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1735ref. 21297London: John Baskett 1735. Very good condition. An Act for the better regulating the Nightly Watch and Bedels within the Parish of Saint Martin in the Fields within the Liberties of the City of Westminster". An early attempt to establish policing in the parish with much interesting content on the proposed policies including: meeting date set to determine number of watchmen needed; how to fill vacancies; times for watching; the duties of constables & watchmen; payment by half yearly assessment; the assessment on houses of ambassadors to be paid by landlords; and hired servants barred from serving as watchmen. It was not until 1774 when Sir Charles Whitworth pushed through the Westminster Night Watch Act that additional security measures were finally approved such as specifying the minimum number of watchmen and patrols punishments for infractions by watchmen and allowing watchmen from different parishes to assist in other parishes. With the first page of the Act followed by pp183 - 190. Folio. John Baskett unknown
2001ref. 320013Rochester; Suffolk; New York: University of Rochester Press 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 608 pages. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Strafford Thomas Wentworth 1st earl of. Great Britain. Parliament. History 17th century. History Sources. England and Wales. Parliament History Sources. Genre: History. Rochester; Suffolk; New York: University of Rochester Press hardcover
1847ref. 465267London : H.M.S.O. 1847. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in half vellum over orange marble boards now lightly scuffed and worn along the edges. Front board shows traces of a removed paper label. Vellum corners and board edge slightly dust-dulled with printed spine substantially dust-toned. Text block strong and secure overall albeit cracked at pp. 8-9 and 590-591 with stitches loosening. Edges preliminary and final leaves faintly foxed. Remains a well-preserved copy. Series; Sessional Papers printed by order of the House of Lords or presented by royal command 1847 ; 46 Tables and indexes. Physical description; 3 591 pages ; 34 cm. Subjects; Irish Union 1800. Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. Parliamentary papers. Sessional papers. Index. Government documents. 19th century. British politics. Legislation. 1801-1845. Hansard. Westminster. [London] : [H.M.S.O.] hardcover
1829ref. 473466London : House of Commons 1829. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in a modern library binding of gilt-blocked blue cloth boards. Prelims somewhat foxed with foxing otherwise very sparse and limited to the margins. Lacking title page as bound; minor library marks remain. Text block remains strong clean and well-preserved overall. Series; Accounts and Papers. Great Britain. Parliament. Session 1829. House of Commons ; 274. Physical description; 500 pages ; 33 cm. Notes; Title continues: ""Return to an address to His Majesty dated 23d February 1829;--for a return of the number of charities and charitable donations for the benefit of the poor and other persons in England and Wales.pursuant to an act passed in the fifty-second year of the reign of George the Third intituled ""an act for registering and securing of charitable donations;"" together with a statement of the real and personal estate and of the gross annual income investment and objects of such charities and charitable donations with the names of the founders and also of the person or persons in whose custody possession or control the deeds wills and other instruments whereby such charities and charitable donations were founded or secured; and also the names of the trustee or trustees feoffee or feoffees possessor or possessors of such real or personal estate and of which memorial or statement any duplicate or copy has been transmitted into the Inrolment Office of the High Court of Chancery pursuant to the directions of the said act."" Subjects; Charities. Charitable donations. Poor. England. Wales. Real estate. Personal estate. Annual income. Founders. Trustees. Deeds. Wills. Legal instruments. High Court of Chancery. Parliamentary papers. Official publications. 19th century. [London] : [House of Commons] hardcover
1971ref. bas172Shannon 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
1971ref. bas171Shannon 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
1916ref. 63364London: Harrison and Sons 1916. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Ink notation at bottom of page ii. iv 59 1. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of His Majesty August 1916. Cd. 8297. Printed under the authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office. Harrison and Sons paperback
1773ref. 74849London 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. paperback
1915ref. 62209London: Harrison and Sons 1915. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Ex-library. Library stamp and library release stamp on first page. Ink notation at bottom of first page. iv 64 p. Approximately 8.5 by 13 inches. Has some wear soiling and corner creasing. Consists of five signatures sewn together. Printed under the authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office. Cd. 8108. This material was presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of His Majesty. December 1915. Harrison and Sons paperback
1845ref. 170047London: T.R. Harrison 1845. First Edition. Paperback. Good paperback copy; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 427 pages; Description: 427p.; 40cm. Subjects: House of Commons Parliamentary Papers - Great Britain - Prussia - Portendec. 19th century international relations. British Parliament 19th century. London: T.R. Harrison paperback
1903ref. 195214London : H.M.S.O. 1903. Reprint of the 1899 edition. Hardback. Very good copy in a contemporary library binding of gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Some light staining to panels. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Minor library marks remain. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 368 pages; Physical description: ix 365p ; 34 cm. Subjects: Foreign trade regulation - Great Britain. ""Reprinted for the controller of His Majesty's Stationery Office July 1903."" --title page. First printed 1840 reprinted 1841. London : H.M.S.O. hardcover
1822ref. 259779London: 1822. First Edition. Softcover. Near fine paperback copy. Slightest suggestion only of dust dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains uncommonly well-preserved; tight bright clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description: 71 pages. Subjects: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. London: paperback
1734ref. 664601734. 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 several other leaves. A nice copy in a handsome binding. $125. 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
1971ref. bas170Shannon 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
1773ref. 74849London 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. paperback books
1971ref. bas172Shannon 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
1971ref. bas171Shannon 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
1971ref. bas170Shannon 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
1734ref. 664601734. 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 several other leaves. A nice copy in a handsome binding. $125. 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
1904ref. 45063London: For His Majesty's Stationery Office By The King's Printer. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Law and Legal History Science and History of Science Most Recent Listing; Quarto; v 172 pages; Title continues: "With An Index And Tables Showing The Effects Of The Years' Legislation On The Public General Acts; Also The Titles Of The Local And Private Acts Arranged Consequentially And In Classes. " From printer's slug at bottom of the final leaf: "Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode / for T. Digby Pigott C. B. the King's Printer for Acts of Parliament. " Bound at the time of publication in tan half calf over marbled boards leather titling labels in red and black on the spine a large red morocco label lettered in gilt is mounted to the front cover: "COUNTY OF FLINT / THE LORD LIEUTENANT. " Hugh Robert Hughes 1827-1911 held that office from 1874-1911. The front and rear free endpapers have a "wave" pattern of light stains caused by reaction to the glue used in binding. This does not affect the text leaves at all; they are clean and unmarked throughout. The Acts passed in 1904 included the first Wireless Act -- which asserted and assumed full control over wireless telegraphy in Great Britain under the Post Office. "1 A person shall not establish any wireless telegraph station or install or work any apparatus for wireless telegraphy in any place or on board any British ship except under and in accordance with a licence granted in that behalf by the Postmaster-General. 2 Every such licence shall be in such form and for such period as the Postmaster-General may determine and shall contain the terms conditions and restrictions on and subject to which the licence is granted and any such licence may include two or more stations places or ships. Further text includes penalties and various conditions. "but no proceedings shall be taken against any person under this Act except by order of the Postmaster-General the Admiralty the Army Council or the Board of Trade. " The British Post Office had a significant formative relationship with experiments in wireless from the very earliest stages. And it is interesting that this well-preserved copy of the 1904 Acts has a Welsh connection because the early history of wireless experiments in Britain certainly is thoroughly gounded in Wales as well. Sir William Henry Preece KCB FRS 1834 1913 born in Caernarfon Wales became Engineer-in-Chief of the British General Post Office in 1892. Before that date Preece had been conducting experients in transmitting telegraphic signals over short distances and even over a mile of calm water in the Lake District . Early after Guglielmo Marconi moved to England in 1896 Preece became convinced of the talents possessed by the young Italian inventor and the potential of his apparatus -- over which Preece devoted significant time and energy in demonstrations for the Parliament. Marconi managed to make signal transmissions over 6 kilometers at Salisbury Plain and determined that his next step would be to attempt transmission over open sea. Sir William Preece suggested Wales as a location and directed George Kemp a Cardiff-based Post Office engineer to assist Marconi. Kemp suggested the South Wales coast. Marconi set up his apparatus on the cliff at Lavernock Point along the coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. George Kemp and his nephew Herbert were positioned three miles distant across the channel on Flat Holm Island. Each station had a 30 meter pole erected. After two days of failure Marconi moved his apparatus down towards the water; the longer connection effectively added length to the antenna; full success was immediate -- on the 13th of May 1897. Marconi sent an initial message in Morse code reading: "CAN YOU HEAR ME". Shortly after Marconi received this reply from Kemp: "YES LOUD AND CLEAR". The recording slip for the first message is now kept at the National Museum of Wales. By 1904 when this ground-breaking British law first assigned control over wireless to the Post Office Sir William Preece had retired and George Kemp had resigned from the GP . 1904. For His Majesty's Stationery Office By The King's Printer hardcover
19338vo., First and Sole Edition; red cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Bennett, p.319.
1916ref. 64721London: Harrison and Sons 1916. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Fair. No dust jacket. Historical society stamp on front page. Number in ink at bottom of front page. Some damp staining at bottom. 21 1 p. Cd. 8233. Printed under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office. Harrison and Sons paperback
1916ref. 62327London: Harrison and Sons 1916. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Ex-library. Library stamps on front page. Number in ink at bottom of front page. 32 p. "With the Compliments of Sir Gilbert Parker" slip laid in at p. 19. Table. Cd. 8234. Printed under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office. Harrison and Sons paperback
1750ref. M906London: Printed By Thomas Baskett 1750. Original issue . paper wrappers. Fine. Folio. and for Relief of Merchants importing Prize Goods from America and for preventing cullusive Captures there; and for obliging the Claimers of Vessels seized for Exportation of.147-256pp. 31cms. 'Regis Magnae Britanniae Franciae and Hiberniae Decimo quato & Sexto. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster the Tenth day of November Anno Dom. 1747 in the Twenty-First Year of the Reign of our Sovreign Lord GEORGE the Second by the Grace of God of Great Briatin France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. And from thence continued by several Prorogations to the Senevteenth Day of January 1750 being the fourth session of this present parliament'. Attractive general title-page with the Royal Crest. Decorative initial to the black letter type with a drop title to the head of the page. A fine crisp fresh and clean complete copy of the act from a nonce volume. AN ACT FOR GRANTING AN AID TO HIS MAJESTY BY A LAND TAX FOR The Service of the Year One Thousand seven hundred and fifty one. Over 100 pages of details for Land Tax for the whole of Great Britain. Printed By Thomas Baskett unknown
ref. 109733 April 1840; on letterhead of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland Sussex Chambers Duke Street St. James's. 12mo 3 pp. Text clear and complete. Worn and aged with pinholes and unobtrusive repair to closed tears. The 'kindness' Wyld has 'always shewn to the Poles' makes Stuart sure that he will attend to his recommendation of 'Captain Thadeus Grubski one of the Polish Refugees who bears a very high character'. By employing him Wyld would 'render an essential service to a deserving man much in need of it and confer a favor as well on this association in general' and on Stuart in particular. 3 April 1840; on letterhead of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland, Sussex Chambers, Duke Street, St. James's. unknown
