New-York : Wm. Elliot 1812-01-01. Hardcover. Good. iv 36 p. ; 21 cm. Octavo. First American edition. Later leather backed marbled boards. Lacking spine. Minimal shelfwear. Spine absent. Soiling. toning and tanning to pages. <br><br>The Orders in Council were a series of decrees made by the United Kingdom in the course of the wars with Napoleonic France which instituted its policy of commercial warfare. Formally an "Order in Council" is an order by the King or Queen at a meeting of the Privy Council roughly equivalent to an Executive Order in the United States by which the British government decrees policies. However especially in American history the term "Orders in Council" is also used collectively to refer to the group of such decrees in the late-18th and early-19th centuries which restricted neutral trade and enforced a naval blockade of Napoleonic France and its allies. The Orders in Council are important for the role they played in shaping the British war effort against France but they are also significant for the strained relations and sometimes military conflict they caused between the United Kingdom and neutral countries whose trade was affected by them.<BR><BR> In Europe restrictive British trade policy led to the formation of the Second League of Armed Neutrality and deteriorating relations with other neutral powers notably Denmark with whom the British would fight a series of wars and Russia. In the Atlantic the Orders in Council were one of the main sources of tension between the United Kingdom and the United States which led to the War of 1812. In total the collective "Orders in Council" refers to more than a dozen sets of blockade decrees in the years 1783 1793 1794 1798 1799 1803-1809 1811 and 1812.<br><br> The British made their greatest concession to the United States in June 1812 just as the United States was declaring war. On 16 June 1812 two days before the United States declaration of war Lord Castlereagh the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs announced in Parliament that the Order in Council would be suspended. Kress B5950; Shaw and Shoemaker 25559. Goldsmiths 20416. Black 2737. New-York : Wm. Elliot hardcover
London : Printed for R. Chandler 1743-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. Vol. II XI XIII and XIV of 14 volumes. Bound in contemporary leather. Gilt lettering on spine. Moderate shelfwear. Chipping and loss on spines. Front board to Vol. XIII starting. Unmarked pages. Foxing throughout. Dark moldstains. Owners' nameplate on front board of Richard E. Parker a War of 1812 vet and former Virginia senator and jurist during the 19th century. London : Printed for R. Chandler hardcover
London : printed for John Stockdale 1786-01-01. 2nd. Hardcover. Acceptable. Full contemporary calf. Front board detached rubbing loss to spine. 196 32 p. Contemporary signature to titlepage. Occasional spotting. Kress no. 13210.5. ESTC T173258. A view into 18th century British India. Warren Hastings was the first British governor of Bengal. London : printed for John Stockdale hardcover
England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons 1759-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. Large heavy folio. 42 cm x 27 cm. Covers King William & Queen Mary's reign. 880 p. Hardcover. Contemporary boards. Boards detached. Unmarked pages. Issued as a Parliamentary paper. This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons hardcover
London: Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office 1938. Paperback. Good. Softcover. Moderate shelf wear to wrappers. Minor loss to corners of wrappers. Good binding and cover. Pencil notations throughout. Front cover detaching. Ships daily. London: Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office paperback
London: John Williams and Francis Eglesfield 1654. First Edition. Hardcover. large Octavo 269 2 pages; G; rebound in modern burgundy buckram gilt lettering on spine; 20 136 121-269 3; contemporary bookplate on verso of title page of Thomas Brotherton of Hey.; small bookworm hole to upper fore corner does not impact text; page wavy; tape repaired tear to ffep; Title page in red and black; Includes index; Preface signed: T.F. i.e. Thomas Fuller; ESTC Citation No. R23317 Wing F2422; JG consignment; shelved case 0. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. <br/><br/> John Williams and Francis Eglesfield hardcover
London:: Printed by Thomas Baskett Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty 1754. 1754. Folio. pp. 2 227-230. Self-wraps. Title-page: Anno Regni Georgeii II. Regis Magnae Britanniae Franciae & Hiberniae Vicesimo Septimo. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster the Tenth Day of November Anno Dom. 1747 . . . Defender of the Faith &c. Relating to Duty taxes applied to the importation of all wines vinegar cider beer as well as all brandy wines 'strong waters' and the like coming to London or any other "ports creeks or places" in the kingdom of England. Full title: "An Act to continue the Duties for Encouragement of the Coinage of Money; and for removing Doubts concerning the Continuance of the Duty of Twenty Shillings for every Ton of Brandy Wines and Strong Waters imported." Printed by Thomas Baskett, Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty, 1754. paperback
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