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8vo., pp. 152, original paper wrappers. Covers chipped and lightly soiled, contents very good. All the items deal with events prior to the War of 1812; from the 'Leopard' and 'Chesapeake' incident, 1807, to the declaration of War, 1812. [S3491]

Octavo. Soft Cover. Pp. 39, Illustrated wrappers, sewn binding. Bold pencil signature across title-page of Antonio Perrault (1880-1955), an important Quebec lawyer, teacher and author. Both upper and lower cover detached but present, signatures a little loose but holding, spinestrip chipped, paper tanned around margins. Quite scarce. Louis Vauxcelles (1870-1945) was an influential French art critic. To him are attributed the terms Fauvism (1905), and Cubism (1908). [2693]

Octavo. (24.9 cm x 16.3 cm), pp. [iv], [1]-131; [1]-192 + 2 plates; maps, illustrations, original brown printed paper wraps, title-page reproduced on front cover, sewn binding. Spine gently browned, a few corner creases, else very good copy. The French section contains an article: L'oeuvre manuscrite ou imprimee des Recollets de la Mission du Canada (Province de Saint-Denis), 1615-1629. Par le R.P. Hugolin Lemay. The English section contains, among others: Shell-beads of the Beothuk Indians, by W.J. Wintemberg, The Walpole Indian, by Bert Hudgins, and A New Relic of the Jesuit Mission of 1640-41 in Western Ontario, by Hartley M. Thomas.