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
George Dixon
Very scarce unsigned original black and white photograph, c. 1915, from a cabinet card image, c. 1894, approx. 4" x 7", a full-body image of the boxer wearing black leotards with a white belt- with flat laced-up boxing shoes, striking a bear knuckle pose. Condition: Image cropped from when used for publication - but complete in itself; minor surface creasing with a clip at the top left-hand corner. Vintage fountain pen identification in an unknown hand cleanly written at bottom..... More
Nineteenth Century Canadian Stories
Toronto: Macmillan, 1976. 8vo, pr. wrs., wrappers lightly soiled. (Toronto): Macmillan, (1976). 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
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
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
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
British North America, Sheet III Pacific Coast British Columbia and Vancouver Island
Edinburgh: Fullarton, Archibald, 1857. Map. Color engraving. Image measures 16" x 20 3/4". 1857. This is a wonderful map of the West Coast of Canada. Abundantly labeled with the names of cities, ports, rivers, mountains. Describes as far North as Hudson Bay Territory and Sikani Indian territory. Show the newly discovered gold fields in the upper Fraser River region called 'Cariboo diggings'. From Fullarton's "Royal Illustrated Atlas", considered the last highly decorative atlas published in England. Beautifully engraved and colored..... 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
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
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