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WILSON, Francis.
Francis Wilson's Life Of Himself.
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1924..
8vo. pp. 7 p.l., 463. title in red & black with vignette. 61 illus. on 57 plates (incl. frontis. portrait). Uncut in original quarter cloth. First Edition.
$125 USD Book Number: elala1933 Order / Enquire
WILSON, Helen Dacey.
Tales from Barrett's Landing.
Toronto & Montreal: McClelland & Stewart, [c1964]..
8vo. pp. ix, 155. text illus. pictorial stamp on cloth. dw. (short tears to upper edges of dw.). inscribed from 'Helen' (the author?) dated Nov. 10, 1964. First Edition.
$31 USD Book Number: CLSleWIL49 Order / Enquire
WILSON, Thomas.
Transatlantic Sketches; Or, Travelling Reminiscences Of The West Indies And United States.
Montreal: Printed By John Lovell, 1860..
12mo. pp. 1 p.l., x, [11]-179. without the errata slip mentioned by TPL. contemporary calf (spine faded, front joint cracked, head of spine chipped, corners worn). Inscribed 'To Mrs.(?) Hopkins with the Authors Compts., Montreal April 1860. First Edition. Wilson's descriptions of Trinidad (Chapters II-VII) and Cuba (Chapters VIII-XI), are particularly extensive, with much on the cultivation of sugar and processing of sugar cane, the abolition of slavery, insects, the cocoa plantations, social life in Havana, government of Cuba, the cigar trade, &c. His brother, Robert, owned a large sugar plantation in Trinidad. Wilson also describes his visits to St. Thomas, Barbados, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Boston, and Niagara. TPL 8868. Dionne III 985. Not in Sabin.
$450 USD Book Number: elala1158 Order / Enquire
WINGFIELD, Alex[ander] H[amilton] [1828-1896].
Poems And Songs, In Scotch And English.
Hamilton, On.: Printed At The "Times" Book And Job Office, 1873..
12mo. pp. xvi, 255, [1]. (2 preliminary leaves misbound). original gilt-stamped cloth (covers stained, some foxing to outer leaves). First Edition. Watters p. 213.
$60 USD Book Number: elala3894 Order / Enquire
WINNIPEG GENERAL STRIKE DEFENSE COMMITTEE.
The Winnipeg General Sympathetic Strike May-June 1919.Strike - Arrests - Trials - Penitentiary. [At Head of Title: "Saving The World From Democracy"].
[Winnipeg]: Wallingford Press, [1919]..
8vo. pp. 276. original printed wrs. (head & foot of spine chipped, some dampstaining to lower margins). First Edition. The defense committee was composed of delegates from the various labour organizations in Winnipeg. Peel 4548.
$200 USD Book Number: elala3507 Order / Enquire
WINNIPEG TRIBUNE.
Winnipeg Tribute Tourist Edition 1927.
[Winnipeg: 1927]..
folio. ff. 178. b/w text illus. wrs (extremities tattered with chips, short tears, wrappers loose at front hinge).
$200 USD Book Number: aly1155 Order / Enquire
WINNIPEG. WINNIPEG ART GALLERY.
Uumajut Animal Imagery In Inuit Art March 24, 1985 through May 19, 1985. Bernadette Driscoll, Associate Curator...
[Winnipeg: 1985]..
4to. pp. 134. profusely illus. (some colour). pictorial wrs. (2 small glue stains on upper wr.). Exhibition Catalogue.
$40 USD Book Number: dola242 Order / Enquire
WINSON, J.W.
Weather and Wings.Illustrated by Irene Sprot.
Toronto: Thomas Nelson & Sons Limited, 1932..
12mo. pp. x, 172. text illus. cloth. First Edition.
$36 USD Book Number: CNSatWIN59 Order / Enquire
WINSOR, Justin.
Cartier to Frontenac Geographical Discovery In The Interior Of North America In Its Historical Relations 1534-1700.
Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin And Company, 1894..
8vo. pp. 1 p.l., viii, 379. profusely illus. original cloth, t.e.g. First Edition.
$125 USD Book Number: elala2696 Order / Enquire
WINTERS ART LITHOGRAPHING COMPANY.
Popular Portfolios Of The World's Columbian Exposition.
Chicago: [1893]..
oblong 8vo. [ff. 16]. 15 full-page chromolithographs after water colour drawings by C.Graham. original pictorial wrs., gold cord tie (short tear in lower margin of most leaves). First Edition. The chromolithographs depict the ground and principal buildings: Manufacturers and Liberal Arts Building, Government Building, Casino and Pier, Machinery Hall, Electrical Building, Fisheries Building, Horticultural Building, Woman's Building, Transportation Building, Administration Building, Gallery of Fine Arts, Mines Building, Agricultural Building, and a U.S. Man of War.
$200 USD Book Number: elala4758 Order / Enquire
WISE, S.F.
Canadian Airmen And The First World War. The Official History of the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Toronto: Published by University of Toronto Press in co-operation with the Department of National Defence., [1980]..
Vol. I. 8vo. pp. 769. illus. & maps (some folding). maps on endleaves. cloth. dw. First Edition.
$103 USD Book Number: CSEnaWIS4 Order / Enquire
WISEMAN, Adele.
Crackpot a novel.
[Toronto]: McClelland & Stewart Limited, [1974]..
8vo. pp. 300. bds. dw. (tattered, chipped). Signed by the author. First Edition.
$41 USD Book Number: CSEacWIS32 Order / Enquire
WITHROW, W[illam] H[enry] [1839-1908].
Barbara Heck A Tale of Early Methodism.
Toronto...: William Briggs, [c1895]..
12mo. pp. 238. frontis. portrait. original cloth (cloth bit puckered & spotted). Fourth Thousand. cfWatters p. 420.
$50 USD Book Number: elala3895 Order / Enquire
[WIX, Edward] [1802-1866].
Six Months Of A Newfoundland Missionary's Journal, From February To August, 1835.
London: Smith, Elder And Co., 1836..
8vo. pp. 2 p.l, 264. with half-title. Unopened in original cloth-backed bds. (upper front joint frayed). First Edition. The Anglican minister, who served first at Bonavista in 1829 and then at St. John's, made extensive journeys along the Newfoundland and Labrador coasts in 1830 and 1835. The present journal of his 1835 tour and his active involvement in the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, the Temperance Society, church building and fund-raising, played a decisive role in the decision to create the diocese of Newfoundland and Bermuda in 1837, with Aubrey George Spencer being appointed the first bishop. Interestingly Wix left Newfoundland in poor health and in debt to the amount of 1300 pounds after having been seen in the company of a prostitute. "Aimed at possible supporters of the mission to Newfoundland, [Wix's journal] contained many interesting comments on contemporary life. He was critical of the Roman Catholics of St. John's, "who are excited to frequent breaches of the peace by the most seditious Romish priesthood" and contrasted their behaviour with that of the friendly Roman Catholics of Placentia. He lamented the state of communications, asserting that it cost 25s. to convey a letter from Trinity to St. John's. He was shocked by the material, moral, and spiritual destitution which he encountered. On the Isle of Valen he found females dirty and almost naked, and performed baptisms in private houses because the mothers lacked clothes for churchgoing. One many in Fortune Bay had not seen a clergyman for 56 years. Always he had to compete with "grog ships". In The Bay of Islands he found profligacy, drunken orgies, and incest, and stated that "profanity is a dialect." His journal's appeal for help to save Newfoundland from sinking into heathendom did much to convince the Church of England that a bishop was needed." (Frederick Jones, DCB) Lande 2316. O'Dea 431. Sabin 104969. TPL 5068. DCB IX pp. 846-47. Story p. 561.
$599 USD Book Number: elala3129 Order / Enquire
WOELMONT, Arnold, Baron de [1849-1903].
Souvenirs Du Far-West.
Paris: Plon Et Cie., 1883..
18mo. pp. 2 p.l., 269. Uncut in original printed wrs. (some foxing throughout). First Edition. Chapter III, pp. 143-186, is devoted to the Mormons and Salt Lake City, Chapter IV, pp. 187-265, to California: San Francisco, mining, the Chinese, Yosemite. Howes W-608.
$320 USD Book Number: CELuvWOE61 Order / Enquire
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