproducting of an 1845 W.H. Bartlett painting of the City of Toronto, and a newspaper cutting from the Toronto Star Saturday Magazine of November 25, 1989, concerning Robert Baldwin and the circumstances of his death...and its aftermath. Some minor bumping and wear to covers, inside pages clean, nice, tight copy in sound binding.
Add this copy of Spadina a Story of Old Toronto to cart. $29.00, very good condition, Sold by Hockley Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Palgrave, ON, CANADA, published 2000 by The Boston Mills Press.
Add this copy of Spadina: a Story of Old Toronto to cart. $37.00, very good condition, Sold by Brian Bauld (B-Line Books) rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Amherst, NS, CANADA, published 1975 by Pagurian Press.
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Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 0889320047. Stiff unmarked book with short piece of tape to front endpaper; in dust jacket with edgewear and small chip from top rear edge.; 223 pages.
Add this copy of Spadina: a Story of Old Toronto to cart. $55.64, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Boston Mills Press.
Add this copy of Spadina: a Story of Old Toronto to cart. $60.83, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1975 by Pagurian Press.
