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1701N-0652-15108Peter A. Johnson Morristown NJ 1817-01-01. Leather Bound. Good. 0x0x0. 1817 Peter A. Johnson Fair Morristown New Jersey volume one only of two volumes 3 x 5 1/4 inches tall full leather bound two engraved frontispieces 300 pp. Leather binding crudely stitched together at the spine. Crude paper repairs to frontispieces and title page. Cracking to lower gutter for first few pages. Lacking blank rear free-endpaper but otherwise complete and intact. Period notations to front and rear pastedowns and margins of last page of text. Foxing and staining to pages throughout. Despite these detractions still an excellent reading copy of this rare title. ~N~ 1.0P James Montgomery 1771-1854 was a Scottish-born hymn writer poet and editor known for his humanitarian concerns particularly regarding the abolition of slavery and child labor. Peter A. Johnson, Morristown, NJ hardcover
1703BIBLIO-49376Praeger Publishers New York 1970 reprint of the 1703 edition. Cloth gilt cover-title and device 8vo 21 cm. xxxvii 9 352 16 pp 26 plates ills. From the blurb - "The genius of Joseph Moxon has long been overlooked. His Mechanick Exercises which he began publishing in 1678 revolutionized the manual crafts in England and in fact forecast the direction of England's economic development for the next two centuries. By using scientific theory as the basis for a practical handbook Moxon laid bare methods that had long been the closely guarded secrets of medieval guilds. In Mechanick Exercises Moxon delineates the techniques processes and tools employed in the basic crafts of blacksmithing joinery carpentry turning bricklaying and printing. In simple straightforward prose keyed to detailed copperplate engravings he sets forth for contemporary workmen the 'art and mystery' of the crafts. This edition marks the first reprinting of Mechanick Exercises since 1703. Included are six pages from Moxon's Mechanick Dyallying published in 1697 and eight pages from the 1700 edition of the Exercises. The editors - Charles F. Montgomery and Benno Forman - provide valuable bibliographical notes in addition to a new introduction table of contents and captions for the twenty-six original plates." Contents include: Editor's Preface; Introduction; Of Smithing in General; The Art of Joinery; The Art of House-Carpentry; The Art of Turning; The Art of Bricklayers Work; Mechanick Dyalling; Plates. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. Praeger Publishers, New York, 1970 reprint of the 1703 edition hardcover
1769016704Not stated 1769. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fair. Assumed first edition. Paperback in plain brown paper having lost the original boards. 27.5 × 21cm 16 40 xli-xlii 41-232pp with fold-out pedigree to the front and 6 facsimile documents to rear. Bibliographical details including author are taken from the university and library copies on library hub. An important document concerning a major Scottish cause célèbre and legal struggle in the eighteenth century. It was the culmination of a series of court cases which became known as the 'Douglas Cause' or 'Douglas Case' whereby in 1767 Archibald Douglas lost a court case concerning the rights to the extensive Douglas estates. His opponents the 12-year-old Duke of Hamilton Dalrymple and others claimed that Douglas born Archibald James Edward Stewart in Paris was not the son of Lady Jane Douglas and thus was not the rightful heir to the Douglas estates. In February 1769 the House of Lords reversed the decision. This is the original documentation of the case heard in the House Of Lords including notes and family tree in a fold-out section in the front of the document. Central to the case was whether Lady Jane was still able to have children and at the trials intimate evidence of her menstrual status was presented by servants. Witnesses were produced by the Hamilton who claimed to have noticed nothing about Lady Jane's appearance to indicate that she was ever pregnant. Hamilton's lawyers also found two French couples who both said they had sold babies to a mysterious foreign couple about the time the 'twins' were born. Douglas's lawyers countered by providing evidence of a male midwife said to have delivered Lady Jane's babies. Archibald Douglas was able to inherit and his descendants which included British Minister Alec Douglas-Hume have benefited ever since. All evidence & arguments are presented in this official document. Condition: As mentioned this copy is bound without covers and instead is wrapper in plain brown paper which have slight loss to the edges. The main body of text is in good condition and remaining in strong readable condition. The inner binding is secure for age some light age-toning to pages. The pedigree is in good order. There is creasing and tearing to the larger two of the folding documents the smaller ones are intact. Overall a worn but decent copy of this scarce narrative of this important Scottish legal case. <br/> <br/> Not stated paperback
17662408070028Edinburgh: publisher not identified 1766. Hardcover. Good. Douglas Peerage Case Quarto. Leather backed. Gilt ruled. Marbled boards. Spine join cracked. Binding sound. Shelf wear rubbing to board. Hardcover. Clean unmarked pages. 549 pages. <br> Relating to the claim of Archibald Douglas formerly Stewart to be heir of his uncle Archibald Duke of Douglas which was disputed by the Duke of Hamilton on the ground that Archibald was not the son of Lady Jane Douglas in trials before the Scottish courts 1761-1767 and before the House of Lords 1769. Douglas's mother Lady Jane Douglas reportedly birthed Archibald at age 50 in Paris her husband was 63. Lady Jane Douglas d.1753 was the sister of the extremely wealthy Duke of Douglas who died childless. The inheritance would have passed to the Duke of Hamilton if not for the birth of Archibald. The circumstances of Archibald's birth were in question with reports that Archibald was actually the son of a French glassblower. The peerage case was quite a scandal and was eventually overturned by the House of Lords who ruled in favor of Archibald in 1769. [publisher not identified] hardcover
179766903London: J. Johnson no. 72 St. Paul's Church Yard. Price Four Shillings in Boards 1797. First edition of the author's first book 8vo pp. viii 200; original blue paper-covered boards cream paper shelfback printed paper label on spine; a bit of cracking along the front joint boards somewhat soiled; all else very good sound and clean. Montgomery 1771-1854 was a Scottish poet and writer of hymns. "He was raised in the Moravian Church and theologically trained there so that his writings often reflect concern for humanitarian causes such as the abolition of slavery and the exploitation of child chimney sweeps" Wikipedia. Early in life he worked for an auctioneer and bookseller in Sheffield and published the local newspaper the Sheffield Iris. For his political views he was twice imprisoned for sedition and his time in jail was the seed for his first book Prison Amusements. He wrote a number of books of poetry and among his many hymns was "The Lord Is My Shepherd" which is still a favorite today. J. Johnson, no. 72, St. Paul's Church Yard. Price Four Shillings in Boards unknown
