Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

Framed Indian Peepal Leaf Painting Depicting a Traditional Musician and Dancer

[Indian Folk Art] · 1950

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,945)

[India] [Unattributed] A lovely mid-to-late 20th-century example of a folk Indian peepal leaf painting featuring a vibrant scene of two traditional Indian performers: a male musician in a turban playing a flute alongside a traditional dholak drum, accompanied by a female figur...

Winnipeg Evangelical Free Church: Grateful for the Past, Trusting God for the Future, 1957-2007

Lawrenson, Janet; Fred Lawrenson; Winnipeg Evangelical Free Church · 2007

$79.00 (€71.67 | £59.80 | ¥12,611)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg Evangelical Free Church First Edition, First Printing pp. vi, 89. Slim quarto. Bound in publisher's textured maroon buckram over boards with gilt lettering and illustrations to the front board and spine; illustrated endpapers. Rich with many black-a...

Between Earth and Sky: Steinbach, The First 50 Years

Friesen, Ralph · 2009

$89.00 (€80.75 | £67.37 | ¥14,208)

Steinbach, Manitoba Derksen Printers First Edition, First Printing pp. xii, 548. Thick octavo. Pictorial boards. Illustrated with various black-and-white photographs, portraits, facsimiles, etc. Neat ink inscription to the upper-right margin of the ffep else, without blemish; ...

Turning the Leaves of Time: Capturing Over 400 Years of Family Stories

Benson, Helen Malott · 2000

$129.00 (€117.04 | £97.64 | ¥20,593)

[H.M. Benson], [Lacombe, Alta.?] Privately Printed First Edition, First Printing pp. 283 + 16 unnumbered leaves of photographic plates. Pictorial card covers. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white, and colour photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, charts, ta...

Concordia Hospital ; Faith, Health and Community, 75 Years: 1928-2003

Dueck, Abe J. · 2003

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Concordia Hospital First Edition, First Printing pp. 107. Quarto. Pictorial card covers. Rich with many black-and-white photographs, portraits, facsimiles, etc. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine. Corresponds to OCLC #52748651.

Bethel, Pioneering in Faith: 50 Years, 1937-1987

Dyck, Betty (Ed.); [Bethel Mennonite Church] · 1988

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Bethel Mennonite Church First printing pp. 147. 4to. Pictorial boards. Replete with many photographs, portraits, illustrations. Contains a complete membership list with the names, dates of birth, outgoing church registration #, name of assigned pastor of all...

The Road [First Edition, First Printing]

McCarthy, Cormac · 2006

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,945)

New York Alfred A. Knopf First Edition, First Printing pp. 241. Octavo, measuring 6" x 9.5". Black and terracotta boards with bronze lettering to the spine, deckled foredge. Entirely without blemish; fine and housed in its equally fine unclipped first state dustjacket with "10...

The Battle for the Bay

MacEwan, Grant · 1975

$39.00 (€35.38 | £29.52 | ¥6,226)

Saskatoon, SK Western Producer Book Service First Edition, First Printing pp. 258. Octavo. Publisher's dark-green cloth over boards with black lettering to the spine, and front board. Map endpapers, accompanied by various additional black-and-white maps, photographs, portraits...

Elizabeth's Kitchen (Manitoba Hydro Recipe Booklet)

[Home Service Department, Manitoba Hydro] · 1960

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Home Service Department, Manitoba Hydro First printing pp. 12. 8vo., measuring 9" tall. Illustrated stapled card covers, bright red background with a cartoon image of a French chef sampling a soup with a spoon. A variety of recipes including: Company Chicken...

The Birds of Manitoba

Carey, Brad; Ward Christianson; Carolyn E. Curtis; Larry de March; George E. Holland; Rudolf F. Koes (Illustrations); Robert W. Nero; Robert J. Parsons; Peter Taylor (Ed.); Marlene Waldron; Gene Walz; C. Stuart Houston (Foreword), et al. · 2003

$145.00 (€131.56 | £109.75 | ¥23,147)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba Avian Research Committee, The Manitoba Naturalists Society First Edition, First Printing pp. viii, 504. Thick, heavy quarto. Pictorial boards, map endpapers. Richly illustrated with hundreds of black-and-white photographs, charts, tables, etc. Brigh...

Yule-Tide Greetings: 1914-15 ; "The Warrant Officers, Staff Sergeants and Sergeants of Queen's Own Rifles of Canada Wish You a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year" [World War I Canadian Regimental Greeting Card]

[Queen's Own Rifles of Canada] · 1915

$245.00 (€222.28 | £185.45 | ¥39,111)

S.L. Queen's Own Rifles of Canada First Edition, First Printing Duodecimo measuring 9.5 x 16 cm (folded), and 9.5 x 26 cm unfolded. Tri-fold, three-panelled greeting card printed on thick paper stock with a pronounced, untrimmed deckle edge on the fore-edge. Text printed in br...

Yule-Tide Greetings: 1915-16 ; "The Sergeant-Major, Staff Sergeants and Sergeants of the 83rd (Overseas) Battalion [of the] Canadian Expeditionary Force Wish You a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year" [World War I Canadian Battalion Greeting Card]

[83rd (Overseas) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force] · 1916

$245.00 (€222.28 | £185.45 | ¥39,111)

S.L. 83rd (Overseas) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force First Edition, First Printing Duodecimo measuring 9.5 x 16 cm (folded), and 9.5 x 26 cm unfolded. Tri-fold, three-panelled greeting card printed on thick card stock with a pronounced, untrimmed deckle edge on the for...

The Roots of Horror in the Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft

St. Armand, Barton Lewis; Richard Powers (Frontispiece Illustration) · 1977

$79.00 (€71.67 | £59.80 | ¥12,611)

Elizabethtown, New York Dragon Press First Edition, First Printing pp. [1-4], vii, [1-4], 1-102. Slim 8vo. Publisher's forest-green cloth over boards with title stamped in gilt to the front board. Striking illustrated frontispiece by Richard Powers, accompanied by various blac...

The Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions in Canada: 1898-1948

Vandendriessche, Alice · 1992

$59.00 (€53.53 | £44.66 | ¥9,419)

[Regina, SK, Canada] Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions First Edition, First Printing pp. 58. Slim octavo. Pictorial card covers held with black plastic spiral binding. Bright, clean, and unmarked; as new. Scarce. Not found in OCLC, Peel, BAC/LAC, University of Saskatchewan, ...

Elm Creek Families; Past and Present...

Woods, Don (Preface) · 1990

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,964)

[Elm Creek, Manitoba] Privately Printed First Edition, First Printing pp. 111. Quarto (8.5" x 11"). Pictorial card covers held with blue plastic spiral binding. Bright, clean, and unmarked; as new. Not found in Peel, BAC/LAC, UoM Archives & Special Collections, the Manitoba Le...

Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism ; This is the Third Edition of the Big Book, the Basic Text for Alcoholics Anonymous

[Anonymous] · 1985

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

New York City Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. Twenty-Second Printing pp. xxx, 575. Thick octavo. Publisher's trademark navy-blue boards, bronze lettering to the spine, blind-stamped title to the front board. Extremities, and content entirely without blemish with brig...

Down There On A Visit

Isherwood, Christopher · 1962

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

London Methuen & Co., Ltd. | Printed by Butler & Tanner Ltd. First Edition, First Printing pp. [1-8], 9-352. Small octavo. Publisher's navy-blue boards with title stamped in silver to the spine. Light bump to head of spine; otherwise, the extremities remain exceptionally well-...

Dark Matter House

Dorosz, Chris; Lou-Anne Bourdeau (Translation) · 2021

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Winnipeg, Manitoba La Maison Des Artistes Visuels Francophones First Edition, First Printing pp. 64. Oblong octavo. Publisher's dark-gray cloth over boards with title stamped in silver, and black to the spine and front board. Illustrated with captioned colour photographs. Brig...

Phaedri, Aug. Liberti, Fabularum Aesopiarum Libri V. [Aesop's Fables in Latin] ; Cum Integris Commentariis Marq. Gudii, Conr. Rittershusii, Nic. Rigaltii, Is. Neveleti, Nic. Heinsii, Joan. Schefferi, Jo. Lud. Praschii & Excerptis Aliorum; Curante Petro Burmanno

Gaius Julius Phaedrus; Aesop; Pieter Burman (1668-1741, ed.) · 17281718

$495.00 (€449.10 | £374.67 | ¥79,020)

Lugduni in Batavis [Leiden, Netherlands] Apud Samuelem Luchtmans Second Burman Variorum Edition (1728 Cancel Title Reissue) pp. [62], 366, 1-258, [70], 367-398. Bound in full contemporary Dutch vellum over stiff boards, with manuscript title in ink to the spine. Complete with ...

Favorite Recipes of Nurses Alumnae

[Winnipeg Grace Hospital Alumnae Association] · 1956

$145.00 (€131.56 | £109.75 | ¥23,147)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg Grace Hospital Alumnae Association First Edition, First Printing pp. 48. Octavo (6" x 9"). Textured, twice-stapled, yellow card covers bearing the circular crest of the Grace Hospital to the lower-right margin of the front cover. Comprises a rich se...