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Date Published: 1913 to 1950 Binding: No binding & hard cover Trained as a medical doctor at Cambridge University, Warwick Deeping served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War I. He abandoned medicine and became a full-time author. Seven of his novels were best-sellers, notably Sorrell and Son..... More
Date Published: 1882 to 1967 Binding: No binding & hard cover Twenty Canadian authors are represented in this collection dating from 1882 to 1967, containing 59 items specifically, 24 letters, 21 cards and post cards, 3 photos, 6 books, 1 movie herald, 1 issue of a journal, 1 printing block..... More
Date Published: 1913 to 1971 Binding: No binding & hard cover Faith Baldwin was a U.S. author of romance and fiction, publishing some 100 novels, often concentrating on women. The New York Times wrote that her books had "never a pretense at literary significance" and were popular because they "enabled..... More
Date Published: 1787 to 1811 Binding: No binding & hard cover Joel Barlow was a lawyer, diplomat, and Revolutionary War chaplain and pursued his writing ambitions after the war, joining the writers’ group known as the Hartford Wits. He was an ardent proponent of American democracy. Granted French citizenship, he..... More
Date Published: 1888 to 1892 Binding: No binding & hard cover Edward Bellamy was an American author, journalist, and political activist, best known for his utopian novel, Looking Backward, 2000-1887 (1888), in which a Boston gentleman is placed in a trance in 1887, awakens in the year 2000, and is..... More
Date Published: 1915 to 1934 Binding: No binding Hilaire Belloc was one of the most controversial and accomplished men of letters of early twentieth-century England. He was an Anglo-French Catholic critic, historian, and satirist. Belloc wrote over 150 books, the subjects ranging from warfare to poetry to the many current..... More
Regina. Place Published: Regina Date Published: 1979 to 1981 Binding: No binding Allan Blakeney Collection consists of 7 items dating from 1979 to 1981, specifically, four typed letters on Saskatchewan Office of Premier signed, two of the same color photographs signed and 1 colour printed portrait autopen signed. All in..... More
Date Published: 1913 to 1934 Binding: No binding & hard cover Ellis Parker Butler was a prolific American humorist, short story writer, and poet, best known for his story Pigs Is Pigs. He was the author of more than 30 books and more than 2,000 stories and essays. The collection..... More
Date Published: 1889 to 1931 Binding: No binding Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine CH KBE, usually known as Hall Caine, was a British novelist, dramatist, short story writer, poet and critic of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. He was secretary to Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Caine's popularity during his..... More
Date Published: 1933 to 1979 Binding: No binding Erskine Caldwell was an American novelist and short story writer best known for his novels such as Tobacco Road and God's Little Acre about social problems in the southern United States. Caldwell wrote 25 novels, 150 short stories, twelve nonfiction collections, two..... 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
Date Published: [1955] to 1977 Binding: No binding Susan Cheever is a novelist, non-fiction 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: 1922-1935 Binding: No binding & hard cover Sheldon Christian archives. 1922-1935. Approximately 1,800 pp. These extensive archives contain manuscripts and typescripts of Christian’s plays, short stories, news stories, poems, correspondence, diary entries, and ephemera. Much of the material concerns Christian’s academic life at Tufts College, his literary pursuits..... More
Date Published: 1831 to 1872 Binding: No binding & hard cover George Cruikshank was a celebrated British caricaturist, book illustrator, and friend of Charles Dickens. The collection consists of 5 items dating from 1831 to 1872, specifically a manuscript, 3 books formerly owned by Cruikshank and a carte-de-visite, 1 Manuscript..... More
Date Published: 1938 to 1964 Binding: No binding Thomas Edmund Dewey was an American lawyer, prosecutor, and politician. In addition to being the Governor of New York for three terms from 1943 to 1955, he was the Republican nominee for the Presidential elections in 1944 and 1948. The collection contains..... 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: c1870 to 1880 Binding: No binding Collection of 6 items circa 1870 to 1880 of 6 ephemera items; 1 albumen Cabinet Card, 3 albumen CVD's, Dufferin cut signature with long salutation and Ontario's Farewell to the Earl of Dufferin 1878 booklet. • 1 Cabinet Card circa 1876, 4-1/4..... 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
Various: Various. Place Published: Various Publisher: Various Date Published: 1888 to [1900] Binding: No binding & hard cover Edgar Fawcett was a prolific American novelist, essayist, and poet. His best-known novels were satirical studies of New York high society. Fawcett also wrote numerous works for children. Collection contains 6 items..... More
Date Published: 1933 to 1955 Binding: First Editions from 1933 to 1955. An interesting archive of five early titles in Spanish by the Cuban poet, translator, critic and scholar Eugenio Florit. 4 of 5 books inscribed to his friend and colleague, H. R. (Hoffman Reynolds) Hays, American poet, novelist..... More
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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
Date Published: 1902 to 1936 Binding: No binding Zane Grey (1872-1939) was a prolific American author who idealized the American frontier, best known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated with the Old West. This is a unique and varied collection of archival documents which offers a vista into..... More
Date Published: 1886 to 1911 Binding: No binding & hard cover George Grossmith was an English comedian, writer, composer, actor, and singer. His performing career spanned more than four decades. Weedon Grossmith was an English writer, painter, actor, and playwright best known as co-author of The Diary of a Nobody..... More
Date Published: 1864 to 1917 Binding: No binding & hard cover Edward Everett Hale American author, historian, editor, social reformer, and Unitarian minister. He was a long term member of the American Antiquarian Society. He is best remembered for his short story “The Man Without a Country.” Collection includes 36..... 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: 1878 to 1993 Binding: Collection of a group 14 items of miscellaneous, ephemera, letters and photographs of Navy ships relating to Canada including HMCS Provider, HMS Ariadne, other Ships and Bou-Mahni Mines Algiers materials. Dates on photos are period dates not we believe when the prints were..... More
Date Published: 1916 to 1955 Binding: No binding & hard cover Alfred Kreymborg was an American poet, novelist, playwright, literary editor, and anthologist. The son of a cigar-store owner, he attended public school in Manhattan and became a chess phenomenon by the age of ten. He began writing poetry in..... More
various: various. Place Published: various Publisher: various Date Published: 1832 to 1919 Binding: No binding This archive collection contains 37 items dating from 1832 to 1919, specifically 24+ letters, 6 photos, and other pieces of ephemera. Although some documents have folds, stains, tears and nicks, most of the material is..... More
Date Published: 1948 to 1997 Binding: Hard & Soft cover Norman Mailer was an American novelist, journalist, playwright, and political candidate. His novel The Naked and the Dead (1948) brought him early and wide renown. The collection has 8 items dating from 1948 to 1997, specifically 6 letters, 1 signed..... More
Date Published: 1892 to 1943 Edition: various Binding: No binding & soft cover A collection of 147 mostly unique ephemera items dating from 1892 to 1943, specifically approximately 70 leaflets and chapbooks, approximately 50 letters, 11 broadsides, 11 photos, 3 manuscripts/typescripts, 1 scrapbook, and 1 book. Edwin Markham (né Charles..... More
various: various. Place Published: various Publisher: various Date Published: 1895 to 1949 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding Circa 130 documents (letters, reports, etc.), mainly written in French, some in English, a few in German, some annotations in Arabic. Most documents are addressed to the Directeur Général, Musée Egyptien, in..... More
Date Published: 1781 to 1800 Binding: Hard Cover Dr. John Moore was a Scottish physician, travel author, novelist, and editor of the works of Tobias Smollett This collection has 7 books (14 vols.), dating from 1781 to 1800 including copies of his three novels, a travel book about Italy, and..... More
Date Published: 1875 to 1909 Binding: No binding Henry J. Morgan was a Canadian civil servant, lawyer, and author, best known for publishing collections of biographical sketches of notable Canadians such as Sketches of Celebrated Canadians, Bibliotheca Canadensis, and The Canadian Men and Women of the Time. He was a...... More
Various: Various. Place Published: Various Publisher: Various Date Published: 1679 to 1682 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Disbound 9 Popish Plot tracts collection items, specifically #4, #9, #10, #11, #13, #16, #16, #19 and #25 about this political and religious controversy from 1679 to 1682. Concocted by Titus Oates and others..... More
Date Published: 1849 to 1893 Binding: No binding & hard cover Francis Parkman Jr. was an American historian, best known as the author of The California and Oregon Trail and his monumental seven-volume France and England in North America. The collection consists of 7 items dating from 1849 to 1893..... More
Date Published: 1936 to 1951 Binding: No binding & hard cover Emily Post was an American novelist, author, columnist, socialite, and an authority on etiquette. "Etiquette," she once said, "is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is the code of sportsmanship and of honor. It is ethics." More..... More
Date Published: 1914 to 1948 Binding: No binding & hard cover Mary Roberts Rinehart was an American novelist, playwright, and author, often called the American Agatha Christie. She wrote hundreds of short stories, poems, travelogues and articles. Many of her books and plays were adapted for movies. It was one..... More
Date Published: 1892 to 1930 Binding: No binding & hard cover Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts Known as the Father of Canadian Poetry, Charles G.D. Roberts was a poet and prose writer who inspired creativity in other poets of his generation, among them Bliss Carman (his cousin), Archibald Lampman and..... More
Date Published: 1937 to 1966 Binding: No binding & hard cover INTERESTING EDITH SITWELL COLLECTION Dame Edith Sitwell 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 style..... More
Date Published: 1939 to 1985 Binding: No binding & hard cover Irving Stone was a prolific American author of biographical novels of historical personalities such as Lust for Life about Vincent van Gogh and The Agony and the Ecstasy about Michelangelo. In a century in which popular culture appropriated politics..... More
Date Published: 1945 to 1997 Binding: No binding & hard cover This collection is comprised of 29 items dating from 1945 to 1997, specifically, 20 letters, 6 books, 1 manuscript, 1 card, and 1 news clippings. Julian Gustave Symons was a British crime writer and poet who also wrote social..... More
Date Published: 1909 to 1941 Binding: No binding & hard cover Booth Tarkington was an American novelist, dramatist, and Pulitzer Prize winner. During the 1910s and 1920s, he was considered America’s greatest living author. He is one of only three novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than..... More
Various: Various. Place Published: Various Publisher: Various Date Published: 1842 to 1996 Binding: No binding & hard cover The collection has original material pertaining to 22 American women poets, dating from 1842-1996 a total of 63 items, specifically 30 letters, 14 pieces of ephemera, 8 typescripts / manuscripts, 8 books..... More
Various: Various. Place Published: Various Publisher: Various Date Published: 1842 to 1982 Binding: No binding & hard cover 14 authors are represented in this collection including 33 items dating from 1842 to 1982 specifically 19 letters, 6 photos, 6 books, 1 note, and 1 brochure. BENCHLY, Nathaniel (American novelist, humorist..... More
Toronto & Montreal. Place Published: Toronto & Montreal Date Published: [1837 to 1858 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding Rare broadside. 1) Caption Title. To the King’s Most Excellent Majesty. Most Gracious Sovereign: No place, no publisher, no date (before 1837). 7-1/2 x 9-1/2 inches, 1 page. Disbound, small holes..... More
Date Published: 1650, 1789, 1817 Binding: Hard & Soft cover Three early classic works on the Italian merchant Amerigo Vespucci, explorer, and navigator from the Republic of Florence who allegedly undertook several voyages to the “New World”. In recognition of his explorations, the cartographer Martin Waldweemüller latinized his name as..... More
Various: Various. Place Published: Various Publisher: Various Date Published: 1870 to 1937 Binding: No binding & hard cover The collection has 10 items dating from 1870 to 1937, specifically, 2 books, 4 letters, 2 post cards, 1 photo, 1 carte de visite, and 1 label with an address. The collection..... More
Date Published: 1863 to 1894 Binding: No binding & hard cover Charles Dudley Warner was an American essayist, novelist, lawyer. After the Clemens family moved to Hartford in 1871, Warner and Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) became friends, and collaborated on The Gilded Age (1873–74). It is for his share..... More
Date Published: 1900 to 1939 Binding: No binding & hard cover Carolyn Wells was a prolific American poet, mystery novelist, and children’s author, who married Hadwin Houghton, the heir of the Houghton-Mifflin publishing empire. Wells often traveled to England and cultivated a wide circle of literary friends on both sides..... More
Date Published: 1916 to 1968 Binding: No binding William Allen White was an American newspaper editor, politician, poet, novelist, biographer of presidents, a founding editor of the Book of the Month Club, “the Sage of Emporia”). He won the 1923 Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing. In 1947 White posthumously won..... More
Date Published: [1906] to 1944 Binding: No binding COLETTE WAS GIVEN A STATE FUNERAL IN FRANCE Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette was of the most famous of modern French writers and nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. She wrote over 50 novels including Gigi (1944), and "Cheri" (1920) She was..... More
various: various. Place Published: various Publisher: various Date Published: 1922 to 1938 Binding: No binding & hard cover Owen Wister dubbed the father of Western fiction, was a prolific novelist, short story writer, biographer, and historian. His most famous work is The Virginian (1902), a novel set in the Wyoming..... More