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

Amsterdam N. Y.: Private Edition. C.P. Winegar, Book and Job printer, 149 Main Street 1868, 1863. 1st. Soft Cover. Good. Private edition. 9-1/2 x 6-1/4 inches, (3)-[4]-50pp. Self cover, unbound with only string binding along edge. Some old mildew and old water stains primarily in the outside border areas not affecting text otherwise good condition.Rare to market publication on Napoleon I, Emperor of the French written by an unusual author. Benjamin Paul Blood was an American philosopher, mystic, and poet. Blood was born in 1832 and lived for eighty-six years. During that time he wrote much, but unsystematically. His favorite form of publication was letters to newspapers, mainly local newspapers with a small circulation. These letters dealt with an astonishing diversity of subjects, from local petty politics or the tricks of spiritualist mediums to principles of industry and finance and profundities of metaphysics. quoted from H.M. Kallen.

ND. No binding. Near Fine. Paper size: 12-3/4 x 18 inches. Image size: 8-3/4 x 12-1/2 inches on light cream wove paper. Very good condition.Colour lithograph "Napoleon 1st Empereur 1810" print. Proably circa 1940's. Uncommon litho of Napoleon engraved by French artist Daniel Derveaux. Daniel Derveaux, was an artist and publisher of French art. Daniel Derveaux was the only artist to have really designed and engraved the old Saint-Malo as it was before the bombing of August 1944. His tests have also served, in the reconstruction of Saint-Malo, the attributions of war damage. He writes and illustrates many books on St Malo, Rennes and the Rance Valley. At the same time, he created lithographs of Breton portraits, costumes and sites, harbor views and numerous geographical or historical maps of France and all its regions, for example the map of Brittany with a coat of arms of several thousand. copies-, about Europe and the world. He was also advertising by creating many posters, leaflets, letterheads for… Read More

1915. No binding. Very Good. Typed letter signed, One page, 8 x 10 inches, dated The Senate, May 8th, 1915. To the Canadian poet Thomas O'Hagan, offering support for the recognition of Castell Hopkins at the University of Ottawa. Napoléon-Antoine Belcourt born in Toronto, was a Franco-Ontarian parliamentarian, lawyer and journalist, member of the Canadian Senate. He was elected to the House of Commons as the Liberal member for Ottawa in 1896, 1900 and 1904. He served as Speaker of the House in 1904 and was appointed to the Privy Council in 1905 and to the Senate in 1907. Belcourt was president of the Association canadienne-francaised'éducation de l'Ontario (1910-1912 and 1920-1930) and defended the cause of bilingual schools before the Privy Council in London, playing a key role in the Unity League, which succeeded in rallying English opinion to the Franco-Ontarian cause. In 1924, he was made an Officer of France's Légion d'honneur.

Chicago: The Newberry Library, 1999. Later edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches. ix,[1],120pp ; vii, 49pp. One of three hundred facsimile reprints of the Newberry 1912 and 1928 editions, bound together as one. Bound in the publisher's original maron cloth hard cover with the title stamped in gilt on a black label on the spine. Subject in the Edward E. Ayer Collection of the Newberry Library. Bound with Supplement by Clara A. Smith. A standard bibliography for Western Americana. Part one is a bibliography of 339 titles and part 2 lists 143 titles. Both with indices of the names of captives. Fine condition. Two parts in one volume. The first volume was published in 1912, and the supplement in 1928. This is a detailed bibliography of editions of works containing narratives of the experiences of captives taken by various Indian tribes of North America. The first volume comprises over three hundred titles of individual editions. The first supplement adds another 143 items. The organization is… Read More

[Edinburg]: [Scots Magazine Sept. 1759], 1759. 1st. No binding. Good. QUITE SCARCE EDINBURG SEPTEMBER 1759 EDITION OF ST. LAWRENCE[1759]. Copper plate engraving. 7.5 x 10 inches. Was folded, now flat. Some small markings outside of border otherwise good condition.Map maker: Andrew Bell Sculpt: A. Bell In addition to the main map, which traces the river from Anticosti Island to the city of Quebec, there is an included extension, A Continuation of the River St. Lawrence from Quebec to Lake Ontario. There are three additional insets: one focusing on the Bay of the Seven Isles, another on Lake Champlain, and The Traverse or Passage from Cape Torment into the South Channel of Orleans Isle. The river is filled with soundings, anchorages, shoals, rocks, and islands. This is the region where the epic Battle of the Plains of Abraham (Battle of Quebec) was fought in Canada during the French & Indian War. Nice map of the French & Indian War region where the major battle of the War, the Taking of Québec was… Read More

[London]: [J. Almon], 1779. Disbound. Very Good. 20cm x 12.5cm (7 3/4 x 5 inches), (4),22pp, p79-82. Disbound. Age toned paper. The text pages are lightly age toned with tiny tears at the tip of the top corners on the title page and text pages and a small 1/8 inch hole on page 81/82 touching a couple of words, otherwise, very good condition. The text pages run from 1 to 22 but then jump to pages 79 to 82 missing all the pages between.A section only of a work IMPORTANT in the CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY of CANADA and for the beginnings of the British Regime under KING GEORGE the THIRD in Canada.

London: British Government, 1849. 1st Edition. No binding. Very Good. #1. 16th July 1806. An act for allowing, until the First Day of August One thousand eight hundred and seven the Importation of certain Fish from Newfoundland and the Coast of Labrador, and for granting a Bounty thereon. Georgii IV. Regis. London, Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan#2. [1st Aug. 1808]. An act for allowing, until the First Day of August One thousand eight hundred and eight, the Importation of certain Fish from Newfoundland and the Coast of Labrador, and for granting a Bounty thereon. Georgii IV. Regis. 7-1/4 x 11 inches. 4pp [185]-188#3. [15th June 1810] An Act for reviving and further continuing until the Twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and eleven, several Laws for allowing the Importation of certain Fish from Newfoundland and the Coast of Labrador, and of certain Fish from Parts of the Coast of His Majesty's North American Colonies, and for granting Bounties thereon. Anno quinquagesimo… 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.

[London]: [George Virtue], 1838. 1st Edition. No binding. 1st edition. [1838]. Image 7 x 4-3/4 inches. Engraving hand-coloured depicting a view of Niagara Falls showing people in a small boat rowing towards the falls.Engraving matted and shrink wrapped, not examined outside of this wrapping. Very good or better condition.Published in American Scenery, and painted by W. H. Bartlett; engraved by J. Cousen. Published in London by George Virtue, c1838 .

New York: Goupil, Vibert & Co, 1848. 1st Edition. No binding. Very Good. First edition. Paper Size: 17.25' x 12.25" Image Size: 11" x 7.5" Colour lithograph, with additional hand-colouring, printed by Cattier. Some foxing in outer border and border scuffing in a couple of places, otherwise overall very good condition. NIAGARA FALLS [printed at top]; Drawn from nature by Aug. Kollner [printed below image, left]; New-York & Paris, published by Goupil, Vibert & Co. | 20 | HORSESHOE FALL | (from the Canada side.) | Entered according to act of congress, in the year 1848, by Aug. Kollner, in the clerk's office of the district court for the southern district of New-York. [printed below image, center]; Lith. by Deroy. Printed by Cattier. [printed below image, right] This lovely lithograph of Horseshoe Fall, with Terrapin Tower in the distance at left. Goupil, Vibert & Co. published a set of 54 of Kollner's views of American cities, including eight prints of Niagara. A finely observed view of one of the… Read More

1938. Size each of the 4 photos: 5" x 7". Unknown photographer.Written in pencil on the back "January 30, 1938, just three days after the collapse.One photo has a 1/2" oval hole from being torn from the photo album it was mounted in.Condition Very Good. "The Collapse of the Honeymoon BridgeOn January 23rd 1938, a sudden wind storm on Lake Erie sent a deluge of ice down river and over the Falls. Within twelve hours the river below the Falls was jammed with ice of such enormous proportions that the ice pressure pushing against the bridge abutments and the hinge supports of the arch caused severe structural damage. It was only a matter of time until the bridge would collapse.The bridge remained intact for several days, drawing thousands of people who came to wait for the end of the bridge to come.The end of the Upper Steel Arch Bridge (Honeymoon Bridge) came at 4:20 p.m. on January 27th 1938, when the span broke free and fell into the gorge onto the ice on the river below. The ice had pushed the bridge… Read More

Ottawa: James Ashfield, photographer, 1885. 1st Edition. No binding. Good. QUITE SCARCE SHAKESPEARE PHOTO ESPECIALLY SIGNED Quite scarce photo or profile of Noah Shakespeare. Taken in Ottawa when Noah Shakespeare was an MP for Victoria. It is also only photo of him signed we could find. He is most known for being the author of the 1885 Chinese Immigration Act passed in Ottawa.4-1/4 x 5-3/4 inches Cabinet card of Noah Shakespeare signed and with imprint on the back of the photographer James Ashfield, Ottawa. Circa 1885 given Ashfield's photo studio was active from 1884 to about 1889 and Shakespeare was a federal MP for Victoria and in Ottawa between 1883 to 1887. Some spotting and slightly cropped at top right, otherwise good condition. A historically and politically important person quite scarce signed cabinet card. Noah Shakespeare was a labourer, photographer, politician, activist, and civil servant. He was married in 1859 to Elizabeth Pearson, a native of New York State and a daughter of Thomas… Read More

1997. Hard & Soft cover. Good. Norman Mailer was an American novelist, journalist, playwright, and political candidate. His novel The Naked and the Dead (1948) brought him early and wide renown.The collection has 8 items dating from 1948 to 1997, specifically 6 letters, 1 signed book and 1 signed envelope.6 Typed Letters Signed (TLS):• TLS to Ken Browne, 12 April 1965, with envelope, thanks Browne for his warm letter, can't send him a photo of himself, recalls passing through Phoenix and Mesa sometime ago. • TLS 4 June 1972, declining her invitation to speak in Italy ("working on a novel all winter and so not in a mood to travel or debate") to Irma Antonetto, Associazione Culturale Italiana, who was the creator of the Italian Cultural Association and in forty-six years of activity she had brought to Italy over 400 personalities including philosophers, scientists, writers, Nobel laureates.• TLS to Paul [Lomartire], 7 January 1973, "Of course I remember you...", mentions his mother. • TLS to… Read More

Victoria (BC): The Adelphi Book Shop, Ltd., 1969. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. First edition. Limited edition of 750 copies. 6 x 9 inches. 67 ppSigned and inscribed "for Miss Evelyn MacDonald with the Best Wishes of the author" on the front end paper. Brown imitation leather boards and book in fine condition. Foreword by Samuel Rothstein. Near fine condition. Content based on a lecture for librarians, intended primarily to identify important books relating the exploration and beginnings of British Columbia. The contents includes lectures on Spaniards versus Russians, The British Approach by Land and Sea, The French Look In and The Americans Reach out. Illustrated in black and white wityh facsimiles of letters and drawings. From the copyright page, "First published as the complete issue of the British Columbia Library Quarterly for January 1969... in an edition of 750 copies. With a foreword by Samuel Rothstein. An account of important books concerning the early exploration and history of… Read More

London: Reprinted and sold by James Phillips, London, 1817. 2nd Edition. Hard Cover. 6 QUAKER PUBLICATIONS BOUND TOGETHER IN ONE BOOK Together six 18th and 19th century Quaker publications bound in 1 vol., occasional spotting, light browning, #1 - A narrative of the captivity and sufferings of Benjamin Gilbert and his family; who were surprised by the Indians, and taken from their farms, on the frontiers of Pennsylvania. In the spring, 1780. Philadelphia, printed: London: reprinted and sold by James Phillips, George-Yard, Lombard-Street, M.DCC.XC. [1790] ; by [William Walton (1740-1824)]The second British edition of this scarce captivity narrative, after the first edition printed in Philadelphia the previous year. iv, [5]-124pp. Contemporary half calf, upper cover missing, worn, but holding firm, 4 x 6-3/4 inches. The second British edition of this scarce captivity narrative, after the first edition printed in Philadelphia the previous year. A most important captivity narrative, set in the… Read More