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
New York: Sarony Major and Knapp. Place Published: New York Publisher: Sarony Major and Knapp Date Published: [1860] Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding Paper size: 11-1/2 x 27-1/8 inches. Image size: 7-7/8 x 26-1/2 inches. Printed in colour on period wove paper. Minor wrinkling along top edge in border... More
Date Published: 1845 Binding: No binding A RARE AND IMPORTANT EARLY DOCUMENT FOR THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN CANADA Draft of Church Constitution Feb. 4th, 1845. Draft of A System of Management for the congregations under the inspection of the Missionary Synod of the United Secession Church in Canada. VII parts... More
Date Published: 1898 Binding: 4pp. Flat 9-7/8 x 8 inches, folded to 5 x 8 inches (was folded once more) House of Commons letterhead dated Kingsmere [Quebec], 15th Aug. 1898. 2 written pages. Addressed to Mr. Hopkins regarding a manuscript for an a new edition presumed for the “Bibliography... More
Date Published: 1873 Binding: No binding Two holograph letters written to Mr. Hyde Clark, London England. 1) 1873, Nov. 10th, Flat 9-3/4 x 7-7/8 inches, folded to 4-7/8 x 7-7/8 inches (was folded smaller. Small blind embossed logo in the top left corner. 4pp with 3 written pages. Referred to... More
Date Published: 1879 Binding: Letter size 4-7/8 x 4-7/8 inches flat, was folded. Hand-written 1879 letter from Samuel Dawson of Dawson Brothers, Montreal booksellers on their letterhead to Henry J. Morgan, Ottawa. Dated May 1, 1879. Included is a FREE frank envelope which contained the letter. Letter contents refers... More
Toronto: Dufresne photography. Place Published: Toronto Publisher: Dufresne photography Date Published: [1876] Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding Cabinet Card circa 1876: 4 x 7-1/2 inches. Signed and inscribed on bak by John T. Smith; "to Bro? John Wood, Yours Truly John Smith 235-1/2 Queen Street East. Toronto. James Juard... More
Date Published: 1856 Binding: No binding 14pp. 6-1/4 x 9-1/2 inches, disbound, no covers Full title: RETURN: To an address from the Legislature Assembly to His Excellency The Governor General, dated the 19th instant, praying His Excellency to cause to be laid before the House, "copies of correspondence and other... More
Date Published: 1983 to 2007Lawrence Hill collection. Binding: Hard & Soft cover Lawrence Hill (b1957) is a Canadian novelist, essayist, educator, and documentary writer. His epic novel, The Book of Negroes, tells the spell-binding story of a girl, Aminata Diallo, forcefully brought to South Carolina from West Africa at the... More
Date Published: 1941 to 1988 Binding: Hugh MacLennan (was a Canadian novelist and English professor at Lower Canada College and McGill University. He won five Governor General's Awards. The collection contains 6 items dating from 1941 to 1988 specifically, two signed books, a pamphlet, a magazine, a letter, and... More
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: [1935] Binding: No binding A VERY RARE MANLY MACDONALD EARLY CHRISTMAS CARD Christmas Greeting Card circa 1930's Flat: 12-3/4 x 5-1/2 inches Folded: 6-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches Image: 4-7/8 x 3-3/4 inches The printed Manly MacDonald "The Red Mill" image, slightly out of register when printed, was trimmed... More
Date Published: 1908 Binding: No binding AN IMPORTANT BORDEN LETTER Typed Letter, signed "R. L. Borden," dated Ottawa, August 26th, 1908, addressed to a Col. A. Audet, Montreal, written on House of Commons stationery. 27 lines on two 8 x 10 sheets, was folded now flat, first page with some toning mostly on right edge, otherwise very good condition. A...... More
Date Published: 1853 to 1888 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding & soft cover HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT EARLY ONTARIO LOCAL HISTORY COLLECTION The collection includes 19 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
[Toronto]: [Harbourfront Reading Series]. Place Published: [Toronto] Publisher: [Harbourfront Reading Series] Date Published: 1987 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: First Edition. 8pp., 16 x 12 inches. This is the promotional mock-up of ALOUD - A Literary Quarterly that was supposed to be an annual quarterly published by the Harbourfront Reading... More
[London]: John Thomas Batt. Place Published: [London] Publisher: John Thomas Batt Date Published: 1771 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: A small 3-3/4 x 5-7/8 inches [30pp.] manuscript notebook devoted to J.T. Batt's executorship of the 2nd Earl Halifax dated 1771. (covering from May 18, 1771 - October 3 1771). Notebook... More
![Draft of Church Constitution letter [Missionary Synod of the United Secession Church in Upper Canada]. William PROUDFOOT, provenance.](/pictures/thumb/7926_01_LR.jpg?v=1551127813)
![ALOUD - A Literary Quarterly- Volume 1, Issue 1, Spring 1987 [layout mock-up]. Margaret ATWOOD, 1939 -.](/pictures/thumb/7850_01_LR.jpg?v=1541864414)
