Date Published: 1874 to 1916 Binding: William Dean Howells nicknamed “The Dean of American Letters”, was a prolific realist novelist, literary critic (Atlantic Monthly), poet, and playwright. He was a close colleague and friend with many major American writers of the nineteenth century, including Henry Adams, William James, Henry..... More
Washington DC: C. Francis Jenkins. Place Published: Washington DC Publisher: C. Francis Jenkins Date Published: [1923] Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding "RADIOVISION" IMAGES ARE UNIQUE AND IMPORTANT IN SCIENCE & TV HISTORY Two original images transmitted in circa 1923 by “Radiovision” and his written and inscribed 1925 book, "Vision..... More
Date Published: 1888-1929 Binding: Various bindings Jerome K. Jerome was an English author best known for his comic masterpiece Three Men in a Boat. He had a number of occupations then including journalism and school teaching, and a number of disappointments with the rejections of many short stories and satires..... More
New York: Lovell, Adam, Wesson printed by Lake Champlain Press. Place Published: New York Publisher: Lovell, Adam, Wesson printed by Lake Champlain Press Date Published: 1877 Edition: 1st Binding: Hard Cover 1877 FIRST EDITION OF THIS LITERATURE CLASSIC IS QUITE SCARCE First edition, first printing, unrestored with ads. 7-5/8 x...... More
A Cologne: Chez Jean Frédéric Motiens. Place Published: A Cologne Publisher: Chez Jean Frédéric Motiens Date Published: 1761 Edition: 1st Binding: Hard Cover A RARE AND IMPORTANT BOOK ON EARLY QUEBEC RELIGION First edition. 12mo (164 x 100 mm). vii, [1]-2l5pp. Newer modern rich burgundy leather, new end papers, with..... More
Arthabaskaville: Wilfrid Laurier. Place Published: Arthabaskaville Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Date Published: 1875 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding Autograph Letter signed, "Wilfrid Laurier," dated Arthabaskaville, 2 Oct. 1875, addressed to Henry James Morgan. 43 lines in French on 3 octavo pages, fine condition. Laurier is writing his friend Morgan confirming..... More
Date Published: 1914 Binding: 8 x 10 inches, 4pp House of Commons Canada letterhead, Ottawa, February 25th, 1914. Only first page typed and signed. Last page handwritten is 25th of February 1914 Sir Wilfrid Laurier Lord Strathcona dead. Dear Sirs, Lady Laurier has handed me yours of the 6th..... More
Ottawa. Place Published: Ottawa Date Published: 1910 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding 8 x 10-1/4 inches, was folded not flat. Typed Letter Signed, dated Ottawa, 9th June, 1910, on stationery of the Prime Minister's office, addressed to W. F. Alloway, Winnipeg. 6 lines on one sheet. Minor 3/8 inch..... More
Ottawa: Wilfrid Laurier. Place Published: Ottawa Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Date Published: 1918 Binding: No binding UNUSUAL SIGNED WILFRID LAURIER COLLECTABLE EPHEMERA Very unusual and interesting ephemera item includes 4 items; 1) Envelope, 9 x 4 inches, Registered, Free-franked and addressed to Mr. N Hassard, Toronto; on reverse a House of..... More
Arthabaskaville: Wilfrid Laurier. Place Published: Arthabaskaville Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Date Published: 1875 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding EARLY LETTER FROM CANADA'S FIRST FRANCOPHONE PRIME MINISTER “Wilfrid Laurier,” dated Arthabaskaville, 10th April, 1875, addressed to Donald Alexander MacDonald, Postmaster General, Ottawa. 17 lines on one 8vo sheet, docketed by MacDonald..... More
Date Published: 1850 to 1911 Binding: No binding & hard cover Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was the author of Evangeline, The Song of Hiawatha, and many poetry collections, Longfellow (1807-1882) was America’s greatest poet of the nineteenth century. He was also a translator, educator, and novelist. The collection consists of 52..... More
London & [Amsterdam]: printed for Benj. Tooke ; printed by Alexander Lintman. Place Published: London & [Amsterdam] Publisher: printed for Benj. Tooke ; printed by Alexander Lintman Date Published: 1691 &1691 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: A RARE AND ULTRA RARE BOOKS IN ONE VOLUME This volume is a bound-with..... More
Date Published: 1948 to 1978 Binding: Collection includes 34 items dating from 1948 to 1978, specifically, 3 Edita Morris Inscribed books: Edita Morris to Franklyn Lenthall 10 ephemera items and other correspondence of 21 items to Franklyn Lenthall mini-archive. Edita Morris was a Swedish-American writer and political activist. Morris..... More
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Québec: James Murray. Place Published: Québec Publisher: James Murray Date Published: 1762 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: WRITTEN ONLY THREE YEARS AFTER THE TAKING OF QUEBEC IN 1759 Marriage contract (certified copy of), 3-1/2 folio pages; Quebec, September 6, 1762. Seal of wax to the document. Near fine condition. Rare..... More
Date Published: 1943-44 Binding: Hard Cover 3 hand written notebooks by a British military police officer, Y?. Norton about life, events, settlement, and crime in Mandatory Palestine during World War II in 1943 and 1944. “Mandatory Palestine” existed for almost two decades (1929 to 1948). As the day of May..... More
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. Place Published: London Publisher: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans Date Published: 1852 Edition: 1st Binding: Hard Cover First UK edition. 4-1/4 x 7-1/2 inches. vii, (3), 320 pp, Full brown tan calf, gilt-ruled boards and edges, raised bands with gilt decorations in the panels..... More
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London: Sir William Edward Parry. Place Published: London Publisher: Sir William Edward Parry Date Published: 1826 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding Autograph Letter signed, dated Admiralty, May 18th, 1826, addressed to Mrs. [Elizabeth] Fry, Newgate. 21 lines, 1 p., with conjugate address leaf, approx. 5x7 inches, hinged on the..... More
[New York ]: [Frederick A. Stokes Company]. Place Published: [New York ] Publisher: [Frederick A. Stokes Company] Date Published: [1894] [1909] Binding: No binding 1) Albumen photograph of Peary's ship "The Falcon" , 4-3/4 x 3-3/4 inches, mounted to paper with notes. Penciled rectangle for cropping image drawn on photo..... More
[Made by Hughes Aircraft Company]. Publisher: [Made by Hughes Aircraft Company] Date Published: [1975] Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Wooden Case ANIK MEANS "LITTLE BROTHER” #1) HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY. [circa1972-75]. Barrel shaped model in metal 2-3/4 inches high x 3 inches diameter, shiny blue and black colours , mounted on a...... More
Date Published: 1933-1981 Binding: J.B. Priestley was an English novelist, playwright, and broadcaster. He was one of England's last great writers. Priestley was a member of the last generation of freethinking British "sages" who contemplated both science and philosophy in their literary output. Priestley gained considerable fame as "the..... More
Montreal. Place Published: Montreal Date Published: 1730 to 1837 Binding: A RARE AND IMPORTANT EARLY QUEBEC COLLECTION OF 3,560 DOCUMENTS The Honorable Judge James Reid was born in Scotland and came to Canada around 1788. He was called to the bar of Lower Canada in 1794 and in 1807..... More
Ottawa: James Ashfield, photographer. Place Published: Ottawa Publisher: James Ashfield, photographer Date Published: [1885] Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding QUITE SCARCE SHAKESPEARE PHOTO ESPECIALLY SIGNED Quite scarce photo or profile of Noah Shakespeare. Taken in Ottawa when Noah Shakespeare was an MP for Victoria. It is also only photo..... More
Date Published: 1860,1866 & 1879 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding FOUR SCARCE CUBAN SLAVE LEGAL DOCUMENTS Four legal holograph document notices in Spanish (Stamps dating 1860,1866, two 1879) for the selling of slaves (venta de esclava), in secretarial hands, each signed by notaries. All good condition. Slavery in Cuba..... More
Date Published: 1805 Binding: No binding SCARCE TO THE MARKET SIGNED JOHN GRAVES SIMCOE LETTER ALS signed “J. G. Simcoe, Lt. General,” one page, 6.75 x 9.5, June 27, 1805. Trimmed edges, and small areas of paper loss affecting one word of text, otherwise, in very good condition. Letter issued..... More
Montreal: Adolphus Bourne. Place Published: Montreal Publisher: Adolphus Bourne Date Published: [1830] Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Framed SCARCE EARLY VIEW OF MONTREAL [1830]. Montreal, Adolphus Bourne 11-1/2 x 15 inches in frame. Early hand-coloured stipple and line copperplate engraving on wove paper, "The View Of Montreal, From Saint Helens Island"..... More