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Harper's New Monthly Magazine, 1879. 1st. No binding. Good. Good + . Slightly yellowed from age and staple holes, and may be very minor tearing and/or wrinkling along the binding edge. Original 15 pages ( 7 double-sided) article from an 1879 copy of Harper's New Monthly Magazine.Page size: Approx 7" x 9" Illustrations Author H. M. Robinson examines the activities of the organisation known as "The Hudson Bay Company," in Canada, in the 1870's. Established in 1670 by a charter from King Charles II, "The Company of Adventurers from England trading with Hudson's Bay" had, for the past two hundred years, maintained an organized and systematic trade for fur with native Americans and European settlers and adventures from one coast of North America to the other. From the article:"Although the Hudson Bay Company is itself an entirely English corporation, its officers in the fur country are nearly all Scotsmen or natives of the Orkney Islands. Applicants are enlisted at an early age - from sixteen to eighteen… Read More

Great Britan: Valentine & Sons Publishers, 1908. No binding. Very Good. Canada. ONTARIO, TORONTO Upper Canada College. Sports practice or game going on. Divided Back. Printed Souvenir Postcard. Valentine Publisher. Mailed 1908 Toronto to Dunnville. Condition; may have been trimmed; minor edge and corner wear.

Ottawa: National Library of Canada, 1954. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Good. First edition. (4),[5]-153pp.,(1). Red with black type soft covers with spinsters and tape and from cover removed sticker, otherwise good condition. Contents: Preface; Sources; Arrangement; Acknowledgements; Part I. Check-list; Part II. Index; Part III. Manuscripts.Gerhard Richard Lomer was a librarian, editor, and writer. He was the librarian for McGill University Library from 1920 until 1947 and established the university's graduate level library school. He wrote for reference works including The Warner Library and Allen Johnson's series Chronicles of America. He also edited books by prominent authors of his day including John Moody, the founder of Moody's.

St. Catharines, ON: Poole photo studio, 1900. No binding. Very Good. Width: 4.25 inches Height: 6.50 inches Card's text: Front: POOLE ST. CATHARINES. ONT.HONORABLE MENTION PARIS FRANCE 1878BRONZE MEDAL CHICAGO 1887 - GOLD MEDAL HAMILTON 1891Back: nothing on the back EDWIN POOLE - was a noted photographer who conducted a successful business in St. Catharines until his retirement in 1921. His work won several awards at photographic competitions around the world. In an advertisement c1878 he was closing his shop to attend the Paris picture exposition. For many years he was the superintendent of the Sunday school at the Lyman St. Baptist Church before becoming a faithful member of the Queen St. Baptist Church. For 44 years (1885-1929) he was secretary of the Upper Canada Bible Society. He was a prominent worker for the establishment of the YMCA in St. Catharines. He was one of the oldest members of Union Lodge I.O.O.F. Edwin's wife predeceased him by seven years and two children died young.Edwin died on… Read More

Ottawa: F.A. Acland, for the King's Printer, 1932. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good. First edition. 6-1/4 x 9-1/2 inches. Two volumes. Vol. 1 covers 1493-1877 with Index. (8),[1]-553pp.Vol. 2 covers 1878-1931 with Index. (8),[1]-589pp.Preface by A.G. DoughtyEx-library copies with library hard covers rebound and some markings inside both. Good condition..

Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publishing Company, 1996. 4th. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 4th edition. 7 x 10 inches. xxxiii,[1]-936pp. Gray cloth with gilt lettering. Insides very clean. Near-fine condition. A nice copy.One of the best guides to Civil War Books ever published. Especially helpful for identification of 1st editions and lots of added details on book selection, care and repair. Separate listings by Title and Author with publication dates and valueCompiled by Ann Sterling and Marianne Pair, Stuart Wright ; Edited by Tom Broadfoot.

ND. 1st Edition. Photo. Good. CDV, Older Woman in full view seated pose, seated at table with book. Photographer is Thos Charles, St. Catharines, Ontario Street, ON Canada. In business from 1879-1882?M Elizabeth Charles - Mrs Thomas Charles his wife took over the business, ?-1884-1888-?

Albany, New York: The State of New York, 1921. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good. First edition. 2 volumes. xvi,690pp. ; [ii], 693-1,423pp. Dark blue cloth hardcover with gilded letters at the spines, some scuffing and corners bumped. Inside pages age toned. Illustrated with black & white, colour illustrations and maps. Good condition.

Toronto: Bibliographical Society of Canada, 1973. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+. First edition. 6 x 9 inches. Frontispiece, xxviii, 144pp. appendices, indexes. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and minor bumps to top corners and inside very clean, and in very good+ condition. Includes a biographical introduction by Derek F. Crawley Richardson is best known for the novel Wacousta (1832) and for his account of the deeds of the Right Division in the War of 1812 (1842).

New York: Peoples' Home Journal, 1901. 1st. Self-cover. Good. 16 x 11 inches, 22 page magazine . Condition; a fold in the center, soil and small edge tears and the front cover is torn in the center. Good condition only.Included is the short story called River-Lead Canon with an illustration and written by Isabella Valancy Crawford. The short story, River-Lead Canon first appeared October 31, 1874 in Frank Leslie's Chimney corner quoted from Winona; or The Foster sisters. This century old magazine contains a collection of stories by various other authors; Marguerite Aymar, Mary J. Holmes, Robert C.V. Meyers, Wm. C. Hudson, and Rhoda S. Regent. It also contains many ads for various medical 'cures' of the time period. .

St. Catharines: Peninsula Press Ltd., 1955, 1955. 1st. Soft Cover. Very Good. First edition. Original yellow wraps softcover. 6 x 9 inches.A programme of events for the world-wide Boy Scout Jamboree, Niagara-on-the-Lake, 1955. Very good condition.A NOTL pre-Confederation history, with landmarks of interest, and many illustrations in black and white. Fold out Niagara map at rear.for the world-wide Boy Scout Jamboree, Niagara-on-the-Lake..

Philadelphia: Port Folio magazine, 1814. 1st Edition. No binding. Very Good. JAN-JUN 1814Four Views of a Sculptur'd (sic) Bone (supposed to be the Femur of an Elk) found in an ancient Indian grave, of barrow in the town of Cincinnati, on the river Ohio, 1801. Paper size 5 x 8-1/4 inches.Very faint spotting around images, otherwise very good+ condition.

London: B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1952. 2nd Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Second edition. 7 x 9-7/8 inches. xii,(1),140 pp. Signed "R.V. Tooley Oct. 28, 1952" on front end paper. Rust cloth boards with gilt text on spine. Spine right side with top 1/2 inch an bottom 1-1/4 inch tear. Insides clean. No D.J. Good condition otherwise.With 104 illustrations (several coloured illustrations including frontis). "This standard work gives full information and illustrations of the principal map-makers and map publishers and their work from the earliest times to the nineteenth century, combining an appreciation of the popular decorative side of early maps with historical and bibliographical notes." from inside cover.

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. First edition. 6-3/4 x 10-7/8 inches. xxxi, 322 pages. Beige cloth with black lettering on spine, and front board with right bottom corner bumped, black illustration on front board. B&w illustrations. Very good condition. Contents: Introduction; Illustrations; Key to Bibliographies Cited and Selected Sources; Abbreviations; Library Symbols Used; The Bibliography: Part 1: Ontario (Ontario and Regions / Counties and Districts / Cities, Towns and Townships); Part 2: The Canadian North (Canadian North / Hudson Bay / Northwest Territories - Regions - Settlements / Yukon Territory - Regions - Settlements); Indexes Volume 3 of Canadian local histories to 1950. Comprehensive bibliographies of local history. Histories of exploration of the Canadian North as precursors of specific settlement histories. Gives library locations for all titles cited.

The Illustrated London News, London, 1934. ORIGINAL single color page from an illustrated newspaper, The Illustrated London News (England) dated Aug 11, 1934. Contains a 14" x 10" engraving of a 1546 map / view of the founding of CANADA by Jacques Cartier. The ILN was the premiere illustrated newspaper of the 1st half of the 20th Century !!! The newspaper was 14" x 10" and usually contained 32 pages or more. There are many many pages of gorgeous woodcut engravings (and in later issues photos), highly prized today for their detailed woodcut illustrations of events in World history. The ILN generally contained engravings in different sizes, from double page (20" x 15") to single page (15" x 10") to half page (10" x 7") and at times even quarter page. The Illustrated London News in the 20th Century was printed on high quality white glossy paper stock, quite durable and easy to handle without damage.

New York: PIerpoint Morgan Library, 1993. 1st Edition. Self-cover. Near Fine. Soft cover, 8 x 11-1/2 inches. 4pp,[6]-310pp.(2). With 274 illustrations (123 colour plates). Very minor wear at top of spine, otherwise, near-fine condition.A catalogue of highlights from the various collections at The Morgan, including paintings, illuminated manuscripts, printed books, children's books, bindings, autographs, etc. Contents include: Director's Foreword; Foreword by John Russell; Introduction; I Paintings and Art Objects; II Ancient Near Eastern Seals and Tablets; III Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts; IV Printed Books; V Children's Books ; VI Bindings; VII Autograph Manuscripts; VIII Music Manuscripts; IX Gilbert and Sullivan Collection; X Drawings and Prints.

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1981. Later edition [1981]. 6-3/4 x 9-3/4 inches. xv,376pp. Orange cloth with gilt titles. Yellow endpapers. Internally very clean. Near-fine condition. Reprint of the 1970 first edition.

1863. No binding. Very Good. Braddock's field of battle plan British defeat near Fort Du Quesne. Image 9 x 5.5 inches (23x14cm). Steel engraving. Very good condition. from Taliaferro Preston Shaffner's History of the United States, Plate V Drawn and engraved for 'Shaffner's History of the United States' by W.W. Woolley. Circa 1863.

London: Illustrated London News, 1867. 1st Edition. No binding. Very Good. EARLY IMAGE OF VISCOUNT MOCK - FIRST GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA16 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches. Illustrated London News - February 9, 1867ORIGINAL newspaper journal full of large and smaller engravings from the  Industrial Revolution  era.Very good conditionCharles Stanley Monck, 4th Viscount Monck was the last Governor-General of the Province of Canada and the first Governor General of Canada after Canadian Confederation. Prior to Confederation he was concurrently Lieutenant Governor of both Canada West and Canada East. ENGRAVINGSI. Full page (or double page or near full page) engravings (Title or subject/illustrator)The Main Street of Yokohama During the Great FireThe New Cabinet- Mr. Walpole- Duke of Buckingham- Viscount Monk page 141- Earl of Derby- General Peel- Earl of Malmesbury- Sir J. Pakington- Lord Naas- Lord Chelmsford- Mr. C. Hardy- Mr. D'Israeli- Viscount Cranborne- Earl of Carnarvon- Sr. S. Northcote- Lord J.… Read More

Sharron Hill, PA: Philadelphia Print Shop Ltd, 1993. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. First edition. 10-1/2 x 8-1/2 inches oblong. v, [2] 198pp. Soft cover with 16 colour plates and black & many b&w images. Old sticker mark on top right front cover, otherwise, very good condition. Catalogue of the Charles Rand Penney collection of prints of Niagara Falls, dating from the late seventeenth to the early twentieth century. With introductory essay by Gloria Deak and analysis of the history of these images of Niagara Falls by Christopher W. Lane. Also including a documentary listing of the prints, bibliographical references (pages 190-192) and indexes and appendixes.Charles Rand Penney was an accomplished lawyer, seasoned traveler, and distinguished collector.