Category: Antiquarian

Horses and Hounds: A Practical Treatise on Their Management

By: "Scrutator" (Horlock, Knightley William)

Price: $99.95

Publisher: London, George Routledge & Co. : 1855

Seller ID: 312g4857

Condition: Fair

302 pages plus 6 pages of ads at back. Maroon leather backstrip. Olive cloth-covered boards. Gilt decoration of hound upon front board. Several black and white illustrations. Narrow openings along each hinge. Front free endpaper removed. Above-average wear and soiling. Moderate spine lean. Few pencil markings to contents. Not pretty but a worthy reading copy of this fascinating work.
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Pen Pictures of Early Pioneer Life in Upper Canada

By: A "Canuck" (of the Fifth generation)

Price: $299.95

Publisher: Toronto, William Briggs : 1905

Seller ID: 105a1464

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

280 pages. Intended to "Give glimpses of life - of real homely life - among the early pioneers." - from Introduction. Black and white photographic plates. Bright gilt lettering and decorations upon backstrip and front board. Unmarked. Back hinge open else respectfully worn. Front free endpaper removed. Tissue protected frontis. A pleasing copy.
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Money for All: Or the Economic Science of Money

By: Alexander, Jesse P.

Price: $795.00

Publisher: Kansas City, MO, Ramsey, Millett & Hudson : 1875

Seller ID: 313c5065

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

"National bank notes retired - legal tenders the only paper money - prosperity for every industry." - subtitle. "This little work makes no pretensions to literary merit. It was written, by the author, at intervals snatched from his other occupations as a farmer... The leading facts stated, and the great and fundamental truths of the science of money enunciated, are in accordance with the true principles of Political Economy when applied to the present conditions of America, and are believed to be sound and incontrovertible." - from Preface. Contains the following five essays: As long as Ame...
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The Happy Garden

By: Ansell, Mary

Price: $199.95

Publisher: London, Cassell & Company, Limited : 1912

Seller ID: 159g2293

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

224 pages. Black and white photographic plates. Decorated endpapers. Attractive gilt and colour adornment to olive cloth-covered front board. Somewhat above-average overall wear. Hairline opening along front hinge. Moderate foxing near both endpapers. Prior owner's name atop half-title page. A worthy copy of this charming work.
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The Apostle of Alaska - The Story of William Duncan of Metlakahtla

By: Arctander, John W.

Price: $69.95

Publisher: New York, Fleming H. Revell Company : 1909

Seller ID: 422g0029

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

395 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Fold-out map. Usual library markings. Heavily worn. A worthy reading copy. Wickersham 1479.
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Western Mill and Smelter Methods of Analysis

By: Argall, Philip H.

Price: $149.95

Publisher: Denver, CO, U.S.A., Industrial Printing & Publishing Company : 1905

Seller ID: 133c5852

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

124 pages. "A practical laboratory handbook for the assayer and chemist, describing the methods of analysis in every-day use in Western Mills, Smelters and Custom Assay Offices." - subtitle. Title page and table of contents loose but present. Binding frail. Above-average external wear and soiling. Prior owner's details atop title page and upon front free endpaper. A worthy vintage copy
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Stepping Stones to Literature - A Fourth (4th) Reader

By: Arnold, Sarah Louise; Gilbert, Charles B.

Price: $69.95

Publisher: USA, Silver Burdett Company : 1897

Seller ID: 468c7605

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

320 pages. Lexicon. Charming black and white illustrations. Above-average external wear and soiling. Back hinge open. Last page partially loose. A worthy copy of this vintage reader.
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1889 Color Map of the Lower 48 States of the United States (U.S.A.) Indicating Divisions of Standard Time

By: Artist Unknown

Price: $99.95

Publisher: Rochester, NY, W.H. Stewart : 1889

Seller ID: 739h2712

Binding: Map

Condition: Very Good

Vintage color map. Includes table of cities located in the Inter-Colonial, Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific Standard Time Zones. Indicates how many minutes faster or slower these locations are than Solar Time. Outer dimensions: 10.75" x 14.5". Unmarked with moderate wear and soiling.
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1889 Map of the Solar System, Illustrating Comparative Distances of the Planets From the Sun

By: Artist Unknown

Price: $99.95

Publisher: Rochester, NY, W.H. Stewart : 1889

Seller ID: 739h2711

Binding: Map

Condition: Very Good

Vintage color map. Includes illustrations of comparative planet sizes, neap tides, spring tides, lunar eclipse and solar eclipse. Outer dimensions: 10.75" x 14.5". Unmarked with Light wear.
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A Guide to the Egyptian Collections in the British Museum

By: Author Not Stated

Price: $79.95

Publisher: London, The British Museum : 1909

Seller ID: 241c5072

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

325 pages including extensive index. With black and white plates and illustrations in the text. Above-average wear. Boards attached but loosely. A worthy reference copy of this excellent reference.
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Dominion School Geography - British Columbia Edition

By: Author Not Stated

Price: $129.95

Publisher: Toronto, W.J. Gage & Co. : 1910

Seller ID: 543a4765

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

304 pages. Nice colour maps interspersed throughout text. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Average wear. Prior owner's details inside front board. Attractive beige cloth-covered boards. A very presentable copy of this charming vintage school text.
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Etymonia

By: Author Not Stated

Price: $1,250.00

Publisher: London, Samuel Tinsley : 1875

Seller ID: 562a5829

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

258 pages plus 16 pages of advertisements. "What we have herein written has been conceived in a spirit of philosophic dispassionateness. Let, then, those who would criticize passionately remember this, and forbear. We address ourself to the masters of reason and to the intellectual man; and not to those who are the mere slaves of prejuduce. Let these stand aside, since with them we have no business." - from Author's Notice. One-inch openings at each end of spine. Above-average wear to decorated brown boards. Gilt lettering upon front board and spine. Relatively benign erasures to endpape...
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Half Hours in Air and Sky - Marvels of The Universe:

By: Author Not Stated

Price: $49.95

Publisher: London, James Nisbet & Co. : 1896

Seller ID: 615c7994

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

372 pages. All edges gilt. From the 'Half Hour Library of Travel, Nature and Science for Young Readers'. Gift bookplate dated 1898 inside front cover. Numerous black and white illustrations. Above-average wear to maroon gilt-decorated exterior. A worthy copy of this charming vintage science text.
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Motion Songs: Drills and Marches

By: Author Not Stated

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Boston, Educational Publishing Co. : 1890

Seller ID: 137a2159

ISBN: B002KXPWDU

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

75 pages. The first eight pages are devoted to "Drills, Pantomines and Motion Songs - Swimming Drill" and are cutely illustrated with sketches of children performing the various motions. Next come 9 pages of "Marching and Motion Songs for Schools" which include words and piano music. Pages 19 through 61 cover Motion Songs with piano music included for most - songs include The Brook, Our Flag, The Violets, The Leaves, What the Wind Says, Fife and Drum, Little Things, On the Lake, Pussies, The Farm, The Meadows, Good Night, Song of the Waves, and Japanese Parasol Drill. Pages 62 through 75 a...
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Sights and Scenes of the World: A Series of Magnificent Photographic Views Embracing the World of Nature and Art, People's Series, No. 1, 28 October 1893

By: Author Not Stated

Price: $119.95

Publisher: Chicago, W.B. Conkey Company : 1893

Seller ID: 827c6781

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

16 pages. 13" x 10.5" oblong. Full-page black and white photos of: Osborne Palace - Queen Victoria's home on the Isle of Wight; Pope's Villa at Twickenham on the Thames near London; Robert Burns' Cottage, Ayr; The Giant's Causeway - Irish Basaltic rocks; Lakes of Killarney; Palace of Sans Souci, Potsdam; Castle of Rheinstein; The Appian Gateway, Rome; The Grand Canal, Venice; The Grand Opera House, Paris; The Grand Staircase in the Paris Opera House; The Stora Theatre, Gothenburg, Sweden; The City of Lisbon, Portugal; The City of Bethany, near Jerusalem; Native Malay Village - fishermen in b...
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Sights and Scenes of the World: A Series of Magnificent Photographic Views Embracing the World of Nature and Art, People's Series, No. 10, 30 December 1893

By: Author Not Stated

Price: $99.95

Publisher: Chicago, W.B. Conkey Company : 1893

Seller ID: 827c6790

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

16 pages. 13" x 10.5" oblong. Wonderful full-page black and white photos of: The City of Mexico; City of Bombay, India; Island of St. Helena; Cape Town, Africa; The Royal Palace, Honolulu, Sandwich Islands (Hawaii); Constantinople; Ruins of the City of Capernaum; Royal Palace of Peterhof, near St. Petersburg; The Hermitage, St. Petersburg; Devil's Bridge, Switzerland; Island of Madeira; Salon, Marie de Padilla; Frederiksborg Palace, Denmark; Royal Palace, Stockholm, Sweden; The Palace of Versailles, France; The Assumption of the Virgin, by Murillo. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy.
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Sights and Scenes of the World: A Series of Magnificent Photographic Views Embracing the World of Nature and Art, People's Series, No. 11, 6 January 1894

By: Author Not Stated

Price: $99.95

Publisher: Chicago, W.B. Conkey Company : 1894

Seller ID: 827c6791

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Good

16 pages. 13" x 10.5" oblong. Wonderful full-page black and white photos of: The Tower of London; Ely Cathedral, England; The City of Berlin; The Doges', or Ducal Palace, Venice; The Interior of the Gesuiti Church, Venice; Town of Chamounix, Switzerland; Summit of Mont Blanc; The Temple of Karnak; Circular Quay, Sydney, Australia; The White House, Washington, D.C.; The City of Quebec, Canada; Treasury Building, Santiago, Chili (Chile); Solis Theatre, Montevideo, Uruguay; Gate to the Alcazar, Seville; Travelers ascending the Great Pyramid; The Theatre of Dionysius, Athens. Moderate wear. U...
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Sights and Scenes of the World: A Series of Magnificent Photographic Views Embracing the World of Nature and Art, People's Series, No. 12, 13 January 1894

By: Author Not Stated

Price: $99.95

Publisher: Chicago, W.B. Conkey Company : 1894

Seller ID: 827c6792

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

16 pages. 13" x 10.5" oblong. Wonderful full-page black and white photos of: Piccadilly Circus, London; Durham Castle, England; Hall of Knights in the Royal Palace, Berlin; Bridge of Sighs, Venice; Interiors of the Pompeiian Museum; The Sea of Ice, Switzerland; The Statue of Peter the Great, St. Petersburg; Natives of Australia Fishing; Native Street and Houses in Ceylon; Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia; In the Thousand Islands, St. Lawrence River; The Mission of San Antonio, California; The Cathedral of Lima, Peru; The Tomb of Canova; Niagara Falls, Winter of 1892-3; Jupiter Terrace...
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Sights and Scenes of the World: A Series of Magnificent Photographic Views Embracing the World of Nature and Art, People's Series, No. 13, 20 January 1894

By: Author Not Stated

Price: $99.95

Publisher: Chicago, W.B. Conkey Company : 1894

Seller ID: 827c6793

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

16 pages. 13" x 10.5" oblong. Wonderful full-page black and white photos of: Seven Dials, London; Eaton Hall, near Chester, England; Royal Library in Berlin; The Interior of St. Mark's Church, Venice; Panorama of Naples, Italy; St. Gothard Tunnel, Switzerland; Lady Kazan Cathedral, St. Petersburg; Private Mosque of the Turkish Sultan, Constantinople; Queen Street, Auckland, New Zealand; Yale College; The Parliament Buildings, Ottawa, Canada; Railroad Station, Santiago, Chili (Chile); Church and Convent of San Francisco, Lima, Peru; The Holy Family, by Murillo; The Lion of Lucerne; Street Sce...
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Sights and Scenes of the World: A Series of Magnificent Photographic Views Embracing the World of Nature and Art, People's Series, No. 14, 27 January 1894

By: Author Not Stated

Price: $99.95

Publisher: Chicago, W.B. Conkey Company : 1894

Seller ID: 827c6794

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

16 pages. 13" x 10.5" oblong. Wonderful full-page black and white photos of: The Royal Exchange, London; Irongate, the principal retail business street of Glasgow; Jungfenstrasse, Hamburg; A 'Street' or canal in Venice; Entrance to Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris; Ramble St. Monique, Barcelona; The Odeon of Herodes Atticus in Athens; Ahmedieh, or Mosque of Sultan Ahmed, Constantinople; Natives bathing in natural hot springs, New Zealand; Princeton College, Princeton, New Jersey; North American Indians - a plans Indian scene; Government Palace, Buenos Ayres (Aries); Cathedral at Bogota, Columbia;...
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Category: Antiquarian