London: Printed by Namind Printers and Publishers, 1973. Octavo, viii, 204 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Paperback binding. Spine yellow with blue handwritten ink lettering. Covers have slight wear including faint soiling, minor edge wear and minor ink to inside the rear cover. Text block has slight wear including slight age toning to the edges. Illustrated. Volume three. Inscribed by the author. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Column CC. More

Ottawa: Canadian Museum of History, 2014. Octavo, v, vi, viii, 322 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Paperback binding. Spine teal, brown and white with white lettering. Covers have slight wear including light soiling and minor edge wear. Text block has very slight wear including faint age toning to the edges. Illustrated. Text in French. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Column CC. More

National Railway Publication Company, 1969. Golden Spike Centennial Issue, a facsimile. Octavo, variously paged. In Good minus condition. Spine is tan with grey print. Cover is tan with brown print; toning to spine, peripheral toning, slightly cocked spine. Illustrated: b&w tables, maps. “Commemorating completion of the first transcontinental rail route … at Promontory, Utah, May 10, 1869”— copyright page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column BB. More

Freiburg im Breisgau: V. Herder, Verlag, 1888. First Edition. Octavo, vi, viii, ix, 223 pages. In Good minus condition. Bound in the publisher's ivory cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spine. Boards have moderate plus wear including some chipping to the spine, marked soiling smudges and rubbing/fraying to the edges. Text block has moderate wear with marbled fore/tail edges and head edge colored black. Several instances of ex-library markings/labeling to the interior. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Text in German. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Column AA. More

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 126 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine white with blue and black lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering. Boards full bound in black cloth. Text block has small pencil mark to last free back endpaper. Flat signed by author to title page. Shelved in Room C Overflow. More

New York: The Viking Press, 1962. Octavo, 306 pages. In Good plus condition with a Fair dust jacket. Spine is blue with black print. Dust jacket has edgewear with small tears at spine ends and flap corners, tears to bottom edge of rear panel and to rear flap fold, toning to spine. Price unclipped: “$5.95”. Boards in brown cloth; slight wear to spine caps and corners. Illustrated: map on endpapers. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column V. More

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1968. First Edition. Octavo, xii, 272 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine light green with faded white lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price uncut: "$8.00." Sunning to covers, with light creasing along edges. Bumping to corners. Foxing to top edge of textblock. Interior pages clean. Shelved in Canada. More

New York: Antiquarian Press, 1960. Reprinted limited edition, 750 copies. Octavo, Volume 2 only: 499 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine is black with gold print. Boards in black cloth. Slight shelf wear. Text block has red tinted top edge. Originally published 1889-90. Text in English. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column L. More

Cambridge, [MA]: Hilliard and Metcalf, 1814. First Edition. Octavo, 204 pages. In Fair condition. Bound in full calf with tooling in gilt and blind, both boards detached but present. Some rubbing and wear. Bookplate of William H. Eliot to front pastedown. John C. Hirsh's copy, although no markings within the book mention this. Scarce. Shelved case 1. More

Vancouver: Published by the author, 1948. Author's edition; Limited edition 498/1200. Octavo, xviii, 188 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Spine is white with green print. Dust jacket has edge wear with short tears to spine ends and rear top edge, toning to spine, peripheral toning. Boards in blue cloth with gold print. Light wear to spine caps and corners. Text block has tanning to endpapers. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece and plates. Signed in ink by the author on the limited edition page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column C. More

Quebec: Neilson & Cowan, 1834. First Edition. Small Octavo, viii, [ii], 477 pages with all 14 plates present. In Good plus condition. Rebound in brown leather with gilt lettering on red and black spine labels. Boards have mild edge and shelf wear. Textblock has mild foxing to most pages and section of darker colored paper on front pastedown. Shelved Case 9. More

Buffalo: Underhill and Nichols, 1893. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, [1]-[226] pages. In Good plus condition. Bound in green cloth with red lettering and silver stamped decoration. Boards have sunning to spine, bending to spine edges, staining to front cover, and slight bowing to edges. Textblock has light age toning and creasing to gutters of pages 124 to 128. First Printing indicated by copyright note on 3 lines, p. 226 blank, and no terminal advertisements. More

Washington, D.C. United States Department of State, 1986. Presumed First Edition. Octavo, Two Volumes. In Good plus condition. Spines are red with gilt lettering. Boards show minor rubbing to front and back boards, minor bumping to headcaps, tails, and fore edge corners. Textblocks show mild minus foxing spots on head edges, minor foxing spots on fore edges, minor smudging on tail edges. CONTENTS: Vol I., "Part 1", (xliv, 1137 pages). -- Vol II., "Part 2", (xliv, 1139-2176 pages). RWO Consignment. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Wegewood Section. More

Toronto, Ontario: University of Toronto Press, 2000. First Edition. Octavo, 353 pages; VG; burgundy spine with silver lettering; minor shelfwear, light foxing along edges of text block; pages clean; shelved in Canada. More

Paris: Chez Didot, 1744. First Edition. 12mos., Four Volumes; G; Full calf, with dark brown leather spine labels and gilt lettering, spines banded with gilt tooling; Lacking Volumes V and VI; Boards show moderate plus wear to corners (boards exposed), significant cracking to leather along joints, moderate cracking to leather overall, and spine labels in varying degrees of wear; Textblocks have light plus shelfwear and occasional light soiling to red-dyed edges, and light plus age-toning to pages interiorly throughout; One map in Vol. I, and two maps and one plate in Vol. II, extend slightly beyond the textblock edge due to mis-folding, resulting in some minor chipping and age-toning; Ink emendations in an 18th-century hand appear on the verso of the ffeps of all four volumes; The ownership inscription of "Luis de Artaud" appears in ink on the sfep of all volumes, and the signature of former owner "Vivian Sorrelle" appears in pencil on the sfep of all volumes also; Lacking several maps (compared against description in Backer-Sommervogel): Vol. I - Three out of five fold-out maps intact // Vol. II - Two out of five maps intact // Vol. III - One out of two maps intact // Vol. IV - Complete (All five fold-out maps and one fold-out plate intact, in addition to all 43 botanical plates); CONTENTS: Vol. I ([4], [4], viii, 454 pages, [1]) -- Vol. II ([4], 501 pages, [2]) -- Vol. III ([4], 465 pages, [2]) -- Vol. IV ([4], 388 pages, [2]). Sabin 12136n; Faribault 132; Backer-Sommervogel 2:10178. RW Consignment. More

London: Hurst and Blackett, 1855. First Edition. Octavo, 304, 299 pages; VG; bound in 3/4 calf, marbled boards, newly rebacked with spine preserved, spine with cracking and wear, mild gilt, black label with gilt titling; two volumes bound as one; with tinted lithograph frontispieces; interior clean; PS consignment. Shelved Room G. More