Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

Félagi Napóelon: Ævintýri [æfintýri] | [Comrade Napoleon: A Fairy Story] ; Exceedingly Rare First Appearance of George Orwell's Animal Farm in the Icelandic Language

Orwell, George [Eric Arthur Blair] (1903-1950); Jon Sigurdsson (Trans.); Larus Johannesson (Publisher and Printer) · 1949

$1,250.00 (€1,134.10 | £946.15 | ¥199,545)

Seyðisfirði, Iceland Prentsmiðja Austurlands First Edition in Icelandic pp. 131, [1]. Slim 8vo., measuring 5" x 7.5" [13 x 20 cm]. Textured, light-blue, card covers, untrimmed page edges. An exceptional copy; near fine and housed in original illustrated, unclipped, wrappers sh...

37th Session M.W. [Most Worshipful] Grand Black Chapter of B.A. Ribbon; [held at] Winnipeg, June 26-27-28, 1911

[Royal Black Institution / Manitobiana / Orange Order] · 1911

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,945)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Royal Black Institution Finely preserved early 20th-century fraternal event ribbon, measuring approximately 15 x 6 cm. Printed on a rectangular strip of black cloth with frayed borders along the top and bottom edges. Bears a striking silver printed design t...

Winnipeg Canoe Club Cigarette Silk (No. 25)

[The Winnipeg Canoe Club] · 19101915

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,945)

[Winnipeg, Manitoba] The Winnipeg Canoe Club A finely preserved early 20th-century tobacco silk likely issued as a collectible, measuring 8.5 x 8.5 cm. Printed on square white silk, featuring fringed borders along the top and bottom edges. Bears a lovely lithographed print of ...

Territoire du Nord-Ouest ; Rapports De Progrès: Aussi, Un Rapport Préliminaire Et Un Rapport Général Sur L'expédition D'exploration De l'Assiniboine Et De La Saskatchewan, Faite En Vertu D'instructions De Secrétaire Provincial, Canada

Hind, Henry Youle (1823-1908) · 1859

$750.00 (€680.46 | £567.69 | ¥119,727)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada John Lovell, Imprimeur First Edition of the French Translation pp. 207. Folio, measuring 34 x 26 cm. Bound in contemporary three-quarters black leather over original cloth boards with title label affixed to the centre of the front board; fresh endpaper...

The Story of the Canadian Corps, 1914-1934 ; A Record of the Canadian Corps Reunion, August 4, 5, 6, 1934, Toronto, Canada: The Story of Canada in the Great War of 1914-1918 as Recorded on the Walls of the Memorial Chamber in the Peace Tower at Ottawa

Scott, Frederick George (1861-1944); Thomas Clarke Lapp; C. Victor Collins, et al. · 1934

$159.00 (€144.26 | £120.35 | ¥25,382)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Canadian Veteran Associates First Edition, First Printing pp. 87. Quarto, measuring 32 x 24 cm. Textured red card covers with silver rules and navy-blue lettering, with a maple leaf monogram to the centre. Black-and-white portrait frontispiece of King ...

Tadoussac: Then and Now; A History and Narrative of the Kingdom of the Saguenay ; [with Ex-Libris Bookplate of the Hudson's Bay Company]

Coverdale, William Hugh; Eugene Fiset (Foreword) · 1942

$49.00 (€44.46 | £37.09 | ¥7,822)

N.P. [New York?] Privately Printed First Edition, First Printing pp. [1-6], 7-23, [1]. Quarto, measuring 9" x 11". Bound in quarter patterned textured cloth over like wove cloth boards with stamped titles in brown. Illustrated with six double-sided plates in sepia. No detectab...

Rapport Sur l'Exploration De La Contrée Entre Le Lac Supérieur Et La Colonie De La Rivière Rouge, Et Entre Ce Dernier Endroit Et Les Rivières Assiniboine Et Saskatchewan

Dawson, Simon James (1820-1902); Alexandre-Antonin Taché (1823-1894) · 1859

$645.00 (€585.19 | £488.21 | ¥102,965)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada John Lovell First Edition of the French Translation pp. 47. Folio, measuring 25 x 34 cm. Bound in contemporary three-quarters maroon leather over original cloth boards with title label pasted to the upper-board; fresh endpapers. An exceptional copy, pr...

The Season's Greetings, 1949-1950 [Promotional Greeting Card from the Winnipeg Printing Firm of Bulman Bros.]

[Bulman Bros. Limited] · 1950

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,569)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Bulman Bros. Limited, Lithographers, Printers and Ticket Specialists First Edition, First Printing pp. [4]. Oblong octavo (9.25" x 11"). Charming large-format bi-folded covers with chromolithographed illustration and stylized title lettered in red and black....

Christmas Greetings [Promotional Greeting Card from the Stovel Company Limited, Winnipeg] ; "Christmas Greetings and Sincere Wishes for Your Happiness in the Days to Come..."

[Stovel Company Limited]; F.G. Sheppard (Illust.) · 1928

$145.00 (€131.56 | £109.75 | ¥23,147)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Stovel Company Limited First Edition, First Printing pp. [4]. Oblong octavo (11" x 9"). Charming, twice-stapled, card covers with chromolithographed illustration of a mistletoe with stylized title lettered in red. A promotional specimen (presumably sent to c...

The Revelation of Saint John the Divine ; With a Foreword by Ernest H. Short and plates by Albrecht Dürer

Short, Ernest H. (Foreword); Albrecht Dürer (Illust.) · 1926

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,909)

London Phillip Allan & Co., Ltd. Limited Edition pp. vii, 168. Quarto, measuring 20 x 27 cm. Bound in original quarter ivory cloth over marbled boards with gilt lettering to the spine; untrimmed page edges, as issued. Frontispiece and fifteen additional striking full-page plat...

Metropolitan Cook Book

[Metropolitan Life Insurance Company] · 1957

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Metropolitan Life Insurance Company First printing pp. 56. 8vo. 20cm. Illustrated colour card covers in stapled binding. Illustrations depicts a blue background with red spoon, beige fork and black spatula on cover. Black and white colour illustrations....

Walking in the Woods, A Metis Journey

Belcourt, Herb; Audrey Poitras (Foreword) · 2006

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Edmonton, Alberta Brindle and Glass Publishing First Edition pp. 213. Octavo. Pictorial card covers. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, portraits, facsimiles, etc. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine. ¶ SIGNED by the author to the title page.

Liste des Missionnaries Jesuites; Nouvelle-France et Louisiane, 1611-1800 ; [List of Jesuit Missionaries; New France and Louisiana, 1611-1800]

[Arthur Mélançon] · 1929

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Montréal, Quebec Collège Sainte-Marie First Edition, First Printing pp. 98, [1]. Octavo (16 x 23 cm). Original wrappers with tile in black, housed within black borders; untrimmed page edges as issued. Illustrated with six leaves of plates (12pp.) comprising signatures in facsi...

Canada's Fertile Northland: A Glimpse of the Enormous Resources of Part of the Unexplored Regions of the Dominion ; Evidence Heard Before a Select Committee of the Senate of Canada during the Parliamentary Session of 1906-7, and the Report Based Thereon

Chambers, Capt. Ernest J. (Ed.) · 1910

$189.00 (€171.48 | £143.06 | ¥30,171)

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Government Printing Bureau First Edition pp. [139, [16] leaves of plates]. Octavo (17 x 26 cm). Original finely-pebbled green cloth over boards, with elaborate gilt lettering and illustration to the front board (and with lettering in gilt on spine). Il...

Les Missions Catholiques Dans L'Ouest Canadien, (1818-1875) ; (Publications de I'Institut de Missiologie; de L'Universite Pontificale d'Ottawa)

Champagne, Joseph-Etienne, O.M.I. · 1949

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Editions des Etudes Oblates | Editions de I'Universite First Edition, First Printing pp. 208. Octavo (6.5" x 9.75"). Original printed wrapper with title in black; untrimmed edges. Illustrated with various charts, tables, maps. A pristine copy, with many...

The New Northwest; Canada's Fertile Northland: A Glimpse of the Enormous Resources of Part of the Unexplored Regions of the Dominion ; Evidence Heard Before a Select Committee of the Senate of Canada during the Parliamentary Session of 1906-7, and the Report Based Thereon

Chambers, Capt. Ernest J. (Ed.) · 1910

$145.00 (€131.56 | £109.75 | ¥23,147)

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Government Printing Bureau First Edition pp. [139, [16] leaves of plates]. Octavo (17 x 26 cm). Full maroon buckram over boards with gilt rules, and lettering to spine. Illustrated with various black-and-white charts, and sixteen full-page plates (prin...

Diefenbaker: Remembering the Chief; A Nostalgic Tribute in Cartoons and Quotes

Mcllroy, Thard (Ed.); Jake Macleod (Intro.) · 1984

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Toronto & Garden City, N.Y. Arcadia House Books pp. 160. Oblong 8v. Pictorial card covers. Chiefly black-and-white illustrations of caricatures of 'Dief the Chief'. Lightest rubbing to covers, else, bright, clean and unmarked; very good. ¶ Association copy from the personal li...

The Englishman's Boy, A Novel [Association Copy]

Vanderhaeghe, Guy · 1996

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada McClelland and Stewart pp. 333. Octavo. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine and housed in near fine, unclipped, dustjacket. ¶ Association copy from the personal library of the late Rosalie Tennison, bearing her personalized ex-libris plate which is ...

The Lost Patrol [SIGNED by Author]

North, Dick · 1990

$29.00 (€26.31 | £21.95 | ¥4,629)

Anchorage & Seatlle Alaska Northwest Books pp. ix, 148. 8vo. Pictorial card covers. Bright, clean, and unmarked; very good+. ¶ Association copy from the personal library of the late Rosalie Tennison.

Eber Bradley (1761-1841) and Some Relatives

Bradley, Myron · 1977

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,964)

Wickliffe, Kentucky Advance-Yeoman Limited Edition (No. 15 of 150) pp. 82, [5]. Octavo., measuring 16 x 24 cm. Illustrated stapled card covers, reinforced with utilitarian cloth backstrip. Black-and-white photographs, portraits, facsimiles, etc. Neat manuscript ink notations t...