Isidore G. Ascher. Voices from the Hearth. A Collection of Verses.

AUCTION 63 | Thursday, November 13th, 2014 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 37
(ANGLO-CANADIAN JUDAICA).

Isidore G. Ascher. Voices from the Hearth. A Collection of Verses.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Signature on opening free endpaper dated 1863. pp. 168. Trace foxed. Original boards, light wear. 8vo. Singerman 1757.

Montreal: J. Lovell 1863

Est: $400 - $600
PRICE REALIZED $350
Born in Glasgow, Ascher (1835-1933) was a British-Canadian novelist and poet. His family moved to Canada in 1841 but he returned to England in 1864. Nonetheless, he maintained ties with Canada and was one of the founders of Montreal’s Temple Emanu-El.