Rare books from Come By Chance Books (IOBA)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA: Rufus C. Hartranft, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. 203 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original beige cloth covers with stamping in silver on the spine and front cover. Black and white illustrations throughout. Covers rubbed and toned. Front hinge tender. Laid in is a copy of The Vassar Miscellany Vol. XXXV May 1906 and The Vassar Miscellany News Vol. VIII February 23, 1924 with information about Adelaide Skeel. Adelaide Skeel was a little-known early American photographer, lecturer and writer. A scarce copy in good condition.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Clarke, Irwin & Company, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 376 pp. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The first volume in The Salterton Trilogy. First published in September, 1951. This copy was reprinted in November, 1951. Signed by the author Robertson Davies. Davies crossed out his printed name on the title page in black ink and signed beneath it in the same. From the personal collection of Greg Gatenby- Canadian writer, poet and founder of the Harbourfront Reading Series and the International Festival of Authors in Toronto. Gatenby was an early supporter of Canadian writers and knew Robertson Davies well. With Gatenby's signature on the front free endpaper. Light surface wear. Bump to spine extremities. No dust jacket. Robertson Davies (1913-1995) was an award-winning Canadian novelist, poet, playwright, critic, journalist and professor.

New York, New York, USA: Harper/Collins, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 479 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First American edition. Signed by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author on the title page. In protective jacket. Doris Lessing (1919-2013) was born to British parents in Iran and wrote extensively and movingly about her years in Zimbabwe. An excellent signed first edition by one of the most important authors of the twentieth century.