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1. ANONYMOUS.
Louisbourg in 1745. The Anonymous Lettre d'un Habitant de Louisbourg (Cape Breton).
Containing a narrative by an eye-witness of the Siege in 1745. Edited with an English translation by
George M. Wrong. Toronto. William Briggs. 1897. 27cm, 74p., printed wraps, fine
75.00
Text in English and French. The only known unofficial account of the siege from the French
standpoint.
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2. ATKINSON, W. Christopher
A Historical and Statistical Account of New Brunswick, B.N.A. with Advice to Emigrants. Third
Edition, Greatly Improved and Corrected. Edinburgh. Printed by Anderson & Bryce. 1844. 12mo.,
16cm, xvi,284p. with folding map, one plate and 3 text illustrations, in the original full roan, gilt titles
and boards, a.e.g., top spine edge chipped otherwise a very good copy
100.00
T.P.L. 2511. Sabin 2288. Morley p21. Lande 20. Author served in New Brunswick from 1840
to 1842 as Presbyterian Minister. The book offers valuable advice and information to emigrants
regarding industry, natural history, social conditions, commerce, agriculture.
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3. [BORDEN, Robert]
Robert Laird Borden: His Memoirs. In Two Volumes. Edited and with a Preface by Henry
Borden. With an introduction by Arthur Meighen. Toronto. The Macmillan Company of Canada. 1938.
8vo, 22.5cm, 1060pp., with plates and illustrations, original dark blue cloth, top edges and jacket a
bit dust soiled, a fine set in very good jackets, in publisher’s slipcase
100.00
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4. CANADA - Maps.
Sixteenth-Century Maps Relating to Canada. A Check-List and Bibliography. Ottawa. King's
Printer. 1956. 24.5cm, 283p. with 8 plates, appendices, bibliography, printed stiff green wraps, very
good
40.00
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5. CANADIAN Expeditionary Force]. - PHOTOGRAPH.
Inspection of the 4th Division - C.E.F. By H.M. King George V. "C" Company-3rd Battalion-R.H.C. In Foreground." A framed photograph of the Fourth Division,
C.E.F. in England before the move to the Western Front. A contemporary inscription on verso of photo states: "Hanley Common-Hants- England- June 1916. Inspection
of the 4th Division- C.E.F. By H.M. King George V. "C" Company-3rd Battalion - R.H.C. In Foreground."
The photo is 12x 29cm (matted 18 x 36cm), in oak frame, backing paper frayed, with hand-written inscription, generally fine condition
150.00
A panoramic photograph of the 4th Canadian Division on parade before crossing to France in August, 1916. The Division fought in the Somme, Vimy Ridge,
Hill 70, Passchendaele, Amiens, and the last Hundred Days. The troops taking in the salute in the foreground are the 73 Battalion, Royal Highlanders, [Black Watch]
C.E.F. A unique photograph framed professionally by Louis Morency, Sculptor and Gilder, Quebec.
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6. COHEN, Leonard
The Favourite Game. London. Secker & Warburg. 1963. 19.5cm, the first U.K edition, 223p., green cloth, titles and decorations on the spine stamped
in silver, jacket is a bit toned, some small splash marks, a fine copy in very good complete jacket
350.00
Leonard Cohen's first novel. There was no Canadian edition at the time and the British publisher held the Canadian rights. Therefore, most copies
were price clipped by the distributor or publisher.
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7. COLLINS, J.E.
Life and Times of The Right Honourable Sir John A. Macdonald. Premier of the Dominion of
Canada. Toronto. Rose Publishing Company. 1883. 8vo. 22cm, first edition, 642p., steel engraved
frontis portrait, (damp stain on the portrait plate only), index, bound in the original brown morocco
over marbled boards, gilt decorated raised bands, gilt decorations in the panels, gilt spine titles, some
foxing to the preliminaries, a very good to fine copy in attractive contemporary binding
100.00
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8. DAWSON, John William
Acadian Geology: an account of the geological structure and mineral resources of Nova Scotia,
and portions of the neighbouring provinces of British America. Edinburgh. Oliver and Boyd. 1855. 18.5cm,
first edition, xii,388p., rear folding colour map (with some expertly repaired small tears), 4 plates, 35
illustrations, original cloth, free fly has a large chip, some light wear at the top edge, a very good to fine
copy
350.00
cf. TPL. 3159 & 3160 & 5663. Sabin 18951. Morgan p94. Dionne II-890. Not in Lande. "....Charles
Lyell, regarded by most earth scientists today as the father of modern geology, visited Pictou in 1842 to
examine the great coal deposits at Albion Mines (Stellarton) south of the town. His principal guide was
Dawson, and from this encounter grew a lifelong friendship based on mutual respect. In the mid 1840s
Dawson, with the encouragement and guidance of Lyell, did considerable field-work in Nova Scotia, the
results of which were published in the quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. At the same
time, on contract, he undertook exploration programs for mining entrepreneurs in search of commercial
mineral and coal deposits in Nova Scotia.
.... In 1854 Dawson was elected a fellow of the Geological Society of London and in that year he
completed the manuscript of his monumental work, Acadian geology . . ., which was published in
Edinburgh and London the following year. The work was a practical and authoritative guide to the
geology and economic resources of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. The fourth
and final edition, revised and updated, appeared in 1891, having grown from an initial 388 pages to
almost 700". - DCB.
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9. DAWSON, J. W.
Lecture Notes on Geology and Outline of the Geology of Canada. For the use of Students.
With Figures of Characteristic Fossils. Montreal. Dawson Brothers. 1880. 8vo, 22cm., 96p., 2 maps, 29
figures in text, 23 pages of figures of fossils, original fine pebble grained light blue green cloth, blind
ruled borders on boards, gilt upper cover titles, top and bottom of spine edges frayed, hinges
repaired else fine condition
250.00
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10. [DISTURNELL, J[ohn].
The Picturesque Tourist: Being A Guide through the State of New York and Upper and Lower
Canada, including A Hudson River Guide; giving an Accurate Description of Cities and Villages,
celebrated Place of Escort, etc. New York. Published by J. Disturnell. 1858. 16mo, 15,5cm, ix,(-
11),298,[26]p., illustrated ads., with 15 plates and maps (inc. 1 folding and engraved vignette title),
original blind decorated cloth, gilt spine and upper cover titles and decorations, spine lightly faded
(titles clear), a fine copy
350.00
Except for the preliminaries perhaps the staining is not obtrusive. Originally published in
1844 the editor was O.L. Holley. This appeared to be a revised and expanded edition, (with 15 plates
rather than 10). The preface is signed by J.D. and does not mention Holley. Sabin 62693 (under title).
Not in T.P.L. or Waterston; cf. T.P.L. 7745 for 1844 edition and cf. Sabin 32538 & Lande s1079 for
Holley, 1844 edition
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11. DOUGHTY, Arthur G. & Norah Story.
Documents Relating to the Constitutional History of Canada, 1819-1828. Selected and edited
with notes by... Ottawa. Public Archives of Canada. 1935. tall8vo, 25cm, xi,538p., index, half bound
in crimson morocco, raised black and gilt decorated bands, gilt extra border decorations in the
panels, gilt titles, red cloth boards, some minor wear, a fine copy in fine binding
250.00
During this period some government publications were bound in a presentation binding.
Typically 10 or 12 copies were done; one or two for the author, one for assistants, one for the King's
Printer, one for the Minister, etc.. These bindings had a somewhat consistent style. While the practice
continued in some departments the binding in modern times is a rather sad maroon buckram.
In Canadian Government Presentation Binding
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12. DOUGHTY, Arthur G
(The Durham Papers). Report of the Public Archives for the Year 1923. Ottawa. King's Printer.
1924. tall8vo. 24cm, 410,70,25p., with 6 plate illustrations (of manuscripts), half bound in crimson
morocco, raised black and gilt decorated bands, gilt extra border decorations in the panels, gilt titles,
red cloth boards, some minor wear, a fine copy in fine binding
250.00
The papers in this collection (410 pages) contain the record of Lord Durham's proceedings
during his stay in the country, between May and November, 1838, and of the views entertained by
the Government in England reading them.
In Canadian Government Presentation Binding
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13. EDWARDS, James
Correspondence and Papers on Various Subjects. by the late William Edwards, of Clarence,
Ontario. Together with a Sketch of his Life. Compiled and arranged by his brother... Peterborough.
J.R. Stratton, Printer, Examiner Steam Presses. 1882. 25cm, 170p. printed in double columns, original
decorated green cloth, bevelled boards, very good to fine, very scarce
200.00
Subjects include: Scenes in the Life of a Canadian Pioneer; Rustic Jottings from the Bush;
Correspondence to Peterborough Examiner; Temperance; Religious; Essays of Dignity of Labour;
Ottawa Pioneers; Political; Miscellaneous; Poetry.
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14. [FREEMASONRY].
The Book of Constitution of the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Nova
Scotia. Halifax, Nova Scotia. Printed by Brother E.M. Macdonald, "Citizen" Steam Press. 1867. 20.4cm,
38,10pp., appendices, original dark blue suede, glazed satin endpapers, boards faded, some foxing,
a good to very good copy, rare
150.00
Appendices include a table of dues and forms for resigning from a lodge, applications for
membership and financial returns. Nova Scotia was noted as having the first established Freemason
lodges in Canada. Published under the authority of the Grand Lodge, by Charles J. MacDonald, Grand
Secretary
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15. FROTHINGHAM, Richard
History of the Siege of Boston, and of the Battles of Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill. Also,
An Account of the Bunker Hill Monument. Boston. Charles C. Little and James Brown. 1849. 22cm,
first edition, ix, 420p., three folding maps, 15 engravings, appendices, blind-stamped cloth rebacked,
gilt decoration on front & back, one map torn (but repaired), a very good copy
250.00
A classic study of events in the early phases of the American Revolution by a prominent
Boston historian who credits assistance by Jared Sparks, James Savage and George Ticknor. The
Bunker Hill Monument was completed in 1843 and on the celebration eleven veterans of the Battle
attended. Two of the maps (Boston and the Battle of Bunker Hill) were drawn by Lieut. Page of the
British Army Corps of Engineers, aide-de-camp to General Howe in the Battle.
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16. [JEFFREYS, C.W.] by Malcolm G. Parks
Discoverers and Explorers in Canada, 1497-1763. & 1463-1911. Drawings by Charles W.
Jefferys. Published by Imperial Oil Limited. n.d. [193?]?. 31cm, folio, in two portfolios, 28 24p., with
15 plates and illustrations from drawings by C.W. Jeffreys, notes, bibliography, original printed grey
wraps, fine in fine portfolios
100.00
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17. KENNEY, James F.
Rapport surs les Archives Publiques Pour L’Annee 1935. Ottawa. King’s Printer. 1937. tall 8vo.
24cm, 26cm, bound in full morocco, raised gilt bands, gilt titles, marbled endpapers, some minor
wear, a fine copy in fine binding
100.00
Contains the State Papers of Upper Canada, for 1821-35. During this period some
government publications were bound in a presentation binding. Typically 10 or 12 copies were done;
one or two for the author, one for assistants, one for the King's Printer, one for the Minister, etc..
These bindings had a somewhat consistent style. While the practice continued in some departments
the binding in modern times is a rather sad maroon buckram.
In Canadian Government Presentation Binding
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18. KIRBY, James [Editor]
The British North American Almanac and Annual Record for the year 1864: A Hand-Book of
Statistical and General Information. Montreal. John Lovell. [1864]. 8vo, 22cm, Volume One [all
published], 368p., many illustrated ads, in the original elaborately blind decorated cloth, plain spine
slightly faded, repaired tear and small puncture without text loss on the advertisement leaf (free fly)
printed on yellow stock otherwise a fine copy, rare
400.00
T.P.L. 4288. Sabin 8116...states "the first American work of its kind re: the British American
Provinces. Not in Lande.
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19. LAVAL, Paul
Lettre de Monsieur Laval, ci-devant Ministre a Conde-Sur-Noireau, a ses anciens co-
religionaires. Reimprime sur l'Edition de Paris, 1823. A Saint Philippe. Chez Joseph Hebert, Imprimeur.
1824. 12mo. 16.2cm, 52,[1]p., original plain wrappers, in fine condition
250.00
T.P.L. 1320. Gagnon I-2109. Casey 1158. Lande S1241. Dionne 156. A scarce and interesting
Canadian imprint. This little volume was printed at the parish of Saint-Philippe, under the auspices
of the Cure, Francois Pigeon, 1778-1838, who had established a printing press there in the early
1820's. Here he published a number of small works for the use of schools and houses of instruction,
and a short-lived newspaper in 1826, the Journal de Saint-Philippe.
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20. LYELL, Charles
Travels in North America, in the years 1841-2; with Geological Observations on The United
States, Canada and Nova Scotia. New York. Wiley and Putnam. 1845. 12mo, 2 volumes in One, vii,251
& vi,231,[10]pp., ads., with 1 hand-coloured folding plate, colour map, 1 folding engraved view
(Niagara Falls), 2 engraved folding plates, large coloured folding map, text illustrations, original cloth
boards rebacked in modern cloth, gilt titles, very good to fine copy
400.00
T.P.L. 2539, Sabin 42761. Howes L-575. . - This edition not in Lande. Waterson p74. London
edition. - A leading scientist in the Darwinian years, Lyell found at Beauport, along the lower St.
Lawrence, at Halifax and Pictou, at Niagara and Gananogue, fossil deposits suggesting cataclysmic
pre-history. From Toronto, riding north on horse-back over the circling ridges, he checked the
possibility of a vast sea as forerunner of the Great Lakes. The journal form of this important two
volume work adds immediacy. (Waterston). - Lyell travelled extensively throughout Canada and the
United States, from up-state New York to the Carolinas, through Kentucky, Ohio, and into Canada,
where he travelled from Niagara to Toronto, Kingston, Montreal and Nova Scotia. (1).
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21. MAURAULT, L'Abbe J. A.
Histoire Des Abenakis, dupuis 1605 jusqu'a nos jours. Sorel. Imprime a L'Atelier
Typographique de la "Gazette De Sorel". 1866. thick 12mo, 19cm, xi],631,[ii, vi]pp., in contemporary
quarter black leather, gilt spine titles, marbled boards, a fine copy
400.00
T.P.L. 4520. Not in Lande. Sabin 46948. Gagnon I-2289. Dionne I-947. Morgan p253. Pilling.
Algonquin, p346. A standard work. The once populous Abenakis were part of the Algonquin
federation, who inhabited the northeast coast from New England to the St. Lawrence. With few
records available and no access to government documents, Maurault relied, for much of his history,
on American and Canadian works about the colonial wars (King William's War, 1689-97; Queen
Anne's War, 1702-13 & the Seven Years' War, 1756-63), in which the Abenakis had fought beside the
French. It includes some account of their manners and customs. The critics of the time were charitable
towards this ambitious work, devoted to a tribe in danger of extinction.
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22. Meredith, Alden G.
Mary's Rosedale and Gossip of "Little York". Ottawa. The Graphic Publishers. 1928. 19.5cm,
280p., with 12 plates and illustrations, "graphic endpapers", blue patterned cloth, gilt titles and
decorations, previous owner's signature, jacket is chipped along the upper edge, a fine copy in very
good jacket
75.00
The author's only book (though she wrote numerous articles on the early history of Upper
Canada); an account of the influential Jarvis family & the establishment of the ultimate Compact
neighbourhood surrounding their home (which they called Rosedale). Attractively printed and
bound by the Graphic Publishers of Ottawa.
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23. MIDDLETON, Jessie Edgar
Toronto's 100 Years. Toronto. The Centennial Committee. 1934. 25cm, 228p., including many
illustrated ads., with 82 fine line drawn illustrations by Charles F. Comfort, C.W. Jeffreys, Stanley
Turner, T.W. McLean, etc. in the original decorated stiff wraps, very good
25.00
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24. [MONTREAL].
The Growth of a Great Port. Montreal. Published by the Harbours Commissioners of Montreal.
1927. Folio, 30.5cm, 79p., with 3 coloured maps on 2 double-page, plates, many illustrations,
mapped endpapers, colour decorated paper over green cloth, very good condition
100.00
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25. MOODIE, Susanna
Roughing It In The Bush, or, Forest Life in Canada. Illustrations in Colour by R.A. Stewart.
Toronto. Bell & Cockburn, 1913. 21cm, xix,[1],568,[1]p., colour frontis., 2 portraits and 14
tipped in plates, including 8 in colour from paintings by R.A. Stewart, original red linen, t.e.g., a very
good to fine copy
75.00
First printing of this attractive illustrated edition.
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26. MORGAN, Henry James [editor]
The Canadian Men and Women of the Time: A Hand-book of Canadian Biography of Living
Characters. Toronto. Briggs. 1912., large-thick8vo., 22cm, the second edition, 1218p. original red
cloth, gilt titles, fine
75.00
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27. [NOTMAN, W.]
Portrait of a Period. A Collection of Notman Photographs 1856 to 1915. Edited by J. Russell
Harper & Stanley Triggs. With an Introduction by E.A. Collard. Montreal. McGill University Press. 1967.
folio. (35.5cm), no pagination, with 174 plates, (including 2 folding & one in colour), original brown
cloth, a fine copy in very good jacket
75.00
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28. OJIBWAY HYMNAL
Anamie-Nagamonan. Kakina Enishinabewiieg, Kitchitwawing Kije-Manito: Kitchitwawinig
Endasso-Winsoieg. Nipigon, Ontario. Printed in Belgium, by Desclee de Brouwer & Co. 1931. 17cm,
370p., original black pebbled cloth, spine gilt., a fine copy
125.00
A hymn book in the Ojibwa language, including hymns to be sung at Christmas, Vespers, in
honor of various saints, and Latin hymns.
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29. [OTTAWA]. AHEARN, Thomas
Appreciations. Honourable Thomas Ahearn, P.C. (Compiled by Fred Cook). Printed for private
circulation only. [Ottawa. 193?]. 8vo. 25cm, 42p., tipped in frontis portrait, blue cloth, gilt cover titles,
a fine copy, author's signed presentation copy to Judge Hyndman, with 1p., Autograph Letter,
Signed, seven lines, on the stationary of "The Ottawa Gas Company", dated Dec. 31st, 1937. Mr.
Ahearn was president and director of numerous large firms including being president of the Ottawa
Gas Company. He was chairman of the Federal District Commission
75.00
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30. PARKMAN, Francis
Francis Parkman’s Works. In 12 Volumes. 1: Pioneers of France in the New World; 2. The Jesuits in North America; 3. La Salle and the Discovery of
the Great West; 4. The Old Regime in Canada; 5. Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV; 6. A Half Century of Conflict (2 Vols.); 7. Montcalm and
Wolfe. (2 Vols.); 8. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada (2 Vols ); 9. The Oregon Trail.
Toronto. George N. Morang. 1898. 8vo, 19.5cm, various paginations, photogravure frontispieces with captioned tissue guards, numerous plates,
in green cloth with extra gilt stamping on the spine, a fine attractive set
250.00
With Joseph Pope's signature
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31. POPE, Joseph
Memoirs of The Right Honourable Sir John Alexander Macdonald. G.C.B., First Prime Minister
of the Dominion of Canada. In Two Volumes. Ottawa. J. Durie & Son. [1894]. 8vo. 22.5cm, first
Canadian edition (British sheets), in 2 volumes, xvi,392 & x,369pp., frontis portraits, appendices,
index, dark green cloth, gilt spine titles & front crests,, with Sir Joseph's Pope signature tipped in, gift
inscription on title page, a very good to fine set of the scarce first Canadian edition
250.00
Interesting gift inscription from Montreal lawyer Donald Macmaster, to Austin Mosher, with
letter, related newspaper clippings, and gift inscription across the title page. Sir Joseph Pope served
as private secretary to Sir John A. Macdonald from 1882 to 1891 and was appointed Macdonald 's
literary executor.
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32. PRINGLE, J.F.
Lunenburgh or the Old Eastern District. Its settlement and early progress: with personal
recollections of the town of Cornwall, from 1824; to which are added A History of the King's Royal
Regiment of New York and other corps; the Names of all those who drew land in the counties of
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, up to November, 1786; and Several other lists of interest of the
descendants of the Old Settlers. Cornwall. Published by the Standard Printing House. 1890. 22cm, the
first edition, xix,421,[2]p. appendices, original blind ruled blue cloth, near fine copy
200.00
Inscribed by Alexander John Macdonell (Greenfield), author of Sketches Illustrating the Early
Settlement and History of Glengarry in Canada, to A.H. O’Brien. Probably the A.H. O’Brien who was
the author of the T.C. Haliburton bibliography published in 1909.
Morley p21. First Edition. With extensive lists of settlers, military and civil officers;
bibliographical notes. Lunenburg, later called the Eastern district, comprised the present counties of
Prescott, Russell, Grenville and the united counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry. It includes
some of Carleton and Leeds also.
An Interesting Association Copy
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33. RUSSELL, Benjamin (Historical Review by)
Nova Scotia Blue Book and Encyclopaedia. Biographical Sketches by James Conwell.
WITH:
New Brunswick Blue Book and Encyclopaedia. [Toronto]. Published by Historical Publishers
Ass. 1932. 4to. 27.5cm, 127,44,67p., in elaborately blind stamped dark blue fabrikoid, spine titles
faded, some slight wear at the edges, else a very good sound copy
50.00
Includes New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.
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34. [SIMILAR]. CONWELL, James
New Brunswick Blue Book and Encyclopedia. Biographical Sketches by James Conwell. WITH:
Nova Scotia Blue Book and Encyclopaedia. [Toronto]. Published by Historical Publishers Ass. 1932.
4to. 27.5cm, 44,127,67p., in elaborately blind stamped dark blue fabrikoid, spine titles faded, extra
gilt stamped upper cover, rear board has some discolouration, a very good copy
50.00
Includes Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
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35. SHORTT, Adam
Documents relating to Currency, Exchange and Finance in Nova Scotia, with prefatory
documents, 1675-1758. Selected by Adam Shortt, completed with an introduction by V.K. Johnston,
and Revised and Edited by Gustave Lanctot. Ottawa. Board of Historical Publications. 1933. 25cm,
xlix,495p. index, half bound in crimson morocco, raised black and gilt decorated bands, gilt extra
border decorations in the panels, gilt titles, red cloth boards, some minor wear, a fine copy in fine
binding
250.00
During this period some government publications were bound in a presentation binding.
Typically 10 or 12 copies were done; one or two for the author, one for assistants, one for the King's
Printer, one for the Minister, etc.. These bindings had a somewhat consistent style. While the practice
continued in some departments the binding in modern times is a rather sad maroon buckram.
In Canadian Government Presentation Binding
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THE ARCTIC
36. [ANTARCTIC]
The National Geographic Magazine, October 1932. Volume LXII, Number Four. Special Map
Supplement of the Antarctic Regions and Sixteen pages of Illustrations in Full Color. Washington.
National Geographic Society. 1932. 25.5cm, 387-512p., illustrations, ads, loosely inserted large
folding map, very good
40.00
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37. BERNIER, J.E.
Report on the Dominion of Canada Government Expedition to the Arctic Islands and Hudson Strait on board the D.G.S. "Arctic". [1908-09]. Ottawa.
Government Printing Bureau. 1910. 8vo, 23.5cm, xxix,529p., with c.175 plates and illustrations (mainly from photographs by the author) and 4 folding
maps, green cloth, gilt titles, ex-library, good to very good sound condition
125.00
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38. BLANCHET, G.H.
Keewatin and Northeastern Mackenzie. A General Survey of the Life, Activities, and Natural
Resources of this Section of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Ottawa. Dept. of the Interior. 1930.
25cm, 78p. with 52 illustrations and 2 maps (one rear folding), vocabulary, original printed blue
wraps, a fine copy, uncommon
50.00
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39. BURROUGHS, John & John Muir & G. B. Grinnell.
Alaska. Volume 1 & 2. Narrative, Glaciers, Natives. Harriman Alaska Expedition, with cooperation of
Washington Academy of Sciences. New York. Doubleday, Page & Company. 1901. sm4to. 26cm, the first edition,
[xl],183 & 185-383pp., being volumes 1 & volume 2 (the narrative) of 14, title pages printed in red and black,with 39
color chromo-litho type plates after Gifford, Dellenbaugh, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, Knight and Walpole & 85
photogravure plates after Edward Curtis, C. Hart Merriam, and others & 5 maps, and numerous text illustrations,
original green cloth, gilt spine titles and gilt borders and decoration on the boards, t.e.g., a fine set in original cloth
jackets
900.00
A.B. 6676. The first two volumes are the narrative of the expedition, the rest are the scientific results. The
official narrative of the Harriman Alaska Expedition of 1899. Financed and organized by American railroad baron,
Edward H. Harriman, and under the guidance of the Smithsonian Institution and Washington Academy of Sciences,
the expedition travelled from Seattle to Sitka, to the Aleutians, into the Bering Sea to the edge of the Arctic Ocean.
The 100-member expedition included naturalists John Muir and John Burroughs, photographer Edward Curtis,
ornithologist Louis Agassiz Fuertes, artist R. Swain Gifford, cartographer Henry Gannett and ethnologist George Bird
Grinnell. A scientific reconnaissance, the itinerary was decided on-route, by committees of specialists, for scientific
investigations and collecting of specimens. In two-months, the Expedition covered some 9,000 miles and collected
around 50,00 specimens. Twelve volumes of the scientific results of the Expedition were eventually published by
the Smithsonian Institution, 1910-14.
The first edition of "Alaska" is of particular interest since it features a large set of photogravures after Curtis
printed with a quality found in no later editions or online downloads. The trip is noted as launching the career of the
photographer. Interestingly, Harriman's private motive for the expedition was his interest in the Kodiak bear which
he secured (and killed to the chagrin of John Muir) on Kodiak Island, the first ever measured and photographed.
The Narrative of the Expedition
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40. CANADA. Parliament. [Le Nord-Quest].
Correspondance et Documents Relatifs aux Evenements Recemment survenus dans les
Territoires du Nord-Ouest
together with:
Rapport du Comite Special sur les Causes des Troubles du Territoire du Nord-Ouest en 1869-
70.
together with:
Message Du Gouverneur-General, (Dufferin), transmettant copie de la correspondance
relative a la sertence de mort prouncee contre Ambroise Lepine pour le meutre de Thomas Scott, a
Fort-Garry.
together with:
Rapport du Commissaire de la Police Montee du Nord-Ouest, 1874. Ottawa. 1874-1875.
tall8vo. 24cm, 161, 208, 40, 71pp., in One volume, bound in quarter black sheep, gilt spine titles,
marbled boards, printed on somewhat fragile paper, internal library stamps, some wear on the edges
of the boards else a fine copy
750.00
First volume cf. Peel (3) 542 (earlier issues). 2nd volume, Peel (3) 545. V3; Not in Peel. V4: Peel
712.
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41. CANADA. [Minister of the Interior].
The Yukon Territory. Its History and Resources. Ottawa. GPO. 1907. 24cm, first issue, 140p.
plus 35 plates (inc frontis) & 8 text illustrations, folded graph, original brick brown cloth, gilt titles on
the upper cover, in very good to fine condition
75.00
Contents include: historical, constitution & government, physical features, mining,
commercial conditions, transportation, and general information. The plates are particularly
interesting.
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42. CARR, William Guy
Checkmate in the North. The Axis Planned to Invade America. Toronto. The Macmillan Co.
1944. 8vo. 304p., with 17 plates of illustrations, blue cloth, very good in very good complete jacket
50.00
Account of the building of the air base at Goose Bay, Labrador, 1941-42, with a chapter on
flying ice patrols.
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43. CIGARETTE CARDS.
Polar Exploration. A Series of 25 Cigarette Cards, issued by John Player & Sons. Nottingham. Imperial Tobacco Company. N.d. c.[1910]. each 3.5x
6.5cm, being 25 captioned colour cards, descriptions on the verso, a fine complete set, scarce
150.00
A striking collection of illustrated cigarette cards denoting Polar exploration from Vikings to Scott's Antarctic Expedition of 1910. Franklin's Arctic
Expedition of 1819-22 and relics of the Franklin Expedition of 1845 are featured. Other cards show scenes of the Inuit, Shackleton, Scott, Hudson, Cabot,
Peary, Ross, Parry, Hoppner, and Andre.
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44. [COOK, Frederick A.]. MORRIS, Charles (Edited by)
Finding the North Pole. Dr. Cook's Own Story of His Discovery, April 21, 1908. The Story of
Commander Peary's Discovery, April 6, 1909. Together with The Marvelous Record of Former Arctic
Expeditions. With an Introduction by George W. Melville, Rear Admiral Retired. The Survivor of Three
Arctic Expeditions who Recovered the Records of the Jeanette Expedition, and also the Remains of
De Long and his Companions and was given a Gold Medal by Congress for his Distinguished Services.
N.p. W.E. Scull. 1909. 23.5cm, xv,448p., frontis portrait, c.100 plates and illustrations, original light
blue grey illustrated cloth, with an oval map laid down on the upper cover, some marks on the frontis
portrait, a very good copy for a subscription book
50.00
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45. COOK, Frederick A.
Return from the Pole. Edited, with an Introduction, by Frederick J. Pohl. New York. Pellegrini
& Cudahy. 1951. 23cm, first edition, x,335p. frontis portrait, map, chronology, notes, bibliography,
blue cloth, a fine copy in very good jacket
40.00
A.B. 21287. Cook's posthumously published account of his long return journey from the Pole,
including a winter passed in a cave.
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46. [COOK, Captain James] - MAP. Engraved by James Rapkin
The World Mercator’s Projection Shewing the Voyages of Captain Cook Round the World. London. John Tallis & Co. 1851. sheet size 27x 36cm, image
size 19.5x30cm, centre fold as issued, outline colour, very good to fine
200.00
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47. COOKMAN, Scott
Ice Blink. The Tragic Fate of Sir John Franklin's Lost Polar Expedition. New York. John Wiley &
Sons, Inc. 2000. 22.5cm, first edition, xii, 244p., text illustrations, appendices, bibliography, index,
fine in fine jacket
25.00
"Ice Blink" was the name nineteenth-century sailors gave polar mirages, caused by light
reflected off the ice pack. An appendix provides a muster roll of officers and men of HMS Erebus and
HMS Terror.
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48. DE BRAY, Emile Frédéric
A Frenchman in Search of Franklin. De Brayès Arctic Journal, 1852-1854. Translated and
Edited by William Barr. Toronto, Buffalo, London. University of Toronto Press. 1992. 8vo. 23cm,
xxii,339p., frontis portrait, maps and illustrations, notes, bibliography, index, green cloth, a fine copy
in fine jacket
35.00
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49. FORCE, Peter
Supplement to Grinnell Land. Read at Ordinary Meeting of the National Institute, July, 1853.
(caption title). Washington . Robert A. Waters, Print., [1853?]. 8vo, 23cm, 52p., folding frontis map
(small chip at one fold on the top margin), with the original printed (title) blue wraps bound into
quarter linen backed boards, library stamps, very good, no other references or listings, rare
350.00
T.P.L.292. Day 4039. "The question is a very simple one: - who first discovered the land to the
northward of Wellington Channel?"
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50. [FRANKLIN]. LIVINGSTON, Peter
Poems & Songs; with lectures on the Genius and Works of Burns, and the Rev. George
Gilfillan, and Letter on Sir John Franklin and the Arctic Regions. Edinburgh. Printed by Mould & Tod.
1881. 12mo, 19cm, 10th edition, 143p., in the original red cloth, blind stamped decorations and
borders on the boards, plain spine dust worn otherwise a very good copy
50.00
Contains; pp13-23 "Second Edition of A Letter addressed to the Queen on Sir John Franklin,
and the Arctic Regions".
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51. GRAHAM, Maxwell
Canada’s Wild Buffalo. Observations in the Wood Buffalo Park. With an appendix a
Reconnaissance in the home of the Wood Buffalo. Ottawa. The King’s Printer. 1923. 24.5cm, 17p.,
frontis map, illustrations from photographs, large rear folding colour map, light blue wraps, very
good
50.00
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52. HEALY, M.A. (Captain)
Report of the Cruise of the Revenue Marine Steamer Corwin in the Arctic Ocean in the year 1884.
Washington. GPO. 1889. 4to. 28cm, 129p. with 40 plates [16 being full-page, 22 with double illustrations,
& 2 full colour lithographed bird plates], rebacked in half black fine grain fabrikoid in the original brown
cloth boards, a very good to fine copy
350.00
A.B. 18400. The expedition sailed to the Bering and Chukcki Seas, during which an exploring
party under Lt. Cantwell (A Narrative of the Exploration of the Kowak (Kobuk) River); landed at Hotham
Inlet on Kotzebue Sound to survey the Kokuk River. The report includes details of the local illness that
Eskimos, the natural history of maritime Alaska, and information concerning a new volcano in the Bering
Sea. (illustrated with 6 photographs).
Healy was born on a plantation in Georgia, the son of an Irish immigrant father and a slave
mother. Among his brothers were Patrick Healy, a Jesuit priest who became president of Georgetown
University, and James A. Healy, the first African-American Bishop of Portland, Maine. He ran away from
home twice to go to sea, and ultimately became the first African-American Commander in the service of
the Coast Guard, having joined the Revenue Cutter in 1865. Apparently, Jack London's novel, Sea Wolf,
was based in part of the noteworthy life of Captain Healy. His race was strategically ignored during the
tenure of his long and distinguished service for the Coast Guard. He spent the last portion of his career
cruising up and down the Alaskan Coast, aimed at controlling contraband trade and supervising the
whaling fleet. A film biography about him, made for television, was produced during 1999.
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53. KANE, Elisha Kent
The U.S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin. A Personal Narrative. New York.
Harper & Brothers. 1854. 8vo. 23.cm, the first edition, xi,[-12],552p., appendices, with 6 steel
engraved plates and 8 tinted litho plates, 3 maps (one folding) and 141 text illustrations from
engravings, in the original brown cloth, blind stamped borders on the spine and boards, gilt spine
titles, gilt pictorial decorations on the spine and upper cover, spine slightly faded, some wear on the
top and bottom of the spine edges, a very good sound copy
225.00
A.B. 8381. "Narrative (by the surgeon) of the First Grinnell Expedition under Lt. DeHaven, on
the `Advance' and the `Rescue', to Lancaster Sound - Wellington Channel region, 1850-51. Contains
an account (based mainly on Kane's day-to-day journal) of the organization and course of the
expedition to Lancaster Sound, Barrow Strait, Wellington Channel. It also includes the drift in ice in
that region, Sept. 1850 - June 1851, with comments on the Eskimos, animal life, hunting, ice
conditions".
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54. KERSTING, R. (Editor)
The White World. Life and Adventure within the Arctic Circle Portrayed by Famous Living
Explorers. Issued under the auspices of The Arctic Club. Collected and Arranged for the Arctic Club by
Rudolf Kersting. New York. Lewis, Scribner & Co. 1902. 21cm, 386p., frontis and 66 plates, illustrations
(inc. portraits), original dark blue cloth, gilt spine titles, illustration laid down on the upper cover,
spine lightly faded,, a very good copy
100.00
A.B. 8556. Twenty-two chapters by various explorers, topics include, Arctic Rescue by Schley;
Farthest North with Greely by Brainard; Polar Hospitals, Henry Biederbick; An Arctic Bear Hunt, by
Francis Long; Superstitions of the Eskimo, Middleton Smith; Daily Work of an Arctic Explorer,
Frederick A. Cook. etc.
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55. LEITH, C.K. & A.T.
A Summer and Winter on Hudson Bay. Madison, Wisconsin. [Privately; Cartwell Printing Co].
1912. 8vo. 23.5cm, 203p., map & 37 plates from photographs, brown cloth, gilt spine and cover titles,
some light foxing, a very good to fine copy
200.00
A.B. 9858. Narrative of the author's geological expedition, in the summer of 1909, when his
four-man party canoed down Moose River to Moose Factory, sailed along the east coast of James and
Hudson Bay to Richmond Gulf. From there two of the party returned shortly in the same way, and
A.T. Leith and companion remained till Christmas, returned by dog team and snowshoes early in
1910.
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56. McCLINTOCK, Capt. [Francis L].
A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions. The Voyage of
the ‘Fox' in the Arctic Seas. London. John Murray. 1859. 8vo, 22.5cm, The First Edition, xxvii,403,[1]p.
Murray books ad., with 15 engraved plates and views, 3 folding maps, one folding facsimile of the ̀ Record
found of Franklin's Expedition', in three quarter dark calf over marbled boards, marbled endpapers, all
edges marbled, crimson label, gilt raised ruled panels, with gilt decorations in the panels, in signed
binding by C. Winstanley, Manchester, with the orignial owner’s name (1860) on the title page, a fine copy
in attractive binding
500.00
A.B. 10555. Sabin 43043. Smith 6220. T.P.L. 8741. cf. Lande for later editions. Account of Lady
Franklin's final searching expedition on the `Fox', under McClintock, 1857-59, which finally determined
the fate of the Franklin expedition. The work, as well as being a journal of the expedition, includes
observations on the Eskimo, geography and climate. The appendix includes a list of relics of the
expedition.
McClintock (1819-1907) was an Irish explorer in the British Royal Navy and discovered proof of
the fate of Franklin. This book was one of the most successful 19th century Arctic books and went through
many editions. By discovering that a navigable water route existed east and south of King William Island,
he located the most feasible North West Passage route and the one used by Amundsen.
In a Signed Binding, C. Winstanley Manchester
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57. MELVILLE, George W.
In The Lena Delta. A Narrative of the Search for Lieut-Commander De Long and His
Companions, followed by An Account of the Greely Relief Expedition and a Proposed Method of
Reaching the North Pole. Edited by Melville Philips. Boston & New York. Houghton, Mifflin &
Company. 1885. 8vo. 22cm, xiii,[2],497p., frontis portrait and 15 plates & 4 double-page maps, index,
original brown cloth, gilt spine titles, black stamped titles and pictorial illustrations on the upper
cover, some wear at the top of the top and bottom of spine edges, some scaring to the endpapers,
else very good to fine condition
200.00
A.B. 11239. Melville was chief engineer aboard the 'Jeannette', and gives an account of its
voyage, loss, and the retreat of the crew over the ice to Siberia and of his attempt to find De Long in
the Lena Delta. Later he was chief engineer aboard the Thetis, under Schley, during the Greely rescue.
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58. MOWAT, Farley
Never Cry Wolf. Toronto & Montreal. McClelland and Stewart. 1963. 20.5cm, first Canadian
edition, 247p. a fine copy in a fine jacket with a second completely different publishers' jacket
50.00
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59. NANSEN, Fridtjof
Farthest North. Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship "Fram" 1893-96 and
of a Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lt. Johansen. With an Appendix by Otto
Sverdrup.. New York. Harper & Brothers. 1897. 8vo., 24cm, in 2 volumes, the first U.S. edition, 587 &
729 ,4,pp., ads., gravure etched frontis portrait, 16 colour plates, 120 b/w plates, 4 folding colour
pocket maps, text illustrations and maps, in the original dark grey cloth, nautical cover designs and
titles in gilt and colors, gilt spine titles, t.e.g. a fine set in the original publisher's pictorial cloth binding
300.00
Nansen, one of the most significant figures in the history of Arctic exploration, was originally
a naturalist. He decided in 1888 to attempt the crossing of Greenland, and with five companions,
including Otto Sverdrup, set off in June of that year. The crossing, by small boat, ski and sledge,
achieved many important scientific objectives, including meteorological observations, as well as
illustrating the ideal methods of Arctic travel. His most important achievements were on the Fram
Expedition of 1893-96. He established the nature and drift of the Arctic Ice-pack, having deliberately
allowed the ship, built to his own design, to be frozen into the ice. During the expedition, Nansen,
with one companion and 3 dog sledges, achieved the highest latitude yet attained (86o14').
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60. NEATBY, L.H.
Conquest of the Last Frontier. Athens. Ohio University Press. 1966. 23.5cm, first U.S. edition,
425,[vi],p. with 4 maps, (3 double page), illustration, illustrated endpapers, full linen, fine in very
good jacket
20.00
Based on explorers' journals and logs, it tells the exciting story of the final stages of the
opening of the Arctic.
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61. [ONTARIO] . Dept of Crown Lands. E.J. Davis, Commissioner.
Report of the Survey and Exploration of Northern Ontario 1900. Printed by Order of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Toronto. Printed and Published by L.K. Cameron, King's Printer.
1901. 8vo, 24cm, First Edition, xxiii,294p., folding frontis map (repaired), & c. 200 plates and
illustrations from photos., index, in half tan brown calf, gilt ruled raised bands, black leather label,
brown cloth boards, ex-government library copy with stamps on the front endpapers, some wear at
the edges, upper hinge restored, on somewhat fragile paper few copies survive, rare
350.00
The Report gives the results of ten Exploration Survey Parties each including Surveyor's
Report, Land and Timber Estimator's Report and Geologist's Report. The area to be explored was to
be north of the Canadian Pacific Railway track from the Ottawa River to the western boundary of the
Province including Rainy River, Thunder Bay, Algoma, Nipissing, and James Bay. With an extensive
collection of photographs and folding map showing territory explored.
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62. [PARRY, William] Compact Disc
Parry’s Barrel Organ. Saydisc Records. Scott Polar Research Inst. In case, fine
25.00
John Longman’s New Invented Patent Barrel Organ with bells, drum and triangle built between 1801 and 1816 which accompanied Sir William
Edward Parry’s Arctic Expeditions in the early 19th century.
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63. PATTERSON, R.M.
The Dangerous River. Sidney, B.C. Gray's Publishing. 1966. tall8vo, 24.5cm, The First
Canadian Edition, 272p. frontis & 20 plates and illustrations, glossary, appendix, mapped endpapers,
wine cloth, very good to fine in very good complete jacket
50.00
A classic of the northern travel, paddling the South Nahanni.
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64. PORSILD, A. E.
Illustrated Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Ottawa. National Museum of Canada.
Bulletin No. 146. 1957. 8vo. 24cm, 209p., numerous text line specimen illustrations and numerous
text maps, botanical vocabulary, index, full marron ribbed cloth, gilt spine and cover titles, a fine copy
75.00
Normally found only in stiff wraps, this copy has the special government binding done for
the author, the Minister, King's printed and etc... In many ways still the best book on the subject.
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65. ROBERTSON, W. N.
Yukon Memories. Sourdough Tells of Chaos and Changes in the Klondike Vale. Toronto.
Hunter-Rose. 1930. 19cm, first edition, 359p. map and 20 plates and illustrations including portraits,
in the original red cloth, titles stamped in black, some foxing but a fine bright copy in slightly dust
soiled but fine complete jacket
150.00
AB 14682; Tourville 3839. Personal account by a member of a party of ten who went into the
Klondike in 1898 and came out in the summer of 1899.
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66. ROBINSON, Bradley
Dark Companion. London. Hodder and Stoughton. 1948. 12mo. 20cm, the first London
edition, 256p., with 6 illustrations, mapped endpapers, blue cloth, black stamped spine titles, very
good copy
40.00
Illustrations not included in the first edition, New York, 1947; four of which were taken very
near the North Pole. - Matthew Henson, conqueror of the Arctic Ice, Co-Discoverer of the Pole.
Introductions by Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Comdr. Donald B. MacMillan, Peter Freuchen. (Jacket) A.B.
14683. Henson was Peary's companion on many expeditions to the Arctic and was co-discoverer in
their claim to have reached the North Pole with four Eskimos, Eginwah, Ootah, Seegloo and Okeah,
on their seventh expedition to the Arctic.
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67. ROSS, Sir John
Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord De Saumarez. From Original Papers in
Possession of the Family. London. Richard Bentley. 1838. 8vo, 21.5cm, in 2 volumes, ix,440 &
xi,438pp., with 2 engraved frontis portraits, 7 engraved plates, appendices, index, in contemporary
half calf, gilt decorated raised bands, elaborate full gilt decorations in the panels, leather labels,
marbled boards, upper hinge of volume one crudely re-glued, half inch chipped from the head of the
spine, volume labels wanting, good to very good, internally sound and clean
400.00
De Saumarez (1757-1836), was a British Naval Commander, born in Guernsey. He served in
the navy during the American Revolutionary war and was invalided out from the West Indies, (1774-
82), and distinguished himself in the 3rd Dutch War. He fought at L'Orient (1795) and Cape St. Vincent
(1797) and he served with Nelson and was second in command at the battle of the Nile (1798), at
which he was wounded. In 1801, as vice-admiral he fought his greatest action off Cadiz, defeating
fourteen French-Spanish ships with six. He commanded the British Baltic fleet sent to assist the
Swedes from 1809 to 1813 and after a vigorous campaign he was promoted to admiral in 1814, and
subsequently commanded at Plymouth (1824-27). - This title is one of the "Naval Memoirs; series" by
the famed Arctic explorer and Royal Navy admiral, Sir John Ross.
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68. ROSS, Sir John
Relation du Second Voyage fait a la recherche D'un Passage au Nord-Ouest. Par sir John Ross,
Capitaine de la marine royale, chevalier de l'ordre du bain, etc. Et De Sa Residence Dans Les Regions
Arctiques Pendant Les Annees 1829 a 1833. Contentante le rapport de capitaine de la marine royale
sir James Clark Ross et les observations relative a la decouverte du Ple Nord. Ourage Traduit sous les
Yeux de L‘Auteur, Par A.-J.-B. Defauconpret. Bruxelles. Wouters et Co. 1844. thick8vo, 23cm, in 2
volumes, 279 & 296pp., large rear engraved folding map, in the original printed light yellow wraps
with titles repeated on the upper covers in publisher's decorated frame borders, uncut and
unopened, a fine set in black cloth clam shell box with black leather label
300.00
The first French edition was Paris, 1835.
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69. [ROSS, John] [HUISH, Robert]
The Last Voyage of Capt. Sir John Ross, To The Arctic Regions; for the Discovery of a North
West Passage; performed in the years 1829-30-31-32- and 33. To which is prefixed An Abridgement
of the former Voyages of Captns, Ross, Parry, & Other Celebrated Navigators to the Northern
Latitudes. Compiled from Authentic Information and Original Documents, transmitted by William
Light, Purser's Stewart to the Expedition. Illustrated by Engravings from Drawings Taken on the Spot.
London. Printed for the Proprietors, Published by John Saunders. 1836. thick8vo, 21.5cm,
[1],716,[1],44p. (supplement), engraved frontis portrait of Ross and engraved vignette title page, and
6 engraved plates, 1 folding table, dictionary of the Esqimaux language, appendix, and supplement
"On the Position of The North Magnetic Pole". Rebound in modern blue cloth, gilt spine titles, foxed,
a very good copy
300.00
Please note: in this copy the printed title page (as above) is placed before the appendix and
pagination is indicated on the verso with the last page on an introduction printed to one third from
the bottom. cf. A.B. 7528.
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70. RUSSELL, Alex. J.
The Red River Country, Hudson's Bay and North-West Territories, considered in Relation to
Canada, with the last report of S.J. Dawson, on the line of route between Lake Superior and the Red
River Settlement. Ottawa. Published by G.E. Desbarats. 1869. 8vo, 21.5cm, xv,202p., rear folding map,
original printed wraps with title repeated in frame borders on the upper cover, a very good sound
copy
250.00
Gagnon I-3107. Peel 287. Streeter 3736.
Second Edition. - Actually the First Edition as the entire first run was destroyed by fire in the
printer's office, there was another issue in 1870 in Montreal, same imprint. A description of the
Canadian North-West, including the far north regions of the Peace and Slave Rivers, written with a
view to promoting the acquisitions of Rupert's Land by Canada.
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71. SCORESBY, William
The Polar Ice (1815). The North Pole (1828). (Facsimile reprint). Whitby. Caedmon of Whitby,
Publishers. 1980. 12mo, 20cm, pp261-338 & 20p., folding map, beige cloth, paper spine label, near
fine
40.00
Facsimile reprints of two Scoresby essays: "On the Greenland or Polar Ice" and "Remarks on
the Probability of reaching the North Pole: being an examination of the recent Expedition under
Captain Parry...".
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72. STEFANSSON, Vilhjalmur
The Friendly Arctic. The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions. New York. Macmillan. 1943.
thick8vo. 22.5cm, new edition, with new material, xxxvii,812p. frontis & 102 plates and illustrations,
8 maps (inc. two rear pocket folding colour maps), green cloth, slight dust worn, a very good to fine
copy
75.00
The narratives of the Stefansson - Anderson expedition, 1908-1912. This expedition
produces major geographic and ethnographic discoveries in the western Canadian Arctic
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73. WELZL, Jan
The Quest for Polar Treasures. London. George Allen & Unwin. 1933. 8vo. first edition in
English, 352p., full wavy grain linen, spine and cover titles stamped in dark blue, spine dust worn,
very good to fine
50.00
Polar exploration, gold-fever, prospecting & hunting in the Canadian Arctic & Alaska. A
continuation of his first book, Thirty Years in the Golden North. From a note loosely inserted “in the
days of literary snobbery, and of sham wild-west romance, Welzl’s book makes extremely refreshing
reading”
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74. WILKINS, Sir Hubert
Under The North Pole. The Wilkins-Ellsworth Sub-marine Expedition. [New York]. Brewer,
Warren & Putnam. 1931. 8vo. 24.5cm, first limited edition, 347p., limited to 275 numbered copies, on
rag paper, this being numbered 214, signed by Wilkins & Sloan Danehhower, frontis portrait being a
tipped in studio photograph made by Hal Phyfe for this edition & 38 plates and illustrations from
photographs, bound in half blue cloth and grey paper over boards, full gilt spine decorations and
titles, t.e.g., very good to fine
400.00
Signed to Lorna Maitland, who was engaged to Wilkins. Maitland was engaged to Wilkins in
London in 1925. Wilkins broke off the engagement when he married Suzanne Bennett in 1929.
Wilkins and Maitland corresponded long after he was married. A.B. 19493. Account of the
background and plans to explore the Arctic basin north of Spitsbergen in the submarine "Nautilus".
Includes chapters by Stefansson, Simon Lake and Sloan Danenhower.
Limited Edition of 275 Copies - An Interesting Association Copy
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75. WOODWARD, Frances J.
Portrait of Jane. A Life of Lady Franklin. London. Hodder and Stoughton. 1951. 8vo, 22.5cm,
382p. with 8 plates and portraits, rear endpaper mapped, a near fine copy in very good jacket
75.00
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76. WRIGHT, Noel
New Light on Franklin. Ipswich and London. W. S. Cowell Ltd. 1949. 12mo, 18.5cm, first (sole)
edition, x,[11]-125p., with 7 text illustrations, in the original blue cloth, titles stamped in dark blue
on the upper cover, plain spine faded, very good copy, rare
250.00
Association copy: with May Fluhmann's bookplate on the front endpaper with the author's
unsigned presentation on the free fly "The Society of Antiquaries, With the author's compliments,
22.9.49"
Not in AB. Privately printed and not for sale to the public. Wright later expanded the book
and published it as "Quest for Franklin", 1959. May Fluhmann was an Arctic author and collector; she
was particularly interested in Franklin. There is a short bio of her collection on Amicus
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77. YOUNG, Arminius
A Methodist Missionary in Labrador. Toronto. Publishers, Messrs. S. and A. Young. 1916.
12mo. 19.5cm, 180p. frontis and 22 illustrations, including a map, brown cloth with a portrait illus.
laid down on the upper cover, near fine copy
50.00
O'Dea 1647. The author spent two years in Labrador.
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