Americana & Canadiana 2024-09-25 Auction - 176 Price Results - Canada Book Auctions in Ontario
ALASKA KLONDIKE GOLD FIELDS / TALKING MACHINE 1898[ALASKA] HUNTING. PRINT, CARVED FRAME. 1910-20sTHE KLONDYKE NUGGET. BUFFALO BILL. AD POSTER
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Americana & Canadiana

Canada Book Auctions is pleased to announce an auction of rare books, maps, prints, photographs, and ephemera. Including an interesting selection of historical material from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Americana including Civil War and the West; early Canadiana, including Arctic, Bibliography, and many Pre-Confederation imprints. Important literature, including Margaret ATWOOD and Leonard COHEN. Featuring Montblanc: Art of Writing, a unique collection of manuscript poems and notes by Canadian literary giants including Margaret Atwood, Robertson DAVIES, Timothy FINDLEY, Michael ONDAATJE, and others. Including Canadian Art Portfolios with work by A.J. CASSON, Harold TOWN, J.W. MORRICE, Jack CHAMBERS, Emily CARR, Ted HARRISON, Glen LOATES, W.J. PHILLIPS, and others. Plus maps, prints, and photographs from a Vancouver collection, including historical portraits and views, atlases, Toronto insurance maps, and Hamilton wall maps.
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ALASKA KLONDIKE GOLD FIELDS / TALKING MACHINE 1898: ALL ABOUT THE ALASKA KLONDIKE GOLD FIELDS AND THE WONDERFUL TALKING MACHINE. Chicago: Sears, Roebuck & Co., 1898. Illustrated poster advertising Magic Lantern show with accompanying
0001: ALASKA KLONDIKE GOLD FIELDS / TALKING MACHINE 1898Est. CA$200-CA$300
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[ALASKA] HUNTING. PRINT, CARVED FRAME. 1910-20s: Photographic print of hunting party (possibly recreational fishing trip), mounted to stiff sheet in frame of natural material, carved with scene of ship on water amid icebergs/mountains. Circa
0002: [ALASKA] HUNTING. PRINT, CARVED FRAME. 1910-20sEst. CA$500-CA$700
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THE KLONDYKE NUGGET. BUFFALO BILL. AD POSTER: THE KLONDYKE NUGGET. SON OF BUFFALO BILL. c.1900. Lithograph poster, mounted to cloth. 30.5" x 20.5". Generally very good condition, various imperfections. *Additional images and detailed condition
0003: THE KLONDYKE NUGGET. BUFFALO BILL. AD POSTEREst. CA$800-CA$1,200
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[ALASKA] CURTIS, ASAHEL, ETC. LOT OF 3 TOGETHER: ALASKA. A lot of 3 silver prints sold together. One print by ASAHEL CURTIS, showing man carving canoe or totem, in 11" x 14" mat. Other two marked "Miles," numbered on the print lower right. Prints:
0004: [ALASKA] CURTIS, ASAHEL, ETC. LOT OF 3 TOGETHEREst. CA$500-CA$700
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[BLACK AMERICAN] KNAFFL, SILVER PRINT. 1897: Knaffl & Bro. 'HONEY DOES YO LUB YO MAN?' Konxville, Ten., 1897. Large framed silver print. Print (sight): 15.5" x 19"; frame: 22.5" x 26". Generally very good condition, from sight: some spotting
0005: [BLACK AMERICAN] KNAFFL, SILVER PRINT. 1897Est. CA$300-CA$500
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[BLACK AMERICAN] LOT OF 9 PIECES SOLD TOGETHER: BLACK AMERICAN. A lot of 9 pieces sold together. Including: Stevens, Florence Carrington. UNCLE RODERICK'S PHILOSOPHY [SIGNED]. Lynchburg, VA: J.P. Bell, 1911. 8vo, wraps with photo mounted to upper,
0006: [BLACK AMERICAN] LOT OF 9 PIECES SOLD TOGETHEREst. CA$200-CA$300
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[CARICATURE] GILLRAY. VALLEY OF SHADOW OF DEATH: Gillray, James. (NAPOLEON) THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH: The Rhenish Confederation of Starved Rats Crawling out of the Mud / Dutch Frogs Spitting out their Spite / American Rattlesnake Shaking
0007: [CARICATURE] GILLRAY. VALLEY OF SHADOW OF DEATHEst. CA$300-CA$500
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STUART; HEATH. GEORGE WASHINGTON. 1800: Stuart, Gabriel (after); Heath, James. GENERAL WASHINGTON. London: James Heath / Boydells, 1800. Engraving mounted to board. Print: 20" x 13"; board: 22.5" x 14.75". Generally good condition, various
0008: STUART; HEATH. GEORGE WASHINGTON. 1800Est. CA$200-CA$300
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GRANT; FAED. JAMES BRUCE EARL OF ELGIN. 1864: Grant, F. (after); Faed, James. JAMES BRUCE. THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF ELGIN AND KINCARDINE, K.T., G.C.B. London: Henry Graves & Co., 1864. Engraving. Print: 26" x 16"; sheet: 29" x 17".
0009: GRANT; FAED. JAMES BRUCE EARL OF ELGIN. 1864Est. CA$200-CA$300
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[PHILADELPHIA] WILLIAM BIRCH. LOT OF 5 PRINTS: PHILADEPHIA; published by WILLIAM BIRCH. A lot of 5 prints sold together. All mounted to paper. Including: Birch, William. THE WATER WORKS, IN CENTRE SQUARE PHILADELPHIA. TAKEN DOWN IN 1827. *
0010: [PHILADELPHIA] WILLIAM BIRCH. LOT OF 5 PRINTSEst. CA$800-CA$1,200
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GEORGE WASHINGTON. WATERCOLOUR.: GEORGE WASHINGTON. Watercolour. Signed Fotwell Pine/Pinet [?]. Unfinished design started on verso. Image: 4.25" x 3.5"; sheet: 14" x 11". Generally very good condition, various imperfections; some
0011: GEORGE WASHINGTON. WATERCOLOUR.Est. CA$200-CA$300
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[PRINTS] BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. LOT OF 2 TOGETHER: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. A lot of 2 prints sold together. Including: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. French. Print: 8.25" x 5.75"; sheet: 12.5" x 9.5". * Goldar. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. J. Fielding, September 23, 1785.
0012: [PRINTS] BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. LOT OF 2 TOGETHEREst. CA$200-CA$300
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TRUMBALL; CHEESMAN. GEORGE WASHINGTON. 1796: Trumball, John (after); Cheesman, T. GENERAL WASHINGTON. London: A.C. de Poggi, 1796. Engraving mounted to board. Print: 25.5" x 17"; sheet: 32.5" x 22". Generally good-fair condition, various
0013: TRUMBALL; CHEESMAN. GEORGE WASHINGTON. 1796Est. CA$200-CA$300
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[CIVIL WAR] ALBUMEN + TRANSCRIPTION OF LETTER: CIVIL WAR: "A SKETCH OF A RAID," 5th NEW YORK CAVALRY. Albumen portrait of NY Cavalry soldier Henry Gilleo, mounted to card, mounted to larger letterpress sheet with transcription of sitter's letter
0014: [CIVIL WAR] ALBUMEN + TRANSCRIPTION OF LETTEREst. CA$500-CA$700
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[CIVIL WAR] ELMER ELLSWORTH, REBELLION MARTYR: Sartain, William. COLONEL ELMER E. ELLSWORTH. ONE OF THE FIRST MARTYRS OF THE GREAT REBELLION. 2 copies, one trimmed. Prints: 11" x 9.25"; sheets: 19" x 15", 15.5" x 12". Generally very good
0015: [CIVIL WAR] ELMER ELLSWORTH, REBELLION MARTYREst. CA$200-CA$300
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[CIVIL WAR ETC] LOT OF 20 PIECES OF EPHEMERA: CIVIL WAR. A lot of approximately 20 pieces sold together. Including silver print photo of Devil's Den in Gettysburg; 4 pieces of manuscript and related of Albert N. Buck of St. Albans, Vermont; 14
0016: [CIVIL WAR ETC] LOT OF 20 PIECES OF EPHEMERAEst. CA$200-CA$300
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[CIVIL WAR] LOT OF 3 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHER: CIVIL WAR. A lot of 3 volumes sold together. Including: Warner, Ezra J. GENERALS IN BLUE. Baton Rouge / London: Louisiana State University Press, 1995. 8vo, cloth boards, dust jacket. * Vaughn,
0017: [CIVIL WAR] LOT OF 3 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHEREst. CA$100-CA$200
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BANNER OF THE CONSTITUTION, PERIODICAL. 1829-30: Periodical: BANNER OF THE CONSTITUTION. Washington: December 1829 - June1830. Folio. Half morocco over marbled paper boards, spine with gilt bands, gilt-lettered red morocco label. All edges speckled
0019: BANNER OF THE CONSTITUTION, PERIODICAL. 1829-30Est. CA$200-CA$300
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BRACKENRIDGE. HISTORY OF LATE WAR US/BRITAIN. 1839: Brackenridge, H.M. HISTORY OF THE LATE WAR BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN: COMPRISING A MINUTE ACCOUNT OF THE VARIOUS MILITARY AND NAVAL OPERATIONS. Philadelphia: James Kay, Jun. and
0020: BRACKENRIDGE. HISTORY OF LATE WAR US/BRITAIN. 1839Est. CA$200-CA$300
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PRESCOTT. CONQUEST OF MEXICO, PERU, FERDINAND. 7V: Prescott, William H. 7 volumes total: (2 of 3 vols) HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO, WITH A PRELIMINARY VIEW OF THE ANCIENT MEXICAN CIVILIZATION, AND THE LIFE OF THE CONQUEROR, HERNANDO CORTEZ
0021: PRESCOTT. CONQUEST OF MEXICO, PERU, FERDINAND. 7VEst. CA$200-CA$300
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[AMERICA] PHILADELPHIA. LOT OF 4 VOLUMES TOGETHER: AMERICA; PHILADELPHIA: A lot of 4 volumes sold together. All quarto, paper or cloth boards, dust jackets, worn. Including: Eisenhart, Luther P. HISTORIC PHILADELPHIA. FROM THE FOUNDING UNTIL THE
0022: [AMERICA] PHILADELPHIA. LOT OF 4 VOLUMES TOGETHEREst. CA$100-CA$200
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[BOOKS] RAILROAD. LOT OF 3 VOLUMES TOGETHER: RAILROAD. A lot of 3 volumes sold together. Including: Kraus, George. HIGH ROAD TO PROMONTORY. BUILDING THE CENTRAL PACIFIC (NOW THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC) ACROSS THE HIGH SIERRA. California: American
0023: [BOOKS] RAILROAD. LOT OF 3 VOLUMES TOGETHEREst. CA$100-CA$200
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[LITERATURE] LOT OF 6 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHER: COOPER J. FENIMORE. A lot of 3 works in 6 volumes sold together. Including: THE PIONEERS, OR THE SOURCES OF THE SUSQUEHANNA; A DESCRIPTIVE TALE. 2 vols in 1. Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1832. Large
0024: [LITERATURE] LOT OF 6 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHEREst. CA$200-CA$300