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Ephemera
EPHEMERA: C1897 COMMEMORATIVE QUEEN VICTORIA WATERMARKED UNUSED T H SAUNDERS PAPER
London: T. H. Saunders. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1897. Non-Book. This watermarked sheet of hand-made paper is in very good condition. It measures 9" x 7.5". The paper is by T. H Saunders and dates to Queen Victoria's 60th Diamond Jubilee. A very rare find. ; 9" x 87.5" . T. H. Saunders unknown
Ссылка продавца : 19537
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Sinclair, Andrew
GOG
London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Bound in black cloth light shelf wear only dust wrppaer very lightly rubbed at lower edges a lovely clean tight copy.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 486 pages . Weidenfeld & Nicholson hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 19545
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Auchinleck, General Claude
EPHEMERA: GENERAL AUCHINLEK COMMANDER IN CHIEF INDIA RARE BOOKPLATE C1944
India: Self Published. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1944. First Edition. Non-Book. This bookplate belonging to General Claude Auchinlek is in unused condition and dates to his days during WWII when he was Commander In Chief if the Indian forces. A very scarce find. ; 4" x 3" . Self Published unknown
Ссылка продавца : 19640
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Orwell, George
NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR
Toronto: S. J. Reginald Saunders. Very Good in Poor dust jacket. 1949. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. Bound in grey linen-grained cloth edges very lightly rubbed red titles within black box black author titles with the black dot on lower right of back board. Dust jacket present but badly damaged now within protective acetate. This is the First Canadian Edition. Scarce. ; 8" x 5.5"; 314. pages . S. J. Reginald Saunders hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 19654
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Ephemera - Transport
EPHEMERA: AN EARLY VICTORIAN C1850 LONDON TOLL GATE AND BRIDGE PASS
London. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1850. Non-Book. AN EARLY VICTORIAN C1850 LONDON TOLL GATE AND BRIDGE PASS - This very rare piece of early transportation interest is in good condition complete with seal and measures 3.5" 9cm x 2.5" 6cm and issued to an "E. K. Randal Esq". These toll cards are few and far between. ; 3.5" x 2.5" . unknown
Ссылка продавца : 19672
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Dodsley, J (Samuel Johnson - contributor)
The Preceptor: Containing a General Course of Education wherein the First Principles of Polite Learning are laid down in a Way most suitable for trying the Genius and advancing the Instruction of Youth.
Tully's Head in Pall Mall: R. & J. Dodsley 1763. Fourth edition. Two volumes octavo pp l 5 - 466; 560. very clean and firm internally with 28 folding engraved plates two engraved frontispieces six folding maps partially coloured contemporary full polished calf very slightly worn the spines slightly creased orange and green title labels. Volume II is lacking a small piece at the spine head and has a little damage to its rear cover. Apparently the preface on the importance of education was written by Samuel Johnson. With the scarce Royal Licence page before the first title page. Fourth edition. Full Leather. Good. R. & J. Dodsley Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 023204
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MacLennan, Hugh
TWO SOLITUDES
Toronto: Collins. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth silver titles previous owners signature in ink dust wrapper rubbed through at edges. Scarce. ; 8" x 6.5"; 370. pages; . Collins hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 18331
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Davies, Robertson
TABLE TALK OF SAMUEL MARCHBANKS
Toronto: Clarke Irwin & Co. Ltd. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in red cloth silver titles dust wrapper a little chipped at tail and head previous owners inscription a lovely clean tight copy. Scarce. ; 8" x 6"; 248 pages . Clarke, Irwin & Co. Ltd hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 18328
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Laurence, Margaret
A JEST OF GOD
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. A lovely clean opy showing light shelf wear only page edges a little yellowed as is usual with this printing. Scarce in this First Edition. ; 8.5" x 5.5"; 202 pages . McClelland & Stewart hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 18312
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Robbins, Harold
THE DREAM MERCHANTS
Newyork: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust wrapper lightly rubbed at edges bound in blue embossed cloth with gilt titles and decoration a lovely clean tight copy. First Edition as stated. ; 8.5" x 6"; 496 pages . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 18333
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Steinbeck, John
OF MICE AND MEN
New York: Covici Friede Inc. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1937. Fifth. Hardcover. Bound in buff cloth brown title panel a lovely clean tight copy bookplate W. H. Small lacks dust wrapper. ; 7.5" x 5"; 186 pages . Covici Friede Inc. hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 18335
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Lee, Harper
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1960. Eighteenth Edition. Hardcover. Dust wrapper a little rubbed at edges chipped at head bound in green and brown cloth stated 11th edition a lovely clean tight copy. ; 8.5" x 6"; 296 pages . J. B. Lippincott hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 18337
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Murdoch, Iris and Priestley, J B
A SEVERED HEAD
London: Chatto & Windus. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in blue textured papered boards a lovely copy showing light shelf wear only. Dust wrapper Near Fine too. ; 7.5" x 5.5"; 108 pages . Chatto & Windus hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 18422
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Clark, George L
TRUE POEMS AND NARRATIVE TALES OF A BACKWOOD BOY
New York: Lyceum Books. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in orange cloth dust wrapper has small closed tear at head book shows light shelf wear only Inscribed by author to Rev. Ken M Collison in 1965. Very scarce in this First Edition. ; 8.5" x 5.5"; 118 pages; Signed by Author . Lyceum Books hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 18428
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Pierer, H A
UNIVERSAL-LEXIKON DER GEGENWART UND VERGANGENHEIT ODER NEUESTES ENCYCLOPÄDISCHES WÖRTERBUCH DER WISSENSCHAFTEN KÜNSTE UND GEWERBE 3 X VOLS. 1510
Altenburg: S. U. Pierer. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1840. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in 1/2 calf with marbled boards edges and boards rubbed lightly foxed text-blocks very good clean and tight. Volumes 15 & 10 only. ; 8" x 6.5" . S. U. Pierer hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 18454
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Tetu, Michele (editor)
MAGAZINE: 4 X NORD / NORTH MAGAZINES INUIT PERIODICAL JULY/AUGUST 1971 MAY/JUNE 1971 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1970 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1971
Ottawa: Minister of Indian Affairs. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1971. First Edition. Softcover. These foura magazines are bound in pictorial stiff wraps in very good condition. Scarce! ; 11" x 8.5" . Minister of Indian Affairs paperback
Ссылка продавца : 18523
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Welch, Ronald (Pseud ) Felton, Ronald Oliver
MOHAWK VALLEY
London: Oxford University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in orange buckram edges very lightly rubbed Victoria. BC. Stamp a lovely clean tight copy that shows light shelf wear only. ; 9" x 5.5"; 226 pages . Oxford University Press hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 18637
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Waugh, Evelyn
BRIDESHEAD REVISITED. THE SACRED AND PROFANE MEMORIES OF CAPTAIN CHARLES RYDER
Boston: Little Brown. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1946. 1st US Trade edition. Hardcover. Bound in blue linen grained cloth blue titles edges little rubbed edges a little rubbed and discolored at bottom edge only parts of the wrapper survive Private Library stamp. Contents very good clean and tight. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 351 pages . Little, Brown hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 18642
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Middleton-Safroni, A
GABRIELLE OF THE LAGOON A ROMANCE OF THE SOUTH SEAS
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in oliver grained cloth gilt titles edges very lightly rubbed a lovely clean tight copy. ; 8" x 6"; 286 pages . J. B. Lippincott hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 18649
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Smyth, Coke Frederick
SKETCHES IN THE CANADAS
Toronto: Charles J. Musson. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1968. Facsimile. Hardcover. Bound in green pebble grained buckram gilt titles a lovely clean copy showing light shelf wear only. Fascimile Edition. High quality full page reprints. A lovely copy. ; 14.5" x 22" . Charles J. Musson hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 18666
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Greene, Graham
THE QUIET AMERICAN
London: William Heinemann. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in black grained boards gilt titles edges lightly rubbed light sunning to baord edges lacks dust wrapper but does come with a facsimile wrapper. ; 8" x 5"; 247 pages . William Heinemann hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 18670
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Steinbeck, John
THE SHORT REIGN OF PIPPIN IV
New York: Viking Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in original orange and yellow cloth edges very lightly rubbed lacks dust wrapper. ; 8" x 5.5"; 188 pages . Viking Press hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 18688
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Gallico, Paul
MRS. 'ARRIS GOES TO NEW YORK
New York: Doubleday & Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1960. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Dust wrapper chipped at tail and head price clipped book bound in gre cloth with black cloth spine and gilt titles. Stated 1st Edition a lovely clean tight copy. ; 7" x 5"; 192 pages . Doubleday & Company hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 18693
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Ephemera
A COLLECTION OF 79 X LUGGAGE LABELS ALL IN NEAR MINT UNUSED CONDITION C1950'S
Fine with no dust jacket. 1950's. First Edition. Non-Book. This superb collection of 79 luggage labels dating to the 1950's is in unused condition and contained in a binder. They are beautifully designed and all various shapes and sizes and various countries from the Bahamas to Canada etc. . unknown
Ссылка продавца : 18700
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Davies, Robertson
A MIXTURE OF FRAILTIES
Toronto: MacMillan. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust wrapper a little chipped at tail and head bound in cream cloth a lovely clean copy showing minimal usage only. ; 8" x 6"; 379 pages . MacMillan hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 18713
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Newspaper
NEWSPAPER: THE DAILY STATESMAN CONCORD THURSDAY MORNING JULY 3RD. 1856
Concord US: Daily Statesman. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1856. Non-Book. This scarce newspaper dates to 1856 and is in good condition four pages folded at centre. ; 19" x 13"; 4 pages . Daily Statesman unknown
Ссылка продавца : 18722
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Haig-Brown, Roderick (edited by Haig-Brown, Valerie)
WOODS AND RIVER TALES SIGNED BY VALERIE HAIG-BROWN
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Dist wrapper rubbed at edges a little chipped at head and tail book in near fine condition showing light shelf wear only. The book is signed on the free end paper by the editor who was the authors wife Valerie Haig-Brown. ; 8vo; 192 pages . McClelland & Stewart hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 18321
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Strickland, Major
TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS IN CANADA WEST; OR THE EXPERIENCE OF AN EARLY SETTLER
London: Richard Bentley. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1854. Second Edition. Hardcover. Brown embossed cloth rebacked spine with original titles edges rubbed Montreal Library Bookplate lacks end paper contents very good clean and tight. ; 8" x 5.5" . Richard Bentley hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 18219
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Rowling, J K
HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
New York: Arthur A. Levine. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1999. First American Edition. Hardcover. A lovely copy showing very light shelf wear only with a similar dust wrapper. ; 9" x 6.5"; 435 pages . Arthur A. Levine hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 18260
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Parkin, Jane
THE LEGEND OF THE SPRAY OF PEARLS
Vancouver: Rose Cowan and Latta Ltd. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1916. First Edition. Softcover. Bound in pamphlet with green wraps cutout showing plate of "Spray of Pearls" paperweight plates intact. Very scarce first edition. ; 8.5" x 6"; 15 pages . Rose, Cowan and Latta Ltd. paperback
Ссылка продавца : 18302
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Cartier
CARTIER INSTRUCTION AND CERTIFICATE OF GUARANTEE BOOKS WITHIN CARTIER CRIMSON WALLET FOR TANK STYLE 1980'S WATCH.
France: Cartier. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Crimson folding wallter containing two books: 1 Instructions for 1980 tank style watch 2 Cartier book of authenticity all in Near Mint condition. ; 5" X 4" . Cartier hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 18089
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Gosnell, R E
THE YEAR BOOK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA 1911-1914 INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR
Victoria: Authority Legislative Assembly. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth black lettering and designs a beautiful hardly opened copy inscribed by the author to D. G. Gaggin. ; 8vo; 406. pages . Authority Legislative Assembly hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 17545
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Wolfe, Thomas
THE WEB AND THE ROCK
New York: Harper. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition with E-O points blue cloth edges a little rubbed head frayed at edges contents very good clean and tight. ; 8vo; 695 pages . Harper hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 17662
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De La Roche, Mazo
RETURN TO JALNA
Toronto: MacMillan. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust wrapper a little rubbed at edges a lovely clean tight copy. ; 8vo; 540 pages . MacMillan hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 17660
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Oxley, J MacDonald
THE ROMANCE OF COMMERCE
London: W. & R. Chambers Ltd. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue pictorial cloth gilt titles edges lightly rubbed prize bookplate a lovely clean tight copy. Hudson Bay interest. An interesting report on the various commercial enterprises of the age ranging from tulip exports from Holland to the search for the North West Passage. ; 8" x 5"; 242 pages . W. & R. Chambers, Ltd. hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 17751
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Gale, George
HISTORIC TALES OF OLD QUEBEC INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR
Quebec: Telegraph Printing Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth gilt titles head and tail lightly rubbed a lovely clean tight copy INSCRIBED by author on front endpaper. Scarce in this First Edition. ; 8vo; 344. pages . Telegraph Printing Company hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 17286
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Niven, Frederick
CINDERELLA OF SKOOKUM CREEK INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR
London: Eveleigh Nash. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Green buckram black titles edges a little rubbed untrimmed pages INSCRIBED by the author and dated 1916. A rare copy. ; 8vo; 319. pages . Eveleigh Nash hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 17285
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Forster, E M
ABINGER HARVEST
New York: Harcourt Brace. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1936. First Edition; Second Printing. Black cloth no wrapper gilt titles edges a little rubbed contents very good clean and tight this is the 1st American issue. ; 8vo . Harcourt Brace hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 3408
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Gerhardi, William
PRETTY CREATURES
London: Ernest Benn Limited. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth edges lightly rubbed gilt titles lacks wrapper a lovely clean tight copy.; 12mo; 193. pages . Ernest Benn Limited hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 9028
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Hewlett, Maurice
LAST ESSAYS INSCRIBED BY HOLLYWOOD ACTOR ROBERT MONTGOMERY
London: William Heinemann. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1925. Third Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth gilt titles edges slightly rubbed spine a little darkened untrimmed bookplate a lovely clean tight copy. signed by ROBERT MONTGOMERY1930's Hollywood actor. ; 8vo; 314pp. pages; # . William Heinemann hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 5990
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Forster, E M
ABINGER HARVEST
New York: Harcourt Brace. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1936. First Edition. Black cloth gilt titles block black titles edges very lightly rubbed a lovely clean tight copy. Scarce lacks wrapper. ; 8vo; 363. pages . Harcourt Brace hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 8133
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Thackeray, William Makepeace
THE VIRGINIANS 2 VOLS IN 1 - 1ST ED
London: Bradbury & Evans. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1858 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes bound as one dark red 1/2 calf edges lightly rubbed red marbled boards bookplate W. Cottrill top edge gilt a lovely clean tight copy with many full page and 1/4 inset illustrations engravings and wood-engravings by the author all plates intact. ; Thick 8vo . Bradbury & Evans hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 8785
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Hallack, Cecily
ADVENTURE OF THE AMETHYST
London: Macmillan & Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1937. First Edition. Stiff buff paper wrappers slightly soiled edges a little curled and creased free endpaper worn at edge looks like a publishers Presentation copy illustrated. Scarce; 8vo; Brown wraps edges lightly rubbed first few pages a little foxed color frontis plate intact a lovely clean tight copy. . Macmillan & Sons paperback
Ссылка продавца : 736
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Sharp, Alan
A GREEN TREE IN GEDDE
London: Michael Joseph. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. A lovely clean tight copy with a similar unclipped dust wrapper light shelf wear only. ; 8vo; 380. pages . Michael Joseph hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 9018
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Thackeray, William Makepeace
VANITY FAIR ILLUSTRATED IN COLOR BY LEWIS BAUMER
New York: Hodder & Stoughton. Good with no dust jacket. 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Grey grained cloth edges rubbed and a little stained plate onlaid ontofront board intact gilt titles and decoration contents very good clean and tight 20 plates tipped in and tissue guarded cold-pressed 'Presentation Copy' on title page. A lovely copy.; 4to; 483. pages . Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 10117
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Mackaskill, Wallace ( 1890-1956 )
PHOTOGRAPH - EVENING VIEW NORTH WEST ARM HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA ORIGINAL SIGNED HAND-TINTED PHOTOGRAPH
Halifax: Wallace Mackaskill. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1920. Photograph. This superb original photograph dates to ca1920 and is in very good condition hand-tined offered in original mat titled and signed by photographer Mackaskill. Mackaskill a famous Canadian maritime photographer at one stage photographed the Bluenose. One of his photographs of the Bluenose became the subject of a commerative postage stamp issued in 1929 and in 1937 another was used on the Canadian ten cent piece where it still appears to this day. A very scarce photograph.; 10" x 8" . Wallace Mackaskill unknown
Ссылка продавца : 10413
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Forster, E M
THE ETERNAL MOMENT TRUE 1ST EDITION
London: Sidgwick & Jackson. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Maroon cloth gilt titles and line design edges lightly rubbed free endpapers lightly speckled a lovely clean tight copy. Scarce. Kirkpatrick pp. 49 A13 ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 187. pages . Sidgwick & Jackson hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 13621
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Thomson, David
BREAK IN THE SUN
London: Barrie and Rockcliff. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth white titles small rust mark on endpaper a lovely clean tight copy. Scarce. ; 8vo; 253. pages . Barrie and Rockcliff hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 14145
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Wylie, Philip
THE DISSAPPEARANCE
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth black titles edges lightly rubbed bookplate owners siganture obscured a lovely clean tight copy. ; 8vo; 351. pages . Victor Gollancz Ltd hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 14141
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Waugh, Evelyn
OFFICERS AND GENTLEMEN
London: Chapman & Hall Ltd. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth gilt titles edges very lightly rubbed a lovely clean tight copy. ; 8vo; 335. pages . Chapman & Hall, Ltd. hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 14181
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