Date Published: 1882 to 1967 Binding: No binding & hard cover Twenty Canadian authors are represented in this collection dating from 1882 to 1967, containing 59 items specifically, 24 letters, 21 cards and post cards, 3 photos, 6 books, 1 movie herald, 1 issue of a journal, 1 printing block..... More
Date Published: 1913 to 1971 Binding: No binding & hard cover Faith Baldwin was a U.S. author of romance and fiction, publishing some 100 novels, often concentrating on women. The New York Times wrote that her books had "never a pretense at literary significance" and were popular because they "enabled..... More
Date Published: 1787 to 1811 Binding: No binding & hard cover Joel Barlow was a lawyer, diplomat, and Revolutionary War chaplain and pursued his writing ambitions after the war, joining the writers’ group known as the Hartford Wits. He was an ardent proponent of American democracy. Granted French citizenship, he..... More
![Item #8421 [INTOLERABLE or COERCIVE Acts]. Complete Set of Five British Parliamentary Acts:...](https://ldrb-ca.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8421_01_LR.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1613920147)
London: Charles Eyre and William Strahan. Place Published: London Publisher: Charles Eyre and William Strahan Date Published: 1774 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hard Cover 5 RARE CORNERSTONE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1774 LEGAL ACTS A rare collection of laws that continued to inflame and finally triggered the American Revolution. “…these Acts demonstrated..... More
Date Published: 1954 to 1972 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding This collection of a series letters and ephemera show a strong and long respected political and personal association with two leading Canadian Prime Ministers. Quite an interesting story being told with these letters to J.E. Brown over 18 years..... More
Tryon County, NY. Place Published: Tryon County, NY Date Published: 1775 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding SCARCE WALTER BUTLER HAND-WRITTEN SIGNED DOCUMENT Handwritten legal document, 6pp, 8 x 10 inches, tied with red ribbon upper left, Tryon County, New York, filed 21 May 1775 (March term in the fifteenth..... More
Date Published: 1868 to 1911 Binding: No binding John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, Marquis of Lorne collection includes 26 items dating from 1868 to 1911 specifically, 7 holograph letters, 2 holograph ephemera and 17 Albumen Photo Cards (all CVD’s except one signed Cabinet Card) 7 Holograph letters; #1) 1878..... More
Date Published: [1955] to 1977 Binding: No binding Susan Cheever is a novelist, non-fiction author, journalist, literary historian, teacher, and biographer. Cheever was a Guggenheim Fellow in 1983. She graduated from Pembroke College in Brown University. Her father was a celebrated American novelist and short story writer. This collection contains..... More
Date Published: 1922-1935 Binding: No binding & hard cover Sheldon Christian archives. 1922-1935. Approximately 1,800 pp. These extensive archives contain manuscripts and typescripts of Christian’s plays, short stories, news stories, poems, correspondence, diary entries, and ephemera. Much of the material concerns Christian’s academic life at Tufts College, his literary pursuits..... More
Date Published: 1977 to 1963 Binding: No binding & hard cover Daphne du Maurier collection pertaining to two books: her novel, The Glass-Blowers (published 1963); and Myself When Young (published 1977). The collection consists of 8 items dating from 1977 to 1963, specifically; • Novel The Glass-Blowers 1 manuscript notebook..... More
Date Published: 1933 to 1975 Binding: No binding Will Durant was American writer, historian and philosopher, best known for his mammoth work The Story of Civilization, 11 volumes written in collaboration with his wife, Ariel Durant and won a Pulitzer Prize for this work. He was earlier noted for The..... More
London: British Governement. Place Published: London Publisher: British Governement Date Published: 1839 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding Three (3) important and scarce Parliamentary Papers published between the nomination of Lord Durham as Governor General and High Commissioner to British North America after his resignation in September 1838; dealing with..... More
London: British Governement. Place Published: London Publisher: British Governement Date Published: 1838 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Disbound Five (5) important and scarce Parliamentary Papers published between the nomination of Lord Durham as Governor General and High Commissioner to British North America and just before his resignation in September 1838; dealing..... More
London: Official British Government Report [HMSO]. Place Published: London Publisher: Official British Government Report [HMSO] Date Published: 1839 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hard Cover A LANDMARK AND IMPORTANT BOOK IN CANADIAN HISTORY. First folio UK complete edition. 8-1/4 x 13-1/4 inches. House of Commons, London, 1839. [11 Feb. 1839]. Inside..... More
Quebec: Societe Litteraire et Historique De Quebec, Impr. de W. Cowan et fils 1840 Imprimerie de Middleton & Dawson 1838. Place Published: Quebec Publisher: Societe Litteraire et Historique De Quebec, Impr. de W. Cowan et fils 1840 Imprimerie de Middleton & Dawson 1838 Date Published: 1840-38 Edition: 1st Edition Binding..... More
London: William Blackwood. Place Published: London Publisher: William Blackwood Date Published: 1834 Edition: 2nd Edition Binding: Hard Cover IMPORTANT EARLY CANADA EMIGRATION BOOK WITH RARE MAP 2nd edition. 1834. Practical notes made during a tour in Canada, Edinburgh & London. [iii]-xvi, 426pp.[1], plus folding map in front pocket. 19th-century polished..... More
![Item #8718 By the King. [2]. A Proclamation, Declaring His Majesty’s Pleasure concerning the...](https://ldrb-ca.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8718_01_LR.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1677706774)
[Québec]: Pierre-Edouard Desbarats. Place Published: [Québec] Publisher: Pierre-Edouard Desbarats Date Published: [1801] Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding FIRST CANADIAN 1801 PRINTING OF PROCLAMATIONS REGARDING THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND "ACT OF UNION" AND A NEW UNION JACK FLAG DESIGN. [Quebec, printed by Pierre-Edouard Desbarats, New Printing..... More
![Item #7893 Elinor Glyn Books & Ephemera collection [168 items]. Elinor GLYN, née Sutherland](https://ldrb-ca.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/7893.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1564688346)
Date Published: 1902 to 2009 Binding: Hard & Soft cover THE QUEEN OF ROMANCE FICTION, A HOLLYWOOD ICON OF THE 1920s Elinor Glyn was an English author, journalist and screen writer and best known for Three Weeks (1907) a steamy romance novel which was shocking for its time. She specialised..... More
![Item #8029 Constitution Act [The Canada Act], 1791 An Act to repeal certain Parts of an Act,...](https://ldrb-ca.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8029_01_LR.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1567795060)
London: Charles Eyre and Andrew Strahan. Place Published: London Publisher: Charles Eyre and Andrew Strahan Date Published: 1791 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding ENGLISH "UPPER CANADA" & FRENCH "LOWER CANADA" CREATED First edition. 1791. Folio (11-1/2 inches). General title leaf imprint from series t.p., pages [1269]-1296. Woodcut Royal coat..... More
Date Published: 1902 to 1936 Binding: No binding Zane Grey (1872-1939) was a prolific American author who idealized the American frontier, best known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated with the Old West. This is a unique and varied collection of archival documents which offers a vista into..... More
London: Printed for Richard Phillips. Place Published: London Publisher: Printed for Richard Phillips Date Published: 1807 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hard Cover SCARCE OLDER HAND-COLOURED EDITION WITH VERY ATTRACTIVE PLATES. First edition. 8-1/4 x 10-18 inches. xii, [1]-602 p.,1 l., New large 1/2 bound calf, marbled paper sides, gold tooled..... More
Date Published: 1865 to 1883 Binding: No binding Thomas Hughes was a British lawyer, judge, politician, social reformer and prolific author. His most famous work is the semi-autobiographical novel, Tom Brown’s School Days (1857). A Hughes Scholarship was founded at Oriel College, Oxford. It was a closed award, open only..... More
Date Published: 1881 to 1989 Binding: No binding & hard cover The Huxley family is a notable British family. Several family members have excelled in science, medicine, arts, and literature. Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895), the patriarch of the family, was a zoologist, comparative anatomist, and friend of Charles Darwin. His..... More
London, Ottawa, and NY: Topley, Lafayette Ltd., Brown Brothers. Place Published: London, Ottawa, and NY Publisher: Topley, Lafayette Ltd., Brown Brothers Date Published: [1877 to 1910] Binding: No binding 7 b&w cabinet photos. • Laurier, 36 years of age, 1877, 165 × 108 mm., image somewhat faded, Topley, Ottawa. •..... 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
New York: John Lane. Place Published: New York Publisher: John Lane Date Published: 1912-1998 Binding: Hard Cover FEATURES RARE SUNSHINE SKETCHES 1ST AMERICAN ISSUE WITH DUST JACKET & SIGNED Collection includes 9 books, two of which are early works in dust jacket and 4 ephemeera. Of special importance is first..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, June 1911. Place Published: New York Publisher: The Macmillan Company, June 1911 Date Published: 1911 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hard Cover First edition, first printing. 5-1/4 x 7-3/4 inches. xiv,[1-]-340pp.(5pp. with 4pp. ads). On front inside cover board is taped, a faded 3-1/8 x 5-1/2..... More
Toronto: M. Reynolds, Printer to the Hon. the House of Assembly. Place Published: Toronto Publisher: M. Reynolds, Printer to the Hon. the House of Assembly. Date Published: 1835 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hard Cover QUITE RARE COPY INSCRIBED BY W.L. MACKENZIE TO GEORGE BELL, CALEDON First edition. 7-1/2 x 4-1/2..... More
Date Published: 1892 to 1943 Edition: various Binding: No binding & soft cover A collection of 147 mostly unique ephemera items dating from 1892 to 1943, specifically approximately 70 leaflets and chapbooks, approximately 50 letters, 11 broadsides, 11 photos, 3 manuscripts/typescripts, 1 scrapbook, and 1 book. Edwin Markham (né Charles..... More
various: various. Place Published: various Publisher: various Date Published: 1895 to 1949 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding Circa 130 documents (letters, reports, etc.), mainly written in French, some in English, a few in German, some annotations in Arabic. Most documents are addressed to the Directeur Général, Musée Egyptien, in..... More
Date Published: 1834 to 1895 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: 3-Ring Binder A unique and important early Ontario land ownership archive of Judge William Collis Meredith. This archive is a fantastic testimony of land and forest economics and the management of absentee land ownership in Southern Ontario in the 19th century;..... 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: 1681 &1691 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hard Cover A RARE AND ULTRA RARE BOOKS IN ONE VOLUME This volume is a...... More
Date Published: 1781 to 1800 Binding: Hard Cover Dr. John Moore was a Scottish physician, travel author, novelist, and editor of the works of Tobias Smollett This collection has 7 books (14 vols.), dating from 1781 to 1800 including copies of his three novels, a travel book about Italy, and..... More
![Item #3625 Contrat de mariage [marriage] (copie certifiée de l'époque) Québec, 6 septembre...](https://ldrb-ca.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3625_01_LR.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1406672301)
Québec: James Murray. Place Published: Québec Publisher: James Murray Date Published: 1762 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding WRITTEN ONLY THREE YEARS AFTER THE TAKING OF QUEBEC IN 1759 Marriage contract (certified copy of), 3-1/2 folio pages, 8 x 12-3/4 inches; Quebec, September 6, 1762. Seal of wax to the..... More
London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. Place Published: London Publisher: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. Date Published: 1838 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hard Cover INSCRIBED TO AUTHOR'S DAUGHTER FROM THE BOOK'S EDITOR First edition. Scarce. 6-1/4 x 3-3/4 inches vii, 126 p. contemporary half-morocco covers on marbled paper. Cover edges worn especially..... More
[Florida]: Norman Studios. Place Published: [Florida] Publisher: Norman Studios Date Published: 1926 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding First edition. Norman Studios bright graphics film large stone litho poster for the movie called "The Flying Ace" with an all coloured cast. Nice stone litho promotional theatre and promotional poster of..... More
[Florida]: Norman Studios. Place Published: [Florida] Publisher: Norman Studios Date Published: 1928 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding First edition. Norman Studios bright graphics film large stone litho poster for the movie called "Black Gold" with an all coloured cast. Nice stone litho promotional theatre and promotional poster of 3..... More
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. Place Published: London Publisher: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans Date Published: 1852 Edition: 1st Binding: Hard Cover 4 NICE CHROMOLITHOGRAPHIC PLATES 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..... More
![Item #3295 Letter addressed to Mrs. [Elizabeth] Fry signed by William Edward Parry. Sir William...](https://ldrb-ca.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3295.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1548878614)
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
Montreal: Armour & Ramsay. Place Published: Montreal Publisher: Armour & Ramsay Date Published: 1838 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hard Cover SCARCE SIGNED COPY OF HIS FIRST BOOK PUBLISHED IN CANADA First Edition signed, Scarce. 1838. Montreal, Armour & Ramsay. This is the first of his works to be published in..... 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: 1937 to 1966 Binding: No binding & hard cover INTERESTING EDITH SITWELL COLLECTION Dame Edith Sitwell was a British poet and critic and the eldest of the three literary Sitwells. She published poetry continuously from 1913, some of it abstract and set to music. With her dramatic style..... More
Date Published: 1939 to 1985 Binding: No binding & hard cover Irving Stone was a prolific American author of biographical novels of historical personalities such as Lust for Life about Vincent van Gogh and The Agony and the Ecstasy about Michelangelo. In a century in which popular culture appropriated politics..... More
London: printed for D. Henry and R. Cave at St. John's Gate. Place Published: London Publisher: printed for D. Henry and R. Cave at St. John's Gate Date Published: 1759 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Soft Cover First edition. Eight months only, from May 1759 to Dec. 1759. 5.5" x 9"..... More
Various: Various. Place Published: Various Publisher: Various Date Published: 1842 to 1996 Binding: No binding & hard cover The collection has original material pertaining to 22 American women poets, dating from 1842-1996 a total of 63 items, specifically 30 letters, 14 pieces of ephemera, 8 typescripts / manuscripts, 8 books..... More
London: Lucinda Douglas-Menzies. Place Published: London Publisher: Lucinda Douglas-Menzies Date Published: 2004 Binding: No binding Large silver gelatin photograph of Derek Walcott and Ben Okri by Lucinda Douglas-Menzies, three-quarter length, both seated, smiling at one another. Douglas-Menzies' label on verso with details of the shoot, 128 Kensington Church Street, 2004..... More
Date Published: 1863 to 1894 Binding: No binding & hard cover Charles Dudley Warner was an American essayist, novelist, lawyer. After the Clemens family moved to Hartford in 1871, Warner and Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) became friends, and collaborated on The Gilded Age (1873–74). It is for his share..... More
Date Published: [1906] to 1944 Binding: No binding COLETTE WAS GIVEN A STATE FUNERAL IN FRANCE Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette was of the most famous of modern French writers and nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. She wrote over 50 novels including Gigi (1944), and "Cheri" (1920) She was..... More