n.p. [Beirut, Lebanon]: Bonfils, [c. 1870]. Mounted Photograph. A fine shot with deep chocolate tones, showing a Damascus family resting in the shade beside an elevated pond in their courtyard. A large format albumen silver salts photograph, measuring 11.25 x 15.25 inches wide, mounted onto heavy paper measuring 12 x...... More

Kimberley, BC: Charles Wormington, 1959. Unmounted Photograph. A B&W gelatin silver photograph measuring 6.5 x 8.25 inches wide, titled in blue ink along lower border "Marysville B.C. July 22 / 59", showing an aerial view of Marysville, B.C in 1959. Photo has the blind stamp "Charles Wormington / Professional Photographer..... More

Rossland, BC: The Siskiyou Copper Company, Ltd., 1899. Archive. A small collection of ephemeral materials related to a group of Rossland promoters who capitalized and registered a memorandum of association on July 25, 1899, to develop the Bonanza and the Cavin mineral claims in Siskiyou County in northern California. Their..... More

n.p. [circa 1870]. Mounted Photograph. An intriguing image of a bearded gentleman pointing with a walking cane to a painted banner "The Books By Which All Ages Will Be Judged" - it showing four volumes opened to their centers, giving the dates of various Biblical events thus "Vol. I From..... More

Birmingham, UK: Printed by John Baskerville for the Author, 1766. Hardcover. Virgil's epic the Aeneid, here bound together with his Pastorals and Georgic works, all translated into English by Robert Andrews and printed by the legendary John Baskerville in Birmingham. Title page with "Printed by John Baskerville for the Author"..... More

Nelson, BC: Kootenay School of Art, n.d. Art Barratt ; Laine Dahlen. Revised Edition. Paperback. (c. 1970's ?) Saddle stapled illustrated wraps, 8vo (8-3/8 inches [21.3 cm] tall) pp. unpaginated (35), (36) blank, illustrated with photos, drawings and two maps. Volume with some toning, light wear and minor soil, p.o...... More

n.p. South Western Sask. Oldtimers' Association, n.d. Paperback. Side stapled card wraps, 4to size (11 inches tall), title printed on upper cover w. "MAPLE CREEK" added in black felt pen to upper cover and spine, pp. 102, [2 - photos], [6 - blank], illustrated. Volume w. only minor wear to..... More

Nelson, BC: Kootenay Lake General Hospital Society, 1958. Ephemera. A program for the official opening of Kootenay Lake General Hospital in Nelson, BC, giving details of the hospital, tour hours, donor names, etc. Program is 10 inches tall and folded in half vertically to make 4 pp. ; a horizontal..... More

Rossland, BC: London and Richelieu Mining and Smelting Company, 1901. Letter. A TLS (typed letter signed) sent from the London and Richelieu Mining and Smelting Company in Rossland, BC, to the [E.G.] Prior & Co. Hardware Company in Kamloops, BC, requesting a quote for ore wagons and ore sleighs for..... More

Greenwood & Phoenix, BC: McRae Bros., Ltd., [c. 1906]. Postcard. Circa 1906, but not later than 1910, when the McRaes had closed their Greenwood and Phoenix shops and moved to Prince Rupert. All three cards are about Near Fine and postally unused, with some toning, offset to corners from album..... More

Vancouver, BC: Conservative Campaign Committee, 1926. Ephemera. A Conservative candidates promotional form letter and a pictorial palm card from the 1926 British Columbia by-election. Both items printed for a single Conservative Party candidate running in Vancouver, BC. The palm card measures 3.5 x 4.5 and was printed in blue ink..... More

Vancouver, BC: J. Pitcairn Hogg, [1928]. Ephemera. A pictorial palm card from the 1928 British Columbia General Election, printed for a candidate running in Vancouver, BC, by Sun Publishing Co., Ltd. and published by J. Pitcairn Hogg. Card measures 6.25 x 3.25, is printed in black ink onto pink card..... More

Zeeland, Michigan: Herman Miller, Inc., [1936]. Designs by Gilbert Rohde. Paperback. Rare and early “modern" style catalogue, written to sell and help explain the use and function of Modern Furniture styles in the 1930's. The 1936 publication date is not stated, but the ad for clocks on the back cover..... More