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1843463981London : Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1843. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in contemporary half black leather over marble boards now lightly scuffed and edgeworn. Spine with gilt-blocked titles somewhat worn at the ends and peeling slightly at the front joint. Well-preserved internally: tight bright and clean overall with crisp folded matter. A well-preserved example. Physical description; 1 volume variously paginated plates some folded : illustrations ; 34 cm. Notes; Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 10 August 1843. Subjects; Shipwrecks Great Britain History 19th century. Marine accidents Great Britain History 19th century. Merchant marine Great Britain Safety measures 19th century. Lifesaving Great Britain History 19th century. Lighthouses Great Britain History 19th century. Coastwise navigation Great Britain History 19th century. Parliamentary papers Great Britain 19th century. London : Her Majesty's Stationery Office hardcover
1742460240London : Printed for Richard Chandler and sold at the Ship without Temple-Bar and at York and Scarborough 1742. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copies overall all in contemporary full leather boards. Heavy edge wear with variable but substantial surface loss and flaking. Spines heavily worn with raised bands and gilt-blocked titles now entirely faded on volume 7 variably legible on others. Joints somewhat worn on all volumes; weak on volumes 10 12 and 14 with both boards detached but present on volume 9. Text blocks remain notably tight bright and clean throughout; endpapers somewhat foxed. A very serviceable and internally well-preserved collection. Physical description; 11 volumes ; 21 cm. Notes; Published 1742-1744. Title continues: ""Containing the most remarkable motions speeches resolves reports and conferences to be met with in that interval : as also the most exact estimates of the charge of government state of the public revenue the rise and growth of the national debt expence of the war proceedings on ways and means speeches and messages from the throne addresses and remonstrances also the numbers pro and con upon every division &c. Many of which curious particulars were never before printed : Collected from the best authorities compared with the journals of the House and illustrated with a great variety of historical and explanatory notes : together with a large appendix containing exact lists of every parliament the names of the speakers their several posts under the government and other valuable supplemental pieces."" Edited by C. Ward and R. Chandler. Contents: 1. 1660-1680 -- 3. 1695-1706 -- 4. 1706-1713 -- 5. 1713-1714 -- 7. 1727-1733 -- 8. 1733-1734 -- 9. 1734-1737 -- 10. 1737-1739 -- 11. 1739 -- 12. 1740 -- 14. 1742-1743. This collection lacking volumes 2 6 and 13. Subjects; Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons History Sources. Great Britain Politics and government 1660-1714. Great Britain Politics and government 1714-1760. Great Britain History 1660-1714 Sources. Great Britain History George I 1714-1727 Sources. Great Britain History George II 1727-1760 Sources. London : Printed for Richard Chandler, and sold at the Ship without Temple-Bar, and at York and Scarborough hardcover
1948BIBLIO-31723The House of Commons London first edition 1948. Green buckram over bevelled boards gilt cover-title within oval frame and triple-filet border gilt portcullis device on rear board folio 38 cm. 19 1 pp ills. Includes the text of Winston Churchill's speech at the occasion. Churchil's bibliographers claim that the standard issue of this volume was in wrappers for presentation to Members of Parliament and a limitation statement in the volume records that 24 copies on handmade paper were specially bound in morocco for those who attended the ceremony. But the specimens that appear in the market from time to time seem to be like ours - bound in greebn buckram and not on handmade paper. Library bookplate on front pastedown endpaper otherwise Very Good. The House of Commons, London, first edition, 1948 hardcover
179039482Paris 1790. A PRISTINE COPY of this rare example of French revolutionary Judaica a satire against Mirabeau. 1 37 pp. Printed with large margins on extremely fine laid paper. 8vo. Sewn into plain blue wraps as issued ENTIRELY UNCUT. A bit of faint old staining else FINE AND BRIGHT. Barbier II 334. Rare and important. <br/><br/> paperback
1894216911Sofia : Narodna Pechatnitsa 1894. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copy bound in contemporary leather-backed marbled boards. Gilt blocking to spine. Minor library marks remain. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Front hinge starting. Pages lightly tanned as with age. Some minor edge tears to the first few pages - text unaffected. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Further scans images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 0 pages; Description: 1v. multiple paginations tables ; 32cm. Subjects: Bulgaria -- Politics and government -- Parliament -- 7th National Assembly 1863 -- Reports and minutes. Bulgaria -- History -- Sources -- 19th century. Language: Bulgarian. Sofia : Narodna Pechatnitsa hardcover
185593861Melbourne: John Ferres. 5th December1855. 1st ed. pp.21 printed on blue paper half leather gilt title to front bd. contents clean v.g. good condition Report of the Commission appointed to enquire into the State of the Police. Melbourne 5th December 1855 before the Governor-in-Chief of the Colony of Victoria Sir Charles Hotham and the Commission: Henry S. Chapman chairman Charles MacMahon John Price and Richard Youl 1st edition. John Ferres hardcover
elala5543London: Published For The Society By William Ball Aldine Chambers and Hatchard & Son 1838. Second Issue of this edition with title dated 1838. With sections on Newfoundland the Canadas British Guiana Australia Van Diemen's Land Islands in the Pacific New Zealand Society Islands Friendly Islands &c. and South Africa. Members of the Select Committee included Thomas Fowell Buxton William Gladstone Charles Lushington &c. Buxton was also the President of the Aborigines Protection Society. The Aborigines Protection Society founded in 1837 "campaigned to ensure the findings of the report were widely known and implemented in the policies of the day. What came to be known as the 'Aborigines report' documented wide spread frontier violence and had a major impact on the debates about how Aboriginal peoples were to be treated in British colonies. Its focus was on reducing frontier violence through the application of the rule of law and other approaches such as spreading Christianity and prosecuting renegade European whalers sailors and escaped convicts." Analysis and Policy Observatory website Ferguson 2217a. Goldsmiths' 29860. Rev. Mendelssohn II p. 423. Not in TPL. 8vo. pp. xi 1 140. 4pp. of ads tipped in at front. original printed wrs. wrs. soiled front. wr. detached spine perished. elala5543 London: Published For The Society, By William Ball, Aldine Chambers, and Hatchard & Son, 1838 unknown
18141125558263Edinburgh: Printed by command of His Majesty King George the Third 1814. Book. Good. Hardcover. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. bound in gray paper over boards pp.655 45all plates called for present overall soil to covers front cover starting wear at edges. Printed by command of His Majesty King George the Third Hardcover
elala3148London: Printed For John Stockdale 1786. First Edition. Including sections dealing with American and East Indian affairs. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l. v-xvi 307; viii 351 1. lacking half-title Uncut in original bds. rebacked in cloth rubbed small library stamps on front blank in Vol. II periodic staining in upper & lower margins London: Printed For John Stockdale, 1786 hardcover
1652015677London: John Field printer to the Parliament of England 1652 Book. Poor. Hardcover. 1652 Good Condition Hardcover Half-leather with marbled sides. 4to 70 pp. newly bound and cut of shortly title page spotted very slight loss of text pp 59 60 some browning throughout A declaration of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England relating to the affairs and proceedings between this Commonwealth and the States General of the United Provinces of the Low-Countreys: and the present differences occcasioned sic on the States part. And the answer of the Parliament to three papers from the ambassadors extraordinary of the States General upon occasion of the late fight between the fleets. With a narrative of the late engagement betvveen the English and Holland fleet. As also a collection of the preceedings in the treaty between the Lord Pauw Ambassador Extraordinary from the States General of the United Provinces and the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England. Friday the ninth of Iuly 1652. Ordered by the Parliament that no person whatsoever without particular license from the Parliament do presume to print the declaration . Nor any the papers therewith printed other then the printer to the Parliament. Hen: Scobell Cleric. Parliamenti. CONTENTS: title page A Declaration of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England Relating to the Affairs and Proceedings between this Commonwealth and the States General of the United Provinces of the Low-Countries and the present Differences occasioned on the States part. The Answer of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England to Three Papers presented to them by the Councel of State from the Ambassadors Extraordinary of the Lords the States General of the United Provinces upon occasion of the late Fight between the Fleets. A Narrative of the late Engagement between the English Fleet under the Command of General Blake and the Holland Fleet under the Command of Lieutenant Admiral Trump near Dover. A Collection of the Proceedings in the Treaty between the Lord Pauw Ambassador Extraordinary from the States General of the Vnited Provinces and the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England. The Lord Pauw's Speech at his Audience before the Parliament the Eleventh of Iune 1652. A Translation of the Letters Credential to the Lord Pauw. speaker's report and Parliamentary order The Lord Pauw's Speech at his Audience in the Councel of State. document order A Summary of what the Lord Adrian Pauw Extraordinary Ambassador of the States General of the Vnited Provinces of the Low Countries hath propounded to the Deputies of the Honorable Councel of State of the Parliament of England the 24 / 14 of June 1652. document A Paper from the Lord Pauw order Translation of the Letter of the Lord Pauw to the Lord President of the Councel of State. The Paper of the Three Extraordinary Ambassadors mentioned in the former Letter. Parliamentary resolution paper A Translation of the Paper of the Lord Ambassador Pauw 17 June 1652. The Answer of the Councel of State to the Summary of the Lord Adrian Pauw Extraordinary Ambassador of the States General of the Vnited Provinces presented to the Councel the 24/14 of this instant June. A Translate of a Paper of the Lord Ambassador Pauw of the 1/22 July June desiring a Conference with the Commissioners of the Councel of State. Another Paper of the Lord Pauw of the 21th of Iune 1652. Another Paper of the Lord Pauw 23 June 1652. The Answer of the Parliament to that part of the Paper given in by the Lord Pauw whereby he desires the Commissioners of the Councel to propound what they shall think reasonable and just to compose speedily the present Differences between this Commonwealth and the Lords the States General of the United Provinces. order A Paper of the Lord Pauw 26 Iune 1652. Another Paper of the Lord Pauw the same day. Another Paper of the same Date. A Paper of the three Ambassadors dated 28 Iune 1652. The Lord Pauw's Speech in Parliament at his taking leave 30. J. John Field printer to the Parliament of England hardcover
1835ZB603403London: 1835. Parts 2 and 3 Session 19 February-10 September 1835 Volumes 24 and 25; Reports from Commissioners Volumes 4 and 5 only; narrow folio; Part II. South-Eastern and Southern Circuits. 6 683-1408 pp. pagination is continuous for the Appendix errata slip Part III. Northern and North-Midland Circuits. 6 1409-2080 pp. errata slip folding map; both ex library in later cloth general title of Part 2 has repairs but no loss Part 3 has a few preliminary leaves corner clipped with no loss light general age toning to interiors overall sound and good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. London: hardcover
178200TP08Paris France 1782. On June 13th 1782 'Docteur rege de la Faculte de Medecine en L'Universite de Paris ancien Proffesseur de les Ecoles.' Etienne Pourfour-de-Petit first hired by the University in 1732 writes the Faculty beseeching that the Faculty honor and uphold his 1760 retirement 'edict'. Superbly interesting document that highlights the struggles of the revolutionary period and transition of power. The Professor obviously a monarchist and of the 'ancien regime' is faced with a new board made up of the rebels. Easily read is a certain disdain to the new Faculty members his deep respect for the Monarch but also an embracing of the new revolutionary ideas. Biographical Notes: SIR THOMAS PHILLIPPS 1792-1872. Born in 1792 Sir Thomas Phillipps from childhood was obsessed with the idea of obtaining virtually anything written or printed on paper including cartloads of documents from wastepaper merchants and the entire inventories of booksellers. "I wish to have one copy of every book in the world" he declared to a friend. He very nearly succeeded. His collection ultimately grew to more than 100000 books and at least 60000 manuscripts. As a result of his extravagant purchases Sir Thomas was permanently on the verge of bankruptcy and was constantly pursued by creditors. So many books arrived at his house that it was impossible to unpack his acquisitions much less keep pace with them. Visiting scholars driven to distraction would spend days hunting for an elusive text in the dusty heaps that filled every room. Because Sir Thomas has a morbid dread of fire most of his collection was housed in coffinlike boxes that could be carted away quickly. Visitors to Middle Hill were struck too by the presence of numerous logs a ploy he used to lure beetles away from his books. As Sir Thomas relentlessly pursued his passion the house itself began to crumble and its floors started to sag under the cast weight of hundreds of tons of paper. His neglect of Middle Hill was partly deliberate however. Sir Thomas's chief enemy in life James Halliwell had married his daughter against his wishes. It appears that Halliwell was in Sir Thomas' eyes the worst kind of criminal a book thief who had stolen valuable works from university libraries and even from his father-in-law. Having no sons Sir Thomas was unable to prevent Halliwell from inheriting his estate. To ensure that his detested heir would never receive anything of value Sir Thomas's solution was to allow Middle Hill to fall unto complete disrepair. He even went so far as to chop down and sell for lumber the centuries-old oak trees that lined the majestic mile-long drive to his home. In 1863 Sir Thomas decided to move - in order to accommodate his books. With the aid of 160 men 103 wagonloads of books and papers drawn by 230 horses the books were lumbered from Middle Hill top their new estate in nearby Cheltenham. It is said that for years afterwards the countryside was littered with the remains of carts that had collapsed under the sheer weight of the Phillipps collection. Sir Thomas continues to add to his library until his death in 1872. After Sir Thomas's death his immediate family had no room for his collection. So vast was the library that although individual items and large sections were sold privately or through numerous auction sales the Phillipps collection is still being sold more than a century after the death of its owner. In the course of its sales many treasures have come to light. As late as 1964 part of the long-lost and unique medieval manuscript of the Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses appeared and was subsequently reunited with its other half at Magdalen College Oxford. Once destined for destruction as worthless wastepaper this and many other priceless works were saved by the single-minded obsession of the greatest bibliomaniac of all time. Autograph. Manuscript. Very Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Paperback
1727AQ22496London: s.n. 1727. 3pp 1. Docket title printed to verso of final leaf. Disbound. Old folds. A remarkably rare survival of a Georgian act for preventing frauds and abuses within the dying trade in particular the 'deceitful practice' of dying of woollen goods black 'without using Woad Indigo of Mather' and marking such goods with falsified signs of authenticity. ESTC records copies at a single copy in the British Isles BL and one further in North America Chicago. ESTC T16387. First edition. Folio. [s.n.] unknown
1727AQ22495London: s.n. 1727. 3pp 1. Docket title printed to verso. Disbound. Old folds. A rare survival of a Georgian parliamentary bill never enacted for preventing the importation of thrown silk from the Italian states 'but what shall have visible Spinning and be doubled and twisted' and entirely excluding shipments of low quality tram silk material that is reeled rather than spun. ESTC records copies at a single location in the British Isles BL and one further in North America Chicago. ESTC T16381. First edition. Folio. [s.n.] unknown
1725AQ22492London: s.n. 1725. 3pp 1. Stab-stitch holes and remains of binding to gutter. Four old horizontal folds docket title printed to verso of second leaf. A rare survival of a Georgian parliamentary bill for improving safety measures in the cities of London and Westminster regarding the storage of gunpowder. An addendum to an act passed in 1719 limiting the quantity of gunpowder permitted to be kept in storehouses the bill addresses the issue of dealers in gunpowder dividing up their warehouses into smaller partitions to circumvent regulations suggesting further restrictions be put in place to avoid potential fire hazards and the destruction of 'several publick offices' and the loss of 'the lives and fortunes of many thousands'. The bill was passed on 31st May 1725. ESTC records a single copy BL. ESTC T17339. Folio. [s.n.] unknown
1830AQ27625London: s.n. 1830. 95pp 1. Disbound. Later resewn. A trifle creased. A series of correspondence relating to the administration of the British colony of Sierre Leone in particular extracts of the colonial government in regard to the 'treatment of captured negroes and liberated Africans on their first arrival in the colony and for the better superintendence of their religious instruction and education after their settlement' and 'the raising of regular and militia corps among the blacks and the withdrawal of white troops'. 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
1817AQ27624London: s.n. 1817. 10pp 2. Docket title to verso of terminal leaf. Sewn as issued. Three old horizontal folds. A clean and crisp copy. A selection of seven papers printed by order of the House of Commons regarding the Africa slave trade. The initial four letters contain reports of Royal Navy officer Sir James Lucas Yeo 1782- 1818 then commander-in-chief on the west coast of Africa with special responsibility for the anti-slavery patrol. He commences with the disheartening revelation that 'efforts toward obtaining the real abolition of slavery have been of little or no avail; for though fewer negroes may have been enslaved since the Abolition Acts took place with respect to this country yet the cruelty to those now taken away by Spaniards and Portuguese has increased quadruple; and those Acts appear to have had no other effect then that of transferring the Slave Trade to Spain and Portugal whose inhuman traffic has since wonderfully increased'. Yeo proceeds to provide accounts of numerous vessels recently seized both by himself and Captain Fisher who authors the final three letters reproduced here including the capture Portuguese brig San Antonio carrying 600 enslaved Africans and the American schooner Rosa sailing under Spanish colours trafficking 276. . Folio. [s.n.] unknown
1647AQ20484London: Printed for John Wright 1647. 2 6pp. Disbound. Leaves toned scattered spotting. Three parliamentary pronouncements including edict for the raising of fund to support those impacted by the plague in Chester. . First edition. Quarto. Printed for John Wright unknown
165258941London: Printed by John Field Printer to the Parliament of England 1652. Tall 8vo. 2 1829-1890 pp. Recent maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine. New endpapers. Original wrapper bound in and repaired. Cloth clean. Internally clean. Black-letter text. Lacking final blank. ESTC : R209365 . Very Good. Cloth. 1652. Printed by John Field, Printer to the Parliament of England 1652 hardcover
1798182503London: printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1798-99. First edition of this complete set of 114 statute laws. It opens with the act that granted Lord Nelson and his descendants a perpetual pension in reward for his victory at the Battle of the Nile. It also includes the Slave Trade Act 1799 notable for better regulating the conditions aboard slave ships sailing from Africa. Other laws of note include William Pitt's Income Tax Act; the Offences at Sea Act still in force today; and the Combination Act banning trade unions. Folio 294 x 183 mm pp. 887 36. Woodcut headpieces tables in text. Near-contemporary half calf flat spine gilt-lettered direct flat bands marbled boards. From the collection of Clive Richards although unmarked as such. Spine darkened and rubbed wormhole in fifth compartment corners worn front free endpaper stabilized pp. 321-33 with large loss at foot affecting text: a very good copy. hardcover
13238Without date or place. 6pp. 4to numbered 4-9. Carbon copies on six leaves. In fair condition on aged and creased paper. The account does not appear to have been published and indeed could not have been published during wartime. It may be that it was written for an editor at the Daily Express but the extent of revision and emendation suggests that it was written with an eye to publication after the war. The first page numbered 4 begins after an eight-line deleted passage: 'Reynold's second-in-command is Major Mc.Cormack a whimsical helpful little Northern Irishman with strong Evangelical views. He & the four Chief Press Officers handled me amiably enough; none individually seems responsible for the rows & inconveniences which occur daily. Then there are the Conducting Officers - hearty convivial cavalrymen who wouldn't profess to know much about any periodical but the Field & Country Life. One of them said to me the other night "Hickey . . . . Oh yes I've read your stuff. You do cats in the Sunday Times don't you" Research established that he was referring to Nat Gubbins in the Sunday Express. Some of the reporters find this Bullingdon manner a little overwhelming; others say that they are useful on the job since they are on Christian-name terms with the OC of every unit visited.' At the foot of the first page he begins his description of how 'The King's visit brought the rows & inconveniences to a climax. To begin with elaborate arrangements had been made to keep all news of it secret till after he had returned to England. On the day the King sailed for France it was decided in London to release the news at once after all. But the first that PR in France knew of this decision was hours after the King's arrival when someone happened to be listening in & heard the news on the BBC.' Then the censorship fell into its most jittery mood. We were allowed to say that the news had been left secret till the King's arrival which was obvious. We were not allowed to say that the release came as a surprise to us in France: any hint that deprartmental co-ordination is not 100% perfect is regarded wrongly I think as dangerous. We were not allowed to quote even such amusing details as the pseudonyms by which for secrecy the King had been spoken of beforehand: even among ourselves we had to day "When Mr Harris arrives . . ."; some of the PR staff called him "Mr Big."' He addresses the reader: 'You have heard already of the curious fool arrangement by which glimpses of the King were rationed among the reporters.' He explains that the official description of the 'conference on the day the King lunched with Lebrun & Daladier' was 'not even accurate. There had been no exchange of toasts. There had been only one toast: the King as host had drunk the President of the Republic's health. The reporter put this in his story; found later to his fury that a censor had struck it out writing in instead the smug "Cordial toasts were exchanged".' He discusses the role of the censors. The last page numbered 9 concludes: 'Our reporters are annoyed by all this nonsense & tiresomeness; but its effect on the Americans is likely to be serious. . Red tape presented at least one glowingly pro-British news-agency story of the King's visit from appearing in 1500 newspapers mostly in America. The agency man was away that day. He asked another accredited war reporter to cover the story for him.' From the Driberg papers. See Image. Without date or place. unknown
631831815; 1825. 2 parts. Folio. pp. 1733-1744; 1541-1548. Disbound from the annual volumes otherwise in excellent condition as issued. See S. W. F. HOLLOWAY. The Apothecaries' Act 1815: a Reinterpretation. Medical History. 1966. Apr; 102: 107129. 1815; 1825. 2 parts. Folio. unknown
16967122Printed by Charles Bill and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb deceas'd Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty 1696. Sm. folio 3 leaves BLACK-LETTER throughout with fine woodblock arms of William III on front cover and woodblock illuminated capital on first page of text; disbound uncut a remarkably crisp clean copy. 8 Gulielmi III.The death of Queen Mary in 1695 isolated William as an object of Jacobite hatred; the motive for his assassination being the stronger since his death would no longer leave her in occupation of the throne. In February James II moved to Calais and the Jacobite conspirators moved to action. As William drove home to Kensington Palace from his weekly outing in Richmond Park he had to pass along a narrow and muddy lane near Turnham Green. Here he was to be surrounded and murdered. This was the most serious of the several plots against him but the plotters' security was lax and on 24 February William announced in parliament knowledge both of the plan and of the proposed invasion from France.This act arraigns Sir George Barclay and a number of lesser Jacobites including Johnson alias Harrison Durant alias Durance Michael Hare Major George Holmes Philip Hanford alias Browne Richard Richardson John Maxwell Bryerly Plowden and Hungate.Conspirators already languishing in Newgate are named as Counter Major John Bernardi Robert Cassells Robert Meldrum James Chambers and Robert Blackbourne. Printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb deceas'd, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty, unknown
1809ZB585004London: 1809. narrow folio 6 125 appendix pp small pen note on title light extraction roughness at spine and now in self wrappers. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. London: unknown
1909ZB528221London: HMSO 1909. 29 pp. 2 folding maps; original self wrappers minor library markings else very good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. London: HMSO unknown
