Search Results: Authors starting with W from Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books

Toronto: J. Robinson, 1933. Very Good. Notes: The Toronto Carrying-Place Trail, also known as the Humber Portage and the Toronto Passage, was a major portage route in Ontario, Canada, linking Lake Ontario with Lake Simcoe and the northern Great Lakes."Map of the Toronto Carrying Place (1619-1793), which was the portage route from the Holland Marsh to Lake Ontario. The map is the work of C.W. Jeffreys, first published in Percy J. Robinson's "Toronto during the French Regime" (Ryerson Press: Toronto, 1933). The map includes the trail's route, the sites of Native Canadian villages, and a number of rivers.", Size : 438x189 (mm), 17.24x7.44 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Category: Maps Canada Ontario South Toronto;

London, 1874. Very Good. Notes: Charming Dutch Fishing scene. , Image Size : 435x650 (mm), 17.13x25.59 (Inches), Platemark Size : , Paper Size : , Coloring: Hand Colored, Medium: Steel Engraving, Categories: Transportation Ships;

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1893. Extremities worn, a good copy.. Edition: 4th edition revised, Binding: publisher’s decorated cloth, pictorial spine, lettering in white, black and gold., Size: 12mo, Illustration: Illustrated by J. Sturgess, with many illustrations with a colour frontis., Pages: 437pp., Category: Book Sports

London: Admiralty, 1906. Very Good, some wear along the central fold. Seller's stamp is present on the map.. Size : 660x990 (mm), 26x39 (Inches), Coloring: Black & White, Category: Maps Canada East Quebec St. Lawrence River

London: H.W. Pickersgill, c. 1849. 1.5-inch tear into right platemark, not affecting image, otherwise in very good condition.. Notes: The Canadian town and inlet "Owen's Sound" owes its name to this admiral, whose brother surveyed the Upper Great Lakes in 1815-16. Owen was appointed as an Admiral in 1846, having served in many theaters of war in the Mediterranean, off the coast of France, the West Indies and the East Indies. , Image Size : 395x315 (mm), 15.55x12.40 (Inches), Platemark Size : 484x361 (mm), 19.06x14.21 (Inches), Paper Size : 540x406 (mm), 21.26x15.98 (Inches), Coloring: Black & White, Medium: Mezzotint, Categories: Portraits Others;

New York: D. Appleton & Co., c.1879. Very Good. Notes: An engraving of Venice during the late 19th century. One of the most famous landmarks in Venice, the Bridge of Sighs connects the Doge’s Palace on the left with the prisons of the Palazzo dei Prigioni to the right. It was the poet Byron who allegedly coined the name of the bridge, deriving its title from the mournful image of convicts taking their last glimpse of the city before being led down to the darkness of the cells. , Image Size : 173x263 (mm), 6.81x10.35 (Inches), Platemark Size : , Paper Size : 274x376 (mm), 10.79x14.80 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Medium: Engraving, Categories: Views Europe Italy;

London: Brooks & Sons, c.1864. Very Good. Image Size : 580x365 (mm), 22.83x14.37 (Inches), Platemark Size : , Paper Size : 680x460 (mm), 26.77x18.11 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Medium: Engraving, Categories: Portraits Royalty;

Toronto: William Briggs, 1905. In very good condition. Binding: Original cloth boards with tooled gilt lettering and rules. , Pages: P.1-309, Category: Book Literature; Book Canada

New York: D. Appleton & Co., c.1879. Very Good. Notes: An engraving of the HMS Temeraire during its final days from the late 19th century. "The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up" is by the English artist J. M. W. Turner. It was painted in 1838 and exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1839. The 98-gun ship HMS Temeraire was one of the last second-rate ships of the line to have played a distinguished role in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The painting depicts HMS Temeraire being towed by a paddle-wheel steam tug towards its final berth in Rotherhithe in south-east London in 1838 to be broken up for scrap. , Image Size : 174x256 (mm), 6.85x10.08 (Inches), Platemark Size : , Paper Size : 274x377 (mm), 10.79x14.84 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Medium: Engraving, Categories: Naval

Fredericton, NB, c.1834. Very Good. Notes: Extremely scarce and important Canadian print depicting downtown Fredericton, NB.From the original sketch made on the spot., Image Size : 254x436 (mm), 10.00x17.17 (Inches), Platemark Size : , Paper Size : 312x469 (mm), 12.28x18.46 (Inches), Coloring: Original Hand Coloring, Medium: Lithograph, Categories: Views Canada New Brunswick;

London: Day & Son Lithographers to the Queen, c.1854. Very Good. Notes: Lithograph of H.M.S. St. Jean d'Acre, off the Irish coast surrounded by other ships that are named: Leopard, Queen, Prince Regent, Imperieuse, London, Duke of Wellington and Agamemnon. She was the first two deck warship to be commissioned by the Royal Navy with 101 guns. She was launched in 1853 and went straight into action in the Crimean War. She was sailed in the English Chanel and the Mediterranean before being finally broken up in 1875., Image Size : 404x605 (mm), 15.91x23.82 (Inches), Platemark Size : , Paper Size : 537x725 (mm), 21.14x28.54 (Inches), Coloring: Original Hand Coloring, Medium: Lithograph, Categories: Transportation Ships;

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1974. Size: Folio, Category: Book Bibliography & Reference Books;

Toronto: McClelland and Stewert Ltd, 1971. Size: 4to, Category: Book Bibliography & Reference Maps

London: Tindal and Rapin, 1745. Very Good, left margin has been extended.. Size : 465x375 (mm), 18.25x14.75 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Category: ; Maps Europe Ireland

London: Tindal and Rapine, 1745. Excellent. Size : 485x390 (mm), 19.125x15.375 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Category: ; Maps Europe Ireland

London, 1770. Very Good. Size : 198x123 (mm), 7.80x4.84 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Category: Maps Central America Mexico;

Toronto, 1846. Very Good, backed on acid free tissue paper for long term preservation. Notes: An important early mapping of the south eastern part of Upper Canada by Thomas Walsh and engraved by J. Hauer. The Talbot District was formed from the London District in 1838. It was located on the north shore of Lake Erie and contained the County of Norfolk. The district was abolished with the rest of the district administration structure in 1849-50.The Talbot district was named after Colonel Thomas Talbot (1771-1853) , a prominent military man and colonizer in Upper Canada. He became Lieutenant-General Simcoe’s secretary in 1792, and in this role, travelled around Upper Canada. He left Simcoe’s staff by 1794, resigned his commission in 1800, and from there began farming at the mouth of Kettle Creek. In 1803, he received a land grant of 5000 acres from the Crown in Dunwich and Aldborough townships (then part of Middlesex County), with the promise of populating it with British settlers., Size : 542x897… Read More

London: George Bell and Sons, c.1882. A fine handsome copy.Top edges gilt. . Binding: Original full morocco boards with tooled gilt rules and elaborate corner designs. Four raised bands in five compartments, elaborate tooled gilt designs and lettering on the spine. Marbled pasted and free end papers. Inner gilt dentelles., Notes: Ex Libris Abel E. Berland; Roderick Terry. , Size: 12mo (110mm x 165mm) , Pages: P. Half Title, Blank, Full Title, Printer`s Imprint, Dedication, Blank, Preface (5), Contents (10), Intro, Blank, 1-216, Device, Advertisement, Notes (229-238), Advertisement 4. , Category: Book Literature

London: George Bell and Sons, c.1881. A fine handsome copy. Top edges gilt. Binding: Original full morocco boards with tooled gilt rules and elaborate corner designs. Four raised bands in five compartments, elaborate tooled gilt designs and lettering on the spine. Marbled pasted and free end papers. Inner gilt dentelles. , Notes: Ex Libris Abel E. Berland; Roderick Terry. , Size: 12mo (110mm x 165mm), Pages: P. Half Title, Blank, Full Title, Printer`s Imprint, Dedication, Blank, Preface (5), Contents (10), Intro, Blank, 1-216, Device, Advertisement, Notes (229-238), Advertisement 4., Category: Book Literature

Toronto: Walker & Miles. , c.1876. Boards worn and detached, but interior is very good.. Binding: Contemporary half brown calf over cloth, title in gilt on upper board., Notes: Compiled from the latest official and general maps and surveys, and corrected to date from the most reliable public and private sources of information. Comprising an official railway, postal, and distance map of the whole province, and a correct and complete series of separate county and city maps on a large scale. Showing lots and concessions, railways, post offices, opened and closed roads, churches, school houses, main travelled roads, county statistics, division court boundaries, &c. With maps of the chief cities and county towns, and a brief sketch of the history and geology of the province, also a series of recently issues maps. Showing the whole dominion of Canada and the United States. , Size: Folio., Illustration: Illustrated with 30 double page and single page maps., Category: Book Atlas & Cartography