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First page of the dedication letter in the second edition of The Present State of Nova Scotia, addressed to Lord John Sheffield.

The cover of The Present State of Nova Scotia held by Special Collections at the University of Victoria

Cover of the 1787 second edition of S. Hollingsworth's The Present State of Nova Scotia

The watermark that appears on the paper William Creech used to print The Present State of Nova Scotia.

Final page of Sir Walter Raleigh's The History of the World bearing the Printers's Mark of William Stansby and indicating that the book is to be sold at Walter Burre's "Shop in Paules Church-yard at the ſigne of the Crrane." Folio-sized, rag-based…

Preface page of the first edition of Sir Walter Raleigh's The History of the World. Folio sized page on rag-based paper by William Stansby. Illumination and printer's ornamentation evident with a booktrace that reads, "W: Wyuill 12:01-00-00"

Marginalia by owner on page 260 of Evelina by Miss Burney within a book containing A Marriage in High Life, by Lady Charlotte Bury, and Evelina, by Miss Burney

Title page of A Marriage in High Life by Lady Charlotte Bury within a book containing A Marriage in High Life, by Lady Charlotte Bury, and Evelina, by Miss Burney

Dedication and epigraph poem of Evelina by Miss Burney within a book containing A Marriage in High Life, by Lady Charlotte Bury, and Evelina, by Miss Burney

One comment reading "DIKE Magazine" and a reply reading, "PISS OFF (ANYWAY DON'T YOU KNOW DYKE IS THE NAME OF A GREEK GODDESS YOU JERK)" on the cover page of June 1982's Heresies. Both comments have been (unsuccessfully) covered over with black…

A poem entitled "(fragment)" by Thulani Davis on page 13 of June 1982's Heresies magazine.

Page 23 of June 1982's Heresies, featuring a mock board game called "The Waiting Game," created by Beverly Naidus

Square illustration of a turtle from Stories and Legends of Garden Flowers. It walks on the ground with dirt and grass, with mushrooms behind the turtle.

The final page of The Plague.

The first page of the novel presented in the book.

Title page for the Penguin Modern Classics edition of Camus' The Plague. There is a quotation by Daniel Dufoe.

The Plague: inside book description and signature of Paul S. McLean. There are also some other scribbles on the page, and '200' written in pencil in the upper right hand corner.

This is the inside flap of The Plague on which there is a sticker placed by the University of Victoria identifying this book as a gift to the University.

This scan is of the copyright page in Camus' The Plague. There are details outlining the different people and organizations who own the copyright to this text, as well as outlining the time frames that the text has held different iterations of the…