From ruby and diamond paved scorpions to South Sea pearl-bearing serpents
Mary Horlock and Ben Tufnell
hardcover (near fine - upper left corner bit bumped on cover)
This beautifully produced book portrays the life and work of Emily Coonan
From the One Work book series
Upper Canada Sketches by Thomas Conant limited edition books From ruby and diamond pavedCONANT, Thomas [1842 1905]. Upper Canada Sketches. 8vo. pp. 2 p. l., viii, [9] 243. 21 chromolithographed plates, 1 coloured lithographed map, & 5 half tone portraits. title in red & black. A nice copy in original decorative cloth, gilt, t. e. g., others uncut. Toronto: William Briggs, 1898. First Edition. Random sketches of life in Upper Canada, by a descendent of one of its pioneering families. The author was born in Oshawa in 1842, the son of