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]
Toronto: C. Blackett Robinson, 1886. Octavo. (21.7 cm x 14.3 cm), pp. 20 (includes upper & lower cover). Original cream printed paper, pamphlet-stitched binding. Covers dust-soiled, with browning around edges, else very good copy. [1967]
Octavo (21.7 cm x 14.7 cm), pp. [5]-70, large 8-fold, 2-colour map, original printed pale green paper wrappers, stapled binding. Covers dust soiled, tanning to the edges of fist page (p.5), else very good, clean copy. [1944]
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]
Octavo (22 cm x 15.5 cm), pp. 30 + [1] Notice from the Departement des Travaux Publics, original printed green paper wrappers, with title-page reproduced in frame on front cover, sewn binding. Covers dust soiled, remnant of a postage stamp affixed to rear cover, 1 cm chip to spinestrip at both the head and tail. Contents very good, clean and bright. Peel (3) 650. Title of the English Version: 'Narrative of a journey to Manitoba: Together with an abstract of the Dominion Lands Act, and an extract from the government pamphlet on Manitoba.' Shantz was sent out to inspect land for the Russian Mennonites who subsequently settled in southern Manitoba. [1938]
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]
Printed card covers (23 cm x 18 cm), 8 pages (20.5 cm x 17 cm). Typed and copied, inserted into card covers with single staple. Trifle browned around the edges, else very good. [1784]
Very Good (21.5 cm x 14 cm), single fold, printed paper brochure. Gently soiled, else very good copy. [1783]
(16.5 cm x 10.5 cm), pp. 12. Typed text, copied and reduced in size, printed card covers with double staple binding. Two punch holes to fore-edge of rear cover, covers lightly soiled, else very good copy. [1779]
Col. J.W. and Mr. C.C. Judy, Auctioneers. Toronto: Printed at the Mail Job Dept., n.d. [c.1888], 8vo. (22 cm x 15 cm), pp. 56, blue printed paper wraps, stapled binding, 4 illustrations with illustration of bull on lower cover. Some fading at the spine with a bit of rust to the upper and lower covers at the staples, else very good, clean copy. In the Intro, Mossom Boyd & Co. explain their regret in getting out of the business, and would only be keeping one bull and five or six females to form the nucleus of a future herd. 65 lots for auction, in groups of Females and Bulls with the pedigrees of each animal. [1776]
[n.p. - Washington, D.C.: n.p. - Thomas Allen, printer, n.d. - April 1838], Octavo, pp. [1] - 63. Disbound offprint, top-edge trimmed, others deckled. Offsetting to a few pages, else very good, clean copy. Contains a 5-page letter from Sir Francis Bond Head, who some consider responsible for the Upper Canada Rebellion of December 1837.[1752]
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]
First Edition. Original Wraps. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4"), pp. 97-192, [1] - Errata. With Geological Outline, and de Barres 1778 folding chart reproduced on superb thin paper watermarked 'J. Whatman 1829.' Original printed blue wraps, sewn binding, top edge only trimmed, others deckled, some pages unopened. Pages 97-127 consists of the second half of Mr. Sheppard's 'Notes on the Plants of Lower Canada,' Baddeley's 'Reports on the Magdalen Islands' are from p. 128-190, p. 191-2 contains an extract from a communication by Mr. C. Varley on 'Pigments of Canada.' Except for a small 1" tear to the paper covering the lower end of the spine and an 1/8" chip at the top, this scarce copy is in near fine, collectible condition. [1601]
First issue of second printing. 12mo. (18 x 11 cm), pp. 24 + 1 copperplate scene of Quebec, engraved and published by Robert Weir (Glasgow). Original pink printed paper wrappers. Covers soiled, stitching is loose, spine paper is split though covers still holding, damp-staining to upper and lower edges of wraps. Scarce first issue, with the copperplate, of the second printing. First printed by the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec in 1840. Text in French. Written by a nun of the L'Hopital General, it describes events during the siege of Quebec in 1759. TPL 297; Sabin 69257. [1543]