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Northern Counties' Asylum for Idiots, Instituted at Lancaster, December 21, 1864
by N/A
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- Used - Very good
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- 1864
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- Original wrappers
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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$259.38
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Lancaster: Printed by E. & J. L. Milner, Guardian Office, 1864. Original wrappers. Very good. First edition. xx, 45 pp. Octavo, publisher's pink wrappers, black letters and decorations on the front cover. Front wrapper slightly dust soiled and foxed, rear wrapper is sunned and creased. Wrapper edges and spine slightly chipped. Overall a very good copy. Internally clean… Read more about this item Item Price
$259.38
The History of the Wine Trade in England [3 Volumes]
by Simon, André L
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- Used - good
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- 1964
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- Hardcover.
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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$259.38
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London: The Holland Press, 1964. Hardcover.. good. xii, 387; ix, 339; vii, 423 pp. Octavo. Three volumes in set. Pictorial dust-jacket with black lettering on facade and spine of jacket. Book description and related recommendations on front and back flaps of dust-jacket. Dark red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper… Read more about this item Item Price
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History of India
by Dutt, Romesh Chunder; Smith, Vincent A.; Lane-Poole, Stanley; Elliot, Sir Henry Miers; Hunter, Sir William Wilson; Lyall, Sir Alfred Comyn
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- Used - Very good
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- 1906
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- Hardcover
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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$889.32
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London: The Grolier Society, 1906. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo. Eight volumes bound in original red leather and marbled paper with gilt title and illustrations on spine. Spines are a bit worn and faded. Corners are also slightly bumped. Small bump on middle of bottom board on volume V. Joints are slightly split… Read more about this item Item Price
$889.32
Tito
by Bilainkin, George
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- Used
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- 1949
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- Hardcover
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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$55.58
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London: Williams and Norgate, 1949. Hardcover. First 287 pp. Octavo. Original red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. B/W plates throughout book. Slight wear from use along the spine. Signature and date from previous owner on front end paper. A near good + copy. This volume is number 29 in a special limited… Read more about this item Item Price
$55.58
Peru History of Coca "The Divine Plant" of the Incas with an Introductory Account of the Incas, and of the Andean Indians of To-Day
by Mortimer, W. Golden, M.D.
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- Used
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- 1901
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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$203.80
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New York: J.H. Vail and Company, 1901. xxxi,576 pp. Original deep red cloth. Gilt decoration on front board and spine. Top edge gilt. Spine and corners a bit worn and dull. Old ownership on front end paper. 178 illustrations including frontispiece. A very good clean copy. … Read more about this item Item Price
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Fire Record Engine Company Ledger volume for Engine Company No. 75
by New York City Fire Department
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- Used
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- 1949/50
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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$444.66
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New York: City of New York, 1949/50. 799 pp. Quarto. Bound ledger in bound in original black cloth covered boards. Quite worn and soiled but generally very good in the interior. It would appear Engine Company No. 75 is in the Bronx. It would appear this is the ledger where details of events the Fire… Read more about this item Item Price
$444.66
A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the Years 1772,1773,1774, and 1775. Two Volumes. Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 191
by Cook, James
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- Used
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- 1970
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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$296.44
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Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1970. A facsimile edition of the W. Strahan and T. Cadell, London 1777 edition. Light beige canvas cloth, 4to, with black and white illustrations and fold out charts in text, no dust jacket as issued. Captain Cook's Journal of his great voyage to the Pacific in search of the Great… Read more about this item Item Price
$296.44
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys, M. A., F.R.S., Clerk of the Acts and Secretary to the Admiralty
by Pepys, Samuel (ed. Henry B. Wheatley, F. S. A.)
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- Used
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- 1893
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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$815.21
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London: George Bell & Sons, 1893. Royal octavo. Ten volumes, uniformly bound. Large paper edition, limited to 250 copies. Bound in half vellum with buff coloured cloth; brown decorations stamped to the front board and gold gilt lettering and decorations stamped to the spine. Top edge of text block trimmed. Illustrated with black… Read more about this item Item Price
$815.21
The Fighting Spirit of Japan: The Esoteric Study of the Martial Arts and Way of Life in Japan
by Harrison, E. J.
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- Used
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- Hardcover
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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$59.29
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London: W. Foulsham & Co. Ltd. Hardcover. xiv, 250pp. Octavo. Early reprint with no date listed. Original green cloth with a gold gilt decoration stamped to the front board and gold gilt lettering stamped to the spine. Illustrated with 20 black and white plates, including the frontispiece. Top edge of the text block dyed green… Read more about this item Item Price
$59.29
Office of War Information Poster No.66: "Ten Years Ago: The Nazis Burned These Books...But Free Americans Can Still Read Them"
by United States. Office of War Information
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- Used - very good
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- 1943
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- Poster
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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$926.38
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Washington, D. C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943. Poster. very good. Paper poster, measuring 20"x 28". Original World War 2 American propaganda poster. Original fold marks are visible, as well as a 1" tear down the top middle fold and a very small tear to the bottom edge. The paper has browned on the back of… Read more about this item Item Price
$926.38
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Father Bernard Rosencrans Hubbard Photo Collection
by Hubbard, Father
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- Used - very good
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- ca. 1920-1962
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- Undetermined
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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$6,299.35
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ca. 1920-1962. Undetermined. very good. Unbound photo album, measuring 18" by 12". Black card paper. Approximately 1,212 black and white photographs of various sizes. Most of the photographs have a number assigned to them, written on the album paper in white chalk pencil. Photographs are fixed to the album pages with glue. … Read more about this item Item Price
$6,299.35
Correspondence Relating to the Flogging of Natives by Certain Europeans at Nairobi
by East Africa Protectorate
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- Used - very good
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- 1907
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- Undetermined
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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$92.64
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London: Printed for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Darling & Son, Ltd., 1907. Undetermined. very good. 33pp. Folio. Paper wrappers sewn together. Small stamp from Institute of Historical Research on inside of the cover wrapper. Some minor soiling to back wrapper, else in very good condition. Contains a series of telegrams and letters presented to… Read more about this item Item Price
$92.64
Cinquante- Quatre: Being a Short History of the 54th Canadian Infantry Battalion.
by Bailey, John Beswick
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- Used - very good
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- 1919
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- Undetermined
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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$129.69
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Vancouver: Self Published, 1919. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. 108pp. Octavo. Rebound in brown buckram lettered in black along front and spine. Previous owner's stamp to ffep. Scattered foxing to first five and last five pages. 14 plates depicting 20 black-and-white images, and one colored plate. very good This is a brief narrative of history of the… Read more about this item Item Price
$129.69
Chinese Paintings in American Collections
by Siren, Osvald
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- Used - very good
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- 1928
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- Undetermined
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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$3,705.50
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Paris: Les Edition, 1928. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. 109pp. Tall folio (33.5 X 41 cm.) Original blue cloth binding with gilt title on spine. Top edge gilt and others untrimmed. Top and bottom of spine with a bit of minor repair. Foredge a bit foxed and with a bit of light foxing on… Read more about this item Item Price
$3,705.50
Lugard: The Years of Adventure 1858-1898. The First Part of the Life of Frederick Dealtry Lugard, Later Lord Lugard of Abinger. Lugard: The Years of Authority 1898-1945. The Second Part of the Life of Frederick Dealtry Lugard, Later Lord Lugard of Abinger.
by Perham, Margery
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- Used - very good
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- 1956, 1960
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- Hardcover
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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$111.16
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London: Collins, 1956, 1960. Hardcover. very good. 1st Edition. xv,750;xix;748pp. In two volumes. Octavo. Original blue cloth. B/W illustrations from photos on 39 plates (including frontispiece portrait) and 13 illustrations (maps) in text. Textblock in both volumes tight. Previous owner's name both ffep. Dust jacket on part one is clipped, part two is unpriced clipped both have minor… Read more about this item Item Price
$111.16
The Galts Father and Son Pioneers in the Development of Southern Alberta
by Magrath, C. A.
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- Used - very good
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- Undetermined
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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$111.16
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Lethbridge: The Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. 64pp. Octavo. Original tan wrappers with black lettering on front. Minor creasing to front bottom corner. Illustrated with black and white photos and one map in text. very good Concise history of the Lethbridge area, specifically regarding Elliot Galt and Elliot Torrance Galt's influence within the area.… Read more about this item Item Price
$111.16
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Manchoukuo a Pictorial Record
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- Used - very good
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- 1934
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- Undetermined
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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$333.50
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Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun, 1934. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. 320pp. Quarto. Original yellow cloth boards with bold black writing on front and spine. Minor rubbing to top right front corner and head of spine. Map endpapers. Previous owners name in ink at the top right of front free endpaper, printed small. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs.… Read more about this item Item Price
$333.50
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Indian Memories
by Baden-Powell, Sir Robert
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- Used - very good
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- 1915
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- Undetermined
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- 1
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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$203.80
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London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1915. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. xvii, 363pp. Octavo. Original blue boards with white lettering on font. Pictorial of a dog and Indian cityscape at sunset. White lettered title on spine. Some light soiling to front board, particularly at top right. Bumping to corners. Head of spine cracking and torn, slightly faded. Publishers crest… Read more about this item Item Price
$203.80
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Berlin Bank Defrauders 18000 Marks Reward for Bank Messengers Gustav Bruning and Leon Zebell
by Imperial German Consulate
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- Used - very good
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- 1912
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- Undetermined
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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$111.16
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Berlin: Imperial German Consulate, 1912. Undetermined. very good. 86.4cm X 58.4cm. Original broadside. Fold lines present, folded four times in length, three times in width. Light wear and very small chipping to extremities, appropriate with age. Lengthy text in six languages with 7 black and white photos. Previously stamped, which has offsetted where folded. Back has previous… Read more about this item Item Price
$111.16
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Cinquante- Quatre: Being a Short History of the 54th Canadian Infantry Battalion.
by Bailey, John Beswick
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- Used - good to very good
- Published
- 1919
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- Advance proof
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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$185.28
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Vancouver: Self Published, 1919. Advance proof. good to very good. 1st Edition. 108pp. Octavo. Original grey-brown wrappers with black lettering and battalion crest on front. Front wrapper missing top corner, has some chipping down front edge, and is considerably creased. Back wrapper torn at top corner. Ink markings on head of first page from previous owner. 14 plates… Read more about this item Item Price
$185.28
