Lot 407 Details

Five Books from the Library of Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden, early 20th century

1) Aegidius Fauteux. THE INTRODUCTION OF PRINTING INTO CANADA: A BRIEF HISTORY (Montreal: Rolland Paper Company, Limited, 1930) Hardcover. 8vo. pp. xii, 178, [1 leaf] title within red & black border, 22 full-page facsimiles, decorative headpieces and red & black initials. First Edition.

2) Homer Lea. THE VALOUR OF IGNORANCE (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1909) pp. xxiv, 344. Illustrated with a frontispiece and ten maps. Other edges untrimmed, and some signatures unopened. Bound in blue cloth with titles and decorations in gilt.

3) Will Durant. THE STORY OF PHILOSOPHY, THE LIVES AND OPINIONS OF THE GREATER PHILOSOPHERS (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1927)

4) John Garvin. (editor). Charles Mair. TECUMSEH, A DRAMA AND CANADIAN POEMS (Master Works of Canadian Authors, Volume XIV) With Introduction by Robert Norwood (Toronto: Radisson Society, 1926) Hochelaga edition deluxe set #3 of 250. Hardcover. Tall 8vo., publisher’s leatherette spine, cloth, gilt decoration on spine, LXXII, 470pp.

5) John Garvin. (editor). George Grant. OCEAN TO OCEAN. SANFORD FLEMING'S EXPEDITION THROUGH CANADA IN 1872 Revised edition (Master Works of Canadian Authors Volume XIII. Introduction and Notes by William L. Grant.) (Toronto: Radisson Society, 1925). Hochelaga edition deluxe set #3 of 250. Hardcover. Limited edition, 1 of 26 copies. Tall 8vo., full publishers leather, gilt decoration on spine, xxi, 412pp.
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