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Montreal: no publisher (the author ?), 1915. First edition. Octavo (8.5" x 5.75"), 111 & [1] pages, illustrated. Original reddish brown cloth. Text in French.
Small split in the upper joint, slight fraying at spine extremities & corners, spine faded, hinges cracked (still secure), text toned, a good or better copy.
Blanchard (1883 - 1952, was a Canadian priest and the author of several works devoted to the protection of the French language and culture in Quebec.

Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1918. First edition. Octavo (9" x 6"), 103 & [1] pages, with frontis portrait. Publisher's pictorial paper over boards depicting a light blue sky & clouds, the upper cover lettered in darker blue with the crest of the Royal Flying Corps below.
Covers & spine soiled & browned, upper joint beginning to split (still secure), corners bumped & rubbed, offsetting at title page from adjacent frontis, a good or so copy.
Briggs Kilburn Adams was born in Montclair, New Jersey in 1893. He volunteered as a driver with the American Ambulance Service in France in the summer of 1916 & returned to complete his education at Harvard University thereafter. In 1917 Adams presented himself at the Royal Flying Corps recruiting office in Toronto, Canada, as he wrote his mother in August, 1917, "I am now a British subject and will hold the commission when I get it until the end of the War."
On March 14, 1918, Adams was found dead in his plane, whether he was brought down by an enemy… Read More

Montreal, Toronto, Winnepeg, Vancouver: Valentine & Sons United Publishing Coy., Limited, no date (ca. 1910's). Oblong octavo (8" x 5.25"), 32 unnumbered pages providing title page with brief text & 31 captioned illustrations in color from photographs. Publisher's pictorial stapled paper wraps.
Modest edge wear, slight foxing, otherwise very good.
"The world famous Rocky Mountains, for grandeur and varied scenery, are unsurpassed, and need little introduction. Half a century ago they were little known, but since then the Canadian Pacific Railway have accomplished the almost impossible task of running their line through the Mountains, and now no better scenery is to be found anywhere ..." ~Excerpted from the text.

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1905. First edition. Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 29. Octavo (9.5" x 6"), 448 pages. Publisher's gilt lettered & decorated olive cloth.
Modest wear at spine extremities, corners, & edges, gilt dull, binding moderately soiled, front hinge started (still secure), internally toned, otherwise good or better.
The language of the Haida was suppressed at Native American residential schools during the late 19th & early 20th centuries in favor of the English only dictum. Today, it is estimated that fewer than 50 people speak Haida, most over age 70.

Montreal, Canada: Les Productions Claude Vignon, Inc., no date (circa 1970's). Marquee poster on medium paper measuring 22.5 inches by 17.5 inches featuring provocative illustrations from photographs.
Couple of almost indiscernible short creases, trace edge wear, otherwise near fine.
A visually compelling poster for a production for which we were unable to find any information. The illustrations, however, indicate it was quite erotic. Charlie Chaplin apparently makes a cameo appearance & the attracive young women in the chorus line are adorned in feathers & little else.