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1854132043London: John Ferres Government Printer 1854. 1st edition. Nice copy. large octavo. wrappers 33pp. ÔIn 1854 when the first census of Victorians was conducted 236798 people lived in the colony. The largest community was English-born with 97943 people followed by the Irish & Scottish communitiesÕ Museum Victoria. Fascinating reference with tables of occupation according to sex & location. 23.3% of all employed males in the Colony were miners John Ferres, Government Printer unknown
1831elala1146York: James Baxter Printer 1831. 1831. 8vo. pp. 5. text in double columns. modern cloth-backed bds. foxing to title. Rare. Concerning the establishment of a school fund from the sale of Crown lands set aside for the purpose. The committee was chaired by William Morris 1786-1858 who by the late 1820s "had become a recognized authority on the distressing state of schooling in Upper Canada. " DCB VIII p. 640 Fleming 583 Public Archives copy only. Casey I 1334. Not in TPL. Hardcover. York: James Baxter, Printer, 1831. Hardcover
1839elala1150Toronto: Printed At The Patriot Office 1839. 1839. 8vo. pp. 87. old half sheep binding worn spine damaged foxing to outer leaves margins closely trimmed. The first half of the report dated April 30 1839 is concerned with the American involvement in the Rebellion: the raids conducted by sympathizers in the northern states including extensive discussion of the seizure and burning of the steamer Sir Robert Peel. The second half constitutes a commentary on Lord Durhams report. The last four pages contain the draft of an address to the Queen requesting continued support and protection. Fleming 1373. TPL 2334. Casey I 1727. Lande S2250. Toronto: Printed At The Patriot Office, 1839. unknown
1838elala1149Toronto: R.Stanton 1838. 1838. 8vo. pp. 91 60. old half chagrin spine & extremities worn retaining original printed wrs. wrs. soiled. imprint date found on fr. wr. The report dated Feb. 13 1838 is largely concerned with the Rebellion: "It cannot but be felt that this traitorous insurrection of a portion of the inhabitants of Upper Canada is an event much to be regretted It has entailed upon the public a very formidable expense the sufferings occasioned by an enterprise of so criminal and desperate a nature to the guilty actors can hardly fail to excite compassion." p. 9 Appended are numerous related documents including proclamations and handbills from William Lyon Mackenzie and from R.J.Sutherland of the Patriot Army the Militia General Order of Dec. 4 1837 official acts resolutions despatches and petitions communications from the American government regarding the capture of the steam-boat Caroline &c. Fleming 1271. TPL 2231. Casey I 1656. Gagnon I 2994. Lande 869. [Toronto]: R.Stanton, 1838. unknown
1838elala1148Toronto: R.Stanton 1838. 1838. 8vo. pp. 63 16. original printed front wr. present disbound wrs. stained staining to upper margins through first gatherings. An investigation into "the causes which have led to the recent unnatural revolt in this portion of Her Majestys Dominions; the evils that have resulted from it; and the measures necessary to guard and protect us from the recurrence of a like calamity" p. 3 preceded by a short review of the political history of the Provinces since they became a part of the Dominions of the British Crown. The report is dated February 8 1838 and the appendix contains documents dating from December 13 1837 to January 26 1838. Fleming 1267 lacking title. TPL 2228. Casey I 1655. Gagnon I 2993. Lande 2249. [Toronto]: R.Stanton, 1838. unknown
1873165641873. Women Employment Labor LawMr. Mundella's Bill for Limiting the Hours of Labour in Factories. Observations of the Employers upon the Speech of Mr. Mundella M.P. made in the House of Commons U.K on Wednesday the 11th of June 1873. Manchester: John Heywood Excelsior Printing Works 1873. 32 pages. First edition. 8 1/4 x 5 in. Original paper wrappers. Includes three data tables in appendix regarding worker mortality rates. Liberal Party politician A.J. Mundella famous for his defense of safety bills and public education for all children speaks on unsafe working conditions and "shameful treatment" of laborers; he cites high mortality rates for women and child workers and includes mortality rate information on newborn infants who suffered neglect when their mothers were forced to return to work days after giving birth: "the return of the mother to the mill was a sentence of death on the child." In this document factory owners counter the speech given by Mundella cite statistics that claim quality of life is improving for these factory workers; while marginal gains had been made in recent decades factory labor was still very dangerous and politicians like Mundella ensured the health and safety for thousands of the least represented workers in England. Very good condition. unknown
1871161381871. Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Protection of Infant Life Report from the Select Committee on Protection of Infant Life 1871 documents the parliamentary investigation of infant welfare paid infant care mortality and state regulation in Victorian Britain. The report documents the emerging system of infant life protection through committee proceedings witness testimony appendices and an index revealing how legislators gathered medical legal and social evidence to define infant neglect as a matter requiring public oversight. Produced one year before the Infant Life Protection Act of 1872 the volume provides primary-source evidence for the study of child welfare law women's labor and caregiving economies public health regulation infant mortality and the legal history of "baby farming" a term used in nineteenth-century debates over paid care for infants. The 1872 legislation has been identified by historians as Britain's first infant life protection legislation making this parliamentary report important to the documentary record behind early state intervention in private infant care.<br /> <br /> Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Protection of Infant Life. Report from the Select Committee on Protection of Infant Life together with the Proceedings of the Committee Minutes of Evidence Appendix and Index. London: Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed 20 July 1871. First edition. 328 pp. Rebound in modern cloth. The report includes the committee's formal proceedings minutes of evidence appendix and index giving the volume a structured evidentiary record rather than a general policy summary. Its contents outline testimony and documentary material on infant care outside the immediate family social conditions affecting infant survival legal deficiencies and the need for enforceable protections. As a government publication it shows the mechanisms of parliamentary fact-finding in practice: evidence was collected organized indexed and converted into a legislative record that helped frame infant protection as a matter of law public health and social administration.<br /> <br /> The report belongs to the broader nineteenth-century movement toward state scrutiny of child welfare women's caregiving labor and domestic arrangements previously treated as private matters. Its timing matters because it precedes the 1872 Act and captures the evidentiary process by which infant mortality and paid infant nursing entered the legislative sphere. First few pages including title page with small loss at right page edge not affecting legibility; handwritten page numbers in upper right corners throughout; pages bright and clean; overall good. A substantial parliamentary source for research into Victorian child welfare infant mortality gendered labor public health law and the development of modern protective regulation. unknown
1801254210London: printed by George Eyre and Andrew Straham 1801. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor binding copy with wear tear and dust-dulling as with age. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; 592 pages. Notes; 'To which is prefixed a table of the titles of all the public and private statues during that time'. With a copious index. 'Being a fourteenth volume to Mr. Runnington's edition and an eighteenth to Mr. Ruffheads's; competing those editions to the Union of Great Britain and Ireland'- t.p. Subjects; Statutes of Parliament. King George the Third. 1801. London: printed by George Eyre and Andrew Straham hardcover
1848254209London: printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode printers to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty 1848. First Edition. Hardcover. Binding copy bound in half leather over marble boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards along with some dust-toning. Remains well-preserved overall; bright clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 777 pages. Subjects; Public General Statutes. Queen of Victoria. Fifteenth Parliament. 1848. London: printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, printers to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty hardcover
18305168Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty 1830. Sm. folio 2 leaves with fine woodblock arms of George IV at head; disbound a crisp clean copy ideal for framing and display. 10 Georgii IV Cap. 10; granted Royal Assent 8 April 1830 Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty, unknown
18141125558255Edinburgh: Printed by command of His Majesty King George the Third 1814. Book. Poor. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. original boards pp/.xx60852 indexes. printed spine label all full page plates present covers are worn scuffed cover detached plates show some moderate foxing. Edited under the direction of the Record Commission by Thomas Thomson. Printed by command of His Majesty King George the Third Hardcover
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
1875245299Oxford : Clarendon press 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and blind-bordered cloth edges very slightly toned. Some wear and tear as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight bright and clean impression. Physical description; volume II only: 580 p. ; 23 cm. Contents; v. II. 1741-1825. Subjects; Great Britain. Parliament. House of lords. Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords — Studies. Great Britain — Politics and government — Sources. Oxford : Clarendon press hardcover
1810140106Quebec 1810. Volume the Sixth.Statutes of the first session of the sixth Provincial Parliament of Lower Canada. Softcover. Very good. 15 p. 26 cm. Royal coat of arms on title. Disbound. Text in English and French. <br/><br/>Title continues: "Enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the Advice and Consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of the Said Province Constituted and Assembled by Virtue of and Under the Authority of an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain Passed in the Thirty-First year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King Defender of the Faith." Hare et Wallot 224. paperback
1809140105Quebec 1809. Statutes of the first session of the fifth Provincial Parliament of Lower Canada. . Very good. 21 p. 26 cm. Royal coat of arms on title. Disbound. Light foxing. Ink notation on p. 16. Text in English and French. <br/><br/>Title continues: "Enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the Advice and Consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of the Said Province Constituted and Assembled by Virtue of and Under the Authority of an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain Passed in the Thirty-First year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King Defender of the Faith. Volume the Fifith." Statutes of the first session of the fifth Provincial Parliament of Lower Canada. Hare et Wallot 186. unknown
1811140107Quebec 1811. Statutes of the first session of the seventh Provincial Parliament of Lower Canada. . Very good. 95 p. 26 cm. Royal coat of arms on title. Disbound. Text in English and French. <br/><br/>Title continues: "Enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the Advice and Consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of the Said Province Constituted and Assembled by Virtue of and Under the Authority of an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain Passed in the Thirty-First year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King Defender of the Faith. Volume the Seventh." unknown
1877143498Ottawa 1877. Disbound. Very good . 40 Victoria. A. 1877. Sessional papers No. 55. 53 p. 24 cm. Stapled. <br/><br/>Pertains to the engineers' strike of December 1876. unknown
183119854London 1831. FIRST PRINTING. Drop title; with a number of contemporary annotations corrections on Schedules A and B pp. 26-27. Sewn as issued preserved in a folding case. First printing of the final revisions to the Great Reform Bill. This was the second bill put up for a Parliamentary vote. The initial version of the bill March 1831 was rejected by Parliament.<br /> <br /> The Great Reform Bill of 1831 also known as the Reform Act was a significant piece of legislation in the United Kingdom aimed at addressing the deficiencies in the electoral system. Before the bill representation in Parliament was heavily skewed with many industrial cities lacking adequate representation while rural areas held disproportionate power. The bill sought to expand the electorate improve representation and reduce the influence of "rotten boroughs" which were sparsely populated constituencies that had the same voting power as more populous areas.<br /> <br /> The bill proposed to extend the franchise to more men particularly those in the burgeoning middle class and aimed to redistribute parliamentary seats to reflect population changes especially due to the industrial revolution. Although it faced fierce opposition from the House of Lords public pressure and widespread protests highlighted the demand for reform. The rejection of the initial version of the bill led to a wave of public agitation and a second attempt which was again passed by the House of Commons and rejected by the House of Lords. Ultimately this third version passed after the government threatened to create new peers to secure its approval in the House of Lords. <br /> <br /> The Great Reform Bill marked a pivotal moment in British political history laying the groundwork for future electoral reforms and increasing public participation in the democratic process. unknown
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
18751617<p>1st Edition 1875. Scarce correspondence regarding the Medical Registration of Women. Very Good condition. No inscriptions.</p> Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed