London: H. M. S. O, 1918. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. This wartime dispatch was originally sent from General H.Q. of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force by Allenby to the Secretary of State for War in London, prior to it's first publication here by The London Gazette. It was then republished..... More
Vancouver, BC: Canadian Printing and Publishing Co., Ltd., 1924. Paperback. "Prints what the Trade and the Motorist want to Read." Side stapled glossy wraps, tall 4to (12 inches tall), pp. 56, illustrated throughout. Volume is worn and soiled with short splits to spine, small losses to fore-edge of bottom cover..... More
New York, NY: Norman W. Henley & Co., 1899. Hardcover. title continues ... A Complete Study of the Air-Brake Equipment, Including the Latest Devices and Inventions Used, All Troubles and Peculiarities of the Air Brake, and a Practical Way to Find and Remedy Them Are Explained ; Containing Nearly 1000..... More
![Item #4116 [Black Canadiana] Two 19th c. Photographs - 7,500 Oolacchans in Catch & Stoney Creek...](https://harropianbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4116.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1654459801)
Vancouver, BC: W.H. Boorne / S.J. Thompson, (c. 1890s). Mounted Photographs. Two 19th c. photographs, both c. 1890s and mounted dos-Ã -dos onto the same thick green card. The Boorne photo measures 9.5 x 7.5 inches wide and is titled in negative along bottom edge "1250, Stoney Creek Bridge, Selkirks. 296..... More
London: Rowland Ward, Limited, 1899. First Limited Edition. Hardcover. A scarcely utilized copy, nicely rebound in handsome half-leather with many text leaves still remaining unopened and the publisher's original advertisement sheet loosely inserted. Modern half-leather and cloth over boards, title stamped in gilt onto spine, large 4to size (11-5/8 inches..... More
London: John C. Nimmo, 1889. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Quarter bound in calf with linen over boards, title stamped in gilt onto spine, teg, others untrimmed, bound-in silk marker, 8vo 8-1/2" tall, pp. xxviii, 243. The Large Paper Edition, No. 234 of 260. Printed on laid, watermarked paper with..... More
![Item #5294 [Hudson's Bay Co.] Typed Letter Commending Builder on Completion of HBC Flagship...](https://harropianbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/5294.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1750187339)
Vancouver, BC: Hudson's Bay Company, 1915. Single Sheet. An original, retained copy of a letter typed onto HBC letterhead paper, bearing the watermark "Crane's 1913 Japanese Linen" and sent by the Hudson's Bay Company Stores Commissioner, H.E. Burbidge, to J.E. McDonald of Rourke, McDonald & Moncrieff, in 1915 just after..... More
![Item #4354 [Alaska, Yukon, Bugaboos, Yosemite] The American Alpine Journal 1966. H. Adams CARTER,...](https://harropianbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4354.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1674319399)
New York, NY: The American Alpine Club, 1966. Paperback. Vol. 15, No 1, Issue 40. Minor wear to dust jacket, else book and large fold-out map of the 1965 Logan expedition are fine. 8vo size (9 inches tall), pp. 250, illustrated w. line drawings, B&W photo reproductions and a map..... More
![Item #4444 [Haiti] Black Bagdad. John H. CRAIGE](https://harropianbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4444.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1768268086)
New York & Chicago: A.L. Burt, (1933). Reprint. Hardcover. DJ title "Black Bagdad : The Arabian Nights Adventures of a Marine Captain in Haiti", from A.L. Burt's "Crescent Library" featuring the evocative DJ artwork of Walter Cole and a copyright date of 1933. Black cloth w. title and decorations stamped..... More
San Francisco: de Young, M.H., 1897. Newspaper. Folio (16-5/8 wide x 22-1/4 inches tall), pp. 12. Edges uniformly toned with occasional browning, a small amount of chipping to spine edge from being disbound and a light horizontial fold. Published shortly after the gold-laden steamship Excelsior arrived in San Francisco, these..... More
San Francisco: de Young, M.H., 1897. Newspaper. Folio (16-5/8 wide x 22-1/4 inches tall), pp. 14. Edges uniformly toned with a small amount of chipping to spine edge from being disbound, a light horizontial fold and a few pencil marks to p. 8. Published shortly after the gold-laden steamship Excelsior..... More
1899. Loose Map. An historic hand-colored map on linen, showing six early mining claims in south east British Columbia. Pen and ink with wash color on coated drafting linen, "Nov. 25th 99" and "E.C.H." at bottom right "International Boundary" written at lower left, map measures 9-1/8 inches tall x 7-3/4..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, (1934). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Red cloth with title in gilt to spine, top edge stained red, stated first, 8vo (8-3/4 inches tall) pp. 324, index, illustrated with 7 B&W plates and a frontis. Volume with some toning and foxing to preliminary and terminal leaves, slight..... More
New York, NY: The American Museum of Natural History, 1927. Paperback. (cover title). Contains 'Creative Education' by Henry F. Osborn, who was an American geologist, paleontologist and eugenist that also served as the President of The American Museum of Natural History for 25 years. Side stapled printed wraps, 8vo (9-3/4..... More
New York, NY: The American Museum of Natural History, 1927. Paperback. (cover title). Contains 'Creative Education' by Henry F. Osborn, who was an American geologist, paleontologist and eugenist that also served as the President of The American Museum of Natural History for 25 years. Side stapled printed wraps, 8vo (9-3/4..... More
![Item #1222 [Rolex, Ronson] The Trader & Canadian Jeweller - Jan. March, April 1952. W. B. Forbes,...](https://harropianbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1222.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1423193691)
Toronto: Consolidated Press Ltd., 1952. Paperback. Original stapled wraps, 11-1/4 inches tall, pp. 88; 94; 60, photos and illustrations throughout. Volumes with mailing label, creases and closed tears, light soil and the odd pencil notation, all together three issues. Canada's longest running published magazine, having been around in various formats..... More
![Item #1223 [Rolex, Ronson] The Trader & Canadian Jeweller - June, Sept. Oct. Nov. 1954. W. B....](https://harropianbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1223.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1387319197)
Toronto: Consolidated Press Ltd., 1954. Paperback. Original stapled wraps, 11-1/4 inches tall, pp. 66; 94; 98; 70, photos and illustrations throughout. Volumes with mailing label, creases and closed tears, light soil and the odd pencil notation, all together four issues. Canada's longest running published magazine, having been around in various..... More
![Item #1221 [Rolex, Ronson] The Trader & Canadian Jeweller - Sept. Nov. & Dec. 1951. W. B. Forbes,...](https://harropianbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1221.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1423193691)
Toronto: Consolidated Press Ltd., 1951. Paperback. Original stapled wraps, 11-1/4 inches tall, pp. 98; 100; 98, photos and illustrations throughout. Volumes with mailing label, creases, chips and closed tears, light soil and the odd pencil notation, all together three issues. Canada's longest running published magazine, having been around in various..... More
Orange, NJ: Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1920. James Montgomery Flagg. First Edition. Paperback. 3 consecutive issues, April, May & June 1920. Illustrated saddle stapled wraps, 8vo (9 inches tall), pp. 12, illustrated with B&W photos throughout. Volumes with light handling creases and spots of soil, else unmarked. An uncommon musical..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth over boards, titled in gilt and black onto spine, 8vo (9 inches tall), pp. xvi, 540, illustrated with photos, line drawings and formulas throughout. DJ with a few short closed edge tears. A solid and collectible copy with the original dust..... More
New York: All-Fiction Field, 1945. Paperback. Side-stapled pulp digest in illustrated wraps, 8vo (9-1/4 inches tall), pp. 130, illustrated. Cover with edge wear, closed tears and a few small chips and creases, small hole near spine, text edges toned. Cover artwork by Stephen Lawrence, lost race novel by H. Rider..... More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown, and Co., 1927. des Rosiers dustjacket artwork. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Bright blue cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in orange onto upper cover and spine, 8vo (7-7/16 inches tall), pp. 340, top edge stained orange. Volume w. spine ends slightly softened. Price intact..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Company, 1895. Frontispiece and plates by F.S. Wilson. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Navy cloth over beveled boards, title stamped in gilt onto upper board and spine, 12mo (7- 1/4 inches tall), pp. x, 420, (24 page catalogue at rear dated July, 1895 - as called..... More
![Item #4603 [Lost Race] Allan and the Holy Flower. H. Rider HAGGARD](https://harropianbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4603.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1689996785)
New York, NY: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1919. Second Printing of the First American Edition. Hardcover. A beautiful copy, in the achingly difficult to find, and very colorful original publisher's jacket. Red cloth over boards with title stamped in blind onto upper board and blocked in gilt onto spine, 12mo..... More
New York: The Saalfield Publishing Company, (1919). Reprint. Hardcover. Olive brown cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in black onto upper board and spine, 12mo, pp. 255. Text toned - esp. at edges - with some spotting, gift insc. ffep, water stain to board fore-edge. DJ slightly toned with..... More