Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

Saulteux Hymnal: Anicinapemowining, Anamie-Nakamonan

Brachet, Joseph (Compiler); Alexandre de Laronde; Conrad Latour; Rev. Father Boutheir; Rev. François Blanchin, et al. · 1942

$495.00 (€449.10 | £374.67 | ¥79,020)

Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada Oblate Fathers | Hignell Printing Limited (Winnipeg, Manitoba) First Edition, First Printing pp. ix, 339, [+3 pages of index]. Small octavo (8" x 6"). Thrice-stapled textured tan card covers with title in black, housed within repeating border, ...

Cree Hymnal ; [Semble la traduction du Père M. Landry, o.m.i., appuyé par le Père Guy Michaud]

Father M. Landry, O.M.I. (Translation); Father Guy Michaud; [Archdiocese of Edmonton] · 1950

$245.00 (€222.28 | £185.45 | ¥39,111)

Edmonton, Alberta Imprimerie La Survivance Printing Ltd. First Edition pp. 100, [1]. 16mo. (6.5" x 4.5"). Plain twice-stapled card covers with title in black housed within black borders. Comprises a selection of 131 hymns, text printed in romanized Cree. Small institution acce...

The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada [Complete in Two Volumes] ; Which are Dependent on the Province of New York, and are a Barrier between the English and the French in that Part of the World

Cadwallader, Colden (1688-1776) · 1903

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada G.N. Morang & Co. The Commonwealth Library pp. lvi, 264; iii, 387, [4]. Duodecimos (7" x 4.5"). Uniformly bound in illustrated ivory cloth over boards with red lettering to the spines, and boards. Top edges gilt. Engraved portrait frontispiece of the a...

Nos Ancêtres Hurons: Héros De Jadis ; [Our Huron Ancestors: Heroes of Old]

Picard, J.-Arthur · 1981

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,569)

[Lorettevill, Québec?] Privately Printed Limited Edition pp. 140. Octavo (24 cm tall). Ilustrated, textured, twice-stapled card covers. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine. See OCLC #31781206. Text in French. ¶ Rare vernacular history compiled by J.-Arthur Picard to commemo...

La Verite Sur La Question Metisse Au Nord-Ouest Par Adolphe Ouimet: Biographie Et Recit De Gabriel Dumont Sur Les Evenements De 1885 ; [The Truth about the Métis Question in the North-West by Adolphe Ouimet: Biography and Account of Gabriel Dumont on the Events of 1885]

Ouimet, Adolphe; B.A. Testard de Montigny · 1889

$145.00 (€131.56 | £109.75 | ¥23,147)

Montreal, PQ [No publisher stated] 1st edition pp. 400. Octavo (6" x 8.5"). Bound in original pebbled black cloth over marbled boards with gilt lettering to the spine, speckled edges. Complete with the black-and-white portrait frontispice of Louis Riel, Metis leader, and accom...

Les Médecins au Canada Français [SIGNED] ; Vade-mecum de l'étudiant en médecine et du jeune médecin

Gauvreau, Joseph (1870-1942) · 1933

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Montréal, Quebec Imprimé au "Devoir" First Edition, First Printing pp. xix, 116. Small octavo. Publisher's quarter leather over like pebbled cloth boards with gilt rules and lettering to the spine; four raised bands, five compartments. Negligible wear to the extremities, ex-li...

Mémoire Sur Les Biens Des Jésuites En Canada; Par Un Jésuite ; [Memoir on the Jesuit Estates in Canada; by a Jesuit.]

Un Jésuite (Antoine-Nicolas Braun, 1815-1885) · 1874

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Montréal, Quebec C.-O. Beauchemin & Valois, Libraires-Editeurs First Edition, First Printing pp. iv, 158, [4]. Small octavo. Quarter red leather over marbled boards with gilt rules and lettering to the spine; four raised bands, five compartments. Light scuffing and wear to the...

Lays of Ancient Rome

Macaulay, Thomas Babington; E.A. Cox (Illust.) RI ROI RBA · 1926

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,569)

London Humphrey Milford | Oxford University Press pp. xxxvi, 180. Square Small 4to. Black cloth boards with elaborate gilt lettering and decoration to spine and front board, illustrated endpapers, untrimmed page edges. All thirteen gorgeous tipped-in plates present. Light rubb...

52 Ans Au Service Des Cris Et Des Dénés Du Keewatin-Le Pas ; [52 years with the Cree and Dene of Keewatin-The Pas]

Davreau, Adrien, O.M.I. [Oblats de Marie Immaculée] · 0

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Cap-de-la-Madeleine, QC Privately Printed First Edition, First Printing pp. iv, 166. Square 8vo., measuring 22 cm. Pictorial card covers bearing an image of the author to the centre. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white photographs, portraits, maps, etc. Entirely witho...

A Travers le Nord-Ouest Canadien de Montreal aux Montagnes-Rocheuses: Notes de Voyage

Bouthillier-Chavigny, Charles Marie Claude, vicomte de (1856-1911) · 1893

$145.00 (€131.56 | £109.75 | ¥23,147)

Montréal, Québec Eusèbe Sénécal & Fils, Imprimeurs-Éditeurs First Edition, First Printing pp. 205, [1]. Small octavo (11 x 19 cm). Bound in later full utilitarian maroon buckram over boards with gilt rules and lettering to the spine; new endpapers. Lacking original wrappers. N...

The History of the North-West Rebellion of 1885 [First Printing] ; Illustrated with Portraits of Distinguished Officers and Men, Maps, Diagrams and Engravings

Mulvaney, Charles Pelham (1835-1885) · 1885

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,945)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada A.H. Hovey & Co. First Edition, First Printing pp. viii, 424. Octavo (5" x 7.75"). Bound in later full utilitarian maroon buckram over boards with gilt rules and lettering to the spine; new endpapers. Black-and-white engraved frontispiece of Major-Gene...

Sixteen Years in the Indian Country: The Journal of Daniel Williams Harmon, 1800-1816

Harmon, Daniel Williams; W. Kaye Lamb (Ed. & Intro.); C.C.J. Bond (Maps) · 1957

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Toronto Macmillan First Edition pp. xxviii, 277. Octavo. Publisher's green cloth over boards with gilt rules and lettering to the spine, monogram to the centre of the front board; map endpapers. Black-and-white portrait frontispice of the subject, and additional full-page blac...

The Life of Rev. Amand Parent: The First French-Canadian Ordained by the Methodist Church ; Forty-Seven Years' Experience in the Evangelical Work in Canada Thirty-One Years in Connection with the Conference, and Eight Years Among the Oka Indians.

Parent, Amand (1818-1907) · 1887

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

Toronto, Canada William Briggs First Edition pp. 235. Small octavo (13 x 19 cm). Bound in original pebbled maroon cloth over boards with black rules and gilt lettering to the spine, and front board. Engraved frontispiece of Parent protected with its original, well-preserved ti...

La Mémoire de Montcalm Vengée ou Le Massacre au Fort George; Documents Historiques ; [The Memory of Montcalm Vindicated, or the Massacre at Fort George; Historical Documents]

LeMoine, J.M. [James Macpherson] (1825-1912); Louis-Joseph, Marquis de Montcalm (1712-1759); Pierre-Joseph-Antoine Roubaud (1724-1789) · 1864

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

Québec J. N. Duquet & Cie, Éditeurs Bibliothèque du Canadien pp. 91. 12mo (10.5 x 15 cm). Publisher's original pebbled, stamped, cloth over boards with title in gilt to the centre; marbled endpapers (new ffep). An uncommonly well-preserved copy showing trifle wear to the cloth...

North American Indian Cree Dictionary

Cloud, Edna Martin; Esther B. Horne (Intro.) · 1983

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Rolla, North Dakota Privately Printed by the Author First Edition, First Printing pp. 283. Small 8vo., measuring 14 x 21.5 cm. Pictorial card covers. Black-and-white portrait frontispiece of the author followed by a brief biography recording her Indigenous heritage, upbringin...

75th Anniversary of the First Catholic Mission to the Hudson Bay Inuit; Chesterfield Inlet, 1912-1987, Igluligaarjuk

Choque, Charles, O.M.I. · 1987

$49.00 (€44.46 | £37.09 | ¥7,822)

Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada Diocese of Churchill Hudson Bay First Edition, First Printing pp. [82]: 41, 41. Small 8vo., measuring 6" x 9". Illustrated stapled card covers. Replete with many black-and-white maps, photographs, portraits, illustrations. Text printed in English, ...

En Haute Maree Sur La Baie James; Journal de voyage, Juillet 1957 ; [In High Tide On James Bay; Travel diary, July 1957]

Bonhomme, Joseph C., OMI (1889-1973); Henri Belleau, OMI (Intro); J.A. Villeax, OMI · 1957

$165.00 (€149.70 | £124.89 | ¥26,340)

N.P. [James Bay] Privately Printed | Vieux Comptoir [Québec] First Edition, First Printing pp. iv, 100. Square 8vo., measuring 22 cm. Illustrated, twice, stapled, card covers. Richly illustrated with maps, drawings, and illustrations. Account of a missionary's travels to James...

55 Years with Indians and Settlers on Lake Winnipeg

Leach, Brother Frederick (O.M.I.) · 1973

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Winnipeg Privately Printed pp. 78. Square 8vo., measuring 7" x 8.5". Illustrated, twice-stapled, card covers. Rich with many black-and-white photographs, portraits, a printed ist of "Remedies Used by the Indians in Olden Days", photographs of the Indigenous Peoples of the area...

St. John Brebeuf Centennial Cookbook

[St. John Brebeuf Centennial Cookbook Committee] Frances Robertson; Virginia Blackwell · 1967

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Winnipeg, Manitoba [St. John Brebeuf Centennial Cookbook Committee] First printing pp. 84. Illustrated card covers held with black plastic spiral binding. Black and white illustrations and many advertisements by local business and merchants. A few lights spots to the front cov...

Songs are Thoughts: Poems of the Inuit

Philip, Neil (Ed.); Maryclare Foa (Illust.) · 1995

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

New York Orchard Books First American Edition Unpaginated. Square 4to. Navy-blue boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Vibrant full-page illustrations throughout. Near fine and housed in its original, unclipped, dustjacket.