Rare books from Lindenlea Books

Toronto, Canada: The Musson Book Company Limited Circa 1911. Blue boards, gilt lettering on spine, top edge gilt, raised gilt illustration on front of young girl sitting with arms crossed, 117 numbered pages. Includes 8 beautiful illustrations. Lightly rubbed on ends of spine and tips of corners, spine faded, two subtle shallow dents (1/4 inch) in front near fore edge, small spot (1/16 inch) of residue on rear, some pages rough-cut along fore edge and bottom edge. Pages have light brown smudges throughout. Binding is tight. Previous owner's inscription in ink on front paste-down, faint pencil erasure mark on ffep, closed tear (1/4 inch) on fore edge on page 19. One chip in bottom edge of illustration at page 54 and 82, thin brown strips (1 and 2 inch) along spine on page 61 where piece of paper laid in, lower corner page 83 dog-eared, thin black smudge (2.5 inch) on fore edge on second-last unnumbered page. Overall, very good. DJ missing spine, remaining halves chipped and torn. Overall, poor. Rear… Read More

Toronto, Canada: Key Porter Books, 1987. First printing. Signed by author on fly title page. Hint of bumping to ends of spine, faint erasure mark on fly title page, else near fine. DJ very lightly wrinkled at ends of spine, else fine. Protected in mylar.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto, Canada: Musson Book Company No date specified - circa 1911. "Arranged for the Canadian Table by Jennie B. Williams author of 'Us Two Cook Book'". Dark green boards, gold lettering on spine, white lettering and paste-on illustration on front of baby angel sharpening a knife in preparation for carving a turkey, 240 numbered pages. Lightly rubbed on ends of spine, corners rubbed and bowed. Small smudge on front, two (1/8 inch) lines on spine, else boards bright. Store label (1 x .25 inch) on front paste-down and colour carried over to ffep, faint pencil erasure shadow on ffep, page following fly title page loose on top half but firmly attached. Binding tight. Spatter of tiny dots on page 126 -127, faint thumb mark on page 195 and 225, else pages spotless. A lovely, bright copy!. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No DJ. Illus. by Blashfield, Albert D.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

United States of America: Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers, 1935. Signed by author on title page. (The words have been run together but appear to read: "yoursmostsincerely"). Red boards, stated first edition, 877 pages. Spine faded, front and rear mottled as from uneven fading, smudged on bottom edge, two tears (1/2 inch and 1/16 inch) at head of spine, backstrip pulled away at head of spine, previous owner's name and address in pencil on ffep, price in pencil and two 1/8 inch holes (as though something once attached) on ffep, pages darkened, thumbing on reverse of fly title page and following 3 pages, else pages clean. Overall, very good minus. Rare signed copy. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Minus/No DJ. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975. Lightly bumped on ends of spine, else fine. DJ chipped, lightly rubbed and torn along edges, triangular piece torn (but intact) on lower spine, front flap creased on top corner and folded over on bottom corner - overall, good. Protected in mylar. Note: heavy book - 180 pages.. Hard Cover. Fine/Good. Illus. by Rackham, Arthur. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: The Riccardi Press Books / Philip Lee Warner, Publisher, 1921. Paper Copy Number 752 of 1025. Portrait & Title Page Design Engraved on the Wood by William Nicholson. Cream boards, gilt title on spine and front, pale pink/cream marbled endpapers, 144 deckled, number pages. Dark green ribbon attached. Boards mottled, curled outwards, subtle tear (/14 inch) on front at head of spine, remnants of tape on paste-downs, pages darkened around edges, ffep lightly chipped on fore edge, previous owner's (Kenneth Porter Kirkwood, author/diplomat) stamp in ink on top of 5 pages, occasional light smudging. Binding tight. Overall, good plus. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus/No DJ. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

United States of America: Seton Village Press, 1940. Green cover, black and brown lettering, 150 pages. Signed by author/illustrator (with his customary drawing of a paw print) on page opposite title page. Contains 53 drawings by the author. Cover faded along spine and joint, lightly rubbed on corners, top corners bowed, smudge on bottom edge, outline of original binding tape showing through on front and rear paste-downs. Pages darkened, series of faint lines across top and along hinge on page 103 where texture of paper has picked up color from opposite page, letter "W" in ink on top right of ffep, else very good plus. . Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No DJ. Illus. by Seton, Ernest Thompson. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: William Heinemann Printed at the Ballantyne Press London. Publishers: London: William Heinemann; Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co. No date specified - circa 1911. Green boards, black titles/illustrations on spine and front, 127 numbered pages. Decorated endpapers, attached illustration at frontispiece plus 17 additional tissue-protected attached illustrations. Boards lightly rubbed along edges, tips of lower corners and ends of spine. Small (1/8 inch) frayed hole at head of spine, boards and bottom edge lightly smudged. Rubbed spots along hinge at ffep, pages lightly smudged. Illustrations clean and binding secure. Tissues lightly creased and wrinkled along bottom edge: tissue at page 18 has 3 diagonal creases, tissue at page 26 rubbed through in spots; page 60-61 and covering tissue lightly smudged near bottom of page, but illustration clean; grease mark (1/4 inch) on pages 62-63 near bottom of page; tissue on page 83 torn along bottom, torn piece stuck to page; tissue page 93 covers… Read More

Hollywood, California: Shaw, Greg, 1973. Slim, subscription publication, 55 stapled pages. This is a special double issue published October, 1973. Pages darkened, two small (1/16 inch) tears in front top edge, subtle wrinkled on front cover and carried through and diminishing through to page 11. Small (1/18 inch) brown mark on page 21 carried over to reverse side, else pages clean. Overall - very good plus. Protected in plastic sleeve.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good Plus/No DJ. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Toronto, Canada: William Briggs, 1912. Dark green boards, gold lettering on spine and front, illustration of rural house on front in black and white, 224 pages. Inscribed, dated (Xmas, 1912) and signed by author on ffep: "To Miss Alice Jordan with much love from Horace, and his mother". Book slightly cocked, front lightly smudged and speckled, corners rubbed and bowed, bumped, rubbed and chipped on ends of spine. Faint pencil erasure mark on ffep, pages darkened, first 4 pages lightly creased. Cracked at page 17, lower half of last 2 pages separated from spine, with tear (1/2 inch) at top of separation on page 223, and tear (1.25 inch) at top of separation on rear free endpaper. Cracked at rear paste-down so rear board shaky. Overall, very good minus. A scarce, signed first edition.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Minus/No DJ. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd., 1926. White boards, gilt title on front and spine, illustration of couple in light/dark brown on front, top edge gilt, 408 numbered, deckled pages. Black and white illustrations throughout. Boards darkened around edges and on spine, lightly bumped on heel of spine. Previous owner's inscription in ink on ffep ("Peter Haworth Christmas 1927"), pages darkened, occasional thumbing else pages clean and binding tight. Overall, very good. DJ ragged along edges, torn, pieces missing from ends of spine - overall, poor. Protected in mylar. Note: heavy book.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Poor. Illus. by Austen, John. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Toronto / Boston, New York: Thomas Allen, 1923. Stiff card covers bound in beige/red/navy pictorial dust wrapper, 149 numbered pages. Presented in cardboard gift box with matching picture on top half and original corrugated liner in bottom half. Book has previous owner's inscription in black ink on front pastedown, very faint finger prints on page 24 and 106, two small brown smudges (1/4 inch) on page 125, else pages clean and sewn binding firm. Overall, very good. Attached dust wrapper lightly smudged, moderately rubbed and chipped along top and bottom edge, rubbed patch (1/4 inch) along side of spine, else very good. Gift box moderately smudged, corners rubbed. Top half has light foxing, water stain on two corners, tear through one side, previous owner's name written in black ink along front top edge; bottom half has small closed tear (1/4 inch) on one side, wrinkle in both longer sides. Overall, good. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" -… Read More

Toronto / Boston, New York: McClelland & Stewart, 1986. First printing. Signed by author on title page. Rubbed on ends of spine, pinpoint brown dot on fore edge, faint shadow from pencil erasure mark and thin roughened patch (1/4 inch) on ffep, pages darkened, else very good plus. Pages clean and binding firm. DJ lightly wrinkled on ends of spine and ends of flap folds, else very good plus. Protected in mylar. Winner of the 1986 Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.