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1771Gen66581771. Burns A. Full calf crudely but soundly respined. Title page has been strengthened in the margins with white tape. There is some slight loss of text to the title page. Complete with illustrations and 5 folding plates. A scarce title. ESTC lists 6 locations in UK and 4 in US unknown
1774Pa455London: Charles Eyre and William Strahan 1774. 1st Edition . Hardback. Vg. 4to. .From the Tenth Year of the Reign of King George the Third to the Thirteenth Year of George the Third Inclusive.xii xiv x 926pp index xiv to the eleventh volume. The Statutes from 1771-1773. INCLUDES 14 Statutes relating to Plantations. Inscribed 'Langley Brackenbury Spilsby'. Spilsby is a small town in the East Lindsay district of Lincolnshire England. Bound in the orginal soft leather full calf binding with red morocco labels to the spine and front boards. Five raised bands to the the spine. Damp stain affecting the front leaves but no loss or wear. A very tight copy in the original binding. <br/> <br/> Charles Eyre and William Strahan hardcover
1797BS67GILTBRNLondon: B. MacMillan 1797. Hardback recent full-morocco gilt title to spine label. New end-papers. 23cm x 15cm. 15pp 314pp. Complete with folding map and 2 plates. Previous owner's details and annotations to front blank. A little occasional spotting. A splendid copy. bs67. Hard Cover. Very Good. B. MacMillan Hardcover
176039124title page with double-ruled black border and all black text with 38 engraved plates contents 1 preface 3 introductory pages including tables 20 signatures b- i7 Psalter or Psalms of David - i8-o11 Articles of Religion 7 'The Whole Book of Psalms collected into English Metre by Thomas Sternhold John Hopkins and others.' with separate title page 1760 - 84 Veni Creator etc. 12 Printed by Thomas Baskett, Printer to the Lking's most Excellent Majesty; and by the assigns of Robert Baskett hardcover
17910JT109AFrance 1791. Royal edict dated May 29 1791 wherein it is decreed that the public servants that refused to take their civic oath and their punishments. Signed in print M.L.F. DU PORT and by LOUIS King of France. Superb vignette. . Autograph. Manuscript. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback
1725423291London : John Baskett 1725. 1st edition. Hardcover. Good copy in gilt-blocked leatherette. Spine with raised bands and panel edges somewhat bumped nicked and rubbed as with age with some loss and tears to the material. Creased and cracked pages with some browning. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Past owner's bookplate still inside. Physical description; 726 pages 22 x 32 cm. Subjects; Georgii Regis Magna Britannia. Fifth session parliament. British parliament 18th century periodicals. Law Great Britain 18th century. Lay 18th century Great Britain sources. London : John Baskett hardcover
1722423290London : John Baskett 1722. 1st edition. Hardcover. Good copy in gilt-blocked leatherette. Spine with raised bands and panel edges somewhat bumped nicked and rubbed as with age with some loss and tears to the material. Creased and cracked pages with some browning. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Past owner's bookplate still inside. Physical description; 735 pages 22 x 32 cm. Subjects; Georgii Regis Magna Britannia. Fifth session parliament. British parliament 18th century periodicals. Law Great Britain 18th century. Lay 18th century Great Britain sources. London : John Baskett hardcover
1728423300London : John Baskett 1728. 1st edition. Hardcover. Good copy in gilt-blocked leatherette. Spine with raised bands and panel edges somewhat bumped nicked and rubbed as with age with some loss and tears to the material. Creased and cracked pages with some browning. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Past owner's bookplate still inside. Physical description; 666 pages 22 x 32 cm. Subjects; Georgii Regis Magna Britannia. Fifth session parliament. British parliament 18th century periodicals. Law Great Britain 18th century. Lay 18th century Great Britain sources. London : John Baskett hardcover
1728423296London : John Baskett 1728. 1st edition. Hardcover. Good copy in gilt-blocked leatherette. Spine with raised bands and panel edges somewhat bumped nicked and rubbed as with age with some loss and tears to the material. Creased and cracked pages with some browning. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Past owner's bookplate still inside. Physical description; 523 pages 22 x 32 cm. Subjects; Georgii Regis Magna Britannia. Fifth session parliament. British parliament 18th century periodicals. Law Great Britain 18th century. Lay 18th century Great Britain sources. London : John Baskett hardcover
1725423315London : John Baskett 1725. 1st edition. Hardcover. Good copy in gilt-blocked leatherette. Spine with raised bands and panel edges somewhat bumped nicked scratched stained and rubbed as with age with some loss and tears to the material. Some foxing to spine cover. Scattered foxing internally. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Past owner's bookplate still inside. Physical description; 726 pages 22 x 32 cm. Subjects; Georgii Regis Magna Britannia. Session parliament. British parliament 18th century periodicals. Law Great Britain 18th century. Lay 18th century Great Britain sources. London : John Baskett hardcover
1726423287London : John Baskett 1726. 1st edition. Hardcover. Good copy in gilt-blocked leatherette. Spine with raised bands and panel edges somewhat bumped nicked scratched stained and rubbed as with age with some loss and tears to the material. Some foxing to spine cover. Scattered foxing internally. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Past owner's bookplate still inside. Physical description; 852 pages 22 x 32 cm. Subjects; Georgii Regis Magna Britannia. Fifth session parliament. British parliament 18th century periodicals. Law Great Britain 18th century. Lay 18th century Great Britain sources. London : John Baskett hardcover
1775244946London : printed for G. Kearsley 1775. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in professionally re-cased gilt-blocked cloth edges very slightly toned. Some wear to the pages and overall text. Physical description; 2 volumes only. Subjects; Great Britain — History — Outlines syllabi etc. London : printed for G. Kearsley hardcover
17675696Amsterdam, J.H. Schneider, 1767 ; in-8 ; plein veau havane marbré, dos à faux-nerfs décoré et doré, pièce de titre bordeaux, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque) ; XX pp. et feuillet d'errata inséré après le titre, 378 pp.
1757V75611London: B.Cole & E.Cushee. 8th edition 1757. Hardcover. Very Good. Engraved plates 7 including the folding plate of the Great Orrery by Thomas Wright and the plate of New Globes for sale by Richard Cushee. 8vo contemporary calf on 5 raised bands with gilt red spine title label ruubbed and sl.marked Fore-Edges sprinkled red. Title page advertisment to verso iii-viii =contents 190pp 2p=listing of items for sale by B.Cole Cole took over the shop of Mr.Thomas Wrightinstrument-maker to His Majesty. The folding plate of the great Orrery is mounted on scrim-cloth and laid in as frontispiece though it is separately priced at 2 shillings as the price is engraved in the plate on the lower corner. There are three pages with a minor ink mark and a few leaves with narrow browning to lower edge but never more than one fourth of the marginal depth. This is a neat crisp copy with side notes a table of climates and astonomical symbols as well as using italic print to emphasize important words or phrases. The first two sections deal with the Solar system and the fixed stars. The third section deals with Globes and states 46 Problems and how to solve them. The last part describes the use of the Orrery. The front pastedown has the name Philip Bedingfield Jes.us Coll.ege Cam.bridge 1763. B.Cole & E.Cushee. 8th edition hardcover
1759154745Canberra.: Government Printer. 1917-59. Collection of 11 reports for the years: <br> <br>For the Year ended 30th June 1916 - 8pp. <br>For the Year ended 30th June 1919 - 8pp. <br>For the Year ended 30th June 1920 - 4pp. <br>For the Year ended 30th June 1921 - 19pp. <br>For the Year ended 30th June 1935 - 11pp. <br>For the Year 1937-38 - 15pp. <br>For the Year ended 30th June 1952 - 14pp. <br>For the Year ended 30th June 1953 - 31pp <br>For the Years 1st July 1953 to 30th June 1956 - 34pp <br>For the Year 1956 - 57 - 27pp <br>For the Year 1957-58 - 24pp <br> <br>All in wrappers occasional light browning very good copies. 34 x 21cm. . Government Printer. unknown
170143446Amsterdam: 'Imanu'el ben Yosef 'Atias 1701. 1st edition. Period Half Leather over Marbled Boards 8vo 2 46 leaves i.e. 4 92 pages 20 cm. In Hebrew.<br> By the father of the Holy Shela'h haKadosh.<br> <br> Ethical teachings and customs by the father of the holy Shelah with the will of his son Rabbi Shabtai Sheftel printed here for the first time<br> Sefer Yesh Nochalin a collection of ethical teachings conduct and laws by the Gaon and Kabbalist Rabbi Avraham HaLevi Horowitz father of the Ba'al Shelah HaKadosh with glosses and additions by his son Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz.<br> At the end of the book the will of Rabbi Shabtai Sheftel Horowitz son of the holy Shelah and grandson of the author was printed for the first time.<br> Rabbi Shabtai Sheftel HaLevi Segal Horowitz 1592-1660 son of Rabbi Yeshayahu HaLevi Horowitz is known for his book "Snei Luchot HaBrit." He was a rabbi and Rosh Yeshiva one of the greatest Ashkenazi Jewish scholars of his generation. He was a preacher in the Prague community and the rabbi of Fürth Frankfurt Poznan and Vienna. He edited his father's book "Snei Luchot HaBrit" and is known by the name of his own book "Vavei HaAmudim."<br> <br> SUBJECTS: Jewish ethics -- Early works to 1800. Morale juive -- Ouvrages avant 1800. Testaments moraux <br> OCLC: 9055147.Light rubbing to boards toning as expected a very attractive copy in original binding Very Good Condition. B Rab-67-15-KKXLB. Amsterdam: 'Imanu'el ben Yosef 'Atias unknown
171134984London 1711. 888pp. Some toning. Very good. Disbound.<br/> <br/> An interesting work relating to the actions of French Huguenot soldier and diplomat Henri de Massue Earl of Galway during the War of the Spanish Succession. Galway's failure at the Battle of Almanza led to the defeat of the British and his eventual censure by Parliament.<br/> <br/> ESTC T18844. Goldsmith 4973. unknown
1707000017406London: B. Bragg in Pater Noster Row 1707. first edition. hardcover. Good . Title continues with some examples of paradoxes and then: "And so on to the Defence of 2000 Paradoxes or Pleasant Theses which seem Strange and Contrary to the Common Opinion. With Improvements from the Honourable Mr. Boyle Lock Norris Collier Cowley Dryden Garth Addison and other Illustrious Wits." Octavo 4 v - xxxii 544 pages. Modern niger morocco scuffed at joints cover edges and raised spines. Top edge gilt. a couple of former owner names on half-title and one on a preliminary blank page; also a few curly brackets inked in the margins. There are 139 paradoxes listed in the book. <br /> B. Bragg in Pater Noster Row hardcover
1789B441London: J.F. and C. Rivington T. Longman B. Law T. Cadell and S. Bladon 1789. 7th. Hardcover. Good. <p>Written by Sarah Fielding the sister of the author Henry Fielding The Governess is a collection of stories all taking place in a school run by Miss Teachum. The British Library describes it as "perhaps the first school story" and it is important in being one of the earliest fictional works for children with other 18th century works for the young tending towards the instructional rather than the entertaining.<br /> The British Library describes it as "perhaps the first school story" and it is important in being one of the earliest fictional works for children with other 18th century works for the young tending towards the instructional rather than the entertaining.</p> <br /> <p>This copy is ex-library with typical library labels and ink stamps on the front pastedown a small ink stamp at the bottom of the title page and another ink stamp on the reverse of the title page. But no other marks or damage to the text at all. It is bound in 20th C. brown cloth not original. The front hinge is cracked but the binding is still tight and solid.</p> <br /> <br /> <br /> . FM. J.F. and C. Rivington, T. Longman, B. Law, T. Cadell and S. Bladon hardcover
177058553Boston: Printed by Edes and Gill 1770. First edition. 8vo. 47 pp. Lacking the half-title. With memory of the Boston Massacre still fresh Cooke remarks "military aid has ever been deemed dangerous to a free civil state and often has been used as an effectual engine to subvert it" and closes the sermon with a plea for "our African slaves and humbly propose the pursuit of some effectual measures at least to prevent the future importation of them." Reprinted in John W. Thornton's Pulpit of the American Revolution 1860. Sabin 16348. Evans 11613. Foxed ink numeral "5" at head of title page early ink names on title page and blank verso of final leaf some ink markings in margins tear in final leaf and damage along its hinge not affecting text still a good solid copy. Disbound pamphlet. #5872. <br/><br/> Printed by Edes and Gill unknown books
175540085London: Printed for C. Corbett against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-street 1755. 4 47 1 blank pp with the half title as issued. Stitched into plain wrappers with title pasted down on front wrapper. Lightly foxed about Very Good.<br /> <br /> The author warns that France ever since the treaty of Aix la Chapelle has "been daily sapping and undermining the very Foundation thereof. Witness their open and avowed Hostilities" against "our East and West India Settlements." Spain has also been an aggressor. <br /> How should Britain deal with them "Thrust them out as Vagrants; esteem them as nauseous pernicious and most destructive Guests." No more negotiations except "from the Mouths of our great Guns those thundering Orators."<br /> Sabin 86656. Not in Kress or Ragatz. Printed for C. Corbett, against St. Dunstan's Church, in Fleet-street unknown
173652718London: Printed by John Baskett Printer to the King 1736. Hardcover. Very good condition. Small Folio. 7 283pp. Rebacked in brown library buckram over original calf with gilt lettering and ruling on red leather label of spine. Title page with double ruling. Decorative engraved endpieces. Includes an account of what sums of money have been received by the said governors for first fruits and tenths; and of what sums of money they have received and from whom for the increase of the said bounty in each year since their incorporation. And also an account of what livings are capable of being augmented according to the act made in the second and third year of her said late Majesty. And the charters of the said corporation and the rules appointed under the Great Seal for the better Rule and Government thereof plus An account of what Licences have been granted by the Crown and for what Values respectively to any person or persons bodies politick of corporate their heirs and successors to aline in Mortmain. Calf binding with light wear along edges light scuffing and rubbed with light green substance along foredge of back cover diminishing towards bottom Previous owners' names inked to front free endpaper lightly smeared. Two wormholes penetrating complete block at right lower foredge corner. Printed by John Baskett, Printer to the King hardcover
177158556Boston New-England: Printed by Richard Draper 1771. First edition. 8vo. 63 pp. Lacking the half-title. "All men are naturally in a state of freedom and have an equal claim to liberty. No one by nature nor by any special grant from the great Lord of all has any authority over another. All right therefore in any to rule over others must originate from those they rule over and be granted by them." Sabin 97325. Evans 12256. Foxed ink numeral "6" at head of title page early ink notes on blank verso of final leaf otherwise a very good copy. Disbound pamphlet. #5873. <br/><br/> Printed by Richard Draper unknown books
18007688Philadelphia 1800. Disbound. Very Good binding. Octavo. 21 3 blank pp. Removed from nonce volume. Light soiling to the covers but largely a clean copy. <br /> <br /> Concerns compensation for losses suffered during the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794. Includes lists of property belonging to Bejamin Wells John Nevill Charles Reno George Fowler Philip Regan Bezl. Howe and William Cochran that were destroyed by the insurgents with estimates of their value. Also contains a statement of the amount of money appropriated by Congress for the relief of those who sustained losses and the apportionment of these funds by the commissioners appointed to ascertain damages. Evans 38762. unknown
1719176771東京. Tokyo.: 日本放送出版会社. Nihon Hōsō Shuppan Kaisha. Showa 17 1942. Colour folding map scale 1:14500000 55cm x 80cm naval warship photographic illustrations on reverse. The wartime paper is browned and friable but small closed tears along fold lines and edges have been neatly repaired with archival washi on the verso. 79 x 53cm This colour map of Asia and the Pacific was published as a supplement to a magazine Hoso 放送 on January 1942 less than one month after the Pearl Harbor attack by the Japanese Forces. The war had just started but amazingly the map accurately predicted where the fighting would take place throughout the war. An inset map on upper right shows Singapore Borneo Sumatra and Java where battles took place in the area in early 1942. An inset chart on lower left shows various resources and their location including coal tin and iron ore clearly showing that the war was fought over securing resources. On reverse eleven photographic illustrations of war ships from Germany Britain the US and Japan are shown including the Prince of Wales and Enterprise. . 日本放送出版会社. [Nihon Hōsō Shuppan Kaisha]. unknown
