Collections from Lord Durham Rare Books (IOBA)

1896. 1st Edition. No binding. Henry J. Morgan was a Canadian civil servant, lawyer, and author, best known for publishing collections of biographical sketches of notable Canadians such as Sketches of Celebrated Canadians, Bibliotheca Canadensis, and The Canadian Men and Women of the Time. He was a founding member of the Canada First movement, a Canadian nationalist movement that… Read more about this item

1930. No binding & hard cover. Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts 4 Poetry Books (all signed) & 1 signed inscription collection ROBERTS, Sir Charles George Douglas [1860-1943]Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts Known as the Father of Canadian Poetry, Charles G.D. Roberts was a poet and prose writer who inspired creativity in other poets of his generation, among them Bliss… Read more about this item

various: various, 1958. No binding & hard cover. Mary Elizabeth Quackenbush Brush (1857-1940) was an American children's author. Born in Herkimer, New York, southeast of Utica, she was the daughter of Isaac and Mary Ann Rasbach Quackenbush. Her ancestors were among the very early settlers of the state, several having served with the Continental army in the Revolutionary war.… Read more about this item

Various: Various, 1993. No binding. Good. Josef  Škvorecký was an acclaimed Czech-Canadian writer and publisher, who published and supported banned Czech literature during the communist era. The noted scholar and critic George Steiner in his 1994 book has called the Czech-Canadian author Josef Skvorecky ‘one of the major literary figures of our time. He was the recipient of… Read more about this item

Various: Various, 1682. 1st Edition. Disbound. Good. 9 Popish Plot tracts collection items, specifically #4, #9, #10, #11, #13, #15, #16, #19 and #25 about this political and religious controversy from 1679 to 1682.Concocted by Titus Oates and others (Israel Tonge, William Bedlow, Robert Jenison, and Edward Tuberville), the Popish plot (1678-1681) was an alleged Catholic conspiracy to… Read more about this item

Various: Various, 1900. No binding & hard cover. Good. Edgar Fawcett was a prolific American novelist, essayist, and poet. His best-known novels were satirical studies of New York high society. Fawcett also wrote numerous works for children. Collection contains 6 items dating from 1888 to [1900], specifically 3 Autographed Signed Letters (ASL), 1 typescript (ts) of a play,… Read more about this item

Various: Various, 1937. No binding & hard cover. The collection has 10 items dating from 1870 to 1937, specifically, 2 books, 4 letters, 2 post cards, 1 photo, 1 carte de visite, and 1 label with an address. The collection pertains to both von Arnim and her second husband, John Francis Stanley Russell, the 2nd Earl Russell (known as… Read more about this item

Paris: Audot, libraire, éditeur, 1826. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Première édition. Four volumes. 4-1/4 x 7-1/4 inches. viii, 331, [1] pp.; [4], 360 pp.; [4], 364, [2)] pp.; and [6], 330, 31, [1] pp. All text in French. In original paper wrappers (vol. 4 also has a glassine wrapper). Covers on vols. 1-3 are a bit dark,… Read more about this item

1800. Hard Cover. Good. Dr. John Moore was a Scottish physician, travel author, novelist, and editor of the works of Tobias SmollettThis collection has 7 books (14 vols.), dating from 1781 to 1800 including copies of his three novels, a travel book about Italy, and his reflections on the French Revolution.7 Books (14 vols.):• A View of Society… Read more about this item

1811. No binding & hard cover. Good. Joel Barlow was a lawyer, diplomat, and Revolutionary War chaplain and pursued his writing ambitions after the war, joining the writers' group known as the Hartford Wits. He was an ardent proponent of American democracy. Granted French citizenship, he supported the French Revolution in spite of dedicating The Vision of Columbus… Read more about this item

various: various, 1949. 1st Edition. No binding. Good. Circa 130 documents (letters, reports, etc.), mainly written in French, some in English, a few in German, some annotations in Arabic. Most documents are addressed to the Directeur Général, Musée Egyptien, in Cairo. This collection is a veritable who's who in Egyptology for the period during the British administration of… Read more about this item

1817. Hard & Soft cover. Very Good. Three early classic works on the Italian merchant Amerigo Vespucci, explorer, and navigator from the Republic of Florence who allegedly undertook several voyages to the "New World". In recognition of his explorations, the cartographer Martin Waldweemüller latinized his name as America in Cosmographiae Introductio (1507). • Girolamo Bartolommei già Smeducci (1584-1662). L'America poema eroico di Girolamo Bartolomei… Read more about this item

1971. No binding & hard cover. Good. Faith Baldwin was a U.S. author of romance and fiction, publishing some 100 novels, often concentrating on women. The New York Times wrote that her books had "never a pretense at literary significance" and were popular because they "enabled lonely working people, young and old, to identify with her glamorous and… Read more about this item

various: various, 1919. No binding. Good. This archive collection contains 37 items dating from 1832 to 1919, specifically 24+ letters, 6 photos, and other pieces of ephemera. Although some documents have folds, stains, tears and nicks, most of the material is in good condition.These family archives which originate in Scotland pertain to immigration and settlement in southern Ontario,… Read more about this item

London, Ottawa, and NY: Topley, Lafayette Ltd., Brown Brothers, 1910. No binding. Good. 7 b&w cabinet photos. • Laurier, 36 years of age, 1877, 165 × 108 mm., image somewhat faded, Topley, Ottawa.• Laurier, 1880s?, 167 × 110 mm., Topley, Ottawa, verso also stamped with the address of Brown Brothers, New York.• Also a larger version, 197 × 164… Read more about this item

1948. No binding & hard cover. Mary Roberts Rinehart was an American novelist, playwright, and author, often called the American Agatha Christie. She wrote hundreds of short stories, poems, travelogues and articles. Many of her books and plays were adapted for movies. It was one of her books, 1930 The Door, that produced the phrase, "The butler did it,"… Read more about this item

1934. No binding & hard cover. Good. Ellis Parker Butler was a prolific American humorist, short story writer, and poet, best known for his story Pigs Is Pigs. He was the author of more than 30 books and more than 2,000 stories and essays.The collection has 13 items dating from 1913 to 1934 specifically, 6 letters, 1 signed… Read more about this item

1979. No binding. Good. Erskine Caldwell was an American novelist and short story writer best known for his novels such as Tobacco Road and God's Little Acre about social problems in the southern United States. Caldwell wrote 25 novels, 150 short stories, twelve nonfiction collections, two autobiographies, and two books for young readers.The collection consists of 12 items… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

various: various, 1938. No binding & hard cover. Good. Owen Wister dubbed the father of Western fiction, was a prolific novelist, short story writer, biographer, and historian. His most famous work is The Virginian (1902), a novel set in the Wyoming Territory during the 1880s. In 1898, Wister married Mary Channing, his cousin. They had six children, including… Read more about this item