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One of the first Hymnals by a Nova-Scotian
1. ALLINE, Henry
Hymns and Spiritual Songs. Stonington-Port, Con. Printed by S. Trumbull. 1802.
16mo, 16.5cm, 282p., in contemporary full brown sheep, gilt ruled panel borders with
small decorations in the center, gilt titles, some wear on the boards and edges,
endpapers stained, a fragile production making this a very good sound copy , rare
900.00
T.P.L. 6803. Alline was born in Rhode Island in 1748 and moved with his family
to the township of Falmouth, N.S. in 1760. After a religious experience graphically
described in his Life and Journals, he felt the call to preach and although further
education was not available to him, resolved to become an evangelist. From 1776 to
1783 he traveled the Maritime Provinces on horseback and in all weathers preaching
wherever he could. In August of that year he sought to carry his message to New
England, but he died of complete exhaustion in New Hampshire in January 1784. His
"New Light" church encouraged the singing of hymns and the lack of hymnals in Nova
Scotia caused Alline to write many hymns himself. This is the first edition of the
posthumous collection which was printed several times in New England. It is a very rare
hymn book, and one of the first written by a Nova Scotian.
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Incunabula - 1489.
2. ANONYMOUS
Alphabetum Divini Amoris de elevatione mentis in deum. Venerabilis patris....
Memmington. Albrecht Kunne. 1489. 8vo, 20x 14cm, [24pp., printed in black letter with
hand-written rubricated red initial letters, capitals, strokes & underlining, bound in
recent full vellum, gilt spine title, boards slightly warped else fine
4,000.00
With a contemporary vellum manuscript fragment which was used as a
bookmark.
Goff A-527. A early edition of an anonymous popular devotional work of the late
Middle Ages from the Austrian and Bavarian regions. Although frequently attributed in
15th century editions to theologian Johannes Gerson (1363-1429), in editions of the
16th century it was ascribed to German theologian Johannes Nider (c.1380-1438)
However, this edition, in the text, ascribes the authorship to the author of the "Imitatio
Christi", probably Thomas a Kemper. Earlier editions existed in Cologne (1470) and
Louvain (1479). A very scarce work of incunabula.
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3. BARROW, Sir John, (1764-1848).
A Description of Pitcairn's Island and Its Inhabitants. With An Authentic Account
of the Mutiny of The Ship Bounty and of the subsequent fortunes of the mutineers.
New York. Printed and Published by J.& J. Harper. 1832. 16mo, 15.5cm, first US
edition, [viii],303p., preliminary ads., with 2 engraved plates, in the original printed tan
cloth over boards, usual foxing, very good to fine
250.00
Harper's Family Library, No XXXI. From the original British edition of 1831, entitled "The
Eventful History of the Mutiny." Barrow recounts the famous story of the mutiny against
Captain Bligh aboard the Bounty, during a voyage under-taken to convey the bread-
fruit tree to the West Indies. Hill 70. Sabin. 3663 (later eds). Cover title: "The Eventful
History of the Mutiny of the Bounty".
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4. BARTHE, Ulric (Compiled by)
1871-1890. Wilfrid Laurier on the Platform. Collection of the principal speeches
made in Parliament or before the people by Hon. Wilfred Laurier. Quebec. Turcotte and
Menard. 1890. 8vo, 215cm, first edition, 624p., frontis portrait, in contemporary half
crimson calf, blind decorated raised bands, black and dark green leather labels, gilt tit-
les, red cloth boards, gilt titles in gilt laurel decoration on the upper cover, boards
slightly dust worn, wanting both mar-bled free flies, presentation type binding,
produced on somewhat fragile paper, still this is a very good to fine copy
250.00
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5. BARTLETT, William Henry
Canadian Scenery. [A Complete Set with 117 plates & 2 engraved title-page
including the map. This printing issued without the portrait]. London. James S. Virtue,
City Road and Ivy Lane. [1841]. 4to., in 2 volumes, in fine signed binding, The plates are
very good clear strikes but all have a damp stain with tide line, the damp stain is
noticeable on the bottom spine edge of the boards, but not visible on the spines, as is
650.00
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4. BELL, Winthrop
Brigadier-General Jedidiah Preble (1707-1784) and His Participation in Nova
Scotia History. Printed for the author at Halifax, Nova Scotia. By Halcraft Printing. 1954.
8vo, 22.5cm, 39p., limited to 125 copies, this being #45, stiff morocco grain card wraps
and endpapers, inner linen hinges, fine
100.00
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Signed and Published by the Artist who later painted with his camera
6. BENY, Roloff
An Aegean Note-Book. Comments on a Mid-Century Odyssey in Greece.
[Lethbridge]. Published by the Author. [1950]. sq4to., 25x 27cm, [7]p. Of text, printed
on smaller 4to extra stock paper and loosely inserted, The First Edition, limited to 300
copies (1 - 50 de-luxe), this being #153, signed by Roloff Beny, illustrated title page, with
20 inserted lithographs on Byronic text, with titles printed on the tissue guards, inter
leaved in heavier card stock, portrait illustrated front endpaper, bound in black hard card
stock, in similar red slipcase, the cover label which is somewhat wrinkled and appears
never to have been affixed is loosely inserted, a slightly fragile production this copy is
better than average condition
350.00
As a student at OCA in the early sixties, I remember the teacher talk about Roloff
Beny was that he was regarded as talented. The label was to be applied to the lower
right corner of the cover. The text includes Beny's impressions of Greek culture during
his visit in 1948.
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7. [BINDING]. FITZGERALD, Edward
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Rendered Into English Verse by... Reprint of the First
Edition. London. Macmillan. 1905. 24mo, 12,5cm, reprints of the first three editions, 55,(-
33)-77, (-31)-76pp., in One volume, in full hard grain crushed brown morocco, raised
bands, gilt borders and decorations in the panels, gilt ruled borders and decorations &
flora corner decorations on the boards, gilt rule on the board edges, internal full
morocco gilt ruled borders and gilt corner decorations with japon vellum centre panels,
all edges gilt, with the bookplate "Redkynch House, Somerset" on the front endpaper,
and signed in gilt on the bottom board, "19 E.W. 05", a beautifully designed fine binding
350.00
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8. [BOILEAU-DESPREAUX, Nicolas (1636-1711)].
The Art of Poetry, Written in French by The Sieur de Boileau, Made English.
[Translated by Sir William Soame]. London. Printed for R Bentley and S Magnes. 1683.
8vo, 18cm, 67p., woodcut astrolabe device on the title, 19th century ownership
signature on the front free fly, final black fly has earlier ink ownership inscriptions,
rebound in quarter French marbled paper over marbled boards, paper label, fine copy
thus
400.00
ESTC R3959, Wing B464, Macdonald 17 "Dryden probably contributed many lines to this
translation. He may have polished it throughout. Boileau, according to a story of
Oldmixon's, pre-tended never to have heard of Dryden." In Ton-son's 1708 reprint of the
translation, the editor states: "The translation of Monsr. Boileau's Art of Poetry was made
in the year 1680 by Sir William Soame of Suffolk, Bart. who being very intimately
acquainted with Mr. Dry-den, desired his revival of it. I saw the Manuscript lye in Mr.
Dryden's Hands for about Six Months, who made very considerable Alterations in it."
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9. BOSWELL, James
The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. New and Complete Edition, carefully revised
from the most authentic sources. Edited, with Notes, Etc., by William Wallace.
Edinburgh. W.P. Nommo. 1890. 8vo, 23cm, xiv,562p., in double columns, index, in full
contemporary maroon pollished calf, gilt decorated raised bands, gilt decorated borders
and center panel device, crushed green morocco label, gilt ruled borders on the boards,
and gilt crest on the upper cover, gilt rolled decoration on the board edges, marbled
endpaper and edges, a near fine copy in fine binding
175.00
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10. [THE BOY SCOUT Association, Ottawa]. Catalogue.
The Boy Scout Association. Price List of Official Uni-forms, Equipment, Books,
etc. Catalogue No. 17. 1936. Ottawa. The Boy Scout Association, The Stores Department.
1936. 28cm, 48p., heavily illustrated with photographs & drawings, order blanks, colour
illustrated wraps, original ordering envelop laid-in, light soiling to covers, very good to
fine, scarce
125.00
Includes a two-page illustrated description : "Young Canada on Parade in
honour of Lord Baden-Powell's visit to Canada 1935." The catalogue provides
descriptions, with photos, of uniforms and equipment of cubs, boy scouts, rovers, sea
scouts, commissioners, and leaders along with badges and insignia. With an extensive
list of Boy Scout literature including the "Gilcraft" series.
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With 240 Hand-coloured Plates of Birds & Bird Eggs
11. BREE, Charles Robert
A History of the Birds of Europe, Not Observed in the British Isles. In Four
Volumes. London. Groombridge and Sons. 1859. tall8vo, 24.5cm, 1859-1867, first
editions, in 4 volumes, iv,206 & iv,203 & iv,247 & iv,250pp., with 240 hand-coloured
plates of birds & bird eggs, tissue guards, in half brown morocco, blind ruled raised
bands, gilt titles, blind decorations in the panels, fine grain pebbled cloth boards,
marbled endpapers, t.e.g., some expert restoration, near fine set with an a Three Page
Autograph Letter Signed from the author, laid in
1,100.00
An important ornithological study by physician, Charles Robert Bree (1811-
1886). With striking bird plates using woodblock colour printing process by Benjamin
Fawcett. Laid in is a three-page hand-written letter from Bree to the probable original
owner, S.M. Burnett of Balbi-than House, Aberdeenshire (bookplates). The discussion is
of various kinds of birds.
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12. THE BRADSTREET Company.
Bradstreet's Book of Commercial Ratings of Bankers, Merchants, Manufacturers,
etc., in the Dominion of Canada. Selected, under Specific Agreement, from the General
Volume, which is Copyrighted. Volume 209 - March, 1920.
New York. The Bradstreet Company. 1920. folio. 37cm, various paginations
c.[250]p., printed in 5 columns, in the original quarter red linen backed black cloth
boards, titles faded on the upper covers, spine edges worn and upper hinge cracked
internally fine
150.00
The American accounting companies listings of all Canadian businesses by
province, city or town, along with estimation of wealth and credit rating. Also includes,
Newfoundland and St. Pierre et Miquelon. The commercial laws for each province are
listed along with rolls of banks and bankers. A valuable Canadian economic reference.
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13. BROADSIDE. [Great Britain. Colonial Office].
NOTICE. About TWENTY YOUNG ABLE BODIED FARM LABORING SERVANTS
newly married, (or with not exceeding one child each) are required to go to NORTH
AMERICA, in the month of May, next. To be engaged for a Term of 5 Years, and allowed
£17 per Annum Wages, with Board and Lodging for themselves and families, free of
Cost. If the Parities be desirous of returning to England at the Expiration of their
Engagements, a free Passage will be provided for them, but if they may wish to remain
in North America, and that their conduct has given satisfaction to their Employers, A
GRANT OF LAND, free of Coast, will be made to Them. ... London. H.K. Causton, Printer.
1836. 1p. broadside, 21x 28cm, fine, rare
1,000.00
Not in T.P.L., nor Lande.
Not in Amicus. WorldCat locate only 1 copy; at Thomas Fisher Library.
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15. BROADSIDE. - Debenture. [Americana].
Summons dated May 24, 1799 against William Redfield of Middletown, to
answer charges by Solomon and James Cowles of Farmington, Connecticut, on behalf of
The firm Cowles & Mix. Solomon Cowles (1758 - 1846), a Revolutionary War officer
retired with the rank of General was a prominent member of the Cowles family. William
Redfield (1727 - 1813) of Middletown, possibly the grandfather of William C. Redfield
(1789 - 1857) of Middletown, scientist and meteorologist. Signed M.J. Russell, Justice of
the Peace. Verso signed by Sheriff Enoch Parsons. The Connecticut Historical Society
mentions Parsons as being appointed Governor of the Northwestern Territory in 1789,
however, this is incorrect as Arthur St. Clair was the first Governor of the Territory and
remained until 1802. Nonetheless, Enoch Parsons is an integral part of early Ohio history.
Parsons father, Major-General Parsons, was a close ally of Washington and served his
country on the front lines from 1775 to 1782. He drowned in the winter of 1789 when
his canoe capsized while on surveillance in Pennsylvania. Single sheet. 8 1/4 x 6.5",
creased at folds, age toned, very good condition
250.00
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Enoch Parsons (1769 1846) was born 5 November 1769 in Lyme, Connecticut.
He was the son of Mehitable Mather Par-sons and Maj-or General Samuel Hold-
en Parsons. In 1789, at only nineteen years of age, Parsons was appointed Governor of
the Northwestern Territory and Registrar and Clerk of the first Probate Court in Ohio. He
later resigned and returned to Connecticut. At age 21, Parsons was appointed High
Sheriff of Middlesex County; he remained in that position for about 28 years. Enoch
Parsons married Mary Wyley Sullivan (d. 1807) on 19 May 1795 in Philadelphia; they had
three children. He married his fourth cousin, Mrs. Sarah Hubbard Rosencrans, on 17
September 1808; they had one child. Enoch Parsons was the President of the Middle-
town and Hartford Branch of the Bank of the United States between 1818-1824; he held
the post again later, until the Charter expired. He was also a frequent member of the
Leg-islature. Enoch Parsons died 9 July 1846. [Connecticut Historical Society]
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14. [CANADA].
The Canada Gazette.
[Department of Militia and Defence].
Militia General Orders. Extracts from The Canada Gazette. June 3,1865; November 8,
1890; December 17, 1892; February 24, 1893; February 3, 1894.
Quebec, Ottawa. Queen's Printer. 1865, 1890- 1894. folio, 33cm, pages: 1837-
1892,2,3,8,11pp., some minor chipping to edges, several leaves glue stained, loose as
issued, self wraps, two binder holes on the spine edge, very good
250.00
Yearly reviews of the Canadian Militia in the Victorian era-infantry, cavalry,
artillery and engineers-with officer promotions, appointments, unit efficiency
comparisons, regulations, and awards. The 1890's series are off-prints while the 1865
Orders are part of a complete "The Canada Gazette" (No. 22, Vol. XXIV- 55 pages).
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15. CANADA. Ministry of Immigration and Colonization.
Canada West. [Cover Title]. Ottawa. Ministry of Immigration and Colonization.
Nd. [1920?]. 4to, 27cm, 40p., plus text on the inside of the wraps, text in double columns,
with 3 double folded colour maps, 1 map & c.65 illustrations, (mainly rural, farming,
housing), colour illustrated wraps, staples rusted else near fine
125.00
Peel 2926.
Includes in sections Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
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16. [CAYET, Pierre Victor-Palme]
Chronologie Septenaire de L'Histoire De La Paix Entre Les Roys De France et
D'Espagne. Contenant les choses plus memorables aduenues en France, Espagne,
Allemagne, Italie, Angleterre, Escosse, Flandres, Hongrie, Pologne, Suece, Transituanie,
& autres endrooits de l'Europe: avec le succez de plusieurs navigations faictes aux Indes
Orientales, Occidentales & Septentrionales, depuis le commencement de l'an 1598,
insques a la fin de l'an 1604. Divisee En Sept Livres. Derniere Edition.
Paris. Par Jean Richer:... 1609. 8vo, 17cm, foliated, (8's), [vi],506 leaves,[1]p.,
engraved title-page, bound in full contemporary speckled calf, raised bands, gilt
stamped decorations and borders in the panels, upper hinge expertly restored, this
edition is rare
4,000.00
This edition is rare, with no auction records (1975-09) & Historical Records (A&E).
- - Sabin 11627. Palau, 50667. cf. T.P.L. #6295 for 1605 edition & #6296 for 1612. cf.
Lande 113 for the 1606 edition. cf. Gagnon I-747, for 1608 "Chronologie novenaire,..."
A rare and important work, containing one of the first accounts of Champlain's
first voyage to North America. The work consists of a chronological arrangement of
important events from 1598 to 1604, divided into 7 Books or parts of about 140 foliated
pages each. In Book 6, for the year 1603, occupying folios 377-433, is a long detailed
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account of the French Expedition to Canada organized by Amyar de Chastres, Governor
Dieppe, and commanded by the Sieurs Du Pont Grave and Prevert, accompanied by
Samuel De Champlain. The expedition left Honfleur on March 15th, 1603, and after a
tempestuous voyage of forty days, reached Tadoussac. From this point Champlain
explored the Saguenay for about 30 or 40 miles, and then the St. Lawrence as far as the
Falls above the present site of Montreal. Returning to Tadoussac he explored the shores
of the Gulf, secured a valuable cargo of furs, and returned to France, which he reached
on September 20th, 1603.
This is one of the earliest accounts of Champlain's First Voyage to Nouvelle France,
being a succinct abridgement in the third person of Champlain's "Des Sauvages ou
Voyage de Samuel Champlain de Brovage"... which was published in Paris in 1603
immediately after the return of the expedition.
Book 7, for the year 1604, contains a long account of the foundation of the Jesuit
College in Paris and of the activities of the Order in Europe, Peru, New Grenada, the
Philippine Islands, China, and Japan, in addition to a further account of the French in
Canada.
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17. CALLAGHAN, Morley
No Man's Meat. Paris. Edward W. Titus, at the Sign of the Black Manakin,
Montparnasse. 1931. 19cm, 42p., limited to 525 numbered copies, signed by the author,
this being copy number 372, on hand made paper, quarter linen backed paper over
boards with printed paper labels on the spine and upper cover, t.e.g., in publisher's
tissue wrapper and black slipcase, (both are typically chipped and frayed), the book is
fine
150.00
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18. CHURCHILL, Charles
Memorials of Missionary Life, in Nova Scotia. London. John Mason; Hamilton,
Adams & Co. 1845. 12mo. 16.5cm, vi,[1],206,[1]p., in contemporary half calf, raised
bands, blind stamped borders in the panels, crushed crimson morocco label, gilt titles,
marbled boards, some wear on the boards, very good to fine
175.00
T.P.L. 2705. Sabin 13013. Not in Lande. Story p593. The author, a Wesleyan
Methodist missionary, served in Nova Scotia between 1838 to 1861. In his last years, he
edited the periodical Wesleyan. His narrative includes experiences and includes
topographical, historical and general information.
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19. COLLINS, Major Perry McD.
Overland Explorations in Siberia, Northern Asia, and the Great Amoor River
Country; Incidental Notices of Manchooria, Mongolia, Kamschatka, and Japan, With,
Map and Plan of an Overland Telegraph Around the World, Via Behring's Strait and
Asiatic Russia to Europe. New York. D. Appleton and Company. 1864. thick12mo,
19.5cm, 467,8p., ads., with 4 plates, lacking map & plan referred to in title, appendix,
original black pebbled cloth boards rebacked in black cloth, black leather label, a fine
copy thus
250.00
cf. Hill 336., mentions this edition. Smith. American Travellers C92. "... much
interesting is included on the peoples of the region, the trade and resources of Siberia,
and the Amoor Railroad. Besides giving an interesting economic and cultural picture of
the area, Collins's plates provide a view of the ancient Tartar monuments along the
Amur River". (Hill). A scarce 19th century travel book of a trip through Russia and Siberia
starting from New York in 1856. Major Collins, a United States commercial agent, was
looking into the prospects of American access to the natural resources of Siberia through
the Amur River. He advocated railroad and telegraph connections to open up the Amur
country. - A 1962 edition by the Un. Wisconsin Press, has an excellent forward. (Smith).
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20. [LORD Dalhousie]. Autograph Letter Signed
DALHOUSIE, George Ramsay, ninth Earl of
Handwritten Correspondence, addressed from: Castle of St. Louis, Quebec, 29
May 1821, Earl of Dalhousie; Gentlemen (,) I find a flying(?) opportunity of a vessel going
to Madiera & returning here direct should you have had no opportunity this year by man
of war to Halifax to send my annual supply of 2 Pipes, and ½ cask of sweet malmsey , I
beg you will send it by this (.) I am sorry to say that my last wine by the Phaeton was by
no means so great as what you formerly sent me-Yours faithfully Dalhousie. You will
draw as usual on J. Gordon 153 Oxford St. London. 1821. 29x20cm, 4p. (2p.blank) with
address on p.4, handwritten, in a portfolio of full dark green goat, with crimson morocco
label with gilt titles in gilt border on the upper cover, internal flaps and a portrait of
Dalhousie on the front marbled endpaper, some slight foxing but generally fine
condition, rare
1,200.00
At the time of writing of this correspondence, Dalhousie was governor-in-chief
of Canada (1819 to 1828). A military man, he had fought throughout the American
Revolution, the Peninsular Wars and was present at the Battle of Waterloo. During his
tenure in Canada he came into conflict with Louis Joseph Papineau and the French-
Canadian majority in the Assembly. On leaving Canada, Dalhousie was appointed
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commander-in-chief in India. Very interesting pre-Confederation ephemera which leads
one to suspect that good wine was a scarcity in the colonies!!
When on September 8th, 1828, George Ramsay, who had served in Canada for
12 years"... he left a legacy of artworks and cultural initiatives that would establish him
as one of the first significant partrons of the arts in Canada". Rene Villeneuve. Lord
Dalhousie, Patron and Collector. National Galley, 2008.
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Richard Hatfield's Copy
21. DANSON, Andrew
Unofficial Portraits. Canadian Politicians Photo-graphed By Themselves. With
Introductory Essays by Robert Fulford and Maia-Mari Sutnik. Toronto. A co- publication
of Doubleday Canada and the Art Gallery of York University. 1987. folio, 30.5x 25cm,
174p., with 62 photographic plates, catalogue, bibliography, illustrated wraps, fine in
fine jacket, Premier Richard Hatfield's copy, with his signed bookplate & signed by the
ten premiers on their portraits
500.00
Signed portraits include: Brian Mulroney, Prime Minister of Canada; Robert
Bourassa, Premier of Quebec; John M. Buchanan, Premier of Nova Scotia; Grant Devine,
Premier of Saskatchewan; Donald Getty, Premier of Alberta; Joseph A. Ghiz, Premier of
P.E.I.; Howard Pawley, Premier of Manitoba; Brian Peckford, Premier of Newfoundland;
David Peterson, Premier of Ontario; and William Vander Zalm, Premier of British
Columbia. From the library of Richard B. Hatfield, Premier of New Brunswick, with his
signed bookplate.
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22. [DAVIS, A.H.].
Coit Correspondence: or, A Trip to New Brunswick, By The Coit Family.
Worcester: Printed By Chas Hamilton. 1871. 12mo, 19cm, first edition, xi,[12]-94p., half
title printed in red, title page vignette ship illustrations, in the original green cloth, gilt
titles on the upper cover, near fine copy,
250.00
Account of a boating excursion to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia (St. John, Annapolis,
Halifax) made by a group of New Englanders mainly from the Boston-Worcester area.
The letters were originally published serially in the Worcester Daily Gazette. Included is
a list of officers of the steamer, members of the band, officers of the Coit Family, and
participants in the expedition. A second trip was made in 1871.
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23. DE HANSY, Theodor, published by [Binding].
L'Office de la Quinzaine de Pasques, a l'Usage de Rome. En Latin et en Francoise.
Dedie a la Reine. Avec l'Explication des Ceremonies propres de ce saint Temps; des
Meditations sur les Evangiles de chaque jour; des Reflexions sur les Mysteres; Exercises
& Prieres pour la Confession & la Communion. Paris. Chez De Hansy, Libraire, 1775.
24mo. 14cm, 611p., engraved frontis, title-page vignette, printed in double column, in
contemporary full dark crimson levant morocco, raised bands, gilt spine title & gilt panel
borders with small centre panel decorations, triple gilt ruled borders on the boards,
marbled endpapers, a.e.g., some annotating, fine copy
400.00
A popular Roman Catholic missal and breviary pub-lished by De Hansy, (1700 - 1770) in
Paris. With Approbation dated 1727. An interesting pre-Revolution edition dedicated to
the Queen of France, Marie-Antoinette.
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24. ELIOT, Charlotte. [T.S. Eliot].
Savonarola. A Dramatic Poem. With Introduction by T.S. Eliot. London. R.
Cobden-Sanderson. [1926]. 19cm, the first edition, xv,99p., original black cloth (front
bottom corner bumped) paper spine label, a fine bright copy in lightly soiled printed
grey jacket with a few early inner tape repairs (33840 lt).
350.00
Gallup B8. A dramatic poem on the Italian monk and religious reformer,
Girolamo Savonarola (1452-1491) by Charlotte Eliot (1843-1929), the mother of T.S.
Eliot. With a six-page introduction by T.S. Eliot. A scarce book, the first edition was
published in only 300 copies.
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25. [FRANCE]. LOUIS XIV.
Edit du Roy. Contre Les Duels et Rencontres. Verifie en Parlement, le Roy y seant,
le septieme Septembre 1651. Paris. Le Procureur General du Roy. 1651. 21.5x 17cm, 20p.,
decorated title page, chapter header & first letter drop-cap decoration, small stain on
title, in quarter brown calf backed grey paper over boards, fine
500.00
One of many edicts by various kings of France to stamp out the proliferation of
duels of honour in France. The first ordinance in France against dueling was given in
1566, to little or no avail, and in 1626 a new edict under Louis XIII condemned to death
anyone who had killed an adversary. This is one of eleven ordinances against dueling
given during the reign of Louis XIV, further edicts showing a proliferation of the events.
An interesting government document drawing attention to a particular French
predilection - affairs of honour. Even Voltaire is noted as fighting a duel in his youth!
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26. [FIRST War Canadian Poetry].
The Soldier's Wives' League. [Anonymous].
To Our Boys in Khaki. God Bless Them. N.p. The Soldier's Wives' League. 1915.
16mo. 15cm, 8p., printed brown wraps, near fine
200.00
"Written and Published in Aid of our Patriotic Work by a Member of The Soldier's
Wives League." Six patriotic: five by "E.A.B." and one, "Canada's Lads", by I.L. Macdonald.
The S.W.L. existed in Ottawa, Saint John and Kingston.
Not in Watters. Not in Amicus. Not in WorldCat: there are many items under this
title on WorldCat, however none with this date. There were a few similar titles in 1916
and many in 1917, 1918 and beyond. This appears to be the first use of this title.
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27. [GASOLECTRIC Motors, Limited]. Prospectus .
PROSPECTUS. Gasolectric Motors, Limited. (Incorporated under the Ontario
Companies Act). Authorized Capital - $1,000,000.00... Board of Directors. President - L.H.
Piercy, Guelph, Ont., Manufacturer.... [St. Thomas, Ontario. The Company. 1911]. 8vo,
23cm, 14p., with 10 illustrations, printed brown wraps, fine, rare
400.00
A printed business plan for a Canadian automotive business located in
St.Thomas , Ontario with plans to develop a line of electric automobiles and buses. The
Company also intended to acquire the patent for the Hub Motor in Canada. With an
interesting series of c.1910 automobile illustrations including the Piercy 30-35 H.P.
Gasoline Car.
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General Wolfe's Last Exhortation to His Troops
28. [GENTLEMAN'S Magazine].
CAVE, Edward] pseud. Sylvanus Urban
The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle. Volume XXX. For the Year
M.DCC.LX. [1760]. By Sylvanus Urban, Gent. [January 1760-December 1760]. London.
Printed for D. Henry and R. Cave. 1760. thick8vo, 21cm, (ii),623,(17)pp., title-page
vignette, with 15 of 17 plates (2 wanting), volume indexes, rebound in quarter brown
morocco grain leather and marbled boards, red and green leather labels, very good to
fine
800.00
Twelve issues of the monthly magazine for the year 1760 and the final year of the Seven
Years' War. Includes articles on Admiral Sir Edward Hawke (with portrait); General
Wolfe's last exhortation to his troops; a biography of George Frederick Handel; letter
from an officer of the Royal American Regiment regarding Quebec and the battle of
Saint Foy; General Amherst's Expedition to Montreal (with folding map & plan); account
of Captain Walker and his squadron of privateers; charges against General Town-send
for his handling of the defense of Quebec; Prussian accounts of the Battle of Torgau; the
Minutes of Lord George Germain's Trial following the Battle of Minden; and the Articles
of Capitulation on the Fall of Montreal. Plates of interest include: a chart of the Irish Sea
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(with the Nymph Bank); the engagement of H.M.S. "Monmouth" and the French ship
"Foudroyant" (1758); "A curious map of the Icey Sea" (a slightly chipped circular map of
the Arctic regions): several maps showing the campaigns in Germany.
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Oliver Goldsmith of St. Andrew's, N.B. Canada's First Native Born Poet
29. GOLDSMITH, Oliver
The Rising Village, with Other Poems. By Oliver Goldsmith, a Descendant of the
Author of "The Deserted Village". Saint John, New Brunswick. Published for the Author
by John McMillan. 1834. 16mo. 14cm, first Canadian edition, 144p., complete with half
title, in the original green watered silk, gilt spine titles, expertly restored, all edges gilt,
a fine copy thus, rare
1,500.00
T.P.L. 1834. Lande 1798. Sabin 27720. Watters p77. - The Canadian edition of a
work first published in London in 1825. Oliver Goldsmith was born in St. Andrew's, New
Brunswick in 1794 and was the great nephew of Oliver Goldsmith, the English poet. The
Rising Village is written in imitation of The Deserted Village. He was Canada's first native-
born poet. Except for some time spent travelling, he spent most of his working life in
Halifax, where he wrote The Rising Village. Rhodenizer states that his verse is "...
noticeably reminiscent of that of his great-uncle, the Irish born English poet".
An expanded collection over the London 1825 edition of the title poem. A work
of some note in the history of Canadian poetry. Described by Klinck et al (LITERARY
HISTORY OF CANADA) as "the first volume of verse ever published in Canada by a native-
born Canadian to receive serious attention at the hands of critics and literary historians.
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The author was the grand nephew of his more famous namesake. When the title poem
was published in London, he was battered by the inevitable comparisons made by
reviewers. This augmented collection was his farewell to versifying
Except for some time spent travelling, most of his working life was spent in
Halifax, Hong Kon and Newfoundland, as well as New Brunswick. It was in Halifax that
he wrote the The Rising Village Rhodenzier states that his verse is "... noticeably
reminiscent of that of his great-uncle..."
A new edition, edited by Michael Gnarowski, Mont-real. Delta. 1968. 47p.,
Incorporates textual differences between the London, 1825 edition and the first
Canadian edition published in Canada, in 1834.
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Illuminated by Owen Jones
30. GRAY, [Thomas].
Gray's Elegy. Illuminated by Owen Jones. London. Longman and Co. & New
York. Wiley and Putnam. 1846. sm4to, 24cm, First Edition [36] pages in including title,
hinged in separately, on extra (heavy) stock card paper, printed in chromo-litho in gold
and colour with decorated borders with the text in frame borders and colour device
decorated on the corners, in full dark brown calf, elaborated designed and decorated in
deep embossed to simulate wood boards, all edges gilt, two bookplates, top and bottom
spine edges and corners slightly worn else a fine copy
500.00
"In 1846 Longman published Gray's Elegy, illuminated by Owen Jones: the first
secular book wholly illuminated by him, the first with the name of a New York publisher
on the title-page as well as that of the English publisher, and the first to be issued in a
special kind of binding chiefly used for illuminated books. The binding is in brown
leather deeply embossed to imitate carved wood; the design, which is overall, consists
of holly leaves and 'Gray's Elegy' in gothic lettering in a panel on the front, and holly
leaves and Owen Jones's monogram on the back, and must have been built up
underneath the leather as well as embossed on it. There is no gold (or colour) on the
sides, but the flat edges and 'squares' are tooled in gold and the edges of the paper are
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gilt. The binding was executed by Remnant & Edmonds who had for several years
specialized in fancy binding for Albums and Gift Books. The illuminations, in Owen
Jones's characteristic spidery style, are chromolithographed in two blues, two reds,
black and gold." (Ruari McLean). McLean. Victorian Publishers' Book-Bindings, pp.11 &
15. (1)
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Grand Trunk Railway Eliminates Its Biggest Rival
31. GRAND Trunk & Great Western Railway of Canada.
[Circular/Broadside].
Grand Trunk & Great Western Railways of Canada. Mr. W. Abbott. The Proposed
Amalgamation.
Sir, I have received a circular, dated 16th March, and addressed by you to
shareholders in the Great Western Railway. ... - [Printed letter opposing...]... W.A. Dixon.
March 24th, 1882. folio, 32x 21cm, 2 printed pages, double-column, quarter folded,
some chipping on the fore-edge, very good good condition, rare
500.00
An important event in Canadian business history. The Grand Trunk Railway
eliminates its biggest rival. -
W.A. Dixon was one the shareholders of the Great Western Railway and was
opposed to the proposed amalgamation with the Grand Trunk Railway. The
amalgamation was approved at the Great Western's semi-annual meeting of April 27,
1882, and approved by the Canadian Parliament the same year. The Grand Trunk
thereby eliminated its biggest competitor and added nearly 1500 kilometers of track to
its system. - See A.W. Currie. The Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, 1957. pp244-245.
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32. GREAT Britain. House of Commons.
Papers Presented to the House of Commons, Relating to the Encounter Between
His Majesty's Ship Leopard, and the American Frigate Chesapeake. London. Ordered, by
The House of Commons... [1809]. folio, 33cm, 37p., self wraps, disbound, fine condition
350.00
cf. T.P.L. 852. Sabin. Not in Smith. The British fire on the American warship off
the Capes of Virginia in 1807. The Chesapeake was believed to be carrying deserters.
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Sale of the Manuscript of Harmon's Journal
33. [HARMON, Daniel].
PARKE-BERNET Galleries Inc
Western And Other Americana, Canadiana, with many rarities. An Important
Collection of Currier & Ives and other American Lithographs. Collected by the late
Guthrie Y. Barber [cover title]. New York. 1941. 23.5cm, 248[3]p. listing 1287 items,
printed wraps, yapped edge frayed else a fine copy
75.00
"This sale contained the manuscript journal of Daniel Harmon".
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34. HEAD, Sir Francis Bond
Toronto: The Grounds Upon Which Are Based Her Claims to be The Seat of
Government of Canada; with A Memorandum. Addressed by... to the Secretary of Sate
for the Colonies, on the Subject. Toronto. Thompson & Co. 1858. 8vo, 22cm, 34p., plus 3
map plates, in the original printed wraps with titles repeated on the upper cover in
frame border, string tied, upper wrap chip on the bottom edge, slightly dust worn else
very good copy, rare
250.00
T.P.L. 3861. Not in Lande. No standard listing located.
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35. HEYDEN, Joseph Van der
Life and Letters of Father Brabant. A Flemish Missionary Hero. Louvain. Printed
by J. Wouters. 1920 tall8vo, 24.5cm, 249p., frontis portrait, 4 plates, index, in printed
grey wraps, cover worn & chipped, printed on somewhat fragile paper, in light grey clam
shell box with paper label, rare
350.00
Not in Amicus. WorldCat locates 6 copies (none in Canada). Edwards 1717, cites
B.C. Arch- ives; Lowther 1649.
The story of a Belgian Jesuit, Reverend Augustin J. Brabant (1845-1912), who
served on Vancouver Island, British Columbia as a missionary to the West Coast First
Nations. He established a mission at Hesquiat, on Vancouver Island in 1874 and served
there for nearly 30 years.
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36. IRVING, Washington,
Rip Van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Illustrated by George H.
Boughton. London. Macmillan and Co. 1893. 12mo. 18cm, first edition, xi,218p., frontis
and 53 illustrations, original dark green cloth, gilt titles & elaborate floral decoration on
upper cover and spine, a.e.g., a fine copy, scarce in this condition
400.00
A beautifully decorated and vividly illustrated edition of an American classic.
The floral decorations with Boughton's signature in gilt on the bottom right corner. One
of the 24 volume "Macmillan Cranford Series" published between 1877 and 1907.
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37. KENTON, Edna (Selected and Edited by)
The Indians of North America. From"The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents:
Travels and Explorations of the Jesuit Missionaries in New France, 1610-1791". Edited by
Reuben Gold Thwaites. New York. Harcourt, Brace & Co. [1927]. 8vo. 22cm, first edition
thus, in 2 volumes, xvii,597 & xv,579pp., with 21 maps and plans and 1 portrait plate
(Catherine Tegakwita), notes, appendices, dark blue cloth, spine titles faded, a very good
sound set
150.00
Haywood v2-p852. Kenton's skillfully edited work of the principal documents
from Thwaites' monumental collection dealing with the work of the Jesuits in the
interior of North America, issued in seventy-three volumes; it is particularly valuable for
its information on Indian tribes. - "The content is precisely defined by the title. Of the
280 documents listed by Thwaites, 68, in whole or in part, comprise the body of this
work". Extracts omitted or un-included papers appear as footnotes. Pagination of the
Thwaites English text is shown, notes by Thwaites have been liberally drawn on, ...
preface.
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38. KEATS, John
The Eve of St. Agnes. A Poem. designed & lettered by Ralph Fletcher Seymour.
With a Preface Written for It by Edmund Gosse. Chicago. Published at the Fine Arts
Building by Ralph Fletcher Seymour. 1900. 8vo, 22.5cm, (17), (37)pp., edition limited to
800 copies, this being No. 388, decorated double title-page, 6 drawings, extensive
design and letter decoration, quarter dark green fine grain book linen backed grey-
green paper over boards, gilt decorated & gilt block titles and decorated on the upper
cover, former owner's inscription on front paste-down, fine copy
300.00
Fine copies are scarce. One of last of Keats' poems, probably written in 1819 but
first published in 1820. With a extensive background on the poem by English critic,
Edmund Gosse. An attractive private press edition printed in Chicago by R.R. Donnelley
& Sons Company. Each page has been decorated or illustrated in rubricated style by
American illustrator and publisher, Ralph Fletcher Seymour (1876-1966).
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39. KRIEGHOFF, Cornelius]
A portfolio of paintings by Cornelius Krieghoff reproduced from Maclean's
Magazine ("Christmas Album"). December 24, 1955. [Magazine and Portfolio]. Montreal.
Maclean's Magazine. 1955. folio. 37cm, pp.13-19 (magazine), 7 loose leaves in wraps
(portfolio), 10 colour reproductions with self-portrait, in original mailing enve-lop, fine
150.00
The article from Maclean's is entitled
"The Rebirth of a Fascinating Painter". Reproductions include: Merrymaking
(cover); Tobogganing; The Sleigh Ride; Running the Toll; Baker's Mishap; Breaking Lent;
Habitant Farm; Playtime, Village School; Royal Mail Crossing the Ice; The Ice Cone at
Montmorency Falls.
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40. LANDE, Lawrence
The Development of the Voyageur Contract, (1686 - 1821). A Monograph
Compiled and Edited by Lawrence M. Lande. Montreal. Lawrence Lande Foundation for
Canadian Historical Research, McLennan Library, McGill University. 1989. 4to. 27cm,
xx,151p., plus 111 plates and facsimiles, text illustrations, reference list, mapped
endpapers, printed on rag paper, deluxe hand-binding limited to 200 numbered &
signed copies, this being #6, in full linen with recessed title label printed on birch bark
on the upper cover, editor presentation inscription, as new
350.00
Part one is a descriptive listing of fifty manuscript voyageur contracts from the
French regime and early period of British rule up to 1790. Four con- tracts are illustrated,
and one complete facsimile is tipped in. The second part of the book presents a
systematic treatment of the printed contracts of the various firms of the North West
Company spanning the period from the 1780's up to the 1821 amalgamation with the
Hudson's Bay Co. Sixty-one selected contracts are described of which forty-four are
given a full page illustration.
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41. LaFONTAINE, Jean de
Fables de La Fontaine. Illustrees D'Eaux-Fortes Originales de Gaston Barret.
Paris. Aux Editions Arc-en-Ciel. 1950. 8vo. 22.5cm, in 2 volumes, 246 & 264pp., limited
to 2200 copies, this being #1621, colour engraved plates, on rag paper, in sections
(facsicules), original printed wraps, in the original dark blue, rounded spine backed open
boxes, in slipcases, fine
200.00
Jean de La Fontaine, (1621–1695) was the most famous French fabulist and one
of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his
Fables, which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Europe and numerous
alternative versions in France, and in French regional languages.
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Three Typescript Lectures by Stephen Leacock
42. LEACOCK, Stephen
Three Typescript Lectures.
One: Professional Institute Lecture Delivered by Professor Stephen Leacock of
McGill University at the Auditorium, Ottawa, January 10, 1927, on the present outlook
of political economy in especial relation to public policy in Canada. Mr. Fred Cook
presiding. - 9 pages.
Two: University Extension Course, Lecture Number 5, on the gold standard and
its relation to industrial recovery by Professor Stephen Leacock, at Ottawa, Ont., Feb. 7,
1927. Mr. J.H. Campbell, Chairman. - 4 pages.
Three: University Extension Course Lecture Number 12, Social Justice and Social
Revolution, by Dr. Stephen Leacock, at Ottawa, Ont., March 28, 1927. - [1],10 pages.
[Ottawa]. Unpublished. 1927. folio, 33cm, being 100 typescript pages in various
paginations, first and second copies, bound-in plain green linen binder, very good to
fine
With a Leacock folder and a silk Leacock memorial bookmark, loosely inserted
2,500.00
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Not located in Spadoni, Bibliography of Stephen Leacock, 1998. Cf D27.2 for
similar reference to the second speech listed above. - The third lecture concludes with
the famous Leacock epigram: "A socialist is an economist who has gone wrong." The
collection also includes 4 lectures by W.W. Goforth: The Problem of Canadian
Immigration", "On the Mini-mum Wage", "On Foreign Trade of Canada" & "On Trade
Unionism in Canada". Also includes 3 lectures by Dr. J.C. Hemmeon: "On the Canadian
Banking System-Its Strength and Weakness", "On the Sources of Government Revenue
with Special Relation to Canada" & "On Sources of Public Revenue with Particular
Reference to the Provincial Governments." A printed booklet has been bound-in: "The
Problems of Canadian Transportation" by Laurence Chalmers Tombs" and tipped-in
newspaper clipping reviews of the lectures.
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Extra Illustrated Copy with 104 Portraits
43. LEE, Sidney
Great Englishmen of the Sixteenth Century. [Extra Portrait Illustrated]. New
York. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1904. thick12mo, 20cm, first edition, xvi,337p., with 6
portrait plates, 104 extra portraits tipped-in with hand-written index, index, in half
crimson crushed morocco, raised bands, gilt ruled tan linen boards, decorated
endpapers, t.e.g., bookplate, some deterioration in the middle spine panels otherwise a
fine copy with tipped in autograph letter from the author.
300.00
Six biographies (More, Sidney, Ralegh, Spenser, Bacon, Skakespeare) by the
editor of the Dictionary of National Biography.
In attractive fine signed (Adams Bindery) bindings. An interesting Extra
Illustrated Copy with the book-plate of American bibliophile, William Livermore
Kingman and with 104 mainly engraved portrait plates added. With a signed hand-
written letter from the author to Kingman tipped-in. A unique copy.
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44. LEES, J.A. & W.J. Clutterbuck
B.C. 1887. A Ramble in British Columbia. London & New York. Longmans, Green,
and Co., 1892. 12mo. 19cm, viii,387,22p., publisher's catalogue, with 75 plates and
illustrations from engravings, rear folding colour map, in the original maroon cloth, with
spine and cover titles and decoration stamped in silver, a fine bright copy
150.00
Compare copies on line to see just how poor copies can be. - Lowther 791. Smith
5809. "Primarily relates to the author's travels in the East Kootenay region. There were
two issues in 1888. (No priority?). New edition: 1889. Also 1892..."
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45. LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth
The Courtship of Miles Standish, and Other Poems. Boston. Ticknor and Fields.
1858. 12mo, 18.5cm, first U.S. edition, first issue, iv,[7],215,12p., rear publisher's ads.,
original blind decorated ribbed brown cloth, gilt spine titles, top (chipped) and bottom
spine edge rubbed else a very good to fine copy - a single leaf publisher's advertisement
for "Waverley Novels" tipped in at front
400.00
BAL 12122. The first American appearance of Long-fellow's narrative poem of
the early days of the Plymouth colony of Massachusetts. With a collection of his poems,
under the title, "Birds of Passage", that includes "My Lost Youth". The first issue (of 4 for
1858) with "treacherous" for "ruddy" in the 3rd line, page 124 (changed by Longfellow's
direction on further issues).
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46. LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth
The Courtship of Miles Standish, and Other Poems. Boston. Ticknor and Fields.
1859. 12mo, 18.5cm, first U.S. edition, 3rd (or 4th) printing, iv,[7],215,12p., rear
publisher's ads, original blind decorated ribbed brown cloth, gilt spine titles, brown-
coated endpapers, top spine edge rubbed, slight damp stain (just visible) along the top
margin of the text, bookplate, else a very good to fine copy
50.00
BAL 12122. Longfellow's classic narrative poem of the early days of the
Plymouth colony with an added collection of poems under the title. "Birds of Passage".
A later printing (3rd or 4th) of the first edition of 1858.
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1837 Rebellion - Persons Charged with High Treason Suspension of Habeas Corpus
48. LOWER Canada. Court of Queen's Bench.
[VALLIERES DE ST. REAL (Joseph Remi)]
Judicial Decisions on the Writ of Habeas Corpus Ad Subjiciendum, and on the
provincial ordinance 2d Victoria, Chap. 4, whereby the habeas corpus ordinance of 1784
has been suspended; WITH NOTES. --
Three-Rivers, February 1839. 8vo, 23cm, 27p., in the original plain blue wraps,
string tied, untrimmed, upper wrap loose, internal library stamps, uncut, near fine, very
rare
4,000.00
[Vallieres De St. Real (Joseph Rémi)]. Judicial Decisions on the Writ of Habeas
Corpus ad subjiciendum, and on the Provincial Ordinance 2d Victoria, Chap. 4, whereby
the Habeas Corpus ordinance of 1784 has been suspended; With Notes. Three-Rivers,
February. 1839. On page 3: Mr. Justice Vallières de St. Real explained the grounds of his
Judgement as follows ... The opinion of Justice Jean Roch Rolland forms pp. 13--20.
T.P.L. 7540. "Concerns the petitions of Celestin Houde and Joseph Guillaume Barthe for
writs of habeas corpus. The Crown argued that the Habeas Cropus Act was sus-pended
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by the ordinance to authorize the apprehension and detention of persons charged with
high treason [etc.]".
Mr. Justice Vallieres de St. Real granted the writ; Mr Justice Rolland did not.
T.P.L. 7540. - Not in Gagnon; Lande; WorldCat locates 1 copy, Un Sherbrooke,
Three-Rivers. Amicus cites a catalogue reference only. Not in ABE, ABPC, A&E. No other
listings located.
T.P.L. 7540. Sabin 98394. Concerns the petitions of Celestin Houde and Joseph
Guillaume Barthe for writs of habeas corpus. The Crown argued that the Habeas Corpus
Act was suspended by the ordinance of the Governor and Special Council of 8th
November 1838, i.e., "An ordinance to authorize the apprehension and detention of
persons charge with high treason [etc]". Mr Justice Vallieres de St. Real granted the writ;
Mr Justice Rolland did not. (TPL).
An important judicial document concerning the suspension of Habeas Corpus
by Sir John Colborne in November, 1838, with respect to those arrested for Treason and
sedition after the Rebellion of 1837.
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47. [MacDONALD, Thoreau].
British Empire Exhibition, 1924
A Portfolio of Pictures from the Canadian Section of Fine Arts. Toronto. Rous and
Mann Limited. 1924 sm4to. 25cm, [30]p., with 28 black & white reproductions,
illustrated wraps, a few light spots on the cover, very good to fine, rare
200.00
Edison E14. - 1 drawing (vignette) and cover lettering by TM. - An illustrated
catalogue of Canadian art contributions to the British Empire Exhibition held in London
in 1924. Canadian paintings by Tom Thomson, Clarence Gagnon, Lawren Harris, Alfred
J. Casson, Frederick Varley, Arthur Lismer and others.
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48. [MAGDALEN ISLANDS]. P. Fortin.
Report of the Select Committee of the Legislative Assembly, entrusted to
Enquire into the Tenure of Lands in the Magdalen Islands, County of Gaspe. Hon. P.
Fortin, Chairman. Session 1874-75.
Levis Printed by Order of the Legislature at "L'Echo de Levis". 1875. sm4to,
25cm, 88p., appendices, original printed green wraps with title repeated with
publisher's frame border on the upper cover, spine edge a bit chipped else very good to
fine, rare
250.00
A scarce pamphlet relating to a Quebec Government investigation into the
tenancy of inhabitants of the Magadalen Islands. The original settlers on the Magdalens
were of Acadian descent, the Island not being affected by the Expulsions of the 1750's.
By the Quebec Act of 1774, the Magdalen Islands had been transferred from the control
of Newfoundland to the Province of Quebec. In 1798, proprietorship of the Islands had
been awarded to the Coffin family, in particular Admiral John Townsend Coffin. The
pamphlet lists the residents with questions and answers regarding tenancy
arrangements. Also includes sections on seal hunting and various fisheries.
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1798 Rebellion Participant - The Battle of Tory Island, Later a Participant in War of 1812
49. MANUSCRIPT LOG BOOK. By P.B.V. Broke
PRIVATE LOG, KEPT ON BOARD H.M. SHIP AMELIA BY P.B.V. BROKE. 3'D LIEUT.T",
AUGUST 1797 - NOVEMBER 1798. Small 4to. 25 pp. manuscript entries. About 35000 words.
This is a journal kept by a British hero of the War of 1812, from earlier in his career. It contains
an account of the Battle of Tory Island, which took place off the northwest coast of Ireland in
1798. The Battle of Tory Island was the last attempt by the French to launch an invasion of
the British Isles. Following this battle Wolfe Tone was captured aboard one of the French
ships defeated during the battle, and the rebellion of the Society of United Irishmen was
crushed. The journal was kept by Philip Broke on board the 38-gun frigate Amelia, formerly
the French frigate Proserpine, from her commissioning on 28 August 1797 through the
Battle of Tory Island in October 1798. Broke records Amelia's participation in the 1798
blockade of the French fleet in Brest, as she encounters merchant vessels, privateers, French
men-of-war, and dozens of ships of the Royal Navy. His journal ends with a first hand account
of the action that destroyed the French fleet sent to Ireland in support of the Irish Rebellion
-the so-called Battle of Tory Island.
7,500.00
While his style tends to be telegraphic, Broke's narrative is consistent with accounts
of this famous sea battle, and contains extra details as well. "saw the Strangers to leeward-
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bore up & discover'd them to be an Enemy's squadron of 7 ships of the line & 8 frigates - one
schooner - we passed their line close to windw'd & ran on to engage two sail in the rear -
who proved to be the [HMS] Ethalion & [HMS] Sylph, observing the enemy's motions. We
join'd them on that service. AM… the enemy charged us we did not bear up till they were
within about 5 miles - then we made all sail, wind on Starb'd quarter, - only one of them
appear'd to gain on us - a large Rasée, frigate - she came nearly within shot in two hours -
the fleet discontinued chace & a short time later recalled the frigate - who fired at us afore
she hauled up - knowing from various informations that the enemy's squadron was destined
for Ireland, with about 4000 troops, arms &c'r - we were assured that they would not risqué
separation or being dismasted &c'r - upon our account, & therefore kept pretty close to them
- particularly at night"
P.B.V. Broke is, of course, best remembered as the commanding officer of HMS
Shannon, who on 1 June 1813, met and captured USS Chesapeake off Boston, mortally
wounding her commander, James Lawrence, but not before the dying skipper exhorted his
crew to "Not Give Up the Ship." Broke was the only victorious British commander in a frigate-
on-frigate action during the War of 1812.
Text clean. Bound in old vellum over marbled boards, housed in an archival box.
Accompanied by a complete transcription. A unique record of a historic event during the
period of the French Revolutionary Wars.
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LaHAVRE, NOVA SCOTIA
50. [MAP]. BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas
Grundriss des Haffens la Haive and der Kuste von Accadien. Von N.B. Ling. de la
Marine 1744. [Leipzig]. Arkstee & Merkus. [1756]. 20x 28cm (8"x12"), topographical map
with contemporary hand colouring, text in German, some toning but a very good
condition
350.00
"Outline of the Harbour LaHave and the shore of Acadia". Kershaw 766. A
detailed map of the estuary of La Have, Nova Scotia, south of Halifax, by French
hydrographer, Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772). This was the first Acadian capital near
present-day Bridgewater before it was moved to Port Royal in 1736. Settled by Isaac de
Razilly in 1632, the map shows his original fort and gives the soundings. The map was
drawn from a survey by the French Navy.
From the German edition "Allegmeine Histoire der Reise zu Wasser und zu
Lande" (1753).
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Separately Issued - Reduction of 1632 Champlain Map.
51. [MAP]. BOISSEAU,
Description de la / Nouvelle France / ou sont Remarquees les Diverse
Habitations / des Francois, despuis la premiere descouuerte / jusques a present,
receuillie et dressee sur / diruerses relations modernes. Nd. [1664?/1670?]. 35x 52 cm.
(14x 20½ in.), trimmed to the strike line, in fine condition
15,000.00
Reference; Kershaw, #84. Burden, 261. Verner & Stuart-Stubbs, #5. "Published
in: source not located. This second state of the plate is identical, except that the date has
been deleted (in the catouche), and several names have been added in the Maryland,
Delaware, New York area" - Kershaw.
Rare and important GREAT LAKES map first issued in 1643. According to Burden
it is actually the first printed map to show and name all five lakes, pre-dating the Sanson
map of 1650. The map is based on Champlain's map of 1632 improved to incorporate
names. Although the configuration and size of the lakes are incorrect, the map is of
seminal importance to the cartography of the region. "Lac St. Louis" (Lake Ontario) leads
into "Lac Derie" (Lake Erie) which is shown very small because Champlain, relying on
second-hand knowledge, greatly under-estimated its size. "Mer Douce ou Lac" (Lake
Huron) and "Grand Lac" (Lake Superior) are much more recognizable. Lake Michigan is
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again confused and represented either by a small lake to the northeast named "Lac des
Puans" (the same name used by Sanson) or an inlet in the south of Lake Superior called
"Grande Riviere qui vient du midy". This is the second state of the map with additional
names and the delineation of "Virginie", "N. Svede", "N. Hollande", and "N. Angleterre".
Verner & Stuart-Stubbs #5. Very wide margins with very minor browning, overall fine
with a crisp impression.
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Newfoundland & Labrador
52. DAVIS, S.T., M.D. (Shongo).
Caribou Shooting in Newfoundland: With a History of England's Oldest Colony
from 1001 to 1895. Lancaster, PA. The New Era Printing House. 1895. 8vo, 20cm, first
edition, 212p., with 52 illustrations, in presentation style fine signed binding "E.S. Eigg
& Son", half crimson morocco, gilt and black ruled raised bands, crushed crimson
morocco label, gilt titles, pebbled maroon cloth boards, gold floral decorated
endpapers, all edges gilt, a fine copy rare
300.00
Heller#74, Phillips p.96- 97, Bruns D-32. O'Dea 1133. "Historical notes largely
drawn from Newfoundland as it is in 1894 by Moses Harvey. (O'Dea).
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53. [GILBERT]. SLAFTER, Carlos
Sir Humfrey Gylberte and his Enterprise of Colonization in America. Including
His Discourse to Prove a North-west Passage to Cataia; His Letters Patent from Queen
Elizabeth; Captain Edward Haies' Narrative; and Other Important Papers and Letters,
Together With Annotations and A Memoir. Boston. The Prince Society. 1903. 21x 16.5cm,
xiv,335p., (facsimile - signatures in fours; in two; B-H in furs; 1 in two), frontis portrait
from engraving, limited to 250 copies, ex-library and rebound in full tan linen, with
crimson leather label, wear on the edges, inner linen hinges, front hinge expertly
repaired, very good, uncommon
175.00
Originally issued in wraps. O'Dea 30. - 250 copies printed. First group contains
reprints of documents in Richard Hakluyt's Voyages, reprinted in 1809-1812,' V.3.
including Gilbert's Discourse 1576 and Edward Haies' Narrative or Report of the voyage
and success thereof... by Sir Humphrey Gilbert as in Hakluyt, see no. 8a. Second group
contains copies of thirty five documents from State Paper Office, London, relating to
English activities at Newfoundland in the 16th century.
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54. GOSLING, W.G.
Labrador: Its Discovery, Exploration, and Development. London. Alston Rivers,
Ltd. 1910. thick8vo, 22.5cm, the first edition, xii,574p., with 38 plates and maps from
photographs, (inc. large folding colour map), original blue fine grain book linen, gilt
spine and upper cover titles, t.e.g., a near fine copy
400.00
O'Dea 1903. William Gilbert Gosling (1863-1930) was born and educated in
Bermuda and moved to Newfoundland where he became a very successful business
man. His book on Labrador is considered one of the most comprehensive on the area
and includes chapters on Cabot, Cartwright, Grenfell, the Moravians and cartography.
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55. HALLOCK, Charles
Three Months in Labrador. [Newfoundland]. New York. Published by Harper &
Brothers. 1861. Being: 2 sequential articles extracted from Harper's New Monthly
Magazine, and bound in modern dark blue cloth. 577-600p & 743-766 [6]p., many half
page and text illustrations from wood engravings, of Nascopies, Blanc Sablon, Forteau
Lighthouse, Henley Harbour, and Pulpit Cave Tub Island. In Fine Condition, uncommon
150.00
Hallock was the founder and publisher of "Forest and Stream" magazine.
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The First Comprehensive Map of the Interior of Newfoundland
56. JUKES, J. B.
General Report of Geological Survey of Newfound-land, Executed under the
Direction of the Government And Legislature Of The Colony During the Year 1839 and
1840. London. John Murray. 1843. 8vo, 22.5cm, first edition, 160,8p., ads., with 2 folding
partially-coloured lithograph plates inc. the frontispiece, a diagram and (the often
missing) large map of Newfoundland, in the original elabrated blind decorated green
cloth, gilt spine titles, with the Armorial bookplate and signature of Henry W. Acland, [a
British physician and educator], some slight foxing, rare especially with the folding map
which is usually wanting, a fine copy, rare
1,500.00
The first geological survey of Newfoundland was undertaken by Joseph Beete
Jukes in 1839-40. His task was most difficult as the interior of the British colony was
virtually unknown and therefore uncharted, except for the single track of W. E.
Cormack's crossing from Trinity Bay to St. George's Bay in 1822. His full geological report
first appeared in London in 1842 as part of his "Excursions in and about Newfoundland".
The map which accompanies this work is the first comprehensive map of the interior of
Newfoundland
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57. McGRATH, Antonia (Researched and Selected by)
Newfoundland Photography, 1849-1949. From the Collection of the
Newfoundland Museum. St. John's. Breakwater Books. 1980. oblong4to, 21.5x 26cm,
viii,p., plus 86 mainly full page plate illustrations, grey cloth, gilt titles, a fine copy in fine
complete jacket
50.00
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58. NEWFOUNDLAND Railway. [Tourists' Guide].
Come to Newfoundland : the glorious New- found-vacation - land. [Alternative
Title]: Dominion of Newfound-land. Britain's oldest colony.
[St. John's, Nfld.] Newfoundland Railway Company.
[1926]. square4to, 24.5x31cm, folded twice to: 24.5x 11cm, [12]p., (self wraps), with 21
illustrations from photograhs & a colour map, with a 1 colour illustrated running header,
upper cover with 2 panel illustrations in colour & 1 being "Map Showing Newfoundland,
its Location and Connecting Railway Line" in colour, near fine
125.00
O'Dea 1834. This is a Newfoundland tourism booklet which describes many
aspects of Newfoundland to potential visitors. These include the island's history,
economy, and accessibility; descriptions of different areas of the island with features
attractive to anglers, hunters, and tourists; and the laws governing those hunters and
fishers while in Newfoundland.
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59. [NEWFOUNDLAND. - MacGregor, Sir William].
Report on the Trade and Commerce of Newfound- land, for the Four Years
ending with the 30th June, 1906, By His Excellency Sir William MacGregor, Doctor of
Medicine, G.C.M.G., Governor of the Colony of Newfoundland. (cover title). [St. John's,
1907]. 4to. 27cm, 63,157-267p., including diagrams, (several folding), tables, quarter
cloth backed printed paper over boards, upper hinge starting on the upper third with
call label on the top left corner, engraved library bookplate (discard), very good,
250.00
O'Dea 1385. I copy, microfiche. "Subjects included Newfoundland and Labrador
commerce - description and travel". Memorial Un Catalogue.
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60. STEARNS, Winfrid Alden
Labrador : A Sketch of Its Peoples, Its Industries and Its Natural History. Boston.
Lee and Shepard. 1884. 8vo, 20cm, first edition, viii,295,p., original brown cloth, gilt
spine titles and rules, patterned endpapers, faintly fade mark from removed spine label,
internal private library stamps else a very good to fine copy
175.00
O'Dea 937, Tanner 883, Cooke & Caron p.386, AB 16715. "Based on visits in 1875
and 1880-81, to the area along St. Lawrence Gulf; with a brief chapter on southeastern
Labrad-or, from a visit in 1882, as far north as Harrison Inlet (55N)."- AB. Stamps from
the Mercantile Library of New York.
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61. STEARNS, Winfrid Alden
Labrador: a Sketch of its Peoples, its Industries and its Natural History. Boston.
Lee and Shepard. 1884. 8vo, 20.5cm, first edition. viii,295p., rebound in full fine grain
linen, fine copy thus
125.00
An account of an American naturalist's trips to Quebec and Labrador in 1875
and 1883.
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62. WIX, Edward
Six Months of a Newfoundland Missionary's Journal, From February to August,
1835. London. Smith, Elder and Co., 1836. 16mo, 16.7cm, 2nd Edition, xi,228p., original
brown cloth, gilt title, a fine copy
600.00
T.P.L. 5068. Lande 2316. Sabin 104969. O'Dea 431.
Wix, a Church of England clergyman, was archdeacon of Newfoundland from
1830-38. In 1835, he undertook a missionary tour to the eastern southern and western
coasts of Newfoundland. His account of this tour contains some of the most valuable
observations on the extent of contemporary life in Newfoundland.
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63. [NORTHERN Canada Power Limited].
Photograph Album. "Pictures taken by S.A. Hughes on visit of S.A. Hughes and
H.T. Lee to ‘Northern Canada Power Limited'." Quinze River Power Site, Quebec - July 5-
23. & Wawaitin Falls Power Site, Ontario - July 7-23. |Personal collection. 1923 |oblong
photograph album, 18x 25cm, [22]p., contains 22 laid in sepia tone photographs each
9x 14cm, with hand-written captions, and 1 sketch map, original limp alligator grain
leather, string-bound, very good condition, internally fine
250.00
A unique photographic record of two hydroelectric projects being carried out in
northern Ontario and northern Quebec in 1923. Views of both sites are displayed
including construction camps and power plants. A sketch of the power plant at Quinze
River by resident engineer, J. Dick is laid-in (he is also pictured in one photograph).
Quinze River is in northern Quebec in the Lake Timiskaming area.. Wawaitin Falls is
located in northern Ontario on the Mattagami River near Timmins. The photographs are
vivid and the hand-written captions very informative.
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64. [ONTARIO. Manuscript Sermon Books].
CLARK, William W.
Nine hand-written sermon books. Signed on various copies by Reverend
William W. Clark, Wesleyan Minister, various addresses in Canada West. 1859-1872.
Blenheim, Burford, Toronto. Nine bound manuscripts journals. 1859-1872.
12mo, 18cm, various paginations, (3 are c.25 pages, 5 are c.100 pages) in hand-written,
all are bound in full sheep, all have some covers and edge wear but a very good and
sound
500.00
William W. Clark was a Wesleyan minister in Canada West, with several
addresses given, Plattsville, Blenheim Township and Fairfield Cottage, Bur-ford. The
reverend was a circuit preacher and some of the sermons are placed in Baldwinsville,
Port Dover and various sections of Toronto. He notes in the earliest book "Written during
my labours on the Blenheim Circuit in the year 1859."
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65. [OTTAWA]. Canadian Flag
A very large Canadian Red Ensign that flew over the house of prominent Ottawa
lawyer, McLeod Stewart (mayor of Ottawa from 1887 to 1888). A letter, showing
provenance, states that the flag was flown over Stewart's residence, Appin House, which
stood where the Museum of Nature is now located in Ottawa. Enclosed with: An Ottawa
newspaper, "Every Saturday" (Vol. I, No. 4) dated Saturday January 8th, 1887 that contains
on the front page an article on "The Progressive Son of Ottawa" on assuming his mayoralty
position.
Flag dimensions: 1m.36cm x 2m, 32cm, (53" x 92" or 4'5" x 7'.9"), the flag is complete
but shows wear from use (frayed along edges, several small holes & stains). The probably
date would be c.1880.
1,200.00
S. McLeod is written on the upper left edge along one stripe of the Union Jack..
McLeod Stewart was born in Bytown (now Ottawa) in 1847 to prominent Ottawa family that
owned a large part of Ottawa Centretown called Stewarton. Many of the streets in this area
are still named after the McLeod family. Stewart McLeod was an officer in the Governor
General's Foot Guards and his patriotism is reflected in this Canadian national flag. The Red
Ensign was replaced in 1965 as the Canadian national flag by the present maple-leaf flag.
Facsimile Image: Canadian Red Ensign, 1868-1921.
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66. OTTAWA Improvement Commission
The Capital of Canada. Parks and Driveways, 1899-1925. Ottawa. Ottawa
Improvement Commission. 1925. sm folio. 31cm, [40]p., with c.51 plates and
illustrations, rear folded map, decorated stiff blue grey morocco grain card wraps, gilt
style titles in decorated frame borders on the upper cover, string bound, near fine
100.00
Sir Wilfrid Laurier suggested the idea for the Ottawa Improvement Com-mission
in 1896, expressing his wish to make Ottawa, "the Washington of the North". The
present publication was issued to demonstrate some of the work done to that end.
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67. [OTTAWA View]. HUNTER, William S.
View From Barrack Hill. Ottawa City, Canada. [From: Hunter's Ottawa Scenery].
Ottawa. Published by William S. Hunter. 1855. 25.5x 33.5cm, sepia tone lithograph, by
J.H. Buffords, Litho. Boston, fine
450.00
One of the best views in this Ottawa series. Buffords fame came mainly as the
printer of the Currier Ives prints.
Homer, Winslow (1836-1910). "Probably the first book to include lithographs
drawn by Winslow Homer, who was apprenticed to Bufford's of Boston at the relatively
late age of eighteen, for a period of two years. The present work includes the
apprentice's first substantial published lithograph (the third plate, View of the Locks,
Entrance of Rideau Canal) which is initialed by Homer, and the large title vignette and
five other plates that are attributable to him on grounds of style". Tatham suggests that
"Interests seeking Ottawa's selection as the nation's Capitol may have been behind it or
The Ottawa and Prescott Railway, which linked the town to Montreal, might have
funded it in an attempt to encourage tourism.... ". - Tatham. Winslow Homer and the
Illustrated Book, 1992.
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An Ottawan's World Trip, 1901-1903
68. [OTTAWA]. Post Card Album.
Illustrated Postal-Card. [Ottawa]. 1901-1903. 4to, 26x 21.5cm, [12]p., with 24
post cards in prepared slots, blue cloth, With: political card laid on front endpaper,
internal card stock is on pulpy paper, loose, very good condition, the annotated cards
are near fine
150.00
A series of early 1900 post cards from Montreal, Argentina, London, New
Zealand, Scotland, Amsterdam, Egypt and San Francisco. (World tour?) Most are
stamped and are addressed to members of the Roger Family, Florence Street, Ottawa or
Britannia-on-the-Bay.
Also laid in is a colour illustrated municipal political card - "Your Vote and
Influence respectfully solicited for Robert Stewart, For re-election as Alderman for
Wellington Ward, for 1898."
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Limited Edition of 25 Sets, this Being #21.
69. [OTTAWA]. FRANCIS, Jack P., (compiled by)
Biographical Dictionary of Anglican Clergy in the Diocese of Ottawa born before
1900. Assisted Elizabeth Taylor. In Two Volumes. Ottawa. Anglican Diocese of Ottawa
Archives. 2013. 4to. 28cm, c.[1500]p., Limited Edition of 25 numbered sets, this being
#21, with 2 frontispieces & 82 plates illustrations including some colour, 2 folding maps,
sources, in half crimson morocco grain leather, marbled boards, gilt spine titles, fine, as
new
500.00
A collection of 573 biograph-ies of Anglican clergymen who were born before
1900 and who at some point in their careers served in parishes in the area known now
as the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa, covering a large part of eastern Ontario and western
Quebec. Well illustrated with around 80 portraits. An impressive work of research in very
attractive bindings.
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70. [OTTAWA]. HILLARY, Sir Edmund
Signed Program. The Rotary Clubs of Ottawa. "Sir Edmund Hillary" Dinner (in aid
of the Sherpa people of Nepal) in the presence of Their Excellencies the Governor
General and Mrs. Schreyer with, as guest speaker, Sir Edmund Hillary, K.B.E., LL.D. Chat
eau Laurier, Ottawa. Mon-day, December 3, 1979. [Ottawa]. Bradda Printing Services.
1979. 8vo, 21.,5cm, 4p., biography, program, acknowledges, on card stock printed in
blue type, fine condition, Signed on front -"Ed Hillary".
75.00
He narrated two presentations with slide and film: "From the Ocean to the Sky"
and "The Hospital in the Sky".
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71. [OTTAWA]. Woodburn Directories.
Woodburn's City of Ottawa Directory - containing an - Alphabetical Directory &
Citizens, Street Directory, Classified Business Directory and a Miscellaneous Directory; -
to which is added - Directories of the immediate suburbs, comprising Archville, Bank
Street Road, Billings Bridge, Village of Gloucester, City of Hull, Janeville, Mount
Sherwood, Village of New Edinburgh, Richmond Road, Rochesterville and Stewarton.
[Ottawa. A.S. Woodburn, Printer, Publisher and Law Stationer, 42 Elgin Street.
[1879]. 8vo, 21.5cm, [i],312,[2]p., numerous pages of advertisements, many illustrated,
some printed on colour stock several printed on card extra stock, rebound in brown
cloth, with the remains of the ads from the covers laid down, spine title stamped in
black, one preliminary ad leaf appears wanting, a very good restor-ation of a book
previously in poor shape including a light damp stain along the top text margin, these
early Ottawa directories are all now rare
450.00
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72. RAND, McNally... Ontario Guide.
Rand, McNally & Co'.S Indexed County Map and Shippers' Guide of Ontario.
Accompanied by a New and Original Compilation and Ready Reference Index, showing
in Detail the Entire Railroad System... Cities, Towns, Post Offices, Railroad Station,
Villages, Counties, Islands, Lakes, Rivers, etc.
Chicago & New York.. Rand, McNally & Co. nd. [1895]. 16mo, 16.5cm, 36p.,
(mainly index), large rear folding map, outline colour, opening to 53.5x 69cm, (21"x 27"),
in the original printed stiff card wraps, fine plus copy, scarce in this condition
150.00
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A LOUIS RIEL PORTFOLIO
73. [BROADSIDE]. RIEL, Louis
La Question Riel. (Block title). Opinion de Leurs Grandeurs Mgr. Tache et Mgr.
Lafleche... [n.p.. 1887]., folio broadside, 46x 31cm, text in double columns, c. (94 lines of
text in each column), some slight staining and some chipping on the top and bottom
margin (expertly restored) flat without folds normally associated with broadsides,
expertly restored and laid down on card stock, a fine copy, rare
Lande 1403. Not in Peel. Two letters by L.-F. -R. Lafleche, Bishop of Three Rivers,
and A.-A. Tache, Archbishop of St. Boniface, who played a major role in attempting to
quell the popular agitation in Quebec against Riel's execution.
1,500.00
Accompanied with:
RIEL, Louis "David"
Poesies Religieuses et Politiques par Louis "David" Riel. Montreal. Imprimerie de
L'Extendard. 1886. 12mo, 18cm, 51,[1]p., frontis portrait, original printed wraps with
title repeated in frame border on the upper cover, produced on fragile paper a fine copy
thus
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Accompanied with
RIEL, Louis
Mounted Photograph. Montreal. "Compliment of S. Davis & Sons, Montreal,
largest cigar manufacturers in the Dominion. Ad on the verson. N.d., photo size 8.5x
5.7cm on card 10.5x 6.3cm, image slightly faded, very good, rare
Three items; in portfolio binding in full dark blue green crushed goat, marbled
endpapers with pocket insets for the portrait photograph & the book of poems, dark
blue linen fold over flaps, with crushed crimson morocco label with gilt titles &
decorated borders, ribbon ties, in fine condition
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74. RIEL, Louis "David" , (Photograph)
Photograph of Louis Riel by Abraham Guay. Certi-ficat. Nous, soussignes
declarons et certifions que cette photographie est la vraie copie du portrait de Louis
"David" Riel, don't l'original est la propriete d'Abraham Guay. Signe Veuve Julie Riel.
Veuve Marguerite Riel. Joseph Riel. Alexandre Riel. Henriette Poitras. Date a St. Vital, 12
janvier 1886. Je certifie par la presente que le portrait de Louis Riel qui m'a ete montre
par M. Guay est une ressemblance parfaite. Montreal, 24 fevrier 1886. (Signe) John Lee.
Montreal. N.p. 1886. Photograph 12.5x 9.6cm mounted on card 16.5x 10.9cm, with
printed certification, slightly faded else fine
150.00
Original Albumen mounted on printed studio card, printed shortly after his
execution in November, 1885. The photo-graph was taken by Abraham Guay.
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75. [RIEL]. CAMPBELL. Sir Alexander
In The Case of Louis Riel, Convicted of Treason and Executed Therefor. Report of
Sir Alexander Campbell. Ottawa. Printed by Maclean, Roger & Co. 1885. tall8vo, 25cm,
10p., printed blue wraps with title repeated on the upper cover in frame boards, half
tear near the bottom spine edge through the text, top front corners turned down or
chipped, very good condition, this is the only copy we have had, no standard listings,
very rare
400.00
"Memorandum respecting the case of The Queen v. Riel, prepared at the request
of the Committee of the Privy Council". Campbell was Minister of Justice during the Riel
trial. Peel 1361. A French edition in the sane year was published as a broadsheet, with
text in 6 columns; 56x 39cm, cf. Peel 1362.
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Fourth Edition of Rycaut's 1667 Work On Ottoman Government and Society
76. RYCAUT, Paul
The History of the Present State of the Ottoman Empire. Containing, The Maxims
of the Turkish Polity, the most material Points of the Mahometan Religion, their Sects
and Heresies, their Convents and Vetaries. Their Military Discipline, with an exact
Computation of their Forces both by Land and Sea. Illustrated with divers Pieces of
Sculpture representing the variety of Habits amongst the Turks. In Three Books.
London. John Starkey and Henry Brome. 1675. 12mo. 18cm, 4th edition, 3 parts
in One volume, [xii],380,[iv]p., engraved frontis (military) view & 27 copper engraved
(mainly costume) plates, in later (19th) full marbled dark green calf, with blind ruled
raised bands, gilt device decorations in the panels, gilt titles, single gilt border on the
boards, gilt roll decoration on the dentelles, private unobtrusive blind on the front free
fly, very good to fine copy
1,250.00
Cf. Blackmer Catalogue 288. Fourth edition of Rycaut's
1667 work on Ottoman government and society. "An Extremely Important and
Influential Work, which provides the fullest account of Ottoman affairs during the 17th
century. Rycaut's most important work, he went to Constantinople in 1661 as secretary
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to the Ambassador to the Porte, Heneage Finch. In 1667 he was appointed consul in
Smyrna where he resided for eleven years. He took his information on the Ottoman
Empire from several sources: original records, and from a Polish resident of some
nineteen years at the Ottoman court. Rycaut also contributed one of the stories in John
Evelyn's Three Imposters (1669)". - Blackmer.
Book I: The Maxims of the Turkish Polity. Book II: Of the Turkish Religion. Book
III: Of the Turkish Militia. A classic European study of the Ottoman Empire that remained
in print for over one hundred years.
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