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
Toronto: H. Belden Co. Place Published: Toronto Publisher: H. Belden Co. Date Published: 1878 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hard Cover First edition. 17-1/2 x 14-1/4 inches. [i-x], [1]-121pp. Atlas, rebound with new leather binding of spine and corner tips, plus black leather spine with gilt type, saving original front and..... More
Date Published: [1908] Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Photo IMPORTANT HISTORICAL COLLECTION WITH BALDWIN PROVENANCE Collection of 11 glass plate photos circa 1908, (plates measure 81mm x 100mm) in this collection with all in fine condition except "June Bug" with two cracks. They are housed in their original purpose built box with..... More
![Item #8421 [INTOLERABLE or COERCIVE Acts]. Complete Set of Five British Parliamentary Acts:...](/pictures/thumb/8421_01_LR.jpg?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: 1882 to 1951 Binding: No binding & hard cover Archives of Dr. George Sandison Brock dating from 1882 to 1951, approximately 140 pp. with ephemera, and two related books. Most of the collection relates to Dr. George Sandison Brock, FRCPE, FRSE (1858-1949), a physician at the British Embassy..... 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 QUITE SCARCE WALTER BUTLER SIGNATURE 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 year..... 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
[Ottawa]: Department of Secretary of State, Canada. Place Published: [Ottawa] Publisher: Department of Secretary of State, Canada Date Published: 1982 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Framed EXTREMELY IMPORTANT RARE CANADIAN SIGNED PRINTED DOCUMENT This 1982 Charter printed document is in a wooden frame 25-1/2 x 19-1/2 inches. The printed document is..... 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
![Item #8718 By the King. [2]. A Proclamation, Declaring His Majesty’s Pleasure concerning the...](/pictures/thumb/8718_01_LR.jpg?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](/pictures/thumb/7893.jpg?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,...](/pictures/thumb/8029_01_LR.jpg?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 7 books, two of which are early works in dust jacket. Of special importance is first American issue of..... More
Date Published: 1850 to 1911 Binding: No binding & hard cover INTERESTING COLLECTION OF AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN AUTHOR 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..... 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
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
![Item #3625 Contrat de mariage [marriage] (copie certifiée de l'époque) Québec, 6 septembre...](/pictures/thumb/3625_01_LR.jpg?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: 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...](/pictures/thumb/3295.jpg?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
[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]. [Model of Anik 1]. Model of Anik 1 in metal 3-1/2 inches long, 2-1/2 inches wide across the top, and 1-1/4..... 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
London: published by Morris & Co. 392 Strand W.C. Place Published: London Publisher: published by Morris & Co. 392 Strand W.C. Date Published: [1880] Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding WE CAN FIND NO OTHER COPIES OF THIS ENGRAVING. No date but probably circa 1880 when he would be about..... 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: [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