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1866réf. 256569London: Hurst and Blackett Publishers 13 Great Marlborough Streeet 1866. First edition with tipped in errata slip. 6 chromolithographs and numerous text illustrations. xv 3 334 pp. Savill and Edwards Printer Chandos St. 1 vols. 8vo 26.5 x 18 cm. Original green cloth with gilt moose on upper cover. Fine. Signed "J.C. Cutting 1869. First edition with tipped in errata slip. 6 chromolithographs and numerous text illustrations. xv 3 334 pp. Savill and Edwards Printer Chandos St. 1 vols. 8vo 26.5 x 18 cm. A detailed and useful guide to Canadian sport. Four of the 12 chapters are devoted to fishing: "The Fisheries of Canada" concerning salmon rivers lakes and lesser waters; "The Salmon" its location size etc. includes data on trout and white fish; "The Canadian Shad" habitat etc. including other fish; and "The Tom Cod" annual arrival etc. including discussion of bass sturgeon and others. Rare in this condition. Bruns K-49; Gee p. 61; Lande 1886; Sabin 37857; TPL 6220 Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough Streeet unknown books
1902réf. 316588Newark Valley NY; near Uffington Ontario and other sites 1902. Illustrated with a manuscript plan of the 1899 camp and a map accomplished in red ink and pencil for the 1901 hunt. 174 pp. as described serially in manuscript in an Excelsior Diary ignoring the printed dates approximately 10000 words. 1 vols. Narrow agenda 12mo. Original leather edged canvas wallet binding stamped Excelsior Diary on flap. Owner name in ink on back cover and on front flyleaf. Very good conition entirely legible. Illustrated with a manuscript plan of the 1899 camp and a map accomplished in red ink and pencil for the 1901 hunt. 174 pp. as described serially in manuscript in an Excelsior Diary ignoring the printed dates approximately 10000 words. 1 vols. Narrow agenda 12mo. An excellent series of accounts of seven three-week deer hunts in Canada late October to mid-November 1897-1902 with names of the members of the hunting parties and a table by hunter of the game bag. Livermore a resident of Newark Valley New York travelled to Canada each year with a group of friends to hunt deer at a camp near Uffington Ontario; his diaries 20-40 pages for each hunt provide a brief account for each day's activities without much of a narrative thread mostly devoted to the hunting with notes on deer seen shot at and bagged. Also included are extensive notes on transportation to and from the camp other wildlife encountered on the hunt anecdotes e.g. a hound returning to camp with a nose full of porcupine quills some expense accounting and camp life. Livermore and his ten or so comrades most of whom hailed from Ottawa or Toronto bagged an average of 20 deer a year over the six hunts with a high of 30 in 1899 and 1900 the kill including bucks does and fawns rather indiscriminately. From the 1897 trip: "A.E. Bradstreet shot a fine doe 2-year old in narrows from upper pine near Burnt lake. Called for me to dress it. 1898: "I went with Mr. Miller North East of camp to a new watch & shot the first deer of the season at 8:30 & a fawn on same morning about 9:30." 1899: "Paddy Regan killed a very large buck yesterday in Rat lake weighed 240 pounds." 1900: "Weather very warm went bathing in lake today. Had plenty of fresh fish from lake perch bull heads chubs also some trout." 1901: "F. Smith shot a fine 5 i.e. 10 pt. buck at head of Jean Lake." 1902: "I went to pt. between watches on Jean Lake North side at 8:30 just landed I see a small Buck fawn 'fine one' crossing outlet of Jean went after him & made a finish at first watch on Stoney Creek." Though lacking a narrative thread this is a revealing manuscript giving the day to day details from a series of deer hunting trips to Canada at the turn of the 20th century. The first 60 days of the diary have entries in real time mostly devoted to Livernore's day job as a clerk in a shoe store and for example an 1892 visit to New York City; the manuscript is quite legible and very good throughout. unknown books
1883réf. 334879Montreal: Dominion News Co 1883. Folding map/plate printed recto and verso. 171pp. Numerous ads. 12mo. Publisher's wallet-style morocco with pocket housing the folding plate repaired at one joint. Ads mounted to pastedowns as issued. Folding map/plate printed recto and verso. 171pp. Numerous ads. 12mo. The recto of the folding plate comprises maps of Montreal and Quebec; the verso with 17 woodcut vignette views. Dominion News Co unknown books
1855réf. 351958Montreal: John Lovell 1855. Two large folding maps. 106pp. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth blocked in blind and lettered in gilt green endpapers. Minor foxing. Armorial bookplate. Two large folding maps. 106pp. 8vo. A very detailed description of every aspect of Canada accompanied by a "Map of the Province of Canada and the Lower Colonies showing the connection by steam navigation with New York Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan Wisconsin & Minnesota." and a map of "Mercators Projection. With the Great Circle Shortest Sailing or Air Lines. Illustrating the directness & capacity of the River St. Lawrence from Lake Erie to the Atlantic." According to a note in TPL the maps were apparently not issued with all copies. TPL 3557; Gagnon I:1696; Sabin 32422 John Lovell unknown books
1842réf. 248173London: Goerge Vertue 1842. First edition. Engraved vignette title-page to each volume portrait frontispiece to first engraved map and 116 engraved plates after drawings by Bartlett. 128; 166 pp. 2 vols. 4to. Full contemporary black calf gilt spine plain endpapers. A little rubbing at extremities labels chipped both vignette titles and title pages quite severely stained and inner margins of most plates in Vol. One. Bartlett W.H. First edition. Engraved vignette title-page to each volume portrait frontispiece to first engraved map and 116 engraved plates after drawings by Bartlett. 128; 166 pp. 2 vols. 4to. Sabin 3786; Lande 2310; Alston 7673; TPL 2424Mill/15/2 Goerge Vertue unknown books
1941réf. 220931New York 1941. Gelatin silver print. Large bust portrait of Lee in shirt and jacket fist clenched. 1 vols. 35 x 27.5 cm. 13-7/8 x 10-7/8 inches. Docketed on rear in pencil with the date of the session name of the sitter Van Vechten's id number of the negative "xviii t.14" and note to printer for reduction. Gelatin silver print. Large bust portrait of Lee in shirt and jacket fist clenched. 1 vols. 35 x 27.5 cm. 13-7/8 x 10-7/8 inches. Lee was acclaimed for his portrayal of Bigger Thomas in Orson Welles' 1941 stage adaptation of the Richard Wright' s NATIVE SON. Brooks Atkinson in the New York Times called his performance "the most vital piece of acting on the current stage." Reproduced in Mauriber's PORTRAITS 1978 unknown books
1913réf. 234266Toronto: William Briggs 1913. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth remainder binding with black lettering on front cover and spine. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. William Briggs unknown books
1826réf. 47476Montreal: Imprime´ chex James Lane 1826. 46 pp. with the errata slip. 1 vols. 8vo. Stitched in modern plain wrappers. A fine copy of a scarce and important Canadian pamphlet. 46 pp. with the errata slip. 1 vols. 8vo. Excerpts from a journal and letters written during a trip to the United States in 1819. This serves as a sequel to Viger's "Considerations sur les effets qu'ont produit en Canada la conservations des etablissemens du pays les mœurs l'education etc. de ses habitans." 1809. Sabin 10350; Gagnon I: 111; TPL 1190 Imprime´ chex James Lane unknown books
1872réf. 39322Montreal: Dawson Brothers 1872. Detailed Map of Southeastern Canada A handsome detailed folding map showing southeast Canadian territory including Cape Breton and the Province of Quebec. Two small insets show Newfoundland and the environs of Montreal and one larger inset extends to British Columbia and Manitoba. The map also provides details of the northeast United States spanning from eastern Michigan all the way to New York Harbor. Also illustrated are railway routes completed and those under construction and "Free Grant Lands" are identified by a color illustration. An interesting late 19th-century map of Canada published only one year after western British Columbia joined the Canadian Confederation to help form the Canadian Pacific Railway. Folded into original pebbled cloth. Front board detached. Bisected and mounted on linen as issued. Old bookplate and withdrawal stamp on front pastedown short closed tear along linen fold of upper outer section not affecting map itself. hardcover books
1930réf. 010051New York: BAHA'I PUBLISHING COMMITTEE 1930. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very Good numbers in white base of spine inked numbers and blindstamp of the State of West Virginia Dept. of Archives and History at title page. No other markings internally. Hinges starting front and rear yet holding nicely. A SCARCE publication. xv 377 pp. With illustrations photographs map and color frontispiece with tissue guard. BAHA'I PUBLISHING COMMITTEE Hardcover books
1973réf. 78111Boulder Creek: Chiva Publications 1973. First edition. 24 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers. A collection of twenty-four poems. Dated 3.22.77 and INSCRIBED by Canada on the title page. Laid into this copy is a short holograph letter in part presenting this book and describing its contents. Boulder Creek: Chiva Publications unknown books
1825réf. BK0033Bailey's Brook Nova Scotia 1825. Autograph letter signed "Geo. McLeod" to John Young Esq. Halifax. Stampless folded letter with manuscript "7 / Paid" rate "Post Paid" notation and a clear "POST OFFICE PICTOU / PAID" handstamp. Light filing folds; very good. A contemporary account of rural relief organized for survivors of the Great Miramichi Fire written only eighteen days after the disaster. George McLeod reports traveling personally through Bailey's Brook and the surrounding settlements to solicit provisions and clothing gathering approximately 230 bushels of potatoes together with "considerable articles of wearing apparel" for immediate shipment through Pictou: "I went yesterday in person through the small settlement of Bailey's Brook & its vicinity in quest of some aide for the sufferers & have the pleasure to say that the inhabitants individually contributed very liberally according to their ability. I this day received from them into my store about 230 bushels buntatoes sic & considerable articles of wearing apparel & much more could be obtained if time permitted." The letter is particularly revealing about the material circumstances of disaster relief in a cash-poor agricultural community. The residents had little money available and "nothing else at hand" as their grain had not yet been threshed and the lateness of the season required them to contribute whatever could be gathered and transported without delay-nonetheless they were "willing to give." McLeod notes that additional supplies had been collected at Merigomish and would be combined with those from Bailey's Brook sent to the committee at Pictou and forwarded onward to Miramichi. He also records keeping a list of the individual contributors and the articles supplied under each name. We find no other examples of documents or primary source materials relating to the disaster in commerce or in auction records. A focused primary document of one of the largest fires in early Canadian history with a detailed description of the mechanics of relief. . unknown books
1880réf. 21147Irving Publisher 35 King Street West 1880. 1 title page 1 blank vii-99 1 blank pp. Original printed wrappers light chipping minor foxing faded numerical stamp on front wrap disbound loosened. A few minor spots of foxing else clean. Good. OCLC notes publishing date as 1880 and shows pages as beginning at vii as does this copy. OCLC 20727258 1 Brown University. unknown books
1918réf. 5214Quebec: Dept. of Railways and Canals 1918. First Edition. Original publisher's cloth. Very good. Oblong folio I - 259 1 - blank pp. frontispiece and numerous half-tone illustrations; II - atlas with 111 fldg. litho. plates. The account of the construction of the steel cantilever bridge across the St. Lawrence begun in 1900. When near completion in 1907 the central span collapsed. Investigation revealed the failure of a compression member. The spectacular failure forced the adaption of new and scientific methods for bridge engineering. A second cantilever bridge was finally completed in 1917. The book offered here is a magnificent and comprehensive technical account of the disaster and the construction of the new bridge. Both engineering and construction drawings are included. An exhaustive work. Dept. of Railways and Canals hardcover books
1890réf. 21552Mankato MN et al. 1890. Very Good. Mankato MN et al: ca. 1890s. Small oblong octavo 14x18cm.; publisher's grey card wrappers lettered in white; 16ll. of pale grey stock to which are mounted sixteen 16 silver gelatin snapshots all ca. 8x8cm. on rectos only usually with manuscript captions on facing page. Some photographs a bit overexposed at margins else an exceptional album in Near Fine condition. Retains the album seller's ticket inside rear cover "Ward's Souvenir Album" rubberstamped no. 11. Small souvenir album capturing the rather long journey from Mankato Minnesota to British Columbia. The first nine photographs appear to have been taken in the former location possibly the photographer's home the images depicting scenes around a woodframe house and a young girl astride a horse before turning outward to views of the Minnesota River from the bluff of North Mankato the cows on said bluff Minneopa Falls and the Minnesota River Bridge. The next location captured is a train station between Denver and Colorado Springs presumably Pikes Peak looming in the background. The next shot shows a rather large group of people both men and women walking along the railroad tracks through Royal Gorge Colorado the bank of the Arkansas River just a few feet to their left. The following photograph jumps from the Gorge to the Cawston Ostrich Farm in Pasadena California where a rather substantial clutch of ostriches peer out at the photographer from behind their enclosure's gate. The farm the first of its kind opened in 1886 to meet the demand for newly-fashionable ostrich feathers and was immediately a major tourist attraction. Two photographs follow of a horse-back ride across Mt. Lowe a peak in the southern folds of the San Gabriel Mountains California. The concluding two photographs show the train ride from northern California en route to Portland Oregon and finally a view of Mt. Sir Donald "highest peak of the Selkirk mountain British Columbia. unknown books
réf. 92428Very Good. Photo approximately 21 cm x 26 cm. "Photos by Caldwell" printed on back of photo. Lee was a professional boxer as a welterweight before becoming an actor. He starred on Broadway in Orson Welles adaptation of Richard Wright's "Native Son" in 1941. He was also a Progressive and a Civil Rights activist . His leftist politics and associations put him on Hollywood's blacklist. Acting roles had become scarce before he died of kidney disease at the age of 45. unknown books
1965réf. 72937Ottawa: Queen's printer 1965. Paperback. Very Good. vii 163p. Wrapper. 25 cm. Backstrip browned. Laid in is a brief typed letter signed from Justice Samuel Freedman forwarding an advance copy of the report presumably this copy. Justice Freedman a Judge of the Court of Appeal for Manitoba was the sole member of the Commission. Freedman consulted on this matter with Ernest W. Williams Jr. a Professor of Transportation at Columbia University and the former owner of this copy. Two letters from Freedman to Williams are included with this copy of the report in which Freedman arranges to meet with him in New York in March 1965 and enclosing some variously-sized material relating to the inquiry. His printed report mentions "fruitful" conversations with Williams. Also included is a copy of the Submission of Canadian National Railways relating to this matter which is dated January 1965. Queen's printer paperback books
1965réf. 73009Ottawa: Queen's printer 1965. Paperback. Very Good. vii 163p. Wrapper. 25cm. Backstrip browned. INSCRIBED on first blank page by Samuel Freedman. Justice Freedman a Judge of the Court of Appeal for Manitoba was the sole member of the Commission. Queen's printer paperback books
1973réf. 64762Philadelphia: Dorrance 1973. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 91p. dj. 21cm. Small gift label on endpaper. Poetry. African American author who was born in Woburn Massachusetts. Dorrance hardcover books
1960réf. 69663Ottawa 1960. Paperback. Very Good. 2 vols. 130p.; Vol. 2 contains charts tables and diagrams several folding. Blue wrapper backed with black binder's tape. 36cm. Their submission was prepared by V. M. Stechishin Freight Rate Consultant to the Manitoba Transportation Commission and A. V. Munro Provincial Freight Rate Counsel. paperback books
1965réf. 72790Ottawa: Queen's Printer 1965. Paperback. Very Good. 107p. Wrapper. 25cm. Cover browned around edges. Research Program on the Training of Skilled Manpower. Report No. 12. Queen's Printer paperback books
réf. 257012n.p.: IWW- n.d. 15p. staplebound pamphlet 5.25x7.25 inches with rubberstamps and library label from the IranianStudents Association in Northern California. Facsimile reprint of the 1922 pamphlet; undated but 1970s. IWW union bug on back cover. Calls on anarchists to wreak "vengeance" on the new Soviet government for its betrayal of liberty. [IWW-?] unknown books
1979réf. 142979Montreal: The Marxist-Leninist Organization of Canada In Struggle! 1979. 29p. staplebound pamphlet some creasing to the covers. The Marxist-Leninist Organization of Canada In Struggle! unknown books
1745réf. 51842Paris February 10 1745. Scientific Instruments for New France An entertaining letter written in 1745 by French minister Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux Comte de Maurepas to scientist Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau at Versailles requesting on behalf of Gilles Hocquart the Intendant of New France in Canada that new thermometers and other scientific instruments be sent to Quebec. The author notes that although the old thermometers were graded to measure temperatures down to -15° on the Réaumur scale it had in fact only recently been -27° or -28°. Even if the thermometers had been able to measure temperatures that low according to Maurepas the cold had caused the measuring liquid inside the instruments to separate permanently rendering them useless in any event. He therefore asks that four new Réaumur thermometers capable of measuring down to -35° be sent along with several astronomical instruments for making navigational observations. Previously folded. Two small holes along folds of blank leaf. Light foxing and tanning. Very good. unknown books
1907réf. 68072Edmonton Alberta: Published by authority of the Minister of Agriculture for the Province of Alberta and the Commissioner of Agriculture for the Province of Saskatchewan 1907. Canadian Provincial Brand Book A combined brand book for the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta illustrating all of the registered cattle brands for those provinces to January 1 1907. The list is organized alphabetically by brand giving the names of cattle owners and their ranch locations together with illustrations of their brands. Included are two supplements one for each province as well an index. Numerous ads are featured at rear. OCLC locates copies at five institutions including one in the Graff Collection at the Newberry Library though not listed in Storm's catalogue of the Graff Collection. Original blue patterned cloth front board gilt. Binding lightly rubbed and soiled. Edges stained red. Hinges starting. Text tanned. Dampstaining to lower edge of boards and to lower edge and foredge of text. Ink inscription and ink institutional stamp Department of Agriculture Province of Alberta to titlepage. Good. OCLC 21170209 1452154248. hardcover books
