Anik 1 was launched in 1972 as the world`s first domestic communications satellite in order to transmit television signals from Canada`s national broadcaster, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, to Arctic communities and to provide telephone service to the North...

#1 [HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY]. [circa1972-75]. [Model of Anik 1]. Model of Anik 1 in metal 3-1/2 inches long, 2-1/2 inches wide across the top, and 1-1/4 inches with a wing on each side each extending 10-1/2 inches and 2 inches wide.

#2) HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY. [circa1972-75]. Barrel shaped model in metal 2-3/4 inches high x 3 inches diameter, shiny blue and black colours , mounted on a polished wood base, 6 inches long x 3-1/2 inches wide. ...

The collection pertains to the last two kings of Portugal, Dom Carlos I (1863-1908) and his son, Manuel II (1889-1932), and to Teófilo Braga (1843-1924), poet, playwright, literary historian, politician and the leader of the Republican Provisional Government after the overthrow of Manuel II in the October 1910 revolution and the dissolution of the monarchy...

The collection has 38 items dating from 1869 to 1918, specifically, 31 photos, 4 books, 1 glass plate, 1 letter, and 1 medal. Many of the photos derive from English news agencies (Illustrated Bureau, for example) and were then sent to the Brown Brothers in New York. A few photos have slight tears...

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 Grey’s popularity as a best-selling author and celebrity of legendary status. The collection contains approximately 89 letters, 1919-1936, accompanied by news clippings and other enclosures...

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, 1 letter from an American agent, and 2 books (one inscribed) plus 2 complete typescript of two books,

• Novel Myself When Young 1 Typescript and 2 Final Galley Proofs of Myself When Young.

The Glass-Blowers (published 1963) material:

In her novel The Glass-Blowers, du Maurier recounts the tale of her forebears, the Busson family of master glass-blowers, leading up to and through the French Revolution.

1 Manuscript Notebook:

• “The Bussons”. Ms. notebook, blue flexible covers, reinforced on the spine with a black cloth strip. Illustration of a rider on a horse jumping over a fence on the front cover with the word “JUMPING” below. Circa 1962 or earlier. [70 pp.]; [68 pp.] in du Maurier’s hand....

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 (1892) with his brother.

George Grossmith Jr. was an English actor, theatre producer and manager, director, playwright and songwriter, best remembered for his work in and with Edwardian musical comedies

This collection contains 16 items dating from 1886 to 1911, specifically 6 letters, 2 incomplete letters, 3 photo cards, 1 photo, 2 notes, 1 piece of sheet music, and 1 book...

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 of the Atlantic. She wrote approximately 170 books. Several of her books have been turned into films, "Dearie" (1927), "The Woman Next Door" (1919), "The Mark Of Cain" (1917), "The Countless Charming" (1917), and "He Got There After All" (1917).

The collection contains 17 items dating from 1900 to 1939, specifically, 1 partial manuscript, 8 letters, 3 books, 2 cards, 1 note, 1 decorative envelope, and 1 title page....

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 his late teens and soon became an active figure in the Greenwich Village literary circles. The first writer to be involved with Alfred Stieglitz’s 291 gallery, he joined forces with the avant-garde photographer Man Ray in 1913 to create The Glebe, a Modernist journal. His first book of poetry, Mushrooms: A Book of Free Forms (1916), solidified his reputation as one of the first writers utilizing free verse. By the end of his life at the age of eighty-two, Kreymborg had edited several notable little magazines, written forty books, lectured, taught, and served as associate director of the Federal Radio of the W.P.A., president of the Poetry Society of America, and judge of the Pulitzer prize competition.

The collection contains 15 items dating from 1916 to 1955 specifically, 7 typed signed letters, 1 autographed post card, 5 signed books, and 2 photos...

5-1/4 x 8-1/2 inches. Rustic green cloth book bound with rare two titles; Both titles, quite scarce to rare.

#1) The Law of 1863 relating to Roman Catholic separate schools in Upper Canada : together with extracts from the Common School Acts, departmental regulations, &c., affecting the Roman Catholic separate schools. 64pp...

#2) Ontario and Manitoba. Anonymous, written by "A Canadian who has visited Manitoba to Discover the Truth" 1872 (date from LAC). [Toronto?, Publisher not stated], 16pp., Pamphlet on the North West Rebellion...

1857. Leipzig, Oskar Leiner

Text in German. (2),[3]-108pp, 4-3/4 x 7-1/4 inches.

Anonymous 1857 book of Jewish emigration to the United States. It describes the experiences of a German Jew who arrived in America in 1853. Provides unusual data about New York Jewry as well as a stimulating, critical - albeit in some parts prejudiced - view of it.

The author begins by describing his journey from Europe to America (along with 12 other Jews) and although does not specifically explain why he left Germany, he looked to America for the religious freedom missing from his homeland. His writing style indicates an educated upbringing, both yeshiva-trained and secular...

A collection of 35 pieces of sheet music published between 1848 and 1865, many composed during the Civil War. There are two versions of The Star Spangled Banner and also a very scarce piece by Stephen C. Foster. With this collection are two early handwritten patriotic poems...

Black paper boards, quarter bound in plum leather, gilt tooling. Damage to the spine (black tape repair) and corners, and front cover separated. Some inside pages torn. Some foxing or age toning throughout and several tears and fair condition for the Album itself.

This book was owned by Sir Max Aitken, who became Lord Beaverbrook. It has 2 bookplates, one saying Sir Max Aitken and one saying Beaverbrook (used Acheson Batchelor to engrave his bookplate). inside the front cover. Signed “W.M. Aitken” in pencil on title page and page [5]

First edition 1886. 4-1/8 x 7-1/4 inches, 1 blank, 4pp, 1 blank, [5]-368pp. Blue cloth with gilt type and one decoration on the spine. Rebacked preserving the original cloth boards and spine. Blue cloth with some soiling on the spine. Cheap paper has some aging but overall in very good condition....

3rd edition 1888, viii, [9]-201pp.  7-1/8 x 4-3/4 inches. viii, [9]-201pp. Red pictorial cloth with black and gilt type on spine and front boards. Backboard with stain, crushed spine ends. Internally very good condition. Overall condition would be rated very good. Inscribed and signed by editor...

Scarce inscribed and signed by the author "With the kindest regards of the Author, Josephine Elizabeth Hahn. Previous owner name, "Mrs. C.J. Halliday" neatly written on the front fly leaf above inscription.

First edition [1947]. 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. Old newspaper clippings (about Hahn's death and shows a photo of her) affixed to front end paper....

First Edition [1922]. 7-3/8 x 4-7/8 inches. pp. [10], 7-182pp. Some light spotting on green covers and front and back end papers, otherwise, very good condition. Bookplate of Francis Mathweuson on front endpaper.

Inscribed by author, JW Defoe to "Sir James Aikins with Season's Greetings Christmas 1922" on other front end paper.

Sir James Albert Manning Aikins, K.C., was a lawyer, politician (Member of Parliament for Brandon 1911-1915) in Manitoba, Canada. He was the leader of the Manitoba Conservative Party in the provincial election of 1915, and later served as the province's ninth Lieutenant Governor...

Lady Ishbel Aberdeen, Autograph Letter Signed, 4 pages, dated June 30, 1911, from Hotel Great Central N.W., on "Vice Regal Lodge, Dublin" letterhead. The present letter is addressed to Wilfrid Laurier, who was apparently in London at the end of June 1911. The letter deals with the patronage, thorough Ishbel Aberdeen, of a "long-coated dog" called "Peterbob", as a gift by Wilfrid Laurier to his wife, Lady Laurier.

This letter is a nice link between important families in Canada and in Scotland.....

Holograph letter signed, two pages 9-1/4 x 7-1/2 inches, undated circa 1785, to his aunt Juliana French, (nèe Burke) [1728-1790], the sister of Edmund Burke. Letter refers to a trip with his father and a payment of 50£ to his cousin Capt Nagle. Light paper with a few tears most on last page with red wax seal, otherwise good condition.

Richard Burke was an English barrister and Member of Parliament. He was Recorder of Bristol from 1783 until his early death. He was the son of the Edmund Burke the Irish MP, statesman and philosopher....

Carte des lacs du Canada. Dressee sur les manuscrits du Depost des cartes plans et journaux de la marine et sur le journal du RP. de Charlevoix

First edition. Bellin's scarce landmark map of the Great Lakes region published in 1744. The first obtainable example, preceded only by a 1742 proof copy noted by Kershaw. One of the earliest appearances of Detroit, the Port of Chicago and four fictitious islands in Lake Superior, Philippeaux, Pontchartrain, Maurepas, and St. Anne, illustrated for the first time. This map is also noteworthy for the fictitious mountain range in Michigan and is rich with many Indian villages, army forts, trading posts, missions, rivers and portages are named...

 The 1960 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference was the tenth Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was held in the United Kingdom in May 3–13, 1960 hosted by Prime Minister Maurice Harold Macmillan in the UK. The 1960 Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ meeting may well prove to have initiated a new stage in Commonwealth development. This was the first Commonwealth conference since Malayan independence in August 1957. At the meeting, Malaya’s prime minister Tunku Abdul Rahman and his government vigorously opposed the apartheid policies of South Africa and, with the support of Pakistan, India and Ghana, demanded that the issue be addressed by the Commonwealth.... It is interesting to also note, the year 1960 was called "the year of Africa" with 17 African nations becoming independent...

Very interesting and rare circa 1880’s albumen photo of Queen Victoria with Princess Beatrice and Queen Victoria's her 4 dogs plus a circa 1876 Queen Victoria hand-written note photographed: Victoria, Beatrice - "Waldmann" "Fern", "Sharp" and "Noble" . Princess Beatrice, was Queen Victoria youngest child and wife of Prince Henry of Battenberg (1857-1944). Original albumen photo of a presumed circa 1877 Charles Burton Barber painting, with some foxing and a bit faded otherwise good condition...

[1905]. Toronto, [Josiah] Bruce Photography Mounting paper: 11 x 8 inches. B&W oval photo image: 5 x 3-1/2 inches. Fine condition. Oval portrait photo of Sir William Mulock mounted on BRUCE Toronto signature paper. Circa 1905, most likely when is he was appointed Chief Justice of the Exchequer Division of the Supreme Court of Ontario.

Sir William Mulock, was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, educator, farmer, politician, judge, and philanthropist. ...

First edition. 1791. Folio (11-1/2 inches). General title leaf imprint from series t.p., pages [1269]-1296. Woodcut Royal coat of arms, headpiece ornament, and decorative initial. Text in black letter. Neatly extracted from a bound volume and expertly mended. Very good. TPL 629...

The ACT divided Quebec into two provinces: the predominantly English-speaking western region of Upper Canada and the eastern French-speaking region of Lower Canada. Representative governments were established for each province through the creation of Legislative Assemblies...

1823. Québec, The Executive Council, Castle of St. Lewis, Quebec. 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; Was folded, now flat. Pieces and sections of 15-3/4 x 12-3/4 inches. paper missing but no text, otherwise condition is good. Broadside proclamation to have lands escheated. Printed in English and French in parallel columns. Castle of St. Lewis, Quebec, November 12, 1823 printed at top. 13 lines of English text and 14 lines of French text. At bottom, printed text; By Command of His Excellency the Governor in Chief, [who not identified, was The Earl of Dalhousie (1770-1838] Andrew W. Cochran, Secretary...

This is a rare and important Quebec escheat broadside with only one other similar one we can find located at LAC...

1857. Quarto, 1 page (out of four). Disbound, small holes in margin, [Caption title]. Toronto, April 24th, 1857. Sir – We the undersigned, take the liberty of laying before you a few facts in connection with a case of injury and loss which we have sustained in consequence of the Toronto and Hamilton Railway Company having erected a permanent Bridge across the River Humber

By Joseph Bowell and Samuel Lewis. Toronto, 1857.

Name of Robert Bell, MPP on top of back page along with Joseph Bowell and Samuel Lewis...

2nd session was from 19 June 1837 to 11 July 1837. Journal of the Legislative Council of Upper Canada, second session of the thirteenth provincial Parliament Thursday, 22nd June, 1837.

This is the original 71pp report of the select committee is referred to on p. 11 of the Journal of Legislative Council of Upper Canada, dated 23rd & 26th June 1837 (109pp) also referred to on p. 17: "Ordered that a Select Committee be appointed to examine into and report upon the measures which it may be most expedient for the Legislature to adopt in consequence of the present Commercial difficulties in this Province, with power to send for persons and papers;

Provenance: Samuel Street [Jr.] (1775-1844) was a prominent Niagara area businessman, Justice of the Peace,, militia officer, and office holder. ...

Signature on sheet headed The Salvation Army and dated September] 1926 "Salvation!  W. Bramwell Booth." This was written three years before his death.

Signature is slightly smudged otherwise strong and bold in good condition.

Bramwell Booth (1856 -1929) First Chief of Staff at 24 years old (1881-1912) and the second General of the Salvation Army (1912-1929) succeeding his father, William Booth....