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WHITE, Samuel.
History Of The American Troops, During The Late War, Under The Command Of Colonels Fenton And Campbell, Giving an account of the crossing of Niagara by the troops under Gen'ls Gaines, Brown, Scott and Porter. The taking of Fort Erie, the battle of Chippew
[Rochester: Reprinted for George P.Humphrey, By Charles Mann, 1896]..
12mo. pp. 107. An uncut copy in original cloth-backed bds. (small piece chipped from upper blank margin of title). Fourth Edition, Limited to 300 copies. This is numbered 103 and initialed by Humphrey. The author was a volunteer from Adams County, Pennsylvania. His first-hand account of the capture of Fort Erie and the battle of Chippewa (pp. 5-76) is followed by topographical descriptions of Upper (pp. 77-92) and Lower Canada (pp. 92-107). Howes W-370. cfLande 896 & cfTPL 1021 (first edn.: 1829).
$231 USD Book Number: CITstWHI23 Order / Enquire

WHITEFIELD, George [1714-1770].
A Journal Of A Voyage From London To Savannah in Georgia. In two Parts. Part I. From London To Gibraltar. Part II. From Gibraltar to Savannah.
London: Printed for James Hutton, 1738..
8vo. pp. 64, [1]ad. woodcut ornament. uncut in modern half calf (light marginal dampmarks). Third Edition. Sabin 103534. cfHowes W-374. cfJCB I 591-92. See Clark I 177. [BOUND WITH:] WHITEFIELD, George. A Continuation Of The Reverend Mr. Whitefield's Journal, From His Arrival at London, To His Departure from thence on his Way to Georgia. The Third Edition. 8vo. pp. iv, 115. woodcut title vignette. uncut. London: Printed for James Hutton, 1739. Sabin 103538. cfHowes W-374. cfJCB I 631. [BOUND WITH:] WHITEFIELD, George. A Continuation Of The Reverend Mr. Whitefield's Journal, During the Time he was detained in England by the Embargo. The Second Edition. 8vo. pp. iv, 40. woodcut title vignette. uncut. London: Printed by W.Strahan, and sold by James Hutton, 1739. Sabin 103540. JCB I 634. cfHowes W-374. [BOUND WITH:] WHITEFIELD, George. The Rev. Mr. Whitefield's Answer, To The Bishop of London's Last Pastoral Letter [With Supplement]. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., 27, [1]; 8, [1]ad. complete with half-title. woodcut title vignette. uncut. London: Printed by W.Strahan, and sold by J.Oswald, 1739. Second Edition. cfSabin 103577. The first, third and fourth journals of the famous Methodist clergyman, George Whitefield, relating his 1737-38 voyage from London to Savannah, Georgia, and his ministerial duties in England. Whitefield made seven trips to America and founded an orphanage in Savannah.
$1499 USD Book Number: elala1927 Order / Enquire

WHYMPER, Edward [1840-1911].
Travels Amongst The Great Andes Of The Equator.
London: John Murray, 1892..
8vo. pp. xxiv, [2], 456. with half-title. 4 maps & plans (3 folding). 20 wood-engraved plates & 118 wood-engraved text illus. by Edward Whymper after F.Barnard, A.Corbauld, F.Dadd & others. Stonyhurst gilt-stamped prize binding of contemporary calf, gilt back (extremities rubbed, joints cracked). Second Edition. After many years climbing in the Alps, Whymper decided to organize an expedition to the Andes of Ecuador. His primary purpose was to study altitude sickness and the effect of reduced pressure on the human body. During 1880, he made two ascents of Chimborazo (20,498 feet), also claiming the first ascent, and made first ascents of half a dozen other great peaks ranging in height from 15,000 to 20,000 feet. He spent a night on the summit of Cotopaxi (19,613 feet), and was able to thoroughly study the features of the great volcano. Whymper's great contributions to science and exploration were recognized by the Royal Geographical Society, which in 1892 conferred on Whymper one of their Royal Medals "in recognition of the fact that, apart from his mountaineering exploits, 'he had largely corrected and added to our geographical and physical knowledge of the mountain systems of Ecuador, fixed the position of all the great Ecuadorian mountains, produced a map constructed from original theodolite observations extending over 250 miles, and ascertained seventy altitudes by means of three mercurial barometers." (DNB) Whymper also brought back important collections of rock specimens, volcanic dusts, and natural history specimens. He devised a popular form of tent which bears his name, and was able to suggest improvements in aneroid barometers. As usual this copy is without the separately published supplementary volume of scientific observations. Neate 899.
$649 USD Book Number: elala3278 Order / Enquire

WHYMPER, Frederick.
Travel And Adventure In The Territory Of Alaska, Formerly Russian America - Now Ceded To The United States - And In Various Other Parts Of The North Pacific.
London: John Murray, 1868..
8vo. pp. 2 p.l., [vii]-xix, 331. lacking half-title. folding engraved map, 16 wood-engraved plates, & 20 wood-engraved text illus. (incl. title vignette). contemporary half calf (rubbed, neat gilt institutional crest on upper cover, some foxing to outer leaves). First Edition. An account of the Russian-American Overland Telegraph Expedition of 1865-66. Whymper, who was the artist on the expedition, describes their journey and experiences at Vancouver, Sitka, St. Michael, Norton Sound, Kamchatka and the west coast of the Okhotsh Sea, the Yukon Territory, their ascent and descent, by canoe, of the Yukon River, &c. Also included are remarks on fishing and the fur trade, the Russian and Indian settlements in Norton Sound, and the manners and customs of the Tchuktchis and the Co-Yukon Indians. The first five chapters contain the author's reminiscences of his travels in British Columbia in the 1860's, including an account of his trip to the interior of Vancouver Island in 1864 with Robert Brown's exploring expedition, and details of the Bute Inlet massacre. Arctic Bib. 19424. Field 1657. Smith 10977. Ricks p. 255. Lowther 320. Wickersham 6030.
$699 USD Book Number: elala1155 Order / Enquire

WHYTE, Jon.
Open Spaces. September 27-October 1977.
Banff, Alberta: Peter Whyte Gallery, [1977]..
folio. [pp. 24]. wrs. (wrs. bit soiled). First Edition.
$100 USD Book Number: dola2634 Order / Enquire

[WHYTE, William E.] [b. 1826].
O'er the Atlantic, Or A Journal Of A Voyage To And From Europe. By W.E.W. [Gwilym Iorwerth Gwynn.].
New York: Published And Sold For The Author By The American News Company, 1870..
12mo. pp. xxiv, [25]-295, [1 leaf]errata. original blind & gilt-stamped cloth (slight fraying to extremities). First Edition. Whyte visited England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France, and Canada. The last two chapters, pp. 263-295, relate his travels to Quebec, Montreal, Kingston, Toronto, Hamilton, and Niagara Falls. Smith W72.
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WIEGMAN, Carl.
Trees To News A Chronicle of the Ontario Paper Company's Origin and Development.
[Toronto]: McClelland & Stewart, 1953..
8vo. pp. xii, [2], 364. 12 double-sided plates. maps on endleaves. text illus. index. cloth. First Edition.
$51 USD Book Number: CEGeeWIE94 Order / Enquire

WIESELGREN, Harald [Ossian] [1835-1906].
Öfver Atlanten.
Stockholm: Ivar Haeggströms Boktryckeri, 1876..
small 8vo. pp. 2 p.l., 111. 13 text illus. (6 full-page) (14 called for on title-page, in error, or possibly including a front wr. illus. - the wrs. not present here). contemporary quarter roan (spine worn). First Edition.
$179 USD Book Number: CESveWIE57 Order / Enquire

WIGLE, Hamilton.
The Veteran And Other Poems.
Toronto: William Briggs, 1910..
12mo. pp. 2 p.l., 88. frontis portrait. cloth (cloth bit soiled, some light foxing). Inscribed from the Author. First Edition. Watters p. 211.
$41 USD Book Number: CGLeWIGL44 Order / Enquire

WILBERFORCE, Samuel [1805-1873].
A History Of The Protestant Episcopal Church In America.
London: James Burns, 1844..
12mo. pp. 1 p.l., [5]-456. engraved frontis. map. folding table. contemporary half calf (rubbed, few institutional markings, scattered pencil scoring, edges of map ragged). First Edition. Not in Sabin.
$225 USD Book Number: elala1929 Order / Enquire

WILBY, Thomas W.
A Motor Tour Through Canada.
London: John Lane..., 1914..
12mo. pp. xviii, [1 leaf], 290. 31 plates after photographs. cloth (spine ends & corners slightly frayed, some foxing throughout, library bookplate on front paste-down). First Edition. The first cross-Canada tour by car from Halifax to Victoria and the first crossing of the Rockies by car.
$125 USD Book Number: elala4513 Order / Enquire

[WILCOCKE, Samuel Hull] [1766?-1833].
A Narrative Of Occurrences In The Indian Countries Of North America, Since The Connexion Of The Right Hon. The Earl Of Selkirk With The Hudson's Bay Company, And His Attempt To Establish A Colony On The Red River.
London: Printed By B.McMillan, Sold By T.Egerton., 1817..
8vo. pp. xiv, 152, [2 leaves], 87. 19th century half calf (lacking spine label). old ms. notes on a few pages. First Edition. This anonymous pamphlet was issued under the direction of the London representatives of the North West Company to counter charges of unwarranted aggression and destruction of the Selkirk settlement on the Red River, levelled against them by John Halkett in his Statement Respecting the Earl of Selkirk's Settlement (1817). The Narrative presents a brief outline of the establishment and growth of the Selkirk Colony from 1812, and attempts to defend and justify the North West Company's actions as the natural consequence of the encroachments, hostilities and provocations of Lord Selkirk and the Hudson's Bay Company. Although sometimes attributed to Simon McGillivary and Edward Ellice, the elder, the work was probably prepared by Samuel Hull Wilcocke, "a hack-writer in the employ of the North West Company". (TPL) Gagnon II 1948. Lande 1313. Peel 50. Sabin 20699. Streeter VI 3675. TPL 1108. Vlach 761.
$2200 USD Book Number: CILNa[WI52 Order / Enquire

[WILCOCKE, Samuel Hull] [1766?-1833].
A Narrative Of Occurrences In The Indian Countries of North America, Since The Connexion Of The Right Hon. The Earl Of Selkirk With The Hudson's Bay Company, And His Attempt To Establish A Colony On The Red River; With A Detailed Account Of His Lordship's Military Expedition To, And Subsequent Proceedings At Fort William, In Upper Canada.
Montreal: James Brown, 1818..
8vo. pp. xiv, 154, [4], 96. contemporary tree sheep (head & tail of spine defective, institutional bookplates & several rubberstamps, some scattered foxing). from the library of William Henry Allen Davies, fur-trader for the Hudson's Bay Company [d. 1867], with his signature. First Canadian Edition. This anonymous pamphlet was issued under the direction of the London representatives of the North West Company to counter charges of unwarranted aggression and destruction of the Selkirk settlement on the Red River, levelled against them by John Halkett in his Statement Respecting the Earl of Selkirk's Settlement (1817). The Narrative presents a brief outline of the establishment and growth of the Selkirk Colony from 1812, and attempts to defend and justify the North West Company's actions as the natural consequence of the encroachments, hostilities and provocations of Lord Selkirk and the Hudson's Bay Company. Although sometimes attributed to Simon McGillivary and Edward Ellice, the elder, the work was probably prepared by Samuel Hull Wilcocke, "a hack-writer in the employ of the North West Company". (TPL) Dionne III 105. Peel 106n. Sabin 20699n. TPL 1110. Vlach 762. Vlach, Impressions Québécoises, 1097. cfGagnon II 1948. cfStreeter VI 3675.
$1800 USD Book Number: elala4753 Order / Enquire

[WILCOCKE, Samuel Hull] [1766?-1833].
Récit Des Événemens Qui On Eu Lieu Sur Le Territoire Des Sauvages Dans L'Amérique Septentrionale, Depuis Les Liaisons Du Très Hon. Comte De Selkirk Avec La Compagnie De La Baie D'Hudson, Et La Tentative Faite Par Ce Comte De Fonder Une Colonie Sur La Rivière Rouge...
Montreal : James Brown, 1818..
8vo. pp. xi, [1]blank, 137, [1]blank. 89. old wrs., new cloth spine with remains of printed paper spine label. ownership entry on of J.N.Provencher, possibly Joseph Norbert Provencher [1787-1853], Roman Catholic missionary to the North West (1818), later bishop of St. Boniface (1847-53). modern quarter calf clamshell box. First Edition of the French Translation by Montreal lawyer Hughes Heney [1789-1844]. This anonymous pamphlet was issued under the direction of the London representatives of the North West Company to counter charges of unwarranted aggression and destruction of the Selkirk settlement on the Red River, levelled against them by John Halkett in his Statement Respecting the Earl of Selkirk's Settlement (1817). The Narrative presents a brief outline of the establishment and growth of the Selkirk Colony from 1812, and attempts to defend and justify the North West Company's actions as the natural consequence of the encroachments, hostilities and provocations of Lord Selkirk and the Hudson's Bay Company. Although sometimes attributed to Simon McGillivary and Edward Ellice, the elder, the work was probably prepared by Samuel Hull Wilcocke, "a hack-writer in the employ of the North West Company". (TPL) Dionne I 127. Gagnon I 2940. Lande 1513. Peel 108. Streeter VI 3679. TPL 1109. Vlach 763. Vlach, Impressions Québécoises, 1098. cfSabin 60367 [vide RÉCIT].
$2200 USD Book Number: elala4754 Order / Enquire

[WILCOCKE, Samuel Hull] [1766?-1833]. (Editor).
Report Of The Proceedings Connected With The Disputes Between The Earl Of Selkirk And The North-West Company, At The Assizes, Held At York, In Upper Canada, October 1818. From Minutes Taken In Court.
Montreal Printed, London: Re-Printed By B.McMillan.Sold by Egerton, Whitehall, Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, and J.Richardson,.
8vo. pp. 1 p.l., [v]-xxv, 225, [1]blank, 203, [1]blank, 48. 19th century calf (some wear to spine). First London Edition of the controversial Selkirk trials. Following the violent attack on the Red River settlement and massacre at Seven Oaks in 1816 of Governor Semple and twenty of his men, Lord Selkirk instituted legal proceedings against the North West Company. The subsequent trial was little more than a farce. All of the North West Company's influence and power was brought to bear on behalf of its employees and partners; some prisoners were released, others escaped, and the place of trial was shifted from Lower Canada to York, where the Company was linked through family ties with some of the province's leading figures. The delays and setbacks seriously eroded Selkirk's finances and health, and the trial did not finally take place until 1818. Each of the accused was acquitted, and several months later, Lord Selkirk, along with his agent Miles Macdonnell and other Selkirk supporters, were indicted for conspiracy to ruin the trade of the North West Company, and Selkirk himself was fined 2,000 pounds for damages. The Report is divided into three parts: I - The Trial of Paul Brown and François Firmin Boucher; II - The Trial of the Accessories: John Siveright, Alexander Mackenzie, Simon Fraser; III - The Trial of John Cooper and Hugh Bennerman. The postscript relates the indictment of Selkirk and the preface contains a defence of the North West Company against the 'calumnies' of the press. Lande 1367. Peel 112n. Sabin 79016. TPL 1146. cfDionne III 113, cfGagnon I 2988, cfStreeter VI 3687, cfVlach 563 (Montreal Edn.).
$3497 USD Book Number: elala1156 Order / Enquire

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