A picture I took in London in 2020 of the memorial commemorating the 1833 Abolition of Slavery Act that ended slavery throughout the British Empire. It went into force in Britain and most colonies, including Canada, on August 1, 1834 (in some colonies it went into force a few months later.)

I’m a Stranger Here Myself
Ogden Nash, 1935-38
Little, Brown and Company, US, 10th printing November 1938
gift note on first leaf:
Alixe dear—
A few chortles for Xmas 1938 & all the best of 1939
Love
Eileen
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ex libris signature on first leaf:
Alixe G. Waters
102 Redpath Street
Ottawa
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used price on first leaf: 25¢

The Scarlet Pimpernel
Baroness Orczy, 1905
Nelson Doubleday, US, 1949

The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas, 1844
Nelson Doubleday, US, 1960