Skip to content

Search Results: Authors starting with U from Lord Durham Rare Books (IOBA)

You searched for:
  • Bookseller inventory: Lord Durham Rare Books (IOBA) (authors starting with U)
  • Bookseller: Lord Durham Rare Books (IOBA)
Results 1 - 5 of 5
Handwritten cover letter via Cunard Line Paddlestreamer RMS Britannia, NY to Paris
More Photos

Handwritten cover letter via Cunard Line Paddlestreamer RMS Britannia, NY to Paris

by UNDERWOOD, J.A.

  • Used
Condition
Used
Quantity Available
1
Seller
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$150.00
$25.00 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
New York: J.A. Underwood, 1847. Flat: 7-1/2 x 9-3/4 inches. 4pp only written on two outside pages and was folded to 5-1/34 x 3-1/4 inches.Dec 14,1847 dated letter via Cunard Line Paddlestreamer MS Britannia, NY to Paris. Was folded now flat, very good condition.Cover letter to; M... Delahantes Ho Bankers, Paris, France. (Britannia)From. G.A. Underwood, New York.Confirms receiving envelope form the bank but not it's contents. Discuss bills for 15,00 francs. Hopes by the French steamer to make further payment. Signed J.A. Underwood Image of the ship NOT included, for visual reference only.RMS Britannia [The First Cunard Liner] was an ocean liner of the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, later known as Cunard Steamship Company. She was launched on 5 February 1840, at the yard of Robert Duncan & Company in Greenock, Scotland. In January 1842. "Let us suppose though you had the money and were keen to embrace the new technology. Step aboard then Cunard's first ship, the paddle… Read More
Item Price
$150.00
$25.00 shipping to USA
The Gentleman's Magazine with original 1759 accounts and maps of the French Indian war at Quebec...
More Photos

The Gentleman's Magazine with original 1759 accounts and maps of the French Indian war at Quebec and Crown Point (New York)

by URBAN, Sylvanus [CAVE, Edward] [1691-1754]

  • Used
  • good
Condition
Used - Good
Edition
1st Edition
Quantity Available
1
Seller
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$475.00
$25.00 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
London: printed for D. Henry and R. Cave at St. John's Gate, 1759. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 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 Country between Crown Point and Fort Edward, showing Ticonderoga and Lake George… Read More
Item Price
$475.00
$25.00 shipping to USA
The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume XXIX. for the Year 1759 (May to Dec. 1759)
More Photos

The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume XXIX. for the Year 1759 (May to Dec. 1759)

by URBAN, Sylvanus [CAVE, Edward] [1691-1754]

  • Used
  • good
Condition
Used - Good
Edition
1st Edition
Quantity Available
1
Seller
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$295.00
$25.00 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
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
Item Price
$295.00
$25.00 shipping to USA
West Prospect of the Town of Liverpool as it Appeared About the Year 1680 engraving

West Prospect of the Town of Liverpool as it Appeared About the Year 1680 engraving

by URBAN, Sylvanus [CAVE, Edward] [1691-1754] & EYES, John JR. (d1793) (after) & HOWLETT, B. (engraver)

  • Used
  • good
Condition
Used - Good
Edition
1st Edition
Quantity Available
1
Seller
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$25.00
$25.00 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
London: John Nichols and Son and Bently, 1813. 1st Edition. No binding. Good. First Edition. Paper size: 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches. Image size: 6-1/8 x 3-5/8 inches. West Prospect of the Town of Liverpool as it Appeared About the Year 1680. After John Eyes (d1793). Engraving by B. Howlett. Gentleman's Magazine 1813, page 537.Damp stain to top edge, crease down the middle and small paper repair in middle of image. Good condition. .
Item Price
$25.00
$25.00 shipping to USA
The London Magazine for Month of November 1758, or Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer
More Photos

The London Magazine for Month of November 1758, or Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer

by URBAN, Sylvanus [CAVE, Edward] [1691-1754] & Frontenac map by KITCHIN, Thomas [1718-1784]

  • Used
  • fair
Condition
Used - Fair
Edition
1st Edition
Quantity Available
1
Seller
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$75.00
$25.00 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
London: Printed for R. Baldwin, 1758. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. First edition. 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches with new cloth spine, paper label, beige paper covered boards and new endpaper. Internally text and plates soiled and water stain 2-1/2 x 1/2 inches on top page edges through out. 545p-600p. and pages 595-598 in facsimile. Overall condition is fair.Text article: An Authentic Account of the Reduction of Louisbourg (page 549 - 552) 4 Maps:#1) - A Plan of the Fort and Bay of Frontenac with the adjacent Counties 18 cm x 11 cm - page 552A detailed map of the Northeast portion of Lake Ontario near the Iroquois River and Bay of Niaoure, Fort Frontenac and published during the French & Indian War. Fort Frontenac was built by the French in 1673. Until the American Revolution, the fort languished since the British considered other places more important for defence and trade. However, at the end of the revolutionary war, interest increased. Not only was it's strategic importance growing, but also as a… Read More
Item Price
$75.00
$25.00 shipping to USA
Add to Want List

Didn’t find what you’re looking for?

Try adding this search to your want list. Millions of books are added to our site everyday and when we find one that matches your search, we’ll send you an email. Best of all, it’s free.

Add to Want List
Book lovers can save on books by joining our Bibliophiles club

Are you a frequent reader or book collector?

Join the Bibliophile's Club and save 10% on every purchase, every day — up to $20 savings per order!

Biblio is a socially responsible company

Social Responsibility

Did you know that since 2004, Biblio has used its profits to build 16 public libraries in rural villages of South America?