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Canada: Chambers Ernest J. edABAA

CANADA'S FERTILE NORTHLAND A GLIMPSE OF THE ENORMOUS RESOURCES OF PART OF THE UNEXPLORED REGIONS OF THE DOMINION EVIDENCE HEARD BEFORE A SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE OF CANADA DURING THE PARLIAMENTARY SESSION OF 1906-7 AND THE REPORT BASED THEREON

Canada. ForestryABAA

Vernacular Photograph Album Documenting Work with the Ontario Forestry Branch and the Dominion Forest Service in Western Canada; with Some Additional Interesting Photos of Time Spent Employed in the Orange Groves of Florida

19301441Various locations in Ontario Alberta and the Southern U.S. 1930. Very good. 165 photographs on forty-four leaves. Most images approximately 3 x 4 inches or 2 x 3 inches with a few larger. Oblong octavo. Original brown cloth album with black paper pages string-tied. Light wear to album first leaf detached. Internally clean with some minor wear most images captioned. Interesting photo album made by a young man working in the Canadian forestry service in the 1920s. Images here document time spent along Loch Lomond and Lake Superior in Ontario and later on Mount Shunda in the Canadian Rockies. There is also a section of images covering work in the orange groves of Florida and in the Southern United States. The album is captioned throughout -- extensively so in the segment on Alberta -- providing context and humor to the images. Our author who is pictured but not identified was employed by the Ontario Forestry Branch in 1928 around Loch Lomond and Lake Superior just south of Thunder Bay. Approximately seventy of the images relate to this region. They show the scenery wildlife and the camps and operations of the forestry service. Most are captioned in some way: "The Cook loading a canoe"; "Cliffs at mouth of Carp River"; "O.F.B. camp Loch Lomond survey." Several later images show the Temagami district of northern Ontario including the Mattagami River and its dam as well as an image captioned "Indian cabin flooded by Mattagami River." The last several leaves of the album are devoted to the author's work with the Dominion Forest Service in Alberta and British Columbia in 1930. These photos are generally larger 4 x 5 inches and more extensively captioned. The opening image is a panoramic shot of the Big Horn Mountains in Alberta seen forty miles distant. The next shows the small town of Brazeau: "Looking north from Brazeau to Mt. Baldy on left and Mt. Shunda on right. Brazeau is a coal mining town 120 miles west of Red Deer Alberta and lies just inside the first range i.e. Brazeau Mts. Elevation of town 4000 ft. Mt. Shunda 6700 ft." This series of sixty photographs depicts the area around Mt. Shunda including sweeping scenery and towns as well as the forestry camps and activities. One image of three men in a tent from out on the trail is captioned "Over night camp from main camp to reach out-of-the way territory. Frank Mac and Obey. Note it rained over night also note holes in tent." There are mentions of the Canadian Pacific Railway and several images of stations and tracks. Incongruously placed in the middle of the album is a group of images from 1925 documenting time spent working in the American South. These thirty-five images briefly document the trip to Florida: "Crossing the Roanoke River Virginia"; "On a road in Georgia" depicting a Black man in a goat-drawn cart; "Two tramps outside Philadelphia". There are individual images of the orange grove "Young trees about 5 yrs. out Hiawassee Orange Grove Florida along with shots of the cabin wash day loading fertilizer for the grove and the "View from our shack." Altogether an interesting album of images documenting one young man's time in the Canadian Forestry Service as well as his earlier adventures working with trees in the American South. unknown books

McBride Rare Books · États-Unis650,00 $US≈ 549,97 €

Perry Henry Eldridge: CanadaABAA

MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A CAMPING TRIP IN THE ONTARIO WILDERNESS

1911WRCAM55081Ontario Canada 1911. 108pp. approximately 13000 words overall. Oblong 12mo. Original limp burgundy calf. Some rubbing to covers chipping at extremities. Minor tanning a few ink smudges. Very good overall. An entertaining diary chronicling a seven- week camping and canoeing trip in the Ontario wilderness by four Yale University students during the summer of 1911. We believe the author of this diary to be Henry Eldridge Perry a Yale student who was accompanied on this adventure by three friends: Jo Dugas Edward Bancroft Twombly a member of the Yale class of 1912 and of Skull and Bones and Jeff Jeffery. They met at North Bay Ontario and took the train to Cochrane and then on to Low Bush where their journey began. Their purported mission was to search for fossils minerals and other geological samples but the diary reveals they were mostly searching for adventure. Perry's daily entries detail their progress on the water portaging from lake to lake setting up numerous campsites in difficult territory battling the weather hunting and fishing and chance meetings with lumberjacks and Indians among other excitement. They regularly shot partridges for breakfast and caught pickerel and pike for dinner when they could "I kidded myself into thinking I was fishing but I really only held a pole" - July 20. The hunting highlight of the trip was the downing of a black bear on August 10: "This afternoon Jeff & I went out to Baker Lake to hunt for an outlet.we didn't see much some Indian wigwams a log house & all the skeletons hides & utensils they discard upon departure. Farther up we happened to run into a bear. Heard a big crashing in the bush & that we'd pinch a wild beast or two so I paddled nearer while Jeff adjusted his rifle. Just then the old brute broke thru the bush & trotted along the shore without seeing us. Then he began to swim across & I paddled after him like the dickens. Jeff began to shoot & the first shot the bear saw us & turned for shore. Jeff shot twice more & the third time pinked him under the ear. He flopped and after a few kicks was dead floating on the surface. How we vibrated! We tied a rope around his neck & towed him ashore. Then we got out in about two feet of water & lifted him clear of the water into the canoe. How we did it we'll never know. He weighs about 400 lbs is 6 ft 8 in from nose to hind foot 5 ft. 3 in. from nose to tail 44 inches round abdomen 40 round chest & 30 round neck. Jo says he's the biggest black bear he's ever seen." Perry is an amusing and self-effacing narrator never holding back his complaints about mosquitos or leaking tents and giving each campsite a new and clever name such as: "Camp Hang-over" "Camp Gloom" "Camp Larger Gloom" "Camp Hellgate" and "Camp Where the - are We Or - if I Know." Although he only refers to himself by his last name our Perry is likely Henry Eldridge Perry who roomed with Twombly during their last two years at Yale. A native of Crete Nebraska Perry may also have provided the backwoods expertise for this outing. A delightful glimpse of a substantial trip by four amateur outdoorsmen. Mortimer Robinson Proctor HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1912 YALE COLLEGE New Haven Ct.: Yale University 1912 Vol. 1. unknown books

William Reese Company · États-Unis1 250,00 $US≈ 1 057,63 €

CANADA TALBOTT Henry and othersABAA

Maple Leaf Club 1903

190338161Washington D.C.: Privately printed 1903. 11 x 8 1/2 inches. 29 leaves of text printed double-column on rectos only with occasional manuscript ink corrections; 62 mounted photographs mostly 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches facing text on versos of printed leaves or on separate thicker paper. Original red ribbon tied green printed green wrapper. Likely privately printed account of an August 1903 camping and fishing trip into Canada's Muskoka region by fourteen people from the Indian Territory Arkansas Mississippi Kentucky Tennessee Washington DC and Northampton and Boston Massachusetts. Hosted by Major Breckenridge this trip was a follow-up to a 1902 trip ruined by bad weather and other problems and cut short. This 1903 trip was better organized and with a larger party. The group assembled at a cottage on Lake Rousseau north of Toronto and took canoes to camps on Lakes Blackstone and Crane near Parry Sound. The first four chapters relay descriptions of their travels camping gear fishing tackle boats the scenery local farms and preparations for various activities among many other details. The final chapter of the book "August 1903" was written by Mary Breckenridge and provides a detailed account of the fishing: "We now had a plentiful supply of fish. Luck was good for nearly everyone.to the major rested the honor of the largest fish a wall-eyed pike with a really ferocious countenance." The photographs closely track the narrative with the images reflecting the text opposite and show docks and buildings along the traveled routes scenes of the Canadian backwoods camps and members of the party engaged in various activities including swimming boating fishing cooking etc. Major Breckeridge wished to "provide a trip which would make his girls permanent lovers of fishing and camping and willing companions of his future expeditions for.none are too tender to cultivate the angler's art." He bought a small number of maple leaf pins which he distributed to the party and which became the badge of the Maple Leaf Club. Privately printed unknown books

Donald Heald Rare Books · États-Unis2 750,00 $US≈ 2 326,78 €

Beach William N.: Canada Photographica: Alaska PhotographicaABAA

THREE LARGE PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS CONTAINING OVER 600 PHOTOGRAPHS OF ALASKA AND THE CANADIAN ROCKIES DURING THE 1930s COMPILED BY AUTHOR WILLIAM N. BEACH

1937WRCAM54535Alaska & Canada 1937. Three albums with 601 photographs each approximately 3 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches with additional ephemera such as news clippings and a hunting license. Oblong folio. Contemporary full red morocco gilt tooled by the Harcourt Bindery. Photos mounted directly on stiff grey album leaves. Very light wear to hinges and spine ends. Contents generally fine. Very good overall. Two volumes in red cloth slipcases. A magnificent and massive collection of over 600 photographs compiled by William N. Beach famed big game hunter and author of IN THE SHADOW OF MOUNT McKINLEY. The first two albums here document a journey made by Beach through the Canadian Rockies in August and September 1933. The third album focuses on his excursion through Alaska in 1937. All three postdate the publication of MOUNT McKINLEY which established Beach as an important figure in the world of big game hunting. According to one of the contemporary newspaper clippings tipped into the album Beach's hunting party on his second trip documented here "was after specimens of Alaskan wild life to be placed in the Smithsonian" with W.L. Brown curator of the Institute accompanying the party. Shortly after the trip an article by Beach entitled "With Moose and Caribou in Alaska" was published in EXPLORATION AND FIELD-WORK OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION IN 1937 and featured photography from the "Alaska" album present here. These expertly captured images of the Denali wilderness and the Rockies offer a rare and extraordinary glimpse not only into big game hunting but also into remote and pristine landscapes of these areas in the 1930s. An outstanding and impressive group of photographs. hardcover books

William Reese Company · États-Unis18 500,00 $US≈ 15 652,85 €

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CANADA'S FERTILE NORTHLAND A GLIMPSE OF THE ENORMOUS RESOURCES OF PART OF THE UNEXPLORED REGIONS OF THE DOMINION EVIDENCE HEARD BEFORE A SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE OF CANADA DURING THE PARLIAMENTARY SESSION OF 1906-7 AND THE REPORT BASED THEREON

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CANADA'S FERTILE NORTHLAND A GLIMPSE OF THE ENORMOUS RESOURCES OF PART OF THE UNEXPLORED REGIONS OF THE DOMINION EVIDENCE HEARD BEFORE A SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE OF CANADA DURING THE PARLIAMENTARY SESSION OF 1906-7 AND THE REPORT BASED THEREON

CANADA'S FERTILE NORTHLAND A GLIMPSE OF THE ENORMOUS RESOURCES OF PART OF THE UNEXPLORED REGIONS OF THE DOMINION EVIDENCE HEARD BEFORE A SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE OF CANADA DURING THE PARLIAMENTARY SESSION OF 1906-7 AND THE REPORT BASED THEREON

All Canada Weekly Summaries 3d Series. Index Vols. 1-72 in 18 books

Through the Mackenzie Basin. A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899.Also Notes on the Mammals and Birds of Northern Canada by Roderick Macfarlane

The Dominion of Canada with Newfoundland and an Excursion to Alaska. Handbook for Travellers by .

The Company of Adventurers. A Narrative of Seven Years in the Service of the Hudson's Bay Company during 1867-1874

The Western Socialist. The Official Organ of the Socialist Party of Canada. Eleven Issues 1936-38

The Canadian Government Telegraphs; Report on the Canadian Government Telegraph lines compiled up to 1st April 1904 and maps of the different Sections or Systems

Vernacular Photograph Album Documenting Work with the Ontario Forestry Branch and the Dominion Forest Service in Western Canada; with Some Additional Interesting Photos of Time Spent Employed in the Orange Groves of Florida

Portrait Photograph of Canada Lee as Bigger Thomas in the 1941 Orson Welles' stage adaptation of NATIVE SON

Thirteen Real Photo Postcards Depicting First Peoples in British Columbia and Two from Alaska

The Last Minutes of the Holding Company. The McGiffin Crust Cover title

MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A CAMPING TRIP IN THE ONTARIO WILDERNESS

Plan Showing the Timber Berths in the Yukon Territory in Force on the 1st January 1910. Scale = Six Miles to an Inch. Samuel H. Genes Chief Draughtsman Mining Lands & Yukon Branch.

VOLUMINOUS COLLECTION OF WORKS RELATING TO THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA 1845 - 1906

Maple Leaf Club 1903

Photograph album A Canoe and Camping Trip through the Liverpool Waters of Nova Scotia June Seventeenth to July Fifth

THREE LARGE PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS CONTAINING OVER 600 PHOTOGRAPHS OF ALASKA AND THE CANADIAN ROCKIES DURING THE 1930s COMPILED BY AUTHOR WILLIAM N. BEACH

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