"A copy of Lady Durham's Canadian Journal was obtained last year from the Archives Department, Ottawa...It had been originally kept day by day, but evidently revised in later years by Lady Durham herslf. The portion now to be added to our series of Historical Documents covers only part of the year 1838, at the time Lord Durham was Governor-General of Canada, including the sea journeys to and from Quebec..." Includes two portraits, one of Durham and one of the Countess of Durham. 68 pp. Part II: Memoires de M. le Chev. De Johnstone is in French. pp.71-199. "The Chevalier de Johnston... View More...
Articles by Famous Americans: FREDERICK SCHWATKA: The Middle Yukon with 9 illustrations; in Letters to the Editor: G. BROWN GOODE: The invention of the vertical camera in photography with photo engraving illustration; and CHARLES C. ABBOTT: Hibernating mammals. Other articles: " The conic projection in oceanic cartography" with a North-Atlantic track-chart. " The Royal Society of Canada"; and " Calderwood's Mind and Brain". Mildly chipped covers at side edge. Overall covers are Very Good. Faint vertical crease down the middle. Interior is tight, clean and VG. View More...
Articles by Famous Americans: N. S. SHALER: The swamps of the United States; and ERNEST INGERSOLL: The Rocky Mountains as seen from the Canadian Pacific railway. in Letters to the Editor: S. LOCKWOOD: Apropos to Pteranodon and Homo. Other articles: The origin of human races and types and Comparative distribution of Jewish ability. ex.-mus. numbers on front cover. mild soil at stapled side. Bottom edge chipped. Some chipping to bottom edge. Overall exterior is Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. pp. 229-250. View More...
Some articles: "The Solar Eclipse of March 16" with illustration; "The Hudson-Bay Expedition of 1884" by Wm. P. Anderson with 2 illustrations and foldout "Chart showing the track of the 'S.S. Neptune' Hudson's Bay Expedition 1884"- Chart is 13"x10"; "The Annisquam Seaside Laboratory"; and "The Prehistoric Congress at Lisbon". Some soiling to paper covers. Side edge with tears. Some chipping to bottom edge. Small watermark at top edge, barely goes through. Covers intact. Overall exterior is Good to Good-. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Foldout ... View More...
With Science Supplement. Article by or about Famous Americans: ASA GRAY "Dr. Asa Gray's seventy-fifth birthday" with illustration; ERNEST INGERSOLL "The plains of British America"; and E. J. JAMES "NEWCOMB's Political Economy". in Science Supplement: JAMES B. ANGELL "A need for a careful study of the history of China"; and H.M. PAUL "Stars in Rapid Motion" with table. Covers slightly soiled. ex.mus. stamp on front cover and front page of Supplement. vertical crease, doesn't go through interior. Slight chipping at edges. 6" tear at spine. Overall c... View More...
With Science Supplement. Articles by Famous Americans: F.W. PUTNAM "Man and the mastodon" (found in Worchester County, Mass.). In Letters to the Editor: ALPHEUS HYATT "Cruise of the Arethusa"; and EDWARD S. HOLDEN "The care of pamphlets". In Science Supplement:" The Nordenfelt submarine boat" with illustration. Other articles: "The International Geological Congress at Berlin"; " Localization of Functions in the Brain"; plus "Geographical Notes" (Lieut. H.T. Allen's expedition to Copper or Atna River and Lieutenant Cantwell's exploration ... View More...
And Adapted to the New Practice in the States of Missouri, California, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, and Alabama; The Territories of Oregon and Minnesota, and the Island of Newfoundland, with Copious Notes and Authorities to Which are Added Forms in Submissions of Controversy Without Action; In Proceedings Against Joint Debtors, Etc.; And of Judgments by Confession. 541 pages with index. Full leather covers with red and black title bars and gilt lettering on spine. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed, edges rubbed, plenty of rubbing and scuffing to cover faces, some areas with tears to l... View More...
...A Citizen of the United States. John Baker. 20th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Executive Doc. No. 90. January 21, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. January 23, 1829. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 88 pp. Disbound government document. Residue from book remains along spine edge, creases and sting-ties. Stamp from the Library of the House of Representatives on top of page 50. Page edges are slightly creased from reading, pages are browning and have foxing spots. Large stain on bottom back page, top corner creased. Text is easily legible throughout. Doc... View More...
A Book Lover's Guide and Miscellany. The list of bookstores may be dated and incorrect, but the miscellany is still fresh and unchanged. 92 pp. Trade paperback. Minor wear to cover corners and edges, covers curved from reading, fingerprint smudges on glossy covers. Interior tight, clean. Book in VG condition. View More...
Two volumes. BOTANICAL EXCURSION, published 1959. REPORT...1962. Volumes tell the account of the excursion and a report of Field Trip 7 Boreal Forest Excursion to the Ninth International Botanical Congress, 1959. Both volumes in Very Good condition. ex.-mus. small stamp on front cover and title page. stamped a few times on pages-doesn't interfer with text. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and in VG+ condition. View More...
504 pages with index. Brown cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Cover corners are bumped, corners and edges are rubbed, some scuffing to cover faces, spine ends are bent and frayed. Uncut page edges. Cocked spine. Previous owner's name and other notations written on front free endpaper, notations on top and bottom of photograph frontispiece, and notes on page 22. There are several places in interior where spine is broken. Overall, book in VG- condition. Scarce title. View More...
Six Plays for the Microphone from the Romance of Canada Series of Radio Broadcasts. "The plays included in this volume formed part of a series based on historic episodes in the Canadian past. They were written on the invitation of the Canadian National Railways, and broadcast...As far as I am aware, they are the first plays written directly for the radio to appear in book form..." Contents: Henry Hudson; Pierre Radisson; Montcalm; Seven Oaks; Laura Secord; and Alexander Mackenzie. Each one with a full page colored illustration by Lawrence Smith. 183 pp. Mildly soiled/spotted? covers. S... View More...
"Established as a Hudson's Bay Post in 1829, it played a crucial role in the fur trade as a provisioning post on the route between Forts Carlton and Edmonton." 24 pp. Light wear to corners and edges, some dirt smudges to back cover. Interior is tight and clean. View More...
16 pp. Detailed pamphlet describing the discovery and renovation of the Last Mountain House in Saskatchewan, Canada. Light wear to corners and edges, some dirt smudges to back cover. Interior is tight and clean. View More...
Description and history of "the oldest permanent settlement in Saskatchewan. Its beginnings date back to 1774 when Samuel Hearne established the Hudson's Bay Company's first post in the interior of Rupert's Land." 28 pp. Historic Booklet No. 7. Light wear to corners and edges, some dirt smudges to back cover. Interior is tight and clean. View More...
"Sportsman, ichthyologist, and conservationist alike will welcome this handsomely illustrated and authoritative study or more than 150 fresh-water fishes. This book presents for the first time a comprehensive treatment of the fishes characteristic of the Upper Mississippi region." 252 pages with index. DJ is Good- with tears, chipping and creasing to edges, corners and along joint and spine, the front flap is price-clipped, dirt smudges. Book cover corners are bumped and rubbed, edges rubbed, spine ends are bent from shelfwear. Gift inscription on front inside cover. Spine broken withi... View More...
SIGNED by Marcel Faribault and Robert Fowler on front free endpaper. In the Preface: "This book is a wager. The wager that Canada can maintain her identity and independence side by side with a neighbour ten times more powerful in population, gross national product, wealth, and world influence. The wager that she will do so by means similar to those of the United States, through a federal union of ten provinces extraordinarily different in origin, settlement, tendencies, and traditions..." 150 pp. The "final" chapter on A POSSIBLE CANADIAN CONSTITUTION. Black cloth covers with w... View More...
122 pp. Yellow covers lightly soiled otherwise Very Good+. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good. Laid in 4 1/2"x3" paper: "compl;iment of : Library, Plant Research Institute, Research Branch, Canada Agriculture, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Canada. View More...
Articles and stories related to the disovery and exploration of the Great Fraser Midden. Articles include: "The Discovery and the Discoverer of the Great Fraser Midden" by Noel Robinson; "The Great Fraser Midden" by Charles Hill-Tout; "Northwest Coast Middens" by T.P.O. Menzies; "A Case of Primitive Trephining" by Dr. G.E. Kidd; "Prehistoric Skulls Found In British Columbia Reveal Mongolian Facial Types Unlike Any North American Indians Of Today" by Mrs. R. Monro St. John; "The Reconstruction Of The Prehistoric Skulls Of the Lower Mainland of B.C.&#... View More...
On the West Side of Point Roberts, Through Georgia, Haro, and Juan de Fuca Straits, to the Pacific Ocean. In Accordance with the Provisions of Article VIII of the Treaty Signed at Washington, April 11, 1908. 104 pages with index. Large fold-out map in pocket on back inside cover. Olive cloth covers with gilt lettering on front and spine. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed to boards, edges bumped and rubbed, cover edges are faded from sun exposure, scuffing/marks to cover faces, spine ends are bent. Ex. library markings include: identification numbers to bottom spine, library bookplate adhered... View More...
