Search Results: Titles starting with C from Lord Durham Rare Books (IOBA)

ND. 1st Edition. Photo. Good. CDV, Older Woman in full view seated pose, seated at table with book. Photographer is Thos Charles, St. Catharines, Ontario Street, ON Canada. In business from 1879-1882?M Elizabeth Charles - Mrs Thomas Charles his wife took over the business, ?-1884-1888-?

1885. No binding. Very Good. NO DATE, CIRCA 1885Format: CDV or collectible cardOriginal image of an early photo of Sir John A. Macdonald Width: 3 7/8 inchesHeight: 2 3/8 inchesCondition & Surface: Very GoodCondition of Mount: Very Good,Tonal Range 1-10 (5 being Average): 7 Image based on a photographed probably by Notman.LAC: Online MIKAN no. 3218713 virtually the same (engraving) image of Sir John A. MacDonaldJohn A Macdonald was the Attorney General of Canada West from 1854 to 1858, 1858 to 1862 and from 1864 to 1867. Macdonald at the age of 52, was appointed as the first Prime Minister of Canada on 1 July 1867 (served in his first term until 1873). He was re-elected from 1878 to 1891 (second term) becoming the second longest serving Prime Minister for a total of 18 years, 359 days. In 1867 Macdonald was created Knight Commander of the Bath, becoming Sir John A. Macdonald. He was a "nation builder" during his first administration in 1867-73. Macdonald would pass while still in office in 1891, at… Read More

Toronto: Canada Company, 1846. 1st Edition. No binding. Very Good. 15 x 19 inches, was folded now flat, typed and handwritten manuscript Canada Company land transfer document dated November 20, 1846 with docketing information handwritten on verso. Minor wrinkling from folds with much faded seal, otherwise very good condition. Some content and detail...We the Thomas Mercer Jones of the Town of Goderich in the County of Huron District and Province of Upper Canada and Frederick Widder of the City of Toronto and the County of York Home District and Province.... William Eyres of the Township of Manvers in the County of Durham Newcastle... The East Half of Lot Fifteen in the Tenth Consession of of the said Township of Manvers... 100 Acres... [50 pounds]Signed TWICE by: Donald MacDonald, Thomas Collier, Frederick Widder, Thomas Mercer Jones. Thomas Mercer Jones (1795-1868)A powerful Canada Company land magnate, Jones was born in England and acquired business training there. By virtue of his London… Read More

London: House of Commons, 1825. 1st Edition. No binding. Very Good. First UK edition. 14pp. Folio, 7-7/8 x 13 inches. Agetoned paper in very good condition. British Parliamentary Paper HL112. Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be printed, 15 April 1825 Proposals to create a Company to use Clergy reserves to increase settlement in Ontario. The Canada Company was Incorporated in July 1825 and continued in existence through to the 1950s. Parliamentary papers of this period are rare. It was not until 1836 that provision was made for their sale to the public. A clean copy.TPL ecopy Notes;Minutes of the intended arrangements -- A memorandum, containing the heads of the provisions to be introduced into the charter to be granted to the Canada Company -- A memorandum, containing the heads of the provisions of the bill, which Lord Bathurst proposes to bring into Parliament -- Commission to be to the Commissioners appointed to value the lands in Upper Canada -- Instructions to the Commissioners appointed to… Read More

Toronto: Canada Company Office, 1894. A Canada Company Office Toronto receipt for the amount of $10.94. It is a rent payment for lease No.7538 CR dated Feb 19, 1894 and signed by the Commissioner Alfred Willson. On the front is the Canada Company crest. On the back is a Canada Company policy statement on payments under the heading of "Settler's Savings Bank Account". It says "Notice To Lessee Settlers who may have any Spare Cash"...like that was very common in 1894 Huron or Bruce counties. And surprise, the policy is if the settler has spare cash, the Company will take it! The item is 7 by 6 inches and is in very good condition. Here is an outstanding piece of 19th century rural Huron County history about the Canada Company. The Canada Company was responsible for the settlement of Huron and parts of Bruce County.Alfred Willson started with the Canada Company in 1866 and remained their until his death in 1909 when he was the Senior Commissoner.The Canada Company, a charter company established to aid… Read More

London: House of Commons, 1825. 1st Edition. No binding. Very Good. First UK edition. 14pp. Folio, 7-7/8 x 13 inches. Agetoned paper in very good condition. British Parliamentary Paper HL112. Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be printed, 15 April 1825 Proposals to create a Company to use Clergy reserves to increase settlement in Ontario. The Canada Company was Incorporated in July 1825 and continued in existence through to the 1950s. Parliamentary papers of this period are rare. It was not until 1836 that provision was made for their sale to the public. A clean copy.TPL ecopy Notes;Minutes of the intended arrangements -- A memorandum, containing the heads of the provisions to be introduced into the charter to be granted to the Canada Company -- A memorandum, containing the heads of the provisions of the bill, which Lord Bathurst proposes to bring into Parliament -- Commission to be to the Commissioners appointed to value the lands in Upper Canada -- Instructions to the Commissioners appointed to… Read More

[London]: Ordered by the House of Commons, 1827. 1st Edition. Disbound. Very Good. First edition. 13-1/2 x 8-1/2 inches. (3),4-7pp.(1). Scarce.Contains details of new land regulations to encourage settlement and selling land to the Canada Company and Clergy Reserve Land section.Running title: Regulations for granting lands in the British North American provinces.Original issued in series: [Parliamentary papers / Great Britain. Parliament (1826-1830). House of Commons] ; 254, 1827."Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be Printed, 9 April 1827."Dated (p. [2]): Colonial Department, Downing-street, 6th April 1827.

Berlin (Ontario); Kitchener: Rittinger and Motz, 1880. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Fair. First edition. 6-1/2 x 9 inches. Soft cover booklet. 40 pages self cover with old worn and broken green spine. Complete but in fair condition only. German language. An annual publication containing information pertinent to each day of the year such as the time the sun rises and sets, weather predictions, holidays, seasons, astrological and astronomical data, sayings and proverbs, poems, short stories, cartoons, advice for farmers and tips for family members.

[London]: [HMSO], 1838. 1st Edition. No binding. Good. LIST OF 885 PERSONS CHARGED WITH TREASON IN UPPER CANADA Canada. Return to an Address of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 8 May 1838 ; - for, RETURN of the Names and Quality or Station of the several Persons arrested in Upper Canada, and placed in Confinement in the Prisons in Toronto, and other Places in the Province, on a charge of Insurrection or Treason; the Dates of their Arrest and Discharge; and if Tried, whiter by Court Martial or Civil Courts, with the Result of such Trials severally; also, the Number in Prison at the time of the last Despatch, "Colonial Office ... James Stephen."Parliamentary Paper No. 54, 25 February 1839. At foot of t.p.: "524."19 [1] pages. pages loose and some smudges otherwise, good condition.TPL 2149 An exceptionally important document detailing 885 persons arrested for high treason in connection with the Rebellion of 1837 in Upper Canada, including those executed and those transported to prison… Read More

London: HMSO, 1838. 1st Edition. No binding. Very Good. CANADA REBELLION 1837 1838 LEGAL PAPERCanada. Return to an Address of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 14 June 1838; - for, COPY of an Explanatory Memorandum addressed by Sir Francis Head to Lord Glenelg, dated the 21st day of May last.Parliamentary Paper no 516. 6 pages. Very good condition.Signed and dated (p. [1]): Colonial Office, Downing-street, 19 June 1838. G. Grey. "Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 18 June 1838. Memorandum addressed to Lord Glenelg (Secretary of State for Colonies during the Rebellion) by Sir Francis Head (Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada in 1837) in which he responded to five questions concerning measures he took to quell the rebellion in Upper Canada; • Why did he incautiously remove the troops from the province? • Why did not Sir Head call out the militia? • Why did he destruct the Caroline steam-boat? • Why did he utter reflections against republican institutions and against the… Read More

Adelaide: South Australian Facsimile Edition No. 30 Public Library of South Austalia, 1962. Later edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 5 x 8 inches. vi, [7]-95pp. Original green cloth boards with gold type on spine. Scuffing marks to front board. Overall very good condition.South Australian Facsimile Edition No. 30. Photocopies from the original book published in 1839. All pages are copied on 4pp sheets and folded in book so each page is untrimmed as a two page section, complete, no missing pages. Full title: Canada and South Australia. A Commentary on that Part of The Earl of Durham's Report which relates to the Disposal of Waste Lands and Emigration. In three papers, Delivered at the South Australian Rooms, No. 5 Adam Street, Strand Ferguson, 2774Thornton Leigh Hunt was the son of the writer Leigh Hunt. He was the first editor of the British daily broadsheet newspaper The Daily Telegraph. By Laman Blanchard's influence he became, in 1836, director of the political department of the 'Constitutional,' of… Read More

[Ottawa]: Canadian Government, 1883. 1st Edition. No binding. Good. Official appointment document for the Militia Military in Canada.39cm x 29.5cm (15.25 x 10 inches) Soiled paper with a few edge tears not affecting any text. This document was appointing Duncan McLean as an Assistant Surgeon in the Active Militia from June 18, 1882 however the document is dated August 23, 1883. It is signed and witnessed by Governor General Marquess of Lorne as well as W. Powell, Colonel, Adjutant General of Militia.Condition good only.Likely adding medical staff to the Canadian Military given the Riel Rebellion. John George Edward Henry Campbell, Marquess of LORNE and 9th Duke of ARGYLL [1845-1914] At age 33, the Lord Lorne was Canada's youngest Governor General. He and Princess Louise made many lasting contributions to Canadian society especially in the arts and sciences. They encouraged the establishment of the Royal Society of Canada, the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and the National Gallery of Canada, even… Read More

London: Aurthur Hall, Virtue, & Co. 25 Paternoster, 1852. 1st. Hard Cover. Good. WITHOUT PLATES, STILL A FIRST EDITION OF AN UNCOMMON TRAILL BOOK First edition. 4-1/2 x 6-7/8 inches, [6], xi [3 list of illustration], [1]-350pp., [351]-368pp appendix, 32pp ads, 1 blank. All 12 plates called for are removed. NO PLATES in this copy.Original embossed pale cloth with faded spine and gilt type on spine. , plain light yellow endpapers and gilt pager edges. Corners worn and spine top and bottom crushed with tears on spine ends and most of back spine torn along back cover. Internally the pages are clean with virtually no foxing. Good condition. Edited by Agnes Strickland.TPL 3316 Written after The Backwoods of Canada (1836), it is her second Canadian book. "Agnes made a contract with a London publisher, Arthur Hall, Virtue, and Company, for Catharine's children's story Canadian Crusoes: a tale of the Rice Lake plains (1852), in which three young offspring of pioneers heroically survive two years on their own… Read More

[Ottawa]: Department of Secretary of State, Canada, 1982. 1st Edition. Framed. Near Fine. EXTREMELY IMPORTANT RARE CANADIAN SIGNED PRINTED DOCUMENT This 1982 Charter printed document is in a wooden frame 25-1/2 x 19-1/2 inches. The printed document is flat size 22-7/8 x 17-1/2 inches (not examined outside of frame). This 1982 Charter printed document is in a wooden frame 25-1/2 x 19-1/2 inches. The printed document is flat size 22-7/8 x 17-1/2 inches (not examined outside of frame). The value and historical importance of this document is the hand-signed Trudeau's (1982) and Chrétien's signatures.The first inscription is located on top right right, specifically, "P.E. Trudeau 1982" the same year as the signing of the original Canada Act which included the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The second hand-signature located on the top left is "Best Wishes, Jean Chrétien" (not dated). Chrétien was one of the four people who signed the two original Canada Act documents in April 1982. "In a kind gesture… Read More

Calgary: The Canadian Pacific Irrigation Colonization Co. Ltd, 1919. No binding. Very Good. 5-1/4 x 8-1/2 inches. Beige paper printed two colours, red and black with imprinted certificate number and perforated perimeter.Document form with handwriting filled in. Very minor soiling, otherwise very good condition. The Canadian Pacific Irrigation Colonization Co. Ltd. Commission Certificate $191.30 No.3245Calgary, Canada December 18th 1919 Upon presentation and surrender of this certificate by MM Allen Agent or op proper proof of his death, by his executors or administrators on or after the date of payment in full in cash of installment No. 2 payable by Otto Stredricki upon land contract No. 3091 entered into between him and the CPR Co. and which covers S.W.T of Section 4 Tp. 25 Rg. 25 West of the Forth Meridian The CPR Irrigation Colonization Co. Ltd. will pay to the said M.M Allen the sum of One hundred and ninety one dollars 30 cents commission for his services on the sale of lands mentioned and… Read More

Montreal: Montreal Herald, 1858. 1st Edition. No binding. Very Good. RARE BROADSIDE - NO COPIES FOUNDBroadside. 19-1/2 x 12 inches. From "Ale" to "Zinc", including more than 325 articles in four columns. "Prohibited; Books and Drawings of an immoral or indecent character". "Emigrants wearing apparel, tools and effects in actual use and accompanying the owner; Free". One small hardly visible professional repair to substitute a small section of missing text (1 ½ x 1 inch in the middle of column #2), folds, creases, otherwise very good condition.Rare and very informative early Canadian Tariff broadside.1858 Tariff background:The recession in 1857 sharply reduced government revenues and led the Tories to raise duties again through the Cayley-Galt Tariff of 1858 (one of the first protective tariffs in Canadian history). Led by manufacturers from the Toronto and Hamilton areas, protectionist industries formed the Association for the Promotion of Canadian Industry to help orchestrate their lobbying… Read More

Montreal: Printed and Published by John Lovell St. Nicholas Street, 1869. 2nd Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 2nd edition. Large folio (14.5"x11"). (3), [6]-86pp. 10 full-page colour plates of paintings of Canadian wild flowers (with tissue guards). Title page is also decorated with colour flowers. Text has detailed descriptions of thirty different flowers. Original green cloth boards, with gilt titles and decoration to front, blind stamped titles to rear, a little soiled. Professionally re-backed. All edges gilt. Plates V and VI are reversed in sequence. Endpapers and paste-downs are dark brown. Pages browning slightly at edges, boards darkened on front corners, a few small stains and surface scratches. Previous owners name of front end paper. For this 2nd edition book, Agnes FitzGibbon created and paid for eleven new stones at Burland L'Africain Chromolithographers, Montreal. The plates were numbered I-X, and the designs of II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII were reversed for aesthetic reasons. FitzGibbon… Read More

1967. No binding & hard cover. Twenty Canadian authors are represented in this collection dating from 1882 to 1967, containing 59 items specifically, 24 letters, 21 cards and post cards, 3 photos, 6 books, 1 movie herald, 1 issue of a journal, 1 printing block, 1 postcard and 1 leaflet. BARR, Robert (Scottish-Canadian short story writer and novelist). • TLS on letterhead of Idler Illustrated Monthly to the Corresponding Editor of the Youth's Companion, 10 March 1894, re praising the Youth's Companion and offering his hospitality in London. • TLS (tear and piece missing on left side affecting 2 words) to Nannie Manook, 21 April 1910, re her autograph book, was at Bad-Nauheim in Germany (no letters forwarded to him there), finally found her book after some searching, suggests that she not send her autograph book to others. • B&W photo from the Detroit Free Press, 10 June 1961, with reference to "Luke Sharpe", Barr's pseudonym when he was editor that newspaper. BEATTIE, Jessie L. (Canadian poet,… Read More

London: printed for S. Hooper and A. Morley at Gay's-Head, near Beaufort-Buildings in the Strand, 1758. 3rd Edition. Disbound. Very Good. SEVEN YEARS' WAR / FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR (1754-1763) BOOK Third edition. (2),44pp. Disbound with a half-title. "Non, si quid turbida Roma ... Pers." Some very light offsetting on a few pages, otherwise, very good condition. Great Britian General officers appointed to inquire into causes of failure of the Rochefort expedition, 1757 Attributed to Henry Fox [Baron Holland] Dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous English literature / Samuel Halkett and John Laing.ESTC T19884Full title: Candid reflections on the report (as published by authority) of the general-officers, appointed by His Majesty's Warrant of the First of November last, to enquire into the causes of the failure of the late expedition to the coasts of France. In a letter to a friend in the country. The Seven Years War was a global conflict which ran from 1754 until 1763 and pitted a coalition of Great… Read More

Sydney: Published by Hordern House, 2008. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. 174pp. (unpaginated). Burgundy cloth with gilt text, with dust-jacket. Both in near-fine condition. 133 lots described and illustrated with many colour plates, plus index, and price-list. "The Captain James Cook collection of Bob and Mary Anne Parks is a landmark of its kind, and represents the finest such collection offered. This comprehensive and extensively illustrated catalogue will undoubtedly become one of the standard reference works on the subject. The catalogue includes highlights such as: an extraordinary original letter by Cook, entirely in his own hand, asking for the return of a press-ganged sailor; Joseph Banks's engraved map of Cook's first voyage, the first map of the east coast of Australia, and never before offered for sale; magnificent engraved portraits of Cook, Banks, Omai and others; an original manuscript map from Cook's surveying of Newfoundland; and all of the major… Read More