11. [Haliburton, Thomas Chandler] Anonymous.

The Season-Ticket.

New Edition. London, Richard Bentley, 1861. Octavo (11,5 cm x 17 cm). 330 pages including Advertisement bound in front of the Volume for W.H.Smith & Son’s. Original Hardcover (Printed, paper-covered-boards. The original Volume now housed in a bespoke, recent Solander-Box. The binding a little shaky. The interior in excellent, extremely clean condition. Of utmost rarity. Already in the first chapter, Haliburton uses the technique of literary fiction in order to speak about the ability to travel everywhere (in mid 19th century)….″The Grand Tour now means a voyage round the Globe…” / Haliburton, known to have been “eager to promote immigration to the colonies of British North America” tries to entice to Travel. The Chapter “An Evening in Cork” talks about the narrator to “accompany my old college friend Cary to Monkstown in Ireland…..unlike my gruff and inhospitable countrymen, I advise you, when at Cork, to remain there, till you have ‘done’ the city and its environs and then to sail down the River…”.

12. Huggan, Isabel.

The Elizabeth Stories.

New York, Viking, 1987. 14 cm x 21 cm. 184 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Deckled fore edge.

13. Ondaatje, Michael.

Divisadero.

First Edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. 15 cm x 22 cm. 273 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Deckled Edges. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

14. Parent, Michael / Olivier, Julien.

Of Kings and Fools: Stories of the French Tradition in North America. Collected, translated and retold by Michael Parent and Julien Olivier.

Little Rock, August House Publishers, 1996. 13.5 x 21cm. 206 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition, other than sunned spine and some minor text markings. Handwritten dedication by author to previous owner. [American Storytelling from August House].