New York, NY: Winchell Printing Company, 1894 (1896). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Publisher's original suede binding with title and decorations stamped in gilt onto upper board, t.e.g., folio (13-5/8 inches tall), color endpapers, silk ribbon marker, pp. unpaginated (173 [174 blank] n.b. index at rear does reference page numbers)..... More
London: Boy Scouts Association, 1922. Loose Map. Printed pictorial map, 14-7/8 inches tall x 19-3/4 inches wide (printed border 13-1/16 inches x 18-5/16 inches), scale is 3" to 800 ', shows muster stations, entrances, train stations, various palace buildings, troop locations, HQ and both Royal Enclosures. This 99 year old..... More
Victoria, BC: British Columbia Provincial Police, 1949. Paperback. The Shoulder Strap was published twice a year, with the two issues together respesenting some of the most important B.C. police news and force updates for 1949. Illustrated staple-bound paper wraps, large 4to (12 inches tall), pp. 120 and 136, illustrated throughout..... More
![WW I Patriotic Songs] My Own Dear Canada - Canada's New National Song. Charles F. Harrison](/pictures/thumb/3733.jpg?v=1617922623)
Toronto, ON: The Anglo Canadian Music Publishers Assn. Ltd., 1917. Musical Score. Musical score in printed self-wraps, small folio (13-5/8 inches tall), pp. 4. Score with some creasing and an institutional stamp w. their "Removed" stamp to bottom outside corner of verso front cover, old price code in pencil at..... More
New Westminster, BC: Empire Music Co., 1957. Musical Score. Musical score, 4to (11-5/8 inches tall), pp. [4] inc. covers. Score is toned with light wear and soil, blue ink stains and "Complimentary" written in blue ink onto front cover, a small ink scribble on back cover. An apparently unrecorded musical..... More
![Métis Musician] The New Centennial Waltz. Andy Dejarlis](/pictures/thumb/3731.jpg?v=1617917702)
Toronto, ON: BMI Canada Limited, 1966. Musical Score. The Métis fiddler Andy DeJarlis was known as Manitoba's Golden Fiddler and "... was known to have scored more than 200 musical compositions... He played on Winnipeg radio accompanied by the musical group the Red River Mates. He moved to Vancouver and..... More
![Patriotic Cover] Tenting on the Old Camp Ground - Famous American Songs. Walter Kittredge](/pictures/thumb/3715.jpg?v=1617917463)
New York, NY: Century Music Publishing Company, c. 1900. "Etherington" Reprint. Paperback. "Walter Kittredge (October 6, 1834 – July 8, 1905), was a famous musician during the American Civil War. His most famous song, Tenting on the Old Camp Ground, also known as "Tenting Tonight", was sung by both sides..... More
Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company, (1917). Sixth Edition. Hardcover. With over 800 illustrations showing different materials, methods and process machinery of the day. Date of 1917 from copyright page and preface. Heavy beige buckram cloth over boards, title stamped in gilt onto spine, thick 8vo (9-1/8 inches tall), pp..... More
![Pre-Flood Aerial Photo-Map of Kootenay Region, B.C.] Columbia River Developments : Arrow Lakes...](/pictures/thumb/3729.jpg?v=1617567842)
British Columbia: B.C. Hydro, 1960. Sheet Map. Sheet No. 7 - with "Hunting Survey Corporation Limited / West Coast Division" printed at lower left margin - in B.C. Hydro's Columbia River Developments : Arrow Lakes series having "Date of Photography June-July, 1960" stated at bottom right hand corner. Large photo..... More
Calgary, AB: W.J. Oliver, 1935. Mounted Photo. A great photo of B-P on the move in Calgary, AB in 1935 while on a cross-Canada tour with his family. B-P is seen here at 78 years old as he is leaving City Hall in Calgary in April, 1935 with Calgary Mayor..... More
San Francisco, CA: International Chinese Business Directory Co., Inc., 1913. First and Only Edition. Hardcover. Printed in both Chinese and English and offering all possible business connections from opium dealers to physicians and laundries to lawyers, this monumental directory and exhaustive work of organizational and typographical excellence offers an unparalleled..... More
![ALS, CPR] 1903 Autograph Manuscript Letter Signed from a Frontier Farmer in Craigellachie, B.C....](/pictures/thumb/3677.jpg?v=1615510877)
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..... More
![East Kootenay, B.C.] 1897 Map of Fort Steele Mining Division. Thos. T. McVittie](/pictures/thumb/2902.jpg?v=1615338501)
Winnipeg, MB: Cann & Co., 1897. Loose Map. A photo reproduction [period unknown and likely reduced in size] of a very uncommon, and early black print map of the Fort Steele Mining Division, measuring 10-5/16 inches tall x 14-13/16 inches wide at neat lines. Map shows great details of various..... More
![Inuit] Report on Introduction of Domestic Reindeer Into Alaska, with Maps and Illustrations,...](/pictures/thumb/2841.jpg?v=1615332542)
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1896. Hardcover. Original black cloth, title stamped in gilt onto spine, 8vo (9 inches tall), pp. 136, illustrated throughout w. B&W photo reproductions, tables, index, appendices and a large fold-out map titled "Sketch Map of Alaska Prepared for U.S. Bureau of Education... 1893" bound in..... More
London: The National Institute for the Blind, (1919). Paperback. Heavy paper printed wraps, saddle staple bound 8vo (9-1/2 inches tall), pp. 24. Volume toned with a horizontal mailing fold line, rust to staples and a brief 1/4" fold line tear to fore-edge of cover. From the back cover "Out of..... More
![American Civil Rights, Signed Copy] To Be Equal. Whitney M. Young Jr](/pictures/thumb/3678.jpg?v=1615259822)
New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, Book Co., Inc., (1964). First Edition, Third Printing. Hardcover. Inscribed and signed by Mr. Young on the ffep "To Lorraine : With respect & admiration. Whitney Young Jr". Black paper over boards, title stamped in copper onto spine, 8vo (8-3/8 inches tall), pp. 254, (255 -..... More
New York / London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1896. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. "1896" printed on title page. Original blue decorative cloth lettered in gilt, t.e.g., 4to (9-7/8 inches tall), pp. xiii, [xiv - blank], 1-283, [284 - blank], illustrated with twenty-five full-page captioned and tissue-guarded photogravures, headpieces and in-text..... More
New York / London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1914. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Publishers decorative navy cloth w. title stamped in gilt onto upper board and spine, t.e.g., 8vo (9-1/4 inches tall), pp. (4 - blanks], xxvii, (xxviii - blank), 1-439, (440- blank), (4 - pub. ads *n.b...... More
New York / London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1914. First UK Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First U.K. Edition, bound from the first U.S. sheets w. "The Knickerbocker Press, New York" printed at foot of c.p. and "1914" on c.p and t.p. Publishers green cloth w. title stamped in black onto..... More
![Gold Panning] A. B. C. of Placer Mining. E. Senior Estlin](/pictures/thumb/3659.jpg?v=1613157901)
Vancouver, BC: Conway Brown Publications, 1932. Paperback. Side-stapled printed card wraps, 16mo (6 inches tall), pp. 56, illustrated w. line drawings, B&W photo reproductions, four fold-out sepia toned photo reproductions and tables. Volume with stains, soil and some creasing and rubbing to covers, a thumb-size stain to p. 41, a...... More
![WW I, Trench Warfare] Handbook (Provisional) for the .303-In. Lewis Machine Gun (Magazine Rifle...](/pictures/thumb/3655.jpg?v=1613002862)
London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationary Office by Harrison and Sons, 1915. Paperback. Cover title "Handbook of the .303" Lewis Machine Gun, Part I. (Provisional) 1915.". Saddle stapled wraps, 24mo (5-3/8 inches tall), pp. 1-12 [ads], 52, 13-23 [ads], contents, addendum, w. date code of "09/16" at..... More
Toronto, ON: Ontario Publishing Co., 1901-02. Hardcover. The first work of L.M. Montgomery's to be published in The Canadian Magazine, a half-page work titled "Two Loves" here published in The Canadian Magazine Vol. XVIII, No. 2 (December 1901), p. 147. Bound volume, (Vol. XVIII. Nov. 1901-April, 1902, inclusive) 8vo (9-1/4..... More
Toronto, ON: Ontario Publishing Co., 1922. Paperback. L.M. Montgomery's full page work titled "Grief" here published in The Canadian Magazine Vol. LVIII, No. 5 (March 1922) on p. 453. Side stapled wraps, 4to (9-3/8 inches tall), pp. 16 [ads], frontis, 379-466, four plates, 17-48 [ads], illustrated throughout. Volume with expected..... More
![NSCAD Class Book] Student's Artist Book. Garry Kennedy, Malcolm Sutton, Neill, 1935](/pictures/thumb/3563.jpg?v=1612642382)
n.p. [Halifax, N.S.]: n.p. [Nova Scotia College of Art and Design], (1995). Paperback. A scarce copy of the Student's Artist Book from the NSCAD Printed Matter Workshop (Fall 1995) - printed in a very small, limited edition for class members only. In this case, likely only 20 with 18 students..... More
London: The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, 1905. Third Edition. Hardcover. Printed for the Hydrographic Office, Admiralty by Eyre and Spottiswode... and sold by J.D. Potter, Agent... 1905. Gilt stamped blue cloth over card, large 8vo (9-1/2 inches tall), text w. speckled edges, pp. xx, 596, fold-out map bound in..... More