Moir Esq John (3 results)
Language: English
Published by Ryerson Press, Toronto 1965
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Lower Beverley Better Books, Lyndhurst, ON, CanadaLower Beverley Better Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 41.13
£ 16.36 shippingShips from Canada to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Being a Selection of Contemporary Verses about the "Recent Unpleasantness" in Upper Canada, 1837. Book is of local interest with attention given to the Battle of the Windmill at Prescott, and the story of, Nils Szoltevki von Schoultz, who after bei…ng defended in court by one John A. Macdonald of Kingston, was hanged on the ramparts of Fort Henry on December 8, 1838. Book has cloth covered boards with black text/decorations on spine and front. Four corners bumped, address label of Dr. J.S. Moir on front pastedown. DEDICATION: To T. B. Higginson [ 1912-1987, a retired High School principal and known collector of Canadiana] with best wishes, John Moir Dominion Day, 1982. Author dedicated his own copy of his book. Unclipped, unpriced DJ has sunned spine, edge wear with some chipping. Dedication copy of the author's own book! Bookseller's Inventory # 133519. Inscribed by Author(s).
The Life of Mansie Wauch, Tailor in Dalkeith
Moir, David MacBeth; Dedicated to John Galt, Esq. of Guelph, Upper Canada, Author of "The Annals of the Parish"
Published by William Blackwood - Edinburgh; T. Cadell - London 1828
- Hardcover
Seller: Montreal Books, Westmount, QC, CanadaMontreal Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
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Full Calf. Condition: Good. A nice copy of this very handsome edition in full-leather binding with 5 raised bands, a title-label in one panel, gilt fleurons along backstrip, gilt borders to covers, marbled feps and pastedowns, all edges marbled, and gilt dentelles along edges. Cover detached but present with partial split to fro…nt-joint from crown, and quarter-inch split to rear-joint at crown. Title- and half-title pages missing. Some rubbing to crown and foot of backstrip, and some corner-wear. Marbled edging faded, some occasional mild soiling to pages (not affecting legibility), and some very mild, very occasional evidence of dampstain to upper margins (not affecting text). Overall, text clean and binding solid. As is. [ Montreal Books rating system: 1. Fine 2. Near Fine 3. Very Good 4. Good 5. Fair ] Size: 16mo. Book.
The Life of Mansie Wauch, Tailor in Dalkeith
Moir, David MacBeth; Dedicated to John Galt, Esq. of Guelph, Upper Canada, Author of "The Annals of the Parish"
Published by William Blackwood - Edinburgh; T. Cadell - London 1828
- Hardcover
Seller: RPBooks, Champlain, NY, U.S.A.RPBooks
Contact seller4-star sellerFull Calf. Condition: Good. A nice copy of this very handsome edition in full-leather binding with 5 raised bands, a title-label in one panel, gilt fleurons along backstrip, gilt borders to covers, marbled feps and pastedowns, all edges marbled, and gilt dentelles along edges. Cover detached but present with partial split to fro…nt-joint from crown, and quarter-inch split to rear-joint at crown. Title- and half-title pages missing. Some rubbing to crown and foot of backstrip, and some corner-wear. Marbled edging faded, some occasional mild soiling to pages (not affecting legibility), and some very mild, very occasional evidence of dampstain to upper margins (not affecting text). Overall, text clean and binding solid. As is. [ Montreal Books rating system: 1. Fine 2. Near Fine 3. Very Good 4. Good 5. Fair ] Size: 16mo. Book.