Toronto, ON: Griffin House, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. A stream of consciousness autobiography, written by an imprisoned Inuit man convicted of manslaughter while he struggled to understand, adapt and survive within modern western culture "The end product was a diary as touching and savage as any ever written... More
Scranton, PA: The Colliery Engineer Co. 1900-01. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. All three volumes stated first editions and complete as issued. Three quarter leather over decorative cloth boards, titles stamped in gilt onto spines, 8vo (8-7/8 inches [22.3 cm] tall), all edges stained orange, marbled endpapers, pp. [v1] - vi... 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
New York, NY: The Association of Railroad Air Brake Men, 1897. Flexible Card. Full leather over flexible card, title stamped in gilt onto upper cover, 8vo (8-3/4 inches [22.2 cm] tall), all edges stained red, floriated endpapers, pp. (1-7), 8-240, illustrated with charts and line drawings throughout - one a.... More
Chicago, IL: Frederick J. Prior, (1912). Flexible Card. Title continues ... Complete Explanatory and Instructive Answers to the Three Series of Examination Questions, Covering in Detail Locomotive Firing, Including Combustion and Care of the Boiler ; the Care and Management of Simple and Compound Locomotives ; Airbrake Handling ; Breakdowns... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1912. Revised Edition. Hardcover. "In 1911 and 1912, Montessori's work was popular and widely publicized in the United States, especially in a series of articles in McClure's Magazine, and the first North American Montessori school was opened in October 1911, in Tarrytown, New York. The... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. 1941. First Edition, First Printing (after the limited edition). Hardcover. Blue cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in gilt and ivory onto spine, decorations stamped in blind onto upper board, top edge stained blue, 8vo (8-1/16 inches [25 cm] tall), pp... More
New York, NY: The Association of Railroad Air-Brake Men, 1896. Flexible Card. Full decorative leather over flexible card, title stamped in gilt onto upper cover, 8vo (9-1/4 inches [23.2 cm] tall), pp. (1-11), 12-254, (i-ii) ads, illustrated with charts and line drawings throughout, list of members, index. Volume with wear... More
London: Passmore and Alabaster, 1888. Hardcover. An uncommon edition of Spurgeon's evening work, done in the Metropolitan Tabernacle where he was Pastor from 1854–92 (38 years). Brick colored cloth with title and decorations stamped in black onto upper board and spine, 12mo (7 inches [17.7 cm] tall), pp. 280, illustrated... More
Dublin: An Clochomhar Ta Baile Atha Cliath, (1964). First Edition. Hardcover. Cream cloth over boards, title and decorations printed in black, green and brown onto upper cover, thin 8vo (8-1/2 inches [21.7 cm] tall), pp 42, publisher's printed price and author bio. on front pastedown. Light soil and toning to... More
New York, NY: W.A. Benjamin, Inc. 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth over boards, title stamped in gilt onto spine, 8vo (9 inches [22.9 cm] tall), pp. x, 250, index, errata, illustrated with charts, tables and diagrams throughout. Volume with three small water stains to cloth of upper... More
Ottawa, ON: Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources, 1963. Paperback. Showing step by step construction methods of a traditional Inuit boat. Printed card wraps, 8vo (9-3/4 inches [24.7 cm] tall), pp. vi, 83, illustrated with line drawings and 32 B&W plates, appendix, chart, bibliography. A fine unused copy, documenting... More
Ottawa, ON: The Department of the Naval Service, 1914. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Printed card wraps with publisher's original white linen tape reinforcement to inner covers, narrow 8vo (8 inches [20.3 cm] tall), pp. (1-2), 3-72, illustrated with five full-page drawings of fish, tables, index. Volume with some staining... More
New York, NY: Barse & Hopkins, (1907) [19--]. First American Edition, Second American Issue. Hardcover. A fine collection of Service's earliest and best works. Green cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in gilt onto upper board and spine, 12mo (7-3/8 inches [18.7 cm] tall), pp. (i-ii) blanks, (1-4), 5-8... More
New York: National Railway Publication Co. 1966. Paperback. Illustrated wraps over sewn text block, thick 4to (10 inches [25.5 cm] tall), pp. 1072, multiple railway and steamship line maps, indexes, charts, tables, ads. Volume covers with creases, soil and light wear, rubber stamp to front cover, text toned. A complete... More
Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons Ltd. 1957. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. This article tells of Churchill's preparations (in consultation with the author) for his speech to the Bermuda Parliment in January 1942 - shortly after visiting with President Roosevelt and addressing the U.S. Congress and the Canadian... More
Edinburgh and Winnipeg: William Blackwood & Sons ; Hudson's Bay Company, 1960. First Edition. Paperback. A small collection consisting of three of R. M. Patterson's magazine articles, "Trail to the Big Bend" in The Beaver - Spring 1960 ; "The Calgary Road" in Blackwood's Magazine - May 1960 and "The... More
New York, NY: Norman W. Henley & Co. (1893). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Brown cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in gilt onto spine, 12mo (7-1/4 inches [18.4 cm] tall), pp. (1 - blank), (2 - ad), (3-9), 10-362, (3 - publisher's catalogue, dated 1893, 4 - blank)... More
Boston, MA: Small, Maynard & Company, Inc. (1924). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. "The was the first book published in the United States to contain work by Hemingway" Hanneman B1. Blue cloth over boards, title stamped in gilt onto upper board and spine, 8vo (7-3/8 inches [18.8 cm] tall), pp... More
Tiburon, CA: Off The Wall, 1979. An unmounted 18 x 25 inch, multi-colored Serigraph poster printed onto heavy white paper stock and featuring a jar of Iris. Designed by Ken Perry and printed by Trend Graphics, Inc. More
Toronto, ON: W. J. Gage & Company, Ltd. (1910). Hardcover. Brown cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in black onto upper board and spine, square 12mo (7-3/8 inches [18.8 cm] tall), pp. viii, 9-120, color endpapers, illustrated throughout with line drawings and B&W photo reproductions. Volume with light wear... More
![Lovell's General Geography, for the Use of Schools; with Numerous Illustrations, and Brief Tabular Views. (Kanawha [West Virginia] American Civil War) (Pre-Treaty Map of North West Indian Territories). J. George Hodgins.](/pictures/thumb/2508.jpg?v=1492974425)
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... More
Shannon, Ireland: Irish University Press, 1968. Hardcover. Quarter leather with green cloth over boards, title stamped in gilt onto spine, top edge gilt, headbands, folio (13-1/4 inches [33.5 cm] tall), pp. 359, (iv), 200, color endpapers. Volume with scratches to cloth, sticker abrasion at foot of spine and library pocket... More
![Four Months Under Arms : A Reminiscence of Events Prior to, and During, the Second Riel Rebellion [cover title]. H. Nelson, Hugh S., Spence.](/pictures/thumb/2607.jpg?v=1492462312)
New Denver, BC: Author, [194-]. Paperback. "Nelson Daily News Printing Department / Nelson, B.C." printed at foot of p. 20. Saddle stapled printed wraps, 8vo (8-3/16 inches [20.8 cm] tall), pp. (1) - 20, index. Volume covers toned with small stains, 1 cm tear at foot of spine, an abrasion... More
[Lejac] B.C. Lejac Indian School, 1938. Third Edition. Hardcover. The Carrier Prayer-Book was first printed by the author in 1901, reprinted including a supplement in 1932 and with this 3rd edition "[this new publication] ... will not prove acceptable to such as want to escape as much as possible all... More