Montreal Book Auctions: Montreal Book Auctions Ltd. L'Encan des Livres de Montreal. THE PAPERS OF ROBERT BELL 1841-1917."Your name is one that should live forever." -- J. E. Bernier. PART II. Thursday, December 14, 1978. at 2 p.m. precisely at The Ritz Cartlon Hotel,, 115,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- December 14, 1978 - December 14, 1978
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 407 | O'SULLIVAN, Henry, provincial land surveyor, department of colonization and mines, Quebec | 7 A. L. s. , to Robert Bell | dated from Lorette, Quebec and Megantic | 1901-1905 |
CAD 100.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 408 | ASA -NA - WA -QUAKE -ZHICK | A.L.s., to Alfred R. C. Selwyn, director of the Geological Survey | Penetanguishene, Ont. | Dec. 18, 1871 |
CAD 50.00 - 50.00 | 35.00 |
| 409 | BELL, Robert | Manuscript notebook containing notes on a number of topics including: trees; Eskimo artifacts left with Franz Boas, 1893 | [Ottawa] | [ca.1893] |
CAD 100.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 410 | BELL, Robert | Manuscript notebook containing notes on the Indians, Indian legends and stories | [Ottawa] | [1892] |
CAD 300.00 - 300.00 | 240.00 |
| 411 | BELL, Robert | 3 manuscripts, list of Indian names for which Bell did not have the meaning | [Ottawa] | [ca. 189-] |
CAD 30.00 - 30.00 | 32.00 |
| 412 | BELL, Robert | Manuscript notes on the Ojibway Indians of Southern Canada, describing their temperament, religion, etc... | CAD 50.00 - 50.00 | 40.00 | ||
| 413 | BELL, Robert | Manuscript notes relating to Bell's study of the Indians and their folk-lore, consisting of bibliographical lists and references | [v. p.] | [v. d.] |
CAD 80.00 - 80.00 | 100.00 |
| 414 | BELL, Robert | Manuscript "Indian accounts, 1871" listing accounts for supplies, artifacts and labour with the following Indians at Red Rock, Ont., south of Lake Nipigon, in the year 1871 | Red Rock | 1871 |
CAD 50.00 - 50.00 | 50.00 |
| 415 | BELL, Robert | Two manuscript lists of articles of Indian manufacture belonging to Robert Bell and on loan to the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia in 1876 | Philadelphia | 1876 |
CAD 30.00 - 30.00 | 30.00 |
| 416 | BELL, Robert | Two manuscripts, "Indian names in Report and map for 1888-1890 " | [Ottawa] | [ca. 1890] |
CAD 100.00 - 100.00 | 65.00 |
| 417 | BELL, Robert | Manuscript "Appendix IV - Meanings of Indian geographical names in the country around Sudbury" | [Sudbury] | 1891 |
CAD 200.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 418 | BELL, Robert | Manuscript "Origin or meaning of geographical names - L. Huron region " | [Ottawa] | [1898] |
CAD 100.00 - 100.00 | 80.00 |
| 419 | BROUGHTON, W.K., Hudson's Bay Company agent, Moose Factory | Manuscript list of "Indian Place-names, James Bay, etc." | [Moose Factory] | Sept. 16, 1895 |
CAD 50.00 - 50.00 | 30.00 |
| 420 | OIG, Mathew, Indian, Norway House | Manuscript copy by R.R. Beatty, Hudson's Bay Company | Norway House | Sept. 4, 1879 |
CAD 20.00 - 20.00 | Not Sold |
| 421 | BELL, Robert, 1841-1917 | Manuscript draft of Robert Bell's Report on Exploration on the Churchill and Nelson Rivers and around God's and Island Lakes, 1879 | [Ottawa] | [n. d.] |
CAD 150.00 - 150.00 | 95.00 |
| 422 | BELL, Robert, 1841-1917 | Manuscript list of plants collected by Robert Bell in 1884 on the coast of Labrador and at Hudson Strait and Bay | [Ottawa] | [1884] |
CAD 200.00 - 200.00 | 160.00 |
| 423 | BELL, Robert, 1841-1917 | Manuscript collection of notes and sketches of Bell's survey of the islands and bays in the North Channel between Great Manitoulin Island and the mainland in Lake Huron | dated from various localities in the area | Aug. 1 to Nov. 6, 1892 |
CAD 150.00 - 150.00 | 60.00 |
| 424 | BELL, Robert, 1841-1917 | Holograph copy "Preliminary Report on the Practicability of Constructing a Railway toward the Red River Settlement, through the Nipigon country " | Montreal | Feb. 22, 1870 |
CAD 300.00 - 300.00 | 300.00 |
| 425 | BELL, Robert, 1841-1917 | Manuscript list of birds identified at York Factory and on the Yukon River | [n. p.] | [1882] |
CAD 50.00 - 50.00 | 28.00 |
| 426 | DITTMAR, William, professor, Anderson's College, Glasgow | Manuscript "Analysis of the waters of Haye's and Nelson Rivers " | Glasgow | June 4th, 1881 |
CAD 50.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold |
| 427 | D' URBAN, W.S.M., curator of the Devon and Exeter Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, England | Manuscript draft, with instructions to the printer | CAD 100.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 428 | KENNEDY, William, 1814-1890, arctic explorer, commander of the "Prince Albert" sent in search of Sir John Franklin in 1850 | Manuscript copy in Bell's hand of a list and description of trees in Labrador sent to Bell by Kennedy | The Rapids, St. Andrews, Man. | June 30, 1880 |
CAD 50.00 - 50.00 | 32.00 |
| 429 | LOW, Albert Peter, 1861 -1942, geologist, commander of the "Neptune" Arctic Expedition, 1903-1904 | Manuscript draft of an article, "Confession of faith in regard to the Archaean," signed | [Ottawa] | 26 March, 1900 |
CAD 100.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 430 | MACOUN, John, 1832-1920, botanist, naturalist of the Geological Survey of Canada | 5 manuscript lists of plants collected by Robert Bell on various surveys and expeditions | [Ottawa] | [1880-1899] |
CAD 200.00 - 200.00 | 300.00 |
| 431 | BELL, John, 1845-1878, physician and brother of Robert Bell | 2 manuscript lists of plants collected by John Bell | [n. p.] | [1861 -1862] |
CAD 100.00 - 100.00 | 50.00 |
| 432 | HALLOCK, Charles, 1834-1917, American magazine editor, founder of Forest & Stream, Nature's Realm, and Western Field & Stream, a founder of Associated Press | Manuscript draft of an article by Hallock, "Physiography of the Great Canyons" | CAD 50.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 433 | ALLMAN, George James, 1812-1898, Irish biologist, professor of botany at Dublin, 1844, and natural history at Edinburgh, 1855-1870 | Manuscript notebook by Robert Bell of Allman's lectures in botany at Edinburgh, May 28, 1864 to June 17, 1864 | CAD 100.00 - 100.00 | 110.00 | ||
| 434 | DAWSON, Sir John William, 1820-1899, educationist, naturalist, and principal of McGill University, 1855-1893 | Manuscript notebook by Robert Bell of Dawson's lectures in botany at McGill | Montreal | Dec. 1858-Feb. 1859 |
CAD 100.00 - 100.00 | 50.00 |
| 435 | BROCK, Reginald Walter, 1874-1935, geologist with the Geological Survey of Canada, Yukon explorer | Manuscript notebook by Brock describing various sections of land in Manitoba... | [n. p.] | [1894] |
CAD 150.00 - 150.00 | 110.00 |
| 436 | LOW, Albert Peter, 1861 -1942, geologist, commander of the "Neptune" Arctic expedition, 1903-1904 | Manuscript notebook of A.P. Low's Labrador expedition of 1893 | [n. p.] | [n. d.] |
CAD 100.00 - 100.00 | 110.00 |
| 437 | POIRIER, Pascal, 1852-1933, senator and author | 3 A.L.s. to Robert Bell | Shediac, N. B., Montreal and Ottawa | 1903-1911 |
CAD 50.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold |
| 438 | POLLARD, L.V., photographer, Calgary | A.L.s., to Robert Bell | Calgary | Sept. 21, 1908 |
CAD 50.00 - 50.00 | 60.00 |
| 439 | PORTER, H. E. | 4 A.L.s., to Robert Bell | Whitehorse and Carcross, Yukon | Jan. 11 - June 16, 1907 |
CAD 500.00 - 500.00 | 400.00 |
| 440 | POTTER, Nathan S., Jr., prospector | A.L.s., to Robert Bell | Nelson, B.C. | Jan. 29, 1900 |
CAD 100.00 - 100.00 | 180.00 |
| 441 | RAMSEY, W.A., civil engineer, Canadian Pacific Railway Co. | A.L.s., to Robert Bell, on C.P.R. letterheads 3 A.L.s., to Robert Bell, on C.P.R. letterheads, dated Mattawa | Mattawa, Ont. | 1882-1883 |
CAD 50.00 - 50.00 | 38.00 |
| 442 | SIFTON, Sir Clifford, 1861-1929, minister of the interior for Canada, 1896-1905 | Correspondence between Sifton and Robert Bell... | Ottawa | 1897-1907 |
CAD 500.00 - 500.00 | 270.00 |
| 443 | SIMPSON, John B., Niagara, Ont. | 2 A.L.s., to Robert Bell | Niagara | Nov.4 and 12, 1862 |
CAD 30.00 - 30.00 | Not Sold |
| 444 | SMALLWOOD, Charles, 1812-1873, meteorologist and physician | A.L.s., to Robert Bell | Isle Jesus | Feb. 8, 1861 |
CAD 30.00 - 30.00 | Not Sold |
