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VINCENT, Henry.
The Story Of The Commonweal. Complete And Graphic Narrative Of The Origin And Growth Of The Movement...
Chicago: W.B.Conkey Company, 1894..
12mo. pp. 247, [4]ads. cloth frontis. (badge), text illus. & 14 double-sided plates. original pictorial wrs. (soiled, spine ends chipped, text embrowned, outer leaves dog-eared & a few with marginal chipping). First Edition of this account of the first significant protest march on Washington, D.C., which took place in 1894. The unemployed workers, led by Ohio businessman Jacob Coxey and known as Coxey's army, were protesting the unemployment caused by the Panic of 1893, which initiated the worst depression seen in the United States up until that time. They demanded government action to create jobs through the building of roads and other public works, with workers to be paid in paper currency. The western contingents of the army included many unemployed railway workers, 500 of whom, led by William Hogan, commandeered a Northern Pacific Railway train for their trek to Washington - they were apprehended in Forsyth, Montana.
$400 USD Book Number: elala4750 Order / Enquire
VINING, Charles (R.T.L).
Big Wigs Canadians Wise and Otherwise.
Toronto: Macmillan, 1935..
4to. pp. 5 p.l., 149. full-page text portraits by Ivan Glassco. cloth. First Edition.
$41 USD Book Number: CNIgVINI62 Order / Enquire
VIVIAN, A.Pendarves.
Wanderings In The Western Land.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1880..
8vo. pp. xvi, 426, 32(publisher's ads). with half-title. 3 maps (2 folding, 1 coloured). 8 wood-engraved plates (incl. frontis.) & 29 text illus. after Albert Bierstadt & others. untrimmed in original black & gilt-stamped cloth (bit soiled, some light foxing, institutional bookplate & few rubberstamps). Presentation Copy from the Author to the Tehidy Working Mens Club. Second Edition. Narrative of the author's travels and sporting excursions in Eastern Canada and Quebec (pp. 1-83), and of his hunting expedition in the American West, mainly in the Rocky Mountains (pp. 84-426), including remarks on Indian manners and customs, the late fire in St. John's, N.B., the 'Great Miramichi Fire', the Mormons, mining and smelting in Colorado and California, &c.
$410 USD Book Number: CVIndVIV51 Order / Enquire
VIVIAN, H[enry] Hussey, [first Baron Swansea] [1821-1894].
Notes Of A Tour In America, From August 7th To November 17th, 1877.
London: Edward Stanford, 1878..
8vo. pp. 3 p.l., iii, [1 leaf], 260. with half-title. folding map (frontis.). original black & gilt-stamped cloth (extremities frayed, front free-endpaper wanting, some foxing to map & first few leaves). First Edition. Vivian visited Quebec, New York, Pittsburg, Sarnia, Chicago, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, St. Louis, Washington, Virginia, and Cincinnati. His narrative includes chapters on Mormonism, the Nevada silver mines, American hotels, political parties, and mineral resources.
$308 USD Book Number: CVIteVIV25 Order / Enquire
VOLWILER, Albert T.
George Croghan and the Westward Movement 1741-1782.
Cleveland: The Arthur H.Clark Company, 1926..
8vo. pp. 370. biblio. index. 3 maps (1 double-page) & 1 facsimile. original cloth, t.e.g, others untrimmed (ex-lib., stain to front cover, extremities frayed, inner margin of title & half-title taped). First Edition, 1000 copies printed. Howes V-141a (mentioning only 1 map).
$85 USD Book Number: elala3330 Order / Enquire
W.B. HAMILTON SHOE CO.
Footwear in Canada Vol. 1, No. 1 Toronto, June, 1911 [cover title].
[Toronto: 1911]..
folio. pp. 66. numerous b/w illus. wrs. (wrappers tattered & detached). Magazine.
$150 USD Book Number: aly1153 Order / Enquire
WADDINGTON, Miriam.
Collected Poems.
Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1986..
8vo. pp. xviii, 422. index. wrs. Signed Presentation Copy.
$65 USD Book Number: aly396 Order / Enquire
WADDINGTON, Miriam.
The Glass Trumpet.
Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1966..
8vo. pp. 96. cloth. First Edition.
$40 USD Book Number: aly397 Order / Enquire
WADDINGTON, Miriam.
The Last Landscape.
Toronto Oxford University Press, 1992..
8vo. pp. vi, 90. wrs. Signed on title page.
$50 USD Book Number: aly398 Order / Enquire
WADE, Mason.
The French Canadians 1760-1945.
Toronto: Macmillan Co., 1955..
8vo. pp. xvi, 1136. 16 double-sided plates. 2 folding maps. index. cloth (discoloured at head & foot of spine, previous owner's inscription on ffep). dw. (chipped, torn and stained). Signed by author on title page in pen.
$103 USD Book Number: CDEeWADE43 Order / Enquire
WAGNER, Anton (Ed.).
Canada's Lost Plays Volume Four Colonial Quebec: French-Canadian Drama, 1606-1966.
Toronto: Canadian Theatre Review Publications, 1982..
8vo. pp. 334. text illus. biblio. cloth. dw.
$51 USD Book Number: CGNnaWAG2 Order / Enquire
WAIT, Benjamin.
The Wait Letters. Introduction by Mary Brown & Afterword by Michael Cross.
[Erin, Ontario]: Press Porcépic Limited, [1976]..
8vo. pp. 159. some b/w illus. boards. dw. (rear fore-edge spotted, 1 short & long tear).
$50 USD Book Number: stela1889 Order / Enquire
[WAKEFIELD, Edward Gibbon] [1796-1862].
England And America. A Comparison Of The Social And Political State Of Both Nations.
London: Richard Bentley, 1833..
2 Volumes in 1. 8vo. pp. xii, 331, [1]; iv, 341, [1] + [2]ads. A nice copy in original blind-stamped cloth, recased preserving endleaves (paper spine label rubbed, slight fraying to lower spine & corners, occasional light foxing, inner front hinge cracked). Inscribed from the Author. First Edition. A detailed examination of the social state and political economy of England and America, with discussion of free trade, slavery and emigration. Included is an elaboration of Wakefield's theory of systematic colonization (a method of planned emigration combined with the sale of crown lands), particularly in relation to Australia and Canada. His persistent efforts led to the establishment of successful settlements based on his theory in South Australia and New Zealand. Wakefield also played a significant role in Canadian political history. In 1838, he accompanied Lord Durham to Canada as his unofficial adviser, and the celebrated Durham Report, though drawn up by Charles Buller, embodied in slightly modified form, Wakefield's theories of colonial self- government and land settlement. Goldsmiths' 27890. Howes W-18. Kress C.3643. Palgrave III p. 648. Sabin 100976.
$699 USD Book Number: elala336 Order / Enquire
WALCOTT, Mary [Morris] Vaux [1860-1940].
North American Wild Flowers.
Washington, D.C.: The Smithsonian Institution, 1925..
5 Volumes. folio. 400 colour plates. wrapper-bound text & plates loose in cloth portfolios (musty). First Trade Edition of this lovely colour plate book on Rocky Mountain wild flowers. Mrs. Walcott's sketches were based on three to four months travel each year for ten years in the company of her husband, who was engaged in geological explorations. Nissen 2094. Stafleu & Cowan 16.550.
$1200 USD Book Number: elala5112 Order / Enquire
WALDENSTRÖM, P[aul Petter] [1838-1917].
Nya Färder I Amerikas Förenta Stater.
Stockholm: Antiebolaget Normans Förlag, [1902]..
8vo. pp. 2 p.l., 540. 2 plates (incl. folding colour lithograph) & numerous text illus. (many full-page & incl. double-page plan of New York). original black & gilt-stamped pictorial cloth (spine faded, extremities slightly frayed). First Edition. Impressions of Boston, New York, Niagara, Chicago, Omaha, Sioux City, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth, Kansas, Philadelphia, Washington, &c.
$128 USD Book Number: CLDaWALD78 Order / Enquire
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