The 52nd Toronto Antiquarian Book Fair

The 52^nd Toronto Antiquarian Book Fair takes place at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (6 Sakura Way) from September 20-22, 2024. We’re thrilled to attend with some of our most exciting books in tow. Scroll down for a detailed sample of what you’ll find at our booth during the fair!

Book fair hours:

Friday          5pm-9pm

Saturday      10:30am-5:30pm

Sunday         12pm-5pm

Please note that all prices seen here are in USD.

 

Saville Theatre Programmes

Saville Theatre Chuck Berry Programme, signed by Berry. London. With “Peter” written in ink on the corner of the cover. Stapled Wraps. An original programme from the concert of Sunday 26th February 1967 featuring Chuck Berry, and with Hamilton and the Movement, Herbie Goins and the NIghtimers, and Rick Dane. Programme cover artwork by Simon and Marajke. (#090781) $250.00

Saville Theatre Jimi Hendrix Experience Programme Sunday 4th June 1967 Leaflet stapled to inside cover: “Notice – Orgy to be held on Picadilly Line”: a notice of the launch of the record “At the Third Stroke” by the Picadilly Line. London. Creased down the middle, and with “Pete” written in ink on the corner of the cover, in orange felt pen. Stapled Wraps. An original programme from the legendary concert, attended by Lennon and McCartney, who were blown away by Hendrix’s opening cover of “Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club Band”, publicly mentioning it many times thereafter. Also on the bill are Denny Laine, The Chiffons, Rick Dane, and Procol Harum, whose “A Whiter Shade of Pale” reached number one on the day of this concert. Programme cover artwork by Simon and Marajke. (#090782)    $1,250.00

Saville Theatre Bo Diddley Programme. London, 1967. With “Peter” written in ink on the corner of the cover. Stapled Wraps. An original programme from the concert of Sunday 16th April 1967 featuring Bo Diddley, and with The Bunch, The Alan Bown Set, and Ben E. King. Programme cover artwork by Simon and Marajke. (#094167)  $150.00

Saville Theatre Chuck Berry Programme. London, 1967. With “Peter” written in ink on the corner of the cover. Stapled Wraps. An original programme from the concert of Sunday 19th February 1967 featuring Chuck Berry, and with Hamilton and The Movement, and Del Shannon. Programme cover artwork by Simon and Marajke. (#094169)  $150.00

 

Signed Literature & Film Books

Rogers, Ginger. Ginger My Story. New York: Harper Collins, 1991. First edition. pp. 450. 8vo. Ex-Libris of Art Ronnie. Quarterbound in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated with duotone photographs. Light shelfwear, bookplate to ffep, author’s inscription to title page. Dustjacket protected with plastic brodart sleeve; very good+ in very good+ dustjacket. SIGNED by Rogers. Inscribed to unit publicist Art Ronnie and his wife. (#090260)  $65.00

Gish, Lillian and Ann Pinchot. The Movies, Mr. Griffith, and Me. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1969. Second Printing. pp. 388. 8vo. Blue cloth and gilt lettering to spine, tan cloth to boards. Illustrated with duotone photographs. General shelfwear, light soiling and denting to spine, author’s inscription to lightly foxed ffep. Price clipped dustjacket age toned and with nicks to edges, short tine line to bottom edge, protected in plastic brodart sleeve; very good- in very good- dustjacket. SIGNED by Gish. (#090261) $85.00

Bankhead, Tallulah. Tallulah. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1952. First edition. 8vo. Black spine over turquoise boards, with colourful lettering to spine. Black-and-white photos. Book, jacket and frontispiece show some minor scuffing to edges; very good/very good. SIGNED by Bankhead, on dedication page, which is printed “For Daddy”, to which she has added “and Kenneth / with all my love / from / Tallulah”. (#090333) $500.00

Poitier, Sidney . This Life. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1980. pp. 374. 8vo. Black cloth spine over paper-covered boards; silver lettering. Black-and-white photos. Edgewear, spine slightly concave; dustjacket shows mild soiling and a clipped front flap. Very good/very good. SIGNED by Poitier, on half-title, sideways. (#090343)  $375.00

Ford, Ford Madox. The Good Soldier A Tale of Passion. New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1927. Limited edition. 8vo. Periwinkle-blue spine over lime green boards. Green lettering to spine, publisher’s green topstain. Light scuffs to spine ends, spine a trifle darkened; remarkably crisp. In glassine jacket (quite tattered), and with the patterned-paper covered slipcase with pink title label (a bit grubby and showing some chipping around opening edge). Numbered 152 of 300 numbered copies, printed on Rag-laid, deckle edged paper. SIGNED by author on front free endpaper. (#082955) $1,750.00

Jacobs, Jane . Dark Age Ahead. [Canada]: Random House, 2004. pp. 241. 8vo. Edges sunned, minor shelfwear; very good in very good dustjacket showing sunned spine. SIGNED by Jacobs on title page. (#091119) $100.00

Hepburn, Katharine . Me Stories of My Life. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. First edition. pp. 420. 8vo. Original red cloth. With over 160 black-and-white photographs, many full page. No detectable flaws: near fine in near fine dustjacket. SIGNED by Hepburn, on front free endpaper. Inside, she “reveals the person behind the persona in a vivid, unforgettable self-portrait”. – jacket flap. (#094170) $750.00

Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid’s Tale. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart | O.W. Toad Limited, 1985. First Edition. pp. 324. 8vo. Bound in cream and maroon paper boards with cream lettering to spine, maroon endpapers. Edges rubbed, as usual. Dustjacket shows light overall rubbing; very good+ in very good+ dustjacket. SIGNED by author on half title, and inscribed “To S—- with best wishes – Margaret Atwood”. True first, Canadian, edition of this multiple-award-winning, bestselling dystopian novel, which inspired an opera, a movie, and, most recently, a tv series. (#094147) $850.00

 

Indigenous Studies and Linguistics Books

Laurent, Joseph [Sozap Lolo Kizitogw], Abenakis Chief (1839-1917). New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues The first ever published on the grammatical system. St. Francis Quebec: printed by Leger Brousseau, 1884. pp. 230. 12mo. Late 20th century red cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine reads “Dictionnaire Abenakis”. Minor shelfwear, contents show a few fingerprints, age-toned but unmarked; very good. “the first vocabulary ever published in the Abenakis language, comprising The Abenakis alphabet, the Key to the pronunciation, and many grammatical explanations, also synoptical illustrations showing the numerous modifications of the Abenakis verb, &c., to which is added the Etymology of Indian names of certain localities, rivers, lakes, &c., &c. Original Edition”. A nice copy of a rare book written by an Abenaki Chief. OCLC 753749184. (#075431)  $400.00

Wolfart, Hans Cristoph. An Outline of Plains Cree Morphology. Michigan: Ann Arbor, 1970. pp. vii, 282. 8vo. Light shelfwear, ink underlining and marginalia ending on page 105 where the binding is cracked; good. Facsimile copy. (#078634) $50.00

Masta, Henry Lorne (1853-1943). Abenaki Indian Legends, Grammar and Place Names. Victoriaville Quebec: La Voix des Bois-Francs, 1932. pp. 110. 8vo. With portraits and music. Age-toned, minor edgewear; very good. Part I: Legends and Stories; Part II: Grammar; Part III: The Meaning of Indian Names of Rivers, Lakes, etc. Masta was an Abenaki Chief, schoolmaster, writer and linguist. OCLC 464230035. Rare! (#083570) $200.00

Mackenzie, Alexander. Voyages From Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, Through the Continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans; in the Years 1789 and 1793. With a Preliminary Account of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Fur Trade of That Country. London: T. Cadell, Jun. & W. Davies, 1801. First edition. 4to. 20th century fine leather binding. Folding maps with expert repairs.  Leather Bound. Wagner-Camp notes that ‘Mackenzie discovered the river that now bears his name, and descended it to the Arctic Ocean in 1789. In 1793, he became the first European to cross the North American continent north of Mexico’. Peel 55: “After the preface there follow 132 pages on the history of the fur trade in the North West. Some authorities think this was written by his cousin, Roderick MacKenzie. According to the Dictionary of National Biography , Voyages , 1801, was compiled by William Combe from Mackenzie’s notes. Includes vocabularies of the Knisteneaux, Algonquin, Chepewyan, Nagailer, and Atnah Indian languages.” Sabin 43414 calls this the “first and finest edition”. (#079699) $6,000.00

Mason, Sophia Thomas, William Mason, and John Sinclair, trans. [Rev. Mr. Steinhauer]. Oski Testement ketipeyichikeminow mina kipimachiyiweminow Chisas Knist (New Testament in Cree). London: Printed by William Mavor Watts for the British and Foreign Bible Society, 1862. pp. 292. 8vo. Original plain brown leather binding, with Watkins bindery sticker to rear pastedown. Loss to leather over spine and along edges, endpapers glued to gutters, text block stable, contents clear and unmarked. Leather Bound. Peel 387: “Title also transliterated as Otiki tititemitot. Title and text in syllabics devised by James Evans; only imprint is in English. Cree is Western (or Plain) Cree dialect.” Printed in two columns. “Although the three works last titled have the name Rev. Wm. Mason on their respective title pages, denial has been made in a number of instances that they were translated by him…”, instead having been translated by John Sinclair and Rev Mr Steinhauer, the manuscript of their translations entrusted to Mason, who took it to England for printing. – Pilling Algonquin p. 339-340. Darlow & Moule 3129. Following the 1859 printing (which contained 612 pages). (#094229) $2,500.00

Mackay, John Alexander, ed.; William Mason, trans. Otiki Tetitimatot ketipeyichikeminow mina kipimachiyiweminow Chisas Knist (The New Testament in Plain Cree). London: British and Foreign Bible Society, 1957. pp. 453. 8vo. Bound in black cloth with gilt syllabics to spine. Multiple name stamps to endpapers and top page edge. Shelfwear, contents clean, binding sound; very good. With Key to the Cree Syllabic System and Numerals. Reprint of the 1904 edition: see Darlow & Moule 3134, and Peel 2782. (#094231)  $150.00

Riggs, Stephen Return; Thomas S. Williamson. Dakota Wowapi Wakan Kin. The New Testament, in the Dakota Language [Bound With] Wicoicage Wowapi, Mowis Owa Qa Wicoie Wakan Kin, Salomon Kaga. The Books of Genesis and Proverbs in the Dakota Language. New York: American Bible Society, 1865. pp. 408; 115. 8vo. Brown leather with gilt lettering to spine. Spine pulled, surface leather chipped away at spine, edges worn, joints tender, text block sound, contents unmarked. Leather Bound. Inscribed: “Ada M. J—y from A. [Alfred] L. Riggs Santee Agency June 1871”. OCLC 5631145. Riggs was a 19th century Christian missionary, who compiled the first Dakota dictionary, published in 1852.(#094235) $2,000.00 

Riggs, Stephen Return and John Poage Williamson, eds. Dakota Odowan. Hymns in the Dakota Language. New York: American Tract Society, 1865. pp. 162. 12mo. Brown leather with gilt lettering to spine. All edges gilt. Loss to leather over front joint, boards slightly bowed, minor spotting to contents which are otherwise clear. Leather Bound. See OCLC 1070647556 for the the 1863 printing. Inscribed: “Miss Cissie Jammy (?) from Alfred L. Riggs Santee Agency June 1871”. Riggs was a 19th century Christian missionary, who compiled the first Dakota dictionary, published in 1852. (#094239) $2,000.00 

Kalleo, Josephine. Taipsumane A Collection of Labrador Stories. Nain: Torngâsok Cultural Centre, 1984. pp. (i-ii) iii-xi, 45. Oblong 4to. Text in English, romanized Inuktitut and syllabic Inuktitut. Colour illustrations. Light general shelfwear and creasing, author’s ink signature and additional ink inscription to title page; very good. SIGNED by Kalleo. (#087894) $85.00

Isaac, Jamie; Julie Nagam. Insurgence Resurgence. Winnipeg, Manitoba: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2017. pp. 168. 4to. Colour photographs. Signed by Nagam. Light shelfwear; near fine. Catalogue of an important, groundbreaking and beautiful 2017-2018 exhibition at the Winnipeg Art Gallery: their first exhibition featuring contemporary Indigenous artists. (#092409) $75.00

 

First Editions   (and a few later printings of first editions)

Bloch, Robert. Psycho. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959. First printing. pp. 185. 8vo. Age-toned beige coated-cloth spine over black boards. Red lettering to spine. Slight spine slant, minor edgewear, text age-toned; very good. Dustjacket unclipped, showing small chips at edges, closed tear to front flap crease, some general scuffing, and moisture damage to rear panel causing partial loss to author photo and discolouration to verso. The original, classic psychological thriller, featuring the horrific Norman Bates, inspired by the real-life crimes of Ed Gein; the basis for the equally-influential Hitchcock film. (#093850)$1,000.00

Moshfegh, Ottessa. My Year of Rest and Relaxation. New York: Penguin Books, 2018. First edition. pp. 288. 8vo. Light shelfwear, light discolouration to boards, moisture rippling to pg. 209/210; very good in very good dustjacket with sunning to spine. (#094163) $65.00

Calvino, Italo [William Weaver, trans.]. If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1981. pp. 260. 8vo. Mustard-yellow cloth spine over red boards. Edges worn, a few spots to page edges, slight spine slant, a few old pencil marks to front free endpaper. Dustjacket age-toned, with chips to edges and a couple of light creases to front flap. 3rd printing of the 1st edition in English. (#094128)      $100.00

Tolkien, J. R. R.; Alan Bliss (Ed.). Finn and Hengest: The Fragment and the Episode. London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1982. First edition. pp. xii, 180. 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Minor shelfwear; very good+, in unclipped dustjacket showing original price sticker, a small nick to the spine, crease across rear panel, edges rubbed and slightly curled. A collection of Tolkien’s lectures on two fifth-century poetic heroes, posthumously published (#093856)  $500.00

Murakami, Haruki; Alfred Birnbaum, trans. A Wild Sheep Chase. Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1989. First English language edition. pp. 299. 8vo. Minor shelfwear; very good, in unclipped, lightly rubbed, very good dustjacket. (#093860) $200.00

Jacobs, Jane. The Death and Life of Great American Cities. New York: Random House, 1961. First printing. pp. 458. 8vo. Gilt-lettered black cloth spine over patterned cloth boards. Publisher’s red topstain (a touch faded). One corner bumped, a few faint spots to top edge, contents unmarked, clean and bright, binding sound: very good+. Dustjacket shows sun-darkened spine, small chips to spine ends, lighter strip along bottom of spine, front and rear panels quite nice – with just a few faint smudges, corner-clipped rear flap. (#088909) $500.00

O’Connor, Flannery . Wise Blood. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1952. First edition. pp. 232. 8vo. Yellow cloth binding. Edgewear, contents clean and unmarked, binding sound; very good. Dustjacket is price-clipped, with a one-inch square chip at the bottom of the spine, and smaller chips at head of spine, age-toning, and a couple of closed tears. The first printing of O’Connor’s first novel, which was made into a film by the same name, released in 1979 and directed by John Huston. (#087523) $1,000.00

Johnson, Denis . Angels. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. First edition. pp. 209. 8vo. Silver-lettered black cloth spine. Light bumps to edges, near fine in rubbed, unclipped, crisp dustjacket. The author’s first novel. (#080616) $125.00

Bukowski, Charles . Factotum. London: W. H. Allen, 1981. pp. 205. 8vo. Bound in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Light edgewear. Dustjacket showing light shelfwear, protected with plastic brodart sleeve; contents clean and bright. SIGNED by Bukowski. First British Edition. (#079368) $1,750.00

Murdoch, Iris. The Sea, the Sea. New York: Viking Press, 1978. First US edition. pp. 502. 8vo. Grey cloth spine over blue boards; gilt lettering to spine and decoration to front board. Light sunning/rubbing to edges, unmarked, binding sound. Dustjacket is unclipped, spine-sunned with a few small scuffs and tiny nicks to edges.  (#085946) $300.00

Wilson, Bill [Alcoholics Anonymous]. Alcoholics Anonymous The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism. New York: Works Publishing Inc., 1950. 13th printing. pp. viii, 400. 8vo. Navy cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Rear board bumped at bottom edge, surface creasing to cloth over spine, internally clean and crisp. Dustjacket shows a one-inch open tear to top edge of front panel, two closed tears, small chips to edges, some general rubbing and age-toning. 13th printing of the first edition, in original dustjacket. (#083215)  $1,500.00

 

Books in French

Société Littéraire et Historique de Québec. Mémoirs sur le Canada Depuis 1749 Jusqu’a 1760. En Trois Parties. Québec: T. Cary and Cie, 1838. pp. 207. 8vo. Includes maps and lithographic plants. Text in French. General shelfwear and light soiling, tidelines apparent to front cover, ink inscription and rubber stamp to cover, purple rubber stamp, ink inscription and blind stamp to title page; good+. (#087966)  $100.00

Thompson, S. D. [John Sparrow David]. Discours Sur La Question Riel Prononcé Le 22 Mars, 1886, A La Chambre Des Communes. [Quebec], 1886. pp. 54. 8vo. Sewn wraps. Engraved portraits on last two pages, of Faisan Rouge and Gros Ours. Edges a bit tattered, age-toned and a bit brittle, but complete and internally unmarked. Stapled Wraps. Peel 1550. Transcript. With the signature of Quebec politician Louis-Joseph Riopel above the title.: “L. Riopel M.P. (#088054)  $100.00

Jéhan, L. F. Botanique et Physiologie Végétale. Tours: Ad Mame et Cie, 1847. pp. 420. 8vo. Gorgeous plum leather binding, with filigree-style and other decorations in gilt and blind, to spine and both boards, and gilt titles to spine. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Engraved title page, frontispiece with tissue guard, botanical engravings of plants in the text. Old paper label to spine, some scuffing to boards and edges. Small scuff to corner of front free endpaper, first few pages discoloured at top edge, initials to verso of illus. title, ownership stamp on dedication page, otherwise generally clean, binding sound; very good. Leather Bound. Text in French. (#089320)  $85.00

Nostradamus, Michel. Les Vrayes Centuries et Propheties de Maistre Michel Nostradamus Ou l’on voit representé tout ce qui s’est passé tant en France, Espagne, Italie, Allemagne, Angleterre, qu’aux autres parties du Monde. Reveues & corrigées suyvant les premières Editions imprimées a Avignon en l’an 1556. & à Lyon en l’an 1558. Avec la vie de l’auteur, & des Observations sue les Propheties. 1667: Daniel Winkeermans, Amsterdam. pp. 186. 12mo. Contemporary brown leather with gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Title label chipped, some surface cracks to spine, ffep excised. Ink name, early ink annotations, some worming. Leather Bound. An early Dutch-published French-language edition of Nostradamus’ prophecies, which were first published in 1555. With a life of the author. (#094140)  $1,250.00

 

Rare Books, Limited Editions, and Charming Antiques

Cohen, Sidney. The Beyond Within The LSD Story. New York: Atheneum, 1972. New Edition with Two Additional Chapters. pp. 312. 8vo. Bound in dark red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Light shelfwear, bowing to front board; very good+. (#090922) $75.00

Steranko, James; Philip Fry; Ted Poulos. Steranko: Graphic Narrative Story-Telling in the Comics and the Visual Novel. Winnipeg, MB: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1978. pp. 108. 4to. Black & white illustrations. Minor rubbing to covers, slightly age-toned, internally unmarked; very good. Catalogue of an exhibition of Steranko’s work held at the Winnipeg Art Gallery in 1978.  (#091357) $150.00

Shakespeare, William [F. T. Palgrave, ed.]. Songs and Sonnets. New York: T. Y. Crowell & Company, ND [ca. 1910]. pp. 271. 12mo. Bound in padded, textured tan suede, with gilt lettering and decoration to spine and front board. Top edge gilt. Ribbon page marker. Frontispiece illustration, “Silvia”. Negligible shelfwear, two small bored holes to foredge, faint line of discolouration to blank page at end; remarkably fresh! Leather Bound. With Notes, by Palgrave, dated 1865, and an Index to first lines. (#092137) $50.00

Salinger, J. D. The Complete Uncollected Short Stories, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 [Two volume set]. [Berkeley CA]: [John Greenberg], March 1940 [1974]. Slim 8vo. Covers rubbed, small spot of yellowing to cover of Vol. 2, contents clean, bindings sound. A pirated edition of short stories, which prompted a lawsuit and FBI investigation. “The proliferation of these slim volumes called “The Complete Uncollected Short Stories of J. D. Salinger” … caused the writer to grant his first interview since 1953. “I wrote [those stories] a long time ago,” he said, “and I never had any intention of publishing them. I wanted them to die a perfectly natural death.” ‘ – New York Times, Nov. 10, 1974. (#093918) $400.00

Austen, Jane [Hugh Thomson, ill.]. Pride and Prejudice. London: George Allen, 1894. pp. xxvii, 476. 8vo. The iconic teal cloth binding with gilt peacock designs. Rebacked. Illustrations complete as called-for.  Preface by George Saintsbury. Gift inscription to early blank: “To My dearest Ethel. Xmas 1895”. (#094161)             $2,750.00

Doré, Gustave and Blanchard Jerrold. London A Pilgrimage. London: Grant & Co., 1872. Folio. Leatherbound. Full brown leather with gilt decoration and lettering to boards and spine. Marbled endpapers. Illustrations all present as called-for. Binding repaired. Leather Bound. (#094162) $1,750.00

Parkins & Gotto. Victorian Journal Box, with lock and key. Oxford St., London: Parkins & Gotto, ca. 1850. Rosewood? box, with brass and marbled glass mounts, locking brass clasp with large convex glass mount. With key, working. Box is lined in leather, with velvet bottom panel which pops up when unlocked to present the books inside. Maker’s name engraved on inner hinge. Enclosed are the three original red leatherbound journal books. “Cash Accounts” book is blank and shows a split to head of spine; “Visits & Addresses” shows some entries; “Daily Journal” shows pencilled entry to first page only. All three spines darkened where not covered by the clasp. Leather Bound. (#094178) $650.00

Spectacular Burl Walnut and Leather Photo Album With brass mounts and clasp. . 4to. Bound in gilt-decorated green leather, with wood panel over entire front board, featuring engraved brass mounts and clasp. Page edges gilt. 15 leaves for 30 photos measuring 5.25 x 3.5″. Internal foxing. Some scuffing to leather. Leather Bound. (#094173)  $500.00