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112 Pages. Features: Adventures of Louis De Rougemont - part IX; Holy Week Procession in Seville (includes photos of Nazarene's in costumes similar to those of Klansmen); My Texan Elopement -John H. Jones impersonates Miss Sally Steddem; A Naturalist in Cannibal-Land - adventures of Captain H. Cayley-Webster in the cannibal islands of the South Seas (with photos of Cayley-Webster); Jinkers and Jinkering - photo-illustrated article shows how buildings are moved by horses and oxen in Western New South Wales; My Klondike Mission - Lilian Agnes Oliver of Chicago set out for the Klondike to raise money to support her invalid husband - a photo-illustrated account; Through Pygmy-Land - Part I - photo-illustrated article by Albert B. Lloyd; The Heroes of Niagara - a series of graphic narratives, each illustrated by a photo of the hero and his apparatus; "Dago" - eminent actor Kyrle Bellew relates a remarkable mining incident - with photos; The Martyrs of Ku-Cheng - photo-illustrated article on the slaughter of Christian missionaries in the interior of China and the decapitating retribution; My First Leopard - by Walter H. Bone; Round the World in a Home-Made Boat - Joshua Slocum and the 'Spray'; Wolves in a Blizzard - Mr. and Mrs. E. Howard in North-West Canada; My Cycle Ride to Khiva - part II - an account of a remarkable bicycle ride across the deserts of Kara-kum and Kizil-kum by Robert L. Jefferson, F.R.G.S.; Attacked by Leeches - W. Harcourt-Bath describes a horrible jungle; Incredible photos of dozens of prisoners on treadmill in the great prison of Rangoon; Photo of dead Armenian heroes in Samsoun; and more. Average wear. Complete and intact. Few pencil markings. A sound vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
186375777Sydney: Sherriff & Downing 1863. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Sydney Sherriff & Downing 1863. Duodecimo iv 118 10 publisher's advertisements pages plus a folding 'colored sic map of the Colony compiled expressly for the work' 427 × 538 mm and endpaper advertisements. Original flush-cut blind-stamped blue patterned cloth lettered in gilt on the front cover a little rubbed and marked and slightly worn at the extremities; thin strip snipped from the head of the front flyleaf; occasional light foxing; one opening a little discoloured by a newsprint bookmark no longer present; minimal signs of use and age; a very good copy. Provenance: Thomas Thornton Reed 1902-1995 Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide with his signature in pencil at the head of the title page. Ferguson 15645 supplying the date; the advertisement on the rear flyleaf contains testimonials dated January 1863 and suggests those wishing to 'be supplied in May June or July this year are requested to send their orders in without delay'. The map is extensively - and attractively - handcoloured. An augmented edition was published in 1866 see Ferguson 15646. Sherriff & Downing hardcover
1920ZB506343Sydney: Science House 1920-1969. complete volumes 54 64-67. 72. 75. 77-80 82-83 89-102 mostly bound with covers retained ex library illustrated good-very good PRICE IS FOR THE LOT:. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Sydney: Science House unknown
181244634Holborn: J. Duncombe Jun 1812. Broadside approx. 36 x 22 cm; hand-colored engraving approx. 10 x 14 cm text in double column original blank spaces in the text of poem have been identified and filled in by a contemporary hand creased where previously folded occasional spots overall fine. A satire featuring Lady Hertford scantily dressed and peering over the Prince Regent as he writes a letter--presumably to The Duke of York concerning the choice of his Ministers. Lady Hertford was the alleged mistress of Prince Regent and later George IV. Her reputation for 'meddling' too much in politics resulted with her and the Prince Regent subjected to many years of ridicule by the press. British Library only in OCLC. J. Duncombe, Jun unknown
1877344Sydney: Government printer for the Parliament of NSW 1877. Foolscap quarto string bound as issued 14 pp. last blank with an appendix of six maps of which one is folding. Near-fine condition. A scarce and historically significant report prepared by the Parliament of New South Wales detailing major changes to the design of Circular Quay in Sydney Harbour. Government printer for the Parliament of NSW unknown
Z1-X-017-03005Audit Commission. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Audit Commission unknown
18652618Chicago: Tribune Company's Book and Job Printing Office 1865. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. History of the ninety-fifth Regiment of the Illinois Infantry Volunteers by Wales W. Wood published in 1865. Twelvemo xii 13-240pp. Publisher's original green cloth title in copper print on spine embossed decorative borders wear to cloth at top edge of spine. Previous ownership inscription on front free endpaper in pencil. Light foxing to endpapers and title page some wear to outer edge of text block clean text throughout. Dornbusch I: 310 Nevins I: 181 Tubbs 218 A scarce pre-fire printing from Chicago. The Illinois 95th participated in the Vicksburg Campaign occupying Natchez after the Siege of Vicksburg was complete. After a summer in Natchez they joined the Red River Campaign but were forced back to Vicksburg after a swift defeat by Confederate forces. Tribune Company's Book and Job Printing Office unknown
2014SBS-9781409465652ASHGATE 2014. New. ASHGATE unknown
2014SBS-9781409465652ASHGATE 2014. New. ASHGATE unknown
1833963F11Liverpool: J. and J. Mawdsley 1833 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 15.5" by 10.5". None. A lovely example of the very scarce first edition of this report into the practices of the Liverpool corporation prompted by concerns about corruption. The very scarce first edition of this work.Illustrated with four lithographed plates each hand coloured and three of which are folding. Collated lacking one folding plate.An early nineteenth century examination of the governance finances and administrative practices of the Liverpool Corporation prompted by public concern over corruption mismanagement and lack of accountability in municipal government. The Court of Inquiry convened under parliamentary authority investigated allegations of nepotism misuse of public funds and undemocratic procedures within the Corporation's operations.With a town clerk library stamp to the title page head.The findings of this report added to the national momentum for municipal reform contributing to the case for the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. Rebacked in cloth retaining the original cloth boards. Retaining the original endpapers. Externally excellent with a touch of shelf wear to back strip tail. Stamp to title page head. Internally firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned but generally clean with only the odd light handling mark. Lacking one folding plate. Very Good Indeed J. and J. Mawdsley hardcover
Carta geografica raffigurante in dettaglio le province del Nuovo Galles del Sud e della Tasmania. Piccoli fori di tarlo che non compromettono l'ottimo stato di conservazione generale. Attraente coloritura coeva all'acquerello.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, foxing to lightly tanned page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very minor creasing to upper edge and slight traces of storage. 309pp. This study was the first detailed account of Dylan Thomas's career and development as a prose writer, commenting on his work in films, on radio, as well as his stories and letters. The chapter on 'Under Milk Wood' explores new literary and biographical sources.
1952mon0000073783Newnes Educational Publishing Co 1952-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual markings. Hardback with dust cover. Well read copy with some significant spine wear but still useable colouring of page edges due to age. Newnes Educational Publishing Co hardcover
Oblong roy. 4to., First Edition, with title in red and black, text and captions in red, blue and black, 34 splendid large plates in photo-collotype and full-page musical score in blue; original red cloth, upper board ruled and blocked with regimental badge in gilt, expertly recased, BUT WITH SOME AGE- OR DAMP-DAMAGE TO 22 OF THE LATER PLATES (mercifully restricted mainly to upper blank margins and only materially affecting around ten plates); nevertheless a valuable record and a very scarce work. An unusually lavish production for a single battalion, this work is distinguished by the quality of the plates, which (damage apart) varies from very good to magnificent. The photographs are superbly executed by F. Bremner, photographer, variously of Lahore, Simla & Quetta, and their rendering as collotypes preserves the quite extraordinary detail of faces, uniforms and equipment. The plates include fine portraits of Major-General Frederick Walter Kitchener (Commanding 3rd (Lahore) Division) and Colonel J.C. Yale (commanding 1st Battalion), together with close-ups of the Colours and mess plate. The main body of plates is devoted, of course, to group studies. These include the officers (individually captioned), the battalion on parade, the Colour and colour sergeants (individually captioned), the NCOs (individually captioned), corporals, companies A-H (each company photographed separately), and a fine series of the battalion's various support units, trades and sports teams. An unusual composition is the plate 'Regimental Types' and depicting eight members of the battalion in a variety of uniforms including officer's full dress and OR's marching order. In addition to the plates, there is a detailed account of the battalion's service from Tournay (1794) to its arrival at Lahore Cantonment in 1906, together with pages devoted to regimental marchess. Not the least importance of this work must be as a superbly detailed record of the appearance of a regular battalion of line infantry of the period - crucially, the last phase of Edwardian opulence and before the irreversible changes brought about by the Great War. EXTREMELY SCARCE. IT IS UNCLEAR HOW MANY OF THESE REMARKABLE PORTFOLIOS WERE PRODUCED; CERTAINLY NOT MANY, AND EVEN FEWER CAN HAVE SURVIVED. Sutcliife p.103; not recorded by White (1965).
185721532St. Anthony: William W. Wales Bookseller and Publisher; Minneapolis: Thomas Hale Williams 1857. Only edition 12mo pp. 32 4 ads; full-p. map of Lake Minnetonka 7 wood-engraved illustrations in the text 5 full-p.; 1" x 2" chip to corner of upper wrapper otherwise a near fine copy in original printed wrappers. Printed in New York by Daniel Ader 211 Center St. A wonderful little early guide to the city of what is now collectively Minneapolis touting the business climate and commercial opportunities quality of education future prospects etc. together with a historical sketch of the metropolis. The publisher William Wales was the first Quaker to settle in Minnesota and induced others of the sect to emigrate here. He was active in the Quaker community and was a bookseller and stationer in St. Anthony. Thomas Hale Williams also of Minneapolis was the founder of the Minneapolis Athenaeum in 1859 "which finally became part of the Minneapolis Public Library where he served twenty years as librarian treasurer and director without compensation. He called a meeting of librarians in Philadelphia in 1876 at which the American Library Association was formed" Upham & Dunlap Minnesota Biographies. Howes S22; Sabin 74998. William W. Wales, Bookseller and Publisher; Minneapolis: Thomas Hale Williams unknown
2024__178469794XCatholic Truth Society 2024. New. 600 pages. 9.84x1.97x13.78 inches. Catholic Truth Society unknown
1730659241730. Notable Eighteenth-Century Compilation of Welsh Civil and Ecclesiastical Law Wales. Howel Welsh King d. 950CE. Clark William 1696-1771 Editor. Wotton William 1666-1727 Compiler of Appendices. William Moses 1686-1742 Compiler of Appendices. Cyfreithjeu Hywel Dda ac Eraill Seu Leges Wallicae Ecclesiasticae & Civiles Hoeli Boni et Aliorum Walliae Principum Quas Ex Variis Codicibus Manuscriptis Eruit Interpretatione Latina Notis & Glossario Illustravit Guilielmus Wottonus S.T.P. Adjuvante Mose Guilielmio A.M.R.S. Soc. Qui & Appendicem Adjecit. London: Typis Gulielmi Bowyer 1730. xlii 586 20 pp. Lacking half-title. Parallel Welsh and Latin texts. Folio 15-1/4" x 9-1/2". Recent period-style quarter calf over marbled boards raised bands and lettering piece to spine endpapers renewed. Title page printed in red and black copperplate text vignette in preface large copperplate vignette to head of dedication large woodcut vignettes at the beginnings of each section. Very light browning to text somewhat heavier in places foxing stains and edgewear to a few leaves light soiling and edgewear to title page internally clean. $500. Only edition 1 of 2 issues from 1730. With a subscriber list. One of the great achievements of eighteenth-century English legal philology this is a critical edition of Howel's Cyfraith Hywel and other early compilations of Welsh civil and ecclesiastical law. The work concludes with a glossary of Welsh legal terms by Wotton. OCLC locates 9 copies in North America 5 in law libraries Case Western Reserve Harvard University of Michigan University of Minnesota University of Virginia. English Short-Title Catalogue T63960. unknown books
Z1-C-061-00800H.M.S.O. Used - Acceptable. Used - Acceptable. Sticker on cover. Contains some wear and tear. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Ex-library with wear - may contain significant amounts of highlighting and underlining in pen or pencil. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. H.M.S.O unknown
1838248591838. Ephemera. Very good condition. Manuscript letter inquiring of the Holywell Workhouse Union in Holywell Wales as to whether it has a "surplus of agricultural labourers" as "my house has received an order from the Government of New South Wales to send out a considerable number". The letter was first sent to Newelyn Loyd of Denbigh from an unnamed but "most respectable commercial house. at Liverpool". He copies it here and forwards it to the "Guardians/or Secretary of the Holywell Union Holywell". On the inside folds Loyd explains that he thought it might be acceptable for the Guardians to place some of the occupants on the path to New South Wales by assisted passage. It is postmarked St. Asaph Oc 3 1838. <br /> <br /> The text continues with the terms - a Bounty presumably for the workhouse which would finance the journey; the labourers to pay L 2-3 and provide clothing etc. At Sydney "immediate employment at liberal wages: houses - specimen wages for different occupations "with rations for themselves & families" weekly "One peck of Wheat or 10 lbs of seconds four - Ten pounds of beef or mutton tea sugar. " It states "In ten days we dispatch one vessel and another will succeed her in a month. Shepherds Agricullurists sic Gardeners &c have been engaged at wages varying from L25 to L50 and in some cases for the superior Class as high as L80 to L100 per annum. Carpenters Masons Sawyers &c may obtain L2-2 to L2-10/ per week in Sydney. "<br /> <br /> 4 leaves 7 1/4 x 9" period folds slt separation central fold. Remnants of the red wax seal causing sml triangle of blank paper to be lost otherwise very good. unknown
1865018607Chicago: Tribune Company's Book and Job Printing Office 1865. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 240 pages of text. Newly and professionally rebound in green cloth with a paper spine label. The top of the title page was trimmed and has been filled in with archival paper. The title page and following page were light-bleached and cleaned. The remainder of the text has scattered soiling and staining. First edition. Tribune Company's Book and Job Printing Office Hardcover
179323541KIRTON IN LINDSEY 1793 un parchemin manuscrit à l'encre brune sur velin, Format : 67,5 + 87,5 cm, cachet fiscal royal en noir + 4 timbre à sec bleu-gris de 5 schillings aux armes du prince de Galles gauffrées en marge gauche, 2 timbres G R avec couronne royale gravés en noir sur fond blanc (timbres fiscaux), SCEAU DE CIRE ROUGE AUX ARMES DU MANOIR DE KIRTON en bas au centre, fait au Manoir de KIRTON, le 25 OCTOBRE 1793, Signature à l'encre brune de Robert Burton, deputy steward,
18367-3-559London, Effingham Wilson, 1836-42. 4°, mit 3 gest. Titeln mit Vignetten und 178 Stahlstichtafeln, 2 Bll., XX, 144 S.; VIII, 140 S.; XII, 160 S., Ganzledereinbände mit reichhaltig goldgepr. Rücken sowie Deckel- Innen- und Stehkantenvergoldung
A most unique 29 page volume of poetry including such titles as: Old Folks Alone; The Nomad (which appears beneath the book's only illustration, that of a middle aged couple); The Isle of Dreams; The Immigrant's Return; Satisfied; The Prospector; and many others. Author's signature inside front cover. Several handwritten corrections to contents may be those of the author. Several poems have different poems pasted on top of them. Thus, this volume may in fact be a draft copy. Pasted inside the back cover is a most amusing work entitled "A Close Call" - an Australian Idyl, which describes the Widow McPhee's near-seduction of the writer whilst he was camped out beneath a 'monster blue-gum tree' in sunny New South Wales. Wholesale peeling to inside of front cover suggests a pasted down poem has been removed. We note passing references to the Yukon, prospecting, and the lanes of Devon. Undated - circa 1950?. Very well worn but holding together. Book
22592High Court of Chancery London. Circa 1721. Mackworth was a flamboyant character but whatever his flaws he played a major and innovative role in energising Welsh industry in the late Stuart period. For information on him and his dubious ventures see his entries in the Oxford DNB where his first name is spelt 'Humphry' and the Dictionary of Welsh Biography where it is spelt 'Humphrey'. With reference to the present item the Oxford DNB states that after previous activities bordering on the fradulent 'In 1713 Mackworth organized a new joint-stock company the Mineral Manufacturers of Neath with himself as cashier-general and by concentrating on brass production he built a prosperous undertaking. Supporters within the Mine Adventurers tried to restore his membership in 1720 exonerating him from past accusations but Mackworth overextended his hand by attempting to influence the election of a new governor. A shareholders' petition to parliament led to further censure. By then Mackworth's Neath operation was also in difficulties. The final years saw him embroiled in a court action over the fraudulent sealing of a document and a customs' investigation into the importation of contraband. His personal finances were such that at his death his debts and legal costs exceeded his credits by as much as £2657 15s. 2d.' The present item which casts light on Mackworth's later financial activities is 3pp folio. On watermarked laid paper. Undated. Aged and worn but complete and entirely legible. Folded three times into the customary packet with the otherwise-blank reverse of second leaf endorsed with the names in Latin of the parties in the suit and 'Draft. Partners Petition'.Addressed 'To the Rt. Honble The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain' i.e. Thomas Parker 1st Earl of Macclesfield 1666-1732. The plaintiffs are Sir William Stuart Sir John Wallis and Robert Knapp; and the defendants Humphry Mackworth his son Herbert Mackworth and Thomas Mather. The petition is set out in the customary fashion. To begin with it 'Sheweth That your Petitioners. in the year 1720 became partners with the Plts & Defts. in an undertaking carryed sic on at Neath for making & manufacturing Copper Brass Lead and Iron pursuant to certain Articles of Agreemt. bearing date the 1st. day of May 1713 - and have advanced and payd in Several very considerable Summs to be Employed as Stock therein; and from ye nature of the undertaking wch was to carry on several manufactures wth one and the Same Joynt Stock and the profits they have been credibly informed have been made from each of the said Manufactures at other Workhouses not so not so conveniently situated as Your Petrs are at Neath Yr Petrs. expected & well hoped that they might have recd considerable Annual Dividends out of the Profits arising thereby and also out of the profits of their Mines at New Yorke'. The document proceeds to describe in detail the plaintiffs' case from non-payment of dividends to 'Differences arising between the Plts. Stuart Wallis & Knapp and Sr. Humphrey Mackworth in relation to the Direction of the Governmt. of the said undertaking'. A Chancery suit is described with the decision of the Lord Chancellor. 'Your Petrs are credibly informed That the sd Partners Works at Neath and New York have since the said Order been entirely under the Direction of the said Stuart Wallis Knapp and Officers appointed by them and that they have recd Considerable Quantitys of Goods from Neath and New York and several sums of Money arising by Sale thereof And that no Receiver hath been hitherto appointed to take any Acct. thereof nor any care taken that the sd. Goods have been Disposed of to the best Advantage or the Money arising thereby applyed in Discharge of the sd Partners Debts to their Workmen & others at Neath & Elsewhere'. The petitioners conclude that 'the Said Undertaking will be entirely ruined unless some Speedy Method is taken to prevent the same . And Your Petrs. Fortunes & Propertys are like to suffer by the said Mismanagement & by the Differences above mentioned'. They conclude by asking that 'it may be referred to the sd. Master to Examine into the State of Your Petrs. Affayrs both at Neath and New York And the Disposition of their Money Goods and Effects And that a Receiver may be speedily appointed and the Managemt vested in Such Hands & put under such Methods & Regulations as may be likely to terminate in the Genll Good of the sd Partnrs'. [High Court of Chancery, London.] Circa 1721. unknown
19875West of England and South Wales International Arbitration Association. 'Offices: 21 College Green Bristol.'. Around 70 items laid down on 36pp. of an 8vo. exercise book with ruled grey-paper pages in quarter-binding with marbled boards with green cloth spine. With around eight more items loosely inserted. In good condition lightly aged and worn. The present collection consists of various handbills and other printed communications constitution and rules notices and forms issued by the Association together with numerous cuttings relating to it from provincial newspapers Western Daily Press Daily Bristol Times Clifton Chronicle Bristol Daily Post Bristol Times and Mirror Somerset Gazette Dorset County Chronicle Cheltenham Examiner with the cuttings dated in manuscript. Among the Association's own printed communications is a long 'Appeal to the Friends of Peace' dated from London August 1871 with others headed 'Progress of the Movement' 'Forms of Petition to the House of Commons in Favour of International Arbitration' 'Appeal for Petitions in Support of the Motion of Henry Richard Esq. M.P.' 'Petition to Parliament in Favour of International Arbitration'. The item is from the papers of one of the Association's honorary secretaries the Quaker pacifist Edmund Tolson Wedmore 1847-1920 and has a printed label on front cover carrying his ownership inscription in pencil: 'E. T. Wedmore 11 Oakland Rd Bristol'. Information regarding the International Arbitration Association is surprisingly hard to come by. It was closely associated with the Peace Society founded by the 'Apostle of Peace' Rev. Henry Richard MP 1812-1888 and as might be expected received a good deal of Quaker support. There were branches throughout the United Kingdom. The earliest reference to it in The Times is in 1875 and it seems to have ceased to operate under the name by the end of the century. The object of the Association was according to a printed card laid down on the front free endpaper 'To urge the adoption of a permanent system of International Law for the amicable settlement of International Disputes.' A fuller description of the Association's aims is given in the next item in the volume a notice 2pp. folio of a meeting held at the White Lion Hotel Bristol 16 January 1873 in the opening speech of the president William Terrell: 'All who attended that meeting he believed were in favour of International Arbitration – that was they were in favour of avoiding warfare to the utmost of their ability in favour of settling disputes by reason rather than by arms applause that they were in favour of avoiding the enormous expenses which nations were now put to from the immense armaments that they were obliged to maintain. Hear hear. What they wanted was to impress upon the Government the necessity of endeavouring to carry out the principles of Arbitration – to systematise International Arbitration and make it acceptable not only to the people of England but to the people of the whole world. They knew that International Arbitration so far as this country this country was concerned had probably saved us within the last year or two the loss of millions of treasure hear hear – and the higher loss of millions of human beings who might otherwise be a blessing to their families and homes. Applause. The principles of International Arbitration had been fully vindicated in the way in which the Arbitration between the United States and ourselves had been carried out.' West of England and South Wales International Arbitration Association. 'Offices: 21 College Green, Bristol.' hardcover
