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

1977. No binding & hard cover. Daphne du Maurier collection pertaining to two books: her novel, The Glass-Blowers (published 1963); and Myself When Young (published 1977).The collection consists of 8 items dating from 1977 to 1963, specifically;• Novel The Glass-Blowers 1 manuscript notebook, 1 letter from an American agent, and 2 books (one inscribed) plus 2 complete typescript of two books, • Novel Myself When Young 1 Typescript and 2 Final Galley Proofs of Myself When Young.The Glass-Blowers (published 1963) material:In her novel The Glass-Blowers, du Maurier recounts the tale of her forebears, the Busson family of master glass-blowers, leading up to and through the French Revolution. Sophie Duval reveals to her long-lost nephew the tragic story of a family of master craftsmen in eighteenth-century France. Drawing on her own family's tale of tradition and sorrow, du Maurier weaves an unforgettable saga of beauty, war, and family. 1 Manuscript Notebook:• "The Bussons". Ms. notebook, blue… Read More

London, 1778. Very early edition. No binding. Very Good. The Death of General Wolfe three engravings:#1. ND. The Death of General Wolfe (Quebec) engraving. Black & white engraving. Paper: 10-1/2 x 8 inches. Image: 6-7/8 x 5 inches. No date. Some paper border staining otherwise, very good condition#2. ND. The Death of General Wolfe hand-coloured engraving. Hand-coloured engraving Paper: 9-3/4 x 6-3/8 inches. Image: 7 x 4-3/4 inches. No date. Some top right staining, otherwise, very good condition.#3. 1778. General Wolfe's Monument in Westminister Abby engraving. Black & white engraving. Paper: 5 x 8 inches. Image: 3-1/2 x 6 inches. Engraved for Hervey's Naval History, Vol.5, p. 177. Very good condition.

ND. No binding. cut paper size: 7-5/8 x 4-1/4 inchesSignature from top of document written in a different hand, signed "William R" William IV was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837. He was known both as the 'Sailor King' and as 'Silly Billy'. The third son of George III, William succeeded his elder brother George IV, becoming the last king and penultimate monarch of Britain's House of Hanover.

Toronto: The Rose Publishing Company, 1886. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. First edition. 8.5 x 5.5 inches,. (5), [3]-135 pages, frontis of author, many b/w illustrations, text in two columns; brown cloth, beveled edges/gilt titles. Gilt decorate cover extremities quite worn, soiling internally end papers spotted. Fair condition. An uncommon novel.This was Sheppard's first book, a fiction, "Dolly," which appeared first in serial form in the Toronto "News" Sheppard started the famous Canadian Magazine "Saturday Night" in 1887. Sheppard's magazine began as a broadsheet that kept its readers up to date on current events, Toronto's upper crust and what books to read. Originally called Toronto Saturday Night. One key to Sheppard's (Toronto) Saturday Night success was the uncommon focus and attention paid to Women and Women's issues.

London: printed for R. Griffiths, at the Dunciad, in Pater-Noster-Row, 1757. 1st Edition. Disbound. Very Good. SEVEN YEARS' WAR / FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR (1754-1763) BOOK First edition. 5 x 7-7/8 inches. (2), [5]-82 pages. Disbound lacking a title-page. Price from imprint: price one shilling. Title-page cover almost separated otherwise very good condition. Anonymous, By Charles Jenkinson. ESTC T31988Charles Liverpool a noted statesman was an advocate for the revision of the Military Act which he found to be outdated. He believed that a National Militia was the only reliable defence for a nation, emphasizing that it would not affect adversely the commerce and trade of the country contrary to many beliefs. Later edition published in 1794 with 94pp. ESTC T136691 The 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… Read More