Montreal: John Lovell, 1862. Hardcover. An early mention (and perhaps the first book publication) of the proposed state of Kanawha - the breakaway state which became West Virginia - is found in this early Civil War-era printing of a popular school Geography. Yellow printed paper over boards with quarter black.....

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New York: The Century Company, 1913. First Edition, First Printing, second state binding. Hardcover. Publisher's green cloth with title and decorations stamped in black and dark green onto upper board and spine, 16mo (6-5/8 inches tall), pp. (iv), 169, (1) ads, tissue-guarded frontis, copyright page with "Published, May, 1913" and.....

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New York, NY: Angus Sinclair and John A. Hill, 1895. Screw-Bound Softcovers. All twelve issues for 1895 of this railroading journal, with each issue easily extracted from the publisher's binding by unscrewing the three studs and removing the retaining wire from the center of each issue. Publisher's decorative gilt stamped.....

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London: Edward Cave [Sylvanus Urban, pseud.], 1790. Hardcover. Pond's only published map, representing an accumulation of his extensive travels throughout the northwest and a great cartographical accomplishment, considering his only navigational tool was a compass. "This map is of unique importance in the Pond story, for it disclosed the general.....

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Craigellachie, BC: 1903. Unbound Letter and Receipt. Two documents. An interesting piece of historical B.C. commerce, showing both sides of how the needs and difficulties of the time were being met. ALS measures 10-3/8 inches tall x 8-1/16 inches wide, written in black fountain pen ink onto lined writing paper.....

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Paris: A. Durand & Fils. (1925). André Hellé. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. English title : 'The Child and The Enchantments : A Lyric Fantasy in Two Parts'. An opera in one act, with music by Maurice Ravel to a libretto by Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. Front cover artwork by André Hellé.....

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London: Jonathan Cape, (1963). First Edition, First Printing, First State. Hardcover. Grey patterned paper over boards with quarter white cloth spine, title stamped in gilt onto spine, top edge stained black, black endpapers, 8vo (8-3/4 inches tall), pp. 223, illustrated with 82 B&W photographs. Volume toned at edges, front pastedown.....

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