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

Boston: Horn Book, 1965. 1st, 3rd issue. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Third printing. 8 x 10-1/2 inches. xvi,(3),[4]-527pp.(1). Hardcover with worn dustwrapper with marks and tears, good condition otherwise. Inside Exlibrary markings on both front and back end papers otherwise good condition. More than 250 black-and-white illustrations are sprinkled throughout all sections of the book. Content includes comprehensive chapters on the history and development of illustrated books for children, in Europe and America. Part One: History and Development and discusses contemporary techniques in graphic reproduction; Part Two: Alphabetic list containing over 250 biographies of illustrators living at the time of publication.; Part Three: Bibliographies, one of illustrators, the other of authors, and their works; Part Four: Appendix. First edition 1947. Second printing 1961.

Boston: The Horn Book Inc, 1968. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. First edition. 8 x 10-1/2 inches. xvii(1),[1]-295pp.(1). Hardcover with worn dustwrapper with some marks and tears, good condition otherwise. Inside Exlibrary markings on both front paper removed left front inside cover and back end papers with library card affixed, otherwise good condition. Biographies and selected bibliography of artists and authors (A Supplement to Illustrators of Children's Books, 1744-1945 and Illustrators of Children's Books, 1946-1956) With illustrated articles by Marcia Brown, Adrienne Adams, Grace Allen Hogarth and Rumer Godden. Biographies and selected bibliography of artists and authors. Jacket torn at head of spine. Over 452 biographical sketches describe the illustrators active from 1957 to 1966 and introductory essays comment on recent trends.

London: Illustrated London News, 1867. 1st Edition. No binding. Very Good. EARLY IMAGE OF VISCOUNT MOCK - FIRST GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA16 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches. Illustrated London News - February 9, 1867ORIGINAL newspaper journal full of large and smaller engravings from the  Industrial Revolution  era.Very good conditionCharles Stanley Monck, 4th Viscount Monck was the last Governor-General of the Province of Canada and the first Governor General of Canada after Canadian Confederation. Prior to Confederation he was concurrently Lieutenant Governor of both Canada West and Canada East. ENGRAVINGSI. Full page (or double page or near full page) engravings (Title or subject/illustrator)The Main Street of Yokohama During the Great FireThe New Cabinet- Mr. Walpole- Duke of Buckingham- Viscount Monk page 141- Earl of Derby- General Peel- Earl of Malmesbury- Sir J. Pakington- Lord Naas- Lord Chelmsford- Mr. C. Hardy- Mr. D'Israeli- Viscount Cranborne- Earl of Carnarvon- Sr. S. Northcote- Lord J.… Read More

Sharron Hill, PA: Philadelphia Print Shop Ltd, 1993. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. First edition. 10-1/2 x 8-1/2 inches oblong. v, [2] 198pp. Soft cover with 16 colour plates and black & many b&w images. Old sticker mark on top right front cover, otherwise, very good condition. Catalogue of the Charles Rand Penney collection of prints of Niagara Falls, dating from the late seventeenth to the early twentieth century. With introductory essay by Gloria Deak and analysis of the history of these images of Niagara Falls by Christopher W. Lane. Also including a documentary listing of the prints, bibliographical references (pages 190-192) and indexes and appendixes.Charles Rand Penney was an accomplished lawyer, seasoned traveler, and distinguished collector.

New York: PIerpoint Morgan Library, 1993. 1st Edition. Self-cover. Near Fine. Soft cover, 8 x 11-1/2 inches. 4pp,[6]-310pp.(2). With 274 illustrations (123 colour plates). Very minor wear at top of spine, otherwise, near-fine condition.A catalogue of highlights from the various collections at The Morgan, including paintings, illuminated manuscripts, printed books, children's books, bindings, autographs, etc. Contents include: Director's Foreword; Foreword by John Russell; Introduction; I Paintings and Art Objects; II Ancient Near Eastern Seals and Tablets; III Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts; IV Printed Books; V Children's Books ; VI Bindings; VII Autograph Manuscripts; VIII Music Manuscripts; IX Gilbert and Sullivan Collection; X Drawings and Prints.

1854. 1st Edition. No binding. Fair. Four pages folio, flat size: 20-3/8 x 16-1/2 inches, folded size: 8-1/4 x 10-1/4 inches, folded into quarters (was folded smaller). Indenture for the sale of land Dated 12th June 1854. Between from Alexander Archibald Riddel, Printer first part and Anne Riddel second part to Margaret McGregor, wife of John Morrison, third part...of the sum of One Hundred and Seventy-five pounds...100 ares..lying and being in the Township of Enniskillen in the County of Lampton and the Province of Canada...one hundred acres...the West half of the lot number nine in the Tenth concession of the said Township of Enniskillen... Signed by A.A. and Anne Riddel and by McGregor both with a faded seal next to signatures.White spotting, long stain marks, paper tear on page 3/4 and some fold holes in light blue paper document. Fair condition. Alexander Archibald Riddel (1819-1883) Scottish born Canadian printer, doctor, legislator. Founder of the Toronto Medical Society. Riddel came to… Read More

1845. 1st Edition. No binding. Poor. Four pages folio, flat size: 20-3/8 x 16-3/8 inches, folded size: 8-1/4 x 10-1/4 inches, folded into quarters (was folded smaller). Indenture for the sale of land from James Mitchell of Brockville, selling land to Ogle Gowan. Dated 23rd June 1845. Brockville in the County of Leeds in the District of Johnstown in the Province of Canada between James Mitchell, late of the Seventy Fourth Regiment of Foot and now of the town of Brockville aforesaid of the one part Ogle Robert Gowan, of Brockville, aforesaid Esquire of the other part...for the sum of one hundred pounds...that certain tract of land situate lying and being in the Township of Enniskillen, in the County of Kent and Western District of the Province of Upper Canada being composed of the West half of lot number nine in the tenth concession in the said Township of Enniskillen and containing by him a measurement of one hundred acres... Signed by Ogle Gowan and James Mitchell. Many tears and a few holes in… Read More

1831. 1st Edition. No binding. Good. Four pages folio, flat size: 19-3/4 x 15-1/4 inches, folded size: 4-1/4 x 10 inches, folded. Partially printed and transfer document signed. Good condition. One page large folio. Dated 6 September 1831 at the Town of York in the Home district in the Province of Upper Canada by and between Jonathan Dean of the Township of Markham, in the said District, Yeoman and Elizabeth, Wife of the said Jonathan Dean of the one part ; Robert Williams of the Township of Hamilton in the District of Newcastle, in the said Province...That the said Jonathan Dean and Elizabeth his wife for and in consideration of the sum of Thirty Seven pounds and ten Shillings... to them in hand paid by Robert Williams... tract of land and premises lying and being in the Township of Zorra in the County of Oxford, in the District of London... One hundred acres...Signed by Jonathan and Elizabeth Dean, Robert Williams and also by Grant Powell, Judge of the Home District Court. Grant Powell was a… Read More

1854. 1st Edition. No binding. Good. Four pages folio, flat size: 20-3/8 x 16-1/2 inches, folded size: 8-1/4 x 10-1/4 inches, folded into quarters (was folded smaller). Indenture for the sale of land from Ogle Gowan to A.A. Riddell. Dated 31st March 1854. Between Ogle Robert Gowan of the city of Toronto in the County of York, one of the united Counties of York, and Peel and Province of Canada. gentleman of the first part and Archibald Alexander Riddel of the said City of Toronto, Printer, of the second part...of the sum of Seventy-five pounds...lying and being in the Township of Enniskillen in the County of Lampton and the Province of Canada...one hundred acres...the West half of the lot number nine in the Tenth concession of the said Township of Enniskillen...signed by Gowan and Riddel both with a red seal next to signatures. Signed by Riddel and twice by Gowan.White spotting, stain marks and some fold holes in heavy blue paper document, otherwise good condition. Ogle Gowan (1803-1876) First… Read More

Bruxelles (Brussels): Auguste Wahlen, 1844. No binding. Good. Paper size: 10-1/2 x 6-1/2 inches, hand-coloured. paper removed from top of head of Indian sitting. some minor soiling and spots, otherwise in good condition. Circa 1844.Crow Indians, engraving from Dresses and costumes of all people around world, by Auguste Wahlen (1785-1850), 1843-1844, North America.

1909. No binding. 11-1/2 x 8-5/8 inches Litho printed portrait of Giekie with printed signature and inscribed on verso six lines dated Toronto May 18, 1909 to Mrs. Donald Sutherland Walter Bayne Geikie, doctor and educator. Licensed by the Medical Board of Upper Canada in July 1851. He practised in Bond Head from 1851 to 1856. He worked at Victoria College at Cobourg 1856-1870 and the Medical Faculty of Trinity College in 1871 as registrar and treasurer and, on the death of E.M. Hodder in 1878, was made dean. He was on the consulting staff of Toronto General Hospital and the Hospital for Sick children, until 1903. He was also president of the Union Loan Savings Co. and Toronto City Mission, treasurer in Canada of the Armenian Relief Fund, and vice-president of the Upper Canada Bible Society.

Ottawa: Published by Borealis Press, 1974. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. First edition. 6 x 7 inches. [1]-59,(1). Soft cover. White and pink card wrapper covers with black lettering to front and spine.Near fine condition and signed by Carol Shields on inside page.This is the author's second volume of 50 poems published, 2 years after her first "Others" Carol Shields was an American-born Canadian novelist and short story writer. She is best known for her 1993 novel The Stone Diaries, which won the U.S. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. In 1998, the Governor General of Canada made Carol an Officer of the Order of Canada. She subsequently (2002) was made a Companion of the Order of Canada - Canada's highest honour. Also in 1998, Carol was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

1985. No binding & hard cover. Good. Irving Stone was a prolific American author of biographical novels of historical personalities such as Lust for Life about Vincent van Gogh and The Agony and the Ecstasy about Michelangelo. In a century in which popular culture appropriated politics, art, literature, and history, Stone was a preeminent purveyor of the accessible mainstream biography. The collection has 28 items dating from 1939 to 1985, specifically 20 letters, 2 post cards, 1 photo, 1 signed sheet, 1 souvenir typescript, and 3 books. 20 letters:• 2 ALS on cards with envelopes to Dorothy Dockstader, post-marked 17 and 31 October 1934, re the reception of Lust for Life.• 10 TLS and 1 TL addressed Dear Pop (Charles Tannenbaum), 27 August ?, 27 June 1939, 18 May 1940, 9 June 1940, 18 June 1940, 18 August 1940, 26 October 1940, 13 June 1942, 31 July 1942, 26 August 1942, and 4 November 1942 re taking Jean to Boulder Dam (Lake Mead and Grand Canyon) and San Francisco, woman building a roof on her… Read More

1785. No binding. Very Good. 40 X 23cm (16" X 9 1/2"), Folded (as issued) Some age toning, small old water stain marks along top 2 inches and foldings from the book. Good condition.Tilted "Isles de la reine charlotte. Der Konigin Charlotte Inseln" Jacques Nicolas Bellin was a French hydrographer, geographer, and member of the French intellectual group called the philosophes.

1897. No binding. Very Good. Israel Tarte was a notary, journalist, newspaper owner, and politician. Tarte came to prominence as editor of several newspapers, Le Canadien, L'Evénement, La Patrie and the Quebec Daily Mercury. He was a Minister under Wilfrid Laurier. "The four elements that made him what he was - a francophone, Catholic, Canadian, and British subject - sometimes led him, in politics, to try to square the circle." DCB Typed letter signed with Free Frank envelope. One page, 8 x 10 inches. Dated Office of the Minister of Public Works, Ottawa, September 6th, 1897. Letter refers to a dispute between lumber and agricultural interests and suggesting he will attempt to work out a solution. (With some Tarte handwritten additions). To Cambridge member of parliament Duncan Graham (1845-1934), who had just won a by-election in 1897 to Parliament (his only term) after a contested vote count in the 1896 Laurier landslide.

Leipzig: Oskar Leiner, 1857. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. QUITE RARE JUDAICA BOOK First edition. Israelite People's Library. V. German = American sketches for Jewish emigrants and non-emigrants. Text in German.(2),[3]-108pp, 4-3/4 x 7-1/4 inches. Original printed blue boards and paper over spine almost worn away. Exlibris book With two old stamps on title-page ("Eigenthum des jüdisch-theol. Seminars zu Breslau" and "Dr. B. Beersche Bibliothek") and 2 scattered marg. library stamps in Hebrew (unread); some lvs. w. faint waterstain in upper blank margin. Backcover with publisher's adverts. Covers weak with back cover almost detached. Overall condition is fair. Anonymous 1857 book of Jewish emigration to the United States. It describes the experiences of a German Jew who arrived in America in 1853. Provides unusual data about New York Jewry as well as a stimulating, critical - albeit in some parts prejudiced - view of it. The author begins by describing his journey from Europe to America (along with… Read More

New York: American Bible Society, 1856. 2nd Edition. Hard Cover. Good. QUITE SCARCE EARLY OJIBWA LANGUAGE BIBLE Quite scarce. 2nd edition. 7 x 4-3/4 inches. iv, [1]-717pp. Bound in full calf with four raised bands, red label and title in gilt. Old staining on pages, otherwise good condition.The New Testament of our Lord Jesus Christ: Translated into the Language of the Ojibwa Indians. Language: Chipewyan, prefatory material in English : text in Chippewa. Sabin 57091 Early Missionary provenance with attached original 4 x 6-1/4 inches photograph cabinet card of Rev. S. G. (Sela Goodrich) Wright (1816-1906) in at end of book. Wright was a linguistic scholar and a missionary "among the Ojibway Indians, in Northern Minnesota, at Leech Lake and Red Lake, for nearly fifty years." 1st edition was published in 1844 with (iv),643pp. 2nd edition, this one, published in 1856 with (iv)717pp. Third and fourth editions with (iv)717pp published in 1875 and 1928.Translation attributed to Henry Blatchford (Pilling,… Read More