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158: HENNEPIN, Louis. 318: DECORATIVE ARTS/CHINA. NAT'L PALACE MUSEUM.325: PRINCESS DER LING.
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Ottawa, Canada
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Old & Rare Books Auction of October 30, 2010

AN IMPORTANT AUCTION of FINE & RARE BOOKS ~ Walker's Fine Art & Estate Auctioneers Inc. and D & E Lake Ltd. are pleased to present an important live auction of fine and rare books from private Canadian libraries. This sale will be held in Toronto, will include major examples of Travel & Exploration, Natural History, Law and literature with a focus on the Arctic & Antarctic, New World & Europe. Exceptional highlights include ~ Lahontan, New Voyages to North America, 1703; Charlevoix, Histoire Et Description Generale De La Nouvelle France, 1744; Kalm, Travels into North America, 1770-71; Lafitau, Moeurs Des Sauvages Ameriquains, 1724; Hennepin, A New Discovery Of A Vast Country in America, 1698; Parry, Journal Of A Voyage For The Discovery Of A North-West Passage, 1821-28; and Mackenzie, Voyages From Montreal, 1801. The Collections: The Estate of Theodosia Dawes Bond Thornton, Montreal The Estate of Robert Palmer, Ottawa The Robertson Family Library, Ottawa The Lieppa Collection, Ottawa Several private Canadian & American collectors.
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ANTARCTIC.: Lot of 5 books: MAWSON. The Home Of The Blizzard. 1931; BYRD. Little America. 1930; BYRD. Alone. 1938; BYRD. Skyward. 1928; SHAPIRO & BJELKE. Time On Ice. 1998. (5)
0097: ANTARCTIC.Est. CA$80-CA$100
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ANTARCTIC.: Lot of 6 books: SCOTT. The Voyage Of The 'Discovery'. 1929; SCOTT. Scott's Last Expedition. 1925; RANKIN. Antarctic Isle. 1951; PONTING. The Great White South. 1930; ELLIS. Under Scott's Command.
0098: ANTARCTIC.Est. CA$60-CA$80
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ARCTIC.: Lot of 4 books: BACK. Arctic Artist: The Journal and Paintings of George Back, Midshipman with Franklin, 1819-1822. Montreal: 1994; HOOD. To the Arctic by Canoe 1819-1821: The Journal and Paintings
0099: ARCTIC.Est. CA$60-CA$80
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ARCTIC.: Lot of 4 books: BALLANTYNE, Robert Michael. Hudson's Bay: Or Every-Day Life In The Wilds of North America… 8vo. frontis. 3 engraved plates. modern quarter morocco. Boston: 1859. First American
0100: ARCTIC.Est. CA$60-CA$80
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ARCTIC.: Lot of 3 books: BERNIER. Report On The Dominion Government Expedition To Arctic Islands And The Hudson Strait On Board The C.G.S. Arctic 1906-1907. folding map in rear pocket. b/w illus. cloth
0101: ARCTIC.Est. CA$100-CA$120
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ARCTIC.: Lot of 22 books: BERNIER. Master Mariner and Arctic Explorer: A Narrative of 60 years at Sea from the Logs and Yarns. 1939; SUTTON. High Arctic: An Expedition To The Unspoiled North. 1971; RASKY.
0102: ARCTIC.Est. CA$200-CA$250
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ARCTIC.: Lot of 27 books: CARPENTER ET AL. Eskimo. 1959; BIRKET-SMITH. Eskimos. 1972; STELTZER. Inuit: The North in Transition. 1982; SCHWARZ. Elik and others stories of the MacKenzie Eskimos. 1970. Signed
0103: ARCTIC.Est. CA$150-CA$200
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ARCTIC.: Lot of 5 books in 6 vols: CHAPMAN. Northern Lights. 1932; MIRSKY. To The Arctic! 1948; LINDSAY. Those Greenland Days. 1932; CARPENTER. Anerca. 1959; NANSEN. Farthest North (Colonial Library
0104: ARCTIC.Est. CA$40-CA$60
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ARCTIC.: Lot of 8 books: DUNBAR & GREENAWAY. Arctic Canada From The Air. 1956; THORÉN. Picture Atlas Of The Arctic. 1969; HERRINGTON. Atlas Of The Canadian Arctic Islands. 1969. And 5 others. (8)
0105: ARCTIC.Est. CA$40-CA$60
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ARCTIC.: Lot of 27 books: FREUCHEN. Book of the Eskimos. 1961; CARPENTER ET AL. Eskimo. 1961; SCHWARZ. Elik and others stories of the MacKenzie Eskimos. 1970. Signed Presentation Copy; GEDALOF (ed.). Paper
0106: ARCTIC.Est. CA$150-CA$200
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ARCTIC.: Lot of 6 books: HOUSTON. Arctic Ordeal. 1984; TWOMEY. Needle To The North. 1942; TWEEDSMUIR. Hudson's Bay Trader. 1951; ROSS. This Distant and Unsurveyed Country. 1997; PAPE. Poles Apart. 1960.
0107: ARCTIC.Est. CA$40-CA$60
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ARCTIC.: Lot of 6 books: JENNESS. Eskimo Administration: I. Alaska. 1962; JENNESS. Eskimo Administration:II. Canada. 1964; JENNESS. Eskimo Administration: III. Labrador. 1965; JENNESS. Eskimo Administration:
0108: ARCTIC.Est. CA$60-CA$80
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ARCTIC.: Lot of 8 books: POLUNIN. Arctic Unfolding. 1949; SCOTT. Wild Geese and Eskimos. 1951; HOUSTON. ZigZag. 1998; HOUSTON. Confessions of an Igloo Dweller. 1995; HOUSTON. Songs Of The Dream People. 1972;
0109: ARCTIC.Est. CA$40-CA$60
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ARCTIC.: Report Of The Canadian Expedition 1913-18. Lot of 3 Volumes.: JENNESS. Vol. XII: The Copper Eskimos. 2 maps (1 folding). b/w illus. cloth. Ottawa: 1923; JENNESS. Vol. XII: The Life Of The Copper
0110: ARCTIC.Est. CA$60-CA$80
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ARCTIC.: Lot of 29 titles in 31 volumes: REPORT Inuit Land Use and Occupancy Project. 3 Vols. 1976; ROSS. Arctic Whalers Icy Seas: Narratives of the Davis Straight Whale Fishery. 1985; BRUEMMER. The Long
0111: ARCTIC.Est. CA$150-CA$200
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ARCTIC.: Lot of 4 books: SCORESBY. The Arctic Regions; Their Situation, Appearances, Climate and Zoology. Contemporary half-calf. London: nd; LESLIE ET AL. Narrative Of Discovery and Adventure In The Polar
0112: ARCTIC.Est. CA$120-CA$150
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BACQUEVILLE DE LA POTHERIE, Claude Charles Le Roy.: Histoire De L'Amerique Septentrionale. 4 Vols. 12mo. 26 engraved plates (10 folding, 1 with engraved music on both sides) & 3 engraved maps (2 folding). contemporary mottled calf, gilt spines (short
0113: BACQUEVILLE DE LA POTHERIE, Claude Charles Le Roy.Est. CA$1,500-CA$2,000
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BARBEAU, Marius.: Lot of 12 titles: Mountain Cloud. 1944; Huron-Wyandot Traditional Narratives In Translations. 8vo. map frontis. wrs. 1960; Indian Days On The Western Prairies. 1960; Medicine Men On The North
0114: BARBEAU, Marius.Est. CA$120-CA$150
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BARTLETT, William Henry & WILLIS, Nathaniel Parker: Canadian Scenery Illustrated… 2 Vols. 4to. 2 engraved titles with vignettes, & 118 engraved plates with modern hand-colouring (incl. map). modern morocco (bit discoloured, occasional marginal
0116: BARTLETT, William Henry & WILLIS, Nathaniel ParkerEst. CA$700-CA$1,000
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BENGOUGH, J.W.: A Caricature History of Canadian Politics Events From The Union of 1841 As Illustrated By Cartoons… folio. pp. 431. profusely illus. in b/w. modern cloth. Toronto: The Grip Printing And
0117: BENGOUGH, J.W.Est. CA$40-CA$60
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BOSWORTH, Newton.: Hochelaga Depicta: or, A New Picture of Montreal. 12mo. engraved title, 2 folding plans & 44 illus. on 20 engraved plates. original blind-stamped cloth rebacked with spine mounted (hinges taped,
0118: BOSWORTH, Newton.Est. CA$120-CA$150
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BOSWORTH, Newton.: Hochelaga Depicta: or, A New Picture of Montreal. 12mo. engraved title, 2 folding plans & 44 illus. on 20 engraved plates, after drawings by James Duncan (incl. frontis). original blind-stamped
0119: BOSWORTH, Newton.Est. CA$80-CA$100
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BOUCHER, Pierre.: Lot of 3 items: BOUCHER, Pierre. Canada In The Seventeenth Century. 8vo. pp. 84, [1]. frontis. portrait. cloth. Montreal: Printed by George E.Desbarats & Co., 1883. First Edition in English. TPL 59;
0120: BOUCHER, Pierre.Est. CA$100-CA$120
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