Unsigned decorative theatre mask. Appears to be made from papier-mâché 14-1/2 x 13 inches.

The mask is made to fit a small face, possibly a child or woman. The colours while pastel blues, pinks, lilac and gold are very true and not 'washed out’. The inside of the mask is a bright gold colour entirely. The mask is quite detailed and delicate with a very feminine flair. The headdress extends from inside of mouth to both both sides and surrounds the entire front of the face. Very good condition.

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Price: $130 USD or $175 Cdn #8695

Daphne du Maurier collection pertaining to two books: her novel, The Glass-Blowers (published 1963); and Myself When Young (published 1977).

The collection consists of 8 items dating from 1977 to 1963, specifically;

• Novel The Glass-Blowers 1 manuscript notebook, 1 letter from an American agent, and 2 books (one inscribed) plus 2 complete typescript of two books,

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

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Price: $3,600 USD or $4,900 Cdn #7978

Irving Stone was a prolific American author of biographical novels of historical personalities such as Lust for Life about Vincent van Gogh and The Agony and the Ecstasy about Michelangelo. In a century in which popular culture appropriated politics, art, literature, and history, Stone was a preeminent purveyor of the accessible mainstream biography.

The collection has 28 items dating from 1939 to 1985, specifically 20 letters, 2 post cards, 1 photo, 1 signed sheet, 1 souvenir typescript, and 3 books.

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Price: $2,160 USD or $2,940 Cdn #8743

This collection includes 6 items dating from 1787 to 1811, specifically 4 books, 1 leaflet, and 1 letter.

Joel Barlow was a lawyer, diplomat, and Revolutionary War chaplain and pursued his writing ambitions after the war, joining the writers’ group known as the Hartford Wits. He was an ardent proponent of American democracy. Granted French citizenship, he supported the French Revolution in spite of dedicating The Vision of Columbus to Louis XVI. Appointed US minister to France in 1811, he died in Poland on the way to a meeting with the French foreign minister.

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Price: $1,680 USD or $2,285 Cdn #8962

The collection contains approximately 200 items, dating from Dewey’s childhood days to 1964, specifically, 16 letters written by Dewey, 8 letters written by other people, 91 photos, 45 buttons, pins and jugates, 34 negatives, 2 cards/envelopes, a dinner program, and a pictorial campaign fan.

Thomas Edmund Dewey was an American lawyer, prosecutor, and politician. In addition to being the Governor of New York for three terms from 1943 to 1955, he was the Republican nominee for the Presidential elections in 1944 and 1948.

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Price: $1,260 USD or $1,715 Cdn #8642

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

George Grossmith was an English comedian, writer, composer, actor, and singer. His performing career spanned more than four decades.

Weedon Grossmith was an English writer, painter, actor, and playwright best known as co-author of The Diary of a Nobody (1892) with his brother.

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

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Price: $1,200 USD or $1,630 Cdn #8605

SCARCE OLDER HAND-COLOURED EDITION WITH VERY ATTRACTIVE PLATES.

1807 London, Printed for Richard Phillips.

First edition. 8-1/4 x 10-18 inches. xii, [1]-602 p.,1 l., New large 1/2 bound calf, marbled paper sides, gold tooled. Usual off-setting from plates to facing text pages, otherwise fine condition.

Complete with all 28 plates as called for including; 1 hand coloured folding frontispiece, 26 nice older hand coloured plates (5 folding), plus 1 hand coloured folding map. Hand-coloured plates all very striking and attractive. A very handsome copy. Stored in a brown slip case.

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Price: $4,500 USD or $6,130 Cdn #7640

1759. London, printed for D. Henry and R. Cave

First edition. Eight months only, from May 1759 to Dec. 1759. 5.5" x 9", (6), [199]-730pp. All 17 plates as called for.

Some map and Plate contents:

• Map of the Country between Crown Point and Fort Edward

• Map of the Island of Orleans with the Environs of Quebec. p.468 XIII. Miscellaneous Mechanical

• An Authentic Plan of the River St. Laurence from Sillery to the Falls of Montmorency.

November 1759, 47pp, complete, with rare instructions of General Wolfe to the 20th regiment in case of invasion and plan of the River St. Lawrence, including a battle map showing troop movement at Quebec.

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Price: $295 USD or $400 Cdn #1619

1991. Toronto, University of Toronto Press

First Edition. 8 x 10-7/8 inches. xli, (20), 986pp. Hard cover with red & black text on spine and front cover, no DJ. several full-page maps. Slight curl to pages to left, otherwise, very good condition.

We all live with maps, whether they are the mental sketches that direct us about our homes, our offices, and our towns, or the more complex and concrete documents that guide us on holiday trips or in our understanding of public affairs

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Price: $95 USD or $125 Cdn #4258

1976. Toronto, McClelland & Stewart

2nd edition. 9 x 6 inches. (6),7-333pp. Signed By Tommy Douglas. Dedication on title page "To My Good Friend / Jimmy White/ With Best Wishes / Tommy Douglas". In protective Brodart dust jacket price clipped and marks and tear on back, good condition. Book is in near fine condition.

"Before Tommy Douglas died in 1986, he gave his medals to a constituent named Jimmy White...

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Price: $100 USD or $135 Cdn #1225

1758. London,  Printed for R. Baldwin

First edition. 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches with new cloth spine, paper label, beige paper covered boards and new endpaper.

4 Maps, once of which is - A Plan of the Fort and Bay of Frontenac with the adjacent Counties 18 cm x 11 cm - page 552

A detailed map of the Northeast portion of Lake Ontario near the Iroquois River and Bay of Niaoure, Fort Frontenac and published during the French & Indian War. 

Text article: An Authentic Account of the Reduction of Louisbourg (page 549-552)

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Price: $75 USD or $100 Cdn #2844

1999. Chicago, The Newberry Library

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches. ix,[1],120pp ; vii, 49pp. One of three hundred facsimile reprints of the Newberry 1912 and 1928 editions, bound together as one. Bound in the publisher's original maron cloth hard cover with the title stamped in gilt on a black label on the spine. Subject in the Edward E. Ayer Collection of the Newberry Library.

Bound with Supplement by Clara A. Smith. A standard bibliography for Western Americana. Part one is a bibliography of 339 titles and part 2 lists 143 titles. Both with indices of the names of captives. Fine condition.

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Price: $35 USD or $45 Cdn #3628

UNCOMMON FIRST CANADIAN EDITION OF THIS TRAILL TITLE

1871. Toronto, Hunter, Rose & Co.

First time this title was published in Canada with Susanna revising and updating with a very upbeat preface promoting Canada. One of the scarcest 19th century editions of this classic.

"This new (1871) edition was printed by Hunter Rose and published jointly by them, Dawson Brothers of Montreal, and Thomas MacClear of Toronto in late 1871. Susanna received '200 dollars for the publication of 2,500 copies and a Royalty of 4 cents on every copy they may require over that number"

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Price: $125 USD or $170 Cdn #0584

Together six 18th and 19th century Quaker publications bound in 1 volume

1790 & 1817. London, James Phillips

#1 - A narrative of the captivity and sufferings of Benjamin Gilbert and his family; who were surprised by the Indians, and taken from their farms, on the frontiers of Pennsylvania.

plus 5 others stories...

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Price: $600 USD or $820 Cdn #8283

BROUGHAM CONTINUES HIS FIGHT AGAINST SLAVERY!

Holograph 4pp. letter. Flat 7 x 8-7/8 inches folded to 7 x 4-1/4 inches. Dated 22 June 1846. To an unnamed recipient. It reads: "My dear Mr.P... Again, I am at your feet for aid - on Wednesday next I have to preside at the anti-slavery meeting and I shall be obliged to say something on the present state of slave track. 40,000 negroes carried yearly with Cuba. And the scandalous back and forth of the Spanish government which secures 1/2 or million in taking effective steps to put down the traffic and with that it has encouraged the crime/ trade it is now. To enrich the governors who warrant their own futures by taking bribes. From the felons. the slave traders_ the Spanish character cruelty has always been notorious But for distrust__utter I I had never before. The good want of cotton is a noble theme also. But take pity on me and send me while you can out of quotations. Either from Pope or another source. If I get your letter Wednesday morning it will be in time. Your most Ob[edient] servant H. Brougham

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Price: $195 USD or $265 Cdn #8348

INFORMATIVE AND INTERESTING MANUSCRIPT LEDGER 

1880-86 Folio - 4-7/8 x 12-3/4 inches. There are 120 pages (page numbers noted in pencil on each top page) in the ledger along with a number of pasted in notes.

The ledger owner is considered Dr. Alfred Roscoe Andrews based on some of the pasted in notes found inside the diary. Entries include "To attend wife (night), extract tooth, set arm, to attend to wife comfort. With payments by cow, sheep, chicken, work on buggy, sleigh repair, by books, by cords of wood, etc.

A window into rural country life in covering with entries and notes dating from 1880-86 in Nova Scotia.

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Price: $195 USD or $265 Cdn #7495

FRENCH & INDIAN WAR PERIOD PAYMENT 

Boston, June 7, 1768 - 7 x 9 inches on period paper. Manuscript document from, "Benja(min) Cobb," requesting the payment of £300 Sterling or "Halifax Currency." Interest will be soon accruing if balances aren't paid. Docketed on reverse “Duplicate of Capt. Benj. Cobb 3rd letter to Henry Kneller Esq. June 7, 1768”

This letter is addressed to Henry Kneller, who was a lawyer in Québec.

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Price: $125 USD or $170 Cdn #3368

4pp. 9 x 7 inches flat 4-1/2 x 7 folded.

Small blind embossed Ivory logo in top left corner.

1 Mitre Building, Temple London, Nov.23, [18]66 Madam, My friend Mr. Nordenfelt writes to me from Stockholm that he has sent to you a copy of a march air used in this Swedish army & he says he hopes you will translate it into English...

John MacGregor nicknamed Rob Roy after a renowned relative, was a Scottish explorer, travel writer and philanthropist. He is generally credited with the development of the first sailing canoes and with popularising canoeing as a sport in Europe and the United States.

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One page, 4-3/8 x 7-3/8 inches. Dated London, Tuesday.

Dear D. Acknowledging a robbery, extending apologies, and ensuring immediate restitution. Signed S.

Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby, known as Lord Stanley from 1851 to 1869, was a British statesman. He served as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs twice...

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Price: $60 USD or $80 Cdn #8189

A RARE & IMPORTANT LETTER FROM AN ISOLATED ALASKA MISSION

8 pages. Folded size: 4 x 6 inches, flat size: 6 x 8 inches. middle foldmarks. Not written in traditional page sequence. Dated: St. Mark's School Nenana, Alaska, Jan 15, 1917.

The writer "Tommy" was one of a number of missionaries / teachers, and he is currently stationed at the mission (Indian [Indigenous] School) to later leave to another mission in July/. He would be one of two or maybe three staff. The Residential School was the only one in the Alaskan interior. Nenana was a village and Athabaskan native settlement (population of 172 in 1910) located on the opposite side of the River...

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Price: $975 USD or $1335 Cdn #8723

2004. London, Lucinda Douglas-Menzie

Large silver gelatin photograph of Derek Walcott and Ben Okri by Lucinda Douglas-Menzies, three-quarter length, both seated, smiling at one another. Douglas-Menzies' label on verso with details of the shoot, 128 Kensington Church Street, 2004.

Paper size: 15 x 13-1/2 inches

Image size: 10 x 10-1/2 inches

Fine condition.

Derek Walcott was a Saint Lucia poet and playwright and was awarded The Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992...

Ben Okri is a Nigerian novelist, poet, and essayist.

His honors include an OBE, Italy’s Premio Palmi and Premio Grinzane Cavour, the World Economic Forum’s Crystal Award, and the Paris Review’s Aga Khan Prize for Fiction...

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Price: $100 USD or $135 Cdn #7546

1838. London, British Governement

Five (5) important and scarce Parliamentary Papers published between the nomination of Lord Durham as Governor General and High Commissioner to British North America and just before his resignation in September 1838; dealing with his Nomination, his Acceptance of the Post, his Terms of Reference, his Powers, his Titles, his Duties, the Constitution of a Special Council, all Appointments made by him to the Special Council, Copies of Ordinances and Proclamations and all Minutes of the Proceedings; in relation with Lower Canada, Upper Canada, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island. From January 20th to August 2nd 1838. The House of Commons. Some edge open tears, otherwise very good condition...

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RARE NO OTHER COPY FOUND

1855. Quebec, printed by Lovell and Lamoureux

First Canadian edition. [Caption title] Amendment To be proposed by Mr. W. L. Mackenzie to the Bill, intituled, “An Act to amend the Imperial Act re-uniting the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada” when the question is before the House for the second reading thereof. 

1st Session, 5th Parliament, 18 Victoria, 1855

Printed by Order of the Legislative Assembly

Quebec, printed by Lovell and Lamoureux, Mountain Street

Quarto, 5 pages. Disbound, small holes and tears in margin.

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Price: $395 USD or $530 Cdn #8050

1831. London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan

Gulielmi IV. Regis. Cap. LIII. [16th July 1830]

First edition UK. 11-1/2 x 6-3/4 inches. 2 pages [485]-486pp. Very good condition.

• Persons naturalized may sit in Assembly of Lower Canada, and in Legislative Council

• Act of naturalization not to have force of authority unless his Majesty's assent he signified to the same

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[1780]. [London], British Government

11 x 7 -1/4 inches, 2 original pages [ 1 leaf], with a complete Act and Law regarding how those found to be poor in the town or village. Light age-toning, some foxing, otherwise very good condition.

Circa 1780. Believed to be part of the general laws of Massachusetts

An Overseer or Overseer's of the Poor will be established. That the children of the poor will not remain idle nor misspend their time. They will be taken to learn a decent calling. The young boy will remain with his overseer until he reaches the age of 21, and all females will remain with her overseer until she reaches the age of 18.

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Price: $50 USD or $65 Cdn #4360