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179640962Philadelphia: Francis Childs 1796. 12pp stitched. Toning chip to upper blank corner of a leaf. Page 3 misnumbered page 4 as issued. Very Good.<br /> <br /> Secretary Wolcott issues a detailed "ESTIMATE of the expenses of the Department of War for the year 1796; - and the probable expenses of the Naval Department in the same year."<br /> ESTC 21892. Evans 31400. Francis Childs? unknown
171963777Washington D.C.:: Office of War Information October 17 1943 release date. Advance Release. stapled as issued. The paper is age-toned but not brittle. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. OWI-2591-C. Office of War Information, unknown
1772178R58Printed by W. Strahan Jun. for T. Becket and Co. and T. Cadell in the Strand T. Davies in Russel Street and T. Evans in King Street London: . 1772 pp. 8 540 2 22 56 57 65 32 33 A handsome bust portrait engraved by Basire after Cipriani. Portrait offset on to the unusual title page. Some old foxing. Large 4to. 295 mm. x 240 mm. Modern plain full leather binding. Hardbound. Very good. WITH AMERICAN CIVIL WAR ERA 1863 MANUSCRIPT NOTES AND ANNOTATIONS. Edited by the great 'Republican' Thomas Hollis with additions and corrections by Joseph Robertson this edition includes: Memoirs of the Life of Algernon Sydney; Discourses Concerning Government; Letters of Algernon Sydney taken from Thurloe's State Papers; The Protector's Advice to Algernon Sydney; Letters of Algernon Sydney taken from the Sydney papers; Letters of A. Sydney to Henry Savile Ambassador in France; The Trial of A. Sydney; The Apology of A. Sydney in the Day of his Death; and A General view of Government in Europe. This is an important book in the history of the ideas that founded the American republic but what is perhaps most interesting about this copy are the manuscript notes and annotations written in a careful small hand in America during the Civil War 1863. A few of these struck our eye and we're glad to reproduce a few selections here: "I have lately undertaking to read Algernon Sydney on government. There is great difference in reading a book at four and twenty and at eighty eight. As often as I have read it and fumbled it over it now excites fresh admiration that this work has excited so little interest in the literary world. As splendid an edition of it as the art of printing can produce as well as for the intrinsic merits of the work as for the proof it brings of the bitter sufferings of the advocates of liberty from that time to this and to show the slow progress of moral philosophical political illumination in the world ought to now be published in America" - John Adams to Thomas Jefferson 17 September 1823. ".the danger in America. arises from 1 the indifference of the people to the character of their deputies; 2 the disinclination of good men to go as deputies; 3 and the inclination of bad men to go as such. The rottenness of our law making bodies has reached such a point that if it shall not soon be cured it can not longer endure." - 1863. "Among the causes which have brought the USA to their present unhappy condition may be reckoned as a leading one the predominance in their councils of mere municipal lawyers. The low morals and the crass ignorance of these are not equal to the work of government filched by them from a blindly confiding people. A profession proverbially selfish and dishonest can not produce statesmen however fecund it may be of politicians. The conduct of government is the work of statesmen - of unselfish honest high-hearted great-minded men = that class has disappeared and has given way to small country lawyers whose minds exercise only upon petty squabbles of the neighborhood incapable of grasping the vast concerns of a nation. Bad as this is there is something worse. and that is that the profession of the law is every year sinking lower in ignorance and in contempt while at the same time it is rising in power." - 1863. These manuscript annotations make this copy UNIQUE and very worthy of further study. W150. PRICE JUST REDUCED! Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good. Printed by W. Strahan Jun. for T. Becket and Co. and T. Cadell in the Strand, T. Davies in Russel Street, and T. Evans in King S hardcover
177921556.07Philadelphia PA 1779. No binding. Fine. Pennsylvania Packet or General Advertiser. Newspaper. Pennsylvania Packet or General Advertiser. John Dunlap Philadelphia Pa. July 1 1779. 4 pp. 10 1/2 x 17 untrimmed. Page 1-2 leads with extracts from the Journals of Congress regarding Indian Affairs and New Hampshire land disputes. Extensive content on the Revolutionary War medical department including a lengthy serialized ""Doctor Morgan's Vindication"" regarding the Continental Congress's dismissal of Dr. John Morgan who had great success managing military hospitals for Washington's Army without cause or explanation. Here he obtains testimony from General Nathanael Greene and even Washington himself to defend his reputation.Page 3 reports war news from Pennsylvania as well as a June 29 1779 act of the Continental Congress borrowing $20 million to maintain fiscal solvency.Page 4 includes advertisements for runaway slaves book auctions and stolen horses.Excerpt ""IN CONGRESS June 29 1779.AS Congress are bound by every motive of policy and of public & private justice to maintain the credit of the paper money emitted by their authority on the faith of the United States; so it is their intention not only to avoid further emissions but to diminish the quantity in circulation provided that the respective States by correspondent and vigorous exertions shall put it in their power to raise the necessary supplies.Resolved therefore That twenty millions of Dollars or such a part thereof as shall be brought into the Continental Loan-Offices on or before the first day of October next be borrowed on the faith of the United States at an interest of six per cent. per annum.For facilitating the said Loan Resolved1. That the Loan-Officers in every state do immediately open subscriptions for the said Loan. 2. That the executive authorities of the several states be requested immediately to appoint persons of character and influence in every county town or district to receive subscriptions and transmit the same to the Loan-Officer or Officers in the states respectively. 3. That no subscription be received for less then five hundred dollars. 4. That all subscriptions under ten thousand dollars shall be paid into the Loan-Office where the same shall be subscribed or into the Hands of the person obtaining the subscription within fourteen days after the subscription shall be made. 5. That any person subscribing ten thousand dollars or upwards shall be allowed to pay the same at two periods to wit one half within fourteen days after the subscription the residue on or before the first day of October next; the whole to bear interest from the time of the first payment provided the other payment shall be punctually made. 6. That each lender shall have his election either to receive the principal at the expiration of three years from the date of the Loan or to continue it in the funds on interest until the whole amount of Continental bills in circulation shall not exceed the sum in circulation at the time of the Loan. 7. That interest on all sums which shall be paid into the Loan-Office before the said first day of October or which shall be subscribed and paid agreeably to the terms of the 5th resolution aforesaid shall be payable annually at the Continental Loan-Office of the State in which the money was originally subscribed. 8. That when the interest on Monies which have been or may be placed in the several Loan-Offices on or after the first day of March 1778 shall become due and be paid the same until some more accurate standard of value can be devised shall be increased in proportion to the increase of the sum of Continental paper money which may be in circulation after the date of such Loans respectively.Extract from the MinutesCHARLES THOMSON Sec'ry."" unknown
178938091789. Revolutionary War Receipt from Comptroller's office of Oliver Walcott dated April 9 1789 Hartford Connecticut. The receipt is signed by Eldad Shepard a soldier in the American Revolution. This receipt was for the States Notes that were issued during the Revolutionary War and were then redeemed by the soldier. Shepard received three pounds eleven shillings and three pence. Signed "Eldad Shepard" in the lower right corner. Excellent conditionwith dark clear signatures and writing. unknown
178277889N.p. April 2 1782. Old horizontal and vertical crease where folded; very attractive. . 4-3/8 x 6-1/2 inches. Capt. Bissell served in the Continental Army for six years; participated in three battles and several skirmishes; was wounded three times; and held as a prisoner for nearly two years. unknown
18009009Philadelphia: Published by order of the House or Representatives 1800. Original Wrappers. near Very Good binding. Octavo. 8 pp. As issued sewn in self-wrappers. Light to moderate toning/foxing throughout; a bit of wear to the deckled fore-edge but generally a nice example of this expenditure report. Evans 38755; Rink 2179; ESTC W25329. Published by order of the House or Representatives unknown
179928756Boston: Published by Printed and sold by J. & T. Fleet 1799. Hardcover book. Previous owner signature of Elisha Shaw. This could be Elisha Shaw 6 Mar 1758 - 6 Aug 1839 son of Elisha Shaw Sr and Susannah Clark who relocated to Bath Maine in 1761. He is buried in Union Cemetery Leeds Maine. According to Find a Grave Susannah was "famed for shooting a bear as it was carrying off one of the family's sheep." Also from FaG - "Elisha was a sergeant in Capt. Benjamin Lemont's co. Col. John Allen's regt. He enlisted Oct. 2 1777 and was discharged Dec. 31 1777; service 3 mos. 10 days including 12 days 240 miles travel home. The regiment was raised for defense of Machias. He was also an ensign in Capt. Jordan Parker's co. Col. Samuel McCobb's regt. He enlisted May 15 1781 and was discharged Dec. 1 1781; service 6 mos. 15 days. Elisha was married to Lucy Lombard."<br /> Light scattered foxing period full leather worn with front board detached. The first couple pages are the Courts in Connecticut and Rhode Island. Includes extensive lists of government officials educational and religious institutions postal rates duties laws etc. Drake 3613; Evans 35487. 12mo 20 172pp. First 20 pages of the months of the year etc. are interleaved with blank pages presumably for notes. Published by Printed and sold by J. & T. Fleet hardcover
179332480London: Printed for J. Debrett 1793. The Second Edition with Considerable Additions. Three-quarter leather. Good. Octavo. 1 xvi 433 pages 1 page blank 19 page index 1 page errata 2 pages advertisements 1. Recased binding with three-quarter brown leather and marbled paper covered boards. Gilt title and five raised bands on the spine. Newer front and rear end papers and one front blank end sheet inserted. The original rear end sheet is present. The folding frontispiece map is toned on the verso with an old repair made also on the verso. Some light edge wear to the map. The folding view of the Rapids of the Ohio and the State Map of Kentucky are in very good condition with light toning. <br /> <br /> Pages 417-433 includes a "Report of the Secretary of State to the President of the United States of the Quantity and Situation of the Lands not Claimed by the Indians Nor Granted to Nor Claimed by Any Citizens Within the Territory of the United States. Read in the House of Representatives Nov. 10 1791" by Thomas Jefferson. <br /> <br /> Howes I 12; Howes Reference Filson - F 129; Sabin 34355; Streeter III 1523; Clark II 41 "An early account of the western country.which was produced by a man who left Kentucky without settling his obligations who seems to have been involved in efforts to organize a French expedition to take the lower Mississippi Valley and who treated Mary Wollstonecraft Shamelessly. This book was written in the form of letters from Kentucky to a friend in England. In all probability they were written in Europe. Printed for J. Debrett unknown
1772269008Venice: Heredis Nicolai Pezzana 1772. First. hardcover. very good. Volumes I & II out of four. Title page vignettes Volume I title in red & black; minor worming & foxing; llibrary mark eradicated from the bottom of each title page. Folio contemporary limp vellum; stained. Venetiis: Heredis Nicolai Pezzana 1772.<br/> <br/> First edition of Guerra's edition of the Luxemburg Bullarium one of the most famous editions of papal bulls.<br/> <br/> Heredis Nicolai, Pezzana unknown
1719mon0000991005Canadian War Records Office 1917-1919. Softcover. Very Good. in x in x in. No. 1-3. Pages clean no markings wear to edges. Complete with numerous illustrations. Back cover of the No.1 is detached. Canadian War Records Office paperback
1739606731739. Relates to Events in the Americas Anglo-Spanish War. Cotejo de la Conducta de S.M. Con la de el Rey Britanico Assi en la Acaecido Antes de la Convencion de 14. de Enero de Este Anno de 1739 Como en lo Obrado Despues Hasta la Publicacion de Represalias y Declaracion de Guerra: Con Licencia en Madrid. His Catholick Majesty's Conduct Compared With That of His Britannick Majesty As Well With Regard To What Happened Before the Convention of the 14th of January of This Year 1739 As to What Has Been Done Since Untill the Publication of Reprisals and Declaration of War: Printed by Authority at Madrid by Antonio Marin. London: Printed for T. Cooper 1739. 63 pp. Spanish text with English translation on facing leaves. Octavo 8" x 5". Later quarter morocco over textured paper boards gilt title to spine. Some rubbing to joints corners lightly bumped hinges just starting at ends. Discoloration to free endpapers light toning to text somewhat heavier in a few places. Early owner signature Eyre to head of title page interior otherwise clean. $1250. Only edition. A legalistic analysis of Spanish claims advanced during the Anglo-Spanish War 1739-1748. Also known as the War of Jenkins' Ear after the conflict's flashpoint it related to Great Britain's exclusive right granted by the Treaty of Utrecht at the end of the War of the Spanish Succession 1713 to ply the slave trade and sell other goods in Spain's American colonies. This war was eventually subsumed into the War of the Austrian Succession 1742-1748. The signature in this copy may be that of Sir James Eyre 1734-1799 the notable judge later chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas. Sabin A Dictionary of Books Relating to America 17026. unknown
1778161245New York: Printed by James Rivington 1778. Britain seeks peace with revolutionary America First editions of these six tracts recording efforts at British-American reconciliation during the Revolutionary War. This copy has an excellent provenance: although not marked as such it comes from the family collection of William Eden 1744-1814 a key figure in the negotiations and the author of the latter two works. In 1778 Lord North appointed Eden a member of the Board of Trade and Frederick Howard 5th Earl of Carlisle 1748-1825 to a commission charged with reconciling Britain and America after the British defeat at Saratoga. Although the commissioners were authorized to grant every American demand short of independence the mission was not a success. Mostly this was because the Americans had already formed an alliance with France but Carlisle did not help matters by issuing a manifesto which criticized the French and insisted that Britain would fight to the bitter end. This attracted the attention of the Marquis de Lafayette who challenged Carlisle to a duel which was rejected on diplomatic grounds. The Collection of Papers published in New York by the king's printer includes Carlisle's manifesto along with various other letters and proclamations exchanged between the commissioners and Congress. The second third and fourth tracts comprise Congress's four-page response to the Carlisle manifesto a petition and an address to the commissioners from the loyalist merchants of New York City. These papers are often found with the Collection but are not always present and are listed as separate works in ESTC. In Eden's two tracts he defends his record with the commission and demonstrates his continued engagement with British and Irish politics. He had begun to push for Carlisle's promotion and in 1779 he secured for him the presidency of the Board of Trade. In 1780 Carlisle became Lord Lieutenant of Ireland taking Eden with him as his chief secretary. The other tracts comprise: b SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS. The following Paper is reprinted in New-York by Authority with the Remarks subjoined to it. By the Congress of the United States of America. Manifesto. New York: Printed for James Rivington 1778. 4 pp. Not in Howes or Sabin; ESTC W23804; Evans 16133. c The Petition of the Merchants and Traders of the City of New York. New York: Printed for James Rivington 1778. 4 pp. Not in Evans Howes or Sabin; ESTC W18925. d The Address of the Inhabitants of the City of New-York and its Dependencies and others his Majesty's faithful and loyal subjects late Inhabitants of the revolted Colonies. New York: Printed for James Rivington 1778. 3 1 pp. Not in Evans Howes or Sabin; ESTC W19159. e EDEN William. Four Letters to the Earl of Carlisle. On certain perversions of political reasoning. On the Present Circumstances of the War between Great Britain and the combined Powers of France and Spain. On the Public Debts. On the Representations of Ireland respecting a Free-Trade. London: Printed for B. White and T. Cadell 1779. 2 163 1 pp. Bound without half-title. Not in Evans; Adams 79-6a; ESTC T40097; Howes E43; Sabin 21827. A second edition was published later in the same year. f EDEN William. A Fifth Letter to the Earl of Carlisle. On Population; on certain Revenue Laws and Regulations connected with the Interests of Commerce; and on Public Oeconomy. London: Printed for B. White and T. Cadell 1780. 2 71 1 pp. Bound without half-title. Not in Eden or Howes; Adams 80-7a; ESTC T35522; Sabin 21828. Six works bound in a single vol. octavo 208 x 123 mm. Complete with four-leaf appendix and errata leaf. Woodcut ornament to title page woodcut head- and tailpieces. Contemporary sprinkled calf smooth spine panelled and with elaborate decoration in gilt and with red and green morocco labels edges yellow. Housed in a tan cloth flat-back box by the Chelsea Bindery. Light bumping and rubbing front joint cracked but holding firm slight loss to lower spine end minor browning and foxing to endpapers and contents a couple of small ink splashes to contents: a very good copy. ESTC W20046; Evans 15825; Howes C585; Sabin 14380. hardcover
1778155748Rhode Island: 24 March 1778. Sustaining Burgoyne's Wandering Army Revealing a crucial moment in the aftermath of Saratoga this 1778 receipt documents the transfer of £56000 from New York to support General Burgoyne's imprisoned Convention Army in Boston. The receipt was signed at a delicate point for the British Army. In the summer of 1777 General William Howe succeeded in taking Philadelphia but in October a separate force under John Burgoyne was forced to surrender to Horatio Gates following the two battles of Saratoga in the autumn of 1777. Subsequently the Convention Army named for the treaty of surrender was marched to Boston where they were held prisoner. Burgoyne was permitted to leave for England in April 1778 but his army remained in captivity until the end of the war. This immense sum of £56000 perhaps equivalent to £9500000 today was sent to Burgoyne to feed his starving army. The Battles of Saratoga represented the turning point of the Revolutionary War winning the assistance from France "which was the last element needed for victory" Morgan pp. 82-3. The receipt was signed by Richard Molesworth 1737-1799 a longstanding deputy paymaster in the War Office. Molesworth is briefly mentioned in a letter to Howe on 10 April 1778 where the need for money to support General Burgoyne and his army in Boston is discussed. Richard was the brother of the Robert 5th Viscount Molesworth who inherited the title from his cousin Richard Nassau Molesworth 4th Viscount Molesworth who died without heirs. This document was previously folded and kept in an envelope mounted on the front pastedown of a book from the Molesworth family library a first edition of the English translation of Souligné's The Desolation of France Demonstrated. It was gifted by Souligné to Robert Molesworth 1st viscount Molesworth 1656-1725. Molesworth has inscribed the front blank: "Donum Authoris" Gift from the Author and his note on the title-page reads: "Mons. De Souligny sic Grandson to the famous Du Plessis Mornay". The 1st Viscount Molesworth was an experienced political figure and a prominent member of the Privy Council of Ireland who later held a seat for Dublin County in the Irish House of Commons. The book has a later ownership inscription of Samuel Crompton 1753-1827 on the preliminary blank. Crompton was a pioneer of the spinning industry and was married to Harriet Molesworth the daughter of John Edward Nassau Molesworth. John was the great-grandson of Robert Molesworth 1st Viscount Molesworth. A 20th-century bookplate of another viscount Molesworth is pasted over the white envelope which held the subsistence receipt on the front pastedown. Also present is a manuscript bankers' draft dated 1796 signed by the 5th Viscount Molesworth requesting a payment to his son-in-law John Forster Hill. Single leaf 147 x 187 mm hand-written on both sides in black ink; the book: octavo 186 x 117 mm; also with manuscript bankers' draft dated 1796 and signed by Robert 5th Viscount Molesworth. The book: contemporary black crushed morocco raised bands spine gilt in compartments covers ornamentally gilt marbled endpapers. Ink annotations possibly in Crompton's hand. Rubbed minor loss at spine ends a few marks to covers binding open to the cords after free endpapers but sound occasional minor staining. ESTC R8752; Goldsmiths' 3380. 3380. Edmund Sears Morgan The Birth of the Republic 1763-89 1956; Report on the American Manuscripts in the Royal Institution of Great Britain volume 9 No. 180. hardcover
178113905JN.p: 1 page oblong 8vo January 19 1781. Autograph Document Signed of Abraham Hite Assistant Paymaster of the 8th Virginia Regiment. "I do certify that Lieut. Joseph Swearingen of the 8th Virga. Regt. was not included in the Pay Rolls of said Regt. for the Six Months Pay allowed by the Assembly of Virginia he being absent from the Regt. at the time said pay was drawn.". The amount owed Lt. Swearingen was "160 Dolls. 1 page, oblong 8vo unknown
1784elala979Paris: Ponce & Godefroy c1784. 1784. 4to. 16 engraved plates incl. title. contemporary bds. rebacked in calf. First Edition. An attractive series of sixteen plates and maps of the American Revolution engraved by Nicolas Ponce and François Godefroy after designs by Fauvel Marillier Le Paon and other notable French artists of the period. Recorded here are some of the major events of the War and of the larger global conflict between Great Britain and France including the tarring and feathering of John Malcom at Boston the battle of Lexington the capitulation of Burgoyne at Saratoga the capture of Dominica Senegal Grenada Pensacola and Tobago the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown the battle of St. Eustache the siege of Fort S.Philippe and the attack on Brimstomhill. There is also a general map of the United States and a composite map of the Gulf of Mexico Barbary Minorca and Tobago. Below each view forming part of the engraved surface is brief explanatory text by Niquet. The engraved title contains a précis of the War surmounted by five inset views of military and naval engagements while the final plate decorated with four similar insets gives a précis of the Treaty of Versailles in 1783 and a list of the principal officers killed or wounded in the war. Howes describes this as the first French book with a title-page mentioning the United States. Another issue of the book is also recorded with additional title-page Collection d'estampes. and with several of the plates unnumbered. Cohen-De Ricci 862. Howes C-576. Sabin 68421. Winsor VI p. 185. cfJCB II 2997. 1st Edition. Paris: Ponce & Godefroy, [c1784]. unknown
1748001341<p>London: Printed for C. Davis Printer to the Royal Society. 1748. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Volume 45 1748 Small slim 4to pp187-275 includes XI-several essays towards discovering the laws of electricity communicated to the Royal Society by John Ellicott. XII- A brief account of a roman Tessera by A brief account of a roman Tessera by Mr John Ward XIII- An Account of a very learned divine who was born with two tongues communicated to the Royal Society by Cromwell Mortimer M. D. & Secr. XIV-Upon the sounds and hearing of fishes by Jac. Theod. Klein R. P. Gedan. XV-An account of the poisonous Root lately found mixed among the Gentian by Jacobus Theodorus Klein and Richard Brocklesby. XVI- An account of large subterraneous Caverns in the Chalk Hills near Norwich; by Mr. Wm. Arderon F. R. S. comprised in a letter from Mr. Henry Baker F. R. S. to the President. XVII-An account of some observations and experiments made in siberia extracted from the preface to the Flora Siberica by John Fothergill. XVIII-Novum Reique Medicae Utile Electricitatis Inventum Exponit by Joannes Henricus Winkler. XIX A letter from Mr Henry Baker. Soft card cover in very good condition with a little discoulration and rubbing to edges. Inside pages a little toned otherwise in lovely clean and bright condition. An excellent copy of these original early articles. <br /><br /></p> Printed for C. Davis, Printer to the Royal Society. paperback
175535632London: Scots Magazine 1755. First Edition. Leather bound. Defective. Octavo. 12 monthly issues bound in one volume. 648 pages 16 pages partial index. No illustrations in this volume. Brown calf leather binding with red leather title labels on the spine. Defective. Missing all the preliminary pages. Missing index pages and rear end papers after the name "Stuart". Leather covers are rubbed and edge worn. Outer joints and inner hinges are cracked. Covers are loose but attached. Title page has light damp stains and a small scuff. Pages 159 160 have an edge tear resulting in minor loss of print. The first page is present in the January issue. Defective.<br /> <br /> A sampling of subjects covered in this volume include East India Company Mutiny Bill; Sir Isaac Newton on the ancient year; Affairs in Spain Barbary and France; An Account of Mr. Johnson's English Dictionary; Improvements of the musket and of church-music; 'Pensylvania' German Protestants; Importance of British Plantations; Gov. Dinwiddies Speech to the assembly of Virginia; Gov. Dobb's message to the assembly of N. Carolina; Affairs in the United Provinces and the Plantations; General Braddock's defeat with the lists; Further accounts of the fatal action in America; Affairs in France and the Plantations; Different accounts of General Braddock's defeat; An Examination of the Edinburgh Review; A New History of 'Pensylvania'; Of the French 'incroachments' in America; Gov. Glen's interview with the Cherokee Indians; Speeches of Indian Chiefs and several more articles. Contents also include European history public affairs parliament acts births deaths marriages poetry book reviews and more. Interior contents are mostly in good condition. Volume published during the French Indian War era in America. Scots Magazine unknown
175931823London: The London Chronicle 1759. First Edition. Newspaper. Very good. Approx. 11" x 8.5" newspaper. Pages 193-200. Three columns. Light wear and toning. Page 197 includes a half-column "Extract of a Letter from New York July 6" reporting on General Amherst's impending assault on Fort Ticonderoga. The London Chronicle unknown
171846350Crockett Houston Co. Texas Feb. 17th 1866. The writer laments "the wreck of his affairs" loss of his crops and library "and even the negroes" and hopes for news of a mutual friend; with the recipient's notation on the envelope "ratifying sale of land because I wrote him the facts & he orders a sale of the articles reserved from sale." . unknown
175634755Britain: n.p. 1756. Map. Fair. Approx. 11" x 8" map. Vertical crease. Light foning to the paper. Edges on the verso have a thin paper reinforcement. Bottom left corner tear. Fair condition. <br /> <br /> From the British Museum: Map of the town and harbour of Mahon with a larger scale plan of the town and fort of St. Philip inset above. Etching and engraving dated 1756. No publisher information. Subject term: Naval Engagements. Places include Europe Spain Balearic Islands Menorca Mahón. n.p. unknown
1758AQ30172London: Printed by Thomas Baskett 1758. 30pp 2. Predominantly printed in blackletter. Initial and terminal leaves are blank. Uncut. Stitched as issued. Short marginal tears to head of leaves C1-2. An Anglican liturgy of services to be held on 17th February 1758 a day of national fasting and humiliation ordered for divine assistance to strengthen the resolve of the British Army and Royal Navy during the continuing hostilities of the Seven Years' War. ESTC T69794. Quarto. Printed by Thomas Baskett unknown
1761AQ34581London: Printed for J. Coote 1761. 4 66pp. Modern grey paper boards original gilt-tooled green morocco lettering-piece preserved and pasted to spine. Leaves lightly browned occasional light spotting. An anonymous pamphlet published in epistolary form seeking to reflect upon the state of British society following five years of war; despite its vitriol towards William Pitt the Elder the country's acting Prime Minister the work is described in Volume 12 of James Gasker's The Critical Review Or Annals of Literature as containing 'many severe truths and humbling reflections which we would recommend to the attention of those Britons who are willing to be undeceived'. ESTC T37034. 8vo. Printed for J. Coote hardcover
1719206642New York. May 171905. Colour lithograph on a single newspaper leaf 23 x 20.5 cms image; 32.5 x 22.8 cms sheet issued as the front page of "Puck" magazine May 171905 related text on the verso; short repaired marginal tears not affecting the image lower left corner with faint creases in very good condition. A caricature from the American satirical journal "Puck" depicting the fear that struck European powers following the Japanese victory in the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-1905. The head of an armed Japanese soldier emerges as a rising sun over the horizon as a group of European leaders huddles below. Uncle Sam is nowhere to be seen. The tone of the related text on the verso strikes rather a different note: <br> <br>"France has deliberately permitted the enemies of Japan to use her territory as if it were their own and has thus invited trouble of far-reaching possibilities and of a kind highly inimical to the general peace of the world. All of which should make Uncle Sam wary in his dealings with these foreign powers that regard international agreements and ententes cordiales with contempt." <br> <br>The "When" of the caricature equally queried an end to American isolationism as well as the European fear of the rise of Japan. . unknown
1756004150<p>Worcester: S. Gamidge and W. Pendrill 1756. Single sided engraved broadside approximately 265mm x 380mm engraving 335 x 450 Frame. Lightly soiled surface abrasion towards head on the left hand side but not affecting image several small worm holes but again not affecting image or text. Vignette to head showing Penderel holding a billhook in the foreground with the king on a horse in disguise to the background. Penderel's epitaph is recorded towards the bottom of the engraving with an added note that George II had ordered that his monument be 'cleaned up & beautified in the year 1739'. Engraved broadside celebrating the life of Richard Penderel Richard Pendrill of Hobball Grange Shropshire who with his four brothers saved the life of Charles II after the battle of Worcester hiding him from Cromwell's soldiers. After the Restoration both he and his brothers were rewarded with a pension and he was known as 'Trusty Dick' at Court. He died in 1671 while visiting London and his surviving brothers were later granted exemption from prosecutions for recusancy after the 'Popish Plot'. The publishers were S.amuel Gamidge fl. 1756-1777 see BBTI and W. Pendrill presumably a descendant unlocated in BBTI. Not in ESTC. First Edition. Framed and Glazed. Good. Elephant Folio. Broadside.</p> S. Gamidge and W. Pendrill hardcover
