Recent Arrivals from Black's Fine Books & Manuscripts

Staunton, Virginia: Constitutional Commission, National Commission for Judicial Reform, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Card Covers. pp. 37. Slim 8vo., measuring 14 x 21.5 cm. Navy-blue card covers with gilt lettering and illustration to the front. Exceptionally well-preserved: no detectable flaws to the extremities, contents equally without blemish. Appears unread; as new. Rare to be offered in commerce, in… Read more about this item

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1939. Second Impression. Hardcover. pp. 572. Royal 8vo. Navy-blue cloth over boards with silver rule and lettering to the spine, and front board; untrimmed edges with publisher's topstain. Lightest edgewear, neat bookplate affixed to the ffep, and rear pastedown. Contents without blemish with clean and unmarked leaves and firm, sound binding; very good+.… Read more about this item

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Turnstone Press, 1982. First Edition. Softcover. pp. 182. 8vo. Illustrated, laminated card covers. Bright, clean, and unmarked; as new. SINGED in ink by the author to the title page.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Dance Collection Danse Press/es, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 288. 8vo. Pebbled navy-blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Black-and-white photographs, portraits, etc. Bright, clean, and unmarked; as new and housed in as new dustjacket. Appears unread. Related ephemera laid-in.

Pakenham, Ontario: 5 Span Books, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 57 + 96 leaves of plates. 4to., measuring 34 x 34 cm. Publisher's maroon cloth over boards with gilt lettering to the spine, and blind-stamped title to the front board; maroon silk ribbon-marker. Richly illustrated with sharp, and striking photographic plates, printed on rectos accompanied with quotes… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1953?]. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. pp. viii, 499. 8vo. Publisher's light-green cloth over boards with gilt lettering over black spine label, and in gilt to the front board. Light bumping to the spine ends, faint spot to the foredge, else, extremities remarkably well-preserved, text-block remains bright, clean, and unmarked with firm, sound binding; near… Read more about this item

Cassadaga, Florida: National Spiritualist Association, N.D.. First Edition. Card Covers. pp. 47, [1]. 8vo. Illustrated, twice-stapled, card covers. A few faint spots to the covers, else, fine. Neat ink name to the corner of the title page, otherwise, contents clean and unmarked with sound stapled binding. Overall, very good+. Uncommon in commerce.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Manitoba Big Game Trophy Association, November, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. viii, 222 [16 pages of plates]. 4to., measuring 9" x 11". Brown boards with elaborate gilt lettering and illustration to the spine, and front board. Richly illustrated with black-and-white, and colour photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, charts, tables, etc. No detectable flaws, contents and extremities… Read more about this item

London: Verso Books, 2001. Hardcover. pp. 87. Slim 12mo. Black cloth over boards with red lettering to the spine, and font board; near fine and housed in lightly rubbed, unclipped, dustjacket. Overall, very good+.

Thompson, Manitoba, Canada: Thompson Historical Society, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 312. 4to., measuring 9" x 11". Publisher's illustrated blue cloth over boards, bearing crest of the city to the centre of the front board, black lettering to the spine. Rich with many black-and-white photographs, maps, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, etc. No detectable flaws to cloth extremities, near… Read more about this item

New York: The Modern Library, 1950. The Modern Library, No. 37. Hardcover. pp. xviii, 950. Thick small 8vo. Publisher's original green cloth over boards with gilt lettering and over black spine label to the spine, and front board, illustrated endpapers, publisher's navy-blue topstain. Light bumping to spine ends, tips, otherwise cloth extremities remain near fine. Neat ink name to… Read more about this item

Cincinnati: Department of Synagogue and School Extension of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1930. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. pp. xxvi, 356. 8vo. Terracotta cloth over boards with black-and-gold lettering and illustration to the spine, and front board. Map frontispiece titled "Canan: The Promised Land". Richly illustrated with many full-page and in-text black-and-white time-lines, maps, and illustrations depicting the history… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. Pocket Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. pp. 105. 16mo., measuring 4" x 5.25". Textured black cloth over boards, gilt lettering and ornamentation to the spine, and front board, gilt top edge. Extremities, and contents without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and tight, sound binding; near fine and housed in very good… Read more about this item

New York: Paperback Library (64-305), 1970. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. 158. 16mo. Illustrated covers, publisher's red foredge stains. Exceptionally well-preserved and free of any detectable flaws. Appears unread; as new. Rare in commerce in this edition, and state. "B.B. Johnson is the pseudonym for one of Hollywood's most talented and creative black personalities".

Winnipeg, Manitoba: The Winnipeg Clinic, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 283. 8vo. Original mustard-yellow cloth over boards with black lettering to the spine. Many black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations. No detectable flaws to the extremities, contents without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; near fine and housed in good+, unclipped, dustjacket showing light… Read more about this item

[Toronto, Ontario, Canada]: Maple Leaf Milling Co., Limited, ND [Circa 1939]. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wraps. pp. [1] 2-16. 8vo., measuring 24 x 16.5 cm. Illustrated stapled card covers bearing the image of the head-and-shoulders of a man winking as he holds a fork. Comprises of 51 numbered recipes. Driver in Culinary Landmarks notes, "The cookbook promotes the… Read more about this item

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Manitoba Culture, Heritage And Recreation | Historic Resources Branch, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. pp. 16. 8vo. Illustrated, twice-stapled, card covers. Black-and-white photographs, illustrations. Light rubbing to covers, contents clean and unmarked; very good+.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Mcclelland And Stewart, 1982. Softcover. pp. 191. 8vo. Textured card covers. Black-and-white portrait frontispiece of the author. Sunning to spine, else, extremities near fine. Short neat ink inscription to the half-title page, contents otherwise, without blemish with sound binding; very good+.

Regina, Saskatchewan: Ukrainian Women's Association of Canada, Daughters of Ukraine Branch, 1986. Fourth Printing. Spiral Bound. pp. 159. Small 8vo., measuring 6" x 9". Illustrated stiff card covers held with black spiral binding. Replete with black-and-white, and colour photographs, illustrations, et al. A rich selection of traditional Ukrainian, Canadian, and ethnic recipes as compiled by the women of the… Read more about this item

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature, 1974. First Edition, First Printing. Card Covers. pp. 158. Small 8vo. Illusrated card covers. Replete with lovely black-and-white drawings, illustrations of various small animals. One map. Appears unread; as new.