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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. <br> <br> 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. <br> <br> 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
19561125558196Montreal : Published for the McGill Poetry Series by Contact Press 1956. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. black cloth silver spine lettersdust jacket79 pages illustrated five full page line drawings by Freda Guttman with some minor wear to dust jacket at top of spine with very small loss and at top corners of d.j.very slight tone to spine of d.j in protective mylar jacket. a fine example of the author's first book of which approximately 400 copies were printed. part of the McGill Poetry Series operated by Louis Dudek.First published in 1956 when he was twenty-two years old Let Us Compare Mythologies is Leonard Cohen's first collection of poetry. It is an accomplished and passionate collection which demonstrates Cohen's remarkably assured voice even as a young man. An unprecedented debut published to immediate acclaim. [Published for the McGill Poetry Series by Contact Press] Hardcover
1937617G1246Victoria British Columbia: The Archives of British Columbia/British Columbia Historical Association. Good. 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Seventeen volumes individually and uniformly bound in green cloth with with red labels and gilt lettering upon backstrips. Index in each volume. Fold-out maps. Black and white plates. Includes all issues from 1937 through 1945 and 1947 through 1954. Bindings tight. Unmarked. Moderate wear. A magnificent repository of early British Columbia history. Very heavy. Special shipping considerations may apply.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; British Columbia Quarterly History . The Archives of British Columbia/British Columbia Historical Association hardcover
19053149821905. Illustrated with photographs mounted usually 2-4 on a page each captioned with over 80 leaves approximately 200 images. Printed recto only. 1 vols. Oblong 4to. Laid into a modern half green morocco backed clamshell dropbox. Illustrated with photographs mounted usually 2-4 on a page each captioned with over 80 leaves approximately 200 images. Printed recto only. 1 vols. Oblong 4to. unknown books
1913559a9589British Columbia: British Columbia Historical Association 1913. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Unread. As new. Number 216 of limited edition of 350 copies. Signed by co-author R.E. Gosnell. "Few publications if any of similar size and excellence have been produced in Canada." - From Editor's Foreword. Part I includes 210 pages and eighteen chapters which constitute "a survey of events from the earliest times down to the Union of the Crown Colony of British Columbia with the Dominion of Canada." Part II is "a history mainly political and economic of the Province since Confederation up to the present time." Part I is preceded and followed by dozens of tissue-protected black and white portraits of individuals influential in the early history of the province complete with their brief biographies upon the tissue. Part II comprises eighteen chapters over 226 pages plus 5 pages of addenda followed by dozens of tissue protected portraits of "some of the men conspicuous as present day factors in development." Top edge gilt. Gilt lettering upon backstrip. Marbled endpapers. Exceptionally clean bright and unmarked with zero wear. Brown suede exterior appears as fresh as the day it was applied over 100 years ago. This majestic fourteen pound tome measures 13" x 10.5" x 4". A magnificent acquisition for any serious collector of British Columbia history. A better copy will not be found. Lowther 1607 Hale 2523 Edwards & Lort 3177 Strathern 495. British Columbia Historical Association Hardcover
1906WRCAM50950Montreal Toronto Quebec & Ottawa 1906. Seventy-seven works including numerous maps. Some original wrappers some volumes in contemporary leather bindings some in later yellow buckram. Some map volumes supplied at least in part in facsimile. Overall very good. A long run of the geological survey of Canada with some works printed in English and some in French. Comprises the progress reports and maps for the Canadian geological survey for a period of about fifty years. Includes the rare large folio atlas PLAN OF VARIOUS LAKES AND RIVERS BETWEEN LAKE HURON AND THE RIVER OTTAWA. Toronto 1857 listed as numbers 16-38 in Ferrier's ANNOTATED CATALOGUE.OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CANADA. The atlas is usually encountered in quarto format with the maps folded to conform to the smaller size. A copy of the Ferrier bibliography is also included with the collection. A complete detailed list of the works is available upon request. hardcover books
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.<br/> <br/>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.<br/> <br/>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
191030781<p>N.p. 1910 Large manuscript map measuring 40 x 103 ¾ inches pen and ink with pencil additions on drafting linen some minor soiling to edges else in very good clean condition.</p><p>Large scale manuscript map which delineates the territory from Skagway portions of British Columbia the Yukon and Klondike Country as far north as the Porcupine River. The map shows the rivers creeks settlements rail roads N.W.M.P. barracks timber berths and reserves.</p>
191030781<p>N.p. 1910 Large manuscript map measuring 40 x 103 ¾ inches pen and ink with pencil additions on drafting linen some minor soiling to edges else in very good clean condition.</p><p> Large scale manuscript map which delineates the territory from Skagway portions of British Columbia the Yukon and Klondike Country as far north as the Porcupine River. The map shows the rivers creeks settlements rail roads N.W.M.P. barracks timber berths and reserves. </p> books
1916346H5199New York: The International News Company 1916. Book. Illus. by Somerfield Thomas; Pride Sid; Holloway W.H.; Gillett Frank; Evison G.H.; Pitcher Sotheby; Prater Ernest. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Two Men's Madness - six lives and a fine ship the Frank N. Thayer are lost through the unaccountable frenzy of two Indians; In Wildest Ireland - A.W. Cutler describes and photographs "unspoilt" regions of the Emerald Isle - with many fascinating photos; The Guardian of the Line - the ordeal undergone by a humble railway-crossing keeper's wife in Lithuania on the Russian Front; In Search of the Unknown Land - The tragic story of the Stefansson Arctic Exploration Expedition twelve-page article including many photos; The Tales of Golab Khan - some amusing stories of Indian life; The Airman's Escape - two British aviators raid a Bulgarian town then one is shot down and must be rescued by his companion; From Job To Job Around the World - part VI - Two American wanderers make there way through the Holy Land to Constantinople - with photos; The Trouble at Crib No. 2 - a tug-boat fireman recounts an exciting story of a winter rescue on the Great Lakes; Australia's Water Miracle - article and photos describe how the Government of New South Wales has created a miracle of irrigation; The Story of Count Seilern - A Tragedy of the Hapsburgs; Alpine Acrobats - A vivid account illustrated by some very remarkable photographs of the first ascent of the needle-like "Cigar Rock" in the Italian Alps; Lovely one-page illustrated ad by Canada Steamship Lines promotes their Niagara to the Sea all-water route; and more. pp. 4 ads 3 290-385 7-32 ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. Soiling to back cover. Covers beginning to loosen otherwise a sound vintage copy of this exceptional issue. The International News Company Paperback
1914724a7836Victoria BC: Government of British Columbia B.C. 1914. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 69 pages. Complete with 8 protected map plates. Signed and inscribed by E.O.S. Scholefield Archivist of British Columbia atop front cover. Pages 3-4 constitute a letter of submittal by Mr. Scholefield to the Honourable Henry Esson Young Provincial Secretary. This work "represents the first bulletin of the British Columbia Provincial Archives Department." - page 3. "Vindicates the contention of Captain Vancouver that his ships were the first to complete the navigation of the inner channels which separate Vancouver Island from the British Columbia mainland." - M. Menzies. Errata neatly affixed to verso of Map List. Map plate V loose but present. Rough cut edges. Contents clean unmarked and lightly toned. Short openings to bottom edges of beige card covers. Strathern 399. Government of British Columbia (B.C.) Paperback
193463304hOttawa: Privately Printed 1934. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Black paper-covered boards with title-label to front. A limited private edition of 100 copies this being no. 67. Signed and inscribed by Lord Bessborough on limitation page with a cover letter on Government House letterhead signed by Comptroller and expedition member Eric Mackenzie. Head and tail of spine chipped with paper cracked along front edge. Covers still firm and holding by cords. Otherwise clean tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. Frontispiece illustration of one day's salmon catch. iv45pp. Privately Printed Hardcover
1902316588Newark Valley NY; near Uffington Ontario and other sites 1902. Illustrated with a manuscript plan of the 1899 camp and a map accomplished in red ink and pencil for the 1901 hunt. 174 pp. as described serially in manuscript in an Excelsior Diary ignoring the printed dates approximately 10000 words. 1 vols. Narrow agenda 12mo. Original leather edged canvas wallet binding stamped Excelsior Diary on flap. Owner name in ink on back cover and on front flyleaf. Very good conition entirely legible. Illustrated with a manuscript plan of the 1899 camp and a map accomplished in red ink and pencil for the 1901 hunt. 174 pp. as described serially in manuscript in an Excelsior Diary ignoring the printed dates approximately 10000 words. 1 vols. Narrow agenda 12mo. An excellent series of accounts of seven three-week deer hunts in Canada late October to mid-November 1897-1902 with names of the members of the hunting parties and a table by hunter of the game bag.<br /> Livermore a resident of Newark Valley New York travelled to Canada each year with a group of friends to hunt deer at a camp near Uffington Ontario; his diaries 20-40 pages for each hunt provide a brief account for each day's activities without much of a narrative thread mostly devoted to the hunting with notes on deer seen shot at and bagged. Also included are extensive notes on transportation to and from the camp other wildlife encountered on the hunt anecdotes e.g. a hound returning to camp with a nose full of porcupine quills some expense accounting and camp life. Livermore and his ten or so comrades most of whom hailed from Ottawa or Toronto bagged an average of 20 deer a year over the six hunts with a high of 30 in 1899 and 1900 the kill including bucks does and fawns rather indiscriminately. <br /> From the 1897 trip: "A.E. Bradstreet shot a fine doe 2-year old in narrows from upper pine near Burnt lake. Called for me to dress it.<br /> 1898: "I went with Mr. Miller North East of camp to a new watch & shot the first deer of the season at 8:30 & a fawn on same morning about 9:30." <br /> 1899: "Paddy Regan killed a very large buck yesterday in Rat lake weighed 240 pounds."<br /> 1900: "Weather very warm went bathing in lake today. Had plenty of fresh fish from lake perch bull heads chubs also some trout."<br /> 1901: "F. Smith shot a fine 5 i.e. 10 pt. buck at head of Jean Lake."<br /> 1902: "I went to pt. between watches on Jean Lake North side at 8:30 just landed I see a small Buck fawn 'fine one' crossing outlet of Jean went after him & made a finish at first watch on Stoney Creek." <br /> Though lacking a narrative thread this is a revealing manuscript giving the day to day details from a series of deer hunting trips to Canada at the turn of the 20th century. The first 60 days of the diary have entries in real time mostly devoted to Livernore's day job as a clerk in a shoe store and for example an 1892 visit to New York City; the manuscript is quite legible and very good throughout. unknown
1959138G4416Washington D.C.: Office of the Chief of Military History U.S. Army 1959. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 432 pages. Index. Biographical Notes. List of Abbreviations. Chart. Tables. Fourteen reproductions of black and white photos in text. Color map of Canada Alaska and Greenland stored in back pocket. Describes in detail how Canada and the United States joined to thwart the Axis threat and stresses the very significant work of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense Canada-United States. Inside front board a 9.25" x 6.25" typed presentation letter dated 16 February 1960 to Lieutenant General Samuel Findlay Clark Canadian Army is signed by L.L. Lemnitzer Chief of Staff of the United States Army. Letter was originally glued inside front board but is now loose. Yellow glue discoloration to perimeter of letter and front fixed endpaper. Light wear and no markings to this extraordinary association copy. Office of the Chief of Military History, U.S. Army Hardcover
196859148Kingston Ontario Canada: Agnes Etherington Art Centre Queens University. As New. 1968. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - 190 pp. With 290 ills. 8 col. . 27 x 24 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queens University paperback
196732475Canada. As New. 1967. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - 188 works catalogued and illustrated including paintings by La Tour Lorenzo Lotto Camille Pissarro Constable Hogarth and many others. Text in French and English. Fine condition. -- with a bonus offer-- . Canada paperback
197161806Residenz Verlag. As New. 1971. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Text pristine & unmarked tight to the spine - Text in English and French. 44 pp. With 38 ills. 20 x 21 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . Residenz Verlag paperback
195639126Toronto Canada: Oxford University Press. As New. 1956. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Text in English with 6 color and 48 monochrome plates. Among the artists represented: Constable; H. Memling; Rembrandt; Chardin; Claude; N. Maes; and many others -- with a bonus offer-- . Oxford University Press hardcover
199492343Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada. New. 1994. Paperback. 088884638X . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED - Corresponds to ISBN: 088884638X. 401 pages. -- with a bonus offer-- . National Gallery of Canada paperback
199438104Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada. New. 1994. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED - Corresponds to ISBN: 088884638X. 401 pages. -- with a bonus offer-- . National Gallery of Canada paperback
196658761Montreal Canada: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. As New. 1966. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Text in English. 144 pp. With 102 ills. 28 x 22 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . Montreal Museum of Fine Arts paperback
196758784Montreal Canada: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. As New. 1967. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Text in English and French. 408 pp. With 361 ills. On 321 pls. 15 col. . 31 x 24 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . Montreal Museum of Fine Arts paperback
196858964Ottawa Canada: National Gallery of Canada. As New. 1968. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - TEXT PRISTINE & UNMARKED CRISP TIGHT TO THE SPINE - 40 pp. With 47 ills. 5 col. > 22 x 22 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . National Gallery of Canada paperback
196858881Musee National D'Art Moderne / National Gallery of Canada. As New. 1968. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Text in French. 72 pp. With 27 ills. 8 col. . 24 x 24 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . Musee National D'Art Moderne / National Gallery of Canada paperback
197428389Ottawa Canada: National Gallery of Canada. As New. 1974. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - . Articles include: Millet's 'Saint Jerome Tempted' and 'Oedipus Taken Down from the Tree' - The Discovery of a Lost Painting; Massimiliano Soldani's 'Venus Plucking the Wings of Cupid'. Articles include: Millet's 'Saint Jerome Tempted' and 'Oedipus Taken Down from the Tree' - The Discovery of a Lost Painting; Massimiliano Soldani's 'Venus Plucking the Wings of Cupid'. -- with a bonus offer-- . National Gallery of Canada paperback
