London: H.M. Stationary Office 1920. vi151p. editorial note by G.W. Prothero note chronology introduction footnotes authorities cited green wraps with an ex library stamp no other such accession mark mild handling wear tiny rust-stains over hidden staples good-only copy. One book in a series of studies in preparation for the Peace Conference. A good portion of the book deals with the French Plebescites and the trial of Louis XVI. Handbooks prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office No. 159. H.M. Stationary Office unknown books
London: John Basket 1739. Folio 30.5 cm 12.1". 1 f. 17583 1 blank pp. <br><br>An act clarifying regulations for the trades listed in the subtitle; covered here are the rights of manufacturers in prosecuting thefts of materials by laborers employed in their shops as well as the rights of employees to be paid in timely fashion and in the coin of the realm. Respectably produced in the contemporary style of English law-printing set almost entirely in gothic with a large initial containing trumpet-blowing cherubim. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC N51532. Disbound from a nonce volume now in a Mylar folder. Title-page with small tear to outer margin lower outer corner lost. Pages clean and crisp. John Basket unknown books
Edinburgh 1708. Folio 31.5 cm 12.4". 4 pp. <br><br>Commencing with a long list of addressees this missive describes the duties and responsibilities of those who uphold the law in Edinburgh. Among the crimes which should be actively prosecuted are "Witchcrafts Inchantments magical Arts Sorceries Transgressions. . . . "<br>Â Â Â Â => ESTC describes only Scottish holdings of this item. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC T200651. Tipped onto a leaf of 19th-century paper. Darkened last page with a short closed tear and with light-colored staining partially obscuring a few letters. unknown books
London: Charles Eyre & William Strahan 1773. Folio 31 cm 12.2". 1 f. 299306 pp. <br><br>This act specifies that foreigners and aliens willing to loan money to owners of estates in the West Indies will have legal recourse should those owners default on their mortgages. A good example of the solid workaday English law-printing of its period opening with an attractive foliate initial crowned with a seated griffin. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC N57352. Removed from a nonce volume. Pages clean save for some very minor browning in outer margins. Charles Eyre & William Strahan unknown books
London 1802. Folio 32.5 cm 12.75". 5 1 blank pp. <br><br>Government document "Ordered to be printed 28th May 1802": Account of the state of the Irish treasury as of 5 January 1802. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Not in NSTC CD version. Removed from a nonce volume; sewing gone. Title-page with area of offsetting to upper inner margin else clean. unknown books
London 1805. Folio 32.5 cm 12.75". 8 pp. <br><br>Government document 172 "Ordered to be printed 19th June 1805." This scarce discussion of the British Museum's proposed acquisition of a significant collection of classical sculpture includes several contemporary assessments of the value of Townley's marbles which did indeed go to the museum later in the year of this item's publication. John Flaxman was one of those expressing an opinion of the trove; he says that he has "paid a great deal of attention to it as a Sculptor" and believes it to be "richly worth" the sum of £20000.<br>Â Â Â Â WorldCat and NUC report only one holding of this item in the U.S. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Not in NSTC CD version. Removed from a nonce volume now in a Mylar folder; title-page and final blank lightly dust-soiled. Sewing mostly gone. Title-page with short tear from inner margin not touching text; some leaves with small edge chips. unknown books
London: HMSO 1948. 45 1p. 4 b/w plates original stiff wrappers. Important annotated exhibition of 52 major treaty documents between 1197 and 1934. HMSO unknown books
London: George Edward Wright at the Times Office 188890. Small 12mo. 35 parts bound in 12 vols. <br><br>A good complete set of this important work on Parnell and Ireland during the last three decades of the 19th-century. Contents are: pt. 1. Opening speech of the attorney-general; pt. 2. Evidence of Mr. O'Shea and other witnesses; pt. 3. Evidence as to murders and other outrages; pt. 4. Further evidence as to outrages; pts. 59. Further evidence as to murders and outrages; pt. 10. The League Invincibles Moonlighters speeches; pt. 11. Speeches extracts from "United Ireland" &c.; pt. 12. Evidence of Major Le Caron; pt. 13. Evidence of Mr. Soames and Mr. MacDonald; pt. 14. Evidence of Mr. Houston and Mr. Pigott; pt. 15. Confession of Pigott withdrawal of the letters; pt. 16. Extracts from the "Irish world" speeches of Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Forster; pt. 17. The banking accounts of the League Frank Byrne and the Phoenix park knives close of "The Times" case; pt. 18. Sir Charles Russell's speech; pt. 19. Continuation of Sir Charles Russell's speech; pt. 20. Evidence of Mr. Parnell; pt. 21. Continuation of Mr. Parnell's evidence. Irish priests and the League; pt. 22. Irish priests and the League; pt. 23. Evidence of Mr. W. O'Brien and Mr. T.D. Sullivan; pt. 24. Evidence of Mr. Biggar Mr. Lewis and Mr. E. Harrington the League books; pt. 25. Evidence of Mr. E. Harrington Mr. T.P. O'Connor &c.; pt. 26. Evidence of Dr. Kenny Mr. Sexton Mr. T. Harrington &c.; pt. 27. Evidence of Mr. Davitt &c.; pt. 28. Evidence of Mr. John O'Connor Mr. Foley Mr. Condon &c.; pt. 29. Withdrawal of Sir Charles Russell and the other Parnellite counsel evidence of Mr. O'Kelly Mr. M. Harris &c.; pt. 30. Mr. Parnell cross-examined the Land league books; pt. 31. Mr. Davitt's speech; pt. 3234. Speech of Sir Henry James; pt. 35. Report of the judges. Contemporary dark brown sheep with pebbled paper sides. Leather abraded. Two volumes rebacked appropriately. Ex-library with call number label on spine bookplate and rubber-stamp on front pastedown stamps on free endpapers label and rubber-stamps on rear pastedown; one stamp in one lower margin of each volume. Two volumes have rubber stamp on all three edges of closed volume. Two volumes with Joints outside expertly repaired. George Edward Wright, at the Times Office hardcover books
London: Pr. by D.N. Shury for J. Ginger 1803. 8vo 21.5 cm 8.5". 6 3159 1 xlv 1 blank pp. <br><br>Third edition following two previous 1803 printings: Record of the short-lived attempt at peace made in 1802 with the Treaty of Amiens. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â NSTC ENG385. Recent paper wrappers. Title-page with rubber-stamped numeral and shadows of now-absent pencilled annotations. Three leaves with upper outer corners torn off and reattached/repaired without loss of sense. A few faint spots of foxing to title-page otherwise clean. Pr. by D.N. Shury for J. Ginger unknown books
London: HMSO 1951. Paperback. Good. 55p. Wrapper included in pagination. 25cm. Former owner's name. Tear along later corner crease on last leaf. Colonial No. 277. <br/><br/> HMSO paperback books
FORCE HISTORICAL TRACTS GREAT BRITAIN. COUNCIL FOR VIRGINIA. A TRVE DECLARATION OF THE ESTATE OF THE COLONIE IN VIRGINIA. Washington: Peter Force 1844. 8vo. Sewn self-wrappers stitched. 27 pages 1844 reprint of original 1610 pamphlet part of Force's Collection of Historic Tracts volume 3 no. 1. Peter Force's greatest achievement came as a collec and editor of historical documents. He published Tracts and Other Papers Relating Principally to the Origin Settlement and Progress of the Colonies North America 4 vols. Washington 1836-1846. This early seventeenth centur pamphlet "with a confutation of such scandalous reports as haue tended to th disgrace of so worthy an enterprise" is one of the earliest accounts of the n colony in Virginia. An unopened copy very good. unknown books
London: Pr. by W. Strahan & M. Woodfall for W. Johnston & G. Kearsley 1770. Folio 13 cm 12.125". 8 ff. ff. 12 lacking 417 1 blank pp. 12 cm ff. ff. 1012 lacking. <br><br>A distressed reading copy for a scholar not in need of the title-page and its following leaf and not concerned with condition. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Sweet & Maxwell 2nd ed. I 295. On Philip Yorke 1st Earl of Hardwicke see: Dictionary of National Biography LXIII 34651. Ex-library properly de-accessioned: pressure-stamps. Lacking covers; remnants of leather spine. First and last two leaves lacking. Holing to first four leaves present resulting in loss of words. Dog-earing waterstaining browning and soiling to first and last few leaves present with some tearing and loss of corners. Pr. by W. Strahan & M. Woodfall, for W. Johnston & G. Kearsley hardcover books
Norwich: Printed by Yarington & Bacon 1793. 8vo 20 cm 8". 22 pp. <br><br>Second edition of these detailed jury instructions.<br>Â Â Â Â Of the first edition WorldCat and ESTC find not U.S. institutions reporting ownership and of the second they find only the Universities of Colorado and Massachusetts reporting copies. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC T184465. Removed from a nonce volume. Very good. Printed by Yarington & Bacon unknown books
London: HMSO 1915. Paperback. Very Good. 47p. Original blue wrapper. 34cm. Wrapper a bit edge-worn and has a few small chips. At head of title: "European War". Cd. 7974. <br/><br/> HMSO paperback books
London: Harrison and Sons 1937. Hardcover. Very Good. xiii 8 584p. Red cloth. 21 cm. Label remnant and a "Legation of the United States of America" stamp on endpaper. Backstrip slightly faded. No Jacket. <br/><br/> Harrison and Sons hardcover books
Londres, Imprimé au Foreign office par Harrison and Sons, 1914.IN8 broche,xviii, 115 p. 24cm.
A translation of "Correspondence respecting the European crisis," issued by the Foreign office, Gt. Brit., as Miscellaneous report no. 6, 1914, Parliamentary paper, Cd. 7467.Déposée sur le bureau de deux chambres du Parlement par ordre de Sa Majesté août 1914,deuxieme edition;Bon état. Table des matières par noms, dates et sujets des 161 correspondances ; liste de personnages mentionnés dans cette correspondance (Grande-Bretagne, France, Russie, Allemagne, Autriche-Hongrie, Italie, Belgique, Serbie) xixff. - / Correspondances du 20 juilllet au 1er septembre 1914 (115 pages). Remise de 20% pour toutes commandes supérieures à 200 €
London: HMSO 1920. Hardcover. Good. 4 21 5 98 7 49 6 65 4 39 5 41 7 32 10 60 10 71 5 28p. plus 41p. index. Olive cloth. 22cm.Spine sloped. Minor bubbling of cover cloth. Ex lib. markings include a call number on backstrip a bookplate and various stampings -- including a perforated stamp on title-leaf. No Jacket. Peace Handbooks. Vol. XVII. <br/><br/> HMSO hardcover books
London: HMSO 1920. Hardcover. Near Fine. index iv 6 55 83 114 115 50 41p. Original olive green cloth. 22cm. No Jacket probably as issued. Peace Handbooks Vol. XVIII. Includes0 five handbooks: No. 110 - Togoland; No. 111 - Cameroon; No. 112 - South-West Africa; No. 113 - Tanganyika German East Africa; and No. 114 - German Treatment of Natives. <br/><br/> HMSO hardcover books
London: HMSO 1930. Paperback. Very Good. 2 vols. 4 folding maps index xxv 409 x 344p. Softcover in original wrappers. 25 cm. Rust marks along spine side of wrappers from now rusty staples. The first volume has been INSCRIBED at the top of the title-page by S. F. Stewart who served with Joseph William Bhore as joint principal Secretaries of the Indian Statutory Commission "To my mother who will always believe that I wrote it all. S. F. Stewart 23-11-30". A different former owner's name on both front covers "L. J. Pratt London July 5th 1930". Yet another former owner's name indecipherable in green ink and dated "'75" on the title-page of the first volume. <br/><br/> HMSO paperback books
London: Pr. by Charles Bill & the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb 1709. 12mo 15.5 cm; 6.125". 113 1 pp. 7 ff.; 44 pp. 2 ff. <br><br>Publication of this treatise on high treason followed hard on the heels of the Treason Act 1708 7 Ann c 21 by which Parliament "harmonized" the laws of high treason in "Great Britain" following the union in 1707 of England and Scotland each of which had different and sometimes quite distinct concepts of "high treason."<br>Â Â Â Â The final part of this small volume bears a title-page reading "A form and method of trial of commoners in cases of high treason and misprision of high treason" with the same imprint information at the main title. A woman tried and convicted seeking a stay of execution because pregnant may pray "a Jury of 12 Matrons or Motherly Women" confirm and attest the same; other data are equally particular and evocative. While the pagination and signature markings of this final part are not continuous from A collection of several statutes it is clear that the "two" were printed as a whole and are not separate works although they are sometimes catalogued as if they were and are even sometimes sold as such.<br>Â Â Â Â Printed mostly in roman type with some italic this has headings in gothic and some long passages also in gothic.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: 18th-century ownership signatures at top of main title-page of J.W. Tarleton and J. Skynner both lined through and 19th-century signature of Wm. Saunders. Oldham Free Public Library Lancs. stamp on verso of same. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC T136807; Sweet & Maxwell 12.Ia.6 and 12.Ia.10. Late 20th-century quarter brown calf with brown stone-pattern marbled paper sides; all edges gilt. Slim waterstain in upper margin of last four leaves; same leaves foxed. Overall a very good copy. Pr. by Charles Bill, & the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb unknown books
London: Pr. by Charles Eyre and William Strahan 1771. Folio. 1 f. pp. 1227-1234. <br><br>The act establishes a rewards system for those who import sap-free unwormed knothole-less white oak barrel staves from the British colonies in America into specified English ports. The bounty will be paid only for a short specified period; the chief aim is to aid English brewers. Removed from a bound volume and resewn. A clean copy. Pr. by Charles Eyre and William Strahan unknown books
London: His Majesty's Stationary Office 1918. 8vo pp. 782; photographic frontispiece and 19 plates 2 color folding maps; original navy cloth gilt title on spine; ex-Hill Library with call number on spine stamp on title page and a few other library markings very good and sound. The Naval Intelligence Division Geographical Handbook Series was produced between 1917 and 1922 and were commissioned to support the war effort first for WW1 and then with a second series in WW2. The Greece handbook was divided into three volumes our copy being volume 1 only covering the mainland of Old Greece and certain neighboring islands. Volume II contained The Cyclades and Northern Sporades and Volume 3 The Islands of the Northern and Eastern Aegean. It includes an overview on history ethnology politics etc. but is mostly concerned with detailed descriptions of all major routes through the country describing them almost mile by mile. ID 1221 in the Naval Intelligence Handbook Series. <br/><br/> His Majesty's Stationary Office hardcover books
London: HMSO 1938. 1st ed. Paperback. Fair. 11 of 13 maps all but one folding 310p. Original blue wrapper. 25cm. Moderate soiling chipping and wear. Lacks Maps 11 Map illustrating Jewish Proposals with regard to Jerusalem and 12 The Proposed Boundary between Jaffa and Tel Aviv both of which should have been in the cover pocket. Former owner's name and stamp Philip W. Ireland. Two of the four members of the Commission expressed reservations about the various partition plans partly because of: 1 fairness; 2 Arab objections; and 3 the difficulty of putting together a contiguous Jewish state without a large minority or even majority Arab population. <br/><br/> HMSO paperback books
1980. 920 vols. of 967 lacking 47 vols. 154 linear feet. 920 vols. of 967 lacking 47 vols. 154 linear feet. Debates in the House of Commons 1909-1980 Great Britain. Parliament. Parliamentary Debates Official House of Commons. London: Printed for the Controller of H.M.S.O. 1909-1980. Vols. 1-362; 406-701; 704-898; 900-965; 967. Together 920 volumes. Lacking vols. 363-405 702 703 899 and 966. One hundred fifty-four 154 linear feet of shelf space. Contemporary cloth blind frames to boards blind fillets and gilt titles to spine a few volumes bound in similar-style later cloth. Light to moderate shelfwear some hinges craked or starting interiors clean. Ex-law school library. Location labels to spines stamps to edges bookplates and other markings to pastedowns and endleaves. $1995. New Series. Authorized by Parliament this series was the successor to Hansard's Parliamentary Debates which succeeded the series commenced by William Cobbett in 1804. unknown books
1980. Debates in the House of Lords 1909-1980 Great Britain. Parliament. Parliamentary Debates Official House of Lords. London: Printed for the Controller of H.M.S.O. 1909-1980. 397 Vols. lacking vols. 129-133 and vol. 260. Forty-two 42 linear feet of shelf space. Contemporary cloth blind frames to boards gilt titles to spine. Volumes I bound in recent buckram. Moderate shelfwear interiors clean. Ex-law school library. Location labels to spines stamps to edges bookplates and other markings to pastedowns and endleaves. $1495. New Series. Authorized by Parliament this series was the successor to Hansard's Parliamentary Debates which succeeded the series commenced by William Cobbett in 1804. unknown books
London: Printed for J. Almon 1777. First edition. Contemporary calf five raised bands red morocco spine label gilt armorial gilt device at foot marbled end-papers. A very good copy wear and sunning to the boards spine rubbed headband lacking some minor browning to leaves small loss of paper at lower fore edge of title page. 4 5-348 11 pp. 8vo. An important document concerning the American Revolution beginning with King George III's admission that things were not going as planned in the American Colonies followed by a series of attacks on the administration by members of Parliament who felt the measures taken were poorly conceived and which Lord North attempted to rebut. Some highlights include: an account of the meeting between George Washington and General Howe's adjutant Lt. Col. Patterson read into the record following a complaint that though published in the Colonies the administration did not see fit to make them available in England; the costs of the War are listed in great detail; a bill to empower the King to secure and detain persons charged with or suspected of treason in America or the high seas including the suspension of Habeas Corpus is introduced and attacked as unlawful. Though mostly about North America there is a long section on the capture of the sloop Morning Star off the Mosquito Coast in Central America and a history of Britain's position there. This was the sixth volume of the first monthly record of Parliament published between 1774 and 1780 by John Almon 1727-1805 an English journalist printer bookseller who played a major role in establishing the right to report on Parliament. Provenance: Armorial device and bookplate of John Smyth 1748-1811 member of Parliament Lord of the Admiralty and Treasury Master of the Mint and a Commissioner of the Board of Trade. Printed for J. Almon hardcover books
London 1703 i.e. 1713. 8vo 17.9 cm 7.25". 1 f. 104 pp. <br><br>Report of the commission appointed at the end of the War of the Spanish Succession to examine the finances of the United Kingdom following the war and the recent union of Scotland and England 1707. Also included is A Report from the Commissioners Appointed to Take Examine and Determine the Debts Due to the Army &c. with its own sectional title-page dated 1713. First of two editions also printed 1714.<br>Â Â Â Â This is less dry than might seem with notes being present as to which officials' accountings were in revolting disarray as to what bakers were scamming Navy purchasing officers how much was spent on what at military hospitalsetc. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC T94705; Goldsmiths'-Kress 5055. 20th-century gray wrappers with title in blue ink on front wrapper. Wrappers with browning fading light soiling a little shallow chipping and a few shallow tears. Heavy pencilling on inside front wrapper and title-page. Pages with some shallow dog ears and traces of soiling. All edges speckled red. unknown books
London 1741. 8vo 19.7 cm 7.75". 16 pp. <br><br>Register prepared for the 1741 general election with notations regarding how M.P.s voted on the Convention and on Walpole's proposed Excise Bill a tax on tobacco and wine. The current U.K. Parliament website sums up the terms thusly: "The Lords Spiritual are made up of the Archbishops of Canterbury and of York the Bishops of London Durham and Winchester as well as specific bishops of the Church of England. The Lords Temporal are made up of Hereditary Peers elected under Standing Orders Life Peers Law Lords the earl Marshal and the Lord Great Chamberlain."<br>Â Â Â Â ESTC locates only four copies none of which are in the U.S. A search of WorldCat finds the copy at the Kress Library at Harvard. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC T26238; Goldsmiths'-Kress 7877.5. Recent marbled papercovered boards spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label. Pages age-toned with some dust-soiling. hardcover books
Washington 1845. 8vo. 8 pp. <br><br>The two following acts are printed here: "An act for extending the jurisdiction of the courts of justice in the provinces of Lower and Upper Canada to the trial and punishment of persons guilty of crimes and offences within certain parts of North America adjoining to the said provinces" 11 August 1803 and "An act for regulating the fur trade and establishing a criminal and civil jurisdiction within certain parts of North America" 2 July 1821. Government document: 28th Congress 2d Session. Senate. 38. Removed from a nonce volume; inner edge a little irregular. Leaves separating. unknown books
London 1773. Paperback. Good. tables 2 folding 62 70p. Disbound removed from a bound volume. 36cm. Moderate soiling and wear. Folding table torn. This was actually the eighth report but was mistitled. <br/><br/> paperback books
London 1773. Paperback. Good. tables 2 folding 237 cxlvp. Disbound removed from a bound volume. 36cm. Moderate soiling and wear. Folding table torn. This was actually the ninth and final report but was titled as the 8th. <br/><br/> paperback books
London 1772. Paperback. 29p. Disbound removed from a bound volume. 36cm. Moderate soiling and wear. At least 9 Reports and Further Reports were issued. <br/><br/> paperback books
London; 1803-1806: Np. Folio. These reports were issued between 1715 and 1801 and were not inserted into the Journals. The reason they are so important for research is that before 1801 very few House papers were printed. Those that were printed were simply included in the Journals. The public demand increased after the Act of Union with Ireland. Charles Abbot elected Speaker of the House in 1801 ordered the Clerk of the House to gather and list all the papers in his custody which became the Abbot Collection this set fills in many gaps for the student of 18th Century Egnland. It is now commonly known as the "First Series". All volumes are bound in half red lether over red cloth spines lettered in gilt with occaisonal leaves with either browning or scattred foxing. Vol. 1. Miscellaneous subjects 1715-1735 viii 707 pages 26 pages index. deals with the poor smuggling Tea tobacco pages 443-535 give details on the 1732 fire as Ashburnham House the Cottonian Library with a listing of the rare books or manuscripts that were totally lost damaged or partly damaged and still useful. v. 2. Miscellaneous subjects 1738-1765 viii 467 pages 19 pages index. Deals with army clothing Hudson's Bay North-West Passage; trade of Hudson Bay Company v. 3. Miscellaneous subjects 1771 to 1773; and East India 1772 & 1773 xix 564 pages 27 pages index. Double page plan for Gun Ship of War much on East India Company and trade pages 137-564 naval timber linen trade of Great Britain and Irelandv. 4. East Indies 1772 1773 xix 763 pages 12 pages index. v. 5. East Indies 1781 1782 -xii 1015 pages with index to volumes 4 and5 at the end. v. 6. East Indies 1783 xv 863 pages.7. East Indies Carnatic War &c. 1781 & 1782 1067 pages. v.8. East Indies Carnatic War &c. 1781 & 1782 xxiii 1105 pages v.9. Provisions poor 1774 to 1802 xi 735 pages index v. 10. Miscellaneous subjects 1785-1801 viii 804 pages 43 pages v. 11. Miscellaneous subjects 1782-1799 distilleries of Scotland with a few textual illustrations of still and 11 full page entravings of distillery apparatus large folding hand-colord map of Scotland v. 12. Finance reports I to XXII 1797-1798 503 pages v. 13. 1798. Finance reports XXIII-XXXVI 837 pages 13 pages with proceedings and measures of government thereon 1798-1803 and index to the whole 837 pages v. 14. Miscellaneous reports Port of London 1793-1802 with plates Dr. Jenner's petition regarding vaccine innoculations discover of nitrous fumigations 635 pages 29 pages bound without engravings. 15. Public records 1800 with plates 14 facsmile leaves between pages 64 and 65 from the Domesday Book 667 pages 23 pages index Bound without the plans. v. 16. General index 1715-1802. The approximately 12000 pages provide one of the deepest views of British politics as Parlaiment dealt with the shape of empire and the entire costs of its vast navy and the East India Company. Local pickup only. Np unknown books
London 1803. Folio 32.5 cm 12.75". 17 1 pp. <br><br>Government document "Ordered to be printed 29th March 1803": Charts of Bank of Ireland transactions in 1802. Removed from a nonce volume; sewing gone. One page not the title stamped by a now-defunct institution else clean. unknown books
London 1804. Folio 32.5 cm 12.75". 7 1 blank pp. <br><br>Government document 49 "Ordered to be printed 5th April 1804": Charts of certain Irish imports and exports 17991803. Removed from a nonce volume now in a Mylar folder; sewing gone. Title-page stamped by a now-defunct institution with small area of offsetting to inner upper margin. Pages with small edge chips. unknown books
London 1804. Folio 32.5 cm 12.75". 18 pp. <br><br>Government document 181 "Ordered to be printed 10th July 1804": Letters regarding Irish treasury proceedings sent by the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury the Solicitor of Excise and others. Removed from a nonce volume now in a Mylar folder; sewing gone. Moderate foxing to first and last few leaves. unknown books
London 1804. Folio 32.5 cm 12.75". 14 pp. <br><br>Government document 37 "Ordered to be printed 26th March 1804": An account of payments salaries pensions and pay advances given out by Ireland between 1801 and 1804. Removed from a nonce volume now in a Mylar folder; sewing gone. Title-page and last page each with area of offsetting in upper inner margin; last page with offsetting from a rubber-stamp to outer margin. unknown books
London 1805. Folio 32.5 cm 12.75". 11 1 blank pp. <br><br>Government document 206 "Ordered to be printed 4th July 1805": Account of the charges brought against Henry Dundas first Viscount Melville for misuse of funds in his role as Treasurer of the Navy. The impeachment was actually done as a favor to Melville whose friends feared that a juried trial would go worse for him; this report gives extensive details regarding the missing sums of money. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â NSTC ENG830. Removed from a nonce volume now in a Mylar folder; sewing gone. Page edges slightly darkened with occasional small edge chips; title-page dust-soiled. Two leaves with short tears from inner margins just touching text on one leaf. unknown books
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