Canadiana from Neil Williams, Bookseller
New Arrivals
Tales of the British Columbia Provincial Police
by Clark, Cecil
- Condition
- Used - NF/VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1971
- ISBN
- 9780888260291
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Victoria, British Columbia, CAN
- Item Price
-
SGD 13.73
Show Details
Description:
Sidney, BC : Gray's Publishing , 1971 . First Edition . NF/VG . 8VO . Story of a now vanished police force. Illustrated with photos and written by a former Commisssioner of the force. Light edgewear to jacket. Gift inscription. Item Price
SGD 13.73
Straight From the Heart
by Chretien Jean
- Condition
- Used - NF/NF
- Edition
- 3rd printing
- Published
- 1985
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Victoria, British Columbia, CAN
- Item Price
-
SGD 16.47
Show Details
Description:
Toronto : Key Porter , 1985 . 3rd printing . NF/NF . 8VO . INSCRIBED by Chretien, ex Prime Minister of Canada. Lightest of wear to book and unclipped jacket. Rough label removal on rear jacket panel. Item Price
SGD 16.47
My Dogs in the Northland
by Young, Egerton R
- Condition
- Used - VG
- Edition
- Fourth Edition
- Published
- 1902
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Victoria, British Columbia, CAN
- Item Price
-
SGD 27.46
Show Details
Description:
New York : Fleming H Revell , 1902 . Fourth Edition . VG . 8VO . Illustrated in black and white with photos and drawings by F Lowenheim. Bound in decorated tan cloth with oval of a sled dog on front board. Light wear, some rubbing to spine and front cover text and illustrations. Item Price
SGD 27.46
Topographical Dictionary of the Province of Lower Canada
by Bouchette, Joseph
- Condition
- Used - VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1832
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Victoria, British Columbia, CAN
- Item Price
-
SGD 102.97
Show Details
Description:
London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman , 1832 . First Edition . VG . 4TO . A Gazeteer of Lower Canada, produced in conjunction with Bouchette's larger 2 volume work of the topography of both the Canadas. Bouchette was the Surveyor-General of Lower Canada, the last to hold that post. He was an important figure… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 102.97
The Concubine's Children
by Chong, Denise
- Condition
- Used - F/F
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1994
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Victoria, British Columbia, CAN
- Item Price
-
SGD 16.47
Show Details
Description:
Toronto : Viking , 1994 . First Edition . F/F . 8VO . A Chinese Canadian woman discovers her family. Item Price
SGD 16.47
Canada : Past, Present and Future - 2 Volumes
by Smith W H
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Fascsimile Reprint
- Published
- 1974
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Victoria, British Columbia, CAN
- Item Price
-
SGD 102.97
Show Details
Description:
Belleville, ON : Mika Publishing Company , 1974 . Fascsimile Reprint . Near Fine . 8VO . Originally published in Toronto in 1852. Canadiana Reprint Series NO 67. Two thick volumes with many foldout maps handsomely bound in gilt-decorated faux-morocco. Owner's bookplate in each volume otherwise in fine condition. Heavy, special shipping considerations may apply. Item Price
SGD 102.97
The Book-Keeper and a Translation from The German of "Schiller
by Marcator (Ellice, Edward(?), John Harris)
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1868
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Victoria, British Columbia, CAN
- Item Price
-
SGD 68.64
Show Details
Description:
Montreal : Dawson Brothers , 1868 . First Edition . Near Fine . 12MO . An odd little bit of Canadiana variously attributed to Edward Ellice, a prominent merchant and landowner who was instrumental in the amalgamation of the Northwest Company and the Hudson's Bay Company and one John Harris. The Book-Keeper of the title is the… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 68.64
FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO THE WILD WEST: IMPRESSIONS OF A TOUR BETWEEN TORONTO AND THE PACIFIC
by McEvoy, Bernard.
- Condition
- Used - VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1902
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Victoria, British Columbia, CAN
- Item Price
-
SGD 21.97
Show Details
Description:
Toronto : William Briggs , 1902 . First Edition . VG . 8VO . Interesting snapshot of Canada in 1902 being a diary of a coast to coast trip by an intelligent and interested observer. Black and white photos. Bound in blue decorated cloth. Lightest of wear, a handsome copy. Item Price
SGD 21.97
Klondike Cattle Drive : The Journal of Norman Lee
by Lee, Norman (ed Gordon Elliott)
- Condition
- Used - VG/VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1960
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Victoria, British Columbia, CAN
- Item Price
-
SGD 13.73
Show Details
Description:
Vancouver : Mitchell Press , 1960 . First Edition . VG/VG . 8VO . Foreword by Eileen Laurie. A fascinating record of a ridiculously difficult cattle drive from Alberta to the Klondike. Foldout map frontis of routes to the Yukon, outlined in red, foldout copies of original document, original material and marginalia printed in red. Lightest of wear… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 13.73
Dreams of Fort Garry
by Watson, Robert (ill Walter J Philips)
- Condition
- Used - NF
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1931
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Victoria, British Columbia, CAN
- Item Price
-
SGD 617.80
Show Details
Description:
Winnipeg : Stovel Company Ltd. , 1931 . First Edition . NF . 8VO . With the famous wood engravings by Philipps. Signed by author and illustrator and published in an edition of 968 copies of which this is #47. An epic poem on the life and times of the early settlers of Western Canada, complete with… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 617.80
YESTERDAY & TO-DAY [and today] IN CANADA
by THE DUKE OF ARGYLL
- Condition
- Used - VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1911
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Victoria, British Columbia, CAN
- Item Price
-
SGD 34.32
Show Details
Description:
London : George Allen and Unwin & Nelson , 1911 . First Edition . VG . 8VO . Canada from the viewpoint of a British aristocrat in 1911 - quite a comprehensive and knowledgeable survery. Large coloured fold-out map at rear. Bound in red gilt-stamped cloth. Overall light wear, small area of damage on fore-edge of front cover,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 34.32
The Governor and Company of Adventurers of England Trading Into Hudson's Bay during Two Hundred and Fifty Years 1670-1920
by UNCREDITED
- Condition
- Used - VG
- Edition
- Published
- 1920
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Victoria, British Columbia, CAN
- Item Price
-
SGD 27.46
Show Details
Description:
London : Hudson's Bay Company , 1920 . . VG . 4TO . Bound in cream card with gold stamping and yapped edges. Many illustrations plus fold-out map at rear and fold-out of facsimile of original charter. Original presentation card laid in. Edges worn with some tears as usual. Some soiling to covers. Item Price
SGD 27.46
British Columbia - Papers in Connection with the Construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway Between the Dominion, Imperial and Provincial Governments
by Various Authors
- Condition
- Used - VG in Wraps
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1880
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Victoria, British Columbia, CAN
- Item Price
-
SGD 130.43
Show Details
Description:
Victoria : Government Printing Bureau , 1880 . First Edition . VG in Wraps . 8VO . In orignal orange paper wraps. Non-circulating ex-library copy with usual markings, several labels taped to covers. In a remarkable state of preservation considering the fragile paper binding. Item Price
SGD 130.43
Report on Various Proposed Railway Routes for a Western Outlet ot the Pacific from the Peace River District
by Various Authors
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1929
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Victoria, British Columbia, CAN
- Item Price
-
SGD 48.05
Show Details
Description:
Ottawa : King's Printer , 1929 . First Edition . Good . 8VO . Two large folding charts, pocket at rear is empty. In stiff card covers with original covers laid on, red cloth spine. Item Price
SGD 48.05
Reports and Documents in Reference to the Canadian Pacific Railway
by Fleming, Sanford
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1880
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Victoria, British Columbia, CAN
- Item Price
-
SGD 240.26
Show Details
Description:
Ottawa : Maclean Roger & Co , 1880 . First Edition . Fair . 8VO . With Sanford Fleming's presentation slip to Judge Gray ( probably John Hamilton Gray, previously a New Brunswick politician and at the time of publication a judge of the British Columbia Supreme Court) on front pastedown. Bound in the original gilt and… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 240.26
Report of the Select Standing Committee on Immigration and Colonization
by SELECT STANDING COMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION AND COLONIZATION
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1877
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Victoria, British Columbia, CAN
- Item Price
-
SGD 171.61
Show Details
Description:
Ottawa : Maclean Roger & Co , 1877 . First Edition . Good . 8VO . Large fol-out frontis map. In stiff card cover with original covers laid on, red cloth spine. A non-circulating ex-library copy with usual interior markings, white accession numbers on spine. Overall light wear. Item Price
SGD 171.61
Personal Narrative of Travels in the United States and Canada in 1826 with Remarks on the Present State of the American Navy
by De Roos, F Fitzgerald
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Published
- 1827
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Victoria, British Columbia, CAN
- Item Price
-
SGD 130.43
Show Details
Description:
London : William Harrison Ainsworth , 1827 . Third Edition . Good . 8VO . Third Edition. De Roos's travels in the Americas and observations on the threat of the US Navy (not much apparently). Illustrated with fold-out frontis and 12 very nice plates from drawings by the author. The fold-out is a large panorama of Quebec City.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 130.43
Manitoba and the Great North-West
by Macoun, John
- Condition
- Used - VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1882
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Victoria, British Columbia, CAN
- Item Price
-
SGD 61.78
Show Details
Description:
Guelph, Ont. : The World Publishing Company , 1882 . First Edition . VG . 8VO . The field for investment, the home of the emigrant, being a full and complete history of the country, its geography, area, situation, and boundaries, its early history and progress, incidents of the settlement from the earliest period up to the present… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 61.78
Studies of Plant Life in Canada or Gleanings from Forest, Lake and Plain
by Traill, Catherine Parr (ill Mrs Chamberlin)
- Condition
- Used - VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1885
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Victoria, British Columbia, CAN
- Item Price
-
SGD 308.90
Show Details
Description:
Ottawa : A S Woodburn , 1885 . First Edition . VG . 8VO . A later work by Canadian pioneer and author Catherine Parr Traill, illustrated with 8 chromolithographs from painting by her neice Agnes Fitzgibbon, daughter of Suzanna Moodie. Heliotype portrait frontis. Bound in green pebbled cloth, quite elaborately decoreated in gilt, AEG. Scattered foxing, some… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 308.90
Continental Dash
by Neering, Rosemary
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1980
- ISBN
- 9780920663073
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Victoria, British Columbia, CAN
- Item Price
-
SGD 13.73
Show Details
Description:
Victoria : Horsdal & Schubart , 1980 . First Edition . New . 8vo . Saga of the building of the Russian American Telegraph - "a finely-honed reconstruction of one of the greatest adventures - and most magnificent failures - in commercial history." A new copy in fine condition. Item Price
SGD 13.73