Recent Arrivals from Black's Fine Books & Manuscripts

Brandon, Manitoba, Canada: Brandon College | Printed by Leech Printing (Brandon, Manitoba), 1955-1956. First Edition, First Printing. Spiral Bound. Unpaginated [pp. 134]. 8vo., measuring 11.5" x 8.5". Textured light-blue card covers held with gold lettering, rules, and crest of the college to the lower-right margin of the front cover. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white photographs, portraits, group portraits of… Read more about this item

Vancouver, Ottawa, Regina: Douglas & Mcintyre | National Gallery of Ottawa | MacKenzie Art Gallery, 2007. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 223. Square 4to. No detectable flaws, bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine and housed in very good+ lightly rubbed dustjacket. When art making in Canada began to take a radical new direction, Joe… Read more about this item

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Unpaginated [pp. 32]. Slim square 8vo. Maroon paper boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Chifly comprised of striking black-and-white photographs documenting the process of creating a totem pole. Neat ink name to the upper-right margin of the ffep, else, near fine and housed in its original,… Read more about this item

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Winnipeg Jets Wives' Carnival | Winnipeg Jets Goals for Kids Foundation | Printed by LGM Graphics Ltd., 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. 47. 8vo., measuring 8.5" x 11". Illustrated, twice-stapled, covers. Richly illustrated throughout with many period advertisements by a variety of sponsoring local business, merchants, firms, etc. Black-and-white portraits of the "Carnial Committee". Chiefly… Read more about this item

Edinburgh & London: W. & A. K. Johnston & G.W. Bacon Ltd., N.D. [Circa 1953?]. Hardcover. pp. 55, [192] + 19 pages of advertisements. 16mo., measuring 12 x 9 cm. Charming illustrated paper boards. Richly illustrated with striking colour plates (printed on rectos only) of tartan patterns for the various clans, accompanied with a with brief history of each… Read more about this item

Toronto & Vancouver: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, 1966. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. viii, 135. Small 8vo. Light-blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Black-and-white photographs of the author amongst the Indigenous inhabitants of the Northern community of Old Crow. Negligible wear, neat ink name and date to the ffep (possibly by the author),… Read more about this item

Brandon, Manitoba, Canada: Students of St. Michael's Academy, 1951. First Edition, First Printing. Card Covers. pp. 66 + [16] unpaginated leaves listing advertisers, and two leaves reserved for autographs by students and faculty. 8vo., measuring 10.5" x 8.25". Textuted forest-green card covers, blind-stamped with illustrations, with gold lettering, and held with gold plastic spiral binding. A wonderfully charming yearbook… Read more about this item

Letellier, Manitoba: Municipalité Rurale de Montcalm, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. xx, 576. 4to., measuring 29 cm tall. Publisher's forest-green cloth over boards with gilt lettering and illustration to the front board, and spine; map endpapers. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white maps, photographs, portraits, illustraitons, facsimiles, charts, tables, etc. Light bumping to spine ends, tide-mark to the… Read more about this item

[India]: [Unattributed Publisher], N.D. [Circa 1960-70's?]. First Edition. Card Covers. Oblong 12mo., measuring 17 x 10 cm. Charming twice-stapled, illustrated, card covers housing twenty period colour postcards of various historic landmarks in Agra, and Fatehpur Sikri. Includes period images of the Taj Mahal, Mumtaz Mahal, Red Fort, Interiors, Bulland Gate, Tomb of Itmaduddaula, Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chistie, Panch… Read more about this item

Staunton, Virginia: Constitutional Commission, National Commission for Judicial Reform, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Card Covers. pp. 37. Slim 8vo., measuring 14 x 21.5 cm. Navy-blue card covers with gilt lettering and illustration to the front. Exceptionally well-preserved: no detectable flaws to the extremities, contents equally without blemish. Appears unread; as new. Rare to be offered in commerce, in… Read more about this item

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1939. Second Impression. Hardcover. pp. 572. Royal 8vo. Navy-blue cloth over boards with silver rule and lettering to the spine, and front board; untrimmed edges with publisher's topstain. Lightest edgewear, neat bookplate affixed to the ffep, and rear pastedown. Contents without blemish with clean and unmarked leaves and firm, sound binding; very good+.… Read more about this item

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Turnstone Press, 1982. First Edition. Softcover. pp. 182. 8vo. Illustrated, laminated card covers. Bright, clean, and unmarked; as new. SINGED in ink by the author to the title page.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Dance Collection Danse Press/es, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 288. 8vo. Pebbled navy-blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Black-and-white photographs, portraits, etc. Bright, clean, and unmarked; as new and housed in as new dustjacket. Appears unread. Related ephemera laid-in.

Pakenham, Ontario: 5 Span Books, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 57 + 96 leaves of plates. 4to., measuring 34 x 34 cm. Publisher's maroon cloth over boards with gilt lettering to the spine, and blind-stamped title to the front board; maroon silk ribbon-marker. Richly illustrated with sharp, and striking photographic plates, printed on rectos accompanied with quotes… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1953?]. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. pp. viii, 499. 8vo. Publisher's light-green cloth over boards with gilt lettering over black spine label, and in gilt to the front board. Light bumping to the spine ends, faint spot to the foredge, else, extremities remarkably well-preserved, text-block remains bright, clean, and unmarked with firm, sound binding; near… Read more about this item

Cassadaga, Florida: National Spiritualist Association, N.D.. First Edition. Card Covers. pp. 47, [1]. 8vo. Illustrated, twice-stapled, card covers. A few faint spots to the covers, else, fine. Neat ink name to the corner of the title page, otherwise, contents clean and unmarked with sound stapled binding. Overall, very good+. Uncommon in commerce.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Manitoba Big Game Trophy Association, November, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. viii, 222 [16 pages of plates]. 4to., measuring 9" x 11". Brown boards with elaborate gilt lettering and illustration to the spine, and front board. Richly illustrated with black-and-white, and colour photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, charts, tables, etc. No detectable flaws, contents and extremities… Read more about this item

London: Verso Books, 2001. Hardcover. pp. 87. Slim 12mo. Black cloth over boards with red lettering to the spine, and font board; near fine and housed in lightly rubbed, unclipped, dustjacket. Overall, very good+.

Thompson, Manitoba, Canada: Thompson Historical Society, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 312. 4to., measuring 9" x 11". Publisher's illustrated blue cloth over boards, bearing crest of the city to the centre of the front board, black lettering to the spine. Rich with many black-and-white photographs, maps, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, etc. No detectable flaws to cloth extremities, near… Read more about this item

New York: The Modern Library, 1950. The Modern Library, No. 37. Hardcover. pp. xviii, 950. Thick small 8vo. Publisher's original green cloth over boards with gilt lettering and over black spine label to the spine, and front board, illustrated endpapers, publisher's navy-blue topstain. Light bumping to spine ends, tips, otherwise cloth extremities remain near fine. Neat ink name to… Read more about this item