Date Published: 1882 to 1967 Binding: No binding & hard cover Nineteen Canadian authors are represented in this collection dating from 1882 to 1967, containing 57 items specifically, 24 letters, 21 cards and post cards, 3 photos, 5 books, 1 movie herald, 1 issue of a journal, 1 printing block..... More
Date Published: [1884] & 1895 Binding: Hard Cover Grant Allen, (Canadian-English science writer and novelist). This mini-collection includes; 1) ALS to Mr. Chatto of Chatto & Windus, n.d. but 1883-4, re publication of his novel entitled Philistia. 2) ALS to Andrew Lang, 10 February 1895, telling Lang that he won’t agree..... More
Date Published: 1926-1948 Binding: The author, Douglas W. Ashby, was born in 1898 in Leicester, England. His father died when he was 6. His grandfather had a shoe and boot factory. In the First World War, Ashby served as a clerk in the Army Service Corps at Darby. He..... 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
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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: 1844 to 1892 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding & soft cover HISTORICAL & IMPORTANT EARLY ONTARIO FAMILY COLLECTION The collection includes 21 items, specifically, two holograph Ontario diaries by Alexander D. Bruce, one 61 page diary (March 1884-April 15, 1885) one 64 page diary (Apr. 10, 1886..... 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
Montreal: Matthews' Lith. Place Published: Montreal Publisher: Matthews' Lith. Date Published: [1845] Edition: Very early edition Binding: No binding The 1842 Ashburton-Webster Treaty settled the New Brunswick - Maine boundary and described the boundary between British North America and the US from Lake Huron to Lake of the Woods. Quite..... More
Quebec: British Government. Place Published: Quebec Publisher: British Government Date Published: 1793 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding 28cm x 20cm, 4 page document plus loose pay detail sheet (18.5cm x 22.5cm) tipped-in on inside of folded 4pp. Document signed “Dorchester” partially printed and completed by hand. 4pp folio with..... More
Date Published: [1955] to 1977 Binding: No binding Susan Cheever is a novelist, nonfiction 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: 1904 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Soft Cover Travel diary of a trip on a ship from Cardiff, England to Naples, to Almeira (Andulsia, Spain), and then return to Newport, and finally home by train to Bristol. 26 June-23 July 1904. Bound in black cloth, all edges red. Written in..... More
Date Published: 1917-1920 Binding: A literary archive collection includes: 4 manuscript notebooks of poems and a few stories, written in pencil (approximately [410] pp. of written text) and two books, one signed. Circa 1917-20. Many drafts of poems are untitled, and some are crossed out. Approximately [410] pp. of..... 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
Date Published: 1935 to 1990 Binding: No binding & hard cover Walter D. Edmonds was an American novelist and author of children’s and historical novels, including his best-selling work, Drums Along the Mohawk in 1936. In 1942 he won a Newberry Medal for ''The Matchlock Gun,'' about a boy in..... 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: Hard Cover ..... More
![Elinor Glyn Books & Ephemera collection [165 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
Ottawa: S. E. Dawson. Place Published: Ottawa Publisher: S. E. Dawson Date Published: 1905 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding RARE AND SIGNIFICANT 1905 CANADIAN CONSTITUTION RELATED DOCUMENT The Alberta Act in 1905 is part of the Constitution of Canada. 1st Edition. 6-3/8 x 9-5/8 inches. 4-5 Edward VII, Chapter..... More
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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
London: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode. Place Published: London Publisher: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode Date Published: 1867 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding RARE BNA ACT, 1867 - CANADA: FROM COLONY TO COUNTRY The Constitution Act, (BNA Act) 1867 is part of the Constitution of Canada. First..... More
[London]: [HMSO]. Place Published: [London] Publisher: [HMSO] Date Published: 1838 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: LIST OF 885 PERSONS CHARGED WITH TREASON IN UPPER CANADA Canada. Return to an Address of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 8 May 1838 ; - for, RETURN of the Names and Quality..... More
Date Published: 1967 to 1993 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding Joseph Heller was an American satirical novelist, short story writer, and playwright. His second novel, "Something Happened" published in 1974, spanning thirteen years after Catch-22, his best-known work. Something Happened has failed to achieve the renown of Catch-22 but..... 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
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
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
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
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: 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
studio location unknown: photographer unknown. Place Published: studio location unknown Publisher: photographer unknown Date Published: [1935] Edition: 1st photo print? Binding: No binding EARLY EDITION OF SIGNED ICONIC L.M. M. PHOTO IN FINE CONDITION Black and white silver circa 1935 (LMM age 61) print with white border. Depicts the beloved..... More
![Contrat de mariage [marriage] (copie certifiée de l'époque) Québec, 6 septembre 1762 for Jean...](/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
![Letter addressed to Mrs. [Elizabeth] Fry signed by William Edward Parry. Sir William Edward R. N....](/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
Date Published: 1847-1861 Binding: No binding EARLY HISTORIC 1847-1853 NIAGARA FALLS & CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE This Early Niagara Falls Suspension & Clifton Suspension Bridge Archive / Collection of 15 items enables one to follow the evolution of some events along the NFSB & CSB growth and history during the 1847-53..... 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 (1887-1964) 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..... 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
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