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

NP, ND. No binding. Near Fine. Signed F.H. Stayner black & white photo Cabinet Card with some pencil notation on reverse. Bottom right corner slight bend otherwise, fine condition. No date or place of publication.Photo image size: 3-7/8 x 5-1/2 inches.Card size: 4-1/2 x 6-3/8 inches The Stayner family lived in Nova Scotia during the 1780's where is father was born. F.H Stayner's father, Thomas Allen Stayner (1788-1868) who was a soldier and the postmaster general of Upper and Lower Canada from 1827 to 1851.F.H. (Frederick Henry) accompanied his parents to Toronto after 1851 when his father retired and moved from Quebec becoming first a director and then Vice-President of the Bank of Upper Canada. F.H. is listed at UCC in 1851. The family is listed in the 1861 Toronto census, living on Wellington Street. Frederick Henry was listed in that record as being a law student. Stayner became a partner in the law office of Boyd & Stayner 74 King St. E, Toronto, but he appears to have spent considerable time… Read More

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1958. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. First edition. 8-1/4 x 11 inches. xxi, 162pp. Dust jacket with a few tears and creases. Book and insides in good condition. 6 color plates and 122 B&W illustrations from the Sigmund Samuel Canadiana Collection, Royal Ontario Museum where George Spendlove was employed from 1936 to his death..

London: Printed for W. Faden, in Wine-Office-Court Fleet-Street, 1758. 1st Edition. Disbound. Good. SEVEN YEARS' WAR / FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR (1754-1763) BOOK First edition. 5 x 8 inches. (2),108pp. Disbound with no half-title. Toning on lst few pages, otherwise good condition.ESTC T35149 Full title: Facts, Records, Authorities and Arguments; Concerning the Claims of Liberty and the Obligations of Military Service: And Proving, That Every Man in Britain Hath a Personal Interest in the Bill Now Depending, for Giving a More Speedy Remedy to the SubjectThe Seven Years War was a global conflict which ran from 1754 until 1763 and pitted a coalition of Great Britain and its allies against a coalition of France and its allies. The war escalated from a regional conflict between Great Britain and France in North America, known today as the French and Indian War.

1971. No binding & hard cover. Good. Faith Baldwin was a U.S. author of romance and fiction, publishing some 100 novels, often concentrating on women. The New York Times wrote that her books had "never a pretense at literary significance" and were popular because they "enabled lonely working people, young and old, to identify with her glamorous and wealthy characters.The collection has 17 item dating from 1913 to 1971, specifically 8 cards, 3 letters, 2 photos, 1 typescript, 1 designed custom postal order, and 2 books.3 Letters:• ALS to Gladys Balder (?), 6 January ?, re the Sea Island "is a dream of Beauty", cannot go there during the winter, Isaac Wick was there last year. • TLS from Maxwell Droke Publishers, 29 December 1937, re her favorite anecdote; ALS reply on verso from Baldwin re an amusing story about Fannie Hurst living in Brooklyn, having four children, and spending "money like a drunken sailor". 1 Signed Typescript:• Signed ts., "Any Village", 1 p., n.d. but circa 1971 when the… Read More

1849. 1st Edition. No binding. Very Good. 13-1/2 x 8-3/8 inches, was folded twice now flat, printed form with manuscript writing on both sides. faded seal on top right of one panel. Some agetoning of very light blue paper otherwise very good condition.First Welland Regiment Military Commission bestowed upon Thomas C. Street by the Governor General of British North America, Nova Scotia, PEI, etc. - James Bruce, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine & signed by him. - Thomas Clark Street, son of Samuel like his father was a ruthless land and mortgage accumulator and businessman with interests in grist, textile and sawmills. While independently minded he is generally considered a solid Family Compact Tory. He rose to Lieutenant-Colonel of the Welland Militia, was a trustee of Trinity College, President of the Niagara Falls Suspension Company, etc. When he died in 1872 he left an estate of between 3 to 4 million, regarded as the largest of his time in Ontario. In 1846, Lincoln County was divided and Welland… Read More

London: Colonial Office & House of Commons, 1853. 1st Edition. Disbound. Good. #1) Return to an address of The House of 6th May 1839, for a copy of the address to Her Majesty from the Bishop of Montreal and the clergy of the Church of England in Upper Canada, praying for a judicial decision respecting the clergy reserves, either before the Judges of England or before the Judicial Committee of Her Majesty's Privy Council; together with a copy of any despatch, or part of any despatch, to His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor of that Province, relative to the said Address, especially of Despatch bearing date the 15th of January last. Arthur, George, Sir, (1784-1854). Glenelg, Charles Grant, Baron, 1778-1866. ; Mountain, George J. (George Jehoshaphat), 1789-1863. ; Strachan, John, 1778-1867. ; Stuart, George Okill, 1776-1862.[London] : Colonial Office, Downing Street, 16th May 1839. 13-1/2 x 8-1/2. 4 pages.Copy of a despatch from Sir G. Arthur K.C.H. to Lord Glenelg, dated Toronto, 28th Nov. 1838 -- To… Read More

1911. 1st Edition. Photo. Good. Five Niagara Falls photos, all signed and or inscribed by Jennings Five Niagara Falls photos, all signed and or inscribed by Jennings at the reverse. Measurements: Each is 10" x 8". Condition: Very good, some losses and creasing.In this set there are three similar prints made of the foot of the American Falls. Three are prints of the same image each with different exposures and thus visual effects.Notes on the reverse of two of these prints give some details;1) made with 8 x 10 fixed focus Aero camera2) F11 speed 1500 f Sharp from 5ft to clouds 8 x 10 feetInteresting insight into the technical side of Jennings photography while at Niagara Falls. Only one of the photos of all in these has a date which appears to be 1911. Given is near disaster miss by not boarding the Titanic in 1912 and sea travels the Niagara Falls trip may have been earlier.Some uncommon photos taken by Jennings. The photos of Niagara Falls are excellent examples of Jennings photography beyond… Read More

Philadelphia: Port Folio magazine, 1814. 1st Edition. No binding. Good. Four 1814 engravings from from Port Folio Magazine of United States Navy officers during the War of 1812;#1) Oliver Hazard Perry Esqr. of the United States Navy engraving.#2) Wm. Henry Allen Esq. late of the United States Navy engraving.#3) Richard Dale Esq. late of the United States Navy engraving.#4) Alexander Murray Esq. of the United States Navy engraving.PERRY'S VICTORY SECURED THE GREAT LAKES REGION FOR USA. March 1814, p.204, Port Folio magazine black aquatint engraved print. Black stipple engraved oval portrait. Waldo print, engraved by [David] Edwin. Paper: 5-1/4 x 8-3/8 inches. Image: 3 x 3-3/4 inches. Very minor soiling and spot on top left and small edge tears along right side otherwise good condition. Oliver Hazard Perry's immortal dispatch to Major General William Henry Harrison after the Battle of Lake Erie, 10 September 1813, "We have met the enemy and they are ours two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one… Read More

Philadelphia: Port Folio magazine, 1814. 1st Edition. No binding. Very Good. JAN-JUN 1814Four Views of a Sculptur'd (sic) Bone (supposed to be the Femur of an Elk) found in an ancient Indian grave, of barrow in the town of Cincinnati, on the river Ohio, 1801. Paper size 5 x 8-1/4 inches.Very faint spotting around images, otherwise very good+ condition.

[H. Belden & Co.], 1881. 1st Edition. No binding. Four hand-coloured views of residences and street scenes in Arnprior (3) and (1) Lanark Ontario, Canada, from a circa 1881 Belden Co. County printed Atlas. Each image has been trimmed and mounted on a light white card. Hand coloured, some light foxing otherwise, very good condition. Sizes vary. Four ONTARIO;1) Arnprior Marble Works and Quarry, P. T. Sommerville, Proprietor, Arnprior, Ontario2) Res. & store of John Fumerton, Fallbrook, Lanark Co., Ont3) Res. of Richard Dulmage, Barrister at Law, Reeve of Arnprior, Renfrew Ontario4) The Arcade Wilson & Hartney Props., Arnprior, Ont.

1966. No binding & hard cover. Good. Frances Parkinson Keyes was a prolific American biographer and novelist whose novels were set in New England, Louisiana, and Europe. In 1904 she married Henry Wilder Keyes (1863-1938), a Republican politician who served as Governor of New Hampshire (1917-1919) and as a United States Senator (1919-1937). A convert to Roman Catholicism, she often used Catholic themes in her work.The Frances Parkinson Keyes collection consists of 58 items dating from 1917 to 1968, specifically, 11 letters written by Frances Parkinson Keyes and 2 photos of her. In addition, there are 9 letters written by her husband, Henry (Harry) Wilder Keyes and a composite photo of him with other politicians. Also 35 books.11 Frances Parkinson Keyes letters and 2 photos:11 letters:• ALS to Mrs. Bugdee, 4 March 1927, with envelope, regretting that her ignorance of Mrs. Bugdee's change of address had prevented their meeting. • TLS to T. Brennan, 8 August 1941, replying to his cordial note of… Read More

1893. No binding & hard cover. Francis Parkman Jr. was an American historian, best known as the author of The California and Oregon Trail and his monumental seven-volume France and England in North America.The collection consists of 7 items dating from 1849 to 1893, specifically 4 letters, 2 books with signatures, and 1 signed postcard 3 Autographed Letters Signed (ALS): • ALS (slight tears at the side) addressed My dear Sir (Brantz Mayer), 17 July 1852, 4 pp., with envelope, re Parkman's reaction to Mayer's pamphlet, Calvert and Penn, or, The growth of civil and religious liberty in America, as disclosed in the planting of Maryland and Pennsylvania: a discourse, 1852. Mayer (1809-1879) was an author, lawyer, founder the Maryland Historical Society, and president of the Maryland Union State general committee during the Civil War.• ALS addressed Dear Sir, n.d. (between 1886 and 1893), has received his correspondent's note of the 23rd, will be spending the summer at his house on the shore of… Read More

1801. No binding. Very Good. F(rancis). Maseres cut signature dated July 13, 1801. Very good condition. Francis Maseres was an English lawyer. He is known as Attorney General of the Province of Quebec, judge, mathematician, historian, member of the Royal Society, and cursitor baron of the exchequer. On 4 March 1766, he was appointed Attorney General of the new British Province of Quebec, the fomter French Canada conquered in 1760 and denitively ceded by France through the Treaty of Paris in 1763. He was sworn in office on 26 September 1766 and exercised his functions until the autumn of 1769. In March 1768, the Carleton government requested of him a report on the reform of the province's law system. He submitted his report in February 1769. He went back to England, but remained involved in the movement for a constitutional reform of Quebec which resumed at full speed with the end of the American War of independence in 1783, and which was concluded with the adoption of the Constitutional Act of 1791… Read More

ND. No binding. Signature of Jules François Simon of a French sentiment note on 5-1/4 x 2-3/4 inch paper. Jules François Simon was a French political leader, philosopher, and theorist of the French Radical Party who as premier in 1876-77 became a central figure in the formative crisis of the Third Republic.