Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 1. BACK, George
Arctic Artist. The Journal and Paintings of George Back, Midshipman with Franklin,
1819-1822. Edited by C. Stuart Houston, commentary by I.S. MacLaren. Montreal &
Kingston,... McGill-Queen's University Press. 1994. 4to. 27.5cm, first printing, xxviii,403p. with 50 plates and illustrations reproduced from Back's own sketches (including 40 colour plates), 4 maps, appendices, notes, index, fine in fine colour illustrated jacket
50.00
‘Arctic Artist' is the liveliest and most complete account of Sir John Franklin's tragic first expedition to the Arctic. George Back's prose captures the drama of the journey, while his superb water-colour sketches reveal the beauty and wonder of this northern land. Published for the first time, this is the complete text of Back's journal.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 2. BACK, Capt. [George]
Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of The Great Fish River, and
Along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the years 1833, 1834, and 1835. Edmonton.
Hurtig. 1970. 18.5cm, facsimile reprint, xxvii,663p. with 16 plates & rear folding map, blue cloth, a fine copy in fine jacket 50.00
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 3. [BANKS, Joseph].
Joseph Banks in Newfoundland and Labrador, 1766. His Diary, Manuscripts and
Collections. By A. M. Lysaght. With a foreword by the Hon. Joseph Smallwood. Berkeley &
Los Angeles. University of California Press. 1971. 4to. 28cm, 512p. with 12 colour plates and 91 plates and illustrations, a fine copy in fine jacket 100.00
O'Dea 178. ..."Banks had some of his plants painted by G.D. Ehret, some birds and other animals by Sydney Parkinson & Peter Paillou. All these paintings are reproduced here. The maps include some of Cook's unpublished charts, and a set of facsimile charts and sketches executed by the Moravian missionaries in 1765".
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 4. BARR, William (Edited and Annotated by)
From Barrow to Boothia. The Arctic Journal of Chief Factor Peter Warren Dease,
1836-1839. Montreal, Kingston... McGill-Queen's University Press. 2002. tall8vo, 25cm, first edition, 330p., frontis and 10 map plates, bibliographic sketches, sources, index, dark blue cloth, a fine copy in fine jacket 75.00
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 5. CANADA. Department of the Interior.
The Hudson Bay Railway Belt and Hudson Bay. Ottawa. The Natural Resources
Intelligence Service, Department of the Interior. 1926. folio. 33cm, 35 p., single-sided sheets, typescript, large rear folding map, bibliography, printed tan stapled wraps, text and wraps fragile (on card and pulpy paper), some archival repairs on the upper wrapper fore-edge, some pencil underlining & annotating, good copy, - Aurora similar but give the date of 1923? This issue not in Aurora. – rare 250.00
Provence: Hagel A. Rodd, in ink on the upper cover. - First Report, a synopsis on the resources of the country adjacent to Hudson Bay and the Hudson Bay Railway - agriculture, minerals, forests, fisheries, game & fur, water power, navigation and climate.
A very detailed map shows resources, industries, trading posts & settlements and water powers. The Hudson Bay Railway was incomplete and under construction at the time of the Report but was destined to connect The Pas, Manitoba with Churchill on Hudson Bay.
It was completed in 1929.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 6. CODY, H.A.
An Apostle of the North. Memoirs of the Right Reverend William Carpenter
Bompas. First Bishop of the Athabasca, 1874-1884, First Bishop of Mackenzie River, 1884-
1891, First Bishop of Selkirk (Yukon), 1891-1906. Toronto. The Musson Book Co. & London.
Seeley & Co. 1908. 8vo. 22cm, first Canadian edition, (London sheets), 386p., with 42 full- page illustrations, original maroon cloth, gilt titles and pictorial decorations on the spine and upper cover, some slight wear on the spine edges else very good to fine condition
100.00
Lowther 1566. Smith 1844. With a chapter on Metlak-atla and much on the
Mackenzie diocese.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 Ile-à-Crosse to Cumberland House. 7. COOLICAN, Denis M.
Canoe Trip Diary. [Ottawa. Reprinted by courtesy of the Canadian Bank Note, by arrangement with the Ottawa Journal]. N.d., [1955]. 25cm, 40p., printed in double columns, with 19 illustrations and plates reproduced from photographs, large rear folding map, plain stiff wraps, loose in the wraps else fine condition - Author's Signed Presentation copy "With my compliments and at Tony Lovink's reguest. Denis Coolican, rare
100.00
Diary of a canoe trip made over 500 miles of Saskatchewan's north country. They followed the fur trade route to Cumberland House. Others in the party were, Anthony
Lovink, Eric W. Morse, Elliot Rodger, Sigurd Olson.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 8. [COPPERMINE, N.W.T.] Souvenir Cigarette Lighter
A Zippo cigarette lighter with iconic two-tone "dog sled" illustration and titled
"Coppermine, N.W.T.". Zippo. Niagara Falls. [1980-90]. 5x 3cm, illustrated, title in red, unused wick indicates it has not been used, as new 50.00
Coppermine, on the Coronation Gulf, was part of the Northwest Territories until becoming part of Nunavut on its creation in 1999. It is now known as "Kuglutuk".
Provenance: Bill Hoyt... see Flag entry below
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 9. CRESSWELL, Lieut S. Gurney
A Series of Eight Sketches in Colour. Together with a Chart of the Route. by Lieut. S. Gurney Cresswell, of the Voyage of H.M.S. Investigator (Captain M' Clure), During the Discovery of the North-West Passage. Plaistow, West Sussex. The Arctic Press. 1998. elephant folio, facsimile reprint, limited edition of 200 numbered copies, this being #38, the plates are 61.5 x 45cm, (24"x 17.5"), title page, 4p of text, 8 colour plates and 1 map colour plate, issued loose in wrappers with the title repeated on the cover, each plate has the limited statement on the verso, in purpose made glove box with cover label, fine condition 225.00
The colour plates are on acid free heavy stock photo quality paper. These prints by Lt. Cresswell of HMS Investigator were originally published in 1854 and are renown as the "North-West Passage Prints". These lithographs were remarkably beautiful, the colour is unusual, clear and vivid, displaying the effects of the Arctic light. M'Clure and the crew of the Investigator reached England in 1854, having been the first to traverse the North West Passage.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 10. ELLIS, Henry
A Voyage to Hudson's-Bay, by the Dobbs Galley and California, in the Years 1746 and 1747, for discovering a North West Passage; with An Accurate Survey of the Coast, and a short Natural History of the Country. Together with A Fair View of the Facts and Arguments from which the future finding of such a Passage is rendered probable. London. Printed for H. Whitridge. 1748. 8vo. 19.7cm,The First Edition, xxviii,336p., with folding engraved frontis map, and 9 engraved plates (including 5 folding), in contemporary full speckled calf, real raised bands, double gilt ruled borders on the boards, new dark crimson label, a fine (no foxing) clean copy 2,000.00 T.P.L. 207. Lane 1161. Sabin 22312. Hill p94. Ellis served as hydrographer, surveyor & mineralogist on the expedition under Capt. William Moor sent to discover the Northwest passage in 1746. The expedition proved decisively that no such passage from Hudson's Bay existed & contributed to a lapse of British interest in the subject until 1816. Ellis' work provided interesting & valuable information about the customs of the then relatively unknown Esquimaux, observations on the tides, and the `vagaries of the compass'. Plates depict natural history subjects, Eskimo costume & customs, and views. "Ellis went as proprietors' agent and scientific specialist with a two ship expedition commissioned to find the Northwest Passage, a hundred years after James' conclusion that such a search was pointless. Ellis' descriptions aroused James Isham to a hostile response, not published until much later (1949)". Waterston p9.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 11. FLAG: of the Northwest Territory.
Northwest Territory, Tourism Division, Polar Bear Flag. Silk,. 91 x 183 cm (3ft x
6ft.), with polar bear on blue circle, with tackle for mounting, several small slight stains, very good to fine condition 100.00
The polar bear is the official logo of the Northwest Territories Tourism Division.
Provenance: From a trip in the 1980/90's? by long time Arctic book collector, William (Bill)
Hoyt. He sat in the New York State Assembly from 1975 until his death in 1992. An environmentalist he was the Legislature's leading opponent of New York's proposal to purchase hydro power from a Canadian utility that planed to create the energy by flooding a wilderness area in Quebec.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 12. GILBERT, W.E.
Arctic Pilot. Life and Work on North Canadian Air Routes. The experiences of
Walter E. Gilbert as told to Kathleen Shackleton. Toronto... Thomas Nelson & Sons. n.d.
[194?]. 18.5cm, 240p., map, mapped endpapers, appendix, blue cloth, very good to fine copy in very good to fine jacket 40.00
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 13. HEARNE, Samuel
A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean. Undertaken by order of the Hudson's Bay Company for the Discovery of Copper Mines, A North West Passage etc. In the years 1769, 1770, 1771 & 1772. London. Printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell; and sold by T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies. 1795. 4to. 29cm, (a tall copy) The First Edition,, xliv,458,[2]p., with 5 engraved folding maps, (one coloured in outline), and 4 folding engraved plates, complete including errata page, some occasional slight foxing or toning on some plates, in quarter mahogany brown crushed morocco, blind ruled raised bands, gilt spine titles, linen boards, small expert paper repair on the title page, a fine tall copy, attractively bound 8,500.00 T.P.L. 445. Lande 1220. Sabin 31181. Morgan p180. Streeter VI-3652. Hill p141. Story p351-52. One of the classic journals of North American travel, particularly notable in terms of Arctic exploration. Hearne will always be remembered as the first white man to see the Arctic Ocean. "... - Hearne was in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company in Canada for twelve years. He recorded with copious notes the lives of the Indians and the natural history of the regions seen on his three trips. The exploratory expeditions took him by land from Hudson's Bay to the mouth of the Coppermine River at the Arctic Ocean. This work was published from his journals three years after his death, and describes as well the discovery of Great Slave Lake and the impossibility of finding the Northwest Passage through Hudson's Bay.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 14. HEARNE, Samuel
A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to The Northern Ocean undertaken by order of the Hudson's Bay Company for the discovery of Copper Mines, A
North West Passage, &c. in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771 & 1772. Edmonton. Hurtig. 1971.
4to. 26cm, facsimile reprint, lvi,458p. with 5 folding maps (frontis coloured in outline) & 4 folding plates, red cloth, a fine copy in fine jacket 125.00
One of the classic journals of North American travel, particularly notable in terms of Arctic exploration, Hearne will always be remembered as the first white man to see the
Arctic Ocean
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 15. HOLLAND, H.
The Iceland Journal of Henry Holland, 1810. Edited by Andrew Wawn. London.
Hakluyt Society. Second Series, Volume 168. 1987. 22cm, 342p. with 30 plates and maps, appendices, bibliography, index, blue cloth, fine in fine jacket 30.00
Sir Henry Holland, was one of Victorian London's most celebrated physicians and most tireless travellers, visited Iceland twice - in 1810, as a member of Sir George
Mackenzie's party of young Edinburgh scientists, and again, astonishingly, in 1871, his fascination with the bleak and distant land undimmed by extreme old age.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 16. HOOD, Robert
To the Arctic by Canoe, 1819 - 1821. The Journal and Paintings of Robert Hood, midshipman with Franklin. Edited by C. Stuart Houston. Montreal & London. The Arctic
Ins. & McGill - Queen's University Press. 1974. 4to. 27.5cm, 217p. with 24 plates from
Hood's paintings (16 in colour), 8 illustrations. & portraits, and 5 maps, bound in full linen, fine copy in very good (one closed tear) jacket 40.00
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 17. KANE, Elisha Kent
Report to the Secretary of the United States Navy, at Washington, of The
Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, during the years 1853-4-5, with a chart, showing the Discoveries made in the Arctic regions. Read before the Royal Geographical Society of
London on the 14th of January, 1856. (caption-title).
Bound together with: II. Letter from Chief Factor James Anderson, to Sir George
Simpson, Governor in Chief of Rupert Land. Communicated by the Hudson Bay Company, read, January 28, 1856. pp18-35.
[London. Printed by William Clowes and Sons. 1856]. 8vo, 22cm, first edition, 36p., folding map in facsimile, rebound in dark blue wraps with paper label on the upper cover, fine thus 200.00
Part 1 - see our Catalogue 218, "Plimer" #188 - May 4357. A.B. 8379. WorldCat locates 2 copies, TPL & NL Scotland. "Contains an account (in brief) of the Second Grinnell
Expedition, during which the coast of northwest Greenland was explored from Prudhoe
Land to Washington Land, as was the Ellsmere Island coast from Cape Sabine northward along Kane Basin". AB.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 Franklin Search Narrative - with Eight Hand-Colour Tinted Litho Plates 18. McDOUGALL, George F.
The Eventful Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ship "Resolute" to the Arctic Regions in
Search of Sir John Franklin and the Missing Crews of H.M. Discovery Ships "Erebus" and
"Terror", 1852, 1853, 1854. To which is added an account of her being fallen in with by an
American whaler after her abandonment in Barrow Straits, and of Her Presentation to
Queen Victoria by the Government of the United States.
London. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans... 1857. 8vo, 22.2cm, The First
Edition, xl,530,[2],24,p. ads., & ads on endpapers, with 8 tinted lithographic plates heightened in colour by hand, and 24 woodcut text illustrations, engraved folding map, in the blind stamped brown cloth, gilt spine titles, original chocolate brown endpapers with ads on the front and rear paste-down endpaper, 19th century engraved armorial bookplate, expertly restored, some occasional slight foxing, in near fine condition, complete with half title and original tissue guards 2,500.00
A.B. 10603. T.P.L. 3452. Sabin 43183. Hill 1124.
The `Resolute', under Capt. Kellett, was part of Belcher's five ship expedition.
Leaving one ship, the North Star, at Beechey Island as a base, the other four ships made important explorations as they searched unsuccessfully for Franklin. In May of 1854, convinced that the four ships could not be freed from the ice, Belcher ordered the
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 squadron abandoned. Kellett objected strongly, believing the abandonment premature. Later naval historians have tended to agree with Kellett (cf. DNB). The crews traveled over the ice for two weeks, until they reached the North Star and returned in her to England. The Resolute freed herself from the ice and drifted unharmed for a thousand miles to Baffin Bay, was found and brought to the U.S. by the whaler `George Henry'. The U.S. Government purchased Resolute and later returned her to England to be presented to Queen Victoria. McDougall's narrative is valuable for its description and attractive plates, including many of the ship, icebergs, etc. He describes how the crew was kept entertained during their wintering in the Arctic, the sledge journeys, encounters with musk oxen, polar bears, etc.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 19. NANSEN, Fridtjof
Farthest North. Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship "Fram"
1893-96 and of a Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lt. Johansen. With an
Appendix by Otto Sverdrup.. New York. Harper & Brothers. 1897. 8vo., 24cm, in 2 volumes, the first U.S. edition, 587 & 729 ,4,pp., ads., gravure etched frontis portrait, 16 colour plates, 120 b/w plates, 4 folding colour pocket maps, text illustrations and maps, in the original dark grey cloth, nautical cover designs and titles in gilt and colors, gilt spine titles, some light edge wear, t.e.g. a near fine set in the original publisher's pictorial cloth binding
300.00
Nansen, one of the most significant figures in the history of Arctic exploration, was originally a naturalist. He decided in 1888 to attempt the crossing of Greenland, and with five companions, including Otto Sverdrup, set off in June of that year. The crossing, by small boat, ski and sledge, achieved many important scientific objectives, including meteorological observations, as well as illustrating the ideal methods of Arctic travel. His most important achievements were on the Fram Expedition of 1893-96. He established the nature and drift of the Arctic Ice-pack, having deliberately allowed the ship, built to his own design, to be frozen into the ice. During the expedition, Nansen, with one companion and 3 dog sledges, achieved the highest latitude yet attained (86o14').
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 The Plates by Captain Lyon Are Among the Best at Depicting the Eskimos, in Costume, at Work, and Play... 20. PARRY, William Edward
Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; performed in the years 1821-22-23, in his Majesty's ships Fury and Hecla, under the orders of Captain William Edward Parry. London. John Murray. 1824. 4to. 27.cm, The First Edition, [5],xxx,571p. errata, complete with 39 engraved maps & plates, (inc. 8 folding maps and landfalls), in quarter tan calf, gilt ruled raised bands, blind stamped border and centre panels decorations, dark crimson morocco labels, marbled boards, some slight foxing but less than usual, a fine attractively bound copy 1,850.00 T.P.L. 1295. Lande 1385. Sabin 58864. A.B. 13142. Smith 7963. Smith 7963. Hill p226. Throughout the whole of this work, the characteristics of the Eskimaux, and incidents of intercourse with them, absorb the attention of the writer. The work is a treatise on aboriginal life rather than a narrative of scientific discoveries. Twenty-two of the plates, from drawings by Captain Lyon, depict the Eskimaux, in costume, at work and play, hunting and fishing, singly and in family or social groups, children `at play'; and are among the most fascinating and charming of their kind.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 21. PEARCE, Richard
Marooned in the Arctic. Diary of the Dominion Explorers' Expedition to the Arctic,
August to December, 1929. No place, No date. [Toronto. Privately Printed. 1931]. 8vo.
22.5cm, 71p., variant issue, without illustrations, in quarter black cloth backed marbled card stiff grey wraps, issued with a label, in fine condition, rare 300.00
A variant issue, likely a proof copy.
The MacAlpine Aerial Expedition. A.B. "Printed by the author in the office of the
Northern Miner, in a small edition, one copy for each of the 8 members of the expedition and a few additional copies". The Expedition, surveying by air for minerals in the Canadian
Arctic, was forced down at Dease Point, and spent several weeks with the Eskimo. They eventually reached Cambridge Bay on foot.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 22. PEARY, Robert E.
[Peary at the Pole]. no title, no place, no publisher, no date. Contemporary with
Peary announcement of The Discoery of the North Pole in 1909. Printed on web grain cotton, roughly 45.5x 74cm (17.5"x 29"0, edges unevenly trimmed, the flag pole discovery view on the mid-sun image is repeated three times as is the frozen in ship above the polar bear, colour prints on cloth from this era are uncommon, I have been unable to locate any references... 500.00
This print in shrink wrapped laid on black foam core and so there is some bounce back on the image displayed here. - The former owner purchase it in an antique store probably ten years ago in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 First Edition of a Classic Account of Northern Travel by Canoe in 1892. 23. TYRRELL, James W. (Quoted)
Across The Sub-Arctics of Canada. A Journey of 3,200 Miles by Canoe and Snowshoe through the Barren Lands. Including a List of Plants Collected on the Way, a Vocabulary of Eskimo Words, A Route Map and full classified index. With Illustrations from Photographs Taken on the Journey and from Drawings by Arthur Heming. Toronto, Montreal, Halifax. William Briggs & C.W. Coates & S.F. Huestis. 1897. 8vo, 22cm, The First Edition, vi,(7)-280p., with portrait frontis and 61 plates and illustrations, folding map, black coated endpapers, original grey blue pictorial decorated cloth, gilt spine and cover titles and decorations, four small ink notations on the verso of the portrait else a near fine copy of the scarcer first edition which is now difficult to find in acceptable condition 300.00 Arctic Biblio. 18138. A classic overland travel narrative of a Canadian Geological Survey in 1893 sent out to make a exploratory survey of the interior of the Keewatin District. Joseph Burr and brother James William set out from Edmonton travelling via the Athabasca River and Lake Athabasca to Black Lake, travelling north by canoe, they followed the Chipman River to Selwyn and Wholdaia Lakes, then continued down the Dubawnt River to Dubawnt Lake discovering Barlow, Carey and Markham Lakes in the process. They explored the area for a week searching for the outlet of the Dubawnt River, before continuing on through Baker Inlet to Chesterfield Inlet discovering Grant Lake, the mouth of Chamberlain River, Wharton Lake, Aberdeen Lake, and Schultz Lake on the way. On September 13, they left Chesterfield Inlet for home travelling down the west coast of Hudson Bay to Churchill, and from there overland by snowshoe to Winnipeg arriving on January 2, 1894.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 24. SWINTON, George
Eskimo Sculpture/Sculpture Esquimaude. Toronto. McClelland & Stewart. 1965, oblong4to, 23x 27.5cm, first edition, 224p. with over 200 half-tone illustrations and 32 full colour plates, indexes & bibliography, original full linen, tape marks on front endpapers, else a fine copy 30.00
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 25. [ATLAS]
Illustrated Historical Atlas of York County. Belleville, Ontario. Mika Silk Screening
Limited. 1972. 44.5cm, limited to 1000 copies, this being #251, 75p., maps and plates, with Patron’s Directory for the County of York, green cloth with gilt titles, some edgewear and scuff marks, a very good copy 200.00
A facsimile reprint of Miles & Co.’s “Illustrated Historical Atlas of the county of
York and the Township of West Gwillimbury & Town of Braford in the County of Simcoe
Ont. Compiled and drawn and Published from Personal Examinations by Miles & Co.,
Toronto, 1878"
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 26. AVIS, Walter S. et al. Editor-in-Chief.
A Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles. Produced for W.J. Gage
Limited by the Lexicographical Centre for Canadian English, University of Victoria. Toronto.
W.J. Gage Limited. 1967. 24cm, xxiii,927p., bibliography of sources, pp881-927pp., original red linen, gilt spine titles, fine condition 45.00
Definitive, which is not a word in this dictionary, but dog-musher, dolly varden trout, Eskimo boat,... and circa another 9,000 are.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 27. CANADA. Dept of the Interior.
Guide to Fort Lennox, Ile aux Noix, Quebec. A Brief History of the Island Fortress and the Richelieu River. Battle ground of Canada in the Eighteenth Century and built by the British at immense cost during the early years of the Nineteenth Century. Historic Sites
Series, No. 3. Ottawa. King's Printer. [1936]. 12mo, 19cm, 27p., with 13 illustrations, rear folded map, beautifully designed illustrated printed wraps, very good 25.00
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 28. CANADA. Printed by Order of Parliament.
Report of the Select Standing Committee on Immigration and Colonization of the
House of Commons. Ottawa.. Printed by Maclean Roger & Co. 1884. tall8vo, 24.5cm,
135p., in the original salmon brown printed wraps, title repeated in frame borders on the upper cover, a fine copy, rare 200.00
Second and final report. Intro. Much on immigration and colonization.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 29. CANADA. Legislature.
Parliamentary Debates on the Subject of the Confederation of the British North
American Provinces... Printed by the Order of the Legislature. Facsimile Reprint: Ottawa.
1951. [of Quebec. Hunter, Rose & Co., Parliamentary Printers. 1865. 25cm, ix,1032p. printed in double-columns,], in full maroon fabrikoid, gilt spine titles, fine
100.00
Cf: T.P.L. 4396. Cf. Gagnon II-496. Cf. Sabin 58812.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 30. CANADA
Puissance du Canada. Le Grand Occident Canadien. Le Plus Vaste Champ Qui Soit
Maintenant Ouvert A La Colonisation. Informations Pour Ceux Qui Veulent Emigrer.
Ottawa. 1882. 21cm, 111p., folding frontis map, 2 full page illustrations, wanting wraps, very good 75.00
Intended for immigration to Manitoba and the West. cf. Peel 566.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 31. CARR, Emily
Hundreds and Thousands. The Journals of Emily Carr. Toronto & Vancouver.
Clarke, Irwin & Co. 1966. sm4to, 24.5cm, first edition, 332p. with 10 colour plates, a fine copy in very good jacket 25.00
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 32. CHAMPLAIN, Samuel De
The Works of Samuel De Champlain. Reprinted, Translated & Annotated by Six Canadian Scholars... Edited by H.P. Biggar. [Facsimile of the 1922 edition]. Toronto. Champlain Society. 1971. 8vo. 23.5cm, in 7 volumes, containing 82 maps and plates, many folding, (plus portfolio of plates and maps), original crested red cloth, t.e.g., a fine bright set 500.00
The definitive edition, with the text in French and English. T.P.L. 30. Waterston p203. Champlain's vigorous descriptions of Quebec, Tadoussac, the St. Lawrence and Acadian regions were not fully available in English translation until this edition. He presented his comments on trade, exploration and climate in a series of official reports between 1604 and 1632. The works contain; Des Sauvages (Paris,1604), Les voyages du Sieur de Champlain (Paris, 1613), Voyages et decouvertes faites en la Nouvelle-France (Paris, 1619), Les Voyages du Sr. de Champlain (Paris 1620), and Les voyages de la Nouvelle France occidentale (Paris, 1632). A brief recit of his voyage to central America has been preserved in manuscript, and was first printed in the original by the Abbe Laverdiere in 1870, and in translation by the Hakluyt Society in 1859.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 33. CHURCHILL, Matilda Faulkner. (Mrs. George Churchill).
Letters from My Home in India. Being the Correspondence of Mrs. George
Churchill (1871-1916). Edited & arranged by Grace McLeod Rogers. Toronto McClelland &
Stewart for the Baptist Book Room. 1924. 8vo. 20cm, (vi),305p., with 10 photographic illustrations including frontis, original red cloth with illustrations with titles on the upper cover, the author's home in India, in gilt frame border, a fine in very good to fine rare jacket 100.00
Note title completed from the half-title. Mrs. Campbell’s name appears on the cover and spine as the author . Spondi & Donnelly, 206. Dagg. The Feminine Gaze. P65/66.
Matilda Faulkner Churchill, the wife of George Churchill, a Baptist minister in Truro, Nova
Scotia, accompanied him for missionary work in India in 1871. Her letters cover the period from 1871 to 1916 and describe the great difficulties found in India-climate, language, cultural barriers, primitive living conditions and the problems associated with the caste system. She is best remembered for establishing the "Caste Girls' School" in 1880 in
Bobbeli.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 34. CURTIS, Edward S.
Portraits from North American Indian Life. Introduction by A.D. Coleman and T.C.
McLuhan. Toronto. New Press. Published in Association with the American Museum of
Natural History by Outerbridge & Lazard, Inc... 1972. oblong Atlas folio. 36.5x 45cm, xvi,176p., being 88 sepia tone plates from the original photographs, quarter black cloth backed illustrated boards, some light wear at the corners, previous owner’s signature, otherwise a fine copy of a book that often has a broken spine 100.00
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 The Author's Presentation Copy - Rare 35. DENISON, Capt. Frederick C.
Historical Record of the Governor-General's Body Guard, and Its Standing Orders.
Toronto. Printed by Hunter, Rose & Co. 1876. 12mo. 18cm, [1]78p., original brick pebbled cloth, gilt titles and black stamped borders and decorations on the spine and upper cover, repeated in blind on the bottom board, bevelled boards, expertly restored with all the original cloth relayed, a fine copy, With Presentation Bookplate, with insigna, Presented by (printed) The Author, 1876 (manuscript) 350.00
Cooke p130. The author entered "Denison's Horse" as a cornet in 1865, and he rose to the rank of Lt.-Col. in 1884. In 1870 he was orderly officer to General Wolseley in the Red River Expedition; and in 1884-85 he commanded the Canadian Voyageurs in the
Soudan. From 1887 to 1896 he represented West Toronto, as a Conservative, in the
Canadian House of Commons. He died at Toronto, on April 15, 1896.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 36. DIEFENBAKER, John D.
One Canada. Memoirs of the Right Honourable John D. Diefenbaker. Volume 1:
The Crusading Years 1895 to 1956. Volume 2: The Years of Achievement 1956 to 1962.
Volume 3: The Tumultuous Years 1962 to 1967. Toronto. Macmillan of Canada. 1975. 8vo, in 3 volumes, 298 & 330 & 309pp., illustrations, blue cloth, volume 1 signed by
Diefenbaker, a fine set 75.00
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 37. DUVAL, Paul
A.J. Casson His Life and Work. A Tribute. Cerebrus/Prentice Hall. 1980. oblong folio
35 x 43cm, 285p., richly illustrated , full colour plates, wine cloth, jacket has stain along the lower edge of the rear panel, previous owner’s inscription, a very good tight copy in good jacket 100.00
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 38. EDGAR, James D.
The Insolvent Act of 1864, with Tariff, Notes, Forms, and a Full Index. Toronto.
Rollo & Adam, Law Publishers. 1864. 12mo, 18cm, 142p., appendix of forms, tariff and fees, index pp119-142, wanting the spine cap, original marbled boards loose and worn, text block is sound, a scarce title 150.00
WorldCat lists only ebook copies. Three copies on Aurora. Provenance: Stauton &
Grisdale.. 3rd January, 1865. Tisdale & Livingstone, Simcoe 1868. & Later oval stamp
"Tisdale & Robb. Barristers, &c., Simcoe".
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 39. ERMATINGER, Edward
Edward Ermatinger's York Factory Express Journal, Being a Record of Journeys
Made between Fort Vancouver and Hudson Bay in the years 1827-1828. With Introduction by Judge C.O. Ermatinger and Notes by C.O. Ermatinger and James White. (cover title).
Offprinted. Trans. Royal Society of Canada. 1912. 25cm, pp67-132, frontis portrait, rear folding colour wraps with route outlined in red, stapled printed brown wraps, a fine copy, rare 150.00
Provenance: Annie Ermatinger Fraser. (d.1930). Novelist. B. Kingston, educated at
Queen's. University teacher in Vancouver. -Wallace DCB. P245.
Peel (3)-169. "The party travelled along the Saskatchewan and Haynes rivers. The journal is largely confined to weather, travel time, and freight lists. ..."
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 40. FITZGERALD Lionel Lemoine
Lionel Lemoine Fitzgerald. (1890-1956). The Development of an Artist. An
Exhibition Organized and Circulated by The Winnipeg Art Gallery. Bovey, Patricia E
Winnipeg. Winnipeg Art Gallery. 1970. Folio. 30.5cm, 127p., numerous plates and illustrations, (most in colour), chronology, work histories, bibliography, list of exhibitions, white fine grain fabrikoid, gilt spine titles repeated in blue on the upper cover, a fine copy in complete colour illustrated jacket, a few inside tape repairs (not stained) on the top edge of the jacket, a fine copy in very good to fine complete jacket of the rare hardcover edition 150.00
Fitzgerald became a member of the Group of Seven in 1932, on the death of J.E.H.
MacDonald and in 1933 he was one o the founders of the Canadian Group of Painters.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 41. GIBBON, J. Murray (Reconstructed by)
The Order of Good Cheer from the French version of Louvigny De Montigny.
Canadian Historical Ballard Opera of the First Settlers in Canada. (With due
Acknowledgment of the Writings of Master Marc Lescarbot, In History and Poetry).
Toronto. J.M. Dent & Sons. 1929. 12mo, 19cm, 29p., music, illustrations, original illustrated string tied wraps, very good, this being the scariest of the editions before 1950
50.00
Faithful picture of a love feast of the aforesaid merry Order established at Port
Royal in 1606 to enliven the winter of the settlers and traders of Acadia in New France.
(Sub-title).
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 42. GRANT, George M.
Ocean to Ocean. Sandford Fleming's Expedition through Canada in 1872. Being a
Diary kept during a Journey from The Atlantic To The Pacific, with the Expedition of the
Engineer-in-Chief of the Canadian Pacific and Intercolonial Railways. Toronto: James
Campbell & London: Sampson, Low. 1873. 20cm, the First Edition, xiv,371p. with 61 sepia tone plates & maps, from engravings, original blind stamped pebbled brown cloth, gilt spine and cover titles, spine lightly faded, a fine copy of a book usually found in poor shape. 200.00
Peel 367. A Canadian travel classic
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 43. GUILLET, Edwin C.
The Great Migration. The Atlantic Crossing by Sailing-Ship since 1770. Toronto,
London & New York. Thomas Nelson. 1937. 20.5cm, xii,284p. plus 48 plates and illustrations, bibliography, original fine grain red cloth, black stamped titles, lightly dust worn, signed by the author, a very good to fine copy thus 75.00
The greatest migration ever - to America - covering mainly the sailing ship era.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 44. GUILLET, Edwin C.
The Pioneer Farmer and Backwoodsman. Toronto. The Ontario Publishing Co. - distributed by University of Toronto Press. 1963. 23.5cm, first edition, in two volumes.
Xxvii,343 & xiii,390pp. with 400 illustrations, appendices, bibliography, illustrated endpapers, original red cloth, black labels and gilt decorations on the spines, a fine set in slipcase 50.00
A continuation of Guillet's studies of the history of the Province of Ontario; "Early
Life in Upper Canada", "The Great Migration".. Etc., - the present work details for the first time a history of pioneer settlement and farming from contemporary sources and, as well, a social history of those times.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 45. HANNON, Leslie F.
Forts of Canada. The Conflicts, Sieges and Battles that Forged a Great Nation.
Toronto. McClelland and Stewart. 1969. folio. 31cm, 288p. extensively illustrated from photographs and reproduction of historical illustrations (inc. several in colour), biographical list of forts, index, bibliography, a fine copy in very good jacket. 30.00
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 46. HARVEY, Arthur (Edited by)
The Year Book and Alamanac of Canada for 1870; being an Annual Statistical
Abstract for the Dominion and a Register of Legislation and of Public Men in British North
America. Montreal. John Lowe & Co. 1871. 8vo. 20cm, 192,[13]p., frontis folding map, numerous advertisements (many illustrated) index, in the original wraps with title page reproduced on the upper cover in a border, 1/3 of bottom wrap missing, fine thus
75.00
Contents include months and days, parliament, legislatures, judiciary, railways, public works, Canadian North West Indians, salmon and game fishing, post office, militia, etc. etc.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 First Edition of this Important Book 47. HEAD, Sir Francis B.
A Narrative. London. John Murray. 1839. 8vo, 21.5cm, The First Edition, viii,488,38p., errata leaf, in early half marbled brown sheep, blind ruled raised bands, gilt spine titles, marbled boards, a few internal pages have a slight soiling else a very good sound copy 100.00
T.P.L. 2276. The narrative is Head's account of his administration of Upper Canada,
1836-38, with comments on Lord Durham's Report, 1839. He was Lieut. Governor of
Upper Canada in 1836-37.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 48. HODGE, F.W.
Handbook of Indians of Canada. Ottawa. Geographic Board of Canada. 1913. 24.5cm, 632p. with 1 colour folding map, dictionary appendix, extensive bibliography, in presentation binding: maroon brown half calf and maroon red cloth boards, gilt ruled and decorated raised bands, green leather label, gilt titles with gilt stamped date in the middle panel, 1912, which predates the publication date and would be the first printing, rare in presentation binding
300.00
Later issues had two or three maps. Many government publications during this era produced a small number of presentation copies in fine binding. They were intended for the author, who may have received several copies, for the King's printer and his assistant, the department Minister and Deputy Minister and perhaps for a few others who were directly involved in the production of the book. Published as an appendix to the Tenth Report of the Geographic Board of Canada. - Besides articles of an archaeological, ethnological, folkloric, historical and geographical character on the Indian stocks, and their tribal and other subdivisions, the Handbook treats on their arts, aesthetics, industries, etc. in general and particular. Included are also brief biographies of noted Indians; male and female; also words of aboriginal origin that have found their way into English. ... it includes important articles on the Abenaki, Assiniboins, Chippewa, Cree, Delaware, Haida, Huron, Micmac, Mohawk, Montagnais, etc.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 Limited to Numbered 1000 Copies, this being #763, Signed by A.Y. Jackson 49. JACKSON, A.Y.
A Painter's Country. The Autobiography of A.Y. Jackson. Vancouver & Toronto.
Clarke, Irwin & Co. 1958. 4to. 28cm, xv,170p., The First Edition, Limited to numbered 1000
Copies, this being #763, on hand-made rag paper, Signed by A.Y. Jackson, with 12 tipped in colour plates, mapped endpapers, bound in quarter crimson morocco and red cloth boards, in publisher’s slipcase with colour plates laid down on the upper cover, clear strapping tape on the borders of both the front and rear endpapers, wear on the edges of the slipcase - otherwise a fine copy (- half price - generally prices asked range from 550.00 to 750.00) 275.00
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 50. KARSH, Yousuf
Yousuf Karsh. Visages Contemporians. Men Who Make Our World. An exhibition of photographs at The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, ... 1968. Montreal. The Montreal
Museum of Fine Arts. [1968. folio. 33x 27cm, [16]p. Of text, 11 photographic portrait plates (including wraps), fine 40.00
Portraits include Glen Gould, Hemingway, Chagall, Giacometti, Keller, Riopelle.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 51. KENNEDY, W.P.M.
The Constitution of Canada, 1534 - 1937. An Introduction to its Development and
Law and Custom. London, New York, Toronto. Oxford University Press. 1938. 25cm,
Second Edition, first impression, xxviii,626p. brown cloth, , a fine copy thus, scarce, Best edition 100.00
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 52. LANDE, Laurence
Rare and Unusual Canadiana. First Supplement to the Lande Bibliography.
Montreal. Lande Foundation for Canadian Historical Research, No. 6. 1971. 4to. 28cm,
779p. limited to 500 signed copies, some illustrations, inserted folding facsimile, in quarter tan linen backed light green linen boards, gilt titles & gilt pictorial decoration on the upper cover, signed by Lande, a fine copy 150.00
This bibliography lists more than twenty-five hundred historic Canadian books
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 53. [MacDonald, J.E.H.]. by Paul Duval
The Tangled Garden. The Art of J.E.H. MacDonald. Toronto. Cerebrus, Prentice-Hall. 1978. oblong folio. 27x 34.5cm, the first edition,
191p. with 186 plates and illustrations, (including 126 in full colour), wine cloth, a very good copy in good jacket 25.00
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 54. McGRATH, P.T.
Newfoundland in 1911... London. Printed and Published by Whitehead, Morris &
Co. 1911. 8vo. 21.5cm, 271p., with 39 plates and illustrations from photographs, appendices, original extra pictorial decorated tan cloth, titles stamped in red, previous owner’s Christmas inscription, very good to fine bright copy 150.00
O'Dea 1511. Plates printed on both sides. Appendices: statistical tables; game laws; fire patrol regulations; customs regulations; list of registered guides; ocean and local steamship services.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 First White Man to Cross the Continent Complete with the Half Title & the Portrait 55. MacKENZIE, Alexander
Voyages from Montreal on the River St. Lawrence, through the Continent of North
America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans; in the years 1789 and 1793. With a preliminary account of the fur trade of that country.
London. Printed for T. Cadell... 1801. 4to. 27cm, the First Edition, cxxxii,412p., complete with half title, engraved frontis portrait by P. Condé after T. Lawrence and 3 engraved folding maps, some transfer from the portrait and maps, some slight toning to the text, in antique style binding of half dark green calf, wide gilt decorated raised bands, gilt borders and centre panel decorations, crushed crimson morocco label, marbled boards and endpapers, in fine condition attractively bound 8000.00
T.P.L. 658. Lande 1317. Sabin 43414. Strathern 343. Peel 25. Gagnon 2190. Morgan p240. Hill p187. First edition of the classic narrative of the first white man to cross the continent. ... "the earliest expedition made by a white man in this direction. His investigations, although pursued at so early a period of Arctic exploration, were remarkable for their accuracy; Sir John Franklin more than once expressed his surprise at being able to corroborate their correctness in his own explorations. Some Indian vocabularies are included. (Sabin).
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 Mackenzie's journals recount his two expeditions undertaken on behalf of the
North West Company in their attempt to break the Hudson's Bay Company's monopoly of the fur trade. The first expedition, in 1879, from Fort Chipewyan on Lake Athabaska down what is now known as the Mackenzie River to the Arctic constitutes the first trip to the
Arctic from the Canadian Prairies. The second, in 1792-93, from Fort Chipewyan over the
Rocky Mountains by the Peace and Fraser Rivers to the Pacific, is distinguished as the first overland expedition to reach the Pacific, north of Mexico. The maps are the earliest of certain parts of Canada. Also included is a lengthy account of the development of the fur trade in the North West, generally attributed to the author's cousin, Roderick Mackenzie
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 56. [MacKENZIE, Alexander]
The Journals and Letters of Sir Alexander Mackenzie. Edited by W. Kaye Lamb.
Hakluyt Society, Extra Series, No. 41. Cambridge, Published for the Hakluyt Society at the
University Press. 1970. 23cm, the First Edition thus, viii,551p., frontis portrait & 3 facsimiles, with 6 maps (4 folding & 2 double-page), includes the 3 large folding maps from the first edition, bibliography, blue cloth, a fine copy in fine jacket, out-of-print
125.00
Contains the full text of Voyages From Montreal, with Lamb's notations, plus a collection of letters which are also footnoted. When published it was called the best edition since the original.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 57. MacKENZIE, Alexander
Voyages from Montreal on the River St. Laurence, through the Continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans; in the years 1789 and 1793. With a preliminary account of the fur trade of that country. (With an Introduction to this edition by Roy Daniells). Edmonton. Hurtig. 1971. 4to. 26cm, facsimile reprint of the first edition. [London. Cadell. 1801]. cxxxii,412p., frontis portrait & 3 large folding maps, bound in full red linen, black title label, a fine copy in very good jacket in printed shipping box 125.00 A facsimile of the first edition of the classic narrative of the first white man to cross the continent. Mackenzie's journals recount his two expeditions undertaken on behalf to the North West Company in their attempt to break the Hudson's Bay Company's monopoly of the fur trade. The first expedition, in 1879, from Fort Chipewyan on Lake Athabaska down what is now known as the Mackenzie River to the Arctic constitutes the first trip to the Arctic from the Canadian Prairies. The second, in 1792-93, from Fort Chipewyan over the rocky Mountains by the Peace and Fraser Rivers to the Pacific, is distinguished as the first overland expedition to reach the Pacific, north of Mexico. The maps are the earliest of certain parts of Canada. Also included is a lengthy account of the development of the fur trade in the North West, generally attributed to the author's cousin, Roderick Mackenzie
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 58. [MacKENZIE]. By Roy Daniells
Alexander Mackenzie and the North West. London. Faber and Faber. 1969. 20cm, first edition, 219p. with 8 illustrations and 6 maps, (one double page), bibliography, a fine copy in fine jacket 25.00
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 59. MOODIE, Susanna
Roughing It In The Bush; or, Life in Canada. London. Richard Bentley. 1852. 20cm, the first edition, in two volumes, [2](prelim ads.)xx,293,[2], & [1],294,[2]pp. in the original extra blind decorated green cloth, pictorial gilt decorations on the upper covers (pioneer house in the bush), gilt titles and blind decorations on the spines, some wear at the edges and top of spine, a very good unrestored set 900.00
T.P.L. 3290. Lande 2005. Gagnon I-2439. mapped endpapers, Morgan p282. Sabin
50306. Story p538. Mrs. Moodie used novelistic techniques to make familiar this new alien environment; one from which she was doubly removed by her class and sex. That she succeeded in revealing something of the texture of pioneer life in Upper Canada, despite these drawbacks and her solutions, is what makes the present title one of the most important books in both Canadian Literature and History.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 60. MOODIE, Susanna
Roughing It In The Bush, or, Forest Life in Canada. Illustrations in Colour by R.A.
Stewart. Toronto. Bell & Cockburn, 1913. 21cm, xix,[1],568,[1]p., colour frontis., 2 portraits and 14 tipped in plates, including 8 in colour from paintings by R.A. Stewart, original red linen, t.e.g., spine faded (titles clear), a very good to fine copy 75.00
First printing of this attractive illustrated edition.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 61. NORFOLK, COUNTY, Ontario
Minutes of the Second Regular Session of the Twenty-Second County Council of the County of Norfolk. [With] Twenty Fourth, Twenty-
Sixth, Twenty-Eighth County Councils. [4 Issues]. Simcoe. Printed at the "British Canadian" Office. 1871, 1873, 1875, 1878. 8vo. 22cm, 18, 17,
16, 32 pp., original printed wraps (brown, purple, green ), good to very good condition 150.00
An interesting look at the administering of a south-western Ontario county in the 1870's. Simcoe was the administrative centre of the
County with County Clerk being James Ermatinger and Wardens being J. Sovereen and Dr. John Wilson.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 62. NORWAY Bay Historical Society.
Norway Bay and Beyond. Bristol, Quebec. Compiled, written, edited and prepared by members of the Norway Bay Historical Society. 2010. oblong 4to. 22x 28cm, xiv,226p., with over 200 illustrations including many in colour, colour illustrated wraps, new
25.00
A lavishly illustrated history and description of a summer cottage community located in the Municipality of Bristol, Pontiac County, Quebec. With extensive personal reminiscences of the area. Norway Bay thrives today as a cottage area with over 500 summer cottages and year round homes and a chapter,"A Cottage Tour", displays significant residences, with photos of families.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 With The Scarce Atlas 63. [OTTAWA]. GREBER, Jacques
Plan for the National Capital, Canada, 1950. General Report. Ottawa. National
Capital Planning Service. 1950. 4to. 32cm, vi,308p. with 211 photographic plates & 31 colour folding plans, charts & maps, green cloth, fine
Together with: Atlas, Annexed to the General Report. Ottawa. National Capital
Planning Service. 1951. atlas folio. 44x 56cm, containing 20 colour maps and plans, green cloth, a fine set 350.00
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 64. PHILLIPS, Walter J. by Roger H. Boulet
The Tranquility and the Turbulence. The Life and Work of Walter J. Phillips.
Markham, Ont. M.B. Loates Publishing. 1981. oblong atlas folio. 33.5x 39.5cm, 229p. with c.200 colour plates (including facsimile plates of colour woodcuts and water colours), bound in full silver cloth in colour decorated silver jacket, a fine copy in very good complete jacket 250.00
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 65. ROBERTSON, John Ross
Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto. A Collection of Historical Sketches of the Old
Town of York, from 1792 until 1833, and of Toronto from 1834 to 1893. Toronto. J. Ross
Robertson. 1894. 22.5cm, first edition, xvi,561p., Volume One (of 6), with numerous plates
& illustrations from wood engravings, (old homes and historic places), in the original blind and gilt stamped cloth, a very good copy 150.00
Published in six volumes between 1894 and 1914. Attractively illustrated, this massive and important work is the foundation for the study of the history of Toronto.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 66. ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE.
No. 1 Aircraft Depot R.C.A.F. Ottawa - Sept 13th 1938. [Framed Original Panorama Portrait Photograph]. 28x 83.5cm., captioned title in white, a fine clear image with Parliament Hill in the background 250.00
Pre World-War Two.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 67. ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE.
A.O.C. & Staff Officers No. 3 T.C., R.C.A.F. Montreal July 1944. [Framed Original Panorama Portrait Photograph]. 20x 80cm., captioned title in white, a fine clear image. 150.00
Around one hundred officers, men & women, primarily R.C.A.F. are grouped, members of No. 3 Training Command formed to implement the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan in Quebec and the Maritimes. Photographed in July, the officers are in summer tan uniforms Commanding prominently in the centre is the Air Officer Commanding. Montreal buildings are faintly seen in the background.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 68. ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE.
P.G. The Royal Air Force. Debert, N.S. Vol. 4. No. 2. June 1944. RAF. Debert. Printed by Truro Printing & Publishing Co. 1944. 8vo. 22 cm, 32p., illustrations, cartoons, stapled illustrated wraps, light wrinkling, staples rusted, else a very good clean copy, rare
50.00
"P.G." was a monthly periodical of the Royal Air Force No. 31 Operational Training
Unit stationed at RCAF Delbert Nova Scotia, from 1941 to 1945 as part of the British
Commonwealth Air Training Plan. "P.G." stands for "Pukka Gen", RAF slang for accurate information.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 69. ROYAL ENGINEERS - [Rideau Canal].
Papers on Subjects connected with The Duties of the Corps of Royal Engineers. R.E.
Volume Two. London. Printed by John Weale. 1844. 4to. 28.5cm, second edition, xii,272p. plus 49 engraved plates and many text illustrations, Royal Engineers Library stamps, rebound in dark grey cloth with the original cloth from the boards restored, gilt spine titles, a fine copy 650.00
Contents Include: III. - Account of the Demolition of the Glaciere Bastion at
Quebec, in 1828. By Captain Melhuish. pp27-29., with 1 engraved plate containing a plan and a view: Plan & Sections of the Glaciere Bastion at Quebec. & Sketch of the Dock
Entrance at Flushing after the Explosion. (an attractive view). - XI. - Rideau Dams. by Lt.
Denison. pp114-121. with 3 engraved plates.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 70. ROYAL ENGINEERS. - [Rideau Canal].
Papers on Subjects connected with The Duties of the Corps of Royal Engineers. R.E.
Volume Four. London. Printed by John Weale. 1840. 4to. 28.5cm, xxiv,224p. plus 30 engraved plates and many text illustrations, in the original green cloth, gilt spine titles, very good to fine 600.00
Contents Include: X. - Account of the Dam construction across the Waste Channel at Long Island, on the Rideau Canal, in 1836. By Major Boulton. pp131-135. with 2 double page engraved plates: Plans & Sections of the Waster Weir at Long Island on the Rideau
Canal. And: Same title, different stages.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 71. TALBOT, Frederick A.
The Making of a Great Canadian Railway. The story of the search for and discovery of the route, and the construction of the nearly completed Grand Trunk Pacific Railway from the Atlantic to the Pacific with some account of the hardships and stirring adventures of its constructors in unexplored country. Toronto. Musson. 1912. 22.5cm, first canadian edition, (english sheets), 349p. with 41 plates and illustrations from photographs, rear folding map, original red cloth, gilt titles and decoration, t.e.g., slightly dust worn, a bit faded, a very good copy, uncommon 75.00
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 72. TOVELL, Rosemarie L.
Reflections in a Quiet Pool. The Prints of David Milne. Ottawa. National Gallery of
Canada. 1980. 22.5cm, oblong, xvi,244p., 31 figures, 131 black and white illustrations, 23 colour plates, bibliography, index, black fabrikoid, fine in very good complete jacket
50.00
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 73. TRAILL, Catherine Parr
Canadian Wild-Flowers. Painted and Lithographed by Agnes Fitzgibbon. With botanical descriptions by C.P. Traill. Montreal. Printed and Published by John Lovell; (Burland, Lafricain & Co., Chromo-Litho, Montreal), 1869. folio. 36.5cm, 86p., with coloured lithographed title page and 10 hand coloured lithographed plates, in the original green cloth, floral decorated gilt title, decorations and borders, gilt stamped on the upper cover and repeated in blind on the bottom board, plain spine bevelled boards, a.e.g., expertly rebacked, some slight wear on the boards but a very good to fine copy, the plates are excellent clean clear strikes
2,000.00
A classic Canadian book. Mrs. Trail notes in the preface; "With a patriotic pride in her native land, Mrs. F. was desirous that the book should be entirely of Canadian production, without any foreign aid, and thus far her design has been carried out..." Lande S2221. Also cf. Waters p643 & Dionne II-1360 for the first edition (1868). Traill's strengths as a writer are her clarity, firm sense of identity, optimistic spirit, and above all her attention to detail, which is particularly evident in her observation of nature.
While her interest in flora and fauna is clearly shown in The Backwoods of Canada, it was only after her husband's death and Catharine's removal to Lakefield, Ontario that she had the opportunity to focus that attention. Canadian Wild Flowers (Montreal 1868) combined her text and the painting of Susanna Moodie's daughter, Agnes (Moodie) Fitzgibbon.. Toye p.793. Anges Dunbar Moodie, eldest daughter of Sheriff Moodie of Belleville, Ontario and of his wife, Susannah ( one of the well known Strickland sisters, q.v.,) married in 1850, Charles FitzGibbon, barrister-at-law, eldest son of Colonel James FitzGibbon, the "hero of Beaver Dams." She survived him and married secondly, in 1870, Lieutenant Colonel Brown Chamberlain, M.P., C.M.G., who became Queen's Printer of Canada, and who died 13 July, 1897. With her first husband Mrs. Chamberlain had four children - one son and three daughters (one of the latter being Mary Agnes
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 FitzGibbon, the author of a life of her grandfather, Colonel FitzGibbon, entitled A Veteran of 1812), By her second husband she had one daughter, Mrs. Badgley. As the illustrator of Canadian Wildflowers and other works, she well maintained the artistic traditions of her family. Miss Sanford (Godey's Magazine, July, 1897) records that Mrs. Chamberlain's Canadian Wild Flowers was the first illustrated book of its kind published in Canada. With the exception of the actual printing of the letterpress and the lithographs from the stone, it was the work of one pair of hands. Each illustration had to pass through her hands not less than sixteen times, and when the three editions were completed she had coloured fifteen thousand plates. Mrs. Chamberlain also drew on lithographing stone the set of Canadian fungi (edible) which was eventually published by the Geological Survey of Canada. She was also the illustrator of Mrs. Traill's Studies of Plant Life.
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. mcgahernbooks.ca order line 613-230-2277 Woodcuts by W.J. Phillips - Limited & Signed 74. WATSON, Robert
Dreams of Fort Garry. With Wood Cut Illustrations by Walter J. Phillips. An epic poem on the life and times of the early settlers of Western Canada, complete with glossary and historical notes. Winnipeg. Stovel Company. 1931, 24cm, the first edition, 63p. with
20 wood-cut plates by Phillips, limited to 968 copies, this being #760, signed by Phillips and Watson, printed on rag paper, historical note, tan brown paper over boards with wood-cut illustrations and title on the upper cover, in black slipcase, a fine copy in very good to fine slipcase 650.00
Peel 3285. W.J. Phillips is celebrated for his work in wood-cuts and colour wood- cuts as well as being an excellent water-colourist. Most of his subject matter deals with the prairies and Rocky Mountains.
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