New York: The New York Society of Self-Culture. Place Published: New York Publisher: The New York Society of Self-Culture Date Published: 1907 Edition: 8th Edition Binding: Hard Cover 2 volumes in one. 7-1/2 x 5-1/4 inches, (4) 608pp. Rebacked, light green cloth with dark brown decorative type on spine and..... More
Date Published: 1888-1942Gertrude Atherton Collection Binding: Gertrude Atherton was a prominent and prolific American author. In addition to novels, she wrote short stories, essays, and articles for magazines and newspapers on such issues as feminism, politics, and war. Atherton was an early feminist well acquainted with the plight of..... More
![ALOUD - A Literary Quarterly- Volume 1, Issue 1, Spring 1987 [layout mock-up]. Margaret ...](/pictures/thumb/7850_01_LR.jpg?v=1541864414)
[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
Toronto: Hawkshead Press. Place Published: Toronto Publisher: Hawkshead Press Date Published: 1961 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Soft Cover First edition. Atwood, Margaret [M.E. Atwood]. Double Persephone. Toronto: Hawkshead Press, 1961. Market book series, book 1. [16] p. 172 × 130 mm. 4 leaves. Wire-stitched. Thick-paper wrapper. Signed by Atwood on..... More
Toronto: Hawkshead Press. Place Published: Toronto Publisher: Hawkshead Press Date Published: 1961 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Soft Cover ATWOOD'S FIRST BOOK SIGNED PLUS SOME ATWOOD EPHEMERA AND THREE SIGNED BOOKS Double Persephone. First Edition. Atwood, Margaret [M.E. Atwood]. Toronto: Hawkshead Press, 1961. Market book series, book 1. [16] p. 172..... More
Date Published: 1942 to 1949 Binding: No binding Sally Benson was an American screenwriter and short story author, best known for her semi-autobiographical stories collected including the creator of Judy Graves, the awkward, ungainly yet curiously appealing adolescent heroine of the “Junior Miss” stories in The New Yorker and “Meet..... More
Philadelphia: H. C. Carey & I. Lea and E. Littell. Place Published: Philadelphia Publisher: H. C. Carey & I. Lea and E. Littell Date Published: 1827 Edition: 1st Binding: Hard Cover First US edition. 5-1/2 x 8-3/4 inches. xxii, [1]-382pp. Rebacked in calf, tooled with original label. Original boards, overall..... More
London: Harvey and Darton, Gracechurch St. Place Published: London Publisher: Harvey and Darton, Gracechurch St. Date Published: 1829 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hard Cover 9cm x 14.5cm (3 3/4’ x 5 3/4”) 157, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates (frontispiece) : 1 ill. ; Original worn leather spine with title..... More
Date Published: 1876 Binding: No binding 6 x 4 inches. Autograph letter signed. Two pages, 8vo. Dated Torquay, May 12 [18]76. Agetoned paper in very good condition. Mentioning plays ["Queen Mary'} and referring to Tennyson. Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts was a British philanthropist. Burdett-Coutts was widely known as "the richest heiress..... More
Date Published: 1933 to 1963 Binding: Gladys Hasty Carroll was an American novelist. Carroll believed that the history of common folk mattered most and her works (fiction and non-fiction) most presented their stories about the rural Maine of her childhood. Carroll earned a Pulitzer Prize nomination for her 1933..... More
Date Published: ND Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Photo CDV, Older Woman in full view seated pose, seated at table with book. Photographer is Thos Charles, St. Catharines, Ontario Street, ON Canada. In business from 1879-1882? M Elizabeth Charles - Mrs Thomas Charles his wife took over the business, ?-1884-1888-... 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: 1915 to 1980Agatha Christie collection combined with Heron Carvic collection Binding: No binding & hard cover The collections have a common element in the heroines of both these writers. Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster and amateur detective, appeared in 12 of Christie's crime novels and in 20..... More
London: Anne Cobbett. Place Published: London Publisher: Anne Cobbett Date Published: 1842 Edition: Later edition Binding: Hard Cover 4 x 7-1/4 inches. viii, [1]-287p. Original binding of worn cloth-backed boards, spine with difficult to read paper label. Previous owner's card and signature with date (Mr. Joseph F. Hansom, 27 Alfred..... More
London: Margaret Crewe. Place Published: London Publisher: Margaret Crewe Date Published: 1926 Binding: No binding Margaret Crewe signature on 4-3/4 x 3-3/4 inch envelope dated 1926. [accompanied by a letter from her secretary, J. Corbett and dated 1st July, 1926. Envelope is wrinkled on left side with the writing going..... More
Toronto: Williamson & Co. (Brough & Caswell, printers), [1891]. Place Published: Toronto Publisher: Williamson & Co. (Brough & Caswell, printers), [1891]. Date Published: 1891 Edition: 1st Binding: Soft Cover 8vo. 15, [1] pp. Original wrappers, splitting a bit at spine, sewing holes present. Upper outer corners of final few leaves..... More
Date Published: 1821 Binding: 4pp, 12 x 8 inches folded to 5-3/4 x 8 inched and affixed to larger paper and removed from an album. 2 pages of text in French. Dated Mar 11, 1821 Letter from Madame de Castéras Lady in Waiting to S.A. of the French Pringles..... More
NP. Place Published: NP Date Published: ND Binding: Paper size: 5-3/8 x 7-1/2 inches Image size: 3-1/4 x 5-1/2 inches Unsigned bookplate for Mary E. Dignam Mary Ella Dignam (née Williams) (1857–1938) (Born Mary Ella Williams) was a Canadian painter, teacher, and art organizer best remembered as the founder..... More
Date Published: 1866-1902 Binding: No binding & hard cover Mary Mapes Dodge was an American children's writer best known for her story Hans Brinker (1865). She was also editor of the illustrated magazine Hearth and Home and the phenomenally successful children's periodical, St. Nicholas Magazine. This collection includes 16 items..... 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
Toronto: William Briggs. Place Published: Toronto Publisher: William Briggs Date Published: [1896] Edition: 1st Binding: Soft Cover Soft Cover. 24pp. Original printed wrappers, woven binding, tight, unmarked, 6" x 9" White covers with black titles on cover. Includes list of members of the society. Book Condition: Very Good. A RESOLUTION..... More
![Autographed Signed Letter (ASL) of Caroline Fry [Mrs. Caroline Wilson] hand written original...](/pictures/thumb/5041_01_LR.jpg?v=1434414385)
Date Published: 1839 Binding: No binding 9-1/8 x 7-1/4 inches. Autograph manuscript signed "Caroline Wilson." One page. dated February 7, 1839. Draft of a poem titled Ex Gx or EG...died aged 18 years. Signed in fountain pen. The letter is neatly sewn, at the left edge, to 1/2 inch album..... More
Date Published: 1906 to 1937 Binding: No binding & hard cover Zona Gale was American novelist, short story writer, poet, journalist, and Pulitzer prize winner for drama in 1921. The collection consists of 13 items dating from 1906 to 1937 specifically, 6 letters, 3 books, an autographed note, 2 photographs..... More
Toronto: William Briggs. Place Published: Toronto Publisher: William Briggs Date Published: 1905 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hard Cover 4-3/4 x 7-3/8 inches, (3 including tissue guarded portrait plate), 309pp., original green cloth boards with gilt lettering and perimeter gilt rules. New endpapers. Cover a little marked and a dent in..... More
![Elinor Glyn collection [155 items]. Elinor GLYN, née Sutherland](/pictures/thumb/7893.jpg?v=1564688346)
Date Published: 1902 to 2009 Binding: Hard & Soft cover 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 in romantic fiction which was considered scandalous for its time, although..... More