David Mason Books eList #43
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Now Online
19th Century English Literature Catalogue.
Click here to view the PDF catalogue
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A. The TRUE and GENUIN ELEGY OF Matthew Gun Bookseller
Printed by Will Rueter at the Aliquando Press in 2014. 1 of 125
copies. 15" x 10 1/2". Printed on Hahnemuble white mould paper in
Garamond, ATF Baskerville and XIV Century Roman. This is a reprint of
an early 18th-century broadside. The original is held by the British
Library and we have been unable to locate another copy. We felt this
reprint to be a timely one given the precarious state of the book
trade these days; Gun’s lament resonates strongly. A fine work by one
of Canada’s foremost designers and private printers.
$50.00
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1. (ADVERTISING) Barker's Komic Picture Souvenir. Part 1.
Philadelphia: Barker, Moore & Mein Medicine Co., n.d. (ca. 190-).
"Revised Edition in 4 Parts", part 1 only. Oblong 8vo., pictorial paper wrappers in
colour with cloth spine, unpaginated (44pp). Illustrations throughout.
Cheap paper browned, wear to edges some rubbing to covers, light
staining inside front cover, about very good. Early 19th century
adverting booklet promoting the profound advantages of using Barker's
Horse, Cattle and Poultry Medicinal Power and, for humans, Barker's
Nerve and Bone Liniment. Part 1 of 4.
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2. (AMERICANA) DREW, Samuel. The Life Of The Rev. Thomas Coke ...
including details of his various travels and extraordinary missionary
exertions in England, Ireland, America and the West-Indies...
New York: Published by J. Soule and T. Mason for the Methodist
Episcopal Church in the United States, 1818. First U.S. edition. Tall
8vo., full contemporary calf, gilt compartments, leather label, xix,
391pp. With a frontis-portrait. Small nick in the head of the spine,
hinges rubbed but still a very nice copy. Life of Thomas Coke
[1747-1814] the first superintendent of the Methodist Church in
America and "the father of Methodist Missions." Sabin 20932, Shaw & Shoemaker 43887.
$350.00 |
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Earliest First-Hand
Narrative of Lewis & Clark Expedition |
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3. (AMERICANA) GASS, Patrick. Journal of the Voyages and Travels
of a Corps of Discovery, Under the command of Capt. Lewis and Capt.
Clarke of the army of the United States, from the mouth of the River
Missouri through the interior parts of North America to the Pacific
Ocean, During the Years 1804, 1805, and 1806...
Philadelphia: Printed For Mathew Carey.... 1811. Third edition.
(first published in 1807). Tall 12mo., full contemporary calf, leather
spine label, (x), (11)-262pp. With six plates including the
frontispiece. Pages browned with some foxing, corner torn from rear
free e/paper, binding rubbed with one inch piece chipped off the top
of the spine but still a very good copy. Howes G77, Sabin 26741, Shaw & Shoemaker 22891. First published in 1807 this is the "earliest
first-hand narrative of the Lewis and Clark expedition, preceding the
official account seven years." (Howes).
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SIGNED BY Maya Angelou |
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4. ANGELOU, Maya. I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings.
New York: Random House, (1969). Reprint. With a bookplate signed
by the author on the front e/paper. Ownership signatures otherwise a nice
copy in an about fine dustwrapper.
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First Trade Edition -
1836
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5. (ARCTIC) BACK, Captain [George]. Narrative Of The Arctic Land
Expedition To The Mouth Of The Great Fish River, And Along The Shores
Of The Arctic Ocean, In The Years 1833, 1834, And 1835; By...
Illustrated by A Map And Plates.
London: John Murray, 1836. First trade edition. (There was also a
large paper edition published the same year). Tall 8vo., original
brown cloth, gilt title on the spine, x, (2), (1)-663, (1), 8pp. ads,
4pp. ads. dated "May 1836." With 16 fullpage plates including the
frontis. With a large folding map at the rear. Some browning and
foxing to approximately half of the plates, bookplate, spine slightly
faded with a bit of rubbing to the spine ends but o/w an near fine,
unworn copy. "Back was disquieted by rumours about John Ross, who had not been heard of since he had set out on an attempt at a northwest passage in 1829. Back returned to England at once and offered to command a search. He learned that Dr Richardson had already submitted a plan for reaching Ross by way of the Thlew-ee-choh or Great Fish River (Back River), a river known only by Indian report, which was supposed to rise somewhere near Great Slave Lake and flow northwest into the Arctic Ocean. Richardson had received insufficient support and stepped down. Back adopted the same plan and raised enough support from the government, the HBC, and public subscription to go ahead with the expedition under the direction of the Colonial Office. Taking with him Dr Richard King as naturalist, Back left Liverpool by packet for New York on 17 Feb. 1833. In June he was at Fort Alexander on Lake Winnipeg, where George Simpson, now governor of all the HBC’s activities overseas, greeted him cordially, apparently having forgotten their brush in 1821.From Fort Resolution Back set out to search for the Thlew-ee-choh and located it on 29 August. He then returned to the expedition’s wintering station, Fort Reliance, at the eastern end of Great Slave Lake. When news reached him in spring 1834 of Ross’s safe return to England, it only remained for him to explore the Thlew-ee-choh and the seacoast adjoining its mouth. On 7 June 1834 his party left the fort for their depot on Artillery Lake, and, travelling by Clinton-Colden Lake and Aylmer Lake, reached the Thlew-ee-choh on 28 June. The descent of this river took them one month, after which they spent three weeks exploring Chantrey Inlet. Poor weather prevented their making a more extensive survey of the sea-coast, and they were back in Fort Reliance on 27 September. On 21 March 1835 Back left for England, leaving King to follow with the men and equipment." (DCB).
TPL 1873; Arctic Bib. 851; Sabin 2613.
$2,500.00
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6. (ARCTIC) M'KEEVOR, Thomas. A Voyage To Hudson's Bay, During
The Summer Of 1812. Containing A Particular Account Of The Icebergs
And Other Phenomena Which Present Themselves In Those Regions . Also, A
Description Of The Esquimeaux And North American Indians, Their
Manners, Customs, Dress, Language, &c. &c. &c
London: Printed For Sir Richard Phillips And Co., 1819. Reprint of
the first edition (TPL) the same year with the only difference being
the "AND CO" in the imprint and different pagination. Tall 8vo.,
contemporary calf spine, marble boards, 78pp. With a six engraved
plates (including the frontispiece). Some light rubbing o/w an about
fine copy. M'Keevor was a medical advisor on Selkirk's
expedition of 1812 and records the customs of Inuit natives and Arctic
geography and fauna. TPL 911, Sabin 43396, Arctic Bib 10643.
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7. (ARCTIC) SCORESBY-JACKSON, R.E. The Life of William Scoresby,
M.A,. D.D., F.R.S.S.L. & E., Corresponding Member of the Institute of
France, Etc. By His Nephew, ...
London: T. Nelson And Sons, 1861. First edition. 8vo., full
contemporary green calf, raised bands, gilt compartments, leather
spine label, single gilt stamp decoration on the boards, ix, (x
blank), (1)-406pp. With an additional engraved titlepage, frontis
portrait, 5 tinted plates (including two charts), and a folding map.
Some light foxing to the frontis and engraved titlepage, some light
rubbing but in fact a near fine copy.
$750.00 |
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8. (BELLOC, Hilaire). A Moral Alphabet. In Words of From One to
Seven Syllables. By H.B. and B.T.B. (pseud).
London: Edward Arnold, 1899. First edition. Square 8vo., cloth
backed pictorial paper boards, 63, (1)p. ads. With illustrations by
Basil T. Blackwood (B.T.B.) Bookplate, some soiling otherwise near
fine.
$250.00 |
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Canadian Literature |
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9. LEE, Dennis. Kingdom of Absence.
Toronto: House of Ananse (sic), (1967). First edition of the author's
first book. Original wrappers. Fine. First publication from House of
Anansi, only titled published with the spelling Ananse.
$125.00 |
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10. SUTHERLAND, John. Other Canadians An Anthology Of The New
Poetry In Canada 1949-1946.
(Montreal: First Statement Press, 1947?). First edition. 8vo.,
original wrappers, 113pp. Slight tanning to pages, some darkening
along spine, some wear to extremities, otherwise near fine.
$185.00 |
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11. (From the Library of JAY MACPHERSON) NEW
PROVINCES. Poems of Several Authors.
Toronto: Macmillan, 1936. First edition. With a presentation to
Canadian poet Jay Macpherson from F.R. Scott reading "To Jay Mcpherson
(sic) one of the 'community' from Frank Scott." Fading to the foot of
the spine o/w fine in d/w slightly darkened on the spine with a touch
of wear to the tips of the spine, some discolouration, better than
very good but not quite near fine. Contains poems by six Canadian
poets; Robert Finch, Leo Kennedy, A.M. Klein, E.J. Pratt, F.R. Scott,
and A.J.M. Smith.
$750.00 |
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12. (From the Library of JAY MACPHERSON) ATWOOD, Margaret. The
Animals In That Country.
Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1968. First edition, paper
issue. With an inscription from Atwood to friend and fellow Canadian
poet, Jay Macpherson. Small crease front cover bottom right otherwise
fine.
$500.00 |
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13. (From the Library of JAY MACPHERSON) DUDEK, Louis. En Mexico.
Drawings by Zygmunt Turkiewicz.
Toronto: Contact Press, (1958). First edition. With a presentation
inscription from the author to fellow Canadian poet Jay Macpherson.
Tall square 8vo., original lavender wrappers. Spine and perimeters of
wrappers lightly sunned as usual, bit of creasing to lower edge of the
wrappers o/w a near fine copy of a delicate book. There was no issue
in cloth.
$450.00 |
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14. (From the Library of JAY MACPHERSON) TURNBULL, Gael. A
Libation.
Glasgow: Cameo Series/The Poet, nd. (1957). With a presentation
inscription in the form of a holography poem (two stanzas) by Turnbull
to fellow Canadian poet Jay Macpherson. Turnbull has written the poem
in ink, addressed it “To Jay” and signed it “from Gael summer 1957.”
Turnbull has also made a holograph correction in ink to the last line
of the final poem in the book, crossing out part of the line and
rewriting differently. Tall 12mo., original pink paper wrappers
printed in red, (12)pp. Wrappers sunned on the spine and on the edges
of the wrappers but o/w a fine copy of a scarce edition.
$425.00 |
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15. (CANADIANA) MICHELANT, H. and A. Rame. Relation Originalé Du
Voyage Du Jacques Cartier Au Canada En 1534 Documents Inédits Sur
Jacques Cartier Et Le Canada...
Paris: Librarie Tross, 1867. 8vo., contemporary leather
spine, marble boards, (viii), 76, 54, (2)pp.ads. With two full page
plates, and two small portraits of Cartier (one on each titlepage). An
about fine copy. Sabin 11142.
$750.00 |
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16. (CANADIANA) HALL, Francis. (Lt). Travels In Canada, And The
United States, In 1816 and 1817.
London: Printed by Strahan and Spottiswoode, For Longman, Hurst,
Rees, Orme And Brown, 1819. Second edition, with a new preface. 8vo.,
recently rebound with a dark brown calf spine, marble boards, single
gilt decoration in the compartments, xii, 421pp. With a folding map at
the front. A fine copy. TPL 1096 (first edition), Sabin 29769, Howes
H-62.
$600.00 |
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17. (CANADIANA - Art) BROOKER, Bertram (edited by). Yearbook of
the Arts in Canada. 1936.
Toronto: Macmillan Co. of Canada, (c. 1936). First edition. Small
4to., cloth, (256)pp. With illustrations. Small faded spot at top of
spine, bookplates, otherwise fine in dustwrapper that has small chip
to top of spine and light wear to extremities, but is still very nice
dustwrapper.
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18. (CANADIANA - Ephemera) Shipping Label - Robson Leather Company Limited. Oshawa
Canada. Established 1865.
Oshawa: Robson Leather, no date (ca. 1910-20s?). 12" x 6", single sided
glossy paper label. Fine. Robson Leather founded in 1865, in 1963
they merged with James Lang Leather of Kitchener to form Robson-Lang
Leather.
$75.00 |
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First Edition "Pop-Up"
Pinocchio |
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19. (CHILDREN'S) (PINOCCHIO). The "Pop-Up" Pinocchio. Being The
Life And Adventures Of A Wooden Puppet Who Finally Became A Real Boy
With "Pop-Up" Illustrations In Colour by Harold Lentz.
New York: Blue Ribbon Books, (1932). First of this edition. Tall
square 8vo., original pictorial paper boards, 96pp. With four pop-up
illustrations in colour and numerous black and white illustrations in
the text. This copy has been professionally rebacked with the original
spine laid down; the rebacking makes the spine a bit stiff, the chimney
is missing from the roof in one of the pop-up illustrations otherwise a very
good copy.
$750.00 |
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20. (CHILDREN'S) AIKIN, Dr. and Mrs. Barbauld. Evenings at Home, or
the Juvenile Budget Opened, Consisting of a Variety of Miscellaneous
Pieces for the Instruction and Amusement of Young Persons.
London: S. Cornish, 1837. 12mo., original cloth, 466pp. With hand
coloured frontis. This copy has been professionally rebacked with the
original spine laid down, minor soiling to covers, otherwise near
fine.
$250.00 |
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21. CRUIKSHANK, George. Second Edition of a Discovery Concerning
Ghosts: With A Rap at the "Spirit -Rappers" by... Illustrated with
Cuts. To Which is Added A Few Parting Raps at the "Rappers" and
Questions, Suggestions and Advice to the Davenport Brothers.
London: Published by Routledge, Warne and Routledge, 1864. Second
edition. Tall 8vo., original brown printed wrappers, (4), 60pp.
Discreet name on titlepage, 1" piece chipped away at the foot of the
spine otherwise near fine.
$400.00 |
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Daimler Automobile
Showroom Catalogue - 1913 |
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22. (DAIMLER COMPANY). 1913 Daimler Automobile Catalogue.
(Coventry): Daimler Company, nd (1913 stated on the General Notes
page). Oblong 4to., wine cloth, 35pp. With illustrations. The bound-in
pages have been three-hole punched; the first page, with the heading "ADVERTISEMENT," has been tipped on (it is numbered “TWO” on verso
with the rest of the pages continuing correctly in sequence). Most
Daimler catalogues we have seen have paper wrappers, however this copy
has a cloth binding with “Daimler” in gilt on the front. There are 12
automobiles featured (with two pages dedicated each) along with two
pages of "Sundries and Accessories" and a "List of Daimler Patrons," which includes The King, The Queen, The Emperor of Russia, The
Emperor of Japan and numerous Dukes, Earls and Lords. A nice copy of a
scarce, early automobile catalogue.
$300.00 |
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23. DOYLE. A. Conan. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
London: George Newnes, Ltd., n.d. (ca. 190-?). 8vo., pictorial
paper wrappers, 128pp. With a price of "6D" on the upper wrapper.
Cheap paper browned as usual with these inexpensively produced issues
otherwise a fine copy. Scarce.
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24. DUNBAR, Paul L. Folks From Dixie. With Illustrations by E.
W. Kemble.
Toronto: George N. Morang, 1898. First Canadian edition (from the
sheets of the Dodd, Mead edition). 8vo., original rust cloth with a
square pictorial paper panel on the upper cover, (10), 263pp. With
illustrations. Some light rubbing to the spine but otherwise a near
fine copy. BAL 4921 for the Dodd, Mead edition.
$450.00 |
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25. (FINE ARTS) DOBSON, Austin. Thomas Bewick And His Pupils.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1884. First edition. Square 8vo., rebound
in cont. three quarter brown morocco, cloth, raised bands, gilt
compartments, A.E.G. by Kelly & Sons, xviii, 232pp. With
illustrations. Very slight rubbing to outer front hinge o/w a near
fine copy of an attractive book.
$350.00 |
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25. (FINE BINDING) MAUROIS, Andre. Les Discours du Docteur
O'Grady. Illustrations en Couleurs de R. Moritz.
(Paris): Editions Kra, (1929). One of 1000 copies. 8vo., half
morocco, gilt titles on spine, four elaborate decorations on spine,
214pp. With colour illustrations in the text. A fine copy with lovely
colour illustrations by Raymond Moritz.
$850.00 |
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Early Harlequin
Paperback Edition |
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26. (HARLEQUIN BOOKS). The Pocket Purity Cook Book.
(Toronto): Harlequin, 1950. Paperback. No. 51 on spine. Better
than very good but not quite near fine.
$150.00 |
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27. (INDIA). SASTRI, Hirananda. A Guide to Elephanta.
Delhi: Manager of Publications, 1934. Tall 8vo., original blue
cloth, 70pp. With illustrations and foldout plan of the main cave, and
foldout map of the Island of Elephanta. Very good. A guide to
Elephanta and its caves and monuments.
$125.00 |
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Signed Limited Edition
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28. MacKENZIE, Compton. The House of Coalport 1750-1950.
London: Collins, 1951. First edition. 1 of 150 copies signed by
the author. 8vo., leather, (128)pp. With illustrations. Fine in
slipcase as issued.
$150.00 |
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29. MASON, A.E.W. (Alfred Edward Woodley). The Philanderers.
London and New York: Macmillan, 1897. First edition. With a
presentation inscription from Mason to mystery writer Dennis Wheatley.
8vo., rebound in brown half morocco, marble boards, raised bands,
single gilt decoration in compartments, 232pp. With the original upper
cover and spine bound in at rear. Bookplate of Dennis Wheatley o/w a
fine copy. In a slipcase.
$475.00 |
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30. (MILITARY) EXAMINER'S GUIDE FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINING IN THE
ARMY.
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1918. From the library of
Dr. C.B. Farrar with his bookplate and signature. Tall 8vo., cloth,
198pp. About fine.
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31. (MILITARY) SMITH, GOLDWIN. In the Court of History. An Apology
for Canadians who were opposed to the South African War.
Toronto: William Tyrrell & Co., 1902. First edition. Small 8vo.,
original wrappers, 71pp. Small chip to upper wrapper at bottom,
darkening to the first few pages bottom right corner, and slight
offsetting to the copyright and preface page, still a very nice copy
of a scarce item. Smith was one of the few British subjects to
voice his objections to the Second Boer War (1899-1902).
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32. (philosophy)
BEKKER, Balthasar. Le Monde Enchante Ou Examen des communs sentimens
touchant les Espirts, leur nature, leur pouvoir, leur admistration, & leurs operations...
Amsterdam: Chez Pierre Rotterdam, 1694. In four volumes. First
French edition. From the library of Dr. C.B. Farrar with his
bookplate. 12mo., full contemporary calf, raised bands, gilt
compartments, inner dentelles gilt, A.E.G. With a portrait of the
author in volume one and five plates in volume four. Bookplate o/w a
fine copy. Balthasar Bekker [1634-1698] Dutch divine and author of
philosophical and theological works. "Opposing superstition, he was a
key figure at the end of the witchcraft persecutions in early modern
Europe. " An enthusiastic disciple of Descarte, Bekkers works on
philosophy and religion expressed a freedom of thought that aroused
considerable hostility. His best known work, the above title first
published as 'Die Betooverde Wereld" (1691), translated into French in
1694 and English in 1695 attacked the belief in sorcery and possession
by the devil, whose very existence he questioned. The book created a
sensation and led to Bekker's deposition from the ministry. He was
tried for blasphemy, maligning the public Church and spreading
atheistic ideas about Scripture.
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33. POUND, Ezra. The Letters Of Ezra Pound 1907-1941. Edited by
D.D. Paige.
London: Faber and Faber, (1951). First edition. 8vo., cloth,
464pp. A fine copy in dustwrapper which is faded on the spine but
otherwise near fine.
$200.00 |
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34. (QUEEN MARGOT) WILLIAMS, H. Noel. Queen Margot Wife of Henry
of Navarre.
London & New York: Harper and Brothers, 1907. First edition. Small
4to., dark green half morocco, cloth, raised bands, gilt compartments,
T.E.G. by Hatchards, xviii, (409)pp. With 16 illustrations in
photogravure. A fine, attractive copy. Marguerite de Valois
(1553-1615). As a young woman Marguerite, "became famous for her
beauty, her learning and the looseness of her conduct." After a
liasion with the Duke of Guise, she married Henry of Navarre (later
Henry IV). "Both husband and wife were extreme examples of the
licentious manners of the time." Margot established her own residence
at the Castle of Usson in Auvergne and their marriage was dissolved by
the Pope. However, Margot retained her title and still consulted with
Henry on important matters and spent time with his new wife, Marie De
Medici. "She exhibited for the rest of her life, the strange Volois
mixture of licentiousness, pious exercise, and the cultivation of art
and letters... At no epoch in French history have women played a more
prominent part than in the 16th century. Their influence pervaded
religion, politics, literature and the arts." (Ency. Brit.)
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From the "Popular Plays
and Screen Library" series
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35. SCHROCK, Raymond L. The Calgary Stampede. A story of the
Canadian Plains Based on the Motion Picture Story... Starring Hoot
Gibson.
New York: Jacobsen-Hodgkinson Corporation, (1925). "Popular Plays
and Screen Library." 8vo., original pictorial wrappers, 137pp. With
illustrations from the film. Dampstain on edge of first 18pages, cheap
paper browned, chipping to the spine ends, a very good copy of this
delicate and scarce item.
$150.00 |
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36. (SCIENCE) OSLER, William. Counsels And Ideals From The
Writings of William Osler.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1905. First edition. 8vo., original
maroon cloth, 277pp. Name on the title o/w a near fine copy.
$200.00 |
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37. (SCIENCE - Mathematics) MONTUCLA, Jean Etienne. Histoire des
Mathematiques, Dans laquelle on rend compte de leurs progres depuis
leur origine jusqu'a nos jours; ou l'on explose le tableau & le
developpement des principales decouvertes, les contestations qu'elles
ont fair naitre & les principaux traits de la vie mathematiciens les
plus celebres.
Paris: Ch. Ant. Jombert, 1758. In two volumes. First edition. With
the bookplate of Stillman Drake. 4to., cont. paper spines, marble
boards, xxxvi, 638; 1, 680pp. With 15 plates, mostly folding. Lacking
the blank at rear of volume one, spines almost completely chipped
away, upper cover of volume one holding by cords only, o/w a very
nice, clean copy. Jean Etienne Montucla [1725-1799] French
mathematician. This is Montucla's major work. The first volume covers
the history of mathematics from ancient times to 1700, while the
second volumes is entirely devoted to 17th century mathematics. This
work was described as "....the first attempt of a history of
mathematical ideas and problems..." Montucla had intended to produce a
third volume but abandoned this idea.
$1,500.00
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"Father of Military
Medicine"
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38. (SCIENCE - Medicine) PRINGLE, John. Observations On The
Diseases of the Army.
London: Printed for A. Millar; D. Wilson; and T.
Durham,......1761. Third edition, enlarged. Tall 8vo., full
contemporary calf, raised bands, leather spine label, (xxviii), 435,
(35)pp. index, 1 page errata. With an engraved vignette on the
titlepage. Contemporary signature on the titlepage has been crossed
out and rewritten, some browning and light foxing throughout with a
dampstain on pp. 400-429, some rubbing with small chip to label, but
this is certainly a very good copy of this important work. John
Pringle [1707-1782] Scottish physician regarded as the “father of
military medicine.” “Pringle served as Physician-General of the
British Army from 1744 to 1752, and was also president of the Royal
Society. In this book, first published in 1752, he outlined outlined
the basic principles of military sanitation and stressed the proper
ventilation of military quarters regardless of their location. The
preface of the book contains a brief account of the concept of
neutrality for military hospitals on the field of battle. This idea
was later embodied in the provisions of the Geneva Conventions. In an
appendix to the book, Pringle includes a paper on septic and aspetic
substances in which he recognizes the value of antisepsis and
describes the effect of various chemicals in checking putrefaction. “
(Heirs of Hippocrates 553 citing the edition of 1768).
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39. (SCIENCE - Psychiatry) ABRAHAM, Karl. Psychoanalytische
Studien zur Charakterbildung.
Leipzig: Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag, 1925.
Internationale Psychoanalytische Bibliothek Nr. XVI. 8vo., original
paper boards, 54pp. Head of the spine chipped, and a couple of holes
in the upper spine gutter but certainly very good.
$150.00 |
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First Edition Sigmund
Freud - 1930
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40. (SCIENCE - Psychiatry) FREUD, Sigm. Das Unbehagen In Der
Kultur.
Wien: Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag, 1930. First
edition. 8vo., original printed yellow wrappers, 136pp. Perimeter of
the covers and the spine darkened with a small chip at the foot of the
spine but still a better than very good copy.
$400.00 |
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41. (SCIENCE - Psychiatry) GRODDECK, Georg. Psychische Bedingtheit
und psychoanalytische behandlung organischer Leiden.
Leipzig: Verlag von S. Hirzel, 1917. Tall 8vo., original wrappers,
30pp. Wrappers faded around the perimeter of the wrappers otherwise
fine.
$200.00 |
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42. (SCIENCE - Psychiatry) JAMES, William. The Principles of
Psychology.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1890. In two volumes. First
edition, third issue. Tall 8vo., original brown cloth, xii, (690); vi,
704, 8pp.ads. Name on e/paper, some notes in pencil in the text, minor
rubbing to the spine ends but o/w a near fine set.
$850.00 |
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43. (SCOTLAND) (ALEXANDER, William). Notes And Sketches
Illustrative of Northern Rural Life In The Eighteenth Century.
Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1877. First edition. 8vo., original
decorated paper boards, viii, 221, (2)pp. Wear along spine gutters o/w
a very good copy.
$125.00 |
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44. SITWELL, Osbert. Demos the Emperor. A Secular Oratorio.
London: Macmillan & Co., 1949. One of five hundred signed by the
Author. Tall 8vo., wrappers, (19)pp. Some wear along the top, small
tear top of spine, otherwise near fine.
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45. SOKOLOFF, Boris. The Crime of Dr. Garine... With An
Introduction by Theodore Dreiser. Woodcuts by Roger Van Gindertael.
New York: Covici Friede, 1928. First U.S. edition. 8vo., cloth,
144pp. Bookplate otherwise fine in a dustwrapper with tape to the
spine ends, front flap about 2/3 separated, still a nice dustwrapper.
$225.00 |
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46. (SOUTH PACIFIC) SCOTT, Peter. Travel Diaries of a Naturalist.
Australia New Zealand, New Guinea, Africa, The Galapagos Islands,
Antarctica and the Falkland Island. Edited by Mirand Weston-Smith.
Photographs by Philippa Scott.
London: Collins, (1983). First edition. Signed by Scott and
photographer Philippa Scott. Sm. 4to., cloth, 287pp. Illustrations.
Fine in dustwrapper with some rubbing.
$65.00 |
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47. (SWITZERLAND) COCKBURN, Major (James Pattison). Swiss Scenery
From Drawings By...
London: Published By Rodwell & Martin, 1820. First edition. 4to.,
recently rebound with a dark brown calf spine, marble boards, raised
bands, gilt decoration in the compartments, leather spine label, vii,
200pp. With 60 engraved plates and an engraved titlepage. Titlepage a
bit ragged around edges, some repairs to the last leaf (no loss to
text, repairs are in the margins only), occasional foxing but still a
near fine copy. James Pattison Cockburn [1779-1847] army officer
and water-colourist..... According to German composer Louis Spohr, to
whom he showed more than 200 landscapes of Naples and its
surroundings, Cockburn had “extraordinary skill in catching charming
views in a matter of minutes.” He was becoming an indefatigable
sketcher. In the period 1816–22 he produced drawings in sepia as he
moved from place to place in the Alps and elsewhere in Italy and
Switzerland: vast panoramas and mountain passes figured alongside
scenes of streets and market places. The wealth of pictures is
explained not only by Cockburn’s mastery of technical means but also,
according to Spohr, by his use of “a machine that projected the
landscape, in reduced scale, on paper.” Although it is not certain
that Spohr was referring to a camera lucida, the sharpness of the
images in several sketches done at the time he made his remark in some
measure substantiates this hypothesis...." In the 1820's Cockburn was
posted to Upper and Lower Canada and "during these years of peace
Cockburn had ample leisure to sketch Quebec and its environs as well
as scenes in Upper and Lower Canada where his tours of inspection took
him." (DCB)
$2,500.00
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48. WAIN, John. Poems for the Zodiac.
London: Pisces Press, 1980. In 12 pamphlets. One of 100 sets with each pamphlet numbered and signed by the author. 8vo., paper folder with paper spine label and ribbon tie containing 12 pamphlets with printed paper wrappers, no pagination (each vol. 4pp). Each poem is accompanied by a woodcut by Brenda Stones from a "French Book of Hours of the fifteenth century". Name on folder, small label mark on folder, otherwise fine. Scarce.
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49. (WEYER, Johann.) Johannes Weiri. Opera Omina. Auorum Contenta
Versa Pagina Exhibet. Editio Nova & Hactenus Desiderata. Accedunt
Indices Rerum & Verborum Copiosissimi.
Amsterdam: Van Den Derge, 1660. First edition. 4to., full
contemporary vellum, title in black ink on the spine, (44), 1002,
(60)pp. Containing five works, including De Praestigiis Daemonum," "Liber
Apologeticus" and (with separate titlepages ) "De Lamiis Liber,"
(p.667); "De Irae Morbo" (p.771) and "Weiri Medicarum Obervationum....liber
II." (p.877). Leaf *4 is in facsimile and is mounted. The facsimile is
of the recto only (*4r) therefore the portrait of the author which is
printed on the verso of the original leaf is lacking in this copy,
bookplate, binding somewhat soiled with some brown staining to rear
board, boards a bit sprung o/w a near fine copy of this important
work. Johann Meyer [1515-1588] physician and demonologist. Weyer
studied medicine at Orleans and the University of Paris, where he
received his doctor's degree in 1537. In years following he railed
against the pretensions of the Inquisition and its guide book, The
Malleus Maleficarum. His conflict with the Church caused him to seek
the protection as physician to Duke William V of Julich-Cleve-Berg. In
his major work De Praestigiis Daemonum et Incantationibus ac
Veneficiis (1563) Meyer denounced witch hunters for extracting
confessions under torture, noting that extreme hardship would force
even the most innocent to confess. Weyer offered a voice of reason,
claiming mental disease rather than demonic possession. His works,
published as the above Opera Omnia in 1660 was immediately placed on
the Index Librorum Prohitorum by the Church. Weyer was "first of all an astute clinical observer...he demonstrated clearly in case after case, that mental illness was a completely separate entity from the ignorance, superstition and hallucinations which together made 'witches' out of innocent people. He insisted and conclusively showed that mental illness, like any other human illness, should be treated by physicians, and not the Church and State. His critical analysis of the scourge of witchcraft his scientific, descriptive, observational approach to the problem, are the very roots of modern psychiatry, for his was the first statement clearly to demonstrate psychopathology as something apart from the work of the Devil. While not immediate, his influence was far reaching, reflected in the reforms started by Pinel, Esquirol, Freud and others."
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50. YEATS, W.B. Poems.
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1904. Fourth edition. (incorporating the
revisions of the third edition of 1901, and with an additional
bibliographic note dated “May 1904.” Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth with
elaborate gilt decoration on the upper cover and spine and a small
gilt decoration on the rear cover, binding design by Althea Giles,
(xiv), (302)pp. A fine copy. Wade 19.
$650.00 |
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The Pope's
Bookbinder
A Memoir
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Biblioasis, 2013.
420 pages. Illustrated.
$37.95(CAD).
A memoir of Mason’s forty-five years in the booktrade. After some
years in Europe doing odd jobs, including a period doing bookbinding
in Spain, and reading incessantly, Mason returned to Canada,
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