Canadian Arts, Culture & History

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November 07, 2024 at 2:00 pm ET

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LOT 505

Lot 505

Fourteen Books from Vincent Massey's Years at The University of Toronto

Fourteen Books from Vincent Massey's Years at The University of Toronto
Lot 505 Details
Fourteen Books from Vincent Massey's Years at The University of Toronto

each with ownership inscription, most dated, and bookplate, comprising:
Walter Raleigh, MILTON, 1909
J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur, LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN FARMER, 1912
Jerome K. Jerome, THEY AND I, 1909
Alphonse Daudet, TARTARIN DE TARASCON, 1908
Walter Raleigh, STYLE, 1908
Stephen Phillips, PAOLO AND FRANCESCA, 1908
James Dykes Campbell, THE POETICAL WORKS OF SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE, 1909
Wilfrid Meynell (intro.), SELECTED POEMS OF FRANCIS THOMPSON, 1909
Eugene Augier, THEATRE COMPLET DE EUGENE LABICHE, 1904
Richard Ford, GATHERINGS FROM SPAIN, 1908
Augustine Birrell, SELECTED ESSAYS (1884-1907), 1909
Walter Savage Landor, IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS, 1910
H.D. Traill, WILLIAM THE THIRD, 1906
W. Allison Phillips, MODERN EUROPE, 1908
various sizes


Estimate $200-$300

Realised: $425
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