Canadian Arts, Culture & History
MAY 29 - JUNE 12, 2025
Canadian Arts, Culture & History
MAY 29 - JUNE 12, 2025
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FRONT COVER
Lot 501
Canadian Indian Peace Treaty No. 6 Silver Medal, 1876
FRONT INSIDE COVER
Lot 547
Maple Leaf Gardens Gold Seat, c.1931
BACK INSIDE COVER
Lot 554
Railroad Interest: Canadian Pacific Railway Group, early/mid-20th century
BACK COVER
Lot 529
Lieut. Samuel Gurney Cresswell
Arctic Exploration: A series of Eight Sketches In Colour (1 of 8)
501
CANADIAN INDIAN PEACE TREATY NO. 6
SILVER MEDAL, 1876
obverse: diademed Victoria, bust left, with legend: Victoria Regina, signed below the truncated shoulder J.S. & A.B. Wyon, reverse: full-length portrait of Treaty Commissioner Colonel James Macleod shaking hands with Chief Poundmaker, against tipi village with rising sun with legend Indian Treaty No. 3 and 1873 in exergue, diameter 3 in — 7.6 cm
PROVENANCE:
Collection of C. Frank Turner, author of Across the Medicine LineSotheby’s & Co. (Canada) Ltd. Canadian Coins, Tokens, Commemorative and War Medals, October 28th, 1969, Lot 151 (catalogue with the lot)
$10,000 — 15,000
502
HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY EAST MAIN DISTRICT 1/4 MADE BEAVER TRADE TOKEN, 1857
recto: HB over EM 1/4 NB, verso: Hudson’s Bay armorial over motto Pro Pelle Cuten, diameter 1 in — 2.5 cm
LITERATURE:
Breton: 928, Gingras: 222A
$200 — 300
503
JACQUES NICOLAS BELLIN (1703–1772)
TWO WORKS: KARTE VON DEM LAUFE
DES FLUSSES ST. LAURENZ & FERNERER
LAUF DES FLUSSES ST. LARUENTZ VON QUEBEC BIS AN SEE ONTARIO
each a hand coloured copper plate engraved map, together showing the length of the St. Lawrence River from Lake Ontario to Anticosti Island, each from the Dutch edition of Bonne’s 1757 atlas, each framed, each overall 12.75 x 16.25 in — 32.4 x 41.3 cm
$300 — 500
504
FRANCES BROOKE (BRITISH/CANADIAN, 1724-1789
THE HISTORY OF EMILY MONTAGUE
4 vols. 19mo., 1st edition, with half and full titles, printed on laid paper in full calf boards with ribbed, half titled spines, 7 x 4.3 in — 17.8 x 11 cm
$800 — 1,200
FRENCH MILITARY NAVAL LEAFLET
REGARDING DUBOIS DE LAMOTTE AND HIS TASK OF ESCORTING A FLEET OF 18 WAR SHIPS AND FRIGATES FROM FRANCE TO NEW FRANCE AT THE START OF THE SEVEN YEARS WAR, 1755
4 pages printed on one sheet of laid paper, folded, 10 x 7.5 in — 25.4 x 19.1 cm
$100 — 150
506
SIR WILFRID LAURIER AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED LETTER, 17 JANVIER, 1917 with 6 quill written pages in French on two folded leafs of Laurier House letter head responding to ‘Cher Docteur Plouffe’s request for assistance, and referencing Major-General Sir Marie-Joseph-Eugène Fiset in this regard, each sheet 8 x 10 in — 20.3 x 25.4 cm
See website for full catalogue details.
$500 — 700
507
CANADIAN 4-GALLON STONEWARE JUG, FLACK AND VAN ARSDALE, CORNWALL, ONTARIO, C.1870 with the firm’s trademark painted cobalt blue bird height 18.5 in — 47 cm
$300 — 400
508
CANADA GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL WITH FENIAN RAID CLASP TO PTE. T. EWEN 13TH BN., A RIDGEWAY BATTLEFIELD ASSOCIATION RIBBON PIN, AN 1866 VETERAN’S ASSOCIATION DECORATION AND TWO UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO SILVER ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT MEDALS TO THOMAS EDWARD EWEN, 1870 various sizes 2.8 oz. — 88.5 grams (weighable)
$300 — 500
MILITARY BASEBALL INTEREST:
CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES 37TH BATTALION STICK PIN AND BASEBALL MEDALLION, RYRIE BROS., C.1915
medallion diameter 1.2 in — 3 cm
$200 — 300
510
PETERBOROUGH RANGERS 57TH BATTALION OF INFANTRY WATCH FOB, C.1880
silver mounted gold filled brass, height 1.1 in — 2.9 cm
$100 — 150
511
CANADIAN SILVER GILT ‘GREAT WAR DUTY-NOBLY DONE’ MEDAL TO CHARLES HOY, 1918
inscribed verso: ‘Presented to Charles Hoy’ and impressed Sterling, diameter 1.8 in — 4.5 cm
$200 — 300
512
CANADIAN ENAMELLED SILVER GILT ‘DAUGHTERS OF THE EMPIRE’ SUSPENDED MEDALLION, BIRKS-ELLIS, 1939 height 1.6 in — 4 cm
$100 — 150
ENAMELLED SILVER AND SILVER GILT
MASONIC QUEEN VICTORIA DIAMOND
JUBILEE PENDANT MEDALLION, 1897
enamelled silver, silver gilt set with rose cut mirror back rhinestones, inclusive height
2.4 in — 6 cm, 0.5 oz. — 14.82 grams
$100 — 150
514
ANTONIO PANDIANI (ITALIAN, 1838-1928)
BUST OF QUEEN VICTORIA
silvered bronze, signed and dated 1890, on variegated marble columnar base, modelled after the portrait bust by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm (1834-1890), height 12 in — 30.5 cm
$800 — 1,200
515
ENAMELLED SILVER AND SILVER GILT QUEEN VICTORIA ‘TORONTO JUBILEE GAMES’ MEDAL, ELLIS BROS., TORONTO, 1897 inscribed verso; 3RD Prize 100 Y Race Open to Boys Under 11 Won By (vacant), height 2.5 in — 6.4 cm
$200 — 300
516
GEORGE III SILVER PRESENTATION CUP, LONDON, 1814 with maker’s mark IN, and inscribed Presented by the Montreal Florist Society to Mr. John Teasdale for producing the best Polyanthus, 1813, height 3.1 in — 8 cm, 2.3 oz. — 71.55 grams
$200 — 300
CANADIAN SILVER LARGE SERVING SPOON, WILLIAM CARMICHAEL, VICTORIA, B.C., MID-20TH CENTURY with Sisiutl engraved shank and Thunderbird form finial, length 13.4 in — 34 cm, 6.7 oz. — 208 grams
$250 — 350
518
HMCS ALGONQUIN TABLE LIGHTER, ZIPPO MANUFACTURING CO., C.1971 weighted stainless steel with enamelled crest, height 3.5 in — 8.9 cm
$100 — 150
519
WWI INTEREST: NO. 10 CANADIAN STATIONARY HOSPITAL PRESENTATION TEA TRAY, BARKER BROS., BIRMINGHAM, 1917 with impressed maker’s mark and EPNS, inscribed To Mrs C.L. Douglas from the NCOs and men of No. 10 Canadian Stationary Hospital, April, 11th 1917, 17 x 26.25 in — 43.2 x 66.7 cm
$100 — 200
520
CANADA-FRANCE ‘PRIX ALLIANCE FRANÇAIS’ SILVER MEDAL TO ALAIN BAUDOT, 2021
impressed ‘STERLING’ on the edge with relief depictions of Sorel Etrog’s sculpture ‘Embrace’ recto and verso, cased with presentation plaque, silver diameter 3 in — 7.5 cm; case 19 x 12 in — 48.3 x 30.5 cm, 5.2 oz. — 162.4 grams
$100 — 150
521
CANADA POST STREET CORNER MAIL
BOX, MID-20TH CENTURY
the post mounted model complete with brass “T” key, offered with a red canvas Air Mail bag dated 1947 and a Canada Post surface latch padlock dated 1955
$150 — 250
522
JEFF HEALEY 12 STRING ACOUSTIC GUITAR AUTOGRAPHED BY NUMEROUS CONTEMPORANEOUS CANADIAN MUSICIANS, C.2000
the Canora Model A-627 modified for a now absent pick up mechanism, the body covered overall with marker inscribed signatures of mostly Canadian musicians who played alongside Healey at various concert venues over a number of years, height 41 in — 104.1 cm
$1,000 — 1,500
523
ALBERTA BEARPAW FORMATION
AMMONITE FOSSIL, LATE CRETACIOUS EPOCH, 77.2-66 MILLION YEARS AGO the surface covered with opalized nacre, widest diameter 6 in — 15.2 cm
$1,200 — 1,500
524
CHARLES FRASER COMFORT, OSA, PRCA (CANADIAN, 1900-1994)
ARTIST AT WAR
8vo., 1st edition, with Rolad Michener’s bookplate and the authors signed presentation inscription to flyleaf, colour plate frontispiece, illustrated, Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1956
PROVENANCE:
Estate of Governor General Roland Michener, Toronto (Bookplate)
$80 — 120
CHARLES FRASER COMFORT, OSA, PRCA (CANADIAN, 1900-1994)
ROLAND AND NORA MICHENER’S DOG
‘CHRISTIE’
graphite on lined note paper, unsigned, dated Aug. 11, 1940 with pencil annotation, framed 11 x 12.5 in — 27.9 x 31.8 cm
PROVENANCE:
Estate of Governor General Roland Michener, Toronto
$150 — 250
526
LUCIUS RICHARD O’BRIEN (CANADIAN, 1832-1899)
VOYAGEURS ON THE ST. MAURICE RIVER inkwash on watercolour paper, signed lower right, sheet 7.5 x 11 in — 19.1 x 27.9 cm
$200 — 300
527
ADOLPHUS GEORGE BROOMFIELD, OSA, RCA (CANADIAN, 1906-1992)
LATE TAKEOFF, HALIFAX’S, TOPCLIFF, LEAMING BAR, YORKSHIRE, ENG. AT DISPERSAL SITE, 1943
chalk wash on wove paper, signed titled and dated, a view of two Halifax bombers waiting on the tarmac,
framed 16.7 x 19.9 in — 42.3 x 50.5 cm; sight 9.4 x 12.5 in — 24 x 31.8 cm
$800 — 1,200
528
AFTER LIEUT. SAMUEL GURNEY CRESSWELL (BRITISH, 1827-1867)
ARCTIC EXPLORATION: A SERIES OF EIGHT SKETCHES IN COLOUR, TOGETHER WITH A CHART OF THE ROUTE OF THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. ‘INVESTIGATOR’ DURING THE DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH WEST PASSAGE
folio, 20th century facsimile edition numbered 46/200, each chromolithograph titled in the lower margin all contained in a half black calf marbleised clamshell case, originally published at London by Day and Son in 1854, this edition: Norwich Colour Print Ltd., 1998, clamshell 25.5 x 18.25 in — 64.8 x 46.4 cm
$500 — 700
529
LIEUT. SAMUEL GURNEY CRESSWELL (BRITISH, 1827-1867)
ARCTIC EXPLORATION: A SERIES OF EIGHT SKETCHES IN COLOUR, TOGETHER WITH A CHART OF THE ROUTE OF THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. ‘INVESTIGATOR’ DURING THE DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH WEST PASSAGE
each chromolithograph finished by hand, titled and dated in the lower margin and framed, from the folio published at London by Day and Son, 1854, each frame 17.5 x 23.25 in — 44.5 x 59.1 cm; sight 14 x 16.625 in — 35.6 x 42.2 cm
$20,000 — 30,000
530
ELISHA KENT KANE
(AMERICAN, 1820-1857)
ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS: THE SECOND GRINNELL EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN, 1853/54/55 2 vols., 8vo., 1st edition, each with portrait frontispiece, illustrated half title, full title and fold-out chart, numerous mezzotint full plates with tissue guards and woodcut vignettes in the text, in original blind-stamped blue cloth boards, the spines lettered and decorated in gilt; London: Trübner & Co., 1856, 9.25 x 6.5 in — 23.5 x 16.5 cm
$200 — 300
531
QUEEN ELIZABETH II CORONATION REVIEW CERTIFICATE TO ABLE SEAMAN R.W. GRAY, JUNE 15TH, 1953 serving on H.M;C.S. ‘Quebec’ on the occasion of The Coronation Review at Spithead by her Gracious Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, framed 16 x 12 in — 40.6 x 30.5 cm
$100 — 150
532
INVITATION TO THE FORMAL OPENING OF THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY BY HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN AND US PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, JUNE 26, 1950 to The Honourable Roland Michener and Mrs. Michener, framed 12.5 x 14.5 in — 31.8 x 36.8 cm
PROVENANCE:
Estate of Governor General Roland Michener, Toronto
$100 — 150
PROGRAMMES FOR THE TWO PRESENTATIONS OF COLOURS TO THE BLACK WATCH (ROYAL HIGHLAND REGIMENT) OF CANADA BY THE QUEEN MOTHER, COLONEL IN CHIEF OF THE REGIMENT, 1962 AND 1969 the second with Elizabeth II’s autopen signature, larger 13 x 10.5 in — 33 x 26.7 cm
$100 — 150
534
SIGNED PRESENTATION PHOTOGRAPH OF QUEEN ELIZABETH, PRINCE PHILIP, AND PRINCESS ANNE BY DESMOND GROVES, LONDON, 1971 colour print on studio card signed and dated in the lower margin, framed 14.3 x 16 in — 36.3 x 40.6 cm; sight 8.5 x 10.25 in — 21.6 x 26 cm
PROVENANCE:
Estate of Governor General Roland Michener, Toronto
$600 — 800
535
PRESENTATION PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT OF PRINCESS ANNE, 1979 signed and dated, in a blue leather Jarrolds, Knightsbridge easel frame, 7.7 x 5.3 in — 19.5 x 13.5 cm
PROVENANCE:
Estate of Dr. Scott Leslie, Ottawa, Medical Officer for visiting dignitaries.
$300 — 400
536
HARRY POLLARD (CANADIAN, 1880-1968) MOUNT ASSINIBOINE
albumin print in contemporary frame, signed Pollard, Calgary in quill, lower right, 20 x 23 in — 50.8 x 58.4 cm; sight 14.75 x 18 in — 37.5 x 45.7 cm
$200 — 300
537
OSGOODE HALL: TEN ALBUMEN PRINT PORTRAITS OF THE ‘LITERARY EXECUTIVE’, SIMPSON BROS., TORONTO, 1912
together in a period frame, framed 8.3 x 32.7 in — 21 x 83 cm
$100 — 150
538
PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPH OF ‘THE AMERICAN WATCH CASE CO. 1ST ANNUAL PICNIC, CENTRE ISLAND, TORONTO, AUGUST, 1920
photo by: W. H. Figary (?), 1795 Dufferin St. 8.75 x 29.75 in — 22.2 x 75.6 cm
$100 — 150
539
PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF ARTS OF DAY COURSE SESSION, TORONTO, 1925-1926 photographed at Grange Park, including Group of Seven members Fred Varley and Arthur Lismer, framed 25 x 9.5 in — 63.5 x 24.1 cm
$150 — 250
540
MARY PICKFORD SIGNED LARGE FORMAT PHOTOGRAPH, 1943 with quill dedication To the Empire Wall. Co. With sincere appreciation, Cordially yours, Mary Pickford, 1943’, mounted on card and framed, sheet 13.25 x 10.75 in — 33.7 x 27.3 cm; framed 20.75 x 17.75 in — 52.7 x 45.1 cm
$300 — 400
PRESENTATION PHOTOGRAPHIC
PORTRAIT OF GOVERNOR GENERAL JOHN CAMPBELL HAMILTON-GORDON, 1ST MARQUESS OF ABERDEEN AND TEMAIR, WILLIAM JAMES TOPLEY OF OTTAWA, 1897
albumen print on gilt stamped studio card, the subject dressed in full regalia for the Victorian Era Ball held at Toronto on December 28th, 1897, with Aberdeen’s signed quill presentation inscription on the mat, overall 14 x 11 in — 35.6 x 27.9 cm; print 10 x 8 in — 25.4 x 20.3 cm
$100 — 150
542
YOUSUF KARSH
(ARMENIAN-CANADIAN, 1980-2002)
PRIME MINISTER PIERRE TRUDEAU, C.1970 gelatin silver print on signed studio card stamped and numbered 7 verso, with quill presentation inscription in the lower margin: À leurs Excellences le Gouverneur Général et Madame Michener, P.E. Trudeau in a silver presentation frame, framed 11 x 8.7 in — 27.9 x 22.1 cm; print 11 x 8.7 in — 27.9 x 22.1 cm
PROVENANCE:
Estate of Governor General Roland Michener, Toronto
$300 — 400
543
YOUSUF KARSH
(ARMENIAN/CANADIAN, 1980-2002)
LOUIS ST. LAURENT, 1953
gelatin silver print signed by the photographer with signed and dated presentation inscription and with studio stamp and pencilled ‘9’ verso, accompanied by a Louis St. Laurent signed typed note on Office of the Prime Minister letterhead dated January 31st 1953, all in a studio folio, sheet 9.25 x 7.25 in — 23.5 x 18.4 cm
$300 — 400
544
YOUSUF KARSH
(ARMENIAN/CANADIAN, 1908-2002)
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW, 1943
gold toned gelatin silver print, signed, with studio stamp verso, framed, sheet 10.25 x 13.2 in — 26 x 33.5 cm; sight 9.5 x 7.25 in — 24.1 x 18.4 cm; frame 14.4 x 11.4 in — 36.5 x 29 cm
PROVENANCE:
Presented by Karsh to portrait photographer John, S. Steele, Toronto, thence presented in turn to editorial photographer Peter Croyden, Toronto.
$1,000 — 1,500
545
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE MONTREAL INTERMEDIATE HOCKEY TEAM, INTERMEDIATE CHAMPIONS OF CANADA, BY J. WESLEY SWAN, MONTREAL, 1903 albumen print on studio card signed SWAN, the title card with player legend, overall 19 x 18.25 in — 48.3 x 46.4 cm
$200 — 300
546
TINTED PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPH OF THE TORONTO BANKER’S LEAGUE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE HOCKEY TEAM, 1933 framed under glass, 8.75 x 28.75 in — 22.2 x 73 cm
$100 — 150
547
MAPLE LEAF GARDENS GOLD SEAT, C.1931 numbered ‘4’, of painted metal construction with vinyl upholstery, the base with commemorative plaque numbered 6-041, bearing Steve Stavros’ facsimile signature, 36 x 22 x 21 in — 91.4 x 55.9 x 53.3 cm
PROVENANCE:
This seat was frequently occupied by Gordon Kirke, lawyer for the Leafs, and was presented to him by Stavros on the closing of the Gardens in 1999.
$500 — 700
548
TORONTO MARLBOROS SIGNED HOCKEY STICK, VICTORIAVILLE HOCKEY STICKS LTD., PQ, 1974/5 signatories include: Mark Napier, John Anderson, Mike Kaszycki, Mike McEwen, Lynn Jorgenson, Craig Crawford, Trevor Johansen, Bernie Johnston, Mike Kitchen, Jim Kirkpatrick, Ed Saffrey, Ron Wilson, Al Cameron, length 60 in — 152.4 cm
$200 — 300
ROCHESTER AMERICANS SIGNED
MINIATURE HOCKEY STICK, 1963-4 signatories include: Gerry Ehman, Bronco Horvath, Dick Gamble, Wally Boyer, Les Duff, Darryl Sly, Norm “Red” Armstrong, Ed Litzenberger, Al Arbour, Duane Rupp, Gerry Cheevers, length 20 in — 50.8 cm
$100 — 150
550 TTC (TORONTO TRANSIT COMMISSION) PAINTED WOOD STREETCAR OR BUS STOP POST, MID 20TH CENTURY
height 48.8 in — 124 cm
$200 — 300
551
CANADA SHIPPING COMPANY, MONTREAL, CANDLESTICK LAMP, ELKINGTON & CO., BIRMINGHAM, 1875 converted, with impressed marks and on a turned oak base, with a contemporary card shade, overall height 16.75 in — 42.5 cm
$100 — 150
552
RAILROAD INTEREST: CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY STATION SPITTOON, 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY nickel plated brass, embossed C.P.R., and with makers mark for Mitchell Canada to bottom
$100 — 200
553
RAILROAD INTEREST: PAIR OF CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY STATIONMASTER’S BRASS KEROSENE LAMPS, 19TH CENTURY
each weighted base impressed C.P.R and Piper*Maker*Toronto, each height, overall height 19.75 in — 50.2 cm
$150 — 250
554
RAILROAD INTEREST: CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY GROUP, EARLY/MID-20TH CENTURY
comprising a C.P.R. wall pocket, teapot, ashtray, police badge, Chesterman leather tape measure, a Canadian Pacific Express Money Orders wicket sign two enamelled signs and 14 gilt buttons, larger enamelled sign 13 x 20 in — 33 x 50.8 cm
$200 — 300
555
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY TRAINMAN’S PEAKED CAP, STOKES CAP & REGALIA, TORONTO, ONT., C.1955 in an tole hat box roughly inscribed N. Teachman, 1317, hat box height 6.75 in — 17.1 cm, diameter 10.75 in — 27.3 cm
$100 — 150
556
RAILROAD INTEREST: TWO CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY TRAINMAN CAPS, EARLY AND MID-20TH CENTURY the first embroidered C.P.R., with maker’s label for Muir Cap & Regalia, Toronto, the second, Canadian Pacific, labelled William Scully, Montrealeach size 7 1/8
$100 — 150
557
THOMAS JEFFERYS (BRITISH, C.1719-1771)
A PLAN OF THE CITY AND HARBOUR OF LOUISBURG ETC.; A PLAN OF THE CITY AND FORTIFICATIONS OF LOUISBURG FROM THE SURVEY MADE BY RICHARD GRINDLEY ETC.
3rd state engraved copper plate composite map of Louisburg, Nova Scotia with a plan of the fortified city, a topographical map of its environs and an inset of Gabarus Bay, framed 22.75 x 32.5 in — 57.8 x 82.6 cm; sight 16 x 25.5 in — 40.6 x 64.8 cm
$300 — 400
558
JOHN GIBSON (BRITISH, 1724-1773)
A MAP OF THE ICY SEA IN WHICH THE SEVERAL COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE LAND WATERS AND OTHER NEW DISCOVERIES ARE EXHIBITED copperplate engraving on laid paper showing the northern hemisphere, published in Gentleman’s Magazine, London, 1760, framed 13 x 13 in — 33 x 33 cm; sight 8.1 x 8.1 in — 20.5 x 20.5 cm
$50 — 75
559
THOMAS BOWEN (BRITISH, 1733-1790)
THE WORLD INCLUDING THE DISCOVERIES MADE BY CAPT. COOK hand coloured copperplate engraved double hemisphere map of the world with inset of the northern polar region, showing a concise illustration of three of Cook’s most significant exploratory voyages, published in Thomas Bankes’ A New and Authentic System of Universal Geography, c.1790, framed 24 x 27 in — 61 x 68.6 cm; sheet 15 x 18.7 in — 38.1 x 47.5 cm
$200 — 300
560
JACQUES NICOLAS BELLIN (FRENCH, 1703–1772)
CARTE REDUITE DES PARTIES SEPTENTRIONALES DU GLOBE ENTRE L’ASIE ET L’AMERIQUE, PARIS, 1758 hand coloured copper plate engraved map of Canada as it was known to the ‘Sea of the West (Pacific Ocean) to Russian peninsula of Kamchatka, framed, overall 34 x 18.7 in — 86.4 x 47.5 cm
$100 — 150
561
GEORGIAN PAINTED PRINT ON GLASS PORTRAIT OF MAJOR-GENERAL JAMES WOLFE, C.1790
with newspaper clipping ‘The Bicentenary of General Wolfe’ dated January 6, 1927 pasted down, verso, 13.25 x 12.4 in — 33.7 x 31.5 cm
$300 — 400
562
HENRI ABRAHAM CHATELAIN
(FRENCH, 1684-1743)
NOUVELLE CARTE DE L’AMERIQUE
SEPTENTRIONALE: DRESSEE SUR LES PLUS NOUVELLES OBSERVATIONS DE MESSIEURS DE L’ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES, ETC.
hand coloured copperplate engraved map of North America on laid paper including the names and locations of various Native American tribes, and with territorial index, from Chatelain’s Atlas Historique, published 1705-1720, unframed, sheet 21.5 x 28 in — 54.6 x 71.1 cm
$300 — 500
563
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION OF CANADIAN SIGNED LETTERS, DOCUMENTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS, LATE 19TH/MID 20TH CENTURIES
letters and signatures: Wilfred Pelletier on Notman Photo Co. letterhead, Bishop of Montreal (signed cover), James Tillinghast, John Rose (ALS), Smeaton White (ALS), Leslie Frost (TLS and signature), G.R. Graham (TLS), John George Hodgins (DS), George McCormick (ALS), David Hughes (ALS), T.C. Douglas (signed photo), J.S. Woodsworth (signed magazine photo), D. Daly (DS). Letters, documents and signatures: Governors General: Bagot (2 signatures), Maitland (signature) Monck (Notman photo and clipped signature), Lord Lorne (two ALS), Vanier (two signatures) Lorne (two signatures), Schreyer (signature), Michener (sig), Pauline Vanier (TLS), Lady Stanley (two ALS), Celia Franca (founder of The National Ballet) photograph, signed and ‘kissed’
$300 — 400
564
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION OF CANADIAN POLITICAL EPHEMERA AND PHOTOGRAPHS, MID 20TH/EARLY 21ST CENTURIES
including out of circulation numismatics, various Canadian stamps sets, first day covers and postcards, Byron Harman photo, mixed snapshots from Canadian north, Henri Paul photo, Greta Kraus signed photo, Celia Franca signed photo, Yousuf Karsh (press photo). Stereo card of Montreal Bank by J. Inglis of Montreal, a Stephen Harper fly swatter, a 1975 programme for a National Arts Centre Command Performance for HRH the Prince of Wales, etc. various sizes
$100 — 150
565
ECONOMICS: HAROLD A. INNIS, (1894-1952) AND ROBERT MCQUEEN (1896-1941) ARCHIVE including seven pamphlets (listed under ‘Notes’, a typed carbon copy manuscript eulogising economist Robert ‘Pete” McQueen by Mary Quayle Innis with quill annotation signed HAL, and a copy of The Manitoba Review, vol. II, Spring, 1941, ‘Memorial Number Dedicated to Robert McQueen together with a copy of Innis’s book (as editor) THE JAPANESE CANADIANS, various sizes
$100 — 150
566
COLLECTION OF 25 CANADIAN HISTORICAL PAMPHLETS, 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES on varous subjects such as indegenous artefacts and cultures, stone age and early European settlements, geology and geography, entomology, etc., each approx. 10 x 6.5 in — 25.4 x 16.5 cm
$200 — 300
567
COLLECTION OF LITERARY MATERIAL RELATING TO MARSHAL MCLUHAN, MID-20TH CENTURY comprising McLuhan’s typed manuscript for his book THE PLACE OF THOMAS NASHE IN THE LEARNING OF HIS EDUCATION, dated April, 1943 (published 2006), a deck of his ‘Distant Early Warning’ playing cards, 1969, a library bound advance copy of AMERICA, I PRESUME by Wyndham Lewis, 1940, inscribed ‘With most cordial good wishes to Linda Sandler from Marshall McLuhan’; a boxed copy of The Aspen, vol.1 no.4, designed by Quentin Fiore and showcasing McLuhan’s ideas, and a copy of ‘I’M THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON: THE MESSAGE OF MARSHALL MCLUHAN by Barry Day, September, 1967 various sizes
$150 — 250
568
TRANS CONTINENTAL POP FESTIVAL (FESTIVAL EXPRESS) POSTER, 1970 design by Ken Walker, art by John Hayward Lown ‘Featuring The Band, Janice Joplin, Grateful Dead, Delaney & Bonnie, Cat, Ten Years After, Ian and Sylvia with the Great Speckled Bird’, etc., June 27 & 28, 1970, at the CNE Grandstand, Toronto.’’, 22.25 x 17.25 in — 56.5 x 43.8 cm
$300 — 400
KENSINGTON MARKET BAND ARCHIVE, 1967-1969
comprising their two LPs Avenue Road and Aardvark, concert posters, autographs and a clippings album, various sizes
$100 — 150
570
THREE CONCERT POSTERS, LATE 20TH/EARLY 21ST CENTURIES
1) The New Pornographers with Destroyer and Immaculate Machine at Metro Chicago, Oct, 20, 2005, published by ‘Aesthetic Apparatus’, stamped, signed and numbered 68/100 verso
2) The Sonics and The Tailbreakers at Danforth Music Hall, March 25th 2017
3) Ringo Starr at the CNE Bandstand, August 19, 1989, largest 24 x 18 in — 61 x 45.7 cm
$150 — 250
571
RCMP MUSICAL RIDE TRAVEL POSTER, 1973 framed, 33 x 22.75 in — 83.8 x 57.8 cm
$150 — 250
572
DESMOND HEELEY (BRITISH, 1931-2016) TWO COSTUME DESIGNS FOR OSCAR WILDE’S ‘THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST’ BY THE OLD VIC COMPANY, LONDON, 1959 gouache, ink and graphite on wove paper with pencilled annotations and signed, the first for Fay Compton as Lady Bracknel, the later for Barbara Jefford as Gwendolen Fairfax, each framed 21.5 x 16.3 in — 54.6 x 41.4 cm; each sight 14.3 x 9.5 in — 36.3 x 24.1 cm
PROVENANCE:
Ex: Robertson Davies Collection
$300 — 400
573
DESMOND HEELEY
(BRITISH CANADIAN, 1931-2016)
COSTUME DESIGN FOR LEO CICERI AS ANTONIO IN SHAKESPEARE’S THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, STRATFORD, 1960
pen and gouache on paper with annotations, signed, dated and framed, 18.75 x 13 in — 47.6 x 33 cm
$200 — 300
574
DESMOND HEELEY (BRITISH CANADIAN, 1931-2016)
COSTUME DESIGN FOR POWYS THOMAS AS OWEN GLENDOWER IN SHAKESPEARE’S ‘HENRY IV’, STRATFORD, 1965
gouache, charcoal and graphite on wove paper, with annotations in pencil, signed and dated, framed 16 x 22.5 in — 40.6 x 57.2 cm; sight 10 x 14.2 in — 25.4 x 36.1 cm
PROVENANCE:
Ex: Robertson Davies Collection
$200 — 300
575
DESMOND HEELEY
(BRITISH CANADIAN, 1931-2016)
TWO COSTUME DESIGNS FOR TCHAIKOVSKY’S ‘SWAN LAKE’ AS PERFORMED BY THE NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA, TORONTO, 1967 each a pen and gouache on paper with annotations and signed, the first titled Neapolitan Girl, the second Clown, each framed, each 18 x 12 in — 45.7 x 30.5 cm
$300 — 400
576
DESMOND HEELEY
(BRITISH CANADIAN, 1931-2016)
TWO COSTUME DESIGNS FOR CHARACTERS FROM ALEXANDRE DUMAS’ ‘THE THREE MUSKETEERS’, 1968 both a pen and gouache on paper, the first for Christopher Newton as Aramis, the second for Martha Henry as Lady de Winter, both signed, dated and framed, 19.7 x 13.8 in — 50 x 35 cm
$300 — 400
577
DESMOND HEELEY
(BRITISH CANADIAN, 1931-2016) TWO COSTUME DESIGNS FOR OLIVER GOLDSMITH’S ‘SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER’, STRATFORD, 1972
each gouache and graphite on paper with pencilled annotations, signed and dated, for characters Kate and Young Marlow, each framed 20.25 x 16.25 in — 51.4 x 41.3 cm; each sheet 13.5 x 11 in — 34.3 x 27.9 cm
PROVENANCE:
Ex: Robertson Davies Collection
$300 — 400
578
DESMOND HEELEY
(BRITISH CANADIAN, 1931-2016) COSTUME DESIGN FOR PAT GALLOWAY AS KATHERINE IN SHAKESPEARE’S ‘THE TAMING OF THE SHREW’, STRATFORD, 1973
crayon on paper with title and annotation, apparently unsigned, 19.75 x 14.75 in — 50.2 x 37.5 cm
$100 — 150
579
DESMOND HEELEY
(BRITISH CANADIAN, 1931-2016)
COSTUME DESIGN FOR NICHOLAS PENNELL AS JACQUES IN SHAKESPEARE’S ‘AS YOU LIKE IT’, STRATFORD, 1983
gouache and graphite on wove paper, signed and dated, with pencilled annotations, framed 24.5 x 20.5 in — 62.2 x 52.1 cm; sight 14.3 x 11 in — 36.3 x 27.9 cm
PROVENANCE:
Ex: Robertson Davies Collection
$150 — 250
580
LESLIE HURRY
(BRITISH CANADIAN, 1909-1978)
COSTUME DESIGN FOR JOHN COLICOS IN SHAKESPEAR’S ‘KING LEAR’, STRATFORD, 1964
pen and ink and wash on paper, signed, with annotations, framed with a swatch of fabric verso, 33 x 19.5 in — 83.8 x 49.5 cm
$200 — 300
581
TANYA MOISEIWITSCH
(BRITISH, 1914-2003)
COSTUME DESIGN FOR LEO CICERI AS IACHIMO IN SHAKESPEARE’S ‘CYBELINE’, STRATFORD, 1970
pen and ink, gouache on paper, with fabric swatches, signed, dated and framed, 22.5 x 14.75 in — 57.2 x 37.5 cm
$200 — 300
582
SUSAN BENSON
(BRITISH/CANADIAN, B.1942)
COSTUME DESIGN FOR THEODORE BAERG AS FESTUS, THE FABULIST, IN ROBERTSON DAVIES AND RANDOLPH PETERS’ OPERA ‘THE GOLDEN ASS’ BY THE CANADIAN OPERA COMPANY, 1998
pastel, watercolour and ink on wove paper with pencilled annotations, signed and dated, framed 19.75 x 15.6 in — 50.2 x 39.6 cm; sight 13.5 x 9.5 in — 34.3 x 24.1 cm
PROVENANCE:
Ex: Robertson Davies Collection
$200 — 300
583
THOMAS L. MCKENNEY (AMERICAN, 1785-1859) AND JAMES HALL (AMERICAN, 1793-1868)
WA-NA-TA, THE CHARGER, GRAND CHIEF OF THE SIOUX, 1836
hand coloured lithograph from McKenney and Hall’s Indian Tribes of North America, together with the book’s biographical pages, sheet 19.7 x 13 in — 50 x 33 cm
LITERATURE:
Cf. Howes M129; cf. Bennett 79; cf. Field 992; cf. Lipperheide Mc 4; cf. Reese American Color Plate Books 24; cf. Sabin 43410a.
$300 — 400
584
20TH CENTURY FOX
THE CANADIANS, 1961 half sheet movie poster, 22 x 28.25 in — 55.9 x 71.8 cm
$100 — 150
585
LARGE BRITISH SCHOOL WWII
PROPAGANDA POSTER, C.1939
THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS TOGETHER
lithograph on wove paper, illustrated by ‘Luna’ (?), printed for the Ministry of Information and Her Majesty’s Stationary Office by Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd., London, 40 x 60 in — 101.6 x 152.4 cm
$400 — 600
586
LARGE BRITISH SCHOOL WWII
PROPAGANDA POSTER, C.1942
BRITAIN’S BIG BARRAGE
lithograph on wove paper, published by H.M. Stationary Office, printed by J. Weiner Ltd., London, 39 x 60 in — 99 x 152 cm
$200 — 300
587
BRITISH SCHOOL WWII PROPAGANDA POSTER, C.1939
THE EMPIRE’S STRENGTH, THE SINEWS OF WAR: THE COLONIES
lithograph on wove paper, illustrated by Frederick Charles Herrick (British, 1887-1970), printed for Her Majesty’s Stationary Office by Greycaine Ltd., Watford and London, 39.8 x 24.8 in — 101 x 63 cm
$200 — 300
588
BRITISH SCHOOL WWII PROPAGANDA POSTER, C.1939
THE EMPIRE’S STRENGTH, THE SINEWS OF WAR: CANADA.
lithograph on wove paper, illustrated by Cecil Walter Bacon (British, 1905-1992), printed for Her Majesty’s Stationary Office, by Greycaine Ltd., Watford and London, 40 x 25 in — 101 x 63 cm
$200 — 300
589
BRITISH SCHOOL WWII PROPAGANDA
POSTER, C.1939
THE EMPIRE’S STRENGTH, THE SINEWS OF WAR: NEW ZEALAND
lithograph on wove paper, illustrated by Henry Sandys Williamson (British, 1892-1978), printed for Her Majesty’s Stationary Office by Greycaine Ltd., Watford and London, 40 x 25 in — 101 x 63 cm
$200 — 300
590
BRITISH SCHOOL WWII PROPAGANDA
POSTER, C.1939
THE EMPIRE’S STRENGTH, THE SINEWS OF WAR: SOUTH AFRICA
lithograph on wove paper, illustrated by Clive Gardiner (British, 1891–1960), printed for Her Majesty’s Stationary Office by William Brown & Co. Ltd., London, 40 x 25 in — 101 x 63 cm
$200 — 300
591
BRITISH SCHOOL WWII PROPAGANDA POSTER, C.1939
THE EMPIRE’S STRENGTH, THE SINEWS OF WAR: AUSTRALIA
lithograph on wove paper, illustrated by Keith Henderson (British, 1883–1982), printed for Her Majesty’s Stationary Office by Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd., London, 40 x 25 in — 101 x 63 cm
$200 — 300
592
BRITISH SCHOOL WWII PROPAGANDA POSTER, C.1939
THE EMPIRE’S STRENGTH, THE SINEWS OF WAR: INDIA
lithograph on wove paper, illustrated by Dora M. Batty (British, 1891-1966), printed for Her Majesty’s Stationary Office by Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd., London, 40 x 25 in — 101 x 63 cm
$200 — 300
593
BRITISH SCHOOL WWII CIVIL DEFENCE
PROPAGANDA POSTER, C.1942
IN AN AIR RAID:
IF YOU ARE AT HOME lithograph on wove paper, 29 x 19.5 in — 74 x 49.5 cm
$200 — 300
594
BRITISH SCHOOL WWII CIVIL DEFENCE
PROPAGANDA POSTER, C.1942
IN AN AIR RAID:
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE STREET lithograph on wove paper, 29 x 19.5 in — 74 x 49.5 cm
$200 — 300
595
BRITISH SCHOOL WWII CIVIL DEFENCE PROPAGANDA POSTER, C.1942 IN AN AIR RAID: IF YOU ARE OUT OF DOORS lithograph on wove paper, 29 x 19.5 in — 74 x 49.5 cm
$200 — 300
596
BRITISH SCHOOL WWII CIVIL DEFENCE PROPAGANDA POSTER, C.1942 IN AN AIR RAID: WHAT MOTORISTS MUST DO lithograph on wove paper, each 29 x 19.5 in — 74 x 49.5 cm
$200 — 300
597
BRITISH SCHOOL WWII CIVIL DEFENCE
PROPAGANDA POSTER, C.1942 IN AN AIR RAID: HOW TO FIGHT A FIRE lithograph on wove paper, 29 x 19.5 in — 74 x 49.5 cm
$200 — 300
598
THREE SMALL BRITISH SCHOOL WWII CIVIL DEFENCE PROPAGANDA POSTERS, C.1942
BACK UP THE FIGHTING FORCES, YOU KNOW MORE THAN OTHER PEOPLE AND WARNING, BE ON GUARD each printed for H.M. Stationary Office, each 15 x 10 in — 38.1 x 25.4 cm
$150 — 250
599
BRITISH SCHOOL WWII CIVIL DEFENCE
PROPAGANDA POSTER, C.1942
BE LIKE DAD, KEEP MUM: CARELESS TALK COSTS LIVES
lithograph on wove paper, illustrated by Frederick Reeves (printed for Her Majesty’s Stationary Office by Johnson, Riddle & Co. Ltd., London), 40 x 25 in — 101.6 x 63.5 cm
$100 — 150
600
BRITISH SCHOOL WWII CIVIL DEFENCE
PROPAGANDA POSTER, C.1942
IMMOBILISATION OF VEHICLES IN THE EVENT OF INVASION
printed for H.M. Stationary Office by Greycaine Ltd., Watford & London, 30 x 20 in — 76 x 51 cm
$100 — 150
601
BRITISH SCHOOL WWII CIVIL DEFENCE
PROPAGANDA POSTER, C.1941 FIRE BOMBS! GUARD THE CORNFIELDS: TIME IS SHORT silkscreen on wove paper, issued by The Ministry of Home Security, printed for H.M. Stationary Office by Johnson, Riddle & Co., Ltd., Penge, UK, 30 x 20 in — 76 x 51 cm
$200 — 300
602
EARLY CANADIAN NAVAL INTEREST: ALBUM OF EPHEMERA RELATING TO COURT MARTIALED LIEUT. WHITE AND HMCS NIOBE, 1911-1951 12 x 10 in — 30.5 x 25.4 cm
$80 — 120
603
SIR ALLAN NAPIER MACNAB, SPEAKER JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY OF UPPER CANADA IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THE REIGN OF QUEEN VICTORIA, 1839
4to., 391pp. plus 20pp index in half calf marbleised boards, Toronto, printed by James Cleland at the British Colonist Office, 1839, 12.4 x 8.1 in — 31.5 x 20.5 cm
$200 — 300
604
GROUP OF MILITARY AND ATHLETIC MEDALS AND DECORATIONS TO LIEUT. FRANCIS MILNE JEFFREY, ROYAL NAVY VOLUNTEER RESERVE, EARLY TO MID20TH CENTURY
including a George V Most Excellent Order of The British Empire medal (OBE, military), cased, with miniature, a British War Medal and miniature, a Victory Medal and miniature, a Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and miniature, a war medal 1939-1945, 4 silver athletic medals, one dated 1881 with a City of Toronto cypher engraved ‘Presented by Jas. E. Smith’ (former mayor), a small enamelled silver RCNVR anchor form pin, a silver War Service badge and certificate, a silver Mine Clearance Services cuff badge, and a George VI civilian decoration, various sizes
$400 — 600
COLLECTION OF CANADIAN GREAT WAR ‘SONS IN SERVICE’ ENAMELLED LAPEL PINS, 1917
each with impressed maker’s mark, date, and some ‘Sterling’ with an additional American pin having two stars, height 100 in — 254 cm
$100 — 150
606
MISCELLANEOUS GROUP OF FIVE BRITISH WAR SERVICE MEDALS, MID-20TH CENTURY
comprising four of silver: two George V War (1914-1918) named to Pte. G.R. Reveley, 16837, W. York Reg., and to Gnr. F.W. White, 12167, R.A. respectively, a George VI General Service Medal (1939-1949) named to RFMN A.F. Min J. Waddell, 32444711C AMER ON I ANS, an unnamed coppered George VI Defence Medal, and a George VI 1939-1945 Star, each diameter 1.4 in — 3.6 cm
$200 — 300
607
COLLECTION OF CANADIAN MILITARY PINS AND BADGES, EARLY/MID-20TH CENTURY
comprising one silver and one enamelled Canadian Engineers pins, an enamelled Royal Engineers pin, two Applicant for Enlistment badges, 2 enamelled silver Old Red Patches, four War Service Badges each with impressed registration number, one with certificate to Pte. T. Bowman, 4th Canadian Division, three Canadian Legion button hole badges, a silver Toronto Sapper’s Club button hole badge, an Ontario Farm Corps badge, a Dufferin and Haldimand Rifles cap badge, an unidentified enamelled silver cap badge and 17 jeweller’s stock various small enamelled silver and gold filled crests, and Canadian army uniform buttons, etc., various sizes
$300 — 400
608
THREE ROYAL ARTILLERY BADGES,
EARLY
20TH CENTURY
including a Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery cap badge and enamelled pin and a silver Royal Garrison Artillery example, cap badge length 2.4 in — 6.1 cm
$100 — 150
TWO VICTORIAN BRASS MOUNTED INFANTRY OFFICER’S HORSE MARTINGALES, 19TH CENTURY
each height 3.82 in — 9.7 cm
$80 — 120
610
FIVE GEORGE V GREAT WAR SILVER WAR BADGES, C.1916
each open-work pin with impressed registration number, each diameter 1.3 in — 3.3 cm
$200 — 300
611
GROUP OF EIGHT CANADIAN WWII GENERAL SERVICE BADGES, C.1943 each with impressed registration number and embossed PENALTY FOR MISUSE $500 OR SIX MONTHS IMPRISONMENT and STERLING, each height 2.2 in — 5.6 cm
$150 — 250
612
SIX CANADIAN MILITARY BADGES, EARLY/MID-20TH CENTURY the pins including two silver and one enamelled Royal Canadian Artillery, Lord Strathcona’s Horse Royal Canadians, an enamelled silver example with maple leaf and Canada within a garter various sizes
$200 — 300
CANADIAN 5TH (WESTERN CAVALRY) INFANTRY BATTALION ENAMELLED SILVER GILT BADGE, 1916 with impressed marks for Robert Chandler, Birmingham, 1916, 1.42 x 1 in — 3.6 x 2.5 cm
$100 — 150
614
FOUR CANADIAN MILITARY BADGES, EARLY TO MID-20TH CENTURY
75th Overseas Battalion (Toronto Scottish Regiment) collar badge, a Royal Canadian Army Service Corps cap badge, Governor Generals Horse Gaurds cap badge, various sizes
$80 — 120
615
RCAF AND RAF GROUP, MID-20TH CENTURY
comprising badges, cap badges, identity ‘dog’ tags, uniform buttons, silver pins, an Air Crew Europe Star, an enamelled silver Observer’s and Wireless Air Gunner pins, a silver ‘Sweetheart’ brooch and ring, 30 jeweller’s stock small enamelled silver gilt RCAF badges, various photographs and ephemera, etc., various sizes
$300 — 400
616
GROUP OF CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE OVERSEAS GREAT WAR REGIMENTAL PINS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
comprising badge pins for the Irish Regiment of Canada, 20th Battalion, 180th Toronto ‘Sportsmen’, 75th Mississauga, 227th SudburyManitoulin-Algoma ‘Men o’ the North’, 228th ‘Northern Fusiliers’, 86th ‘Machine Gun’, 177th Simcoe Foresters, 76th and 95th Battalions, a pair of York Rangers 12th Regiment 220th battalion collar badges and a 218th Edmonton and 156th Leeds and Grenville battalion stick pins, various sizes
$150 — 250
ROYAL CANADIAN ARMY SERVICE CORPS GROUP, MID-20TH CENTURY including embroidered rank insignia, badges, Ontario Tank Corps ‘dog tag’ enamelled pin and dispersal certificate, a Princess Louise Dragoons letter of condolences, a ‘Canadian Army Training Handbook No. 1’, a ‘Canadian Soldiers Handbook’, a ‘Soldiers Service Book’ and a Vimy Pilgrimage handbook and pin, July, 1936, various sizes
$150 — 250
618
AFTER LIEUT. COL. JAMES PATTISON COCKBURN (1779-1847)
CAPE DIAMOND AND WOLF’S COVE FROM POINT A PIZEAU, 1833 hand coloured aquatint on paper laid down on card, engraved by C. Hand, published by Ackerman & Co., Strand, London sheet 21.25 x 32.5 in — 54 x 82.6 cm
$200 — 300
619
CHARLES WILLIAM JEFFERYS (CANADIAN, 1869-1951)
JOSEPH HOWE AFTER THE HALIFAX TRIUMPH
woodblock print on card stock, signed “C.W. Jefferys” in pencil and in the print, 16 x 12.5 in — 40.6 x 31.8 cm
$80 — 120
620
CLIVE PHILLIPS-WOLLEY
(BRITISH/CANADIAN, 1853-1918)
BIG GAME SHOOTING
12mo., half title, illustrated frontispiece, illustrated full title, profusely illustrated throughout, with marbled page edges in tooled full calf boards, stamped ‘Oxford Binding’, with gilt impressed Upper Canada College crest to cover and ornately gilt ribbed spine with applied red titles, London: Longman’s, Green, And Co., 1903, 7.25 x 5.5 in — 18.4 x 14 cm
PROVENANCE:
Bookplate:
Presented by The Honourable LieutenantGovernor General Colonel Sir J. M. Gibson to C.W.A. Ireson (for) Rifle Shooting, Upper Canada College, October 10th, 1913
$300 — 400
J. RUSSELL HARPER AND STANLEY TRIGGS
PORTRAIT OF A PERIOD: A COLLECTION OF (WILLIAM) NOTMAN PHOTOGRAPHS, 1856-1915
folio, 174 full page or double page plates, Montreal: McGill University Press, 1967, 14.25 x 11 in — 36.2 x 27.9 cm
$100 — 150
622
WILLIAM HENRY BARTLETT
(BRITISH, 1809-1854) AND BERNARD BOLINGBROKE WOODWARD (BRITISH, 1816-1869)
THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
three volumes, 8vo., each with illustrated frontispiece and title page, profusely illustrated with tissue guarded steel cut engravings, with marbleised page edges, in half calf marbleised boards: New York, Virtue, & Yorston, 1856, 10 x 7.25 in — 25.4 x 18.4 cm
$200 — 300
623
MILO M. QUAIFE (AMERICAN, 1880-1959), EDITOR
THE AMERICAN (GREAT) LAKES SERIES five volumes, 8vo., 1st edition, illustrated, with deckle edged pages in green cloth boards each cover with gilt tooled map of the lakes, Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1944-45, 8.75 x 6.2 in — 22.2 x 15.7 cm
$100 — 150
624
J. RUSSELL HARPER (CANADIAN, 1941-1983)
PAINTING IN CANADA: A HISTORY 4to., 1st edition, artists’ edition numbered 23/150, tooled red leather presentation hand binding by Vianney Bélaner for Rideau Hall library, with satin end papers: Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1966, 11.4 x 9.5 in — 29 x 24.1 cm
$200 — 300
CHARLES WILLIAM JEFFERYS (CANADIAN, 1869-1951)
THE PICTURE GALLERY OF CANADIAN HISTORY
three volumes, 8vo., profusely illustrated and in green cloth boards with dust jackets, sixth printing, Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1949, 8 x 5.5 in — 20.3 x 14 cm
$100 — 150
626
WILLIAM PERKINS BULL (CANADIAN, 1870-1948)
THE PERKINS BULL HISTORICAL SERIES ON THE HISTORY OF PEEL, ONTARIO 1934
5 vols, 4to., From Rattlesnake Hunt to Hockey, From Medicine Man to Medical Man, Downsview or From Oxford to Ontario, From Hummingbird to Eagle, and From Brock to Currie, each illustrated in black & white and with colour plates and fold out maps, Toronto, George J. McLeod Ltd., 1934-36, 10.2 x 6.75 in — 26 x 17.1 cm
$100 — 150
627
COKE SMYTH (BRITISH, 1808-1882)
SMYTH’S SKETCHES IN THE CANADAS folio, reprint, boxed, 21.25 x 14.75 in —
54 x 37.5 cm
$100 — 150
628
THREE BOOKS RELATING TO JEWS IN CANADA, EARLY/MID-20TH CENTURY Louis Rosenberg,CANADA JEWS: A SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STUDY OF THE JEWS IN CANADA, Montreal: Montreal Bureau of Social and Economic Research Canadian Jewish Congress,1939Joseph Kage,WITH FAITH AND THANKSGIVING, Montreal: Eagle Publishing Co.,1962B.G. Sack, HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN CANADA,Montreal: Harvest House, 1965, various sizes
$100 — 150
THREE BOOKS WITH PRESENTED BY VINCENT MASSEY, EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D. Godley, ASPECTS OF MODERN OXFORD, 1910, ‘Mater, with much love, V.M. xmas, 1911’E.V. Lucas, FIRESIDE AND SUNSHINE, 1908, ‘To Father, June 17TH, 1909, C.V.M.’Lytton Stachey, BOOKS AND CHARACTERS: FRENCH AND ENGLISH, 1922, ‘A.V.M., I.II.22, V.M.’with Alice Massey’s bookplate, various sizes
$150 — 250
630
FOUR BOOKS PRESENTED TO VINCENT AND/OR ALICE MASSEY, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Alan Paton, CRY THE BELOVED COUNTRY, New York: Scribner’s and Sons, 1948, first edition, inscribed “Love from the Salters Hickory Farm Lee Mass.”, Hickory Farm was owned by Lady and Lord Salter. James Arthur Salter, 1st Baron Salter (1881-1975) was a Britishcivil servant, politician, and an academic who was involved in many efforts of international economic co-operation, often in conjunction with France’sJean Monnet.John Brainerd Capper., TWENTY FIVE TRIFLES IN VERSE, London: Chatto and Windus, 1918, inscribed “Alice with my love J.B.C. April, 1918” with bookplateC.H. Bretherton., MIDAS; OR THE UNITED STATES AND THE FUTURE, London: Kegan Paul, 1926, inscribed “Vincent from William, Christmas 1926, Indispensable to any American Legation.”, William Phillips (1878-1968), career Foreign Service Officer and envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Canada), appointed February 27, 1927.Herbert Baker, CECIL RHODES, London: Oxford University Press, 1934, with pastedown label: “with the Author’s compliments.” various sizes
$150 — 250
631
THREE BOOK RELATING TO THE ARTS FROM THE LIBRARY OF VINCENT AND ALICE MASSEY, EARLY 20TH CENTURY Donald W. Buchanan, JAMES WILSON MORRIS, Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1936, with Vincent and Alice Massey bookplateArts and Letters Club, THE LAMPS, Toronto: December, 1919, with Vincent and Alice Massey bookplateCavendish Morton, THE ART OF THEATRICAL MAKE-UP, London: Adam and Charles Black, 1909, with Vincent Massey bookplate.various sizes
$100 — 150
632
FIVE BOOKS RELATING TO CANADIAN AND IMPERIAL AFFAIRS FROM THE LIBRARY OF VINCENT MASSEY
Robert Borden, CANADIAN CONSTITURIONAL STUDIES, THE MARFLEET LECTURES, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1923) with bookplateThe National Conference on Character Education, REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS IN RELATION TO CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP, Winnipeg, October 20-22, 1919, with Vincent Massey’s bookplateThe Round Table, ANALYSIS OF THE SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE BRITISH EMPIRE, London: Macmillan, 1912, with bookplateArnold J. Toynbee, THE CONDUCT OF BRITISH EMPIRE FOREIGN RELATIONS SINCE THE PEACE SETTLEMENT, London: Oxford University Press, 1928, with bookplateArnold J. Toynbee, THE WORLD AFTER THE PEACE CONFERENCE, London: Oxford University Press, 1925, inscribed ‘CVM from GMS, Christmas, 1925 ’various sizes
$200 — 300
FIVE BOOKS FROM VINCENT MASSEY’S STUDENT DAYS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY H. de Balzac. EUGENIE GRENDET, Paris: Calmann-Levy, c. 1905, signed and inscribed “C. Vincent Massey/ Univ. Coll/Toronto 1909” with bookplate and annotated throughoutP. Cornielle. LE CID, Paris: Garnier Frères, c. 1908, signed and inscribed “C. Vincent Massey/University College 1910/Toronto” with bookplate and extensive annotations in pen throughoutHilaire Belloc, WARFARE IN ENGLAND, London: Williams and Norgate, inscribed ‘Vincent Massey/Balliol” with bookplate and pencil annotations on front endpaperBenjamin Jowett, (translator) ARISTOTLE’S POLITICS, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1908, inscribed “Vincent Massey/Balliol/1912” with bookplateMatthew Page Andrews, A HERITAGE OF FREEDOM, New York: George H. Doran, 1918, inscribed “Vincent Massey/Ottawa, 1918” with bookplatevarious sizes
$150 — 250
634
EMILY CARR (CANADIAN, 1871-1945)
HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS: THE JOURNALS OF EMILY CARR & KLEE WYCK JOURNALS, two volumes, 1st edition, vol. I being a diary with 12 tipped in colour plates, vol. II, a small folio of unbound colour plates, blue linen slip cased, Toronto, Vancouver, Clarke, Irwin & Company
KLEE WICK, 1st edition, London, Toronto, New York, Oxford University Press, 1941, largest 11 x 7.9 in — 27.9 x 20 cm
$100 — 150
635
SEVEN VOLUMES ON CANADIAN FINE ART, EARLY/MID-20TH CENTURY
Emily Carr, KLEE WYCK, Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1941
Albert H. Robson, CANADIAN LANDSCAPE PAINTERS, 1st edition, boxed, with 74 colour tipped in plates: Toronto, The Ryerson Press, 1932 Newton MacTavish, THE FINE ARTS IN CANADA, 1st edition: Toronto, The MacMillan Company, 1925 Paul Kane, WANDERINGS OF AN ARTIST (vol. VII of the series Masterworks of Canadian Authors) quill presentation inscription and signature of the editor John W. GarvinJ. Russell Harper, EARLY PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS IN CANADA, University of Toronto Press, 1970, this edition 1981
Marius Barbeau, CORNELIUS KRIEGHOFF, 1st edition, 16 colour plates: Toronto, The Macmillan Company of Canada, Ltd., 1934
Michael Torosian, AN EXHIBITION OF PORTRAITS OF THE ARTISTS, The Isaacs Gallery: Toronto, Lumiere Press, 1989, 10.5 x 8 in — 26.7 x 20.3 cm
$100 — 150
636
ONTARIO LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY BILLS AS INTRODUCED IN THE HOUSE, TOGETHER WITH REPRINTS AND THIRD READINGS, AND VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS AND ORDERS OF THE DAY, 1934-1957
14 volumes, 4to., including ten volumes Bills as Introduced in the House Together with Reprints and Third Readings and two volumes Votes and Proceedings and Orders of the Day
$300 — 500
SOUVENIR NUMBER OF THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, PART 1, 1885
15 x 11 in — 38.1 x 27.9 cm
$80 — 120
638
ONTARIO STONEWARE 2-GALLON JUG, H. SCHULER, PARIS, C.1873-1884 with cobalt blue tulip and impressed retailer’s mark, condition noted, height 14.1 in — 35.8 cm
$100 — 150
639
EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF MOSTLY ONTARIO AGRICULTURAL FAIR PRIZE RIBBONS AND FRATERNAL ORDER RIBBONS AND BADGES, ETC., EARLY/MID-20TH CENTURY
approximately 181 in total representing: The Canadian National Exhibition and County Agricultural Fair Ribbons, High School Fairs, The Eglinton Fox Hunt, Sons of England Benefit Society, International Order of Odd Fellows, Sons of Scotland Benevolent Assn., Independent Order of Foresters, Knights of Pythias, etc., various sizes all in 12 glazed cases, each 16 x 12.25 in
$400 — 600
640
STAR BEVERAGE CO., TORONTO, SODA BOTTLE, 19TH CENTURY height 12 in — 30.5 cm
$50 — 100
SIX MOSTLY CANADIAN SODA SIPHON BOTTLES, 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURIES comprising examples from The Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Sudbury Brewing and Malting Co. Ltd., Lambert & Turner, Chatham, Ont., J.W. Sutherland Manufacturing, Empire Brewing Co., Brandon, Manitoba, and Morris & Schuster, New York, NY, each height 12 in — 30.5 cm
$80 — 120
642
HEINZMAN & COMPANY PIANO MANUFACTORY SMALL ARCHIVE, 1856 TO MID-20TH CENTURY various ledgers including a client list with addresses, inventory and accounting records, company sponsored concert programmes, promotional material, etc., various sizes
$100 — 150
643
MARGARET ATWOOD (CANADIAN, B.1939)
THE HANDMAID’S TALE 8vo., 1st edition, ©1985, O.W. Toad Ltd., unclipped, Printed and bound in Canada by T.H. Best Printing Company Ltd. for McClelland and Stewart Ltd. Toronto, 1985, 9.4 x 6.5 in — 24 x 16.5 cm
$100 — 150
644
IAN TYSON (CANADIAN, 1933-2022)
THE LONG TRAIL: MY LIFE IN THE WEST 8vo., 1st edition, signed, 197pp.: Random House Canada, 2010, 8.7 x 6.1 in — 22 x 15.5 cm
$100 — 150
645
OSCAR PETERSON (CANADIAN, 1925-2007)
A JAZZ ODDYSSEY: THE LIFE OF OSCAR PETERSON
4to., 1st edition, signed, 373pp. plus Index: London and New York, Continuum, 2002, 9.5 x 6.5 in — 24.1 x 16.5 cm
$100 — 150
646
J. TUZO WILSON (CANADIAN, 1908-1993)
I.G.Y.: THE YEAR OF THE NEW MOON 4to., 1st edition, signed (in 1983) 329pp. plus Tables and Index: Toronto, Longman’s, 1961, 8.75 x 6 in — 22.2 x 15.2 cm
$100 — 150
647
NORMAN JEWISON (CANADIAN, 1996-2024)
THIS TERRIBLE BUSINESS HAS BEEN GOOD TO ME: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
4to., 1st edition, signed, 281pp., plus filmography and index: Toronto, Key Porter Books, 2004, 9.5 x 6.75 in — 24.1 x 17.1 cm
$100 — 150
648
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER (CANADIAN, 1929-2021)
IN SPITE OF MYSELF: A MEMOIR 4to., 1st edition, signed, 648pp., New York and Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008, 9.4 x 6.7 in — 24 x 17 cm
$100 — 150
DOUG GILMOUR (CANADIAN, B. 1963)
KILLER: MY LIFE IN HOCKEY 8vo., 1st edition, 326pp., signed, Toronto, Harper Collins, 2017, 9.25 x 6.5 in — 23.5 x 16.5 cm
$100 — 150
650
FRANK COSENTINO (CANADIAN, B. 1937)
A PASSING GAME: A HISTORY OF THE CFL 8vo., 1st edition, signed, 400pp., Winnipeg: Bain & Cox, 1995, 9.5 x 6.5 in — 24.1 x 16.5 cm
$100 — 150
651
GODON PINSENT (CANADIAN, 1930-2023)
BY THE WAY 8vo., 1st edition, signed, 259pp.: Toronto, Stoddart Publishing, 1992, 9.5 x 6.25 in — 24.1 x 15.9 cm
$100 — 1,250
652
GODON PINSENT (CANADIAN, 1930-2023)
NEXT: WITH GEORGE ANTHONY 1st edition, signed, 336+pp.,and index: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 2012, 9.4 x 6.4 in — 24 x 16.3 cm
$100 — 150
