Date Published: 1901 Binding: No binding Autograph Note, signed. One page, 8vo. Dated Jan. 2, 1901, Toronto, on Ontario Historical Society letterhead, to unidentified recipient. Message "Wishing you and the two little girls a very Happy New Year." [Damaged with large chips missing from right hand edge (with loss of... More
Date Published: ND Binding: No binding 5-1/4 x 3-1/2 inches. Autograph letter signed. One page. Undated. To the editor of The Athenaeum, William Hepworth Dixon a friend, and English historian and traveler. Noting a change in the title of a work. Black border frame on note, old paper clip marking... More
Date Published: ND Binding: No binding 3 x 1-3/4 inches, signature on small card. Alexander Fraser was a journalist, historian, lecturer. Fraser came to Canada on the recommendation of Sir Charles Tupper, to take up a position on the editorial staff of the Toronto Mail (later the Toronto Mail and... More
London: Gentleman’s Magazine of Fashions. Place Published: London Publisher: Gentleman’s Magazine of Fashions Date Published: 1830 Binding: No binding Paper size: 8-7/8 x 12 inches. Image size: 3-1/4 x 8 inches. Heavy card stock a little yellowed with age and some very light soiling but hand colouring is strong -..... More
[Montreal]: "Family Herald and Weekly Star"; printed by "Black and White" Place Published: [Montreal] Publisher: "Family Herald and Weekly Star"; printed by "Black and White". Date Published: [1910] Binding: No binding (32 x 21.25 - full colour) circa 1910. Painted by Robert Gibb, R.S.A., and signed and dated (1886) in... More
Date Published: 1833 Binding: No binding QUITE UNUSUAL - BOTH BASIL AND MARGARET HALL HANDWRITING ON ONE DOCUMENT 9-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches. Autograph letter signed. Two pages, Dated (on the Rhine 20th May 1833. Two pages, 4to. With postscript on verso by his wife Margaret, also a writer. To his... More
London: Halton and Truscott Smith, Ltd. Place Published: London Publisher: Halton and Truscott Smith, Ltd Date Published: 1924 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hard Cover First edition. 9 x 11-1/2 inches. vii, 43 p. Publisher's full black cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt lettering, borders and medallion, gilt, on cover; bevelled... More
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Philadelphia: Leonard Scott. Place Published: Philadelphia Publisher: Leonard Scott Date Published: 1886 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Soft Cover 5-1/2" by 8" , 300 pages, paper cover chipped and tears on back page, cover starting to separate on inside, good condition only. This is the October, 1886 issue of The Edinburgh... More
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Date Published: ND Binding: No binding Autograph letter signed. 7-1/4 x 4-1/2 inches. One page. Undated. Athenaeum, Wednesday. Blind embossed stamp. Small piece torn from botton right corner in black border and small 1/4 inch hole in bottom left not affeting writing. minor soiling. Removed from a scrap book with... More
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Edinburgh: New North Brition. Place Published: Edinburgh Publisher: New North Brition Date Published: 1832 Edition: 1st Binding: No binding [original publication, North Brition” by John Wilkes 1725 - 1797] A point of view from unknown source about the name NORTH BRITION... “Britain is the union between Scotland and England and... More
[Edinburgh]: Royal Association for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland. Place Published: [Edinburgh] Publisher: Royal Association for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland Date Published: 1876 Binding: Hard Cover Folio. 15 x 12 inches. Original brown cloth stamped in blind and gold. Covers with black marks... More
Date Published: 1867 to 1890 Binding: No binding & hard cover Samuel Smiles (1812-1904) was a Scottish non-fiction author and a government reformer. His best known work, Self-Help, combined Victorian morality with sound free market ideas into moral tales, showing the benefits of thrift, hard work, education, perseverance, and character... More
Edinburgh: Oliphant, Waugh & Innes. Place Published: Edinburgh Publisher: Oliphant, Waugh & Innes Date Published: 1817 Edition: 2nd Edition Binding: Hard Cover UNCOMMON EDINBURGH EDITION OF THIS CLASSIC WITH INTERESTING PROVENANCE. 4 volumes, each 8vo, 22cm x 14cm, (8.5” x 5.5”), Vol.1, x, [1]-525pp., Vol.2, vii, [1]-542pp., Vol.3, vii, [1]-482pp.,index[53[,errata..... More
London: James S. Virtue. Place Published: London Publisher: James S. Virtue Date Published: 1859 Edition: 1st Binding: Hard Cover 1st edition. 2 Volumes. 880 pages in Vol. 1 and 1,023 in Vol. 2. 9-3/4 X 12 inches. Leather with gilt pages. 80 steel engravings - many of which are by... More
Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark; London : Hamilton, Adams & Co.; Simpkin, Marshall, & Co.; Dublin : James M'Glashan MDCCCL. Place Published: Edinburgh Publisher: T. & T. Clark; London : Hamilton, Adams & Co.; Simpkin, Marshall, & Co.; Dublin : James M'Glashan MDCCCL Date Published: 1850 Edition: 2nd Edition Binding... More
London: William Heinemann. Place Published: London Publisher: William Heinemann Date Published: 1909 Edition: 1st Binding: Hard Cover 5-3/4 x 8-3/4 inches. xiv, [1]-522pp.(1) Dark blue original cloth, bright gilt lettering and gilt crest on front cover. Spine ends very slightly crushed. Tight, bright and clean plates. Thirty-two pages of b&w..... More
Plymouth: William Brendon and Son, Limited, Mayflower Press. Place Published: Plymouth Publisher: William Brendon and Son, Limited, Mayflower Press Date Published: [1926] Edition: 1st Binding: Hard Cover LIMITED FIRST EDITION IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, NICE PROVENENCE First edition. 4to. 8-3/8 x 11-1/8 inches. 6 p. leaves, iv, 212pp; 213 unnumbered... More