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RACAR XVI, 2 (1989) [Revue d'art canadienne / Canadian Art Review]
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Waterloo, Ontario, Canada: Universities Art Association of Canada, 1989. Stiff paper wraps, consisting of pp. 113-335 of Vol. XVI. Light shelf wear. Presentation copy to Janet S. Byrne, Curator of Prints and Photographs, Metropolitan Museum of Art, to whom a contributed article -- "From Drawn to Printed Model Book" -- by Myra Nan Rosenfeld (whose CCA "Compliments" card is laid in) is dedicated.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information
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Nineteenth Century Pioneers
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada. "This portfolio of sketches of life in the last century provides an interesting insight into the aggressive spirit and unshakeable faith of the pioneers of this great continent." Portfolio of 10 prints, undated, in original folder with illus. cover. Light shelf wear to folder, prints as issued.. First Edition. Disbound. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information
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Tourist's Guide to Niagara Falls, Lake Ontario, and St. Lawrence River; Also, A Guide to Lakes George and Champlain; Ottawa and Saguenay Rivers
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New York: J. Disturnell, 1857. 172 pp. + 32 pp. at rear of excursions, appendices, advertisements. Identified as 2nd Edition based on statement in Appendix. Rebound in light green buckram, gilt stamped title on spine panel. Ex-library copy, stamped endpapers, several stamps on early leaves from Mercantile Library and Free Library of Philadelphia. Title page slightly dampstained, with small area of darkening along fore-edge of several early leaves. Approx. 1/2" notch of paper loss along top edge of Contents leaf. Otherwise nicely intact interior, though evidently a bit trimmed, most likely to remove tattered edges. Graded as Good-VG due less to defects than to rebound and trimmed status. Evidently quite scarce.. Second Edition. Buckram. Good-VG. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information
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Thousand Islands [and] St. Lawrence River, "The Venice of America": 121 Photographic Views of the Island Region, Reproduced in Sepia and Nature's Own Colors. Automobile Road Map of Northern New York
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Watertown, NY: Santway Photo Craft Co. For the Canada Railway News Co., 1917. Oblong 8vo, brown wraps with gilt and black cover illus. Nicely preserved, showing only lightly rubbed edges. Clean interior. Vintage collectible, with interior map copyrighted 1917, approximate era of publication.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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The Elwha: A River of Destiny [SIGNED]
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1991. Light blue illus. wraps. Booklet, oblong format. 44 pp., illus. No stated publisher or copyright. Slight handling wear, almost as issued. Signed by Fish on front cover. Olympic peninsula, Washington state.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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An Expedition to The Copper, Tanana and Koyukuk Rivers in 1885 [Northern History Library]
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Anchorage, AK: Alaska Northwest Publishing Co., 1985. 96 pp., illus. Published as part of the Spring 1985 issue of The Alaska Journal, Vol. 15, No. 2. Rolled binding edge, handling wear, rubbed edges. Acceptable reading copy, most leaves lightly thumbed but otherwise intact. Scarce.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information
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Communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, Transmitting... the Report of Israel D. Andrews...on the Trade and Commerce of British North American Colonies, and Upon the Trade of the Great Lakes and Rivers [Andrews' Report on Colonial and Lake Tr
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Washington, D.C.: Robert Armstrong, Printer, 1853. [Spine title: Andrews' Report on Colonial and Lake Trade, 1852.] 32nd Congress, 2nd Session, [House of Reps.] Ex. Doc. No. 136. Andrews was U.S. Consul for Canada and New Brunswick. This volume published in compliance with Resolution of the Senate, 8 March 1851. Brown stamped cloth, gilt lettering. xix,906,[i] pp. Several areas of cloth loss along lower portions of spine panel; curled corners, modest shelf wear. Firm binding. Scattered foxing, mostly light, ranging to moderate.. First Edition. Cloth. Good-VG/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Ungava: A Tale of Esquimaux-Land
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London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1867. Green pebbled cloth, decorated in blind, lettered and illus. in gilt on spine panel. Moderate overall wear, rubbed at spine extremities and with exposure at corners, approx. 1.5" separation of cloth (repaired along front joint. Binding lean. Firm binding despite split hinges, generally clean interior beyond occasional light foxing. Former owner's name stamp on front flyleaf. Double title pg., the first engraved, also frontis. engraving, internal plates with tissue guards. Dated on 2nd title page (early printing). Acceptable reading copy.. Decorative Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information
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Georgian Bay: The Sixth Great Lake
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Boston Mills Press, 1995. Revised 3rd edition. Virtually as issued. [xvi],208 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs. Former owner signature and embossed name stamp on title page, else clean. Firm, square binding.. Revised Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Ships of the Great Lakes: 300 Years of Navigation
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Holt, MI: Thunder Bay Press, 1996. 1st thus, revised: 1996 (originally issued 1973). 272 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs. Slight shelf wear, virtually as issued. Former owner's embossed name stamp on half- and title pages.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information
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Travels in Pensilvania and Canada [March of America Facsimile Series No. 41] [Pennsylvania]
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Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms, Inc., 1966. Blue cloth, lettered in gold foil. Ex-library, typically marked/stamped, only modest actual wear. A bit rubbed at spine extremities, corners a bit curled. Acceptable reference copy. [vii],94 pp. Facsimile reprint of the 1751 London edition.. First Thus. Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information
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A Candle on the Coast, 1944-1994: A Fiftieth Anniversary History of the Pacific Coast Children's Mission and Camp Homewood [SIGNED]
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Kask Graphics, 1994. Blue cloth, lettered in gold foil. As issued. Very slight shelf wear to dust jacket, virtually as issued. 204 pp., illus. w/ color plates, b&w photographs, endpaper maps. Signed by author on lower title page.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information
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Ontario Fraktur: A Pennsylvania-German Folk Tradition in Early Canada
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada: M. F. Feheley Publishers Ltd., 1977. Black cloth, lettered in gold foil, oblong format. As issued. 144 pp., illus. w/ color, b&w plates. Dust jacket slightly rubbed at corners, now in mylar.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information
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Arctic Experiences: Containing Capt. George E. Tyson's Wonderful Drift on the Ice-Floe, A History of the Polaris Expedition, the Cruise of the Tigress, and Rescue of the Polaris Survivors. To Which Is Added a General Arctic Chronology
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New York: Harper and Brothers, 1874. Olive buckram. 486,6 pp., illus. and maps set into text, also full-page engraved plates with guards. De-accessioned from non-circulating museum collection, minimally marked/stamped, clear-coated spine panel (slightly age-toned) with handwritten call number on lower spine. Lightly rubbed corners, mild shelf wear. Both hinges starting but holding. 1st edition, matching dates, no additional printings indicated.. First Edition. Buckram. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information
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Twentieth Century Impressions of Canada: Its History, People, Commerce, Industries, and Resources
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London and Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Sells Ltd. (Printed By the Gresham Press), 1914. Ex-library w/ typical marks and stamps. Quite worn, but not abused. Thick folio, burgundy cloth. Call label on lower spine, library pastedown over gilt maple leaf on front cover. Worn, frayed corners and extrems. Inner hinges a bit suspect but firm, interior quite clean and nicely preserved beyond library stamps and endpapers. Overall, likely a binding copy. All plates, portraits, etc., intact.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/N/A. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Ex-Library. more information
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Alaska: Saga of a Bold Land
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New York: HarperCollins, 2003. Fine/Fine, as issued. xiv,608 pp., endpaper maps.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Where the Fishers Go: The Story of Labrador
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New York: Cochrane Publishing Co., 1909. Light blue cloth, embossed in dark blue and white. Ex-library, typically marked/stamped. Soiled cloth, frayed spine extremities and exposed corners. Hinges starting, but binding absolutely firm. Approx. 1" closed tear to fore-edge of title pg. xxiv,366 pp., illus., w/ fold-out map of Coast of Labrador showing fold creases and slightly chipped bottom edge with minor loss (no printed portions affected). Acceptable reference copy of a scarce publication.. First U.S. Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information
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Alaskettes: Alaskan Lore and Crafts for Children
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Quest Books, 1967. Very slight lean, lightly creased binding. Minimal edge wear, a bit bumped at joints, lightly soiled. 176 pp.. First Edition. Soft Cover. VG+/N/A. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information
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The Old Province of Quebec
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Toronto and Minneapolis, MN: Ryerson Press-University of Minnesota Press, 1933. xiii,551 pp., illus. w/ b&w plates. Spine panel and the upper portions of both front and rear panels are moderately tanned. Slightly frayed at head of spine. Text block square and clean, just a bit toned along edges.. First Edition. Cloth. VG+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Upper White River District, Yukon
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Ottawa, Canada: Canada Department of Mines, Geological Survey, 1915. Geological Survey Memoir 50; No. 51, Geological Series. GPB, 1915, No. 1385. Front cover, frontis., and title pg. supplied in facsimile, originals lacking; map missing from rear pocket. Paper loss along spine panel, approx. 3/4 lacking, though undermesh is intact and binding solid, ideal for rebinding, rear cover present. Interior a bit toned but clean. Excellent binding copy.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Good/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Icebound Summer
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. Green cloth, lettered in gold foil. Slightly rubbed edges, else nearly as issued. xi,[ii],262 pp., maps, illus. Dust jacket chipped with minor loss at spine extremities, edges rubbed and a bit chipped in a few spots, in mylar. A common title, but not an especially common first edition.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Henry B. Kane. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Antarctic Conquest: The Great Explorers in their Own Words
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Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill/Howard W. Sams and Co., 1965. Light blue 1/4 cloth, ivory paper covered boards. Cloth is slightly spotted but otherwise clean. Front board every so slightly warped. xv,368 pp. Former owner signature on front pastedown. Dust jacket shows minor shelf wear and rubbing along flap folds, a few minor edge chips, price clipped front flap, now in mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/VG+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Polar Flight
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London: Ian Allan, 1964. Light blue cloth, lettered in silver foil. Slightly rubbed spine extremities, else virtually as issued. Former owner signature on front flyleaf and book plate on verso of same. 187 pp., illus. w/ b&w plates, maps, endpaper maps. Dust jacket with lightly rubbed edges, slightly chipped spine extremities, in new Brodart sleeve.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/VG+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Expulsion of the Acadians -- The True Story (Documented)
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada: Brunswick Press, 1955. 2nd edition, revised, 1965. Pale yellow stiff paper wraps. Lightly soiled, lightly handled. 31 pp.. Second Edition. Original Wraps. VG+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information
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L'Ile Percee, the Finial of the St. Lawrence or Gaspe Flaneries, Being a Blend of Reveries and Realities; of History and Science; of Description and Narrative; as also a Signpost to the Traveler
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New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1923. Green cloth, lettered on front and spine panels in gilt. Slight shelf wear, virtually as issued. Former owner signature and date on front flyleaf, else unmarked. xii,203 pp., illus. Text block edges slightly toned, interior otherwise fully intact.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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The Trail of '42: A Pictorial History of the Alaska Highway
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Missoula, MT: Pictorial Histories Publishing Co., 1979. 2nd ptg.: Feb. 1980. Modest edge wear, bottom corners a bit bumped, several binding creases. 102 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs. Original price in ink on upper corner of title page. Oblong format, with color front cover photo of the road at Contact Creek (not as typically pictured).. Second Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Passage to the Sea: The Story of Canada Steamship Lines
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Doubleday Canada Ltd., 1991. Dark gray cloth, lettered in red foil. 432 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs. Slight binding lean, otherwise essentially as issued. Former owner signature on front flyleaf, embossed name stamp on half- and title pages. Dust jacket shows slight shelf wear.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information
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Black Rock: A Tale of the Selkirks
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Elgin, IL and Chicago, IL: David C. Cook Publishing Co.. 95 pp., illus. Gray 1/2 cloth (binding, corners), marbled paper over boards. Corners show a bit of exposure, and paper shows some surface rubbing in spots, with loss along edges. Slightly soiled endpapers, otherwise clean interior, firm binding. Undated, ca. 1880s, with Christmas Eve 1882 mentioned on the first page of the narrative. Victorian novel set at Graeme's Lumber Camp No. 2 in Canada. Presumed first edition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Documentary History of the Campaign on the Niagara Frontier in 1814 [Part I]
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Welland, Ontario: Lundy's Lane Historical Society, 1908. Tan stiff paper wraps, chipped with approx. 5% total loss at bottom front corner, along front joint, rear fore-edge, and both spine extremities. Front cover mostly detached along front joint. 215 pp. Several leaves show light fore-edge chipping; the front cover through p. 10 show a short (approx. 3/4") closed tear along fore-edge extending into margin only, affecting no text; slight loss to bottom corners of early leaves, through about p. 30. Former owner signatures on front cover, former owner address inscription on title page. Worn but complete, original publication (not a later reprint), acceptable reading/reference copy, and quite scarce in any condition.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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The Alaska Gallery at the Anchorage Museum of History and Art: A Guidebook
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Anchorage, AK: Cook Inlet Historical Society, 1990. Booklet, illus. wraps. 2nd ptg.: 1992. [ii],90 pp., illus. w/ b&w plates, maps. As issued.. Second Printing. Original Wraps. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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A Cruising Guide to the New England Coast, Including the Hudson River, Long Island Sound, and the Coast of New Brunswick
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New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1972. Dark blue cloth. 1972 edition. Light shelf wear, very small tear and fraying at head of spine. Lightly soiled text block edge. Stamp on front blank from Sandy Bay Book Store, Rockport, Mass. Illus. w/ maps, etc.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Bibliography of Loyalist Sources in Canada [Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society Vol. 82, Part 1 (1972)]
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Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, 1972. Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, Vol. 82, Part 1 (1972). Also articles on book trade labels, American Bibliographical Notes, with most of issue occupied by listed bibliography. Orig. wraps bound in, rebound in dark blue library cloth. Ex-library, no wear, slight lean.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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The Canadian Frontier, 1534-1760
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Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1988. 4th ptg. of Revised Ed. (1974) of original 1969 ptg. xix,238 pp. Light shelf wear, a few instances of scattered internal highlighting.. Soft Cover. VG+/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Land of Promise: The Story of Early Canada
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New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1962. Ex-libray w/ typical marks and stamps, little actual wear. Brodart sleeve glued to endpapers, dust jacket well preserved. Clean interior. x,265 pp.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Allistair Maitland. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information
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The Pacific Coast Scenic Tour: From Southern California to Alaska, the Canadian Pacific Railway, Yellowstone Park and the Grand Canyon
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891. Presumed first edition, copyrighted 1890, dated 1891 on title pg. Olive cloth, gilt accents. Early tourist guide and history of Far West, including Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington, Canada, etc. Slightly toned toward edges, modestly rubbed spine extremities, rubbed fore-edges. Spotted cloth with some dampstaining evident to upper portions of spine panel and along rear joint, not affecting interior. Small closed cloth tear at lower spine, repaired. Former owner's illus. bookplate on front pastedown, else clean interior. xv,309 pp., illus. w/ b&w plates.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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150 Years of Canadian Railroads
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London: Winchmore Publishing, 1984. Slightly bumped top extrem and corners, lightly rubbed at same. Two short closed tears along top front edge of dust jacket, not through surface laminate. Gift inscription on FFEP. Firm binding, clean interior, fully illus. in color.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. more information
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Pierre-Esprit Radisson, Merchant Adventurer, 1636-1710
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Sillery, Quebec, Canada: Septentrion, 2002. Dark gray cloth, lettered in black. As issued. 312 pp., maps.. First Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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The Peoples of the Great North: Art and Civilisation of Siberia
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New York: Parkstone Press, 2000. Laminated pictorial boards, in dust jacket. 216 pp., illus. w/ color, b&w plates. As issued. Dust jacket shows light edge wear, now housed in Brodart sleeve.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. more information
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Peary: The Man Who Refused To Fail [INSCRIBED]
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New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1926. Blue textured cloth, lettered in gilt on spine panel, with Peary's facsimile signature in gilt on front panel. Moderate shelf wear, several marks of soiling/staining and surface rubbing to both panels, rubbed joints. Slightly shaken, paper split and repaired along rear hinge. Light wear to text block edges. vii,404 pp., illus. w/ grey-tinted plates, endpaper maps. Former owner signature on front flyleaf, book plate on verso of same. Inscribed by author as "Fitz" on a front blank, dated at New York, 12 May 1926, beneath which, also in the author's hand (and initialed) is a note stating "Today was received from [Roald] Amundsen the 'first message ever sent from the North Pole'" -- interesting topical association. Laid in is Sept. 1957 National Geographic large color foldout map of Antarctica.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Good-VG/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Labrador: The Country and the People
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New York: Macmillan, 1909. 1st ed: Nov. 1909. Dark green cloth, gilt and black binding decor. A few surface abrasions along front fore-edge and joint, modestly rubbed extrems, still attractive. Front hinge a bit suspect through early blanks; binding somewhat shaken; color foldout map detached but present, with slight edgewear. Interior clean. A short biography of the author tipped in to front pastedown, does not appear to be part of a dust jacket. Former owner signature on front flyleaf.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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The Potomac
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Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986. xii,436 pp., illus., maps. Reprinted from the Rivers of America series. Dull orange stiff paper wraps. Light shelf wear. Former owner signature and embossed name stamp on half-title, another embossed name stamp on upper title page.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Mitchell Jamieson. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Charlie Farquharson's Jogfree of Canda, the Whirld and Other Places -- A Public School Jogfree [SIGNED]
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Canada: Gage Publishing, 1974. Illus. gray paper covered boards, color illus. endpaper maps. vi,130 pp., illus. Corners slightly curled, otherwise virtually as issued. Dust jacket modestly toned/soiled, with rubbed edges and mild chipping at spine extremities, now in mylar. Signed by author (as "Charlie Farquharson") on title page. Certainly among the most curious titles in our inventory. Mock geography.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Fortunato Aglialoro. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information
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The Polar and Tropical Worlds: A Description of Man and Nature in the Polar and Equatorial Regions of the Globe [Two Volumes in One]
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Guelph, Ontario, Canada: J. W. Lyons, 1874. Full leather, embossed, decorated and lettered in gilt on spine panel. Leather is rubbed along edges with slight exposure at a few spots, rubbed along joints with some surface rubbing as well. Chipped with slight loss at tail of spine. Both hinges are split, but binding is still firm, with all leaves firmly anchored. 1st thus of New Edition (1874), following the original edition of 1869, this edition with an account of Hall's last expedition, a summary of Arctic explorations, and new maps of the Arctic regions. 811 pp., 200 illus.. First Thus. Full-Leather. Good-VG/Not Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information
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Lake Erie (The American Lakes Series]
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Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1945. Dark green cloth, decorated and lettered in gilt. No "First Edition" designation. 416 pp., illus. w/ b&w plates, endpaper maps. Modestly rubbed corners and extremities, light surface marking to cloth at title on front panel, corners a bit bumped. Former owner signature on front pastedown, else clean interior.. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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The Open Polar Sea: A Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery Towards the North Pole, in the Schooner "United States"
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New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1867. 1st American edition, copyrighted 1866, with 1867 on lower title page. Violet-brown cloth, lettered in gilt on spine panel, with front panel device of wolf's head in gilt. Moderate binding lean. Moderate overall wear, with some rubbing evident at corners and spine extremities, cloth puckered and/or showing surface rubbing in several places on both panels, some flecking. Spine panel soiled with a few small areas of cloth rubbed through near title. xxiv,454 pp., including subscription list (pp. xi-xvi), 9 illustrated plates (including 3 maps, most drawn by Schott, Hayes, or White, engraved by J. Schedler or J. A. Bogert), 30 decorative tail-pieces drawn on wood by G. G. White from photographs and sketches by Dr. Hayes, engraved mostly by J. A. Bogert. Interior generally clean and intact, slightly age-toned, with light foxing evident proximate to plates. Acceptable reference copy. Often reprinted, less common in its 1st U.S. appearance.. First U.S. Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Eskimo Townsmen
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Ottawa, Canada: Canadian Research Centre for Anthropology, University of Ottawa, 1965. Lightly rubbed along edges and at joints, a bit of corner wear. Modest lean. Firm binding. xix,278 pp., illus. w/ b&w plates.. Soft Cover. VG+/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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The Mountain West: Interpreting the Folk Landscape
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Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997. xii,160 pp., illus. Rust colored cloth, in dust jacket. Absolutely as issued.. First Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information
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St. Lawrence Seaway
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Chicago, IL: Follett Publishing Company, 1959. Light blue paper covered boards, modestly rubbed at corners, spine extrems., along bottom edge. 160 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs. Former owner's embossed name stamp on front flyleaf and half-title. Front flyleaf thumbed, interior otherwise intact. Dust jacket shows rubbed edges with several closed tears and associated creasing, light soiling, price-clipped front flap.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good-VG. Illus. by Lorence F. Bjorklund (drawings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Arctic Explorations in the Years 1853, '54, '55 [Complete in 2 Volumes]
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Philadelphia, PA: Childs and Peterson, 1857. Complete in two volumes. Brown cloth, decorated in blind, lettered in gilt on spine panels. Moderate shelf wear, rubbed with exposure at corners and at several points along edges, with minor loss at spine extremities. Also some exposure along joints, with narrow strip of loss to cloth the length of the rear joint of Vol. I. Despite all this, firm bindings. 464,[2] + 467,[2] pp., illus. w/ engraved plates with guards, other illus. set into text, more than 300 engravings altogether. All plates intact; maps not present. Very scattered and very minor foxing to notably clean interiors in both volumes. First title (engraved) in each volume dated 1856; second title (text only) dated 1856, matching copyright date, thus 1st editions. Both front pastedowns carry the ex-libris book plate of Lee Rogers Allen. Vol. I G, Vol. II perhaps VG-.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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The Antarctic [INSCRIBED]
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London: Blandford Press, 1969. Turquoise paper covered boards, slightly rubbed edges. [xii],276 pp., endpaper maps, illus. w/ b&w plates. Slight shelf wear to dust jacket, now in Brodart sleeve. Personal nscription by author on half-title, dated Sept. 1972.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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