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4 EPHEMERA
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René François Armand (Sully) Prudhomme was a French poet and essayist, and was the first ever winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1901.
Collection contents:
1) 1865 Stances et poëmes Book
Paris: Achille Faure, 1865)
2a) Sully Prudhomme. Autograph letter signed. To Mademoiselle Marie Champion.
2b) Sully Prudhomme. Handwritten poem :pour Mademoiselle Marie Champion / a Aulnay/ le 29 Octobre 1901.
2c) Sully Prudhomme. Envelope in his hand to Mademoiselle Marie Champion
2d) (Sully) Prudhomme. His calling card with and written notations
Price: $ 1,750 USD #4800
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GALT, John Esq. [1779-1839]
In 1824, Galt was appointed Secretary to the Canada Company, a charter company established to aid in the colonization of Upper Canada. While in Canada, Galt lived in Ontario, where he founded the city of Guelph in 1827. The community of Galt in Ontario was named after him. His three sons played prominent roles in Canadian politics; one of them, Alexander, was one of the 'Fathers of the Confederation', and Canada's first Minister of Finance. During his tenure with the Canada Company, Galt ran afoul of several colonial authorities, including Sir Peregrine Maitland,who was Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada at the time.
Collection contents:
#1) [1820] Attractive engraved portrait, signed by John Galt
#2) 1825 A Bill to Enable His Majesty to Grant a Company, to be Incorporated By Charter, to be Called "The Canada Company,"
18 APRIL, 1825
#3) 1825 A Bill to Enable His Majesty to Grant to a Company, to be incorporated by Charter, to be called "The Canada Company,"
AMENDED BILL MAY 2, 1825
#4) 1825 An Act to enable His Majesty to grant to a Company, to be incorporated by Charter, to be called "The Canada Company,"
JUNE 27, 1825
#5) 1828 A Bill entitled an Act to alter and amend an Act for enabling His Majesty to grant to a Company JUNE 23, 1828.
#6) 1828 An Act to alter and amend an Act for enabling His Majesty to grant to a Company JULY 15, 1828.
#7) An Act for Granting certain additional Powers and Authorities to the Canada Company JUNE 23, 1856
#8) 1833 The Autobiography of John Galt 2 Vol. book set
#9) 1894 A Canada Company Office Toronto (with logo) receipt - Document signed
#10) Printed and hand-written legal Canada Company document July 27th, 1833 signed by Thomas Mercer Jones.
#11) hand-written Canada Company letter Sept. 20th, 1841 signed by Frederick Widder to Dr. Robert Alling of Guelph Document signed
#12) hand-written Canada Company letter Dec. 21st, 1860 signed by Frederick Widder to Sheriff Robert Moderwell of County of Perth in Stratford document signed
Price: $4,000 USD #4654
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MILLIDGE, Thomas (1735-1816)
8" x 13" autograph letter signed, one and one-quarter pages, Nova Scotia, June 25, 1802, to William Meredith. "...I do not understand to who, the 600,000 Sterling is to be paid if to those Creditors whose Debtors were Solvent at the commencement of the Revolution... it appears His Majesty is to authorize certain persons to receive the same... If I must come to attend the prosecutions I had rather give all up than risque myself in Jersey considering the vile Treatment I received when in Morris County am apprehensive murder would be the consequence should I come carry on prosecutions not do I see any reason for my personal attendance...."
Thomas Millidge (1735-1816) Surveyor, judge, political figure in Nova Scotia. Millidge joined the British army at the end of 1776, becoming a major in the New Jersey Volunteers. His property in New Jersey was seized and sold at auction; he was later paid some compensation for his losses. In August 1778 the New Jersey authorities initiated legal proceedings against him, and in December his estate was advertised for public auction....
Price: $ 975 USD #2720
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HENSON, Matthew Alexander (1866-1955)
[New York, 5 July 1948.] Original Letter Signed by Arctic Explorer Matthew Alexander Henson, together with the clipped envelope used for mailing, and a sepia photograph portrait of the forgotten pioneer who was first to plant the American flag at the geographic North Pole. 8vo. 1 page, double-leaf typed correspondence with original signature, addressed to a friend, evidently a musical composer, in Belleville, New Jersey. Leaf measures approximately 8.5 x 5.5 inches.
First African American to Reach North Pole Matthew Alexander Henson (1866-1955) as an associate of Robert Peary on various expeditions, the most famous being the 1908-1909 expedition during which he may have been in fact the very first person to reach the Geographic North Pole according to Henson....
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Price: $ 1,750 USD
#4305
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KING, William Lyon MacKenzie, [1874-1950]
A scarce to rare personal signed and inscribed document to Canada's longest serving Prime Minister.
Letter to Mrs. Mary Scott, 82 South Drive, Toronto, Ont. A friend of his parents and whom he had previous personal correspondence with before and after this. WLKM had very few friends and family and rarely showed his private side in public which makes these type of personal communications insightful and rare. Highly collectable.....
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Price: $ 1,500 USD
#4389
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King George III (George William Frederick) (1783-1820) & Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (Frederick Augustus) (1763-1827)
22 pages. Folio. Manuscript. Listing wages and purchases. Various
Dated Quarter end, 5th July, 1790. (and various later dates)
hands. Some sheets signed. Bearing two signatures of Frederick; three of G. Hotham; one George R. In custom made, embossed box.
Interesting and informative perspective of the cost of living for British Royalty, in this case, Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (Frederick Augustus) second son of King George III (George William Frederick) during the 1790's.....
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Price: $ 1,500 USD
#4423
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FRY, Caroline (Mrs. Caroline Wilson) [1787-1846]
9-1/8 x 7-1/4 inches. Autograph manuscript signed "Caroline Wilson." One page. dated February] 7,1839.
Draft of a poem titled Ex Gx or EG...died aged 18 years Signed in fountain pen.
Caroline Fry, later Mrs. Caroline Wilson can rightfully be considered a church theologian, a writer, a poet and a Christian educator... she wrote devotional meditations, prayers, poetry and recounted moral lessons one might learn from the life stories of people she encountered in her travels throughout the English countryside published in two volumes entitled, The Listener.
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Price: $ 1,500 USD
#5041
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DONALDSON, Joseph (1794-1830) attributed author & By a soldier of the 71st. (Glasgow) Regiment
1827.
London, Henry Colburn
RARE LINE SOLDIER NARRATIVE.
Excellent account of the Peninsular War written by a soldier of the 71st.
Early in 1809 he again ran away, and without communicating with his friends enlisted in the old 94th (Scotch brigade). Joining his regiment, he accompanied it to Jersey, and afterwards to Spain, where it took part in the desperate defence of Fort Matagorda during the siege of Cadiz, and afterwards was with Picton's division in the principal battles and sieges in the Peninsula from 1811 to 1814...
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Price: $ 1,000 USD
#0768
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1776-79 London, B. White, 3 Volumes
QUITE SCARCE IN THE FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE OF VOLUME 1
Contains an account of the Boston Massacre. The first "Dialogue" argues for reconciliation through repeal of the Quebec Act and the Boston-Charter Act. The second examines Lord Mansfield's argument on the power of the Crown to tax and makes laws for the Colonies. The third offers Baron Maseres' plan of reconciliation, amplified from the first "Dialogue."...
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Price: $ 2,500 USD
#0873
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VERNE, Jules (Gabriel) [1828 - 1905]
1873. Boston, George M. Smith & Company
VERY SCARCE. A monument has been erected in his honour in the city of Quebec.
The second (preferred?) Smith issue - according to Myers, copies with 'THE END' on final page of text have damaged type.
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall xiii, [3], 303 pages. Green cloth. Black letters on gilt blocks. Gilt illustration on spine and front cover. Re-backed spine, cover and brown end papers repaired professionally. Overall a very good copy.
One Hundred and Ten Illustrations...
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WHITE, Joshua & NELSON, Vice-Admiral Lord Horatio, 1st Viscount Nelson [1758-1805] (subject) & HAMILTON, Lady Emma [1765-1815] (subject)
1806. London, James Cundee, Albion Press
THIRD EDITION, ENLARGED, MOST COMPLETE EDITION.
12mo, pp. x, [13] 419pp. [17]; bound with: Supplement. The Funeral, 77pp. [1 ad], additional engraved title with vignette, portrait frontis. Total five folding plates...
Original covers (green straight grain morocco) have mellowed to a pleasing rich green colour.
Price: $ 1,250 USD
#0942
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SHEA, John Dawson Gilmary [1824 - 1892] & CHARLEVOIX, Pierre Francois-Xavier De [1682 - 1761]
1886. New York, John Gilmary Shea
SCARCE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION OF THIS IMPORTANT BOOK.
7 1/4" x 10 3/4"" (18cm x 27.5cm) - 6 volumes. Limited to 250 copies in Octavo. (iv) 286, (iv) 284, (v) 312, (vii) 308, (ix) 311, (ix) 256pp. with 4 facsimiles, 15 plates & 18 maps. Rebound in fine green quarter cloth over metallic marbled boards, top edge gilt. Ex library name stamp (5cm x 1.5cm) on title pages, bottom edges & once on bottom margins of each volume. Very good plus condition.
Translated with notes by John Gilmary Shea. 18 maps, 15 plates, 4 facsimiles - tissue guarded.
The translation is more valuable for many purposes of research than the original work."---Larned.....
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Price: $ 995 USD
#1348
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BOUCHETTE, Joseph [1774 -1841]
1815. London, Printed For The Author, and published By W. Faden
HANDSOME EDITION IN GREAT CONDITION. VERY COLLECTABLE
First edition. 6-1/4 x 10 inches. xv, [1]-640, lxxxvi (appendix & index), (2 plate list, errata). Bound in later 3/4 calf with gilt titles, decoration and raised bands on spine and marbled paper, new end papers. Previous owner's bookplate Sir James Stuart Bart Chief Justice of Lower Canada book plate re-affixed to front end paper. All plates as called for on directions for placing the plates; 8 plans (4 folding), 7 aquatints and 2 tables are present. Plates very good+ condition....
Price: $ 1,800 USD #1585
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DOYLE, Martin ([Rev.] William Hickey) [1787? - 1875] & DUNLOP, William (A Backwoodsman ) (Tiger) [1792 - 1848]
1832, Dublin, London, Two volumes in one.
#1) 1832 Hints on Emigration to Upper Canada by DOYLE, Martin ([Rev.] William Hickey) [1787? - 1875];
Dublin, London. Hints on Emigration to Upper Canada; especially addressed to the middle and lower classes in Great Britain and Ireland. (London, 1832) Doyle, Martin, 92pp (2nd enlarged edition) Large folding map of Upper Canada. 12mo. [Rev.] William Hickey [pseud. 'Martin Doyle'] an extensive series of pamphlets and books on practical farming published for education of peasantry. William Dunlop (Tiger) Dunlop was assistant surgeon of the 89th Regiment, 1813-1815. and a friend of James Fitzgibbon and later John Galt (present at the founding of Guelph in April 1827)
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#2) 1832 Statistical Sketches of Upper Canada for the Use of Emigrants by DUNLOP, William (A Backwoodsman ) (Tiger) [1792 - 1848] Statistical Sketches of Upper Canada, London, John Murray, printed by William Clowers, 1832, 1st London edition, (3 were publish with one later in 1832 and one in 1833) by A Backwoodsman [William Dunlop] 120pp Arguably, one of the first Canadian Classics. 11 copies only located of which 5 in Canada and 6 USA....
Price: $ 975 USD #1731
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BIBAUD, Michel [1782 - 1857]
1830, Montreal, Imprimés Par Ludger Duvernay, À L'Imprimerie De La Minerve.
FIRST VOLUME OF POETRY BY A FRENCH CANADIAN PRINTED IN CANADA
First edition. Text in French. Small 8vo, contemporary plain cloth backed boards, half title, 3pl. [7]-178pp. [6]. The half-title and title leaf in this copy have been very neatly repaired on the blank versos. With woodcut tailpieces & title vignette. Small tear on page A4 going slightly into the text but still readable. Overall, about very good.
Of additional interest, on the last 6 pages, there are 5 handwritten pages of the copy on pages, 99 to 102. Possibly Bibaud's own manuscript somehow bound in here?...
Price: $950 USD #2857
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WOLFE, General James [1727-1759]
1780 London, J. Millan
2nd UK edition. Overall a near fine copy.
The work is divided into two parts, the first containing Wolfe's orders to the troops stationed in towns iat England and Scotland. The second part composed of his instructions to the troops in Canada at Halifax, Louisbourg, Point Orleans, Montmorenci, Cape Rouge, and Sutherland. Included is a brief biographical sketch of the British general. Also the text of the placard which Wolfe published on his arrival in the River St. Lawrence, 1759, requesting the surrender of Quebec and extending "the sweets of peace amidst the horrors of war"...
Price: $1,500 USD #3421
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GOAD, Charles Edward [1848 - 1910]
1914
Goad (Charles E.) Insurance Plan (FIP) of City of Montreal, fire insurance plans, on a scale of 50ft to 1 inch, detailing street names, building numbers, stories and usages, 5 plans only;
#4 (Victoria Square, Craig West, St. James, Notre Dame West, St. Antoine)
#8 (St. James, Notre Dame West, De Bresoles, Leroyer, St. Paul, Commissioners)
#19 (Clarke, Ontario East, Montreal East, St. Catherines East, Ave de Hotel de Ville)
#40 (Lachine Canal, St. Patrick, Manufactures Lane, Richardson)
#47 (Wellington Basin, Mill, Bridge, Riverside)
with sheets of title and index, lithographed maps in original hand-colouring, each sheet c.635 x 530mm., right sheet edges affected by wormholes and dampstaining, with some loss, particularly to title and index sheets, loose as issued....
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Price: $ 750 USD #2924
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GLENELG, Baron Charles Grant Lord (1778-1866) & DURHAM, Lord John George Lambton Earl of Durham [1792-1840]
1838 , [London], H.M.S.O., Great Britain. Colonial Office
A HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT DOCUMENT.
The Earl of Durham reports from Canada on the Rebellion and makes particular reference to the sentences to be imposed on the ringleaders of the Rebellion, including the exile of some to Bermuda ("M. PAPINEAU and his associates, who fled from justice, are prevented from re-entering the Province...). Numerous alleged traitors are identified in the text.
It is this dispatch to Lord Glenelg of the very first actions taken by Lord Durham that caused major political (and legal) controversy and triggered the the loss of support from Lord Melbourne (Prime Minister who appointed him) and other original supporters including Queen Victoria. Durham's resignation and departure just 5 months later was the resultOnly 4 copies located in three locations; TPL (2 copies), Library of Parliament and McGill.....
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Price: $ 1,600 USD #0734
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WILLEY, Seth
1851 New York, printed by Toppan, Carpenter and Caselear
American "script" document allotting 40 acres of land to " War of 1812 " soldier Seth Willey, a corporal in Captain Wilson's Company, during the war of 1812.
It comes with affidavits attained to the reverse dealing with its ultimate use in South Dakota This is a very scarce item seen only infrequently on the market. Very Good condition.
Willey used this certificate to pay for the land. What is a big added bonus is that all the supporting paperwork where he redeemed it is attached. The only land script document we know of with this amount of additional supporting documents....
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Price: $ 900 USD #2568
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STREET, Thomas Clark (Clarke) [1814-1872] & BRUCE, James 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine [1811-1863]
First Welland Regiment Military Commission bestowed upon Thomas C. Street by the Governor General of British North America, Nova Scotia, PEI, etc. - James Bruce, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine & signed by him. - Thomas Clark Street, son of Samuel like his father was a ruthless land and mortgage accumulator and businessman with interests in grist, textile and sawmills. While independently minded he is generally considered a solid Family Compact Tory. He rose to Lieutenant-Colonel of the Welland Militia, was a trustee of Trinity College, President of the Niagara Falls Suspension Company, etc. When he died in 1872 he left an estate of between 3 to 4 million, regarded as the largest of his time in Ontario....
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Price: $ 1,750 USD #4560
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COLTMAN, Sir Thomas (1781-1849) & RITCHIE, Sir William Johnsone (1813-1892) & WISHART, John (1799-1893) & HEALE, Jane
1849 4 original historical documents.
A superb original collection of four legal documents demonstrating both the extremely limited and legally managed rights of women in the mid 19th century in Atlantic Canada. Starts with UK laws and legal procedure (first document) and links back to the legal and merchant elite in St. John's NB in 1849 (other 3 documents).
It was not unusual for women to "give up their legal rights" but what is very unusual is to have 4 original historical documents demonstrating this as offered here. The highly positioned UK lawyer, Sir Thomas Coltman one of the Justices of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas at Westminster, New Brunswick prominent lawyer William J Ritchie and merchant, John Wishart with their signatures, made sure women's legal poor rights were enforced where necessary. Lots more research opportunity with these!....
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Price: $ 1,100 USD #6715
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JOUVANCOURT, Hugues de WEST, Benjamin (1738-1820) (Artist) & FALCKEYSEN, Theodor (1768-1814) engraved by
[1789] Germany Klauber
Image: 49.5 x 63 cm. Paper: 50 x 63.7 cm.
Uncoloured engraving by Theod. Falckeysen after the painting by Benjamin West. This image depicts distraught Grenadiers standing and kneeling by the side of a fallen General Wolfe at the Plains of Abraham, Quebec. The on-going combat can be seen in the background. Uncommon engraving. 1/8" nick in top left paper edge. With very light soiling to top border. A good clean dark strike with plate mark. Overall condition is very good+...
Price: $ 1,450 USD #2708
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HOLLAND, John (1734-1807)
[1753], John Holland (1734.1807) - printmaker; British (of Peterhouse, Cambridge. Etcher.) Pencil sketch or drawing on heavy paper, cut in an oval shape, 6" high by 5" wide approximately. On the bottom right quadrant of the portrait a tiny but, visible monogram, reading JH 1753. (John Holland?)
ON the reverse of the drawing is written, "John Holland Esq. and farther below a date of 1753.
Some small areas of foxing otherwise very good+ condition...
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Price: $ 950 USD #3304
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