Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

Brave New World Revisited

Huxley, Aldous · 1966

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

London Chatto & Windus Sixth Impression pp. 163, [1]. Small octavo. Publisher's light-blue paper boards, title stamped in gilt to the spine. A lovely copy, without blemish, housed in its original, illustraetd, price-clipped, dustjacket. Near fine.

Beautiful Losers [First British Printing]

Cohen, Leonard · 1970

$395.00 (€358.37 | £298.98 | ¥63,056)

London Jonathan Cape First British Edition pp. [1-2], 3-243. Red paper boards with title stamped in gilt to the spine, black endpapers, publisher's like black topstain. A lovely copy, very lightly rubbed, showing only trifle bumping to spine ends, contents bright and unmarked ...

Death of a Lady's Man

Cohen, Leonard · 1978

$149.00 (€135.18 | £112.78 | ¥23,786)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada McClelland and Stewart First Edition, Second Printing pp. 216. Octavo (5.75" x 8.5"). Publisher's quarter tan cloth over light-gray boards, title stamped in gilt to the spine. Trifle bumping to spine ends, small price sticker affixed to the front paste...

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

Mishima, Yukio; John Nathan (Trans.) · 1965

$245.00 (€222.28 | £185.45 | ¥39,111)

New York Alfred A. Knopf First American Edition pp. [1-2], 3-181, [2]. Octavo (8.25" x 5.75"). Publisher's quarter teal cloth over salmon-pink paper boards. Teal-and-gilt lettering and ornamentation to the spine, with teal floral decoration to the centre of the front board. Un...

Island [First Canadian Printing]

Huxley, Aldous · 1962

$169.00 (€153.33 | £127.92 | ¥26,979)

Toronto Clarke, Irwin & Co. Ltd. First Canadian Edition pp. 286. Octavo (5.75" x 8.25"). Bound in bright red cloth with title in gilt to the spine. A splendid copy showing only trifle bumping to spine ends, else, extremities without blemish; near fine and housed in its origina...

Reflections on the End of an Era

Niebuhr, Reinhold · 1934

$119.00 (€107.97 | £90.07 | ¥18,997)

New York Charles Scribner's Sons First Edition, First Printing pp. xii, 3-302. Octavo (8.25" x 5.5"). Publisher's navy-blue cloth over boards with gilt rules and lettering to spine, and front board; untrimmed foredge. Very light edgewear, charming ex-libris bookplate of one Re...

Metropolitan Cook Book

[Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.] · 19421946

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

New York Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. pp. 56. Small 8vo., measuring 20 cm. Stapled beige plain card covers. No detectable flaws, clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding. Overall, fine. OCLC #: 550669724. At time of cataloguing this title does not appear amongst the hol...

Annual Report of the Legislative Library and Archives for 1972 including the reports of The Department of Health and Social Development Library and The Director of Libraries under The Public Libraries Act

Combaz, Clementine · 1972

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Winnipeg, Manitoba The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba pp. 38. 8vo. Light blue stapled card covers. No detectable flaws; near fine.

The Spy Who Came in From the Cold

Carre, John Le [David John Moore Cornwell] · 1964

$195.00 (€176.92 | £147.60 | ¥31,129)

London Victor Gollancz Ltd. First Edition, Ninth Impression pp. [1-5], 6-222. Duodecimo (7.5" x 5"). Publisher's light-blue paper boards, title stamped in gilt to the spine. An exceptionally well-preserved copy showing only trifle bumping to the tail of spine, else, without bl...

The Seven Storey Mountain

Merton, Thomas · 1948

$189.00 (€171.48 | £143.06 | ¥30,171)

New York Harcourt, Brace and Company Early Printing pp. [10], 3-429. Octavo (8.5" x 8.25"). Bound in publisher's original black cloth over boards with gilt title and rules to the spine. Trifle wear to the spine ends, contents uniformly without blemish with bright, clean, and u...

Voiages du R.P. Emmanuel Crespel, dans le Canada et Son Naufrage en Revenant en France

Crespel, Emmanuel (1703?-1775); Louis Crespel · 1884

$189.00 (€171.48 | £143.06 | ¥30,171)

[Québec] Imprimerie A. Côté pp. [7], xl, vii, 135. Small octavo (7.75" x 8.25"). Later forest-green pebbled cloth over boards with title stamped in gilt to the front board, and in gilt over like label to the spine. Black-and-white engraved portrait frontispiece, accompanied wi...

Les Missionnaires du Séminaire du Saint-Esprit à Québec et en Acadie au XVIII e Siècle ; [The Missionaries of the Seminary of the Holy Ghost in Quebec and Acadia in the 18th Century]

David, Albert; A. Le Roy (Preface) · 1926

$195.00 (€176.92 | £147.60 | ¥31,129)

Mamers, France Gabriel Enault Bibliothèque de la Société d'histoire du Canada: Série Historique; 2 pp. 58, [1]. Tall octavo (9.75" x 6.25"). Contemporary pebbled black cloth over boards with title stamped in gilt to the centre; black endpapers. One black-and-white photographic...

History of Canada for the Use of Schools and Families

Roy, Jennet · 1858

$145.00 (€131.56 | £109.75 | ¥23,147)

Montréal, Quebec Thomas Campbell (Successor to H. Ramsay), Publisher and Printer pp. viii, [1], 280. Duodecimo (4.25" x 6.5") Publisher's original blind-stamped cloth over boards, spine reinforced with black utilitarian backstrip. Light rubbing to the boards, corners gently ro...

Desiatylittia Kredytovoi kooperatyvy pivnichnoho Vinnipegu: na osnovi protokoliv, zvitiv i richnykh baliansiv Kredytovoi kooperatyvy pivnichnoho Vinnipegu ; [A Decade of the Credit Cooperative of North Winnipeg: Based on the Minutes, Reports, and Annual Balance Sheets of the Credit Cooperative of North Winnipeg]

Kachor, Andrij; [North Winnipeg Credit Union Society] · 1954

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Winnipeg, Manitoba North Winnipeg Credit Union Society First Edition, First Printing pp. 15. Duodecimo (6.75" x 5.5"). Twice-stapled wrappers with title in Ukrainian Cyrillic. Illustrated with various tables. One very short close tear to the lower-left margin of the front wrap...

Ukraintsi v Brytiiskii Koliumbii [Title Translation: Ukrainians in British Columbia]

Nimchuk, Ivan (1891-1956) · 1953

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,569)

Edmonton, Alberta Nakladom i koshtom Hryhoriia Bratkova [Published and funded by Hryhorii Bratkov] First Edition, First Printing pp. 20. Duodecimo (5.75" x 8.25"). Twice-stapled card covers with title in blue within like borders. Illustrated with tables. Text printed in two co...

The Bloody Book: Returns Concerning the Invasion of the Poles into the Ukrainian Territory of East-Galicia, in 1918/19, Volume I

[Zakhidno-Ukrains ka Narodna Respublika] · 1919

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,569)

[Vienna] Published by the Government of the West Ukrainian Republic First Edition, First Printing pp. 88. Quarto (7.5" x 10.5"). Tan card covers with title in black. Small chip to the lower-right margin of the cover, foxing to the margins of covers, single library pocket affix...

The Bloody Book: Returns Concerning the Invasion of the Poles into the Ukrainian Territory of East-Galicia, in 1918/19, Volume I

[Zakhidno-Ukrains ka Narodna Respublika] · 1919

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,964)

[Vienna] Published by the Government of the West Ukrainian Republic First Edition, First Printing pp. 88. Quarto (7.5" x 10.5"). Tan card covers with title in black. Light edgewear, foxing to the margins of covers, contents without blemish; very good+. Scarce. References: See ...

Soviet Persecution of Religion in Ukraine

[None Stated] · 1976

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada World Congress of Free Ukrainians First Edition, First Printing pp. 54. 8vo., measuring 5.5" x 8.5". Illustrated, twice-stapled, card covers. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, charts, tables...

St. Lawrence Oil: For Salads, Baking & Frying, A Pure Corn Oil; Recipes for your enjoyment from the test kitchen of the St. Lawrence Starch Company Limited, Port Credit, Ontario

[St. Lawrence Starch Company Limited] · 1950

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Port Credit, Ontario, Canada St. Lawrence Starch Company Limited First printing One page fold-out measuring 25" x 6.75" with ten pages of recipes. Bright colour illustrations featuring a variety of products produced by the St. Lawrence Starch Company including: "Bee Hive Golde...

La Colonisation Française au Canada: Manitoba, Territories du Nord-Ouest, Colombie Anglaise ; [French Colonization in Canada: Manitoba, North-West Territories, British Columbia]

Foursin, Pierre [Alexandre] (1852-1916) · 1891

$165.00 (€149.70 | £124.89 | ¥26,340)

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Imprimé par Brown Chamberlin, Imprimeur de Sa Très Excellente Majesté La Reine First Edition, First Printing pp. 45. Small quarto (10.5" x 7"). Twice-stapled plain wrappers, both front and rear covers features engraved illustrations to verso and recto, ...