Search Results: Authors starting with N from Lord Durham Rare Books (IOBA)

[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, scenery, etc. 3 color illustrations of trains interior and 3 black and white photographs of train and its interior. Remaining panels offer information on Halifax, Truro, Moncton, Bathurst, Quebec, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Prince Albert, Calgary, Vancouver, etc. Colour system map showing the Canadian National Railways, Grand Trunk Railway System and Central Vermont Railway. Shows double and single tracks in operation, lines under construction, and points at which hotels are operated by the Canadian National Railways.Inset bottom right is a colour map showing the Canadian National Steamship… Read More

1829. No binding. Near Fine. 7-3/4"x 5-1/4 inches paper size, image 5 x 3 1/4 inches.Lampton Hall Durham The Seat of Lord Durham. [London : Jones & Co., 1829]Steel line engraving on paper in near fine condition. Lambton Hall , Durham - the seat of Lord Durham Jones & Co, 1829 Originally produced for the "Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles, etc. of Noblemen and Gentlemen" (London : 1829-1831). Lambton Castle stands above Chester-le-Street, County Durham and is a stately home, the ancestral seat of the Lambton family, the Earls of Durham. Largely constructed as it is between 1820 and 1828 by John Lambton, first Earl of Durham and one-time Governor General of Canada, it was built around Harraton Hall, a 17th-century mansion. The castle was designed by architects Joseph Bonomi the Elder and his son Ignatius and built in the style of a Norman castle, as was the fashion of the time.

Newport: The Newport Mercury, 1811. 1st Edition. No binding. Good. The Newport Mercury, October 12, 1811, four page newspaper. Approximately 40 column inches in length describing why USA should be at war with the Britain. 4 pages, 12.5" x 19" deep, folded to 12.5" x 9.5" approximately. The pages have be torn apart along the 20" height in the centre leaving a ragged edge. No type is affected. Otherwise condition is good. America officially delcared War on Great Britiain which included Canada, on June 18, 1812. This was 8 months after this newspaper was published. It was almost one year to the day after this article the Battle of Queenston Heights (Oct. 12, 1812) was fought.The casues of the War of 1812 is often discussed today however this is an American perspective printed in an American newspaper 8 months before the start of the War of 1812.

1957. No binding. Very Good. Lt.-Col. G.W.L. Nicholson Typed Letter signed. One page, was folded, 7-1/4 x 10 inches. Dated April 16th, 1957, on letterhead of the [Anglican Church] Diocese of Ottawa, The Synod Office, to The Editor, Globe and Mail, Toronto. Message of 88 words: sending review copy of "Faith of Our Fathers" published in 1957, by Robert Jefferson and Leonard Johnson; book given advance publicity in Diocese of Ottawa. Old staple removed marks top left corner, otherwise very good condition.The Diocese of Ottawa at the time of publication included the Deaneries of Arnprior, Carleton, Lanark, Pembroke, Prescott, Russell & Stormont. Reverend Jefferson was their Bishop. Lt.-Col. G.W.L. (Gerald William Lingen) Nicholson was a was a Canadian soldier, historian, author, and teacher. He was the Director of the Historical Section, Army Headquarters. He is best known for his 1962 book Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919, the only official history of Canada's participation in World War I.

Florida: The Norman Film Studios, 1928. 1st Edition. No binding. Very Good. BLACK GOLD WAS AN "ALL COLORED CAST" SILENT FILM PRODUCED IN 1928. First edition. 14 x 22 inches opened flat, (folded size 11 inches long and 3-1/2 inches wide and will be mailed folded size). 4 page multi-panel promotional brochure meant for mailing . With orange, blue, and black poster cover with photographs showing scenes from the movie with text as follows: Coming To This Theater. (This Is An Exact Reproduction Of Window Card). The Norman Film Studios . Presents Black Gold. Thrilling Epic Of The Oil Fields With All Colored Cast. One Of The True Stories Of Living Colored Examples. A Smashing Photo-Play Co-Starring Lawrence Criner and Kathryn Boyd, Original Lafayette Players. Steve Reynolds, "Peg" [,] Alfred Norcom, United States Marshal, L.B. Tatums and The Entire City Of Tatums, Okla. The other three pages have many photographs from the film, tips on promoting the film, a letter from R.E. Norman to the cinema owner, and… Read More

[Florida]: Norman Studios, 1928. 1st Edition. No binding. Good. & TATUM, Lee B., (1861-1933). QUITE SCARCE LARGE EARLY AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY EPHEMERA POSTER First edition. Norman Studios bright graphics film large stone litho poster for the movie called "Black Gold" with an all coloured cast. Nice stone litho promotional theatre and promotional poster of 3 sheet poster printed in three sections, flat not folded. Multi colours one size (yellow, red, green & black) and verso blank. Printed by the Richey Litho Co. Final full size approximately 41 x 81 inches flat once assembled with the three sheets rolled poster sections. Quite scarce to rare.Condition: Given the number of folds in each of the three poster sections, some fold tears in each, with wear to fold lines with some edge wear and some archival tape reinforcement to a few fold lines on reverse. These are fairly typical of old vintage poster sheets, even unused copies like this. All three folded poster sections otherwise are in good… Read More

[Montreal]: [Notman], 1859. No binding. Good. SCARCE ALBUMEN PRINT OF VICTORIA BRIDGE DURING CONSTRUCTION 11-1/8 x 8 inches, Victoria Bridge from Point St. Charles, Montreal during construction, "Victoria Bridge...early in Feb. 1859" in ink manuscript on verso. Albumen photo on very thin paper, a little faded and wrinkling, some tears along folds, otherwise good condition.Quite scarce, early albumen photo of Victoria Bridge during construction. The Victoria Bridge was designed by Robert Stephenson and Alexander McKenzie Ross, and the chief engineer was James Hodges. The first bridge to span the St.Lawrence River, it was the longest in the world at the time of its construction and described as the Eighth Wonder of the World. Construction began in 1854 and the first train crossed in December 1859, with the official inauguration by the Prince of Wales in August 1860. Originally a tubular bridge of prefabricated wrought iron sections made in England, it was later replaced with metal trusses in 1897-98… Read More

Montreal: William McFarlane Notman, 1895. Photo. Good+. Media: sepia photograph on paper8.75 x 7.5 x inches - 22.225 x 19.05 x cm. -Notes: artist's name, title and inscription '3307... Montreal' in plate lower left; titled along bottom; mounted on board; fading lower left; unframed. Good+ condition. William McFarlane, the eldest son of William Notman, was born November 1, 1857. He became a partner in the company in 1882 before inheriting it outright on the death of his father in 1891. He named his brother Charles (1870-1955) a partner in approximately 1894. William McFarlane died May 1, 1913.Reference: Notman #3307 at McCord Museum.