THE QUEEN OF ROMANCE FICTION, A HOLLYWOOD ICON OF THE 1920s

This large collection contains 168 items dating from 1902 to 2009, specifically, 60 Ephemera and archives, 103 Books and 5 Books about Elinor Glyn and related material

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 in romantic fiction which was considered scandalous for its time, although her works are relatively tame by modern standards. Her vibrant romances dealt with aristocracy and issues of morality in society.

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Price: $2,250 USD or $3,000 Cdn #7893

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, and 4 photos. Includes 2 pieces from Louise Glück, the winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature.

22 American women poets

• BATES, Charlotte Fiske

• BROWN, Alice

• DEUTSCH, Babette

• DODGE, Mary Abigail (pen name, Gail Hamilton).

• FISHBACK, Margaret

• GLÜCK, Louise

• GOULD, Hannah Flagg

• JONG, Erica

• KIMBALL, Harriet McEwan

• LOWELL, Amy 

• MILLER, Alice

• MONROE, Harriet

• MOORE, Marianne

• MOULTON, Louise Chandler

• PEABODY, Josephine Preston

• PERRY, Nora

• PIERCY, Marge

• SANGSTER, Margaret Elizabeth

• SPEYER, Leonora

• TEASDALE, Sara

• THAXTER, Celia

• WAKOSKI, Diane

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Price: $1,800 USD or $2,400 Cdn #8446

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 his reflections on the French Revolution.

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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 book and 1 signed envelope.

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Price: $1,000 USD or $1,345 Cdn #8328

Mary Elizabeth Quackenbush Brush (1857-1940) was an American children’s author. Born in Herkimer, New York, southeast of Utica, she was the daughter of Isaac and Mary Ann Rasbach Quackenbush. Her ancestors were among the very early settlers of the state, several having served with the Continental army in the Revolutionary war. She attended Herkimer schools and graduated from the old Madame Platt’s Academy, Utica. In October 1877, she married Abram Stephen Brush, a native of Nyack, New York, and a graduate of Harvard Law School...

Mary E.Q. Bush collection contains over 12 items dating from 1883 to 1958, specifically, 6 books, 4 b&w photos, 1 scrapbook of clippings of her stories, several loose clippings and magazines, and 1 broadside.

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Price: $1,000 USD or $1,345 Cdn #9037

A LANDMARK AND IMPORTANT BOOK IN CANADIAN HISTORY.

First folio UK complete edition. 8-1/4 x 13-1/4 inches. House of Commons, London, 1839. [11 Feb. 1839]. Inside pages uncut (deckled edges) and bound in new half tan calf, dark brown morocco label, raised bands new end papers and marbled boards with age-toned paper with very light spotting, otherwise in very good condition

Lord Durham was sent to Canada in 1838 as Governor General to inquire into the Rebellion of 1837. His report recommended the union of Upper and Lower Canada and the granting of responsible government (except in foreign affairs, trade regulation, constitutional change, and land grants). Original first published, British Parliamentary Paper 1839. Complete report: [bound with] the 5 Appendices A to E inclusive. Map with numerous tables.

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Set in Canada, it is considered to be the first Canadian novel. Frances Brooke was a novelist, playwright, essayist, translator, and poet.

1769. London, printed for J. Dodsley in Pall Mall

First edition. 4 volumes. 12mo, pp. [vii], [1], 240; [2], 240; [4], 223, [1]; [4], 213, [1]. Lacking leaf L1 (pp. 217-8) in vol. 1 (but with a photocopy of the missing text supplied), and also the half titles in each volume; C6 (pp. 35-6) loose in volume III (secured in place with an old pin); short tear in H1 in volume IV (no loss), and final leaf K11 with a more serious tear, affecting the text but without loss. Good condition overall...

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Price: $2,500 USD or $3,375 Cdn #9042

1642. London, By I. Dawson for Thomas Walkley,

[6], 114, 7, [3], 117-163, [1], 8 pp. A-L⁸ M² K4. A variant of Wing (2nd ed.) W460. The four dedication leaves after the title leaf cite King Charles I, Charles Prince of Wales (later Charles II), James Duke of Yorke (later James II), and Henry Duke of Gloucester. The I gathering includes “A Catalogue of the Nobility, Baronets, and Knights that the King made after his going from London all the time of the Warre, continued till his death the 30, of Ianu. 1648.”

Brown leather with gilt tooling, front free endpaper detached but present.

This very scarce book is a veritable who’s who of British nobility published during and shortly after the English Civil War.

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Price: $1,200 USD or $1,615 Cdn #9044

1869. Montreal, John Lovell St. Nicholas Street

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. All edges gilt. Plates V and VI are reversed in sequence. Endpapers and paste-downs are dark brown. Pages browning slightly at edges, boards darkened on front corners, a few small stains and surface scratches. Previous owners name of front end paper

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Price: $750 USD or $1,000 Cdn #3595

Best single bibliography on the subject.

1953. Washington DC, Department of Defense

3 volumes. Volumes 1, 2, and 3.

Volume 1: A-Libi. [ij], 1498pp.

Volume 2: Libm-Z. [ij], 1499-2968pp.

Volume 3: Index. [ij], 2969-4478pp.

Each volume is a First Edition, First Printing and 9-1/4 x 6 inches. Issued without dust jackets. Slight shelf wear. Clean text and tight bindings with old labels removed on front spines. Colour foldout map tipped-in to rear pastedown of each volume. Very good condition.

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Price: $275 USD or $370 Cdn #3311

4 NICE CHROMOLITHOGRAPHIC PLATES

1852. London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. First UK edition. 4-1/4 x 7-1/2 inches. vii, (3), 320 pp, Full brown tan calf, gilt-ruled boards and edges, raised bands with gilt decorations in the panels, red morocco label, (small piece missing in label, slightly effecting type) marbled edges and endpapers. Over all very good copy. Internally age toned paper and some spotting on borders of plates.

4 chromolithograph plates entitled “Cape Hotham”, "Breaking through the ice", "Resolute winter quarters" and "Sledge travelling", all drawn by Lieutenant Osborn and lithographed by M & N Hanhart, and 7 engraved illustrations in text. Engraved folding map (190 x 600 mm) coloured with blue in outlines "shewing the track of H.M.S. Pioneer, in search of Sir John Franklin, 1851-1852" by Trelawney Saunders. TPL 3193

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Price: $250 USD or $335 Cdn #1206

SIGNED BY DOUGLAS & EDITOR WITH INTERESTING PROVENANCE

1979. Victoria, BC, Oolichan Books

First edion. 9 x 6 inches. (6), 7-288 pages. Clear brodart protecting illustrated dust jacket; light edgewear; creasing to corners. Dark green leather-look boards; stamped gilt lettering. Inscription on front endpaper: "From one Scottish Printer's De'il [devil] to Another - With my Best Wishes - Tommy Douglas" and "My good wishes, too - Dale [Lovick]" 

Very clean, sound copy. Very Good/Very Good. Chronology of Main Events in Douglas' Political Life; Suggestions for Further Reading; illustrated with a number of black and white reproductions of photographs from Douglas' political career.

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Price: $250 USD or $335 Cdn #3276

UNCOMMON FIRST CANADIAN EDITION OF THIS TRAILL TITLE

First time this title was published in Canada with Susanna revising and updating with a very upbeat preface promoting Canada.

1871. Toronto, Published by Maclear & Co.

First edition. 5 x 7-1/4 inches. [5] prelims including half-title, fronts, title page and contents,[7]-538,[6p.]ads. 7 plates; frontis plate and 6 plates (pp.12,13,18,19,20 & 24), p49 un-numbered, p69 mis-paged 67, 315 mis-paged 515.

Original green cloth boards with dull gilt farm scene embossed in cover. Gilt type and native image on spine. Original dark brown end papers. Some marks on the cover and corners worn, spine edges wearing and tope spine end 1/8 torn. Hinge starting inside. Internally, a few 2 1/4" circle xLibray stamps for "the Frontier college, Toronto". The pages are otherwise clean.

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Price: $150 USD or $200 Cdn #1741

1975. Toronto, Toronto Public Library,

Volume I:

Third edition. 1975. Reprint (and best) edition with additional corrections of the 1958 first edition and 1966 second edition.

Judith St. John, prepared by. An introduction by Edgar Osborne. 6-1/2 x 9-3/4 inches. xxiv, (1),561pp.(1). 12 colour plates, 38 black and white plates. Pictorial cloth boards with gilt titles on green cloth spine. 3,000 titles. Very good condition.

Volume II:

First edition. 1975. 6-1/2 x 9-3/4 inches. xii, (1), page 563-1138. 2,600 titles 

Judith St. John, prepared by with the assistance of Dana Tenny and Hazel I. Mactaggart. An introduction by Edgar Osborne. Frontispiece portrait of Edgar Osborne. Pictorial cloth boards with gilt titles on green cloth spine. 3,000 titles. Very good condition.

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Price: $135 USD or $180 Cdn #4563

1857. Oxford, John Henry and James Parker

New Edition" stated, . 4-1/4 x 6-1/2 inches. xx,[1]-321pp.

Bound in full dark brown calf, spines with six raised bands, blind covers tooling with double rules Leaf tooled designs in corners, marbled end pages, edges of pages dyed red, very good+ condition.

The first half of Holy Dying delivers practical suggestions for cleansing and building up the soul in godly fashion. The latter half includes a memorial sermon both for a friend of his and for Christians who have died generally.

Jeremy Taylor was a Church of England cleric known for his poetic style of writing, who was chaplain in ordinary to King Charles I.

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Price: $125 USD or $165 Cdn #8944

[1877 to 1910]. London, Ottawa, and NY, Topley, Lafayette Ltd., Brown Brothers

7 b&w cabinet photos.

5 b&w photos.

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Price: $1,875 USD or $2,525 Cdn #8767

1960. [London], Photographer unknown

Superb autographed professional portrait photograph, nicely mounted from the Commonwealth Prime Ministers, Heads of State or official representatives attending the conference held in London in May 1960. The photograph is autographed (some signatures very faded) by all eleven members in formal, sitting pose.

In sequence from left to right are:

1) Tunku Abdul Rahman, Prime Minister of Malaya;

2) E. J. Cooray, Minister of Justice of Ceylon;

3) Shri Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India;

4) Walter Nash, Prime Minister of New Zealand;

5) John Diefenbaker, Prime Minister of Canada;

6) Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of Great Britain (Chairman);

7) Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia;

8) E. H. Louw, Minister of Extemal Afairs, South Africa;

9) Mohammed Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan;

10) Kwame Nkrumah, Prime Minister of Ghana;

11) Roy Welensky, Prme Minister of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.

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Price: $600 USD or $800 Cdn #8285

SCARCE CDV OF SIR GEORGE-ETIENNE CARTIER

1873. Montreal,  L.E. Desmarais photography

2-1/2 x 4-1/8 inches Carte de Visite (CDV)

Oval photo of Cartier.

Printed on front - Sir Geo. Etienne Cartier, Baronet, Mort a Londres le 20 Mai 1873

Printed on reverse - L.E. Desmarais - Photographe. Carre Chamboillez, 11, Montreal.

Crease top left corner, pin hole bottom left side, stain top right side otherwise, very good condition.

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Price: $125 USD or $165 Cdn #8136

SCARCE UPPER CANADA 1837-38 REBELLION RELATED DOCUMENTS

1838. [London], [HMSO] First edition.

Upper Canada : return to addresses of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 8 & 21 May and 8 June 1838. 29 pages. Copy of instructions to the Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, relative to proceedings against persons recently arrested in that Province : extract of a despatch from the Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, relative to the disposal of the prisoners convicted of treason in that province : copies of the several acts of the Legislature of Upper Canada in the last session, for the preservation of the peace, and for the trial of persons charged with insurrection and revolt against the government of the province, stating the dates on which the several bills received the royal sanction.

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RARE - NO OTHER COPY FOUND

1858. Toronto, John Lovell. First edition.

Quarto, 2p. Disbound, small holes in margin.

At head of title: 1st Session, 6th Parliament, 21 Victoria, 1858.

Petition

Of the Honble. William Henry Draper, stating that he is a holder of Debentures of the Cobourg and Peterborough Company, and praying that his interests may be protected.

William Henry Draper was a lawyer, judge, and politician in Upper Canada later Canada West.

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Price: $150 USD or $200 Cdn #8070

RARE - ONLY ONE OTHER COPY FOUND

1859. Toronto, J. Lovell

Quarto, 9 p. Disbound, small holes and tears in margin. Signed by R. Bell on top of back page.

No. 224. 2nd Session, 6th Parliament, 22 Victoria, 1859 "(Private Bill.)" Bill. An Act to incorporate the Ottawa Valley Railway Company.

"Received and read, first time, Friday, 1st April, 1859. Second reading, Saturday, 2nd April, 1859." Mr. Ferres

Ottawa Valley Railway Company, which was chartered in 1892 under Dominion Act 55-56 Victoria, chapter 54, to build a railway from St. Andrews to Carillon, Quebec, and from Grenville to Calumet, Quebec, connecting at the latter place with the Canadian Pacific Railway. It was completed and the line was opened for service on 1 November 1892.

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Price: $100 USD or $135 Cdn #8071

THE FIRST LEGAL ACT FOR ENGLISH & FRENCH GOVERNMENT FOR CANADA

1848. London, House of Commons

First UK edition. 11-3/4 x 7-3/8 inches. 2 pages (2), [649]-650pp Disbound, Paper 1 x 1-1/2 inches missing on left border not affecting any type, otherwise, very good condition.

The Union Act, 1840, made English the only language for the work of both the legislative council and the assembly, although it did not prevent the unofficial translation of its documents into French. At the time the House of Assembly was a total of 84 seats with 42 each to Canada East (Lower Canada) and Canada West (Upper Canada). The population however was not equal at the time with 450,000 in Canada West and 650,000 in Canada East - another British strategy to less the impact of the French-Canadian majority.

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Price: $350 USD or $470 Cdn #8836

1863. London, Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode. First edition.

Scarce. 12 x 7 inches. 2 pages, [729]-730. Small spot on front and back border paper edge, otherwise, very good + condition.

Boundaries of British Columbia: "British Columbia shall for the purposes of the said Act, and for all other purposes, be held to comprise all such territories within the Dominions of Her Majesty as are bounded to the South by the territories of the United States of America, to the West by the Pacific Ocean and the Frontier of the Russian Territories in North America, to the North by the sixtieth parallel of north latitude, and to the East, from the boundary of the United States northwards, by the Rocky Mountains and the one hundred and twentieth meridian of west longitude, and shall include Queen Charlotte’s Island and all other Islands adjacent to the said Territories, except Vancouver’s Island and the Islands adjacent thereto."

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Price: $325 USD or $435 Cdn #8832

RARE DOCUMENT, NO COPY FOUND

First edition. Folded Table, 20-1/2 x 7 inches Disbound, small holes in margin, small repairs, otherwise good condition.

Population for Lower Canada and Upper Canada by Counties, Towns and Villages, as well as Origins and Religions in 1851: Population in Lower Canada, 890,261; in Upper Canada, 952,004, for a total of 1,842,265 inhabitants. Population of Montreal City, 57,715; of Toronto City, 30,775.

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A RARE MANLY MACDONALD EARLY CHRISTMAS CARD

Folded: 6-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches

Image: 4-7/8 x 3-3/4 inches

The printed Manly MacDonald "The Red Mill" image, slightly out of register when printed, was trimmed to size and mounted on the Christmas Greeting Card. Unsigned inside. Printed on back is Manly MacDonald's name and Canadian Artists Series  25130

According to the previous owner, the original oil painting was painted in the 1930s at Bruce’s Mill (his father watched him do some of his work around the Mill) and this Christmas Card is a reproduction of that painting.

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Price: $125 USD or $165 Cdn #7895