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(NORTHWEST COMPANY).
Report of The Proceedings Connected With The Disputes Between The Earl of Selkirk, And The North-West Company, At The Assizes Held At York In Upper Canada; October 1818. From Minutes Taken In Court. Montreal: Printed By James Lane and Nahum Mower, 1819. First edition (there was a London reprint the same year). From the library of Sydney Bellingham with his signature 'Bellingham 1840' on the title-page and his bookplate. Tall 8vo., original tan paper spine, greyish blue paper boards, (xxviii), (1)-300, (1)-218, (2)blank, (1)-(56), 1-4, xlviii pp. Some foxing throughout, damp in the margins of a few leaves, 2" piece out at the foot of the spine, some chipping to the head, boards lightly worn but this is still a very good copy in original boards of this uncommon work, this copy with interesting provenance. The first edition, which has the Montreal imprint is much less common than the London reprint (which has completely different pagination). An account of the controversial 'Selkirk trials' following the attack on the Red River settlement and massacre at Seven Oaks in 1816, which led to the deaths of Governor Semple and twenty of his men. As a result of the attack, Selkirk brought legal proceedings against the Northwest Company, who used their extensive influence to delay the trial, secure a favourable venue (York), with each of the accused being acquitted and released. The cost of the proceedings and the subsequent indictment brought against Selkirk and his supporters for 'conspiracy to ruin the trade of the Northwest Company' destroyed Selkirk's fortune and most likely contributed to his early death. (DNB) Trials covered include those of John Siveright, Alexander Mackenzie, Hugh McGillis, John McDonald, John McLaughlin, and Simon Fraser. Lt.-Colonel The Hon. Sydney Robert Bellingham (1808-1900) Anglo-Irish businessman, lawyer, journalist, military and political figure in Canada East. When his father encountered financial difficulties in 1824, the young Sydney Bellingham (then age 15) set of to find his fortune in Canada. Bellingham travelled widely throughout Upper Canada until 1827 when he became involved in a timber business based in Montreal. In 1831 he married Arabella Holmes, a member of a wealthy and well-connected family, whose resources allowed Bellingham to enter Canadian politics. In 1834 he was an unsuccessful candidate for an Assembly seat in Lower Canada but was named a Justice of the Peace in 1837. During the Lower Canada Rebellion, he served as a captain with the Royal Montreal Cavalry and was aide-de-camp to Lt.-Col. George Wetherall. In 1840 he was called to the Bar in Lower Canada. Concurrently, he served as a editor of the Canada Times, a reform leaning newspaper which supported Durham's proposed reforms but opposed the union of Upper and Lower Canada. Bellingham and his wife settled on Mount Royal and in 1854 he was elected to the Legislative Assembly for the Province of Canada, despite several by-elections that resulted from charges intimidation and bribery against Bellingham. He continued to serve in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec after Confederation. 'Bellingham had collaborated on several newspapers over the years. In 1871 he became editor of the Daily News (Montreal), owned by his 'devoted friend' and former comrade-in-arms John Lovell. Achintre considered Bellingham one of the best journalists in the province, asserting that his independence of mind as an editor in the treatment of political questions was never subordinate to his partisanship as a Conservative deputy. In 1877 he assumed the presidency of the Lovell Publishing Company. That year the journalist Nicholas Flood Davin wrote that 'Bellingham was at one time a name of power in Montreal, and known throughout Canada' and that he had been 'one of the best known political writers... of Lower Canada.' In 1878 Bellingham resigned his seat and returned permanently to Ireland. (DNB).
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NORTON, C.L. and John Habberton.
Canoeing In Kanuckia Or Haps And Mishaps Afloat And Ashore Of The Statesman, The Editor, The Artist, And The Scribbler. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1878. 8vo., rebound with a cloth spine, marble boards, 254pp. Some wear to spine ends, corners and upper spine gutter, a very good copy.
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NOTMAN). SMALL, H.B. (compiler) and J. Taylor. (editor).
The Canadian Handbook and Tourist's Guide. Giving a Description of Canadian Lake and River Scenery and Places of Historical Interest With the Best Spots for Fishing and Shooting. Montreal: M. Longmore, 1866. First edition. 8vo., orig. cloth, 196, 22pp. ads. A fine copy.
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O'LEARY, Peter.
Travels and Experiences In Canada, The Red River Territory, and The United States.
London: John B. Day, Printer and Publisher, (1877). First edition. 8vo., orig. green cloth, (viii), 226, (4)pp.ads. Some minor rubbing o/w near fine.
London: John B. Day, Printer and Publisher, (1877). First edition. 8vo., orig. green cloth, (viii), 226, (4)pp.ads. Some minor rubbing o/w near fine.
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O'RELL, Max.
A Frenchman In America. Recollections of Men and Things.
New York: Cassell, (1891). Tall 8vo., orig. dec. cloth, 365pp. A fine copy.
New York: Cassell, (1891). Tall 8vo., orig. dec. cloth, 365pp. A fine copy.
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OUIMET, Adolphe and B.A.T. de Montigny.
La Verite Sur La Question Metise Au Nord-Ouest Par Adolphe Ouimet. Biographie Et Recit De Gabriel Dumont Sur Les Evenements De 1885 Par......
Montreal: En Vente Cheq Tous Les Libraires Et Deports De Journaux, 1889. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. red cloth, 400pp. Ownership inscription, mark on the front pastedown from the removal of a bookplate, some light rubbing but in fact near fine.
Montreal: En Vente Cheq Tous Les Libraires Et Deports De Journaux, 1889. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. red cloth, 400pp. Ownership inscription, mark on the front pastedown from the removal of a bookplate, some light rubbing but in fact near fine.
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PARRY, William Edward.
Journal of a Second Voyage For The Discovery of a North-West Passage From The Atlantic to The Pacific; Performed in the Years 1821- 22-23, In His Majesty's Ships Fury and Hecla. London: John Murray, 1824. 4to., recently rebound with a brown calf spine, marble boards, raised bands, gilt compartments, leather spine label, [8],xxx,[2],571,[1]pp. With thirty plates (some folding) and nine maps (four folding). Foxing to the plates with offsetting on the facing page, some scattered foxing throughout o/w a very nice copy.
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PARRY, William Edward.
Journal of a Voyage For The Discovery of a North-West Passage From The Atlantic to The Pacific; Performed in the Years 1819--20, In His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Gripper, Under the Orders of.....With an Appendix, Containing the Scientific and Other Observations.
London: John Murray, 1821. 4to., recently rebound with a brown calf spine, marble boards, raised bands, gilt compartments, leather spine label, [8],xxix,[3],310,[2],clxxix,[1],[1, Errata] With six maps and fourteen plates . Some occasional foxing (mostly marginal), some offsetting on the pages facing the plates, which also have some foxing in the margins o/w a near fine copy.
London: John Murray, 1821. 4to., recently rebound with a brown calf spine, marble boards, raised bands, gilt compartments, leather spine label, [8],xxix,[3],310,[2],clxxix,[1],[1, Errata] With six maps and fourteen plates . Some occasional foxing (mostly marginal), some offsetting on the pages facing the plates, which also have some foxing in the margins o/w a near fine copy.
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PATTERSON, George.
A History Of The County of Pictou Nova Scotia.
Montreal: Dawson Brothers, 1877. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. rust cloth stamped in black and gilt, viii, 471, (8)pp.ads. A fine, bright copy, uncommon in this condition.
Montreal: Dawson Brothers, 1877. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. rust cloth stamped in black and gilt, viii, 471, (8)pp.ads. A fine, bright copy, uncommon in this condition.
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PERKINS BULL, Wm.
From Oxford To Ontario. A History of the Downsview Community.
Toronto: The Perkins Bull Foundation, (1941). First edition. Signed by Perkins Bull. Tall 8vo., orig. blue buckram spine and corners, grey cloth, paper spine label, 310, (4)pp. With illustrations. About fine.
Toronto: The Perkins Bull Foundation, (1941). First edition. Signed by Perkins Bull. Tall 8vo., orig. blue buckram spine and corners, grey cloth, paper spine label, 310, (4)pp. With illustrations. About fine.
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PETERSON, Lester R.
The Gibson's Landing Story. Ottawa: Peter Martin Books, 1962. First edition. 4to., cloth, 121pp. A nice copy.
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(PHILIPS, George).
Travels in North America. Dublin: Printed by Brett Smith, 1824. Later edition. First published 1822, two other editions were published in 1824 by P. Dixon Hardy, and John Jones; there were only Dublin editions. 12mo., recently rebound with a brown calf spine, marble boards, raised bands, gilt compartments, leather label, 180pp. Frontispiece and four full-page illustrations in the pagination. Some scattered light foxing o/w a fine copy. An early falsified narrative of the Lewis and Clark expedition?perhaps simply a plagiarism of published accounts?Travels in North America 'purports to narrate the experiences of one George Philips, an Irishman who left home for an extended tour in America. After visiting the West Indies and Mexico, he arrived in St. Louis, where he attached himself to the Lewis and Clark for the traverse of the continent. On the return he left the party at Fort Mandan to travel in Canada.' Curtright, History of the Journals of Lewis and Clark.
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PHIPPS, Constantine John.
A Voyage Towards The North Pole Undertaken By His Majesty's Command 1773.
London: Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols for J .Nourse... 1774. First edition. 4to., full contemporary calf, this copy has been rebacked with a new spine after the period, raised bands, gilt decoration in the compartments, leather label, viii, 253, (254 blank), (255) "Instructions to the Binder." With 15 folding or double page plates and maps (12 plates and 3 maps) and 11 tables (some folding). Rebacked as noted above, small dampstain (approx 1") on the lower corner of pp.70-76 which is also present in the corner of 2 of the plates appearing in that range but does not affect or even approach the image, o/w a fine copy.
Constantine John Phipps, later Baron Mulgrave [1744-1792] officer in the British Navy and explorer. In 1773 Constantine set off on a voyage of exploration towards the North Pole, with two ships, the 'Racehorse' and the 'Carcass'. Also part of the group was Dr Irving as naturalist and doctor, and Israel Lyons (1739-1775) as astronomer. The 'Carcass' was commanded by Skeffington Lutwidge and one of her midshipmen was a young Horatio Nelson. "This work is an important addition to early nautical science in the polar regions. Besides a journal of the voyage, it contains a descriptive catalogue of the natural history and resources of Spitsbergen. This is the official account written by Phipps himself, who later became the 2nd Baron Mulgrave." (Hill).
London: Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols for J .Nourse... 1774. First edition. 4to., full contemporary calf, this copy has been rebacked with a new spine after the period, raised bands, gilt decoration in the compartments, leather label, viii, 253, (254 blank), (255) "Instructions to the Binder." With 15 folding or double page plates and maps (12 plates and 3 maps) and 11 tables (some folding). Rebacked as noted above, small dampstain (approx 1") on the lower corner of pp.70-76 which is also present in the corner of 2 of the plates appearing in that range but does not affect or even approach the image, o/w a fine copy.
Constantine John Phipps, later Baron Mulgrave [1744-1792] officer in the British Navy and explorer. In 1773 Constantine set off on a voyage of exploration towards the North Pole, with two ships, the 'Racehorse' and the 'Carcass'. Also part of the group was Dr Irving as naturalist and doctor, and Israel Lyons (1739-1775) as astronomer. The 'Carcass' was commanded by Skeffington Lutwidge and one of her midshipmen was a young Horatio Nelson. "This work is an important addition to early nautical science in the polar regions. Besides a journal of the voyage, it contains a descriptive catalogue of the natural history and resources of Spitsbergen. This is the official account written by Phipps himself, who later became the 2nd Baron Mulgrave." (Hill).
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PIERCE, Lorne. (editor).
The Chronicle of a Century 1829-1929 The Record of One Hundred Years of Progress in the Publishing Concerns of the Methodist Presbyterian and Congregational Churches in Canada.
Toronto: The United Church Publishing House/Ryerson Press, nd. (1929). First edition. In a special binding of publishers half leather, boards. Fine.
Toronto: The United Church Publishing House/Ryerson Press, nd. (1929). First edition. In a special binding of publishers half leather, boards. Fine.
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PIERCE, Lorne. (editor).
The Chronicle of a Century 1829-1929 The Record of One Hundred Years of Progress in the Publishing Concerns of the Methodist Presbyterian and Congregational Churches in Canada. Toronto: The United Church Publishing House/Ryerson Press, nd. (1929). First edition. 8vo., orig. wrappers, 271pp. Faded on the spine and perimeter of wrappers, a few nicks to spine ends o/w near fine.
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PIKE, Warburton.
The Barren Ground of Northern Canada. London: Macmillan and Co., 1892. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth, (xii), 300pp. Some minor mottling on the lower portion of the upper board but o/w a very nice copy.
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PIKE, Warburton.
The Barren Ground of Northern Canada. London: Macmillan and Co., 1892. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth, (xii), 300pp. With two folding maps. Small hole in the cloth on the rear board but o/w an about fine copy.
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POLLOCK, Jack.
We Are are All. Toronto: Privately Published (Designed and produced by Dreadnaught), (1980). 1 of 65 copies with 3 original silkscreen prints signed by the artist, in an accompanying folder. This is copy 43. Tall square 8vo., original black cloth with a printed paper spine label, unpaginated. With black and white illustrations in the text. Fine in slipcase, the prints are fine in the original folder.
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(PRE-CONFEDERATION IMPRINT). POLLLARD, Edward.
Southern History of the Great Civil War in the United States.
Toronto: P.R. Randall, 1863. First Canadian edition. Tall 8vo., orig. brown cloth, (x), 383pp. Spine ends chipped, some war to the corners o/w a very good copy of this pre-confederation imprint, published by P.R. Randall of Toronto, who later relocated to Port Hope, Ont.
Toronto: P.R. Randall, 1863. First Canadian edition. Tall 8vo., orig. brown cloth, (x), 383pp. Spine ends chipped, some war to the corners o/w a very good copy of this pre-confederation imprint, published by P.R. Randall of Toronto, who later relocated to Port Hope, Ont.
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Price, C.V., John Popham and Palmer & McLeod.
The Mercantile Agency's Legal Guide For the Dominion of Canada. Published by J.W. Rooklidge.
Montreal: Printed by John Lovell, 1868. First edition. Tall 8vo., full contemporary calf, raised bands, leather label, with 'The Mercantile Agency's Legal Guide' stamped in gilt on the upper board, 423, (1)pp. Small dark stain on the lower portion of the upper board, some rubbing but certainly very good. We believe that this could be the publisher's copy, based on the binding style and stamping, including ?J.W. Rooklidge? stamped at the foot of the spine.
Montreal: Printed by John Lovell, 1868. First edition. Tall 8vo., full contemporary calf, raised bands, leather label, with 'The Mercantile Agency's Legal Guide' stamped in gilt on the upper board, 423, (1)pp. Small dark stain on the lower portion of the upper board, some rubbing but certainly very good. We believe that this could be the publisher's copy, based on the binding style and stamping, including ?J.W. Rooklidge? stamped at the foot of the spine.
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