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Date Published: 1694, 1955, 1994 Binding: No binding & hard cover Pierre Berton / Farley Mowat three association collection (inscribed and provenance) items. The three items are all personally connected to these two Canadian literary giants. Born less than a year apart, Berton and Mowat were passionate story tellers of..... More
Date Published: 1912 to 1936 Binding: No binding & soft cover Douglas Murray was an English playwright. His works were produced on the English stage from 1907 to 1929. His most successful play is entitled “A Man from Toronto” which was made into a feature movie in 1934 by Gainsborough..... More
Date Published: 1935 to 1975 Binding: No binding & hard cover Robert Nathan was an American novelist, poet, a children’s author, and an author of screenplays and radio and TV programs. Nathan's seventh wife was the British actress Anna Lee, to whom he was married from 1970 until his death..... More
Date Published: 1931 to 1939 Binding: No binding & soft cover AN ACCLAIMED FRENCH JEWISH NOVELIST WHO DIED TRAGICALLY IN THE HOLOCAUST Irène Némirovsky born in Kiev, Ukraine was a novelist who lived most of her life in France after her family went into exile after the Russian Revolution. Although..... More
Boston: New England Palladium. Place Published: Boston Publisher: New England Palladium Date Published: 1813 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding 24 issues from 1813 War of 1812 New England Palladium, Boston, newspapers. About 40% with some written content descriptions, virtually all with some War of 1812 related content. The papers..... More
Boston: New England Palladium. Place Published: Boston Publisher: New England Palladium Date Published: 1814 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding 43 issues from 1814 War of 1812 New England Palladium, Boston, newspapers. About 40% with some written content descriptions, virtually all with some War of 1812 related content. The papers..... More
Date Published: 1914 to 1944 Binding: No binding & hard cover Kathleen Norris was an American novelist, poet and newspaper columnist. She was one of the most widely read and highest paid female writers in the United States. Collection contains 37 items dating from 1914 to 1944, specifically 3 Autographed..... More
Date Published: 1883 to 1908 Binding: No binding W.E. Norris was a prolific English novelist and writer of short stories. Son of the Chief Justice of Ceylon. He was born in London and educated at Eton College. He travelled abroad, abandoned the idea of joining the diplomatic service, qualified as..... More
various: various. Place Published: various Publisher: various Date Published: 1922 to 1979 Binding: No binding & hard cover This collection contains 9 items dating from 1922 to 1979, specifically 6 letters, 1 post card, 1 typed memorial address, and 1 book. Charles Kay Ogden was an English linguist (the inventor..... More
Date Published: 1913 to 1940 Binding: No binding E. Phillips Oppenheim was a best-selling English novelist who wrote approximately 100 novels and 40 anthologies of short stories. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have..... More
Date Published: 1897 to 1908 Binding: No binding & hard cover Lydia Ethel Farmer Painter (G.E.X. pseud.) was born on 14 April 1842 in Sandy Spring MM, Columbiana, Ohio, the daughter of James Farmer (1802-1891) and Meribah Butler Farmer (1805-1898). She was an American author, poet, traveler, and the owner..... More
Date Published: 1849 to 1893 Binding: No binding & hard cover Francis Parkman Jr. was an American historian, best known as the author of The California and Oregon Trail and his monumental seven-volume France and England in North America. The collection consists of 6 items dating from 1849 to 1893..... More
Date Published: 1968 to 2017 Binding: No binding & hard cover Robert Pinsky is an American poet, essayist, literary critic, translator, and academic. From 1997 to 2000, he served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. Pinsky is the author of nineteen books, most of which..... More
Date Published: 1936 to 1951 Binding: No binding & hard cover Emily Post was an American novelist, author, columnist, socialite, and an authority on etiquette. "Etiquette," she once said, "is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is the code of sportsmanship and of honor. It is ethics." More..... More
Date Published: 1966 to 1979 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding & hard cover INTERESTING EARLY POUND ALS AND SUPERB ASSOCIATION COPIES Ezra Pound was an expatriate American poet and critic, and a major figure in the early 'modernist' literature - that is, experimental literature written during the first part..... More
Various: Various. Place Published: Various Publisher: Various Date Published: 1865 to 1914 Binding: No binding & hard cover Sully Prudhomme was a French poet and essayist, associated with the Parnassus school of French writing in the nineteenth century. Elected to the Académie française in 1881 and esteemed as a Chevalier..... More
Date Published: 1730 to 1798 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding Box 1, 1730-1798 13 case files containing: 518 pieces, - 77 ALS, 375 hand-written documents, 66 written receipts: File 1 - Legal papers 1730 - 1779 File 2- Legal papers 1780 – 1789 File 3- Legal papers 1790 File..... More
Date Published: 1797 to 1807 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding Box 10, 1797-1807 9 case files containing: 174 pieces: 49 ALS, 125 documents File 1 - case files, 1797-1802 File 2 - case files, 1804-7 File 3 - legal papers filed with covers, 1800, 1806, 1834, 1891, 1894, etc...... More
Date Published: 1798 to 1799 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding Box 2, 1798-9 7 case files containing: 535 pieces, - 70 ALS, 391 handwritten documents, 74 written receipts. File 1- Legal papers 1798 File 2- Legal papers 1798 File 3- Legal papers 1798 File 4- Legal papers 1798 File..... More
Date Published: 1801 to 1804 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding Box 4, 1801-4 4 case files containing: 374 pieces: 82 ALS, 271 hand-written documents, 21 written receipts. File 1- Legal papers 1801 File 2- Legal papers 1802 (includes Henry Pelerin) File 3- Legal papers 1803 File 4- Legal papers..... More
Date Published: 1804 to 1805 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding Box 5, 1804-5 6 case files containing: 540 pieces: 34 ALS, 443 hand-written documents, 63 written receipts. File 1- Legal papers 1804 File 2- Legal papers 1804 File 3- Legal papers 1804 File 4- Legal papers 1805 File 5-..... More
Date Published: 1805 to 1807 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding Box 6, 1805-7 5 case files containing: approximately 531 items. 77 Letters, 421 Documents, 33 Receipts File 1- Legal papers 1805 File 2- Legal papers 1806 File 3- Legal papers 1806 File 4- Legal papers 1806 File 5- Legal..... More
Date Published: 1775 to 1807 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding Box 8, 1775-1807 18 case files containing: 175 pieces most pertaining to people who were in the fur trade: 21 ALS, 153 hand-written documents, 1 written receipt. File 1 - Pattinson separation suit, 1801-2 File 2 - Pattinson vs..... More
Date Published: 1785 to 1837 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding Box 9, 1785-1837 10 case files containing: 300 pieces most pertaining to people who were in the fur trade: 26 ALS, 273 documents, 1 written receipt File 1 - [Mackenzie ] Mckenzie, Oldham & Co., 1798-1807 File 2 -..... More
Date Published: 1800 to 1801 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding Box 3, 1800-1 7 case files containing: 392 pieces: 18 ALS, 344 hand-written documents, 30 written receipts. File 1- Legal papers 1800 File 2- Legal papers 1800 File 3 -Legal papers 1800 File 4 -Legal papers 1800 File 5-..... More