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WILLIAMS, Jeffery.
Byng Of Vimy General and Governor General.
np.: Leo Cooper book published in association with Secker & Warburg, [1983]..
8vo. pp. xvi, 398, [2]. 12 double-sided plates. text maps. maps on endleaves. biblio. index. cloth. dw. First Edition.
$46 USD Book Number: CLLngWIL60 Order / Enquire
WILLIAMS, John [1664-1729].
The Redeemed Captive Returning To Zion: Or, A Faithful History Of Remarkable Occurrences In The Captivity And Deliverance Of Mr. John Williams.
Greenfield, Mass.: Thomas Dickman, 1800 [i.e. 1802]..
12mo. pp. 248. contemporary calf (very worn, moderate foxing throughout, few marginal tears). Sixth Enlarged Edition. "One of the most famous and most popular captivity narratives.As a powerful picture of Indian cruelty, [it] ranks next to the Rowlandson captivity narrative, published in 1682." (Howes) The Reverend Williams, in charge of the church at Greenfield when it was attacked by Indians in 1703, was carried off to Canada along with his family and other members of the community, his wife and two of his children being tomahawked along the way. The narrative was originally published in Boston in 1707; added for the first time in the present edition is the 'Historical Sketch of Deerfield' by John Taylor (pp. 198-220). Evans 39104. Howes W-461. Sabin 104270. Shaw & Shoemaker 3560. cfField (listing 6th edn. as published in 1795). cfAyer 311. cfTPL 141. cfGagnon I 3712-13 & II 2263-64.
$500 USD Book Number: elala1930 Order / Enquire
WILLIAMS, M.B.
The Kicking Horse Trail Scenic Highway from Lake Louise, Alberta to Golden, British Columbia.
[Ottawa: [Canadian National Parks..., 1928]..
8vo. pp. 47. [1]. folding map & numerous text illus. pictorial wrs.
$45 USD Book Number: elala4756 Order / Enquire
WILLIAMS, Walter (Editor).
The State Of Missouri An Autobiography Edited For M.T.Davis, F.J.Moss, B.H.Bonfoey, W.H.Marshall.The Missouri Commission To The Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
[Columbia, Missouri: Department of Publication of the Missouri Commission], 1904..
8vo. pp. 5 p.l., 592. with half-title. 4 folding maps. numerous text illus. & maps. original gilt-stamped cloth (extremities frayed). First Edition. Prepared for the Missouri exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, this 'autobiography' of the state contains chapters on the climate, agriculture, live stock, dairying, manufactures, major cities, counties, &c.
$75 USD Book Number: elala1931 Order / Enquire
WILLIAMSON, James A[lexander] [b. 1886] (Editor).
The Voyages Of The Cabots And The English Discovery Of North America Under Henry VII And Henry VIII.
London: Argonaut Press, 1929..
4to. pp.xiii, 290, [1 leaf]. with half-title. 4pp. publisher's ads loosely laid in. 13 maps (incl. folding frontis.). title vignette. Uncut & largely unopened in original quarter vellum. Limited to 1050 numbered copies on Japon Vellum. Cox II p. 195. Howgego C7. National Maritime Museum I 250. O'Dea 1955.
$410 USD Book Number: CLLeWILL49 Order / Enquire
WILLIAMSON, Ronald E. & Robert I. MACDONALD.
Legacy of Stone: Ancient Life On The Niagara Frontier.
Toronto: eastend books, 1998..
4to. pp. xvi, 144. 4 double-sided colour plates & numerous b/w text illus. (some colour). index. bds. Fine copy. First Edition.
$80 USD Book Number: dola2533 Order / Enquire
WILLIS, John.
A History of Dalhousie Law School.
Toronto.: University Of Toronto Press, 1979..
8vo. pp. viii, 302. index. cloth. dw.
$36 USD Book Number: CLLHiWIL47 Order / Enquire
WILLIS, N[athaniel] P[arker] [1806-1867].
Life, Here And There: Or Sketches Of Society And Adventure At Far-Apart Times And Places.
Auburn: Alden, Beardsley & Co. & Rochester: Wanzer, Beardsley & Co., 1854..
8vo. pp. vii, 377, [12]ads. original blind & gilt-stamped cloth (spine sunned, piece torn from rear flyleaf). Not in Sabin.
$75 USD Book Number: elala1932 Order / Enquire
WILLOX, D.
With The British Bowlers In Canada. 1906. A History Of A Famous Tour With Descriptive Sketches Of Many Of The Players, And Most Of The Towns Visited.
Glasgow: D.Gilfillan & Co., [c1907]..
8vo. pp. 1 p.l., 262, [2]ads. 23 plates after photographs. text illus. original morocco-grained cloth, gilt back (spine ends damaged, corners worn, frontis. mounted onto front paste-down, inner rear hinge cracked). First Edition.
$150 USD Book Number: elala5687 Order / Enquire
WILLSON, Beckles.
The Life of Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal.
New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1915]..
2 vols. 8vo. pp. xi, 543, [1]; 5 p.l., 532 [2]. 15 plates, 2 photogravure frontis portraits, 1 folding facsimile letter. original gilt-stamped cloth (t.e.g., others untrimmed). Second Greatly Enlarged Edition. Peel 2652n.
$154 USD Book Number: CLLeWILL61 Order / Enquire
WILLSON, [Henry] Beckles [1869-1942].
The Great Company Being A History Of The Honourable Company Of Merchants-Adventurers Trading Into Hudson's Bay.With An Introduction By Lord Strathcona And Mount Royal.
oronto: Copp, Clark Company, Limited, 1899..
8vo. pp. xxii, [17]-541. with half-title. title in red & black. folding map, 14 plates & numerous text illus. (some full-page). original gilt-stamped cloth (spine dull & trifle frayed at foot). First Edition. Peel 1587.
$150 USD Book Number: CLLeWILL8 Order / Enquire
WILSON, Alan.
John Northway a Blue Serge Canadian.
Toronto: Burns & Maceachern Limited, [1965].
8vo. pp. xv, 235. frontis portrait. 12 double-sided plates. illus. on endleaves. index. cloth (stained). dw. (chipped). First Edition.
$41 USD Book Number: CLShnWIL49 Order / Enquire
WILSON, Barbara M. (Editor).
Ontario and The First World War 1914 - 1918 A Collection of Documents.
Toronto: The Champlain Society, 1977..
8vo. pp. 201. cloth. First Edition; No. 15 of 1,250 copies printed for the Society.
$77 USD Book Number: CLStaWIL99 Order / Enquire
WILSON, Catharine Anne.
A New Lease On Life Landlords, Tenants, & Immigrants in Ireland & Canada.
Montreal, Kingston.: McGill-Queen's University Press, [1994]..
8vo. pp. xiv, [2], 315. text illus. index. cloth. dw. First Edition.
$51 USD Book Number: CLSNeWIL96 Order / Enquire
WILSON, Charles.
Mapping the Frontier Charles Wilson's Diary Of The Survey Of The 49th Parallel, 1858-1862, While Secretary Of The British Boundary Commission Edited and with an introduction by George F.G.Stanley.
Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, [1970]..
8vo. pp. 5 p.l., 182. frontis. portrait. biblio. index. cloth. dw. (small sticker residue on front wr.). First Edition.
$40 USD Book Number: elala4757 Order / Enquire
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