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WOOD, William B[urke] [1779-1861].
Personal Recollections Of The Stage, Embracing Notices Of Actors, Authors, and Auditors, During A Period Of Forty Years.
Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1855..
12mo. pp. 1 p.l., [xiii]-xxi, [1]blank, [23]-477 + 10(ads). engraved frontis. portrait. A nice copy in original blind-stamped cloth (head of spine & 1 corner frayed). armorial bookplate of Isaac Norris. First Edition. An important contribution to the history of the American stage, spanning the years 1798 to 1846. The author was a former actor and director of the Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and Alexandria Theatres. A list of Wood's theatrical roles is given on pp. 473-77. Not in Sabin.
$175 USD Book Number: elala1934 Order / Enquire
WOOD, William [Charles Henry] (Editor).
Select British Documents Of The Canadian War Of 1812.
Toronto: Champlain Society [Publ. Nos. XII, XIV, XV. XVII], 1920-28..
3 Volumes in 4. pp xv, 678, x; ix, 517, xi; viii, 551; 5 p.l., [543]-1061, xi. with half-titles. 11 plates. 8 folding maps (1 in colour) in rear pocket. original gilt-crested cloth, top edge gilt, others untrimmed (spines faded, slight discolouration to sides of Vols. I-II, stain on spine of last vol., 1st map with stain in upper margin & 2 small tears -- 1 with slight loss, the other with tape repair). First Edition, Limited 530 (Vols. I-II) and 550 copies (Vols. III-IV). TPL 1086. Howes W-644 ('aa' rating).
$800 USD Book Number: elala6107 Order / Enquire
WOOD, William [Charles Henry] (Editor).
The Logs Of The Conquest Of Canada.
Toronto: Champlain Society [Publ. No. IV], 1909..
8vo. pp. xxvi, 335, [2]ads. 3 folding maps & 3 coloured plans on 1 folding sheet in rear pocket (1 colour). original gilt-crested cloth, top edge gilt (some light staining to covers & to edge of 1 map, spine sunned, corners frayed). First Edition, Limited to 520 copies. Selections from logs of ships on duty in Canada, 1758-60, printed from manuscript copies held by the Public Archives, Ottawa. TPL 336.
$200 USD Book Number: elala5404 Order / Enquire
WOOD, William.
Unique Quebec.A Vade-Mecum for Visiting Fellows of the Royal Society Of Canada and Members of the Canadian Historical Association.
[Quebec: L'Evenement Press], 1924..
8vo. pp. 107. original wrs. cfMorley & Beaulieu p. 80.
$41 USD Book Number: CODiqWOO46 Order / Enquire
WOODCOCK, George.
A Picture History of British Columbia.
Edmonton: Hurtig, [1980]..
4to. pp. 240. frontis numerous illus. index. cloth. dw. (tattered and torn at edges). First Edition.
$46 USD Book Number: CODPiWOO55 Order / Enquire
WOODCOCK, George.
The Canadians.
[Don Mills, Ontario]: Fitzhenry and Whiteside, [1979]..
8vo. pp. 301, [5]. text illus. index. cloth. dw. First Edition.
$31 USD Book Number: CODeWOOD31 Order / Enquire
WOODS, N[icolas] A[ugustus].
The Prince Of Wales In Canada And The United States.
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1861..
8vo. pp. xv, 438 + [14]ads. with half-title. folding lithographed map. original blind & gilt-stamped cloth, rebacked with spine mounted (institutional blindstamp on title). First Edition. Account of the Prince of Wales' tour through North America in 1860, by the Special Correspondent for The Times. Dionne II 1448. Lande 904. TPL 4032.
$154 USD Book Number: CODeWOOD80 Order / Enquire
WOODS, R[obert] S[tuart] [1819-1906].
Harrison Hall And Its Associations, Or A History Of The Municipal, Judicial, And Educational Interests Of The Western Peninsula.
Chatham: Planet Book And John Dept. 1896..
8vo. pp. 150, [1]errata. frontis. portrait of the author & map of the Counties of Essex & Kent. title vignette. original cloth, rebacked with spine mounted (margins of portrait dampstained). First Edition. Morley p. 65.
$205 USD Book Number: CODrrWOO65 Order / Enquire
[WORCESTER, Noah] [1758-1837].
Monument Of A Beneficent Mission From Boston To St. John's, As An Appendix To Volume I, Of The Friend Of Peace. By Philo Pacificus [Pseud.]. [Cover Title].
Boston: Joseph T.Buckingham, May 25, 1818..
8vo. pp. 24. Uncut & stitched in original printed wrs. (spine perished, 3 library stamps, some foxing). "Issued as an appendix to vol. 1 of Worcester's The Friend of Peace, the work concerns a mission from Boston for the relief of the inhabitants of St. John's who had suffered two disastrous fires the 7th and 21st of November 1817." (TPL) O'Dea 341. TPL 7023. Not in Casey.
$205 USD Book Number: CORnu[WO85 Order / Enquire
[WOYCENKO, Ol'ha Et Al.].
Scripta Manent...A Bio-Bibliography Of J.B. Rudnyckyj.
Winnipeg: Published by Students and Friends on the occasion of his 65th Anniversary, 1975..
8vo. pp. 236. portrait. facsimile illus. index. cloth. Fine. First Edition.
$60 USD Book Number: dola748 Order / Enquire
WRIGHT, J. F. C.
Saskatchewan The History of a Province.
[Toronto]: McClelland & Stewart Limited, 1955..
8vo. pp. xi, 292. text illus. by A. W. Davey. biblio. index. cloth (minor stain on bottom of front cover). First Edition.
$50 USD Book Number: kdla143 Order / Enquire
WRIGHT, J.V.
Ontario Prehistory an eleven-thousand-year archaeological outline.
Ottawa: National Museum Of Canada & National Museum Of Man, 1972..
8vo. pp. h, 120. 5 plates (1 double-page, some colour). text illus. wrs.
$31 USD Book Number: CIGtaWRI78 Order / Enquire
WRIGHT, Richard T. & Bob HERGER.
The Canadian Rockies.
Vancouver: Whitcap Books Ltd. & Canmore: High Country Colour, 1982..
4to. pp. 86, [2]. profusely illus. in colour. bds. dw. Second Revised Edition.
$40 USD Book Number: elala4760 Order / Enquire
WRONG, George M.
A Canadian Manor And Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years.
Toronto: Macmillan Co. at St. Martin's House, [1926]..
8vo. pp. 1 p.l., xvii, 295, [3]. 9 plates (including frontis portrait). index. pages uncut and untrimmed. cloth. dw. (spine torn & chipped). Second Edition. cfMorley & Beaulieu p. 270.
$87 USD Book Number: CONCaWRO80 Order / Enquire
WRONG, George M.
The Rise And Fall Of New France.
Toronto: Macmillan Co. At St. Martin's House, 1928..
2 vols. 8vo. pp. xiii, [4], 491;viii, 493 - 925. text illus. 1 folding map index. cloth. dw. (vol. 1 defective, vol. 2 soiled & spotted).
$154 USD Book Number: CONeWRON48 Order / Enquire
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