[Montreal? 1892?]. Large oblong 8vo, with illustrated covers. 87, [5] pp. Printed on glossy paper. Front free endpaper detached but present. A bit shaken. Else Very Good. More
Buffalo: Commercial Advertiser Steam Press, 1859. 8pp + folding map, 'Great Northern Route from Buffalo and Niagara Falls Between East and West.' Original printed wrappers [lower blank forecorner clipped, small closed margin tear without loss]. Stitched, Very Good. This little booklet describes the "delightful route" and the cities along the..... More
Boston: Press of Geo. C. Rand & Avery, 3 Cornhill, 1864. 31, [1 blank] pp. Stitched in original dark wrappers with gilt lettering and decorative border. Fine. The Company property consists of about fifty acres in the Waverley Gold District "about twelve miles from Halifax, N. S." A quarter mile..... More
Ottawa: Printed by MacLean, Roger & Co., 1881. Original printed salmon wrappers, stitched. [2], 10, large folding map [short closed tear], 20, 11, 3, 2, 2 pp, as issued. Vertical fold, light edgewear. Very Good. [offered with] [Booth, C.J., President]: THE CANADA ATLANTIC RAILWAY CO'Y. PROSPECTUS. [Ottawa: 1889]. [4] pp..... More
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Irving, Publisher, 35 King Street West: [1880?]. [1, title page], [1 blank], [vii]-99, [1 blank] pp. Original printed wrappers [light chipping, minor foxing, faded numerical stamp on front wrap], disbound, loosened. A few minor spots of foxing, else clean. Good+. OCLC notes publishing date as 1880 and shows pages as..... More
London, Canada West: Thomas Evans, 1862. Disbound, 24pp Some foxing to title page, else Very Good. Cronyn advises on the condition of things in his Church. He seeks more ministers "to preach the gospel to the red men of the forest, many of whom are still in Pagan darkness; and..... More
London: John Murray, 1831. Disbound with some loosening, 36pp. A bit of inner margin spotting. Good+. Second and third editions were published in the same year. Douglas had been Governor of New Brunswick from 1823-1829. He provides detailed information on the population and manufactures of Canada, its commercial importance to..... More
[Ontario?]: September 1, 1847. 47, [1 blank] pp, plus two folding maps [as issued]: 'Map and Profile of the Great Western Railway Canada West,' 48 1/2 cm x 32 cm; 'Map of the Route of the Great Western Railway Shewing its Connection with other Public Works,' 35 1/2 cm x...... More
Lancaster: Printed by William Greer, 1812. [1]-204, 209-225 pp. [as issued, text continuous but 205-208 omitted from pagination]. Later half morocco, front cover detached but present. Scattered foxing, Good+. "A vivid account of Arnold's campaign (which Henry accompanied) dictated to his daughter 'with the aid of casual notes and memoranda....... More
[Cincinnati? 1883?]. 3-3/4" x 5-5/8". 84 pp. Stitched in original plain wrappers. Stitched, a clean text. Front wrapper with folds turning into closed tears. Else Very Good. The Knights of Labor became a formidable opponent of powerful concentrations of capital. In 1884 and 1885 the Knights ordered strikes against Jay..... More
Albany: Charles R. and George Webster, 1801. 51, [1 blank] pp. Bound in modern plain wrappers. Scattered light tanning and light foxing. Good+. Ownership inscription, 'Charles McCabe's Book bought April 23d 1801.' The Presbytery of Albany asserts that it "justly deposed" M'Donald from his pulpit in late 1800, and that..... More
[Augusta]: Wm. T. Johnson, Printer to the State, 1845. 141, [1] pp. Light rubberstamp in top margin of page [3], widely scattered light foxing. Senate Document 34, 25th Maine Legislature. Very Good. Bound in modern cloth [bookplate on front pastedown], with gilt-lettered spine. The claims are for Maine's expenditures "for..... More
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Boston, New-England: Richard Draper... 1759. 67, [12- Appendix], [1 blank] pp, lacking the half title. Disbound. Small institutional withdrawal rubberstamp at bottom corner of final blank. Light wear, closed tear [no loss] at leaf 45-46. Good+. "God has done many considerable, and some great things for us, in this time."..... More
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London: Printed in the Year 1711. [4], 35, [1 blank] pp. With the half title, as issued [numerical rubberstamp in blank portion]. Lightly foxed, lightly worn, lightly toned. Title within a double-ruled border. Untrimmed. In modern paper over boards. Good+. A Whig, Maynwaring "was a man of extreme passions and..... More
Montreal [Canada]: John Lovell, 1855. 156pp. Original printed green wrappers [front wrap toned with light wear, lacks map and rear wrap, spine eroded], stitched. Light toning of text, minimal wear. Except as noted Good+. More
London, Edinburgh, & New York: Nelson & Sons, Toronto: James Campbell, 1858. 3.75" x 5.75". vi, [7]-64pp. Original printed and illustrated wrappers [spine and corner wear, small hole in rear wrap]. Frontispiece map of Niagara River area. Small cut illustration of rapids on title page. Color plate opposite p.64 [some..... More
[New Hampshire? 1840s-50s?]. 8" x 10", printed on blue paper. Old folds, light wear. Small hole near left margin [loss of a couple letters]. Good+ to Very Good. The Northern Railroad was a single track line from Concord to White River Junction, Vermont. It was 69.5 miles long, with a...... More
Halifax, N.S. 1868. Original printed wrappers, stitched, 61pp + [3 blanks]. Light wrapper soil, several leaves with short blank margin tears. Good+. Much on gold and coal mining. More
Buffalo: Jewett, Thomas & Co., 1854. 12mo. Modern cloth, original front cover cloth with gilt-stamped title laid down. 175pp. Attractive folding map frontis, with engraving of Niagara Falls. Engraving frontis, text illustrations, full page plates facing pages 36, 41, 42, 47, 56, 62, 68, 76, 83, 84, 88, 92, 96..... More
Ottawa, Canada: February, 1890. 8pp. Stitched. Folio, with caption title. Vol. 6. No. 6. Old folds, Near Fine. The Woman's Journal was a periodical, "Published Monthly by Miss Mary Scott" of Ottawa, Canada. Its mission was Temperance: the articles focus on the evils of alcohol, troubling news about the presence..... More
Edinburgh: 1835. Original cloth [rubbed, soiled moderately]. [1], [blank], iv, v, [blank], 473pp. Text lightly foxed, a couple of signatures springing. Good+. "Shirreff was a level-headed British farmer who was both a good judge of people and of land." Graff. "Four chapters of the 'Tour' are devoted to an account..... More
[Peterboro, N.Y. 1870]. Broadside, 8" x 13" in double columns. Very Good. Smith, an early backer of this proposed railroad, admits that "we had greatly overrated the general desire for the road." The towns through which the road would travel have been unwilling to provide the necessary financial support. If..... More
Ottawa: Publie par le Departement D'Agriculture, 1875. Original printed front wrapper, stitched. 39, [1 blank] pp. Folding lithographed 'Map of Canada and Part of the United States, 1874' [with rail routes]. Light foxing throughout, with wrapper chipped along spine and blank corners. Good+. At head of title: 'Seconde Edition Revisee..... More
Washington: Thomas Allen, 1841. 28pp. Disbound without wrappers, spotted, Good+. In 1837, the British attacked the American steamer Caroline, which had covertly aided the rebels in Canada; an American, Amos Durfee, was killed during the British operation. Northern New York was aflame with anger. Alexander McLeod, a soldier for England..... More
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Washington: Thomas Allen, 1842. SED1. 767pp, folding table. Disbound with occasional light foxing. Else Very Good. With diplomatic material on the Northeastern boundary question, and a copy of the Treaty negotiated by Secretary of State Webster and Lord Ashburton. Other diplomatic information is included regarding Texas and Mexico, and a...... More