Landmarks of Canada What Art Has Done for Canadian History
Toronto. 1917. Binding: contemporary green cloth over boards, title in gilt on upper board and flat spine, upper board with decorative gilt emblem.
, Notes: “A guide to the J. Ross Robertson historical collection in the public reference library”
John Ross Robertson (1841 – 1918) was a Canadian newspaper publisher, politician, and philanthropist in Toronto, Ontario. As a young man, he started a newspaper at UCC called Young Canada Andy, a satirical weekly magazine, The Grumbler. The Grumbler was published in 1864 in a building on the corner of King Street and Toronto Street in Toronto. The Grumbler was one of Robertson's more well known publications. He was hired as a reporter and then city editor at The Globe in Toronto, but left The Globe to found The Toronto Daily Telegraph in 1866. That paper lasted five years, and Robertson went to England as a reporter for The Globe. He returned to Toronto in 1876 and launched the Toronto Evening Telegram. In the Toronto Evening Telegram he wrote a recurring column on Toronto landmarks. The Evening Telegram was a success from the start and Robertson was soon a wealthy man. Eventually these columns were published in a book called Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto which consists of six volumes.
, Size: Quarto, Provenance: Ex-Libris of J. T. Cunningham., Category: Book Canada;. Very good copy. Item #B6560
Binding: contemporary green cloth over boards, title in gilt on upper board and flat spine, upper board with decorative gilt emblem.
, Notes: “A guide to the J. Ross Robertson historical collection in the public reference library”
John Ross Robertson (1841 – 1918) was a Canadian newspaper publisher, politician, and philanthropist in Toronto, Ontario. As a young man, he started a newspaper at UCC called Young Canada Andy, a satirical weekly magazine, The Grumbler. The Grumbler was published in 1864 in a building on the corner of King Street and Toronto Street in Toronto. The Grumbler was one of Robertson's more well known publications. He was hired as a reporter and then city editor at The Globe in Toronto, but left The Globe to found The Toronto Daily Telegraph in 1866. That paper lasted five years, and Robertson went to England as a reporter for The Globe. He returned to Toronto in 1876 and launched the Toronto Evening Telegram. In the Toronto Evening Telegram he wrote a recurring column on Toronto landmarks. The Evening Telegram was a success from the start and Robertson was soon a wealthy man. Eventually these columns were published in a book called Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto which consists of six volumes.
, Size: Quarto, Provenance: Ex-Libris of J. T. Cunningham., Category: Book Canada;.
Price: $475.00