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1882K3MA5M6XLK31London: Harrison and sons 1882. Modern blue paper wrappers. Folio. Official document presented to the British Houses of Parliament regarding Assab Eritrea and its politics. It includes a wide variety of letters and reports written by British naval officers generals the India Office tradesmen etc. concerning the politics of the Sultan of Raheita the Italian government in Eritrea territorial shifts the relations with Egypt and Ethiopia and more. Slightly browned around the margins with manuscript page numbers on the upper outer corner 627-831 otherwise in very good condition.l Lockot Bibliographia Aethiopica 8127. Harrison and sons, unknown
182633099London: printed by John Baskett and others 1826. Folio various paginations; approximately 38 Acts of Parliament relating almost entirely to the finances of the Royal Navy 3 folding tables; contemporary red straight-grain morocco yellow binder's ticket of Smith 49 Long Acre; rubbed and worn but sound. Includes several acts on the wages of seamen seamen's' hospitals harbor moorings the Royal Navy treasury prize money benefits for seamen's' families bounty money pensions etc. printed by John Baskett [and others] unknown
185767368Printed in the UK: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on the Hudson's Bay Company 1857. First edition. Leather and paper over boards. As described. Hardcover 1/4 leather brown over paper marbled over boards. 4to. xviii 547 pp. Illustrated with 3 large colour folded maps in a pocket on the inside of the back board 2 of the maps have 4'' enclosed tears without loss of substance. Maps by John Arrowsmith. Sympathetically rebound with a new spine. Six compartment spine with five raised ribs. Red label in compartment two and black label in compartment four have the the title and subtitle in gilt. Head darkened. Six small ink stains on the fore edge. Bookplate on front pastedown. Previous own was Mr. John White 1863-1928 appointed Chief Geographer of the Canadian Department of the Interior in 1899. Pages 212-225 329 and 374-379 have pen markings and some marginalia by Mr. White. Mild age toning mostly to the edges. The text block is clean unmarked except where noted and square with a strong binding. Boards are rubbed with some of the marbling worn off. Edges are worn through in places. The spine is rubbed and has some small water stains near the tail. Corners bumped. An extremely rare volume this copy is supple and easy to handle despite its rough exterior. Condition as described. References: TPL 3729/30 Sabin 33549 Lowther 52 Peel 188. Laid in this copy is a bibliographical description from Acadia Book Store. Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on the Hudson's Bay Company unknown
1852127366London: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode 1852. Hardcover. very good. 1st printing. 216pp. Folio 32.5 X 21.5 cm. Original 19th century marbled boards which have been rebacked with a new leather spine and new leather corners. Original endpapers have been salvaged. Edged sprinkled in red. 3 maps 1 folding. Minor wear to binding but overall a clean attractive copy. Old rubber stamp on the title page. Arctic Biblio. 45229 There are two rubber stamps on the title page. The first is from the Royal College of surgeons and the second is a presentation stamp Inscribed by R.McCormick R.N. who was on the North Star one of the search for Franklin ships. - "Major document. Contains reports covering 1850-52 of expeditions in Bering Strait under Collinson's command reports of expeditions in the eastern Canadian arctic by DeHaven John Ross Austin & Penny; and reports by Rae of his expedition to southwest Victoria Island. Numerous letters are included speculations on the activities of the Franklin Expedition various proposals for further search etc.".</p><p>An interesting association copy by a Search for Franklin officer. 1852 George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode hardcover
1857143185London 1857 31 July and 11 August. xviii547 pp. Two parts. Folio. Original printed blue wrappers. Wrappers and spine are a bit rough with some professional restoration. Portfolio of plans including three large folding hand-coloured maps original printed wraps with cover title and document title on right-half of back wrapper. Maps printed by Henry Hansard entitled: Map of North America Drawn by J. Arrowsmith; Map of the North-West Part of Canada Hudson's Bay & Indian Territories Drawn by Tho. Devine and Aboriginal Map of North America denoting the Boundaries and the Locations of various Indian. Some mild chipping to the edges of the wrapper with tears along joints. Overall very good and with a clean tight text block. Uncommon in the original blue and plain paper wraps. All housed in a custom fold over box. Peel 3 - 347 - "An important document containing the evidence of many witnesses on the suitability of Rupert's Land for agricultural settlement." TPL 3729/30; Sabin 33549; Smith 1514. "Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed 31 July and 11 August 1857." Document 224 260-I- Sess. 2. "The Maps referred to in the accompanying Report were in progress and will be delivered as early as possible." 5 October 1857. The maps all show the high Arctic and Western Canada from Hudson's Bay to the West Coast. This report is complete with the maps and in wrappers has become very scarce in the market place. 1857 paperback
18082605200078W. Phillips and John Hatchard London 1808. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. An Extremely Rare Early Abolitionist Work : British Parliamentary debates on Slave Trade Abolition Bill of 1807 Bound in period marbled half calf. 12mo. 19.75 x 13.25 cm. iv 273 pp. Front joint cracked. Small chip off spine leather. Period manuscript note in shorthand on pages 66-67. <br> A detailed account of the debates of the British Parliament on the abolition of the slave trade including full transcripts of speeches made by MPs. The speeches show the diversity of arguments opposing the slave trade. It includes rousing speeches against slavery on a religious and moral level; utilitarian speeches discussing the low profits of the slave trade and the ability of plantation owners to maintain the current slave population; testimonies on the complex social structure and craftsmanship of African societies and thus their humanity; and arguments that by abolishing slavery France will become Britain's "inferior in virtue". <br> Includes numerous speeches by Lord Grenville the Prime Minister who shepherded the Slave Trade Abolition Bill through Parliament: "I know my Lords that on this subject strange notions of morality have been suggested as if what were just to one race of the species might be unjust to another. I know not my Lords on what principle of law divine or human such sentiments are founded. My Lords I have been always taught to consider justice to be one uniform consistent rule of conduct; to that it has been enough for me to listen to the proof that any particular acts are unjust with respect to certain individuals of classes of the species to convince me that the same acts must be unjust to all the rest of mankind." Grenville and other MPs advocate for a universal form of justice under the law that precludes the natural legal inequality of slavery. <br> This book was printed by William Phillips the son of James Phillips a Quaker printer and abolitionist activist and founding member of the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade who published first hand accounts of the evils of the slave trade which were highly influential in the bills passage. <br> Refs: Sabin 93370. <br> A rare edition only one copy has appeared at public auction in the last 125 years. No other copies are available for sale. <br> Cataloged by Anastasia Rittenhousesmith. W. Phillips and John Hatchard, London hardcover
1852144684London: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode 1852. iii368 pp. Folio. Bound in 19th century diced calf and Victorian cloth. Spine ruled into 6 compartments. Paste paper endpapers. Gilt maritime library stamp on front board otherwise no other stamps. Binding a bit worn. With 28 maps mostly sledge tracks including 6 folding maps. Numerous illustrations mostly in the text. A very clean crisp copy internally. Arctic Bibliography 45228. Contains extensive and detailed reports by sledgers from Austin's and Penny's expeditions. Provenance is the Marinens Bibliothek The library of the Danish Navy. Very scarce and the second largest volume produced during the Franklin Search period. 1852 George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode hardcover
