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192195293London: His Majesty's Stationary Office 1921. Rare collection of original documents relating to the Palestine Question 1917-1947. Octavos 3 volumes unbound. Scarce and desirable. With the failure of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry in 1946 the British government requested the General Assembly of the United Nations to form a special committee to investigate the Palestine problem. The United Nations Special Committee on Palestine UNSCOP arrived in Palestine on 15 June 1947. The Arab Higher Committee believed UNSCOP to be pro-Zionist and so boycotted proceedings although some members of the AHC did meet the committee in a private capacity. While UNSCOP was in Palestine the SS Exodus arrived in Haifa with Jewish Displaced Persons seeking to illegally immigrate to Palestine and some have stated that it was this that changed the UN's outlook to support the creation of the state of Israel. UNSCOP's final recommendations delivered on 3 September 1947 at Geneva supported the termination of the Mandate with a majority of committee members recommending the partition of Palestine into two separate states and a minority favouring a federal union with Jerusalem as its capital. Having originally boycotted UNSCOP the Arab Higher Committee must have realised that there would have been only a very small window of opportunity between the Geneva meeting and the General Assembly vote to present their case and so compiled the present lot. Published on 1 October 1947 it contains 46 different documents 'Including the texts of correspondence memoranda and notes submitted to British and international authorities by Palestinian Arab organisations between 1921 and 1947' Khalidi & Khadduri. One assumes it was distributed to members of the UN General Assembly prior to the vote on Partition; this occurred on 29 November 1947 with the General Assembly adopting Resolution 181 based on the UNSCOP majority plan with only slight modifications to the proposed recommendations. We can only trace 11 copies in institutions: 2 in the UK LSE and Oxford 8 in the US and one at the American University of Beirut Khalidi & Khadduri 780. His Majesty's Stationary Office unknown books
16541292706London: John Williams and Francis Eglesfield 1654. First Edition. Hardcover. large Octavo 269 2 pages; G; rebound in modern burgundy buckram gilt lettering on spine; 20 136 121-269 3; contemporary bookplate on verso of title page of Thomas Brotherton of Hey.; small bookworm hole to upper fore corner does not impact text; page wavy; tape repaired tear to ffep; Title page in red and black; Includes index; Preface signed: T.F. i.e. Thomas Fuller; ESTC Citation No. R23317 Wing F2422; JG consignment; shelved case 0. 1292706. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. John Williams and Francis Eglesfield hardcover books
184512502Washington 1845. 8vo. 8 pp. <br><br>The two following acts are printed here: "An act for extending the jurisdiction of the courts of justice in the provinces of Lower and Upper Canada to the trial and punishment of persons guilty of crimes and offences within certain parts of North America adjoining to the said provinces" 11 August 1803 and "An act for regulating the fur trade and establishing a criminal and civil jurisdiction within certain parts of North America" 2 July 1821. Government document: 28th Congress 2d Session. Senate. 38. Removed from a nonce volume; inner edge a little irregular. Leaves separating. unknown books
1971bas171Shannon Ireland: Irish University Press 1971. Irish University Press Series of British PArliamentary Papers: Colonies West Indies Volume 9. Facsimile reprint of the 1871-76 material. Folio quarter cloth hardcover 574 pp. Near-Fine. Irish University Press, 1971. Irish University Press Series of British PArliamentary Papers hardcover books
1971bas172Shannon Ireland: Irish University Press 1971. Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Colonies West Indies Volume 10. Facsimile reprint of the 1877-99 material. Folio quarter cloth hardcover 421 pp. Near-Fine. Irish University Press, 1971. Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers hardcover books
174635112London 1746. Folio printed in two columns per page. 2 150; 2 72; 2 195 1 blank pp. PLUS: large folding engraved illustrated plate 'The Situation of the English French and Spanish Fleets when They Began the Engagement in the Mediterranean on the Eleventh of Feby. 1743/4. Cape Sicie Bearing then N.N.E. & from the Center of the Fleet About ten Leagues.' Mild wear occasional light toning and mild foxing bound in modern institutional buckram with gilt-lettered spine title call numbers at base of spine. Title page with two rubberstamps. Very Good.<br/><br/> These gentlemen were charged with permitting the combined French-Spanish fleet to escape after the British victory at Toulon during the War of Austrian Succession. It was feared that the fleets were heading for Gibraltar and a planned invasion of England.<br/>ESTC T114204. unknown books
1762WRCAM49723London 1762. Eight separate imprints. Dbd. Minor edge wear and toning. Generally very good to near fine condition. In a blue cloth slipcase gilt. A nice collection of British Acts of Parliament relating to the Royal Navy or related seagoing activities. The dominance of the British Royal Navy was unquestioned from the late 1600s until well into the 20th century. These mid 18th-century acts were printed at a time when the British Navy was swiftly ascending to the peak of its power through superior financing tactics training organization population support hygiene dockyard facilities logistical support and warship design and construction. By the early 19th century the British Navy saw little action mainly due to the lack of a worthy adversary. Each of these titles is rare with between one and four copies listed in institutions in ESTC. <br> <br> The separate imprints included here are as follows: <br> <br> 1 AN ACT TO SETTLE HOW FAR OWNERS OF SHIPS SHALL BE ANSWERABLE FOR THE ACTS OF THE MASTERS OR MARINERS drop title. London: John Baskett 1734. 2291-294pp. Only three copies in ESTC. ESTC N51352. <br> <br> 2 AN ACT FOR THE BETTER SUPPLY OF MARINERS AND SEAMEN TO SERVE IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS OF WAR AND ON BOARD MERCHANT SHIPS OTHER TRADING SHIPS AND PRIVATEERS drop title. London: John Baskett 1739. 2123-126pp. Only three copies in ESTC. ESTC N51525. <br> <br> 3 AN ACT FOR THE FURTHER REGULATING AND BETTER GOVERNMENT OF HIS MAJESTY'S NAVIES SHIPS OF WAR AND FORCES BY SEA; AND FOR REGULATING THE PROCEEDINGS UPON COURTS MARTIAL IN THE SEA SERVICE drop title. London: Thomas Baskett 1745. 2719-723pp. Only three copies in ESTC. ESTC N52070. <br> <br> 4 AN ACT FOR THE RELIEF AND SUPPORT OF MAIMED AND DISABLED SEAMEN AND THE WIDOWS AND CHILDREN OF SUCH AS SHALL BE KILLED SLAIN OR DROWNED IN THE MERCHANTS SERVICE drop title. London: Thomas Baskett 1747. 2835-859pp. Only two copies in ESTC. ESTC N52775. <br> <br> 5 AN ACT FOR AMENDING EXPLAINING AND REDUCEING INTO ONE ACT OF PARLIAMENT THE LAWS RELATING TO THE GOVERNMENT OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS VESSELS AND FORCES BY SEA drop title. London: Thomas Baskett 1749. 2687-707pp. Only one copy in ESTC. ESTC N52967. <br> <br> 6 AN ACT FOR ENFORCING THE LAWS AGAINST PERSONS WHO SHALL STEAL OR DETAIN SHIPWRECKED GOODS; AND FOR THE RELIEF OF PERSONS SUFFERING LOSSES THEREBY drop title. London: Thomas Baskett 1753. 2303-311pp. Only four copies in ESTC. ESTC N52861. <br> <br> 7 AN ACT FOR THE REGULATION OF HIS MAJESTY'S MARINE FORCES WHILE ON SHORE drop title. London: Thomas Baskett 1755. 2311- 331pp. Only two copies in ESTC. ESTC N56449. <br> <br> 8 AN ACT FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF SEAMEN AND THE MORE SPEEDY AND EFFECTUAL MANNING HIS MAJESTY'S NAVY drop title. London: Mark Baskett 1762. 2655-658pp. Only one copy in ESTC. ESTC N56728. N.A.M. Rodger THE COMMAND OF THE OCEAN. A NAVAL HISTORY OF BRITAIN 1649-1815 London: Allen Lane 2004. hardcover books
1730102277Bound volume of 89 acts folio 11 3/4" x 7" period full calf 446 pp. Various paginations actual page count is done by hand and a manuscript index at the front lists the acts and indicates the page it is on. Binding is worn backstrip is gone hinges are cracked covers almost detached and some signatures are loose some early ink notations and page numbering are on top of pages it appears there are some remnants of wax seals on the margin of the last page some soiling at endpapers normal aging and browning but internally pretty clean; despite the mentioned flaws the contents are in very good shape but the binding needs work. While this collection of Acts passed under George II and George III is not sequential a previous owner has provided a useful index as to the contents and location of various acts. The laws cover a very broad area of issues from the more mundane such as dog stealing punishments for disorderly houses and preventing abuses in making bricks and tiles to more important issues including the raising and training of the militia regulating the price of corn preservation of public highways and the punishment for selling ale and apiarist without a license. Other important acts include regulating places of entertainment regulating the trials of controverted elections establishing trade agreements in the East Indies changing some of the rules passed by Queen Elizabeth on providing relief to the poor and wildlife preservation. A fascinating glimpse at another time and issues of the day. Charles Eyre and William Strahan, Mark Baskett & Others, books
1804675531804. The Earliest Accurate Reports of the Proceedings of Parliament": PMM Great Britain. Parliament. Cobbett William 1763-1835 Editor. Cobbett's Parliamentary Debates 1803-1819. London: Printed by Cox and Baylis and Others Primarily T.C. Hansard 1804-1820. 40 of 41 Volumes Lacking Volume 35. Octavo 9-1/4" x 5-3/4". Contemporary three-quarter calf over paper-covered boards gilt fillets and titles to spines spines of Volumes 10 27 and 30 rebacked with recent cloth. Moderate to heavy shelfwear with chipping to spines corners bumped and somewhat worn several joints and hinges cracked or starting a few boards loose. Light toning to texts somewhat heavier in places occasional light foxing. Ex-law school library. Location labels to spines bookplates card pockets and stamps to preliminaries and rear endleaves. $995. First Series first edition. Known as Hansard's Debates after the name of the publisher from 1812 onwards Cobbett's were the "earliest accurate reports of the proceedings in Parliament. They set a new standard for fidelity to the actual speeches. Like his predecessors Cobbett was forced to make a patchwork from speakers' notes and newspaper reports but despite his own prejudices he differed from them in his zeal to be accurate whereas fine writing or party advocacy had earlier been the rule.": Carter and Muir Printing and the Mind of Man Second Edition 268. unknown books
17036829Edinburgh: Heirs and successors of Andrew Anderson 1703. Folio 31.3 cm 12.25". 1 p. <br><br>Number 57 of 63 of the minutes from this session of Parliament mentioning petitions by Sir Alexander Dalmahoy Sir George Hume the heritors of the shires of Inverness and Ross and Sir William Dowglas as well as a draft of an act for a "Manufactory of Lame Purslame and Earthen Ware." Many of the items produced by the Anderson press bear the misspelling seen in this broadside's header. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC T78734 for holdings of all 63 parts. Tears with slight loss of paper not touching text to inner and outer margins; moderate creasing and dust-soiling. Now in a Mylar folder. Heirs and successors of Andrew Anderson unknown books
1716100738Pamphlet format small foilio disbound 643-646 pp. Some darkening aging and minor foxing; otherwise very good. While only three pages this act focuses on the important subject of the regulation of tobacco production. It seems the primary goal was to prevent the mixing of other substances with tobacco in the product sold to the public and prevent any abuses in the making and mixing of snuff. John Baskett unknown books
1777100737Pamphlet format small folio disbound but expertly taped spine 711-780 pp. Some darkening around edges mostly title and last page very minor aging; overall in nice condition. This content focuses on a variety of local government issues during the reign of George III. Topics include the widening and lighting of streets altering or rebuilding some buildings appointment of local authorities and the regulation of carts and carriages in town. Charles Eyre and William Strahan unknown books
1664002881S.l. Grenoble : s. n. 1664. Very good. First edition thus OCLC lists one copy at Yale with the same title but different text and date - 1638; this edition not in OCLC; 8 3/4 x 6 1/4; single leaf removed text to recto only; illustrated with a woodcut border above the title; a small manuscript note to top margin; minor spotting to left margin; in very good condition. Reaffirming a royal edict first issued in 1556 the document dealt with prostitutes or women who had conceived in a dishonest way and concealed their pregnancy and after giving birth killed their infants and burried them or threw them away. The women were to be punished by death the manner of which was to be determined depending on the gruesomeness of the particular case. The paper contained an extract of the original 1556 edict as well which also required all unmarried women to officially declare their pregnancy and ordered the death penalty for any such mother whose infant died before receiving proper baptism regardless if an infanticide had actually occured. In early modern Europe pregnant unmarried women could face punishment for fornication and if they had a miscarriage or the newborn died they could be accused of infanticide but the courts rarely saw such cases as the magistrates were aware of the physicians' limitations in diagnosing and distinguishing a stillbirth a natural-cause death and a murder. It all chaged throughout most of Europe in the 16th century arguably beginning with the above-mentioned 1556 edict in France which was followed by similar ones in England and Germany in the 1600s and the early-1700s. s. n. unknown books
171940973London: Printed by John Baskett and by the assigns of Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills deceas'd 1719. First edition. Disbound. Removed from a larger volume else a very good copy with minor edge wear. 2p.185. Sm. 4to. Anno Regni Georgii Regis . quinto. At the Parliament begun . the seventeenth day of March anno Dom. 1714. . And from thence continued by several prorogations to the eleventh day of November 1718. being the fourth session of this present Parliament. ESTCN50526. Printed by John Baskett, and by the assigns of Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, deceas'd unknown books
2543London: Mark Baskett January 10th 1765. . Folio disbound first title still conjugate gutter showing evidence of previous binding. Second title third leaf detached; gutter showing evidence of previous binding The passage of these acts was probably spurred by an the likelihood of an outbreak of cattle plague on the British mainland which actually did occur in later in 1765. London: Mark Baskett, January 10th 1765. unknown books
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
164520454London: Pr. for John Wright 1645. Small 4to. 1 f. 6 pp. <br><br>A parliamentary action on ordination: The ordinance sparked some controversy immediately and there was at least one immediate publication that examined its import.<br>Â Â Â Â => Bibliographically interesting. Wing records four different issues of this ordinance the telling points being on the title-page: the spelling of "classical" or "classicall" and the form of the date whether "12 Novemb. 1645" or just "1645" and combinations thereof. ESTC fails to distinguish them. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Wing rev. ed. E1894A; ESTC R176130. Removed from a nonce volume and dusty; in modern wrappers. All edges a bit chipped and lower margins of leaves A2 and A3 with loss of blank paper. All leaves age-toned. Pr. for John Wright unknown books
164237985London: Printed for John Wright 1642. 4to 19 cm 7.5". 8 pp. <br><br>First edition. This ordinance made provision for privateers to hinder aid reaching the Irish during the Rebellion of 1641 although the rebellion wasn't entirely quelled until Cromwell's New Model Army reconquered Ireland in 1653. The war was almost certainly the most destructive in Irish history and its abiding legacy was the wholesale transfer of land ownership and political power from the old Catholic elite to a Protestant one in part newly installed and in part pre-existing the war. The publisher of this wartime proclamation was an official printer for the Parliament of England and published several early newspapers and ballads. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC R19001; Wing rev. ed. E1765. Quarter red morocco with French-swirl marbled paper sides and gilt spine lettering; binding signed with small rubber-stamp on verso of front free endpaper by the Macdonald Company of New York. Leather of joints rubbed. Very good condition. Printed for John Wright hardcover books
170122505London: Charles Bill 1701. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary full cambridge style brown calf in paneled design. Very good. 480 pages. 4 pages of A Table of the Statutes Publick and Private. 12 3/4 x 8 inches. Considered to the first Parliamentary Act relating only to the Jews was as a result of an 18 year old girl being disowned by her Jewish family when she converted to Christianity enacted for Mary de Mendez Berta's benefit. Bound in a larger volume of British Acts from the years 1701-1704 that also numerous other acts: Mutiny one related to Quakers security of the succession of the Crown Protestant Line counterfeiting preserving public credit repairing bridges and highways raising the Militia debt relief of poor prisoners et al. This act relating to Jews only until then Jews were mentioned only in clauses of Acts or in context of law suits and trials. The Act which in fact was designed to facilitate and even encourage conversion passed with almost no objection. Leather chipped in spots raised bands wear at corners hinges cracked but binding intact some light soling. mostly clean and bright throughout with one quire bearing moderate toning with text printed in black letter. Charles Bill unknown books
168927134London Glasgow: No publisher/printer 1689. Small 4to 19 cm; 7.5". 7 1 blank pp. <br><br>A petition for redress and significant changes in the king's relations with Scotland. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Wing rev. ed. A561; McAlpin IV 341; ESTC R11006. Removed from a nonce volume. Clean. No publisher/printer] unknown books
183836534London: George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode 1838. 821-823 1 blank pp as issued. Disbound. Else Very Good. George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode unknown books
182836527London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1828. Folio pp. 945-947 1 blank. Disbound else Very Good. George Eyre and Andrew Strahan unknown books
176436526London: Printed by Mark Baskett 1764. Folio. 1 1 blank 335-336pp as issued. Disbound. Very Good. <br/>ESTC N56806. Printed by Mark Baskett unknown books
179834069London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan Printer's to the King's most Excellent Majesty 1798. Folio. Disbound pages 805-820 as issued. Very Good.<br/><br/> This detailed law an important step in England's final abolition of the African slave trade regulates the maximum number of slaves that such ships may carry; requires the keeping of meticulous records the provision of written Declarations to Customs Officers mortality records; imposes bonds and penalties; requires surgeons' inspections; regulates living quarters for the slaves.<br/>ESTC N60199 2- Cornell Lincoln's Inn. OCLC 352927642 1- NYPL 64758335 2- Cornell Northwestern as of December 2018. Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Printer's to the King's most Excellent Majesty unknown books
165726937London: Printed by Henry Hills and John Field Printers to His Highness 1657. 1st edition Wing E-1046. Not in Gabler nor Goldsmith. Printed self-wrappers. VG split developing along fold. Now housed in archival mylar sleeve. 2 2 pp. Commonwealth seal to t.p. Folio: 2. 10-5/8" x 6-3/4" <br/><br/>Gabler though not listing this item does briefly discuss & list divers tracts & pamphlets written in the early 1640s voicing public outrage over a contract between Charles I and the Vintner's Company of London- under said contract the Vintners agreed to pay a 46 shilling tax on every ton of Spanish & French wine & also agreed to annually buy a certain amount from English importers. In return the vintners were permitted to sell cooked victuals a proviso not in their original charter & allowed to recoup the tax by charging a penny a quart more that the officially published price. The ultimate effect was to give the Vintners' Company a monopoly on the wine trade all the while enriching the coffers of Charles I. Needless to say wine drinkers were livid. Parliament eventually responded in the consumers' favor. Gabler pp. 2-3. This act of Cromwell's establishes limitations on prices for Spanish & French wines a proclamation issued perhaps in memory of the Vintner's Company earlier attempts at profiteering Printed by Henry Hills, and John Field, Printers to His Highness unknown books
