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Anon [Alfred Watkins; Augustus Edwards; George Young; Edward Grosvenor; Frank Harris; Richard Gibbs]
Tour of the Wye Valley
<p>Augustus Charles Edwards & Sons. Hereford. Undated c.1920's. 14pp. Concertina sequential map coloured in outline from Plynlimon to Chepstow with accompanying photographs by Alfred Watkins Augustus Charles Edwards R.G. Gibbs of Cinderford Edward Grosvenor of Chepstow Frank Harris of Lydney and George William Young of Ross. Original green paper covered boards rubbed to edges with small area of surface abraded. Gilt lettering to upper board. Cloth spine. One fold historically repaired with paper tape short closed tear to margin.</p><p>Extremely scarce. No other copies recorded. Not in the British Library. Not in the National Library of Wales.</p><p>From the preface: <br />'Mr Woodrow Wilson late President of the United States is shown to have said:- "Yesterday" he writes from Gloucester "I rode for nearly twenty miles beside the Wye and of all the parts of England I have seen it has most won my heart."'</p><p>An illness struck Wilson in 1896 and he spent the two following months cycling around Britain visiting the landscapes that inspired Wordsworth.</p><p>Bibliographical References:</p><p>Woodrow Wilson; Life and Letters: Princeton 1890-1910 ed. Ray Stannard Baker · 1968<br />"I think and I have quite made up my mind to make a pilgrimage to the region where the 'Lines' were written . . "Yesterday I rode for nearly twenty miles beside the Wye and of all the parts of England I have seen it has most won my heart".</p><p>J. W. Schulte Nordholt in his biography of Woodrow Wilson 'Woodrow Wilson<br />A Life for World Peace' published in 1991 by University of California Press states:<br />"Because so much data have been lost uncertainty rules what we know and understand about the serious illness that struck Wilson in 1896… His loving wife believed too that it was good for him to go away and gave her approval. He spent two months travelling through his beloved England mostly on a bicycle. He visited all the shrines of his romantic imagination. Most important of course were the landscapes that had inspired Wordsworth the Lake District and The Wye Valley… It was a delightful trip that did him enormous good for he lived by such poetic contemplation. He came back with his health greatly improved."</p><p>Harold Garnet Black The True Woodrow Wilson Crusader for Democracy 1946</p><p>Edwin A. Wienstein: Woodrow Wilson: A Medical and Psychological Biography. Princeton Princeton University Press 1981.<br />"Wilson suffered his first stroke in 1896 at the age of 40 an episode characterized by weakness of the right upper extremity and sensory disturbances in the fingers misdiagnosed as neuritis."</p><p><strong>Thomas Woodrow Wilson</strong> 1856-1924 28th president of the United States serving from 1913 to 1921.</p><p><strong>PHOTOGRAPHERS</strong></p><p><strong>Alfred Watkins</strong> 1855-1935 Photographer publisher inventor and author. President of the Photographic Convention of the United Kingdom which was held in Hereford in 1907. Medallist of the Royal Photographic Society in 1910. Elected Member of the Woolhope Club in 1888 and later President of the Woolhope Club. Trustee of the Hereford Municipal Charities for over 30 years. County Magistrate and County Councillor. <br />Author of The Old Straight Track 1925; Old Standing Crosses of Herefordshire 1930; Early British Trackways 1922; The Ley Hunter's Manual 1927; Photography: the Watkins Manual of Exposure and Development 1900; Photography: its Principles and Applications 1911. His obituary in the Daily Express 9th April 1935: "A good citizen … the kind which keeps the public life of the countryside on the highest plane of any in the world. His name was Alfred Watkins. You can conjure with it in Herefordshire and in the counties of the Welsh border."</p><p><strong>Augustus Charles Edwards</strong> Junior 1865-1943 of the renowned Drapers and Furriers Augustus C. Edwards and Sons High Town Hereford. Elected Member of the Woolhope Club in 1888 the same year as Alfred Watkins. Collector of Fine Art and Ceramics. Photographer. Naturalist.</p><p><strong>George William Young</strong> 1874-1938 Photographer of Clytha House Ross on Wye. Born at Howle Hill Walford Ross.</p><p><strong>Edward Grosvenor</strong> 1872-1947 photographer of Belvoir Malvern.</p><p><strong>Frank Harris </strong>1881- of Lydney photographer and historian. <br />Reference: Gloucestershire Archives D3921 News cuttings photographs and correspondence concerning the contribution of Frank Harris and A. W. Trotter to the study of the history of the Forest. Includes Archaeologia Cambrensis 1938 and Field Observations between Severn and Wye 1932; Lord Bledisloe 'The antiquities of Lydney' Transactions of the Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society 1929 autographed copy; and various notes by Frank Harris printed in the Transactions of the Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society 1936-38. D12443 a series of photographs and negatives taken by the late Frank Harris photographer of Lydney.</p><p><strong>Richard George Gibbs </strong>1867-1944 Photographer born Abenhall Ruardean Forest of Dean. Of High Street Cinderford Forest of Dean in 1921 and 1939. His son George Henry was also a photographer.</p> Augustus Charles Edwards & Sons Limited hardcover
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Anon [Allestree, Richard]
The New Whole Duty of Man Containing The Faith as well as Practice Of A Christian; Made easy For the Practice of the Present Age As the Old Whole Duty of man was design'd for those unhappy Times which it was written; And Supplying the Articles Of The Christian Faith Which are wanting in that Book Tho' essentially necessary to Salvation
Newcastle: Hutton Watson 1814. 1st ed. thus. Very Good. large octavo. leather boards 475pp. frontis. Very worn binding & both boards detached but present. Internally a nice tight clean copy. Would suit re-binding Hutton Watson hardcover
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Anon [An American Lady] [Cookery]
American Dishes and How to Cook Them by An American Lady
London: Fisher 1883. First Edition. London: T Fisher Unwin 1883. 5 2-196 2pp. The first edition of this work. A very scarce work. A collection of classic American recipes from the late nineteenth century. An early American work on the subject providing recipes for soups meats salads breads vegetables cakes and more. Written anonymously by 'an American lady'. With two pages of publisher's adverts to the red/ In the original publisher's cloth binding. A VG copy with slight pushing at the head of the spine and with just a hint of foxing to the page block edges and the text block. A much nicer copy than normally seen of this very scarce book. Photographs/scans available upon request. Fisher hardcover
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Anon [An American Lady]
American Dainties and How to Prepare Them
First Edition. Hard Cover. London; Robert Jackson nd 1905. First UK Edition. 92 pages including the index. Issued with 40 page price list dated March 1905 titled: American fancy groceries imported by Rt. Jackson & Co. Recent blue cloth binding with gold lettering to the spine and brown coated end-papers. A VG or better copy. The copy held at the University of Leeds Library is dated as 1909 on account of the price list at the front of their copy being dated November 1909. The copy on offer here has an earlier price list dated March 1905 which casts doubt on the Leeds University publication date of 1909. This copy has the one page of adverts to the rear of the title page as called for by Driver. Rare. Photographs/scans available upon request. hardcover
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Anon [Anstey, Christopher]
The New Bath Guide; or Memoirs of the B_N_R_D Family in a series of poetical epistles
United Kingdom: Hurst Chance & Co 1767. Book. Good. hardback. hardback fifth edition published in the year following the first octavo quarter calf with marbled boards upper joint wearing but cords remain strong. scuffed to the extremities. Bookplate trimmed and laid to the front pastedown. the text clean and unmarked. Frontis iv 173pp. Hurst, Chance & Co Hardcover
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Anon [Arthur Hamilton]
Confessions of a Scribbler: Containing Among Other Curious Autobiographical Matter his Experiences of the Printers Publishers Reviewers and Readers of a Modern Book
Merthyr Tydfil: H.W. Southey. Merthyr Tydfil H.W. Southey nd 1879. First edition first impression. Hardback. A good copy. Boards a touch rubbed front hinge starting with paper split. Lower board has been bent at some point. A little general dustiness. Front endpaper grubby with pencil erasure marks. 10537 Hyraxia Books. nd 1879 . Good. Hardback. 1st Edition. 1879. H.W. Southey hardcover
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Anon [Arthur Young]
General Report on Enclosures drawn up by The Board of Agriculture
United Kingdom: B McMillan 1808. Book. Very Good. hardback. hardback octavo re-backed with a new spine laid in marbled paper covered boards with original leather to corners and backstrip edges edges speckled blue tightly bound some browning & spotting to the paper signature of a previous owner and a small advertisement laid down at the head of the title page the text otherwise unmarked folding Tables xi 302pp. B McMillan Hardcover
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Anon [attributed to Sir George Nayler]
A COLLECTION OF COATS OF ARMS Borne by the Nobility and Gentry of the County of Glocester
London: J. Good 159 New Bond Street 1792. Softcover. Good. Copperplates 62 Titlepage vignette with coat of arms of Gloucester and its cathedral in background in total 370 coats of arms engraved by Ames of Bristol. Small folio linen spine with contemporary blue paper wraps. Engraved titlepage 62 plates of coats of arms. Titlepage partly torn across and repaired on back and hinge strengthened else a neat copy with only a little light freckling. There is no text or subscribers list in this version the book was sold both with and without 49 pages of text which listed and briefly described the coats of arms pictured in the plates. The arms of Gloucestershire families are derived from Sir Robert Atkins' History 1712 and a few from Rudder's New History 1779. Printed 6 per page they are alphabetical first from Atkyns up to plate 53 which has only 4 arms ending in "Yate". Then the alphabet begins again with A from Rudder but ends with "Cassey". A further volume was intended but the work was never completed. Generally attributed to Sir George Nayler born at Stroud Garter King of Arms but the Dict. Nat. Biog. xl.130 states that "it was in reality the work of one Ames an engraver at Bristol". J. Good, 159 New Bond Street paperback
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Anon [Attributed to Charles I and John Gauden]
Eikon Basilike: the pourtracture of his sacred Majestie in his solitudes and sufferings with prayers used in the time of his restraint: also his Majesties reasons against the pretended jurisdiction of the High Court of Justice. Rom. 8. “More than Conquerour & c.â€. Bona agree & mala peti; Regium est. Hereunto is annexed a letter from the Prince of Wales.
<p>John Williams. London. 1649. 24mo. 2" x 4" Miniature "Waistcoat pocket" size for easy concealment by Royalists. "Eikon Basilike" in Greek script. On recto of first leaf a Crown below which is a large A for Alpha to correspond with Omega on p. 175. On verso "The Explanation of the Embleme." Engraved folding frontispiece of King Charles I a version with his left eye showing. Cropped with short closed fold tear. Title page in red and black. On Verso "'An Epitaph upon King Charls." Text 1–175 ending "Vota dabunt quaebella ne-garunt. Ω"; "His Majesties Prayers in the time of his restraint" 3pp. FINIS. "His Majesties Reasons against the pretended jurisdiction of the High Court of Justice which he intended to deliver in writing on Munday Januarie 22. Anno Dom. 1648." 3pp. "A True Relation of the King's speech to the Ladie Elizabeth and the Duke of Glocester the day before his death". "Another Relation from the Lady Elizabeths Own Hand". Another Relation from the Lady Elizabeth". "A copie of a Letter which was sent from the Prince to the King. Dated from the Hague Jan 23 Anno Dom 1648". Closely cropped margins. Final page chipped to edges no loss of text. Marbled endpapers. Edges red. Some creased corners. Full calf worn with surface loss to lower board and spine. Boards detached but present. Text-block is firm. Inscriptions of historic interest see below. I have resisted the inclination to have this book restored and have adjusted the price accordingly to accommodate restoration if desired for the purchaser as it is such a unique item.</p><p>Provenance –</p><p>Inscribed by two hands:</p><p>First inscription probably contemporaneous with publication: J – L inked through and obscured. "At the Great Posterne betwixt Cripplegate and Moorfields. Druggist." <br />Postern. At the west end of Petty France leading into Moorfields within the precinct of the late Monastery or Priory of the New Hospital or Hospital of the Blessed Mary without Bishopsgate</p><p>2nd inscription to verso free endpaper "Robert Robson Anno Domini 1733" with some practice writing "To – To - To" below it. Perhaps in a younger hand than the inscription on the opposite page</p><p>3rd inscription on crown page: "Robert Robson Book A.D. 1733." "Sacrilegy est instar." "De grote state principu disputart. Alsted"</p><p>Sacrilegy est instar - Justinian's Code and later interpreters such as Frederick II used this concept to argue that questioning the ruler's decisions was akin to violating religious sanctity. Interesting to note that the Alsted quotation is in Dutch</p><p>Robert Robson appears to have been a well-educated individual with knowledge of canon law. He has also made a marginal annotation to the Prayers: "Pem. Arcadia p. 243" ie The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia; by Sir Philip Sidney.</p><p>Frontispiece to 'Eikon Basilike: The pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in his solitudes and sufferings'; emblematical design; to right Charles I kneeling on his left knee looking upwards with his head three-quarters right holding a crown of thorns a book propped on the table in front of him and a crown at his feet; a ray extends from his left eye to the crown of martyrdom at top right. The frontispiece is cropped to be accommodated in such a small volume. <br />"Marshall's design is known in seven slightly different states – an indication that the image was in great demand with a plate being worn down by the continual printing process and re-engraving many times over. Multiple English and overseas editions of the Eikon Basilike resulted in five additional frontispieces based on the original design signed by contemporary engravers and etchers including Wenceslaus Hollar Thomas Rawlins and Robert Vaughan together with numerous unsigned versions by unknown <br />artists after Marshall" William Marshall's Frontispiece to the Eikon Basilike 1649<br />By Pierce Helen; Kemp Geoff. Censorship Moments 2015 p.79-86</p><p>Almack see no. 38 variant with much smaller type for John Williams. Wing E301 poss. variant. Madan F.F. New bibl. of the Eikon Basilike 34 poss. variant. Erroneously recorded as being reproduced on microfilm Early English Books 1641-1700 reel 1651. The item microfilmed is actually Wing E301.</p><p>This copy complies with the British Library and Oxford University Magdalen College copies but there are variants with a further plate similar to the octavo editions. There is no evidence that this copy has ever had an extra plate.</p><p>King Charles I of England was executed by beheading on January 30 1649 in London following his conviction for high treason after losing the English Civil War to Cromwell's Parliamentarian forces. This marked a major shift in British legal and political history.</p><p><br />On December 25 1649 John Williams was committed to the Gatehouse by the Commonwealth Council of State for printing and publishing scandalous and seditious pamphlets.</p> John Williams hardcover
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Anon [Benedict Pictet]; Anthony Horneck [ed]
An Antidote against a Careless Indifferency in Matters of Religion: being a Treatise in Opposition to those that believe that all Religions are Indifferent and that it Imports not what Men Profess. Wherein the Vulgar Objections of Atheists Deists Sceptics Libertines Latitudinarians &C. are briefly Answered.
North-Allerton: Printed by J. Langdale 1802. Hardback. Very Good. 6" by 3.5". None . A scarce copy of this treatise against religious indifference by Bernardus Pictet. Third edition of this work. A treatise concerning the importance of religion with notes for atheists sceptics libertines and more. Originally published in 1694. A scarce volume. Published anonymously but attributed to Benedict Pictet a Genevan Reformed theologian. This edition with an introduction by the reverend Anthony Horneck. No half title as issued. Rebound in full morocco. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only boards lightly marked fading to spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Printed by J. Langdale hardcover
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Anon [Breddy, Jane (Co-written and Edited by)]
The Flavours of Gujarat - Distinctive Regional Indian Cuisine
1991. First Edition. London: Virani Food Products 1991. First Edition. A softback with stiff wraps. A fine copy. Photographs/scans available upon request. paperback
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Anon [Cecily Spencer-Smith Phillimore]
By an Unknown Disciple
London: Hodder and Stoughton c1920. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4". None. An undated edition of this work attributed to Cecily Spencer-Smith Phillimore. A reflection of the gospel as if written by a follower of Jesus in the first person. Originally published in 1918. In a half calf binding by Truslove and Hanson. Externally very smart with just some fading to the spine. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : LTH13-D-7
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Anon [Church of Scotland Woman's Guild]
The Kenya Settlers' Cookery Book and Household Guide
1958. Hard Cover. Nairobi: East African Standard 1958. This is the twelfth edition from 1958 originally published as a first edition in 1929. Not issued with a dustwrapper. Publisher's original cobalt blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to the front and back boards and to the spine. The blue boards are bright clean and unfaded. The gold-stamped gilt lettering is crisp highly legible with no fading whatsoever. Pages have aged gracefully to a light cream/off-white. There is no "foxing". The hinges are starting to weaken but are still holding firm. "The Kenya Settlers Cookery Book and Household Guide" published by the East African Standard in Nairobi for the St. Andrews Church Womans Guild isnt just a recipe book it is a historical window into the domestic life of 1950s Kenya. A classic colonial-era Kenyan domestic manual covering cookery household management food preservation Swahili dishes and practical advice for life in East Africa. These editions were produced in relatively small runs and are increasingly difficult to source outside the region. NB: Highly collectible regional African cookbooks continue to rise in demand due to their historical and culinary significance. Excellent for collectors of African history colonial-era cookery or rare international recipe books. Further photographs available upon demand. hardcover
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Anon [Cookery]
A Boston Housekeeper; Miss Leslie: The Cook's Own Book and Housekeeper's Register comprehending all valuable receipts for cooking meat fish and fowl; and composing every kind of soup gravy pastry preserves essences &c. that have been published or I
1833. Hard Cover. Boston: Munroe & Francis 1833. This is a very early edition ie the Second Edition of a book that was originally published in first edition a year earlier in 1832. xxxvi; 300 pages 37 The Leslie section. No adverts are present in this edition. Contemporary leather binding with the spine re-backed the title in gilt to a red label in panel 2. This copy does not appear to have a frontispiece but may not have been published with one . A good copy with mostly clean interior. A section title for the complete system of confectionery which appeared on p. 249-250 in other impressions is not present in this impression and was not present in the 1840 edition at Harvard University. There is a long closed tear on page 26 of the Leslie section which has been historically repaired a long time ago it would appear. NB: The first edition was 1832 the Miss Leslie section was added the following - this edition being its first appearance therefore. Photographs/scans available upon request hardcover
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Anon [Deceased Wife's Sister Marriage Bill, 1871] [women's suffrage; Victorian feminism]:
Printed pamphlet in the form of a poetical dialogue regarding a parliamentary bill to legalise marriage to a deceased wife's sister. Sisters-in-Law. A Conversation between two Peers.
'London: R. Clay Sons and Taylor Printers Bread Street Hill'. Undated London: Edward Stanford 1871. 15 1pp. 8vo. Drophead title. In good condition lightly-aged no wraps disbound. Poetic dialogue in Tennysonian blank verse beginning: 'First Peer. - This measure every session comes to pass By large majorities the Lower House; And every year of course we throw it out But only by a bare majority. That such a Bill should ever be the law To me appears impossible absurd - Things are not what they were I know: Reform Of one kind or another is abroad.' Footnote on p.6 referring to 'Lord Lyndhurst and Sir William Follett.' See also p.14: 'For what was Equity in 'Thirty-five Must still be Equity in 'Seventy-one; If Beaufort be absolved why not the rest' Apparently lacking the title stating that the poem was published in London in 1871 by Edward Stanford. 'London: R. Clay, Sons, and Taylor, Printers, Bread Street Hill'. Undated [London: Edward Stanford, 1871]. paperback
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anon [Duncan, PB] P B
Essays and miscellanea 2 v.
Oxford: Thomas Combe 1840. 1st edition. V.g./No Jacket. Half leather binding gilt title and decoration and raised bands on spines. Portion of ffep of vol. 1 excised. Oxford: Thomas Combe hardcover
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Anon [Editor at T Nelson & Sons]
The Story Of John Smeaton & The Eddystone Lighthouse
<p>London: T. Nelson & Sons 1889. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First Printing T. Nelson & Sons London 1889; 117 blank 2 Publisher ads pages; blue cloth block illustration & titling to front gold titling on spine rubbed on edges & bumped occasional marks a very good copy. Accreditation of text reads: "The following pages are founded on Mr Smiles' "Lives of the Engineers" vol. ii; "Smeaton & Lighthouses" edition 1844; "Les Phares;" "Lighthouses & Lightships" by W.H. Davenport Adams; and Smeaton's own account of the "Eddystone Lighthouse." Some minor authorities have also been consulted. <br /><br /></p> T. Nelson & Sons hardcover
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Anon [Editor: A Diplomee of a London Hospital]
Woman's World
Port Sunlight: Lever Brothers Limited nd 1900. A softback. Illustrators: W. Rainey Gordon Browne Charles Robinson Phil. Ebbutt E. Miriam Garden Jess Cauldwell and Other Leading Artists Pages: Beautifully illustrated with engravings line drawings and frontispiece. 156 pages Index 4 pages 2 pages of adverts. Published in 1900. Publisher's original illustrated stiff wrappers originally priced at 6d. A VG copy. Scarce. At the time of listing We can find no copies for sale on the www. Photographs/scans available upon request. unknown
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Anon [Elizabeth Tuckett]
Beaten Tracks or Pen and Pencil Sketches in Italy
United Kingdom: Longmans Green & Co 1866. Book. Fair. hardback. 1st Edition. hardback octavo blue cloth lettered gilt rubbed to extremities with some loss at head and foot of spine upper hinge has at some pint cracked and being re-glued in two places gift inscription to an early owner dated 1867 bookplate of a previous owner to the front pastedown and that of a subsequent owner to the verso of the front free endpaper and that of a third to the verso of the half-title together with a tipped-in lettered gifting the book the body of the text is clean and unmarked b&w illustrations by the authoress 278pp. Longmans, Green & Co Hardcover
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Anon [Elizabeth, Countess of Sutherland]
Views in Orkney And On The North Eastern Coast of Scotland
Scotland: Published for The Author 1807. First edition Privately Printed in a run of 120 copies only. Folio. 27pp text with 43 etchings as called for with tissue guards. Bound in contemporary full tree calf decorated and ruled in gilt with a large gilt central ellipse by Scott of Edinburgh. Later restoration to the binding has involved strengthening of corners extremities and a full respine with the original spine laid on. The work was done a while ago and was very professionally executed leaving the binding strong solid and still remarkably handsome. Internally clean with some gloriously wide margins a set of ink initials C.L.S. to the front pastedown and a large note pasted to the front flyleaf detailing the origins and provenance of the book:</p><p>"This volume belonged to Frances Lady Douglas sister of the 2nd Duke of Buccleuch and Wife of Archibald 1st Lord Douglas Son of 1st Marquess of Douglas created Peer 1790 of Douglas House Petersham. The C.L.S. opposite is Caroline Lucy Scott Daughter of the above Lord and Lady Douglas and wife of Admiral Sir George Scott of Gala. Lady Douglas was born in 1752. The Douglas Library where this copy entered trade was sold in 1931 at Petersham. M.H.G."</p><p>Elizabeth Countess of Sutherland as is evidenced by this work was an accomplished and skilled artist that much is undeniable. This accomplishment has been rather overshadowed by her role in the incredibly damaging and inhumane uprooting and impoverishment of thousands of her native Scottish tenants through the process of mass family eviction that is now known as The Highland Clearances. The historic occupants of the Sutherland estates traditionally smallholder tenants crofters and the like were evicted en masse men women and children to make way for "agricultural improvements" in the shape of highly profitable sheep farms and other projects not native to the area but guaranteed to swell the coffers of the Countess' estates. In part this highly skilled and evocative collection of engravings perfectly capturing the lonely and awe inspiring remoteness of the Orkneys was only enabled by a lifestyle of leisure and freedom that was directly funded by the misery of the very people whose land she so ably documented artistically. One of the most challenging exercises in separating the art from the artist we have thus far encountered.</p><p>The identity of M.H.G. is unknown but they clearly knew their stuff; a beautifully executed collection of etchings from an aristocratic origin and with an equally aristocratic provenance. Scarce and complicated. Published for The Author unknown
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ANON [ELLIS, Sara] (1799-1872)
Family Secrets. or hints to those who would make home happy
London: Fisher Son and Co. no date 1843. Literature ILLUSTRATED Three volumes octavo 21 x 14 x 8cm. Brown half calf over brown cloth sides gilt titles on darker brown calf squares to spine. Each volume with an engraved frontispiece and half title page plus another twenty-five plates spread between the three volumes. Repaired tears to pp. 119-122 in volume I. Textblocks tone d and spitted more so to the plates and facing pages. Binding rubbed worn and marked with some loss to tiles squares on the spines. A solid set. Good. Ellis was a religious author who wrote mainly about women's role in society. She is well known for her works: The Women of England The Mothers of England and The Daughters of England and established Rawdon House a school for young ladies. London: Fisher, Son and Co., no date [1843] unknown
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Anon [Emu Wine Company Limited, The]
A Pictorial History of Australian Wine
London. First Edition. Hard Cover. London: The Emu Wine Company Limited nd but circa 1935. First UK Edition not published with a dustwrapper. Publisher's card covers. 24pp includes two large concertinaed fold-outs with colour illustrations throughout. Oblong 24mo. Mild marks to the covers staples oxidized internally neat clean bright and tight. Overall a VG copy. The Emu Wine Company dates its history to Patrick Auld who founded a London company to import wine from Australia to England in 1862. It was bought out in the 1970s and is now a party of Hardys. A lovely vintage booklet with charming period illustrations. Uncommon. Further photographs available upon request. hardcover
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Anon [F E Smedley]
Frank Fairlegh; or Scenes from the Life of a Private Pupil
London: A. Hall Virtue & Co 1850. First edition. Leather. Fair. 8" by 5". George Cruikshank. A first edition of this work by Francis E. Smedley 'Frank Fairlegh' profusely illustrated throughout. First Edition. With thirty illustrations by George Cruikshank. George Cruikshank was a British caricaturist and book illustrator best known for his illustrations in the novels of Charles Dickens. Francis Edward Smedley began his literary career by contributing to Sharpe's London Magazine anonymously. His contributions were well received and would lead to Smedley's development of 'Frank Fairlegh'. In a half morocco binding. Externally sound with bumping and rubbing. Front joint and hinge failed with board detached but present. Ink inscription to front free-endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright with foxing to first and last and occasional spotting throughout. Some pages chipped and creased. Fair A. Hall, Virtue & Co hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : LTH28-E-5
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anon [Farrer, W]
The history of Ripon: with descriptions of Studley-Royal Fountains' Abbey Newby Hackfall &c. &c.; an analysis of Aldfield Spaw and lists of the rarer indigenous plants found in the neighbourhood
Ripon: W. Farrer 1806. 2nd edition. Fair/No Jacket. Half leather binding Upper part of spine missing most of title retained; corners worn internally good. 314 pp. Ripon: W. Farrer hardcover
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Anon [Fashion]:
Fashion; Edwardian; Ist WW A woman's clothing account manuscript notebook.
1899-1925. Manuscript Notebook stiff card binding 74pp. used c.17 items listed per page description of clothes and materials and cost total cost given at the end of each page. Author unidentified but occasional biographical entries e.g "Left Ireland/ Bournemouth" 1900 "W. gave me pair of corsets" 1924 obviously well-to-do and ultimately at least middle-aged corsets needed in 1924. Sample page Sept. 1916-Jan/Feb 1917 "Sepr Dressmaker May £4/ Hat black velvet tri-corner & gold ornament 1.10/ Veil 2s3d/Navy coat Frock 8/8/- 8.15.6/ Nov. 2 Crepe de Saute peticoats 1.5.10/ 2 bust bodices 5s 1/ Black tulle & moonlight sequin 8.8/ Velvet bedroom slippers 3s4/ Dec. Lace Evening camisole 6s6/ £62.10.8 3/4// 1917// Jan. 4 3/4 Rose red crape lining fur coat £1.1/ 2 prs Rubber gloves 2s4/ 3 Muslin collars 1s7 1/2/ Walking shoes 18s9/ gave B. -too big in margin House shoes 9s11/ 3 pairs Evening shoes £2.3.3/ 4.16.10 1/2". 1899-1925. hardcover
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anon [Fitton, Sarah & Elizabeth]
Conversations on botany
London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown 1820. 3rd edition enlarged. V.g./No Jacket. alf leather binding marbled boards A well preserved copy in a contemporary binding some wear to corners no inscriptions. 20 hand-coloured plates. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 32994
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Anon [for THE WORKING MEN'S EDUCATIONAL UNION]
A missionary preaching to Chinese in Hong Kong.
London : The Working Men's Educational Union King William Street Trafalgar Square 1854. Coloured lithographic wall hanging printed on calico 880 x 1160 mm; original brass eyelets at each corner; numbered 'LM No. 12' lower left; slightly creased but a well preserved example the hand colouring still strong and vibrant. The Working Men's Educational Union was a philanthropic organisation founded in London in 1852. One of its aims was to provide free education for the working classes through public lectures at numerous venues across the city. During the 1850s it published at least 400 different large format lithographic wall hangings which it called 'Diagrams' that were designed to illustrate lectures on a wide variety of subjects. They were produced on calico inexpensive unprocessed cotton - apparently to avoid paper duty - and were available for purchase at the Union's premises in Skinner Street Clerkenwell and King William Street near London Bridge. In 1854 the Union advertised a series of these Diagrams titled Missionary Scenes 'Being twenty coloured Diagrams upon Missionary Trials Perils and Insults Heathen Superstitions Cruelties etc. ; suited for Missionary Lectures. Price to subscribers £1 10s. to non-subscribers £2 5s' advertisement contained within the pamphlet The progress of locomotion; being two lectures on the advances made in artificial locomotion in Great Britain by Benjamin Scott. London Published by F. Baron for the Working Men's Educational Union 1854. It is likely that the present Diagram of which we can trace no other extant example formed part of this Missionary series. Indeed it seems reasonable to posit that the 'LM' preceding the sequence number '12' at lower left refers to 'Lectures on Missions' or similar. Although its artist is unidentified the image is possibly after a published lithograph perhaps one which appeared in a journal such as the Illustrated London News. The Alexander Turnbull Library National Library of New Zealand holds in its collection fifteen lithographic Diagrams produced by the Working Men's Educational Union. These depict scenes in New Zealand Australia the Torres Strait the Pacific Islands and South Africa. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 46516
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Anon [Ford, Douglas Moret]
The Devil's Peepshow - A Story of 1906
London: Hurst & Blackett 1907. First Edition. Hard Cover. First UK Edition. Octavo pp. i-vii viii 1-326 327-328: ads. Publisher's original mid-green cloth front and spine panels stamped in red-brown black and gold. First edition. A bright and clean near fine copy with a former owner's name in ink to the half-title page. Firm hinges. Boards really bright. A hint of pushing at the head and tail of the spine. A much nicer copy than normally seen of this political/social reform novel. Uncommon. Photographs/scans available upon request. Hurst & Blackett hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 355490722821
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ANON [GALLERIA DEGLI UFFIZI]
Reale Galleria di Firenze. Illustrata. Seven Parts bound in Five Volumes. Serie I. Vols. 1 and 2 - Series IV.
Guiseppe Molini. Firenze. 1817-1819. First editions. Large 8vo. Five Volumes. Handsomely bound in half green straight-grained morocco gilt. Marbled boards edges and endpapers. Illustrated with an incredible amount of plates many of them folding. Please contact us for more details of contents. Extremities of boards worn but a good looking set. Contents clean and fresh. hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 67037
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Anon [Gastronomy]
The Indian Cookery Book: A Practical Handbook to the Kitchen of India adapted to the Three Presidencies Containing Original and Approved Recipes in Every Department of Indian Cookery; Recipes for Summer Beverages and Home-made Liqueurs medicinal and Othe
1901. Calcutta: Thacker Spink & Co Reprinted 1901. This is the Second Edition of this title. Written by "A Thirty-Five Years' Resident". Publisher's olive-green soft cloth boards with black lettering. A couple of former owner's inscriptions to the front paste-down and front free end-paper otherwise a VG copy with slightly soft spine tips. Firm hinges. Cloth in nice condition. No foxing. Firmly bound. Complete with 123 pages including faintly-lined tissue pages between each page of text for taking notes as issued. One of the tissue pages has a penned recipe on it. There is a 56-page catalogue of to the rear of Thacker Spink & Co's Publications. An early Indian cookery book compiled anonymously by a "Thirty-Five Years' Resident" and containing recipes and cooking methods on rice curries soups fish vegetables preserves liqueurs and more along with information on medicines perfumes and cosmetics. Originally published as a first edition in 1880 which is exceedingly uncommon. This - the reprint form 1891 - occasionally appears but this is a much nicer copy than normally encountered. NB: Not to be confused by any modern re-issue of this title. Photographs/scans available upon request. hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 355490723578
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Anon [Georgiana Hill]
Foreign Desserts for Englilsh Tables and The Lady's Dessert Book : A Calendar for the Use of Hosts and Housekeepers . two volumes
London: Richard Bentley 1862 / 1863. 12mo. 2 volumes. xi 160; xi 160 pp. Publisher's original blind-stamped cloth with gilt lettering to spines. Cloth clean. Scattered foxing. Bindings firm. This is essenially two issues of the same book. Bentley issued 'Foreign Desserts' in 1862. It may not have sold well under that title as he issued the same sheets under the title 'Lady's Dessert Book' the following year. Similar publisher's cloth but with blind lettering to the 'Lady's Dessert'. OCLC record 9 copies of 'Foreign Desserts' 6 UK 2 US 1 Germany. OCLC only records 2 copies of 'Lady's Dessert' in the BL and at Melborne. Sold as a pair. . Near Fine. Blind-stamped Cloth. 1862. Richard Bentley 1862 / 1863 hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 60055
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Anon [Grey, Lady Elizabeth]
William Earl of Stamford 1850 - 1910
Christophers. Good with no dust jacket. 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean hardback book with no inscriptions tightly bound in faded blue cloth with gilt titles and armorial crest tanning to endpapers and fox-spotting at closed page edges. Appears little used. viii 230 pages 10 tissue-guarded plates appendix foldout genealogy at rear . Christophers hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 66006
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Anon [H E C Marsh Lambert]
The Ovaltine Book of Picture Puzzles
London: Self-Published nd 1930's. A small format softback production. 5 x 4 inches. Wonderful front and rear cover art by H E C Marsh Lambert. Rare. Photographs/scans available upon request. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 355490722294
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ANON [HASEGAWA, T, editor], [EITAKU, Kobayashi, illustrator], [JAMES, TH, translator] T H
The Matsuyama Mirror. Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 10
Tokyo: T. Hasegawa Ca. 1898. Japanese folk literature ORIGINAL 'CHIRIMEN BON' CREPE PAPER BOOK A REPRINT THUS. Sextodecimo 15 x 10cm pp.19. Washi leaves with text and woodblock-printed colour illustrations by Kobayashi Eitaku. Pictorial woodblock design and black titles to cover. With fukuro-toji pouch binding and Yamato-toji silk stab-ties. Toning and light spotting to one or two leaves. Small puncture mark and type error to second leaf. Collector's pencilled '75' inscription to penultimate leaf. Illustrations somewhat faded. Some wear to covers creases to inner-edges. Spine partially eroded. Very good. Takejir Hasegawa was a notable Japanese publisher during the Meiji and Taish eras. With the goal to spread Japanese culture across the globe he published a series of small crepe-paper bound Japanese fairy stories which were translated into such languages as German Spanish French and English by foreign contemporaries living in Japan. He also published calendars postcards and woodblock print albums. This edition is illustrated by Kobayashi Eitaku a master in Ukiyo-e. Tokyo: T. Hasegawa, Ca. 1898 unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 63261
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Anon [Henry Wharton]
A Treatise of the Celibacy of the Clergy wherein its Rise and Progress are historically considered
United Kingdom: printed by H Clark for James Adamson 1688. Book. Very Good. hardback. hardback 8" x 6 1/2" modern binding in marbled effect paper covered boards new endpapers lacks the half-title page else all present name of the author written under title the text is clean and unmarked vi 168pp. Henry Wharton 1664-1695 Chaplain to Archbishop Sancroft writer and librarian. printed by H Clark for James Adamson Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 249902
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Anon [Henry Davies]
The Pictorial Guide to Cheltenham : Containing a Description of the Town with an account of its Spas Churches Colleges and other Public Institutions
Cheltenham: Henry Davies and Davies & Son N.d. 1861. 12mo. 86 2 pp. Original printed wrappers. Covers darkened and with wear to spine ends & corners. Internally clean. Illustrations. Just four copies located : Leicester Univ. Natl. Library of Wales Natl. Museum of Scotland and Basel. . Good. Wraps. 1861. Henry Davies and Davies & Son N.d. [1861] paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 58788
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Anon [Hilda Cowham]
Forging the Bell : Willie Wimple Series
London: T. Fisher Unwin N.d. c. 1910. 4to. Unpaginated. Original colour pictorial wrappers. Wear to spine and one corner torn with loss. Early ink inscription to inside front cover. With four full-page chromolithographic plates and other b&w illustrations. No copies on OCLC. . Good. Wraps. 1910. T. Fisher Unwin N.d. [c. 1910] paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 55484
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Anon [Hill, Georgiana]
The Breakfast Book - A Cookery-Book for the Morning Meal or Breakfast Table comprising Bills of Fare Pasties and Dishes adapted for all Occasions
London 1865. First Edition. Hard Cover. London: Richard Bentley 1865. First UK Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 139 pages. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to the spine and blind-stamped embossed to the front and back boards. Yellow-coated end-papers. Hinges firm. No fading to the gilt spine lettering. Half-title and rear free end-paper browned. Slightly soft spine tips otherwise a bright clean and attractive VG copy. A scarce book especially in such nice condition. WorldCat / COPAC gives only 12 copies worldwide. Photographs/scans available upon request. hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 355490722270
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Anon [Hill, Georgiana]
The Breakfast Book - A Cookery-Book for the Morning Meal or Breakfast Table comprising Bills of Fare Pasties and Dishes adapted for all Occasions
London 1865. First Edition. Hard Cover. London: Richard Bentley 1865. First UK Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 139 pages. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to the spine and blind-stamped embossed to the front and back boards. Yellow-coated end-papers. Small book shop ticket to the front pastedown ownership inscription dated 1902 to the front free endpaper. Slight foxing. In excellent condition. Hinges firm. No fading to the gilt spine lettering. VG indeed. A scarce book especially in such nice condition. WorldCat / COPAC gives only 12 copies worldwide. Photographs/scans available upon request. hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 355490722271
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ANON [HILL, Samuel].
The Catholic Balance:
London: : Robert Clavell at the Peacock in St Paul's Church-yard 1687. Pamphlet disbound. Title preface text in three sections as per title postscript. The title is nearly detached the text is clean and crisp throughout. The text block has been cut at an angle to the base not affecting text. In this pamphlet Hill argues that an Apostolic succession is essential for the continuance of Orthodox doctrine. vi 136 pp. Wing H2006. Robert Clavell at the Peacock in St Paul's Church-yard unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 1441
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anon [Holland, J]
Antiquarian
Whittaker & Co. 1841. 2nd edition. Good/No Jacket. Navy cloth gilt title Spines beginning to separate along outside hinges front hinge weak. A somewhat journalistic account with gruesome details of the aftermath of colliery accidents. Whittaker & Co. hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 36907
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Anon [Horace Walpole]
A Second and Third Letter to the Whigs &c. By the Author of the First.
London: Printed for M. Cooper at the Globe in Pater-noster Row 1748 92 pages. Disbound from old leather binding with remains on spine. Edges were trimmed for binding. Front cover present with partial title and price eighteen-pence. A contemporary wrote an interesting note on the front cover: "Very strong ag't Littleton and very / Little against Pitt in general / Exposing the pretended Patriots." According to Walpole in 1747 "I was re-chosen in the new Parliament for Kellington in Cornwall. About the same time was published a Letter to the Tories written as I then believed by Mr. George Lyttelton who with his family had come over to Mr. Pelham. As Mr. Lyttelton had been a great enemy of and writer against my father as as Mr. Pelham had used my father and his friends extremely ill and neglected the Whigs to court the Tories I published an answer to that piece and called it a Letter to the Whigs. It was a careless performance and written in five days. At the end of the year I wrote two more Letters to the Whigs but did not publish them till April the next year when they went through three editions immediately. I had intended to suppress them but some attacks being made by the Grenvilles on Lord Chief Justice Willes an intimate friend of my father. . . I printed them and other pieces" "Short Notes on My Life". Size: 8vo. First Edition. Disbound. Very Good. Printed for M. Cooper, at the Globe in Pater-noster Row paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 007982
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Anon [Inhabitant of Hanwell Lunatic Asylum; Not signed with real name if at all].:
Hanwell Lunatic Autograph Letter Unsigned but from Hanwell patient to "Mr and Mrs West 21 Compton Street Clerkenwell
Hanwell Lunatic Asylum 23 Sept. 1835. Four pages 16mo bifolium foxed or stained but text clear. He lists quantities of foodstuff to be delivered menytioning large sums of money to be paid to the Wests and appears to sign off with a list of amusing pseudonyms "Lady Admiral Navy - Britqnnica . Princess of Oange - Prince Charles the Pretender .". ETC. See Images. [Hanwell Lunatic Asylum], 23 Sept. 1835. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 26419
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Anon [Innes, George]
Historical Notes and Reminiscences of Cupar
United Kingdom: Fife Herald 1884. Book. Good. hardback. hardback brown cloth lettered gilt closed tear at the foot of the front free endpaper foxing to the pre-lims. A good copy of an uncommon work all pages ruled with a red border illustrated viii 149pp. Fife Herald Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 284792
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Anon [J A Preston]
Flora of Marlborough; with Notices of the Birds and A Sketch of the Geological Features of the Neighbourhood
United Kingdom: John van Voorst 1863. Book. Good. hardback. 1st Edition. hardback slim octavo blind stamped green cloth lettered gilt to spine some small loss at the head and the foot of the spine a one inch split at the head of the lower joint the sewing remains tight bookplate and blind embossed stamp of Wigan Free Library double page photographic map frontis smaller format publisher catalogue bound in at the rear xxiv 129pp Uncommon. John van Voorst Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 268684
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anon [J Bartram]
History and present state of the city of Bath waterworks
City and Borough of Bath 1878. 1st edition. Good/No Jacket. Publisher's cloth gilt title Spine annotated with title in silver lettering. Owner's signature. City and Borough of Bath hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 35549
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Anon [James Chetham]
The Angler's Vade Mecum A Compendious yet full Discourse of Angling
United Kingdom: William Battersby 1700. Book. Poor. hardback. hardback third edition small octavo old worn blind tooled calf upper board detached but present obvious evidence at attempted stitching repair lacks all before the title page and the frontis and plate. Corners rubbed with small marginal loss loss to the bottom corner of the final two leaves. vii 326 viii pp. As a candidate for rebinding. . William Battersby Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 291329
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ANON [James FLEMING]
TRIAL OF THE REV. ALEXANDER FLETCHER A.M. Before the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Sense and A Special Jury. By the Author of the "Trial of the Rev. Edward Irving A.M."
Knight & Lacey. London. 1825. Knight & Lacey. 1825. First edition. Two hand-coloured humorous plates attributed to the Cruikshank Brothers. Bound in half brown calf and rebacked in modern matching calf. Original marbled boards. Front hinge visible but sound. Prelims foxed and browned other pages less so. Frontis. partially loose. Generally a sound copy of a scarce item. Ascribed sometimes to John Galt one of the jurors probably erroneously. Satire about the infamous and scandalous trial of the Scottish Presbyterian Rev. Alexander Fletcher for breach of promise to marry Miss Eliza Dick. A prior trial in the court of King's bench in 1824 was dismissed without a verdict. This second trial was held by an ecclesiastical court the United Associate Presbytery of London and by decision of that court Fletcher was suspended from exercise of his office and from church fellowship. The "special jury" consisted of twelve illustrious Scots including Sir Walter Scott who was elected foreman. DNB hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 93081
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Anon [Jane Marcet]
The History of Africa
United Kingdom: Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley 1830. Book. Near Fine. hardback. hardback measuring 6 1/4" x 4 1/4" tightly bound in later blue cloth and lettered gilt on black morocco to the spine. New endpapers Name stamp of a previous owner at the head of the title page the body of text clean and unmarked. A very good copy four engraved plates and one plate of woodcuts as called for. viii 311pp. Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 278113
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Anon [Jean Baptiste de Montmignon]
Choix des Lettres Edifiantes Ecrites des Missions Etrangeres; Avec des Additions des Notes Cirtiques et des Observations pour la Plus Grande Intelligence de ces Lettres
Paris: Chez Maradan 1808-1809. First edition. Leather. Good Only. 8" by 5". None. A scarce first edition of this collection of letters complete in eight volumes. A scarce first edition of this collection of letters. Complete in eight volumes. Volumes are: I-III: Missions de la ChineIV: Missions de L'IndeV-VI: Missions du LevantVII-VIII: Missions de L'Amerique. With the bookplate of Sir Edgar MacCulloch of Guernsey a bailiff and founder of the Guernsey Society of Natural Science now La Societe Guernsiaise. Also with a note showing these volumes to have been a gift. Published anonymously these works were considered to be written by Jean Baptiste Montmignon Archdeacon and secretary to Bishop Bourdeilles of Soissons. He had a part in the writings of works published by the Bishop and was later charged to examine books submitted for the approval of the ecclesiastical authority. In half calf bindings. Externally rubbed with some bumping. Loss to spines and loss of spine labels. The rear hinge strained to volume III. Some starting to joints with joints cracked to volumes II III and IV. Lifting to backstrips. Personal bookplate to front pastedown with library stamp. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages bright with scattered spotting throughout. Good Only Chez Maradan hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : FGN24-G-1
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