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WALKER, Annie ET AL.
Fifty Years of Achievement In commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Founding of the Women's Institutes of Ontario.
[Toronto]: Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario, 1948..
8vo. pp. 5 p.l., 163. frontis portrait. text illus. cloth (ex.-lib.). First Edition.
$41 USD Book Number: CLKftWAL41 Order / Enquire

WALKER, Harry & Olive.
Carleton Saga.
Ottawa: Published by the authority of Carleton County Council, 1968..
4to. pp. xvi, 571, [1 leaf]. profusely illus. (some full-page). index. cloth (covers faded). First Edition. Aitken p. 14. [WITH]: CANADA. NATIONAL CAPITAL COMMISSION. Ottawa & Hull A Short History. 8vo. pp. [2], 18. several b/w illus. pictorial wrs. Ottawa: 1966.Third Edition. Aitken p. 66n.
$87 USD Book Number: CLKrlWAL36 Order / Enquire

WALKER, Harry J.
100 Years Ottawa and The Valley: A Backward Glance From Centennial Year [Cover Title].
[Ottawa: 1967]..
8vo. pp. 3 p.l., 87. text in double columns. illus. wrs. First Collected Edition, reprinted from the Ottawa Journal. Aitken p. 68.
$45 USD Book Number: elala5747 Order / Enquire

WALKER, Sir Hovenden [1656?-1728].
A Journal: Or Full Account Of the late Expedition To Canada. With An Appendix Containing Commissions, Orders, Instructions, Letters, Memorials, Courts-Martial, Councils of War, &c. relating thereto.
London: Printed for D.Browne, W.Mears, and G.Strahan, 1720..
8vo. pp. 1 p.l., 304. lacking initial advert leaf. woodcut head & tailpieces & initials. 1 diagram in the text. contemporary calf, rebacked preserving endleaves (paper lightly embrowned, small paper repair in blank portion of title). First Edition of British naval commander, Sir Hovenden Walker's account of his failed attempt to capture the city of Quebec in August 1711. Published nine years after the expedition and five years after his peremptory dismissal from service, it is basically an attempt at self-vindication. The British Government's decision to attack Quebec was made in the wake of the easy conquest of Port-Royal (Annapolis Royal, N.S.) in 1710 by British and American forces commanded by Francis Nicholson. Such a spectacular military success under Tory auspices would reap political rewards and bring a swift and favourable end to the war. The project, however, was shrouded in secrecy, ill-planned, and attended by disaster. Lacking adequate provisions and without reliable and competent pilots, the force, consisting of nine ships of war, two bomb vessels, and sixty transports and tenders, carrying approximately seventy-five hundred troops and marines, met with gale and heavy fog. Seven transports and one storeship were wrecked, and nearly nine hundred lives were lost. After two months, Walker abandoned all attempts to complete his mission and returned to England. The disaster was forgotten until 1715 and the accession of George I, who called the Whigs back to power. Walker's name was struck from the list of Admirals and the half-pay list and he was summoned to account for his conduct. Retiring to South Carolina for two years, he composed this detailed and personal record of the affair, based on memory, a pocket diary, and various letters and documents supplied to him by the secretary of the Admiralty, Josiah Burchett (most of Walker's original books, journals and charts from the expedition perished in an explosion in 1711). Bell W25. Dionne II 354. European Americana 720/236. Gagnon I 3690. Howes W-39. JCB I 295. Lande 886. Sabin 101050. TPL 148. Vlach 749. DCB II pp. 658-62. Story p. 819.
$3497 USD Book Number: elala2695 Order / Enquire

WALKER, Sir Hovenden [1656?-1728].
The Walker Expedition To Quebec, 1711. Edited With An Introduction By Gerald S. Graham.
Toronto: Champlain Society [Publ. No. XXXII], 1953..
8vo. pp. xx, 441, [xiv]. frontis. & 3 full-page text maps. original gilt-crested cloth, top edge gilt, others untrimmed (bit rubbed, spine slightly discoloured). Second Edition, Limited to 550 copies of British naval commander, Sir Hovenden Walker's account of his failed attempt to capture the city of Quebec in August 1711, for which he was peremptorily dismissed from service. It is based on memory, a pocket diary, and various letters and documents supplied to him by the secretary of the Admiralty, Josiah Burchett (most of Walker's original books, journals and charts from the expedition perished in an explosion in 1711). The editor has added various documents and letters from the Public Record Office and other sources. cfTPL 148. DCB II pp. 658-62.
$150 USD Book Number: elala5402 Order / Enquire

WALL, Ann (Ed.).
Mindscapes Poems By Zieroth.
[Toronto]: Anansi, [1971]..
12mo. pp. 136, [2]. wrs.
$31 USD Book Number: CLLndWAL46 Order / Enquire

WALLACE, Frederick William.
In The Wake Of The Wind-Ships Notes, Records And Biographies Pertaining To The Square-Rigged Merchant Marine Of British North America.
New York: George Sully & Company, [1927]..
8vo. pp. xii, 282. frontis. 30 double-sided plates. map on front endleaf. index. cloth. First Edition.
$128 USD Book Number: CLLTWALL61 Order / Enquire

WALLACE, Frederick William.
Record Of Canadian Shipping A List Of Square-Rigged Vessels, Mainly 500 Tons And Over, Built In The Eastern Provinces Of British North America From The Year 1786 To 1920.
Toronto: Musson Book Company Limited, [1929]..
8vo. pp. xv, 302. numerous illus. (some full-page). map on rear endpapers. cloth (cloth spotted, front endpapers foxed). dw. (dw. soiled & with tears to edges). First Edition, Limited to 1,000 numbered copies signed by the Author.
$125 USD Book Number: elala5113 Order / Enquire

WALLACE, W. Stewart (Ed.).
The Royal Canadian Institute Centennial Volume 1849-1949.
Toronto: Royal Canadian Institute, 1949..
8vo. pp. ix, 232, [2]. frontis portrait. 8 double-sided plates. cloth. First Edition.
$46 USD Book Number: CLLeWALL83 Order / Enquire

WALLACE, W. Stewart.
The Royal Canadian Institute Centennial Volume 1849-1949.
Toronto: Royal Canadian Institute, 1949..
8vo. pp. ix, 232, [2]. frontis portrait. 8 double-sided plates. cloth (ex.-lib.). First Edition.
$46 USD Book Number: CLLeWALL77 Order / Enquire

WALLACE, W[illiam] Stewart (Editor).
Documents Relating To The North West Company.
Toronto: Champlain Society [Publ. No. XXII], 1934..
8vo. pp. xv, 527, xii. 5 portraits. biblio. original gilt-crested cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut (spine dull). First Collected Edition, Limited to 550 copies. "The rise and fall of the North West Company is one of the most dramatic episodes in the economic history of North America. Beginning as a pool or syndicate formed by a few bold adventurers who had penetrated to the fur-bearing regions of the Canadian North West in the early days of British rule, it developed into an organization which was one of the first examples of "big business" in the New World." (Wallace, Intro., p. 1) "This includes thirty-two documents, 1772-1827, printed from mss. in the Hudson's Bay House, London, and other sources, comprising the chief materials, both published and unpublished, on the 'constitutional history' of the Company." (TPL) The editor has appended a biographical dictionary of the Nor-westers, pp. 425-505, and a select bibliography, pp. 506-13. TPL1472. Peel 168.
$700 USD Book Number: elala5403 Order / Enquire

WALLIS, Wilson D. ET AL.
The Malecite Indians Of New Brunswick (National Museum Of Canada). Bulletin No. 148 Anthropological Series No. 40.
Ottawa: The Minister Of Northern Affairs And National Resources, 1957..
8vo. pp. iv, 54. text illus. frontis. illus. endleaves. wrs.
$51 USD Book Number: CLLeWALL40 Order / Enquire

[WALPOLE, Horatio, first Baron Walpole of Wolterton] [1678-1757].
The Grand Question Whether War, or no War, with Spain, Impartially Consider'd: In Defence of the present Measures against those that delight in War.
London: Printed for J.Roberts, 1739..
8vo. pp. 32. woodcut title vignette & ornament. modern half cloth (some light dampstains in margins). First Edition. The noted diplomat argues against involvement in the War of the Austrian Succession, despite Spain's harassment of English merchants in the West Indies. European Americana 739/329. Bell W30. JCB II 620. Goldsmiths' 7699. Kress 4478. Hanson 5303. Sabin 28264.
$300 USD Book Number: elala1999 Order / Enquire

[WALSHE, Elizabeth Hely] [1835?-1869].
Cedar Creek; From The Shanty To The Settlement. A Tale of Canadian Life.
London: Published At The Leisure Hour Office: The Religious Tract Society, [c1863]..
16mo. pp. 296. 7 full-page wood engravings (incl. frontis.). original blind & gilt-stamped cloth, recased preserving original endpapers (binding bit rubbed & dull). First Edition. "The story is about a family of Irish emigrants who settled near the upper Ottawa River. The author, who was born in Limerick, was an accomplished musician and an artist. She was converted by the evangelist, Reverend H. Gratton Guinness, who visited Canada in 1861 and 1904. She became a regular contributor to the Leisure hour and Sunday at home." (Osborne) The book enjoyed some popularity and was republished up until the early 20th century. Egoff 122. Osborne Collection p. 1035. Watters pp. 411-12 (citing pp. 269, probably in error).
$128 USD Book Number: CALda[WA10 Order / Enquire

WARBURTON, A[lexander] B[[annerman].
A History Of Prince Edward Island From Its Discovery In 1834 Until The Departure of Lieutenant-Governor Ready In A.D. 1831.
St. John, N.B.: Barnes & Co., 1923..
8vo. pp. xv, 494. 14 plates (incl. frontis. portrait). cloth (stains to several cover corners). engraved bookplate of Frank B. Pidgeon, Omemee, by Leslie Victor Smith, dated 1946. First Edition. Morley p. 120. Watters p. 744.
$125 USD Book Number: elala5468 Order / Enquire

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