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1. ADAM, G. Mercer

The Canadian North-West: its History and its Troubles, from the early days of the

fur-trade to the era of the railway and the settler: With Incidents of travel in the region,

and The Narrative of Three Insurrections. Toronto. Rose Publishing Co. & Whitby, Ont.

Robertson & Bros. 1885. 20cm, 390p., many illustrations, in original pictorial gilt decorated

brown cloth, very good condition - Peel (3)-1325 75.00


2. AKINS, Thomas B. (edited by)

Selections from the Public Documents of the Province of Nova Scotia. Halifax.

Charles Annand, Publisher. 1869. 21.5cm, ii,755p. with 2 folding facsimile documents, in

the original dark green cloth, a very good to fine copy 225.00

Thomas Beamish Akins (1809-1891) was born in Liverpool, N.S. and studied law in

the office of Beamish Murdock, whom he assisted in the preparation of his history of Nova

Scotia. He became the first commissioner of Public Records in the province and prepared

this title to collate the documents in the Archives which dealt primarily with the expulsion

of the Acadians.

Primarily Documents on the Expulsion of the Acadiens


3. ANONYMOUS

A lot... Report of the Air Board for the year ending March 31... Lot contains: 1920 through 1922, and Report on Civil Aviation Including

Civil Operations for Other Government Departments, Undertaken by the Royal Canadian Air Force for the Year.... Lot Contains 1923, 1924, 1925,

1926, 1927, 1929, 1930. Ottawa. J. De Labroquerie Tache & The King’s Printer. 1920-1931. 24.5cm, various paginations, brown printed wraps,

very good 250.00

The Air Board had three functions: devising a means of, and administering Canadian air defence; controlling and conducting all civil (non-

military) government flying operations; and providing rules and regulations for flying within Canada, which included licensing, issuing air

regulations and managing air traffic. The Air Board was absorbed into the Department of National Defence in 1922.


4. BALDWIN, George R.

Report on Supplying The City of Quebec with Pure Water: made for the City Council

by order of George Okill Stuart, Esq., Mayor of Quebec. Boston, Charles C. Little and James

Brown, 1848. 8vo. 22.5cm, 92p. with 4 large folding plan maps and 1 folding table, in the

original printed light brown wraps with the title repeated on the upper cover, two small

circular contemp. library stamps, wraps a bit dust worn else very good to fine

350.00

T.P.L. 2885. Casey 2116. Dionne 1251. Gagnon I;196. Amtmann B-193. Not in Sabin

or Lande. Detailed engineer's report on the feasibility of constructing an aqueduct from

either the St. Charles or the Montmorency River to supply water for the city reservoir.


5. BARBEAU, Marius

The Old-World Dragon In America. Chicago. University of Chicago Press. 1952.

Reprinted from Tax: Indian Tribes of Aboriginal America, Vol.III, Proceedings of the 29th

Congress of Americanists. 24cm, 115-122p., printed wraps, nicely signed by Barbeau on

the front wrap, fine 40.00


6. BIGGAR, Henry Pericival

The Precursors of Jacques Cartier, 1497 - 1534. A collection of documents relating

to the early history of the Dominion of Canada. (Publications of the Canadian Archives;

No. 5). Ottawa. 1911. 24cm, xxxi,213p. with 2 colour maps, (1 folding), wavy grain red

cloth with gilt titles, a bit dust worn, a near fine copy 150.00

T.P.L. 4647. O'Dea 10. Fifteenth and Sixteenth Century documents relating to John

and Sebastian Cabot, Gaspar Corte Real, Stephen Gomez, and others, many printed here

for the first time. Of particular value for the light it throws on the early English and

Portuguese explorations of the shores of Newfoundland and Labrador.

During this period some government publications were bound in a presentation

binding. Typically 10 or 12 copies were done; one or two for the author, one for assistants,

one for the King's Printer, one for the Minister, etc.. These bindings had a somewhat

consistent style. While the practice continued in some departments, the binding in

modern times is maroon buckram.


7. BINNIE-CLARK, Georgina

Wheat & Woman. Illustrated. Toronto. Bell and Cockburn. 1914. 19cm, vii,413p.,

with errata slip, frontispiece, with 15 plates and illustrations, red cloth, with gilt titles, a

fine copy 75.00

An account of life on the farm in Saskatchewan, and the sequel to “A Summer on

the Canadian Prairie”.


8. BREBEUF, Jean de]. Souvenir Booklet

Souvenir Historique. Notre Grand Martyr Canadien. Le Pere Jean de Brebeu qui foula de ses pieds notre sol au Sault de la Chaudiere a Val-

Tetreau en 1626. (Cover title). Hull, Quebec. J. Pharand. [1926]. oblong8vo., 14x 23cm, [46]p., illustrated, many local (Hull & Ottawa) advertisements,

illustrated wraps, damp stained, soiled, good, rare 100.00

Not in Aurora nor WorldCat. ~ A souvenir of the three hundreth landing of Father Jean de Brebeuf at Val Tetreau (in the Hull section of

present day Gatineau) in 1626. Includes some writings of Father Brebeuf and a list of priests and religious persons who passed the portage at the

Chaudiere, 1615-1650.


9. CAMPBELL, Duncan

History of Prince Edward Island. Charlottetown. Bremner Brothers. 1875. 12mo.

17.5cm, the first edition, vii,224p., (inc. 16 pages of ads.), in original green cloth, gilt titles

on the spine, a very good to fine copy 100.00

Morley p116. The geography, history, government, legislation and administration

of the Island, with biographical notes of some leading personalities.


10. CANADA. Natural Resources Intelligence Service.

Dept of the Interior.

Peterborough County, Ontario. With Special Reference to Its Resources and

Industries. Ottawa. National Development Bureau, Department of the Interior. 1930. 4to.

28cm, 88p., typescript, 3 maps including large rear folding map, chart, stapled stiff wraps,

fine condition, this report would have been produced in limited numbers. 150.00

One of a Canadian government series covering the counties of southern Ontario.

Very detailed study principally concerning the natural resources, industrial and

manufacturing development of the County of Peterborough.


11. CANADA. Natural Resources, Intelligence Service.


Paperboard and Cardboard. With Special Reference to Canada's Resources and

Development. Ottawa. Department of the Interior. 1928. Folio. 33cm, 53p., typescript,

large folding rear map, stapled stiff wraps, leaves toned, fine, this report would have been

produced in limited numbers. 150.00

With official note attached: "The status of the paper board industry in foreign

countries - which includes production, imports, exports, tariffs and Canadian export

opportunities is given on pages 30 to 53 inclusive.”


12. CANADA. Natural Resources, Intelligence Service.


Flour Milling Possibilities in the Maritimes. Ottawa. Department of the Interior.

1929. folio. 33cm, 17, (5), (3), (7)p., with 7 rear folding tables, appendices, morocco grain

printed stiff wraps, bottom corner of the front wrap is chipped, glue residue on rear cover,

library stamps, still very good ~ this report would have been produced in limited numbers

150.00

A Canadian government report at the request of the Nova Scotia Flour Mill

Committee exploring the feasibility of establishing a flour mill at some strategic point in

the Maritimes. Appendices include photostat of "Flour Trade of the British West Indies

and British Guiana." and "Exports of Wheat Flour into British West Indies and

Newfoundland."


13. CANADIAN Advertising Periodical].

Modern Advertising. "Services that Build Business and Produce Sales". November

1936. Volume IV. Number XI. Toronto. Wrigley Publications, Limited. 1936. 4to. 30cm,

36p., many illustrations, numerous (terrific) advertisements including the covers, colour

decorated glossy stiff wraps, coil-bound, in fine condition 100.00

The Canadian advertising periodical includes articles on Toronto Advertising and

Sales Club Exhibition (Oct. 1926), direct mail campaigns, packaging problems, General

Motors poster campaign, Elmer Wheeler's time tested selling sentences, advertising art,

direct mail, the Ozalid process, Harold W. Donahue's secret for business success. The

extensive advertisements are a reference of the 1930's Canadian publishers, printers,

engravers, binders, advertisers, sign makers, paper companies.


14. [CANADIAN Literature]. COHEN, Matt

In Search of Leonardo. Illustrated by Tony Urquhart. Toronto. The Coach House

Press. 1985. sm4to. 26cm, The First Edition, unpaginated, with 8 tipped in circular colour

illustrations, 12 sketch illustrations, tan full fine grain endeavor linen, gilt titles, in fine

condition, apparently "not more than thirty copies of the hardcover were produced " -

Matt Cohen. 100.00

The second of two poetry books by Canadian author Matt Cohen (1942-1999).

Interesting circular illustrations - "Through his spyglass sees; Landscape receding into the

future; Round glimpses of tomorrow; Compromised by the haze of yesterday." A tribute

to Leonardo da Vinci.


15. [CANADIAN Literature - peridocal]. The Fiddlehead.

Fred Cogswell, Editor. Frederiction. 1953 - to - 1968. A Miscellaneous Lot.

Nos. 18 - 19 - 21 - 42 - 51 - 54 - 56 - 57 - 59 - 60 - 61 - 63 - 64 - 66 - 67 - 68 - (there are two 69's Summer, 1966 in grey wraps, & 69, Fall 1966,

red wraps) - 70 - 71 - 72 - (72 dup) - 73 - 74 - 75 ~ 25 issues ~ the lot 100.00


16. CANADIAN Pacific

The New Highway to the Orient across the Mountains, Prairies and Rivers of

Canada. The Canadian Pacific Railway. Montreal. Canadian Pacific Railway Co. 1898. 4to.

26.5cm, 48p., with plates and illustrations from wood engravings, 2 maps, 2 illustrated

ads., engraved title on the upper cover, faint stain on the upper cover, very good

150.00

Edwards 682.. (not seen). Lists 21 editions between 1887 and 1908. cf. Lowther

743


17. CANNIFF, Wm.

History of the Province of Ontario, (Upper Canada), Containing a Sketch of Franco-

Canadian history, - the Bloody Battles of the French and Indians, - the American

Revolution, - the Settlement of the Country by U.E. Loyalists, - Trials and Hardships

Incident to Pioneer Life, - Thrilling Narratives of Adventures with Indians and Wild Beasts,

- Struggles for the Establishment of Christianity and Schools, - Agriculture and

Manufactures, - the War of 1812, - Battle Scenes, Capture of Buffalo, - Subsequent Growth

and Prosperity of the Country, Including Biographies of Prominent First Settlers and the

Census of 1871. (The Settlement of Upper Canada - spine title). Toronto. Published by A.

H. Hovey. 1872. 8vo, 23cm, the First Edition, xxxi,[i](errata),671,[ii]p., appendix, in the

original cross ribbed dark brown cloth, gilt spine titles, blind borders on the boards, a near

fine copy of the first edition 300.00

The systematic history of Ontario, it represents a good deal of solid research on

the era of . William Canniff (1830-1910), was Professor of Surgery at Victoria College,

Toronto. This work is expanded from his earliest book History of the Settlement of Upper

Canada... with special reference to the Bay of Quinte... Toronto. 1869.


18. Chadwick, Edward Marion [Shagotyohagwisak]

The People of the Longhouse. Toronto. The Church of England Publishing Co. Ltd.

1897. 8vo, 23cm, 166p., frontispiece, tipped in plates, rebound in wine cloth, text is mostly

uncut, a fine copy, scarce. 250.00

Our first copy of Honourary Chief Shagotyohagwisak’s book. Having grown up near

the Six Nations Reserve, Chadwick had developed an interest in and sympathy for

Canada’s aboriginal peoples and had come to have many native friends. He was made an

honorary chief of the Turtle clan of the Mohawk. The name Shagotyohgwisaks, meaning

“one who seeks a gathering of the people,” was given to him for his advocacy of the

formation of a Six Nations militia regiment. (He himself served as an officer in the Queen’s

Own Rifles from 1866 to 1882, retiring with the rank of major.) He collected native regalia,

now housed in the Royal Ontario Museum, and wrote The people of the longhouse

(Toronto, 1897) about the Iroquois and their genealogy, symbols, and customs. (DCB.)


19. CHAMPLAIN, Samuel de

edited by Edward Gaylord Bourne

The Voyages and Explorations of Samuel de Champlain. 1604-1616. Narrated by

Himself. Translated by Annie Nettleton Bourne. Together with: The Voyage of 1603,

Reprinted from "Purchase His Pilgrim. In Two Volumes. New York. Allerton Book Co. 1922.

16mo. 18cm, xl, 254 & 229pp., frontis folding map, 5 plates, t.e.g., brown cloth, a fine set

100.00

One of the "American Explorers Series". With an extensive biography and

background of the publication by Edward Gaylord Bourne, Professor of History in Yale

University. Includes a special introduction by Canadian historian, William L. Grant.


20. COLLARD, Elizabeth

Nineteenth-Century Pottery and Porcelain in Canada. Second Edition. Kingston &

Montreal. McGill-Queen's University Press. 1984. tall8vo, 24.5cm, 2nd Edition, xx, 477p.,

with 156 plate illustrations and 42 text figures (more than double the number in the first

edition), appendices: Concerning Marks & A Check List of 19th cent. Canadian Potters,

addenda, notes, index, grey cloth, a fine copy in fine jacket 50.00

A monumental book.

A survey of the ceramic wares used by Canadians in the 19th century deals with

both imported and Canadian made wares, setting them against the social, economic, and

artistic background of the time. It tells of how the potters of Britain vigorously built up

trade with British North America and how their wares travelled to the farthest outposts

of a pioneer land. Also covers the popular "Historical China", "Portneuf" and the important

potters of St. Johns, Quebec


21. [COLQUHOUN, A.H.U. et al]

A History of Canadian Journalism in the Several Portions of the Dominion, with a

Sketch of the Canadian Press Association, 1859-1908. Edited by a committee of the

association. Toronto. 1908. 24cm, xv,242p. numerous portraits, appendices, green linen,

a fine copy, scarce 100.00

Our last copy was Catalogue 61.


22. DAWSON, S.J.

Report on the Exploration of the Country between Lake Superior and the Red River

Settlement, and between the latter place and the Assiniboine and Saskatchewan. Toronto.

John Lovell, printer. 1859. sm. folio. 33cm, 45p., with 3 large folding maps, coloured in

outline, in wine roan and black cloth boards, with paper label on the upper cover, usually

found in poor shape, a fine copy 400.00

Peel (3) 361. cf. T.P.L. 3885 & 3912. "Issued also as part of Appendix no. 36.A.

Includes a letter by Bishop Tache on the Metis, etc. - See also Peel 350" (Peel). With three

large folding maps: the Route by Road & Navigation for Connecting the Atlantic and Pacific

Oceans, & Profile of Route by the Grand Portage and Pigeon River from Lake Superior to

Rainy Lake, and Plan Shewing the Region Explored by S. J. Dawson and his party between

Fort William and the great Saskatchewan River (c.201x 120cm) 79"x 47".

ASSINIBOINE & SASKATCHEWAN EXPLORING EXPEDITION


23. DAY, C.M.

Pioneers of the Eastern Townships: A Work Containing Official and Reliable

Information Respecting the Formation of Settlements: With Incidents in their Early

History: and Details of Adventures, Perils and Deliverance. Montreal. John Lovell. 1863.

12mo, 16.5cm, First Edition, 171p. original blind stamped wavy-grain cloth, spine is a bit

worn, internally clean, a very good copy 150.00

T.P.L. 6048. "As very many are but partially acquainted with the course necessary

to be pursued in the days of our forefathers, in "taking up land" as it was termed, - the

writer has devoted an introductory chapter to copies of original manuscripts relating to

this, which documents (or copies of which) have fallen in her way ... It may be proper to

say that the papers relative to the two townships of Shefford and Stukely, have been taken

in preference to those concerning other parts ..." Preface.


24. DENT, John Charles (needs repair)

The Story of the Upper Canadian Rebellion; largely derived from original sources and documents. Toronto. C. Blackett Robinson. 1885.

tall8vo, 23.5x 17.5cm, in 2 volumes, 384 & 382pp., with 2 engraved vignette title pages, 3 steel engraved portrait plates, appendix, index, in the

original dark morocco over flat pebbled crimson cloth, gilt block spine and cover titles, all edges gilt, patterned endpapers, some light wear, else a

fine set 250.00

Both Dent's works were well narratively organized histories. In the present work his sympathies with the moder-ate reformers; in extolling

the part played by John Rolph, he was critical of William Lyon Mackenzie. These criticisms were answered in The Other Side of the Story... by

Mackenzie' son-in-law Dr. John King. - Story p210.


25. DREW, Major George A.

The Truth About the War. An irrefutable answer to the slander, published in

certain United States magazines, that in the Great War the British Empire shirked its

responsibility. [Montreal]. St. George's Society of Montreal. [1928]. 12mo, 16cm, 28p., in

grey wraps embossed in red with the crest of the St. George's Society., with previous

owners name written repeatedly on the front cover, otherwise fine 25.00

An offprint from Maclean's Magazine of July 1st, 1928. Major Drew, a First World

War veteran, was a prominent lawyer in Guelph and was the Premier of Ontario from

1943 to 1948


26. [EATON'S]

The Timothy Eaton Quarter Century Club. Published on the Occasion of the

Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Timothy Eaton Quarter Century Club 1919-1944. Includes

section on Quebec and the Maritimes. Np. Timothy Eaton. Nd. [1945?]. 23cm, 129p.,

hundreds of portrait illustrations, gilt titles and decorations, full blue swede, spine faded,

very good 50.00


27. EDWARDS, Ralph

The Trail to the Charmed Land. Saskatoon. H.R. Larson Publishing Company.

[1950]. 8vo. 22cm, viii, 135p., with 6 illustrations & a map (Yoho Park), illustrated colour

wraps, fine condition 35.00

Anecdotal reminiscences of guiding in the Canadian Rocky Mountains in the late

1890's. Includes the discovery of Yoho, the first crossing of the Dolomites, and the

conquest of Mount Belfour in 1899. Peel (3)-9256.


28. FRASER, Alexander

Huronia. Address delivered at the Tercentenary Celebration of the Mission to the

Huron Indians, at Penetanguishene, Ontario, 1921. Toronto. Np. 1922. 24cm, 32p., two

folding maps, printed wraps, fine

40.00


29. FRASER, W.A.

Mooswa and Others of the Boundaries. Illustrated by Arthur Hemming. Toronto.

William Briggs. 1900. 12mo. 19.5cm, xiv,260p., with 12 plates from painting by Heming, in

the original brown cloth, extra gilt and colour decorated pictorial binding, t.e.g., Montreal

News imprint on the spine, a fine copy 75.00


30. [GRAPHIC]. ARMSTRONG, Rinaldo William

The Salt of the Earth. A Study of Rural Life and Social Progress. Ottawa. Graphic

Publishers. 1930. 18.5cm, 233p. with 12 plates, patterned cloth, title printed in blue,

bookplate on the front endpaper else a fine copy in near fine jacket 100.00


31. [GRAPHIC] CAMPBELL, Austin

The Rock of Babylon. Adventure in an Ancient City. Ottawa. Graphic Publishers

Limited. 1931. 18.5cm, 354p., stamped tan cloth, a fine bright copy in very good to fine

jacket 100.00


32. [GRAPHIC]. RHODENIZER, V.B.

A Handbook of Canadian Literature. Ottawa. Graphic Publishers Limited. 1930.

18.5cm, 295p. dark and green patterned fabrikoid, faint splash on upper corner of jacket,

a very good copy in very good jacket 45.00


33. [GRAPHIC]. STEINER, Florence B.

Toy Ships. Poems for Children. Scissor-cut Silhouettes by Lisl Hummel. Ottawa. The

Graphic Publishers Ltd. 1926. 19.5cm, 63p., with 25 woodcut illustrations, quarter maroon

cloth backed orange printed paper over boards, faint stain to the lower edge of the

bottom board, nicely inscribed to Dr. Lorne Pierce, a fine copy in very good to fine

complete jacket, scarce in jacket 200.00

Twenty-five poems for children by the Canadian poet, Florence Steiner (1877-

1946).

Association Copy, inscribed to Dr. Lorne Pierce


34. [GRAPHIC] The Writers Club Toronto.

Compiled and Issued by.

Canadian Writer's Market Survey. Ottawa. Graphic Publishers. 1931. 18.5cm,

318p., patterned wine fabrikoid, a very good copy 50.00


35. [GRAPHIC] WALKER, Benson M.

On Down The Road. Ottawa. The Graphic Publishers, Limited. 1928. 12mo. 19cm,

253,[1]p., note on type in decorated border, thunder bird endpapers, light green cloth,

titles, borders and decorations on the spine and upper cover stamped in dark green, a fine

bright copy in fine jacket 150.00


36. GUILLET, Edwin C.

The Pioneer Farmer and Backwoodsman. Toronto. The Ontario Publishing Co. -

distributed by University of Toronto Press. 1963. 23.5cm, first edition, in two volumes.

Xxvii,343 & xiii,390pp. with 400 illustrations, appendices, bibliography, illustrated

endpapers, original red cloth, black labels and gilt decorations on the spines, a fine set in

slipcase 50.00

A continuation of Guillet's studies of the history of the Province of Ontario; "Early

Life in Upper Canada", "The Great Migration".. Etc., - the present work details for the first

time a history of pioneer settlement and farming from contemporary sources and, as well,

a social history of those times.

With 400 Illustrations


37. HART, Adolphus M.

Practical Suggestions on Mining Rights and Privileges in Canada, with An Appendix

containing the Gold Mining Regulations, &c. Montreal. Printed by John Lovell. 1867. 8vo,

21cm, 56p. (inc. 2p. ads.), original pebbled brown cloth, blind decorations and borders,

gilt titles on the upper cover, slightly chipped along the bottom spine edge and a few

creases on the bottom board else very good to fine 250.00

T.P.L. 4588. Lande 410. Sabin 30616. Sabin 30616. A scarce work (we have had this

title once previously in Cat73, 1986), on legal issues relating to Canadian gold mining,

including chapters on mine owner's rights, joint stock associations, rights of the Crown,

etc. Hart, who worked as a lawyer in both the United States and Canada, authored other

titles relating to the Mississippi Valley and the Far West. From the library of B.R. MacKay,

with his small ink stamp on the free fly. Dr. MacKay told me that he began collecting books

at age six in 1900.


38. HAULTAIN, T. Arnold

The War In The Soudan and the Cause Which Led To It, with Short Biographical

Sketches of the Principal Personages Engaged. Illustrated. Toronto. The Grip and

Publishing Co. 1885. 21.5cm, 137p., publishers ads, with frontis portrait of General

Gordon, with 2 maps (one folding), 18 text illustrations and portraits, 5 plates, , black and

gilt stamped blue cloth, printed on pulpy paper, binding is shaken, text is clean, rear board

is stained, not affecting text, a very good copy, rare 500.00

Our first copy. Includes biographical sketches and portraits of eleven soldiers,

including General Gordon.


39. HEGGTVEIT, Deborah Anne and William G. Naida (edited by)

The House in the Kitchen. Canadian Parliamentary Cookbook. Ottawa. Published

by the Author. 1983. 23cm, second printing, vi,104p., printed wraps, very good to fine

25.00

Includes recipes from Pierre Trudeau, Herb Gray, Pat Carney, Eugene Whelan, and

Joe Clark.


40. HILL-TOUT, C.

British North America I. The Far West The Home of the Salish and Dene. London.

Archibald Constable. 1907. 22cm, 263p., with 32 plates, folding map, index, blind stamped

blue cloth with gilt titles and decorations, light foxing, school bookplate, a very good to

fine copy 100.00

A history of the Salish and Dene tribes.


41. JONES, Arthur Edward

"8endake Ehen"; or, Old Huronia [Wendake Ehen]. Being: Fifth Report of the

Bureau of Archives for the Province of Ontario, 1908. Toronto. Printed and Published by

L.K. Cameron. 1909. Thick8vo, 24cm, xxxii,505p., many plates, illustrations and maps,

(some in colour), 2 rear folding maps, bibliography, index, dark blue/gree fine grain cloth,

gilt spine titles, clean (no marks or signatures), fine (as new) condition 200.00

Topics: Huronia, Jesuits, Huron Indians. "This monograph is presented to the public

as a mere book of references. It has no pretension to do duty as a history either of the

Huron Nations or of the men who devoted their lives to their evangelization; but it may

prove helpful to those who purpose treating in full the many thrilling incidents which

preced-ed the downfall and dispersion of a once powerful and prosperous race. At all

events, it will serve to render more intelligible, and as a consequences more interesting,

the annual Relations and other old records, be disentangling many a snarl of dates, and

by fixing scene where events, be they critical or commonplace, were enacted. ... Preface.

Our last copy was in Cat54, #99.


42. KINGSFORD, William

The History of Canada.. In Ten Volumes. New York. AMS Press. 1968. 8vo, 23cm, in 10 volumes, facsimile reprint from the Toronto & London

edition of 1892. with 23 maps, in plain wraps, spine titles printed in black, a fine (as new) set 150.00

William Kingsford, (1819-1898), was an historian and an engineer. "His ten volume history of Canada, written and published between 1887

and 1898 was a remarkable achievement for a septuagenarian, and in many ways has not been superseded". Wallace. DCB.


43. MARTIN, R. Montgomery

History of Upper and Lower Canada. London. John Mortimer. 1836. 12mo. 17.3cm,

vii,337,[2]p., the first edition, engraved frontis view of Quebec, 2 vignette illustrations, 2

double page maps, coloured in outline, (Upper and Lower Canada) and large folding map,

outline colour, "British Possessions in North America, 1836, 34x 44cm," bound in half tan

calf, marbled boards, gilt ruled bands, decorations in the panels, edges lightly worn, a few

small repaired tears in the large map, a very good to fine copy in attractive period binding

400.00

Lande 604. T.P.L. 1794. Dionne II-1116. Contents include history, geography, trade

and commerce, population, government, etc.


44. McCRAE, John

In Flanders Fields and Other Poems. With An Essay in Character by Sir Andrew

MacPhail. Toronto: William Briggs & New York. G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1919. 12mo 18.5cm,

[-xi],168p. frontis portrait and one fascimile plate of an autograph copy of the poem, blue

cloth, t.e.g., gilt titles on the spine and upper cover, a very good to fine copy

40.00

An Essay in Character, covers pp.75-168. "The author was born at Guelph Ontario,

1872; educated at U of T, he was appointed fellow in pathology at McGill in 1900. He

served in the South African War as an artillery subaltern 1899-1900. The author of a

number of medical texts, he also contributed poetry to various magazines. In 1914 McCrae

enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force as a medical officer. He died of pneumonia

at the hospital of which he was in charge in 1918. "In Flanders Fields" was first published

in Punch in 1915. A book of the same title was published posthumously in 1919". Canadian

Encyclopedia.


45. McLEAN, Eric

The Living Past of Montreal. Drawn by R.D. Wilson. French text by Paul Roussel.

Montreal. McGill-Queen's. 1964. 20.5cm, with 44 plates and 2 maps, portfolio bound in

linen, fine in fine jacket, in publisher’s shipping box, as new 75.00


46. [MEDICINE]. GAYLE, V.W.

La Grippe. Origin, History, Treatment. Philadelphia. Offprinted from the Medical

World. 1891. 22cm, 373-376p., green printed wraps, with “Compliments of the Author”

stamped on the upper wrap, very good to fine 50.00


47. [MEDICINE]. HIGGINS, Charles M.

Horrors of Vaccination Exposed and Illustrated. Petition to the President to Abolish

Compulsory Vaccination in Army and Navy. Brooklyn. The author. 1920. 22.5cm, 212p., 27

illustrations, 2 plates, printed wraps, several stamps including front cover, blind-stamp on

title-page, very good 50.00

A petition submitted to President Woodrow Wilson: a charge "that vaccination

being more actually more dangerous to public health and human life than natural

smallpox ". The stamp on front cover is of the Canadian Anti-Vivisection Society".


48. [MEDICINE]. POWELL, Robert Wynyard

The Doctor in Canada. His Whereabouts and the Laws Which Govern Him. A Ready

Book of Reference. Montreal. Printed by the Gazette Printing Company. 1890. 23cm,

ii,[1],342,[13]p. ads.,original purple pebbled cloth, spine faded (titles clear), else a very

good to fine copy 400.00

Bound in: Chapter of Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 5th Series, "Of Practitioners

Of Medicine An Surgery" Presented by Provincial Medical Board, J.F. Black, M.D. Registrar,

Office 49 Granville St., Halifax, N.S.. Np. Nd. 20cm, 15p., printed wraps

Dr. Powell practiced medicine in Ottawa. This is an invaluable guide to the medical

profession in Canada at the turn of the century. It reviews contemporary medical

legislation, licensing and medical education in all provinces and includes lists of doctors

and their affiliations.

"A Valuable Collection of Documents"

A Rare Canadian Medicial Book


49. [MEDICINE]. SHIRRES, David Alexander

Pressure Paralysis. Reprinted from the Montreal Medical Journal, March, 1905.

25cm, 28p., printed wraps, with publisher’s add on rear wrap, with Robert Bell’s signature

on the front wrap, very good to fine 40.00

David Alexander Shirres, was a professor of Neurology at University of Vermont

and Mcgill University, and a Neurologist at Montreal General Hospital.


50. MOORE, William H.

The Irresponsible Five. A New Family Compact. Toronto. McClelland, Goodchild &

Stewart. 1917. 18cm, vii,67p., grey cloth with black titles, a very good copy, scarce.

250.00

A guide or study of the Drayton-Acworth Report, which examined the Report of

the Royal Commission to Inquire into Railways and Transportation in Canada , published

in 1917.


51. MORICE, A.G.

The History of the Northern Interior of British Columbia (formerly New Caledonia)

[1660 to 1880]. Toronto. William Briggs. 1904. 8vo, 22cm, first edition, xi,349p., with 34

plates and illustrations, folded frontis map, original dark green cloth, gilt spine and upper

cover titles and decorations, a fine copy - this edition is uncommon 150.00

Lowther 1534. "Presents details of fur-trading days, life at the Hudson's Bay

trading posts, the story of the gold-rushes, the work of missionaries (especially on the

Babine and Skeena Rivers) as well as information of Indian life".


52. OLIVER, E.H. (editor)

The Canadian North-West. Its early development and legislative records. Minutes

of the councils of the Red River Colony and the northern department of Rupert"s Land.

Ottawa. Archives Publications No. 9, 1914-1915. 24.5cm, in two volumes. 688 &-1348pp.

original printed grey wraps, a very good set 65.00

Peel 2518. "A valuable collection of documents." - "In the following pages the aim

has been twofold, to give a complete picture of Pioneer Legislation and a survey of

Constitutional Development in the Prairie Provinces". Preface.


53. [OTTAWA - Ephemera]. Cumming's Feed Mills.

Four used cheques. 10x 22cm each, with oval company logo in red: "William R. Cummings. Feed Mills, Cummings Bridge. Ottawa.

Can." Cheques are dated 1914, 1915, 1922, & 1926 and are paid to the order of The Bank of Ottawa, Eastview Branch with Bank stamps,

they are signed by William Cummings and the last three have a Canadian postage stamp attached. (4 items) 25.00

The Cummings family founded a community on the island on the Rideau River known as Cummings Bridge on the Rideau River in

1836. The Cumming's flour mill became a centre of the community. The town of Eastview (now Vanier) grew from the Cumming Bridge

community.


54. OWEN, E.A.

Pioneer Sketches of Long Point Settlement or Norfolk's Foundation Builders and

Their Family Genealogies. Toronto. William Briggs: Montreal. C.W. Coates: Halifax. S.F.

Huestis. 1898. 8vo, 22cm, The First Edition, 578p., with 24 plates and illustrations, (mainly

portraits), original burgundy cloth, gilt titles and pictorial decoration on the spine and

upper cover, a very good to fine attractive copy 150.00

Norfolk's early days and pioneers. Norfolk On was named by Lt.-Gov John Graves

Simcoe in 1792 after the English county.


55. PRATT, Prof. O.S. [VETERINARY].

The Horse's Friend. The only practical method of Educating The Horse and Eradicating Vicious Habits, followed by a variety of valuable

recipes, instructions in farriery, horse-shoeing, the latest rules of trotting, and the record of fast horses up to 1876. Buffalo. Published by the Author.

1876. 8vo, 21cm, 10th thousand, 541p., wood-engraved frontis portrait & c.140 illustrations from engravings, original fine grain elaborately gilt and

blind decorated, oval colour horse illustration laid in on the upper cover, gilt block titles and bands, bevelled boards, expertly restored, very good

to fine copy 225.00

The author was born in Darien, Genesee County, New York state, 1835.


56. [RICHELIEU & Ontario Navigation Company].

Beauties of the St. Lawrence. The Tourist’s Ideal Trip via the Richelieu & Ontario

Navigation Company’s Steamers. Cover Title: Souvenir. Canada’s Cities, Lakes and Rivers.

World’s Columbian Exposition. 1893. Pub.? Place. 1893. 8vo, 22.5cm, 24p., with

illustrations from photographs, ads., printed wraps, edge of rear wrap worn, otherwise

near fine condition 50.00


57. RHYS, Charles Horton

A Theatrical Trip for a Wager! Through Canada and the United States. By Captain

Morton Rhys, Otherwise Known As "Morton Price."; comprising a Narrative of the Unique

Adventures of an English Officer and Amateur Thespian in uncivilized lands; including his

Travels, Tribulations, and several Encounters, as originally published in 1861. This edition

is Illustrated by the line drawings of Sam Black and Introduced by Roberston Davies.

Limited Edition. Vancouver. The Alcuin Society. 1966. 26cm, 277p., the illustrations

printed on beige extra stock, limited to 500 numbered copies, this being #382, on laid

paper, ruled in red, quarter crimson cloth backed illustrated paper over boards, in slip-

case, gilt titles, lightly faded (titles clear), a very good to fine copy 50.00

Reprint of the London, 1861 edition. See T.P.L. 4011. - A humorous account of the

Author's tour giving theatrical entertainments, mainly in towns of Canada East and West

in 1859-60, on a wager that he could pay his way with his talents. In Quebec, Montreal,

Kingston, Belleville, Cobourg, etc.


58. ROBERTSON, Norman

The History of the County of Bruce, and of the minor municipalities therein...

Toronto. Wm. Briggs. 1906. 23cm , x,560p., frontispiece, 39 plates and illustrations, 16

maps, black stamped cloth, a fine bright copy 100.00

First edition. Morley p.49.


59. SIMCOE, [Elizabeth P.]

The Diary of Mrs. John Graves Simcoe. Wife of the First Lieutenant-Governor of

the Province of Upper Canada, 1792-6. With Notes and A Biography by J. Ross Robertson.

With 237 illustrations, including 90 reproductions of interesting sketches made by Mrs.

Simcoe. Toronto. William Briggs. 1911. 8vo. 23.5cm, The First Edition, xxix,440p., in the

original gilt decorated straight ribbed green cloth, endpapers cracked, binding tight, a very

good to fine copy 85.00

T.P.L. 695. The story of the journeys of herself and her husband, of her impressions

of the life and personages of the colony... is told with a charming simplicity which makes

the journal a most fascinating, yet entirely trustworthy, social record... Mrs. Simcoe's

diary... will find a permanent place as a record of the life and customs of the pioneer

founders of Upper Canada.


60. THATCHER, John Boyd

The Cabotian Discovery. (From the Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada,

Second Series-1897-98). Volume III, Section II). Ottawa, Toronto, London. J. Durie & Son...

1897, tall8vo. 24.3cm, [28p.] p.279-307, frontis portrait, 6 facsimile letters with tissue

guards, 1 folding facsimile letter, bound in half crimson crushed morocco,, blind-ruled

raised bands, gilt titles and decorations on the spine, cloth boards, front fly leaf re-

attached, a fine copy 250.00

Winship p173. An interesting study as to the claiming of land on discovery by the

early European explorers with the Cabots used as examples.


61. THOMPSON, Samuel

Reminiscences of a Canadian Pioneer for The Last Fifty Years, An Autobiography.

Toronto. Hunter, Rose & Company. 1884. 8vo. 18.5cm, the first edition, 392p. in the

original brick brown cloth, gilt titles on the spine and upper cover, very good to fine

75.00

Thompson had been editor of the "Toronto Daily Colonist" and later the

"Parliamentary Hansard". It contains interesting views on politics and social life in

nineteenth century Canada, with chapters on pioneer life in Sunnidale and Nottawasaga,

the Rebellion in Upper Canada, the Toronto Mechanics' Institute, free trade and

protection, & etc. ... The author came to Canada in 1833 and was involved with the

publishing of several newspapers.


62. [TORONTO] KING'S COLLEGE, Toronto. 1843.

University of King's College, Toronto, Upper Canada. Proceedings at The Ceremony

of Laying the Foundation Stone April 23,1842 and At The Opening of The University, June

8, 1843. Toronto. H. & W. Rowsell. 1843. thin8vo, 23cm, 86,xviii,(appendix),[1]p., ad.,

blind decorated original cloth, gilt titles on the upper cover, ink splashes on the plain spine,

some fading towards the edges on the boards and spine cap else a near fine copy

200.00

T.P.L. 2600. The appendix contains the text of the charter of King's College 1827

and amendment I 1837, list of officers, 1828-43, and notes.

Though chartered in 1827, the College failed to materialize for a time partly on

account of the local political situation. Its own building was started in 1842, and the

College opened in 1843, housed temporarily in the Legislative Building. In his inaugural

address, June 8, 1843, the president, Bishop Strachan, set forth the history of fifty years'

effort to establish this College, a state-supported institution with Church of England

administration. In 1849-50 King's College was completely secularized and placed under

Government control as the University of Toronto.


63. TRADE Catalogue

Oxy-Acetylene Welding & Cutting Apparatus and Supplies. L'Air Liquide Society.

Manufacturers of Oxygen, Dissolved Acetylene, Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting

Apparatus and Supplies, Complete Plans for Producing Liquid Air, Oxygen and Nitrogen.

Toronto. L'Air Liquide Society (Canadian Branch). 1918. 4to. 26.5cm, 48p., heavily

illustrated, brown colour illustrated wraps, some soiling to the covers, very good copy

75.00

A manufactures booklet displaying equipment but also describing the process

involved. With the main office in Paris, France, the company maintained Canadian

branches in Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg and Halifax.


64. VILLA Hauterive Golf Club.

Villa Hauterive Golf Club. Official Report. First Annual Championship Golf

Tournament held on the Club Links, Woodlands, 6th to 8th October 1945. Woodlands,

Quebec. The Club. 1945-46. 4to. 28cm, [42] single-sided sheets, typescript, with 20 laid-in

photographs, appendices, in card binder, covers worn, internally fine. 100.00

Villa Hauterive Golf Club was located in Woodlands, Quebec, south of Montreal,

near Brossard. This is a booklet sent as a Christmas greeting to members in 1945. The

original photographs show the club house and environs. Laid-in also is an unused Club

score card. The introduction by the Club president, John W. Ross, is signed.


65. WELD, Isaac

Travels through the States of North America and the Provinces of Upper and Lower

Canada, during the years 1795, 1796 & 1797. New York. Augustus M. Kelley, Publisher.

1970. 8vo. 22cm, in two volumes, viii,376 & xx,427pp. facsimile reprint of the fourth

edition of 1807, folding maps and 15 plates, bound in full tan fabrikoid, double black and

red labels, a fine set 200.00

One of the most popular North American travel narratives. Weld, an Irishman,

came to America with the hope of finding more cheerful prospects than those offered by

war-torn Europe, but after two years he left "without a sigh, and without entertaining the

slightest wish to revisit it". Story notes that "his account of Canada, (letters 21-25) is a

clear and sustained description of an area and a way of life that pleased him more than

had the United States"


66. WHEELER, A.O.

The Selkirk Mountains. A Guide for Mountain Climbers and Pilgrims. Winnipeg.

Stovel Company. 1912. 19cm, 191,[7]p., with 59 illustrations (inc. 2 folding panoramas), 6

folding maps, glossary, bibliography, index, printed grey wraps, small splash on the lower

spine, a fine copy 150.00

Lowther 3997. (Citing 5 folding maps; probably wanting the larger rear folding

map). "Edited by Elizabeth Parker. Foreword dated 1911. Smith 10893 gives publication

date [1911]. Copies described by Smith seen and found to be same as above; probably

dated from Foreword". - Lowther.


67. WHEELER, W.O.

The Selkirk Range. Ottawa. Published by the Department of the Interior. 1905.

24cm, xvii,[1],459p. frontis portrait, plus 95 plates and illustrations; with separate

portfolio of maps containing 14 folding maps (including 2 folding illustrations and one

chart), original dark green cloth, gilt spine and cover titles, ex-library, a very good set

250.00

Neate 887. An account of a topographical survey of British Columbia's Selkirk

Range adjacent to the C.P. railway, accompanied by a review of travel and exploration and

mountaineering in the region - Lowther 1548. Part 1 of the book is an account of a

topographical survey of a portion of the Selkirk Mountains adjacent to the Canadian

Pacific Railway line. Parts 2-4 cover exploration, previous surveys, and mountaineering in

the area.


68. WILLIAMSON, James A.

The Voyages of the Cabots and the English Discovery of North America under

Henry VII and Henry VIII. London. The Argonaut Press. 1929. 4to. 26.5cm, xiii,290p.,

limited edition of 1050 copies, this being #235,, with 13 maps (inc. 1 folding), index,

quarter white fine linen backed dark blue cloth boards, gilt spine titles, a very good to fine

copy 150.00

"A complete collection of the texts, manuscript and printed, which are really

relevant to the English voyages from 1497 to 1536, preceded by a selection illustrating the

geographical knowledge of the fifteenth century" (Preface). The world map of Juan de la

Costa forms the frontispiece.


69. WILSON, G.E. (Squadron Leader)

How to Identify Aircraft. Toronto. Wm. Collins Sons & Co. Canada. 1942. 8vo. 22x 17.4cm, 159p., with 700 drawings, 52 photographs, blue

cloth, illustrated jacket, damp staining to lower cover edges of the boards, a few tape repairs on the jacket otherwise a good to very good copy in

good to very good complete jacket 50.00

A practical text in aircraft recognition intended for Royal Canadian Air Force combatant aircrew. "In moderate visibility two aircraft

approaching from two miles apart will meet in a matter of 12 seconds. Therefore, the man who can recognize an enemy with minimum delay will

frequently be able to strike the first blow". (Introduction by Air Vice- Marshal Robert Leckie).


70. [WINNIPEG]. The City Council.

Winnipeg - Canada. – Published by the City Council, January, 1904. Winnipeg. The Telegram Printing Co. 1904. Oblong. 23.5x 30cm, string

bound, brown wraps, some slight damp staining residue (not obtrusive), still a very good copy. - A city council promotional photograph album.

75.00


71. WRONG, Hume

Sir Alexander Mackenzie, Explorer and Fur-Trader. Toronto. Macmillan. 1927.

17.5cm, 171p. frontis portrait, mapped endpapers, original cloth, lettered and decorated

in black, slightly faded, a very good copy 25.00

"Canadian Men of Action" series; edited by W. Stewart Wallace.


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