AUCTION ENDS NOVEMBER 7 AT 2PM ET Canadian Arts, Culture & History
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Lot 454
STAFFORDSHIRE BLUE TRANSFER PRINTED IRONSTONE ‘DARTMOUTH’ HARBOUR LUNCHEON PLATE, ENOCH WOOD & SONS, BURSLEM, C.1830
front inside cover
Lot 430
C.I. GIBBONS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MARINE ENGINEERS OF CANADA CHARTER, DEC. 27, 1900
back inside cover Lot 433
LARGE MAPLE LEAF GARDENS SILHOUETTE FIGURE OF THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS’ CURTIS JOSEPH (‘CUJO’), C.1998
back cover Lot 423
HUNTSVILLE CARNIVAL OF THE SNOWS AND SKI JUMPING COMPETITION BILL POSTER, 1935
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401
SHAGREEN CASED DOMINION OF CANADA SILVER MEDAL, C.1876
obverse: angel flying, right, with trumpet and wheat sheath, within legend and with P. Tasset in exergue; reverse: seven-province shield of the Dominion (from 1874 to c. 1915) within maple leaf wreath, and with crown above and beaver below in original case, diameter 1.6 in — 4.115 cm, 1.2 oz. — 37.14 grams, Rim impressed ‘ARGENT’
LITERATURE:
McLachlan writes in Canadian Numismatics:
“This medal was first given in gold, silver and bronze to the Canadian exhibitors at the (Philadelphia) Centennial Exhibition in 1876.”
$300 — 500
402
SILVER GILT MOUNTED LEATHER BOUND ILLUMINATED PRESENTATION
MANUSCRIPT TO SIR CHARLES E. HAMILTON, BARONET, LONDON, 1893
folio, the black tooled leather covers bearing cast silver gilt relief of the Hamilton coat of arms, recto, and the Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament), verso, opening to elaborately illuminated manuscript pages dedication from ‘The Conservative Council of the Rotherhithe Parliamentary Division of the Borough of Southwark in later padded clamshell case, album 15.4 x 12.75 in — 39 x 32.4 cm
$2,000 — 3,000
403
MASSIVE TAVERN SIGN DEPICTING GEORGE III ROYAL COAT OF ARMS, FROM THE BRITISH ARMS INN, GREENWOOD, ONT., 1801-1816
oil on oak plank, 32 x 110 in — 81.3 x 279.4 cm
PROVENANCE: By Repute: Presented to Joseph Brandt by George III, in recognition of his service during the war of 1812.
$1,500 — 2,500
404
CANADIAN STONEWARE 2 GALLON JUG, FLACK & VAN ARSDALE, CORNWALL, ONT., C.1880
with the company’s ‘signature’ cobalt blue painted bird decoration, height 14 in — 35.6 cm; base diameter 9.75 in — 24.8 cm
$300 — 400
405
CANADIAN
STONEWARE 4 GALLON JUG, JAMES R. BURNS, TORONTO, ONT., C.1880
with cobalt blue painted stylized flower decoration, height 18 in — 45.7 cm; base diameter 11 in — 27.9 cm
$350 — 450
406
HOUSE OF LORDS ADDRESS CLIPPINGS
ALBUM, C.1806-1843
being a substantial collection of addresses clipped from letters to and from members of the House of Lords and various Lords Chancellor including Thomas Erskin, Charles Pepys and John Copley, all laid down on pages in tooled leather boards titled ‘Autographs’ on the spine, 8.25 x 11.4 in — 21 x 29 cm
$500 — 700
407
ADOLPHUS GEORGE BROOMFIELD, O.S.A., R.C.A. (CANADIAN, 1906-1992)
AIRCRAFT FIRING BUTTS, RCAF BASE, MILLIGEVILLE, ST. JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK, 1942
oil on unstretched canvas, sight 15.75 x 21.25 in — 40 x 54 cm; frame 24 x 29.5 in — 61 x 74.9 cm, signed upper left, exhibition labels verso
EXHIBITED:
Ontario Society of Artists 71st Annual Exhibition, 1943 Wartime Selection
The Elise Perrin Williams Memorial Art Museum, London, Ontario, Canada
Willistead Art Gallery, Windsor, Ontario, Canada (labels verso)
$1,500 — 2,500
408
GROUP OF FIVE WWII SERVICE MEDALS TO C.Q.M.S. GORDON JARRET, 282 (W) FIELD COMPANY, 21ST ARMY GROUP, 1945
including the 1939-1945 Star, the France and Germany Star, the Defense Medal, the War Medal 1939-1945, and a (named) efficiency medal, with a 21st Army Group Certificate of Good Service and envelope, with signature of Field Marshall Montgomery and a silver thread embroidered Royal Engineers badge, certificate 6.7 x 7 in — 17 x 17.8 cm
$300 — 400
WWII PROPAGANDA SCARF:
‘TIME, GENTLEMEN, PLEASE’, JACQMAR, LONDON, C.1944
screen printed rayon, designed by Arnold Lever featuring a brightly illustrated pub scene with servicemen and civilians bordered with a list of London pubs with beer advertising slogans in the corners, 30 x 30 in — 76.2 x 76.2 cm
$80 — 120
410
ROYAL CANADIAN YACHT CLUB (RCYC) CAPTAIN’S HAT, C.1900
silk lined wool with gilt thread maple leaf banding, short leather peak and embroidered crowned crest, length 10,5 in — 266.7 cm
$80 — 120
411
PIERRE KARLIK (1931-2013)
COAT OF ARMS OF CANADA
carved in relief; signed and disc number inscribed verso, in a walnut standing frame with presentation plaque to The Honourable John Turner, 1500 x 26 in — 3810 x 66 cm
PROVENANCE:
Estate of John Turner, Toronto
$1,000 — 1,500
412
ROYAL COAT OF ARMS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM CAST FOR THE CANADIAN VISIT OF ALBERT EDWARD, PRINCE OF WALES, IN 1860
painted cast iron, the unicorn with twisted wrought iron horn, 16.5 x 33.1 in — 42 x 84 cm
$1,000 — 1,500
413
PAIR OF LION AND UNICORN FORM HERALDIC ROYAL SUPPORTERS, C.1860
each cast iron, the lion with original gilt surface, the unicorn silvered, both on a green painted base, lion 15 x 27 in — 38.1 x 68.6 cm
$800 — 1,200
414
LARGE ROYAL PRESENTATION TRAVELLING CALAMANDER TEA
CADDY TO H.R.H PRINCESS LOUIS, MARCHIONESS OF LORNE FROM THE INDIAN TEA AGENCY LTD., NOVEMBER, 1878
together with signed cabinet card, 9.25 x 16.75 x 12.5 in — 23.5 x 42.5 x 31.8 cm
$1,000 — 1,500
415
KING GEORGE II CORONATION PAMPHLET, 1761
A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE SOLEMNITIES USED AT THE CORONATION OF HIS SACRED MAJESTY KING GEORGE II (OUR LATE MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN) AND OF HIS ROYAL CONSORT QUEEN CAROLINA ON WEDNESDAY, THE 11TH OF OCTOBER, 1727
8vo., 57pp., plus bookseller’s advertisment ‘The Second Edition, London, Printed for W. Bristow, in St. Paul’s Church-yard, 1761’, 7.9 x 5 in — 20 x 12.7 cm
$150 — 250
416
GEORGE VI LIMED OAK CORONATION STOOL, 1936
under frame branded with the royal cypher and ‘CORONATION’ and with impressed maker’s mark “WK”, 19 x 18
PROVENANCE:
Former Estate of Charles Henry Jeremy Snider
$300 — 400
YOUSUF KARSH (ARMENIAN/CANADIAN, 1908-2002)
VINCENT MASSEY
gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 in — 20.3 x 25.4 cm, Karsh studio stamp numbered 26 in pencil, verso
$200 — 300
418
DOROTHY FRANCES EDITH WILDING (1893-1976)
HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II
albumen print on paper; mounted on labelled studio card, the rice paper matte, print 11.5 x 8.75 in — 29.2 x 22.2 cm; studio card 20 x 13 in — 50.8 x 33 cm, signed in pencil by the photographer
$600 — 800
419
‘THE GREAT FARINI’ WILLIAM LEONARD HUNT (1838-1929)
SHEEP PASTURE
oil on panel, panel 6.12 x 11.62 in — 15.5 x 29.5 cm; framed 10.8 x 16.25 in — 27.5 x 41.3 cm, titled and signed ‘Great Farini’, verso
$500 — 700
420
FOUR BOOKPLATES FROM THE LIBRARY OF DR. NORMAN BETHUNE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
each inscribed: ‘This Book Belongs to Norman Bethune and his Friends’, each 4 x 3.25 in — 10.2 x 8.3 cm
$80 — 120
THREE ‘CARTES DE VISITE’ RELATING TO THE DRUMMOND COLLIERY DISASTER, WESTVILLE, PICTOU COUNTY, NOVA SCOTIA, 1873
each an albumen silver print on card featuring an artist’s rendition of the explosion for Harper’s Weekly and Canadian Illustrated News, each approx. 2.5 x 4 in — 6.4 x 10.2 cm
$80 — 120
422
‘NEWFOUNDLAND RESUMPTION OF DIRECT MAIL SERVICE’ BROADSIDE, MARCH 25TH, 1890
letterpress on laid paper, 13.25 x 8.5 in — 33.7 x 21.6 cm
$80 — 120
423
HUNTSVILLE CARNIVAL OF THE SNOWS AND SKI JUMPING COMPETITION BILL POSTER, 1935
25 x 19.25 in — 63.5 x 48.9 cm
$150 — 250
424
HUNTSVILLE FIRST MILITARY SKI WEEKEND, AND CARNIVAL OF THE SNOWS BILL POSTERS, 1936/38
largest 36 x 18 in — 91.4 x 45.7 cm
$100 — 150
TRANS CONTINENTAL POP FESTIVAL (FESTIVAL EXPRESS) POSTER, 1970
design by Ken Walker, art by John Hayward Lown, with text: ‘Featuring The Band, Janice Joplin, Grateful Dead, Delaney & Bonnie, Cat, Ten Years After, Ian and Sylvia with the Great Speckled Bird’, etc., ‘June 27 & 28, CNE Grandstand, Noon to Midnight Each Day Toronto.’’, 22.2 x 17.2 in — 56.4 x 43.7 cm
$400 — 600
426
LT.-COL. JOSEPH BOUCHETTE (1774-1841)
PLAN OF YORK HARBOUR
engraved map of Toronto Islands and harbour, ‘Published by W. Faden, Charing Cross, August 12th, 1815’, sight 6 x 9.5 in — 15.2 x 24.1 cm; framed 10 x 13.5 in — 25.4 x 34.3 cm
$300 — 500
427
JOHN THOMAS DOWNMAN (1820-1904)
SLEIGH SCENE, TORONTO BAY, CANADA WEST
hand coloured lithograph, London: ‘Published by the Proprietor, March 26th, 1853’, ‘This Print is dedicated by Permission to The Officers of the 83rd Regiment, by the Artist’
$300 — 400
428
WILLIAM ARMSTRONG (1822-1914)
TWO VIEWS OF WINTER RECREATION ON TORONTO BAY
each a hand coloured etching, originally published by The Canadian Illustrated News, February 18 & 25, 1871, respectively, each sight 7.5 x 10 in — 19.1 x 25.4 cm; each framed 14 x 15 in — 35.6 x 38.1 cm
$200 — 300
PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE CITY OF TORONTO, CANADA WEST, C. 1860
hand coloured engraving in three registers, ‘From a Drawing by William Armstrong, Esq., and Photographs by Armstrong, Beere, & Hime, of Toronto’ sight 10 x 14 in — 25.4 x 35.6 cm; framed 18 x 22 in — 45.7 x 55.9 cm
$300 — 400
430
C.I. GIBBONS
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MARINE ENGINEERS OF CANADA CHARTER, DEC. 27, 1900
coloured pencil, graphite and ink on wove paper, sight 23.5 x 21.5 in — 59.7 x 54.6 cm; sight, signed C.I. Gibbons, lower left margin; painted initials in blue
$800 — 1,200
431
THREE SETS OF CANADIAN PLAYING CARDS AND A PUZZLE, 1875 AND LATER including a card ‘Game of the Lost Heir’ published by The Canada Games Co. in 1875, a deck of ‘Souvenir Playing Cards of the Province of Ontario’, by the Canadian Playing Card Company Ltd., Montreal, a further set featuring scenic views of Ontario and Quebec, and a small promotional puzzle for Jack Hood School Supplies, Stratford various sizes
$100 — 150
432
HOCKEY INTEREST: THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE BOARD GAME FEATURING THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS VS. THE MONTRÉAL CANADIENS, C.1957
being ‘A Copp Clark Game, 1841’ with cover illustration by Jacques Le Flaguais (1921-1986), box 11 x 18.8 in — 27.9 x 47.8 cm
$80 — 120
LARGE MAPLE LEAF GARDENS
SILHOUETTE FIGURE OF THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS’ CURTIS JOSEPH (‘CUJO’), C.1998
acrylic on canvas, laid down on plywood, 101 x 72 in — 256.5 x 182.9 cm
$800 — 1,200
434
GRENFELL LABRADOR INDUSTRIES
‘POLAR BEAR ON ICE PAN’ SILK HOOKED MAT, C.1930
with textile label, verso, 26.5 x 39.5 in — 67.3 x 100.3 cm
LITERATURE:
Paula Laverty, SILK STOCKING MATS, McGill-Queens University Press, 2005, p.142
$500 — 700
435
GRENFELL LABRADOR INDUSTRIES HOOKED MAT: HUNTER AND CABIN IN WINTER, C.1930
with textile label verso, 20.5 x 32.5 in —52.1 x 82.6 cm
$500 — 700
436
LATE VICTORIAN CRIB ‘CRAZY’ QUILT,
1890
pieced of brightly coloured silk and satin embroidered random shapes, monogrammed B.E.H. and dated, with sample border stitching overall and many floral and pictorial panels, 66 x 66 in — 167.6 x 167.6 cm
$300 — 500
WWII ERA RED ENSIGN, MID-20TH CENTURY
of pieced linen construction, bearing the Royal Union emblem (Union Jack) in a vacant red field, 68 x 33 in — 172.7 x 83.8 cm
$150 — 250
438
ROYAL UNION FLAG (UNION JACK), 20TH CENTURY
of pieced linen construction, 69 x 35 in — 172.7 x 83.8 cm
$150 — 250
439
SANDRA SMALL PROUDFOOT (CANADIAN), CHRISTMAS QUILT, 2007
with a border of female figures centering a panel depicting a Dickensian family at Christmastime, of embroidered and machine construction, 94 x 82 in — 238.8 x 208.3 cm, embroidered ‘Sandra Small Proudfoot 2007 Hockley Valley Can’, verso
$100 — 150
440
STAFFORDSHIRE ‘QUEBEC VIEWS’ IRONSTONE RIM SOUP BOWL, BRITANNIA POTTERY CO. LTD., 1880-1921
with brown transfer printed view of ‘ST. LOUIS GATE. PORTE ST. LOUIS’ within border of beavers and a trailing vine of roses, thistles, shamrocks and maple leaves, and with printed retailer’s marks for F. Thomas, diameter 9.5 in — 24.1 cm
$80 — 120
441
DAVENPORT ‘MONTREAL’ PATTERN STONEWARE TRANSFER PLATE, C.1850
with impressed maker’s mark and printed pattern name verso, recto with a central scene after Robert Sproule of Montreal from St. Helen’s Island with the steamboat ‘British America’ prominent in the foreground, diameter 9 in — 22.9 cm
$100 — 150
442
SIX PIECES ST. JOHNS, QUEBEC ‘STONE CHINAWARE CO.’ IRONSTONE DINNERWARE, 1873-1983
comprising 3 dinner plates, a covered sauce tureen on stand, and two vegetable tureens, one with lid
$200 — 300
443
STAFFORDSHIRE ‘LAKE’ PATTERN LARGE IRONSTONE PLATTER, GEO. L. ASHWORTH & BROS. LTD., 1832-1840
with blue transfer printed central lake scene and border, with ‘Lake’ blue printed mark under the rim, 16 x 19.4 in — 40.6 x 49.3 cm
$200 — 300
444
STAFFORDSHIRE ‘MAPLE’ PATTERN TUREEN, T. FURNIVAL & SONS, C.1884-90
with brown transfer printed pattern including maple leaves and the ‘ugly beaver’, the underside with impressed and printed maker’s marks, 4.75 x 13 x 7 in — 12.1 x 33 x 17.8 cm
$200 — 300
445
FOUR PIECES OF STAFFORDSHIRE
‘QUEBEC VIEWS’ IRONSTONE, BRITANNIA POTTERY CO. LTD., 1880-1921
comprising a ‘St. John’s Gate. Porte St. Jean’ platter, a ‘Wolfe’s Monument. Monument de Wolfe’ luncheon plate, a ‘St. Louis Gate. Port St. Louis’ rim soup bowl and a ‘Cape Diamond. Cap Diamant’ covered tureen; each with brown transfer printed border of beavers within a trailing vine of roses, thistles, shamrocks and maple leaves, and with printed retailer’s marks for F. Thomas, soup bowl diameter 9.5 in — 24.1 cm
$200 — 300
446
FOUR PIECES OF STAFFORDSHIRE
‘ARCTIC SCENERY’ IRONSTONE, 19TH CENTURY
comprising a blue transfer printed dinner plate, a black printed vegetable dish, and brown printed stand and small dish, diameter 14.6 in — 37 cm, two pieces with printed ‘Arctic Scenery’ igloo mark
$300 — 400
447
JOHN MARSHALL & CO. ‘CANADIAN SPORTS’ PATTERN LARGE STONEWARE BASIN, C.1880
brown transfer printed with sporting vignettes, height 5 in — 12.7 cm, diameter 14.2 in — 36 cm, base with maker’s impressed and printed marks
$500 — 700
448
JOHN MARSHALL & CO. ‘CANADIAN SPORTS’ PATTERN STONEWARE PLATE, C.1880
blue transfer printed with central cricketing vignette, diameter 8.75 in — 22.2 cm, base with maker’s impressed mark
$100 — 150
FIVE PIECES OF THE WORCESTER DINNER SERVICE MADE FOR ALBERT, PRINCE OF WALES, VISIT TO CANADA, KERR AND BINNS, 1860
comprising four dinner plates and a footed bowl, each piece with green overpainted transfer decoration including the Prince of Wales plumed crest under the coronet of the prince consort, all within a maple leaf wreath border, each plate’s diameter 9.25 in — 23.5 cm, impressed makers and PODR marks and retailer’s transfer mark for Sharpus & Co., 13 Cockspur St., London
$500 — 700
450
STAFFORDSHIRE BLUE TRANSFER PRINTED IRONSTONE ‘TABLE ROCK
NIAGARA’ DINNER PLATE, ENOCH WOOD & SONS, BURSLEM, C.1830
diameter 10.2 in — 26 cm, titled blue eagle and shield mark and impressed maker’s mark
$150 — 250
451
STAFFORDSHIRE BLUE TRANSFER
PRINTED IRONSTONE ‘ARCTIC SCENERY’ DINNER PLATE, C.1830
with exotic animals depicted in the border, diameter 10.75 in — 27.3 cm, blue transfer title mark
$100 — 150
452
STAFFORDSHIRE BLUE TRANSFER
PRINTED IRONSTONE ‘INDIAN SCENE ON THE ST. LAURENCE’ DINNER PLATE, PODMORE, WALKER & CO., TURNSTALL, C.1840
after the work by William Henry Bartlett, diameter 9.75 in — 24.8 cm, blue printed titled maker’s mark
$100 — 150
453
STAFFORDSHIRE BLUE TRANSFER
PRINTED IRONSTONE ‘FALL OF MONTMORENCI NEAR QUEBEC’ PLATE AND RIM SOUP BOWL, ENOCH WOOD & SONS, BURSLEM, C.1830
each with a sea shell border, plate length 9.25 in — 23.5 cm, printed blue titled maker’s eagle and shield mark
$150 — 250
454
STAFFORDSHIRE BLUE TRANSFER
PRINTED IRONSTONE ‘DARTMOUTH’ HARBOUR LUNCHEON PLATE, ENOCH WOOD & SONS, BURSLEM, C.1830
with a seashell border, diameter 8.25 in — 21 cm
$100 — 150
455
STAFFORDSHIRE BLUE TRANSFER PRINTED IRONSTONE ‘QUEBEC’ LUNCHEON PLATE, ENOCH WOOD & SONS, BURSLEM, C.1830
with a floral border, diameter 9 in — 22.9 cm, blue printed title cartouche
$100 — 150
456
SET OF EIGHT WEDGWOOD ‘HISTORICAL CANADIAN VESSELS’ PLATES, 1958
each ship after the work by marine artist Rowley Murphy (1891-1975) with historical and technical specifications, diameter 10.5 in — 26.7 cm, dated impressed maker’s marks
$200 — 300
GROUP OF MOSTLY TORONTO SOUVENIR WARE CERAMICS, 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURIES
largest plate diameter 10 in — 25.4 cm, various makers including Foley
$100 — 150
458
CHARLIE A. BEIL (CANADIAN, 1894-1976)
HUNG UP
patinated bronze equestrian group, 12.25 x 15.25 x 6.5 in — 31.1 x 38.7 x 16.5 cm, signed and dated ‘93 and numbered 2/39
$700 — 900
459
SIGGY (SIEGFRIED) PUCHTA (GERMAN/CANADIAN, B.1933)
TOBACCO FARMER
patinated bronze, on wood base, overall height 9 in — 22.9 cm, signed
$200 — 300
460
LYLE SOPEL (CANADIAN, B.1951)
EAGLE OVER A ROCKY PRECIPICE
jade, signed ‘Sopel’ with inventory no. F232, height 15 in — 38.1 cm
$800 — 1,200
461
JOE HALKO (AMERICAN, 1940-2009)
THE CANADIANS
patinated and gilt bronze, 20 x 28 x 21 in —
50.8 x 71.1 x 53.3 cm, signed ©HALKO and numbered 11/13 with NWR foundry mark, on a titled walnut base
$500 — 700
462
ARTHUR PEQUEGNAT CLOCK CO., ‘TORONTO’ DIAL CLOCK, C.1918
the 8-day time only movement in an oak case with original signed tin dial and hands, diameter 16 in — 40.6 cm; depth 5 in — 12.7 cm, original paper label
$300 — 400
463
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO OPEN ARM LIBRARY CHAIR, 1990 of parcel gilt ebonized wood and walnut construction, with the University’s crest and motto on the crest rail and brass ‘First Issue’ dated plaque verso, 35 x 21.5 x 23.5 in — 88.9 x 54.6 x 59.7 cm
$150 — 250
464
GEORGE MONRO GRANT, D.D. (1835-1902)
PICTURESQUE CANADA; THE COUNTRY AS IT WAS AND IS 2 vols., 4to., marbled endpapers, illustrated with over 500 wood cuts, with gilt edges in tooled leather boards, Toronto, Belden Bros., 1882, 13.25 x 10.5 in — 33.7 x 26.7 cm;
$200 — 300
465
WILLIAM HENRY BARTLETT (1809-1854) AND NATHANIEL PARKER
WILLIS (1806-1867)
CANADIAN SCENERY, ILLUSTRATED
2 vols., 4to., marbled endpapers, portrait frontispiece, illustrated title pages, 120 illustrations, tooled black leather boards with titled spine and gilt edges, London, James S. Virtue, publisher, 1840, 11 x 8.7 in — 27.9 x 22 cm
$200 — 300
466
WILLIAM HENRY BARTLETT (1809-1854) AND NATHANIEL PARKER
WILLIS (1806-1867)
CANADIAN SCENERY, ILLUSTRATED IN A SERIES OF VIEWS
2 vols., 4to., 120 hand coloured illustrations, illustrated title pages, gilt edges in later red 1/2 calf marbled boards with ribbed, titled spines, London: George Virtue, 1842, 10.75 x 8.5 in — 27.3 x 21.6 cm
$200 — 300
467
ALBERT PETER LOW (1861-1942)
THE CRUISE OF THE NEPTUNE (REPORT ON THE DOMINION GOVERNMENT EXPEDITION TO HUDSON BAY AND THE ARCTIC ISLANDS ON BOARD THE D.G.S NEPTUNE, 1903-1904) 8vo., 1st edition, 355pp., profusely illustrated, with large folding chart within back board pocket, publisher’s gilt illustrated brown cloth boards, Ottawa, Government Printing Bureau, 1906, 9.1 x 6.5 in — 23 x 16.5 cm, inside cover signed
$100 — 150
468
GEORGE VANCOUVER (1757-1798)
A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO THE NORTH PACIFIC AND ROUND THE WORLD six volumes, 8vo., the set with marbled end papers, full titles, a large fold out map, a fold out chart and 17 fold out etchings in halfcalf marbled boards, the ribbed spines with applied labels, London, ‘Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly,’ 1801, 8.5 x 5.5 in — 21.6 x 14 cm
PROVENANCE:
Ex Library of William Congreve Russell, armourial book plate.
$800 — 1,200
CAPTAIN RICHARD COLLINSON, C.B., R.N. (1811-1883)
JOURNAL OF H.M.S. ENTERPRISE ON THE EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN’S SHIPS BY BEHRING STRAIT
8vo., 1st edition, 531pp., colour lithograph frontispiece with tissue guard, six colour fold out maps, photogravure portrait of Admiral Collinson, 32 page publisher’s catalogue, in modern blue 1/2 calf cloth boards with original gilt naval pennant trophy to the cover, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, Limited, 1889, 8.75 x 6 in — 22.2 x 15.2 cm
$800 — 1,200
470
LIEUT. EDWARD CHAPPELL, R.N. (1792-1861)
NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO HUDSON’S BAY IN HIS MAJESTY’S SHIP ROSAMOND CONTAINING SOME ACCOUNT OF THE NORTH-EASTERN COAST OF AMERICA AND OF THE TRIBES INHABITING THAT REMOTE REGION
8vo., 279pp., fold out ‘Map of the Great Nelson RIver, from the Great Lake Winnipeg to the Gull River, 10 engraved plates, rebound in tooled full calf boards, with gilt title and decorated panels in the dated spine, London: Printed for J. Mawman, Ludgate Street, By H. Watts, Crown Court, Temple Bar, 1817, 8.7 x 5.25 in — 22 x 13.3 cm
$400 — 600
471
CAPTAIN G. F. LYON (1796-1832)
THE PRIVATE JOURNAL OF CAPTIAN G.F. LYON, OF H.M.S. HECLA, DURING THE RECENT VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY UNDER CAPTAIN PERRY
8vo., 468pp., with fold out map and seven engraved plates including frontispiece after drawings by Lyon, in later tooled calf boards by Asprey, London, tee ribbed spine with applied red leather label, 8.5 x 5.5 in — 21.6 x 14 cm
$300 — 400
472
JONATHAN CARVER (1710-1780)
TRAVELS THROUGH PARTS OF NORTH AMERICA IN THE YEARS 1766, 1767 AND 1778
8vo., 543pp., including appendix, four copperplate engravings, untrimmed pages, in modern black full calf boards with a ribbed, tooled, titled and dated spine, London: Printed for the Author, and sold by J. Walter, at Charing-Cross, and S. Crowder, in PaterNoster Row, 1778, 9.75 x 6.4 in — 24.8 x 16.2 cm
$500 — 700
473
ROSS COX (1793-1853)
THE COLUMBIA RIVER; OR, SCENES AND ADVENTURES DURING SIX YEARS ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AMONG VARIOUS TRIBES OF INDIANS HITHERTO UNKNOWN; TOGETHER WITH A JOURNEY ACROSS THE AMERICAN CONTINENT
two volumes, 8vo., 3rd edition, 683pp., in red 1/2 calf cloth boards, the ribbed and tooled spines with applied black leather title labels, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1832, 8.75 x 5.75 in — 22.2 x 14.6 cm
$200 — 300
474
LORD JOHN GEORGE LAMBTON, EARL OF DURHAM, CHARLES BULLER AND EDWARD GEBBON WAKEFIELD
REPORT ON THE AFFAIRS OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA FROM THE EARL OF DURHAM, HER MAJESTY’S HIGH COMMISSIONER & APPENDIX A, 1839 folio, 1st edtiion, 122pp. and 64pp. respectively, Presented by Her Majesty’s Command, Ordered by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 11 February 1839, 13.5 x 8.5 in — 34.3 x 21.6 cm
$200 — 300
475
BENJAMIN WAIT (1813-1895)
LETTERS FROM VAN DIEMAN’S LAND, WRITTEN DURING FOUR YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR POLITICAL OFFENCES COMMITTED IN UPPER CANADA
16mo., 356pp., 1st edition, illustrated frontispiece, map of Van Dieman’s Land (Tasmania) in modern full calf boards the ribbed, titled spine, Buffalo: A.W. Wilgus, 1843, 7 x 4.75 in — 17.8 x 12.1 cm
$150 — 250
476
MRS. JAMESON (ANNA BROWNELL JAMESON, 1794-1860)
WINTER STUDIES AND SUMMER RAMBLES IN CANADA
in three vols., 12mo., each with tinted page edges and rebound by Asprey, London, in tooled full calf boards the ribbed and tooled spine with applied black titles, London: Saunders and Otely, 1838
$200 — 300
477
JOHN HOWISON, ESQ. (1797-1859)
SKETCHES OF UPPER CANADA, DOMESTIC, LOCAL AND CHARACTERISTIC: TO WHICH ARE ADDED, PRACTICAL DETAILS FOR THE INFORMATION OF EMIGRANTS OF EVERY CLASS
8vo., 353pp., half title, with tinted edges rebound by Asprey, London, in tooled full calf boards the ribbed and tooled spine with applied red titles, Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1822, 8.7 x 5.5 in — 22 x 14 cm
$200 — 300
478
CADWALLADER COLDEN (1688-1776)
THE HISTORY OF THE FIVE INDIAN NATIONS OF CANADA
8vo., 282pp., with tinted page edges, rebound by Asprey & Co., London, in tooled full calf boards with ribbed and tooled spine with applied black title panels, London: Printed for T. Osborne, in Gray’s Inn, 1747, 8.3 x 5.25 in — 21.2 x 13.3 cm
$300 — 400
479
MAJOR SAMUEL STRICKLAND (1804-1867)
TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS IN CANADA WEST; OR, THE EXPERIENCE OF AN EARLY SETTLER
12mo., two volumes bound in one, 655pp total with gilt edges in later 1/2 calf marbled boards with ribbed and gilt dated spine with applied green titles London: Richard Bently, New Burlington Street, 1853, 7.7 x 5.26 in — 19.5 x 13.4 cm
$200 — 300
480
CATHARINE PARR TRAILL (1802-1899) AND AGNES FITZGIBBON (1833-1913)
CANADIAN WILD FLOWERS
folio, 88pp., hand coloured lithographed title page and ten plates, in gilt decorated green cloth boards, John Lovell, St. Nicholas Street, Montreal, 1869, 14..5 x 11 in — 36.8 x 27.9 cm
$400 — 600
481
MAJOR W. ROSS KING (1822-1890)
THE SPORTSMAN AND NATURALIST IN CANADA, OR NOTES ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE GAME, GAME BIRDS, AND FISH OF THAT COUNTRY
4to., 334pp., half title, red and black full title, six chromolithograph plates including frontispiece, numerous woodcuts, in later 3/4 red Morocco leather and cloth boards with ribbed and tooled spine decorated with game and fish, London: Hurst and Blackett, 1866, 10.1 x 7.25 in — 25.7 x 18.4 cm
$200 — 300
482
THOMAS WILLIAM MAGRATH (1804-1886)
AUTHENTIC LETTERS FROM UPPER CANADA; WITH AN ACCOUNT OF FIELD SPORTS
16mo., 334pp., 1st edition, half title, four engraved plates by Samuel Lover including frontispiece, in 1/2 calf marbled boards, Dublin: William Curry, Jun. and Company, 1833, 7.25 x 4.5 in — 18.4 x 11.4 cm
$150 — 250
483
LOUIS RIEL AND THE RED RIVER REBELLION INTEREST
PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION AND TRIAL OF AMBROISE D. LEPINE FOR THE MURDER OF THOMAS SCOTT, 1874
8vo., 127pp., numerous pages of advertising, front and back, ‘Being a full report of the proceedings in this case before the Magistrates Court and the several Courts of Queen’s Bench in the Province of Manitoba, Specially Reported and Compiled by Messrs. Elliott and Brokovski of the Canadian Press, 1874, in later marbelized boards
$200 — 300
484
ALEXANDER ROSS (1783-1856)
THE RED RIVER SETTLEMENT: ITS RISE, PROGRESS AN PRESENT STATE. WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE NATIVE RACES AND ITS GENERAL HISTORY, TO THE PRESENT DAY.
12mo., 416pp. incluidng appendix, specked edges, in half mottled calf boards by Bayntun, Bath: printed at London, Smith, Elder and Co., 1856, 7.9 x 5.1 in — 20 x 13 cm
$200 — 300
485
JOHN WEST (1809–1888)
THE SUBSTANCE OF A JOURNAL DURING A RESIDENCE AT THE RED RIVER COLONY, BRITISH NORTH AMERICA; AND FREQUENT EXCURSIONS AMONG THE NORTH-WEST AMERICAN INDIANS IN THE YEARS 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823
8vo., 211 pp., half title, full title, three copperplate engravings including the illustrated frontispiece, errata leaf, untrimmed pages in later black full calf boards, the ribbed spine with applied red title, London: ‘Printed for L.B. Seely and Son, Fleet Street, 1824’, 9.25 x 6 in — 23.5 x 15.2 cm
$200 — 300
486
JAMES MADISON (1751-1836)
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TRANSMITTING A LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR, ACCOMPANIED WITH SUNDRY DOCUMENTS; IN OBEDIENCE TO A RESOLUTION OF THE 31ST OF DECEMBER LAST, REQUESTING SUCH INFORMATION AS MAY TEND TO EXPLAIN THE CAUSES OF THE FAILURE OF ARMS OF THE U. STATES ON THE NORTHERN FRONTIER
8vo., 114pp., with a fold out chart of those killed and wounded in action at the battle at Christlers Farm, Williamsburg, Upper Canada on 11th November, 1813, in later tooled full calf boards, the ribbed, tooled spine with applied red leather title, Washington: A.&G. Way, printers, 1814, 8.5 x 5.25 in — 21.7 x 13.3 cm
$500 — 700
487
RUFUS HALL (1744-1818)
A JOURNAL OF THE LIFE, RELIGIOUS EXERCISES, AND TRAVELS IN THE WORK OF THE MINISTRY OF RUFUS HALL
12mo., 176pp., Philadelphia, John and Isaac Comly [sic], 1841 bound with ‘Memorials Concerning Deceased Friends (Quakers)’, 1842, 7.75 x 4.75 in — 19.7 x 12.1 cm
$100 — 150
488
FOUR FIRST EDITIONS OF CANADIAN INTEREST, 19TH CENTURY
Major W. Ross King THE SPORTSMAN AND NATURALIST IN CANADA
London: Hurst and Backett, 1866
Walter Dwight Wilcox
CAMPING IN THE CANADIAN ROCKIES
New York and London: The Knickerbocker Press, 1896 George Copway
THE LIFE, HISTORY, AND TRAVELS OF KAH-GE-GA-GAH-BOWH (GEORGE COPWAY)
Albany: Printed by Weed and Parsons, 1847
Thomas Frederick Young
CANADA: AND OTHER POEMS
Toronto, Hunter, Rose & Co., Printers, 1887, various sizes, largest 11 x 8 in — 27.9 x 20.3 cm
$100 — 150
ROBERT J. FLAHERTY F.R.G.S. (1884-1951) IN COLLABORATION WITH FRANCES HUBBARD FLAHERTY (1883-1972)
MY ESKIMO FRIENDS: NANOOK OF THE NORTH
4to., 1st edition, signed (Francis H. Flaherty), 170pp., illustrated frontispiece, 9 photogravure plates with tissue guards, and a fold out chart, in blue boards with applied title label, New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1924, 10.25 x 7.5 in — 26 x 19.1 cm
$100 — 150
490
ARTHUR DOUGHTY (1860-1936)
UNDER THE LILY AND THE ROSE: A SHORT HISTORY OF CANADA FOR CHILDREN
two volumes, 4to., 1st edition, 357pp., 36 tipped in colour plates from original works by Cornelius Kriefhoff, Gertrude des Clayes, C.W. Jeffreys, etc., illustrated frontispieces, deckle edged pages in fleur-de-lis and rose embossed red cloth boards with gilt titles, 9.6 x 6.7 in — 24.5 x 17 cm
$100 — 150
491
LOUIS-FRÉDÉRIC ROUQUETTE (1884-1926) AND CLARENCE GAGNON (1881-1942)
LE GRAND SILENCE BLANC
4to., 238pp., 1st edition, numbered 409 of 650 on ‘Rives’ deckle edged vellum, from an overall edition of 725, with text in French, illustrated throughout by Clarence Gagnon with 33 large colour pochoir illustrations, vignettes, initials, chapter headings, and tailpieces, soft bound with illustrated wrapper, 10 x 8 in — 25.4 x 20.3 cm
$200 — 300
492
POEMS BY ROY DANIELLS (1902-1979)
THE CHEQUERED SHADE
8vo., 1st edition, 92pp., plus publisher’s notes, cover design and illuminated initials (‘Laurentia’) by Frank Newfeld, in cheesecloth covered titled green boards with dust jacket, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1963, 9.5 x 7 in — 24.1 x 17.8 cm
$100 — 150
493
LEONARD COHEN (1934-2016)
THE SPICE BOX OF EARTH
8vo., 100pp., plus publisher’s notes, jacket design, illustrations and decorations by Frank Newfeld, in patterned and titled boards with author’s portrait exposed through the die cut titled jacket, Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1961
$200 — 300
494
LEONARD COHEN (1934-2016) BEAUTIFUL LOSERS
8vo., 243pp., with dedication page to Steve Smith, the black cloth boards in dust jacket designed by Frank Newfeld with drawings by Harold Town, Toronto, Montreal: McClelland and Stewart, 1966, 8.7 x 5.7 in — 22 x 14.5 cm
$100 — 150
495
LEONARD COHEN (1934-2016)
DEATH OF A LADY’S MAN
8vo., 216pp., 1st edition, in half cloth boards in gilt illustrated parchment paper dust jacket designed by Frank Newfeld (uncredited), Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1978, 8.5 x 5.9 in — 21.6 x 15 cm
$100 — 150
496
MICHAEL ONDAATJE (B.1943)
THE DAINTY MONSTERS
8vo., 1st edition numbered 487/500, 78pp., plus publisher’s notes, cover design and illustrations by Ena da Silva Fabrics, in plain brown boards with dust jacket, published with the assistance of The Canada Council, Toronto: The Coach House Press, 1967, 9 x 6 in — 22.9 x 15.2 cm
$200 — 300
497
ROBERTSON DAVIES (1913-1995)
SAMUEL MARCHBANKS’ ALMANAC
8vo., 203pp., 1st edition, jacket design and illustratons by Frank Newfeld (uncredited), in black boards with title exposed through the die cut blue dust jacket, Toronto: McClelland and Strewart, 1967, 9.4 x 6 in — 24 x 15.2 cm
$100 — 150
498
BERNARD SUITS (B.1925)
THE GRASSHOPPER: GAMES, LIFE AND UTOPIA
8vo., 178pp., illustrations and illustrative font by Frank Newfeld, with gilt illustrated green cloth boards, in dust jacket, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978, 9.25 x 6.25 in — 23.5 x 15.9 cm
$100 — 150
499
DENNIS LEE (B.1939) AND FRANK NEWFELD (B.1928)
ALLIGATOR PIE
4to., special edition, 64pp., text by Dennis Lee, jaclet design and illustrations by Frank Newfeld, with integral ribbon bookmark, Toronto: Key Porter Books Ltd., 2001, 10 x 7.75 in — 25.4 x 19.7 cm
$50 — 75
500
ELEVEN MOSTLY 1ST EDITION BOOKS BY, OR EDITED BY, HAROLD A. INNIS, (1894-1952)
comprising: A HISTORY OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY, 1923
THE FUR TRADE IN CANADA, 1930
PETER POND: FUR TRADER AND ADVENTURER, 1930
THE CANADIAN ECONOMY AND ITS PROBLEMS, 1930, with BC Premier John Hart’s ownership signature
THE JAPANESE CANADIANS, 1938
THE COD FISHERIES, 1940
THE DIARY OF ALEXANDER JAMES
MCPHAIL, 1940
EMPIRE AND COMMUNICATIONS, 1950
REPORT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON TRANSPORTATION, 1951
THE BIAS OF COMMUNICATION, 1951
CHANGING CONCEPTS OF TIME, 1952 various sizes
$150 — 250
501
IRVING LAYTON (ED.) AND HAROLD TOWN
LOVE WHERE THE NIGHTS ARE LONG folio, limited 1st edition numbered 8/199, the frontispiece a signed and numbered etching by Harold Town, with edition number page signed by Layton and Town, book design by Frank Newfeld, with works by Leonard Cohen, Irving Layton, Alden Nowlan, A.W. Purdy, etc., profusely illustrated, in titled cloth boards in cardboard sleeve, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1962
$300 — 500
502
FRANK O. GEHRY (B.1929)
THE COMPLETE WORKS
4to, 1st edition, signed, New York, The Monacelli Press, Inc., 1998, 11.25 x 10.25 in — 28.6 x 26 cm
$100 — 150
503
EIGHT VOLUMES OF CANADIAN HISTORICAL INTEREST, 19TH & 20TH CENTURIES
Jesse Edgar Middleton, TORONTO’S 100 YEARS, 1934
Lucy Booth Martyn, TORONTO: 100 YEARS OF GRANDEUR, 1978
G. Mercer Adam, TORONTO: OLD AND NEW, facsimile edition, 1972 of the 1891 original
William Dendy, LOST TORONTO, 1978
Charles Lindsey, THE LIFE AND TIMES OF WM. LYON MACKENZIE, 1862
G. Mercer Adam, CANADA’S PATRIOT STATESMAN, 1891
Capt. S.G. Bennett, THE 4TH CANADIAN RIFLES: 1914-1919, 1926
Walter S. Herrington/Roy S. Foley, A HISTORY OF THE GRAND LODGE, 1955
various sizes
$100 — 200
504
TEN BOOKS FROM VINCENT MASSEY’S YEARS AT BALIOL COLLEGE
each with ownership signature and bookplate, comprising:
W.P. Ker, ENGLISH LITERATURE MEDIEVAL, 1912(?)
I. Gollancz (editor), THE KING’S CLASSICS, 1910
E.V. Lucas, LISTENER’S LURE, 1908
Walter Raleigh, WORDSWORTH, 1909
Max Beerbaum, ZULEIKA DOBSON, 1911
Paul Vinogradoff, THE GROWTH OF THE MANOR, 1911
Sir John G. Bourinot, CANADA UNDER BRITISH RULE 1760-1905, 1909
Matthew Arnold, ESSAYS LITERARY AND CRITICAL, 1907
John M. Synge, THE TINKER’S WEDDING, ETC., 1911
Rev. W.H. Hutton (editor), SIMON DE MONTFORT AND HIS CAUSE 1251-1266, 1907
various sizes
$100 — 150
FOURTEEN BOOKS FROM VINCENT MASSEY’S YEARS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
each with ownership inscription, most dated, and bookplate, comprising:
Walter Raleigh, MILTON, 1909
J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur, LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN FARMER, 1912
Jerome K. Jerome, THEY AND I, 1909
Alphonse Daudet, TARTARIN DE TARASCON, 1908
Walter Raleigh, STYLE, 1908
Stephen Phillips, PAOLO AND FRANCESCA, 1908
James Dykes Campbell, THE POETICAL WORKS OF SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE, 1909
Wilfrid Meynell (intro.), SELECTED POEMS OF FRANCIS THOMPSON, 1909
Eugene Augier, THEATRE COMPLET DE EUGENE LABICHE, 1904
Richard Ford, GATHERINGS FROM SPAIN, 1908
Augustine Birrell, SELECTED ESSAYS (1884-1907), 1909
Walter Savage Landor, IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS, 1910
H.D. Traill, WILLIAM THE THIRD, 1906
W. Allison Phillips, MODERN EUROPE, 1908
various sizes
$200 — 300
506
NINE BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF VINCENT MASSEY, EARLY TO MID 20TH CENTURY
all signed or initialled, most with bookplates, comprising:
Lord Ribblesdale, CHARLES LISTER, 1917
Andrew McPhail, ESSAYS IN POLITICS, 1909
J.C. McCoan, EGYPT, 1908
Jean Renoir, MY FATHER, 1962
Lady Tweedsmuir, CANADA, 1941
Mary Borden, MARTIN MERRIEDEW, 1952
Harold Chapin, THE NEW MORALITY, 1924
F. Howard Collins, AUTHORS’ & PRINTERS DICTIONARY, 1909
Gerard Hopkins, AN ANGEL IN THE ROOM, 1931 various sizes
$150 — 250
FIVE BOOKS INSCRIBED TO ALICE (PARKIN) MASSEY, VINCENT MASSEY OR FAMILY, EARLY-MID 20TH CENTURY
each with ownership signature or inscription and/or blookplate, comprising;
D.C. Somervell, A SHORT HISTORY OF OUR RELIGION, 1912
Cato., GUILTY MEN, 1940
M.A. Woods (ed.), A FIRST POETRY BOOK, 1906
Edmund Spenser, AMORETTI, 1907
A.T. Quiller-Couch. (ed.), THE OXFORD BOOK OF ENGLISH VERSE, 1901 various sizes
$100 — 150
