Canadian Arts, Culture & History | Auction Ends November 7, 2024 at 2PM ET

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AUCTION ENDS NOVEMBER 7 AT 2PM ET Canadian Arts, Culture & History

Canadian Arts, Culture & History

AUCTION ENDS NOVEMBER 7 AT 2PM ET

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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

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