![Early Aeronautics] Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 884 : The Internal Work of the Wind. S....](/pictures/thumb/3536.jpg?v=1624147599)
City of Washington: The Smithsonian Institution, 1893. First American Edition. Hardcover. S.P. Langley was an American aviation pioneer and the namesake of Langley Air Force Base, his paper "The Internal Work of the Wind" was read in full before the International Conference on Aerial Navigation at Chicago in August, 1893..... More
New York, NY: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1922. American Edition. Hardcover. Gilt stamped red cloth, 12mo (7-1/8 inches tall), pp. 274, jacket unclipped and unpriced w. all four flap edges having publishers decorative trim, copyright page w. "Copyright, 1922" and no other printings stated. DJ flaps have ads for "Happy..... More
![Botany, Fox Talbot Calotype, Shakespeare Society] The Gardeners' Chronicle : A Stamped Newspaper...](/pictures/thumb/3350.jpg?v=1623979800)
London: 1841. Hardcover. The first six months of the inaugural publication of The Gardeners' Chronicle, running from No. 1- 26, with all woodcuts present as called for in the List of Illustrations for these 26 issues. Volume bound in decorative green foliate linen over boards with title stamped in gilt..... More
n.p. n.p., c.1850. Hardcover. One side of the notebook's entries are dated from 1851-1869 while the other side has entries and notations ranging from 1689-1873. Many European towns are mentioned, such as "Tournay" (Tournai in Belgium or "Tournay" in France?) and Charleroy - as well as the Belgian College in..... More
![California Conservation Postcard] Poems of the Redwoods. Mabelle B. Remore](/pictures/thumb/3533.jpg?v=1623691262)
Cummings, CA: Self-Published, 1936. Postcard. A postally unused card with unutilized seal still attached, printed on both sides of a single sheet of white/peach-colored paper (7 inches tall x 12-5/8 inches wide), postcard obverse, twice folded to achive postcard size with two photo reproductions - one of a Redwood tree..... More
Charlottetown, P.E.I. City of Charlottetown & P.E.I. Travel Bureau, 1941. First Edition. Map. Wartime issued tourist map of the City of Charlottetown, P.E.I. Map scale is 400 feet to 3/4 inch and is printed in blue ink onto white paper, issued folded for use as a pocket map and measures..... More
Victoria, BC: British Columbia Provincial Police, 1938 / 1939. Paperback. The two inaugural issues of The Shoulder Strap. n.b. date of 1939 for issue No. 2 comes from an ad at top corner of p. 112. The Shoulder Strap was published twice a year, with the two issues together representing..... More
Victoria, BC: British Columbia Provincial Police, 1950. Paperback. The amalgamation issue of the Shoulder Strap (The BC Provincial Police amalgamated with the RCMP) together with a 9 page document titled "Division Orders for Period Aug. 11th to Sept. 10th, 1950 / Section One - Changes in Personnel" and a cover..... More
![Women at War] Christmas Greeting w. Photo of Wrens Naval Staff - Wartime London, 1944. Canadian...](/pictures/thumb/3490.jpg?v=1623522482)
London: Signal Distributing Office, Canadian Naval Mission Overseas, 1944. Unknown Photographer. Paperback. A vey scarce wartime Christmas greeting, sent home to Canada by Naval personel working in the Signal Distributing Office of the Canadian Naval Mission Overseas, London branch during the war. White card stock printed in blue ink with..... More
![Bird's-Eye Views] 3 c. 1930's Real Photo Postcards of Princeton, B.C. Sutton Co. Ltd Gowen](/pictures/thumb/3816.jpg?v=1623447848)
Vancouver, BC: Gowen, Sutton Co. Ltd., c. 1930's. Postcard. Three postally unused c. 1930's gelatin silver prints of Princeton, B.C. with two offering interesting aerial birds-eye views of the downtown area and one a view of Tulameen River. All three cards w. undivided backs and credited "Gowen, Sutton Co. Ltd."..... More
![Hand-Colored RPPC] 3 c. 1930's Real Photo Postcards of the South Okanagan & Oliver, B.C. Sutton...](/pictures/thumb/3815.jpg?v=1623447848)
Vancouver, BC / n.p. Gowen, Sutton Co. Ltd. / n.p., c. 1930's. Postcard. Three postally unused c. 1930's gelatin silver prints of the South Okanagan, showing the South Okanagan Valley, South Okanagan Orchards and Vaseaux Lake near Oliver, B.C. All three cards w. undivided backs, one is hand-colored and credited..... More
![Hand-Colored RPPC] 3 c. 1930's Real Photo Postcards of the South Okanagan, Osoyoos & Summerland,...](/pictures/thumb/3814.jpg?v=1623352262)
Vancouver, BC / n.p. Gowen, Sutton Co. Ltd. / n.p., c. 1930's. Postcard. Three postally unused c. 1930's gelatin silver prints of the South Okanagan showing Osoyoos & Summerland, B.C. All three cards w. undivided backs, one hand-colored and credited "Gowen, Sutton Co. Ltd.", two uncolored prints are not credited..... More
![Herreshoff Racing Yacht] America's Cup Hall of Fame Memorabilia. Herreshoff Marine Museum](/pictures/thumb/3807.jpg?v=1623273477)
Bristol, RI: Herreshoff Marine Museum, 1994-2001. Paperback. This small collection of America's Cup Hall of Fame memorabilia consists of four Annual Induction Ceremony Programs (2nd-1994, 5th-1997, 6th-1998 and 9th-2001) two invitations to the Enshrinement/Induction Ceremonies (1995 and 2004) and seven modern postcard views of the Herreshoff facilities, their famous racing..... More
![Map of Ymir Gold Mines] 1899 Plan of Wagon Road from the Town of Ymir to Ymir Mine. H. B. Smith](/pictures/thumb/3778.jpg?v=1622670782)
Rossland, BC: Ymir Gold Mines Ltd., 1899. A mammoth, early map of one of the earliest working Gold Mines in the Ymir area. Interesting historical details include the near-nascent town of Ymir, the location of the "Power Magazine" - about 1200 feet out of town along the wagon road -..... More
Ottawa, ON: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, (1976). Paperback. Illustrated card wraps, three 4to volumes (12 inches [30.5 cm] tall), pp. [v.1 Land Use and Occupancy], 263, color frontis, 56 maps ; [v.2 Supporting Studies with photo essay by Terry Pearce], 287, maps 57-84 (some fold-outs), 20 tables ;..... More
Donald, B.C. W. Alexander, Jewller, c. 1890. A circa 1890's hand-painted "Paris Green" promotional picture frame from a jewelry store operating in Donald, BC. A newspaper ad placed by Alexander's jewelry store can be found on p. 3 of the Saturday, June 23, 1894 newspaper "The Golden Era" from Golden..... More
Newton, NJ: Carstens Publications, Ltd., (2012). Paperback. Illustrated card wraps, 4to (10-7/8 inches tall), pp. 95, [96 - ad], illustrated throughout. More
Didcot, Oxon: Wild Swan Publications Ltd., (2012). Paperback. Illustrated card wraps, 4to (10-3/4 inches tall), pp. 92, illustrated throughout. More
![Early Female Photographer] c. 1900 Studio Portrait of a Young Gentleman by Miss Mary Spencer of...](/pictures/thumb/3785.jpg?v=1622058736)
Kamloops, B.C. Miss M. Spencer, c. 1900. Loose Photograph. A circa 1900 portrait done by Miss Mary Spencer in her Kamloops studio, capturing a nicely turned-out young gentleman standing in front of a nature-themed backdrop with one arm resting on a twig chair prop. Spencer moved to Kamloops in 1898..... More
![Klondike Gold Rush, Georgia Freedman] California-Klondyke Mining and Exploration Company...](/pictures/thumb/3660.jpg?v=1621891446)
New York, NY: California-Klondyke Mining and Exploration Co., 1897. Printed Document. From the first line of the prospectus "This Company is formed to prospect for, locate, acquire, work and sell mines and mining claims, both of placer and quartz, in the Klondyke region of Alaska and elsewhere, giving the preference..... More
![Travels in Alaska [Large-Paper Edition]. John Muir](/pictures/thumb/3503.jpg?v=1621461516)
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1915. Large-Paper Edition. Hardcover. The Large-Paper Edition of Muir's last published work, this being copy No. 37 of 400 copies for sale out of the 450 copy limitation. Muir once wrote to a friend "I am hopelessly and forever a mountaineer…. Civilization and fever..... More
Vancouver, BC: Amputation Club of B.C., 1918 & 1919. Paperback. A complete run of this three volume publication with vol. 3 having "Second Edition" printed at top edge of front cover. Staple-bound printed wraps, paste-down halftone photo reproductions at center of upper covers, 4to, (varies from 11-1/8 to 11-3/4 inches..... More
Vancouver, BC: Amputation Club of B.C., 1919. Paperback. Staple-bound printed wraps, paste-down halftone photo reproduction of the statue "Their Name Liveth For Evermore" by C. Marega at center of upper cover, 4to, (11-1/8 inches tall), pp. [16], [1]-160, I-XXVIII (ads), illustrated throughout with plates, line drawings and photo reproductions, index..... More
![Teddy Tail] First Prize Certificate from the 1935 Daily Mail * Sand Designs Competition * in...](/pictures/thumb/3784.jpg?v=1621111982)
[London]: Daily Mail, 1935. Herbert Sydney Foxwell (1890 - 1943, UK). Single Sheet. A scarce example of an uncommon piece of ephemeral, prewar artwork by Herbert Foxwell - signed in print "Foxwell" at bottom right - with his iconic, knot-tailed mouse in the upper left corner and his fellow cartoon..... More
![Kamloops Gold Mine] Sketch Showing Location of Homestake Mineral Claim - 1895 ; Sketch Showing...](/pictures/thumb/3775.jpg?v=1620861100)
Kamloops, BC: G.G. Fowler, 1895/1905. Loose Maps. The Homestake mining claim is located on the north side of Jamieson Creek about 25 kilometers north of Kamloops and is "...one of the oldest known gold-quartz properties in the province, having been reported upon by G.M. Dawson in 1888." From the Ministry..... More