Search Results: Titles starting with B from Black's Fine Books & Manuscripts

Winnipeg, Manitoba: [CMBC Publications], 2008. First edition. Softcover. pp. 340. 4to. Pictorial covers. Replete with many black and white and colour maps, photographs, illustrations. Very light rubbing to the covers, contents bright, clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine. At time of cataloguing not in Peel, BAC/LAC. A history of the community of Bergthal, Manitoba published on the occasion of its 60th anniversary. Text in German.

Teulon, Manitoba: Teulon Veselka Dance Festival, 2006. Wrappers. pp. 5. Tri-folded pamphlet measuring 8.5" x 2.75" when folded, and 8.25" x 11" when unfolded. Illustrated covers, detailed map of Teulon indicating the positions of the various venues organized for the occasion. Comprises of details of various events, admission prices, etc. Not found in Peel, BAC/LAC, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, etc.

Toronto: The Musson Book Company, Ltd., 1943. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Unpaginated [pp. 76]. 12mo., measuring 16 cm tall. Light brown cloth over boards, illustrated colour plate affixed to centre of front board, slightly faded gilt lettering to the spine. Illustrated endpapers, accompanied with thirteen lovely colour plates, and black-and-white in-text line drawings by Hattie Longstreet, noted for her many wonderful children's illustrations. Touch of edgewear, slight bumping to spine ends otherwise, a lovely well-preserved copy with tight, sound binding. Originally printed by The Penn Publishing Co. of Philadelphia in 1916, this is the later, though first, Canadian printing. Rare in commerce in such exceptional state. See LCCN #16022307 and OCLC #1007721560. No. 3 of the ten volume 'Baby Animal Stories' series published between 1913-1917. Charles Evans Kilbourne Jr., was the first American to earn the United States' three highest military decorations. He was the recepient of… Read More

Winnipeg, Manitoba: The Winnipeg Free Press, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. pp. 221. Oblong 4to. Pictorial boards. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white, and colour photographs, illustrations, facsimiles, et al.Bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; fine. Appears unread; as new. "When the Jets flew south in '96, victims of a nose-diving Canadian dollar and the NHL's new sun belt philosophy, “Winnipeg didn't just lose a hockey team. It lost history. It lost prestige. It lost civic pride. It lost Keith Tkachuk” writes Randy Turner in the opening pages of Back In the Bigs. Now, in 2011, as the Jets finally return to Manitoba and an entire country revels in the glorious resurrection of one of Canada's most beloved NHL franchises it's time to look back on the history of professional hockey in Winnipeg. From the record breaking contract that brought the Golden Jet to the frozen north, from Nilsson to Hawerchuck to Byfuglien, from the WHL to the NHL to the AHL and back again,… Read More

Winnipeg, Manitoba: The Winnipeg Free Press, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. pp. 221. Oblong 4to. Pictorial boards. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white, and colour photographs, illustrations, facsimiles, et al.Bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; fine. Appears unread; as new. "When the Jets flew south in '96, victims of a nose-diving Canadian dollar and the NHL's new sun belt philosophy, “Winnipeg didn't just lose a hockey team. It lost history. It lost prestige. It lost civic pride. It lost Keith Tkachuk” writes Randy Turner in the opening pages of Back In the Bigs. Now, in 2011, as the Jets finally return to Manitoba and an entire country revels in the glorious resurrection of one of Canada's most beloved NHL franchises it's time to look back on the history of professional hockey in Winnipeg. From the record breaking contract that brought the Golden Jet to the frozen north, from Nilsson to Hawerchuck to Byfuglien, from the WHL to the NHL to the AHL and back again,… Read More

Winnipeg, Manitoba: The Winnipeg Free Press, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. pp. 221. Oblong 4to. Pictorial boards. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white, and colour photographs, illustrations, facsimiles, et al.Bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; fine. Appears unread; as new. "When the Jets flew south in '96, victims of a nose-diving Canadian dollar and the NHL's new sun belt philosophy, “Winnipeg didn't just lose a hockey team. It lost history. It lost prestige. It lost civic pride. It lost Keith Tkachuk” writes Randy Turner in the opening pages of Back In the Bigs. Now, in 2011, as the Jets finally return to Manitoba and an entire country revels in the glorious resurrection of one of Canada's most beloved NHL franchises it's time to look back on the history of professional hockey in Winnipeg. From the record breaking contract that brought the Golden Jet to the frozen north, from Nilsson to Hawerchuck to Byfuglien, from the WHL to the NHL to the AHL and back again,… Read More

Winnipeg, Manitoba: The Winnipeg Free Press, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. pp. 221. Oblong 4to. Pictorial boards. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white, and colour photographs, illustrations, facsimiles, et al.Bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; fine. Appears unread; as new. "When the Jets flew south in '96, victims of a nose-diving Canadian dollar and the NHL's new sun belt philosophy, “Winnipeg didn't just lose a hockey team. It lost history. It lost prestige. It lost civic pride. It lost Keith Tkachuk” writes Randy Turner in the opening pages of Back In the Bigs. Now, in 2011, as the Jets finally return to Manitoba and an entire country revels in the glorious resurrection of one of Canada's most beloved NHL franchises it's time to look back on the history of professional hockey in Winnipeg. From the record breaking contract that brought the Golden Jet to the frozen north, from Nilsson to Hawerchuck to Byfuglien, from the WHL to the NHL to the AHL and back again,… Read More

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Queenston House, 1975. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 174. Small 8vo. Bright-red cloth over boards, gilt lettering to the spine. Remarkably well-preserved, contents and extremities withou blemish; fine.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. 91, [1]. Oblong 8vo., measuring 10" x 8". Laminated, pictorial, card covers. Richly illustrated with captioned, black-and-white and colour, photographs, illustrations, etc. Bright, clean, and unmarked; fine. Catalogue of an Exhibition held 27 February - 17 April, 1983 at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Man.

N.W.T.: Government of Northwest Territories | Canadian Arctic Producers Limited, 1971. First printing. Stapled Wraps. Unpaginated [pp. 52] 4to. Illustrated stapled card covers. Richly illustrated with black and white and colour photographs, photographic reproductions and illustrations. Light rubbing to the front cover, neat ink name to inside front cover otherwise contents clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Sanavik Co-operative, 1984. First edition. Softcover. pp. 26. Oblong 4to. Replete with many black and white photographs, illustrations and portraits of various Inuit artists. No detectable flaws, contents clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine. Text is in both English and French.

Settlement of Baker Lake, North West Territories: Culture Committee of the Baker Lake Residents' Association, 1968. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Unpaginated. [pp. 100]. 4to., measuring 29 cm tall. Illustrated white "leatherette" over boards bearing a traditional Inuit illustration to the centre of the front board; pictorial endpapers. Replete with many dozens of photographs, portraits, illustrations. Exceedingly rare local history of the settlement of Baker Lake, N.W.T., comprising of a history of the founding, and present state of Baker Lake (at time of publication), the Baker Lake Residents' Association, a history of the religious missions present in town, details on the activities of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, a separate section dedicated to the historical role of the Hudson's Bay Company, the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, much information on the educational system, and naturally the famed arts and crafts culture to emerge from Baker Lake. Not to be… Read More

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Pemmican Publications, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. 56. Slim 8vo. Textured, illustrated covers. Black-and-white illustrations throughout. Bright, clean, and unmarked; fine. "Alice Moonchild is the name given a child born of an Indian girl and a white trinket dealer. She was a child who belonged to neither nation - a person of her won who would have to be accepted before peace would come to either people."

Toronto & New York: Barse & Hopkins (George J. McLeod), 1921. Hardcover. pp. 249. 24mo., measuring 5.57" x 4". Lovely textured maroon cloth over boards, gilt rules, lettering, and ornaments to the spine and front board. Neat period ink inscriptions to the the ffep else, remarkably well-preserved with no detectable flaws to the extremities. Text-block remains bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding. A lovely miniature presenation of Services' poetry. Near fine.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: McClelland and Stewart, 2022. Hardcover. pp. 256. 8vo. Black boards, gilt lettering to the spine. As new and housed in fine, unclipped, dustjacket. Scarce in commerce in hardcover.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: The Royal Winnipeg Ballet Company | Robert E. Dubberley , February, 1974. Issue No. 23. Stapled Wraps. pp. 18. 4to. Illustrated stapled card covers featuring wonderful cover art. Replete with black-and-white and colour photographs, illustrations, portraits, wonderful artistic advertisements throughout by prominent local, and national businesses including: the T. Eaton Co., The Hudson's Bay Co., Bank of Montreal, Citroen & Maserati, and many others. Includes a variety of articles, programme details, artist profiles, and much else. Remarkably well-preserved with extremities, and contents in lovely condition. Rare in commerce. Not in Peel.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: The Royal Winnipeg Ballet Company | Robert E. Dubberley , February, 1974. Issue No. 23. Stapled Wraps. pp. 18. 4to. Illustrated stapled card covers featuring wonderful cover art. Replete with black-and-white and colour photographs, illustrations, portraits, wonderful artistic advertisements throughout by prominent local, and national businesses including: the T. Eaton Co., The Hudson's Bay Co., Bank of Montreal, Citroen & Maserati, and many others. Includes a variety of articles, programme details, artist profiles, and much else. Remarkably well-preserved with extremities, and contents in lovely condition. Rare in commerce. Not in Peel.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: The Royal Winnipeg Ballet Company | Robert E. Dubberley , November, 1973. Issue No. 21. Stapled Wraps. pp. 18. 4to. Illustrated stapled card covers featuring wonderful cover art. Replete with black-and-white and colour photographs, illustrations, portraits, wonderful artistic advertisements throughout by prominent local, and national businesses including: the T. Eaton Co., The Hudson's Bay Co., Bank of Montreal, Citroen & Maserati, and many others. Includes a variety of articles, programme details, artist profiles, and much else. Remarkably well-preserved with extremities, and contents in lovely condition. Rare in commerce. Not in Peel.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: The Royal Winnipeg Ballet Company | Robert E. Dubberley , April, 1973. Issue No. 18. Stapled Wraps. pp. 18. 4to. Illustrated stapled card covers featuring wonderful cover art. Replete with black-and-white and colour photographs, illustrations, portraits, wonderful artistic advertisements throughout by prominent local, and national businesses including: the T. Eaton Co., The Hudson's Bay Co., Bank of Montreal, Citroen & Maserati, and many others. Includes a variety of articles, programme details, artist profiles, and much else. Remarkably well-preserved with extremities, and contents in lovely condition. Rare in commerce. Not in Peel.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: The Royal Winnipeg Ballet Company | Robert E. Dubberley , December, 1973. Issue No. 22. Stapled Wraps. pp. 18. 4to. Illustrated stapled card covers featuring wonderful cover art. Replete with black-and-white and colour photographs, illustrations, portraits, wonderful artistic advertisements throughout by prominent local, and national businesses including: the T. Eaton Co., The Hudson's Bay Co., Bank of Montreal, Citroen & Maserati, and many others. Includes a variety of articles, programme details, artist profiles, and much else. Remarkably well-preserved with extremities, and contents in lovely condition. Rare in commerce. Not in Peel.