L'univers Magique de Lyonel Laurenceau.
Quebec: 1986. Many color illustrations. 4to, black boards. (Quebec: Laurenceau, 1986). Near Fine. Scarce. More
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Souvenir of Alaska and Yukon Territory
Seattle: 1902. Many photo illustrations by E. A. Hegg. 126pp. Oblong 4to, original tan cloth, spine rebacked in new black cloth, covers soiled, front flyleaf and some margins of plates lightly soiled, upper right corners of plates creased, inner hinge strengthened. Seattle, (1902). First Edition. Entire text is published photo illustrations of Alaska and the Yukon Territory. There is one folding panorama of Dawson, Yukon Territory. The images are bright. More
The Most Extraordinary Adventures of Major Robert Stobo.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1965. Illus. 423pp. 8vo, brown cloth, d.w. chipped and dampstained. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1965). More
Nineteenth Century Canadian Stories
Toronto: Macmillan, 1976. 8vo, pr. wrs., wrappers lightly soiled. (Toronto): Macmillan, (1976). More
Toronto; No Mean City.
394 text illus. sq. 4to, cloth, d.w. Univ. of Toronto Pr., (1964). More
The Bayard Family: An Address Read Before the New York Branch of The Order of Colonial Lords of Manors in America April, 1927
Baltimore: The Order of Colonial Lords, 1927. Illustrated. 22 pages, thin 8vo, printed wrappers. Baltimore: The Order of Colonial Lords in America April, 1927. A fine copy. More
Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River, and Along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the Years 1833, 1834, and 1835.
London: John Murray, 1836. Illustrated with a large folding map, 16 engraved plates, some text illustrations. x, [2], 663pp., thick 8vo, 3/4 brown calf; (rubbed, corners bumped, light foxing on some pages and plate margins, full page inscription by previous owner on flyleaf). London: John Murray, 1836. Very good. A fine source for both the early exploration of the far North as well as ethnology, includes details about Back's commerce with the Cree, Chippewa, and Coppermine Indians, and information relating..... More
The Dominion of Canada; with Newfoundland and an Excursion to Alaska.
13 maps and 12 plans, in color, some folding. 18mo, cloth; (text dampstained, maps and plans not stained; cloth lightly soiled, otherwise very good). Leipzig: Baedeker, 1907. More
History of the Huguenot Emigration to America
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1885. 20 maps and plates, some of the maps are folding. 2 Vols. 8vo, original green cloth, ex-lib, cloth lightly soiled on both volumes, corners lightly bumped on both volumes, foxing to Frontis. and title-page margin in both volumes, inner hinges strengthened in volume II. New York: Dodd, Mead, (1885). First Edition. "A pioneer work of highest grade...The author analyzes the episode of the Revocation, the flight from various parts of France, the refuge..... More
Jongleur Songs of Old Quebec
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1962. Illus. 8vo, two-toned cloth, d.w. lightly soiled, corners bumped on covers. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, (1962). Some songs with printed English translation. More
Voices of Fire; Art, Rage, Power, and the State
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1996. Illus. Small 4to, pr. wrs. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, (1996). Fine Presentation copy from one of the editors, John O'Brian, to Nan (Rosenthal). From the library of Nan Rosenthal, who was a curator of modern art at the Metropolitan Musuem of Art and National Gallery of Art, with her ownership signature. More
The War Pictorial: The Leading Pictorial Souvenir of the Great War; Depicting Especially the Part Played by Canada and Candians
Montreal: Dodd-Simpson, 1915. Illustrated with hundreds of b/w photographic reproductions. 3 volumes. Short slim 4tos, original beige cloth with decorative pictorial covers; one volume stained on cover and all are well-worn at corners with spines darkened and a bit rippled. Montreal: Dodd-Simpson, 1915. Overall a very good(-) set. A Complete History of the opening period of the Great European Conflagration from the Servian incident to the turning back of the German invaders from the Gates of paris. More
Richard Barrett's Journal, New York and Canada, 1816; Critique of the Young Nation by an Englisman Abroad
Winfield: Wedgestone Press, 1983. Ed. by Thomas Brott and Phillip Kelley. Illus. 128pp. 8vo, pr. wrs. (Winfield): Wedgestone Press, (1983). Fine. More
Least Known America
New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1925. Illus. 8vo, half tan cloth, spine lightly soiled, edges of corners lightly worn. New York: Fleming H. Revell, (1925). Presentation copy. Narrative of the author's travels. Pages 1-152 are on New Mexico. Pages 153-196 are on Newfoundland. Pages 226-282 are on Guyana. More
Painters in a New Land.
Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, 1973. Color frontispiece, 118 color and 103 black and white illustrations. 224pp., thick 4to, brown cloth, d.w.; (slightly chipped). Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, (1973). Very Good (+). More
To Every Thing There is a Season: Roloff Beny in Canada.
New York: Viking, 1967. Essays, poems and journals edited by Milton Wilson. 56 pages in full color, 144 pages in black and white photogravure, 10 maps and line drawings. 324 pages. Folio, gilt-lettered black cloth. New York: Viking Press, (1967). First edition. Small gift inscription on title page and cloth is a bit dusty, else a very good(+) copy. More
Trois Cent Cinquante Ans de Theatre au Canada Francais.
1958. Illus. 319pp. 8vo, two-toned cloth; (some puncture holes on cover). (Ottawa): Le Cercle du Livre de France, (1958). L'Encyclopedie du Canada Francais. More
The Dionne Years; A Thirties Melodrama
New York: Norton, 1978. Illus. 8vo, 1/2 red cloth, d.w. New York: Norton, (1978). Very good The birth and early years of the Dionne quintuplets. More
Flame Across the Border 1813 - 1814
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1981. Illustrated with various black and white maps. 492 pages. 8vo, tan boards with orange spine. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, (1981). A very good copy, page edges foxed but internally clean, front cover slightly warped. More
Hollywood's Canada; The Americanization of Our National Image
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1975. 109 Illus. 8vo, two-toned cloth, d.w. lightly soiled. (Toronto): McClelland and Stewart, (1975). More
Drifting Home.
color & b/w illus. small 8vo, cloth, d.w. (Toronto): McClelland, (1973). Trip down the Yukon River. vg. More
The Impossible Railway; The Building of the Canadian Pacific.
New York: Knopf, 1972. illus. 683pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. soiled on spine, d.w. with a few small tears. N.Y.: Knopf, 1972. vg. More
The Invasion of Canada; Volume One: 1812-1813.
Boston: Little Brown, 1980. Maps. 8vo, two-toned cloth, d.w. lightly soiled. Boston: Little, Brown, (1980). More
The Klondike Fever; The Life and Death of the Last Great Gold Rush.
maps. 477pp. 8vo, cloth. N.Y.: Knopf, 1958. vg. More
The National Dream; The Great Railway, 1871-1881.
maps. 439pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w.; (d.w. chipped). Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, (1971). More