Canadian Arts, Culture & History

November 2530, 2023
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LOT 520

Lot 520

14 Books from the Library of Vincent Massey

14 Books from the Library of Vincent Massey
Lot 520 Details
14 Books from the Library of Vincent Massey

each volume with owner's inscription and bookplate

1) G.K. Chesterton, THE INCREDULITY OF FATHER BROWN, London: Cassell and Co., 1926
2) George Saintsbury, A HISTORY OF NINETEENTH CENTURY LITERATURE, London, Macmillan and Company, 1908
3) George Trevelyan, THE POETRY AND PHILOSOPHY OF GEORGE MEREDITH, (London, Archibald Constable and Company, 1907
4) James Stephens, HERE ARE THE LADIES, New York, Macmillan Company, 1913
5) Gilbert K. Chesterton, GEORGE BERNARD SHAW, London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1910
6) Robert Bridges, THE SPIRIT OF MAN, London, Longmans, Green and Company, 1916
7) Stanley Houghton, HINDLE AWAKES: A PLAY WITH THREE ACTS, London, Sidgwick and Jackson., 1912
8) Evelyn Martinengo Cesaresco, CAVOUR, London, Macmillan, 1904
9) Albert Leon Guerard, FRENCH CIVILIZATION IN THE 19TH CENTURY, New York, The Century Co., 1914
10) H.W. Foght (et al), COMPARATIVE EDUCATION, London, J.M. Dent and Sons, 1918
11) G. Lowes Dickinson, THE COICE BEFORE US, London, George Allen and Unwin, 1918
12) Lord Macaulay, LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME, London, George Routledge and Sons, c 1900
13) C.S. Calverley, VERSES, TRANSLATIONS AND FLY LEAVES, London, George Bell and Sons., 1908
14) James Thomson, TEH SEASONS, Boston, Houghton, Mifflin

Estimate $200-$300

Realised: $246
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