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1817619331817. Appeals of murder were abolished after this case. Appeals of murder were abolished after this case. "Diabolically Ravished Murdered And Thrown Into a Pit" Trial. Thornton Abraham c.1793-1860 Defendant. Horrible Rape and Murder!! The Affecting Case of Mary Ashford A Beautiful Young Virgin Who was Diabolically Ravished Murdered And Thrown Into a Pit As She Was Returning From a Dance; Including the Trial of Abraham Thornton For the Wilful Murder of the Said Mary Ashford; With the Whole of the Evidence Charge to the Jury &c. Tried at Warwick Assizes Before Mr. Justice Holroyd On the 8th of August 1817. Taken in Short Hand. To Which is Added Copious Elucidations of this Extraordinary Case; And a Correct Plan of the Spot Where the Rape and Murder were Committed &c. &c. London: Published by John Fairburn 1817. ii 60 columns 34 pp 64 1 pp. Several newspaper clippings concerning this case pasted to final leaf rear wrapper and verso of title page. Woodcut folding map of crime scene. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers untrimmed edges. Some soiling and edgewear spine and fold-lines of table reinforced fore-edge mended some toning to text. Early owner inscriptions to front wrapper "Bright" and "St John Crookes" and verso of map "St John Crookes/ Sunderland/ 1856". $950. "Third Edition." Abraham Thornton a bricklayer was accused of the rape and murder of Mary Ashford when she was found dead the morning after a dance where the two had been seen together. Thornton admitted that the two had been consensually intimate but denied the charges of rape and murder. Eyewitness accounts backed up his story and in the absence of other evidence he was acquitted of both charges. Public outcry around his acquittal led to Mary's brother William invoking an "appeal of murder." This uncommon legal practice allowed a retrial of a defendant acquitted for murder but crucially gave the defendant the right to trial by battle. Thornton invoked that right and was released after William Ashford declined the challenge. The case resulted in the abolition of appeals by murder and thus the end of trial by battle. Despite his protestations of innocence the public was thoroughly convinced of his guilt. Unable to lead a normal life Thornton moved to the United States and settled in Baltimore Maryland. One of the former owners of our copy may have been John Bright 1811-1889 a r. unknown
1851168258London : Privately printed 1851. First Edition. Hardback. Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Gilt cross-bands with a dark morocco gilt-blocked label. An exceptional copy - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 295 pages; Physical desc.: 295 p. ; 23 cm. Subject: Jesus Christ - Criticism interpretation etc. Jewish. Christianity - Controversial literature. Judaism - Apologetic works. Referenced by: Vinograd v.2 p. 374; London 503. London : Privately printed hardcover
1851281484London : Printed by J. Wertheimer but not published 1851. First Edition. Softcover. Poor copy wear and tear as with age. Boards detached. Text remains in fine condition. Presentation copy. Physical description; viii iv 295 13 p. ; 23 cm. Subjects; Jesus Christ Jewish interpretations. Judaism ; Apologetic works. Christianity ; Controversial literature. London : Printed [by J. Wertheimer] but not published paperback
1807014892London: Printed for J. Johnson 1807. Book measures 22x14.cm. xlvii 5529pp. Bound in early half calf calf corners flat gilt bands and title lettering. Binding worn missing part of spine joints split boards very loose. Internally light browning to about 40 pages. Pages in good clean condition. A good better than working copy. Half Calf. Good. 8vo. Printed for J. Johnson Hardcover
1807539560London: Printed for J. Johnson … by T. Bensley 1807. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Abridged and edited by William Hazlitt. Octavo. xlvii 4 529pp. Bound in tree calf re-backed with the original gilt decorated spine and red leather titling label laid down marbled endpapers gilt and gauffered edges. Armorial bookplate of Belgian politician Sylvain van de Weyer on front pastedown. Intermittent toning and moderate scattered foxing very good. An attractive copy with a notable provenance. Van de Weyer 1802-74 served as Belgian ambassador to the United Kingdom and briefly as prime minister of Belgium under King Leopold I. Printed for J. Johnson … by T. Bensley hardcover
1805614705London: R. Faulder/T. Payne 1805. Volume I to VII complete. Hardcovers with red boards no dust jackets gilt lettered spines and complementary marbled page blocks in very good condition. Page block heads are slightly tanned. Within age related tanning and foxing on some of the pages which are otherwise clear. Boards are clean and bindings are sound. LW. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Used. R. Faulder/T. Payne Hardcover
1842151295London: Henry G. Bohn. Good; Waterstain. 1842. Hardback. Vol. 2; 687 pages . Henry G. Bohn hardcover
1862RMP442<p>Washington DC U.S. Government Printing Office House of Representatives 1862<br /><br />8º. 434pp. Three quarter morocco over marbled boards four raised bands gilt titles all edges marbled. First edition. A very good or better copy with minor scuffing and edgewearindex penciled on rear blank.</p><p>37th Congress 2 Session Ex. Doc. No. 100. In October 1861 England France and Spain signed a treaty to force Mexican reparations; the English and Spanish withdrew but the French remained unseating Benito Juarez and installing Maximilian as Emperor . This was of grave concern to Lincoln and the North and a violation of the Monroe Doctrine. Also of concern was the relations between the Confederacy and Mexico. <br />Provenance: Library of James Torr Harmer with his bookplate on front pastedown.</p><p>With a list of Documents relating to Mexican Affairs accompanying the President´s message in reply to the resolution of the <em><strong>House of Representatives of March 3 1862.</strong></em></p><p>A very good copy with minor scuffing and edgewearindex penciled on rear blank.</p> U.S. Government Printing Office hardcover
1821133T2Printed for F. Nichols by Clark & Raser Philadelphia: 1821. 1821 144 p. 12mo. Original leather backed paper boards. Very scarce American Imprint. PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 7 Language: eng. Hardcover. Good. Printed for F. Nichols by Clark & Raser, Philadelphia: 1821. hardcover
1830192234London: Printed by A. J. Valpy 1830-1834. First editions from this noted series representing the Greek tragedians Latin satirists the prose of great statesmen and Roman history. Valpy 1786-1854 began to publish Classical literature as a schoolboy. The Family Classical Library followed his reissue of the Delphin Classics 1819-30 a series of annotated Latin texts. 21 vols small octavo 154 x 98 mm. Portrait frontispiece of each author. Contemporary speckled calf red labels compartments tooled in gilt double gilt fillet to boards gilt inner dentelles marbled endpapers top edges gilt. Bookplates of the collector Charles Waterman Armour 18571927. A few headcaps worn restoration to headcap and joints of Euripides vol. I spines flaking light foxing. A very good set. hardcover
1834ABC_45429Noordwijk 1834. Folio 23 x 38.5 cm & 26 x 44 cm. 2 autograph letters each written on a single leaf and folded for posting with the address and remnants of a seal. 2 ll. Both letters were written by Abraham Hendrik Verster van Wulverhorst 1797-1882 living in Noordwijk Binnen near Leiden as a forester in the Dutch province of Zuid-Holland he was Inspecteur der Opperhoutvesterij. The present letters contain detailed observations on the Salamander punctata probably the European spotted salamandar now designated Salamandra salamandra. The letters further offer laudatory words regarding Heinrich Boie 1794-1827 who had also worked at the Rijksmuseum but had left for the Dutch East Indies to study the Southeast Asian fauna and sadly had died there in 1827. Also interesting remarks by Verster as a bird watcher on the bird migration: he had observed that the gallingo snipe and the rusticola woodcock were very early that year.The edges of the second letter are frayed. Otherwise in good condition. unknown
1831056158Idle Bradford : Printed and sold by John Vint 1831. Third Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Small Octavo. IDLE : 1831. Words to 316 hymns. Hardback. An attractive binding. Contemporary dark-red full calf-leather. Gilt lettered spine and gilt and blind decoration. Raised panels to front and rear covers; gilt and blind decoration to spine and covers. All edges marbled. Original marbled end-papers. No owner name or internal markings. Bright tight and clean. Minor wear and thumbing. VERY GOOD. 316 hymns plus Index. Sm.8vo. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. Rosley Books for Antiquarian books Cumberland Literature Rarities Theology and History. . We accept PayPal. SCARCE <br/> <br/> Printed and sold by John Vint hardcover
1831060032Idle Bradford : Printed and sold by John Vint 1831. Third Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Small Octavo. IDLE : 1831. Words to 316 hymns. Hardback. An attractive binding. Contemporary dark-red full calf-leather. Gilt lettered spine and gilt and blind decoration. Raised panels to front and rear covers; gilt and blind decoration to spine and covers. All edges marbled. Original marbled end-papers. No owner name or internal markings. Bright tight and clean. Minor wear and thumbing. VERY GOOD. 316 hymns plus Index. Sm.8vo. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. IDLE Bradford .: Printed and sold by John Vint. SCARCE <br/> <br/> Printed and sold by John Vint hardcover
18981409746New York 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 72 pages with numerous blank leaves throughout bound between each paginated leaf from pg. 10 onward. In Good plus condition. In full navy cloth binding with gilt titling to front board. Small scuffs and stains to boards with mild rubbing along edges. Light bumping and fraying to head and tail of spine. Text block shows moderate age toning and wear along edges. Lightly toned throughout with darker toning on endpapers and adjacent pages. Splitting at hinges; closed tear to front flyleaf along hinge. Bookplate from former owner on front pastedown. Presentation copy with gift inscription on dedication page and ownership inscriptions from recipient on front flyleaf and copyright page. Shelved in Room F. <br> <br> <br /> <br /> This book is intended to be used as a note-taking aide for students of Dr. Robert F. Weir's lectures on surgery at Columbia University. This copy was presented to a Ralph A. Huntington by his professor at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at San Francisco College. 1409746. Special Collections. hardcover
1849023028The Wernerian Club 1849. Published in three parts with title page printed in red and black and dated 1849-50. Octavo 143 pages slight occasional age-toning on the text pages two small marginal stamps of Worthing Public Librarybut otherwise extrmely clean internally. Recently bound in an attractive dark green loire cloth very slightly marked. RARE. The most complete edition in any language. Originally published in German in 1774 - "Von den äusserlichen Kennzeichen der Fossilien" - it was later translated by Thomas Weaver Dublin 1805 which had the benefit of incorporating manuscript corrections by the author himself additions which he had circulated amongst his pupils notes taken during his lectures in 1791-92 and hints from the mineralogies of his disciples Wiedenmann and Emmerling. This final edition published by the Wernerian Society incorporates these additions into the same text making them as near as might be to the same text. RARE. The Wernerian Natural History Society 1808 - 1858 commonly abbreviated as the Wernerian Society was a learned society interested in the broad field of natural history and saw papers presented on various topics such as mineralogy plants insects and scholarly expeditions. The Society was an offshoot of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and from its beginnings it was a rather elite organization. This publication was probably the last they produced as there were no meetings from 1850-1856 which coincided with the decline of the president Robert Jameson. It was eventually decided to close the Society down and dispose of its assets. Werner 1749 - 1817 was a German geologist who set out an early theory about the stratification of the Earth's crust and propounded a history of the Earth that came to be known as Neptunism. While most tenets of Neptunism were eventually set aside Werner is remembered for his demonstration of chronological succession in rocks; for the zeal with which he infused his pupils; and for the impulse he thereby gave to the study of geology. He has been called the "father of German geology". Cloth. Very Good. The Wernerian Club Hardcover
1898180421London : John Hogg 1898. First Edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight bright and clean impression. Previous owner's bookplate to inner front cover.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 204 pages; Physical desc.: 216 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. Subject: Whist --Cards --Solo whist. London : John Hogg hardcover
18130001594BURLINGTON NEW JERSEY NJ. Good. 1813. On offer is a super relic of 200 year old legal precedents and legal opinion being a hardcover book: The Scrivener's Guide Third Edition written by William Griffith Counsellor at Law published by David Allinson. Of particular interest to historians of the law and legal precedents are the nine 9 additional pages of handwritten notes on all the blank pages defining and explaining various aspects of law not included or in addition to the published material. The handwritten notes appear to be transcriptions from other works and we believe the notes are provided by Abraham Westerfelt whose ownership signature appears in a similar hand on the title page and a fep. The 6.5 x 4.25 inch book is rubbed and generally showing signs of wear but overall G.; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF SCRIVENER'S GUIDE WILLIAM GRIFFITH ABRAHAM WESTERFELT CONTRACT LAW LAWYERS LEGAL DAVID ALLINSON LEGAL PRECEDENTS THE LEGAL PROFESSION JURISPRUDENCE HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito papel. . hardcover
185711291857. Mixed method engraving. <p>A pair of mixed method engravings published by Gambart and Co. in 1857 in a declared edition of 225 pairs. The original paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1854. In the first picture the scene is the interior of a second class railway carriage with hard unpadded wooden benches. A young mother plainly dressed in a black coat bonnet and shawl clutches the hand of her young son who is evidently on his way to Portsmouth to join the service of the East India Company a recruiting poster is pasted to the wall above his head. His tearful sister sits on the bench opposite next to her brother's baggage a sailor is traveling with his wife in the background numerous posters advertising ship passages to Australia and India and other advertisements are stuck to the walls and ships in the harbour are visible through the carriage window. In the second picture the young man now considerably older has returned to England evidently having made his fortune. He sits in backview in a comfortably upholstered first class carriage wearing smart military uniform chatting to an elderly well dressed fellow passenger while exchanging glances with the old man's pretty fashionably dressed young daughter who sits demurely crocheting in a corner of the carriage. Abraham Solomon was a popular London artist and Simmons was a notable mezzotint engraver. The Departure has some faint spotting lower right corner in margin faint indentation in title area and repaired tear in margin outside the platemark on right hand side. The Return has a repaired tear on left hand side which enters the image about 4cm. It also has a repaired tear in top margin outside image area but within platemark. <br /> <br /> </p> <br /> <p></p> unknown
182774353London: Published by The Author 1827. 8vo.Ex-Library. Two volumes in one the Inquiry and Supplement. Ex library copy. iv vi 7-254 1; 52 3 ads pp. Vol. 1 has the 8 plates called for most on India paper plus a portrait of Wivell as frontis and a plate of signatures. Volume 2 has 12 plates on India paper. Full brown calf with blind-stamped decoration to boards and spine with raised bands and gilt lettering including library shelfmark. Marbled edges. Rubbing to binding. Label of Croydon Public Libraries to pastedown with library stamp scattered throughout and infrequent foxing. A throughly researched study of portraits of Shakespeare including appraisals of ones uncommonly seen. The sales of this work at the time of publication were quite unimpressive DNB. Jaggard p. 695. . Good. Blind-stamped Full Calf. 1827. Published by The Author 1827 unknown
1864000010542London: Longman Green Longman Roberts & Green 1864. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 5 vi-xiii 2 2-359 5 pp. Half smooth later ca. 1920 calf over marbled boards with the spine in six compartments two green morocco labels lettered in gold gold decorations on the spine; top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. With a brown ribbon bookmark bound in. Bound by Zaehnsdorf for John Wanamaker the inventor of the price tag and the department store. PBS Who Made America "John Wanamaker Department Store". Wanamaker opened the first American department store in the mid-nineteenth century and printed the first ever copyrighted advertisement. He revolutionized shopping by offering higher-quality clothing and material goods for lower prices in a large retail space accessible to many city dwellers in Philadelphia. Kunitz and Haycraft 284. Edited by Abraham Hayward an essayist and prominent Victorian author. This volume contains excerpts from the diary of Miss Frances Williams Wynn its publication aided by her niece after Wynn's death. Miss Wynn was the daughter of a baronet and ran in upper-class English circles. Her diary recounts interesting incidents of this life urban legends and ghost stories and historical events she witnessed. Details on the French Revolution Napoleon's reign Austro-Hungarian politics the insanity of George III Ireland in 1840 and other historical anecdotes of interest are recorded here. The top corners bumped and rubbed overall a pleasing copy. Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green hardcover
185190879BB1851 . Bern: Staempflische Verlagshandlung 1851. 8°. 2 Bl. 223 S. Interimsbroschur Seitenecken geknickt; angestaubt; stockfleckig Text in Fraktur. unknown
