London: Inkululeko Publications, 1974-75. Paperback. Perfect-bound printed wraps, 8vo (8-1/8 inches tall), pp. 128 ; 112 ; 124 [2 ads, 2 blank], illustrated with a map, woodblock prints and photo reproductions. All 3 volumes with some wear, light soil, creases and no. 62 w. spine rolled. Offers many interesting historical..... More
![BC Studies : No. 22 - Summer 1974 [Chinese Immigrants ; Red Menace of 1935]. James R. Gibson,...](/pictures/thumb/2702.jpg?v=1595900282)
Vancouver, BC: University of BC, 1974. First Edition. Paperback. Printed card covers, 8vo (9-3/4 inches tall), pp. 96. The Oriental Immigrant and Canada's Protestant Clergy, 1858-1925 ; Vancouver's "Red Menace" of 1935 [waterfront] along with the regular features - Book Reviews and Bibliography of B.C. More
Jamestown, ND: C. C. Hibbs, c. 1890. Immediately apparent in the proprietor's makeshift store are his scattered available goods, a counter with a weigh scale on top and a painted sign hanging overhead "CIGARS & TOBACCO" or "STORES & TOBACCO" [?]. The sun can be seen through a low haze..... More
![San Francisco] c. 1918 Walton N. Moore Dry Goods Company Catalogue. Walton N. Moore Dry Goods](/pictures/thumb/3466.jpg?v=1586298302)
San Francisco, CA: Walton N. Moore Dry Goods Company, c. [1918]. Paperback. Date from Sealpax ad on p. 336e "1919 will be a record-breaking Sealpax year. Be sure to see your jobber early." 4to (11 inches tall), pp. 350, [352], illustrated throughout w. line drawings and many lithographed material samples..... More
![New Westminster Columbian College] Lux Columbiana School Magazine 1911 & 1912. T. Griffiths,...](/pictures/thumb/3488.jpg?v=1586214242)
New Westminster, BC: The Literary Society of Columbian College, 1911 / 1912. Paperback. Two separate prewar editions (Vol. 8 No. 6 - May 1911 and Vol. 9 No. 4. - Feb. 1912) of the Lux Columbiana student magazine, both predating the earliest copies [1913/14] found online in the New Westminster..... More
![Trade Catalogue, Maps, Globes] Furniture and Supplies for Schools : Catalogue No. 19-S....](/pictures/thumb/3486.jpg?v=1586019903)
San Francisco, CA: Rucker-Fuller Desk Company, c. 1919. Paperback. c. 1919 date from catalogue number. Staple-bound printed card wraps, 4to (12 inches tall), pp. [i -ad], [ii - blank], [1]-60, illustrated throughout w. line drawings and photo reproductions, index. Volume w. large stains to front cover, crease to upper corner..... More
![Trade Catalogue, Penmanship] Mann's Commercial Stationary Catalogue : Bank and Office Stationary...](/pictures/thumb/3484.jpg?v=1585956002)
Philadelphia & New York: William Mann Company, n.d. [1917]. Paperback. c. 1917 with a printed paste in label from the president noting "On account of the fluctuating condition of the market... it would be impossible to give prices that will apply for any length of time. As soon as prices..... More
![Trade Catalogue] Catalog of Playground Devices for Parks, Schools and Municipal Playgrounds....](/pictures/thumb/3467.jpg?v=1585875372)
Anderson, IN: American Playground Device Company, 1918. Paperback. [cover title]. Saddle stapled heavy card wraps, oblong 8vo (9 inches tall x 12-1/4 inches wide), pp. 48, index, illustrated throughout w. line drawings and many photo reproductions. Volume slightly dished from previous storage, resellers sticker to upper cover, lacks 3 leaves..... 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: Battersea Boy Scouts, 1919. Photograph. The Battersea troop were one of the earliest scouting organizations "The British Boy Scouts was founded in 1908 as the Battersea Boy Scouts, a local association of Scout troops." wiki. Two gelatin silver photographs measuring 6-1/4 inches tall x 8 inches wide [card mount..... More
![Gilwell Park, Boy Scouts] 2nd London Gillwell Scout Course. Denham, 1923. J. Irving Farringdon,...](/pictures/thumb/3474.jpg?v=1585769222)
London: The Boy Scouts Association, 1923. Photograph. A nice image showing excellent detail of the sitters and their scouting accouterments including the "1st Gillwell Park Troop" Scout flag held up in the background along with four other smaller banners held at row ends. With Gilwell printed in black using two..... More
![California, Oregon] 3 Frank Patterson Panoramic Photographs of The Redwood Highway c. 1925. Frank...](/pictures/thumb/3460.jpg?v=1585608975)
California: Frank Patterson, c. 1925. Photograph. Three circa 1925 gelatin silver panoramic photographs, all measuring 4-1/2 inches tall x 11 inches wide [or reverse] titled and numbered respectively in negative : No. 103 ["Redwood Highway, Calif"] ; 113 ["Redwood Highway, Calif"] ; and 119 ["On the Redwood Highway, Calif"] with..... More
![California] Photograph of The Great Cable Incline, Mt. Lowe, California. Best, Co](/pictures/thumb/3481.jpg?v=1585350157)
California: Best & Co., c. 1895. Photograph. Image shows the transfer point at the foot of The Great Cable Incline on Mt. Lowe in California where passengers would transfer from the tramway to the funicular car for the steep ride up Mt. Lowe. Gelatin silver print with white borders, 8..... More
San Diego, CA. Painting. Showing a sophisticated brush, this watercolor of La Jolla Cove in San Diego, California is signed at bottom left corner "Eric Toulson" [Toblson?] and is painted on heavy artist paper measuring 6 inches tall x 9 inches wide. It has been previously framed as evidenced by..... More
![Americana] Uncas and Miantonomoh : A Historical Discourse. William Leete Stone](/pictures/thumb/2126.jpg?v=1585067352)
New York, NY: Dayton & Newman, 1842. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Biography of the famous First Nations Chief, delivered by Stone at the dedication ceremony of his monument. From the preface "Exclusive of the notes and appendix, the greater portion of the discourse was delivered at the monument, at..... More
![Boy Scouts, Sea Scouts, Rovers] Panoramic Photograph of The First Canadian Jamboree - July 16-24,...](/pictures/thumb/3479.jpg?v=1584904622)
Ottawa, ON: Boy Scouts of Canada, [1949]. Photograph. A great period image, capturing hundreds of Scouts, Sea Scouts, Rovers and a few scattered ladies in a "PROOF ONLY" group shot, taken at what appears to be the First Canadian Jamboree held at Connaught Camp, Ottawa, in 1949. This image has..... More
![The Scouter, "Headquarters" Gazette] The Boy Scouts (Baden-Powell's) Head Quarters Gazette....](/pictures/thumb/3477.jpg?v=1584830822)
London: The Boy Scouts Association, 1922. Hardcover. cover title. Green cloth over boards with title and decorations stamped in black to upper cover and spine, 4to (10-1/2 inches tall), pp. iv, 384, illustrated throughout w. halftone photo reproductions and line drawings, index. Volume w. minor wear and soil to covers..... More
![Boy Scouts, Souvenir Edition] The First Canadian Jamboree Daily News. Nos. 1-7 July 16-24, 1949...](/pictures/thumb/3476.jpg?v=1584804722)
Ottawa, ON: Canadian HQ, The Boy Scouts Association, 1949. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. cover title : Souvenir Edition The First Canadian Daily Jamboree News (Nouvelles Quotidiennes du Jamboree). Side stapled printed wraps with linen tape spine, elephant folio (17-3/4 inches tall), pp. [56] - i.e. seven separate eight page..... More
![Vintage Boy Scout Posters] "The Chief Scout" together w. "The Scout Law and Promise" The Boy...](/pictures/thumb/3471.jpg?v=1584391383)
London (Scout Shop Imperial Headquarters): The Boy Scouts Association, c. 1930 [?]. Two Scouting posters on heavy paper, "The Chief Scout" is a letterpress halftone color print measuring 11-1/4 inches tall x 7-1/8 inches wide w. signature in facsimile ; toned and soiled w. pin holes. "The Scout Law and..... More
![Hand Colored Dinner Menu w. 30 Autographs] Boy Scouts Cambridge & District Association Dinner at...](/pictures/thumb/3472.jpg?v=1584377883)
Boy Scouts Cambridge & District Association, 1912. Card Stock. An early, rare, and virtual who's who of the Cambridge/UK Boy Scout movement as it was evolving shortly after the movement's incorpation in 1912. Having autographs in pencil from every official listed in the program - as well as some additional..... More
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1862. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Decorative blind stamped cloth over boards, title stamped in gilt onto spine, color endpapers, small 8vo (7-3/4 inches tall), pp. [i]-viii, [1]-182, [1]-16 [publisher's ads], illustrated with four tissue-guarded tinted lithographs [including the frontis which lacks a tissue-guard] of..... More
![Trade Catalogue] McLoughlin Books for Children. McLoughlin Brothers](/pictures/thumb/3465.jpg?v=1583952723)
Springfield, Mass. McLoughlin Bros., Inc., 1923. Paperback. Illustrated saddle-stapled card wraps, small 4to (10 inches tall), pp. [1]-45, (3 - blank), index, illustrated throughout with line drawings of the various children's materials available. Volume with minor spots, soil and toning to covers, rust to staples [w. no effect to text]..... More
![Artist's Book w. Signed Prints] Mouvement de Folie (English Title "Movement of Madness")....](/pictures/thumb/3430.jpg?v=1583365558)
Paris: Chez l'artiste (B. Dorny), 1963. Bertrand Dorny. Signed, Limited Edition. Hardcover. An early and difficult find in the Dorny oeuvre, virtually unobtainable complete in it's original form and rare thus. This exquisite example of Dorny's work is copy No. 33 of 42 and includes all seven of the prints..... More
New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1902. Carl Rungius. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Green cloth gilt, 8vo (8 inches tall), pp. [i]-ix-[viv], 1-334, [1 - ads], 1 - blank], teg, illustrated w. maps and B&W photo reproductions (all present as called for *exc. frontis*), index. Volume with rubs and..... More
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Carl Rungius. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth gilt, 8vo (8-1/2 inches tall), pp. [i]-x, [2], 1-278, illustrated with a tissue-guarded color frontis, B&W photo reproductions (all present as called for), appendices, index. Folding map at rear "Route of the Kelley -..... More