Lot #48: Toronto of Old: Collections & Recollections: 1st Edition by Henry Scadding, D.D.

- Author: Henry Scadding - Title: Toronto of Old: Collections & Recollections - Publication year: 1873 - Binding/format: Half leather (leather spine & corners, cloth boards) - Illustrations/plates: Engraved plates/portraits; black & white illustrations - Edition/publisher: First edition (likely 1873), Adam, Stevenson & Co. (Toronto) - Condition: binding intact; wear, rubbing, stains and foxing; Book Title: Toronto of Old, Collections & Recollections, Henry Scadding, D.D. - Toronto: Adam, Stevenson & Co. Book Description: 594 pages. Half bound leather with Brown leather corners and spine & light brown grained cloth boards. Book was rebound in 1973 at Hunter, Rose Co. in Toronto as per enclosed note. Rebound & pebbled half leather (corners & spine) with thin gilt trim on corners & spine and light brown grained cloth boards. The spine is original and there are new light brown endpapers with darker brown gutter bindings. Corners are very lightly worn & front & rear covers show some darkening. Some light staining on copyright and opposing pages. Pages 437-44 are lose. Page 594 is bound in the book with new buckram and has 1in to 11/2 ins.(25mm-38mm) of scotch tape or tape residue along the page next to the spine. The odd pencil name on the border of some pages. Book is bound well and is solid & firm. This is a description of early settlement and social life in all parts of Toronto, the capital of Ontario before 1873. Pickup category timeslot {A}