"Scottie". A True Story of a Dog. For Young Folk
WALKER, M. Benson Ottawa. The Graphic Publishers. 1927. 12mo. 18.5cm, in the original colour decorated yellow cloth, titles stamped in brown, Thunder Bird endpapers by Alan Beddoe, a fine clean copy in very good to fine (no nicks or tears) jacket …
(1897/98 Garden Catalogue with Minister Agriculture Page) GENERAL CATALOGUE OF FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, ROSES, BLUBS, ETC. CULTIVATED AND FOR SALE BY PELHAM NURSERY COMPANY, TORONTO, ONTARIO. NURSERIES - PELHAM, ONT.
Toronto: Pelham Nursery Co., 1898-9. Wrappers (9” x 6”), with 136 pages and illustrations throughout. Condition for this early nursery catalogue is good with a 2” x 1” chip to the front cover top right corner, tape repair to first page top …
(1925 Catalogue – Montreal) T.W. BOYD & SON GUNS, AMMUNITION. SUMMER AND WINTER SPORTING GOODS.
Montreal: T.W. Boyd & Son, (1925). 8vo. (8 ¾” x 5 ¾”), wrappers, 96 pages with illustrations. Condition for this catalogue is very good+ with slight edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends. 1925 catalogue from this Montreal based …
(1926 CPR Tourist Guide) RESORTS IN ONTARIO. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY.
No place: Canadian Pacific Railway, (1926). Tall narrow 8vo. (9 ½” x 4 ½” closed, opened 9 ½” x 11 ½”), orig. pictorial wraparound wallet-edge wrappers, 24 pages. With photos. With a large folding map of the Canadian Pacific Railway …
(1930s Reid’s Ice Cream Party booklet) REID'S PARTY BOOK (Cover title)
New York: Reid Ice Cream Corporation, no date (ca. 1930s). Staple bound brochure, size is 4 3/4" x 7 1/2", with 32 pages and colour illustrations. Softcover staple-bound booklet in near fine condition with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners …
(1935 Hudson Canadian Brochure) OVER THE HILLS MORE EASILY ALONG THE HIGHWAYS MORE SMOOTHLY IN THE 1935 HUDSON AND HUDSON BUILT TERRAPLANE.
(Tilbury, ON: Hudson Motors of Canada Ltd., 1935). Oblong 8vo. (8” x 11”), pictorial wrappers, 20 pages with b/w illustrations throughout. Slight wear to the bottom and top right corners otherwise near fine. Although no publication location …
(1983 – Poster – Signed In Pen by artist Helen Lucas - Toronto) THE ELM ST VILLAGE ANNUAL FESTIVAL JUNE 1983. Helen Lucas
(Toronto): no printer, (1983). Poster size is 24” x 18”. Condition is about very good with slight edge wear, some light creasing, slight wear to the corners. Original poster used to publicize the 1983 Elm Street Village Annual Festival taken …
(A.J. White & Company - 1912). Under the Union Jack.
(Montreal: A.J. White & Company Limited, nd –1912). 8vo., original pictorial wrappers, 32pp. With some illustrations. Printed on cheap paper, upper wrapper has a hole punched in the top left corner with string for hanging, a few nicks but …
(advertising) 1929 Toronto Canada : The City of a thousand attractions
Front verso: Toronto : Canada's Most Beautiful and Interesting City. Population - Over 850,000. Printed by the Toronto Convention and Tourist Association, copyright 1929. 16 pages including cover; saddle stapled; 9 x 8 inches. Numerous photos, two …
(advertising) A. R. Clarke & Co. Catalogue No. 23 Fall 1907 : Gloves, Mitts, Moccasins, Leather and Sheepskin Lined Coats and Vests, Fur Coats and Robes, Leather and Cloth Caps, Sweaters, Lumbermen's Sox and Hose, etc.
R. G. McLean: Toronto, 1907. Saddle stapled; 8.5 x 5.4 inches, 68 pages. Profusely illustrated. Covers stained, some leaves with shallow dog-eared corner, staples rusted but holding fine, contents clean.
(ANON.) True Politeness. A Hand-book of Etiquette For Ladies. By an American Lady.
Philadelphia: George R. Appleton, 1849. 16mo., orig. blue cloth with pictorial decoration in gilt on upper cover, 64pp. About fine. Divided into sections, each with short, numbered ‘hints' pertaining to dress and behaviour for ladies. Sections …
(CANADA NATIONAL RAILWAYS). Historic Quebec. Canadian National To Everywhere In Canada (Cover title). ‘Quaint French Canada' (1941).
Historic Quebec. Canadian National To Everywhere In Canada (Cover title). ‘Quaint French Canada' (p.3). No place: (Printed in Canada), 1941. Square 4to. (23.5 x 21 cm), elaborate colour pictorial wrapper, 26. With a large folding map at rear ‘ …
(CANADA STEAMSHIP LINES/VIEW-BOOK – circa 1920s). The Land of Romance. (Cover title: Thousand Islands and the St. Lawrence River).
(Watertown: Santway Photo-Craft Company, circa 1920s). Oblong 4to., (24 x 30 cm) orig. light brown wrappers with a small pictorial decoration, gilt border and lettering, with cord tie (as issued), (32)pp. Profusely illustrated. Extremely faint …
(Canadian National Railways View Book) CANADIAN ROCKIES JASPER NATIONAL PARK ALASKA
(Montreal): Canadian National Railways, no date (ca. 1910-30s?). Oblong 4to. (9” x 12”), string bound, 16 photographic views in colour. Condition is very good+ with small nick to bottom right corner, former owner’s name in pen on title-page …
(Canadian National Railways). Muskoka Lakes and the Lake of Bays Ontario. Canadian National Largest Railway System In America.
NP (Montreal): Printed in Canada, (1930). Narrow 4to. when folded (10.5cm x 23.5cm), opens to make pages measuring 21cm x 23.5cm, pictorial colour front and rear panels, (24)pp. With illustrations and maps. A touch of foxing in the fold of the …
(CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS). Pacific to Atlantic Through the Canadian Rockies Jasper National Park. Canadian National Railways.
(Montreal: Canadian National Railways, 1926). Tall narrow 8vo. (24cm x 11cm), orig. pictorial colour wallet-edge wrappers, 100pp. With a large folding map of the Canadian National Railways, Grand Trunk Railway System and Central Vermont Railway …
(CANADIAN SALES BROCHURE - PONTIAC). Pontiac For 1938.
(Oshawa: General Motors of Canada, Printed in Canada, 1937). Oblong 4to., orig. colour pictorial wrappers, (20)pp. (plus wrappers). With illustrations, several in colour. Some rubbing along the spine but otherwise a near fine copy of this …
(CANADIAN TRADE CATALOGUE – 1910s to 1920s). Simonds Crescent Ground Cross-Cut Saws.
Montreal: Simonds Canada Saw Company, nd. (1910s-1920s). Oblong 8vo., original pictorial (two men using a cross-cut saw to cut a log), wrappers, 20pp. With illustrations of saws manufactured by both Simonds and the Dominion Saw Works Co. Mark on …
(CANADIAN TRADE CATALOGUE). Catalogue No. 25 H.W. Petrie Limited Distributors of Machinery and Supplies for Machine Shops, Iron and Woodworking Plants, Planing Mills, Garages, Mines and Smelters, Elevators and Flour Mills, Tanneries and Laundries, Creameries and Cheese Factories, Textile Plants, Woolen and Knitting Mills.
Toronto: H.W. Petrie, nd. (c.1928). 4to., orig. dark navy cloth, with small pictorial decoration in white on upper cover, lettered in white on the upper cover and the spine, xxiv, 504pp. Profusely illustrated. Short tear in one page of the index at …
(CANADIAN TRADE CATALOGUE). Cutten and Foster. We Manufacture Automobile Tops, Side Curtains, Slip Covers...Fore Doors, Motor Boat Tops, Boat Cushions...Automobile Fabrics and Trimmings.
Toronto: Cutten and Foster, nd (191-?). 8vo., orig. pictorial wrappers, 36pp. Profusely illustrated. Fold from mailing (addressed to a Mr. D.E. Taylor, Richmond, Que.), a couple of small tears in the wrappers with some light soiling, but this is in …
(CANADIAN TRADE CATALOGUE). Electrical Appliances Make Ideal Gifts.
Toronto: Superior Electric Company, nd (1940). 4to., orig. red, blue, and white wrappers, 60pp. Profusely illustrated. With a printed slip, ‘Discounts Applying to 1940-41 Appliances Catalogue', laid in. Some very light soiling to the rear …
(CANADIAN TRADE CATALOGUE). Woods Manufacturing Co., Limited Ottawa--Canada. Wholesale Manufacturers of Tents, Flags, Tarpaulins, Horse Covers, Coal Bags, Pack Sack, Complete Out-Door Equipment Including the World-Famed Arctic Eiderdown Sleeping Robes. Catalogue No. 9.
Ottawa: Designed, Printed and Published by the Advertising Department of Woods Manufacturing Company Limited, nd. (192-?) 8vo., orig. pictorial greyish tan wrappers, (102)pp. Profusely illustrated. Spine slightly rubbed but in fact a near fine copy …
(CANADIANA - 185-?). THE CANADA ROSE
London: Joseph Myers & Co./Hamburg: C. Adler's Printing Establishments, nd. (185-?) The title is taken from the printed advertisement for ‘The Souvenir Rose' which sometimes accompanies individual ‘Roses' but is not present here. A very fine …
(CANADIANA). Canada To-Day.
Montreal: Bank of Montreal, 1938. ‘British Isles Edition', so stated on the titlepage. Small 8vo., orig. colour pictorial wrappers, (64)pp. With illustrations and a map in the centre. A fine copy. Voila notes 2 locations. ‘In this booklet …
(CANADIANA/TRADE BOOKLET). The Empire Visible Typewriter A Canadian Made Writing Machine. A short dissertation on its principal features. (Cover-title reads: The Empire Typewriter).
Montreal: The Williams Manufacturing Company, Limited, nd (circa 1900). 12mo., orig. printed tan embossed wrappers, 16pp. With illustrations and the text printed in blue and red. A few black spots on the rear wrapper o/w an about fine copy of this …
![(CHILDREN'S BOOKS/DISNEY). Mickey Mouse Story Book. Story and Illustrations by the Staff of the Walt Disney Studio. [ First Canadian edition. ]](https://antiqueshowscanada.com/wp-content/uploads/show_manager/dealer_uploads/14/mickeymouse.jpg)
(CHILDREN'S BOOKS/DISNEY). Mickey Mouse Story Book. Story and Illustrations by the Staff of the Walt Disney Studio. [ First Canadian edition. ]
Toronto: Musson Book Company, (1933). First Canadian edition. Square 8vo., orig. cloth-backed pictorial paper wrappers, 62pp. Illustrated with grey and white duotones from Disney shorts throughout. Some browning to the interior, some creasing to …
(CHILDREN'S/DISNEY). (Disney). Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf — Three Little Pigs. Story and Illustrations by Staff of the Walt Disney Studio.
Toronto: The Musson Book Company, nd (1933). First Canadian edition. Tall 8vo., orig. cloth backed pictorial stiff wrappers, 31pp. With illustrations. (Thirty-one numbered pages with a full-page black and white illustration opposite each page of …
(Fine Printing). (Gaskin, Arthur J.-- editor). A Book of Pictured Carols. Designed by Members of the Birmingham Art School. (Cover title reads: A Book of Christmas Carols).
London: George Allen, Ruskin House..., 1896. Second edition. Tall square 8vo., orig. cloth backed boards, lettered in red, (76)pp. With twelve illustrations. Spine somewhat rubbed, wear to the corners but still a very good copy with attractive …
(FORRESTER, Alfred Henry). The Tutor's Assistant, Or Comic Figures Of Arithmetic; Slightly Altered and Elucidated From Walking-Game by Alfred Crowquill. (pseud).
London: J. and F. Harwood, 1863. 8vo., original cloth with gilt on upper cover, 128pp. Inscription, some minor wear to the spine ends otherwise a better than very good but not quite near fine copy. Osborne II. p.708. ‘Question and answer …
(GIFT CATALOGUE--ART DECO DESIGN 1930). Fireside Gifts.
Adrian, Mich: Fireside Industries Inc., 1930. Small 4to., original pictorial decorated wrappers with an art deco design, (2 order leaves), 69, (1) order leaf. Profusely illustrated, including some illustrations in colour. Small circular mark on …
(Goodyear Advertising Brochure - Walt Disney Pinocchio Movie Tie-in) THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED WHEN PINOCCHIO WENT TO BUY A TIRE.
Single sheet brochure, size closed is 8” x 6”, fully opened 19” x 12”. Condition is very good+ with a small 1” tear at the fold mark located at the bottom over the tail of the character Longfellow. Slight wear to corners. Still a very nice …
(GOTHIC). FLAMMENBERG, Lawrence. (pseud. of Friedrich Karl Kahlert). The Necromancer: Or The Tale of the Black Forest. Founded on Facts. Translated from the German of... by Peter Teuthold. (With an Introduction by Montague Summers).
London: Robert Holden & Co., 1927. First of this edition. 8vo., orig. pictorial paper boards, (xvi), 232pp. Small chip out of the rear spine gutter and a tiny nick at the top edge of the front board but still near fine copy of this Gothic novel …
(GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY/GUIDE). Playgrounds of Canada and New England. A short treatise on Tourist, Fishing and Hunting Resorts Reached by The Grand Trunk Railway System.
(Montreal?): Issued by the General Passenger Department, 1912. Tall narrow 8vo., orig. colour pictorial wrappers (rear wrapper plain), 31, (1)pp. With illustrations and a map of the Grand Trunk Railway System on page 2. Some slight marking on the …
(Large Broadside 1874 – Barrie, Ontario) AUCTION SALE OF FARM LANDS! TOWNSHIP OF ORO. TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION AT BARRIE, ON SATURDAY, 3rd OCTOBER, A.D., 1874, by MR. JOSEPH RODGERS...
Toronto: Globe Printing Company, 1874. Size is 24” x 36”. Condition is about very good with creasing, fold marks, small tears along the edges, a small 1/4" hole on the "4" in the year 1874, still a nice copy of an almost 150-year-old broadside …
(LEAMINGTON, ONT – 193?). Leamington Ontario Canada Spend Your Vacation With Us or better Come Live With Us.
(Leamington: Chamber of Commerce, nd. 193-?) One sheet measuring 42cm x 21cm folded to make a brochure 10.5cm x 21cm, with four panels on each side. Fine. Not in Voila. With a colour pictorial upper wrapper depicting a woman in a bathing suit …
(NONSENSE RHYMES). (Douglas, Lord Alfred). Tails With A Twist The Verses By
London: Edward Arnold, nd (1898). First edition. Oblong 4to., orig. cloth backed pictorial paper boards, 72pp. With illustrations in colour. Bookplate, inner hinges cracked, some soiling and light wear to the boards but still a very good copy …
(Original 1930s Catalogue) FOREMAN MARINE EQUIPMENT. CATALOGUE NO. 40
Toronto: Foreman Marine Equipment Limited, no date (ca. 1930s). 4to. (7 ½” x 10 ½”) pictorial wrappers, 80 pages with illustrations throughout. Condition for this catalogue is good+ with edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends, some wear …
(Original 1933 CCM Sales Booklet) CCM BICYCLES 1933
Weston, ON: Canada Cycle & Motor Co., Limited, 1933. Booklet size is 6 ¼” x 6 ½”, 16 pages (including wrappers). Condition for this booklet is near fine with slight wear to corners. A lovely scarce booklet from CCM advertising their …
(Original 1940 CCM Sales Booklet) CCM BICYCLES 1940 CLEVELAND
Weston, ON: Canada Cycle & Motor Co., Limited, 1940. Booklet size is 6 ¼” x 4 ½”, 20 pages with illustrations throughout. Condition for this booklet is better than good but not quite very good with some fading along the front cover edges, …
(R.C.A.F.) Pilots, Observers and Air Gunners for the Royal Canadian Air Force.
(Ottawa): Published under the authority of Major The Honourable C.G. Power, P.C., M.C., K.C., Minister of National Defense for Air, nd. (1941-1943, dated from Breadner’s term as Chief of the Air Staff). Sm.8vo., orig. blue wrappers, (20)pp. With …
(RCN) West About : A Pictorial Record of HMC Ships Huron and Iroquois under U.N. Command, 1954-1955
Edited by G. M. Fyffe, and J. N. Siddons. Profusely illustrated with photographs taken by J. Brawley and W. N. Cridland. Privately printed, with no place, date, or printer identified. 74 pages; 7.75 x 9.7 inches. Pebbled maroon cloth with titles in …
(Signed by Original Bluenose Captain Angus Walters). THE STORY OF THE BLUENOSE
Lunenburg, NS: Lunenburg Exhibitors, Ltd., c. 1933. 8vo. (5 ½” x 8 ½”), staple-bound pictorial wrappers, 16 pages with a few illustrations including a tipped-in frontispiece. Condition for this book is better than very good but not quite near …
(Trade Cards with Cutouts for Children). Spool Pets Fun With Spools.
New York: J. & P. Coats ~ Clark's O.N.T. The Spool Cotton Company, 1930. Six pictorial cards (each measuring 10.5 x 13 cm) printed with a picture of the front and rear of a different animal. Each has a printed poem relating to the particular …
(TRADE CATALOGUE/ SILVER PLATE). Daniel & Arter, Silver Platers and Gilders, Smelters Refiners, & c. Manufacturers of Spoons, Forks, Ladles, & c., & c. In Electro Plate,
Birmingham: (Daniel & Arter), nd. circa 1900 (but certainly after 1896). 4to., orig. red cloth with pictorial depiction of the Birmingham factory in gilt, gilt lettering, (10), 284pp. (printed on glossy paper) Profusely illustrated. ‘B2136' …
(VANCOUVER/TOURIST GUIDE). Vancouver... British Columbia The Sunset Doorway... of the Dominion… Business, … Residential and Tourist… Standpoints. The cover title reads: Souvenir of Vancouver. The Sunset Doorway of the Dominion.
(Vancouver): The Vancouver Tourist Association (printed by Evans & Hastings), nd. (1903). 8vo., orig. pinkish beige wallet-edge wrappers with an ‘art nouveau' style pictorial design depicting a woman standing on a covered deck looking out at …
(WINDSOR--TRADE CATALOGUE). Illustrated and Descriptive General Trade Catalog No. 28.
The Heller-Aller Co. Windsor, Ont., Canada Manufacturers of "Baker" Ball Bearing Wind Engines, Galvanized Steel Towers, Sub-Structures, Suburban Outfits, Flag Towers, Bell Towers, Pneumatic Pressure Tank Systems,...Pumps, Cylinders, Hydrants, Tank …
(World War 2 Canadian Booklet Anaconda American Brass) SPEARHEAD OF OFFENSE.
New Toronto: Anaconda American Brass Ltd., no date (1942?). Booklet size is 6” x 7 ½”, 24 pages with illustrations throughout. Condition for this booklet is about very good with some wear to corners and spine ends, light creasing to covers. " …
![[Shakespeare] Two Royal Entertainments, By Command at Windsor Castle](https://antiqueshowscanada.com/wp-content/uploads/show_manager/dealer_uploads/18/75892198-4BBE-4AF2-AB99-BA5F08518D0E.jpeg)
[Shakespeare] Two Royal Entertainments, By Command at Windsor Castle
Two Royal Command Performance theatre programmes."Her Majesty's Servants Will Perform, At Windsor Castle, On Thursday, December 12th, 1850, Shakespeare's Historical Play of King Henry The Fourth (Part 1.) [and] ... On Friday, January 7th, 1853 ... ( …
1870 - The Yankee Cook Book. A New System of Cookery
New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1870. 126 pages; front pastedown and two leaves of ads on pink paper at front; 18 pages of ads on white paper at rear followed by two leaves and rear pastedown ads on pink. Light rubbing; binding is sound. 7 x 4.6 …
1904-5 catalogue : The Maritime School Supply Co. Halifax, N. S. : School Maps, Desks, Globes, Blackboards, and Sundries
Halifax, 1904. Printer not indicated. 50 pages, with one Special Notice leaf, order sheet with envelope, and original mailing envelope laid in. Side stapled beneath paper wrap. 8.6 x 5.9 inches.
1928 : Flint and Feather the Complete Poems of E. Pauline Johnson (Tekahinowake). Deluxe edition.
With introduction by Theodore Watts-Dunton and a biographical sketch of the author. Illustrated by J. R. Seavey. Toronto: The Musson Book Company, 1928 (twelfth edition stated). xxxi, 166 pages, and the 9 illustrations called for. A splendid example …
1939 New York World's Fair - Ephemera (8 pieces)
All items are from the 1939 World's Fair in New York. Items were deaccessioned from the Toronto Reference Library and have their stamps on them. Also have a caption written across bottom of item - "Expositions - New York -1939". Item 1 - The New …
1963 Southern Ontario Colour Pictorial Map
On offer is this dramatic pictorial map titled, "Some of the Story of Southern Ontario." The map was designed and published by Peter Furse in 1963. Peter Reynolds Furse (1901-1970) was born in Farnham, Hampshire, Surrey, England. He entered the Royal …
1969 Signed Karsh photograph of Governor General Roland Michener & wife Norah
Official Karsh print of his famous portrait of Governor General Roland Michener and wife Norah. Signed by the photographer as well as both the Governor General and his wife. Inscibed 'To Mr & Mrs C.I. Mongrul with appreciation and good wishes. …
19th Century Corset
Women's Corset, late Victorian or Edwardian, sized for a small person or younger woman. Slightly soiled but otherwise in pristine condition, no damage, breaks, tears, open seams, or loose threads. The Bodice features a finely stitched off-white linen …
A Souvenir of The Thousand Islands of the St. Lawrence River . . . by Jno. A. Haddock
Alexandria Bay, N.Y. Published by Jno. A. Haddock. 1895 First edition. Cover title "The Picturesque St. Lawrence River". Title page continues "... from Kingston and Cape Vincent to Morristown and Brockville ... including both the American and …
Alphabet De La Grande Guerre 1914-1916 Pour Les Enfants De Nos Soldats. Alphabet Book
Alphabet De La Grande Guerre 1914-1916 Pour Les Enfants De Nos Soldats. Helle, Andre Paris: Berger-Levrault, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to.[30p.] Decorated beige boards with a recased spine in grey cloth. A French language …
An Alphabet of Animals
A Lady An Alphabet of Animals London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. Leicester : Winks and Son, Leicester. 1865. Soft cover. Fine. Item #42649 32mo [120 x 175 mm]. 30pp. No date, c. 1865. Yellow wraps, sewn spine, with illustrations to inside …
Animal Wisdom, by Charles van Sandwyk
North Vancouver, B.C.: Charles van Sandwyk Fine Arts, 1999, first edition (with peacock-blue wrapper over olive-tan cards; no reprint statement). A near fine copy of a beautifully illustrated and calligraphed 25 page oblong booklet, with a bit of …
Art Instruction by Group of Seven member
[Art] Department of Art. Complete Course of Instruction. Toronto: The Shaw Correspondence School, 1910 12 vols. + 2 duplicates (vols. IX, XI) and a separate supplemental volume on "Perspective". Illustrated throughout, cover design by J.E.H. …
Baedeker's Great Britain
Karl Baedeker: Leipsic & London. 1897. Fourth edition, Revised and Augmented. "With 16 maps, 30 plans, and a panorama." A very good copy in the original gilt-lettered red cloth, corners slightly bumped and spine a trifle faded. Folding map at …
c. 1920s Canadian General Electric Co. illustrated poem advertising refrigerators
12 pages and cover; saddle stapled. No statement of printer, place, or date. Illustrated [by RFH] poem of a Betty Lou sick from rotten food, saved by a knight that lives in a refrigerator [white castle] who slays the dragons of rot. Light wear. 10.5 …
Canadian Marine Architects Record 1950
Floating Equipment Designed and Supervised by Milne, Gilmore & German Montreal, Canada 1950 - 1st edition. A rare collection and a pictorial, chronological document of ships designed and/or supervised by Montreal based, Marine Architects, Milne …
CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION OFFICIAL COMBINED SPORTS PROGRAMME 1933
No place: no publisher, (1933). 8vo. (6” x 9”), pictorial wrappers, with quite a few illustrations. Condition is better than good but not quite very good with some wear to covers, some wear to corners and spine ends, some wear along the spine, a …
CFCA THE TORONTO STAR (Toronto’s First Radio Station – 1922 – Unrecorded?)
(Toronto): no publisher, no date (1922). Small 8vo. (7 ¾” x 4 ¾”), original wrappers, 16 pages with illustrations. Condition for this booklet is better than very good but not quite near fine with a light along the right side of the booklet …
CHINESE IVORY CARVED PIERCED BOX C.1890.
Great detail in this Chinese carved ivory hinge lid box, with original lock and key, C.1890. Only 3 & 3/8" X 2.25" X 1.25" high, this box has each side and the top lattice-pierced and carved. Carved figures on the top, flowers on each side …
CHINESE SPECTACLES TINTED LENSES C.1810.
Early 19th century brass-framed spectacles, with 4 octagonal lenses; there are 2 main (front) lenses, and 2 folding side lenses, an invention of C.1780. Each lens is clear green glass; the side lenses were to protect from glare from the water in …
DAVIES, Robertson. On Being A Professional. A Speech to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts November 17, 1973. (1 of 40 Copies)
(Toronto): Ontario College of Arts Press, 1981. First edition. 1 of 40 copies. Inscribed in pencil by Davies on the title-page: To___Robertson Davies. Small square 4to., orig. tan cloth spine, purplish paper boards, (4), (20)pp. With a frontispiece …
Feline Victorian Instagram
Reproduction, oil portrait of appealing tabby kitten printed on canvas. Signed in the original. Just as cute and cheaper to feed. Frame 34 cm x 27 cm, sight 24 cm x 17 cm
Fish and How to Cook It, Author Unknown, Published in Ottawa by The Department of Naval Service, 1914
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Ottawa: Department of the Naval Service: 1914, possible first edition, brownish coloured soft cover, illustration (which wraps around and onto the rear cover) of a sailboat in water, below which is the …
FOUR NESTING YELLOW WARE MIXING BOWLS
Not precisely matching and therefore not a set, these hundred year-old bowls come right out of the kitchens of the 1920's or perhaps a bit earlier. No doubt their owners appreciated their decorative as well as their practical features... and …
Hansel and Grethel. Scarce Honeycomb Pop-Up. c. 1880.
Hansel and Grethel Grimm, Jacob & Wilhelm Philadelphia: B. Wilmsen, 1880. Softcover. Very Good. No date, c. 1800. Tall 8vo. Printed wrappers. 10 unnumbered leaves, full-page illustration to center and text to the sides, with honeycomb pop- …
Harold Town Drawings (Limited Edition)
Town, Harold; Fulford, Robert Harold Town Drawings (Limited Edition) Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #42928 Square 4to. Cream cloth, gilt spine lettering, as new in like dust …
Harris's Cabinet. The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast... 4 vols.
Harris's Cabinet. The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast; The Peacock at Home, A Sequel to The Butterfly's Ball; The Lion's Masquerade, A Sequel to The Peacock at Home; The Elephant's Ball, and Grand Fete Champtere: Intended as a companion …
Huron and Wyandot Mythology.
Huron and Wyandot Mythology. With an Appendix Containing Earlier Published Records. (Canada Department of Mines Geological Survey) Barbeau, Charles Marius, 1883-1969 Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau, 1915. Softcover. Good. 8vo. Grey wraps. Pp …
JAMES NORTH HERITAGE DISTRICT BACKGROUND INFORMATION REPORT 1984
Hamilton: Hamilton-Wentworth Planning & Development Department, 1984. Plastic Spiral bound card cover book, size is 8 3/4" x 11". 202 pages with 35 maps and illustrations. Condition of this spiral bound book is about very good with some edge …
Jinks and Joys for Girls and Boys. A Birthday Book
This is a delightful 19th century, chromolithograph, birthday book, published in the 1890's by Ernest Nister, and printed at Nuremberg. In the shape of a tambourine and bound with blue ribbon, it is about 4 inches (10cm) diameter.This little gift …
KEATS, John. The Poems of John Keats. Arranged In Chronological Order With A Preface By Sidney Colvin. (First of this edition. 1 of 250 copies on handmade paper.)
London: Chatto & Windus at the Florence Press, 1905. In two volumes. First of this edition. 1 of 250 copies on handmade paper. Tall squarish 8vo., full original limp vellum, spine and cover titles in gilt, original green ties, top edges gilt, …
Keepsake Box in Worked Copper
Fine lidded copper box for keepsakes, measures 14 cm x 11 cm x 6 cm, with clever detailing and a not too shiny copper patina.
Kenojuak: The Life Story Of An Inuit Artist
Walk, Ansgar; Kenojuak Kenojuak: The Life Story Of An Inuit Artist Manotick, ON. Penumbra Press, 1999. Hardcover. Fine. Item #42918 8vo. 248 pp. Illustrated glossy hardcover, no jacket as issued. The German edition was published one year earlier …
KOSEY KORNERS. A LITTLE BOOKLET WITH STORIES AND PICTURES HERALDING THE MISSION OF KOSEY KORNER SLIPPERS. (Kitchener - Circa 1920s)
Kitchener, ON: Canadian Consolidated Felt Co., no date, ca. 1920s. Wrappers, booklet, size is 3 1/4" x 5". 12 pages with colour illustrations. Condition for this booklet is good only with edge wear, wear to corners and spine ends, some light …
KRESS, Daniel H. The Cigarette as a Physician Sees It.
Mountain View, CA: Pacific Press Publishing Association, (1931). 8vo., pictorial printed wrappers, 96pp. A slight trace of rubbing at the spine ends o/w an about fine copy of this anti-smoking publication. Kress talks about the many ways …
La Muerte en las Danzas Mexicanas
La Muerte en las Danzas Mexicanas Coleccion de Mascaras de Estela Ogazon Moctezuma, Pablo Mexico: Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, 2005. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Square 8vo. Black cloth with blind stamped design to the front board. …
Liberals of Halifax NS Banquet card signed by Wilfrid Laurier : December 1900
Complimentary Banquet to Right honorable Sir Wilfrid Laurier ... and his cabinet ministers, given by the Liberals of Halifax. 10 x 6 inch banquet card, signed by Laurier. The banquet took place at the Halifax Armouries [Nova Scotia], 13 December 1900 …
Limited Edition Middle East Travel illustrated by Frank Brangwyn
Kinglake, A.W. Eothen: Or Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East. London Samson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. 1913. Limited edition of 100 numbered copies signed by Frank Brangwyn. 4to, parchment backed olive coloured cloth. (305) pp. …
Lot of Newfoundland Poetry, Published by Running the Goat St John's Newfoundland between 2003 and 2011
1. TURK’S GUT WOLF Poem by Mark Callanan Image by Lori Doody 113/150 Signed by Mark Callanan and Lori Doody 2003 2. THE DESIGN OF WINGS Poems by Genevieve Lehr 2004 3. DECEMBER A poem by Alison Pick Illustrated by Will Gill …
MABIE, Hamilton Wright (Introduction). A Book of Old English Love Songs. With an Introduction by... and an accompaniment of Decorative Drawings by George Wharton Edwards.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1897. First edition. 8vo., orig. green cloth with elaborate decoration in gilt on the upper cover, spine lettering gilt, t.e.g., (xxvi), 158pp. With 30 plates, decorative initials, and a decorative ‘Finis’ leaf. …
Memoir of the Life of Elizabeth Fry, with Extracts from Her Journal and Letters. In Two Volumes Edited by Two of Her Daughters Published by London, Chales Gilpin and Piccadilly, John Hatchard & Son, 1847
London, Chales Gilpin and Piccadilly, John Hatchard & Son, 1847. London: Charles Gilpin; Piccadilly: John Hatchers & Son: In two volumes, first edition, bound in full calf, decorative blind stamped around edges inside gilt lines, with marbled …
Merrie Christmas. (Christmas Card Printed by Robert Reid)
Merrie Christmas. (Christmas Card Printed by Robert Reid) Reid, Robert Robert R. Reid, 2002. First Edition. No Binding. Signed Very Good. Single sheet folded in half. A Christmas card privately printed by Robert R. Reid on paper handmade in …
New Brunswick Folk Art Whirligig
Painted wood, undated. "Boucher" of St. Leonard, N.B. 9.5" l x 6.25" w x 10.25" h. Good condition. Some paint loss and wear, consistent with age.
Ojebway Grammar
Wilson, Rev. Edward F. [Francis]. The Ojebway Language A Manual for Missionaries and Others Employed among the Ojebway Indians / In Three Parts: Part I : The Grammar. Part II: Dialogue and Exercises. Part III: The Dictionary. Toronto: S. P. C. K., …
PEPYS, Samuel. Memoirs of Samuel Pepys, Esq. F.R.S. Secretary to the Admiralty In The Reigns of Charles II and James II. Comprising His Diary From 1659 to 1669. Deciphered by the Rev. John Smith... From the Original Short-Hand Ms. In the Pepysian Library and a Selection From His Private Correspondence. Edited by Richard, Lord Braybrooke.
London: Henry Colburn, 1825. In two volumes. First edition. 4to., late 19th century half calf, marble boards, leather spine labels, xlii, (498), xlix; 348, (viii), 311, (312) blank. With 13 plates (including 2 frontispieces and a folding plate). …
Polaroids. Photographs by Attila Richard Lukacs.
Morris, Michael; Lukacs, Attila Richard Polaroids. Photographs by Attila Richard Lukacs Vancouver: Presentation House Gallery/Arsenal Pulp Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Item #42925 Elephant Folio [420 x 330mm]. Photographic …
Portraits of British Americans. Notman Photos
Portraits of British Americans, with Biographical Sketches By Fennings Taylor [2 Volumes] Notman, William; Fennigs, Taylor Montreal: William Notman, John Lovell Printer, 1865, 1867, 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. Stout Octavo. Very Good. 2 …
PURE FUN MAGIC, MERRIMENT AND MYSTERY by ARTHUR E. MCFARLANE AND F.W. JOHNSON
Toronto: The Gold Medal People Limited, no date (ca. late 1920s early 1930s). Small 8vo. (8” x 5 ¼”), pictorial wrappers, 28 pages. A few in text illustrations. Condition is about very good with some edge wear, some wear to corners and spine …
QUEBEC ACES 1958-59 PROGRAM Aces vs Trois-Rivières Lions.
Dupont, QC: Ernest Tremblay, (1958). Program with 32 pages, illustrations and many local area ads. Condition for this program is very good with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners, pen notations on the centre-page lineups with goal / assist …
ROYAL CROWN DERBY 1128 CAKE PLATTEr d.1988.
Rare Royal Crown derby pattern 1128 heavy porcelain cake platter (Gateau platter), in the original box. It is 11" diameter, and 3/4" high, robust for any weight of cake! When purchased in 1988 (so code marked to back), this was not available in …
Sabuda Christmas Pop-Up, with ornament
Exceedingly charming Christmas Pop-up by master paper engineer Robert Sabuda. The 12 Days of Christmas Pop-up, Anniversary Edition. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006. Still in publisher's original plastic wrapping. Ornament still present.
Scout-Master, Boy-Scout, Girl-Guide Shoes. Fall 1913 Catalogue
Scout-Master, Boy-Scout, Girl-Guide Shoes. Fall 1913 Catalogue Jackson & Savage Limited Montreal: Jackson & Savage Limited 78 St. Ptere St. 1913. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo. Pp. 48. Illustrated stiff brown paper covers. Illustrated …
Simon Pokagon's Novel
Pokagon, Chief Simon. O-gî-mäw-kwe Mit-i-gwä-kî (Queen of the Woods) Also Brief Sketch of the Algaic Language. Hartford, Michigan: C. H. Engle, 1899. First edition. pp. viii, 255. 8vo. Green cloth with black lettering and decoration to …
SIX (6) POSTERS
(Canada): Walt Disney / Kleenex, (1951). Each poster size is 14" x 20". Condition for these posters is about very good with some edge wear, some light creasing, some wear to corners, 3 of the posters have a small 1" tear left side middle, minor …
Sketches in Canada and Rambles Among the Red Men Jameson, Mrs. (Anna Brownwell) Published by London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1852
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. London, 1852, A New Edition; Hardcover, bound in what appears to be publisher's red cloth with Traveler's Library blind stamped onto the front board; wear to corners as well as top and tail of spine; 314 …
SOUVENIR PROGRAM ROLLER DERBY 1940 Mutual Arena Toronto.
Toronto, Lambert Printing Co., 1940. Tall 8vo., printed orange wrappers, (12)pp. ads. Illustrated. Very light creasing, else fine. Containing articles, rules and regulations, ads for local businesses and major brands that would appeal to teens and …
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St. Andrews by-the-sea New Brunswick and the Algonquin Hotel. [Canadian Pacific Railway] c. 1912
St. Andrews by-the-sea New Brunswick and the Algonquin Hotel Canadian Pacific Railway Canadian Pacific Railway, 1912. Softcover. Near Fine / Very Good. No date. No place. C. 1911. Slightly oblong 8vo. Pp. 24, with textured grey endpapers to …
Surprise the Fans with Your Tricky Hurling-- Curves, Inshoots, and Crossfires
Chas. Paulsen. How to Throw Curves. Minden (Nebraska): Warp, 1934. First and only edition (pp. 38). Booklet (15 cm) in tan covers, illustrated with photographs of various tricky pitches— slant ball, slow ball, out curve; practical advice for the …
The Annals of the Town of Guelph 1827-1877
The Annals of the Town of Guelph 1827-1877 Burrows, Charles Acton Guelph, Canada: Herald Steam printing Company, 1877. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine / Very Good. 8vo. Pp. 170 (pp. 161-170 ads). Original paper covers with previous owner's …
The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, And other Rites and Ceremonies of The Church, According to the Use of the United Church of England and Ireland. With Notes and Illustrations.
London: John Murray, 1850. Small 4to., bound in the publisher’s binding of full brown calf with an elaborate blind-stamped design on both boards, bevelled edges, raised bands, single blind-stamped decoration in the compartments, leather spine label …
THE BOOK OF TORONTO. Edited by John Henderson. (1926)
Toronto: Southam Press Limited, c. 1926. 4to., original pictorial wrappers, 160 pages with illustrations. Condition for this book is better than very good but not quite near fine with a bit of edge wear, slight wear to corners and spine ends, small 2 …
THE CANADIAN PACIFIC AT WAR ON LAND... ON SEA... AND IN THE AIR
(Montreal): Canadian Pacific, no date (ca. 1942). Magazine size is 8 3/4" x 11 1/2". 12 pages with photos. Condition for this magazine is good only with some edge wear, wear to corners and spine ends, a few small tears along the edges still a nice …
The County of Wellington Gazetteer and Directory for 1879-80. Elmira Ontario
The County of Wellington Gazetteer and Directory for 1879-80 Elmira, Ontario: Armstrong & Delion, 1879. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. Pp. 186. Original pebbled brown cloth, with light wear to the cloth around the spine, spine and edges sunned, paper …
THE HANDBOOK OF TIRE MERCHANDISING. THE FIRESTONE TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED (1935 – With 15 of 16 Bulletins)
(Canada): Firestone Tire & Rubber Company of Canada Ltd., no date (first bulletin is info on the “New Firestone High Speed Tires for 1935”). 4to. folder (size is 11 ½” x 9”), bulletin size is 11” x 8 ½”, two of the bulletins are a …
The New World of Words: or, A Universal English Dictionary. ...1696. Folio
The New World of Words: or, A Universal English Dictionary. Containing the Proper Significations and Derivations of all Words from other Languages...The Fifth Edition, with large Additions and Improvements from the best English and Foreign Authors …
The Principles of Duelling. 1790
The Principles of Duelling; with rules to be observed in every particular respecting it. Stanton, Samuel (Lieut. 97th Late Regiment) London: T. Hookha, New Bond-Street, 1790. Fisrt edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. Pp. 79. Bound in quarter burgundy …
The Train
The Train "Ottawa" Hyde, Lawrence E. 1950. No Binding. Signed Fine. 203 x 140 mm. C. 1950. Wood engraving. Matted and shrink wrapped. Titled and signed by Lawrence Hyde. In fine condition. [Item #46701]
Toronto Souvenir Guide In Colors
Toronto Souvenir Guide In Colors Toronto: American Autochrome Co., 1929. Soft cover. Very Good. Item #43145 16mo. [150 x 100mm]. [30]pp. Stapled spine. 14 illustrations in colour, not including the covers, with several illustrations in black and …
Totems & Shamans.
Totems & Shamans. Ancient Arts from Alaska and the Northwest Coast. Totems & Chamanes. Arts Anciens D'Alaska et de Colombie Britannique. Coleman, Winfield; Mauze, Marie; Myers, Jeffrey; Therrien, Michele Paris: Galerie Flak, 2008. First …
TUDRIC PEWTER HOT WATER POT C. 1910.
Tudric pewter hot water pot #0231, designed for Liberty & Co, London, England by Archibald Knox (1864- 1913). Hand-hammered surface in Arts & Crafts manner, resting on 2 “shoe” feet (rectangular bars), height is 8.75″ to thumb rest …
Valentine's Snapshots: 12 Photographs of Toronto
Valentine's Snapshots: 12 Photographs of Toronto Great Britain: Valentine's, 1920. Soft cover. Near Fine. Item #42675 No date, c. 1920. Oblong 48mo [88 x 124mm]. Stapled wrapper with cut-out window to front cover to show the Toronto skyline. …
Victorian Chess & Draughts Games Board in Your Pocket - Circa 1870
De La Rue & Co. Combined Pocket Chess and Draughts Games Board. A scarce example of this Victorian, pocket games board in near fine condition. Made with yellow glazed heavy paper printed in black & red with all 32 original printed games …
VICTORIAN MOTHER OF PEARL / ABALONE STAR CARD CASE.
Another functional, elegant case for calling cards or business cards, this is covered in segments of nacre, or Mother-of Pearl (MOP), made C.1890. The case is 4" X 3" X 3/8" thick, perfect size for today's standard business cards. On the front …
VIMY MEMORIAL OPENING AND PILGRIMAGE
Small gathering of material related to the ‘pilgrimage', sponsored by the Canadian Legion, to France for the dedication of the Vimy Memorial on July 26th, 1936 and associated events (tours to other French battlefields and dinners in France and …
Vintage Photograph - Uniformed Marching Band - circa 1890's
Matted, sepia toned, original photograph of an unidentified, 19th century, uniformed marching band. 23 male musicians, and their conductor, posed in a treed area with instruments presented. Place, date, and photographer unknown. Appears to be North …
WELLS, H.G. The Time Machine An Invention. (1895 First edition, first issue)
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1895. First edition, first issue with H.G. Wells name misspelled ‘H.S. Wells’ and with 6pp. of ads at the rear. Precedes the English edition. 12mo., orig. tan/mustard cloth stamped in maroon, (viii), (1)-216, ( …
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Woodbridge Agricultural Works. Advertising Flyer [AND] View of Toronto. c. 1878
Woodbridge Agricultural Works. Advertising Flyer [AND] View of Toronto. John Abell Woodbridge, Ontario: John Abell, 1878. Softcover. Very Good. No date, c.1878. Opened to View of Toronto dimensions: 315 x 165 mm. Advertising flier for John Abell …
WWI - Panoramic Photo of the 122nd (Muskoka) Overseas Battalion, CEF - 1916
Original panoramic photo 52.5 X 9.5 inches by 'Panoramic Camera Company', 239 Victoria St., Toronto, about 1916. The 122nd Overseas Battalion was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War, with Lieut-Col. D. M. Grant as …