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Item #36929 Notes of an Exile to Van Dieman's Land: comprising incidents of the Canadian...

MILLER, Linus W[ilson.

Notes of an Exile to Van Dieman's Land: comprising incidents of the Canadian Rebellion in 1838, trial of the author in Canada, and subsequent appearance before Her Majesty's Bench, in London, imprisonment in England, and transportation to Van Dieman's Land, Also, an account of the horrible sufferings endured by ninety political prisoners during a residence of six years in that land of British slavery, together with sketches of that island, its history, production, inhabitants, &c. &c.

Fredonia, N.Y. Printed by W. McKinstry & Co. 1846. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 20.5cm, xi,378p. the first edition, in the original cloth, gilt spine titles, expertly restored, in fine condition. (cgc) T.P.L. 2790. Lande 1980. Sabin 49037. Ferguson IV:4349. Howes M-613. Story p699. One of the Canadian exile narratives, of interest.....

Price: $2,000.00

Item #38021 Derrick and Drill, or An Insight into the Discovery, Development, and Present...

MORRIS, Edmund].

Derrick and Drill, or An Insight into the Discovery, Development, and Present Condition and Future Prospects of Petroleum, in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, &c. Arranged and Edited from Numerous Sources, by the Author of "Ten Acres Enough".

New York. James Miller. 1865. Hardcover. 12mo, 19cm, 277p., folding map, rebound in tan cloth, original spine title label, light damp stain along the upper text margin to p52., very good condition thus (Ands). ~ "The materials from which this volume has been compiled, were collected by a gentleman who.....

Price: $150.00

Item #36480 The Practice of Angling, Particularly as Regards Ireland. O'GORMAN

O'GORMAN, [?].

The Practice of Angling, Particularly as Regards Ireland.

Dublin. William Curry and Company & Wertheim and MacIntsoh, London. 1855. 12mo, 17cm, (trimmed), Two volumes in One, xxiv,(iii-vi),320 & 260,[ii]pp., ads., chapters consecutive and issued without 2nd title page, rebound in green book linen, black leather label, fine thus. (Spg). W&S p161. Heckscher 1474. Sage p152. McVeagh p111. "Describes.....

Price: $300.00

Item #34567 Observations on Cup-shaped and Other Lapidarian Structures in The Old World and in...

RAU, Charles

Observations on Cup-shaped and Other Lapidarian Structures in The Old World and in America. - Together with: On Prehistoric Trephining and Cranial Amulets. By Robert Flecthcer. Washington. 1882. - Together with: A Study of the Manuscript Troano. By Cyrus Thomas.

Washington, D.C. Dept. of the Interior. 1881. Hardcover. 4to. 29cm, 112,[35] & 32 & xxxvii,237pp. In One Volume, many plates and illustrations including a colour plates, original cloth, fine. (sgc).

Price: $150.00

Item #34410 Five contemporary pamphlets bound in One: 1. La Question Riel. (Joseph Adolphe...

[RIEL, Louis].

Five contemporary pamphlets bound in One: 1. La Question Riel. (Joseph Adolphe Chapleau). 2. Discours sur la Question Riel, pronounce le 22 Mars, 1886, a la Chambre des Communes par L'Honorable S.D. Thompson, Ministre de la Justice, Ottawa. 3. Discoursde l'Honorable M. Chapleau a l'occasion de la motion faite a la Chambredes Communes, le 11 Mars, 1886, pour blamer le government d'avoir permis l'execution de Riel. 4. Riel. Response a Monsieur J.A. Chapleau. (Ernest Tremblay). 5. Le Cas de Louis Riel, condamne et execute pour haute Trahison. Rapport de Sir Alexander Campbell.

Ottawa. Queen's Printer. 1885 & 1886. Hardcover. 22cm, first editions, 67, 54, 39, 80 & 13pp., leaves browned, three-quarter blue morocco, pebbled blue cloth, raised bands,former owner's stamps on each pamphlet, near fine. (cgc) A series of pamphlets on the Northwest Rebellion of 1885 and the executing of Louis Riel.....

Price: $1,200.00

Item #30218 Schrevelius' Greek Lexicon Translated into English with Numerous Corrections and with...

SCHREVELIUS, Cornelius

Schrevelius' Greek Lexicon Translated into English with Numerous Corrections and with Many New Words Added. For the Use of Schools.

London. Baldwin, Cradock, & Joy. 1826. Hardcover. 8vo, 21cm, 643,124,[2]pp., printed in triple columns, in contemporary half polished calf, black and gilt ruled raised bands, black stamped devices in the panel centers, black leather label, marbled boards and edges, armorial bookplate, front corners bumped else near fine (lt). ~ First.....

Price: $150.00

Item #40178 Twenty-Seven Years in Canada West; or, The Experience of an Early Settler. Edited by...

STRICKLAND, Major (Samuel)

Twenty-Seven Years in Canada West; or, The Experience of an Early Settler. Edited by Agnes Strickland.

London. Richard Bentley. 1853. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 19cm, the first edition, 2 volumes in One, 1xix,311 & viii, 344pp., in the original elborated blind decorated blue cloth, gilt spine titles, borders and decorations, expertly restored, fine condition. (cgc) Provenance: Contemporary School Prize Books. Private Grammar School. B Waker. The First.....

Price: $600.00

Item #36820 Canadian River Hunt. With an Introduction by Fred P. Schonwald. General W. E. STRONG

STRONG, General W.E.

Canadian River Hunt. With an Introduction by Fred P. Schonwald.

Norman. University of OklahomaPress. 1960. Soft cover. 8vo, 23.5cm, First Edition, limited to 1,050copies.xvii,47p., portrait (Ben Clark), 2 plate illustrations,large rear folding map, plus two 2 page letter facsimiles, dated 78; quarter crimson cloth backed tan paper over boards with a gilt(turkey) illus on the upper cover, in tan slip-case.....

Price: $150.00

Item #33927 The International Studio. An Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art....

THE INTERNATIONAL STUDIO. [Art Periodical].

The International Studio. An Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. VolumeForty-Five. Comprising November, gilt spine titles, December, 1911.January and February, 1912. Numbers 177 to 180.

New York Offices of theInternational Studio. John Lane Company. 1912. Hardcover. 4to. 29cm, cvi,342p.,with 30 colour plates, hundreds of black & white plates andillustrations, book reviews, index, bound half brick brown morocco, greencloth boards, gilt spine titles, some shelf wear, top and bottom spineedges worn, some slight edge wear, hinge.....

Price: $200.00

Item #40390 Notes on Public Subjects, Made During a Tour in the United States and in Canada. Hugh...

TREMENHEERE, Hugh Seymour

Notes on Public Subjects, Made During a Tour in the United States and in Canada.

London John Murray. 1852. 12mo. 20cm, the First Edition, vi,320,32p., publisher's ads., 2 maps on one folding sheet, in the original blind decorated green cloth, gilt spine titles, spine slightly faded, expertly restored, with a tipped-in John Murray frontis ad for another book by this author, very good to fine.....

Price: $300.00

Item #40186 The Life and Correspondence of Major-General Sir Isaac Brock, K.B. Edited by his...

TUPPER, F.B.

The Life and Correspondence of Major-General Sir Isaac Brock, K.B. Edited by his nephew, Ferdinand Brock Tupper. Second Edition, considerably Enlarged.

London. Simpkin, Marshall and Co. Printed by S. Barbet, Guernsey. 1847. Hardcover. 12mo, 18.8cm, the second edition, xii,492p., appendices, in contemporary half brown crushed morocco, blind ruled raised bands, black leather label gilt, two crest emblems in the top and bottom panels, marbled endpapers and boards, oval gilt armorial crest.....

Price: $900.00

Item #40436 Travels in the Upper Egyptian Deserts. Arthur E. P. WEIGALL

WEIGALL, Arthur E. P.

Travels in the Upper Egyptian Deserts.

London. William Blackwood & Sons. Edinburgh & London. 1909. 8vo., 22cm, first edition, xiv,193p., plus 33 plate illustrations, publisher's blue wavy grain light blue cloth (emulating desert sand ripples), gilt spine and cover titles, top edge gilt, bookplate, top front corners bumped, wanting the back free fly else near fine.....

Price: $200.00

Item #40393 A Voyage to Cochin China. John WHITE

WHITE, John.

A Voyage to Cochin China.

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824. 8vo, 21.5cm, The First London edition. xi,[1],372p., complete with half title, in half tan calf, gilt ruled raised bands, gilt decorations in the panel centers, crushed crimson morocco label, marbled boards, very good to fine copy, rare.(cgc). Sabin 103411. Cordier. Indosinica.....

Price: $1,000.00

Item #36821 Game Trails in British Columbia. Big Game and Other Sport in the Wilds of British...

WILLIAMS, A. Bryan

Game Trails in British Columbia. Big Game and Other Sport in the Wilds of British Columbia.

London.John Murray. 1925. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 22 cm, first edition, xiv,360p., frontisand 57 photographic illustrations, index, dark blue cloth, giltdecoration on front (caribou), gilt tiles fading, scattered foxingthroughout, still a good to very good sound copy. Hunting andfishing in the Kootnays, the Selkirks, Kamloops, Skeena River, and Cassiar with.....

Price: $175.00

Item #39660 A Map of the Province of Upper Canada, describing all the New Settlements, Townships,...

WYLD, James

A Map of the Province of Upper Canada, describing all the New Settlements, Townships, &c, with the Countries Adjacent from Quebec to Lake Huron. Compiled from the Original Documents in the Surveyor General's Office.

London. Published by Jas. Wyld, Geographer to Her Majesty. 1838. Linen backed folding map, 57x 86cm, (22.5"x 34"), original colour, as issued, original printed label. very good to fine condition , rare. (cgc) First issued in 1800 by Smyth (see below). and subsequently revised by Wyld, this map of Upper.....

Price: $1,500.00

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