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THE UNIVERSITY of Toronto and Its Colleges, 1827-1906.
np.: The University Library Published By The Librarian, 1906..
8vo. pp. 330. 20 plates (including frontis). 1 folding page. cloth. First Edition.
$103 USD Book Number: CETHE UN54 Order / Enquire
THOUGHTS On The Canada Bill, Now Depending In Parliament.
London: Printed For J.Debrett, 1791..
8vo. pp. 2 p.l., 50. with half-title. modern half calf by Bayntun. First Edition. A systematic critique of the terms of the proposed Constitutional Act, which was drawn up with a view to redressing colonial grievances arising from the Quebec Act of 1774. The author laments the difficulties created by the plan of dividing Quebec into the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, a measure which he deems to be "unwise, impolitic, dangerous and expensive", and recommends the closer examination and granting of the principal objects solicited by the Quebec petitioners: "A House of Assembly, for the purpose of representing the wants, and furthering the interests of the Province; The Habeas Corpus and Trial by Jury to guard their liberties; certain Laws to protect their property; and independent Judges to administer and protect the Laws". As British subjects, he urges, the inhabitants of Quebec must be guaranteed the full and secure enjoyment of British rights and liberties. The pamphlet is listed as anonymous in the bibliographies, with Gagnon suggesting a lawyer named Powys as the possible author. An inscribed copy recently offered by Ximenes Rare Books in New York would appear to establish that the work was written by John de Grenier Fonblanque, a prominent London lawyer who acted as leading counsel on behalf of the merchants in London in their opposition to the Quebec Act. Casey I 741. Dionne II 890. Gagnon I 3536. Goldsmiths' 14727. Lande 839. Sabin 10614. TPL 635. Vlach 717.
$1499 USD Book Number: elala1137 Order / Enquire
To Commemorate The Visit Of Their Majesties King George And Queen Elizabeth To The Dominion Of Canada And As An Expression Of Loyalty To The Crown This Souvenir Edition Is Published: Maclean's May 15 1939 The Royal Visit, Chatelaine May 1939, Mayfair May: 1939 The Royal Visit, Homes & Gardens May:1939 Dedicated to the Royal Visit. 4 volume set.
[Toronto, London & Montreal: Maclean Publishing Company Ltd., 1939]..
Folio. pp. 56, 80, 106, 108. numerous illus. leather (Mayfair volume bubbling at front paste-down).
$300 USD Book Number: aly237 Order / Enquire
TREASURES OF USE And Beauty Or, The Popular Art and Literary Educator...By A Corps Of Special Authors.
Windsor, Ont.: J.B.Young, 1886..
8vo. pp. ix, [10]-493, [9]. 16 wood-engraved plates of flowers & leaves, 10 Canadian plates (mostly views) & numerous text illus. original gilt, black & blind-stamped cloth (shaken: inner hinges cracked, extremities frayed, staining to lower covers). The first part of the work contains sections on home decoration, working with flowers and leaves, window gardening, china painting, needlework, the care of canaries, recipes, while the second is devoted to Canadian geography and history and the art of letter writing.
$150 USD Book Number: elala4510 Order / Enquire
YOUTH'S KEEPSAKE. A Christmas And New Year's Gift For Young People.
Boston: John Allen & Co., 1836..
12mo. pp. 2 p.l., [7]-214. 6 steel-engraved plates (incl. frontis.) & several wood-engraved text illus. original quarter roan (rubbed, head of spine wanting, some foxing). Faxon 878.
$125 USD Book Number: elala1814 Order / Enquire
"Domino".
The Masques Of Ottawa.
Toronto: Macmillan, [1921]..
8vo. pp. 283. cloth (sunned & stained). First Edition.
$31 USD Book Number: Come"Dom31 Order / Enquire
"MAC", Captain.
Canada; The Country, its People, Religions, Politics, Rulers, and its apparent Future, Being A Compendium Of Travel From The Atlantic To The Pacific, The Great Lakes, Manitoba, the North-West, and British Columbia.
Montreal: 1882..
8vo. pp. 1 p.l., 353, [22]ads. numerous text illus. (most full-page). original blind-stamped cloth. Enlarged Edition. Dionne III 1931.
$150 USD Book Number: elala3715 Order / Enquire
(BANFF NATIONAL PARK).
Canadian National Park: The Playground of America [Cover Title].
[Vancouver?: Stephen Joseph Thompson?, c1900]..
oblong 4to. title + 16 mounted photo-based illus. (incl. 1 panorama), most captioned 'Vancouver: Thompson'. wrs. with cord tie & mounted photo-based illus. on front wr. (edges of wrs. chipped, lettering on front wr. partly faded). First Edition.
$150 USD Book Number: dola2494 Order / Enquire
(ELIZABETH II, Queen of England).
The Royal Tour 1959: Canada, The United States & The St. Lawrence Seaway.
Buffalo, NY: Henry Stewart, Incorporated, [1959]..
8vo. unpaginated. profusely illus. (some colour). cloth (cloth soiled, pencil scribbles on front endpapers). First American Edition.
$50 USD Book Number: elala5799 Order / Enquire
(EMIGRATION GUIDE).
CANADA In The Years 1832, 1833, And 1834. Containing Important Information And Instructions To Persons Intending To Emigrate Thither In 1835. By An Ex-Settler, Who Resided Chiefly "In The Bush" For The Last Two Years.
Dublin: Philip Dixon Hardy & London: Richard Groombridge, 1835..
12mo. pp. 3 p.l., [5]-132. original cloth, rebacked (covers stained, some foxing & light browning). First Edition. Scarce. The anonymous author remarks on prospects, the difference in the management of farms, the danger of being defrauded in the purchase of land, the comparative desirability of "the bush" and of a "cleared farm", the incivility and rudeness of the lower classes, equipment, hotels, choice and prices of land, cost of clearing land, wages, cattle and live stock, sawing timber, dairies, crops, &c. Casey I 1476. Dionne II 1104. Sabin 10379. TPL 1826.
$649 USD Book Number: elala3104 Order / Enquire
(FITZROY, Augustus Henry, Third Duke of Grafton [1735-1811).
A First Letter To The Duke Of Grafton.
London: Printed for Isaac Fell, 1770..
8vo. pp. 3 p.l., 39. lacking half-title? disbound. First Edition. An attack on the Duke of Grafton's conduct while caretaker of the Ministry during Pitt's illness, including condemnation of misrule in the North American colonies.
$350 USD Book Number: elala1963 Order / Enquire
(JAY'S TREATY). GREAT BRITAIN. TREATIES, &C.
Treaty Of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, Between His Britannick Majesty And The United States of America, Signed at London, the 19th of November, 1794. Published By Authority.
Quebec: William Vondenvelden, 1796..
4to. pp. 45. text in French & English on opposite pages. modern wrs. The definitive text, with American and British ratification, of Jay's Treaty of 1794, which arranged reciprocal concessions regarding trade and commerce between the United States and British North America, and provided for the appointment of a commission to settle the north-east boundary and for the withdrawal of British troops from American territory. Tremaine notes that the Quebec edition was probably reprinted from a copy of the edition printed in London by Edward Johnson in 1795 which had been despatched by Portland to Gov. Dorchester and laid before the Council at Quebec, May 17, 1796. The present copy includes (pp. 42-45) the 'Explanatory Article', sometimes not present, in which the rights of free intercourse and commerce as set forth in article 3, are re-affirmed and signed by P.Bond and Timothy Pickering. Tremaine 986. TPL 678. Vlach 284. Vlach, IQ, 579. Dionne I 44 & Lande 394 (pp. 39; without the 'Explanatory Article').
$1850 USD Book Number: elala6005 Order / Enquire
(KARSH). BORCOMAN, James Et. Al.
Karsh: The Art Of The Portrait.
Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1989..
4to. pp. 176. text in double columns. profusely illus. cloth. dw. (price sticker on rear wr., slight wear to edges of dw. else very good). Signed by Karsh. First Edition. Published in conjunction with an exhibition.
$100 USD Book Number: dola2017 Order / Enquire
(MACKENZIE, W[illiam] L[yon] [1795-1861]). UPPER CANADA. HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. SELECT COMMITTEE ON GRIEVANCES.
The Seventh Report From The Select Committee Of The House Of Assembly Of Upper Canada On Grievances; to whom were referred Lord Viscount Goderich's Despatch, to His Excellency Sir John Colborne, of the 8th November, 1832. To Which Is Added, The Report From The Same Committee, On The Petition Of William Forsyth, Late Proprietor Of The Niagara Falls Pavilion. W.L.Mackenzie, Esq. Chairman. Ordered, by the House of Assembly, to be Printed, (2,000 copies) 10th April, 1835.
Toronto: M.Reynolds, Printer to the Hon. the House of Assembly, 1835..
8vo. pp. 6 p.l., 76(index), 2(errata), li, [1], 372, vi, 26, A-I, K-Y. with half-title. original cloth-backed bds. (covers soiled & worn but binding solid, spine label chipped, scattered light foxing). First Edition of this famous report, an eloquent and forceful indictment of the Family Compact Government, inspired and largely written by William Lyon Mackenzie. The grievances of the Reformers are listed in detail and demands are made for an elective legislative council and responsible government. A landmark document in the political history of Upper Canada. Francis Bond Head, in his Narrative (1839; p. 7), described it as "a large octavo grievance volume, in boards, containing 553 closely-printed pages...it has been calculated (I believe accurately) that there exist in this book more than three times as many gross falsehoods as pages!" Fleming 892. Gagnon I 2196. Lande 859. Sabin 10577. TPL 1929. Watters p. 885.
$2250 USD Book Number: elala6098 Order / Enquire
(MCGILL University).
Directory Of Graduates 1890-1965.
Montreal: The Graduates' Society Of McGill University, [c1966]..
xx, 759, [1]. wrs.
$61 USD Book Number: CCGre(MC53 Order / Enquire
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