‎Parliament‎

‎Bennett, J.A.W‎

‎The Parlement of Foules. An Interpretation by J.A.W. Bennett. Reprinted.‎

‎Oxford: Clarendon Press 1965. IX, 217 Seiten. Mit einigen Illustrationen auf Tafeln. 8° (17,5-22,5 cm). Orig.-Leinenband mit Orig.-Schutzumschlag. [Hardcover / fest gebunden].‎

‎With a few pencil marks and notes. - Still very good copy.‎

Bookseller reference : 105026

‎Jeffs, Robin (ed.)‎

‎The English Revolution I. Fast Sermons to Parliament -Volume 1: Nov. 1640 - Nov. 1641. Reproductions in facsimile with notes by Robin Jeffs.‎

‎London: Cornmarket Press 1970. (6), 401 Seiten. Gr. 8° (22,5-25 cm). Orig.-Leinenband mit goldgeprägtem Titel auf Deckel und Rücken. [Hardcover / fest gebunden].‎

‎Cover a bit dusted. Edges partly foxed. - Still very cood copy. ISBN: 9780719130007‎

Bookseller reference : 3113971

‎Henri, Manzanares‎

‎Le parlement Europeen. [Par Henri Manzanres]. Preface de P.O. Lapie. (Institutions Politiques d'Aujourdhui).‎

‎Paris: Berger-Levrault 1964. 321 Seiten. 8° (17,5-22,5 cm). Orig.-Broschur. [Softcover / Paperback].‎

‎Cover a bit dusted. Spine browned. Dedication on pre-title. - Good to very good copy.‎

Bookseller reference : 3121566

‎Hirtzel, A. and J. Coatman‎

‎India In 1927-28: A Statement Prepared For Presentation To Parliament In Accordance With The Requirements of The 26th Section of The Government of India Act (5 & 6 Geo. V, Chap. 61). [By J. Coatman]. (= East India, progress and condition, Statement exhibiting the Moral and Material Progress and Condition of India during the Year 1927-1928, Number 63).‎

‎London: Published by his Majesty's Stationary Office 1929. XVIII, 461, (1) Seiten. Mit 11 schwarz-weißen Photographien, 2 mehrfach gefalteten mehrfarbigen Karten Indiens sowie einigen Diagrammen und Statistiken im Text und auf Falttafeln. Gr. 8° (24,5 x 16 cm). Bibliotheks-Halbleinenband mit handschriftlichem Titelschild auf dem Rücken und Marmorpapierbezug. [Hardcover / fest gebunden].‎

‎The statement first printed in 1928 at Calcutta, Government of India Central Publication Branch. - With 11 black and white photographs, 2 multi-fold multi-color maps of India, and some diagrams and statistics in the text and on folding plates. Capitals faintly bumped. Binding a bit dusty overall and head cut stained. First leaves professionally rebound with cloth tape. Interior still very well preserved and clean. - Kapitale schwach bestoßen. Einband insgesamt etwas angestaubt und Kopfschnitt fleckig. Die ersten Blätter fachgerecht mit Leinenband neu befestigt. Innen noch sehr gut erhalten und sauber.‎

Bookseller reference : 2131405

‎Tormin, Walter‎

‎Der schwere Weg zur Demokratie. Politischer Neuaufbau in Hamburg 1945/46. Hrsg. v. d. Landeszentrale für politische Bildung.‎

‎Hamburg, Dölling & Galitz, (1995). 173 S. Mit zahlr. Fotos. Gr.-8vo. OBrosch.‎

‎Gutes Exemplar‎

Bookseller reference : 14009

‎Büttner, Ursula‎

‎Politischer Neubeginn in schwieriger Zeit. Wahl und Arbeit der ersten demokratischen Bürgerschaft 1919-1921. Hrsg. v. d. Landeszentrale für politische Bildung.‎

‎(Hamburg, 1994). 179 S. Mit Abb. u. Tab. Gr.-8vo. OBrosch.‎

‎Gutes Exemplar‎

Bookseller reference : 14011

‎Asendorf, Manfred / F. Kopitzsch / W. Steffani / W. Tormin (Hrsg.)‎

‎Geschichte der Hamburgischen Bürgerschaft. 125 Jahre gewähltes Parlament.‎

‎Berlin, Frölich & Kaufmann, 1984). 224 S. Mit s/w Fotos u. Abb. 4to. OBrosch.‎

‎Leicht gebräunt‎

Bookseller reference : 1462

‎Die erste deutsche Nationalversammlung und ihr Werk. Ausgewählte Reden, eingeleitet von Paul Wentzcke.‎

‎München, Drei Masken Vlg. 1922. LXIV, 404 S., 3 nn. S. Vlgsanz., mit 6 Bildbeigaben, OKart., verfärbt, Rü. etw. gedunkel, berieb., Ecken etw. knitterig, Buchblock gebräunt. (= Der deutsche Staatsgedanke, Erste Reihe XVII: 1848. Bd. 1).‎

Bookseller reference : HIST0263

‎Presented to Parliament by Command of His Majesty‎

‎Final Drafts of the Mandates For Mesopotamia and Palestine: For the Approval of the Council of the League of Nations.‎

‎London: His Majesty's Stationary Office 1921. Rare collection of original documents relating to the Palestine Question 1917-1947. Octavos 3 volumes unbound. Scarce and desirable. With the failure of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry in 1946 the British government requested the General Assembly of the United Nations to form a special committee to investigate the Palestine problem. The United Nations Special Committee on Palestine UNSCOP arrived in Palestine on 15 June 1947. The Arab Higher Committee believed UNSCOP to be pro-Zionist and so boycotted proceedings although some members of the AHC did meet the committee in a private capacity. While UNSCOP was in Palestine the SS Exodus arrived in Haifa with Jewish Displaced Persons seeking to illegally immigrate to Palestine and some have stated that it was this that changed the UN's outlook to support the creation of the state of Israel. UNSCOP's final recommendations delivered on 3 September 1947 at Geneva supported the termination of the Mandate with a majority of committee members recommending the partition of Palestine into two separate states and a minority favouring a federal union with Jerusalem as its capital. Having originally boycotted UNSCOP the Arab Higher Committee must have realised that there would have been only a very small window of opportunity between the Geneva meeting and the General Assembly vote to present their case and so compiled the present lot. Published on 1 October 1947 it contains 46 different documents 'Including the texts of correspondence memoranda and notes submitted to British and international authorities by Palestinian Arab organisations between 1921 and 1947' Khalidi & Khadduri. One assumes it was distributed to members of the UN General Assembly prior to the vote on Partition; this occurred on 29 November 1947 with the General Assembly adopting Resolution 181 based on the UNSCOP majority plan with only slight modifications to the proposed recommendations. We can only trace 11 copies in institutions: 2 in the UK LSE and Oxford 8 in the US and one at the American University of Beirut Khalidi & Khadduri 780. His Majesty's Stationary Office unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 95293

‎Woman Suffrage Acts of Parliament‎

‎Representation of the People Act" Grants UK Women Right to Vote 1918‎

‎Representation of the People Act 1918. 8 Geo. 5. Ch. 64 Printed by Percy Lunch Humphries & Co. Ltd. for Normal Gibb Scorgie C.V.O. C.B.E. Controller of His Majesty's Stationery Office and King's Printer of Acts of Parliament. First edition. 161 pages. Original paper wrappers. 9 1/2 x 6 in. The Representation of the People Act of 1918 granted the vote to women over the age of 30 who met a property qualification.  The same Act gave the vote to all men over the age of 21. As a result of this act 8.5 million women joined the electorate and made up almost 40% of all voters in the United Kingdom. This was a great victory for the women's suffrage movement which had been calling for voting rights since the 1830s. Militant suffrage groups in the UK were even known for campaigns of destruction and mayhem in order to keep their issue in the forefront of everyone's minds. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 16570

‎Midwives Bill Parliament‎

‎Parliament Midwives Bill‎

‎Parliament Midwives Bill. A Bill to secure the better training of Midwives and to regulate their practice Bill 8 8pp. foliostapled as issued London Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed 2 February 1890. This bill focuses on the introduction and development of midwifery education and training during the last decades of the 19th century. an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom in force from 1 April 1903 and repealed in 1951.<br/><br/>It regulated the profession of midwifery requiring certification for midwives and providing a penalty for any woman practising midwifery without certification with the exception of legally qualified medical practitioners or those giving assistance in emergencies. However it emphasised that this certification was not certification as a "medical practitioner" nor did it give standing under the Medical Acts. The Act established a Central Midwives Board which would regulate the issue of certificates and keep a central register of midwives as well as regulating any courses of training or examinations providing a means for the suspension of practitioners and generally supervising the effective running of the profession. Power to supervise midwives on the local level was given to county and borough councils who were to report any suspected malpractice to the Board along with the name of any practising midwife convicted of an offence and generally to keep records of the local practitioners. These powers could be delegated to a district council or London metropolitan borough councils. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 16694

‎Parliament‎

‎AN ACT TO REVIVE AND CONTINUE UNTIL SIX MONTHS AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE NEXT SESSION OF PARLIAMENT AND TO AMEND AN ACT FOR AUTHORIZING HER MAJESTY TO CARRY INTO IMMEDIATE EXECUTION BY ORDERS IN COUNCIL ANY TREATIES MADE FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE SLAVE TRADE. 14TH AUGUST 1838. CAP. CII‎

‎London: George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode 1838. 821-823 1 blank pp as issued. Disbound. Else Very Good. George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 36534

‎Parliament‎

‎AN ACT TO CONTINUE AN ACT FOR AMENDING AND CONSOLIDATING THE LAWS RELATING TO THE ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRADE 25TH JULY 1828‎

‎London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1828. Folio pp. 945-947 1 blank. Disbound else Very Good. George Eyre and Andrew Strahan unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 36527

‎Great Britain; Parliament‎

‎Speeches and Passages of the Great and Happy Parliament From the.‎

‎1641. London: Printed for William Cooke 1641. London: Printed for William Cooke 1641. The Long Parliament Establishes Fundamental English Liberties Great Britain. Parliament. Speeches and Passages of the Great and Happy Parliament From the Third of November 1640 To this Instant June 1641. Collected into One Volume And According to the Most Perfect Originalls Exactly Published. London: Printed for William Cooke 1641. 8 24 152 159-174 169-184 177-240 205-220 8 233-351 1 351-358 321-335 1 385-440 455-459 500-534 24 2 6 14; ii 46 pp. Pagination irregular text complete. Final two sections have their own dated title pages reading Mr. Speakers Speech With His Majesties Speech to Both Houses of Parliament At the Passage of the Bill for Tonnage and Poundage. and An Argument of Law Concerning the Bill of Attainder of High-Treason of Thomas Earle of Strafford. Quarto 7-1/4" x 5-3/4". Contemporary calf with later rebacking diced spine with raised bands lettering piece and gilt ornaments endpapers renewed hinges reinforced. Some rubbing and light gatoring to boards heavier rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends and corners hinges cracked front free endpaper and title page partially detached but secure. Moderate toning occasional faint dampspotting faint dampstaining to fore-edges of final 38 leaves chips to edges of a few leaves edgewear to endleaves small holes to leaf H2 pp. 53-54 due to paper flaw with minor loss to text legibility not affected light soiling and some edgewear and owner signature in tiny hand H.E. Cullen Jr. 1928 to title page. $500. Only edition. Opposed to King Charles I the Long Parliament sat from 1640 to 1660. Its duration lasted until the end Civil War and the close of the Interregnum. Speeches and Passages is a record of that Parliament's momentous first months. During that time it abolished the Star Chamber and High Commission and passed the Habeas Corpus and Triennial Acts which was intended to prevent kings from ruling without Parliament something Charles I did from 1629 and 1640. The final section An Argument of Law concerns a controversial decision. The Earl of Strafford was a leading supporter and advisor of King Charles I. Scapegoated by Parliament for his "treasonous" role in the Second Bishops' War one of the preliminary stages of the Civil War he was condemned to dea. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 70728

‎AMERICAN REVOLUTION Great Britain Act of Parliament‎

‎The Stamp Act An act for indemnifying persons who have incurred certain penalties inflicted by an act of the last session of Parliament for granting certain stamp duties in the British Colonies and Plantations in America‎

‎London: Mark Baskett 1766. Folio. 2 823-826pp. 6 George II cap. LI. Disbound<br/> <br/>Wiping the slate on the Stamp Act.<br/> <br/>An official British Act passed after the repeal of the Stamp Act in which those persons who had incurred penalties from non-compliance with the Stamp Act are cleared of charges against them. Because of the attacks on Stamp Act collectors many persons had been unable to obtain the official stamped paper for various legal transactions. The Stamp Act which caused such public outcry in the colonies was repealed the year after it was passed. This nullified any remaining Stamp Act issues. Only three copies in ESTC at the Lincoln's Inn Library the Newberry and the University of North Carolina.<br/> <br/>ESTC N56936. Mark Baskett unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 35634

‎Parliament‎

‎COPIES OF ALL THE MINUTES AND PROCEEDINGS TAKEN AT AND UPON THE SEVERAL TRYALS OF CAPTAIN GEORGE BURRISH CAPTAIN EDMUND WILLIAMS CAPTAIN JOHN AMBROSE LIEUTENANT HENRY PAGE LIEUTENANT CHARLES DAVIDS LIEUTENANT WILLIAM GRIFFITHS; AND LIEUTENANT CORNELIUS SMELT RESPECTIVELY: BEFORE THE COURT MARTIAL LATELY HELD AT CHATHAM: AND ALL THE PROCEEDINGS RELATING THEREUNTO‎

‎London 1746. Folio printed in two columns per page. 2 150; 2 72; 2 195 1 blank pp. PLUS: large folding engraved illustrated plate 'The Situation of the English French and Spanish Fleets when They Began the Engagement in the Mediterranean on the Eleventh of Feby. 1743/4. Cape Sicie Bearing then N.N.E. & from the Center of the Fleet About ten Leagues.' Mild wear occasional light toning and mild foxing bound in modern institutional buckram with gilt-lettered spine title call numbers at base of spine. Title page with two rubberstamps. Very Good.<br/><br/> These gentlemen were charged with permitting the combined French-Spanish fleet to escape after the British victory at Toulon during the War of Austrian Succession. It was feared that the fleets were heading for Gibraltar and a planned invasion of England.<br/>ESTC T114204. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 35112

‎Great Britain; Parliament‎

‎Parliamentary Debates 4th Series 1892-1908 lacking 16-77 100‎

‎1891. Debates in Parliament 1892-1908 Great Britain. Parliament. The Parliamentary Debates Fourth Series. London: Reuter's Telegram Co. and Others 1892-1908. 136 of 199 volumes lacking Volumes 16-77 1893-1899 and 100 1901. Contemporary cloth blind frames to boards gilt titles to spine. Several volumes bound in three-quarter calf over paper-covered boards some with cloth-reinforced spines a few bound in recent buckram. Moderate to heavy shelfwear with chipping to spine ends most hinges cracked several boards loose or detached interiors clean. Ex-law school library. Location labels to spines bookplates and other markings to pastedowns and endleaves. $1995. Fourth 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

Bookseller reference : 67556

‎Great Britain; Parliament; Cobbett William Ed‎

‎Cobbett's Parliamentary Debates Vol. 1-34 36-41 1803-1819‎

‎1804. The Earliest Accurate Reports of the Proceedings of Parliament": PMM Great Britain. Parliament. Cobbett William 1763-1835 Editor. Cobbett's Parliamentary Debates 1803-1819. London: Printed by Cox and Baylis and Others Primarily T.C. Hansard 1804-1820. 40 of 41 Volumes Lacking Volume 35. Octavo 9-1/4" x 5-3/4". Contemporary three-quarter calf over paper-covered boards gilt fillets and titles to spines spines of Volumes 10 27 and 30 rebacked with recent cloth. Moderate to heavy shelfwear with chipping to spines corners bumped and somewhat worn several joints and hinges cracked or starting a few boards loose. Light toning to texts somewhat heavier in places occasional light foxing. Ex-law school library. Location labels to spines bookplates card pockets and stamps to preliminaries and rear endleaves. $995. First Series first edition. Known as Hansard's Debates after the name of the publisher from 1812 onwards Cobbett's were the "earliest accurate reports of the proceedings in Parliament. They set a new standard for fidelity to the actual speeches. Like his predecessors Cobbett was forced to make a patchwork from speakers' notes and newspaper reports but despite his own prejudices he differed from them in his zeal to be accurate whereas fine writing or party advocacy had earlier been the rule.": Carter and Muir Printing and the Mind of Man Second Edition 268. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 67553

‎Great Britain; Parliament‎

‎The Statutes At Large Concerning Elections Of Members of Parliament‎

‎1734. Scarce Collection of Statutes Concerning Election to the House of Commons Great Britain. Parliament. The Statutes At Large Concerning Elections Of Members To Serve In The House Of Commons; Containing a Compleat Collection of All the Acts of Parliament Now in Force Which Relate Thereto Continued to the End of the Last Session of Parliament 1734. London: Printed by John Baskett 1734. vi 73 64-109 17 10 pp. Complete. Text continuous despite pagination. Octavo 6-1/4" x 3-3/4". Recent period-style quarter calf over marbled boards gilt fillets and lettering piece to spine endpapers renewed. Light toning to text negligible foxing to a few leaves. Ex-library. Small inkstamps to title page and a few other leaves. A nice copy in a handsome binding. $250. Second edition enlarged 1 of 2 issues from 1734. Added here is an act pertaining to elections in the Scottish Parliament. The first edition was published in 1733. Separate editions for Scotland were published in 1744 and 1747. English Short-Title Catalogue T78250. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 66460

‎Parliament‎

‎FURTHER CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING THE ENLISTMENT OF BRITISH SUBJECTS IN THE UNITED STATES' ARMY. PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY COMMAND OF HER MAJESTY‎

‎London: Printed by Harrison and Sons. 1864. 2 4 2 pp. Folio stitched. Docketed in print on last page. Light edge wear a couple of numerical accession stamps Very Good.<br/><br/> The Correspondence concerns Thomas Tulley and six other Irish passengers of the steamer 'Nova Scotian'" who allegedly enlisted "improperly" into the 20th Maine Regiment at Portland. Lord Lyons claims "they were subjected to hardships and indignities of a most unwarrantable kind on their way from the army of the Potomac to Portland." For unspecified reasons they were taken under guard "well nigh starved as they had at one time to march three successive days without a mouthful of food and consequently were reduced to eating clover and green apples to support nature. They remonstrated with the authorities stating that they were not prisoners. but foreigners proceeding to Portland under British protection." <br/> Secretary of State Seward assures Lord Lyons that he is looking into the matter. Printed by Harrison and Sons. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 33165

‎Damiens Robert Francois. Parliament France. 1757‎

‎LAW. TORTURE. Arrest de la Cour de Parlement contre Robert-Francois Damiens 26 Mars 1757. WITH: Arrest de la cour de Parlement contre la famille de Robert-Francois Damiens 29 Mars 1757‎

‎Paris: P.G. Simon 1757. First Edition. Unbound. Very good. 4to: 13 1 pp. final page blank. Original self-wrappers stitched some soiling. Top corner of the margins have a diagonal cut no loss of text perhaps to remove the "Arrest" from others that were fastened together otherwise the edges are untrimmed. ADDED: Arrest de la cour de Parlement contre la famille de Robert-Francois Damiens Extrait des registres du Parlement. Du 29 Mars 1757. 4to: 3 pp. THE INFAMOUS DAMIENS TRIAL CHANGED THE CRIMINAL PUNISHMENT PROCESS IN CIVILIZED NATIONS WORLDWIDE. <br/><br/>¶ First printing of all the gruesome details of the trial and death sentence by torture on Robert-Francois Damiens for feebly attempting to assassinate Louis XV. The sentence mandated execution by means of torture that was so cruel so ghastly so horrible and so sickening that it merited immediate and justifiable outrage on an international scale and even now continues to shock legal and sociological historians notably Michel Fouchault who described Damiens's torture and execution at length in his pioneering work on "Discipline and Punishment" 1979. Damiens' was the last sentence of its kind in France and the events prompted real changes in the punishment phase of the legal system in France and elsewhere. <br/><br/>¶ By the present Parliamentary decree the Royal Executioner aided by sixteen assistants was ordered first to torture Damiens with red-hot pincers; the hand with which Damiens had held the knife during the attempted assassination was to be burned with sulpher. Then molten wax molten lead and boiling oil were to be poured into the aforementioned wounds. He was then to be publicly drawn and quartered. <br/><br/>¶ All of this went according to plan except for the final punishment: Damiens' limbs did not separate even after several horrific hours during which time two of the four horses became so exhausted that they had to be replaced by two fresh horses. Damiens' endless shrieks were so incredibly disturbing that many people in the crowd -- including the Royal Executioner Nicolas-Charles-Gabriel Sanson -- were unable to watch and turned away. The officiants came to realize that the process simply was simply not working. As Sanson had abrubtly resigned from his post his son was ordered to partially cut Damiens' limbs with an ax in order to save the horses from further misery. When at last Damiens' limbs were pulled apart his reportedly still-living torso was burnt at the stake. <br/><br/>¶ Ours appear to be the only copies on the market. <br/><br/>¶ ADDED: The Edict which sentenced Damiens' family their only crime being that they were in some way related to him. The "Arrest de la cour de Parlement contre la famille de Robert-François Damiens Extrait des registres du Parlement" is the infamous 3-page pamphlet that was published on March 29 1757 i.e. on the day following Damiens' execution; it records the Parliamentary sentence of Damiens' family which mandated that: the house of Damiens' birth was to be razed; his wife daughter and father were to be banished from France and all other relatives were ordered to change their names with immediate effect. P.G. Simon unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 1623

‎Great Britain; Parliament‎

‎The Statutes At Large Concerning Elections Of Members of Parliament‎

‎1734. London: Printed by John Baskett 1734. 2nd Enl. ed. London: Printed by John Baskett 1734. 2nd Enl. ed. Scarce Collection of Statutes Concerning Election to the House of Commons Great Britain. Parliament. The Statutes At Large Concerning Elections Of Members To Serve In The House Of Commons; Containing a Compleat Collection of All the Acts of Parliament Now in Force Which Relate Thereto Continued to the End of the Last Session of Parliament 1734. London: Printed by John Baskett 1734. vi 58 49-109 11 6 10 pp. Complete. Text continuous despite pagination. Octavo 6-1/2" x 3-1/2". Recent period-style quarter morocco over marbled boards lettering piece and gilt-edges raised bands to spine endpapers renewed. Light toning to text faint dampstaining to upper corners of a few leaves internally clean. A handsome copy. $250. Second edition enlarged. Added here is an act pertaining to elections in the Scottish Parliament. The first edition was published in 1733. Separate editions for Scotland were published in 1744 and 1747. English Short-Title Catalogue T78250. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 60774

‎Parliament‎

‎PAPERS RELATIVE TO RECRUITING IN THE UNITED STATES. PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY COMMAND OF HER MAJESTY. 1856‎

‎London: Harrison and Sons 1856. Folio original printed blue wrappers chipped along spine some wrapper edge wear old rubberstamp on front wrap. Stitched 267 clean pages. Very Good. <br/> offered with FURTHER PAPERS RELATIVE TO RECRUITING IN THE UNITED STATES. PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY COMMAND OF HER MAJESTY.1856. London: Harrison and Sons. 1856. Folio stitched. 57 1 pp. Very Good. <br/><br/> The Papers reflect ongoing British efforts to recruit Americans for the British army in its war against Russia; and the conflict thus generated with the United States which protested that such attempts violated American neutrality and compromised American sovereignty. <br/> Documents concern diplomatic correspondence with the United States; and correspondence with Crampton England's point man for American recruitments. President Pierce's Attorney General Caleb Cushing "directed the prosecution of Crampton the British minister in Washington on the charge of recruiting soldiers within our borders for the British army during the Crimean War" DAB. This document also chronicles Parliament's reaction to that event. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Not in Sabin Marke Harv. Law Cat. Harrison and Sons unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 15713

‎GREENLAND WHALE FISHERY British Acts of Parliament‎

‎A series of 12 British Acts of Parliament concerning whaling mostly in Greenland and the Davis Strait‎

‎London: John Baskett and others printers 1818. 12 works folio. 12 1/2 x 8 inches and smaller. Disbound or stitched<br/> <br/>A fascinating series spanning the whole of the period when whaling was carried out on a successful commercial basis in the waters off Greenland.<br/> <br/>After an abortive start by the South Sea Company between 1724 and 1732 the British whaling fleet operated off Greenland and the Davis Strait throughout the remainder of the 18th century with increasing success due to a large degree to the succession of bounties granted to ship owners by the British Government. The present selection of acts of parliament includes a number concerning the bounty: the first dated 16th January 1732 makes law "that a Bounty will be paid on the Return of every Ship of 200 tons and over imployed by His Majesty's Subjects in the Whale Fishery". For the bounty to be paid certain stringent criteria had to be met; these increased as the century progressed. By the time of the last Act in the present group March 1818 the Greenland whalers were reporting declining catches and were already beginning to turn their attention to other whaling grounds i.e. largely in the Pacific and Antarctic. This group offers and interesting series of snapshots of the industry during its most productive century. The acts comprise: 1. An Act for encouraging the Greenland Fishery. 1732. Stitched later wrappers. Exemption from duty extended for a nine year period. 2. An Act for the further Encouragment of the Whale Fishery carried on by His Majesty's British Subjects. 1733. Stitched later wrappers. The introduction of a bounty for ships over 200 tons. 3. An Act for continuing the several Laws therein mentioned . including granting a further Bounty for all Ships employed in the Whale Fishery during the present War; for exempting Harponers and others . from being impressed. No date but circa 1750. Spine reinforced. The bounty raised by a third other measures to help the trade. 4. An Act for granting a additional Bounty on Ships employed in the Greenland and Whale Fishery for a limited time. No adte but circa 1761. Disbound. The increased bounty confirmed for another five years. 5.An Act for further continuing several Acts . for the Encouragement of the Whale Fishery. 1768. Stitched. 6. An Act for the better Support and Establishment of the Greenland and Whale Fishery. 1771. Stitched. The rules about the amount of bounty to be paid has changed with additional laws concerning vessels of American origin exemption from duty extended to include the Gulf of St. Lawrence certain members of a whaler's crew to be exempt from being pressed into service in the Royal Navy etc. 7.An Act to explain and amend Two Acts made . with respect to the Limits of the Greenland Seas and Davis's Streights . and to enlarge the Time for the Return of the Vessels employed in the Whale Fisheries. 1780. Stitched. 8. An Act for granting an additional Bounty on Ships employed in the Greenland and Whale Fishery for a limited Time. 1782. Disbound. The bounty retained for a further five years. 9. An Act for allowing Vessels employed in the Greenland Whale Fishery to complete their full Number of Men at certain Ports for the Present Season. 1805. Spine strengthened. Whaling ships permitted to call in to ports in Scotland the Orkneys and the Shetland Islands to find men to complete their crews. 10. An Act for allowing until the Signature of Preliminary Articles of Peace Vessels . to complete their full Number of Men at certain ports. 1806. Spine strenghtened. An extension of the previous act. 11. An Act to revive and continue for five years several Laws. 1815. Strengthened spine. Several prvious acts re-confirmed. 12. An Act to amend an Act . so far as it relates to the Oaths thereby required. 1818. Unbound. Concerns the oaths required from owners/captains before the bounty due would be released to them. John Baskett [and others], printers unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 24993

‎Great Britian. Parliament. House of Lords. Select Committee on Gaols and Houses of Corrections‎

‎I. First report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords appointed to inquire into the present state of the several Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales; with the Minutes of Evidence and an Appendix. II. Fourth and fifth reports from the Select Committee of the House of Lords appointed to inquire into the present state of the several Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales; with the Minutes of Evidence an Appendix and a general index‎

‎Two volumes iv 315 appendix of 2 174 pp.; and viii 427-524 4 395-728 2 pp. comprising three of the five reports issued in 1835 by the House of Lords to investigate the state of prisons in England and Wales with the goal of researching the prospect of instituting a system which separated prisoners and establishing uniformity of discipline and diet across the prison system to be supervised by a group of Inspectors with interviews conducted with a range of gentlemen including some prison workers as well as questions posed to prisoners at institutions including Wakefield the Millbank Penitentiary the House of Corrections at Lewes and Cold Bath Field Prison and instructions for how to deal with convicts in various situations. Each volume is illustrated with dozens of tables and three lithographic plates which include: "Ergometer - Tread Wheel - Labour. Lewes Prison"; "Tread Wheels at Petworth"; "Crank-House at Petworth"; and "Design for a Prison Chapel by Jas. Savage upon a plan propsed by the Rev. Whitworth Russell Chaplain to the General Penitentiary Millbank in which all the prisoners can see the Clergyman and be seen by him and yet not see or communicate with each other." 4to. Modern three-quarter leather with papered boards and gilt lettering to spine Norwich binder's label to rear pastedown of each volume. London House of Commons 1835. By 1835 the threat of "prisoner culture" whereby prisoners spent time with other prisoners sharing stories learning from each other and plotting was recognized by the State. A Select Committee in the House of Lords was tasked to research a system to separate the prisoners. Six resolutions were laid out in the introduction to the first report including a uniform system of discipline a group of Inspectors to be appointed to visit the prisons and report to the Secretary of State and a new rule that persons who have been acquitted or had their trials postponed should not be imprisoned. The resolutions also include the proposal for the new system of separation: "That entire Separation except during the Hours of Labour and of Religious Worship and Instruction is absolutely necessary for preventing Contamination and for securing a proper System of Prison Discipline. That Silence be enforced so as to prevent all Communication between Prisoners both before and after Trial."<br/>One of the witnesses in the first report was Lieutenant John Siblly Governor of the Brixton House of Corrections who had a plan for a "solitary confinement prison" with 284 cells. Another was John Mance Keeper of the House of Corrections at Petworth who is credited as the inventor of the ergometer a labor scale a device which could quantify how much labor could be doled out to various types of prisoners rated both on physical and mental qualifications. The ergometer was "made to show the superintending officer the quantum of labour to be executed hourly daily and weekly.and notifies the officer and prisoners by an alarm bell when the day's work is executed."<br/>The final report includes new evidence from Mance the tread wheels and crank-house that he supervised and regulated with his ergometer. Very scarce institutionally. hardcover books‎

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