Censorship: Stopping the Book Banners
Toronto: Book and Periodical Development Council, 1978. First Edition. Soft cover. 8vo. Unpaginated (32 pp.) Foreword by Leo Simpson. A collection of articles, essays and quotations decrying censorship. More
LITERARY PAMPHLETS & CATALOGUES
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Made in Canada IV: Artists in books/Livres D'artistes. Exhibition Catalogue/Catalogue D'exhibition
Ottawa: National Library of Canada/Avmor Ltd., 1984. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. Unpaginated, illus. Catalogue for an exhibition held at the National Library of Canada from November 30, 1984 to March 24, 1985. More
Printing: The Mother of Progress, Celebrates Its 500th Anniversary
Toronto: 500th Anniversary Committee, 1940. First Edition. Softcover. 24mo. 15 pp. Small pamphlet. Bound in yellow card covers with illustration on front and rear. Issued on the occasion of an exhibit held at the Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, August 23 - September 7, 1940 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of..... More
A Personal Note
Toronto: Basilike, 1974. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. Printed wrappers, edition of 125. Grey card covers in marbled wrappers with paper label to front cover. Fine copy. More
Princeton University Press, 1905-1980
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1980. First Edition. Softcover. 12mo. 41 pp., illus. Pamphlet produced in celebration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of Princeton University Press. Contains two essays, one by Whitney Darrow (The Founding of the Press") and the other by Herbert S. Bailey Jr. ("A Brief History"). The first essay..... More
Printed Jewish Canadiana, 1685-1900: Tentative Checklist of Books, Pamphlets, Pictures, Magazine and Newspaper Articles and Currency written By or Relating to the Jews of Canada
(No Place): (No Publisher), 1991. First Thus. Soft cover. 8vo. 58 pp., illus. Facsimile reproduction of the original 1955 catalogue/bibliography of early Jewish Canadiana. This edition limited to 100 copies. More
An Introduction to the Twenty-First Toronto Antiquarian Book Fair
Toronto: Letters & Coach House Printing, 1993. First Edition. Softcover. 12mo. Unpaginated (16 pp.). Published as a keepsake of the Toronto Antiquarian Book Fair which was held May 28-30, 1993. One of the limited edition of 2000 regular copies, a joint production of letters and Coach House Printing. A fine..... More
The Foundation & the Man
Ottawa: Privately Printed, 1959. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. 23 pp. The history of The Canadian Writers' Foundation and its founder Pelham Edgar. The Foundation was set up to ...provide assistance in the nature of a monthly grant to outstanding Canadian authors who by reason of ill health, accident or old..... More
Heffer Catalogue Seven: E. M. Forster
Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons, 1971. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. Frontis., 96 pp., illus. With an introduction by A. N. L. Munby. Catalogue of 1148 items from Forster's library after his death in 1970. Much here to make any bookseller and book collector salivate.... Bound in red cardboard covers. A...... More
Thomas J. Wise and the Pre-Restoration Drama: A Study in Theft and Sophistication
London: The Bibliographical Society, 1959. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. viii, 41 pp., illus. Preface by F. C. Francis. Issued to members of the Bibliographical Society as the publication for the year 1959. Previous owner's bookplate, light edgewear, some wrinkling to front cover and age toning to both front and rear..... More
The Dilemma of Canadian Book Publishing
Kingston: Queen's Quarterly, 1972. First Thus. Softcover. 4to. 8 pp. Offprint from Queen's Quarterly, LXXIX, No. 1, Spring, 1972. A brief analysis of what ails the Canadian publishing industry. Previous owner's ex libris stamps on verso of front cover, some age-toning, else a fine copy. More
Bliss Carman's Comic Muse
Kingston: Douglas Library Notes, 1972. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. Signed. 12 pp., illus. Offprint of an article which appeared in Douglas Library Notes, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Volume XX, Number 3-4, Winter 1972. Signed inscription by the author on the upper portion of the front cover. Some age-toning to perimeter..... More
Do You Sell Books?" (or is the Customer ALWAYS Right?)"
Carlton, Nottingham: Haines and Ketton, 1976. First Edition. Softcover. 12mo. 31 pp., illus. More
Canadian History: Economic, Social, Political. Catalogue No. 37
Toronto: Joseph Patrick Books. First Edition. Soft cover. 8vo. No date. 30 pp. Some age-toning to pages and a bit of darkening at spine, still a fine copy with a charming photo of the interior of the shop on the verso of the front cover. More
Canadian Literature: Bibliography, Collections, Drama & Theatre, Poetry, Fiction. Catalogue No. 36
Toronto: Joseph Patrick Books. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. No date. 33 pp. Bound in green card covers and printed in black ink on front and rear. A fine copy with a charming photo of the interior of the shop on the verso of the front cover. More
Poetry and the Drama: A List of New and Recent books and Also a Selection of Works By Standard Authors Published By Macmillan & Co., Ltd.
London: Macmillan, 1926. Softcover. 8vo. 16 pp. Macmillan catalogue listing works by Wilfrid Gibson, Sean O'Casey, James Stevens, Thomas Hardy, W. B. Yeats, et al. More
Munro's Books: The First Fifty Years
Victoria: Munro's Books. First Edition. Softcover. 16mo. No date (2013), no pagination (8 pp.). Printed invitation to the party held to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Munro's Books in Victoria, BC on September 21, 2013. Includes title-page, one page of text and invitation. Some mild wear to spine, else a...... More
A Child Born Out of the Fog
New York: Gemor Press/ Lawrence R. Maxwell, 1947. First Edition. Softcover. Small 8vo. [8] pp. Salmon coloured wrappers lettered in black. A couple of little creases in the covers but otherwise a nice clean copy. More
Preface to Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer
New York: Lawrence Maxwell, 1947. First Edition. Softcover. Small 8vo. [8] pp. Black card wrappers lettered in yellow, with a tipped-in portrait of Anaïs Nin. A perfect copy. More
Forward with Canada 1948
Northern Electric Company Limited, 1948. Second Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 24 pp., illus. Pamphlet bound in brown card covers with coloured illustration of a maple leaf on front. A nice bright copy. Twelve new stories extolling the virtues of Canada and honouring the men and women who have made Canada great..... More
On the Track of the Dixie Limited: Further Notes of a Faulkner Collector
La Grange, Illinois: Colophon Book Shop, 1979. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. Frontis., 54 pp., illus. Bound in tan cardboard covers. One of 1000 copies. More biographical and bibliographical material from this Faulkner collector. Some mild edgewear else fine. More
Press Porcepic: A Catalogue of Books, 1972-74
Erin, Ontario: Press Porcepic, 1974. First Edition. Softcover. Oblong 24mo. 39 pp., illus. Catalogue of Press Porcepic's titles with an afterword by Dave Godfrey. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Godfrey. More
Catalogue 1980: The Coach House Press
Toronto: The Coach House Press, 1980. First Edition. Softcover. 4to. 47 pp., illus. The Coach House catalogue for 1980 with descriptions and cover photos of most of the books listed. Bound in brown card covers with decoration on front. The mildest of wear to lower cover edges, else a lovely..... More
The Porcupine's Quill, Inc. Books In Print 1983
Erin: Porcupine's Quill, 1983. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8vo. 30 pp. illus. Loosely inserted are front and back cover of Robin Skelton's House of Dreams" plus an order form." More
A Peek Behind the Scenes, Or the Days Before Yesterday: Issued on the Occasion of the Sixteenth Annual Convention of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers' Association Held at the Royal York Hotel, Toronto, on July 25, 26 and 27, 1935
Orillia: The Orillia Packet and Times, 1935. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. 31 pp. Pamphlet. Brief history of York, Simcoe, Muskoka and Toronto with a chapter on "The Early Press in York Simcoe and Muskoka". Bound in yellow card covers with green lettering on cover. From the business library of the..... More
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