Rare books from Harry E Bagley Books Ltd

Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co, 1871. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed Note Laid in. First Edition. green, gilt dec. beveled cloth, gilt dec. spine, 152 pages, front endpaper starting, light edge wear and minor spotting to covers, 13 line ALS, double-folded, note with embossed address, attached to front free endpaper, the address on the stationary reads."15,Upper Hamilton Terrace, N.W. " the note reads."May 26/86 , My Dear Mr Abbey, I have only just returned from the South Coast to find your kind note. It gives me great pleasure to be able to accept your pleasanr invitation for the 7th June, to meet our old friend Osgood, Believe me, Yours always, Bret Harte" SEE BAL 7253 . The address on the stationary is that of Harte's close friends in London, Arthur and Anna Van de Velde. The note was written during Harte's tenure as US Consul in Glasgow. During his term as US Consul in Glasgow, Harte was usually in London, pursuing his literary career. CONTENTS: San Francisco, from… Read More

Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1858. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. red, blind-stamped, gilt dec. cloth, cover and spine, viii, 195, (1) blank, (4) adverts., frontis. (folding map), light edge and corner wear, corners lightly bumped, light wear at spine ends, an attractive copy of a rare title, see; Westwood & Satchell; BIBLIOTHECA PISCATORIA, pp., 38. Size: 12mo.

Revelstoke, B.C.: Revelstoke Senior Citizen Association, 1986. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. pict. cloth, iii,(1),354, pages, illustrated, maps, ports., endpaper maps, index, clean, bright copy, profusely illustrated, much on pioneer families, and all aspects of the Columbia River community. Originally this book was written by Margaret McMahon. It relates the story of the beginnings of Revelstoke and of the local pioneer families. It is concerned mainly with those families and their stories. McMahon eventually turned her work over to the Senior Citizen Assoc. and they added an additional section on the pioneers. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

La Prairie, Que.: Marcel Broquet Publishing Co., 1988. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio. green cloth, gilt cover and spine letters, 210 pages,index, illustrated, many full color illlustrations, ports. dust jacket has signs of moisture stain at lower front corner and at foot of spine which does not involve book, sligh spine fade, book is bright, clean, tight copy, Size: Folio -(32cm) English version by Raymond Chamberlain..

Toronto: Sotheby's, 2007. Book. Fine. Paperbound. pict. paper wraps, 188 pages, [1] folded page, index of artists, prices realized sheet tipped-in, as new copy Size: 4 to., (27cm).

Beckenham, Kent, United Kingdom: The Fishing Gazette Book. Very Good. Paperbound. pict paper, stapled at spine, 50 issues, No. 4315 to 4367, (lacking 2 issues, # 4326 & #4330) , all in very good condition, a wealth of information for anglers, hundreds of illustrations, articles by well-known writers, anglers and sportsmen, "the leading Weekly paper for anglers" Salmon, Trout,General Angling, Sea Fishing & Fish Culture, extra post required please. Size: 4 to.,.

Croydon, Surrey: The Fishing Gazette Limited, 1962. Book. Very Good. Paperbound. July 7, t Dec 29, 1962. pict. papre wraps, stapled at spine, 26 issues, in clean, bright condition, extra post required, Size: 4 to.,.

Fredericton N.B.: New Brunswick Chapbooks, 1972. Book. Illus. by Cover By Bruno Bobak. Very Good. Paperbound. First Edition,. Sm 4to.,(20cm). pict. paper wraps, stapled at spine, 30 pages, New Brunswick Chapbook No. 17., limited edition 0f 250 copies, Richards second published work, a clean, bright copy, not common .Preceeded only by a privately printed book of poetry and short stories entitled One Step Inside (1972)..

Bermuda: The Bermudian Publishing Company, 1989. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Copy No 550 of 2500 Copies. blue, dec. cloth gilt spine, 169 pages, (6 pp of text, 5 pp key to photographs) [editor and publisher Kevin Stevenson ; photographic editor Tom Butterfield ; text by Susanne Notman.]. a bright, clean copy of a very scarce book Size: Folio, (24 x 34 cm.).

Chicago: D.Dalziel Book. Poor. Hardcover. pictorial paper over boards, n.d., [1884?], 12 pages., col. frontis., [12] p. of col. plates, patterned endpapers, Cover title: NIAGARA REVISITED;12 years after Their wedding journey by the Hoosac Tunnel route written by William Dean Howells, Published by D. Dalziel Chicago., published by arrangement with James R. Osgood & Co.,Publishers, Boston, Plates printed on both sides., Advertisements [16 p.] bound in the end of the volume. BAL 9615; Wright, American fiction, v. III, 1876-1900, no. 2824; Kirk, Essays in literary history, 1960. pp. 177-195. A rare book, a fair speculation would state that there are 15 copies extant. Certainly one of the most rare of Howells works and one of the most rare of works on Niagara. This copy has a varient from the copy held by Columbia Univ.and other copies perused in that the Columbia copy and others bare the line "Reprinted, with Alterations, from the Atlantic Monthly, May 1883" in place of the line in this copy… Read More

Scarborough, Ont: National Association for Photographic Art, Book. Very Good. Paperbound. 95 issues, pict. paper wraps, (on all but No. 1 & No. 3), the first 7 issues were titled National APA Camera Canada, Edited for 10 years by the world-renown author, photographer and workshop leader from New Brunswick, Freema Patterson. He was also one of the founders of NAPA, and Camera Canada. A near complete run missing only 1994-95 (8 issues), The magazine evolved from a very modest 16 pp lithographed matte paper effort produced in black & white only ( 1 st color issue appeared with No. 21, May 1974), to a very professional full color magazine with a circulation in the 1000's. The work of many accomplished photographers appeared on its pages over the years for example; No. 14 John de Visser, No. 28, March, 1976 carried a retrospective of Yousuf Karsh with a number of his most famous portraits appearing in full page format, No. 41,Sept. 1980, carried an article entitled " Pioneer Photographers… Read More

Tokyo: Executive Committee of the Frankfurt Book Fair, 1990. Book. Fine. Paperbound. printed paper wraps, paperbound with dust jacket, gilt wraps, 159 pages, illustrated, (numerous full color illustrations, Includes index. Japanese books from the earliest to the present. Illustrations include, scrolls, Buddist texts, illuatrated books, scientific works, novels. a bright copy. a very large folio measuring 14 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches, ( 36.5 x 26 cm) will require extra post. Size: Foilio, (37 cm.).

Johnstown, PA: American Topical Association, 1992. Book. Fine. Paperbound. printed paper wraps, 176 pages, illustrated, bright, as new copy. Size: 8 vo,..

London: Longman,Brown, Green & Longmans,, 1850. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo,.. old half calf, marbled boards, leather spine labels, 5 raised bands, xiii, [9] 305 pages, ex library copy with ink numbers inside front cover, small bookseller's blind stamp on front endpaper, front & rear covers starting, binding is scuffed at edges, shelf wear, endpapers show some soil, ." the journal of a residence in that province, from 1840 to 1848, inclusive ; with anecdotes and incidents illustrating the social condition of its inhabitants ; and the opinions of the writer on the state and prospects of our sugar colonies generally". by Barton Premium, a planter of the province ; edited by his friend. much on sugar plantation slavery , working conditioncrops, snakes, etc , a rare book Size: 8 vo,..

Cairo: The Authority] [Egyptian Railways Authority]., 1977. Book. Very Good. Paperbound. pict. paper wraps, 271 pages., [6] leaves of plates (3 fold.) : ill., map, ports.bibliography p. 271. printed by Egyptian Railways Press, Cairo, minor creases to front wrap, RARE Size: 4 to.,( 25 cm).