Le Manoir de Repentigny
[Toronto]: [Golden Dog Press], [1934]. Octavo, 25.9 x 16.9 cm. Tied with blue thread into salmon paper wraps. The title and a fleur-de-lys ornament are printed in black to the upper cover. pp. [4,] 1-3 [5]. A few minor nicks, chips, and shallow tears along the extremities; most noticeably, there is a chip to the upper outer corner on both covers, a tear of roughly 1 cm to the fore-edge of the upper cover, a nick to the fore-edge of the lower cover, and loss of a few mm to the head and foot of the spine. There is also a faint diagonal crease to the lower third of the upper cover. Neat inscription in ink (seemingly from the author, though it is hard to authenticate) to the recto of the first leaf: “Envoi de Mme. Colville | Avril 1934”. A very good, internally fine copy. Embellished with a headpiece, depicting the titular ‘Manoir’, and an armorial tailpiece by Henry J. Hulot; both are printed in blue and black. The opening line of text is embellished with a dropped initial and lettering by A. Scott Carter, R.C.A., printed in blue. The text was printed on watermarked Marlowe laid paper. “This book, written by Hazel Colville, was designed at The Golden Dog Press by J. Kemp Waldie and set into type there by Ralph Britt. A. Scott Carter, R.C.A. drew the title, initial letter and opening line and Henry J. Hulot, the Manoir and tailpiece.”. Item #355
Price: $175.00