Item #31170 OLD MAN SAVARIN. Signed. Edward William Thomson.

OLD MAN SAVARIN. Signed.

Toronto: Williams Briggs, 1895.

1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Thomson, Edward William. OLD MAN SAVARIN. Signed. Toronto: Williams Briggs, 1895. 8vo., 289pp + 3 pages of ads. Gilt stamped brown cloth. Neatly inscribed on the title page: "To W. H. Parker / with compliments / and thanks for / Kindness & hospitality. / E. W. Thomson /July 1900". Further inscribed at the bottom of the title page: "and by J. Y. Crowill / N. Y. & Boston. A near fine copy. A very uncommon unique example of this Canadian literary classic. "Ma'ame Baptiste Larocque peered again into her cupboard and her flour barrel, as though she might have been mistaken in her inspection twenty minutes earlier. 'No, there is nothing, nothing at all!' said she to her old mother-in-law. 'And no more trust at the store. Monsieur Conolly was too cross when I went for corn-meal yesterday. . . " - LITTLE BAPTISTE. A Story Of The Ottawa River, from Old Man Savarin and Other Stories.

Item #31170    Price: US$475.00