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: 1888-1942 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 women. She... More
![ALOUD - A Literary Quarterly- Volume 1, Issue 1, Spring 1987 [layout mock-up]. Margaret ATWOOD, 1939 -.](/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 First Edition. Atwood, Margaret [M.E. Atwood]. Double Persephone. Toronto: Hawkshead Press, 1961. Market book series, book 1. [16] p. 172 × 130 mm. (5 x 6-3/4 inches), 4 leaves. The text block... 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
![The Fisherman’s Hut and Other Tales for Children. Mrs. Jane BOURNE, b. c1794]-18??](/pictures/thumb/3420.jpg?v=1435897158)
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
New York: Charles Small. Place Published: New York Publisher: Charles Small Date Published: 1834 Edition: 4th Binding: Hard Cover Fourth Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. xv, 208 p.p. Original marbled paper-covered boards with leather spine. Gilt spine title and decorations. Engraved frontis illustration and title page illustration... More
London: Chiswick: Printed by C. Whittingham C. S. Arnold ; Simpkin and Marshall ; J. Poole, Place Published: London Publisher: Chiswick: Printed by C. Whittingham C. S. Arnold ; Simpkin and Marshall ; J. Poole, Date Published: 1824 Edition: Later edition Binding: Hard Cover Later edition. 5 x 3 inches... More
London: Printed and published by J. Limbird 143 Strand. Place Published: London Publisher: Printed and published by J. Limbird 143 Strand Date Published: 1824 Edition: Later edition Binding: Soft Cover (1) title page, [1]-68pp. modern paper wrappers. It is printed double column with quite a small type face. Limbird re-printed... 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 1980 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 of her short stories. In his 5... 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
Date Published: 1878-1902 Binding: 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 8 Autographed Signed Letters (ASL); 2... More
![Autographed Signed Letter (ASL) of Caroline Fry [Mrs. Caroline Wilson] hand written original poem (unpublished?). Caroline FRY, Mrs. Caroline Wilson.](/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
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
Ottawa: Oberon Press. Place Published: Ottawa Publisher: Oberon Press Date Published: 1975 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hard Cover 5-1/4 x 8-1/2 inches. 211pp. Mauve cloth with white and blue handwritting patterned endpapers. 8 illustrations by Katherine Jane. Fine / Fine condition. The lively diary of Jane Ellice, wife of Edward... More
[Hanover, ON]: Self-published. Place Published: [Hanover, ON] Publisher: Self-published Date Published: [1947] Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hard Cover First edition. 5-1/4 x 8-3/8 inches. (6),[7]-298pp. Red cloth covers with dull gilt on spine and front cover, sunned on bottom front cover 1/2 inch, otherwise very good condition. No dust jacket... More
London: Henry Colburn. Place Published: London Publisher: Henry Colburn Date Published: 1815 Edition: 2nd Edition Binding: Hard Cover NICE COPY IN CONTEMPORARY FULL POLISHED CALF 2nd edition. 8vo, vi, 352pp. Contemporary full polished calf, original marbled end paper with previous owners bookplate affixed. Nice copy. Engraved portrait after Romney with... More
London: Printed for Henry Colburn. Place Published: London Publisher: Printed for Henry Colburn Date Published: 1815 Edition: 2nd Edition Binding: Hard Cover Small 8vo (20 x 12.5 cm (approx 7¾ x 4¾ inches), vi, 352pp. Embellished with a Fine Portrait, after Romney. New brown leather spine with gilt type and... More