Search Results: Titles starting with Q from William Reese Company

Uppsala: Literis Wernerianis, [1725].. [2],48pp. 16mo. Modern plain wrappers. Ink stamp of "Joh. Ax. Almquist" on front wrapper and titlepage, not affecting text. Trimmed close. Very good. A rare 18th-century scholarly paper presenting evidence of visits of the Northmen to America, and describing the location of Vinland with respect to Greenland and North America. HOWES W15, "aa." SABIN 100960. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 725/208. MULLER 346. BELL W15.

Cedar Rapids, Ia, 1910. 542pp. including illustrations, plus maps. Portrait. Original red cloth, gilt, spine gilt. Slight edge wear. Front inner hinge cracked, but holding. Very good. "A thoroughly annotated book relating many of the exploits of the guerrillas, with some mention of the lives of the James and Younger boys while they were with Quantrill" - Adams. HOWES C689. GRAFF 850. RADER 894. ADAMS SIX-GUNS 479

Quebec: William Brow, 1788. 4pp. printed in double-column format in parallel English and French. Folio. Dbd. some dust soiling at top and bottom, else very good. Contains a proclamation by Lord Dorchester for the regulation of the civil courts of Canada, as well as general news of the town, ship arrivals, etc

Quebec: Samuel Nielson, 1792. 4pp. printed in double-column format in parallel English and French. Folio. Torn at bottom corner, affecting a few words, else very good. This issue contains two proclamations by Allured Clark, the lieutentant-governor, acting in the absence of Lord Dorchester. The first is an ordinance for cases appealed to the Executive council, while the second relates to the law courts. The remainder of the issue is taken up with news items and advertisements. Copies are noted by Tremaine in an appendix.

London, 1784. 16pp. Half title. Antique-style three-quarter morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Bookplate on front pastedown. Fine. One of a number of works written by Maseres during his service as Attorney-General of Quebec from 1766 to 1769. "The Five Questions concerning the Habeas Corpus Act, trial by jury, and powers of the governor, are said (by Du Calvet) to have been propounded by Maseres at a conference at his house in London, March 13, 1784, and endorsed by Adhemar and De Lisle, notaries public of Montreal, and Wm. Dummer Powell, who comprised a delegation sent from Quebec in 1783 to urge upon the government the need for a House of Assembly and the retention of French civil law" - TPL. This work has also been attributed to Pierre Roubaud. TPL 576. GAGNON I:2892. LANDE 620. SABIN 67156.

Chicag, 1909. 363pp. Original pictorial cloth. About fine. "This book became rare because a prominent ranching family felt themselves slandered by some remarks in it and destroyed all the copies they could purchase" - Reese. An important West Texas cattle book. REESE, SIX SCORE 95. ADAMS HERD 1982. HOWES R559