Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

The Best of Edna Jaques

Jaques, Edna · 1974

$19.00 (€17.24 | £14.38 | ¥3,033)

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Western Producer Book Service Second Edition pp. 72 + index. Small 8vo. Illustrated red cloth over boards with black lettering to the spine and front board. No detectable flaws, neat in inscription to the ffep otherwise the contents remain bright, clean...

A Gift to Share

Collen, F. Bobbie · 1983

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

Berkeley, CA FBC Publishing First Edition, First Printing pp. xvi, 670. Thick 8vo. Near fine showing only one circular library stamp to the inside of the front cover, small barely perceptible sticker to the foot of the spine otherwise no other markings. Contents remain bright,...

The Earliest Fur Traders On The Upper Red River and Red Lake, Minn (1783-1810): A Paper Read Before the Society

Bell, Charles Napier · 1926

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Saults & Pollard Limited First printing pp. 16. Slim 8vo. Stapled card covers. Black and white map. Card covers lightly sunned, ink name to cover page, ink inscription to top margin of title page else contents clean and unmarked; very good+. Transcation No. ...

Unbuttoned: A History of Mackenzie King's Secret Life

Dummitt, Christopher · 2017

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Montreal & Kingston Mcgill-Queen's University Press First Edition, First Printing pp. xxii, 326. 8vo. Near fine in fear fine dustjacket.

On the Ikonomatic Method of Phonetic Writing, with Special Reference to American Archæology; Read before the American Philosophical Society, October 1, 1886

Brinton, Daniel G. (1837-1899) · 1886

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

Philadelphia Press of McCalla & Stavely First Edition pp. 14. 8vo. Illustrated stapled card covers. Black and white illustrations. Light age-toning to the marings of the covers, the front cover is present but has detached neatly along the spine, contents remain bright, clean, ...

Era of Streetcars in Winnipeg: 1881 to 1955

Blake, Herbert W. · 1971

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Privately Printed by the author First Edition, First Printing Unpaginated. [pp. 82]. 8vo. Illustrated stapled card covers. Replete with black and white maps, photographs, photographic reproductions, charts, tables, illustrations, et al. Light rubbbing to the...

In The Early Dawn: The story of the Indian People in the days of the first Missionaries

McGivern, James S. (Ed.); A.J. MacDougall · 1975

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Toronto The Catholic Church Extension Society of Canada First Edition, First Printing pp. 50. 8vo. Yellow stapled card covers. Black and white photographs, maps, illustrations, photographic reproductions, et al. Smal sticket to the spine, contents remain bright, clean, and unm...

Italy under Fascism: Its Economic, Political and Moral Aspects; A Stenographic Report of the 94th New York Luncheon Discussion, January 27, 1927 at the Foreign Policy Association

Salvemini, Gaetano; Bruno Roselli · 1927

$49.00 (€44.46 | £37.09 | ¥7,822)

New York The Foreign Policy Association Pamphlet No. 42; Series 1926-27 pp. 31. 8vo. Stapled card covers. Lightest age-toning to the margins, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound stapled binding; near fine. Near Fine

Americans in Florence | Europeans in Florence (Catalogue of an Exhibition organized by the Long Beach Musuem of Art); Videotapes produced by Art/Tapes/22

Ross, David A. (Curator); John Baldessari; Nino Longobardi; Gianni Melotti · 1974

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Florence, Italy Centro Di | Printed in Italy by Stiav, Florence Centro Di, cat. 52 Black portfolio comprising of 16 loose sheets printed on thick card-stock measuring 8.5 " x 9.25". Each sheet depicts a photograph and/or illustration derived from the video stills of the artist...

Forgotten Heroes: Winnipeg's Hockey Heritage

Brignall, Richard · 2011

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Winnipeg, Manitoba J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing Inc. pp. 230. Oblong 4to. Illustrated card covers. Replete with black and white maps, photographs, photographic reproductions, illustrations et al. No detectable flaws. Appears unread; as new. As New

Milton's Poetical Works with Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes (Two Volumes)

Milton, John; George Gilfillan (Ed. & Intro.) · 1853

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Edinburgh James Nichol pp. xxviii, 333; xxxvi. Royal 8vo's, measuring 6" x 9". Bound in full stamped cloth bearing lovely floral motifs, gilt lettering and harp detailed in gilt to the spines. Untrimmed page edges. Light bumping to spine ends, fraying to the top right corner o...

Heliodorus: An Aethiopian Romance; [Spine Title: Helidorus; Aethopica]

Helidorius; Thomas Underdowne (Trans.); F.A. Wright (Ed. & Intro.) · 1930

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

London George Routledge & Sons Ltd. First Edition pp. 323. Small 8vo. Quarter cream cloth over navy blue boards with gilt lettering to the spine, lovely marbled endpapers. No detectable flaws, contents bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine. Near Fine

Daimonopylai: Essays in Classics and the Classical Tradition Presented to Edmund G. Berry

Egan, Rory B.; Mark A. Joyal (Eds.) · 2004

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

Winnipeg, Manitoba University Of Manitoba | Centre For Hellenic Civilization First edition pp. xv, 496. 8vo. Royal 8vo. No detectable flaws; near fine. Edmund Barry was Professor of Classics for almost 40 years at the University of Manitoba, in Winnipeg. He was known (he passe...

The Great World's Fairs and Expositions (Exhibition Catalogue); The Mitchell Wolfson Jr. Collection of Decorative and Propaganda Arts

Greengard, Stephen; Stephen Neil; Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. (Intro.); Carol Alper; George Ondricek, et al. · 1986

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Miami, Florida Miami-Dade Community College First Edition, First Printing pp. 80. Square 4to. Blind-stamped white card covers. Replete with colour illustrations. Light rubbing to the covers, contents bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+.

Tales from the Furnace Room; And Other Stories of Canada's Cree People at Work in the Year 2020 A.D.

Hurlburt, Graham (1936-) · 1998

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Windflower Communications First Edition, First Printing pp. 186. 8vo. Illustrated card covers. Black and white illustrations. No detectable flaws, contents bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine. At time of cataloguing not in Peel. ...

Celebrity Cook Book

[Women's Committee of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra]; Smith, Joan (Ed.) · 198

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Women's Committee of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra First Edition, First Printing pp. 150. Square 8vo. Illustrated card covers held with black spiral binding. Many black and white photographs, illustrations, drawings, conversion table. Includes a wonderful ...

In Three Parallels of Grass; Story for a Rainy Day; Rib by Rib (Complete Three Volumes in the Peguis Poetry Series; No's. 1, 2, & 3)

Quajar, Jeannette; S. Allan Mann; K. Karsten Kossmann · 1973

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Peguis Publishers First Edition, First Printing pp. 64; 32; 40. Bound in illustrated green, red, and tan boards respectively. No detectable flaws, contents bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine.

Les Fleurs Expliquées: Introduction à la Botanique par l'etude sommaire de 100 Plantes trés communes partout

Coupin, Henri (1868-1937) · 1926

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,569)

Paris Librairie Vuibert Duxieme Edition pp. 164. Royal 8vo., measuring 9.5" x 6.5". Quarter brown leather over lovely marbled boards with gilt lettering and floral decoration to spine. Five raised bands to spine, six compartments. Marbled endpapers. Replete with many black-and...

Oowikapun: Or How The Gospel Reached the Nelson River Indians 1894

Young, Egerton Ryerson · 1896

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,470)

New York & Chicago Eaton & Mains Press | Student Missionary Campaign pp. 240. 8vo. Beige cloth boards, black lettering to spine and front board. Black and white frontispiece; eleven illustrations. Light edgewear, some spotting to boards. Text-block remains clean and unmarked w...

Power of a Woman

Charach, Paul (1927-?) · 1949

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Privately Printed by the author First Edition, First Printing pp. 104. 12mo. Navy blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering to front board. Light rubbing to the covers, contents bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+ to near fine.