Land and small buildings in the foreground with the falls in the background showing mist rising from the falls. Works and Studios, Arlington, N. J., etc. View More...
Original publisher's light blue cloth binding. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2." 280 pages, complete. Black and white illustrations, complete. One additional page of advertisements for other books in the back. Pages are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Covers are clean and intact overall. There are a few marks on the back cover. Albert Bigelow Paine (1861-1937) was an American author. He is perhaps best-known for his biographies of Mark Twain. Paine was also a member of the Pulitzer Prize Committee. This book is a travelogue that chronicles Paine's trout-fishing excursion in Nova Scotia whi... View More...
Parkman's complete works in 12 volumes, published in 1899-1900, consisting of: "The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life", Eighth Edition, Revised. "The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada" Tenth Edition, Revised, with Additions (two volumes); "Pioneers of France in the New World" Revised with Additions; "the Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century"; "La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West:; "The Old Regime in Canada" Revised, with Additions; "A Half-Century of Conflict" (two volumes); "Count Frontenac and New France Unde... View More...
Original sewn wrappers. Unopened. President James K. Polk sends to the United States Senate the British proposal to end the conflict over the joint U.S.-British occupation of the Oregon Territory and the setting of the U.S.-Canadian border. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. 51 ;pages. View More...
Collection of three original materials including a memorandum, an invoice, and the envelope both were sent in. All materials are on stationery of the Reed Company, Limited, which was based in Moncton, New Brunswick (NB), Canada. Memorandum and receipt are dated September 11, 1917. Envelope postmarked September 12, 1917. Memo measures 8 1/2" x 11 1/4." Invoice measures 8 1/2" x 7 1/4." Envelope measures 6 1/4" x 3 3/4." All materials are very clean and intact. The memo and invoice have a few horizontal and vertical fold lines but these are likely original. The envelope was torn open al... View More...
Original publisher's brown paper wrappers. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2." Pages 519-707, complete. Pages are very clean and intact except for minuscule age toning and slightly bumped corners along fore-edge. Covers are clean and intact overall but there are surface marks and rubbing to front and back, slight age toning along edges of the covers, edge wear, chipping to head and tail of spine, and a chip measuring about 1 1/2" x 1" in lower-right corner of front cover. There is also some glue repair along the spine. A Very Good copy. A comprehensive study of the Coeur d'Alene (Snchitsu'umshtsn) languag... View More...
No. 191 of a Limited Edition. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. 7" x 10." lxviii, 1-276 pages, complete. Eleven additional pages in back listing members and libraries who are subscribing to the Hudson's Bay Record Society. Front colophon: "This copy is No. 191 of a limited Edition which is issued only to subscribers to The Hudson's Bay Record Society." Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning throughout and slightly bumped edges. Covers are very clean and intact except for moderate bumping to corners and slight bumpi... View More...
No. 191 of a Limited Edition. Original publisher's dark blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. 7" x 9 3/4." xxx, [1]-392 pages, complete. Two black-and-white folding maps tipped in back, complete. The maps are by Samuel Hearne and are titled, "A Plan of Albany River ..., 1774," "Plan of Moos River ..., 1774," and "Plan of Slude River." Fourteen additional pages in back listing members and libraries who are subscribing to the Hudson's Bay Record Society. Front colophon: "This copy is No. 191 of a limited Edition which is issued only to subscribers to The Hudson'... View More...
No. 191 of a Limited Edition. Second Series, 1839-44. Original publisher's dark blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. 7" x 9 3/4." xlix, 1-427 pages, complete. Two black-and-white tipped-in plates, complete. Eleven additional pages in back listing members and libraries who are subscribing to the Hudson's Bay Record Society. Front colophon: "This copy is No. 191 of a limited Edition which is issued only to subscribers to The Hudson's Bay Record Society." Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for light age toning throughout and slight wear to edges. C... View More...
No. 191 of a Limited Edition. Third Series, 1844-46. Original publisher's dark blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. 7" x 9 3/4." lxiii, 1-341 pages, complete. Two black-and-white tipped-in folding maps, complete. Eleven additional pages in back listing members and libraries who are subscribing to the Hudson's Bay Record Society. Additional Errata also in back. Front colophon: "This copy is No. 191 of a limited Edition which is issued only to subscribers to The Hudson's Bay Record Society." Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for light age toning ... View More...
First edition. Illustrated cloth. Illustrations. Page edges are uncut. Ink notation on front end paper. Front end paper split at spine. In the Prefatory Note, the author writes that the stories in this book "are avowedly fiction". He writes about: T he Freedom of the Black-Faced Ram; The Little Wolf of the Pool; Horns and Antlers; When the Moon is Over the Corn; When the Moose Cow Calls; etc. View More...
Original black-and-white photo postcard. No date, circa 1930-1950. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Title is printed at the bottom of the image in the margin. "221 c Harry Rowed" printed in the lower-right corner in the margin. The style of "EKC" (Eastman Kodak Company) stamp box on the back was used from 1930-1950. Postcard is unused. Postcard is virtually pristine and intact. A Fine copy. This postcard shows a scenic view of the Jasper Park Lodge bungalows in Alberta, Canada. Mountains are visible in the background. Harry Rowed (1907-1987) was a Canadian photojournalist. He specialized in both e... View More...
"riverside Biographical Series, Number 14". 126 pages; portrait; burgundy color cloth binding with gilt lettering (4 1/4 x 6 5/8 inch). Early biography of Samuel de Champlain of French and Canadian fame. Very good clean copy. View More...
Original publisher's wrapper. No date, circa 1910. 3 7/8" x 9." Wrapper and pages are very clean. Thirty-two pages, complete. This is a guide and information booklet that addresses land development and the use of resources of the Inland Empire which comprises Eastern Washington and Oregon, North and Central Idaho, Western Montana, and Southeastern British Columbia. The information is presented in question-and-answer format. Questions concern a wide range of topics such as the viability of certain crops, the price of materials, and the availability of health facilities for residents. View More...
(1922). A later printing, but in the uncommon dust wrapper that is chipped along the edges. Publisher's gray cloth with black lettering. Steffanson's argument that the north is a place for expansion. Photo illustrated. Scuff to foot of title page, not affecting printed portion. Folding map in back 274 pages. View More...
Original publisher's green cloth wrappers with staple binding. 7" x 8 1/2." Forty-six pages, complete. Pages and covers are virtually pristine and intact except for slight fraying along the edges and a small bump to the lower-right corner of front cover. Binding is tight. Staples not rusted. According to a short caption on the title page, F. G. Stevens was a missionary who did mission work for fifty years in Northern Manitoba. A beginning primer book aimed toward English speakers on how to read, write, and speak the Cree language. Cree is a dialect of the Algonquian languages and is an... View More...
Separate from the Canadian Historical Review of 1953. 8 pages; stapled. Concerned with the development of railways along the north shores of the Great Lakes under the control of Canada from 1832 to 1876. Fine clean copy. View More...
Original black-and-white photo postcard. No date, circa 1940s. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Title, author, and "A82 must not be copied" are printed at the bottom of the image. A purple, 3-cent King George VI stamp is tipped in on the back. A postmark is on the stamp. Postcard is used. Postcard is very clean and intact except for slight edge wear and a few faint marks on the front. A Near Fine copy. This postcard shows Port Arthur in Ontario, Canada with a few quaint buildings visible along the shore. There is handwriting on the back in pencil. Grace and Hank write a brief note to Eleanor in San... View More...
Original publisher's beige paper program. 1964-1965. 8 1/4" x 11 1/4." Four pages (one leaf folded in half and printed on all sides), complete. Horizontal fold line at center. Pages are very clean and intact overall. Pages slightly age-toned. Slight wrinkling throughout. A couple holes along spine not affecting text: one measures 3/4"; the other measures 2 1/4" (part of a closed tear). Horizontal band of offsetting on front. A Very Good copy. Program for a performance by the National Ballet of Canada. The dance company was founded in 1951 with Celia Franca as its first artistic dir... View More...
Original black-and-white photo postcard. No date, circa 1920s-1930s. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Title is printed on the image in small font. Publishing information printed on the back at top. Postcard is unused. Postcard is very clean and intact except for slight age toning on the back and a few small spots of discoloration on the front, mostly limited to the top margin. A Very Good copy. This postcard shows Castle Mountain in Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. Castle Mountain is part of the Canadian Rockies. Gowen & Stevens was a photography studio founded in 1916 by Frank Gowen and Sidn... View More...
