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

Utrecht, Netherlands: Centraal Museum Utrecht, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Square 4to. Distinctively bound in 1/4 bright yellow cloth beneath overlapping hardcover boards. Replete with black-and-white, and colour photographs, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. Light rubbing to the boards, contents bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Centraal Museum Utrecht: April 27 - October 15, 1991.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Urban Shaman Gallery, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Card Covers. pp. 3. Oblong 8vo. Illustrated card covers measuring 8.5" x 5.5", when folded, and 5.5" x 25" when unfolded. Thrice-folded exhibition catalogue published on the occasion of an exhibiton held at the Urban Shaman Gallery on October 27 - Decemebr 1, 2006 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Rare in commerce, and unrecorded in OCLC. Not in Peel, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, Manitoba Legislative Library, et al.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Urban Shaman Gallery, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Card Covers. pp. 3. Oblong 8vo. Illustrated card covers measuring 8.5" x 5.5", when folded, and 5.5" x 25" when unfolded. Thrice-folded exhibition catalogue published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Urban Shaman Gallery on October 27 - December 1, 2006 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Rare in commerce, and unrecorded in OCLC. Not in Peel, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, Manitoba Legislative Library, et al.

Budapest, Hungary: Rozsavolgyi Es Tarsa Kiadasa, 1920. Leather Bound. pp. 176. 12mo. Quarter leather over marbled boards with gilt rules, lettering to spine. Four raised bands, five compartments. Illustrated endpapers, silk ribbon-marker. Light rubbing to the boards, faint tide-mark to the boards and foredge (no pages or contents affected). Contents remain bright, clean and unmarekd with tight, sound binding. At time of cataloguing no copies of this title were found on WorldCat, Eötvös Loránd University Library, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Library or SZTE Egyetemi Könyvtár. Scarce.

Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada: Les Éditions Du Blé, 1976. First Edition. Softcover. pp. 98. 12mo., mesauring 5.5" x 8.5". Plain tan covers. One very faint crease to the lower-right margin of the front cover, else, near fine. Contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages. Overall, very good. Uncommon in commerce. Unrecorded in OCLC.

Petersfield, Manitoba: White Buffalo Books, 2008. Softcover. pp. x, 336. 8vo. Pictorial covers. Black-and-white photographs, maps, illustrations, etc. Appears unread; as new. "Awakened by a powerful dream, Donna Sutherland was moved to go in search of her great-great-great-great Cree Grandmother, Nahoway Sinclair. The story she tells of Nahoway's life, her challenging roles and labours, and bitter inner struggles is a testament to our human ability to trust, to hope, to endure, to change. Born to the windswept shores of Hudson Bay at the peak of the North American fur trade Nahoway's story is a rare glimpse into a life and time long forgotten, but now remembered from the view of a descendent. Through the telling of Nahoway's story, Sutherland weaves her own story - a spiritual journey in which she remembers her misplaced heritage and reclaims her Cree/Scots Metis roots. Sutherland's meticulous research, her dedicated following of every lead, together with well-chosen words and expressions, provides a… Read More

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Government of Canada | Dominion Parks Branch, Department of the Interior, 1914. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wraps. pp. 29. Tall 8vo., measuring 5" x 9.5". Illustrated stapled card covers bearing a black and white photographic centre-piece depicting Ross Peak subtitled: "On the road to the Caves - Ross Peak in centre". Replete with many black and white photographs, one large colour fold-out map affixed to the verso of the rear cover entitled, "Topographical Map Showing The Position of The Nakimu Caves in Gougas Creek Valley, Selkirk Mts., British Columba (From Photographic and other Surveys, July and August, 1905)". Map measures 17.5" x 17.5", and with the exception of one very short closed tear to the left margin it remains complete, unmarked, and in near find condition. Light rubbing to the extremities (covers), short closed tear (about 1 inch) along the spine fold (binding remains sound). Internally, remains clean, and unmarked. Overall, good+.

New York: The Book League of America, N.D. [Circa 1941]. Hardcover. pp. 311. Small 8vo. Pubisher's deep-lilac cloth over boards, gilt rules, lettering and ornamenation to the spine. Light bump to the spine ends, rubbing to the cloth extremities, faint age-toning to the text-block, which, otherwise, remains entirely without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked with firm, sound binding. Overall, very good.

Victoria, B.C.: Art Gallery Of Greater Victoria, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. 152, [1 folded leaf of plates]. Small 4to., measuring 28 cm. Illustrated stiff card covers. Rich with many black-and-white plates of illustrations, photographs, etc. No detectable flaws to the extremities, single private stamp (not ex-library) to the half-title page, else, contents without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; near fine.

London: Printed for J. Wright, Piccadilly, 1799. First English-Language Edition. Leather Bound. Very Good +. pp. [2], 215. 8vo., measuring 8.25" x 5.25". Bound in contemporary 3/4 brown calf over marbled boards, gilt lettering to the spine, seven compartments separated by blind-stamped rules, new endpapers. Lightest edgewear to the leather extremities, some light rubbing to the boards, text-block remarkably well-preserved, and uniformly without blemish with clean and unmarked leaves. Overall, very good+. Scarce in commerce. See Sabin, 67630. ESTC Citation No. T109933 & T181104. ESTC notes two variations of the same title: one being Printed by T. Baylis for J. Wright (T181104), and a second identically-titled variant noting only J. Wright (T109933). Our offering is the latter, and first English printing, as translated from the French of Ramel (originally published as "Journal de l'adjutant general Ramel"). See also OCLC #6569141. A remarkable account of the exile of French revolutionaries involved in… Read More

N.P.: The Lakeside Press | R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, December, 2007. Hardcover. pp. lxxii, 322. 12mo. Lovely dark green cloth over boards with gilt rules, lettering and crest to the spine and front board; illustrated endpapers, gilt top edge. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white, and colour photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, etc. No detectable flaws. Extremities, and contents entirely without blemish. Appears unread; as new.

Edmonton, Alberta: M.G. Hurtig Ltd. Booksellers and Publishers | Printed in Japan, 1970. First Hurtig Edition. Hardcover. pp. xxvii, 663. Thick Small 8vo. Lovely navy blue cloth boards with gilt rules and lettering to the spine. Replete with many photographic reproductions of engravings by E. Finden, many illustrations and one large fold-out map entitled: "Map of the Discoveries and Route of Arctic Land Expedition in the Years 1834 and 1835 Surveyed and Drawn by Captain Black R.N.". Slight foxing to the top edge, stamp to the ffep else contents remain clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+ and housed in very good lightly rubbed dustjacket.

London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. | Everyman's Library | Printed by Richard Clay & Sons, Limited, N.D. [Circa 1909-1910?]. Leather Bound. pp. x, 434. 12mo., measuring 7" x 4.5". Bound in original quarter leather over like cloth boards with gilt lettering and ornamentation to the spine, publisher's topstain. Map frontispiece. Faintest edgewear, else, extremities exceptionally well-preserved, text-block remains without blemish; near fine. The leather exterior has recently been professionally replenished, and treated with a natural leather preserver. A lovely, and scarce offering of the leatherbound edition of this volume. Near fine.

L'viv [Second Polish Republic]: [Committee for the Care of Ukrainian Disabled Persons], [April], 1922 . First Edition, First Printing. Wrappers. pp. 22. Oblong 8vo., measuring 9.25" x 7.25". Coral, single-stapled, wrappers. Text printed in two columns separated by two-lined divider. Three leaves of photographs depicting, respectively, a group portrait of disabled Ukrainian veterans, craftsmen manufacturing prosthesis, and a group portrait of the 'Committee for Care of Ukranian Disabled Persons'. One double-sided leaf of a darkly humorous comic-strip imploring the public for donations by appealing to their moral, and religious sentiments (illustrating a thief robbing a rich merchant but in-turn donating his loot for the cause of disabled veterans, and subsequently entering paradise). Published in L'viv during the interwar period, then part of the Second Polish Republic, the present publication served both as a tribute and a public appeal for support, and reintegration of disabled Ukrainian veterans to… Read More

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, 1974. First Edition. Stapled Wraps. pp. 40. 8vo., measuring 6" x 9". Illustrated, twice-stapled, card covers. Black-and-white photograph portrait of the subject, accompanied with additional black-and-white photographs. Bright, clean, and unmarked; fine. Scarce to be offered in commerce. Text in Ukrainian. Series: Ukrainian Scholars, No. 17.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. Limp leather. pp. 714. Small 8vo. Light blue leatherette covers, white lettering to the spine. Replete with many hundreds of black-and-white, and colour photographs, illustrations; fine and housed in fine dustjacket.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Ukrainian Canadian Committee, N.D. 1946]. First printing. Stapled Wraps. pp.12. 22 cm. 8vo. Stapled card covers. Small sticker mark to corner of cover page, otherwise near fine in white self wraps. A strong attack on the postwar Communist Party administration in the USSR. Not listed on Amicus, not at OCLC WorldCat. Rare.

Washington, D.C.: University of Manitoba Press, 1999. Manitoba Studies in Native History. Softcover. pp. xix, 402. 8vo. Illustrated covers. Black-and-white photographs, illustrations, portraits, et al. Lightest rubbing to the covers, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked. Appears unreas; near fine. "For over 100 years, thousands of Aboriginal children passed through the Canadian residential school system. Begun in the 1870s, it was intended, in the words of government officials, to bring these children into the “circle of civilization,” the results, however, were far different. More often, the schools provided an inferior education in an atmosphere of neglect, disease, and often abuse. Using previously unreleased government documents, historian John S. Milloy provides a full picture of the history and reality of the residential school system. He begins by tracing the ideological roots of the system, and follows the paper trail of internal memoranda, reports from field inspectors, and letters… Read More

Winnipeg, Manitoba: University Of Manitoba Press, 2017. Softcover. pp. xliii, 409. 8vo. Illustrated covers. Bright, clean, and unmarked. Appears unread; as new. "For over 100 years, thousands of Aboriginal children passed through the Canadian residential school system. Begun in the 1870s, it was intended, in the words of government officials, to bring these children into the ?circle of civilization,? the results, however, were far different. More often, the schools provided an inferior education in an atmosphere of neglect, disease, and often abuse. Using previously unreleased government documents, historian John S. Milloy provides a full picture of the history and reality of the residential school system. He begins by tracing the ideological roots of the system, and follows the paper trail of internal memoranda, reports from field inspectors, and letters of complaint. In the early decades, the system grew without planning or restraint. Despite numerous critical commissions and reports, it persisted… Read More

Washington, D.C.: University of Manitoba Press, 1999. Manitoba Studies in Native History. Softcover. pp. xix, 402. 8vo. Illustrated covers. Black-and-white photographs, illustrations, portraits, et al. Lightest rubbing to the covers, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked. Appears unreas; near fine. "For over 100 years, thousands of Aboriginal children passed through the Canadian residential school system. Begun in the 1870s, it was intended, in the words of government officials, to bring these children into the “circle of civilization,” the results, however, were far different. More often, the schools provided an inferior education in an atmosphere of neglect, disease, and often abuse. Using previously unreleased government documents, historian John S. Milloy provides a full picture of the history and reality of the residential school system. He begins by tracing the ideological roots of the system, and follows the paper trail of internal memoranda, reports from field inspectors, and letters… Read More