Women from Lord Durham Rare Books (IOBA)

London: printed for J. Dodsley in Pall Mall, 1769. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Set in Canada, it is considered to be the first Canadian novel.First edition. 4 volumes. 12mo, pp. [vii], [1], 240; [2], 240; [4], 223, [1]; [4], 213, [1]. Lacking leaf L1 (pp. 217-8) in vol. 1 (but with a photocopy of the missing text… Read more about this item

Toronto: Published and printed by Hunter, Rose & Co, 1871. 1st. Hard Cover. Very Good. UNCOMMON FIRST CANADIAN EDITION OF THIS TRAILL TITLE 12.5cm x 18.5cm, (5" x 7 1/4"), [5] prelims including half-title, fronts, title page and contents,[7]-538,[6p.]ads. 7 plates; frontis plate and 6 plates (pp.12,13,18,19,20 & 24), p49 un-numbered, p69 mis-paged 67, 315 mis-paged 515.Rebacked with… Read more about this item

Toronto: Published and printed by Hunter, Rose & Co, 1871. 1st. Hard Cover. Good. UNCOMMON FIRST CDN HUNTER ROSE EDITION OF THIS TRAILL TITLE 12.5cm x 18.5cm, (5" x 7 1/4"), [5] prelims including half-title, fronts, title page and contents,[7]-538,[6p.]ads. 7 plates; frontis plate and 6 plates (pp.12,13,18,19,20 & 24), p49 un-numbered, p69 mis-paged 67, 315 mis-paged 515.Rebacked… Read more about this item

London: Aurthur Hall, Virtue, & Co. 25 Paternoster, 1852. 1st. Hard Cover. Good. WITHOUT PLATES, STILL A FIRST EDITION OF AN UNCOMMON TRAILL BOOK First edition. 4-1/2 x 6-7/8 inches, [6], xi [3 list of illustration], [1]-350pp., [351]-368pp appendix, 32pp ads, 1 blank. All 12 plates called for are removed. NO PLATES in this copy.Original embossed pale cloth… Read more about this item

Toronto: Published by Maclear & Co. and printed by the Hunter, Rose Co, 1871. 1st. Hard Cover. Good. UNCOMMON FIRST CANADIAN EDITION OF THIS TRAILL TITLE First edition. 5 x 7-1/4 inches. [5] prelims including half-title, fronts, title page and contents,[7]-538,[6p.]ads. 7 plates; frontis plate and 6 plates (pp.12,13,18,19,20 & 24), p49 un-numbered, p69 mis-paged 67, 315 mis-paged… Read more about this item

New York: Simon Schuster, 1939. 1st, 5th issue. Hard Cover. Very Good. 1st edition, 4th printing. 4-3/4 x 7 inches. [61] p. Unpaginated. No dustjacket. Cloth tan boards with red embossed text and white envelope embossed on front cover. Black spine with white text and red symbol. Old white mark 2-1/2 x 1/4 inch along bottom of front… Read more about this item

London: Bickers & Sons, 1906. 2nd Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Beautiful custom made red leather covers for school prize with King's Hall Compton and Keep Troth - Make Good gilt embossed logo on the front cover. Some darker spots on spine and bottom left of front cover. Gilt edged paper edges. Inside a King's Hall Compton, PQ.… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, The Riverside Press, 1881. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good. QUITE RARE POETRY BOOK BY AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN WOMAN First edition. 3-1/2 x 5-3/8 inches. iv, (2), [3]-317pp. Worn original green cloth with embossed design and gilt logos and type on front and spine. Previous owners names and dates on front endpaper. Good condition.… Read more about this item

1971. No binding & hard cover. Good. Faith Baldwin was a U.S. author of romance and fiction, publishing some 100 novels, often concentrating on women. The New York Times wrote that her books had "never a pretense at literary significance" and were popular because they "enabled lonely working people, young and old, to identify with her glamorous and… Read more about this item

2009. Hard Cover. #1) Too Much HappinessMUNRO, Alice- 2009. 1st Can. printing (McClelland & Stewart/Douglas Gibson imprint)- scarce signed printing of Can. edition, with modern-styling of signature- includes press clipping with magazine review of book #2) Lives of Mothers & DaughtersMUNRO, Sheila- 2001. 1st Canadian printing (McClelland & Stewart/Douglas Gibson imprint)- scarce signed/inscribed association copy from Munro to Sheila… Read more about this item

Various: Various, 1996. No binding & hard cover. Good. The collection has original material pertaining to 22 American women poets, dating from 1842-1996 a total of 63 items, specifically 30 letters, 14 pieces of ephemera, 8 typescripts / manuscripts, 8 books, and 4 photos. Includes 2 pieces from Louise Glück, the winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in… Read more about this item

Ottawa: Published by Borealis Press, 1974. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. First edition. 6 x 7 inches. [1]-59,(1). Soft cover. White and pink card wrapper covers with black lettering to front and spine.Near fine condition and signed by Carol Shields on inside page.This is the author's second volume of 50 poems published, 2 years after her first… Read more about this item

1880. No binding. Good. MOST INTERESTING AND RARE QUEEN VICTORIA PHOTO CIRCA 1880'S Very interesting and rare circa 1880's albumen photo of Queen Victoria with Princess Beatrice and Queen Victoria's her 4 dogs plus a circa 1876 Queen Victoria hand-written note photographed: Victoria, Beatrice - "Waldmann" "Fern", "Sharp" and "Noble" . Princess Beatrice, was Queen Victoria youngest child… Read more about this item

1835. No binding. Very Good. Signature and date: "Harriet Martineau / Febry 16th, 1835" on a small piece of paper 2-1/2 x 3-3/4 inches. A number of pin holes and corner tear, otherwise very good condition. Harriet Martineau was a British social theorist and Whig writer often cited as the rst female sociologist. Martineau wrote many books and… Read more about this item

2009. Hard & Soft cover. THE QUEEN OF ROMANCE FICTION, A HOLLYWOOD ICON OF THE 1920s Elinor Glyn was an English author, journalist and screen writer and best known for Three Weeks (1907) a steamy romance novel which was shocking for its time. She specialised in romantic fiction which was considered scandalous for its time, although her works are… Read more about this item

[Toronto]: [Harbourfront Reading Series], 1987. 1st Edition. First Edition. 8pp., 16 x 12 inches. This is the promotional mock-up of ALOUD - A Literary Quarterly that was supposed to be an annual quarterly published by the Harbourfront Reading Series. Due to lack of funding, this quarterly was never published. This issue was edited by Greg Gatenby and featured a… Read more about this item

[Hanover, ON]: Self-published, 1947. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. First edition. 5-1/4 x 8-3/8 inches. (6),[7]-298pp. Red cloth covers with dull gilt on spine and front cover, sunned on bottom front cover 1/2 inch, otherwise very good condition. No dust jacket. Old newspaper clippings (about Hahn's death and shows a photo of her) affixed to front end… Read more about this item

London: both books published by L. Hodson & Son, 22, Portugal Street, Lincoln's Inn, 1860. 2 volumes in one. 9cm x 14cm, (3-5/8" x 5-5/8"), Backwoods circa 1846 iv,prelims,[1] illust.list, [9]-233pp., [1]blank, 235-242pp.; [Bound with] Oregon 1860, [6]prelims, [7]-237pp., [1]ad.Original soiled blue boards with gilt stamping on type on spine and people in a sleigh on the front cover… Read more about this item

Ottawa: Canadian Government, 1966. 1st Edition. No binding. Near Fine. 19-1/8 x 15 inches flat, never folded Printed text, large embossed Great Seal of Canada and in near fine condition. Some content and detail...Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of the Commonwealth , Defender of the Faith. To Honourable James David Sutherland,… Read more about this item

London: Henderson, Rait, and Fenton Printers, 1867. 2nd Edition. QUITE SCARCE JOHN STUART MILL BOOKLET Second Edition. 8-3/8 x 5-1 2 inches. (4),[5]-71pp. Blue wrap front cover only, with string holding the binding in place. Chips and closed tears at edges of pages, staining, soiling, musty and creases. Poor condition.Personal Representation Speech of John Stuart Mill, Esq., M.P. The… Read more about this item