1900 – 1929 Antique books x49 John Bunyan Wiggin Thoreau Strang Edgar Guest Eddie Cantor

Description

1 1900+ A Little Child Shall Lead Them Adeline M Teskey book, ca: 1900, hardboard covers, spine cover is missing, colour pastedown on front cover, corners are worn, colour illustrations, all pages intact, legible, Approx 13cm x 20cm x 1cm size

2 1900 circa, Cruel as the Grave, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth, EDEN, Red cloth embossed cover, gold gilt lettering on the spine, Hurst, Binding is intact with no loose pages, 307 pages

3 1900 Kerr on Receivers book antique, The law and practice as to receivers : appointed by the High court of justice or out of court / By the late William Williamson Kerr. 1900 4th edition, 301 pages, Carswell Co. Bookbinders Toronto, Interior of the book is solid and clear, the covers are scruffy as expected for a book 122 years old. Binding is intact and rather firm, no loose pages, no writing, no dog ears, gold gilt lettering on spine is intact – please use photos as part of the description.

4 1901 Holy Bible, Comprehensive Teachers’ Edition… 1901, Pronouncing… Genuine Leather, The comprehensive Teachers’ Bible containing the Old and New Testaments according to the Authorized Version together with New and Revised helps to Bible Study A New Concordance elementary introduction to the Hebrew and Greek Languages and an indexed Bible Atlas… London… colored plate maps, all pages are intact, genuine leather covers, ragged around the edges

5 1901 The Eternal City 1901 First Edition Hall Caine Appleton, Original burgundy cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and design on cover and along spine. binding paper has split but threads are intact, see photo. contents clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. 638pp plus publisher’s advertising. One of author’s most popular novels made into two movies.

6 1902 Pilgrim’s Progress John Bunyan 1902 Stodder & Stoughton book, 816 pages, printed in London

7 1902 The Seats of the Mighty book, Gilbert Parker 1902, 376 pages, BEING the MEMOIRS of CAPTAIN ROBERT MORAY, SOMETIME an OFFICER in the VIRGINIA REGIMENT, and AFTERWARDS of AMHERST’S REGIMENT. The British are in the midst of a war. The French have obtained the local Indians as allies. And in order for England to wrench Quebec away from French rule, they must win these terrible battles. Robert Moray was captured when the French took Fort Lang. Condition , NO RIPS, NO TEARS, BINDING is intact with no loose pages, previous owner name inside front cover,

8 1903 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin, Houghton, Mifflin and company, The Riverside Press, October 1903, 327pp, Maroon covers, show some wear & bumped corners, cover is showing threads but intact, interior pages intact with no loose or ripped ones, paste down library exchange list inside front cover “Tabard Inn Library”, Quilled gift inscription dates 1914

34 1903 The Blood Lilies W A Fraser book William Briggs, illustrations by F.W. Schoonover, Green pictorial boards with prairie road and lilies on cover.

262 pages, binding is intact but there is 1 b/w photo plate that has come loose from the book, the remaining pages are intact and legible, there is water stain along the edge of the first b/w photo page in the book, tissue paper insert is intact, first free end paper has Christmas 1903 neatly pencilled, Please consider photos as part of the description,

9 1906 History of Freemasonry, books weigh: 3+kg, Illustrated, Albert G. Mackey 33D, WM.R.Singleton 33D, 1906. Vol VI & VII. The history of freemasonry. Its legends and traditions. Its chronological history. by Albert Gallatin Mackey, M.D., 33D. The history of the symbolism of Freemasonry. The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite and the.

9b 1906 Walden or Life in the Woods, Henry David Thoreau, Oxford Worlds’ Classics LXVIII, Publisher: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, London, First Edition Thus.

maroon cloth covers, gold gilt, gold page edges top, 209 pages, covers are frayed in spots, first free endpaper is missing, no rips, no tears, binding is intact with no loose pages, previous owner name inside front cover

10 1907 Rob the Ranger Herbert Strang book Musson, A story of the fight for Canada Illustrated in colour by W. H. Margetson

Cloth covers are illustrated to the front and spine and have gilt lettering. 406 pages and 8 colour illustrations, 3 maps (1 fold out), gold shine inked page edges, no writing, no rips, no tears, binding is intact but cracked in a couple spots with no loose pages,

35 1907 The Wrecker book Robert Louis Stevenson Scribners, 553 pages, copyright 1891,

Condition: a couple of # markings on first free endpaper, no other writing, no rips, no tears, binding is intact with no loose pages, paper seam along front and back covers have split but not the threads

36 1908 Miss Fallowfield’s Fortune book Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler, (The Honorable. Mrs. Alfred Felkin) Cassell and company, Limited. 332 pages, A charming tale of normal social mores of 100-years ago in a seaside resort town on the coast of Wales, and an excellent example of the bookbinder’s art of that period.

Covers show edge wear and tears, binding is intact with only one loose section of the tissue page protector for the black and white plate, previous owner name on inside cover and first title page.

11 1910 circa, The Vicar of Wakefield, Olicer Goldsmith, with a life of Goldsmith by Sir Walter Scott and illustrations by C. E. Brock, Notes and suggestions for study by K. F. Ettinger, Thomas Nelson & Sons, binding is intact with no loose pages, some notations inside front and back covers.

12 1910 ca, Ford of HMS Vigilant book T.T. Jeans, embossed pictorial dark green covers, gold gilt lettering, gold shine inked page edges, glossy grey endpapers,

no writing, no rips, no tears, binding is intact with no loose pages, dustjacket is ragged around all edges but intact

13 1910 The Restless Imp book Ca 1910 – (as indicated by the previous owner inscription inside the front cover) Description: Twilight series, Cupples & Leon,
Condition: Book has been taped along the binding both inside and out, no loose pages, shelf wear along the edges, previous owner gift inscription inside front cover, no other writing or markings

37 1910 On The Origin of Species Charles Darwin book Ward Lock & Co.

front cover embossed, spine gold gilt, 389 pages, bookseller sticker on first free endpaper “MacKinnon’s Books and Stationary, Regina, Sask”, back cover shows spot stains, remaining pages are intact and legible, cover is showing binding threads, previous owner name inside front cover (dated 1918), last free end paper torn out

38 1911 Tabitha at Ivy Hall book Ruth Alberta Brown, Ivy Hall Series, Saalfield publishing, 319 pages,

Dark green black embossed covers, binding seams are paper split but threads are intact, no loose pages, last free endpaper had a neatly pencil sketched head, sticker affixed inside the front cover,

39 1912 Grandmother Dear Mrs Molesworth book, 239 pp, Hurst & Co., dustjacket is ragged around the edges, book is in near fine condition with paste down frontispiece, green hardcover, pencil inscription dates the book inside front

40 1912 The Poetical Works of William Henry Drummond

Beautiful Century old book, Black textured leather wraps. 449 pages, Gold Gilt paper edges. Gilt decorations and lettering to the cover, Frontispiece portrait and facsimile signature beneath.

no rips, no tears, binding is tight and intact with no loose pages, minimal shelf wear, child pencil markings on last free endpaper only

14 1913 Lone Pine, R. B. Townshend, first published 1899, Methun & Co, 312 pages followed by 8 pages of further publications for sale dated 1912, blue embossed covers are intact with no loose pages, inside front cover name has been scratched out, name written in quill pen on first free end paper, staining on the covers and a 3 pink paint stains on back. 15 1914 The Eskimo Twins book Lucy Fitch Perkins, published Houghton Mifflin Company, Inscription on book belongs to page dates to 1916, no rips, no tears, binding is intact with no loose pages, Please consider photos as part of the description, reading copy,

49 1913 Boy Scouts in California or The Flag on the Cliff, Ralphson, Donohue, 255 pages, followed by pages listing books of the era for sale, green board covers, orange and white pictorial endpapers, previous owner name on first free endpaper, binding is intact with no loose pages, corners bumped, minor shelf wear

16 1914 Night Watches W. W. Jacobs 1914 book hardcover, no rips, no tears, no writing, binding is intact with no loose page, shows shelf wear and bumped corners

41 1915 Rules and Practice before The Parliament of Canada upon Bills of Divorce by Robert Victor Sinclair K C of Osgoode Hall, Barrister at Law, the Carwell company Limited

Case list, Index, 93 pp, spine is sunfaded and worn through, binding is intact with no loose pages, original bookseller sticker inside front cover

17 1915 Golden Slipper & Other Problems for Violet Strange book, The heroine of this mystery/detective novel is said to be one of the inspirations for the Nancy Drew character. Colour plate frontispiece by A. I. Keller, “The Grotto Spector”, publisher A. L. Burt

green cloth covers, reading copy, binding is intact with no loose pages, previous owner name inside front cover,

48 1915 Flamingo Feather, The Kirk Munroe book copyright 1887, this printing 1915

246 pages, previous owner nameplate affixed to front cover, Yellow boards with pictorial covers, illustrated with black and white plates, last two pages have top corners chipped (does not affect printed word) binding is intact with no loose pages,

18 1916 Old Blood, The Frederick Palmer book

no rips, no tears, binding is intact with no loose pages, previous owner name quill penned

19 1916 The Better Part A story book Annie Swan ca 1916, 292 pages, + S.W. Partridge & Co.’s catalogue of poular illustrated books 32 pages, S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd. Old Bailey, Fully illustrated, b/w sketches, Condition: Gift inscription dates book to 1916, edges show shelf wear and bumped corners, paper seam along front and back covers have split but the threads remain intact, binding is intact with no loose pages,

20 1917 Just Folks, Edgar A Guest, Published by Reilly & Lee, no dustjacket, red leather? Covers with marbled gold endpapers, previous owner name in small print on first free endpaper, 188 pages plus an index of “first lines” .

21 1917 Those Who Walk in Darkness book Perley Poore Sheehan Grosset, 350 pages, end pages features ads for Mary Roberts Rinehart & Zane Grey books

Reading copy, binding is intact with no loose pages, previous owner name inside front cover

42 1918 ca Making her his Wife Corra Harris book, Toronto Musson Company,  presumed first edition pictorial covers, black and white illustrations, binding is showing threads on front but still intact, last few pages show signs of water staining but pages are intact, legible and not stuck together.

Corra Mae Harris, was an American writer and journalist. She was one of the first women war correspondents to go abroad in World War I.
Born: March 17, 1869, Elbert County, Georgia, United States
Died: February 7, 1935, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

22 1918 ca, Lois in Charge Or, A Girl of Grit: The Story of a Plantation in Brazil
Marchant, Bessie, Published by Blackie and Son Limited

Binding is intact with no loose pages, previous owner quill inscription on first free endpaper dates book to 1918, spine has a tear across top, books has several spots where book lays flat but pages are intact

43 1919 Color Harmony in Dress book, G. A. Audsley, 132 pages

Condition: NO RIPS, NO TEARS, No Writing BINDING IS INTACT WITH NO LOOSE PAGES, SHELF WEAR,

23 1920s David Harum A Story of American Life WESTCOTT, Edward Noyes book ca 1920’s

24 1921 THE GIRL SCOUT’S TRIUMPH Rosanna’s Sacrifice book, volume 3 in the series, Katherine Keene Galt

turquoise boards with black pictorial cover, reading copy, no rips, no tears, binding is intact with no loose pages,

25 1921 Masterful Personality book Orison Swett Marden, Crowell, 341 pages, book seller stamp inside back cover, book ads last few pages, black and white author photo plate flat signed, red cloth boards, no writing, no rips, no tears, binding is intact with no loose pages,

26 1922 The Curlytops & Their Playmates book Garis

27 1922* The Fortune Hunter, Ruby M. Ayres, Hodder and Stoughton, 316 pages, blue cloth hardcover, *book is dated by previous owner inscription inside front cover, binding remains intact but is worn through both front and back spine, no loose pages

44 1923 My Sunshine Book., HUGHES, James Laughlin, Published by Toronto: Thomas Allan,

Inscribed by author to former owner. 127 pages. binding is intact with no loose pages, bottom edge of cover is rippled, please use photo as part of description

45 1924 The Way of the Buffalo Charles Alden Seltzer, 1st edition, The story of the Old West and struggles between cattlemen and earlier settlers and the railroad.

orange with black embossed hardcover with dustjacket, 318 pages, with several pages of other books published listed at the end, Grosset and dunlap, back of the dustjacket also lists books published.

dustjacket is ragged, chipped with some staining. previous owner name pencilled inside front cover, binding is intact with no loose pages.  Please consider photos as part of the description

28 1925 The Cobweb Margaretta Tuttle 1925 book hardcover, 330 pages, Romance novel of a young educated young woman who becomes the housekeeper for her rich uncle. no rips, no tears, previous owner gift inscription on first free endpaper, binding is intact with no loose page, shows shelf wear and bumped corners

29 1927 House of Fear, The Robert W. Service book Burt, 408 pages

red boards with embossed pictorial cover, binding is intact with no loose pages, first free endpaper is torn out, corners are bumped and frayed

30 1927 Three Silences, Dodd, Catherine, Published by George H. Doran Company, 282 pages, blue cloth hardcover, no writing, binding is intact with no loose pages, bumps and some scuffs to the spine outer edges, Please consider photos as part of the description

46 1928 The Lone Hand Harold Bindloss book, A L Burt, dustcover has lists of fiction book on reverse side

hardcover with dustjacket, tweed cloth embossed cover, binding is intact with no loose pages, 295 pages,

31 1929 Hans Frost book 1929 Hugh Walpole Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc, 356 pages, covers show minimal shelf wear, binding is intact with no loose pages, no writing

32 1929 The Tiger of Cloud River book Cullum Burt

cloth covered, dustjacket – edge wear, book is straight and intact, faint pencilled initials on first free endpaper, no rips, no tears, binding is intact with no loose pages,

33 1929 Caught Short, A saga of Wailing Wall Street, book Eddie Cantor, Eddie Cantor’s original booklet written during the Great Depression is as timeless now as it was then: money troubles never go away. They just move to Wall Street and die.

no rips, no tears, binding is intact with no loose pages, previous owner inscription on first free endpaper, dustjacket is ragged around the edges but intact

47 1929 The Studio Murder Mystery, book, The Edingtons, Reilly & Lee, 283 pages,, Orange boards, decorated end papers,

Condition: covers are grubby and show shelf wear, all pages intact, previous owner inked name and date on the inside of the ffep, some short splits in the seams all threads remain intact