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ref. 38672London: Printed for Miles Mitchell junior 1661. First and only edition 12mo 4 68pp. first 3 leaves detached with chips to margins red morocco rubbed and worn spine defective. Provenance: Armorial bookplate of Lord Colchester Kidbrooke. London: Printed for Miles Mitchell junior, 1661 unknown
ref. 33106London: Printed for J. Almon 1759. First and only edition 32pp. with half-title disbound. London: Printed for J. Almon, 1759 unknown
ref. 244615 August 1818. Cowes Isle of Wight. See the entries in the Oxford DNB for his father Sir Francis Baring 1740-1810 and his son Thomas Baring 1799-1873. At the time of writing he was working with the merchant bankers Hope & Co. in Amsterdam but growing 'so disgusted with the drudgery of the counting house' that he wanted to abandon commerce for the law. 1p 4to. In good condition lightly aged with neat traces of windowpane mount adhering to the edges of the blank reverse. Folded for postage. Signed ‘Tho. Baring.’ Recipient not named. Reads: ‘Dear Sir / As I observe in the papers that the British is to be closed on ye. 8th. I shall be obliged to you to send to Mr. Gower and desire him to convey my pictures without loss of time the weather being favourable to Stratton - Have you had a good season and what have been your receipts’. In a postscript he acknowledges receipt of his letter. 5 August 1818. Cowes, Isle of Wight. unknown
ref. 243901 April 1815. Taunton Somerset. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. At the time of writing a year and a half before his death Horner was Member of Parliament for St. Mawes in Cornwall. 1p 4to. Eighteen lines neatly written. Addressed to ‘My dear Harrison’ and signed ‘Fra Horner.’ In good condition lightly aged with negligible remnants of windowpane mount adhering at edges of blank reverse. Folded for postage. He has received both of Harrison’s letters and is ‘particularly obliged’ to him for ‘sending the copy of Stephen’s communication. The omission is much to be expected to which the escape of the convicted slave-dealers is owing; but it is very important that we should be if possible by an official communication of the opinion of the Attorney General to state to the Subscribers the real grounds of the pardon granted against these men. When it is properly explained the matter throws new disgrace upon Thorpe.’ He has not seen the third edition of Thorpe’s book ‘nor the notice with which he has there honored me’ and he begins to feel ‘very anxious about the report to be made to the General Assembly’. He ends with details of his return to London. Note: He is referring presumably to the trials of the Slave Traders Samuel Samo Joseph Peters and William Tufft slave traders and "A letter to William Wilberforce Esq. M.P. vice president of the African Institution : containing remarks on the reports of the Sierra Leone Company and African Institution" pubd 1815Slave Trade 1 April 1815. Taunton [Somerset]. unknown
ref. 2492529 April no year. On embossed letterhead of 10 Bedford Square London. The address from which this letter is sent is said to have been 'the English home of Louis Kossuth and Garibaldi'. 1p 12mo. On aged paper and with strip of discoloration from glue along the inner edge the detaching of the item from its mount having caused a little wear to a couple of words of text. Reads: ‘Dear Sir / Northampton is the only Constituency I have represented in Parliament - I am not last word underlined the author of the work you allude to / Yours truly / C Gilpin’. A thin strip of paper is laid down at the head of the page with the printed one-line entry from an autograph catalogue three shillings for 'GILPIN Charles politician. a.l.s.'. 29 April [no year]. On embossed letterhead of 10 Bedford Square [London]. unknown
ref. 2483212 January 1716. His Majesty's Exchequer London. See his entries in the Oxford DNB and History of Parliament the former of which notes his ‘high reputation for courage’ and his presence ‘at Neerwinden and Landen in 1693 covering the retreat on 19 July and saving William III from capture by the enemy’. 1p 8vo. On aged and worn paper with chipping to edges and pitting along a horizontal central line but with both signatures clear and unblemished. The customary printed document completed in manuscript. Records in a secretarial hand the receipt of £25 by ‘Hen: Lumley Esqr. attor to the Rt. Honble Rd Lord Lumley Rd Hill & John Wiseman’. Signed towards bottom right ‘H Lumley’ and towards bottom left ‘Witness / John Letton’. See Image. 12 January 1716. [His Majesty's Exchequer, London.] unknown
ref. 2492215 March 1853; Leeds. An interesting letter linking two similar individuals like Baines Buckingham had also served as a Yorkshire Member of Parliament in his case for Sheffield as a radical between and 1835; and both men were newspaper proprietors. See the entries for Baines with those for Buckingham and his son in the Oxford DNB. 4pp 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition lightly aged and folded for postage. Addressed to ‘J. S. Buckingham Esq’ and signed ‘Edw Baines’. He begins by saying that he will try and promote Buckingham’s ‘son’s introduction to this part of the country as a Lecturer’. According to L. S. Buckingham’s ODNB entry his travels with his father had provided him with ‘experiences that he later put to good use when he was a lecturer’. A difficulty the son will face Baines feels ‘will be the name he bears for his father’s reputation is so high that it will not be easy to sustain the comparison’. Baines goes on to explains a change which has taken place from the former means of ‘negociating between Lecturers & their Institutes in our Yorkshire Union’ adding that if Buckingham will send him the subjects of his son’s lectures he will ‘recommend it to our Committee for their Mid-Summer list’. He also offers to lay newspaper testimonials ‘before the Committee of our Leeds Institute: but I believe they have made their arrangements for this season.’ He turns to ‘the Total Abstinence cause’ to which J. S. Buckingham has ‘rendered immense service’. Baines has recently published his own ‘Testimony’ ‘of which you may be pleased to see a copy’. He feels ‘a difficulty in advocating the Maine Liquor Law on the ground of its interference will personal liberty. But the American democrats are putting the wholesome chain upon themselves very fast.’ He ends by conveying his family’s regards to Buckingham’s. 15 March 1853; Leeds. unknown
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1753ref. 1394689London: Thomas Baskett 1753. First Edition. Loose folio. Quarto 2 399-403 1 pages. In Good plus condition. Disbound with light age toning and light scattered foxing. Light creasing at gutter. BB Consignment. Shelved in Room A Oversized Ephemera. In 1714 the British Parliament made an act which established a £2000 reward for the individual who developed an accurate method of calculating longitude at sea. This 1753 act was one of several revisions or replacements of that original. 1394689. Special Collections. Thomas Baskett unknown
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ref. 238199 December 1799; Newton Park near Bath Somerset. See his entry in the History of Parliament which quotes a contemporary source describing him as ‘one of the oldest reformers in the House’ ‘in favour of the ballot and the immediate abolition of slavery’. 1p 8vo. In good condition lightly aged. Folded four times. Begins: ‘Colonel Gore Langton presents his Compliments to Messrs: Cox and Greenwood and as the Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia are expected to return from Ireland about Christmas he is very desirous of being informed whether any arrangement has been made respecting their Winter Quarters’. He would ‘esteem it a favor’ if the recipients ‘would make enquiry on the subject at the Quarter Master Generals Office or War Offi ce and communicate the result to him with as little delay as possible’. The recto is headed in another hand in pencil: ‘Mr Hadley will be so good as to enquire’. Initialed on reverse and minuted with date 10 December 1799: ‘No arrangement has yet been made about Quarters.’ 9 December 1799; Newton Park, near Bath [Somerset]. unknown
ref. 2376311 December 1711; no place. See Powell’s entry in the Oxford DNB. While presiding over the 1712 trial of Jane Wenham for witchcraft he ruled that there was ‘no law against flying’. 1p long 8vo. On recto of first leaf of bifolium. Folded twice. On laid paper with government watermark with two blind-stamped sixpenny tax stamps at head of page. Text intact but with wear closed tears and slight loss to some edges and a crease. Text by Powell himself signed ‘John Powell’ with red wax seal without any impression. Signed at foot of page: ‘Wittness W Price’. Endorsed with date on reverse of second leaf. The text reads: ‘Know all men by these Presents that I Sr John Powell Knt. One of the Judges of her Matie’s Court of Queens Bench at Westminster: Doe hereby Constitute & appoint: John Horsman my Clerk to be my trewe & Lawfull Attorney to Ask Demand & Receive out of her Matie’s Receipt of Excheqr at Westminster the Summe of two Hundred & ffifty Pounds soo much being Due to me for my ffee or Salary for Michaelmas Terme Last: & the sd. John Horsmans Receipt together with these Presents shall be a Sufficient Discharge for the Same given Under my Hand & Seale this Eleventh Day of December 1711’. 11 December 1711; no place. unknown
ref. 426821866. folio. 32cm 17p. printed self wraps string tied docketed on the verso of the last page fine condition. cgc.bx. In the 1860's The Reciprocity Treaty of 1854 had become unpopular in the 1860's in the United States as reflected in the arguments put forward in this publication as was abrogated by the United States in 1866. Being a joint resolution of the United States Congress as approved by the President on the 18th of January 1865 notice was given to the British that the Reciprocity Treaty of 1854 would be terminated. The document reproduces seventeen letters and enclosures exchanged between the two countries during the twelve month period leading up to the expiration date of the treaty. 1866 unknown
ref. 40618Ottawa. Printed by Order of Parliament. Maclean Roger & Co. 1884. tall8vo 24.5cm 135p. large folding colour map original salmon pink printed wraps title repeated in frame borders on the upper cover upper wrapper dust worn plain spine cap chipped a very good copy rare. Cdn. Robert Bell's Copy with his signature on the upper cover. Ottawa. Printed by Order of Parliament. Maclean Roger & Co. 1884 unknown
ref. 39512Toronto. Printed by Stewart Debishire and George Desbarats. 1858. Hardcover. 25cm 261p. tables rebound in tan cloth with gilt titles orginal spine preserved in pocket in rear a very good copy. cdn Detailed listings of imports and exports showing ports articles quantity value and countries to or from. The section on canals contains articles transported tonnage ports and revenue collected and includes the Welland Rideau Burlington Bay Chambly and St. Lawrence Canals. An important Canadian Confederation year publication. Toronto. Printed by Stewart Debishire and George Desbarats. 1858 hardcover
ref. 39246Np. Toronto. Legislative Assembly John B. Robinson Speaker. 1838. Soft cover. 16p. self wraps a fine copy rare. Cdn Fleming 1269. Locates several copies usually bound along with other government documents. Np. [Toronto]. Legislative Assembly, John B. Robinson, Speaker. 1838 unknown
ref. 37760Ottawa. 1874 1875. Hardcover. tall8vo. 24cm 161 208 40 71pp. in One volume bound in quarter black sheep gilt spine titles marbled boards printed on somewhat fragile paper internal library stamps some wear on the edges of the boards else a fine copy. cgc First volume cf. Peel 3 542 earlier issues. 2nd volume Peel 3 545. V3; Not in Peel. V4: Peel 712. Ottawa. 1874 1875 hardcover
ref. 37216n.p. n.d. 1803. 1p. 4to. 26.5cm broadside. printed page is 21x 15cm caption-title uncut matted fine condition. cgc.bx Fleming 22. Lande S2254. This act amends 36 George 3. chapter 12 regarding the regulation of liquor licenses and introduces a fine of 20 pounds for violation of the laws and changes the procedure for applications for licenses from annually to quarterly. NOTE: On 19 March 1803 two hundred copies of each of six acts were ordered printed. Four have been located Fleming numbers 21 22 23 24 and can on the basis of physical evidence be matched to this documentation and recorded as 1803 imprints rather than 1794 1796 and 1797. n.p. n.d. [1803] unknown
