Catalogue 209 - Rare Books - Association of Canada

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Catalogue 209 - Rare Books
THE AMERICAS, CANADIANA, ARCTIC & ANTARCTIC
1. [American Revolutionary War]. [TICKELL, Richard].
Anticipation Containing the Substance of His M----y's
Most Gracious Speech to both H---s of P--l--t, on the Opening
of the approaching Session, Together with a full and
Authentic Account of the Debate which will take place in the
H--e of C--s, on the Motion for the Address, and the
Amendment. With Notes.
London. Printed for T. Becket. 1778. 8vo, 21cm, 6 th
edition, corrected, [viii],74p., complete with half titles which
is chipped on one corner, in contemporary speckled half calf
and marbled boards, black leather label, with cont. presentation
inscription on the title page, some early light foxing or
staining to the preliminaries but a very good to fine copy. .
.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.00
Howes T-258, Sabin 95788.
The work attempts to
convey the substance of
several Parliamentary
speeches concerning the
American controversy, with
at least one Cassandra saying
the Franco-American
alliance cannot last, and another
doubting the war can
have any lasting effect on
the British economy. - A
clever satire on the English
government and its failures
in America. It went through
several editions in the two
years.
2. AMERICAN Sunday School Union.
Election Day. Written for the American Sunday
School Union, and Revised by the Committee of Publication.
Philadelphia. American Sunday School Union. 1832. 24mo.
14cm, 101p., engraved frontis scene, in the original quarter
blacked sheep back marbled boards, gilt spine title, covers
bit rubbed, a very good to fine copy .. . . . . . . . . . . . 150.00
A scarce instructional novel, in dialogue format, to explain
Prices in Canadian Funds
the American electoral system and to promote the Sunday
school system. The American
Sunday School Union
was established inPhiladelphia
in 1 8 2 4 as a
mission promoting Christian
Sunday schools throughout
the United States. It
was particularly influential
among the Mennonite
religion and was credited
with having a great effect on the spread of the English
language among the Mennonite youth after 1830. Not
found in Sabin.
One of the first Hymnals by a Nova-Scotian
3. ALLINE, Henry
Hymns and Spiritual Songs. Stonington-Port, Con.
Printed by S. Trumbull. 1802. 16mo, 16.5cm, 282p., in
contemporary full dark brown sheep, ex-library, spine
lettered in white by hand, faint library number & date
stamp on the title, less than usual foxing and wear, a very
good sound copy, rare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600.00
T.P.L. 6803. Alline was born in Rhode Island in 1748
and moved with his family to the township of Falmouth,
N.S. in 1760. After a religious
experience g r a p h i c a l l y
described in his Life and
Journals, he felt the call to
preach and although further
education was not available to
him, resolved to become an
evangelist. From 1776 to 1783
he traveled the Maritime
Provinces on horseback and in
al l weathers p r e a chi ng
wherever he could. In August
of that year he sought to carry
his message to New England,
but he died of complete
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in January 1784. His “New Light” church encouraged the
singing of hymns and the lack of hymnals in Nova Scotia
caused Alline to write many hymns himself. This is the first
edition of the posthumous collection which was printed
several times in New England. It is a very rare hymn book,
and one of the first written by a Nova Scotian.
4. Anonymous.
The Eastern Townships Gazetteer and General Business
Directory: A Commercial Directory and Guide to the
Eastern Townships of Canada, containing also Much Useful
Information of a Miscellaneous Character. St. Johns. Printed
and Published by Smith & Co. 1867. 4to. 29.5cm, 132p.,
including many integral leave ads (many on colour stock
and containing attractive vignette illustrations and block
printing titles), one wood engraved plate of Sherbrooke,
with large frontis folding map, “Map of the Eastern
Townships of Canada, compiled and engraved expressly for
the Eastern Townships Gazetteer. Published by Smith & Co.
St. Johns. 1867.” - bound in quarter diamond grain green
cloth backed limp marbled boards, rebacked, new paper
spine label with the original paper label on the upper cover,
near fine, rare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600.00
T.P.L. 4572. Lande S704.
5. [Antarctic]. BAGSHAWE, Thomas Wyatt
Two Men in the Antarctic. An Expedition to
Graham Land, 1920-22. Foreword by Frank Debenham.
Cambridge, at the University Press. 1939. 8vo, 22cm, the
First Edition, xxi,292p., plus 33plates, 3 text illustrations,
folding panorama (with 2 views), mapped endpapers,
appendices, index, original light blue cloth, silver spine
label, text edges slightly foxed, a fine copy in very good to
fine slightly dust worn jacket, very scarce . . . . . . . 1,500.00
Rosove 23.A1. ``This well-written narrative, by one of
two plucky and enthusiastic youths who should have
known better but
didn`t, is a remin
- d e r t h a t a n
individual or two
c a n m a k e a n
important mark,
and that a measure
of glory can
be achieved by
the meek, not just
the mighty. The
story confirms
that accomplishment
is defined
by deed irrespective
of experiences
of Bagshawe
a n d M a x i m e
Charles Lester of
the otherwise
failed British
Imperial Antarctic
Expedition,
includes a thought
ful foreword by Frank Debenham, who persuaded
Bagshawe to write the narrative. Appendices contain
meteorologic, sea ice, tidal, and zoological observations.
“This book is about two young men who possessed
that quality which was so annoying to the great Napoleon,
of not having the sense to know when they were defeated”
Frank Debenham.
6. [Antarctic]. COOK, Frederick
Through the First Antarctic Night, 1898-99. A
Narrative of the Voyage of the ``Belgica” Among Newly
Discovered Lands and over an Unknown Sea About the
South Pole. By Frederick A. Cook, M.D., Surgeon and
Anthropologist of the Belgium Antarctic Expedition, with
appendix containing a summary of the scientific results.

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London. Heinemann. 1900. thick8vo, 23.5cm, The First
London Edition, (US sheets, British binding), xxiv, 478p.,
colour frontis and 3 colour plates, 127 plates and illustrations,
2 maps, in the original dark blue green fine grain cloth,
gilt spine and cover titles, with ship picture stamped in
white on the upper cover, private library book-plate on the
front endpaper, some slight wear on the edges, very good to
fine copy of the scarce British first edition . . . . . . . . 1,500.00
Rosove 76.A3, Spence 312. Renard 360. Narrative of
the Belgium Antarctic Expedition, led by Gerlache, and the
only published first-person account of this early antarctic
expedition in English.
Classic polar book by surgeon and anthropologist on
the expedition whom Amundsen described as having
“unfaltering courage, unfailing hope and endless cheerfulness
... whose enterprise was boundless”
7. [ATLAS]. DuBERGER, C.C.
Murray Bay Atlas and Maps
of its Environs. Murray Bay.
Alfred Cimon & Co., Proprietors
and Publishers. [1895].
sm4to, 21x 17,5cm, with 11 large
folding maps each with a page
list of owners, in the original
black cloth, gilt titles on the
upper cover, patterned endpapers,
name and small ink stamp
on the title, without index map
as usual, a fine copy, rare .. . . .
.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00
The Rarest Pamphlet on the War of 1812.
8. [BIGELOW, Jocab], 1787-1879.
The War of the Gulls; an Historical Romance. In
three chapters. Chap. 1. Shewing how, and why, and with
whom the Gulls went to war. Chap II. Shewing how the
Gulls make the deep to boil like a pot. Chap. III. Shewing
how a certain doughty General of the Gulls goes forth to
play the game of Hull-Gull, in Upper Canada.
New York. Published at the Dramatic Repository,
Shakespeare Gallery. 1812. 12mo, 19.5cm, 36p., title repeated
in publishers frame border on the upper wrap, in the
original light brown wraps, string tied, uncut, corners turned
down, a very good copy of
the very rare first edition,
perhaps the rarest pamphlet
on the War of 1812,
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500.00
T.P.L. 888. Smith 31. Casey
973 (under title). Sabin
101507. Wright I-312. Not in
Lande, Gagnon, Streeter,
Howes, etc. . No other
standard references located.
Not in Amicus, ABPC, 1975-
2009 once MBA, 1978, Not
in A&E. None of Mega-
Search. WorldCat, (only 2
citied), “Pamphlet. Thinly
veiled satire of American
(Gulls) entry into the War of
1812, naval activity off the Atlantic coast of North America,
and William Hull’s (Hull-Gull) surrender at Detroit”.
Smith.
Bigelow was an American physician and botanist, who
was the author of "Florula Bostoniensis", 1814, which was
the standard manual of New England botany until Gray's
"Manual" of 1848. He also published "American Medicial
Botany", 3 volumes, 1817-1820.
9. [BIGELOW, Jocab],
The War of the Gulls; an Historical Romance. In
three chapters. Chap. 1. Shewing how, and why, and with
whom the Gulls went to war. Chap II. Shewing how the
Gulls make the deep to boil like a pot. Chap. III. Shewi how
a certain doughty General of the Gulls goes forth to play
the game of Hull-Gull, in Upper Canada. (New York.
Published at the Dramatic Repository, Shakespeare Gallery.
1812). 110 Copies Reprinted, for Charles L. Woodward,
New York, 1890. 8vo, 22cm, 36p., on hand made paper, in
the original paper over boards with the original title
repeated on the upper cover, decked fore edge, boards
worn at the edges, else very good, rare. . . . . . . . . . . 250.00
Sabin 33647.
10. [BROADSIDE]. Railway Timetable Poster. 1873.
Boston, Concord, Montreal and White Mountains
R.R. now opened to Northumberland, connecting with
Grand Trunk Railway. From Sherbrooke, Richmond,
Montreal and Quebec., and all intermediate points.
Forming the Shortest Railway Line between Quebec and
Boston. The best and
most pleasant route
between Montreal,
Quebec, Richmond,
Sherbrooke and The
White Mountains,
Concord, Manchester,
Lowell, Boston, Newport,
Nashua, Lawrence,
Worchester,
Salem, Fall River and
New York. 1873. -
Summer Arrangements.
(With inset
route map and timetables).
J.A. Dodge,
Superintendent.
Boston. Geo. L. Keyes,
Printer. 1873. 60x
40cm (24" x 15"),
single sheet printed in
red, green block titles and text in black, dust soiled on the
side margins, one small smudge, expertly restored and
backed, in the original company oak frame (without glass)
on somewhat fragile paper this copy is in very good to fine
condition, very scarce .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650.00
"B.C. & M.R.R.", gilt stamped on the frame.
Upper Ottawa Valley Farm Broadside
11. [BROADSIDE]. Eardley Road, Aylmer. 1940.
Auction Sale of Farm Stock and Implements. ...

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Eardley Road, Six miles
from Aylmer, known as
the Jowsie Farm, Wednesday,
Nov. 20, 1940. The
following: Mare 4 yrs old,
Mar3..., Mare 2 ..., Team
M ar i e s 1 yr. Ol d, 2
Buggies, Walking Plow, 2
single cutters, ...Cows...
Whiffletrees, Shorthorns,
herd T.B. tested, Sloops,
Frame Sleigh, [partial
list]and other articles to
numerous to mention.
Terms Cash. Geo. M.
Fuller, Prop. A.H. Acres,
Aucitoneer. Broadside.
One Page,46x 30cm, (18"x
12"), [Printed at]: Carp
Review Presses. [1940]. on fragile newsprint type paper
nonetheless despite some minor wrinkles this is in fine plus
condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00
12. BURPEE. Lawrence J.
By Canadian Streams. Canadian Treasury Series.
Toronto. The Musson Book Company. [1909]. 24mo. 13cm,
first edition, vii,87p., original decorated green wraps, colour
plate mounted on upper cover in frame border, very good to
fine .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00
Watters p605. Chapters on the rivers of Canada : the
St. Lawrence, Saguenay, Gaspereau, Richelieu, Niagara,
Ottawa, Red River and Mackenzie Rivers.
13. BURPEE, Lawrence J., (edited & arranged by)
Canadian Eloquence. Canadian Treasury Series.
Toronto. The Musson Book Company. 24mo. 13cm, first
edition, viii,112p., frontis portrait of John A. Macdonald,
original decorated green wraps, colour plate mounted on
the upper cover in frame border, very good to fine . . . 50.00
Orations by Brown, Howe, Laurier, Macdonald,
D'Arcy McGee, Tecumseh, La Grande Guele, Logan, and
Mandan Chief.
The Rare First Edition, second issue
14. BUTLER, Captain W.F.
The Wild North Land: Being the Story of a Winter
Journey, with Dogs, across North America. London. Sampson,
Low, Marston, Low & Searle. 1873. 8vo, 22cm, the first
edition, 2nd issue, with the author’s initials corrected from
“W.J.” on the title-page, x,[1], 358p., engraved frontis portrait
& 15 engraved plates, large front folding map, in
contemporary half brown morocco, gilt and blind ruled
raised bands, gilt titles, marbled boards & endpapers, t.e.g.,
ex-library, gilt call number and name in the bottom spine
panel, wear on the board edges, small library stamp on the
title, discard paper label on the front endpaper, fore-edge of
page 1-2 repaired, binding edges restored, a very good
copy of the rare first edition (2nd issue).. . . . . . . . . . 400.00
Peel 356. "A journey to Lake Athabasca, and to the
Pacific via the Peace River in 1872-73. By 1874 the publishers
had brought out the fourth edition. There were
numerous new editions since". The earlier editions are substantially
larger in format. Johnson lists 25 copies without
one first edition.
15. [Canadian Pacific]. [PATTERSON, Thomas Charles]
The Canadian Pacific Railway and Its Assailants. -
Letter from “Mohawk” - . London, [England]. Np. January
28th, 1882. 8vo, 20.5cm, 16p., appendix, original printed
grey wraps, cover chipped along edges, contents very
good, very rare .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225.00
Peel 634. Enthusiastic support
for the C.P.R., by the managing
editor of the Toronto “Mail”
and founder of the Ontario
Jockey Club. (Pseud., Mohawk)
“I am a profound believer
in the future of Canada’s
great North-West... I see
no loophole or weak spot. It is
proposed to borrow twentyfive
millions of dollars on
twenty-five millions of acres
(of the best land in Western
Canada)”. Patterson recommended
C.P.R. bonds to
Englishmen.
16. CARMAN, Bliss
Bliss Carman’s Poems. Toronto. McClelland and
Stewart Limited. [1931]. 8vo, 22cm, xvi,546p., gravure type
frontis portrait, in full morocco grain blue calf, gilt titles,
decorations and borders on the spine and upper cover,
t.e.g., blue decorated endpapers, a brilliant copy. . . 250.00
Spadoni & Donnelly
1000. Issued in maroon
simulated suede with
laurel wreath on the
upper board. Printed by
Vail-Balou Press, Inc.
From the sheets of the
Dodd, Mead and Co.
Edition. BAL. 2761.
Watters p36. - I have not
seem this issue in this
binding previously.
Possibly this is a publisher’s
presentation
copy.

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17. CATLIN, George
Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, and
Condition of the North American Indians, with Letters
and Notes written during Eight Years of Travel and
Adventure Among the Wildest and Most Remarkable
Tribes Now Existing. With Three Hundred and Sixty
Engravings from the Author’s Original Drawings.
London. Henry G. Bohn. 1866. sm4to, 26cm, the 10th
edition, in 2 volumes, viii,264 & viii,265,[i]pp., plus 180
engraved plates containing 313 illustrations (including 3
maps, one of which is folding), in the original plum cloth,
elaborately blind and gilt decorated, gilt pictorial
illustrations on the upper covers and spines (Native
Americans), gilt titles, early inner hinge repairs, spines and
border somewhat sun faded, gilt stamping clear, a very
good to fine set .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600.00
Wagner-Camp 84:10; Howes C-241. cf. Field 260 -
Sabin 11536 - cf. Streeter 1805. Title altered; from “Letter and
Notes on the Manners,...” cf Wagner 84:1. & 84:6. - Catlin
was the earliest painter of the Plains Indians. A monumental
and popular work in American ethnology. The
etchings are well executed and are faithful representations of
the objects and scenes described in the book. He travelled for
eight years doing research and painting among forty tribes.
The maps include tribe locations.
18. CLINTON, Sir Henry
Observations on Earl Cornwallis’ Answer. [To Sir
Henry Clinton’s Narrative]. (Campaign in 1871). Philadelphia.
John Campbell. 1866. 4to. 30.5cm, [iv],113,[2]p., First
American edition, folding table, limited to 75 copies, in
quarto of a total edition of 250 copies, printed wraps, title
printed in black and red, wraps chipped and mainly
wanting on the spine cap else fine, unopened.. . . . . . 200.00
Howes C-499. Sabin 13751. The finger pointing after the
withdrawal of British forces from the American colonies was
exemplified by the war of words between Clinton and Cornwallis.
Clinton had been head of His Majesty's forces in 1781, and was
based in New York; Cornwallis was his second, in command of the
southern forces. Clinton had ordered Cornwallis to not leave
Georgia, but contradictory orders and circumstances encouraged
Cornwallis to take his forces north, where he and Clinton were to
combine armies. Delaying actions by the Americans including
Cowpens and Guilford Court House forced Cornwallis to encamp
at Yorktown, where Clinton's forces were to arrive, coming down
the Chesapeake from Head of Elk; the recent arrival of French
troop ships which anchored at the southern end of the Bay
prevented Clinton from sailing directly. The British forces were
thus divided and unable to connect or communicate, and an
American siege at Yorktown forced Cornwallis to capitulate,
ending the conflict. Clinton defended his conduct in print in early
1783, Cornwallis replied, Clinton returned the favor (present title),
and the war of words and honor was on. Clinton came from a
military family, while Cornwallis had the advantage of peerage, a
distinction never lost on Clinton, who had heard the rumors and
felt he had to protect whatever honor he had left. Regardless of
who was at greater fault, Clinton's military and political career
after 1781 was negligible, while within a few years Cornwallis
was appointed governor-general of India.
Slaves arrive in Canada via the Underground Railway
19. DREW, Benjamin
The Refugee: or the Narratives of Fugitive Slaves
in Canada. Related by Themselves, with, An Account of
the History and Condition of the Coloured Population of
Upper Canada. A North-Side View of Slavery. (Header
title). Boston: Printed by John P. Jewerr and Co. &
Cleveland... & New York. 1856. 20cm, xii,387,2p., in the
original blind decorated green cloth, original yellow
endpapers, bright gilt spine titles, printed on acid paper,
slight unobtrusive damp tide line along the top margin
edge of the text, but a fine bright copy of a book usually
found in poor condition, rare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650.00
T.P.L. 3653. Dionne II-
1363. Lande 195. Between
1813 and 1816,
twenty thousand slaves
who had sought
refuge behind British
lines during the War
of 1812 were taken to
Nova Scotia. However
the largest numb
e r o f A m e r i c a n
blacks arrived in
Canada independently,
using a network
of secret routes known
as the Underground
Railway. By 1852 it was estimated that there were thirty
thousand slave refugees. This book obtains many first hand
narratives from ex-slaves. It focuses on different towns and
cities in Canada where different individuals are listed.
Report on Native Indians of the Canadas: 1835
20. GREAT BRITAIN. Colonial Office.
Copies or Extracts of Correspondence since 1st April
1835, between The Secretary of State for the Colonies and
the Governors of the British North American Provinces,
respecting THE INDIANS in those provinces. (Mr.
Labouchere). Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be
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iv,171p., in the original printed blue wraps, expertly
rebacked, printed spine titles, some occasional very slight
staining, a fine copy, rare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500.00
T.P.L. 2268. Not in Lande,
Gagnon, Davidson, Field,
Sabin, Streeter... Detailed
report on native Indians of
the Canadian provinces in
1835.
The correspondence relates
to the Indians of Lower
and Upper Can-ada,
N o v a S c o t i a , N e w
Brunswick and Prince
Edward Island, Jan. 1836 -
March, 1839. Despatches
from Lord Glenelg, Lord
Durham, Sir J. Colborne,
Sir F.B. Head, Sir George
Arthur, Sir C.A. FitzRoy;
concerning matters such
as, reducing the expenditures
by England on Indians in Upper and Lower Canada,
social condition, missionaries, education, etc...
21. HEAD, Sir Francis B.
A Narrative. London. John Murray. 1839. 8vo, 22cm,
first edition, viii,488,38,(appendix),p., in contemporary half
calf, gilt ruled raised bands, gilt borders and full gilt
decorations in the panels, dark crimson morocco label, gilt
titles, marbled boards and endpapers, t.e.g., library stamp on
the bottom edge, small 19 th
cent. oval library stamp on the
title-page, library withdrawn
stamp on the free fly, with the
engraved armorial bookplate
of “Victor Morine, Montreal”,
very good to fine attractively
bound copy.. . . . . . . . 150.00
T.P.L. 2276. The narrative is
Head's account of his administration
of Upper Canada,
1836-38, with comments on
Lord Durham's Report, 1839.
He was Lieut. Governor of
Upper Canada in 1836-37.
(Note: the bookplate is superimposed).
Includes the Glengarry and Talbot settlements
22. HOWISON, John
Sketches of Upper Canada, Domestic, Local, and
Characteristic: to which are added, Practical Details for The
Information of Emigrants of Every Class; and some recollections
of the United States of America.
Edinburgh & London. Published by Oliver & Boyd.
and G. & W.B. Whittaker. 1825. 8vo. 8vo, 21.5cm, third
edition, 353p., in contemporary half tan calf, gilt ruled raised
bands, dark crimson morocco label, green satin grain cloth
boards, speckled edges, near fine attractive copy .. . . 450.00
T.P.L. 4870. cf.Lande 458. Sabin 33366. Howes H737.
Matthew 490. Morgan p199. Primarily domestic and
personal, the sketches were written with the intention of
providing the prospective emigrants with new information
on conditions in Canada. The author spent two and half
years in Upper Canada, touring the province and visiting
the Glengarry and Talbot settlements, Kingston, York,
Queenstown, Niagara, Chatham, etc...
Howison was deeply impressed by the poor social and
moral status of British immigrants in contrast with their
improved economic condition. Howison also relates his
impressions of Montreal, Quebec, New York, and Philadelphia.
23. JAMESON, Mrs. [Anna]
Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada.
London. Saunders and Otley. 1838. 12mo. 18.5cm, the first
edition, in 3 volumes, xiv,315 & vi,341 & vi,356pp, in contemporary
half calf, double crushed morocco labels, gilt
titles and volume numbers, gilt rules, marbled boards,
bookplate, some slight wear on the spines but a very good
to fine set of the very scarce first edition complete with half
titles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00
Lande 2165. T.P.L.
2165. Sabin 35731. Story
p387.
Anna Jameson was
a noted English bluestocking,
whose acquaintances
included the Schlegels,
Tieck and Ottilie
von Gothe. Indeed, it was
with the greatest reluctance
that she left Europe
and joined her husband,
(the Attorney-General), in
Toronto. However, once there, her active intelligence
combined with an equally active distaste for her husband's
company provided the incentive for travel and observation.
From 1836 to 1838 she travelled throughout the Province
gaining impressions of the scenery, society and historical
background of Upper Canada. One of the finest set pieces
is a description of a fire in the Irish quarter; born in Dublin
(her father was a famous Irish miniature painter), she describes
the plight of the victims with great feeling. However,
she remained unmoved by the sight of Niagara Falls,
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be disappointed - even in the Falls of Niagara".
First editions of these two
rare descriptions of Prince Edward Island
24. JOHNSTONE, Walter [Two Titles].
Travels in Prince Edward Island, Gulf of St.
Lawrence, North America, in the years 1820-21.
Undertaken with a Design to Establish Sabbath Schools, and
Investigate the Religious State of the Country; Wherein is
given a Short Account of the Different Denominations of
Christians, Their Former History and Present Condition,
interspersed with Notices relative to the various Clergymen
that have officiated on the Island.
Bound Together With:
JOHNSTONE, Walter
A Series of Letters, Descriptive of Prince Edward
Island, in the Gulf of St. Laurence, addressed to the Rev.
John Wightman, Minister of Kirkmahoe, Dumfriesshire.
Dumfries. By Walter Johnstone, A Native of the same
County.
Edinburgh: Printed for David Brown, Chalmers and
Collins in Glasgow, John Johnstone in Dumfries and Knight
and Lacey in London. (And).Printed for the Author, by J.
Swan. 1823-1822. 12mo, 18cm, 2 volumes in One, xi,12-132
& 72p., engraved folding frontis map, bound in half
contemporary calf, crushed dark crimson morocco label, gilt
titles and center panel decorations, marbled boards &
endpapers, some slight foxing, paper flaw on the fore edge
of page 13/14 just touching the text in “A Series of Letters...”,
binder’s ticket “By W. F. Johnstone, 50 Glasgow Street,
Maxwelltown”, a fine copy, both are very rare.. . . . 2,900.00
T.P.L. 1226 & 1257. Sabin 36400 and cf. 36401.
Waterston p39. (Travels). Not in Lande. Gagnon I-1804, (2
vols in one), giving the date, 1824. “No standard listings or
records located”.
First editions of these two rare descriptions of Prince
Edward Island by the Scottish traveller Walter Johnstone.
The island population had been substantially augmented in
1803 with the arrival of 800 Scottish Highlanders and
Johnstone had travelled across the Atlantic as a missionary.
His intentions in the ‘Letters’ are described in brief on the
title-page: "The Author of these Letters went out for the
express purpose of surveying Prince Edward Island, and
collecting information on the subject of Emigration. During
two summers, and one winter, he was assiduously engaged
in the prosecution of this object; and the small Volume now
presented to the Public, will be found to contain a full and
particular Account of the Climate, Soil, Natural Productions,
and Mode of Husbandry adopted in the Island; together
with Sketches of Scenery, Manners of the Inhabitants. the
whole being intended for the guidance of future Emigrants,
particularly as to what Implements and Necessaries it may
be proper to provide themselves with before crossing the
Atlantic."The ‘Travels’ is a more detailed analysis of the
religious complexion of the islanders (English, Irish and
Scottish) and describes Johnstone’s attempts to provide
structured religious education for the Highlanders and
other settlers. The two works also give notable accounts of
the native American population (the Mi’kmaq Indians) and
of potato cultivation. ~ Waterston p39. “A resume of
denominations, church buildings and clergymen on the
Island, as seen by a Presbyterian setting out to further the
Sunday School movement. Johnstone also reports on
black-horned cattle, lean and long-legged sheep, pigs so
hungry they will catch a fowl and eat it live, wooden frame
houses, and the barrens near Charlottetown.
25. JONES, Peter. (Kahkewaquonaby). Indian Missionary
Autograph Letter Signed. Credit River, Upper
Canada. 1838. Post Marked 1839. 4 manuscript pages, 25x
20cm, on one sheet folded once to 4 pages, then folded to
envelope size, 8x 12cm, with address, post mark & wax
seal, some underlining in red ink, a few tears with early
expert archival tape repairs, in fine condition, very rare .. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500.00
A handwritten letter from Peter Jones, Canadian
Wesleyan missionary, to Sir Augustus D’Este [cousin of
Queen Victoria]in Leamington, Warwickshire dated 4th
December 1838, Credit Mission, Upper Canada: “My dear
Friend, Through the helping of the Great Spirit, I am happy
to inform you that my dear Newish and myself are in
excellent health.. We took 30 days passage from Portsmouth
to New York... after our arrival in Toronto I waited
upon His Excellency Sir George Arthur, who received me
in a very friendly way.. His Excellency thought there had
been so many representations made to the Colonial
Secretary about giving Title Deeds to the Indians that he
feared His Lordship’s mind had been bewildered on the
subject.. If our friend Mr. A [Rev. R. Alder] comes out as
the assistant governor we may expect to get the deeds,
Manual Labor Schools, civil privileges, and all the other
good things attended to, to the great joy of every poor
Indian heart ... The Rebels in Lower Canada, and a Brigand

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of ruffians in this Province lately made an attempt to
overthrow the Government, but I am happy to say they
were in both provinces completely beaten and I hope no
more attempts will be made to separate these colonies from
the Mother Country. All the Indians have been commanded
by the Lieutenant Governor to hold themselves in
readiness in the case their services should be required for
the defence of the Province.. I regret to say that all of the
luggage we sent by the ship Colborne bound for Montreal
has been lost. That ship was wrecked... I have just received a
letter from Chief Wahwaniash of St. Clair in which he
mentions the safe arrival of your letter to Aistonequoit. The
Indians in that place are well and doing well in Religion. I
have also received a letter from James Gibbon, Esq. of the
New England Company in reply to the Petition that I
presented to that body from the British Indians.. I think that
humble Company used us very badly, for had it not been
for my recommendation this Agent would never have got a
footing among the Rice and Mud Lake Indians... We are
more and more convinced in order to raise the Indian
character Manual Labor Schools must be established
amongst them. Could not our Quaker friends in London
and vicinity do something towards supporting such a
School? Could we receive L200, per annum for a few years
we should be able to put one in operation immediately.. My
Newish (wife) sends her compliments to you...I remain my
dear friend, Yours truly, Kakiweguernebi [Peter Jones].
Peter Jones (Kahkewaquonaby) was born in Burlington
Heights, Upper Canada in 1802, the son of a Scottish surveyor
and an Ojibway mother. Originally a brick-maker in
Brantford, Jones was ordained a minister in the Wesleyan
Methodist church in 1823. He served as a minister among
the Ojibwa for over 20 years and with his brother John,
translated the first scriptures into Ojibwa. The letter gives
great insight into his interest into education and land rights
of the Canadian first nations. He and his wife, Newish
(Elizabeth Field Jones) traveled to England in 1837 seeking
support for the Ojibwa after Sir Francis Bond Head had
recommended that the Credit River Band be removed from
Mississauga to Manitoulin Island. The letter is addressed to
a very influential supporter, Sir Augustus D’Este, cousin of
Queen Victoria. Rev. Jones was invited for an audience with
the Queen for which he dressed in Indian garb and was
introduced as “a Chief of the Chippeway Indians of Upper
Canada.” [Jones; Life and Journals of Kah-Ke-Wa-Quo-Na-
By. 1860]. Jones gives a very interesting native view of the
Rebellion of 1838 in Upper Canada. His interest in the
formation of the Manual Labor Schools for the natives
displays the nineteenth century missionary ideal of
Europeanizing the native population. Peter Jones died in
Brantford in 1856 with his eulogy given by his close friend,
Egerton Ryerson. (DCB).
The First Edition with Eight Coloured Plates
26. KANE, Paul
Wanderings of an Artist Among the Indians of
North America from Canada to Vancouver's Island and
Oregon through The Hudson's Bay Company's Territory
and Back Again.
London. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and
Roberts. 1859. 8vo, 22.cm, The First Edition, xvii,[1],455p.,
appendix, with folding coloured frontis map and 8 full
colour lithographed plates, 13 woodcut text illustrations, in
the original diamond grain terra cotta brown cloth, blind
borders and decorations on the boards, gilt spine titles,
coated brown endpapers with printed ads., on both pastedown
endpapers, untrimmed, some slight expert
restoration, a very good to fine copy in the original
publisher`s cloth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000.00
Lande 1258. T.P.L. 2911. Peel 212. Sabin 37007. Howes
K-7. Field 811. Graff 2262. Strathern 290. Wagner-Camp
332:1.
The son of an Irish immigrant to Toronto, Kane
became one of Canada’s most famous nineteenth century
painters. After four years studying art in Europe, he
returned to paint North American Indians. It was a time of
cultivated interest in primitive societies and Kane’s
paintings somewhat romanticize his subjects. They are,
however, an eloquent record of Indian culture as it was,
largely untouched by White influence.
He set out alone with paintbox and gun in 1845 and
spent a summer in the Lake Huron and Lake Michigan
regions, mainly sketching the Ojibway. For the next three
years he went further west, often travelling with Hudson’s
Bay Company fur traders. From this journey which took
him across the Rockies and eventually to Vancouver Island
he brought back several hundred sketches.
Kane spent the following years in his studio
developing the sketches into hundreds of oil paintings,
eight of which are reproduced as colour lithographs in this
book. The finest works are probably the portraits of Indian
chiefs, but the scenes of tribal ceremonies and buffalo
hunting on the plains have a poignant interest as a record
of a vanished world. The text of the book is the diary Kane
kept on his travels.
CHAMPLAIN Society, Nos. 8, 9, 10.
27. KNOX, Captain John
An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North
America, for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760. By Captain
John Knox. Edited with Introduction, Appendix and
Index by Arthur G. Doughty.
Toronto. The Champlain Society. 1914-1916. Thick
tall8vo, 24cm, in three volumes, xxiii,512, x,617 & xii,587p.,
with 49 plates & 20 maps (inc. 12 fldg., & one large fldg.
pocket map), limited to 550 copies, this being #333, original
crested red cloth, t.e.g., spines slightly faded as usual
(stamping clear), otherwise a fine set (2). . . . . . . . . 1,000.00

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The best contemporary authority on the death of
Wolfe and the conquest of Canada. Knox, an Irishman,
served in America from 1757 to 1760 with the 43rd Regiment
of Foot. His journal written mostly at the time, and
finished almost as soon as the events it contains, is one of the
most accurate and detailed accounts available on the sieges
of Louisbourg and Quebec. This journal is a blunt, full,
interesting, and matter of fact record of events from day to
day. It is candid and reliable and has furnished materials for
all subsequent writers. The military and naval orders are
singularly valuable for the light they throw upon the
operations of war as it was conducted at the time by both
armies.
Please note: more than half the subscribers to the early
Champlain Society Publications were institutions which
means that probably only 250 copies can exist without library
stamps. This is only our third set of this title since
catalogue 100, in c.1990. Nothing can match the quality and
asceticism of these early Champlain editions, many of which
are true first Canadian editions. There are no sets of this
edition currently on line.
28. [LABRADOR. - GREY, William (1819-1872)].
Sketches of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Ipswich. Printed and Published by S.H. Cowell, Anastatic
Press. n.d. [1858?]. oblong folio, 33.5x 42.5cm, (13"x 16"),
hand colour lithographed
plates of
sketches from: all
have some considerable
foxing, and are
chipped along the
margins
A) -Eagle River Fishery, Labrador .. . . . . . . . . . 300.00
B) - On Eagle River, Sandwich Bay, Labrador. . 300.00
C) - Falls of Eagle River, Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . 300.00
Note: In this picture there are two small figures watching
the falls (in the middle right). The considerable foxing,
particularly in the margins is typical for all three prints. The
shadow in the bottom right corner is a photo lighting fault.
- We can recommend a expert restorationist who can fix
these faults.
Attractive Hand Printed Manuscript
th
19 Canadian Poetry Anthology
29. LOCKHART, Arthur John, (selected & arranged by)
Songs of the Maple Leaf and Mayflower. N.p.
Unpublished manuscript. c.[1893]. 20.5cm, (39), 417,(1)pp.,
signed photographic frontis portrait of author, hand
coloured rubricated title-page with laid-in colour litho
vignette (pastoral) illustration, bound in contemporary half
black morocco, gilt decorated raised bands, blind decorated
panels, gilt titles, gilt floral decoration in one panel, gilt
border rules on the black cloth boards, decorated
endpapers, fine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900.00
An unpublished manuscript anthology of Canadian
19th century verse, compiled by Arthur John Lockhart

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(1850-1926), a Nova Scotia-born Methodist minister, essayist
and poet. Poets selected included George Frederick
Cameron, Bliss Carman, William Wilfrid Campbell, Joseph
Howe, Pauline Johnson, Archibald Lampman, D’Arcy
McGee, Charles Mair, Charles Pelham Mulvany, Charles
G.D. Roberts, Charles Sangster, Duncan Campbell Scott,
George Frederick Scott, and many more. The book was a
presentation copy to the compiler’s brother, Burton W.
Lockhart, at Christmas, 1894. The book includes poetry by
both Lock-harts, with the Reverend using the pseudonym
“Pastor Felix”. A very attractively printed and bound
manuscript. A unique item.
30. [LORD, John Keast].
At Home in the Wilderness. Being Full Instructions
How to Get Along, and to Surmount All Difficulties by the
Way. By "The Wanderer". London. Robert Hardwicke. 1867.
12mo. 19.2.cm, second edition, xvi,323p., engraved frontis
portrait & engraved vignette title page, 38 plates and text
illustrations from engravings, original blind stamped plum
cloth, gilt spine titles, spine slightly sunned (titles clear) else a
fine copy, rare .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450.00
Lowther 289. Waterston p129. Sabin 42034. Smith
6110a. Based mainly on the author's experiences as naturalist
to the British North American Boundary Commission. It
contains a number of references to British Columbia. There
were two editions in 1867 and a third in 1876. The authors
The Naturalist in Vancouver Island and British Columbia
London. 1866, is sought after but this later work is not well
known.
With Six Chapters on Fish and Fishing
31. LORD, John Keast (1818-1872).
The Naturalist in Vancouver Island and British
Columbia. London. Richard Bentley. 1866. 8vo, 20.5cm, the
First Edition, in 2 volumes, xvi,358 & x,375pp., with 11
plates, 2 title vignettes, in the original green cloth, gilt titles
and border decorations on the spines, gilt borders and gilt
fish vignettes on the upper covers, some slight foxing early
and late on volume one and on the last few leaves of
volume two, a fine bright set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00
T.P.L. 4516. Lande 1290. Lowther 275. Sabin 42035.
Starkman p92. Sage p131., Albee p100. Wood 441. Bruns L-
124 “Very Scarce”. Phillips p238. Haller 559. The author was
a naturalist and veterinary surgeon. Written for the general
reader from the author’s observations and experiences
while he was the naturalist for the British North American
Boundary Commission, for whom he travelled extensively.
He found a number of new species. The plates are of birds
and other nature subjects, views and indigenous peoples.
His collection of B.C. mammals, birds, fish, insects, etc, are
in the British Museum.
“ A n a t u r a l
history work, but
with some sporting
material. In
vo l u m e o n e ,
there are six chapters
on fishes
and fishing, including
salmon
and salmon fishing
by the Indians,
trout fishing
by the author;
halibut fishing
with line and
bait; sturgeon
spearing; and
descriptions of various fishes including herring, candlefish,
whitefish, sticklebacks and others. One chapter has five
pages on the pronghorn antelope and its hunting in
Klamath country. Volume II is predominately natural
history, including one chapter with brief descriptions of the
big game animals and a segment on how to track moose”.
Heller.
32. 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 handcoloured
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.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650.00
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 horseback
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.
(Waterson). - 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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33. M`CORMICK, R.
Voyages of Discovery in the Arctic and Antarctic
Seas, and Round The World: being personal narratives of
attempts to reach The North And South Poles; and of an
Open-Boat Expedition up the Wellington channel in Search
of Sir John Franklin and Her Majesty's Ships "Erebus" and
"Terror", in Her Majesty's Boat "Forlorn Hope", under the
command of the author, to which are added an Autobiography
Appendix, Portraits, Maps and numerous Illustrations.
by Depty Inspector-General R. M`Cormick. Chief
Medical Officer, Naturalist, and Geologist to the Expeditions.
London. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington.
1884. Sm4to, 25.5cm, The First Edition, in two volumes,
xx,432 & xii,412pp. plus 37 tinted litho. plates (inc.5 folding,
mainly views but including portraits) plus 5 tinted litho.
maps (1 folding), plus 24 plates from engravings and 43 text
illustrations from engravings, preliminary and final leaves
foxed, in the original full pictorial gilt and black stamped
dark blue cloth, spines faded, (titles visible), (about normal
for this title), volume two orig. spine chipped, expertly
restored, very good to fine set, rare.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,500.00
A.B. 10582. Spence 747. Taurus 10; Rosove 221.A1,
first edition, pp262-264; Spence 747.
Of considerable Antarctic interest as well as Arctic.
McCormick was with James Clark Ross' 1839-43 Antarctic
expedition in 'Erebus' and 'Terror', and here gives the only
first hand-published narrative of that expedition other than
that of Ross. He had earlier been with Parry's fourth
expedition toward the north pole, 1827, and was later with
Belcher's 1852-54 Franklin search expedition, and gives a
lengthy account of both. Only 750 sets were produced and
apparently many were lost.
The large lithographed panoramas of the great ice
barrier in the Ross Sea and the coastline of Victoria Land
[McCormick] convey the sense of awed wonder
experienced by all aboard Ross' ships when the true
enormity of the Antarctic continent revealed itself for the
first time" – Comments first edition.
McCormick served as the surgeon during Ross' 1839-43
Antarctic expedition and, although written many years
later, his narrative of that remarkable expedition is an
important source as it draws from his own diaries penned
at the time. The work also covers his other polar
expeditions: the first as the surgeon on Parry's 1827 attempt
to reach the North Pole and the other on a 1852-53 Franklin
search expedition under his own command. As publication
was arranged and paid for by McCormick himself, only
750 sets were produced.
The Author’s Rare First Book
34. MacLENNAN, Hugh
Oxyrhynchus. An Economic and Social Study.
Princeton. Privately Printed. 1935. 8vo. 21.5cm, The First
Edition, 93p., bibliography, index, original printed wraps,
with title repeated on the upper cover in publisher’s frame
border, fine, rare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500.00
The author’s first book, his thesis, published six years
and two other attempts at novels before the very successful
Barometer Rising, 1941. Cf. Benson & Toye. He won five
Governor General awards. Oxford Companion to
Canadian Literature, pp705-707.
35. [MANUSCRIPT Account Book] New York State.
Aartrial Griswold and Fox,
Harness Makers. A wellused
hand-written account
book for the period October
9, 1865 to June 6, 1870 for
Griswold and Fox, leather,
harness & trunk makers, of
Adams (near Watertown),
Jefferson County, New York
State. With an extensive list
of orders, job description
and payment. An addenda
for 1870 summarizes the
Griswold & Fox accounts
with debits and credits.
Adams, N.Y. 1865-1870.
narrow folio, 39x 16cm, 240
lined pages, in the original
half black calf and marbled
Partial Image
boards, marble paper chipped
and worn, particularly

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A well-documented (each page is full) look at the
workings of a leather and harness maker in the days of the
horse and buggy.
36. [MAP. - 1855]. KEEFER, T.C.
Mercator’s Projection. With the Great Circle Shortest
Sailing or Air Lines, Illustrating the directness & capacity of
the River St. Laurence from Lake Erie to the Atlantic, As a
means of communication between Europe and the Commercial
Centre of the Great West, Shewing also the Extension
of the Northern Pacific Railway Route through
Canada, to the Nearest Atlantic Seaport at Montreal.
Prepared for the Canadian Commissioners of the Paris
Exhibition, by Tho’s C. Keefer. Montreal. G. Matthews,
Litho. 1855. 56.5x 85cm, (22"x 32.5"), image size, some splits
at the folds, else fine, framed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300.00
WorldCat 4 locations. 41 x 87 cm., on sheet 60 x 88 cm.
Prepared for the Canadian Commissioners of the Paris
Exhibition by Thos. C. Keefer Montreal, 1855.
Profile of St. Lawrence River and Lake Navigation
from Anticosti to Fond du Lac, Lake Superior; Profiles of the
Canadian Pacific Railway from Lake Superior Westward
and the American Central Pacfic Railway from Chicago
Westward.
37. MOODIE, Mrs. [Susanna]
Life in the Clearings versus the Bush. London.
Richard Bentley. 1853. 12mo, 18cm, (trimmed), the First
Edition, xvi,384p., in modern quarter red calf, gilt panels
rules & title on the spine, red cloth boards, wanting the
half-title, a fine copy thus of the rare first edition . . . . 450.00
Lande 2007. T.P.L. 3381. Sabin 50305. Matthews 849.
Story p.537. - It describes life in urban Ontario in the 1850's
and shows a marked change in attitude to emigration. It
describes the benefits of life in urban Ontario in the 1850's.
Enthusiastic in tone, it is a marked change in attitude regarding
emigration to Canada when compared to her earlier
work. Mrs. Moodie was a sister of Catharine Parr Traill and
Samuel Strickland, and was one of the most distinguished
pioneers of Canadian literature. She came to Upper Canada
in 1832 with her husband, a lieutenant in the 21st Fusiliers.
They originally settled near Cobourg and later moved to the
backwoods area in Douro Township. , and then to Belleville
in 1840. This sequel to Roughing It In The Bush relates
Moodie's experiences after the move to Belleville.
38. MOODIE, Mrs. (Susanna)
Life in the Clearings, versus The Bush. New York. De
Witt & Davenport, Publishers. n.d. [1854], 12mo. 19cm, first
U.S. edition, xii,[-13],300p. in the original brown cloth, with
elaborately blind border decorations on the boards, gilt
pictorial illustration on the upper cover repeated in blind
on the bottom board, [illustrated], gilt spine titles and
decorations in the panels, some slight edge wear but a very
good to fine copy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.00
T.P.L. 3382 & Lande 2006.
With Hand-Colour Location Map in St. John’s
39. [NEWFOUNDLAND] - Land Grant, 1845.
Newfoundland. (Lot) No. 400. ... Patrick Dwyer of St.
John’s in our Island of a Newfoundland Farmer, his heirs
and assigns all that piece and parcel of Land situated and
being on the North Side of “Upper Long Pond”...
containing Nineteen Acres... the price and consideration of
the said Land the sum of Twenty Seven Pounds Sterling
Money.. I hereby certify that on the seventeenth day of
February A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty five
the within Grant was by me duly registered in the Registry
of the Supreme Court Register of Grants, Volume fourpage
eighty eight. E.M. Archibald, Chief Clerk Rgr Sup
Court. (With Great Seal).
[St. John’s]. 1845. folio 43x 27.3cm, 4p., a printed
document & filled-in in manuscript, great seal of Newfoundland
afixed to front, with
a drawn map of lot and an
extensive hand-written description,
document has been
folded with some tearing
along creases, a very good
copy of a scarce document. . .
.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500.00
The land grant, abutting
Long Pond, is now located in
C.A. Pippy Park within the St.
John’s city boundaries and
near Memorial University of
Newfoundland. The detailed
surveyor’s report and map
was prepared, and signed, by
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General) who also owned the
parcel of land to the east of Lot
400. The land to the west was
owned by Edward Moran. A
scarce item of Newfoundland’s
colonial history.
Both of these scans are
partial images.
40. [Newfoundland. MacGregor, Sir William].
Report on the Trade and Commerce of Newfound-
th
land, for the Four Years ending with the 30 June, 1906, By
His Excellency Sir William MacGregor, Doctor of Medicine,
G.C.M.G., Governor of the Colony of Newfoundland. (cover
title). [St. John’s, 1907]. 4to. 27cm, 63,157-267p., including
diagrams, (several folding), tables, quarter cloth backed
printed paper over boards, upper hinge starting on the
upper third with call label on the top left corner, engraved
library bookplate (discard), very good, . . . . . . . . . . . 275.00
O’Dea 1385. I copy, microfiche. “Subjects included
Newfoundland and Labrador commerce - description and
travel”. Memorial Un Catalogue.
Early Halifax Printing - 1786
Land Grant - Governor John Parr
41. [NOVA SCOTIA]. Land Grant
Nova Scotia. George the Third, by the Grace of God, of
Great-Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the
Faith, and so forth. To all to whom these Presents shall
come, Greeting: ....[printed Loyalist land grant]...Given
under the Great Seal of Our Province of Nova Scotia.
Witness, Our Truly and Well-beloved John Parr, Esq; Our
Captain-General, Governor, and Commander in Chief, in
and over Our said Province, this Sixth Day of April, in the
Year of Our Lord One
T h o u s a n d S e v e n
Hundred and Eighty-six,
and in the Twenty-sixth
Year of Our Reign. J.
Parr.
[Halifax. Probably
by Anthony Henry].
1786. folio. 37x 23.5cm,
5p., blank leaf forming
front wrapper, handwritten
title on fold,
slight tearing to one fold,
some damp staining to
edges, very good copy,
very rare. . . . . . 1,500.00
Partial imagine
Not in Tremaine,
T.P.L., or Dennis. This
scarce example of early Nova Scotia printing was almost
certainly executed by Anthony Henry, who was the
government printer from 1770, and was later, in 1788,
commissioned King’s Printer. His only rival in Halifax,
John Howe, is not known to have printed any government
publications in the 1780's. This land grant lists all the
Loyalists grants made in the Cape Negro River area of
Shelburne County, with David Jeffries’ name underlined in
ink indicating that this was Jeffries’ copy. The hand-written
title on the blank leaf reads: “Grant to Jeffries of Lot 186
containing 100 acres on Cape Negro River. Argyle...”.
th
19 Century Ottawa Irish Accounts Book
42. [OTTAWA - Irish. (John & Peter Murphy, Saddlers)].
Manuscript Account Book / Journal. A nineteenth
century manuscript account
book for one Murphy family of
Ottawa with entries from 1855
to 1879. John and Peter
Murphy appear to have been
saddlers. With numerous receipts
from local Ottawa retail
businesses; James Brough &
Company, Grant & Henderson,
tax bills (Corporation City
of Ottawa), tenancy receipts
(for Ordnance Lands), and
miscellaneous newspaper
clippings (religion, election,
masonry, Irish ). The various
items have been laid in over a
printed text in folio binder.
Many of the contents are loose.
An interesting look at a small business in the early days of
the City of Ottawa.
Ottawa. 1855-1879. folio. 33x 20cm, c.120p., and
numerous loose ephemera, in full contemporary reversed
calf, worn, rare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500.00
43. [Ottawa & Pakenham Association]. Comstock, J.L.
Outlines of Geology: intended as a popular treatise on
the Most Interesting Parts of the Science. ... New York.

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Robinson, Pratt & Co. 1840. 12mo, 19cm, 3 edition, 384p.,
many text illustrations, in the original cloth, gilt spine titles
fading, binding is dust worn, good to very good .. . . 150.00
Association Copy: With the signature of the original
owner in ink on the title page And’w Dickson, Pakenham
Mills, 20 Sept, 1841. And with the contemporary
bookplate Dr. John Sweetland, Ottawa, Ont., on the front
endpapers: And with the following bookseller’s ticket:
William Greig’s, General Book & Stationary Depot, No.
197, St. Paul Street, Montreal.
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A Complete Set of this 19
Canadian Illustrated Periodical
44. L’Opinion Publique. Journal Illustre. Vol. 1. - 1870 -
to -Vol 14. No. 52. 1885. (complete run).
Montreal. Bureaux: No. 1. Cote de la Place D’Armes. 1870-
1885. Folio. 39cm, in 14 volumes, each between 400 and 500
pages with c.3,675 plates and illustrations from engravings,
including not uniformly bound, several expertly restored,
most are half bound in roan morocco, raised bands, gilt
titles, pebbled cloth boards, marbled boards, a classic
Canadiana rarity, fine .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,500.00
Contains over 3675 engraved illustrations (including
222 double page plates, 14 maps (2 double page), 5
engraved title pages, 1 colour plate, 1 rear folding
supplement). - Probably the single largest source for
nineteenth century Canadian illustrated information. -
Gagnon 2589. “C’est le premier journal illustre, de ce genre
au Canada. Il fut pendant toute sa duree, le theatre des
exploits des nos plus fines plumes canadiennes.” Not in
Lande.
L’Opinion Publique was the French Canadian
counterpart of the Canadian Illustrated News also
published by Desbarats. The two were issued on alternate
days of the week and many if not most of the illustrations
were shared although they were often formatted
differently. Both have become increasingly scarce.
spread use of the camera.
These volumes contains
many illustrations on Quebec,
the 1870 Riel Rebellion,
on Riel, Prime Minister
Alexander Mackenzie,
Formation of the
N.W.M.P., Funeral of
George Etienne Cartier,
Manitoba School Question;
cities, Montreal,
portraits, Parliament Building
in Quebec in winter,
exhibitions, railways, bridges,
politics, downtown
building,etc etc.,These two
periodicals more than any
others contains the quintessential
images of nineteenth
century Canada (ie.
"Horse on Snowshoes -
Taken Fifty Miles Up
Lievre River, North of
Ottawa", (drawn) from a
photograph by Henderson),
before the wide
45. PENNINGTON, Richard
Exit Mistress Fitton. A Letter to Sidney Fisher from
Richard Pennington. Montreal. Redpath Press. 1973. 19.5x
16cm, limited edition of 75
copies, [16]p., gilt decorated red
warps with paper label on the
upper cover, string-bound, fine
copy .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00
An interesting letter on
Shakespearean scholarship. “To
the only begetter of this
insulting essay, Mr. S.T.F., all
happiness wisheth the wellwishing
printer in setting type.”
46. PERKINS, Simeon
The Diary of Simeon Perkins. In 5 volumes. Champlain
Society Nos., 29, 36, 39, 43 & 50. Toronto. The
Champlain Society. 1948-1978. 8vo. 24cm, in 5 volumes,
xxxiv,298 & lviii,531 & xliv,477 & lxxii,550pp., limited to

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550 copies, this being #342, maps and plates, original crested
red cloth, t.e.g., volume 4 spine cloth slightly faded otherwise
the set is generally fine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00
T.P.L. 4761. Volume One: edited by Harold A. Innis,
1766-1780 - Volume Two: edited by D.C. Harvey with notes
by C.B. Fergusson, 1780-89 - Volume Three: edited with
notes by C.B. Fergusson, 1790-1796 - Volume Four: edited
with Introduction and Notes by C.B. Fergusson, 1797-1803 -
Volume Five: edited with an Introduction and notes by C.B.
Fergusson, 1803-1812. Each is limited variously from 500 to
775 copies. - Please Note: Volume one is as rare as volume
five is common. Volume two is now definitely uncommon
just as volume four is not. Most of the value is in the first
volumes.
P e r k i n s
was a New
Englander
who settled
in Liverpool,
Nova
S cotia i n
1 7 6 2 . He
became a
prominent
merchant,
member of
the House
o f
Assembly
and judge
of probates. The diary begins with the early days of
settlement in Nova Scotia, contacts with New England, West
Indies, and Europe. It shows how the effects of the
American Revolution on the colony drove its people in selfdefence
to engage in privateering which they were to
continue later for profit.
47. POUCHOT, Pierre
Mèmoires sur la Derniere Guerre de l'Amèrique
Septentrionale, entre France et l'Angleterre. Suivis
d'Observations, dont plusiers sont relatives au theatre actuel
de la Guerre, & de nouveaux dètails sur les moeurs & les
usages des Sauvages, avec des Cartes Topographiques. Par
M. Pouchot... Commandant des Forts de Niagara & de
Levis, en Canada.
Yverdon. 1781. 12mo. 16cm, in 3 volumes, xli,184 &
[4],308 & [4],379,[1]pp, with 3 folding engraved maps,
complete with half titles in all three volumes, title vignettes
and ornaments, in full brown calf, raised bands, blind ruled
borders on the boards, crushed crimson morocco label, gilt
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titles, several neat 19 century annotations in the margins in
the last part of volume two, and a few on one map, a fine
clean set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,500.00
T.P.L 6586. Sabin 64707. Howes P516. Streeter II;1033.
Lande 716. Dionne 849. Vlach 599. - First edition of the
most important French authority on the Seven Years War in
North America. Pouchot, an engineer and a soldier, was
entrusted with rebuilding the defenses of Fort Niagara,
where he became commandant. Although he considered
the fort impregnable, he was forced to surrender to Sir
William Johnson in
July, 1759. After an
exchange of prisoners,
he was put in
charge of Fort Levis
where he capitulated
to the superior forces
of General Amherst
in July, 1760. Upon
his return to France,
he was accused of
having shared in the
corruption which led
to the loss of Canada. These memoirs were written with the
motives of self vindication and are an invaluable record of
the War, especially of the sieges of Fort Niagara and Fort
Levis. In them he discusses the corruption in the colonial
administration, the morale of the French troops, as well as
giving a lengthy and detailed account of the topography of
Canada, of the modes of Indian warfare, and of the
manners and customs of the Indians. The engraved maps
include a plan of Fort Niagara and Pouchot's defences; a
map of part of the St. Lawrence River showing Fort Levis
and the adjacent islands with the position of Lord
Amherst's flotilla; and a large map of the entire French and
English frontier from Montreal to Fort Du Quesne.
Unobtrusive inked annotations, probably 19th century, on
the large map appear to indicate part of the campaign
studied by a previously unidentified owner. They highlight
the route from Lake Ontario to Montreal. Also, there are
several neatly inked marginalia toward the end of volume
II, where the battle at Fort
Levis is described by Pouchot.
The notes contradict Pouchot
by citing references to Mante
and other contemporary
writers.
48. QUEBEC, Montmorency
and Charlevoix Railway
Quebec, Montmorency
and Charlevoix Railway to the
Shrine of St. Anne at Beaupre
n e a r Q u e be c , C a n a d a .
Respectively Presented by the
Railroad Company. 1897.

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Quebec. General Printing Office. 1897. 24mo. 13cm, 72p.,
title-page vignette, music, illustrated grey wraps, railroad
timetable on rear cover, lightly chipped along cover edges,
on fragile paper, very good copy, rare.. . . . . . . . . . . . 250.00
A scarce booklet on the QM & C that was incorporated
in 1881 to service the pilgrimage to the Basilica of Sainte-
Anne-de-Beaupre and was nicknamed “Railway of Good
Saint Anne”. It existed as the QM&C until 1904. The
booklet provides a history of the Shrine and includes the
music to “The Most Popular Hymne to St. Anne”.
49. Qvebec. [View of Quebec City, 1683].
from: MALLET, A(llain).
M(anesson). [1630 - 1706].
Description de L'Univers.
Paris. Denys Thierry. 1683. 5
volumes.
This plate: “De L’Amerique.
Figure CXX. p277", very good
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to fine, in 19 cent. Hogarth
frame with matt . . . . . . 300.00
Bird’s Eye View.
Not in DeVopli.
50. [RAND, Silas Tertius]. [The Book of Samz]
AE Buk ov Samz. In Mikmak. Bath. Printed for [t]he
Britic and Foren Beibel Soseieti, Bei Eizak Pitman. 1859.
16mo. 15cm, 282p., text in phonetic characters, in the original
speckled sheep, edges worn, bottom spine edges chipped,
fine .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600.00
Pilling, Algonquin, p.421. Banks, p.94. T.P.L. 3876. The
Book of Psalms translated into Micmac by the Nova Scotian
missionary, Silas Tertius Rand (1810-1889). Printed in
Micmac by the British and Foreign Bible Society.
Bible in Micmac
51. [RAND, Silas Tertius].
Pela Kesagunoodumumkawa Tan Tula Uksakumamenoo
Westowoolkw Sasoogoole Clistawit Ootenink
Megumoweesimk. (Translated by Silas Tertius Rand).
Chebooktook. Megumagea
Ledakun- Weekugemkawa
Moweome. (Colphon on title
verso: Printed by the “Nova
Scotia Printing Companyu,”
c o r n e r S a c k v i l l e a n d
Granville Sts., Halifax. 1871.
16mo, 16cm, 126,[1], in the
original pebbled plumb plain
cloth, spine faded with some
age fatiguing, a very good (internally fine) copy of a fragile
and rare book .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.00
Banks p95. Pilling, Algonquian p420, Darlow & Moule
6788. “A revised edition of No. 6781". Sabin 67760. Siebert
Translation of the Gospel of Matthew, translated into
the Micmac language by Silas Tertius Rand, and are
rendered in Pitman's phonetic script.
The Princesses’ Dolls on Tour
52. ROYAL TOUR, 1939.
France and Marianne. The Princesses' Dolls.
Album containing 14 studio photographs of the
princesses' dolls. SIGNED in the bottom right margin, in
pencil, Hands, Ottawa.
[Ottawa]. [1939]. 4to. 26cm, in full black morocco
binder, ribbon ties, title stamped in gilt on the upper cover,
gilt inner dentelles with stain endpapers and free flies,
unique, very unusual item, possibily unique . . . . . 1,200.00
Contains a letter presenting the album to Mrs. .... who
was responsible for the touring exhibit in Canada, on the
letter head of Charles
Ogivley, Limited, Ottawa,
November 1940. “As a
little memento of your efforts
in launching Fran(c)e
(sic) and Marianne on
their Canadian tour, in
which we were so glad to
assist, we are enclosing
copies of the photographs
taken. . The 1939 royal
tour was the first in Canada
by reigning monarch.
Its purpose was to garner
support for the War effort
and was very successful.
It is probable that
this doll exhibit was
used in department
store windows and
hotel lobbies across the
country, conceivably in
conjunction with the
tour. Most of the photographs
show the dolls
in posed settings in
window displays. The photographer was [Harry Hands],
Hands Studio, Ottawa.
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