ECCE HOMO.
Grosz, George. Berlin: Malik Verlag, 1923. Edition C, Ausgabe. Folio. 35.5 x 27cm. Original printed stiff wrappers, with overlapping yapped edges at top and bottom edges. 100 listed plates including 16 in color. Unpaginated. Exterior thick wrappers show light wear and sporadic spotting. Some minor professional repair at front free endpaper in the gutter. Pages and plates are very clean. Binding is sound. Small repair on front free endpaper. Very good. Grosz was a founder of the Berlin Dada movement. His drawings use satire to make fun of bourgeois during the Weimar Republic. From Wikipedia: Grosz did much to create the image most have of Berlin and the Weimar Republic in the 1920s. Corpulent businessmen, wounded soldiers, and prostitutes were some of his great subjects. His draftsmanship was excellent although the works for which he is best known adopt a deliberately crude form of caricature in the style of Jugend. All pages and plates complete. No need for restoration. Satisfaction guaranteed.- $3,000
- $3,000
THE LOYAL EDMONTON REGIMENT MEMORIAL BOOKLET, Including the Memorial Service, A Short History of the Regiment, the Roll of Honour.
Cromb Jr., Lt.-Col. W.T. Bilthoven: Prepared under the direction of Lt-Col. W. T. Cromb, Jr., D.S.O., 1945. 38pp. Tall 12mo. Mint green paper, black cloth spine. Green and yellow printed lettering and decoration on front cover. Very minor sun-fading. Clean within. Includes Roll of Honour. The regiment fought in Italy, especially Ortona where they distinguished themselves. Very good. Rare.- $95
- $95
MEMOIRS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF ADMIRAL LORD DE SAUMAREZ. From Original Papers in Possession of the Family. Volumes I & II. With fore-edge paintings, unique thus.
Ross, Sir John. London: Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty, 1838. 8vo. Maroon morocco, gilt decoration on front and back covers. Gilt lettering and decoration on spines. Gilt dentelles. Each with 5 raised bands. Gilt top and bottom edges. FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS OF HMS CAESAR AND THE BATTLE OF ALGECIRAS BAY. Volume I: ix + 440pp. Volume II: xi + 438pp. 9 steel engravings, including two portrait frontispieces. B/w illustrations within. Some light occasional foxing, interiors otherwise clean. Overall very good. James Saumarez, 1st Baron de Saumarez (1757 - 1836) was an admiral of the British Royal Navy. He served as the second-in-command under Sir Horatio Nelson during the famous Battle of Nile - a significant victory in British naval history, won against the French Republic (and then-General Napoleon Bonaparte). Following the victory in Egypt, Saumarez was given command of the HMS Caesar and was instrumental in securing another victory for the British in the Battle of Algeciras against Spain (as depicted on the fore-edge paintings). Although Sir John Ross is best known for his exploits as an Arctic explorer, he also fought Napoleon's navies in several engagements. Ross, in fact, served under Admiral de Suamarez in 1803 on board the "Grumpus" during Baltic campaign. It was after the Napoleonic Wars ended that Ross commanded a British Admiralty expedition to the Arctic in 1818 in an attempt to discover the North West Passage.- $1,950
- $1,950
OUR BETRAYED WARDS. A Story of “Chicanery, Infidelity and the Prostitution of Trust.”
Wilson, R.N. Montreal: Osiris Publications, 1973. 38pp. 8vo. Orange paper wrapper, black lettering on front cover. Very good. Robert Nathaniel Wilson (1863 - 1944) was a member of the North-West Mounted Police, later becoming an agent at the Peigan Indian Agency. He gathered ethnological information on the Blackfoot Confederacy. "Our Betrayed Wards" explores how the Canadian government failed the Indigenous population. Osiris Publications was owned by Alfred van Peteghem, Canadian bookseller.- $125
- $125
THE RED INDIANS OF THE PLAINS. Thirty Years’ Missionary Experience in the Saskatchewan.
Hines, Rev. J. Toronto: McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart, Ltd., 1916. viii + 322pp. 8vo. Green cloth, illustrated front cover and spine. Gilt lettering. Includes b/w frontispiece and 23 plates and maps throughout. Some light tidemarks visible in lower corners, otherwise very good. Chapters includes: The Cree Language, Customs, etc. Missionary Life at Sandy Lake A Reminiscence of My Missionary Work The Rebellion of 1885 Sandy Lake, 1886-1888 The Pas The Steam Launch Prince Albert- $100
- $100
ORIGINAL PRESS PHOTO OF MARLON BRANDO IN “ON THE WATERFRONT.”
International News Photos, photographers. c. 1954. Silver gelatin print. Press stamps on verso. Brief description of photo and notation of upcoming 1954 Academy Awards pasted on verso. Measures c. 9¼" x 7". Creased, but otherwise very good.- $300
- $300
EDMONTON FORT-HOUSE-FACTORY.
MacDonald, George Heath. Edmonton: Douglas, 1959. 236pp. 8vo. Blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Folding map, many photo illustrations. Signed presentation copy for the former mayor of Edmonton, Elmer E. Roper. Very fine. Macdonald, an architect, had much to do with researching the original Fort Edmonton and contributing to its later re-erection. He provides a detailed study of the interactions of the Northwest Co. and the H.B.C. in the early 1800s. Quoting from diaries and letters, he describes the history of the early explorers and traders who visited and stayed in Edmonton. Includes the errata and a two page printed leaf with book reviews from the Beaver Magazine, and The Edmonton Journal. Very nice association.- $100
- $100
FORT AUGUSTUS – EDMONTON. Northwest Trails and Traffic.
MacDonald, George Heath. Edmonton: Douglas Printing, 1954. 255pp. 8vo. Blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Profusely illustrated with b/w photos, maps and drawings. Very fine. Covers the earliest forts erected in Alberta, including the new Fort Edmonton. Much on the conditions and people associated with the fur trade.- $100
- $100
“MANY TENDER TIES.” Women in Fur-Trade Society in Western Canada, 1670-1870.
Van Kirk, Sylvia. Winnipeg: Watson & Dwyer Publishing Ltd., 1980. 301pp with index. 8vo. Grey cloth, black lettering on spine. Photo illustrations. Very fine in fine dust jacket. This illuminating book reveals that Indigenous-white marriages, sanctioned "after the custom of the country," resulted in many warm and enduring family unions. These were profoundly altered by the coming of the white women in the 1820s and 1830s. Sylvia Van Kirk got her PhD at the University of London, England. She is professor emerita of Canadian History and Women and Gender Studies at the University of Toronto.- $45
- $45
STRANGERS IN BLOOD. Fur Trade Company Families in Indian Country.
Brown, Jennifer S. H. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1980. xxiii + 255pp. 8vo. Brown cloth, silver gilt lettering on spine. Includes many historical photo plates (b/w and color), maps, facsimiles, etc. Very fine in very good dust jacket. Examines fur traders and families as a group: backgrounds, social patterns, domestic lives, especially between the North West Company and the Hudson's Bay Company.- $45
- $45
A DISCOURSE OF THE LAWS RELATING TO PIRATES AND PIRACIES, AND THE MARINE AFFAIRS OF GREAT BRITAIN.
London: Printed by W. Wilkins, for J. Peele, 1726. vi + [2] + 70pp. Tall 12mo. 20th century binding, half speckled leather, blue marbled boards. Morocco label on spine, gilt lettering. Negligible foxing, overall very clean within. Very good. A fascinating insight into British maritime law at the tail end of the Golden Age of Piracy. Describes and defines laws and punishments applied to both those accused of piracy, as well as rules and regulations for British naval forces and merchant ships. Incredibly scarce - only 14 copies found through WorldCat. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION. Expedition Accounts from 1768 to 1960. Each expedition has its own section which contains a brief expedition account, authors’ expedition responsibilities, expedition accomplishments, bibliographic information, and reviews of the bibliographic entries.
Washougal: L.J. Conrad, 1999. First edition. xv +424pp. 4to. Navy buckram, gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Fine. An important little known bibliography with valuable and informative detail. A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TOWARDS THE NORTH POLE, Performed in His Majesty’s Ships Dorothea and Trent, Under the Command of Captain David Buchan, R.N.: 1818; To which is Added, a Summary of all the Early Attempts to Reach the Pacific by Way of the Pole.
London: Richard Bentley, 1843. 8vo. x +1+ 352pp. 6 lithograph plates including 2 folding panoramas. Folding map. Original calf boards with new period style spine, contrasting leather label. Marbled endpapers. Marbled edges. Engraved bookplate from 1855. Trivial foxing to a few plates, text clean and crisp. A handsome, well preserved copy. Very good. In the hopes of discovering a North-West Passage, David Buchan, Frederick Beechey and John Franklin sailed from the Shetland Islands into western and northern waters of Svalbard, returning along the edge of the Greenland pack ice. Beechey's narrative describes ice conditions, surveys carried out in northwestern Spitsbergen, and the attempts to establish colonies on West Spitsbergen and Jan Mayen while wintering there. Beechey also provides a brief account of the progress and difficulties of earlier voyages to discover a North-East Passage near West Spitsbergen and Novaya Zemlya. Franklin commanded the Trent with Beechey as his second-in-command. Apparently there were relatively few copies printed as there was a twenty-five year gap between the return of the expedition and the publication of this work. [AB 1230] UNDER THE NORTHERN LIGHTS.
London: Sampson Low, 1876. viii + 339pp. 8 engraved plates, folding colour map, illus. Fine binding by Courtland Benson: period-style full navy blue morocco, raised bands with pleasing gilt decorations in spine compartments, gilt-ruled boards, marbled endpapers. Without the half-title. Period green calf and marbled boards, with new period style spine, contrasting leather label. A very handsome copy. The author was a newspaper correspondent aboard the Pandora, and describes the voyage in the company of Captain Allen Young during 1875 and 1876 in search of a Northwest Passage. [AB 10616 (incorrectly stating only 7 plates)] THE EXPLORATION OF NORTHERN CANADA. 500 to 1920. A Chronology.
Toronto: The Arctic History Press, 1978. First edition, limited to 1,100 copies, some of which were lost in a fire. 549pp + 25pp. Tall 8vo. Maroon padded faux leather, gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Large folding map in pocket, numerous maps throughout. Very clean within. Fine. An essential, easy to use description of all major and minor explorations of the Arctic and sub-Arctic, starting with the apocryphal St. Brendan's reach of North America. Also includes the Viking voyages, the search for the North-West Passage, the search for John Franklin, and more. Very useful roster of men's names. Extensive bibliography. A later edition was updated, but it is far more difficult to read and use due to its size and format. We recommend this edition. GROUP OF STANDING FIGURES AT WATER’S EDGE, RELATED TO FINAL RE-PROVISIONING OF THE “POURQUOI-PAS” AND DR. JEAN-BAPTISTE CHARCOT IN REYKJAVIK, ICELAND.
September, 1936. Silver gelatin print. Lightly creased and chipped on top edge, bottom right corner shows very minor chip. Hand-captioned in Icelandic on verso. Measures 5 3/8" x 7 1/8". Image depicts two men releasing something into the water, while a group stands around them, many smiling. Very good. 1786 Act Limiting Trade Between the United States and Newfoundland, Issued by George III.
Printed document. 1786, London. 8 folio pages in English. Printed by C. Eyre and the Executors of W. Strahan, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty. Front cover features a printed British coat of arms used by King George III. Fine. Document contains an "Act for confining, for a limited Time, the Trade between the Ports of the United States of America, and his Majesty's Subjects in the Island of Newfoundland, to Bread, Flour, Indian Corn, and Live Stock, to be imported in none but British-built Ships, actually belonging to British Subjects, and navigated according to Law, clearing out from the Ports of His Majesty's European Dominions, and furnished with a Licence [sic] according to the Form hereunto annexed." Also includes the template for the mentioned license. This Act is a reaction to the British losing the American War of Independence, thus "punishing" American enterprises. HORATIO, VISCOUNT NELSON. From the original of Hoppner in His Majesty’s Collection. Drawn by Wm. Derby and engraved with Permission by W. Finden. (Proof.)
London: Harding & Lepard, Dec. 1, 1829. Engraving, measures 20" x 13 1/2". Very minor chipping on top and bottom edge. Negligible foxing. Includes 5 page biography of Nelson, printed on watermarked paper of same size. Very good. FORTY-THREE DRAWINGS BY ALASTAIR. With a Note of Exclamation by Robert Ross.
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1914. Limited edition, 106/500. xxxiii + 84 unpaginated sheets. 4to. White coated cloth. Gilt decoration and lettering on front cover. Gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated endpapers. Previous owner's ex-libris blind stamp on rear free endpaper. Includes full-color frontispiece, small closed tear on frontispiece page. Complete with all 43 drawings, both b/w and in color, influenced by Aubrey Beardsley and the Art Nouveau movement. Minor foxing throughout, overall very good. Alastair (1887 - 1969) was the pseudonym of Hans Henning Otto Harry Baron von Voigt. A German artist, musician, and mime, Alastair was born into nobility. After joining a circus and studying mime, Alastair explored other artistic mediums, including illustration. His artistic career was launched by the publication of Forty-Three Drawings by Alastair. John Lane (1854 - 1925) founded The Bodley Head, a small controversial publishing house. His three sons carried on his publishing legacy, creating Penguin Books in 1935. THE PEOPLE OF TIBET.
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1928. xix + 319pp. 8vo. Navy cloth. Gilt decoration on front and back covers. Gilt lettering on spine. Armorial bookplate of Eric Norman Armour on front pastedown. Includes b/w frontispiece. 3 maps (2 folding). Copious b/w photo plates throughout, single color plate opposite p. 70. Clean within. Very good. Sir Charles Alfred Bell KCIE CMG was the British Political Officer for Bhutan, Sikkim and Tibet. He was known as British India's ambassador to Tibet before retiring and becoming a noted Tibetologist.