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 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]
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]
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]
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 (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 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]
Octavo (21.8 cm x 14.7 cm), pp. 48. Large, two-colour, folding frontispiece map. Original grey printed wrappers, title-page reproduced in frame to upper cover, stapled binding. Slightly soiled around the edges, chipping to tail of spine, else near fine copy. (Text in French); Villeneuve 4108. [2092]
Octavo. (21.8 cm x 14.5 cm), pp. 20, largely unopened. Original, fragile, tan printed wraps, title-page reproduced in frame to front cover, sewn binding. Covers soiled, rear cover shows damp staining around margins, chipping with short tears, chipping to spine ends, else very good copy. [2224]
Octavo. (22.3 cm x 14.5 cm), pp. 78 + Contents leaf, errata to inside front cover, original printed paper wraps, sewn binding. Peel (3) 1200 notes two folding maps. This copy has two additional folding maps loosely inserted: 1) Map of the Dominion of Canada, shewing the extent and situation of its public lands, also its geographical relation to the British Isles. Published by order of the Hon. the Minister of the Interior, 1884. Coloured map, 57.5 cm x 28.5 cm. Shows great circle routes between Great Britain and Canada, including route from Liverpool to Fort York (Churchill). Light tanning to margins with faint damp stains to top margin and some nicks to bottom margin; 2) Map shewing proposed route of the Manitoba and Hudson's Bay Railway. Winnipeg: Bishop Co., n.d. In blue and white, 104 cm x 79 cm., near fine; Covers soiled, primarily to margins, dust soiling to margins of title-page and folded verso of rear map and adjacent blank. Otherwise, a very good copy enhanced by the two additional maps. In the fall of 1870 Bell, 1854-1936, travelled from Ontario to Fort Garry as a member of the Wolseley expedition. At the time of writing he was secretary of the Winnipeg Grain Exchange, and later became treasurer of the Winnipeg Board of Trade and a prominent and active member of the Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba.. Peel (3) 1200. [2245]
Octavo. (21.5 cm x 14.5 cm), pp. 60, printed khaki coloured covers, sewn binding, title-page reproduced in frame to front cover, inscribed "Epiphany 1878, Wm. A. Langton from [??] Jones." (I can't make out the name.) Langton (1854-1933) was the son of John Langton, became an architect and practised in Toronto. He was editor of a collection of his fathers letters entitled: "Early Days in Upper Canada." Lower cover and spinestrip missing, first gathering coming loose, tanning to margins of upper cover with chipping along spine edge and upper corner, front cover appears to have been repasted at spine edge to title-page, else good. [2255]
First Edition. 'Wentworth Historical Society' running title and at head of front cover title. Octavo (22.5 cm x 15 cm), pp. 33 + 3 inserted plates, 1 folding map, grey printed wrappers, stapled binding. Covers very lightly soiled, staples just beginning to oxidize, else near fine copy. Includes information about Brant's education, his family, his work as a peace mediator, his death, and his will. Watters p. 517. [2275]
Octavo. (22.5 cm x 15 cm), pp. 30. Original powder blue card covers, blindstamped title to upper cover (same as title-page), stapled binding, frontispiece portrait. Light fading, primarily to the edges, else near fine copy. [2276]
Tall Octavo. (26 cm x 17.4 cm), pp. [vi], 44, large folding map at rear, 38 photos, 22 plans, tables, original printed blue wrappers, stapled binding. Covers soiled with stains to bottom edge, chips at spine ends, p.44 soiled around margins, 7 cm horizontal closed tear at centre fore-edge of p.37/38, otherwise interior very clean and bright, map fine. Overall a very good copy of a scarce item. Not in Peel.
Octavo. (21.5 cm x 14 cm), pp. 60, map, 58 photo illustrations, tables; grey illustrations card covers, stapled binding. Covers lightly soiled, else near fine copy. "Climate, healthfulness, educational facilities, government, fertility of the soil, natural resources and general opportunities are all matters which come under consideration by those looking to new lands." [2322]
Marianopolis [Montreal]: Apud E.R. Fabre, ex typis L. Perrault, 1835. (18 cm x 10.7 cm), pp. [iv], 44, original plain grey paper wraps, pamphlet-stitched binding. Covers lightly soiled, chips to spine ends, 2 cm x 0.5 cm chip on rear cover fore-edge, small bit of soiling to text pages at that spot diminishing through a few leaves, chipping to the bottom outer corner of the rear cover, else very good copy of this pre-Confederation item. Text in Latin. Lande S-1984; Casey I, 1515; Gagnon 1, 3145. [2325]
Octavo. (22.6 cm x 15.3 cm), 153 pages plus frontispiece portrait, 13 inserted plates and 1 text illustration, tipped-in errata slip between pages 38-39. Light beige printed card covers. Covers lightly soiled, with tanning to margins and spine, chipping to spine tips (appears to have been re-pasted), else a very good copy consisting primarily of historical and biographical sketches. Front cover reads: "The United Empire Loyalists' Association. Vol. IV. Annual Transactions 1901and 1902." [2393]
Octavo. Inscribed. (24.5 cm x 16 .8 cm), pp. 89, colour plate of porcupine quill work, 162 illustrations, original printed paper wraps, title-page reproduced in frame to front cover. INSCRIBED at head of front cover "With comps. of D Boyle." Covers chipped and dust soiled, apart from minor stains contents on whole very good. Includes contributions by G.E. Laidlaw and A.F. Chamberlain. Boyle, 1842-1911, self-taught archaeologist and ethnologist became an authority on the archaeology of Ontario , and was appointed curator of the museums of the Canadian Institute and the Ontario Dept. of Education.
(24.7 cm x 16.6 cm), pp. 195-246. Brown printed paper wraps, stapled binding. Spine gently rubbed, else near fine copy. Contains the story of the 'Constitution of the Five Nations Confederacy' and 'The Ceremony Called, "At the Wood's Edge."'
Octavo. (21.7 cm x 14.8 cm). White, homemade card folder with typed title, containing a scarce separate offprint of 4 pages with illustrations. Fragile leaflet split at the fold, chips to bottom edge, otherwise quite good.
Section II, 1891. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada . (Read May 27, 1891), Quarto. (29.8 cm x 22.3 cm), pp. 45-59 + 2 plates. Peach-coloured printed wraps, sewn binding. Lacking rear cover. Fragile front cover chipped along bottom edge and spine, cover dust soiled, otherwise a very good copy of a scarce item. (Not found in Lowther).
Octavo (24.5 cm x 16 cm). Original salmon-coloured printed wrappers, title-page reproduced on front cover, pamphlet-stitched binding. From the Report of the U.S. National Museum for 1897, pages: 349 - 645 with 5 plates (frontispiece and 4 maps). Profusely illustrated throughout with 239 text figures. Top edge trimmed, others deckled. Chipping to spine ends and fore-edge, 4 cm part at tail of front cover and spine edge, front cover and deckled edges dust soiled, else very good copy, interior bright and clean. Contents include: Mexican and Pueblo tubular pipes; Tubular pipes of the North American Indians generally; Early references to the use of tobacco; Pipe bowls without stems; Heavy animal and bird pipes; Use of pipes and tobacco by the whites; Monitor pipes; Rectangular pipes; Micmac pipes; Disk pipes; Iroquoian pipes; Bird pipes; Calumet and wampum; Mound pipes; Double conoidal pipes; Idol pipes; Great pipes; The calumet dance; Catlinite and Siouan types; Pipes of the Northwest coast; Miscellaneous Pueblo pipes; Delaware types; Indeterminate types; Southern types; Some unique types; Atlantic coast pipes; Southern mound pipes; Summary; and Additional notes.