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1735279042Dublin: Samuel Fairbrother 1735. Regarding an important controversy over taxation of landed Protestants of Ireland by the Clergy. Many were forced by economics to sell their lands and leave; the result of this "tythe" was threat of mass emigration to America by the remaining Protestants. A report from an ad hoc committee of the Irish House of Commons called in 1735 to consider an important question on tax burden and emigration. Irish clergy had demanded an additional income from the imposition of a tax for "agistment" pasturage of cattle on Irish Protestant landowners. The committee decided after reviewing the evidence presented in this report that the tax would "impair the Protestant interest" by causing Protestants to emigrate to America reducing the influence of the established church in Ireland. It resolved to find a "proper remedy" though it took no legal action until the Irish House of Commons was dissolved in 1800 when the parliament in London forced an abolition of the old tithes as a formality. 8 folded quarto leaves in a folded drab portfolio. Samuel Fairbrother unknown books
1919018251NY: A Gordon Brown & Co. 1919. First Edition. Paperback. Wraps 30pp very good- on browning fragile paper. . A Gordon Brown & Co paperback books
19169705San Francisco Paul Elder 1916. 1916. First edition. 8vo. Illustrated with 12 photographs. Original gilt stamped gray cloth t.e.g. Fine fresh copy. No bookplates. Signed and inscribed in blue ink on the half title page: "Compliments of John A. Hooper." Hooper was the ship's owner. Printed at Tomoye Press. Designed by Herman A. Funke. Signed by Authors. F. Hardcover. San Francisco, Paul Elder [1916]. hardcover books
182937366London: E. Lloyd & Co. 1829. 12mo. viii 230 1 pp. Bound in original quarter sheep over marbled boards with gilt spine title Rare. Worldcat shows only four libraries holding copies. E. Lloyd & Co. books
1829045711Cooperstown: H. & E. Phinney 1829. Early Edition. Softcover. Fair Condition. Original plain wraps worn frontispiece of the proverb "Never too Old to Learn" on the verso of the front wrap is chipped with loss along top edge and the top text of the final proverb on the inside of the rear wrap torn and lacking. Modest staining and foxing throughout early amateurish coloring to the illustrations a number very restrained a few reasonably well done and one or two less well done; sewing structure perished. Complete with 13 proverbs and 14 woodcuts. 30pp Size: 32mo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; Children. Inventory No: 045711. <br/><br/> H. & E. Phinney paperback books
185010484NY: Published for the trade 1850. 12mo pp.119. Colored lithograph frontispiece and title page a good copy of this collection of sentimental poetry. Published for the trade unknown books
1748WRCLIT54936London: Printed for M. Cooper 1748. 64pp. Octavo. Extracted from bound pamphlet volume. First edition. Slightly dusty but a very good copy. The referenced "second-rate Minister" was Thomas Winnington 1696-1746 one of Walpole's chief supporters. ESTC T43778. Printed for M. Cooper unknown books
1850174034H.E. Carrington 1850. Softcover. As Is complete but front cover is off and stained spine missing corners of illustrated pages have mall water stains all pages included. Red cloth wraps with gilt lettering and gilt armorial illustration on front cover marbled endpages 72 1 pp 3 bw full page illustrations. "In compiling the history of a regiment from such records as are in its possession it is intereting and necessary to shew its origin and the immediate causes which led to its enrolment." page 3 History of the North Somerset Regiment of the Yeo-Cavalry. H.E. Carrington paperback books
1817Embry 182366Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown London: 1817. Fourth Edition with additions. Minor rubbing to joints near fine to fine in custom mylar covers. One-half dark green calf overed marbled boards. Thacher: Angling Books p379. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London: 1817. Fourth Edition, with additions. hardcover books
18111793London: John Murray 1811. Second Edition. Hardcover. Brown leather Very good. 440 pages. 16.5 x 10 cm. A comprehensive household manual filled with what seems to be very helpful receipts and some of a dubious nature. Chapters filled with constructive advise on rearing livestock making butter brewing and the management of malt liquors the management of plants seeds and the greenhouse while other advice such as using a bush held by a rope to clean a chimney as opposed to employing a child children will damage the interior bricks seem a bit outdated. Accredited to Mrs. Rundell of New Systems of Domestic Cookery fame but there are many who think this is a false theory due to her well published falling out with the John Murray. All edges gilt dentelle edging and blindstamped Missing 1 cm. of leather at the head of spine. Interior crisp and clean. Owners signature present on front boards 1819. <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover books
1824045145London: John Murray 1824. Early Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. Original unsophisticated boards spine rubbed and binding starting to split old bookseller ticket to cover. Light foxing and a few minor stains internally - mostly quite clean. 517pp. Wine making remedies gardening and cookery. Size: Octavo 8vo. Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Inventory No: 045145. <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover books
185936599New Bedford 1859. may 14 6 184 2 pp. Much useful information about this city at the peak of her days as a whaling center. Published by the Tabers booksellers and purveyors of charts and nautical instruments in New Bedford. With illustrated vintage ads. Frontispiece map torn out. Priced accordingly. unknown books
280469Santa Fe: Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce. Map. 8 3/4" x 12". Included in pamphlet entitled "The City Different. Descriptive Guide to Santa Fe and Vicinity Road Maps."<br/><br/> This detailed map of the national park to park highway was published in a Santa Fe travel pamphlet from around the 1920s. It depicts all the city stops on the highway as well as the nearby national parks on the route. In a time when the west was still relatively new and cars weren't owned by everyone yet this map is a unique demonstration of the luxury of car travel during that time.<br/><br/> Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce unknown books
186655097New York: Historical Publishing Company 1866. First edition 8vo pp. 19 3; printed self-wrappers; light soiling to wrappers old creases good and sound. A satirical poem about the war correspondent Will Russell describing him as a gluttonous and overcultured coward who goes to Bull Run to observe the battle and immediately flees straight back to Washingto DC as soon as he senses danger. Sabin 49807. <br/><br/> Historical Publishing Company unknown books
305718London F.J. Mason 1834. First edition Thick 8vo. Contemporary tree calf skillfully rebacked red morocco spine label. A fine large margined copy with no foxing. 2 volumes in one. 1015 pages. Bookplate of Irish prelate Vincent Lloyd Russell on the front pastedown. Printed by Charles Whittingham. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. London, F.J. Mason, 1834. hardcover books
1835TB29132New Haven: George W. Gorton 1835. Reprint of 1835. Good in full leather calf covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine. A small octavo measuring 7 5/8 by 4 1/2 inches with the leather at the edges and joints of the boards rubbed the leather at the upper 1/2" of the front joint is cracked and there are spots of dampness stains to the end sheets. The gilt text and decorations on the spine are well worn. The binding remains tight and strong with not loose or damaged pages. 504 pages of text. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and twelve engraved plates. The full title reads: "The Mariner's Chronicle: Containing Narrative Of The Most Remarkable Disasters At Sea Such As Shipwrecks Storms Fires And Famines. Also Naval Engagements Piratical Adventures Incidents of Discovery and Other Extraordinary And Interesting Occurrences." A collection of 47 stories of ship wrecks battles and loss of life. Sabin 44588 George W. Gorton hardcover books
190649338NY: Century 1906. First Edition. 8vo pp. 309. Frontis illustration. Green cloth. Owner's bookplate on paste-down. Front hinge tender cover little faded and worn at edges o/w VG. Century unknown books
42129Edinburgh: Morrison & Gibb Printed for Private Circulation. Hersdilia was a 454 ton steam yacht 171 loa manned by a crew of 19 and built in 1895 in Leith. In July and August 1896 she took a cruise to Norway and the Orkney Islands with a party of about a dozen the entire adventure being recorded here in the sort of hi-falootin' language reserved for the Upper Classes in the late Victorian era. The characters are given names such as "Lord High Admiral" "Cerberus" and "Dr. Angelicus" and the prose is riddled with weary tropes such as "in the after deckhouse incense is burned to 'My Lady Nicotine.'" The account records sea-going events and activities big waves! of course but also gives a readable narrative of their adventures ashore. This is followed by about 20 pages of mostly unreadable poetry penned by members of the expedition. Aside from a pleasing book design and a real sense of how better folks took their recreation back then the redeeming virtue of this work is its scarcity. Not in Toy. Worldcat shows only 5 libraries holding copies. Good condition in original binding showing light soiling and wear. Morrison & Gibb Printed for Private Circulation books
179024683Dublin: Byrne 1790. First Irish Edition. 8vo pp. 160. Front hinge loose. Bound in rubbed and some worn leather backed paper boards paper lacking from front cover with some library stamps inside. A good copy for all that. Entirely printed in red. An English edition appeared the same year. See Tourneux Bibliographie de l'histoire de Paris pendant la revolution Francaise 3.13483; ESTC T108411 for the UK Edition; not in Martin-Waller or Saricks. The original French edition of this pretended to be the official list of pensioners published by the government. It was more likely issued to embarrass the ruling class portraying them as a group of loafers living off the work of the population burdened with taxes. It's appearance in England is an indication of the British Jacobean interest in the French goings on. The existence of a Dublin printing is especially strange given that the Irish working population spoke mostly Gaelic and this nasty work is not really aimed at the ruling class who were the subject of its satire. The British library Catalogue offers a possible attribution to Jean-Baptiste Martin Louis La Reynie de la Bruyere q.v. Querard 4.558-559. Byrne unknown books
1825043310London: William Cole 1825. Early Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Full red wrap around leather lacking the clasp worn but sound. Undated ca. 1825. Engraved frontis of a statue of Johnson. Page edges gilt and attractive copy. 1004pp. Measures 3 1/4" x 2". Size: 32mo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Reference; Inventory No: 043310. William Cole hardcover books
17255740London: J Pottinger and J Seymour 1764 1725. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Textblock Fine. Light shelf/edge wear tips through minor scratch in paper front board else tight bright and unmarred. Quarterbound burgundy leather spine marbled paper boards. Small 8vo. 54pp plus 2pp ad. <br/><br/>A wonderfully unflattering short biography of the notorious Judge Jeffreys. Jeffreys infamously presided over the trial of Titus Oates and numerous other significant cases.bringing his unusual blend of apathy arrogance and brutality to the bench. It is said that he was "reckless of everything save his own advancement." This volume contains a list of some 240 names organized by towns of those who suffered his convictions. A very handsome copy of this minor classic. J Pottinger and J Seymour hardcover books
193021145Montreal: Providence Mother House 1930. 3 vols. Vol. III translated from the 2nd French edn. 8vo. pp. 566 509 565. Paper wraps. some illustrations. Covers little chipped and that on V. I somewhat torn at spine o/w VG. History of the Sisters of Providence from 1800 to 1863. Providence Mother House unknown books
1817CAT000268London: Published by the editor and sold by all periodical publishers in Town and Country 1817. Early Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. Contemporary leather backed marbled boards neatly rebacked boards rubbed. Modest scattered foxing and browning a bit heavier early on a few minor stains. 4 376pp with a frontispiece and nine plates. Cagle 760 1818 ed. Simon 865 1813 ed.<br/><br/>Although there were editions in 1813 1815 1816 1817 and 1818 they are all curiously scarce. Tips on brewing flatulenceand 133 pages of cookery. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000268. Published by the editor and sold by all periodical publishers in Town and Country hardcover books
33476Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston nd. 8vo pp. 167. Bound in brown cloth stamped in gilt aeg a fine copy. Includes an authentic account of hs life from a sermon by S. Greatheed An Intimate Friend of the Poet Cowper's Treatment of His Hares From the Gentlemen's Magazine"; Description of Weston Park etc. Lindsay & Blakiston unknown books
1668046245London: John Field 1668. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Contemporary blindstamped leather worn at edges spine strip torn and worn front board detached along with first signature old academic library markings lacking the first title page first few pages soiled and first page with an old repair and loss of text to the lower right neat notes and marks in an early hand throughout many detailed often trimmed when rebound. ca. 6 1/2" x 9". The Book of Common Prayer precedes Genesis and a Concordance is at the end of the NT. Darlow & Moule 548 printed 1668 and 1666 the NT with a separate title. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Inventory No: 046245. John Field hardcover books
