Recent Arrivals from Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)

Philadelphia. For sale at Friend's Book-Store. 1882. 12mo. 17cm, (iv), 294p., brown cloth with black blind-stamp borders on the boards. gilt spine titles, fine (g). ~ Passages from: "An Apology for the True Christian Divinity being an Explanation and Vindication of the Principles and Doctrines of the People called Quakers", Robert Barclay, 1675.

Paris. Firmin Didot Freres. 1848. 8vo. 20cm, 183 & 387pp., 2 frontispieces (1 folding), 40 engraved plate illustrations, 1 engraved folding map, indexes, quarter tan sheep and marbled boards, gilt spine titles & panel decorations, marbled endpapers & edges, sound, some slight wear on the spine edges, internal library stamp on title-page and in gilt on the spine, (Quebec… Read more about this item

New York. Burt Franklin. 1968. thick8vo, 21.5cm, in 2 volumes, 671 & 779pp., light blue cloth, gilt spine titles, fine sound clean condition (G).

London. Chapman and Hall. 1844. 8vo, 21.3cm, the First edition, viii,451, (1)p., numerous engraved text illustrations in the text, in attractive contemporary full green calf, gilt decorated raised bands, full gilt borders and device decortions in the panels, crushed crimson morcco label, gilt borders on the boards, french marbled endpapers and edges, "Prize Binding", expertly restored, very good to… Read more about this item

London. Printed for Harrison and Co. MDCCLXXXIV. (1784). 8vo., 21.3cm, two volumes in One, 146, 155-162, 147-154, 163-252pp., signatures: [2], B-T4, X4, U4, Y-214, 2Kl., printed in double columns, engraved frontis and 4 engraved plate illustrations, head-pieces, in half modern black calf, gilt decorated raised bands, gilt title and gilt center panel device decorations, marbled boards, gathering X and… Read more about this item

Paris. Firmin Diderot Freres.1840. 8vo. 20cm, 348p., engraved folded frontis map, and 54 engraved plate illustrations, index, quarter tan leather and marbled boards, gilt spine titles & panel decorations, marbled endpapers & edges, sound, slight shelf on the boards, internal library stamp on title-page & in gilt spine, very good , internally fine (tr.ds). ~ The engraved illustrations in… Read more about this item

Paris. Societe d'Editions Geographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales. 1929. thick tall8vo., 23.5x 17.7cm, lxv,312p., plus 139 plate illustrations (reproductions of the originals books, maps, prints, documents and artifacts, portraits) many plates are double sided, in the original red morocco grain cloth, gilt spine and cover titles, original printed card wrappers bound in, early owner's ink signature on the title, bound… Read more about this item

London, Edinburgh and New York, T. Nelson and Sons, 1863. 8vo, 19.5cm, xiv,[2],493pp., with 11 maps, charts & 2 plates (9 folding ~ all printed in blue, original publisher's blue pebbled cloth, blind and gilt borders and decorated titles on the spine and cover, some slight foxing throughout, some slight edge wear, very good to fine copy. (Tr). Matthew… Read more about this item

Sacramento. Printed for the Author at The Blackwood Press. 1968. tall8vo. 24cm, (6 leaves, 24 pages), limited edition of c.100 copies, this being #89, title-page & colophon leaf vignettes printed in red and green, string-bound green card wraps with title label on front, residue from removed plate on front endpaper, inscribed by author, fine condition. (sgc). A light-hearted look… Read more about this item

New York. Associated Music Publishers. c.[1948]. Issue number AMP 194641. 8vo. 22.8cm, 90p., printed wraps, price stamp on the cover, slightly dust worn, very good author's signed presentation copy. (Qc). (miniature score, for orchestra, duration 18 min.). Presentation copy, to a well-known member of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, signed by Villa-Lobos on the second sheet. Heitor Villa-Lobos was a… Read more about this item

Published by J.T. Johns & Co., Ottawa. Paynter & Abbott, Printers. [1898]. folio. 35x 26.5cm, 20p., many portraits and illustrations, illustrated printed wraps in frame border, wrapper is somewhat toned, a fine copy, rare. (On). No records or listing. Our first copy. WorldCat locate only one printed copy in Library and Archives Canada.

Ottawa. National Library of Canada / Public Archives of Canada,. 1980. 4to. 28cm, 35 p., with 12 facsimile plate illustrations, printed illustrated card wraps, fine, author's signed presentation copy To Lawrence, with every good wish, Lawrence, April 5/80. (Bks). A catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Library of Canada in 1980.

London. Thomas Jefferys, November 29th, 1772. copper-engraved map, four sheets joined, approx. 104.5 x 98cm, [ 41" x 38.5"]., original outline colour; minute loss at few folds; with two detailed insets, one of the city of Boston and the other of Boston Harbour; with the large cartouche depicting the Pilgrims arriving at Plymouth Rock in 1630. A lovely example… Read more about this item

London. Smith, Elder and Co. 1841. 8vo, 20.5cm, The Second Edition, 272,[16]p., with 3 folding tables, with a printed slip explaining the extended operations of the Canada Company, in the original quarter green cloth backed paper over boards with paper spine label, some slight foxing, the label is rubbed, some loss, the boards are soiled, the rear hinge is… Read more about this item

Kingston. Special Collections. , 118p., indexed, a few illustrations, quarter black cloth backed printed yellow wrappers, wrappers slightly dust soiled else very good to fine. (ho.4).

Berlin. bei Haude und Spener. 1801. 16mo, 17cm, 352p., oval engraved title vignette, folding engraved frontis with illustrations and facsimile ms printing, in the original cross grain green cloth, gilt title and spine decorations, decorated gilt borders on the boards, original patterned endpapers, a fine copy in its original state, certainly rare thus. (cgc). Howes R284. Clark I: 295.… Read more about this item

(Danzig). Frankfurt & Leipsig. P. Glauch. [1698]. thick16mo. 16cm, (xii),1191,(60) & 232,(27)pp., with 2 title-pages, decorated first initial & headings, registers of biblical texts, indexes, in contemporary full vellum (age soiled) with yapped fore-edges, hand-written spine title, leaves toned, contemporary underlining & annotations, paper library label on spine (Bangor Seminary Library), sound, very good (cgc). Not in WorldCat, no… Read more about this item

Toronto. S.B. Gundy. 1923. 12mo, 19cm, The First Canadian Edition, 285p., original fine pebbled red cloth, gilt spine titles (mostly flaking off), blind stamp title bordered on the upper cover, slight foxing on the endpapers, in price-clipped colour illustrated jacket, early archival tape repairs on the verso of the jacket and worn or chipped on the edges, a very… Read more about this item

n.p., c.[1850]. . 4to; pp.[10]., removed; one leaf loose; watermark of R. Munn & Co. (active 1836-1858) on one leaf. Contents: p.[2]: Poem, handwritten, "The Petition of the Letter H to the Inhabitants of Shrewsbury." signed Robt. Evans Trin. Coll. Cam. Two lines have transcription errors; p. [3]: a watercolour of a man and boy on horseback, signed Bala… Read more about this item

Antverpiae, Ex Officina Plantiniana, apud Balthasarem Moretum & Viduam Ioannis Moreti, & Io. Meursium, MDCXXII. [1622]. 8vo., 18cm, [8],896,[61] (Indexes and Privilege). Signatures: [4], A-Z8, Aa-Z28, Aaa-Nnn8, 0007, [1] (blank), with over 60 historiated and foliated initials throughout text; tail-pieces at end of sections, in full contemporary calf, real raised bands, spine gilt in the panels, binding wom and… Read more about this item