Canadiana

You get both volumes 1 and 2. Both in leather or leather-like binding as new and fresh as the day they were born. Maps diagrams layout of town of Granville, map of Vancouver fire. Privately published in 1932 by Major J.S. Matthews (City Archivist) "Copyright of Provincial Archives of British Columbia). A treasure of a survivor and in perfect gift quality. Some mystery exists over Matthews's work. Each of these volumes has a stereo-signed foreword by Matthews dated March, 1932. (He dies 1970) The foreword of volume 2 reads. "Early Vancouver" Volume Two. Its Reproduction--Five Copies "Early Vancouver, as in 1959.
Research indicates that Volume One was commenced in 1931 and consisted of two books, one in original typescript, which is in the city archives, a carbon copy was presented in 1932 to the Vancouver Public Library. Volume Two was commenced in 1933 and consists of an original typescript, also in the city archives, and two carbon copies....Inexperience was the cause of insufficient copies of "One"… Read More

Fredericton, N.B.: ACH Publishing, 1999. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). blue buckram, gilt spine, pp., xvi, 368 pages : illustrations, maps, minor marks and edge chips to d.j., signed by author with inscription, a clean, bright copy Size: Folio, (28 cm) The name, serial number, home town of every one who served is listed in the back of the book along with the number of the page they appear on in the book..

Toronto: McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart 1916, 1st edition. (Hardcover) 159pp. Good, no dust jacket. Olive green cloth with titles stamped in gilt. The covers are worn, the gilt mostly rubbed away, and there is a school bookplate on the front inner board. (Poetry--Canada, Poetry--Canada).

NY: D. Appleton, 1891. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: (ix) hotel ads, viii, 270, (11) railway and publisher's ads; complete with 37 plates after photographs, and three colored, folding maps in rear pocket. Bound in pictorial red cloth, stamped in black and gilt; some mottling of spine cloth, otherwise near fine condition. 7" x 4.75

London- UK: W. Faden, 1815. A TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROVINCE OF LOWER CANADA WITH REMARKS UPON UPPER CANADA AND ON THE RELATIVE CONNEXION OF BOTH PROVINCES WITH THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA by Joseph Bouchette- Illustrated- W. Faden- London-UK- 1815- 1st Edition-1st Printing- Hardcover:-Small 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall- VG/no jacket as issued- later tan ribbed cloth with gilt titles on spine- tight and clean- 640pp + lxxxvi + plate list + errata. Frontis engraved plate of Bouchette- minimal scattered light foxing, clean pages, no writing or underlinging- All maps & plates present-Includes 8 maps (4 folding), 2 folding tables, 7 engraved plates.- SEE PHOTOS- Lt.-Colonel Joseph Bouchette (May 14, 1774 – April 8, 1841) was the Canadian Surveyor-General of British North America.- A major and important work-Scarce- Non-fcition-historical-geographical-topographical-Lower & Upper Canada-surveys-illustrated (4204). 1st Edition-1st Printing. Hard Cover. VG/No Jacket as… Read More

Winnipeg: Brandow Publishing Co. 1914. (Small 4to) 224pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Olive cloth with oval pastedown illustration and gilt lettering. Black and white and color illustrations, recipes, household tips, local advertisements. The covers are lightly worn and the gilt lettering is rubbed. Locale: Manitoba; Prairie Provinces; Western Canada; Winnipeg--Manitoba. (Manitoba, Cookbooks, Household).

Bell & Cockburn, Toronto, Canada, 1913; First Edition, 8vo, 198 pages; illustrated. Celebrated Canadian humorist Stephen Leacock’s tongue-in-cheek three act play "Behind The Beyond," plus thirteen riotously funny short stories. Color frontispiece and sixteen b&w art nouveau illustrations by A. H. Fish. Fine. Clean, crisp, bright, corners sharp, binding tight, sound, and square. Brief inscription on f.f.e.p. in a neat hand,"Mr.____, Xmas 1913, From _____." A sparkling copy.

London: Simpkin and Marshall, 1822. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Recently bound in period-style red half-morocco over paper-covered boards, with raised bands and gilt title-labels to spines. Edges toned and uncut (indeed the signatures are in the greater part unopened). Some mild intermittent foxing and staining to text in the main two volumes, with heavier staining and old (1823) owner's name to title-page in the General Introduction volume, but in all very bright and near fine. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and very handsome set. Large folding map in Volume I well-preserved and bright with just a short closed tear (1 cm.) near stub. Small map in Volume II fine and partially hand-coloured. Engraved title-pages in Volumes I & II; half-title present in General Introduction volume. All plates, plans and folding maps present and very fine: three maps (two folding), two engraved title-pages, and one plan. Collation: [Vol. I]xx[+iv, with errata &… Read More

Vancouver: Illahee Publications, 2003. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo (imperial). SIGNED to title page by author. Second printing. Soft cover. 128 pp. B&W photos in-text by Cliff Kopas. Slight bumping to corners, else fine. Cliff Kopas took more than a thousand black and white photographs between 1933 and 1956 that provide a visual history of the Bella Coola valley and the surrounding area. This book features a selection of those photos, along with text from Kopas's son.

Sherbrooke, Quebec: Ellipse, 1975. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 192pp, printed wrappers. This scarce book-length issue contains concrete and pop poetry (generally with facing page translations) by a range of important contributors. Unmarked copy, cover has a bit of rubbing.

Boulton, Major (Charles Arkell)Reminiscences of the North-West Rebellions With a record of the raising of her majesty's 100th Regiment in Canada and a chapter on Canadian social and political life.Toronto: Davis & Henderson/Grip Printing and Publishing, 1886Red buckram hardback with very nice gilt illustration and lettering upon red front board and gilt lettering upon spine.Floral front and end papers.- Frontispiece portrait (head to toe) of Major-General Fred Middleton with tissue guard - title page (with small repair to tear)- dedication - preface - reminiscences pp8-469appendixes; - official despatches pp471-498, - List of officers and Men pp499-531Condition; lacks pp 57-64 map and 1 illustration but appear never to have been bound in.Extra(!!); signed by the author Boulton.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1897. Hardcover. Very good. Second and preferred edition, with folding map. 25.5 cm, 283 pp. in original pictorial cloth boards, beautifully illustrated with 25 full-page photogravures and many additional illustrations in the text. Boards are lightly spotted, but still quite attractive; internally clean and sound. The topographical map, titled "Map of the Lake Louise Region Showing Part of the Summit Range of the Canadian Rocky Mountains" is laid in at the front and is in fine condition. The author was an early explorer of the Canadian Rockies who made several first ascents, including Temple, Aberdeen, Niblock, and Indefatigable. In a 1941 article in the American Alpine Journal, climber J. Henry Scattergood described the book as "delightful," praising Wilcox's "exquisite descriptions of Lake Louise, Valley of the Ten Peaks (then called by him Desolation Valley) and neighborhood." More recently, Zac Robinson and Stephen Slemon wrote in Alpinist magazine (No. 50, 2015)… Read More

Voyageurs, Robes Noires, et Coureurs de Bois. By C.U. Clark. 1934 1st Edition Columbia University Institute of French Studies, Inc. FRENCH LANGUAGE. Stories from the French Exploration of North America, selected and edited by the venerable and renowned Charles Upson Clark, Ph.D: English title is: Travellers, Black Robes, and Wood-runners. Scarce. HARDCOVER. USED. Good Condition/ No DJ Included. Navy blue cloth boards with large gilt titling. No titling remains on spine. 5 ¾ X 8. 374 pages, indexed. Time period covered is 17th and 18th Centuries. JESUITS. ANTHROPOLOGY. SOCIAL SCIENCES. HISTORY OF FRANCE. HISTORY OF CANADA. CANADIANA. ABOUT THE EDITOR: Dr. Clark was the first archaeologist in the world to translate The Badianus Manuscript, aka The Codex Barberini, an Aztec compendium on traditional herbal medicine dating from the Fourteenth Century. Will ship from Oregon.

A Paris, Chez Denys Moreau, 1632. Avec Privilège du Roy. 8vo.
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Dictionnaire de la langue Huronne, Nécessaire à ceux qui n'ont l'intelligence d'icelle, & ont à traiter avec les Sauvages du pays. Par Fr. Gabriel Sagard, Recollet de S. François, de la Province de S. Denys.
A Paris, Chez Denis Moreau, 1632. Avec Privilège du Roy. 8vo.
2 parts in one volume 8vo.
Collated complete:
- Voyage : (12) ll. lim. Including 1 engraved frontispiece by Jaspar Isac (this frontispiece
represents savages, on the sides are the figures of Saint Francis and of the blessed brother Martin de Valence, founder of the Franciscan missions in America) ; title ; 2 ll. for an epistle " Au roy des roys et tout puissant monarque du ciel et de la terre, sauveur du monde " ; 2 ll. for an epistle; 3 ll. for a notice "Au lecteur " ; 3 ll. for the Table, le Privilège et l'Approbation ; 380 pp. ; 2 bl.ll. The privilege, dated July 21, 1632, is granted for ten years to Sagard, who declares to cede it to… Read More

New York, William Morrow and Company, 1945, hardcover, 238 pp, second printing in the year of publication, Very Good condition, lacking dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light spine-end and corner wear. The first and only book by Kathleen Eaton Cannell (1891 – 1974), usually known as Kitty Cannell, a Paris-based American dance and fashion correspondent for major U.S. newspapers and periodicals, wife of Roger Vitrac the French surrealist playwright and poet, and friend of William Carlos Williams, Harold Loeb, and Ernest Hemingway and his wife Hadley. In A Farewell to Arms Hemingway based the character Helen Ferguson on Kitty, also the character Frances Clyne in The Sun Also Rises. A memoir of her childhood, which was spent shuttling back and forth between the U.S. and Canada.