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1819AQ27617London: s.n. 1819. 5pp 1. Docket title to verso of terminal leaf. Disbound. Three old horizontal folds. An apparently unrecorded parliamentary bill proposing amendments to the 1750 Act for extending and improving the Trade to Africa specifically reducing the number of committee members and restraining the trade opportunities of the African Company of Merchants. The bill was seemingly never enacted.; the Company was abolished in 1821 with all assets passing to the Crown. From the recently dispersed library without any indication of such of British scholar and senior civil servant William St Clair 1937-2021 and presumably used by him in his research for his acclaimed book The Grand Slave Emporium: Cape Coast Castle and the British Slave Trade 2006. . Folio. [s.n.] unknown
1804157362London: R. Wilks 1804. First edition. This Act published at the outset of the Napoleonic Wars and intended as a temporary measure permitting the enlistment of non-British officers and retrospectively formalized the commissions of any who had been serving until its passing. We have located only four institutional copies on WorldCat at the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek King's College London the British Library and ULB Darmstadt. The text of the act is followed by Rules and Articles for the Better Government of such of our Forces as Shall Consist of Natives of Foreign States who now are or may at any Future Period be Enlisted into our Service. This outlines the regulations all serving British officers and henceforth all foreigners in the army would be subject to. The act was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act of 1872. Octavo pp. xxxvii iii 292 lacking pp. 112-21. Text in English and German. Original grey boards white paper backstrip printed paper labels on both boards. Nineteenth-century ink shelf mark on spine. Binding worn spine cords exposed inner hinges cracked front inner hinge stablized contents lightly toned rear endpaper stained: a good copy. hardcover
1875981F12London: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode 1875-1876. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 15" by 11.5". None. Three volumes of highly informative first edition statistical returns detailing land ownership in late 19th century England Wales and Scotland. The first two volumes in this set are 'England and Wales Exclusive of the Metropolis. Return of Owners of Land 1873' complete in two volumes. Volume I: Bedford to Norfolk; Volume II: Northamton to Radnor.This is a statistical return listing for each county in England and Wales excluding London detailing: the names and holdings of all landowners with one acre or more showing acreage and annual rental value; the total number and combined acreage and rental value of owners with less than one acre; and the estimated area of commons and waste land.The third volume is the scarce 'Return of Owners Land of One Acre and Upwards in the Several Counties Counties of Cities and Counties of Towns in Ireland' offering the same information for Ireland. This is essentially a modern Domesday book of Ireland with long lists of the names of Landowners and the values of the land. The lists were returned to the Local Government Board by the end of 1875 arranged into counties alphabetized and finally published in 1876. Since the returns include the names of small landowners as well as large owners of a few acres as well as great estates they stand as a census of a large proportion of the population of Ireland in 1876.In handsome half morocco bindings with cloth covered boards.With a supplement to the start of volumes I and III.These volumes offer detailed statistical insight into land distribution in England Wales and Ireland in the late 19th century. In half morocco bindings with cloth covered boards. Light rubbing to back strip head and tail and raised band with board perimeters age toned with handling marks. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode hardcover
18603220414<i>Wood-engraved single sheet panorama in four strips 565 x 450 mm crudely coloured and folded with title at top left some splitting to joints; </i><i>in the original green publisher's wrapper titled in black lower wrapper lacking some chipping to edges and lightly dust-soiled but a remarkable survival nonetheless.</i><br /><i><br /></i>Rare panorama depicting the State Opening of Parliament likely sold on the day to crowds lining the procession route. The panorama itself presented as four strips one above the other on a single sheet has been printed from the same blocks as another we have seen by T. Goode but with new references set beneath the panorama image see below.<br /><i><br /></i>The procession advances from right to left with the Queen accompanied by Prince Albert and captioned where appropriate: 'Entrance to Parliament House'; 'Beefeaters'; 'Carriage of the Prime Minister'; 'Herald'; 'Her Majesty's Spokeman's Carriage'; 'Officer of the Life Guardsmen'; 'Queen's Carriage'; 'Life Guardsmen'; and 'Lord John Russell's Carriage.' The procession advances from r. to l. The Queen is accompanied by Prince Albert. Earlier the block for 'Beefeaters' had been used for T. Goode's 'Panorama of the Lord Mayor's Show'; as too had the block for 'Her Majesty's Spokesman's Carriage' previously uncaptioned and 'Lord John Russell's Carriage' previously 'The Recorder in his Carriage' explaining why Lord Russell seems to be holding a mace. It would be the Horse Guards who would have taken part in the procession; the beefeaters would have been awaiting the monarch in the House of Lords. <br /><i><br /></i>It is curious to note that the 'Entrance to Parliament House' bears no resemblance to the Royal Entrance in Victoria Tower and instead looks more like the Soane entrance but that was destroyed in the fire of 1838 so perhaps more evidence of earlier blocks being repurposed.<br /><i><br /></i>In the London directories William Sutton's name replaces Georgina Duggan's at 2 Bartlett's Passage in 1860. The Prime Minister at the time was Palmerston and Lord John Russell was Foreign Secretary. The panorama also represents one of the final depictions of Queen Victoria accompanied by Prince Albert who died in 1861.<br /><br />Not in OCLC. W. Sutton, (late G. Duggan,) 2, Bartlett’s Passage, Bartlett’s Buidlings, Holborn, W.C.
186733475London 1867. Each document folio 8-1/2" x 13-1/2". Stitched except as noted; light wear each with inoffensive rubberstamping. Except as noted Very Good.<br/><br/> A. CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE UNITED STATES' GOVERNMENT RESPECTING THE SUSPENSION OF THE FEDERAL CUSTOM-HOUSE AT THE PORT OF CHARLESTON. London: 1861. 2 4 1 blank 1 pp.<br/> B. EXTRACT OF A DESPATCH FROM LORD LYONS RESPECTING POLITICAL ARRESTS IN THE UNITED STATES. London: 1862. 4pp.<br/> C. NORTH AMERICA. NO. 7. PAPERS RELATING TO THE IMPRISONMENT OF MR. SHAVER AT FORT WARREN IN BOSTON HARBOR. London: 1862. 2 9. 1 pp.<br/> D. NORTH AMERICA. NO. 10. 1863. EXTRACT FROM A DESPATCH TO MR. STUART HER MAJESTY'S CHARGE D'AFFAIRES AT WASHINGTON RESPECTING THE SEIZURE OF MAIL-BAGS ON BOARD THE "ADELA." London: 1863. 4pp.<br/> E. DESPATCH RESPECTING THE CIVIL WAR IN NORTH AMERICA. London: 1863. 2 2 1 blank 1 pp.<br/> F. NORTH AMERICA. NO 6. 1863. CORRESPONDENCE WITH MR. ADAMS RESPECTING NEUTRAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES. London: 1863. 2 6 1 blank 1 pp.<br/> G. NORTH AMERICA. NO. 15. 1864. PAPERS RESPECTING THE ARREST AND IMPRISONMENT OF MR. JAMES MCHUGH IN THE UNITED STATES. London: 1864. 2 17 1 pp. Paper is brittle disbound Good only. <br/> H. NORTH AMERICA. NO. 18. 1864. FURTHER PAPERS RESPECTING THE ARREST AND IMPRISONMENT OF MR. JAMES MCHUGH IN THE UNITED STATES. London: 1864. 2 6 1 blank 1 pp.<br/> I. NORTH AMERICA. NO. 17. 1864. CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING THE ENLISTMENT OF BRITISH SUBJECTS IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY. London: 1864. <br/>2 59 1 pp.<br/> J. NORTH AMERICA. NO. 19. 1864. FURTHER CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING THE ENLISTMENT OF BRITISH SUBJECTS IN THE UNITED STATES' ARMY. London: 1864. 2 4 2 pp. <br/> K. NORTH AMERICA. NO. 2. 1864. CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING THE CAPTURE OF THE "SAXON" BY THE UNITED STATES' SHIP "VANDERBILT." London: 1864. 2 43 1 pp.<br/> L. NORTH AMERICA. NO. 11. 1864. RETURN OF CLAIMS OF BRITISH SUBJECTS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES' GOVERNMENT FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE CIVIL WAR TO THE 31ST OF MARCH 1864. London: 1864. 2 18 pp. Pages brittle. Disbound Good only.<br/> M. NORTH AMERICA. NO. 19. 1864. FURTHER CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING THE CESSATION OF CIVIL WAR IN NORTH AMERICA. London: 1865. 2 4 2 pp.<br/> N. NORTH AMERICA. NO. 2. 1865. FURTHER CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING BRITISH AND AMERICAN CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF THE LATE CIVIL WAR. London: 1867. 2 3 1 pp. <br/><br/> The Reports present an overview of British-American frictions during the Civil War with issues ranging from activities on the high seas drafting of alleged British nationals into the Union armed and naval forces arrests and other matters all handled with exquisite skill by Lord Russell Secretary of State Seward and others. unknown books
1829elala1084np: 1829. 1829. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l. 3index 4-255. modern calf covers bit discoloured. The majority of the grievances were directed at the authoritarian regime of Lord Dalhousie as governor of Lower Canada and Governor-in-Chief of British North America 1820-28 when he was recalled. Included are grievances relating to Dalhousies establishment of a new Quebec Gazette his censure of Sir Francis Burton for having sanctioned a Bill of Supply his dismissal of militia officers and exercise of intimidation during elections his dismissal of justices of the peace and the unfair manner of jury selection. "Among other things the Montreal petitioners complained that contrary to the laws of England juries both grand and petty and both King's Bench and Quarter Sessions were being drawn exclusively from the town of Montreal rather than from the district at large. The committee chaired by Denis-Benjamin Viger concluded that this practice of jurors being "selected or as it were packed - summoned exclusively from among the inhabitants of a particular place or from a particular class - cannot be more compatible with liberty than it is with the rules of impartial justice. It is repugnant to every principle of our government and can only tend to the overthrow of the constitution of the country .The executive's control over the process of selecting juries became for the Patriotes yet another symbol of despotism and of the attempted exclusion of canadiens from their democratic rights given that they predominated in the countryside; a number of highly political jury trials for libel and sedition did nothing to help matters. The controversy only began to die down from 1830 when James Kempt ordered that jurors be drawn from the body of the district; the denouement came in 1832 when the legislature adopted a law regulating the qualification and selection of jurors " Donald Fyson Grand Juries Political Power And Citizenship In Quebec And Lower Canada 1764-1830 a paper for the 77th annual meeting of the Canadian Historical Association Ottawa May 1998TPL 1549. Sabin 10568. cfCasey I 1279. Not in Dionne Gagnon or Lande. np: 1829. unknown
1900K3ME5C11OCGBLondon: Harrison and sons 1900. Bound as sewn. Folio. With a folding lithographed map with some coloured details. Diplomatic document presented to the Houses of Parliament on the trade of the Ethiopian cities Addis Ababa and Harar. It includes many letterpress tables showing imported and exported tradeware its quantities prices and origin occasionally with some other remarks. The maps shows various trade routes from the two cities to other cities towns and ports. In very good condition. Harrison and sons, unknown
181225333London: The House of Commons. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1812. First Edition. Hardcover. Binding poor. Front board detached. Spine leather worn with 75mm loss and 65mm piece of spine detached and loose. Text block very good. Ex-library General Assembly Library New Zealand. Gilt library stamps on spine and front board. Library bookplate on front endpaper with rubber stamp "Withdrawn from Parliamentary Library". Rubber stamp on title page "General Assembly Library APR 1899". ; 117 1 blank pages. Half morocco binding with front board detached and spine poor. Folio. Page dimensions: 333 x 202mm. Without original blue wrappers. Page edges sprinkled red. References: Wantrup 38 pp. 108-9 - "The first important document from the Macquarie era is a Parliamentary Paper of major significance in the early history of Australia. . . . In its 118 foolscap folio pages this report includes a transcript of the evidence given by many notable witnesses. Among them were ex-Governor Hunter ex-Governor Bligh his deposer the now plain Mr George Johnston the famous navigator Matthew Flinders the first fleet chaplain Reverend Richard Johnson and many other colonial officials."; Ferguson 543 . The House of Commons hardcover
184291013London: Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 1842. 1st ed. Hardcover. Good because of fragile repaired map. 2 vols. 4 folding maps 3 in Part I and one in Part II xxvi 744 637p. Contemporary 1/2 leather with marbled boards. Covers intact but rather heavily scuffed and rubbed. Bookplates removed on both front pastedowns. Contents generally sound and clean although the large folding map of the coast of West Africa in Part Volume II is fragile. That map had split apart along many of the original folds and elsewhere. While it had been carefully put back together it needs careful handling when folding or unfolding to keep nthe map intact. These volumes contain a wealth of material about British trade and administrative activities in Gambia Sierra Leone and Gold Coast the three areas of particular British interest and control in West Africa at that time -- Lagos and other pieces of what is now modern Nigeria were still outside British influence and control in 1842 and Benin hadn't yet been grabbed by Germany before passing to Great Britain after World War I. These volumes also contain quite a bit of information about British efforts to suppress and end the slave trade. Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be printed hardcover
1891675561891. Debates in Parliament 1892-1908 Great Britain. Parliament. The Parliamentary Debates Fourth Series. London: Reuter's Telegram Co. and Others 1892-1908. 136 of 199 volumes lacking Volumes 16-77 1893-1899 and 100 1901. Contemporary cloth blind frames to boards gilt titles to spine. Several volumes bound in three-quarter calf over paper-covered boards some with cloth-reinforced spines a few bound in recent buckram. Moderate to heavy shelfwear with chipping to spine ends most hinges cracked several boards loose or detached interiors clean. Ex-law school library. Location labels to spines bookplates and other markings to pastedowns and endleaves. $1995. Fourth Series. Authorized by Parliament this series was the successor to Hansard's Parliamentary Debates which succeeded the series commenced by William Cobbett in 1804. unknown
1891675561891. Debates in Parliament 1892-1908 Great Britain. Parliament. The Parliamentary Debates Fourth Series. London: Reuter's Telegram Co. and Others 1892-1908. 136 of 199 volumes lacking Volumes 16-77 1893-1899 and 100 1901. Contemporary cloth blind frames to boards gilt titles to spine. Several volumes bound in three-quarter calf over paper-covered boards some with cloth-reinforced spines a few bound in recent buckram. Moderate to heavy shelfwear with chipping to spine ends most hinges cracked several boards loose or detached interiors clean. Ex-law school library. Location labels to spines bookplates and other markings to pastedowns and endleaves. $1995. Fourth Series. Authorized by Parliament this series was the successor to Hansard's Parliamentary Debates which succeeded the series commenced by William Cobbett in 1804. unknown books
181528825London. Printed by R.G. Clarke. 1815 1815. Hardcover. thick8vo 21.2cm xii786xivpp. index rebound in full burgundy sheep raised bands crushed green morocco label gilt marbled endpapers fine thus very rare. cgc Worldcat cites only 1 copy at Harvard. British Museum Catalogue locates 1 copy. Not in Amicus. Not in T.P.L. Lande etc. No listings or price records located. An extensive collection of correspondence and treaties presented to the British Parliament under the titles; "Slave Trade" 46 Papers; "Genoa" 10 Papers October 1811 to March 1815; " Naples" 19 Papers January 1814 to March 1814; "Italy" 8 Papers October 1811; "War with America" 9 Papers June 1812 to November1 1813; The Person and Family of Napoleon Buonaparte" April 1814 to August 1814; and "Correspondence on Alliance against France"2 papers & Treaty copies April -May 1815. The War in America papers concern the War of 1812 and are primarily naval; with the Royal Navy on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain. Of particular interest are extracts of the proceedings of the court martial of Captain Barclay and others resulting from the Battle of Lake Erie September 1813. The slavery papers from 1813 to 1814 containing extracts of treaties between Britain and European countries give an overview of the gradual abolishment of the slave trade. Correspondents include the Duke of Wellington Viscount Castlereagh Henry Wellesley and Earl Bathurst. The Genoa Naples and Italy papers relate to risings against the French in 1814 with much of the correspondence by Lord Bentinek. The material on the Napoleon Wars deals with the period between The Treaty of Paris in 1814 and the Hundred Days campaign of 1815. The last correspondence is between Viscount Castlereagh and Earl of Clancarty the month before the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815. An wealth of contemporary material on a critical period in British and European history. London. Printed by R.G. Clarke. [1815] hardcover
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
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. <br/><br/> printed by John Baskett [and others] unknown books
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
