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In to the Yukon.
Cincinnati: Press of Jennings & Graham, (1905). Third edition. Presentation copy inscribed by Edwards above the dedication. Presentation Copy in Dust Jacket. Rare in such fine condition and in the dust jacket. Read More about In to the Yukon
Price: $850
The Canadian Entomologist. Volume XXXIX 1907-Volume LVII, 1925.
London, Ontario: 19007-1925. Read More about The Canadian Entomologist. Volume XXXIX 1907-Volume LVII, 1925
Price: $400
Vertu et Travail. Anecdotes historiques racontés à la Jeunesse.
Paris: Mme Veuve L. Janet, 1845. Read More about Vertu et Travail. Anecdotes historiques racontés à la Jeunesse
Price: $300
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[Group of 11 gelatin silver print photographs of Native American women].
Calgary: [ca. 1920]. Hill is listed as a photographer in Calgary directories at 233 Eighth Avenue East as early as 1913. The studio images comprise four photographs of a Blackfoot woman named May Field and seven images of Sarcee women. A scarce western Canadian photographer. Read More about Group of 11 gelatin silver print photographs of Native American women
Price: $2,500
Frazer to Grant Allen on Animism and His Creative Process
Four Autograph Letters, signed, to Grant Allen.
1890-1897. Frazer to Grant Allen on Animism and His Creative Process. A fascinating group of letters whose scope ranges from animism and tree worship to private topics. In one letter, Frazer thanks Allen “for the kind present of ‘The Attis’” (Allen's translation of The Attis of Caius Valerius Catullus …..... Read More about Four Autograph Letters, signed, to Grant Allen
Price: $3,750
Memoire Historique sur la Negociation de la France & de l'Angleterre, depuis le 26 Mars 1761, jusqu'au 20 Septembre de...
London: Chez D. Wilson, T. Beckett & P. A. DeHondt, 1761. First English edition. Choiseul's narrative and commentary with the state diplomatic correspondence and papers relating to the treaty of 1762, dealing primarily with the areas of the cession of Canada, the fisheries of Newfoundland, Cape Breton and the West..... Read More about Memoire Historique sur la Negociation de la France & de l'Angleterre, depuis le 26 Mars 1761,...
Price: $950
Glimpses along the Canadian Pacific Railway, Mountain Series B.
Canadian Pacific Railway, c. 1910. Including: Moonlight, Fraser Canon; Giant (Cedar)Trees, Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C.; Bow River, Banff; Lake Louise, near Laggan; WITHOUT , Canadian National Park; Cathedral Peak; Mount Begbie, Gold Range; Lake Agnes, Rocky Mountains, Near Laggan; Hope Peaks, Fraser Canon; Giant Cedar, Stanley Park, Vancouver; Cascade Mountain..... Read More about Glimpses along the Canadian Pacific Railway, Mountain Series B
Price: $200
Court Martial of Capt. Thomas Graves, 1757: Manuscript Verdict
Manuscript Document entitled "The Previous Questions of the Court" giving the Court's final opinions and sentencing at the Court Martial...
[London]: January 27, 1757. Court Martial of Capt. Thomas Graves, 1757: Manuscript Verdict. Remarkable record of a critical moment in the early career of one of the Britain's most famous naval officers, Sir Thomas Graves (1725-1802), who subsequently served as Governor of Newfoundland from 1761-1764, and, during the American Revolution..... Read More about Manuscript Document entitled "The Previous Questions of the Court" giving the Court's...
Price: $1,500
ONE OF 50
From the Peace to the Fraser. Newly Discovered North American Hunting and Exploration Journals 1900 to 1930. Edited by Theodore...
Missoula, Montana: Boone and Crockett Club, 1994. First edition, #32 of 50 copies, signed by all living Presidents past and present of the Boone and Crockett Club. ONE OF 50. Read More about From the Peace to the Fraser. Newly Discovered North American Hunting and Exploration Journals...
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Forty Years for Labrador.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1932. First edition. Read More about Forty Years for Labrador
Price: $200
The Precursor of Sergeant Preston?
King of the Royal Mounted. Proof Sheets of the Comic Strip.
N.p: Stephen Slesinger, Inc. King Features Syndication, 1935-1938. The Precursor of Sergeant Preston? King of the Royal Mounted started as a Sunday King Features Syndicate strip, featuring Dave King as a Royal Mountie who always gets his man. The original artist was Allen Dean, collaborating with Zane Gray; in 1936..... Read More about King of the Royal Mounted. Proof Sheets of the Comic Strip
Price: $750
Fish Facts and Fancies.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. First edition, one of 1000 copies. Combines the author's 1923 and 1925 works bearing the same title, with additional material. Read More about Fish Facts and Fancies
Price: $200
Fish Facts and Fancies.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. First edition, one of 1000 copies. Combines the author's 1923 and 1925 works bearing the same title, with additional material. Read More about Fish Facts and Fancies
Price: $200
INSCRIBED TO FRANK BENSON
Salmon Score of F. Gray Griswold for Ten Seasons 1920-1929.
Grand Cascapedia River, Canada: [Privately Printed], 1930. Second edition. INSCRIBED TO FRANK BENSON. Inscribed to Frank Benson on the dedication page. Read More about Salmon Score of F. Gray Griswold for Ten Seasons 1920-1929
Price: $500
Shrewd Sayings of Sam Slick
The Clockmaker or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville. Second Series.
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1838. First American edition. Shrewd Sayings of Sam Slick. The Canadian Haliburton wrote his "Sam Slick" series, three in all (1837, 1838 and 1840) to encourage political reform in Nova Scotia. This was all skilfully interwoven in humorous sketches which were very popular. Read More about The Clockmaker or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville. Second Series
Price: $100
The Letter-Bag of the Great Western; or, Life in a Steamer.
London: Richard Bentley, 1840. First edition. Read More about The Letter-Bag of the Great Western; or, Life in a Steamer
Price: $175
Forest Life in Acadie. Sketches of Sport and Natural History in the Lower Provinces of the Canadian Dominion.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1869. First edition. Read More about Forest Life in Acadie. Sketches of Sport and Natural History in the Lower Provinces of the...
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The Sportsman's Guide to the Hunting and Shooting Grounds of the United States and Canada.
New York: The Anglers' Publishing Company, Charles T. Dillingham, [1888]. Read More about The Sportsman's Guide to the Hunting and Shooting Grounds of the United States and Canada
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A Narrative.
London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1839. First edition, with errata at p. v. Presented to Captain Eldelred Hawkins by his friend John Dowling 1852." And below, "And purchased at the Sale of Effects after Mrs. Hawkin's decease by John Williams." Sir Francis Bond Head held the post of Lieut-Governor of..... Read More about A Narrative
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here and now. A Canadian Quarterly Magazine of Literature and Art. 4 issues (all published). Vol. I, no. 1, Dec...
Toronto: December, 1947-1949. First edition. Read More about here and now. A Canadian Quarterly Magazine of Literature and Art. 4 issues (all published)....
Price: $150
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[An original watercolor of a First Nations fishing encampment along a river].
[Canada]: [circa 1800]. Along the falls of a tree-lined river, two First Nations men are pulling a canoe into the water, directed by another in an elaborate feather headdress; a wigwam with mother and child is on the same shore to their left; across the river a longhouse and structure..... Read More about An original watercolor of a First Nations fishing encampment along a river
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An Exploration up the Moisie River, to the Edge of the Table-Land of the Labrador Peninsula. [Extract from:] Journal of...
[London: John Murray for the Royal Geographical Society of London, 1864]. Exploration up the Moisie River, noting the rugged landscape and the aftermath of "the extensive conflagrations which have swept over a very considerable portion of the peninsula", and diminished the populations of the Nasquapees, a Cree-speaking tribe, and the..... Read More about An Exploration up the Moisie River, to the Edge of the Table-Land of the Labrador Peninsula....
Price: $450
The Picturesque Tourist: Being A Guide through the Northern and Eastern States and Canada: Giving an Accurate escription of Cities...
New York: Published by J. Disturnell, 1844. First edition. Read More about The Picturesque Tourist: Being A Guide through the Northern and Eastern States and Canada: Giving...
Price: $350
Sheep and Bear Trails. A Hunter's Wanderings in Alaska and British Columbia. Introduction by Capt. Robert A. Bartlett. Approved by...
New York: Frank Walters, Grand Central Palace, 1933. First edition. Chapters on white sheep, grizzlies, etc. Read More about Sheep and Bear Trails. A Hunter's Wanderings in Alaska and British Columbia. Introduction by...
Price: $150