Patrick McGahern Books

JENNINGS, John

The Strange Brigade. A Story of the Red River and the Opening of the Canadian West.

Boston. Little, Brown. F. Hardcover. 1952. 22cm, first edition, xii,367p., mapped endpapers, red cloth, very good copy (S5.6).

Price: $14.00

JEWELL, John

Writings of John Jewell, Bishop of Salisbury. Died 1571.

London. The Religious Tract Society. [184?]. Hardcover. 12mo, 19cm, iv,488p., engraved frontis portrait, original blind decorated purple cloth, gilt spine title, spine slightly sunned, very good sound copy (ds1). - Spine title reads "British Reformers". Includes a biography of Jewell, "A Treatise of the Holy Scriptures", "Jewell's Apology", "An Epistle.....

Price: $65.00

JONES, John Paul. par [J.F.] Andr.

Memoires de Paul Jones, o il expose ses principaux services, et rappelle ce qui lui est arrive de plus remarquable pendant le cours de la revolution americaine, particuliarement en Europe, crits par lui-meme en anglais, et traduitssous ses yeux par le citoyen Andr.

Paris. Chex Louis, Libraire. 1798. 1st Edition. Soft cover. In 8's., 13.2cm, The First Edition, [xix], [1 blank], 244p., with an engraved frontispiece showing the portrait of Jones and a naval battle,in contemporary panelled full calf, gilt decorations and borders in the panels, crushed crimson morocco label, panelled boards in.....

Price: $10,000.00

JORDAN, John

Collected Stories. Edited by Hugh McFadden with an introduction by Benedict Kiely.

Dublin. Poolbeg Press. 1991. 1991. Soft cover. 19.5cm, vii,377p., printed wraps (trade paperback), some slight wear otherwise a very good to fine copy (Ihds).

Price: $10.00

Item #29332 The Neighbourhood of Dublin, its Topography, Antiquities and Historical Associations....

JOYCE, Weston, St. John.

The Neighbourhood of Dublin, its Topography, Antiquities and Historical Associations. With numerous illustrations from the Author's Photographs & Sketches and an Introduction by P.W. Joyce.

Dublin. M.H. Gill & Son. 1921. Hardcover. 8vo, 21.5cm, 2nd Edition Enlarged, xx,512p., frontis & 130 plates and illustrations (inc. 1 folded plate & 2 folded maps), index, original green cloth, gilt spine titles, stylized presentation inscription on the front free fly, a few small fade speckles towards to fore.....

Price: $200.00

KEATS, John, designed & lettered by Ralph Fletcher Seymour

The Eve of St. Agnes. A Poem. With a Preface Written for It by Edmund Gosse.

Chicago. Published at the Fine Arts Building by Ralph Fletcher Seymour. 1900. Hardcover. 8vo, 22.5cm, (17), (37)pp., edition limited to 800 copies, this being No. 388, decorated double title-page, 6 drawings, extensive design and letter decoration, quarter dark green fine grain book linen backed grey-green paper over boards, gilt decorated.....

Price: $300.00

KELLY, John Liddell

Heather and Fern: Songs of Scotland and Maoriland.

Wellington, N.Z. Published by the Author. 1902. Hardcover. 18.5cm, xvi,287p., frontis portrait, free fly clipped, previous owners inscription, fine linen, gilt title and decorations on the spine and upper cover, a very good to fine copy (ds1).

Price: $100.00

Item #29609 The Other Side of The "Story", being some Reviews Criticizing "The Story of the Upper...

KING, John

The Other Side of The "Story", being some Reviews Criticizing "The Story of the Upper Canadian Rebellion;" also, the Letters in the Mackenzie-Rolph Controversy and a Critique on "The New Story".

Toronto. James Murray & Co. 1886. Soft cover. 8vo., 22.5cm, 150p., in the original printed wraps, very good copy (cnds) - Chiefly a defence of William Lyon Mackenzie by his son-in-law from the criticism's contained in Dent's history published in Toronto, 1885, with supporting documents.

Price: $30.00

Item #10776 Handbook To The Cathedrals of England. Eastern Division. Oxford, Peterborough,...

[KING, Richard John].

Handbook To The Cathedrals of England. Eastern Division. Oxford, Peterborough, Norwich, Ely, Loncoln.

London. John Murray. 1862. Hardcover. 19cm, viii,[1],358p., ads., with 75 engraved plate illustrations, 5 plans, 14 text illustrations, original extra blind decorated off white cloth, gilt spine titles, spine dust worn, (title clear), spine edges bit frayed else a very good unopened copy.

Price: $52.50

Item #10775 Handbook To The Cathedrals of England. Western Division. Gloucester, Hereford,...

[KING, Richard John].

Handbook To The Cathedrals of England. Western Division. Gloucester, Hereford, Worcester, Bristol, Lichfield.

London. John Murray. 1903. Hardcover. 19cm, 4th printing, ix,351p., with 45 engraved plate illustrations, 6 plans, original extra blind decorated off white cloth, gilt spine titles, spine dust worn, (title visible) else a very good copy. (B3.1).

Price: $15.75

KINNEIR, John Macdonald

A Geographical Memoir of the Persian Empire, Accompanied by A Map. [Wanting].

London. Printed for John Murray. 1813. 4to, 29.5cm, vi,486,[2]p., (errata & publisher's ad.), Wanting the Map, disbound, the text block is sound, the title page was guarded with brown sticky paper and is chipped on the bottom edge and is slightly dust worn, the text block is sound and clean.....

Price: $400.00

[KITTO, John]

The Tahtar Tribes. Revised by D.P. Kidder.

New York. Carlton & Phillips. 1852. Hardcover. 16mo. 14.5cm, 183p., frontis view and 3 engraved text illustrations, original blind elaborately decorated brown pebbled cloth, gilt spine title & decoration, very good to fine copy (tds). - John Kitto (1804-1854), English biblical scholar, worked as a missionary for the Church Missionary.....

Price: $70.00

KNOX, John Captain (d. 1778).

An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North-America, for The Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760: Containing The Most Remarkable Occurrences of that Period; Particularly the Two Sieges of Quebec, &c. &c. The Orders of the Admirals and General Officers; Descriptions of the Countries where the Author has served, with their Forts and Garrisons; their Climates, Soil, produces; and A Regular Diary of the Weather. As Also Several Manifesto s, a Mandate of the late Bishop of Canada; The French Orders and Disposition for the Defence of the Colony, &c. &c. &c.

London. Printed for the Author, and Sold by W. Johnston, in Ludgate-Street; and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, 1769. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 4to., The First Edition, in Two Volumes, ix, (1) (6), 405, (1), errata & 465,[1]pp., 2 engraved frontis portraits (Amherst & Wolfe), large engraved folding map, engraved vignette.....

Price: $7,500.00

LAMBERT, John

Travels through Canada, and the United States of North America, in the years 1806, 1807, & 1808. To whichis added, biographical notices and anecdotes of some of the leadingcharacters in the United States. Third Edition, Corrected andImproved.

London. Printed for Cradock and Joy; and, Edinburgh,Doig and Stirling; and Dublin, M. Keene. 1813. Hardcover. 8vo. 21.5cm,Second Edition, corrected and improved. in 2 volumes, xxxiv,544 &viii,532pp., with large engraved colour folding map, 1 engravedchart, and 16 colour aquatint plates, (The map, the chart of Quebecand the six costume plates.....

Price: $2,000.00

Land Grant. John Parr

Nova Scotia. George the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth. To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting: .[printed Loyalist land grant].Given under the Great Seal of Our Province of Nova Scotia. Witness, Our Truly and Well-beloved John Parr, Esq; Our Captain-General, Governor, and Commander in Chief, in and over Our said Province, this Sixth Day of April, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-six, and in the Twenty-sixth Year of Our Reign. J. Parr.

[Halifax. Probably by Anthony Henry]. 1786. No Binding. folio., 37x 23.5cm, [4]p., (p.3-4, blank), 1 sheet, laid paper, ms. docketted on the verso, starting tears on three folds, fore-edges frayed, very good copy, rare. (cgc.bx) WorldCat, 1 copy, Universit de Montr al. Aurora, 1 or 2 copies. Not in Tremaine.....

Price: $1,200.00

LANDWEHR, John.

VOC. A bibliography of publications relating to the Dutch East India Company, 1602 - 1800. Edited by Peter van der Krogt. Introduction by C. R. Boxer. Preface by G. Schilder.

Utrecht. H&S. HES Publishers. 1991. 4to. xlii,[16], 840pp., indexes, colour illustrated endpapers, full red fine linen, gilt spine titles, colour illustrated jacket, as new - Containing 1674 entrees. (bks).

Price: $400.00

LANGDON, John

Canadian Silversmiths & Their Marks, 1667 - 1867.

Lunenburg, Vermont. Privately Printed, The Stinehour Press. 1960. Hardcover. 23.5cm, 190p. limited to 500 numbered copies, this being #341., with frontis & 46 plates & illustrations, original light green cloth, titles stamped in silver, a bit faded (titles clear), otherwise a fine. (agc).

Price: $150.00

LANGDON, John

Clock & Watchmakers in Canada, 1700-1900.

Toronto. Anson-Cartwright Editions. 1976. Soft cover. 8vo. 22cm, 194p., on laid paper, index, trade paperback, printed stiff blue wraps, as new A directory of workers with geographic location, sources, dates.

Price: $8.75

LANGTON, John

Miscellaneous Statistics of Canada, For the Year 1868. Part III.

Ottawa. Hunter, Rose & Co. 1869. Soft cover. 25cm, 40p., printed wraps, light wear along the edges, a fine copy (ds25).

Price: $14.00

Item #19560 Miscellaneous Statistics of Canada, For the Years 1867. Part I. Municipal Returns,...

LANGTON, John

Miscellaneous Statistics of Canada, For the Years 1867. Part I. Municipal Returns, Ontario.

Ottawa. Hunter, Rose & Company. 1868. Soft cover. 25cm, 52p., stain on final page, stiff printed wraps, otherwise a fine copy (ds25).

Price: $14.00

LANGTON, John

Public Accounts for the Province of Canada, for the Year 1859.

Quebec. Thompson & Co. 1860. Soft cover. 24.5cm, xxi,94p., stiff printed wraps, a fine copy (ds25).

Price: $22.75

LANGTRY, John

Come Home; an Appeal on Behalf of Reunion.

Toronto. The Church of England Publishing Company. 1900. 1900. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo, 18.5cm, first edition, vii,399p., index, wine cloth, a fine sound clean copy. (cnds).

Price: $12.50

LARWOOD, Jacob & John Camden Hotten.

The History of Signboards, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day.

London. John Camden Hotten. 1866. Hardcover. thick12mo, 19.5cm, third edition, x,536,[1],12p., ads., plus hand colour frontis & 19 engraved plates of illustrations, in the original plum fine grain cloth, gilt titles and gilt pictorial decorations, expertly restored, a fine bright copy (agc).

Price: $157.50

LAWRENCE, George N., & John Torrey & Temple Prime & Oran W. Morris

Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. (Vol. VIII. Nos. 2 & 3).

New York. William Wood & Company. 1864. 1864. Soft cover. 25cm, pp.41-106, 1 plate, 38 figures, uncut printed wraps, very good (n12.2) - Five articles on birds , meteorology and botany. Of particular interest is "On Ammobroma, a New Genus of Plants, allied to Corallophyllum and Pholisma" by John Torrey.....

Price: $17.50