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Item #313209 THE BRITISH COLUMBIA DIRECTORY FOR THE YEARS 1882-83, Embracing a Business and...

THE BRITISH COLUMBIA DIRECTORY FOR THE YEARS 1882-83, Embracing a Business and General Directory of the Province, Dominion and Provincial Official Lists, Reliable Information About The Country. With an Appendix by Alexander Caulfield Anderson, Esq., J.P.

Victoria, BC: R.T. Williams, Publisher, Government & Broad Sts. / J.E. McMillan, Printer, Fort Street. 1882. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original printed paper over boards, black leather spine printed in gold. Pp [i]-xxvi; [1], 2-370, 370¼, 370½, 371-402; [403-404 ads on pink paper]; [1-2] [inserted slightly smaller ad..... More

Price (USD): $300.00

Item #313228 THE REMINISCENCES OF DOCTOR JOHN SEBASTIAN HELMCKEN. Edited by Dorthy Blakey Smith...

HELMCKEN, John Sebastian; SMITH, Dorothy Blakey [Editor].

THE REMINISCENCES OF DOCTOR JOHN SEBASTIAN HELMCKEN. Edited by Dorthy Blakey Smith with an Introduction by W. Kaye Lamb. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED, WITH A LETTER TO THE DIRECTOR & PUBLISHER.

Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia Press. [1975]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original cloth, 373 pp., Illustrated, Index. Signed by the Editor Blakey on the title leaf, inscribed by Dr Helmcken's grandson Ainslee J. Helmcken on the half-title leaf "All members of the Helmcken family are very pleased..... More

Price (USD): $85.00

Item #313171 MAP OF VANCOUVER ISLAND AND ADJACENT MAINLAND OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. 1912. T. N. HIBBEN

HIBBEN, T.N.

MAP OF VANCOUVER ISLAND AND ADJACENT MAINLAND OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. 1912.

Victoria, BC: T.N. Hibben & Co., 1912. Folding map, 79 x 74.5 cm, folded into thick card wrappers with black cloth spine, 19 x 10 cm. Beautiful map of Vancouver Island, New Westminster District, Coast District, Yale District, Lillooet District, Cariboo District, & part of Northern Washington State.; Cape Scott..... More

Price (USD): $450.00

Item #303324 WINTER AND SUMMER EXCURSIONS IN CANADA. C. L. JOHNSTONE, Catherine Laura

JOHNSTONE, C.L. [Catherine Laura].

WINTER AND SUMMER EXCURSIONS IN CANADA.

London: Digby, Long & Co., Publishers, No Date [1894]. Hardcover. Octavo, original green cloth titled in gilt on spine & front panel, decorated endpapers. 208 pp + Index at rear, 6 illustrations, mostly full-page. Bookplate on front paste-down; very slight rubbing to the cloth; a very good copy, clean and..... More

Price (USD): $125.00

Item #313250 THE OLDEN DAYS COAT. Illustrated by Muriel Wood. Signed by the Author and the...

LAURENCE, Margaret.

THE OLDEN DAYS COAT. Illustrated by Muriel Wood. Signed by the Author and the Illustrator.

Toronto: McLelland & Stewart, 1980. Second Impression of the First Edition. Oblong quarto, original pictorial wrappers, in dust jacket. Unpaginated, illustrated throughout in full colour by Wood. Jacket design by Bob Young. This copy is SIGNED by both the author and the illustrator in pen on the title leaf. A...... More

Price (USD): $85.00

Item #303303 WHAT IS A CANADIAN LITERATURE? John METCALF

METCALF, John

WHAT IS A CANADIAN LITERATURE?

Guelph, Ontario: Red Kite Press, [1988]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original red pebbled cloth titled in gilt on spine panel, black endpapers. 104 pp. 1250 copies printed of which 250 were casebound in cloth, 30 copies of which were signed and numbered by the author. This..... More

Price (USD): $55.00

Item #311056 WRAITHS. Irene H. MOODY

MOODY, Irene H.

WRAITHS.

Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada, Limited, at St. martin's House. [1934]. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original publisher's patterned grey cloth titled in mauve on front panel. 66 pp, frontispiece portrait of the author. This appears to be the publisher's file copy, with the "Ex Libris / The Macmillans of..... More

Price (USD): $45.00

Item #311473 THE LEATHER BUDGET, Vol. 1, No. 1, Toronto, September 1894. ADVERTISING BROCHURE,...

MUIR, Alexander; BEAL BROTHERS, Toronto, Ontario.

THE LEATHER BUDGET, Vol. 1, No. 1, Toronto, September 1894. ADVERTISING BROCHURE, which prints THE MAPLE LEAF, OUR EMBLEM DEAR; A CANADIAN NATIONAL SONG by Alexander Muir.

Toronto: Beal Bros, 52 Wellington St. East, Toronto / Irving's Five Cent Music, The Toronto News Co., 1894. First Edition. One leaf, folded to make 4 pages, 26 x 17.5 cm (overall paper size 26 x 35 cm). First leaf displays the title THE LEATHER BUDGET, with an illustrated advertisement..... More

Price (USD): $150.00

Item #895 KISKATINAW SONGS. With Drawings by Douglas Tait. Susan MUSGRAVE, Sean Virgo

MUSGRAVE, Susan and Sean Virgo.

KISKATINAW SONGS. With Drawings by Douglas Tait.

Victoria, BC: The Pharos Press. 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original brick-red cloth titled in gilt. 250 copies printed of which this is one of 224 numbered copies signed by both poets and the illustrator. This copy is additionally signed by the author on the title..... More

Price (USD): $65.00

Item #311602 TWO POEMS. Susan MUSGRAVE

MUSGRAVE, Susan.

TWO POEMS.

Knotting, Bedfordshire: The Sceptre Press. 1975. First Edition, First Impression. Original Wraps. Octavo, original printed wrappers, stapled at spine. Unpaginated [8 pp]. Issued in a limited edition of 150 copies printed by Skelton's Press, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, the first 50 copies of which were numbered and signed. Although unnumbered this copy..... More

Price (USD): $25.00

Item #312548 ANIL'S GHOST. Signed by the Author. Michael ONDAATJE

ONDAATJE, Michael.

ANIL'S GHOST. Signed by the Author.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, Inc., (2000). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, original black boards lettered in gilt. 311 pp. Signed by the Author on the title page. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. ¶ Winner of the Prix Medici, Governor- General's Award, Kiriyama Prize and Giller Prize..... More

Price (USD): $35.00

Item #312101 WATERCOLORS BY ROBERT MURRAY AND TONI ONLEY. November 21 to December 31, 1976....

ONLEY, Toni and Robert Murray.

WATERCOLORS BY ROBERT MURRAY AND TONI ONLEY. November 21 to December 31, 1976. Exhibition Catalogue, Signed by Toni Onley.

Philadelphia, PA: Olympia Galleries, Ltd., 1976. First Edition. Octavo, square glossy printed wrappers. 24 pp, black & white photographs throughout by Cintra Lofting Murray and Robert Murray - of Georgian Bay, mostly, and Murray's float plane with Murray and Onley working together, plus photos of Onley's & Murray's artwork. Four..... More

Price (USD): $125.00

Item #313262 LIFE OF SIR JOHN BEVERLEY ROBINSON, Bart, C.B., D.C.L., Chief-Justice of Upper...

ROBINSON, Major-General C.W., C.B.

LIFE OF SIR JOHN BEVERLEY ROBINSON, Bart, C.B., D.C.L., Chief-Justice of Upper Canada. With a Preface by George G. Parkin, C.M.G., LL.D.

Toronto: Morang & Co., Limited, 1904. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original maroon buckram lettered in gold on spine, front panel with the Robinson family crest in gold, top edges gilt. 490 pp., Index; two fine photogravure portraits with tissue guards, coloured folding map at rear. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY..... More

Price (USD): $250.00

Item #312547 BECAUSE OF THIS And Other Poems. Inscribed by the Author. Robin SKELTON

SKELTON, Robin.

BECAUSE OF THIS And Other Poems. Inscribed by the Author.

Manchester: Manchester Institute of Contemporary Arts, March, 1968. First Edition. 12mo, original printed wrappers, sewn at spine. [12] pp. Inscribed by the author to fellow poet J. Michael Yates on the inner front cover: "Mike from Robin / All the Best / R". Issued as MICA Poets No. 8. The..... More

Price (USD): $40.00

Item #311797 REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF WOMEN HELD IN TORONTO, CANADA JUNE 24th-...

THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN OF CANADA.

REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF WOMEN HELD IN TORONTO, CANADA JUNE 24th- 30th, 1909, Under the Auspices of The National Council of Women of Canada.

Toronto: Geo. Parker & Sons, Printers, 73 Adelaide St. West, 1910. First Edition, First Impression. Two Volumes. Large octavo, original blue cloth titled in black on spine and front panel. 486 + 492 pp. Formerly, these copies were contributed to the library of the National Action Committee on the Status..... More

Price (USD): $250.00

Item #312833 BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST NAMES 1592-1906. To Which are Added a Few Names in Adjacent...

WALBRAN, Captain John T.

BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST NAMES 1592-1906. To Which are Added a Few Names in Adjacent United States Territory. THEIR ORIGIN AND HISTORY.

Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau. 1909. 1909. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original green cloth titled in gilt on spine. 546 pp, large folding map at rear (often missing), complete with the errata slip (also often missing) tipped in at the front endpaper. Small stamp on inner front cover (St..... More

Price (USD): $200.00

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