Nelson, B.C. Wadds Bros. 1902. Mounted Photograph. A wonderful image capturing the latest machinery being used in a Mine Concentrator in Ymir, British Columbia. It is interesting to note that this Wadds Brothers work of industrial photojournalism predates Dorothea Lange and Lewis Hine's famous American industrial photojournalism work by about..... More

Nelson, BC: R.H. Trueman, 1899. Mounted Photograph. Date of 1899 inferred from sitter's apparel and the studio stamp, which has Trueman working in Vancouver with a Revelstoke Branch studio in 1899. Title from loose paper caption. A gelatin silver print measuring 9.5 x 7.25 inches wide, mounted on photographer's heavy..... More

Marlborough, UK: Emberlin and Harold, 1838. Broadside. A 13.5 x 8.25 inch wide letterpress broadside, advertising a dwelling house, garden, stable, barn, yard, paddock, a Brewery and a Malt-House for rent. Froxfield is a village in the English county of Wiltshire, just east of London. An English pub still stands..... More

Los Angeles, CA: The Institute For Figuring, 2010 (2007). First Edition, Third Printing. Paperback. "For two thousand years mathematicians knew about only two kinds of geometry – the plane and the sphere. But in the early nineteenth century they became aware of another space in which lines cavorted in aberrant..... More

[Vancouver, BC]: n.p., 1945. Photograph. An historic gelatin silver panoramic photograph, documenting the large public gathering titled in negative at bottom edge "Vancouver Pioneer Schools Society 1st Annual Picnic - Belcarra Park. - 1945 -" with what appears to be at least 300 war-weary Canadians in attendance, who also may..... More

Vancouver, BC: Bailey Brothers, 1890s. Mounted Photograph. An original 1890s albumen silver salts print by the Bailey Brothers of Vancouver, British Columbia, measuring 6-5/8 x 4-1/4 inches wide, mounted onto card and titled in negative along bottom edge "599 - Canyon on the Fraser Near Spuzzum". Photo is a little..... More

n.p., [c. 1970]. Unmounted Photograph. Circa 1970, but perhaps earlier, judging by the officer's lack of body armor. A B&W glossy photograph of an RCMP officer overlooking Dawson City in the Yukon Territory. Photo measures 8 x 10 inches wide w. a minor crease in white border at bottom edge..... More

Compton, CA: McDonald's Party House, [1944]. Broadside. Billed as "The Greatest Attraction of It's Kind Ever Offered as a Floor Show in Southern California" this rare piece of Compton, CA ephemera was printed to advertise the first annual circus held at the McDonald's Party House in Compton, California in August..... More

San Francisco, CA: California Development Board, 1917. Paperback. A large, fold-out color map of California is tipped in at rear, substantially enhancing the utility of this report. Printed paper wraps, 4to size (10 inches tall), pp. 63, [64], illustrated w. B&W photo reproductions, many tables and a large fold-out map..... More

Honolulu: Traffic Safety Commission of Honolulu, 1934. Paperback. Early and uncommon road sense Hawaiiana, with no holding institutions located by OCLC and no other copies currently available in commerce. Cover title continues "and Other Hawaii Automobile Laws, Including Territorial Laws, Army and Navy Post Regulations, etc." Side-stapled paper wraps, 12mo..... More

Montreal, QC: Fédération québécoise des échecs, 2012. First Edition. Paperback. Text in French, title page inscribed and signed by the author along with a 25 year celebration sticker of the Chess and Math Association. Printed wraps, 4to (10-7/8 inches tall), pp. 313, (315 table of contents) [5 - blank], illustrated..... More

Camrose, AB: Camrose Historical Society, 1947. Paperback. Written to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the town. Saddle stapled card wraps, tall 8vo size (9.75 inches tall), pp. 36, illustrated w. photo reproductions. Volume w. light wear, minor soil and stains. Printed at the Camrose Job Press. "Written to commemorate the..... More

Winnipeg, MN: The North-West Line Elevators Association, 1941. Clothbound Card. The personalized copy of "Cecil Lamont" with his name blocked in gilt at bottom corner of the upper cover and the author's signature "With compliments / KWN" in blue ink to upper corner of front pastedown. Clothbound card housing the..... More