 |
|
JUNE 8, 2015 - 17 items offered...
|
 |
7 BOOKS
1 MAP
3 PRINTS
3 MANUSCRIPTS
3 EPHEMERA
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note: If the item clicked does not appear online on our web site, it is no longer available.
SEARCH for other authors or titles, or create a
WANT of your elusive item(s).
|
|
BURDEN, Mrs.
[1847]. London, SCARCE JUVENILE STORY BOOK
(4), [6]-62pp., with 7 hand-coloured full-page illustrations, including frontis. llustrations by T.H. Jones after Whatman. Approximate date inferred from Brown, P. London publishers and printers circa 1800-1870 and from Osborne (Worldcat)...
|
|
|
DU RYER, Pierre, (d.1658) &
CICERO, Marcus Tullius [106BC-43BC]
1670.
Volume #10 only of 12 volumes originally published. Tusculanae Disputationes is a series of books originally written by Cicero, around 45 BC, attempting to popularise Stoic philosophy in Ancient Rome. In the sixty-second year of Cicero's age, his daughter, Tullia, died in childbed; and her loss afflicted Cicero to such a degree that he abandoned all public business....
Price: $ 300 USD
#2819
|
|
|
BOULTON, Major Charles A(rkoll)
[1841 - 1899]
1886.
CONSIDERED THE EARLIEST CANADIAN DUST JACKET PUBLISHED.
Frontis, (8), [7]-531pp including appendix. 4-1/2 x 7 inches. Original bright gilt decorated red cloth with bevelled edges. Top and bottom of spine very slightly crushed and a hole in the lower part of the cloth spine, otherwise in very good+ condition. Boulton was the commander of a cavalry unit known as Boulton's Scouts. The great-grandson of judge D'Arcy Boulton.....
Price: $ 595 USD
#0923
|
|
|
SHERMAN, General W. T[ecumseh].
1875.
2 volumes, 8-3/4" x 6", 405pp., [2] (ads) + 409pp., [6] (ads) pp.,
Original sheep boards with new calf leather spines and original labels relaid. Some minor scuffing on board edges but very good+ condition. No map in pocket of volume 2.....
Price: $ 175 USD
#0409
|
|
|
[HAWKINS, Alfred [1802? - 1854]] & [SMILLIE, James Jr. [1807 - 1885]]
engraved by.
1844.
The plates present are;
Falls of Montmorenci (Vinette), Quebec Driving club (p.68), Congressional and St. Patrick Churhes (p.90), Parliament House (p107), and Marine Hospital(p.111).
The foldout map "Plan of the City of Quebec, dated 1842" measures 15'' x 20''. Map has had some minor paper repairs and is in very good condition, with lightly toned, with some light foxing......
Price: $ 625 USD
#3055
|
|
|
NICHOLSON, William
1816.
A detailed history of the Napoleonic Wars. Very good condition and a nice copy. Includes 22 hand-colored engraved plates (including the frontispiece) of equestrian portraits in uniform of European leaders, some by Canton, Romney, and after Canton, Romney, and Meyron:
1. Britannia, Crowned by Victory... [frontispiece].
2. Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France. May 31, 1815.
3. Alexander 1st. Emperor of all the Russias... May 18, 1815. [Charles] Canton, del et sculp.
4. His Royal Highness, The Prince Regent of Great Britain. June 16, 1815.......
Price: $1,750 USD
#4333
|
|
|
|
TRAILL, Catharine Parr (Strickland Mrs. Traill C.P.) [1802-1899]
1906.
Illustrated with 8 reproductions in natural colors and 12 half-tone engravings, from drawings by Mrs. Agnes B. Chamberlin. From the preface "This little work on the flowers and native plants of Central Canada is offered to the Canadian public with the hope that it may prove a means of awakening a love for the natural productions of the country, and a desire to acquire more knowledge of its resources. The aim of the writer is simply to show the real pleasure that may be obtained from a habit of observing what is offered to the eye.....
Price: $ 125 USD
#1512
|
|
|
DENNIE, Joseph [Oliver Oldschool] [1768 - 1812]
[1816].
SCARCE BATTLE PLAN FROM THE WAR OF 1812.
Plan of Fort Erie showing fortifications, bastions, and battle plan. Includes scale and some topographical details. Items in the image are lettered for identification however no legend on the map.
Fort Erie, across the Niagara River from Buffalo, New York, was the first British fort to be constructed in what was formerly French land following the French and Indian War. During the War of 1812, the fort was held by United States' forces after it was abandoned by British troops in June 1813...
Price: $ 695 USD #3094
|
|
|
D'YOUVILLE, Madame Marie-Margu?rite Dufrost de Lajemmerais (1701-1771)
[1852]. Pope John XXIII beatified Marguerite on May 3, 1959 and called her "Mother of Universal Charity" She was the first native-born Canadian saint to be canonized. In 1694, Letters Patent had been sent from the King of France authorizing the foundation of a men's religious community to which the people of Montreal gave the name "Charon Brothers"...
Price: $ 45 USD #0545
|
|
|
BUTLER, Lady, Elizabeth Southerden Thompson (1846-1933) after
[1876]. London, Fine Art Society
Black and white photogravure.
Survivors walking back after the failed charge of the Light Brigade; wounded, bandaged. and dazed figures, some mounted soldiers. Includes two stanzes from poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson....
Price: $1,500 USD #3686
|
|
|
GRANT, Sir Francis (1803-1878), after &
HUMPHRIES, William (1794-1865) engraved by.
1841. London, Graves and Warmsley
Hand-coloured engraving after a picture by Sir Francis Grant.
Image size: 28.5 x 16.5 inches plus 2" of type. Glass size: 37 x 27.5 inches
Triple matted, framed. Very good condition....
Price: $ 450 USD #3096
|
|
|
BUTLER, Walter [1752-1781] & ADAMS, Robert &
YATES, Christopher, 1737-1785 &
WHITE, Alexander & DEYGERT, Peter
RARE WALTER BUTLER SIGNATURE WITH SOON TO BE ENEMIES.
[1775]. Tryon County, NY,
Handwritten legal document, 6pp, 8 x 10 in., tied with red ribbon upper left, Tryon County, New York, filed 21 May 1775 .Walter Butler (1752-81).
Loyalist who became a captain in Butler's Rangers, formed by his father, John Butler. In May, 1775, Walter and John Butler left Tryon County for Canada in the company of Daniel Claus, Walter Butler, Hon Yost Schuyler and Joseph Brant. On July 7, they reached Fort Oswego and in August, Montreal." confirming he was a loyalist and fighting for Britain against the American "rebels"...
Price: $2,900 USD #4194
|
|
|
ROY, Dr. Philippe [1868-1948] & JOFFRE, Marshall Joseph Jacques C?saire [1852-1931]
1930. Autographed French letter signed. Four pages. 8vo Dated Legation du Canada en France. 15th January 1930 addressed to Mr. McIntrye. A long letter concerning the death of Marshall Joseph Jacques C?saire Joffre, a French General during WW1. Roy recounts his friendship and war experiences with him.
...
|
|
|
KENNEDY, Pitt & POLLOCK, Sir Frederick, 3rd Baronet [1845-1937] & BLAKE, Edward (Dominick) KC MP [1833-1912]
1905. Two small 8vo autographed letters to Edward Blake requesting appointment with Sir Frederick Pollock on his visit to Canada to discuss his concept for an Imperial "Intelligence" Department and a permanent Imperial Commission. Very good condition.
...
Price: $ 75 USD #4931
|
|
|
ROSE, Paul (1943-2013)
[1970].
This FLQ wanted poster is an integral part and a scarce historical document associated with one of the most important events in Quebec and Canadian history... Paul Rose was the leader of the Chenier cell of the Front de lib?ration du Qu?bec (FLQ), an armed group. On October 10, 1970, the cell kidnapped Quebec Labour Minister Pierre Laporte (later murdered). Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau declared "I think the society must take every means at its disposal to defend itself against the emergence of a parallel power which defies the elected power in this country and I think that this goes to any distance".. Challenged to state just how far he would go, Trudeau stated defiantly: "Well, just watch me"...
Price: $2,850 USD #6769
|
|
|
Newspaper
1775.
The Weekly Magazine, or Edinburgh Amusement newspaper, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4, August 24, 1775, 32pp., disbound, VG. From the interior, 3-1/2 pages and signed in type by John Hancock, President, a complete printing of Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms.
In part, A Declaration by the Representatives of the United Colonies of North-America, now met in Congress at Philadelphia, setting forth the causes and necessity of their taking up arms.
Parliament was influenced to adopt the pernicious project, and assuming a new power over them, have in the course of eleven years, given such decisive specimens of the spirit and consequences attending this power, as to leave no doubt concerning the effects of acquiescence under it....
Price: $ 950 USD
#3477
|
|
|
VARIOUS
1894-1947.
Numerous signatures, remembrances, comments predominately by ranking officials in the Church. Interesting entries from Bishops, Archdeacons, and many others from all over the world including Asia, Africa, New Guinea and many other fascinating origins, in excess of 200 signatures. A number of loose autographs, notes and newspaper clippings throughout are also included....
Price: $ 475 USD
#1871
|
|
|
Your comments, thoughts and suggestions on our
"Selected Offered Items"
monthly email are of great interest and most welcome!
|
|
|
|
OTHER WAYS TO CONNECT WITH LDRB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
