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GARDEN IN THE WIND. Translated by Alan Brown
Edition: First edition in English
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1977. Octavo, blue boards. VG+. Price-clipped jacket has a creased tear along bottom margin of the rear panel, VG otherwise. Ink ownership name of Canadian author John Metcalf. Four short stories of Manitoba.
Book ID: 41264More details Price: USD $25.00 USD $22.50 -
GATEWAY CITY. Documents on the City of Winnipeg 1873-1913.
Winnipeg: Manitoba Record Society, 1979. Octavo, hardcover, green cloth. xiv, 288 pp. Photos in text. Fine in very nearly fine jacket. #157 of an edition of 750 copies. MRS 5.
Book ID: 18530More details Price: USD $24.95 USD $22.46 -
LA MONTAGNE SECRÈTE. Roman
Edition: First Paris edition
Paris: Flammarion, 1962. Printed card covers, (220) pp. Advance copy for review, with "Service de presse" printed at lower rear cover. Light cover tanning at margins, VG+ unopened copy otherwise. Although not signed by her, this copy belonged to Canadian author Joyce Marshall, who translated three of Roy's books into English. Manitoba setting.; 12mo
Book ID: 27451More details Price: USD $45.00 USD $40.50 -
LA MONTAGNE SECRÈTE. Roman
Montreal: Beauchemin, 1961. Printed card covers, (223) pp. Spine a bit concave, with creases; book a little leaned; very nearly fine otherwise. 1961 date on recto of title leaf, but presumed later issue, with all edges trimmed. Manitoba setting. ; 12mo
Book ID: 48849More details Price: USD $17.95 USD $16.16 -
LOWER FORT GARRY. A History of the Stone Fort.
Edition: First Edition
Winnipeg: Hudson's Bay Company, 1928. Grey cloth. (vi), 69 pp. Illustrations in text, folding plan at rear. Ink inscription to front free endpaper; VG copy. Note: lighter parcel, any default postage rate may be reduced.
Book ID: 7987More details Price: USD $15.00 USD $13.50 -
MANITOBA ESSAYS Written in Commemoration of the Sixtieth Anniversary of the University of Manitoba
Edition: First edtion
Toronto: Macmillan, 1937. Octavo, red cloth. pp (xvi), 432 + frontispiece. 8 line drawings in text. Ink name on front pastedown hidden by jacket flap, yellowing to free endpapers (offset from jacket flaps), yellowing to page edges, else fine. Dust jacket has some shallow chips and short tears, VG otherwise. Contributions by Watson Kirkconnell, A.R.M. Lower, W.L. Morton, and others, including R.A. Wardle on "The physiology of tapeworms".
Book ID: 47239More details Price: USD $14.95 USD $13.46 -
MANITOBA MEMORIES: Leaves from my life in the prairie province, 1868-1884. With an introduction by Rev. Alexander Sutherland
Edition: First Edition
Toronto: William Briggs, 1897. Original brown pictorial cloth stamped in gilt, grey patterned endpapers. pp 364, [4] + frontispiece portrait with tissue guard and 3 plates; numerous text illustrations, some full page. Light damp spot to upper inner front cover and upper edge of rear; minor cloth bubbling to rear cover; else a VG+ clean, tight and unworn copy, no owner names. Peel (2) 1516- "The most interesting portion of the book deals with the rebellion. The author was Thos. Scott's chaplain." 1869-70 "Riel Rebellion". Scott was executed by the rebels.
Book ID: 29995More details Price: USD $45.00 USD $40.50 -
MANITOBA: The Birth of a Province
Winnipeg: Manitoba Record Society, 1965. Dark green buckram. pp xxx, 265 + colour plate at front; illustrated, index. Fine copy. Dust jacket has a one inch tear at top of rear spine fold, tiny nick at head of spine, else fine. MRS 1. #488 of an edition of 750 copies.; Octavo
Book ID: 29909More details Price: USD $24.95 USD $22.46 -
MANITOBA: The Birth of a Province. Volume I: Manitoba Record Society Publications.
Edition: First Edition
Altona, Manitoba: Printed by D.W. Friesen, 1965. #293 of an edition of 750 numbered copies. Octavo, green cloth. xxx, 265 pp + colour frontispiece and fiive black & white plates. Fine copy. White dust jacket (plain but for spine) has a few short closed tears, VG oth erwise. "The following collection of documents has been prepared in the belief that together they make up a readable and vivid account of the conflict of purposes that lead to the birth of the original Province of Manitoba. Most have been published before, but are not readily available; the remainder are published for the first time, particular the important diary of Sir Stafford Northcote, Govenor of the Hudson's Bay Company, kept during his visit to Ottawa in 1870." - editor's preface.
Book ID: 15643More details Price: USD $24.95 USD $22.46 -
MINE INHERITANCE
Edition: First printing
London: Collins, 1940. Red cloth, endpaper maps by C.W. Jefferys. pp 432. Yellowing to page edges, else a VG+ copy, no owner names. Dust jacket has sizeable chips, creased tears, fair only. A novel of the Red River Settlement of Manitoba in the early 19th century, aiming to be a refuge for Scottish Highlanders evicted by the Highland Clearances. ; Octavo
Book ID: 49135More details Price: USD $29.95 USD $26.96 -
Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857 and of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition of 1858
Edmonton, Alberta: M. G. Hurtig, 1971. Facsimile reprint in a one volume format, with a new Introduction by Roy St. George Stubbs, of the London, 1860, edition (2 volumes). Red silk with black spine label pp xvi, 494; xiv, 472, [2], including two colour frontispieces and tinted title leaves + 2 colour folding maps; illustrations & maps in text, indexed. Fine copy, no owner marks. Dust jacket has a small tear at foot of spine and a corner crease to the front flap, else fine. Note: 2 kg parcel, extra shipping will be required. ; Thick octavo 0888300441
Book ID: 29479More details Price: USD $50.00 USD $45.00 -
NEWFOUNDLAND TO MANITOBA through Canada's Maritime, Mining, and Prairie Provinces
Edition: First US Edition
New York: Putnam's, 1881. Brown cloth, spine gilt lettered. pp [2], (v-xii), 294, (2, ads) + folding map at front and at rear. Creases to fore margin of map at front, map at rear has a long tear neatly repaired on the blank side + a folding map of Manitoba + a view and a map of Winnipeg. Frayed at spine ends, VG and unworn otherwise. Peel 1005. Rae traveled from the East as far as Winnipeg. Based on his letters to the London Times, for which he was a correspondant. ; Octavo
Book ID: 55328More details Price: USD $95.00 USD $85.50 -
Occasional papers in archaeology and history no. 4
Ottawa: Parks Canada, 1970. Glossy pictorial card covers. pp (188), photos and maps in text, text in triple columns. Creases to one corner of front cover, else a VG clean and unworn copy, no owner names. Collects five articles on Fort Garry, near Selkirk, Manitoba.; Square octavo
Book ID: 29400More details Price: USD $15.00 USD $13.50 -
Papers read before the Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba. Series III, Number 17, 1960-1961
Winnipeg: The Society, 1964. 120 pp, stapled in card covers. Slight sunning to spine and edges, else fine. Printed revised table of contents tipped in. Articles on The Hutterians, fur trade, Manitoba history. Note: lighter parcel, any default postage rate may be reduced, depending upon your location. ; Octavo
Book ID: 29757More details Price: USD $10.00 USD $9.00 -
PRAIRIE FIRE: the 1885 North-West Rebellion
Edition: First Edition
Edmonton, Alberta: Hurtig, 1984. Red cloth. pp 384, illustrated, index. Light damp spots to rear cover, else a VG clean and unworn copy in a VG jacket. "Here is the definitive book about one of the most important events in the Canadian history. 'Prairie Fire' is the first comprehensive history of the rebellion, and it makes extensive use of material never before incorporated in any other history of the uprising. Newspapers, Department of Justice records, newly discovered manuscripts and diaries, Metis' and settlers' accounts, and Riel's own writings are just some of the sources used." 1.1 kg parcel.; Octavo 0888302622
Book ID: 55973More details Price: USD $21.95 USD $19.76 -
RED RIVER
Edition: First Edition
Montreal: Printed for the Author by John Lovell, 1871. Original maroon bevel-edged cloth. (2), (xvi), (17)-506, (4) pp. A VG copy. "A valuable history based on papers belonging to the author's father, an H.B.C. employee, and written under the eye of his uncle, William Mactavish, another old company servant." - Peel 328 Hargrave (1841-94) was born in York factory to a Hudson's Bay Company family and entered service himself in 1861, being stationed in the Red River area 1861-64 and then in Edmonton 1884-89. He was said to have retired with a fortune of half a million dollars.; Octavo
Book ID: 370More details Price: USD $150.00 USD $135.00 -
RED RIVER REVELATIONS: A Chronological Account of Early Events Leading to the Discovery, Occupation, and Development of the Red River Settlement
Edition: First Edition
Winnipeg: Red River Valley International Centennial, 1974. Pictorial boards without jacket, as issued. Illustrated endpapers, many text illustrations. Fine copy. #347 of an unstated limitation, signed by the author. ; Octavo; iv, 252 pages; Signed by Author
Book ID: 55276More details Price: USD $24.95 USD $22.46 -
RED RIVER SHADOWS
Edition: First printing
Toronto: Macmillan, 1948. Red cloth. Publisher's complimentary label tipped in at front. Light yellowing to page edges, else a fine, jacketless copy. An historical love story of the Selkirk settlers set in Manitoba 1819-49. ; Octavo
Book ID: 49197More details Price: USD $9.95 USD $8.96 -
RED RIVER SHADOWS
Edition: First printing
Toronto: Macmillan, 1948. Inscribed by Author; Red cloth. A couple small damp spots to bit faded spine, VG otherwise. SUPPLIED Dust jacket has a small hole in slightly sunned spine, small edge tears, price-clipped, VG otherwise. Inscribed by the author to fellow Canadian author Joseph Schull "To Joseph Schull - With regards & a great admiration for your radio plays. Olive Knox". An historical love story of the Selkirk settlers set in Manitoba 1819-49. ; Octavo; Signed by Author
Book ID: 49198More details Price: USD $29.95 USD $26.96 -
RED RIVER SHADOWS
Edition: First printing
Toronto: Macmillan, 1948. Inscribed by Author; Red cloth. Spine lightly darkened, page edges lightly yellowed, VG jacketless copy otherwise. Inscribed by the author " Avec affection à mon cher ami - Adrien Plouffe - Olive Knox". An historical love story of the Selkirk settlers set in Manitoba 1819-49. ; Octavo; Signed by Author
Book ID: 49199More details Price: USD $18.95 USD $17.06