L'univers Magique de Lyonel Laurenceau.
Quebec: 1986. Many color illustrations. 4to, black boards. (Quebec: Laurenceau, 1986). Near Fine. Scarce. More
CANADA
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
Carta Geografica del Canada Nell: America Settentrionale
Venice: Giovanni Battista Albrizzi, 1740. Map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 13" x 16.75". Exquisite map of Canada showing the Great Lakes in detail with beautiful country vignette cartouche. Detailed explorers notes engraved throughout including Baron di Lahontan's accounts of the West. Some discoloration along centerfold and edges but in pleasing black and white state. Giovanni Battista Albrizzi (1698-1777) was a prominent Venetian publisher of books and maps. He inherited his business from his father and was part of a family..... More
Autographed Document Signed regarding a boundary dispute
Readfield: 1839. 1 page, 11 x 7.75 inches, Readfield, February 22, 1839. Outstanding and historically important autographed document regarding a dispute between Maine and New Brunswick, signed "Samuel K. Currier," Adjutant, Regiment Artillery 1st Brigade - 2nd Division. In part: "In obedience to General Orders of the 19th, instituted and herewith transmitted...of the 21st...a draft of the Regiment Artillery is ordered to be made with all possible dispatch as follows...vis...Capt. A. P. Arnolds and two sergeants; George W. Armstrong from..... More
British Possessions in North America
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orne, 1809. Map. Original uncolored engraving. Sheet measures 11 1/2" x 17 1/8". This detailed map shows British territories in North America. Although published in 1809, it was made after an 1804 map by Arrowsmith that captured an important moment in North American history at the start of westward expansion. The map includes the Arctic Circle, from Greenland to the Bering Strait, extending south to 35 degrees, the convergence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers..... More
North America
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orne, 1809. Map. Original uncolored engraving. Sheet measures 11 1/2" x 17 1/8". This detailed map shows North America. The map includes the Arctic Circle, from Iceland to eastern Asia, extending southward to the Caribbean coast of South America. The Rocky Mountain Range is depicted prominently, drawn as one cordillera extending from Canada and connecting to the Sierra Madre mountains through Mexico and the Cordillera Central in Central America. The combined ranges are labeled "the..... More
Toronto; No Mean City.
394 text illus. sq. 4to, cloth, d.w. Univ. of Toronto Pr., (1964). More
Asher and Adams' Ontario
New York: Asher & Adams, 1873. Map. Lithograph original hand coloring. Image measures 17 1/4" x 24". This large scale 1873 map depicts Ontario, Canada and it's RR systems. Districts are hand colored and railway lines are labeled. City and town names occur as well as stops along the routes. Rivers, bays, capes, islands and other topographic features are also noted throughout. Small chips to corner, does not affect image. Asher & Adams were publishers based in Washington and New..... 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
Autographed Letter Signed "S.B."
Ottawa, Canada: 1939. 2 pages (front and back), 8 x 5 inches, Government House, Ottawa, April 19, 1939. Written to powerful New York attorney Frederic R. Coudert during a lecture tour of Canada, in part: "...Nothing is settled yet and I will try and send you a line from Toronto if I have made any final arrangements while I am here. I only came over to give off these lectures which I hoped might be of use in Canada at..... 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
Rosedale: The First 100 Years of Rosedale Golf Club
Rosedale, 1993. Foreword by Jack Nicklaus, Photography by Nancy Westway. Extensively illustrated. 224 pages, 4to, blue cloth, d.w. Printed by Friesen for Rosedale Golf Club, (1993). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. 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
Plan De La Baye De Chibouctou nommee par les Anglois Halifax
Paris: Jacques Nicolas Bellin, 1763. Map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 8.25" x 13.75", sheet measures 12" x 19". Some light fading and staining at edges. In very good condition. A fantastic early map of Halifax, published in Bellin's 'Petit Atlas Maritime'. Inset shows the town plan of Halifax.Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), was the official hydrographer to the French king and the first person to hold the title of "Ingénieur de la Marine of the Depot des cartes et plans de..... 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
Literature and Painting in Quebec: From Imagery to Identity
Toronto: University of Toronto, 2012. Color and black & white illustrations. xii, 382 pages. 8vo, blue cloth with gilt lettering at spine, pictorial d.w. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, (2012). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. 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