Biografia

Le Petit Père des Prairies, 1841-1916: Héroïque Sans Jamais S'en Douter [SIGNED] ; [The Little Father of the Prairies, 1841-1916: Heroic Without Ever Suspecting It]

Chartier, Colombe Fafard · 0 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$59.00 (€53.53 | £44.66 | ¥9,422)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Vidacom Inc. & The Author First Edition, First Printing pp. 163. Oblong 4to., measuring 22 x 29 cm. Illustrated card covers held with red plastic spiral binding. Richly illustrated with many drawings throughout. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine. Scarce...

Mon Train de Vie [Franco-Manitoban Memoir / Autobiography]

Bernardin, Louis · 2008 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$49.00 (€44.46 | £37.09 | ¥7,825)

Sainte-Anne-des-Chênes, Manitoba, Canada Privately Printed First Edition, First Printing pp. 400. 8vo. Pictorial card covers. Rich with many black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, etc. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine. Scarce in commerce. See ...

Thieves of Fire ; [The T.S. Eliot Memorial Lectures]

Donoghue, Denis · 1973 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$54.00 (€48.99 | £40.87 | ¥8,623)

London Faber & Faber First Edition pp. 139. 8vo. Publisher's black cloth over boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Neat ink inscription to the tite page, else, bright, clean and unmarked with firm, sound binding; near fine and housed in original, unclipped, dustjacket. Ove...

One a Day for Life: To Commemorate My 40th Wedding Anniversary (Book I)

Tesarski, Felix (1917-); Michael H. Hykawy (Foreword) · 1977 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Privately Printed Unpaginated [pp. 112]. Slim 8vo., measuring 21 cm. Plain card covers. Black-and-white photographs, and portraits. Near fine.

The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood

Huxley, Elspeth Joscelin (1907-1997) · 1960 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

London The Reprint Society Ltd. | Chatto & Windus pp. 285. Small 8vo. Cream and maroon boards with gilt lettering to the spine, publisher's maroon topstain. Lightest bumping to the spine ends, contents without blemish; near fine and housed in exceptionally well-preserved origi...

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

Yeats-Brown, Francis (1886-1944) · 1930 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$39.00 (€35.38 | £29.52 | ¥6,228)

New York The Viking Press, Inc. First American Edition pp. 299. 8vo. Origianal terracotta cloth over boards with silver lettering and illustration to the spine, and front board; untrimmed pages edges. Light bumping to spine ends, some faint spotting to the spine, contents clea...

Brief Candles

Huxley, Aldous (1894-1963) · 1931 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

London Chatto & Windus The Phoenix Library Series pp. 323. 12mo. Publisher's blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering and floral ornamentation to the spine. Light bumping to spine ends, tips; contents without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound bin...

Louis, Fils des Prairies

Palud-Pelletier, Noelie · 1984 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada Les Éditions Du Blé First Edition pp. x, 57. Slim 8vo. Pictorial covers. Charming black-and-white illustrations throughout. Bright, clean, and unmarked with firm, sound binding; as new.

Marthe Sasseville, 1925-1930; Une Toute Petite Soeur Des Anges ; [Marthe Sasseville, 1925-1930; A Little Sister of the Angels]

Cadoux, Auguste; J. McIsaac (Illust.) · 1931 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Ste-Ursule, Quebec Missionnaires Du Sacre-Coeur First Edition, First Printing pp. viii, 109. 16mo., measuring 6.5" x 4.75". Original illustrated paper covers. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece. Accompanied with additional black-and-white drawings and illustrations. Tap...

Alien Heart: The Life and Work of Margaret Laurence

Powers, Lyall · 2003 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$39.00 (€35.38 | £29.52 | ¥6,228)

Winnipeg, Manitoba University of Manitoba Press First Edition pp. 554. Thick 8vo. Publisher's ivory boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Many black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, etc. Bright, clean, and unmarked with firm, sound binding; as ne...

Do What You Will: Essays

Huxley, Aldous (1894-1963) · 1931 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

London Chatto & Windus The Phoenix Library Series pp. 310. 12mo. Publisher's blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering and floral ornamentation to the spine. Light bumping to spine ends, tips; contents without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound bin...

The University of Winnipeg Journal; Special Commemorative Issue Dedicated to Margaret Laurence ; Margaret Laurence: 1926-1987

Carr, James; margot J. Alward; Eilleen Burrows, et al. · 1987 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Winnipeg, Manitoba The University of Winnipeg Journal First Edition pp. 27. 4to. Pictorial, twice-stapled, card covers. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, advertisements, etc. Near fine.

Monsieur l'Abbe; Louis-Raymond Giroux: Directeur du Collège de Saint-Boniface. - Chapelain du gouvernment provisoire. - Missionnaire. - Curé. : 1841-1911

Prud'Homme, L.A. · 0 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

St-Paul, Quebec Imp. Charrier & Dugal, Ltée. Reprint pp. 95. 12mo. Illustrated card covers. Black-and-white photograph frontispiece of the subject. Many additional black-and-white photographs, portraits, facsimiles, etc. Bright, clean, and unmarked; fine.

Thomas Douglas, Fifth Earl of Selkirk

[Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Department of Cultural Affairs and Hisotrical Resources] · 1982 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Department of Cultural Affairs and Hisotrical Resources pp. 10. 8vo., measuring 9" x 6". Illustrated, twice-stapled, card covers. Black-and-white maps, photographs, illustrations, facsimiles, etc. Bright, clean, and unmark...

Arctic Bride

Tolboom, Wanda Neill (1920-2007) · 1956 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$59.00 (€53.53 | £44.66 | ¥9,422)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada The Ryerson Press, Publishers First Edition, First Printing pp. 256. 8vo. Publisher's light-yellow cloth over boards with navy blue rules and lettering to the spine. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white photographs and portraits. Extremities ex...

Dancing Gabe; One Step at a Time [SIGNED by "Dancing Gabe" and Daniel Perron]

Perron, Daniel; Mark Chipman (Foreword) · 2015 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$47.00 (€42.64 | £35.58 | ¥7,505)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Daniel Perron And Associates First Edition, First Printing pp. 286. 8vo. Light general shelfwear, contents clean and unmarked with firm, sound binding; very good+ and housed in very good lightly rubbed dustjacket. Overall, very good.

The Mountain Within

Sinclair-Kaspick, Frances Mae · 2018 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Privately Printed | Peguis First Nation First Edition pp. xii, 280. 8vo. Pictorial covers. Black-and-white and colour photographs, and portraits. Bright, clean, and unmarked; fine.

V. S. Pritchett: Complete Collected Essays

Pritchett, V.S. (1900-1997) · 1991 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

New York Random House First American Edition pp. 1319. Thick, heavy 8vo. Publisher's quarter light-blue cloth over teal boards with gilt rules and lettering to the spine and front board. Lightest rubbing to the extremities, contents without blemish with bright, clean, and unma...

Virginia Woolf's Nose: Essays on Biography

Lee, Hermione · 2005 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$39.00 (€35.38 | £29.52 | ¥6,228)

Princeton, New Jersey Princeton University Press First Edition, First Printing pp. 140. Small 8vo. Publisher's light-gray cloth over boards with bronze lettering to the spine. No detectable flaws, contents without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound ...

Arguably: Selected Essays

Hitchens, Christopher · 2011 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$59.00 (€53.53 | £44.66 | ¥9,422)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Signal & McClelland & Stewart First Canadian Edition pp. xix, 788. Thick 8vo. Publisher's black boards with gilt lettering to the spine. No detectable flaws to the extremities, contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and...