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

Philadelphia: Watson's Lith. No. 62 Walnut St, 1840. No binding. Good. Paper: 8-3/8 x 5-1/2 inches, Image: 7 x 4 1/2 inches)Water stains on border of page. Good condition otherwise.Watson's Lith. No. 62 Walnut St. Philada. circa. 1840."General W.H. Harrison and Staff as the Battle of the Thames" printed on paper below the image.Also known as the Battle of Moraviantown; American victory in the War of 1812 which took place on October 5, 1813 in Ontario. Depicting, left to right, Colonel Charles Stewart Todd, Colonel Lewis Cass, Colonel Richard Mentor Johnson and General Harrison.William Henry Harrison was an American military officer and politician who served as the ninth president of the United States. Harrison died just 31 days after his inauguration as president in 1841, making his presidency the shortest in U.S. history.

London: printed for D. Henry and R. Cave at St. John's Gate, 1759. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Good. First edition. Eight months only, from May 1759 to Dec. 1759. 5.5" x 9", (6), [199]-730pp. Contemporary covers make of heavy paper thus soft cover, soiled. Front cover with pieces missing to the cover edges more so on the bottom right. Contents overall about very good, Inside many pages are uncut (unopened) and all pages are untrimmed (deckled). All 17 plates as called for from May to Dec. 1759 are present. All are very good+ except the Chair for the Deaf and Have which has stains on it. Page 560 misprinted page 590.June 1759 64 pages text. Of note, p 204, Fort Frederick, at Crownspoint. p528-530 have Wolfe's instructions in 1755 landing article. p466-475 various letter regarding the taking of Quebec 1759 and p.555 & 620 more relating to Quebec Map and Plate contents: I. a map of the Country between Crown Point and Fort Edward, showing Ticonderoga and Lake George, (New York). p204 II. Folding Map of the… Read More

London: printed for D. Henry and R. Cave at St. John's Gate, 1759. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Included are maps of the French Indian war at Quebec and Crown Point (New York). First edition. 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches, (6),[3]-643 pp. including the year-end supplement and 17pp. index. Original leather spine cracked at hinges, five raised bands with original red label present. Original marbled paper-covered boards with moderate to heavy edge wear, well worn especially at corners. Pages clean inside with age toned paper. Most folding plates with a tear near gutter as well as occasional unintended folds. January to December 1759, 12 monthly issues. Original 1759 accounts and maps of the French Indian war at Quebec and Crown Point (New York). Included are 3 maps relating to above topic ;1) the Island of Orleans with the Environs of Quebec [issued within a month of the surrender of Quebec] and 2) An Authentic Plan of the River St. Laurence from Sillery to the Falls of Montmorency. 3) The third map is of the… Read More

Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1823. No binding. Very Good. Paper size 17.5 x 22 wide, text & image size 16-1/2 x 20-1/4 inches and actual map image size (map border) : 9-1/4 x 13-1/2 inches. Hand-colored map surrounded by statistical data, 'Geographical, Statistical and Historical Map of Upper and Lower Canada, and the Other British Possessions in North America.' Originally issued as folded now flat with the fold slightly covering the p in map and the s in possessions in the top heading. Small gray mark in in border next to "commerce" text on bottom left. Overall condition is very good other than noted above. Map and references for the British Empire in Canada, from Carey and Lea's 'A Complete Historical, Chronological, and Geographical American Atlas. The map extends from Newfoundland in the east to Lake of the Woods in the west; a very vibrant, strong impression. The text describes Lower Canada, Upper Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. With text below map and at both sides, pertaining to… Read More

NP: NP, 1862. No binding. Very Good. 2-3/8 x 3-1/2 inches. Carte-de-Visite (CDV). Front with type affixed "G. Augustus Yeomans, Odessa, C.W. Queen's College, 1862. On reverse inscribed, "Yours truly, Geo. A. Yeomans Odessa, Kingston, Ontario.Very good condition. George Augstus Yeomans was the son of David Prentice and Nancy (Guess) Yeomans, was born June 30,1845, in Easton, Pa. George immigrated from the United States in 1848. He made a public confession of faith in the First Presbyterian Church of Princeton,N.J., at the age of twenty. His preparatory studies were pursued in the Queen's College Preparatory School, Kingston, Can., and he graduated from Queen's University, Kingston, in 1863. He spent the next year in teaching. He began the study of theology in Queen's College, spending a year there, 1864-65. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in 1865, he took the full three years' course there, graduating in1868. He was licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, April 18, 1867, and ordained by the… Read More

1872. No binding & hard cover. George Cruikshank was a celebrated British caricaturist, book illustrator, and friend of Charles Dickens. The collection consists of 5 items dating from 1831 to 1872, specifically a manuscript, 3 books formerly owned by Cruikshank and a carte-de-visite, 1 Manuscript:• Ms., 1 page (repaired), July 1872, re giving a collection of his works to the British nation. In a four-flap cloth folder with printed label in leather. 3 Books owned by Cruikshank:• David Brewster, The Life of Isaac Newton (London: John Murray, 1831), Family Library, no. XXIV, dull cream grey cloth, text block re-attached, in a custom wrap and slipcase, signed by Cruikshank on the title page.• James Beattie, The Minstrel; Or, the Progress of Genius and Other Poems (London: John Sharp, 1833), embellished with engravings from the designs of Richard Westall, original red paper boards, partial paper label on the spine, upper board repaired and re-attached, bookplates of John Louis Ketterlinus (son of… Read More

NP, ND. No binding. Fine. Small sheet, 2-7/8 x 2-1/2 inches. Autograph "G.H. Clarke" in ink. Fine condition. George Herbert Clarke was a Canadian poet and academic. He attended McMaster University, where he earned a B.A. in 1891 and an M.A. in 1896. He served as a Professor at Mercier University, Georgia, (1901-1905), Peabody College, Tennessee (1908-11), and the University of Tennessee and University of the South until 1925. From 1925 he was head of the English Department at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario and editor-in-chief of Queen's Quarterly in 1944, and held that position until his death. In 1937 Clarke's poem "Hymn to the Spirit Eternal" was awarded a gold medal by the Governor-General for best poem appearing in the Canadian Authors Association literary magazine, Canadian Poetry, during 1936. Clarke received an LL.D. from McMaster in 1923, an LL.D. from Queen's in 1943, and a D.C.L. from Bishop's University in 1944. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1930, and… Read More

1911. No binding & hard cover. George Grossmith was an English comedian, writer, composer, actor, and singer. His performing career spanned more than four decades.Weedon Grossmith was an English writer, painter, actor, and playwright best known as co-author of The Diary of a Nobody (1892) with his brother.George Grossmith Jr. was an English actor, theatre producer and manager, director, playwright and songwriter, best remembered for his work in and with Edwardian musical comediesThis collection contains 16 items dating from 1886 to 1911, specifically 6 letters, 2 incomplete letters, 3 photo cards, 1 photo, 2 notes, 1 piece of sheet music, and 1 book.George and Weedon Grossmith. The Diary of a Nobody. Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith; London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co. Limited, 1892. 33 b&w line drawings by Weedon Grossmith. First ed., first state. Original pictorial light brown cloth with blue and black stamping and gilt titling to the spine. 300 pp. + [3] pp. of publisher's advertisements at… Read More

1923. 1st Edition. Very Good. George Washington Goethals (1858-1928) Engineer. Goethals is best known for his supervision of construction and the opening of the Panama Canal.  4 ½"x 3 inch sheet of paper, signed and dated Nov. 16, 1923.  Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt as chief engineer for the Panama Canal 1907; military governor of the Canal Zone 1914-1917.  From 1919 to 1928 Goethals was President of George W. Goethals and Company, a New York engineering firm and Advisor and Consulting Engineer to the Port Authority of New York. Goethals died on January 21, 1928, in New York City. Many tributes have been paid to Goethals by distinguished persons. Of these, the following most represents consensus about the man and about his achievements."Colonel Goethals proved to be the man of all others to do the job. It would be impossible to overstate what he has done. It is the greatest task of any kind that any man in the world has accomplished during the years that Goethals has been at work. It is the… Read More

Ottawa: Supreme Court of the Independent Order of Foresters, 1899. 1st Edition. No binding. Good. Flat 21 x 16 inches folded to 8 x 10-1/2 inches. George Washington Perkins and his wife, Isabella Perkins Mortgage 13th May, 1899 with Supreme Court of the Independent Order of Foresters Mortgage for $17,000. Town lot number four (4) situated on the north side of Wellington Street at the junction of the said Wellington Street north Vittoria Street . Lots 19 and 20 on the East side of Vittoria Street.This land is very close to the present day Ottawa Parliament buildings.Good condition. George Washington Perkins (1835-1920) Machinist. Immediate Family: Son of Lyman Perkins and Syrene BlaisdellBrother of Edward Lyman Perkins; Lydia Hanna Perkins; Elvira Livonia Perkins; Hamlet Perkins; Horatio Nelson Perkins; Adeline Louise Perkins; Albert Bruce Perkins; Victoria Elizabeth Perkins; Clementine Margaret Perkins; Matilda Syene Perkins and Hubert Charles Perkins. One of the inventors of the "Perkins saw swage… Read More

1934. No binding. Very Good. Small card, 3-1/8 x 1-1/2 inches, signed in pencil by George Young and his first wife, Margaret Ravior, also a successful marathon swimmer, written, Aug. 16/34 Sincerely George Young Catalina Kid Margaret Ravin Young 193 21-32 marathon 1934. Reverse of trimmed printed card for Gordon A. McIntyre of Toronto. Very good condition. George Young was a 17-year-old Canadian marathon swimmer who on 15-16 January 1927 became the rst swimmer to swim the channel between Catalina Island and the mainland of California. This took place during a contest called the Wrigley Ocean Marathon, sponsored by chewing gum and sports magnate William Wrigley Jr. Young was the only person to complete the swim, taking 15 hours and 44 minutes to complete the 35 kilometer (22 mile) course. This feat earned him a prize of $25,000 and the nickname "The Catalina Kid". Later won in 1931, the CNE Marathon Swim. He was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1955.In 1932 George married his first wife,… Read More

ND. No binding. Very Good. Autograph small leaf, 5 x 4 inches, clipped from bottom of dictated, handwritten letter. Smith's signature written below nal 7 words of the dictated letter. Leaf glued to a portion of the same or another letter showing "The Grange" as return address. Very good condition. Goldwin Smith was a British/Canadian writer, journalist, and controversialist and active in the United Kingdom and Canada. Born and educated in the UK, he later moved to USA. he decided in 1871 to move to Toronto and to be near some relatives. Four years later that move became permanent as a consequence of his marriage in Toronto on 3 Sept. 1875 to William Henry Boulton's widow, Harriet Elizabeth Mann, née Dixon, who was two years his junior, an American by birth, and possessor of a significant fortune which included the estate named the Grange. Smith settled into a late-blooming marital bliss and the Grange's affluent surroundings with ease: "a union for the afternoon and evening of life," he told his… Read More

1793. No binding. Very Good. SIGNED GUY CARLETON MONEY RELATED DOCUMENT 4 pages, 8 x 12-1/4 inch and 1 page affixed to page three, of detailed accounts, dated, Quebec, October 28, 1793, giving an account of money that is owed from October 25th to December 14th 1793.Moderate soiling with tattered edges professionally repaired and minor browning, otherwise in very good condition. Exlibrary small stamp (W.C Putnam collection Davenport Public Museum) on p2, p4 and mounted insert page on p3. Sir Guy Carleton served in America beginning in 1758. He was governor of Quebec and commander of British forces in Canada (1775-77), during which time he repelled Montgomery and Benedict Arnold's attack on Quebec, defeated Arnold on Lake Champlain and re-took Crown Point. From 1782-83 he was Commander in Chief in Canada from 1791 to 1796.William Clement Putnam was born on June 26, 1862, in Davenport, Iowa, the city in which he spent his entire life. He was a voracious reader whose love of history was piqued early. At… Read More