Maps from Lord Durham Rare Books (IOBA)

[Ottawa]: Department of Interior, Lithographic Office (A. P. Low, Surveyor, D. E. V Eaton, Cart.), 1896. 1st Edition. No binding. Good. SCARCE AND IMPORTANT QUEBEC & LABRADOR COLOURED MAP First edition. 29,3 x 90,7 cm on a folded sheet of 17 x 39 inches. Bar scale in miles. Shows rivers and lakes, trails, some geographical names between James… Read more about this item

London: Published by Jas. Wyld, Geographer to His Majesty. Charing Cross East, 1835. 5th Edition. Slip case. Very Good. QUITE SCARCE 1835 (5TH STATE] EDITION OF THIS UPPER CANADA MAP Linen-backed and folding wall map. Full title: A Map of the Province of Upper Canada, describing all the New Settlements, Townships, &c. with the Countries Adjacent from Quebec… Read more about this item

Ottawa: Department of Mines and Resources, Surveys and Engineering Branch, Hydrographic and Map Service, 1931. No binding. Very Good. Flat size: 32 x 25-1/2 inches. Folded size: 16 x 13 inches. Very good condition.An orographical map of the Dominion of Canada and Newfoundland from 1931. Relief is shown by gradient tints, hachure, and spot heights. Mountain ranges are… Read more about this item

[Chicago]: Rand, McNally & Co, 1893. Framed. Very Good+. Framed size: 18-1/2 x 24-1/2 inches.Map size: 13-1/2 x 20-1/2 inches.Not examined outside of frame but appears in near fine condition. Map covers from approx. 54°30'N south to international border.; "Upper portion of British Columbia."[Plate] '361' and 'Indexed atlas of the world' in margins. At head of title: "Rand,… Read more about this item

[Ottawa]: Department of Agriculture, Canada Bank Note, 1886. 1st Edition. No binding. Fair. First edition. 46-1/2 x 28 inches unfolded.. Now folded with many closed tears from folds, recent scotch tape in the back on a few joints. Fair condition. Published by order of the Hon. John Carling, M.P., Minister of Agriculture. Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada, April… Read more about this item

London: William Blackwood, 1834. 2nd Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. IMPORTANT EARLY CANADA EMIGRATION BOOK WITH RARE MAP 2nd edition.4 x 6-1/2 inches. [iii]-xvi, 426pp.[1], plus folding map in front pocket.19th-century polished calf, gilt, spine gilt extra, leather label stamped in gilt. Minor soiling, corners worn. Contemporary bookplate. Internally clean. Map backed on linen. Bottom birder small tear… Read more about this item

[Paris], 1744. 1st Edition. No binding. Good. First Edition. Paper flat size: 5-5/8 x 7-3/4 inches to the neat-line with right border having #7 sideways. Was folded, now flat and has been cleaned and deacidified, with 1/4 x 3-3/4 inch top right border lacking, otherwise, good condition. Engraver Desbruslins stated.Copper engraved map of the Richelieu River, Lake Champlain… Read more about this item

[Paris], 1744. 1st Edition. No binding. Good. First Edition. Paper flat size: 5-5/8 x 7-3/4 inches to the neat-line with right border having #38 sideways. Was folded, now flat and has been cleaned and deacidified, with 1/4 x 3-3/4 inch top right border lacking, otherwise, good condition. Engraver Desbruslins stated.Copper engraved map. Covers area of James Bay, the… Read more about this item

[Paris], 1744. 1st Edition. No binding. Good. First edition. Map of the Bay, Harbour and Port of Placentia on the Island of Newfoundland.Paper flat size: 11-1/4 x 7-3/4 inches to the neat-line with right border having #2 sideways. Was folded, now flat and has been cleaned and deacidified, with some very light offsetting on the bottom and 3/8… Read more about this item

[Paris], 1744. 1st Edition. No binding. Good. First Edition. Paper flat size: 11-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches to the neat-line with right border having #3 sideways. Was folded, now flat and has been cleaned and deacidified, with 1/2 x 4-1/4 inch top left border lacking, four very small hole on bottom border repaired, otherwise, good condition. Engraved by Dheulland.Kershaw… Read more about this item

[Paris], 1744. 1st, 2nd issue. No binding. Good. First edition, second state. Early copper engraved map of Quebec City. The map shows the area around the Quebec City basin, from Cap au Diamant in the west to Île d'Orléans in the east. Includes index and relief shown by hachures. With 7 specific locations identified by a key below… Read more about this item

[Paris], 1744. 1st Edition. No binding. Good. SCARCE AND IMPORTANT PRE-FRENCH & INDIAN WAR MAP First edition. Scarce pre-French & Indian War map of Canada, from Newfoundland to Lake Ontario and including the Northern portion of New England. Size to neat-line: 22-1/4 x 16-1/2 inches. 35 rotted on it's side on the left side border outside the neat… Read more about this item

Published by J. Smillie, 1827. 1st Edition. No binding. Good. French text. Plan of the Saguenay River. Lakes, Rivers & Streams, as well as the quality of the soil of the Terrein and the Woods located on either side of the said River of Saguenay, made according to an Esquise and Information given by Pascal Taché ecuier, Lord… Read more about this item

Toronto: Published by John Lovell, 1856. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. First edition, scarce. 20 x 14 in. 40 pages. Original leather spine and corners with gilt type on worn cloth cover. Inside pages are in very good condition with small pin holes old library name O.F.M. Québec on three of the 40 text pages. With a… Read more about this item

Ottawa: Published in at the office of the Surveyor General and Chief Hydrographic Service, 1937. 1st Edition. No binding & hard cover. Good. SCARCE TYPOGRAPHICAL MAP OF KINGSTON AREAOntario Kinston Sheet, Leeds and portions of Lennox and Addington, Frontenac Lanark and Grenville Counties. Showing Counties, Townships Cities Towns over and under 4,000 population boundries, Railways and Canals. Standard… Read more about this item

1977. No binding. Very Good. 1) Victoria and Island Touring Map. Circa 1925. Scarce. Victoria and Island Publicity Bureau (Publisher) Colonist Lithograph (Printer). Quite scarce promotional map, showing the roads and cruise ship lines in and around the Vancouver Island area. Promotional advertising on the verso. Shows major highways and ferry routes on Vancouver Island, lower mainland B.C.,… Read more about this item

[Montreal]: Canadian National Railways, 1938. Very early edition. No binding. Good. The map contains info about the main tourist destinations in Canada.Folded size: 4-1/8 x 9-1/4 inchesFlat size: 18-1/2 x 32 inches.A couple of fold minor holes, otherwise very good condition. Aerial photographs of Halifax, Quebec City, Montreal; Jasper Park, the Inner Harbor of Victoria, Vancouver, important buildings,… Read more about this item

[Edinburg]: [Scots Magazine Sept. 1759], 1759. 1st. No binding. Good. QUITE SCARCE EDINBURG SEPTEMBER 1759 EDITION OF ST. LAWRENCE[1759]. Copper plate engraving. 7.5 x 10 inches. Was folded, now flat. Some small markings outside of border otherwise good condition.Map maker: Andrew Bell Sculpt: A. Bell In addition to the main map, which traces the river from Anticosti Island… Read more about this item

1744. 1st Edition. No binding. Good. First edition. Copper engraved map. Image size to neat line: 11-1/4 x 7-7/8 inches Saint Anns Bay (N.S.). Port Dauphin is now Englishtown on Cape Breton island, Victoria Province, Nova Scotia. This map also has an inset view of "Fort Dauphin". The fort is "planned for defense of the harbor entry of… Read more about this item

Paris: Chez Rolin, 1744. 1st Edition. No binding. Good. First edition. Copper engraved map. Image size to neat line: 6-1/4 x 8-7/8 inches. Small map of the strategic passage in the Upper Lakes system, which was so important to the colonial fur trade. Map details the region between Lake Superior and Lake Huron. Starting at Whitefish Bay &… Read more about this item