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ref. 1917566093.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1730ref. 102277Bound volume of 89 acts folio 11 3/4" x 7" period full calf 446 pp. Various paginations actual page count is done by hand and a manuscript index at the front lists the acts and indicates the page it is on. Binding is worn backstrip is gone hinges are cracked covers almost detached and some signatures are loose some early ink notations and page numbering are on top of pages it appears there are some remnants of wax seals on the margin of the last page some soiling at endpapers normal aging and browning but internally pretty clean; despite the mentioned flaws the contents are in very good shape but the binding needs work. While this collection of Acts passed under George II and George III is not sequential a previous owner has provided a useful index as to the contents and location of various acts. The laws cover a very broad area of issues from the more mundane such as dog stealing punishments for disorderly houses and preventing abuses in making bricks and tiles to more important issues including the raising and training of the militia regulating the price of corn preservation of public highways and the punishment for selling ale and apiarist without a license. Other important acts include regulating places of entertainment regulating the trials of controverted elections establishing trade agreements in the East Indies changing some of the rules passed by Queen Elizabeth on providing relief to the poor and wildlife preservation. A fascinating glimpse at another time and issues of the day. Charles Eyre and William Strahan, Mark Baskett & Others,
1745ref. 100736Pamphlet format small folio disbound each act with its own title. One act with 2 pages separated some minor dampstaining; otherwise very good plus. The lengthiest act relating to the raising of money makes several specific references to colonial Georgia including the provisioning of the garrisons commissioning of troops of Highland Rangers with schooners and granting money to the trustees of Georgia for the improvement of the colony. Another act provides for a speedy trial for those who commit treason against the king. Also included is an act to indemnify those individuals who defended the king concerning the "Scottish Rebellion." Thomas Baskett unknown
1764ref. 100735Pamphlet format small folio disbound. Five acts lacking separate titles but complete appears to be two extra tittle pages a few tears and corner folds one act with margin tear not affecting text minor some soiling; otherwise very good. This is an interesting collection of Parliamentary Acts relating to America during the reign of George III. While most of the acts are from the colonial period there is also some Revolutionary War material. There are several acts concerning the importation of rice from South Carolina and Georgia and others that relate to importation of wheat beaver skins and tea into the colonies. Others address the quartering of troops in the colonies as well as better pay for soldiers and dealing with mutiny and desertion. Additionally several acts refer to a continuation of the right of the king to secure and detain people charged with or suspected of "high treason" and for the exchange of American prisoners brought to Great Britain. Mark Baskett; Charles Eyre and William Strahan
1831ref. 19854London 1831. FIRST PRINTING. Drop title; with a number of contemporary annotations corrections on Schedules A and B pp. 26-27. Sewn as issued preserved in a folding case. First printing of the final revisions to the Great Reform Bill. This was the second bill put up for a Parliamentary vote. The initial version of the bill March 1831 was rejected by Parliament. The Great Reform Bill of 1831 also known as the Reform Act was a significant piece of legislation in the United Kingdom aimed at addressing the deficiencies in the electoral system. Before the bill representation in Parliament was heavily skewed with many industrial cities lacking adequate representation while rural areas held disproportionate power. The bill sought to expand the electorate improve representation and reduce the influence of "rotten boroughs" which were sparsely populated constituencies that had the same voting power as more populous areas. The bill proposed to extend the franchise to more men particularly those in the burgeoning middle class and aimed to redistribute parliamentary seats to reflect population changes especially due to the industrial revolution. Although it faced fierce opposition from the House of Lords public pressure and widespread protests highlighted the demand for reform. The rejection of the initial version of the bill led to a wave of public agitation and a second attempt which was again passed by the House of Commons and rejected by the House of Lords. Ultimately this third version passed after the government threatened to create new peers to secure its approval in the House of Lords. The Great Reform Bill marked a pivotal moment in British political history laying the groundwork for future electoral reforms and increasing public participation in the democratic process. unknown
1646ref. 17558London: Printed by T.W. Thomas Warren for Ed. Edward Husband 1646. FIRST EDITION. Engraved frontispiece woodcut headpieces. Contemporary calf worn especially at spine joints somewhat tender; first blank appears to be torn out leaf with frontispiece repaired some browning and soiling mostly on edges. Overall a good copy from the library of the Earls of Macclesfield with their dated 1860 bookplate motto “Sapere aude” on the paste-down and blind embossed stamp of armorial on first three leaves. First edition. In 1640 King Charles I established the Long Parliament in order to acquire funds for the Bishop’s War against the Scots. However as soon as the Long Parliament took control they began dismantling the monarchy’s authority by removing the king’s advisors and sympathizers. The orders and ordinances collected in this copy begin at this crucial moment and cover the duration of the English Civil War from 1642 to 1646. It is therefore an excellent reference source for laws and statutes during the English Civil War. It also contains several matters of Colonial interest including An Order for advancement of the Plantations in New England; An Order to make the Earl of Warwick Governor of the Plantations in America; An Ordinance against Importation of Whale-oyl; and An additional Committee for ordering Foreign Plantations among others. Wing provides the name of the printer for this copy and lists several other volumes containing records of orders over a range of years. Printed by T.W. [Thomas Warren] for Ed. [Edward] Husband unknown
1876ref. 1402188Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 1876. Hardcover. Quarto lvi 74 245 pages. In Fair minus condition. Spine is brown with gold print. Boards half bound with brown leather to spine and corners and green cloth to boards; tattering to spine caps and corners hinges torn their length leather dried and cracking/chipping heavily soiled. Text block has light foxing to initial and final pages two small holes in final pages. Illustrated: b&w tables some folded. Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Quarto and Folio Case. 1402188. FP New Rockville Stock. Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed hardcover
1803ref. 246148United Kingdom: Houses of Parliament 1803. Book. Good. hardback. hardback foolscap Enclosure Act of Parliament dating from 1803 authorizing the enclosure of land in Gloucestershire later binding of quarter cloth and paper covered boards with paper title to upper board the first page of the Act has several ink splashes the remainder is clean and unmarked several blanks are bound at the rear. Houses of Parliament Hardcover
1562ref. 2557Cambray: Nicolas Lombard 1562. First edition. Papered spine. With contemporary underlines throughout and occasional marginal notes in ink. Upper outer corners stained and chipped throughout first leaves with small loss. Closed tear on the title page not affecting the text. Overall in very good condition. First edition. Papered spine. ff. 14 2 blank. Sign.: A–D4 D3–4 blank. First edition of this scarce and important document of the French Wars of Religion. A protest against the Edict of Toleration also known as the Edict of January or Saint-Germain which was issued by the French Crown on January 17 1562 after a long series of repressive measures against the Protestant Huguenots in order to restore peace in the kingdom torn by civil and religious dissensions. The registration process of the edict led to the bitterest legislative struggles of the century between the Parlement and the Crown. After a vote on 7 February the Parlement very Catholic refused to verify or publish the edict and on 12 February a remonstrance the present publication was drawn up and sent to the Court. Eventually the Parlement had to capitulate and the edict was registered on March 6 five days after the Massacre of Vassy which triggered the first of the series of eight civil wars lasting some thirsty-six years in France the Wars of Religion. The Edict of Tolerance remained a reference for the Huguenots in the later negotiations between them and the royal power and became the foundation of the subsequent toleration edicts such as the Edict of Ambroise the resolution of the first war in 1563 and the Edict of Nantes which marked the end of the period of the French Wars of Religion in 1598. Seemingly two different editions 16- and 24-leaves were published by Lombard in 1562. Due to their substantial similarities the presence or lack of the last blank leaves and the peculiar dating “mil cinq cens soixante & un” the bibliographies list these editions under at least six different entries dated 1561 or 1562 later editions also by Lombard appeared in 1565 and 1566. USTC 6319 2 copies: Nîmes - Bibliothèque Carré d’art; Paris - Bibliothèque Mazarine or 17432 1 copy: La Rochelle- Bibliothèque municipale Literature: Keller A.-C. 1952. Michel de l’Hospital and the Edict of Toleration of 1562. Bibliothèque d’Humanisme et Renaissance 142 301–310. Nicolas Lombard unknown
ref. 25420‘22 Ja’ no year. On letterhead of ‘One-Oak / 10 Redington Road / Hampstead. N.W.’ London. See the entries on Thornycroft and Allingham in the Oxford DNB. The letterhead is also of interest: 'One-Oak' is a notable example of the work of the Arts and Crafts architect A. H. Mackmurdo. 1p 12mo. On grey paper. In fair condition lightly aged and worn with traces of mount adhering to blank reverse. Folded twice. Initial ‘H’ of signature slightly smidged. Reads: ‘Dear Mrs Allingham / I have only got your note. / I enclose two cards for RA. Hoping to see you there / Yours very sincerely / Hamo Thornycroft’. See Image. ‘22 Ja’ [no year]. On letterhead of ‘One-Oak, / 10, Redington Road, / Hampstead. N.W.’ [London] unknown
ref. 2557031 January 1794. ‘No. 370.’. See his long entry in the Oxford DNB. On one side of a 12.5 x 6.5 cm piece of laid paper embossed with a tax stamp. In fair condition lightly aged and discoloured. Very neatly written and set out: ‘Jan 31 . 1794 / No. 370. / Received of Wm. Phillips / fourteen shillings for the third volume of / EPEA PTEROENTA or The Diversions / of Purley. John Horne Tooke / £2. 2. 0’. See Image 31 January 1794. ‘No. 370.’ unknown
ref. 2590717 January no year on paper watermarked ‘JOYNSON 1860’; on Berkeley Castle letterhead. See the two men’s entries in the Oxford DNB. For the context see the 1863 pamphlet ‘Clare versus the Queen’ in the slug to which John Clare 1820-1885 is described as ‘THE KING OF METAL SHIP BUILDERS’. 3pp 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition lightly aged and worn with folds. Docketed ‘Fitzhardinge / Lord -’. Signed ‘Fitzhardinge’ sic. In a difficult hand. Begins: ‘My Dear Romaine / I have to appear as a Witness on behalf of the Admiralty in the case of “Clare’s Petition of Right to the Queen” in which I am suitor.’ He denies the claim that he has ‘infringed Patents’ with regard to ‘Gun Boats’ ‘and I do not even remember having ever seen the Man or any body on his behalf’. He asks Romaine to help him refresh his memory with regard to communications ‘in which my name appears either at White Hall or Somerset House’: ‘at present I am prepared to swear total ignorance of the Man and his Gun Boats’. He ends by giving an address to which Romaine should write if ‘any thing can be traced to me’. 17 January [no year, on paper watermarked ‘JOYNSON | 1860’]; on Berkeley Castle letterhead. unknown
ref. 25851‘Mansion House London / 20 July 1829’. An excellent slice of Georgian London history. See his entry and Hook’s in the Oxford DNB. 4pp 12mo. Fifty-five lines of text. On bifolium. In fair condition on discoloured and lightly-worn paper with closed tear at foot of gutter. Also present is a typed transcript. The letter concerns a proposed three-day ‘excursion to the Medway’. Hook has engagements that will interefere but Thompson undertakes to land him ‘safe at the Tower by seven o’clock on Saturday’. Thompson’s plan is ‘as follows the city of London Steamer leaves the Tower Stairs a little before ten oClock on Thursday with my friends & as I have official business at Woolwich I shall go on board there we stop near Southend at the boundary of the Lord Mayors jurisdiction where we dine & I shall there be joined by the Lords of the Admiralty Mr. Croker i.e. John Wilson Croker 1780-1857 etc but from there I fear they will return to town We proceed to Wrights at Rochester where we sleep Friday morning we shall visit Upnor Castle which is the boundary of my jurisdiction in the Medway & then proceed to Sheerness & view that great naval arsenal Admiral Blackwoods flag ship Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Blackwood 1770-1832 &c. at this place I give a boat to be sailed for by the Fishermen & after this engagement I return to Wrights where I entertain the Port Admiral & His Officers the Corporation of Rochester & the nobility & gentry of the neighbourhood.’ He will return to town on the Saturday by steamer. Hook now has ‘a hasty sketch’ of Thompson’s plans and he will ‘feel extremely obliged by whatever time you can give me during this cockney expedition’. ‘Mansion House [London] / 20 July 1829’. unknown
ref. 2616522 November 1861. On letterhead of 9 Great George Street Westminster S.W. London. See his entry in the Oxford DNB: ‘In the 1840s Peto had thirty-three railway contracts worth £20 million the largest number held in the kingdom; according to Brunel he was the largest contractor in the world.’ 2pp 12mo. In good condition lightly aged. Folded three times. Begins: ‘Sir Morton Peto presents his Compliments to Lady Hooker and begs to acknowledge the receipt of her not of the 9th. Inst. on his return from the Continent’. He regrets that ‘it will not be in his power to assist the Case of Dr. Fraser at the next Election of the Idiot Asylum as he has promised the whole of his votes -’. 22 November 1861. On letterhead of 9 Great George Street, Westminster S.W. [London] unknown
ref. 262253 January 1851; 47 Russell Square London. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p 12mo. In good condition lightly aged. Strip of glue from mount adhering to one edge of the blank reverse. Folded for postage. Addressed to ‘J M Hare Esqr’. Reads: ‘Dear Sir / I have to acknowledge the receipt of the Patent you have kindly sent me pray accept my thanks for your attention / I am dear Sir / Yrs faithfully / S. Morton Peto’. In Victorian hand at foot: ‘M P. Norwich 1851’. 3 January 1851; 47 Russell Square [London]. unknown
ref. 2614517 May 1887; on letterhead of Heythrop Hall Chipping Norton. See his brothers’ entries in the Oxford DNB. 4pp 12mo. Bifolium. Folded once. In good condition lightly aged with slight rust spotting at head of last page. Erroneous attribution to Earl Brassey in small type at the head of the first page. Addressed to ‘B. Hobbie Esq’ and signed ‘Albert Brassey’. He doubts whether you will be able to attend the public meeting at Oxford on 28 May. ‘There is no doubt that something must be done to relieve the agricultural distress but I am not at present prepared to do more than listen to the suggestions of those who are much better able than myself to propose a remedy.’ He continues: ‘As soon as the Irish troubles are disposed of our leading statemen will be more at liberty to consider other matters.’ He deeply sympathises with the object Hobbie has ‘in view’ and he feels sure that he will ‘do a great deal of good by ventilating the question at a Public Meeting’. 17 May 1887; on letterhead of Heythrop [Hall], Chipping Norton. unknown
ref. 26454Post mark: Berlin 14 June 1929; Printed heading: 50 Romney Street Westminster SW1 13 June 1929. Postcard good condition. Text: "Very many thanks for your kind congratulations - Kind regards from Elizabeth Macadam See Wikipedia etc & myself. We are in Berlin for a women's congress." Note: At this time one of the few women she was being elected to Parliament but attending the Congress fof the International Alliance of Women in Berlin. Post mark: Berlin, 14 June 1929; Printed heading: 50 Romney Street, Westminster, SW1, 13 June 1929 unknown
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1777ref. 100737Pamphlet format small folio disbound but expertly taped spine 711-780 pp. Some darkening around edges mostly title and last page very minor aging; overall in nice condition. This content focuses on a variety of local government issues during the reign of George III. Topics include the widening and lighting of streets altering or rebuilding some buildings appointment of local authorities and the regulation of carts and carriages in town. Charles Eyre and William Strahan unknown
1716ref. 100738Pamphlet format small foilio disbound 643-646 pp. Some darkening aging and minor foxing; otherwise very good. While only three pages this act focuses on the important subject of the regulation of tobacco production. It seems the primary goal was to prevent the mixing of other substances with tobacco in the product sold to the public and prevent any abuses in the making and mixing of snuff. John Baskett unknown
ref. 22328no place 4 February 1898 . Two pages 4to bifolium second leaf blank apart from note in another hand on verso " Mr Huskisson's of the 4th Feby 98" good condition. Text: "mr Moodie was appointed Vice Consul to the Southern States of North America upon the late Consul obtaining leave of absence for the recovery of his health. Since that period upwards of four uears the whole duties of the Office have been executed by Mr. Moodie whose zeal and attention to the Interests of the British Merchants under circumstances of considerable difficulty and embarrassment are universally acknowledged. Mr. Moodie is a British Subject and his principles and character for many uears before his appointment to the Vice Consulship are well known. Upon these points Mr. Hammond may be referred to. Mr. Miller is lately deceased and it is hoped that Mr. Moodie's past Services & the circumstances above stated may entitle him to a favourable consideration upon the present vacancy." no place, [ 4 February 1898 ] unknown
ref. 22600Headed 10 Downing Street Whitehall 6 March 1891. Three pages cr. 8vo bifolium fold marks good condition. "I have read your letter with reference to Mr Justice Stephen with care and I observe that while you throw the whole responsibility on the Government for the continuance of a condition which you describe as 'notorious' and creating 'a general dissatisfaction' you do not advance a single specific allegation as to a failure of justice on which it would be possible to take action. The only course of action open to the Government in the case of a judge whose conduct merits removal is by address to the Crown in both Houses of Parliament. The constitution has very properly made the judges absolutely independent of the Government of the day which so far as they are concerned possesses no Paternal or Disciplinary authority and any Member of Parliament is equally entitled to move an Address with any member of the Government. But this power which you possess in common with ourselves should obviously be exercised with abundant specific proof of the necessity in the public interest of that course. I am not in possession of evidence of that character on which I could feel it my duty to proceed." At this time Smith was First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House. [Headed] 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, 6 March 1891. unknown
ref. 22511Docketed 7 August 1812. Valediction of Letter only 19 x 9cm laid down on similar sized piece of paper from collection of similar valedictions most of which mention the Duke of York as recipient. Text: "news from Ld Wellington at which I sincerely rejoice I have the honour to be Sir with the greatest respect & attachment Yr obdt Servt J Shelley." Docketed by HRH probably or secretary Date and Sender and from a large collection of similar valedictions similarly docketed so often to the Duke of York "Royal Highness" etc that they may reveal the fate of his incoming correspondence or part of it. [Docketed ] 7 August 1812 unknown
ref. 23069No place date or obvious purpose. One page 12mo fold mark sl. crumpled mainly good condition. Signatures of Liberal MPs; James Cropper Peter McLagan Theodore Fry Thomas Burt Samuel Smith Arthur Pease James. Bryce John Roberts E Stafford Howard Thomas X. Thompson J.F. Christian James Stuart Stewart Clark Stephen Williamson. No place date, or obvious purpose. unknown
ref. 9946Melbourne 1914: Albert J Mullett Govt Printer. Pamphlet. The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia. The War - Temperance Measures in Russia. The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia The War - Temperance Measures in Russia: despatch from his Majesty's Ambassador at Petrograd enclosing a memorandum on the subject of the temperance measures adopted in Russia since the outbreak of the European War Melbourne : Albert J Mullett Government Printer for the State of Victoria. No 108 - F6748. Folio 340x210mm cream single leaf printed to both sides 2pp When World War I broke out in 1914 almost all of the participant countries including Russia restricted alcohol. Because of the policies noted here closing all liquor outlets and prohibiting the sale of alcohol until the end of the war Russia was able to put its armies in the field much quicker than Germany securing early victories on the Eastern Front. Although the Tsar had been seeking to reduce his empire's reliance on and addiction to vodka spurred on by the Government's absolute control for some centuries of vodka production and distribution for some time in September 1914 he effectively invoked prohibition; making Russia the first prohibition country in the world five years early than the USA. Some scholars now contend that this prohibition and its economic consequences was one of the main causes contributing to the Russian Revolution. Prohibition of State controlled Vodka continued until Stalin came to power in 1924. The recipient Sir Edward Grey was the British Foreign Secretary. Why he forwarded it to the Australian Parliament or why it was published in 1915 is unclear; howeverduring World War I temperance and patriotism had become firmly welded together in the public's mind due to increased activism by the temperance movement. In 1915 there was a significant debate about temperance and its importance to the war effort. Bipartisan political and religious support meant that temperance measures but not prohibition were enacted throughout Australia such as early closing hours to 'preserve the empire' and 'support the troops'. An intriguing insight into the confluence of war and prohibition. A fine copy. § Trove records 1 holding. Only 950 copies were produced. Albert J Mullett, Govt Printer unknown
