The William Telfair Daugherty collection contains 42 items dating from 1909 to 1912 specifically, approximately 40 letters, 2 postcards, and several pieces of ephemera written to his parents between 1909 and 1912 when Daughterty lived in Ann Arbor and attended the University of Michigan.

In his letters Daugherty gives detailed reports about attending classes and extracurricular activities on the Michigan campus such as the Cercle français.

William Telfair Daugherty was a Lieutenant in WWI. He served in the National Production Authority, an agency of the United States government which developed and promoted the production and supply of materials and facilities necessary for defense mobilization. He was the author of German Chemical Developments in 1926-1929, The chemical industry in Czechoslovakia (1930), and The chemical industry and trade of Sweden (1931). He retired from public service in 1953, died on 21 February 1958...

Edward Solon Goodhue letter collection contain 17 items dating from 1890 to 1892, specifically, 16 ALS (74 pp.) to Dr. Peter C. Meengs and a 4-page promotional leaflet promoting “The Poems of E.S. Goodhue” no date.

Group of 16 handwritten letters from Goodhue to his friend and medical colleague, Peter C. Meengs. 15 of the letters date from April 1890 to June 1892. The last letter is dated April 5, 1898 and was sent from Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii. Goodhue and Meengs were classmates at Rush Medical College (circa 1890-1). Meengs completed his studies in 1891, a year before Goodhue received his MD degree. ...

Daniel Berrigan was American Jesuit priest, anti-war activist, Christian pacifist, professor, playwright, poet, and author. In May 1968, he and his brother, Philip, along with seven other Catholic protesters, burned the records of the Catonsville, Maryland, draft board with homemade napalm. Their arrest, trial, and sentence to 3 years in prison propelled the Berrigans to national prominence. His poetry book, “Time Without Number,” won the prestigious Lamont Poetry Prize in 1957.

The collection contains 19 items dating from 1957 to 1978 specifically, 4 letters, 1 post card, 9 photos, 1 book, and 1 broadside....

Frances Parkinson Keyes was a prolific American biographer and novelist whose novels were set in New England, Louisiana, and Europe. In 1904 she married Henry Wilder Keyes (1863-1938), a Republican politician who served as Governor of New Hampshire (1917-1919) and as a United States Senator (1919-1937). A convert to Roman Catholicism, she often used Catholic themes in her work.

The Frances Parkinson Keyes collection consists of 23 items dating from 1917 to 1966, specifically, 11 letters written by Frances Parkinson Keyes and 2 photos of her. In addition, there are 9 letters written by her husband, Henry (Harry) Wilder Keyes and a composite photo of him with other politicians....

• 9 Boxes - 1-6 are arranged chronologically by year.

• Covering 1730-1837 with 1798-1807 predominant.

• 81 Files (approx. 3,560 original pieces in English and French)

• approx. 454 Autographed Letters Signed (ALS)

• approx. 2,814 legal documents

• approx. 292 receipts.

• 2 separate case file folders ...

Joseph Heller was an American satirical novelist, short story writer, and playwright. His second novel, "Something Happened" published in 1974, spanning thirteen years after Catch-22, his best-known work. Something Happened has failed to achieve the renown of Catch-22 but has a cult following, with some considering it one of Heller's finest works.

This collection includes 13 items dating from 1967 to 1993, specifically, 1 Heller signed 1974 typed photocopy manuscript of "Something Happened”, 6 signed letter, 2 post cards, 1 signed envelope, 1 signed sketch of Heller and 2 signed books. ..

This Louis MacNeice collection includes two important items; a signed carbon typescript of The Dark Tower and first edition of his Dark Tower book.

Louis MacNeice (Irish/British poet. MacNeice found an audience for his work through British radio. He was part of the generation of "thirties poets" which included W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender and Cecil Day-Lewis; nicknamed "MacSpaunday". ..

This Douglas W. Ashby collection includes 12 hand-written travel diaries, 1926-9, 1931, 1945-8. Totaling 2,326 diary pages in all as well as 24 hand-drawn maps and other pen-and-ink vignettes. Plus 3 Ashby related books. The date range is from 1926 to 1948.

Ashby’s greatly detailed hand-written diary journals describe his travels in Europe, Scotland, and England with his wife and other family members. Lots of serious walking with the topography insightfully and beautifully described including interactions with the locals. Fascinating and informative travel reading. Ashby was a serious traveller and wrote about his experiences in many one-of-a-kind lucid, informative and entertaining diaries. ...

Mary Mapes Dodge was an American children's writer best known for her story Hans Brinker (1865). She was also editor of the illustrated magazine Hearth and Home and the phenomenally successful children's periodical, St. Nicholas Magazine.

This collection includes 16 items dating from 1866 to 1902, specifically 8 Autographed Signed Letters (ASL); 3 Ephemera, 1 Photo and 3 Books inscribed to Dodge (thus owned by Dodge) and 1 book written by Dodge...

J.B. Priestley was an English novelist, playwright, and broadcaster. He was one of England's last great writers. Priestley was a member of the last generation of freethinking British "sages" who contemplated both science and philosophy in their literary output. Priestley gained considerable fame as "the voice of the common people", as he was often called, a patriotic radio broadcaster, second in popularity only to Winston Churchill.

J.B. (John Boynton) Priestley collection of 43 items including 12 Typed Signed Letters (TSL), 3 Signed Typescripts , 28 B&w photos and a small medal....

Henry Van Dyke was a Presbyterian clergyman, author. He served as a pastor of the United Congregational Church of Newport, Rhode Island. In 1883, he left Newport to become the pastor of the Brick Presbyterian Church of New York City where he stayed for eighteen years. While in New York, Van Dyke gained a national reputation as one of the greatest preachers of New York City and also published his first book in 1884, The Reality of Religion. In 1900, Van Dyke became the Murray Professor of English Literature at Princeton and would remain in that position through 1923, when he retired. In 1908-1909, President Woodrow Wilson appointed him the United States minister to the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

Henry van Dyke Collection contains 95 items dating from 1892 to 1931, specifically 37 Autograph letters signed, 30 Typed letters signed, 6 Manuscripts, 11 Autographed signed notes / cards and 12 Ephemera....

1856. First edition, scarce. 20 x 14 in. 40 pages. Original leather spine and corners with gilt type on worn cloth cover. Inside pages are in very good condition with small pin holes old library name O.F.M. Québec on three of the 40 text pages.

With a folding table and 7 folding maps on 6 sheets (with one extra map not called for on the ‘Maps Accompany this Report') Six long folding map pages are generally very good condition with some wear. ..

1886. First edition. xii, [1]-404 p. ; 23 cm. French text. frontispiece (folded colour map), 16 of 18 colour plates (some folded) : illustrations, maps, plans. Black cloth rebound cover with gilt type at bottom of spine. Library marks on title page of blue stamp and written numbers not affecting type and stamp on p.241 and paper repairs to title page, otherwise good condition.

Report of the Dept. of Militia and Defence upon the suppression of the rebellion in the north-west territories, and matters in connection therewith in 1885. Presented to the Parliament....

1886. First edition. 4-3/4 x 7 inches. viii, [9]-206pp. Old rebacked original gilt lettered decorative brown cloth and black line embossed. Bevelled edges and decorative chapter headings and tail pieces. Light foxing and red paper edge stain on the first few pages and p.25 with small high page corner missing not effecting text. Otherwise very good condition.

Interesting first autobiographical of N.W.M.P. life, the first book to be written on the RCMP. Constable Jean D'Artigue, number # 254, who was one of the original 300 members of the NWMP. This book was written from his notes which have been translated, and was first published in 1882. ... Click for more info and photos;

1886. First edition. (4),[5]-100pp. 4/34 x 7-1/2 inches. Text in French. Leather bound with marble boards with front board loose. 5 bands with gilt decoration on spine and gilt type title. Original title page (no cover wrap) with paper repair and two tears on right bottom side of fragile paper.

Account of the Métis Rebellion and Louis Riel. Includes a list of soldiers in the battalion.

George Beauregard was a Private in Compagnie No. 3 of the 9th Voltigeurs de Quebec during the Saskatchewan Rebellion. . ...

1886. Second edition. French text. (1),[1]-39pp.(1 ad). 8-1/4 x 11-1/4. Bound in soft cover. Inside pages include the 39pp text

This is a narrative of the events and incidents of the Resistance such as the Duck Lake fight, the Indian rising, the Frog Lake Massacre, and the military campaigns against Riel and the Metis. The publication is extensively illustrated with drawings of Louis Riel, Major L. N. F. Crozier, Red Pheasant, Fort Pitt, Big Bear, Capt. Dickens, Major-General F. D. Middleton,...

1874. 1st edition. 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches. 2,[3]-22pp. (2). French text. Soft cover. Portrait of Riel in frontispiece. Previous owner's handwritten inscription on the title page.

Riel's impressions of events leading up to the creation of Manitoba and what he saw as broken federal promises. President of the former Provisional Government, Louis Riel here recounts the disorders caused by the theft of Métis lands. "What we are asking for is amnesty: it is the loyal execution of the Manitoba act. Nothing more, but also nothing less." Near fine condition. ..

1869. 2nd edition. 14-1/2 x11 inches. (3), [6]-86pp. 10 full-page colour plates of paintings of Canadian wild flowers (with tissue guards). Title page is also decorated with colour flowers. Text has detailed descriptions of thirty different flowers. Original green cloth boards, with gilt titles and decoration to front, blind stamped titles to rear, a little soiled.

For this 2nd edition book, Agnes FitzGibbon created and paid for eleven new stones at Burland L’Africain Chromolithographers, Montreal. The plates were numbered I-X, and the designs of II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII were reversed for aesthetic reasons. FitzGibbon painted 5,500 more sheets with transparent washes; stencils sped the pace of the work.

Overall a good copy of this beautiful book...

[1855]. First US edition. 5-1/4 by 7-1/2 inches. iv,[5]-343pp.(5) ads. Rebacked with original blind embossed dark brown cloth to front and back boards and on front board 2 gilt flowers with two gilt leaves. Circa 1855. Complete In One Volume.

TPL 5610

Flora Lyndsay; or Passages in an Eventful Life is an autobiographical account of a young British couple’s preparations for leaving England and their voyage to Canada.

Letters Susanna wrote about her immigration to Canada have not survived, she has left a vivid fictional recreation of her preparations and voyage to the Canadas in Flora Lyndsay...Click for more info and photos;

1786. Volume II only - 9 x 11-1/2 inches. (2),[1]-343 pp,; (1),(9pp. index), (1); [1]-74pp.(Terra),(4pp. index). New leather spine with red and black leather labels with gilt type. Contemporary boards and end papers (reinforced) preserved. Insides are very clean and in very good condition. Attractive engraved armorial bookplate of R. Westly Hall Dare to front pastedown (probably Robert Westley Hall-Dare (1789-1836). A new edition. To which is added the Terra: a philosophical discourse of earth.

5 copperplate plates of 15 called for; p. 129, 3 plates marked p.200, , Terra p.48. No folding chart at rear. Double page spread of A table of Sands and A table of Clays p.18....

[1851]. Two Volumes, being a Historical, Geographical and Statistical Account of Canada West.

Volume 1, cxxiv,[1]-288pp.plus 184 page Business Directory of Canada West.

Volume 2 - xxiv, [1]-544pp.

Altogether ten county maps plus a large folding map of the province. Maps cover from West to East, with commercial tables and notes on townships and settlements. Engraved title-page of Niagara Falls...

1923. First Edition. 9 x 11-1/2 inches. vii, 35 p., Illustrated with 96 plates of etchings, 16 handprinted photo engravings each with a guard sheet with descriptive letterpress and 1 woodcut. Laid-in advertising for other publications and bookplate of previous owner at front end papers. Very good, black cloth with gilt illustration, title, and ruled lines, gilt page tops, beveled edges...

1926. First edition. Square 8vo., 59 pages. Paper over boards with printed cover label. Clean covers. Interior very good+.

1 of 200 copies printed but 190 are for sale (and SIGNED by the author.) This is number 196 of the two hundred copies. One of the ones “not for sale”?

Plus a presentation copy signature from Carman on the front end paper written on a Christmas card pasted down ”To E.J. Vickery Bliss Carman 1928”...

1873. First edition. 5-1/2 x 8-5/8 inches. (4),[1]-250 pp. with errata page.  3 folding maps (1 coloured) at back of book. Exlibris with Imperceptible stamp 'Legislative Library' on rear endpaper.  Faded Blue cloth, gilt titles, with Ontario arms in gilt on front cover, minor soiling and corners bumped, otherwise overall, very good condition.

Much on Hudson Bay, fur traders, David Thompson... Click for more info and photos;

1874. First US edition. 6 x 4-1/2 inches. 292pp. Rebacked with original dark blue cloth with gilt portrayal of Verne's yacht and Brown/red ends. Very good.

Dr. Ox's Experiment is a story by the French writer and pioneer of science-fiction, Jules Verne, published in 1872. It describes an experiment by one Dr. Ox and his assistant Gedeon Ygene. In the unusually stuffy Flemish town of Quiquendone, Dr. Ox begins to surreptitiously pump a gas through a network also connecting the gas lamps resulting in the townspeople becoming more lively and acting younger and younger....Click for more info and photos;

Rare document, signed 6-1/2 x 8 inches, death certificate by Dr. Emily Stowe from June 19, 1887. This is a physician's death certificate for the wife of James Aikenhead (they married in 1858) the founder of the well known Hardware store chain who died in 1903.

Dr. Emily Howard Stowe was born in Norwich Township, Oxford County, Ontario. She is very significant both for medical history as she was Canada's first woman medical practitioner, and she is one of Canada's most significant suffragist and women's rights movement leader....

A small 3-3/4 x 5-7/8 inches [30pp.] manuscript notebook devoted to J.T. Batt's executorship of the 2nd Earl Halifax dated 1771. (covering from May 18, 1771 - October 3 1771). Notebook supplied by 'Robert Thatcher Stationer, on Dukes Court, near St Martin's Court, London. Sells all Sorts of Stationary, Bibles, Common Prayers &c at the Lowest Prices' (label on front pastedown). Limp roan, paper-backed covers; unlined paper (vertical chainlines) interleaved with purple blotting paper.

George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, KG, PC was a British statesman of the Georgian era. ...

Autograph letter signed. Two pages, 5 x 8 inches. Marked private. Dated Government House, Ottawa October 25th, 1876.

Given the letter is marked 'Private' and in the content of the letter it states "Indeed the subject to which you refer is of so large a character" supports the Imperial Federation Topic. Frederick Young wrote a book in 1876 titled "Imperial federation of Great Britain and her colonies" clearly demonstrating a major interest and focus on this topic and similar timing to this letter to Dufferin in 1876.... Click for more info and photos;

The 1842 Ashburton-Webster Treaty settled the New Brunswick - Maine boundary and described the boundary between British North America and the US from Lake Huron to Lake of the Woods.

Quite scarce set of 6 maps (MAP A TO MAP E) defining the Québec, New Brunswick and Maine Boundaries and showing the boundaries between 1773 and 1842...

1827. French text. Plan of the Saguenay River. Lakes, Rivers & Streams, as well as the quality of the soil of the Terrein and the Woods located on either side of the said River of Saguenay, made according to an Esquise and Information given by Pascal Taché ecuier, Lord of Kamouraska, after having resided during the space of twenty two years doing the Pelleteries Trade at Pointe Bleu, Shéhutimitsh and Tadoussac, made by the Soussigné Clerc Arpenteur, A. Larue, Quebec 27th Dec (emb) re 1825. (spelling and punctuation as written ). Reduced to one half the scale of the Original Plan of A (dolphus). Larue by W (illiam) Sax, Land Surveyor, Quebec April 1827...

1883. First edition. Size : 52 x 40 inches. Hand-colored. Various tears at folds, no loss of paper, otherwise good condition.

Dominion of Canada Department of Public Works c. 1883, Montreal, 1883.

One of a set of 4 produced....

A nice large scale map of the Great Lakes area of both Canada & USA depicting telegraph and signal service in these areas

1849. 5th state. Canada. Lithographed edition map. Folded paper size: 13-14 x 20-3/4 inches. Flat paper size: 25-24 x 20-1/2 inches.

Printed map. "By A. K. Johnston F. R. G. S." Two visual scales [67 mm=90 geographical miles] and [63 mm=100 English miles]. Includes "References to the Townships". Running title and page number in upper right margin, "National Atlas 38".

Hand-colored outline. With “References to townships”

Paper joined along center on verso to the 20-1/2 inch horizontal.

Very good condition....

Paper size: 26-3/4 x 17 inches

Image size (not text): 25 x 13-1/8 inches

Circa 1876.

"The Charge of the Six Hundred" by Lady Elizabeth Butler. Black and white photogravure (not a steel engraving), copyright, The Fine Art Society London

Balaclava, the return, 25th October, 1854. ... photogravure, copyright, the Fine Art Society London

Survivors walking back after the failed charge of the Light Brigade; wounded, bandaged. and dazed figures, some mounted soldiers....

8 Plates in total included. Heavy paper size: 5-1/4 x 8-3/4 inches with images sizes each, approximately 4 x 6-1/2 inches. Some minor soiling on a few borders, otherwise, very good condition. W. H. Murray (Del T) and M & N Hanhart Litho London, Longman & Co. 1851

 8 Plates:

1) Kutchin Warrior & His Wife

2) Kutchin Hunters

3) Kutchin Woman and Children

4) Kutcha-Kutchin Warrior

5) Saviah, Chief of the Kutcha-Kutchin

6) Dance of the Kutcha Kutchin

7) Fossil Leaves ( 2 plates)...

1) Albumen photograph of Peary's ship "The Falcon" , 4-3/4 x 3-3/4 inches,

2) Albumen photograph of Captain Henry Bartlett, 3-3/4"x 4-1/2",

3) Unknown person (child?) at the helm of the ship. Mounted albumen photo on card. 6-3/4"x 4-3/4 inches,

4) Dr. J. W. GOODSELL, surgeon. Mounted albumen photo on card. 5 x 3-1/2 inches,

5) Charles PERCY, steward. Mounted albumen photo on card. 6-1/2 x 4 inches,

[1858]. Broadside. 19-1/2 x 12 inches. From “Ale” to “Zinc”, including more than 325 articles in four columns. “Prohibited; Books and Drawings of an immoral or indecent character”. “Emigrants wearing apparel, tools and effects in actual use and accompanying the owner; Free”. One small hardly visible professional repair to substitute a small section of missing text (1 ½ x 1 inch in the middle of column #2), folds, creases, otherwise very good condition.

Rare and very informative early Canadian Tariff broadside...

8-1/2 x 11 inches, on Université de Montreal blue engraved logo letterhead with typed Public Law Research Institute.

Pierre Trudeau typed and signed, Pierre E. Trudeau, 1963 letter responding to an invitation from a July 26, 1963 letter (carbon copy of this letter included) to participate in a new concept called "Exchange for Political Ideas in Canada"....

8 x 10-1/4 inches, was folded now flat. Typed Letter Signed, dated Ottawa, 2nd January 1906, on stationery of the Prime Minister's office with red embossed logo, addressed to W. Earl Hodgson, Perthshire, Scotland. 7 lines on one sheet. Providing the recipient with information, in part: "...I have asked the Department of Marine and Fisheries to supply you with all information in their possession. I will ask them again to comply with your requests as soon as possible, if it has not already been done..."  Darkening along center bottom and pin hole in center of letter where letter was folded, otherwise in very good condition....

28cm x 20cm, 4 page document plus loose pay detail sheet (18.5cm x 22.5cm) tipped-in on inside of folded 4pp.

Document signed “Dorchester” partially printed and completed by hand. 4pp folio with page 1 form and hand-written details, page 2&3 blank and page 4 docketed information- No.35, Quebec 4th Nov, 1793 Warrant to pay...

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A warrant for payment of £638 19s 6d to Isaac Hesselburg of HM 60th Regiment of Foot for two months payment of his troops and subsistence...

1928. First US edition. 14 x 22 inches opened flat, (folded size 11 inches long and 3-1/2 inches wide). 4 page multi-panel promotional brochure meant for mailing . With orange, blue, and black poster cover with photographs showing scenes from the movie with text as follows: Coming To This Theater. (This Is An Exact Reproduction Of Window Card). The Norman Film Studios . Presents Black Gold. Thrilling Epic Of The Oil Fields With All Colored Cast. One Of The True Stories Of Living Colored Examples. A Smashing Photo-Play Co-Starring Lawrence Criner and Kathryn Boyd, Original Lafayette Players. Steve Reynolds, "Peg" [,] Alfred Norcom, United States Marshal, L.B. Tatums and The Entire City Of Tatums, Okla....