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WALLACE, Frederick William.
Wooden Ships and Iron Men. The Story of the Square-Rigged Merchant Marine of British North America, The Ships, Their Builders and Owners and the Men Who Sailed Them.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, nd. (1924). First edition. Review copy with rubberstamp reading "FOR REVIEW" on the half-title.
Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth, xviii, 337, (3)pp.ads. Near fine.

$150

Book Number: 26807

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WARBURTON, Eliot. (Editor).
Hochelaga; Or, England In The New World.
London: Henry Colburn, 1846. In two volumes. First edition.
8vo., orig. cloth, xvi, 318, (2)pp.ads, iv, 368pp. Subscription notice from "Cardigan Book Society" on e/paper of volume one, spines cocked, some rubbing a very good copy.

$250

Book Number: 15380

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WARBURTON, Eliot. (Editor).
Hochelaga; Or, England In The New World.
London: Henry Colburn, 1846. In two volumes. First edition.
8vo., orig. plum cloth, xvi, 318, (2)pp.ads, iv, 368pp. Bookplates, spines slightly faded to tan with a small mark on the spine of volume one but in fact an about fine copy.

$350

Book Number: 25063

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WATSON, Robert.
Lower Fort Garry A History of the Stone Fort.
Winnipeg: Hudson's Bay Company, 1928. First edition.
8vo,. orig. grey cloth, (70)pp. Name o/w near fine.

$75

Book Number: 26666

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WELD, Charles Richard.
A Vacation Tour In The United States and Canada.
London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1855.
8vo, orig. blue cloth with elaborate gilt decoration on the spine, (xii), 394pp. Recased with new e/papers, cloth worn, a good copy.
The author travels up the St. Lawrence, Prescott, Kingston, Peterborough, Coburg, Montreal, Quebec, Toronto, Niagara, as well as various U.S. sites.

$400

Book Number: 12940

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WHITE, W.J.
Canadiana; A Collection of Canadian Notes. Published Monthly.
Montreal: Gazette Printing Company, 1889. Volume I (Jan. 1889- Dec. 1889). The first twelve issues of this periodical. (Volume 2 published Jan-Dec. 1890 not present here; ceased publication after Vol. 2).
8vo., plain paper wrappers with a general titlepage, ready for binding (the individual issues all present including wrappers). A near fine copy.

$350

Book Number: 33091

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(WILKES EXPEDITION).
Centenary Celebration The Wilkes Exploring Expedition of the United States Navy 1838-1842 And Symposium on American Polar Exploration February 23-24 1940.
Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society, 1940. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.....Vol. 82, No. 5 June 29th, 1940. Inscribed on the upper wrapper by Bartlett, author of the paper "Reports of the Wilkes Expedition."
4to., rebound in modern cloth with original wrappers bound in, pp. 517-950, vpp. A nice copy.
The Symposium on American Polar Exploration includes papers on animal life of the Antarctic; the Glaciers of Antarctica, the drift of the Jeannette; Arctic Study; Peary's Transacations of North Greenland by Lee; and Peary's extended Exploration of Arctic Lands by Robert Bartlett.

$600

Book Number: 10061

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WILLIS, N.P. (editor).
The Legendary, Consisting of Original Pieces, Principally Illustrative of American History, Scenery and Manners. Volume 1.
Boston: Samuel Goodrich, 1828. First edition of volume one. (volume two was issued later that year).
8vo., orig. cloth backed paper boards, (vii), 286, (1)p.ads. Lacking the paper spine label ow very good.
Contains "Extract from a Journal of an Excursion from Montreal to St. Andrews" by the "Author of A Canadian Legend." We have not been able to identify the author either through the available bibliographies or through extensive inquiries amongst Canadian bibliographers who have unpublished data on Canadian pseudonyms.

$200

Book Number: 21264

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WILSON, Larry.
Chibougamau Venture A Narrative of Adventure in a New Northern Quebec Mining Field.
Montreal: Chibougamau Publishing, (1952). Inscribed by the author.
8vo., rebound in cloth (original wrappers bound in), 151pp. A nice copy.

$50

Book Number: 20246

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WIRT, William.
The Letters of the British Spy. To Which is Prefixed a Biographical Sketch of the Author.
New York: Printed and Published by J. & J. Harper, 1832. Tenth edition, revised and corrected.
8vo., orig. cloth, paper spine label, 260, 4pp.ads. Foxing throughout, library blindstamp on title,cloth faded with some staining but still a good copy.

$125

Book Number: 21312

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WORTHINGTON, Larry.
Amid the Guns Below. The Story fo the Canadian Corps. (1914-1919).
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, (1965). First edition, review copy with slip laid in.
xvi, 171pp. Fine in d/w.

$45

Book Number: 7208

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WYMPER, Edward.
Travel And Adventure In The Territory of Alaska, Formerly Russian America Now Ceded to the United States and various other parts of the North Pacific.
London: John Murray, 1868. First edition.
Tall 8vo., orig. rust cloth with a pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper cover, xix, (i), 331, 32pp.ads dated "April 1868." Outer edge of frontispiece a bit ragged, spine a bit rubbed but o/w a near fine copy.

$750

Book Number: 28432

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