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188040399Philadelphia: Lippincott. Good with no dust jacket. 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Tight book in dark green cloth with bevelled edges and bright gilt decoration and titles; just slight shelfwear; front blank endpaper is excised and name to inside front cover; pages are unmarked and bright. ; 114 pages . Lippincott hardcover
1883000880OTTAWA ONTARIO CANADA 1883. On offer is a scarce interesting original handwritten manuscript Canadian land transfer document dated Ottawa 29 March 1883 on "Department of Indian Affairs Canada" letterhead. It is signed by an Acting Deputy of the Superintendent of Indian Affairs. G. . Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Manuscript. unknown
187125898Ottawa Printed by I.B. Taylor 1871 1871. 8vo 24cm 57p. 8vo disbound title page dust worn else very good copy n12 Sessional Papers No. 44. 1871. Cf. Peel 2 323. Claims for damages suffered by the White settlers and business people in Fort Garry in consequence of the Riel Rebellion. Ottawa, Printed by I.B. Taylor, 1871 unknown
18981125557723Mobile ALA: Mobile Stationery Co. 1898. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. printed paper wraps 84 pages 4 unnumbered leaves of plates prepared for private circulation by W.K. Reynolds.ex lib with small link stamp on front wrap . Mobile Stationery Co. Paperback
1833032102New York: J. & J. Harper 1833. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Contemporary rebacked brown cloth with black author/title in gilt label to spine. 8vo 7 3/4 x 5 inches. 247 pp. plus 8 pp. contents and preface and an additional 8 p. publisher's catalogue to rear. Inside ink stain to title occasional annotated scoring staining and toning otherwise text block clear and legible. A very good copy. J. & J. Harper Hardcover
1896105c9945Toronto: C. Blackett Robinson 1896. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 372 pages. Former copy of Orlando Bush MPP for the Ontario riding of Grenville in the late 1800s. His signature is inside front board. Bibliography. Embossed light-brown front board. Gilt lettering upon backstrip. Average external wear. Bit of writing atop back free endpaper. Partial loss to frontispiece tissue protector. Narrow openings along both hinges. C. Blackett Robinson Hardcover
1865087507London: Sampson Low Son and Marston 1865. First edition. Card covers. pp. ix 240. 8vo. Card covers with eggplant cloth decorated in blind and with gilt lettering to front board. Four plates and one folding map; one two-inch tear to a fold of the map. Spine sunned ownership rubber stamp to front free endpaper and title page. Sampson Low, Son, and Marston unknown
188052170Ohne Ort, um 1880. Bild ca. 9 x 12,5 cm, Blatt ca. 12 x 16,5 cm. 1 Blatt, verso bedruckt. Kommt in schlichtem Klapp-Passpartout.
185041770Ohne Ort, um 1850. Bild ca. 9 x 17,5 cm, Blatt ca. 13,5 x 22 cm. 1 Blatt, verso weiß.
1843088140Quebec: William Cowan et Fils 1843. Leather Bound. pp. 130. 8vo. Quarterbound with black leather and gilt lettering to spine over green marbled boards. Text in French. Fold out map. Scuffing rubber stamps to endpapers and title page light penciling throughout; very good. De la description de Quebec et de ses environs en 1680 et de divers extraits relativement au lieu de l'hivernment de Jacques Quartier en 1535-36. A description of Quebec and its surroundings in 1680 and the various extracts relative to where Jacques Quartier spent the winter from 1535-36. William Cowan et Fils unknown
187835058London: January 14th 1878. 1878. Very good. - 17 words penned in black ink on a cream-colored 7 inch high by 4-3/8 inch wide sheet of his letterhead with his address printed at the top. The letter has been tipped onto a sheet of pink paper approximately 8-3/4 inches high by 7 inches wide. Signed "W. Morley Punshon". `The left edge of the mount is faded and both the letter & the pink paper are lightly rippled from the mounting. Very good. <p>Punshon writes to a Mr. Frendship: "I am quite unable to take any additional engagements. I am embarrased by the number I have".<p>William Morley Punshon 1824-1881 was an English nonconformist minister. Ordained in Manchester in 1849 he went to Chicago as the representative of the Wesleyan Methodist conference. He subsequently settled in Canada and did much to advance the cause of his denomination. His preaching and lectures drew great crowds both in Canada and the United States and he was five times president of the Canadian conference. He also restored the fortunes of the flagging Victoria college in Cobourg Ontario now Victoria University and created the great Metropolitan Methodist Church in downtown Toronto now Metropolitan United Church. London: January 14th, 1878. unknown
18611125558862Fredericton New Brunswick: J. Simpson 1861. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. printed paper wraps 84 pages back wrap missing minor chips to edges Rare. J. Simpson Paperback
186315646Fredericton: Province of New Brunswick 1863. Book. Good . Soft cover. First Printing of the First Edition. Complete and sound with soiling worn extremities and marginal dampstain at top corner. Printed at the royal gazette office. 32 pages. Province of New Brunswick Paperback
1885866a4765Victoria BC: Queen's Printer 1885. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Contains public acts relating to: Interpretation of Acts Chinese Regulation Immigration Coroners Constitution Courts Appellate Jurisdiction Courts of Assize and Nisi Prius County Courts Debt Sumas Dyking Fences and Water Courses Ferries Game Chinese Immigration to prevent Innkeepers Jurors Crown Lands Land Registry Licences Liens Married Women's Property Municipalities Penalties Revenue Supply Public Schools Spinks J.M.M. to authorize Commission of Enquiry respecting an alleged transfer of land from certain Indians Stipendiary Magistrates Cariboo Road Tolls. Private Acts relating to: Reserves Esquimalt Water-Works Nanaimo Water-Works. Heavy external wear. Usual library markings. Binding intact. Queen's Printer Paperback
1824701621Paris, Béchet, 1824. 2 Blatt, XXIII, 279 Seiten; 2 Blatt, 318 Seiten, 1 Blatt. Dekorative Halblederbände der Zeit mit Rückenvergoldung. Rückenschilder fehlen.
18815875Washington, Government Printing Office, 1881. Gr.8°. 1 Blatt, 695 Seiten. Geprägter Original Ganzleinen. [4 Warenabbildungen]
1872317g0451London: Hurst and Blackett 1872. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 347 pages. Three black and white plates including frontispiece. Two maps. Author's recollections of his mining adventures with the Queen Charlotte Mining Company at Skincuttle Inlet circa 1862. Attractive forest green three-quarter leather binding bears moderate wear. Gilt lettering legible upon backstrip which is moderately sunned. Library markings removed leaving occasional blemishes. Bits of clear tape residue near base of spine. Plate at page 120 loose but present. Hairline opening along front hinge. Lowther 401. Hurst and Blackett Hardcover
1884499London & New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Decorative cloth over boards title stamped in gilt onto spine 12mo 7.75 inches tall pp. i-ii iii-vi 1-339 illustrated with four folding maps by Leonard Forbes Beckwith C.E. ÉCOLE CENTRALE PARIS all edges trimmed decorative endpapers. Rubbing and light general wear to covers corners and spine ends softened fade to spine front hinge cracked but still solid blush of age tone and soil to text prev. owners neat gift insc. dated August 29th 1884 to ffep and in the same period hand " Byron Sherman 1884" at top of title page small splash marks to fore-edge. Booksellers tag "Old Eagle Book Shop.Kennebunkport Maine" at bottom of ffep. Text and all fold-out maps fine. "On the last day of May1863 in company with my father I left Fifth Avenue for Alaska." and so begins the author's four month journey by rail steamer wagon and horseback for well over 12000 miles with his famous father across America. Included are visits to and observations of Salt Lake the Mormons San Fransico and her markets buildings and the Chinese Quarter Yosemite Valley Astoria Vancouver's Island and of course on to Alaska and return. The New York edition of the same year has ten fewer pages 329 pp. with all else identical. Ref. Wickersham 6455; Lowther 668; Whale 1174; Smith 8141. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
186323666Montreal Canada: Martin Photographist Montreal 1863. Carte-de-visite photograph of Thomas Guthrie 1803 - 1873 Free Church of Scotland minister and philanthropist dedicated especially to the "Ragged schools" - charitable organisations dedicated to the free education of destitute children in 19th-century Britain - ".His style was not informed by theological depth or intellectual accomplishment but was underpinned by a thorough knowledge of human nature a warm-heartedness and an ability to speak vividly and in terms that all could understand." Lionel Alexander Ritchie in the DNB; approx. 2 1/2" x 4" size; pencil identified on the back; Martin Photographist Cor. Craig & Bleury Streets Montreal studio imprint on back of mount card; light wear to mount; in very good condition. Photograph. Not Bound. Very Good. Martin, Photographist Montreal Paperback books
18781125564St. John New Brunswick: J. & A. McMillan 1878. Map. Very Good. No Binding. First Edition. 35 3/4 x 39 3/4" 90.7 x 101 cm. A large colored detailed map of New Brunswick showing parts of Maine Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Fredericton and the City of St. John are shown in insets. The map was originally issued in 1867 by Charles Gregory. Corrected by Henry F. Perley 1831-1897. Civil Engineer. No printer or publisher's attribution. Mounted on linen; 87 x 97 cm. Scale ca. 1:506880 Encased in original cloth boards with gilt title "McMillans Map of New Brunswick." case is dull corners worn wear along spine when folded in case fore edges are spotted map is very good bright no separation at folds. J. & A. McMillan, hardcover
189418476Edmonton Alberta Canada: Uvisco Press. Near Fine. 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor rubbing at the corners. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 1104 pages . Uvisco Press hardcover
18870009381Boston: Little Brown 1887 - 1890. New Revised. Hardcover. Good. maps portraits. 8vos polished calf marbled boards extra-gilt spines scuffed worn all covers attached; ex libris Robert Watts Derby. <br/><br/>Illutrated including the Note and previously unpublished portrait of Montcalm which first appeared in the previous 1887 printing the 10th of Montcalm see BAL 15474 ; see Howes P97-100 . This set includes: Pioneers of France Jesuits in North America La Salle And The Discovery Of The Great West The Old Regime in Canada Frontenac And New France Montcalm And Wolfe. Also The Conspiracy of Pontiac; and The Oregon Trail. Little, Brown hardcover
1881301j2640Welland Ontario: Canadian Farmer. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1881. First Edition. Newspaper. Sixteen pages of very informative small-font text. Topics include: Housing and feeding farm stock in winter; Sheep in winter; Dairy; Poultry; Apiary; Horticulture; Household; Ladies' Dep't. with illustration of fancy Ladies' Shopping Costume; Commodity prices; Literary; plus wonderful vintage ads some illustrated. Unmarked with average wear. A rare and wonderful surviving example of how Canadian farmers kept informed prior to telephones radios and televisions not to mention the internet. ; Folio . Canadian Farmer unknown
1874195088Montreal: John Lovell 1874. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp. xiii 15 464 11644. John Lovell hardcover
1845CA 2000Boston: David H. Ela Printer 1845. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. orig. cloth gilt spine pp. xii 311. spine ends worn covers spotted and worn cloth split along spine at rear some sigs loosening light foxing WATTERS p 366 MacFarlane; New Brunswick Bibliography p 66. Much of interest on Fredericton in particular. Size: 8 Vo. David H. Ela, Printer, Hardcover