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Various (illustratore). The North American Review Vol. 231 No. 2 February 1931.

Paperback. Condizione: Poor/Fair. Stab sewn wraps, scarce Canadian periodical. Worn covers, strip of tape on spine, sewing threads are broken, very tender, with pages detaching. Damp staining to all pages on the blank margins, about 1-2 inches, but kept stored dry with no mildew. Some leaves left uncut. Three engravings, two full page. . Contents: Edward Taylor Fletcher: "The Twenty Years Siege of Candia." [Read before the Society, 19th January, 1853], 20 ½ pages.A. R. Roche: "Notes on the resources and capabilities of the Island of Anticosti." [Read before the Society, 4th October, 1853]. About 53 pages. [Read before the Society, 4th October, 1853]"Water Poser of Quebec." By E. D. Ashe, Lieut. Royal Navy, F. R. A. S., Director of the Observatory, and Vice President of the Literary and Historical Society, Quebec. [Read before the Society, Nov., 1854]."Plan of the construction of a Raft to rescue passengers from sinking ships. By E. D. Ashe, Lieut, R. N., F. R. A. S. etc." with full page woodcut plate shown with this listing with short tear. [Read before the Society, Nov., 1854]."Mean result of meteorological observations taken during the winter of 1853-54" by Lieut. Noble. Woodcut plate shown with this listing. Includes 5 detailed numeric tables, one is shown with this listing. [Read before the Society, the 18th October, 1854].The Literary and Historical Society of Quebec (LHSQ) was the first scholarly or learned society in Canada. It was founded in 1824 by George Ramsay, Early of Dalhousie, governor of British North America. Its headquarters are still located in Quebec City. The Society's original aims were encyclopedic, being founded in the infancy of Canada's cultural and intellectual development. The Society gathered historical documents about Canada and republished many rare manuscripts. Research in all fields of knowledge was actively encouraged. Talks were held in the Society's reading room, the best of which were published regularly in a quasi-annual series of Transactions from 1824 to 1924.Over the years, the Society played a part in creating public institutions that would take over many of its traditional roles. For instance, it fostered the foundation of the Public Archives of Canada (today's Library and Archives Canada) in 1872. It was also active in the preservation of Canada's built and natural heritage, helping to save the Plains of Abraham from developers and eventually fostering the creation of the Historic Sites and Monuments board of Canada.With the growth of national public institutions, the Society's activities gradually became centered on the services of its private lending library, providing access to English-language books in a largely French-speaking city.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Broadhead, W. Smithson; Cleaver, Ralph; Reynolds, Warwick; Avis, W.; Thomas, E.H.; Elcock, Howard; Soper, G; Prater, Ernest; Brightwell, L.R.; Horne, A.E.; Ambler, C. Gifford (illustratore). First Edition. Pages 362-448, plus 24 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Many black and white photos and illustrations. Contents include: The Girl With the Red Hair; Across Unknown Arabia in Disguise - part 1; A 'Q" and a "U"; Across East Africa in the Rainy Season; "Bully's" Last Battle; With a Bristol Fighter Squadron; Queer Fixes - Falling Ten Thousand Feet; What Happened to Marshall Mabey; Gassed on a Chimney; My Two Years of Captivity Among the Turks - part 3; Among the Dyaks; The Trials of a Naturalist's Wife - part 3; On Foot Through South America, part 4; Silas Seeks London; In Little Known Afghanistan; Odds and Ends. Bits of clear tape at each end of spine. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this vintage issue.

James Reese Europe (18811919) was a composer and bandleader instrumental in the transition from ragtime to jazz, whose popularity and influence is impossible to overstate. He conducted the Clef Club Orchestra in New York City, which only played music by African-American composers and was the first Black orchestra to perform at Carnegie Hall. Europe's Society Orchestra toured the country with dancers Vernon and Irene Castle, popularizing ragtime dancing. In 1916, Europe enlisted with the 369th Infantry Regiment, also known as the Harlem Hellfighters, a primarily Black regiment that became one of the most highly decorated American units in World War I. Europe was a second lieutenant and led the Hellfighters Band, which toured France in 1818 and is credited with bringing jazz to the continent of Europe. James Europe died in Boston in 1919 when a member of his band, taking issue with Europe's criticism, stabbed him in the neck during the intermission of a concert at Mechanics Hall. Offered here is the sheet music for "Good Night Angeline", composed by James Reese Europe and his frequent collaborators, Noble Sissle (18891975) and James Herbert "Eubie" Blake" (18871983). The cover features a photograph of the Hellfighters Band above a portrait of Europe. We find four other copies of "Good Night Angeline", at the Oakland Public Library, the Library Company of Philadelphia, the Library of Congress, and the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture. Of interest to scholars of African-American musical and military history. Small ownership stamp to top margin, some light wear, overall very good. Sheet music measuring 9 ¼ x 12 ¼ inches.