Stringer's Books and Ephemera
Rare and Fine Books and EphemeraNewspapers (Vintage) (4 items)
- THE WEEK600.00
AN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL OF LITERATURE, POLITICS, AND CRITICISM
Bound volume issues:
Volume 1, Number 1 (Thursday, December 6th, 1883) to Thursday, May 29th, 1884
26 Issues in Total Toronto C. Blackett Robinson 1883 to 1884Flexible cloth covers which are in poor condition with soiling, staining, darkening along the spine, wear, mottled. Blank pages in front and back are dampstained and soiled, with worm holes(?) to the last 2 blank pages and paste down on rear cover, inside front cover has some separation and gaps at the top and bottom, former owner's name with "Property of..." in pen on front free endpaper (dated 1890). The papers bound-in are in good+ condition, nice actually, with a few small tears to a few issues along the edges, a bit of dampstaining on a few pages, a few issues have a very small mailing label affixed to the front of the first page of an issue. This volume could use a new binding.
1 to 416pp (each issue is page numbered consecutively), 26 issues in total.Flexible green cloth book, size is 10" x 14 1/2".A bound volume of the first 26 issues of The Week published in Toronto. According to Wikipedia, "The Week was a seminal literary magazine in Canada published between 1883 and 1896. It was subtitled as Canadian Journal of Politics, Society and Literature. It was 'Canada's leading political and literary periodical'. The magazine was headquartered in Toronto. Prominent contributors included poet Charles G. D. Roberts; journalist and novelist Sara Jeannette Duncan; and political critic and intellectual Goldwin Smith. Smith also edited the magazine." Topics covered in most issues are "Events of the Week", "Literature", "The Periodicals", "Contributed Articles", and more.01228View Full Details
The first 12 issues were edited by Charles G. D. Roberts, he left due to long hours and disagreements with the founder Godwin Smith (all 12 issues edited by Roberts are present in this volume).
A scarce volume of this early Toronto newspaper / journal.
Please note: this is a very large and heavy book and shipping will be more. - THE DAYS' DOINGS ILLUSTRATED. November 28, 1874.150.00
(New York Tabloid - "Illustrating Extraordinary Events of the Day") New York Days' Doings Company 1874Condition for this newspaper is very good with some wear along the edges, some wear and a few small tears along the spine (newspaper is intact and complete), some wear and slight curing to corners, a bit of darkening to the covers, still a nice copy. More than half the newspaper is unopened (uncut).
16 pages with illustrations.Tabloid (11 ½” x 16 ½”).A sensational New York based newspaper ("Illustrating Extraordinary Events of the Day") with some fantastic articles and woodcut illustrations. Coverage includes a runaway horse on Fifth Avenue, feeding the animals at Central Park (not a very humane zoo judging by the illustration), “a sad scene with a moral – women officiating as pallbearers…”, and more.01680View Full Details
PLEASE NOTE: This newspaper hasn't been folded, so it will be shipped flat. - STAR WEEKLY COMPLETE NOVEL45.00
KINGPIN PLANET
October 19, 1957 Toronto Toronto Star 1957Condition for this complete section (novel) is very good with some edge wear, some darkening along the edges, some light foxing to the covers and some pages (not that bad actually).
16 pages including covers.Newspaper special section, size is 10 3/4" x 15 1/4".Original 1957 newspaper section of the complete novel by John Russell Fearn the KINGPIN PLANET, according to the cover "First Publication Anywhere".01196View Full Details - STAR WEEKLY COMPLETE NOVEL45.00
WORLD IN REVERSE
April 26, 1958 Toronto Toronto Star 1958Condition for this complete section (novel) is very good with some edge wear, some darkening along the edges, a few small tears along the page edges.
16 pages including covers.Newspaper special section, size is 10 3/4" x 15 1/4".Original 1958 newspaper section of the complete novel by John Russell Fearn the World in Reverse, according to the cover "First Publication Anywhere". On the back cover is the cartoon page Vignettes of Life.01198View Full Details
