Montreal House, Kent UK (near Sevenoaks): AMHERST, Jeffery (1717-1797). Place Published: Montreal House, Kent UK (near Sevenoaks) Publisher: AMHERST, Jeffery (1717-1797) Date Published: 1796 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding ASL, Amherst 1p. quarto, (22.5 cm x 18cm,) Montreal [House], docket names on reverse. Dated July 17, 1796, and reads..... More
Montreal [House in UK]: AMHERST, Jeffery (1717-1797). Place Published: Montreal [House in UK] Publisher: AMHERST, Jeffery (1717-1797) Date Published: 1789 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding Letter written to "Lord Sydney" Thomas Townshend, 1733-1800 ASL contents: Montreal, 14th April, 1789 and reads: ... “My Lord I have the honour of..... More
Nova Scotia: [Dr. Alfred Roscoe Andrews]. Place Published: Nova Scotia Publisher: [Dr. Alfred Roscoe Andrews] Date Published: 1880-86 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hard Cover INFORMATIVE AND INTERESTING MANUSCRIPT LEDGER Folio - 4-7/8 x 12-3/4 inches. There are 120 pages (page numbers noted in pencil on each top page) in the..... More
Date Published: 1789 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding French legal document dated 27 June, 1789 from the Royal Seat of Carhaix, Brittany, France. This is a worn pigs skin folio sheet on which the writing is significantly obscured. Pages 1 and 4 are somewhat legible, while pages 2 and..... More
Date Published: 1926-1948 Binding: 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..... More
Date Published: ND Binding: No binding 4-1/4 x 7-1/8 inches. Autograph letter signed. On page. Dated Eastern Terrace, Monday {no day, year]. To Edward Landseer, inviting him to dinner. Augustus Frederick George Warwick Bampfylde, 2nd Baron Poltimore. British Liberal politician. Bampfylde succeeded his father in the barony in 1858. He..... More
Date Published: 1877 Binding: No binding Autograph signed letter. One page, 8 x 5 inches, dated Columbia College, President's Room, May 10, 1877 introducing Reverend George W. Douglas to Professor Burgess. John William Burgess was a pioneering American political scientist. He spent most of his career at Columbia University and..... More
Date Published: 1835 Binding: No binding Letter (duplicate) dated December 21, 1835 signed by Sir John Barrow (1764-1848) to a British Rear Admiral (in Rio de Janeiro) about a midshipman had drowned. Written while Barrow was secretary of the admiralty. He was founder of the Royal Geographic Society, was a...... More
Date Published: 1836 Binding: No binding Letter dated April 6, 1836 signed by Sir John Barrow (1764-1848) British Rear Admiral about receiving a letter from Rear Admiral Hammond in South America. Very good condition. Letter (duplicate) signed by Sir John Barrow. Written while Barrow was secretary of the admiralty. He..... More
[London]: John Thomas Batt. Place Published: [London] Publisher: John Thomas Batt Date Published: 1771 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: 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..... More
London. Place Published: London Date Published: 1923 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding An early Lord Beaverbrook small (5 x 6.5 inches) letterhead note paper with Lord Beaverbrook signature. He was granted a peerage in 1917 as the 1st Baron Beaverbrook, the name "Beaverbrook" being adopted from a small community..... More
Date Published: 1881 Binding: No binding Autograph letter signed. Two pages, flat size 8 7/8 x 7 inches and now only folded once to 4 1/2 x 7 inches, (attached to page). Dated near Swiss Cottage Station, Dec[ember] 15, [18]81. To the publisher John Henry Ingram. Arranging to meet, and..... More
Date Published: [1850] Binding: No binding 6-3/4 x 4-1/4 inches, Autograph letter signed W.H. Bogart. One page, 8vo. Dated Senate Chamber 11 March, circa 1850. Was folded with two horizontal and one vertical fold, now flat and glued into an autograph book with old glue residue on verso along left..... More
Date Published: 1898 Binding: 4pp. Flat 9-7/8 x 8 inches, folded to 5 x 8 inches (was folded once more) House of Commons letterhead dated Kingsmere [Quebec], 15th Aug. 1898. 2 written pages. Addressed to Mr. Hopkins regarding a manuscript for an a new edition presumed for the “Bibliography..... More
Date Published: 1867 Edition: 1st Binding: No binding George Bowen (Sheriff.) Document Signed. A Deed of Sale. Dated 27 April 1867 (Canada’s confederation year) . Deed to James Barlow. 4 pages. Legal folio. Very Good. Two period postage stamps included on deed. Signed by: W.E. Jones, Deputy Registrar, George Fredrick..... More
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Fort George, UC. Place Published: Fort George, UC Date Published: 1810 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding RARE BRITISH (CANADA) EARLY 1800's COURT MARTIAL DOCUMENT [20pp. with blank on recto of docket p.20] 20cm x 32cm (7-3/4 x 12-5/8 inches) A unique, rare and important piece of Canadian military history..... More
Date Published: 1848 Binding: No binding 4-1/2 x 7-1/4 inches. Dated 5 July 1848. Autograph letter signed W. Brougham. Two pages. Clarifying the terms of a mortgage, and noting an upcoming visit to Brougham where the matter can be settled. William Brougham, 2nd Baron Brougham and Vaux, known as William..... More
Date Published: [1948] Binding: No binding Draft of a book review of a Report on the Public Archives of Canada Single sheet of lined paper, 4to, Written from the University of Toronto, in pencil on both sides. Signed George W. Brown. Dated circa 1848 by mention of the appointment of..... More
Date Published: [1829] Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding 7-1/2 x 10 inch autograph manuscript signed, no place or date but 1829. Folds with minor tears and one small hole near signature but not affecting. Overall condition very good “…it is now the 23rd day of the ninth month 1829..... More
Date Published: 1844 to 1892 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding & soft cover HISTORICAL & IMPORTANT EARLY ONTARIO FAMILY COLLECTION The collection includes 21 items, specifically, two holograph Ontario diaries by Alexander D. Bruce, one 61 page diary (March 1884-April 15, 1885) one 64 page diary (Apr. 10, 1886..... More
Date Published: 1876 Binding: No binding 6 x 4 inches. Autograph letter signed. Two pages, 8vo. Dated Torquay, May 12 [18]76. Agetoned paper in very good condition. Mentioning plays ["Queen Mary'} and referring to Tennyson. Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts was a British philanthropist. Burdett-Coutts was widely known as "the richest heiress..... More
Date Published: 1869 Binding: No binding Autograph letter signed. Two pages, 8vo. Dated on India Office blind embossed letterhead. March 6,1869. Declining a dinner invitation. George Campbell, 8th Duke of ARGYLL, was Secretary of State for India and in this office from 9 December 1868 – 17 February 1874 George..... More
Date Published: 1868 to 1911 Binding: No binding John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, Marquis of Lorne collection includes 26 items dating from 1868 to 1911 specifically, 7 holograph letters, 2 holograph ephemera and 17 Albumen Photo Cards (all CVD’s except one signed Cabinet Card) 7 Holograph letters; #1) 1878..... More
Portsmouth, UK: Major General Sir Colin Campbell. Place Published: Portsmouth, UK Publisher: Major General Sir Colin Campbell Date Published: 1828 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding COLIN CAMPBELL WAS LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF NOVA SCOTIA 1834-40 4 page holograph letter dated Portsmouth 3rd Dec 1828. 9-1/2 x 7-1/4 inches flat and 4-3/4..... More
Date Published: 1844 Binding: No binding 9 x 7-3/8 inches. Autograph letter signed. One page. Dated 9 July 1844. Regretting he could not attend a meeting. Edward Cardwell, Viscount Cardwell was a British statesman Secretary of State for War (1868–74). Cardwell as Secretary of State for War designed the reforms..... More