Original proof of what would become the title page "for a privately printed edition of part of E. V. Rieu's translation of the New Testament. It [the book] was distributed by Sir Allen and Richard Lane as a Christmas present. Printed at the Curwen Press, 1951" [Clark]. Signed in pencil lower right: R. Stone. Formerly tipped with two tabs along upper margin (now free) to non-archival board with frame. A few slight differences from the final state (compare Kenneth Clark's Reynolds Stone Engravings: xxx, 72); and note two additions on this lower left in white. Sheet measures 6.5 x 4.4 inches; ima... View More...
208 pages. All twelve monthly numbers for 1887. "Compliments of Frank B. Webster, Publisher" on first blank endpaper. Light foxing to first few and final few leaves. The sheet comprising pages 165-168 was not bound in, it is present loose. Binding is sound and contents clean. View More...
[72] pages, two smaller leaves, 1976 leaf pasted inside front and rear cover, and 1977 artice (photocopied as the rest) pasted to foot of one leaf. Signed by Forrestall on front cover. 10.8 x 8.5 inches. View More...
[24] pages. Three Cantos; the first praising Queen Victoria on her Golden Jubilee; the second proclaiming a "Temperance Jubilee" (with specific mention of Toronto and three female luminaries of Christian Temperance Women); the third particularly focused on redemption through Christ. As delegate of the Toronto W.C.T.U. the author, Bessie Starr Keefer, attended the first International Council of Women in Washington DC, March 1888: "She is a bright and incisive speaker in the cause of temperance" [Demorest's Magazine review of "some of the most prominent delegates" - see group portrait there, and... View More...
130 pages. Signed by the author at foot of front free endpaper. Ownership signature to head of half title. Binding is sound, with front and rear endpapers pulled away from staples (though remaining securely affixed). View More...
346 pages. Mass market paperback "First Macmillan Paperbacks edition 1988" stated, though somewhat misleading as Macmillan published the novel in Laurentian Library softcover 1968 with reprints through the 70s. Student's pencil scoring, two instances of light green highlighting, and a few notations including the perceptive "nikolai / Manya - hid them in the cellar" on verso of front cover. No markings after page 79. Signed without inscription by the author on the first leaf. Spine not creased, and despite the markings little sign of wear. View More...
Cream cloth with gilt; top edge gilded, others untrimmed. Light handling to cloth, and foxing to spine. Interior clean and free of inscriptions; tanning to free endpapers. Number 481 of 750 issued, signed by Detmold. 25 gorgeous plates. The original slipcase is sturdy and complete without splitting: long ago covered in patterned book-covering paper (similar to thin wallpaper) that appears to be stuck to the slipcase only along fore-edges. View More...
30, [2] pages. Text in Spanish and English. Inscribed by Ana on first leaf. Cover worn and detached; brief ink notation to page 5, and an ink tick to foot of 7. 8.1 x 8 inches. View More...
All sixteen Numbers of the periodical, from No. 1 Fall 1997 through No. 16 Very Late Summer 2001. Signed by editors Andrew Steeves and Gary Dunfield on second leaf of No. 1. No. 1 also signed by Joyce Martin, a contributing artist. No markings or signatures in the other Numbers. A very good set, with little evidence of use. View More...
vii, 66pp.Light soiling to front cover and title page. Author's signature to top right of title page. Contents clean and unmarked in sound binding. View More...
i- xiv, 15-33pp. + (viii -endorsements). This edition is a "Reproduction of the Presentation Copy to Her Majesty Queen Mary". Archibald's inscription to ffep. as well as previous owner's signature, Archibald's own signature below the frontispiece portrait. Some foxing to end papers, light wear to covers; staples pulled from gutter but binding sound. View More...
269 pages. Signed by the author with her address 26 Jan. 1960 lower left front free endpaper [our sincere thanks to archivists at the University of Auckland's Sylvia Ashton-Warner Collection for confirming authenticity by comparison]. Light toning to jacket spine panel; shallow chips to extremities; 18s net price present; now in a removable archival sleeve. Brief 30 April 1985 N.Y. Times obituary notice laid in. This is the May 1959 Secker reprint. 8 x 5.25 inches. View More...
281 pages. Jacket worn: stained, nicked, sunned, and with a 1.5 inch split along upper flap fold; not price clipped. Top edge a touch dusty. Interior is clean and unmarked; binding is sound. Jacket now housed in a removable archival sleeve. View More...
First Canadian printing of each book. Issued in 1985 and 2019 respectively. Testaments is signed by Atwood; Handmaid's Tale is not. An excellent example of The Handmaid's Tale, with light spotting to top edge of textblock, a half inch closed tear to rear panel of the unclipped jacket, and only slight rubbing of the burgundy at head and foot of spine. The Testaments is as-new. Jacket of each in a removable archival sleeve. View More...
[32] pages. Signed by Margaret Atwood and Joyce Barkhouse at head of title page. Light wear only to boards; hint of stain to endpapers. Atwood's second book for young readers, published five years before The Handmaid's Tale. View More...
viii, 134 pages. "From the Author" on front free endpaper in Austen-Leigh's hand. Endpapers and half-title foxed; occasional light foxing within. Short closed tear to four adjacent leaves [pp. 57-64]. Corners bumped; head and foot of spine rubbed. 8 x 5 inches. View More...
103 pages. Authors' sheet requesting complementary information taped to front free endpaper; inscription whited out verso. Signatures of the three authors dated 12 April 1986 to title page; else unmarked. Shallow chipping to jacket top edge. 12.25 x 8.25 inches. View More...
xxxiii, 244, and 24 pages of ads. First issue of Buchan's "first formal appearance in print, completed at the age of nineteen" [Hillier & Ross 189]. With the 1895 ownership inscription of his Brasenose College friend B.C. Boulter to front free endpaper; above which: "With love from John Buchan". Spine faded, and rubbed at head and heel. A few leaves unopened, no marginalia; binding is sound. The Scott Library advert lists to number 89; this volume is number 88. 7 x 5 inches. View More...
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