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1833247284London: Richard Bentley New Burlington Street 1833. First Edition. xii 331 1; iv 341 1 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary quarter tan calf and marbled boards. Ticket of R.E. Narby Bookseller & Printer Warminster. Bookplate. Fine. First Edition. xii 331 1; iv 341 1 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Following imprisonment Wakefield began to study colonial affairs of Australia with an eye towards immigration. Recognizing that the depressed condition of Australian affairs was due to a lack of efficiency and sensible handling he gathered his theories for correcting the problems and first published them in "A Letter from Sydney" London 1829 under the name Robert Gouger. It was so well done that the author was supposed to be an immigrant. He revised and refined these views for his "New Colonization System" in "England and America" as the chapter the "Art of Colonisation." The theories for his "System" were to abolish free grants of agricultural land requiring a fixed price which would be kept low enough so that a laborer would be able to purchase land after a few years this to reduce the number of ex-convicts laborers from receiving land for which they had no use to regulate immigration and to use tax monies from the rental of grants to bring laborers to the colonies. One of the main results of his publications and efforts was the founding of the National Colonization Society and then the South Australian Association the latter intended to be based upon Wakefield's theories. He was also a close advisor to the Molesworth Committee. On the appointment of Lord Durham to Canada in 1838 Wakefield became interested in that territory and is credited with having greatly assisted Durham with his famous "Report on the Affairs of British North America." He also acted as an adviser to Sir Charles Theophilus Metcalfe in Canada in the 1840's. In 1837 Wakefield had formed the New Zealand Association and spent most of years following directing the affairs of the association from England while his brother William Hayward Wakefield directed and managed it from New Zealand. Kress C3643; McCulloch's "Literature of Political Economy" 1845. p 94; Sabin 100976; Palgrave III p. 648; Goldsmiths' 27890 Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street unknown
8210London: H. Woodfall J. Beecroft W. Strahan J. Rivington. 1768. In Seven Volumes. FROM THE LIBRARY OF EDWARD GIBBON. Each volume bears the book-plate of Edward Gibbon and the set is mentioned in Keynes' Bibliography. Bound in contemporary full tan calf gilt raised bands 3 of the vols. lack their red morocco labels extremities worn spines rubbed upper joint to vol. III tender. Contents mostly clean and fresh. "The Library of Edward Gibbon. A Catalogue." by Geoffrey Keynes is in original black cloth gilt and is illustrated. According to Keynes' catalogue of Gibbon's library this set came from the Bentinck Street collection. It is very exciting to handle a set that was in the London library of the writer of 'The History of the Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire'. hardcover
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19701720440Oxford University Press Clarendon 1970. Reprint. hardcover. Used-Very Good. Cloth d.j. acetate wrap. Light shelf-wear. Spine beginning to sun. D.j. rubbed. A sound copy with clean internals. Oxford University Press (Clarendon) unknown
1829139663London: Joseph Cross Simpkin and Marshall and Effingham Wilson 1829. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. London Joseph Cross Simpkin and Marshall and Effingham Wilson 1829. Large duodecimo x 222 xxiv appendix pages plus a folding map of the world printed surface approximately 210 × 350 mm. Recent period-style half speckled calf and marbled boards retaining an early leather title-label and endpapers complete with the binder's stamp of 'Eedy Binder 37 Tavistock St'; minimal signs of age and use; essentially a fine copy. Written and published while Wakefield was serving a three year sentence in Newgate Gaol for abduction it first appeared as letters to the 'Morning Chronicle' from August to October 1829. Although Wakefield was not the originator of the theory of systematic colonization 'his was one of the earliest and clearest visions of an empire-by-consent' Pike. In this influential work he 'argued that if settlement were concentrated waste lands of the crown could be readily sold and the proceeds applied to the emigration of labourers preferably young married couples thereby giving maximum population relief in Britain and ensuring a balanced fruitful colonial society. Sufficiency of labour and a congenial society would attract capital encourage emigration assure prosperity and justify the rights of a colony to elect representatives to its own legislature' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. <p>The map in this copy is from the first issue dated 29 October 1829. <p>Provenance: Dr Robert Edwards AO 1930-2023; earlier 'withdrawn' stamp of Lincoln's Inn Library; with the bookplate of lawyer and antiquary Charles Purton Cooper KC 1793-1873 who in 1834 'presented to Lincoln's Inn Library two thousand volumes on civil and foreign legal works having previously presented a hundred and fifty volumes of American Law Reports' biographical fact-sheet from the Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of Kent accessed on the United Industrious Lodge 31 website. Joseph Cross, Simpkin and Marshall, and Effingham Wilson hardcover
1997139472Wellington: Friends of the Turnbull Library in association with GP Publications 1997. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Wellington Friends of the Turnbull Library in association with GP Publications 1997. Quarto viii 200 pages with several illustrations and plans plus 6 pages of plates some in colour. Full morocco lettered and ruled in gilt replacing the original pictorial card covers; a fine copy. The work comprises sixteen essays being the proceedings of a seminar held 'to mark the bicentenary of the birth of Edward Gibbon Wakefield. One commentator referred to the seminar as the most politically incorrect event of 1996 dealing as it did with a figure controversial at the time and quite out of fashion today as a subject of serious historical analysis' introduction. Friends of the Turnbull Library in association with GP Publications paperback
1834624691New York: Harper and Brothers 1834. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Tall octavo. 376pp. followed by publisher's ads inserted dated October 1833. Original cloth with printed paper spine label. Nicks and small tears at the spine ends overall sunning and light wear on the boards small stain at the crown foxing scattered throughout a very good copy. Howes W-18. Harper and Brothers hardcover
1833elala336London: Richard Bentley 1833. 1833. 2 Volumes in 1. 8vo. pp. xii 331 1; iv 341 1 2ads. A nice copy in original blind-stamped cloth recased preserving endleaves paper spine label rubbed slight fraying to lower spine & corners occasional light foxing inner front hinge cracked. Inscribed from the Author. First Edition. A detailed examination of the social state and political economy of England and America with discussion of free trade slavery and emigration. Included is an elaboration of Wakefield's theory of systematic colonization a method of planned emigration combined with the sale of crown lands particularly in relation to Australia and Canada. His persistent efforts led to the establishment of successful settlements based on his theory in South Australia and New Zealand. Wakefield also played a significant role in Canadian political history. In 1838 he accompanied Lord Durham to Canada as his unofficial adviser and the celebrated Durham Report though drawn up by Charles Buller embodied in slightly modified form Wakefield's theories of colonial self- government and land settlement. Goldsmiths' 27890. Howes W-18. Kress C.3643. Palgrave III p. 648. Sabin 100976. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Hardcover. London: Richard Bentley, 1833. Hardcover
