A nice collection of 14 McClung books and two biographies about her. all books are generally in good condition.
1908 Sowing Seeds in Danny
1910 The Second Chance
1912 The Black Creek Stopping-House
1917 The Next Of Kin : Those Who Wait and Wonder
1918 Three Times Out
1921 Purple Springs
1925 Painted Fires with DJ
[1926] All We Like Sheep
1935 Clearing in the West: My Own Story with DJ
[1936] Leaves From Lantern Lane with DJ and signed
1937 More Leaves from Lantern Lane with DJ and signed
1945 The Stream Runs Fast
1980 Our Nell (soft-cover) by Candace Savage
1993 Firing the Heather with DJ and signed by authors Marilyn Davis and Mary Hallett....  Click for more information and photos; 

Sir Wilfred Grenfell was an author and a medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador from 1892-1940. He was an author and a member of Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen. Grenfell established the Labrador Medical Mission and the International Grenfell Association.

This collection includes 26 items dating form 1884 to 1940.: 6 Wilfred Genfell Typed Letters Signed (TLS) ; 6 Lady Anne Grenfell Typed Letters Signed (TLS) ; 2 Photos ; 7 Ephemera and 1 Artifact  and two signed books, one with 2 B&W photos.... Click for more information and photos;

 

Collection of 11 glass plate photos circa 1908, (plates measure 81mm x 100mm) in this collection with all in fine condition except "June Bug" with two cracks.

They are housed in their original purpose built box with a leather strap and brass bands and each slide in a small white envelope . These standard 3.25 x 4 inch glass-mounted lantern slides had likely been used as lecture slides by Alexander Graham Bell's Aerial Experiment Association group with some slides having applied labels with sequence numbers. Consequently all would be circa 1908 copy photographs rather than originals. These slides are from the estate of the first British subject to fly in a heavier than air powered aircraft, Casey Baldwin and stayed in his family (grandson) until 1995.....  Click for more information and photos;

 

Henry Van Dyke was a Presbyterian clergyman, author, and professor was born on November 10, 1852, in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Van Dyke attended Princeton University and received his B.A. in 1873 and an M.A. in 1876.... While in New York, Van Dyke gained a national reputation as one of the greatest preachers of New York City and also published his first book in 1884, The Reality of Religion. Van Dyke published several other books, short stories, and poems during his lifetime, usually incorporating religious matters and literary criticism. In 1900, Van Dyke became the Murray Professor of English Literature at Princeton and would remain in that position through 1923, when he retired.

Henry van Dyke Collection contains 92 items dating from 1892 to 1931, specifically 36 Autograph letters signed, 30 Typed letters signed, 6 Manuscripts, 11 Autographed signed notes / cards and 12 Ephemera.... Click for more information and photos;

 

 

Douglas W. Ashby, was born in Leicester, England and served in the First World War. Ashby served as a clerk in the Army Service Corps and he was released in June 1918. He remained a pacifist the remainder of his life and was the first secretary of the Peace Pledge Union in Leicester. He translated a number of books and traveled extensively (lots of serious walking).

This Douglas W. Ashby collection includes 12 hand-written travel diaries, 1926-9, 1931, 1945-8. Totaling 2,326 diary pages in all as well as 24 hand-drawn maps and other pen-and-ink vignettes. Plus 3 Ashby related books. The date range is from 1926 to 1948..... Click for more information and photos;

Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882-1944) was a Dutch-American historian, journalist, illustrator, and award-winning children's book author winning the first Newberry Medal in 1922 for "The Story of Mankind". In 1942 he was knighted by Queen Wilhelmina for his contribution to the Dutch resistance.
 
The collection contains 18 items dating from 1925 to 1942, specifically, 7 B&W photos, 5 books with 3 letters laid in 2 books (one letter in another hand commenting on Van Loon's character), and three pieces of ephemera....  Click for more information and photos;

William Dean Howells nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters", was a prolific realist novelist, literary critic (Atlantic Monthly), poet, and playwright. He was a close colleague and friend with many major American writers of the nineteenth century, including Henry Adams, William James, Henry James, and Mark Twain.

The collection contains 17 items dating from 1874 to 1916 specifically, of nine letters (two in two books and one in a framed a photoprint) and five cards with signatures...  Click for more information and photos;

W.E. Norris was a prolific English novelist and writer of short stories. Son of the Chief Justice of Ceylon. He was born in London and educated at Eton College. He travelled abroad, abandoned the idea of joining the diplomatic service, qualified as a barrister in 1874, and eventually chose to follow a literary career. He wrote more than sixty novels. He lived in Torquay. During the winter he went to Algiers or the Riviera. Some of his best known works are Matrimony (1881), My Friend Jim (1886), The Widower (1898), Nature's Comedian (1904), and Pauline (1908).

The collection dates from 1883 to 1908 and consists of 11 signed letters and a signed note... Click for more information and photos;

 

Lloyd Cassel Douglas, was an American minister and author including The Robe (1942) and over a dozen other religious and moral issues inspired novels and was one of the most popular novelists of his period,

This mini collection includes only three items. Two are extremely scarce and important to any Lloyd C. Douglas or religious collection.

There is a Douglas Typed Letter Signed (TLS) and his very first publication copyright 1905, More Than a Prophet. There is also an ALS to Mr. Howard, 31 July 1926, providing him with his autograph....  Click for more information and photos; 

 

Hugh MacLennan (was a Canadian novelist and English professor at Lower Canada College and McGill University. He won five Governor General's Awards.

The collection contains 6 items dating from 1941 to 1988 specifically, two signed books, a pamphlet, a magazine, a letter, and a photo....  Click for more information and photos; 

First edition. 1955. Good+ /Very Good-. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Small 4to. Red cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xi, 292pp. Errata slip. Maps, drawings by A.W. Davey, illustrated endpapers,
The front endpaper bears an warm and heart felt inscription " To Dr. "Sandy" Robertson Saskatchewan's most recent acquisition in the field of Social Medicine from [signed] T. C. Douglas Premier of Sask. Sept 24th 1958"

Alexander "Sandy" Duff Robertson became head of the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan becoming one of the early supporters of Douglas and importantly Medicare [Social Medicine].... Click for more information and photos;

2nd edition. Large folio (14.5"x11"). (3), [6]-86pp. 10 full-page colour plates of paintings of Canadian wild flowers (with tissue guards). Title page is also decorated with colour flowers. Text has detailed descriptions of thirty different flowers. Original green cloth boards, with gilt titles and decoration to front, blind stamped titles to rear, a little soiled. Professionally re-backed.

Agnes FitzGibbon painted 5,500 more sheets with transparent washes; stencils sped the pace of the work.
Overall a good copy of this beautiful book.... Click for more information and photos; 

 

Marriage contract (certified copy of), 3-1/2 folio pages, 8 x 12-3/4 inches, Quebec, September 6, 1762. Seal of wax to the document. Near fine condition. Rare document drawn up in a few months of the transfer of New France to the English. Last marriage contract on August 3, 1747 between Jean Urbain Martel of Belleville (1708-Ca. 1764), director of the Forging mills of Saint-Maurice to Quebec, and young lady Elisabeth Gastin (she will die; the following year shortly after her first child), in the presence of Charles marquis de Beauharnois (1671-1749), "d' chief; squadron of the naval armies of its majesty, Governor and Lieutenant General for Roy in toutte New France and country of Louisiana", of Mgr Henry Marie de Breil de Pontbriant (1709-1860), bishop of Quebec and adviser of Roy, Gilles Hocquart (1694-1783), Intendant of justice, organizes and finances of New France and country of Louisiana (of 1729 to 1748), and of various parents and friends. The part is certified and signed by the clerk Jean-Claude Panet (1719 - 1778) on page 2, lawyer, judge and notary, on page 3 signed by James Murray (1721-1794), sergeant, colonel d' infantry and General governor of the province of Quebec. The other signature under the red seal and below General James Murray on page four is Hector Theophilus Cramahé (1720-1788), both very important people in the early history of Québec... Click for more information and photos;

Three pages in a secretarial hand on single bifolium of foolscap paper (J Snelgrove 1814 watermarked paper) Docket title on final blank 'Private Timothy Leary 100th Regt tried at Montreal... No 4.' In red ink below: 'Laid before the P regent 28 Decm.r 1815' In pencil below: 'Disposed off'.  Old folds, marginal fraying at folds, some fingermarks.

Signed by 'Henry : C: Darling Colonel [...] President'; and counter-signed 'Approved Gordon Drummond' with the signature of Captain George Lowndes, advocate... Click for more information and photos;

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  #1) January 5, Front Page, c. 6 - "REVOLT IN CANADA" - letter from Lockport dated Dec.27. Concerning the armament of  Navy Island and the insurrection in Upper Canada - 300 patriots under Duncombe at London - the only force In the province is now on Navy Island and Is 800-1000 strong under Van Rensselaer - Navy Island belongs to the Crown and is 1.5 miles above Chippewa - more on the Patriot force, militia, Indians, McNabb, a list of prisoners in jail for treason - late news from the 29th of increased forces opposite Navy Island with artillery, etc - 22 Column Inches ALSO, p. 3, c. 1 - "SPECIAL MESSAGE" of NY Governor W. L. Marcy dated Albany, January 2, 1838 about the invasion of New York by armed force from Upper Canada and the destruction of the Caroline - 9 Column Inches ALSO, p. 3, c. 4 - "SERIOUS ASPECT OF THE UPPER CANADA REVOLT" - letters and details on the Capture of the Caroline - 30 Column Inches ALSO, p. 3, c. 5 - "MESSAGE OF GOVERNOR HEAD" to the Parliament of Upper Canada on the progress of the revolt - 32 Column Inches.

A total of 12 newspapers, each with articles and reports... Click for more information and photos;

#1) January 5, p. 3, c. 1 - "The Canada War" - Gov. Head passed up from Lewiston to Chippewa with 30 sleigh loads of men on Monday - he also sent a flag of truce to General Van Rensselaer, commanding him to leave Navy Island instantly, more - McNabb is reported to be moving toward Chippewa with 1300 men - on the night of the 26th the British commenced erecting a battery opposite Navy Island, as soon as it was discovered it was bombarded and abandoned - more on the resumption and the attempts of the Canadians to land on Navy Island - 400 regular troops arrived at Chippewa with a park of artillery - 4.5 Column Inches ALSO - p. 3, c. 2 - "PROCLAMATION" of W. L. MacKenzie dated Navy Island, Dec. 10th - 300 acres of the most valuable lands in Canada will be given to each volunteer who will join the Patriot forces now on Navy Island - also 100 dollars in silver -1.5 Column Inches.

A total of 10 newspapers, each with articles and reports ... Click for more information and photos;

Original  Issue of  The Star of the North newspaper Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, dated Aug. 27, 1856

A couple of interesting articles relating to African Americans Underground Railroad and Runaway Slaves to Canada in The Star of the North newspaper

On January 30, 1849, Reuben W. Weaver and Benjamin S. Gilmore established a new weekly newspaper in Bloomsburg, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, called the Star of the North
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First editiion. 5-1/4 x 8-1/4 inches. 54 pages Original monthly news magazine, Town and Country Magazine, London, England) dated December, 1775. Some scattered foxing some pages offset, pencil lines through one plate, otherwise good condition.

3 pages of detailed news coverage of the American Invasion of Canada near the beginning of the Revolutionary War. The Invasion of Canada in 1775 was the first major military initiative by the newly-formed Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War . The objective of the campaign was to gain military control of the British Province of Quebec , and convince the French-speaking Canadiens to join the revolution on the side of the Thirteen Colonies... Click for more information and photos;

Original  Issue of The Springfield Republican dated August 14, 1871 containing articles on Red River of the North (St. Paul to Winnipeg)  written from Winnipeg, Manitoba with the article written on July 31, 1871:
* The Far Northwest Winnipeg, Manitoba; The Red River Region of The North; The River and The Region; The Immensity of The Yet Uninhabited Minnesota and Dakota Praries; The Northern Pacific Railroad; The Red River Trade of The Past, Pembina, Fort Garry and Winnipeg ... Click for more information and photos; 

* Muskoka, Ontario Canada, ; Resources and Growth of Muskoka; London Emigration Society; American Enterprise in Muskoka; W.E. Dodge & Co. Trolling Extraordinary, Absence of Mountains; Abundance of Lakes.
Nov. 3, 1871 "The Rod and Rifle"
* Muskoka, Ontario Canada, Hunting and Fishing In Northern Canada II;  More About Sparrow Lake; A Party of Indian; H.H. Killaly and His Exploits at Sparrow; The Forests on Fire;
Nov. 10, 1871 "The Rod and Rifle".
* Muskoka, Ontario Canada; In The Wilderness; Hunting and Fishing In Northern Canada; In Camp; Dr. Todd's 30th Annual Tour In The Forests; The Great Healthfulness of The Wilderness; Frost and Hardships, Incident and Adventure .... Click for more information and photos;

Original 8-Page Issue of The New York Times Newspaper dated  May 26, 1870
Details of The Fenian Border War; Repulse of The Advance Guard of The Fenian Force; A Surprise by Canadian Volunteers in Ambush; The Arrest of General O'Neil; The Killed and Wounded; An Attack Near Huntington; The New York Movement; The Concentration at Malone; The Fenian Force at Buffalo; The Movement in The East.

Virtually the whole front page covering the Fenians titled "The Border War". Newspaper with two sections missing on right side affecting text thus fair condition only....  Click for more information and photos;

10 x 6-1/2 inches. 16 page original newspaper, Niles Weekly Register (Baltimore, Maryland) dated June 12, 1813.

This has 4 inside page War of 1812 reports:
1. Capture of York page 238 killed and wounded report 1/4 page
2. The Battle of Ft George page 239 1/2 column two reports including wounded and killed plus p242 article.
3. The taking of the Niagara frontier by the US forces page 240 & 241 reports by Isaac Chauncey
4. Sacketts Habour battle , Jacob Brown and New York Gazette  report, page 241 & 242...  Click for more information and photos;

September 15, 1937, 8 x 6 1/4 inches, 4pp., Letter, is two (2) typed pages with MacKenzie's handwriting inserted, originally folded  now flat, with 3/8 inch tear on top edge and 1/4 inch tear on bottom edge, otherwise very good condition. Typed signed letter (TSL) with MacKenzie King signature and mention of Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940 as well as WLMK's family roots connections.
Mrs. Mary Scott, Toronto, Ont. A friend of MacKenzie's parents and whom he had ongoing personal correspondence with after this. ... Click for more information and photos;

1903. Illustrated London News

22" x 16" Double page engraving with two scenes.
1. "Our first footing in Hong-Kong: The Island Proclaimed British Territory, January 20, 1841"
2. "Our first footing in Canada: Champlain surrendering Quebec to Admiral Kirke, July 20, 1620"
Illustrated London News Feb. 7th, 1903 :   after R. Caton Woodville
Good condition. ... Click for more information and photos;