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1842ref. 45026London: William Clowes & Son 1842. Reports primarily concerning agriculture on various colonial plantations - silk hemp and cotton - as well as . London: William Clowes & Son 1842. Reports primarily concerning agriculture on various colonial plantations - silk hemp and cotton - as well as "Withdrawal of the grant for negro education." Bound in later blue wrappers with paper cover title. Very good condition. 32 cm. 153 pp. William Clowes & Son unknown books
1891ref. 675561891. 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
1734ref. 49723London. 1734-1762. Regulations for the English Navy A nice collection of British Acts of Parliament relating to the Royal Navy or related seagoing activities. The dominance of the British Royal Navy was unquestioned from the late 1600s until well into the 20th century. These mid 18th-century acts were printed at a time when the British Navy was swiftly ascending to the peak of its power through superior financing tactics training organization population support hygiene dockyard facilities logistical support and warship design and construction. By the early 19th century the British Navy saw little action mainly due to the lack of a worthy adversary. Each of these titles is rare with between one and four copies listed in institutions in ESTC. The separate imprints included here are as follows: 1 AN ACT TO SETTLE HOW FAR OWNERS OF SHIPS SHALL BE ANSWERABLE FOR THE ACTS OF THE MASTERS OR MARINERS drop title. London: John Baskett 1734. 2291-294pp. Only three copies in ESTC. ESTC N51352. 2 AN ACT FOR THE BETTER SUPPLY OF MARINERS AND SEAMEN TO SERVE IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS OF WAR AND ON BOARD MERCHANT SHIPS OTHER TRADING SHIPS AND PRIVATEERS drop title. London: John Baskett 1739. 2123-126pp. Only three copies in ESTC. ESTC N51525. 3 AN ACT FOR THE FURTHER REGULATING AND BETTER GOVERNMENT OF HIS MAJESTY'S NAVIES SHIPS OF WAR AND FORCES BY SEA; AND FOR REGULATING THE PROCEEDINGS UPON COURTS MARTIAL IN THE SEA SERVICE drop title. London: Thomas Baskett 1745. 2719-723pp. Only three copies in ESTC. ESTC N52070. 4 AN ACT FOR THE RELIEF AND SUPPORT OF MAIMED AND DISABLED SEAMEN AND THE WIDOWS AND CHILDREN OF SUCH AS SHALL BE KILLED SLAIN OR DROWNED IN THE MERCHANTS SERVICE drop title. London: Thomas Baskett 1747. 2835-859pp. Only two copies in ESTC. ESTC N52775. 5 AN ACT FOR AMENDING EXPLAINING AND REDUCEING INTO ONE ACT OF PARLIAMENT THE LAWS RELATING TO THE GOVERNMENT OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS VESSELS AND FORCES BY SEA drop title. London: Thomas Baskett 1749. 2687-707pp. Only one copy in ESTC. ESTC N52967. 6 AN ACT FOR ENFORCING THE LAWS AGAINST PERSONS WHO SHALL STEAL OR DETAIN SHIPWRECKED GOODS; AND FOR THE RELIEF OF PERSONS SUFFERING LOSSES THEREBY drop title. London: Thomas Baskett 1753. 2303-311pp. Only four copies in ESTC. ESTC N52861. 7 AN ACT FOR THE REGULATION OF HIS MAJESTY'S MARINE FORCES WHILE ON SHORE drop title. London: Thomas Baskett 1755. 2311-331pp. Only two copies in ESTC. ESTC N56449. 8 AN ACT FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF SEAMEN AND THE MORE SPEEDY AND EFFECTUAL MANNING HIS MAJESTY'S NAVY drop title. London: Mark Baskett 1762. 2655-658pp. Only one copy in ESTC. ESTC N56728. Dbd. Minor edge wear and toning. Generally very good to near fine condition. In a blue cloth slipcase gilt. N.A.M. Rodger THE COMMAND OF THE OCEAN. A NAVAL HISTORY OF BRITAIN 1649-1815 London: Allen Lane 2004. hardcover books
1701ref. 29809London: Printed for Edward Jones and Timothy Goodwin 1701. With Details on the Commissioning of Captain Kidd Proceedings in the House of Commons regarding the impeachment of the Earl of Portland the Earl of Orford Lord Somers and Lord Halifax in March-April 1701. The Earl of Portland was one of the main negotiators of the Second Partition Treaty which sought to stave off what became the War of Spanish Succession. The treaty was wildly unpopular in England and after its signing discontent among the public and in the House of Commons led to impeachment proceedings against Portland along with Orford Somers and Halifax who were said to be cognizant of the negotiations. Orford for his part was accused of aiding and encouraging William Kidd and of failing to press his advantage against the French. Orford admitted to commissioning Kidd as a privateer but denied authorising his piratical activities and claimed to be unaware of the pirate's "ill Fame and Reputation." Somers and Orford were eventually acquitted and the charges against Portland and Halifax were dismissed. Folio. Modern three-quarter calf and cloth boards gilt title on front board spine gilt with two raised bands. Bookplates on front endpapers contemporary ownership signature on titlepage. Very good. GOLDSMITHS 3839. SOWERBY JEFFERSON'S LIBRARY 2909. DAB II pp.285-92. ROSENBACH "THE SEA" 383. hardcover books
1680ref. 131051680. POPISH PLOT. England. Parliament. A True Copy of the Journal-Book of the Last Parliament . Wherein is Comprised a Fuller and Further Discovery of the Popish Plot.London: Printed in the year 1680. 8vo. 6 104 97-105 108-203 "194" 177-316 p. Text complete despite erratic pagination front and rear blanks wanting. Modern utilitarian cloth covers warped. Text very browned and margins very brittle. Complete but good at best. The Popish Plot. Wing E2748. unknown books
1648ref. 128971648. ENGLAND. PARLIAMENT. A Declaration of the Parliament of England Concerning a Paper Subscribed by the Commissioners of Scotland Dated 24 Febr. 1649/50. colophon: London: For Edward Husband Febr. 27 1648. Folio. 2 p. paginated 53-54 and signed M conjugate blank. Caption title. Modern cloth. Printer's imprint on verso of first leaf. unknown books
1681ref. 129011681. ENGLAND. PARLIAMENT. The Proceedings of the Honourable House of Commons who met at Oxford March 21. 1680/1. London: For John Peacock 1681. Folio. 2 12 4 p. Modern cloth. Title a trifle dusty. Wing E2685. unknown books
1791ref. 117841791. GREAT BRITAIN. PARLIAMENT. Correct List of the Minority on Mr. Grey's Motions . on the Approach of a Russian War. London: For J. Debrett 1791. 16 p. Printed in red ink with the exception of pages 2-3. Removed. Very good. On becoming involved in the war. ESTC records only six copies. unknown books
1718ref. 113671718. GREAT BRITAIN. PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Three Speeches against Continuing the Army &c. as they were Spoken in the House of Commons. London: For John Morphew 1718. 46 p. Disbound. First and last few leaves browned. Speeches by W. Shippen E. Jeffreys and Sir. T. Hanmer. Goldsmiths' 5503. unknown books
1657ref. 79081657. ENGLAND. PARLIAMENT. An Act for the Attainder of the Rebels in Ireland. At the Parliament begun at Westminster the 17th Day of September . 1656. London: Henry Hills and John Field 1657. Fol. 2 24 p. final blank G2. Modern boards leather spine label. Light dampstain in margins of a few leaves. Printed in Black letter. Wing E1092. unknown books
1681ref. 128991681. ENGLAND. PARLIAMENT. The Debates in the House of Commons Assembled at Oxford the Twenty First of March 1680. colophon: London: For R. Baldwin 1681. Folio. 20 p. Modern cloth. The Exclusion Bill to prevent the Duke of York from becoming the popish successor to the throne. Wing E2546. unknown books
1767ref. 1098111767. First Edition. CUSTOMS COMMISSIONERS ACT. Act to enable His Majesty to put the Customs and other Duties in the British Dominions in America and the Execution of the Laws relating to Trade there under the Management of Commissioners. London: Mark Baskett 1767. Folio 20th-century marbled stiff paper boards. $3200.Rare first printing of the 1767 Customs Commissioners Act one of the controversial Townshend Acts that united patriot opposition to British rule and provoked the Boston Massacre.Following the Stamp Act which had united colonial opinion against British authority ""as no issue beforeÉ a new period of agitation began in 1767 with the passage of the Townshend Acts"" Morison Sources xv. Engineered by Charles Townshend Chancellor of the Exchequer these were intended to raise revenue from the American colonies by imposing duties on goods Americans were already forced to import only from England punish New York's opposition to the Quartering Act and establish a board of customs commissioners in America. This is the first printing of that Customs Commissioners Act. ""To guarantee that colonial duties raised as much money as he had promised to Parliament Townshend was tightening control over America's slack customs procedures"" by appointing commissioners in England and sending them to Boston ""with broad powers. Since colonial jurors rarely convicted a local merchant of smuggling Townshend's acts set up new admiralty courts that could try smugglers without a jury. And the acts made it easier for customs officials to obtain writs of assistance"" Langguth 93. In addition ""the moneys thus raised in the coloniesÉ were to be usedÉ to render the royal governors and judges independent of colonial assemblies"" Morison xv. To Samuel Adams ""these new commissioners of customs were 'the greatest political curses that could be sent amongst usÉ From the time the acts took effect November 20 1767 many Bostonians had been boycotting luxury goods from Britain by signing a 'nonimportation agreementÉ Stricter enforcement at the customs offices was drawing off hard currency from America and bad times were spreading across the colonies"" Langguth 94 102-103. With increased colonial opposition to the Customs Commissioners Act and other Townshend laws ""the customs administration to enforce them became especially in ports like BostonÉ increasingly militarized"" provoking merchants such as John Hancock into ""calling one of his sloops Liberty and flaunting his intention of 'running Madeira ashore"" Schama History of Britain II:463. The day after the Liberty was seized by customs officials Sam Adams was overheard challenging the crowd ""If you are men behave like men. Let us take up arms immediately and be free and seize all the king's officers"" Langguth 98. With the Board of Commissioners of the Customs headquartered in Boston the city became the ""rowdiest of all the centers of protest"" and those who broke the boycott were often tarred and feathered. As tempers grew shorter and customs officers were accused of bribery and extortion matters often ""got completely out of control. On 23 February 1770 an eleven-year-old boy Christopher Seider joined by a noisy protest of schoolboys and apprentices outside the shop of an importerÉ was shot dead by a customs officer"" and his funeral turned into a mass protest led by Sam Adams. Only one month later on March 5th amidst these already heightened tensions ""a wigmaker's apprentice ragged a soldier all the way to the Custom House for an allegedly unpaid bill. When a guard struck the pursuing youth a tocsin normally used as a fire alarm was sounded and mobilized a large and angry crowd"" Schama History of Britain II 463. In the melee that followed the redcoats opened fire killing fiveÑamong them Crispus AttucksÑand the day would be memorialized in history as the Boston Massacre. Printed in gothic type indicative of the first edition. This first printing excised from the Sessional Volumes of Parliament pages 563-66 precedes all American printings. Minor rubbing spine. Very nearly fine condition. hardcover books
1562ref. 1278941562. HENRY VIII PARLIAMENT. Acts. Anno XXXIIII et. V. Henrici VIII. London: T. Powell 1562. Slim folio 8 by 11-1/2 inches modern full brown morocco. $3800.Early edition of the Parliamentary Acts of 1542 featuring 25 acts featuring the important Act for the Advancement of True Religion and the first English act dealing with Bankruptcy finely printed in black-letter with lovely historiated woodcut initials.The first and most important act passed by the Parliament in 1542 banned the reading or owning of the Bible in EnglishÑat that point Tyndale's translationÑin England for most of the population. Exceptions were made for the clergy the gentry wealthy merchants and the wives of the gentry and nobility who were only allowed to read it in private effectively barring the Bible in English from the vast majority of the population. By the time of the act's passage Tyndale was already dead executed near Brussels in 1536 after being convicted of heresy for his promotion of theology influenced by Martin Luther. And Tyndale himself had never actually published a full Bible in English having only managed individual publications of the New Testament the Pentateuch and a few other books of the bible; the first full Bible in English was actually produced by Miles Coverdale in 1536 based heavily on Tyndale's earlier publications. The act also banned numerous other categories of books although it did provide exceptions for ""statutes and lawes of the realme cronicles Canturbury tales Chaucers bookes Gowers bookes and stories of menns lives."" The acts from this year are also notable for containing the Statute of Bankrupts the first codification of law for bankruptcy in England. First published in 1543 with several editions or issues following soon after; this is one of two editions published in 1562. Without the acts for Wales. STC 9409. Foxing to a few leaves mild dampstaining to inner margin of some early leaves but text readable and clear; handsomely bound. Rare. unknown books
1650ref. 1053401650. PARLIAMENT. BroadsideÑEnglish Civil War. Westminster: Edward Husband and John Field 27 September 1650. Broadside trimmed 10-1/4 by 9 inches mounted on a larger sheet of paper. $2500.Dramatic printed broadside from the English Civil War ordering the burning of an ""impious and blasphemous book.""This broadside calls for the arrest imprisonment and then exile of author Laurence Clarkson and the seizure of his book The Single Eye which earned the censure of the government. The document reads in part: ""Upon report from the Committee for suppressing licentious and impious practices under pretence of Religion Liberty &c. The Confession of Laurence Clarkson touching the making and publishing of the impious and blasphemous book called The Single EyeÉ the said Laurence Clarkson is to be forthwith sent to the House of Correction there to be kept to labor for one Moneth and from that time to be Banished out of this Commonwealth and the Territories thereof and not to return upon pain of DeathÉ the book called The Single Eye and all printed copies thereof are to be forthwith seized and burnt by the hand of the Common Hangman in the New-Palace at Westminster and upon the Exchange; and that the Lord Major and Sheriffs of London and Middlesex be required to cause the same to be done accordingly."" Those in possession of the book are also ""required and enjoined forthwith to deliver the same to the next Justice of the PeaceÉ who are hereby required to cause the same to be publiquely burned."" Another man named in this broadside Mr. Rainborow is stripped of his duties as a Justice of the Peace in Middlesex County and forbidden from returning to that position anywhere in England or Wales. Wing E2432. Goldsmiths 1188. Upper margin trimmed a little closely affecting the printed seal at the head of the document. Near-fine condition. unknown books
1755ref. 375741755. First Edition. PARLIAMENT. Anno Regni Georgii II. Regis Magnae Britanniae Franciae & Hiberniae Vicesimo OctavoÉ London: Thomas Baskett 1755. Folio contemporary full paneled calf gilt elaborately gilt-decorated spine raised bands gilt-stamped arms of George II to front and rear covers. $2800.First edition of the laws passed by Parliament in 1755 handsomely bound in contemporary paneled calf-gilt stamped with the gilt arms of King George II.Includes an act for regulating places of public entertainment an act for making more effectual the laws prohibiting the importation of spirituous liquors and of tea found on any British ship not belonging to the East India Company acts for the better supply of mariners and seamen to serve in His Majesty's Ships of War and to better enforce discipline of His Majesty's marine forces while on shore and a continuance of an act for encouraging the making of indigo in the American colonies. This collection prints the full text of the 25 most important acts of the year each with an abstract at rear and a table of other acts passed during the year but not printed in this collection. Contemporary calf with expected age wear and restoration to joints spine ends and corners. A very good attractively bound copy with the gilt arms of King George II. 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
1971ref. bas168Shannon 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
1971ref. bas169Shannon 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
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
1667ref. 15762London: n.p. 1667. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. London 1667. 4to. 5-1/2 x 7-1/2'. 32pp. Bound to style in quarter leather; maroon lettering label gilt; marbled paper boards in a Stormont design. Light blindstamp of a seminary library on title and marginal acquisition number two tiny closed marginal tears on the title one of the affecting the 'e' of 'Printed' else a very good copy. Wing T.2471. ESTC R23832. n.p. hardcover books
1713ref. 1394685London: Printed by John Baskett 1713-1717. First Editions. Hardcover. Folio 61-174 2179-191 6 203-206 2 211-218 2 223-270 2 275-357 3 361-362 2 367-382 2 387-422 4. In Good minus condition. Bound in full contemporary calf with banded spine and tooling to boards. Boards show moderate wear to edges moderate plus wear and bumping to corners and several gouges to the front board. Cracking to leather along joint of front board. A clear lacquer appears to have been applied to the boards. Text block has light age toning to edges. Ex-Library institutional plate appears on front paste down. Ex libris of former owner appears on front pastedown. Several ink "doodles" in an 18th-century hand appear on the front paste down and front free end page. Square-inch tear to fore-edge of front free end page. Pages tightly trimmed by binder impacting some of the printed marginal annotations. BB Consignment. Shelved in Room A Oversized. Appears to contain two collections of public statutes passed in 1713 and 1714 but printed between 1713 and 1717 each with a closing contents page. The first collection contains Acts II - XVIII of 18 acts and the second contains Acts II - XXIII of 23 acts. The acts cover a range of topics including duties tariffs and taxes; the paying and management of military personnel and militias; and the management of churches. The most significant of the acts however is Act 15 of the second set of acts entitled "An Act for Providing a Publick Reward for such Person or Persons as shall Discover the Longitude at Sea". This formally established the Commissioners of the Longitude and the reward of £20000 for "the first Author or Authors Discoverer or Discoverers of any such method ." that to the satisfaction of the committee accurately determined a ship's longitude at sea accurate to within 20 geographical miles. This reward would not be claimed until 1765 when clockmaker John Harrison developed his "time-keeper" or marine chronometer. 1394685. Special Collections - Upstairs. Printed by John Baskett hardcover books
1761ref. 297522London: J. Newbery at the Bible and Sun 1761. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo; a disbound pamphlet ii 82 pages. ~~Regarding the resignation of William Pitt the Great Commoner. Pitt refused to accept a title hence the moniker. Very Good binding. J. Newbery, at the Bible and Sun unknown books
1876ref. 40713London: Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode 1876. xii 247 1 pp. bound with FURTHER PAPERS RELATING TO THE LATE DISTURBANCES IN BARBADOS. PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY COMMAND OF HER MAJESTY JULY 1876. Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode. 1876. x 220 pp. The two titles bound together in modern two-toned cloth with paper title affixed to front cover. Near Fine. offered with FURTHER PAPERS RELATING TO THE LATE DISTURBANCES IN BARBADOS. PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY COMMAND OF HER MAJESTY FEBRUARY 1877. London: Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode. 1877. iv 66 pp. bound with FURTHER PAPERS RELATING TO THE LATE DISTURBANCES IN BARBADOS. PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY COMMAND OF HER MAJESTY MARCH 1877. London: Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode. 1877. v 1 blank 70 pp. The two titles bound together in modern two-toned cloth with paper title affixed to front cover. Near Fine. These books print observations and official dispatches beginning in 1871 that tell the story of the Barbados insurrection beginning in 1876. "Slavery in Barbados was abolished in 1834. . . Despite gaining their freedom in the sense of no longer being 'owned' officially life for plantation workers remained difficult for many years. Perhaps the same children whose parents avoided having them apprenticed became involved 40 years later in the Confederation Riots of 1876. The primary cause of these riots is often cited as the proposed confederation of Barbados and the Windward Islands. However it is very likely that this was one cause of many and the primary reason for unrest and unhappiness was down to pay working and living conditions. The 'despatches' of 1875 describe cases of death by starvation - one of a baby whose mother had had to return to work weeks after giving birth and could not feed her daughter often enough or worked so hard so soon that she could not produce enough milk. According to the rector of the Parish Church this was a common occurrence. . . Cases such as this were the primary causes of unrest in Barbados in the 1870s. These cases illustrate the difficulties faced by the descendants of enslaved African-Caribbeans and the long lasting legacy of the slave trade." online The National Archives essay 'When did plantation workers in Barbados truly become free'. Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode unknown books
1788ref. 36636London: Printed and Sold by John Nichols. 1788. Folio. Pages 831-839 1 blank. "Numb. 96." at upper left corner at head of title. Disbound light margin spotting else Very Good. The Commons addresses requests to assist planters from East Florida who have suffered from its cession to Spain. Several petitions are presented from "Persons who have suffered in their Rights and Properties during the late unhappy Dissentions in America in Consequence of their Loyalty to His Majesty and Attachment to the British Government. Printed and Sold by John Nichols... unknown books
