David Mason Books eList #47
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Now Online
Canadian Pulps. Catalogue 91.
Click here to view the PDF catalogue
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1. (Americana) Automobile Club of Southern California. Log of
the Peninsula Of Lower California and the Gulf of California.
Yachting. Fishing. Hunting and Points of Interest. Compiled at the
Outing Bureau of the Automobile Club of Southern California...
Los Angeles: Automobile Club of Southern California, (1934). Tall
8vo., original wrappers, (24)pp. With a large folding map at the rear.
Very minor fading to the spine, a very small nick out of the rear
wrapper but in fact a fine copy.
$100.00 |
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2. (Americana) COOK, Joel. America Picturesque and Descriptive.
Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates, 1900. In three volumes. First
edition. Tall 8vo., original greenish blue cloth with gilt decoration
on the upper covers and spine, (viii), 510; (vi), 514; (iv), 592pp.
Profusely illustrated. Inner front hinge of volume one cracked but
otherwise fine copies in the original blue linen dustwrappers.
$200.00 |
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3. (Americana) HARTLEY, Cecil B. Life And Adventures Of Lewis
Wetzel, The Virginia Ranger; To Which Are Added Biographical Sketches
of General Simon Kenton, General Benjamin Logan, Captain Samuel Brady,
Governor Isaac Shelby, And Other Heroes Of The West. Illustrated with
Engravings From Original Designs by G.G. White.
Philadelphia: Published by G.G. Evans, 1860. Second edition (first
published 1859). 8vo., original brown cloth with gilt decoration on
the spine, 320, 16pp.ads. With illustrations. A fine copy. Howes H265
for first and two subsequent editions, Sabin 30682 citing this
edition.
$350.00 |
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Signed by
Shackleton and Seven Expedition Members
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4. (Antarctica) SHACKLETON, Sir Ernest. South. The Story of
Shackleton’s Last Expedition 1914-1917.
London: William Heinemann, 1920. Fourth Printing. Signed by the
author and seven members of the expedition. Tall 8vo., orig. pictorial
navy cloth lettered in silver, xxiv, (376)pp. With numerous
illustrations and folding map at rear. Light wear to extremities, else
near fine. Shackleton’s account of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic
Expedition, signed on the endpaper by Shackleton (1874–1922) and seven
members of the expedition: Frank Wild (1873–1939), Shackleton’s 2nd in
Command, went on a total of five expeditions to Antarctica and was
awarded the Polar Medal with four bars; James A. McIlroy (1879–1968),
one of two surgeons with the Weddell Sea Party; J. R. Stenhouse
(1887–1941), 1st Officer (subsequently Captain) of the Aurora, Ross
Party; Frank Worsley (1872–1943) Captain of the Endurance; L. D. A.
Hussey (1891–1964) Meteorologist; L. Rickinson (1883–1945) Chief
Engineer; A. H. Macklin (1889–1967) the second surgeon with the
Weddell party.
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Djuna Barnes
Letters & Cards Archive
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5. BARNES, Djuna. Small archive of letters and cards from Djuna
Barnes to Ruby and Larry Wallrich.
A group of 9 letters and cards from Barnes (consisting of 2 TLS, 5
postcards, and 2 Christmas cards) to Larry or Ruby Wallrich. Written
in the 1960s (1962–1968) from Barnes, with Patchin Place return
address, to the Wallriches in New York, Majorca, Ireland, and England.
Larry Wallrich was the founder of the Phoenix Bookstore in New
York's Greenwich Village; Barnes was a friend and neighbour. Wallrich
later sold the store to Robert Wilson and they moved to Majorca,
Ireland, and England, eventually settling in Toronto where he opened
About Books. During her “Patchin Place years” Barnes was a notorious
recluse, hounded by fans and particularly fellow writers, but was
suspicious of those she did not know well; that she corresponded with
the Wallriches at all is indicative of the relationship she had with
them. All in near fine condition. The letters are as follows: TNS. 1
page. Dated 9th April, 1962. Five Patchin Place, NY. To Ruby
(Wallrich) in New York. Barnes asks “Where I might find you for a spot
of tea?” and inquires about their new address, “Where is West Houston?
Is that near Chinatown?” She goes on to make a suggestion about a time
and place. Signed in full “Djuna Barnes” with an added notation in her
hand “or some other place.” With envelope. TLS. 1 page. Dated 17th
June, 1962. To Ruby (Wallrich) in Deya, Mallorca, Spain. Barnes begins
the letter by thanking Ruby for remembering her birthday and for
sending her the “chaste little handkerchief.” She asks how they are
settling in to life there and talks about the language difference, the
climate and the natives. She then states in reply to what Ruby has
obviously written about Robert Graves that “Mr. Graves sounds
frightfully important. I assume the Island adores him and that you are
going to hold out against first names and idolatry!” Barnes continues
“I have been about as usual... more and more irritated, as I grow
older, by any business whatsoever…” She complains about the lack of
honest people to deal with, characteristically suspicious for this
period. She closes, “Always, Djuna Barnes.” With envelope. Autograph
postcard, signed. Undated. To Ruby Wallrich in County Offaly, Ireland.
Barnes thanks Ruby for her letter and asks if they liked the move to
Ireland; and if now that they are settled will they be having more
children. Barnes writes, “I am the same. Sadder, my friends dying &
dead, but I continue to write.” Signed “my best to you affectionately
D. Barnes.” Autograph postcard, signed. Dated Dec. 31, 1965. To Ruby
(Wallrich). “Can't give you an answer unless I know just what of the
‘Almanack' Larry wants to use of the cover of his catalogue…”. She
then sends her best wishes for the season. Signed “Always, D. Barnes.”
Typed postcard, signed. Undated (2 Jan 1966 postmark). To Ruby
(Wallrich). A three-line card asking Ruby, “Do you think it a good
idea to draw attention to the thing?...” (likely referring back to the
use of an image from her Ladies' Almanack on the cover of Wallrich's
catalogue, as the cards seem to be written days apart). Signed
“Always, Djuna Barnes.” Typed postcard, signed. Dated Jan. 19th, 1966.
To Ruby Wallrich. A short note inquiring “Did you get my card? I have
had no answer...” Signed “D. Barnes.” Autograph Postcard Signed.
Undated (Dec. 28, 1966 postmark). To Ruby and Larry Wallrich, Nether
Street, London, England. Barnes writes “What are you children, one &
all doing at such an address!! Life & death is going on as usual,
faces & facts changing.” She expresses the hope that they are happy
back in England. Signed “Always Djuna Barnes.” Greeting Card. (Dec.
1967 postmark). Fourteen-line handwritten note telling them, among
other things, that she has “been invited to the Instituto Accademico
(sic) de Roma next year” and “I do wish I could see Rome again (no
podium—no speaking)” She bemoans that fact that nothing is the same in
Rome, Paris or London. (Her handwriting on this card is becoming a bit
shaky). Signed “Always affectionately, Djuna Barnes.” With envelope.
Christmas Card. 1968. Printed greeting card to which Barnes has added,
“Where are you?” and signed it “All best wishes, Djuna Barnes.” With
the envelope.
$5,000.00 |
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James M. Cain
Original Typescript
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6. CAIN, James M. Original typescript of an essay titled "U. S.
A.: Round Trip".
8 ½" x 11", 15 pages typed on recto only, with corrections
throughout in Cain’s hand. Evidence of paperclip, otherwise in fine
condition. We have found no evidence of publication. Observations
on Americana while on the road; Cain moves quickly between themes such
as the best and worst oysters in the country, the Corinthian
architecture of the South, and traffic control (the worst being in
Baltimore, the best, L.A.). “Having to drive, for business reasons, I
had rather dreaded it, assuming, as the literary novels assured me,
that we had become wholly standardized, and that all I could look
forward to was monotony unspeakable. This turned out to be wholly
false. You will find here endless variety, practically every state
having its own customs, its own speech, its own food, its own point of
view. I unreservedly commend the whole incredible country to your
serious attention. Whatever else may be said of it, there’s nothing on
earth even remotely like it.” A charming, if unfocused, meditation on
the regional details and curiosities encountered when driving across
America, by one of the country’s foremost crime writers. Accompanied
by an original letter on American Mercury letterhead dated April 1939,
from the editor Eugene Lyons, rejecting this piece for the magazine.
Lyons informs Cain that he would love to publish him, but not this
piece; he asks Cain to excerpt a short anecdote from the piece and
"polish it a bit as an independent short sketch." He then solicits
other contributions from Cain, especially short stories. Signed in
full by Lyons.
$3,000.00 |
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7. (Canadiana) BIGGAR, H.P. The Early Trading Companies of New
France. A Contribution to the History of Commerce And Discovery in
North America.
(Toronto): University of Toronto Library, 1901. First edition. 1
of 600 copies. With a handwritten slip “With the Compliments of the
Author” not in Biggar’s hand. 4to., original brown leather spine,
green cloth boards, 308 pp. With a folding map. Spine quite rubbed
with a 2” piece missing at the top of the spine but still an about
very good copy of this scarce work. It is believed that most copies
were destroyed in a warehouse fire.
$750.00 |
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8. (Canadiana - Quebec Bridge) Canada. Department of Railways and Canals. The
Quebec Bridge over the St. Lawrence River near the city of Quebec on
the line of the Canadian National Railways; report of the Government
Board of Engineers. Substructure constructed by Messrs. M.P. & J.T.
Davis, Quebec ... Superstructure designed, manufactured and erected by
the St. Lawrence Bridge Company, Montreal ...
(Ottawa): Printed by order of the Governor-General in Council,
(1919?). In two volumes. First edition. Oblong 4to., cloth, 259 text;
111 plates. With Illustrations. Signature of A.C.S. Davidson, the
chief engineer of Mackinnon Structural Steel (Sherbrooke), otherwise
fine.
$850.00 |
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9. (Canadiana - Quebec Bridge) Postcards. 16 unused postcards
picturing the Quebec Bridge in various stages of Construction.
Montreal: Novelty Mfg. & Art Co. for 10 of the postcards & n.p.
for 6 of the postcards. No date, ca. 1919? Fine in unused condition.
$100.00 |
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10. COWLEY, Malcolm. Exile's Return. A Literary Odyssey of the
1920's.
New York: Viking, 1951. First of this revised edition. Bookplate
otherwise fine in dustwrapper with a bit of wear to the top of the
spine. Contains a new Prologue and Epilogue.
$125.00 |
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11. (Dickens) SMITH, Jessie Willcox (Illustrator). Dickens's
Children. Ten Drawings by...
Toronto: McClelland & Goodchild, (c. 1912). 1st Canadian edition
from the U.S. sheets. Tall 8vo., original cloth with pictorial onlay,
unpaginated. With colour illustrations. Some wear to extremities
otherwise near fine.
$250.00 |
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Lewis Carroll
Handwritten Postcard
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12. DODGSON, Charles. (Lewis Carroll). AN dated Aug. 20, 1890.
In Dodgson’s hand, 9 lines, in the usual purple ink written on a
postcard, measuring approx. 3" x 5". Addressed to Messrs. B & J. F.
Meehan, booksellers in Bath, and stating in the third person that "Mr.
Dodgson has received Messrs. Meehan’s Catalogue No. 28" and ordering
"if in clean condition 218. Child’s Book”. Addressed by Dodgson on the
front. The card is not signed but is in Dodgson hand. Light soling,
thing strip of paper attached along the top edge (presumably from
where it was previously tipped into a book), otherwise near fine.
$3,500.00 |
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13. (Egypt) WEIGALL, Arthur. Tutankhamen And Other Essays.
London: Thornton Butterworth, (1923). First edition. Tall 8vo.,
original beige cloth, 288pp. With illustrations. Lacks dustwrapper,
about fine.
$125.00 |
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Royston Ellis
Original Typescript
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14. ELLIS, Royston. Original typescript of an essay titled “The
Leaping Years”.
13” x 8”, 11 pages (plus cover page) typed on recto only, with
corrections likely in Ellis’s hand (almost entirely corrections of
typos, the occasional addition or deletion). The last page bears the
notation “Given to me by Royston Ellis 1960 John Rolph (Scorpion
Press)”—Scorpion published Royston’s first two books, Jiving to Gyp
(1959) and Rave (1960). Evidence of paperclip, light foxing to
first three pages, else near fine. Royston Ellis, British writer,
biographer and writer. As a poet he is considered to be the “main
British representative of the Beat Generation. England's answer to
Allen Ginsberg.” Born in 1941, he left school at 16 and at age 18 he
began to publish poetry, with Living to Gyp in 1959 and Rave in 1960.
“Heavily influenced by the American Beat poets such as Jack Kerouac
and Allen Ginsberg”, he performed sequences of poems on stage
accompanied by rock music; calling this mix “rocketry.” During these
performances he was backed by then unknown musicians such as Jimmy
Page and The Beatles (in fact it was Ellis that convinced the band to
switch their name from The Beetles). He left England in the early
1960s, travelling extensively—“Berlin, Moscow, The Canary Islands...”
While in Guernsey in 1963 he once again met The Beatles and inspired
two of their songs, Paperback Writer and Polythene Pam. He continued
to publish poetry and travel, eventually settling in Sri Lanka. In
1960 Ellis caused a nationwide controversy with remarks he made about
the “teenage lifestyle” on the television programme Living For Kicks.
It is possible this piece had its origins with that incident, but as
far as we have been able to determine this piece about the
newly-minted “teenager” is unpublished. “It’s a hard time for us kids
then. One minute life is a giggle, the next minute a drag… For some
reason the term ‘teenager’, like ‘Teddy Boy’, has become a dirty word.
No adult seems aware that the Teddy Boy is now an old man well into
his twenties…” He muses on the American beats, “…an intellectual
(pseudo or otherwise) who seems to represent the very soul of the
American West Coast. He makes his own rules, and he certainly doesn’t
care for the synthetic way of living” and thoroughly describes their
British “cousins”, the beatniks. “The teenage world, like any other
really, is full of phonies, fish and fornicators.” He writes of
“bundles” (fights) in cafes, working life, dancing, and (at length)
sex. This is an infinitely-quotable, charmingly sincere piece on what
it means to be a British teenager in 1960.
$1,500.00 |
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15. (Farming) ROEHL, Louis M. The Farmer's Shop Book.
Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Co., (c. 1934-45). Revised, eighth
edition. 8vo., cloth, 446pp. With illustrations. Gift inscription
inside front pastedown otherwise near fine.
$85.00 |
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16. (Fine Arts) BLACKBURN, Henry. Randolph Caldecott: A Personal
Memoir Of His Early Career.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1886. First
edition. With the ownership signature of Florence Tolkien, aunt of J.R.R. Tolkien. Tall 8vo., original green cloth with
pictorial decoration in black, bevelled edges, A.E.G., xvi, 216pp.
Profusely illustrated. A fine, bright copy.
$350.00 |
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Major
Alexander Gillespie in Buenos Aires
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17. GILLESPIE, Major Alexander. Gleanings And Remarks: Collected
During Months Residence At Buenos Ayres, And Within the Upper Country;
With A Prefatory Account of the Expedition From England, Until The
Surrender of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, Under the Joint
Command of Sir D. Baird,... and Sire Home Popham,...
Leeds: Printed by D.B. Whirst For the Author, 1818. First edition.
From the library of Colonel Adamson, K.T.S., who participated in the
events described in this work; with his signature on the titlepage.
Tall 8vo., contemporary calf spine, marble boards, ii, 242pp. With a
map of South America and a Chart of Rio de la Plata. Approximately
50pp has brown stains (mostly marginal/foxing) and there is occasional
browning and foxing, the map and chart both have some foxing, the
outer front hinge is slightly cracked and tender, the binding has wear
and rubbing but this is still an acceptable copy. Alexander Gillespie served as a Major in the Royal Marines, and
Colonel (then Lieutenant) Peter Adamson took part in the invasions of
the River Plate during the Napoleonic Wars. The British made several
unsuccessful attempts to seize control of the Spanish colonies around
the Plate Basin in South America in 1806 and 1807. During the first
invasion in 1806, the British occupied Buenos Aires but were expelled
in 1807, and the second involved occupation of Montevideo while a
second force attempted to retake Buenos Aires; in both instances the
British forces were repelled. The defeat of the British in 1807 under
General Whitelocke was deemed such a disaster that it resulted in
Whitelocke's court-martial. Both Gillespie and Adamson were captured,
the later escaped while Gillespie was eventually released but did not
return to the United Kingdom for 10 years. Gillespie wrote the above
account of his time in Buenos Aires. Peter Adamson (1779-1865), a
Scot, was appointed an Ensign in 1800, a Lieutenant in 1801, and a
Captain in 1808, and while on loan to the Portuguese Army rose to the
rank of Brevet-Major General. He served at the Cape and in South
America and was one of the few who effected their escape from the
interior of South America after the failed British invasion. In June
of 1807 he wrote "Having effected my escape from the interior of South
America, I take the liberty of informing you, that... I left the
following gentleman along with my friend, your brother viz. Captains
Mackenzie and Gillespie... I think I may venture to say, that we shall
have the power of liberating our brother officers in very few weeks,
as Buenos Ayres must fall immediately..." Adamson's role in the
British invasion, occupation and subsequent expulsion from Buenos
Aires is covered in Gillespie's account as he is mentioned on numerous
pages. In 1817 Adamson had made a journey to Canada and purchased
property and he returned in 1820, settling in Canada (Erindale now
part of Mississauga) for the remainder of his life. He served as a
member of the Legislative Council of Upper Canada until the Union in
1841. Sabin 27391.
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Allen Ginsberg
Original Photograph
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18. (Photograph) (GINSBERG, Allen). Original photograph of Allen
Ginsberg looking out onto Niagara Falls, taken by George (then Doug)
Fetherling, 1968. Black & white, 8”x10”.
Unpublished. Wear to corners from hanging or mounting, light
creasing, very good. Fetherling and Ginsberg visited Niagara Falls
when Fetherling acted as Ginsberg’s handler during a 1968 trip to
Toronto to read at Hart House. During this trip, Fetherling also
convinced Ginsberg to leave behind journal material that would
eventually be published by Anansi as Airplane Dreams: Compositions
from Journals.
$400.00 |
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19. GREENAWAY, Kate. Calendar of the Seasons for
1881.
London: Marcus Ward, (for 1881). 16mo., original chromolithograph
cards, (8)pp including covers. With four unsigned illustrations by
Kate Greenaway. A fine copy of this pretty calendar. The upper
cover has an illustration for ‘Spring’ by Greenaway; pages 2 & 3
‘Calendar of the Season for 1881” printed in colour; pages 4 & 5 are
fullpage chromolithographs showing “Summer” and “Autumn” both
illustrations by Greenaway; pages 6 and 7 are colour printed and
contain postage information and an advertisement; page 8 (the rear
cover) is a chromolithograph illustration by Greenaway “Winter.”
$400.00 |
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Signed by Grey
Owl
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20. GREY OWL. Pilgrims of the Wild by...
London: Lovat Dickson, (1937). Reprint. Signed by the author.
8vo., cloth, (282)pp. With Illustrations. A near fine copy in a
chipped but very good dustwrapper.
$100.00 |
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21. (GRISWOLD, Rufus W.) Statement of the relations of Rufus W.
Griswold with Charlotte Myers (called Charlotte Griswold,) Elizabeth
F. Ellet, Ann S. Stephens, Samuel J. Waring, Hamilton R. Searles, and
Charles D. Lewis. With particular reference to their late unsuccessful
attempt to have set aside the decree granted in 1852 by the Court of
Common Pleas of Philadelphia County in the Case of Griswold vs.
Griswold.
Philadelphia: Henry G. Ashmead, 1856. First edition. From the
library of C. B. Farrar with his ownership inscription on the upper
wrapper. 8vo., original printed wrappers, 32pp. Near fine. Rufus
Wilmot Griswold (1815-1857) was an editor, poet, and critic best known
for his anthology The Poets and Poetry of America, which established
his literary reputation at the time and resulted in a feud between
Griswold and Edgar Allen Poe, who criticized his editorial choices.
Indeed, the book and most of the poets included have fallen into
obscurity. This pamphlet was published by Griswold as a personal
defence amidst a scandalous and lengthy divorce from his second wife,
Charlotte Meyers. The proceedings had been complicated by the meddling
of Elizabeth F. Ellet who encouraged Griswold's wife to contest the
finalized divorce, leading to accusations of bigamy and the eventual
end of his third marriage. Sabin: "Contains some very curious
particulars in relation to this scandalous affair." Sabin 28899.
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22. HEMINGWAY, Ernest. The Old Man And The Sea.
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1952. First edition
(intermediate state of the d/w). An about fine copy in the dustwrapper
which has some rubbing to the foot and a small chip out at the top.
The dustwrapper is in an intermediate state with blue ink on the rear
panel as called for in the first state, but without the production
symbols on the rear flap. Hanneman 24A .
$2,500.00 |
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Signed Victor
Hugo
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23. HUGO, Victor. Poesie. Les Quatre Vents de l'Esprit.
Paris: J. Hetzel--A Quantin, 1881. In two volumes. Inscribed by Victor
Hugo on the half-title of the first volume. This is Volumes XV and XVI
in ‘ Edition Definitive D'Apres Les Manuscrits Originaux Oeuvres
Completes de Victor Hugo Illustrees de Gravures a l'Eau-Forte D'Apres
les Dessins de Francois Flameng' with the imprint on the upper wrapper
reading ‘Edition Hetzel-Quantin Librairie L.Hebert. The Hetzel-Quantin
edition was issued in 48 volumes, and it appears that Herbert issued a
separate suite of 100 plates. (See Vicaire IV pp. 411 & 418). Tall
8vo., contemporary brown morocco spines, marble boards, gilt
decoration on the spines, t.e.g., (8), (336); (4), (326)pp. With the
original wrappers bound in. Some scattered foxing but otherwise a fine set.
$3,500.00 |
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24. (India) FORBES-LINDSAY, C.H. India. Past and Present.
Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates, 1903. In two volumes. First
edition. 8vo., red cloth with elaborate decoration in gilt and white
on the upper covers and spines, xii, 320; vi, 338pp. Profusely
illustrated, with a large folding map at the rear of volume two. Fine
bright copies in the original red linen dustwrapper.
$350.00 |
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25. (Italy) CLEMENT, Clara Erskine. Rome. The Eternal City Its
Religions, Monuments, Literature, and Art..
Boston: Dana Estes and Company, (1896). In two volumes. Tall 8vo.,
original cream cloth with elaborate gilt decoration on the upper
covers and spines, xi, 422; vii, 423-831pp. With illustrations. Name
rubberstamped on front and rear pastedowns otherwise near fine copies of
very pretty books in the original red linen dustwrappers which have
some fading and wear to the spines but certainly very good.
$350.00 |
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Margaret
Laurence Signed Letters
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26. LAURENCE, Margaret. A small group of letters from Margaret
Laurence to collector Allan McGuire as the two sent signed books to
one another.
A small group of letters from Margaret Laurence to collector Allan
McGuire as the two sent signed books to one another. 1 TLS from
Margaret Laurence to Allan McGuire. 11 June ’74. 8 Regent St., Box
609, Lakefield, Ontario. 1 ½ pp (one sheet), 8.5”x11”. McGuire
contacted Laurence as a fan after meeting her at a signing for The
Diviners. McGuire, a well-known and very passionate book collector in
the 70s and 80s, had the habit of contacting writers he admired and
initiating friendships which sometimes resulted in friendly
correspondence. He did this with Ernest Buckler and visited Buckler in
Nova Scotia regularly, becoming a close friend. McGuire met Laurence
at the signing held at the Longhouse Bookstore in Toronto. McGuire
later recounted the details of this signing and the obvious terror and
literal shaking of Laurence, which Laurence herself describes in this
letter: “What I had not reckoned on was that altho I can always talk,
when shaking with nerves, it is a very different thing to have to sign
books.” She goes on to say she wishes she had “been in better shape
when I wrote the bit for Ernest Buckler. I would really like to talk
with him.” And later: “I would suppose that both of us [she and
Buckler] are very private people. I’ve gone through this whole
publicity bit with The Diviners, but this is the last time, believe
me.” She tells him how to acquire a copy of A Tree for Poverty and
sends along her last copy of This Side Jordan. Signed in full. 1 TLS
from Margaret Laurence to Allan McGuire. 19 June ’74. 8 Regent St.,
Lakefield, Ont. ½ page (6 lines), 8.5”x11”. Thanking McGuire for a
cheque, presumably for the copy of This Side Jordan previously
mentioned, and sending back “Graeme Gibson’s interview book, signed at
the appropriate place.” Another mention of Buckler, having just
received a “really lovely letter” from him. Signed in full. 1 personal
cheque made out to Margaret Laurence from Al McGuire for $20. June 13
1974. With Laurence’s signature on the reverse and “(J. M. Laurence)”
just below it, in her hand. 1 TLS from Margaret Laurence to “Al”
(Allan McGuire). 28 July ’74. P.O. Box 609, Lakefield Ont. Half a page
(6 lines), 8.5”x11”. With typed envelope. Notifying him that a
separate package will arrive with his proof copy of The Diviners
signed, and thanking him for sending a signed copy of Buckler’s The
Cruelest Month. “I am tremendously glad to have it. Am writing him
today.” Signed “Margaret”. 1 TLS from Margaret Laurence to “Al” (Allan
McGuire). 14 May ‘75. 8 Regent St., Lakefield, Ont. Less than ½ page
(3 lines). Thanking him for getting “Ernie” Buckler to sign a book for
her, sending him a signed copy of Clara Thomas’s book. Signed
“Margaret”.
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27. MACEWEN, Gwendolyn. King of Egypt, King of Dreams.
Toronto: Macmillan, (1971). First edition. Signed by the author.
Spine creased otherwise a very nice copy.
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28. (Middle East) LESLIE, Mary. WARNER, Charles Dudley. In The
Levant. Illustrated with Photogravures.
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1895. In two volumes. Reprint. Tall
8vo., original maroon cloth spines, green cloth boards, (xvi), 290;
(vi), 291-568pp. With illustrations. Fine copies in the original red
linen dustwrappers which have some rubbing to the spine ends.
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29. (Pittsburgh Plate Glass) Paints Varnishes and Brushes. Their
History Manufacture and Use. Painters, Paperhangers and Glaziers
Supplies.
Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Plate Glass, 1923. First edition. 4to.,
original blue cloth decorated in orange, (8), 196pp. Profusely
illustrated with some in colour. Pencil notes for paint recipes on the
front pastedown o/w a near fine copy.
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Book Fair
Posters
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30. (Poster) Toronto Antiquarian
Book Fair. Crystal Ballroom, King Edward Sheraton Hotel, Toronto 12-14
May 1976.
NP: Will Rueter, 1976. Size is
16" x 10 1/2". Fine. Poster is matted. With a woodcut from Bellinoze Rune Milan 1493.
Design and printed by Will Rueter.
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31. (Poster) The 18th Annual Toronto Antiquarian
Book Fair. 26-27 May 1990.
NP: np, 1976. Size is
21" x 13". A few light creases otherwise near fine. Poster is matted.
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32. (Poster) The 22nd Annual Boston International Antiquarian
Book Fair. November 20 to 22, 1998.
Martha's Vineyard: The Indian Hill Press, (1998). Signed in pencil
by Daniel Waters, who did the illustration and border design. Size is
21" x 14 1/2". Fine. Poster is matted.
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33. (Printing) (Carrier Engineering Corp) Manufactured Weather in
the Printing and Lithographing Industries.
Newark, NJ: Carrier Engineering Corp., (c. 1929). 8vo., pict.
boards with cloth spine, 71pp. With illustrations. Fine. How to
handle and combat "weather woes that every printer knows." Carrier
provided the equipment to create the perfect working conditions not
only for printers, but more than 200 different industries as well.
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The Yearling -
First Edition
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34. RAWLINGS, Marjorie Kinnan. The Yearling. Decorations by
Edward Shenton.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. First edition, first
printing with the "A" and the Scribner's seal on the verso of the
titlepage. An about fine copy in a price clipped dustwrapper with some
chipping to the spine ends and upper corner of the front panel, but
certainly a very good, acceptable dustwrapper. Rawlings's editor
was Maxwell Perkins, who also worked with F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest
Hemingway, and other literary luminaries. She had submitted several
projects to Perkins for his review, and he rejected them all. He
instructed her to write about what she knew from her own life, and the
result of her taking his advice was The Yearling. "The Yearling is a
coming of age tale in which an innocent and happy twelve-year-old boy
passes into young adulthood. Some of his youthful illusions are
shattered by the end of the year in his life that the book chronicles,
but Jody emerges with a substantial hold on the adulthood that
stretches ahead of him." The novel spent 23 weeks at number one on the
best-seller list in 1938 and it was a Book-Of-The-Month Club
selection. It was made into a film starring Gregory Peck.
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35. (Religion) COMMITTEE of the Convent Enquiry Society. Brief
Abstract of Parliamentary Evidence On Monastic & Conventual
Instutitions. A Voice of Warning.
London: Convent Enquiry Society, nd. (1890). “15th Thousand” so
stated. Tall 8vo., original printed wrappers, 20pp. Cheap paper
browned as usual, a bit of wear along the spine but still a near fine
copy of this anti-Catholic pamphlet.
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"A Pioneer
Work in the Study of Vitamins"
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36. (Science) FUNK, Casimir. Die Vitamine, ihre Bedeutung fur die
Physiologie und Pathologie mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der
Avitaminosen: (Beriberi, Skorbut, Pellagra, Rachitis). Anhang: Die
Wachstumsubstanz und das Kresbsproblem.
Wiesbaden: Verlag von J.F. Bergmann, 1914. First edition. Tall
8vo., recently rebound with a blue calf spine, marble boards, raised
bands, gilt, leather spine label, viii, 193pp. (with the original
wrappers bound in). With two chromolithograph plates at the rear.
Lacking the 6pp. of adverts. Library discard stamp on the verso of the
titlepage, (no other library markings), in fact a fine copy of this
rare work. "A pioneer work in the study of vitamins." (G & M).
"Funk sought the exact causes of diseases known to arise from poor
diets. He managed to identify thiamine as the element in rice that
prevents beri-beri (a disease caused by a diet of polished rice, which
has had several elements including thiamine, removed in the refining
process). In 1912, Funk proposed the term "vitamine" (for vital amine)
for such essential organic compounds." (Norman Library 1088).
Norman 850; Grolier Medicine 94; Garrison & Morton 1051.
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37. (Science) MASON, Otis Tufton. Woman's Share in Primitive
Culture.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1895. First English edition. 8vo.,
original brown cloth, (xiv), 295pp. With illustrations. Name on the
halftitle otherwise a fine copy. The book is organized into chapters
categorized by the role of women in primitive society: the food
bearer; the weaver; the skin dresser; the potter; the beast of burden;
the Jack-at-all-trades; the artist; the linguist; the founder of
society and the patron of religion. Otis Tufton Mason (1838-1908)
American ethnologist and curator at the Smithsonian Institution. A
graduate of Columbia, he served as the principal of the college’s
preparatory school which at the same time working part time in the
ethnology department of the United States National Museum. In 1884
this became a full time curatorial position and Mason was heavily
involved with the installation and reorganization of the Smithsonian
when it moved to the new building, developing the ‘cultural area’
concept. He also served as anthropological editor of the American
Naturalist and the Standard Dictionary.
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X-Rays
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38. (Science) RONTGEN, Wilhelm. ‘On A New Form of Radiation'
[first communication] WITH: Wilhelm Rontgen. ‘On A New Form of
Radiation' [second communication] IN: The Electrician: A Weekly
Illustrated Journal of Electrical Engineering, Industry and Science,
Volume XXXVI. From November 1, 895 to April 24, 1896.
London: George Tucker, 1896. With the bookplate of Sir David
Lionel-Goldsmid-Stern-Salomons. Bound volume. Tall 4to., contemporary
half brown morocco, cloth, raised bands, gilt compartments, (12),
876pp. double columns. Some minor rubbing to the foot of the spine and
corners o/w a fine copy of this important work with an interesting
provenance. See Garrison & Morton 2683 PMM 380, Grolier Medicine 83A
and Norman 1841 all citing the German edition. Rontgen observed
while ‘performing experiments with a type of cathode-ray tube at the
ends with platinum terminals, that some agent produced in the tube was
causing barium platinocyanide crystals to flouresce, the fluorescence
proceeding from the spot where cathode rays hit the wall of the vacuum
tube.' He announced the discovery in a paper published in 1895 in an
obscure German medical journal. A second paper, reporting that ‘x-
rays make air conductive, and describing innovations in equipment',
followed in March 1896. News of the discovery at first known as
‘Rontgen Rays' (later x-rays) spread quickly. As a result of his work
and discovery, Rontgen was awarded the first Nobel Prize for Physics
in 1901. On January 23rd, the first English edition of Rontgen's paper
on the discovery of x-rays appeared in the journal Nature. The
following day, January 24th, a second English translation appeared in
the journal The Electrician pages 415-417(offered here). The first
English translation of Rontgen's second communication was published in
this same volume of The Electrician ,pages 850-851. This bound volume
also contains the early (first?) use of the term x-ray in English (p
668) as well as a letter by G.M. Minchin on ‘Rontgen Rays' (pp.736)
and other important material relating to electricity, atomic charges
and cathode rays. David Lionel Goldsmid-Stern-Salomons (1851-1925)
English barrister and scientific author, who succeeded his uncle as
baronet in 1873. Salomons became interested in electricity at an early
age and when he inherited his uncle's house, Bromhill in Tunbridge
Wells, he set up ‘large laboratories and workshops where he
investigated electromotive force and electric conductors. He carried
out countless experiments and took out patents for various types of
electrical equipment. Vice-president of the Institution of Electrical
Engineers, lecturer at the Royal Institution, he was also the author
of several scientific works including Electric Light Installation
(1893).
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39. (Science) (WELLCOME, Henry S). Anaesthetics Antient & Modern:
A Historical Sketch of Anaesthesia.
London: Burroughs Wellcome & Co., nd. (1907). Small 8vo., original
decorated blue wrappers, 80pp. With illustrations. Name on upper
wrapper otherwise fine.
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40. (Science - Medicine) BROUARDEL, P. (Paul) and F. Lucas
Benham. Death and Sudden Death. Handbuch der Psychiatrie. Allgemeiner Teil, Abt. I-V (WITH):
Spezieller Teil. Abt. I-VII. (all published).
London: Bailliere, Tindall And Cox, 1902. Second edition (revised
and greatly enlarged). Tall 8vo., original dark green cloth lettered in
gilt, xiv, 336pp. With a review from “The Lancet, 1 Nov. 1902” tipped
on the verso of the front free e/paper and the half title, signature,
otherwise a near fine copy. Paul Brouardel (1837-1906) French pathologist,
hygienist and member of the Academie Nationale de Medecine. He earned
his medical degree in 1865 and became director of medical services at
the Hospital Saint-Antoine in 1873. He was appointed Professor of
Forensics a the Faculte de Medecine de Paris and he became a leading
authority in this field. He was also a passionate advocate for issues
involving public health tackling such problems as food safety,
tuberculosis, venereal disease and alcoholism. Brouardel was the
author of several works, including the above title, which was first
translated by Frederick Lucas Benham and published in English in 1897,
then revised and enlarged by Benham, for this second edition. The work
deals with “a particular branch of forensic medicine and one which has
received scant attention in English medical literature.” Brouardel
deals with the phenomena of death while the second part addresses the
clinical causes of sudden death.
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41. (Science - Psychiatry) ASCHAFFENBURG, Gustav.(editor)
Handbuch der Psychiatrie. Allgemeiner Teil, Abt. I-V (WITH):
Spezieller Teil. Abt. I-VII. (all published).
Leipzig and Wein: Franz Deuticke, 1911-1929. First editions. In
twenty-two volumes. (The first part ‘Allgemeiner Teil” I-IV in eight
volumes; “Spezieller Teil” in fourteen volumes.) From the library of
Dr. C.B. Farrar with his bookplate in each volume. There is a 1 page
TLs from Aschaffenburg to Farrar laid in. The letter dated “September
16, 42” consists of two paragraphs in which he thanks Farrar “for your
kind letters.” He apologizes for his poor English explains how this
has affected his work. He expresses his “hope that I will be able to
afford and to arrange to assist the meeting in Detroit, perhaps even
deliver a lecture too.....” Signed “Yours sincerely” with a signature
in full. (WITH): TLs from Kurt Schneider to Farrar dated "14.1.55" in
German, in which he thanks Farrar for sending two offprints." Tall
8vo., original green cloth lettered in black, volumes paginated
individually. Fine. (CLICK
FOR MORE DETAILS)
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Complete Bound
Run of "Mental Hygiene Bulletin"
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42. (Science - Psychiatry) (Williams, Frank –editor). Mental
Hygiene Bulletin.
New York: Published by the Committee for Mental Hygiene, January,
1923-December 1932. Vol. 1, No.1 through Vol. X Nos. 9 and 10 (all
published.) 4to., issues bound in plain brown cloth, the pagination
varies with the shortest bulletins (usually early) being 2pp. and the
longest 20 pp., with the average length 8 - 12pp. The Mental
Hygiene Bulletin began as an offshoot of the publication Mental
Hygiene when it became apparent that there was a ‘need for a more
frequent publication through which those interested in various aspects
of mental hygiene could be kept informed of events as they take place'
(Vol.1, No. 1 p.1). ‘Devoted to a narration and discussion of
significant current events in mental health' the bulletin was issued
monthly (except for July and August) by the National Committee for
Hygiene. The first eight volumes (1923 through the end of 1930) were
edited by Frankwood Williams, an American psychiatrist who worked with
the National Committee for Mental Hygiene from 1916 to 1931, serving
as medical director from 1923-193). Through an advocacy for the
science of psychiatry as a prevention of mental illness, Williams hope
to reduce the number of cases of mental illness reported. He focused
on social issues such as alcoholism and criminality; taking part in a
survey of prisons in the county of New York which showed that ‘a
significant percentage of individuals confined in them suffered from
mental illness.' (Am Journal of Public Health, April 2007). Williams
worked for the development of clinics for the treatment of juvenile
delinquents and to prevent these problems, intervention strategies
that targeted early childhood. In addition to editing the ‘bulletin',
Williams major publication was Finding a Way in Mental Hygiene. The
last two volumes were edited by Paul Komora, who worked with the
Committee from 1914 to 1944. The content reflects the work of the
National Committee for Hygiene and those associated with it including
Williams, Clarence Hincks, and William Welch, as well as other
psychiatrists, doctors, sociologists and social workers with an
interest in mental hygiene, especially as it relates to juvenile
delinquency and criminality. There are short subject based articles,
as well as ‘bulletin' style reports, information on conferences and
recent publications.
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43. (Science - Trade Catalogue) Interim Price List of British
Scientific Apparatus, Chemicals and Reagents Manufactured and Sold by
Baird & Tatlock (London) Ltd. Manufacturers of Assay, Bacteriological,
Chemical, Pathological, Physical and Physiological Appraratues, & c.,
& c., Laboratory Benches, Apparatus and Fume Cupboards, & c.
London: Baird & Tatlock, 1920. 4to., original blue cloth, 449pp.
Profusely illustrated. With an additional 1 page printed notice
documenting changes to the prices. Some minor rubbing otherwise a near
fine copy.
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Elizabeth
Smart - Signed Broadside
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44. (Broadside) SMART, Elizabeth. Rose Died. handprinted at...
Np: imprimerie dromadaire, 1984. Signed 1 of 126. Broadside, 14" x
8". Fine.
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Tennyson and
Gustave Dore Signed Steel Engraved Plate
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45. TENNYSON, Alfred (First Baron Tennyson) and Gustave Dore (illustrator).
'Joyous Sprites'.
Steel engraved plate of the Dore illustration in proof state on
light-buff paper, mounted on cream cartridge paper measuring 30 x 41cm
(buff paper portion only) with the Printseller's Association
blindstamp and three letter code (each print had different code).
Signed in pencil by Tennyson, Dore and Finden, the engraver. The
illustration (1867/68) was done for an edition of Tennyson's Idylls of
the King.
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Tennyson and
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46. TENNYSON, Alfred (First Baron Tennyson) and Gustave Dore (illustrator).
'The Fairy Circle'.
Steel engraved plate of the Dore illustration in proof state on
light-buff paper, mounted on cream cartridge paper measuring 30 x 41cm
(buff paper portion only) with the Printseller's Association blindstamp
and three letter code (each print had different code). Signed in
pencil by Tennyson, Dore and Ridgelway, the engraver. The illustration
(1867/68) was done for an edition of Tennyson's Idylls of the King.
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Was Harry K.
Thaw Insane?
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47. (THAW, HARRY K.) Archive detailing psychological evaluation
of Harry K. Thaw (convicted of murder in “the Trial of the Century”).
File of original documents collected by Dr. Clarence Farrar during
a period of psychological evaluation of Thaw in the spring of 1914.
The collection thoroughly documents the entire process of evaluation
(done on behalf of the Trustee of Thaw’s estate to determine his
sanity and eligibility for access to finances), from a letter seeking
Farrar’s help, to transcripts, notes, findings, and even settling
Farrar’s compensation. Over the course of a few days in May, Farrar,
Dr. W. K. Walker, and Dr. Cornelius C. Wholey met with Thaw at the
Eagle Hotel in Concord N.H. where they did a thorough examination of
Thaw. Thaw proved a difficult subject and was clearly agitated by the
process; in the end, he was deemed “recognisably unsound mentally.”
Archive includes: a binder with 109 typed pages titled “Thaw Case
Record Extracts of Testimony” which features testimony from multiple
doctors, witnesses and Thaw himself; Farrar’s external research and
references, including two journal articles on sex crimes and
“perversions” and copies of documents from other relevant court cases;
66-page typed transcript “Interrogatory of Mr. H. K. Thaw by Dr.
Walker, Dr. Wholey and Dr. Farrar, May 18, 1914, At Eagle Hotel,
Concord, N. H.” (in fact, covers multiple days of interview); 29
handwritten pages of Farrar’s notes from the interview and two typed
pages summarizing notes; Aids such as blank Binet test, “Symptom
Groupe” list; 19 handwritten pages with the heading “Preliminary
Report by Examination of Harry K. Thaw”; Copy of the final report
titled “Preliminary Examination of Harry K. Thaw”; approximately a
dozen clippings and pieces of ephemera related to the Thaw case; six
letters and one telegram from Walker and two letters from Wholey to
Farrar; three letters from the lawyers of the Trustee; souvenir
postcards and hotel invoice from Farrar’s visit to Concord. An
excellent archive (items in very good to fine condition) illustrating,
in detail, the planning and execution of both the clinical and
administrative aspects of the psychological evaluation of one of the
20th century’s most notorious murderers. Harry K. Thaw (1871-1947)
was the millionaire at the centre of “the Trial of Century”. Thaw’s
murder of prominent architect Stanford White over Thaw’s wife, actress
Evelyn Nesbit, was one of the biggest news stories of the day; it
captivated the public and was immortalized in the movie The Girl in
the Red Velvet Swing and the novel Ragtime. Dr. Clarence B. Farrar
(1874-1970) “trained under several of the foremost medical scholars of
his era beginning with Osler and then at Heidelberg under Kraepelin,
Nissl and Alzheimer. Farrar was hand-picked by Prof. Charles Clarke,
the University’s inaugural head of Psychiatry, to succeed him in both
that chair and as the first Director of the Toronto Psychiatric
Hospital (TPH) opening in 1925. Farrar served in those capacities
until 1947, setting the stage of the TPH to continue as the
Department’s clinical, teaching, research and administrative nexus
until succeeded in 1966 by the Clarke Institute.” (TPH: History and
Memories of Toronto Psychiatric Hospital by Edward Shorter).
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48. (VEBER, Jean and Pierre Veber). Les Veber’s Les Veber’s Les
Veber’s.
Paris: Emile Testard, 1895. This seems to be the trade edition,
two limited editions of 25 were published on “Japon imperial” and
“Chine” paper. Inscribed warmly by Jean Veber to fellow artist and
collaborator Eugene Cadel, signed by Pierre Veber. 4to., rebound in
full vellum, leather spine label, original upper wrapper bound in,
(183)pp. Profusely illustrated. Trimmed, though only loss is to
bound-in wrapper; light soiling, small crack at foot of upper hinge,
else near fine.
A satirical take on the Belle Époque by brothers Jean Veber
(artist) and Pierre Veber (writer). Jean (1898-1928) studied with
Maillol and later at the l’ecole des Beaux-Arts. His work often
generated controversy, particularly a caricature of Bismark depicted
as a butcher and an image for the coronation of Edward VII depicting
an “his face on the bare bottom of a leering Brittania”. He worked on
publications such as Le Rire, l' Assiette au Beurre, Lectures pour
tous, Gil Blas, and l'Illustration. Pierre (1869-1942) was a prolific
playwright and writer. “The author of over 100 plays and nearly fifty
novels, collections of short stories, and humorous and ironic tales,
he frequently collaborated with Maurice Hennequin.” Eugene Cadel
(1862-1942) was a painter, writer, and critic who frequently
collaborated with Jean Veber. Cadel’s engraving workshop produced
satirical images for L'Assiette au beurre, Le Sourire, Le Petit
Journal supplément illustré, Le Matin, La Presse (for which he was
also an art critic), and Les Annales politiques et littéraires. He was
a board member of the Société nationale des beaux-arts and was made a
knight of the Legion of Honour in 1927.
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49. WODEHOUSE, P.G. Service With A Smile.
London: Herbert Jenkins, (1961). First edition. 8vo., cloth,
192pp. Blindstamp on the front free endpaper otherwise fine in an
about fine dustwrapper.
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50. WODEHOUSE, P.G. Uncle Dynamite.
London: Herbert Jenkins, (1948). First edition. 8vo., cloth,
249pp. Ownership blindstamp on the front free endpaper otherwise about
fine in a price clipped d/w which has some creasing and couple of
closed tears but is still better than very good but not quite near
fine.
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LIMITED
EDITION - GEORGE WALKER - LEONARD COHEN
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WALKER, George A. The Wordless Leonard Cohen Songbook A
Biography in Wood Engravings by... Introductions by Norman Ravvin and
George Walker, afterward by Tom Smart.
Toronto: George Walker, 2014. First edition, limited run of 80
signed by Walker, Ravvin, and Smart; printed on archival rag, bound in
cloth boards with woodcut onlay. Sq. 8vo., black cloth boards, cloth
spine label, pictorial paper onlay on upper cover, unpaginated. New,
in slipcase with woodcut onlay. Commemorating Cohen’s 80th birthday.
“George A. Walker created the original wood engravings, incised them
on the end grain of Canadian maple, and designed and printed the text
and images on his Vandercook SP15 proof press.” Awarded first prize
from The Alcuin Society in the Limited Edition category for books
published in 2014.
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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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The Pope's
Bookbinder
A Memoir
By David Mason |
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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,
apprenticed in the book trade with Joseph Patrick Books and has been
selling used and rare books ever since. His memories include the books
dealers, collectors, and libraries he has dealt with over that period.
“For anyone who loves books too well – who lusts after them, lives
in them, mainlines them – David Mason’s memoir will be a fix from
heaven. Heartful, cantankerous, droll, his tales of honour and
obsession in the trade gratify the very book-love they portray. An
irresistible read.”
– Dennis Lee
“Entertaining, moving, informative, intelligently hopeful: I know
of few other books like this one to warm the cockles of a booklover’s
heart.”
– Alberto Manguel
Now available in our Store!
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Just Published
Why Booksellers Die Broke.
The Collected Aphorisms of Earle M. Mason, Banker.
Edited by David Mason. |
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(Toronto): David Mason Books, (2014). 8vo., printed wrappers,
(24)pp. With illustrations.
Price $10.00.
The usual terms to the trade.
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Now in its
Third Edition!
A Guide on How to Act in Used Bookstores
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The Protocols of Used Bookstores.
A Guide to Dealing with Certain Perils Which Could be Encountered in a
Used Bookstore. By David Mason.
Toronto: The Author, (2011). 3rd (and best) edition, corrected. 8vo., wrappers, 18pp. With
illustrations. Price $10.00. Usual terms to the trade. To
purchase please email us at:
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