Bookseller.
Born at Winnipeg on 14 April 1895, daughter of Myrta Helen Hunter (1866-1959) and Nassau James Robertson Preston, for over 30 years she managed the book department of the Eatons Department Store and became an expert on rare and unusual books. A lifetime member of the Holy Trinity Anglican Church, in 1960, after her retirement, she set up the Anglican Book Shop in the basement of Trinity Hall. She died unmarried at Winnipeg on 10 January 1986 and was buried with her parents in the Elmwood Cemetery.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Preston House / McLeod Nursing Home / Mayfair Nursing Home / Arcadia Nursing Home (1 Mayfair Place, Winnipeg)
Birth registration [Marjorie Irene Preston], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Rare volumes will be found at book mart,” Winnipeg Tribune, 22 March 1962, page 27.
“At the sign of the parking lot door a friendly little world of reading,” Winnipeg Tribune, 23 October 1965, page 11.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 13 January 1986, page 28.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 3 July 2025
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