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Octavo. (21.8 cm x 15 cm), pp. 42, original mauve/grey printed paper wrappers. Covers faded and chipped, small closed pull on front cover repaired on the verso with cello tape, tops of pages 25-42 torn with no loss of text, 2 leaves (p. 21/22, 23/24) contain closed vertical cuts without loss, else good. Passionate arguments for the building of the Pacific railway; McLeod, 1821-99, (aka Britannicus) "was concerned about the future of the Pacific Railway scheme during the tenure of office of the Mackenzie government. During those years he sought to keep the project alive with letters in the press and pamphlets." He lived to see the line completed. Rare. Peel (3) 721. [S409]

Octavo (22.3 cm x 15 cm), pp. [vi], 41, original grey printed paper covers with title-page reproduced in frame, pamphlet stitch binding. Dust soiled, nicks to head & tail of spine, light water stains (tide lines) to upper and lower cover edges and very lightly to title-page and rear blank, otherwise, except for mild toning to the edges, interior is clean and bright. Overall a very good copy. [1941]

First Edition Thus. Octavo. (22 cm x 15 cm), pp. 88. Grey printed paper wraps, title-page reproduced in frame to front cover, sewn binding. Covers soiled and stained, spine ends chipped, minor nicks to corners, light damp stains to bottom of rear cover and to bottom margin of last 7 leaves diminishing within (text not affected), small spot of damp staining to bottom margin of title-page and intro page, and along fore-edge. Otherwise, a very good copy (sounds worse than it is). [2249]

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]

First Edition. Octavo. Original Wraps. (21.3 cm x 14.7 cm), pp. 56, [8] adverts. + advert. to rear cover, original printed paper wrappers, sewn binding. Adverts include those from The Saskatchewan Express, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, and Emigration information. Mild tanning around the edges, slight chipping at the spine head & tail, else very good plus copy in the original wrappers. Contents include: Canadian Pacific Railway; Beauty and fertility of the country; Comparison with the Western States; The Soil and its Agricultural capacities; Frosts; Inducements offered by our Prairie Lands to Settlers; Building, Timber, Fuel and Fencing; Information on Tree Culture; Coal and Peat; Mineral Resources; Farming; Utilizing the Buffalo; Fruit; Flax; Hemp; Bees; The Colony System of Emigrating; Outfit and Prices; Routes; Private Lands; Homestead and Tree Planting; among others. Peel (3) 896. [1729]

Original Wrappers. Octavo (24.5 cm x 16.5 cm), pp. 142. Large colour fold-out (47.5 cm x 64.5 cm) "Map of the Prairie Region, 5th April, 1879" at rear. Sewn and gutta percha binding, printed, salmon-coloured paper wrappers. Slightly soiled, chipping along the spinestrip with some loss, gutta percha dry and brittle, the sewing however, is quite tight, else very good copy. Lowther 556. [1695]

Octavo. Original Printed Wrappers. (21.4 cm x 14.7 cm), Grey printed wraps, title-page reproduced in frame to front cover. 56 pp. + 11 publ. adverts (including rear cover), 1 map; Contemporary light pencil signature of A[lexander] Kirkwood [1823-1901] at head of upper cover. Kirkwood, farmer, author and civil servant, wrote many articles and treatises which eventually earned him a position with the Ontario Crown Lands Department where he became a senior officer. Kirkwood’s most significant work as a government promoter of agricultural expansion was an officially sanctioned book entitled The undeveloped lands in northern & western Ontario . . . (1878), written with his colleague Joseph J. Murphy. He is remembered largely for the prominent role he played in the establishment of Ontario’s first and most famous provincial park, Algonquin Park. (see DCB online article by Gerald Killan). Interior crisp and clean. Covers soiled, primarily to spine and edges, otherwise a very good, tight copy. Peel (3) 896. [2079]

First Edition. Original Printed Wrappers. 8vo., pp. 28, 3 plates by Bengough, original printed paper covers, sewn binding. Front cover detached but present, tiny chip to upper left corner, else good, clean copy. Neatly contained in a mylar wrapper. [1876]

Octavo. and Prompted by Patrick O'Meara, Assistant City Clerk; Alderman Allard acting as Whipper-in; George E. Desbarats, ex-Queen's Printer, Appointed by the City Hall Committee to examine Louis Perrault & Co.'s Accounts and to Certify their Correctness. Some idea may be formed of how he served the Tax Payer by looking at three of His Certificates ... John Lovell & Son Deprived of the Contract Because They Are Not French Canadians. The City Hall Committee Voted $1000, extra, of the Citizens' Money, to Patrick O'Meara, to keep Louis Perrault 'honest.' ... Montreal, Sept. 27, 1881. (22 cm x 14.5 cm), pp. 104, facsimiles, tables, grey printed paper wraps, sewn binding, 'Opinions of the Press' to rear and inside rear cover. Cover title reads: "John Lovell's Exposé of the Corporation Printing and Stationery Scandal!!!" Covers lightly soiled at the margins, pages 97-104 printed on different paper stock with tanning to the edges of this portion only. Otherwise an excellent copy of this most interesting complaint of fraud. [2248]

Octavo. (20 cm x 15.5 cm), pp. iv, 232 (adverts p. 219-232), tipped-in errata slip, tables. Rebound in grey paper covers with mounted computer printed label, title-page and preface missing piece from bottom outer corner, crude tape repair to bottom centre of p.iii/iv. P. 1-128 printed on a different paper stock which has tanned, primarily to the margins, last 4 leaves (adverts) chipped with corner pieces missing. Otherwise, a good tight, clean copy. Lowther 592; Peel (3) 978. Dawson (1810-1894) was born at Redhaven, Banffshire, Scotland, ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1835, and came to Canada in 1854. He published several volumes of verse. Besides this descriptive volume was the author a number of translations from the French, and of a history of "The Catholics of Scotland" (Ottawa, 1890). [2263]

Octavo. Original Printed Wrappers. (22 cm x 14.4 cm), pp. 22, side-notes, folding map, tan printed paper wraps, pamphlet-stitched binding. At head of cover: "To be ignorant of the North-West is to be ignorant of the greater portion of our Country", and below title: "The Universal Verdict - Expectations More than Realized." Covers lightly soiled, stamp at lower end of front cover: "From Depository of Emigration Literature, 33 York St., Toronto, W.R. Callaway, General Manager", address stamp to rear cover, department of Emigration plate to rear cover partially covering address stamp, else very good copy. "During the tour the Vice-Regal partly drove nearly 1,500 miles after leaving the Canada Pacific line at Portage la Prairie; hence no more reliable accounts could be obtained from any traveller than His Excellency was in a position to give, and his statements proclaim trumpet-tongued that the Land of Promise surpasses in richness of soil, grandeur of scenery, and gradations of climatology, any other country upon the American Continent." - Introduction. [2291]

Octavo. (22 cm x 15 cm), pp. xi, [1], [9]-258. Original grey printed paper wraps, title-page reproduced in frame to front cover, sewn binding. Ink signature of prev. owner: 'R.H. Earle, Kingston, Ont.' Covers dust soiled, particularly at the spine and around edges, 2 small brown stains (2 cm x 2.5 cm & 1.5 cm x 2.5 cm) to upper cover extending within and diminishing through 24 leaves, else interior clean. Chipping to spine ends, with a very slight lean to the book. Peel (3) 1020. 'Williams, a journalist, accompanied the Marquis of Lorne, then Governor-General, through the West in 1881. He gives an informative description of the country. It appeared first as a series of letters in the 'Toronto Globe'.' [1998]

Montreal: Dawson Brothers, 1884., 8 vo., pp. 19, original brown printed paper wraps. Covers very slightly dust soiled and chipped, small portion of front wrap has adhereed to t.-p. else very good. [S4140]