Washington: Printed by Gales and Seaton, 1841. 12,8pp. Dbd. Foremargin trimmed a bit close, barely shaving a few words on three leaves. Adams adds his opinion to a complicated and celebrated case of international law which resulted from the Canadian Rebellion of 1837. According to McDade, "In 1837 an attempted.....
[Whitehorse, Skagway, and vicinity. ca. 1950s]. 112 photographs mounted in two U.S. Army portfolios. Photos uniformly 3 x 5 inches, each captioned in manuscript. Original pebbled cloth, boards stamped in gilt. Spines chipped, extremities rubbed. Images crisp and clean. Very good. An interesting pair of photograph albums documenting the daily.....
Washington. 1904. Titlepage plus thirty-seven maps. Folio. Original cloth, gilt title on front cover. Very good. This atlas contains maps detailing the British case in the arbitration with the United States over the Alaskan boundary. Many of the maps are earlier historically important works by Vancouver, Bouchette, Arrowsmith, Langsdorff, etc......
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and T. Cadell, London, 1830. Two volumes. vii,[1],iii,[1],339; [2],iii,[1],327pp. Frontispiece in first volume. 12mo. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, black gilt morocco labels. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown of second volume, removed in first. Internally bright and clean. Near fine, in an attractive contemporary binding. An.....
Dawson, Yukon Territory: American Journal of Industry, 1901. 60 [of 72]pp. Oblong quarto. Stapled. Wrappers and final six leaves absent. Small tears, chips, and stains in lower and outer margins of a few leaves, not affecting text. Outer leaves a bit soiled; verso of terminal leaf scuffed, with loss to.....
Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1980. xxviii,244pp. Illus. Text in England and French. Quarto. Pictorial softcover. As new. An excellent study, with extensive annotations. Contains 104 entries of views and portraits printed in Canada up to 1850.
London. 1779. [2],400,[6]pp. Antique style calf and marbled boards, very good. The REMEMBRANCER, for the year 1778 and part of 1779, containing much material on the American Revolution. Almon, a British publisher, was the primary source for British publications concerning American political and military affairs throughout the Revolution. In this.....
Madrid: En la Oficina de Antonio Fernandez, 1778. 196pp. Small quarto. Modern calf, ruled in gilt, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt leather labels. One raised band scraped of its leather, bookplate on front pastedown (see below). Faint contemporary ownership inscription on titlepage. Very good plus. A compilation of material.....
Washington, D.C. American Automobile Association, 1940. 640pp. including maps, illustrations and advertisements. Large folding map affixed to rear wrapper. Stiff pictorial wrappers. Wrappers soiled and beginning to pull away from the text block, spine cracked. Good, lacking the second folding map. Gives descriptions and points of interest for fourteen northeastern.....
Washington, D.C. American Automobile Association, 1941. 656pp. including maps, illustrations and advertisements, plus two large folding maps. Printed stiff pictorial wrappers. Wrappers soiled and faded, a note in ink on the front wrapper. One leaf detached. Very good. Descriptions and points of interest for fourteen Northeastern states, the District of.....
Livorno: Marco Coltellini, 1763. Three volumes. xxiii,216,[1]; 256,[1]; 253,[2]pp. Seventy-eight engraved maps and plates (twenty-four of them folding). Frontis. Half title in first volume. Large quarto. Contemporary vellum, spines gilt. Some wear and light staining to boards, spine ends of first and third volumes repaired, spines a bit darkened. Occasional.....
[London. 1778]. 3pp. plus printed docket title on verso of second leaf. Bifolium. Three early horizontal folds. Very minor foxing and soiling. Near fine, untrimmed. The rare Parliamentary printing of a bill relating to American trade under consideration by the House of Commons. In 1660, during the reign of Charles.....
London: Printed for William Lane, 1789. Two volumes. [4],vii,[21],467; [4],558pp., plus partially handcolored folding map and eight plates (five folding). Half titles. Modern half mottled calf and contemporary paper boards, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt red morocco label. Boards rubbed and shelf worn, corners bumped, spines a bit sunned.....
Victoria. 1872. [4],112,[2],xlii pp. Original blue printed wrappers. Minor dust- soiling and chipping, short tear to front wrapper, top corner bumped. Internally clean. Good. A rare appraisal of British Columbia from an important officer of the Hudson's Bay Company. "This is a straightforward and useful account of British Columbia as.....
Montreal: DeMontigny & Company, 1858. 22pp. Original printed yellow wrappers. Light dampstaining to upper corner of wrappers. Internally clean. Very good. Address given at the Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition by the editor of THE CANADIAN FARMERS' JOURNAL, extolling the virtues of an agricultural life. Only seven copies in OCLC...
Washington. 1854. viii,851pp. Original cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Toe of spine frayed. Overall very good. The Senate issue, published a year after the House issue, of Andrews' extensive report on trade between the United States and Canada, with information on internal improvements in Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida.....
London. 1744. [4],716,[16]pp. Antique-style calf, spine gilt, leather label. A few minor ink notations, closed tear to one leaf. Very good. The 1744 annual volume for Samuel Johnson's famous periodical. Includes two items of Arctic interest: a publication notice for Arthur Dobbs' ACCOUNT OF THE COUNTRIES ADJOINING TO HUDSON'S BAY.....
Edinburgh. 1804-1859. Ten volumes. 20th-century buckram, spines gilt. Institutional bookplate on eight front pastedowns, some institutional ink and perforation stamps on titlepages. An interesting assortment of quarterly compilations of the EDINBURGH REVIEW, with much content relating to Arctic and Canadian exploration. Includes issues from Oct.-Jan. 1802-03; June-Sept. 1818; Dec.-March 1819;.....
Frankfort, Ky. Printed for the author... 1842. 152pp. 12mo. Original half calf and paper boards, printed paper label. Mild chipping to spine ends, boards foxed and lightly soiled. Small leather bookplate of Frank Cutter Deering on front pastedown, bookplate of C.R. Sanders to rear pastedown, otherwise clean internally. Very good.....
Edinburgh: Adam Black, 1831-1835. Various paginations. Modern three-quarter brown morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Light shelf wear. Bookplate on front pastedown. Some unobtrusive ink underlining on titlepage. Minor foxing and age-toning. Very good. These extracts from ORNITHOLOGICAL BIOGRAPHY pull together in one volume all sixty of the short travel.....
Boston & Indianapolis: Scarborough Motor Guide Company, 1926. 814pp. including maps and advertisements, plus large folding, double-sided map. Green fabrikoid. Cover rubbed, worn at the head and toe of the spine. Two closed tears to the map, of 7 inches and 3 1/2 inches, and a few tears at the.....
Montreal. 1834. 40pp. Modern cloth. Titlepage and last page of text dust soiled, else quite good. Lord Aylmer was governor-in-chief of Canada from 1831 to 1835. This is his response (written in French) to agitation from the increasingly disgruntled Lower Canada Assembly demanding an elected legislative council, among other requests.....
London. 1838. viii,456pp. plus twelve lithographed plates and folding map. Original blue cloth, boards blind-stamped, spine gilt lettered. Slightly cocked, spine and edges sunned, corners bumped. 20th- century bookplate on front pastedown. Scattered foxing. About very good. A scarce account of Sir George Back's 1836 expedition to complete a survey.....
London. 1836. x,[2],663,[1]pp. plus sixteen plates on India paper and folding map. Thick quarto. Modern three-quarter blue morocco and cloth, spine gilt. Minor rubbing, spine slightly sunned. Minor marginal foxing to plates. Very good. A large paper copy of this major source both in the early exploration of the Far.....
Philadelphia. 1836. [4, ads],456pp. plus folding map. Original half blue cloth and calf boards, original calf labelon spine. Noticeable edge wear, front hinge almost detached. Minor foxing. Good. Untrimmed. Back went in search of Sir John Ross, travelling through north central Canada to the Great Slave Lake, and up the.....
