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A SPRING Miscellany of 28:

SIGNED COPIES, history, Humour, exploration, FIRST

NATIONS, POETRY and all things bookish

Catalogue 34 April 2020

Items 1, 3 and 18.

To our friends and colleagues;

I couldn’t decide where to take my ‘covid vacation’: the workspace in our home, or the living room? The

latter had the benefit of a couch that often drew me from prone to supine position; tempting as that

was I chose the former which resulted in my spending computer time preparing this catalogue. I have

no doubt that there are more urgent matters filling your thoughts – and more important matters than

your book collection – but keep reading, I plead with you! For a bibliophile, browsing a book catalogue,

even in circumstances where a purchase is not a priority, is an enjoyable way in which to invest – not

spend - some time. In a time of transformation, it’s important to remember our historical roots, and the

simple pleasures that bring us contentment. As I was writing this opening paragraph, I was reminded of

Kathryn Smiley’s Editorial for the October 2001 issue of Firsts magazine following the events of 9/11:

“Today, nothing seems funny”, and then quoted from Ma Goad in Grapes of Wrath: “People is goin’ on –

chanin’ a little, maybe, but goin’ right on.” (Cited with permission; see https://firstsmagazine.com/

Highlights include a rare, signed essay by G. K. Chesterton of ‘Father Brown’ fame, the first two issues of

the broadside of The Provincial Party of British Columbia, and a Collection of early material on the

Russian Revolution and the rise of “Bolshevism” tabled in the House of Commons in 1919.

To see the detailed description of each title and access further images, click on the “read more” link or

on the image.

Social Distancing: For those in the lower mainland of BC, we can arrange an appointment for

‘curbside delivery’ that will abide by the current guidelines for social distancing.

Enjoy! And please share this humble offering with others!

To Order: Email in reply or complete the order sheet on the book page of each title online.

Payment: by E-Banking for Canadian residents, Visa, MasterCard, PayPal. Prices are in Canadian dollars,

and do not include shipping – avoidable if you’re able to make an appointment to visit us, or shipped

without further cost on orders over $50 to destinations within the USA or Canada!

Please share with friends who may enjoy the browse. Queries welcome as we have many, many titles

not yet posted online.

BE WELL!

1) Divorce versus Democracy

Chesterton, G. K. [Gilbert Keith]

Signed G. K. Chesterton Essay The Society of SS. Peter & Paul, London, 1916. Originally published

in Nash’s Magazine this printing, then, first edition thus, in sewn wrappers with yapp edges.... [read

more] | $550.00

2) The Searchlight, Volumes 1 and 2

Rare B.C. Political Broadsheet These first two issues of the publication of the Provincial Party of

British Columbia are very scarce. The party was organized in 1922 “by an alliance of

disaffected... [read more] | $180.00

3) Bolshevism in Russia. A Collection of Reports presented to the Parliament of Great Britain

by Command of His Majesty and laid on the table of the House of Commons, Canada, April 29, 1919 [Russian Revolution]

The Russian Revolution as presented to the House of Commons Published in condensed from by

the Department of Public Information, Ottawa, these reports formed the earliest material upon which

both the Canadian and British Parliaments ... [read more] | $160.00

4) Der Prozess [The Trial]

Kafka, Franz

Berlin: Schocken Verlag, 1936. First Thus. Small octavo in brown with facsimile signature in gilt on

front boards. Cloth. Top edge tan; no previous owner names or other markings. An uncommon

printing,... [read more] | $240.00

5) Napoleon at the Briars.

Mackenzie, Faith Compton.

London: Johnathan Cape, 1943. Limited/Numbered. 12mo (19 cm.). Cloth. Very Good +. Green

cloth, 1st limited edition 834/1000; 62 pp.; lacking scarce dj, but with bookplate of British antiquarian

collector... [read more] | $45.00

6) An Illustrated History of France

Maurois, André

Viking Press, New York, 1960, being a condensed English text in translation from Histoire de la

France (1957). Quarto (11”) in light blue cloth in chipped dj. Pp. 198 + [2, Index]; 40 colour

and... [read more] | $20.00

7) A Song of British Columbia

Shaw, Harry H.

Self-published, Vancouver, 1957. Words and music by Harry Shaw. Single-fold broadsheet (each

leaf 12” h) with text, musical score, and front page in green. Prepared for the B.C. Centennial

... [read more] | $15.00

8) All Native B.C. Indian Olympiad and Festival.

All Native Olympiad Committee, 1973. quarto (12"). Stapled Card Covers. Near Fine; pp. 23 +

[1,blank]. The official magazine-format programme for the Second Indian Olympiad held in Victoria

... [read more] | $50.00

9) The Story of the Pacific

Van Loon, Hendrik Willem

Harcourt, Brace & Co., New York, [1940]; pp. 387; Index; Map end papers; line drawings by the

author throughout. Very Good in mylar-protected dust jacket. A readable recounting... [read more] |

$15.00

10) Sailing Drifters. The Story of the Herring Luggers of England, Scotland and the Isle of

Man. March, Edgar J.

Newton Abbot and Camden, Maine: David & Charles and International Marine Publishing Co., 1978.

Royal Octavo (9.5") in Cloth. Fine / Fine. A lovely copy of the third impression of the original... [read

more] | $65.00

11) The Wind Commands. Sailors and Sailing Ships in the Pacific.

Morton, Harry.

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 1975. Royal octavo (10”), Fine/Near Fine. [xxvii] + 498

pp.; map endpapers, 64 plates, 59 figures; Notes, Glossary, Bibliography and Index.... [read more] |

$30.00

12) A Sto:lo Coast Salish Historical Atlas

Carlson, Keith Thor (Ed.).

Vancouver, Douglas & McIntyre & The Sto:lo Heritage Trust, 2001. Folio [14.5"]. Cloth; a Near Fine

copy in dust wrapper. [xvi], 208 pp. photographic endpapers; 100+ maps, 115 illustrations,... [read

more] | $190.00

13) The Adventures of Marco Polo. As dictated in Prison to a Scribe in the Year 1298. What

he experienced and herd during his twenty-four years spent in travel though Asia and at the Court of Kublai-Khan [Marco Polo] Walsh, Richard J. (Ed.)

Introduction by Pearl S. Buck Edited “for the modern reader”, this accessible edition of one of the

great travelogues of all time is enriched with six illustrations in full colour... [read more] | $25.00

14) Crossing the Plains

Starbuck, Edith.

Southern Publishing Association, Nashville, 1927. Gray cloth, dark blue ox-cart motif on front

boards; 14 illustrations including frontispiece and fold-out map of Astoria in 1813 as called for in

Smith.... [read more] | $45.00

15) Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town

Leacock, Stephen

Canadiana Humour at its Best Book plate on front free endpaper, otherwise a Fine copy, in VG,

mylar protected, dust wrapper, of the Reprint Society of Canada publication (1947) of the McClelland

Stewart... [read more] | $20.00

16) Chatterbox.

Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.; London, 1923. Royal Octavo (24.5 cm), 316 pp.; colour frontispiece;

illustrated (most b&w); no previous owner names or other markings; advts. Endpapers. Near

Fine... [read more] | $40.00

17) Three Great Preachers: Vinet, Liddon and Newman. Being the Opening Lecture of the

Theological Department, October 30th, 1890. King, Rev. John M.

Winnipeg; Manitoba Free Press, 1890. 7 p., ports. 21cm. in green wrappers. Text in double columns.

Peel’s Bibliography of the Canadian Prairies, Revised edition, notes that both Henry Pary

Liddon... [read more] | $80.00

18) Last Days of Sappho.

Wilson, Rachel Mack

Chicago: Self Published, 1936. Number 119 of a Limited Edition of 300 copies, signed. Doubled

parchment paper wraps; image of Sappho laid down opposite colophon. Hand-set and printed by

Excaliber Press... [read more] | $60.00

19) To Run After Them. Cultural and Social Bases of Cooperation in a Navajo Community

Lamphere, Louise

University of Arizona, Tucson,1977. Signed Limited Numbered. Octavo. Cloth. Fine / Very Good +.

[xiv] + 230 pp.; illustrations, maps in text, Case Reports, Tables, Bibliography and Index. Signed and

inscribed... [read more] | $50.00

20) The Land of Evangeline Nova Scotia. Annotated Guide.

[Railway]

Dominion Atlantic Railway, 1925. Octavo. Illustrated Card Covers. Very Good. Printed by The

University Press at Cambridge, Massachusetts, this travel guide of 67 + [2, adv] pp. features

beautiful, evocative,... [read more] | $35.00

21) The Pacific Ocean in History. Papers and Addresses Presented at the Panama-Pacific

Historical Congress Held at San Francisco, Berkeley and Palo Alto, California July 19-23, 1915. Stephens, H. Morse and Herbert E. Bolton (Eds.)

New York: The MacMillan Company, 1917. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth. Very Good +. Royal Octavo

in blue cloth with gilt spine titles. Pp. [vii] [2] + 3-585 [3, advts.] .... [read more] | $55.00

22) California: A Pleasure Trip from Gotham to the Golden Gate April, May, June, 1877.

Leslie, Mrs. Frank (Introduction by Madeleine Stern)

Netherlands: B. De Graaf, 1972. 12mo (approx. 7" x 4.75"). Cloth. Very Fine Part of this publisher's

series 'Women on the Move': "books on the American West and Midwest by Women who

Traveled... [read more] | $40.00

23) Seeing Canada and the South

Scott, H. Percy

Toronto: William Briggs, 1911. First Edition. 19 c.m.. Cloth. Fine Green cloth with gilt spine titles and

triple-paneled title front boards; publisher's complimentary notice bound in at front hinge.... [read

more] | $55.00

24) Wanderings in West Africa from Liverpool to Fernando Po. By A F.R.G.S. With Map and

Illustrations. Burton, Sir Richard F.

Pierway Inc. Publishing, Vancouver, 2001. 2 Volumes, Octavo, [x] 303; and [vi] 295 pages; limited

facsimile edition of 500 copies. Ours is an un-numbered, out-of-series, copy. Wood engraved... [read

more] | $190.00

25) A Tangled Web

Montgomery, L. M.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, Octavo. Cloth. Very Good + / Near Fine. A VG+ copy in lovely

dustwrapper, uncommon in such condition. One of the most difficult titles to identify in First Edition;

... [read more] | $80.00

26) Beira : Provincia De Mocambique

Goncalves, Armando (editor)

Beira: 1934. Stapled Card Covers. Near Fine. (2) + 94 pp., approx. 6"x10"; photographic travel

booklet, with text in three languages, Portuguese, French and English.... [read more] | $85.00

27) The Great Code: The Bible and Literature

Frye, Northrop

Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich; New York and London, 1982. A Fine copy of a later printing in price-

clipped dustjacket. This is the work which, outside of his fame in academic circles, made this

Canadian’s reputation... [read more] | $15.00

28) Arabian Travellers: The European Discovery of Arabia

Trench, Richard

Macmillan, London, 1986. 224 pp.; map endpapers; Glossary; List of Sources; Bibliography; Index

and lusciously illustrated throughout. First Edition; quarto, Fine in like dustwrapper; with a

Foreword... [read more] | $45.00