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THE CASE Of The British Troops serving in Germany. Humbly Submitted To The Consideration of Parliament, With Occasional Remarks on the Fallacy of the French Historical Memorial.
London: Printed for G.Kearsly, 1761..
8vo. pp. 2 p.l., 80. with half-title. disbound (half-title soiled). First Edition. Including a reference to "the defeat of general Braddock; and all the other distresses and disgraces we underwent in North America". (p. 7)
$100 USD                          Book Number: elala1948                         Order / Enquire




THE COLONIAL POLICY Of Great Britain, Considered With Relation To Her North American Provinces, And West India Possessions; Wherein The Dangerous Tendency Of American Competition Is Developed, And The Necessity Of Recommencing A Colonial System On A Vigorous And Extensive Scale, Exhibited And Defended; With Plans For The Promotion Of Emigration, And Strictures On The Treaty Of Ghent. By A British Traveller.
Philadelphia: M.Carey, Sold by Him and Wells and Lilly, Boston, 1816..
12mo. pp. 24(ads), xxxiii, 227. contemporary half sheep (rubbed, moderate foxing). First American Edition. A severely anti-American work, in which the anonymous author attempts "to show the erroneous judgment which Great Britain has entertained of America.to disclose the deadly hatred, the rooted antipathy, the active and insatiable ambition of the latter.to prove that.she must be watched with a jealous eye, and vigilant precaution exercised to prevent an insidious and aspiring nation from giving her vital interests a mortal blow" (p. xxxi) Among other things he discusses the security of the British American colonies, the North American fisheries, the lumber, cattle and flour trade, Great Britain and America as manufacturing rivals, plans for encouraging emigration to Canada, and securing the colony's frontier by means of military establishments, and the importance of the West India colonies. Sabin 14695. Shaw & Shoemaker 37301. cfGoldsmiths' 21465, cfKress B.6669, cfLande 145, cfTPL 1089 (1st Edn: London: 1816).
$500 USD                          Book Number: elala1724                         Order / Enquire




THE CULTIVATOR, A Monthly Publication, Designed To Improve The Soil And The Mind. Published By The New York State Agricultural Society, And Conducted By J.Buel, J.P.Beekman And J.D.Wasson. Volumes I-II.
Albany: Steam Press Of Packard, Van Benthuysen & Co., 1838..
2 Volumes in 1. 4to. pp. 160; 174. woodcut vignette on titles. numerous text illus. text in double columns. contemporary half calf over embossed cloth sides (spine rubbed, corners worn, foot of spine damaged, cloth spotted, some foxing throughout). Presentation bookplate from the Provincial Agricultural Association of Upper Canada to a James Taylor for Leicester sheep exhibited at the first Grand Provincial Show, Toronto, October 21-22, 1946. Second Edition. cfSabin 17869.
$225 USD                          Book Number: elala2557                         Order / Enquire




THE DEW-DROP: A Tribute Of Affection. For MDCCCLIII.
Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1853..
12mo. pp. 1 p.l., [vii]-x, [1 leaf], [13]-328. 8 aquatint plates by Sartain after Buckner, Wright & others (incl. frontis. & additional title). original blind & gilt-stamped roan, all edges gilt (extremities worn, joints rubbed, pieces chipped from spine, some marginal foxing & foxing to tissue guards). Faxon 169.
$75 USD                          Book Number: elala1802                         Order / Enquire




THE GAME Fisheries Of Canada.
np.: Canadian Pacific Railway Company, 1928..
8vo. pp. 45. frontis. 7 double-sided plates. illus. on endleaves. index. bds. (stained, corners of spine missing).
$46 USD                          Book Number: CETHE GA29                         Order / Enquire




THE GREAT LAKES RED BOOK 1948... [Cover Title]. VESSELS Of The Great Lakes with the name of Owner, Captain And Engineer. Complete Port Directory Complete Shipyard Directory Dimensions and Capacity of Bulk Freighters. 1948 Season [Inside Title].
Cleveland, Ohio: The Penton Publishing Co., [1948]..
32mo. pp. 179. several text illus. printed wrs.
$45 USD                          Book Number: elala4901                         Order / Enquire




THE HOUSEHOLD COMPANION A Monthly Magazine Devoted To The Improvement And Amusement Of The Family Circle. Vol. III. Nos. 37-38.
Toronto: Bryant Press, September-October, 1894..
2 Issues. folio. pp. [65]-72; [73]-80. 4-column text. text illus. self-wrs. (small hole in first 2 leaves with slight loss, slight soiling to last page of each issue). Including articles on fashion (illustrated), cooking, and health, stories, readers' letters, puzzles, &c.
$100 USD                          Book Number: elala4989                         Order / Enquire




THE ILLUSTRATED SOUVENIR A Gift Book for the Holidays.
Boston: Stone & Co., [c1852]..
8vo. pp. iv, 190, 190, [1]. 6 steel-engraved plates (incl. frontis.) & numerous wood-engraved text illus. (some full-page). original blind & gilt-stamped cloth (extremities frayed & chipped, lower front cover slightly warped, plates foxed & some leaves browned). Faxon 386.
$150 USD                          Book Number: elala1805                         Order / Enquire




THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS Nos. 1 To 18, Inclusive. Containing All The Illustrations Referring To The North-West Rebellion of 1885, From Its Outbreak to The Return And Disbanding Of The Troops.
Toronto: The Grip Printing And Publishing Co., 1885..
folio. pp. 1 p.l., 150. lacking final leaf of text & 4-page supplementary 'Honour Roll'. 15 double-page unnumbered inserts of tinted illus. numerous other illus. (some tinted). original leather-backed gilt-stamped cloth bds. (very worn, contents loose in binding, stitching broken, few marginal tears, lacking rear flyleaf, front flyleaf loose & torn). Peel 1460. Lande 1245.
$2500 USD                          Book Number: elala3839                         Order / Enquire




THE LIBERAL WAY A Record Of Opinion On Canadian Problems As Expressed And Discussed At The First Liberal Summer Conference Port Hope, September 1933.
Toronto & Vancouver: J.M. Dent & Sons Limited, [1933]..
8vo. pp. x, [2], 294. 4 double-sided plates. cloth. First Edition.
$51 USD                          Book Number: CETHE LI49                         Order / Enquire




THE MANITOBA GAZETTE. Vol. VII. Nos. 1-19.
Winnipeg: [Printed by Alexander Begg], January 10, 1878-December 23, 1878..
[each no. present in its English & French versions]. folio. pp. 94; 76. text in double columns. woodcut coat of arms at head of each issue. old half calf by R.W.Taylor, Book-Binder, Winnipeg, Manitoba, with Taylor's binder's ticket (calf somewhat worn but binding solid, library stamp on lower spine, internally fine). name of former owner, W.D.Ardagh, penned on calf of upper cover.
$650 USD                          Book Number: elala4689                         Order / Enquire




THE MANITOBA GAZETTE. Vol. X. Nos. 1-22.
Winnipeg: [Printed by Alexander Begg], January 10, 1881-December 31, 1881..
[while in correct date order, the issues are actually numbered as follows: Vol. X, Nos. 1-3, Vol. IX, Nos. 18, 5-9, Vol. X, No. 10, Vol. IX, Nos. 11-16, 'Extra', Vol. X, Nos. 17-22, 'Extra']. folio. pp. [1]-90, [110]-251. text in English & French in double columns. woodcut coat of arms at head of each issue. old half calf by R.W.Taylor, Book-Binder, Winnipeg, Manitoba, with Taylor's rubberstamp (rubbed, library stamp on lower spine, internally fine). name of former owner, W.D.Ardagh, penned on calf of upper cover.
$750 USD                          Book Number: elala4690                         Order / Enquire




The Marketing Of Inuit Art In Canada A Report And Recommendations For Arctic Co-Operatives Limited.
Toronto: May, Pearson & Associates Limited, 1983..
4to. pp. iv, 64. spiral bound wrs.
$75 USD                          Book Number: aly521                         Order / Enquire




THE MCGILL University Song Book.
Montreal: The Students' Council of McGill University, [1921]..
8vo. pp. 197, [2]. index. cloth (spine sunned). First Edition.
$51 USD                          Book Number: CETHE MC32                         Order / Enquire




THE NATION. Vol. I. No. 1. April 2, 1874 - Vol.I. - No. 40. December 31, 1874.
Toronto: 1874..
40 Issues. folio. text in triple columns. contemporary half roan (very worn, covers detached, spine defective, internally very good). The paper ceased publication on Sept. 29/76.
$400 USD                          Book Number: elala2177                         Order / Enquire


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