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183836533London: George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode 1838. Folio. 713-716 pp as issued. Disbound. Very Good. <br/><br/> This Act discusses the two recent conventions between Great Britain and France and the King of the Two Sicilies with details regarding cruizers of the Two Sicilies which are to be employed in the suprression of the slave trade ports to which captured vessels shall be taken &c. George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode unknown books
180217275London 1802. Folio 32.5 cm 12.75". 5 1 blank pp. <br><br>Government document "Ordered to be printed 28th May 1802": Account of the state of the Irish treasury as of 5 January 1802. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Not in NSTC CD version. Removed from a nonce volume; sewing gone. Title-page with area of offsetting to upper inner margin else clean. unknown books
180417288London 1804. Folio 32.5 cm 12.75". 7 1 blank pp. <br><br>Government document 49 "Ordered to be printed 5th April 1804": Charts of certain Irish imports and exports 17991803. Removed from a nonce volume now in a Mylar folder; sewing gone. Title-page stamped by a now-defunct institution with small area of offsetting to inner upper margin. Pages with small edge chips. unknown books
180317287London 1803. Folio 32.5 cm 12.75". 17 1 pp. <br><br>Government document "Ordered to be printed 29th March 1803": Charts of Bank of Ireland transactions in 1802. Removed from a nonce volume; sewing gone. One page not the title stamped by a now-defunct institution else clean. unknown books
166715762London: n.p. 1667. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. London 1667. 4to. 5-1/2 x 7-1/2'. 32pp. Bound to style in quarter leather; maroon lettering label gilt; marbled paper boards in a Stormont design. Light blindstamp of a seminary library on title and marginal acquisition number two tiny closed marginal tears on the title one of the affecting the 'e' of 'Printed' else a very good copy. Wing T.2471. ESTC R23832. n.p. hardcover books
174116585London 1741. 8vo 19.7 cm 7.75". 16 pp. <br><br>Register prepared for the 1741 general election with notations regarding how M.P.s voted on the Convention and on Walpole's proposed Excise Bill a tax on tobacco and wine. The current U.K. Parliament website sums up the terms thusly: "The Lords Spiritual are made up of the Archbishops of Canterbury and of York the Bishops of London Durham and Winchester as well as specific bishops of the Church of England. The Lords Temporal are made up of Hereditary Peers elected under Standing Orders Life Peers Law Lords the earl Marshal and the Lord Great Chamberlain."<br>Â Â Â Â ESTC locates only four copies none of which are in the U.S. A search of WorldCat finds the copy at the Kress Library at Harvard. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC T26238; Goldsmiths'-Kress 7877.5. Recent marbled papercovered boards spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label. Pages age-toned with some dust-soiling. hardcover books
1717WRCLIT61833London: Printed by J. Darby and Sold by J. Roberts 1717. 32pp. Octavo signed in 4s. Extracted from bound pamphlet volume. Early ink ownership signature on title otherwise very good. A roster of those "summon'd to meet at Westminster on the seventeenth of March 1714/15 . through the twentieth of February 1716/17." ESTC Online records 4 copies one in the US. ESTC T176503. Printed by J. Darby, and Sold by J. Roberts unknown books
1701WRCAM29809London: Printed for Edward Jones and Timothy Goodwin 1701. 61pp. Folio. Modern three-quarter calf and cloth boards gilt title on front board spine gilt with two raised bands. Bookplates on front endpapers contemporary ownership signature on titlepage. Very good. Proceedings in the House of Commons regarding the impeachment of the Earl of Portland the Earl of Orford Lord Somers and Lord Halifax in March-April 1701. The Earl of Portland was one of the main negotiators of the Second Partition Treaty which sought to stave off what became the War of Spanish Succession. The treaty was wildly unpopular in England and after its signing discontent among the public and in the House of Commons led to impeachment proceedings against Portland along with Orford Somers and Halifax who were said to be cognizant of the negotiations. Somers and Orford were eventually acquitted and the charges against Portland and Halifax were dismissed. GOLDSMITHS 3839. SOWERBY JEFFERSON'S LIBRARY 2909. DAB II pp.285-92. Printed for Edward Jones, and Timothy Goodwin hardcover books
181824993London: John Baskett and others printers 1818. 12 works folio. 12 1/2 x 8 inches and smaller. Disbound or stitched<br/> <br/>A fascinating series spanning the whole of the period when whaling was carried out on a successful commercial basis in the waters off Greenland.<br/> <br/>After an abortive start by the South Sea Company between 1724 and 1732 the British whaling fleet operated off Greenland and the Davis Strait throughout the remainder of the 18th century with increasing success due to a large degree to the succession of bounties granted to ship owners by the British Government. The present selection of acts of parliament includes a number concerning the bounty: the first dated 16th January 1732 makes law "that a Bounty will be paid on the Return of every Ship of 200 tons and over imployed by His Majesty's Subjects in the Whale Fishery". For the bounty to be paid certain stringent criteria had to be met; these increased as the century progressed. By the time of the last Act in the present group March 1818 the Greenland whalers were reporting declining catches and were already beginning to turn their attention to other whaling grounds i.e. largely in the Pacific and Antarctic. This group offers and interesting series of snapshots of the industry during its most productive century. The acts comprise: 1. An Act for encouraging the Greenland Fishery. 1732. Stitched later wrappers. Exemption from duty extended for a nine year period. 2. An Act for the further Encouragment of the Whale Fishery carried on by His Majesty's British Subjects. 1733. Stitched later wrappers. The introduction of a bounty for ships over 200 tons. 3. An Act for continuing the several Laws therein mentioned . including granting a further Bounty for all Ships employed in the Whale Fishery during the present War; for exempting Harponers and others . from being impressed. No date but circa 1750. Spine reinforced. The bounty raised by a third other measures to help the trade. 4. An Act for granting a additional Bounty on Ships employed in the Greenland and Whale Fishery for a limited time. No adte but circa 1761. Disbound. The increased bounty confirmed for another five years. 5.An Act for further continuing several Acts . for the Encouragement of the Whale Fishery. 1768. Stitched. 6. An Act for the better Support and Establishment of the Greenland and Whale Fishery. 1771. Stitched. The rules about the amount of bounty to be paid has changed with additional laws concerning vessels of American origin exemption from duty extended to include the Gulf of St. Lawrence certain members of a whaler's crew to be exempt from being pressed into service in the Royal Navy etc. 7.An Act to explain and amend Two Acts made . with respect to the Limits of the Greenland Seas and Davis's Streights . and to enlarge the Time for the Return of the Vessels employed in the Whale Fisheries. 1780. Stitched. 8. An Act for granting an additional Bounty on Ships employed in the Greenland and Whale Fishery for a limited Time. 1782. Disbound. The bounty retained for a further five years. 9. An Act for allowing Vessels employed in the Greenland Whale Fishery to complete their full Number of Men at certain Ports for the Present Season. 1805. Spine strengthened. Whaling ships permitted to call in to ports in Scotland the Orkneys and the Shetland Islands to find men to complete their crews. 10. An Act for allowing until the Signature of Preliminary Articles of Peace Vessels . to complete their full Number of Men at certain ports. 1806. Spine strenghtened. An extension of the previous act. 11. An Act to revive and continue for five years several Laws. 1815. Strengthened spine. Several prvious acts re-confirmed. 12. An Act to amend an Act . so far as it relates to the Oaths thereby required. 1818. Unbound. Concerns the oaths required from owners/captains before the bounty due would be released to them. John Baskett [and others], printers unknown books
170311502London 1703 i.e. 1713. 8vo 17.9 cm 7.25". 1 f. 104 pp. <br><br>Report of the commission appointed at the end of the War of the Spanish Succession to examine the finances of the United Kingdom following the war and the recent union of Scotland and England 1707. Also included is A Report from the Commissioners Appointed to Take Examine and Determine the Debts Due to the Army &c. with its own sectional title-page dated 1713. First of two editions also printed 1714.<br>Â Â Â Â This is less dry than might seem with notes being present as to which officials' accountings were in revolting disarray as to what bakers were scamming Navy purchasing officers how much was spent on what at military hospitalsetc. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC T94705; Goldsmiths'-Kress 5055. 20th-century gray wrappers with title in blue ink on front wrapper. Wrappers with browning fading light soiling a little shallow chipping and a few shallow tears. Heavy pencilling on inside front wrapper and title-page. Pages with some shallow dog ears and traces of soiling. All edges speckled red. unknown books
164337991London: Printed for Edw. Husbands 1643. 4to 19 cm 7.5". 63 pp. <br><br>The Irish rebellion of 1641 is nicely explained on the Trinity College Dublin library website http://1641.tcd.ie/historical-rebellion.php. Thousands of English and Scottish settlers were dispossessed during the uprising; many of those who fled to Dublin for safety were interviewed by crown authorities and their depositions taken. This publication contains abstracts of some of those eyewitness testimonies as well as the House's reasoning on the cause of the rebellion and a short narrative of its early months the latter with considerable emphasis on naval operations. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC R4373; Wing rev. ed. E2557. 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 lightly rubbed in places. Very good condition. Printed for Edw. Husbands hardcover books
1754LV2072London:: Printed by Thomas Baskett Printer to the King’s most Excellent Majesty 1754. 1754. Folio. pp. 2 227-230. Self-wraps. Title-page: Anno Regni Georgeii II. Regis Magnae Britanniae Franciae & Hiberniae Vicesimo Septimo. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster the Tenth Day of November Anno Dom. 1747 . . . Defender of the Faith &c. Relating to Duty taxes applied to the importation of all wines vinegar cider beer as well as all brandy wines ‘strong waters’ and the like coming to London or any other "ports creeks or places" in the kingdom of England. Full title: "An Act to continue the Duties for Encouragement of the Coinage of Money; and for removing Doubts concerning the Continuance of the Duty of Twenty Shillings for every Ton of Brandy Wines and Strong Waters imported." Printed by Thomas Baskett, Printer to the King’s most Excellent Majesty, 1754. paperback books
