Search Results: Authors starting with I from Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)

London, New York... The Isaac Pitman & Sons. Nd. [1914]. 12mo, 18cm, 114,[2],16p., ads., colour frontis and 28 plate illustrations, rear folded map, original patterned blue/green cloth, titles and borders on the spine and cover stamped in black, bookpate, fine condition (scn).

Ottawa. The Ottawa Citizen. 1995. Soft cover. 24.5cm, xi,299p., stiff printed wraps, a fine copy (s4).

Np. Military Publications. Nd. 20.5cm, 116p., appendix, red cloth, fine. (mt). The Derbyshire Campaign Series, No.4.

Ottawa. Geological Survey of Canada. 1896-1903, 1903. Hardcover. tall8vo, 24cm, 103 & 160 & 160 & 280pp., numerous tables(some folding), 4 large folding charts, index, maroon cloth, gilt titles on front & spine, a fine copy (s3.11) - Four very detailed statistical reports the mineral industry of Canada. Elfric Drew Ingall was Mining Engineer to the Geological Survey of Canada from 1883 to 1928 and Chief of the Mineral Statistics Division from 1880 to 1907.

New York & London. Norton. 2011. 8vo. 23cm, first edition,372p., hardcover, fine in fine jacket (Lt). ~ A thriller of the espionage fiction genre. With a quaint inscription from Ignatius: 'From "Michael Bell" Ambassador to Jordan, Israel, etc. who thought the novel was excellent! even if the author was a friend acquaintance.'.

Portland. State Immigration Commission. 1912. Soft cover. 22cm, 144p., figures, maps, charts, index, printed wraps, bit browned, fine (b1) "Oregon Almanac. Official Pamphlet" (cover title).

Dublin. Commissioners of National Education in Ireland. 1851. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. 17.5cm, 115p.+2p. catalogue, full contemporary linen, some foxing but a very good sound copy (gar) Signed on front endpaper:"George McLaughlin, Book Keeping, Marysburgh, Wednesday, January 13th, 1864. S.S. No. 16

Jerusalem. S.Zack & Co. Publishers. 1988, 1988. Hardcover. Near Fine. 24cm, 806pp., red and blue paper boards (hardcover), very good to fine (b4).

Kemptville. 1842. Large printed and manuscript paperdocument, 40x 50cm. (16" x 20"), printed with handwritten entries,folded in sixths, some slight text loss, expertly restored, fine. Fitzroy Township was first settled around 1824. A "Jno. McDermott" isnoted in the Belden Atlas of 1879 as having 200 acres east of the Villageof Fitzroy Harbor. On the verso of the document is a hand-written codicildated 1852: "County of Carleton Registry Office. I do hereby certify thata Memorial of the written deed of bargain and sale attested before me byJohn McDermott of the Township of Litchfield formerly of Fitzroy,Yeoman, was duly recorded in this office .

Kemptville. 1842. Large printed and manuscript paper document, 40x 50cm. (16" x 20"), printed with handwritten entries, folded in sixths, worn along creases with some small wholes with some slight text loss, ink entries browned but still legible, fragile , expertly clean and restored, fine thus. (cgc) Fitzroy Township was first settled around 1824. A "Jno. McDermott" is noted in the Belden Atlas of 1879 as having 200 acres east of the Village of Fitzroy Harbor. On the verso of the document is a hand-written codicil dated 1852: "County of Carleton Registry Office. I do hereby certify that a Memorial of the written deed of bargain and sale attested before me by John McDermott of the Township of Litchfield formerly of Fitzroy, Yeoman, was duly recorded in this office .

London. His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1935, 1935. Soft cover. 24.5cm, 44p., wanting wraps, small library stamp, a very good copy (ds11).

N.p. N.p. [1914], 1914. Hardcover. Fine. 23.5cm, 133p., addendum, black pebbled cloth, gilt spine titles, fine (cdn) - American arguments against Cayuga tribal claims to land in New York State believed promised in the Treaty of Ghent and formally presented by the British Government. The agent for the United States, Robert Lansing, lists extensive reasons for the claim being dismissed. Lansing (1864-1928) was a noted counsel in arbitration cases and an authority on international law. The Cayugas, part of the Iroquois Confederacy , fought on the British side in the American Revolution and over half the tribe moved to Canada after the war.

Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.: Ithaca and London. Cornell University Press. 1998, 1998. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 24cm, xiii,219p., appendices, index, original quarter black cloth with giltspine titles, a fine copy in fine jacket (S5.9).

London. Faber & Faber. 1954. 8vo, 256p., bibliography, index, dark blue cloth, fine condition (gar).

London. Richard Bentley & Son Publishers. Soft cover. 1876. 8vo. 22.5cm, in 2 volumes, xvii,428 & xi,464pp., engraved frontis and 27 engraved plates mainly by Cruikshank & Leach, bound in half polished dark blue calf, gilt ruled raised bands, gilt ruled borders and ornaments in the panels, gilt titles, marbled boards and endpapers, t.e.g., some slight wear at the edges else a very good attractively bound set Ingoldsby Legends, a collection of verse tales with a few in prose, first published in 'Bentley's Magazine', 1837-1840, under the pseudonym of Thomas Ingoldsby. The author was Richard Harris Barham, a beneficed clergyman and Dean of St. Paul's , whose comfortable circumstances, antiquarian tastes, joviality of temper, and gifts of humour and improvisation were happily reflected in these permanently entreating narratives.(s11.3).

London. Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Nd. [1931], 1931. Hardcover. 8vo. 23.5cm, 376p., with 8 portrait12w plates & 5 maps, index, black cloth, gilt titles, some damp fading and some discoloration on the bottom half of the upper cover, some occasional foxing, a good to very good sound working copy (ds5.7).

Chautauqua, New York. Chautauqua Institution. 1914. Soft cover. 12mo, 19cm, 35p., with 9 photos, printed stapled wraps, some edge wear, light soiling, very good (amp). ~ An outline of courses for the Chautauqua School of Physical Education in 1914 : gymnastics, playground management, aquatics, outdoor games, anatomy, athletics. kinesiology, teaching methods, fencing and folk dancing. Also included is a list of faculty and instructors with a table of tuition fees. Published on the fortieth anniversary of the Chautauqua Institution, 1874 1914.

Washington. Government Printing Office. 1867. Hardcover. 22.5cm, 469p., appendix, index, dark blue pebbled cloth, gilt spine title, some wear at the spine edges, titles faded, very good sound copy (ds6.4). - The Report was submitted by the Chancellor of the Institution and Chief Justice of the United States, Salmon P. Chase. It includes scientific articles on the senses, astronomy, meteorology , geography and natural history. Of particular interest is "Notes on the Tinneh or Chepewyan Indians of British and Russian America." (Ross/Hardisty/Jones).

Delhi. Mittal Publications. 1983. 21.5cm, various paginations, rear folding maps, boards (hardcover), a very good to fine set in very good jackets. (mt).

Ottawa. King's Printer. [1936]. 12mo, 19cm, 27p., with 13 illustrations, rear folded map, beautifully designed illustrated printed wraps, very good to fine. (cmt).