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2019. Leather Bound. New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back 1863. This book is printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - eng Pages 40. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. FOLIO EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE. hardcover
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2019. Leather Bound. New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back 1802. This book is printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - eng Pages 104. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. FOLIO EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE. hardcover
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Bookseller reference : Z1-R-012-01084 ISBN : 0215521870 9780215521873
H.M.S.O 1980. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. H.M.S.O paperback
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London: Printed by J. Darby and Sold by J. Roberts 1717. 32pp. Octavo signed in 4s. Extracted from bound pamphlet volume. Early ink ownership signature on title otherwise very good. A roster of those "summon'd to meet at Westminster on the seventeenth of March 1714/15 . through the twentieth of February 1716/17." ESTC Online records 4 copies one in the US. ESTC T176503. Printed by J. Darby, and Sold by J. Roberts unknown books
London 1755. 2pp. extracted from an unkown source. Folio. Spine edge chipped old fold lines. Good. Parliament's response to King George's speech in November of 1755 on the eve of the French and Indian War. Parliament affirms their unwavering support of the Crown in going to war with France in North America. Followed by George II's brief response of thanks. unknown books
Shannon Ireland: Irish University Press 1971. Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Colonies West Indies Volume 10. Facsimile reprint of the 1877-99 material. Folio quarter cloth hardcover 421 pp. Near-Fine. Irish University Press, 1971. Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers hardcover books
Shannon Ireland: Irish University Press 1971. Irish University Press Series of British PArliamentary Papers: Colonies West Indies Volume 9. Facsimile reprint of the 1871-76 material. Folio quarter cloth hardcover 574 pp. Near-Fine. Irish University Press, 1971. Irish University Press Series of British PArliamentary Papers hardcover books
Shannon Ireland: Irish University Press 1971. Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Colonies West Indies Volume 6. Facsimile reprint of the 1884 edition. Folio quarter green morocco & green cloth hardcover t.e.g. 681 pp. Fold-out table fold-out map. Near-Fine. Irish University Press, 1971. Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers hardcover books
Shannon Ireland: Irish University Press 1971. Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Colonies West Indies Volume 7. Facsimile reprint of the reports from 1877-98. Folio quarter green cloth hardcover 931pp. Fold-out table fold-out map. Near-Fine. Irish University Press, 1971. Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers hardcover books
Shannon Ireland: Irish University Press 1971. Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Colonies West Indies Volume 8. Facsimile reprint of the 1898 edition. Folio quarter cloth hardcover 466 pp. Near-Fine. Irish University Press, 1971. Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers hardcover 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: 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
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
London: Printed for J. Tonson at Shakespear's-Head over-against Katharine-street in the Strand 1717. 1st Printing Goldsmith 5401. Self-wrappers now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Outer leaves worn stained & ragged with A1 lacking lower corner no text affected. Affixed at top of A2 by a pin is a piece of paper with a short inked note "Political. Trade." A Good copy only. 4 36 pp. Initial imprimatur leaf present. Folio: A² B - K². <br/><br/> Printed for J. Tonson, at Shakespear's-Head over-against Katharine-street in the Strand unknown books
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
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
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
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
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