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1855Best.-Nr. 93861Melbourne: John Ferres. 5th December1855. 1st ed. pp.21 printed on blue paper half leather gilt title to front bd. contents clean v.g. good condition Report of the Commission appointed to enquire into the State of the Police. Melbourne 5th December 1855 before the Governor-in-Chief of the Colony of Victoria Sir Charles Hotham and the Commission: Henry S. Chapman chairman Charles MacMahon John Price and Richard Youl 1st edition. John Ferres hardcover
1969Best.-Nr. BK-FNHGYTThomas Hobbes 1969. 2. Hardcover. collectible_like_new. Like new Very well cared and doesnt show its age. Thomas Hobbes hardcover
1828Best.-Nr. 215881828. Slavery & Abolition This archive contains two British parliamentary acts addressing the suppression of the transatlantic slave trade. Both published in London by George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode. The first document "An Act to Continue an Act for Amending and Consolidating the Laws Relating to the Abolition of the Slave Trade" 25th July 1828 was issued under the reign of King George IV. It reinforces prior legislative measures aimed at abolishing the slave trade within the British Empire and its territories ensuring penalties for violations and the removal of enslaved individuals from illegally operating vessels. The second document "An Act to Revive and Continue Until Six Months After the Commencement of the Next Session of Parliament and to Amend an Act for Authorizing Her Majesty to Carry into Immediate Execution by Orders in Council Any Treaties Made for the Suppression of the Slave Trade" 14th August 1838 was enacted under Queen Victoria. This act sought to extend and strengthen Britain's ability to enforce anti-slavery treaties with foreign nations allowing for immediate action against those engaging in the slave trade. Both pieces are significant records of Britain's legal efforts to combat slavery in the early 19th century and underscore the ongoing legislative process that led to the full abolition of slavery across the British Empire in 1833. The documents feature the royal coat of arms period typography and official parliamentary language making them valuable historical artifacts in the study of British abolitionism. Original thread binding missing minor edge wear. Overall very good condition. unknown
1828Best.-Nr. 215881828. Slavery & Abolition This archive contains two British parliamentary acts addressing the suppression of the transatlantic slave trade. Both published in London by George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode. The first document "An Act to Continue an Act for Amending and Consolidating the Laws Relating to the Abolition of the Slave Trade" 25th July 1828 was issued under the reign of King George IV. It reinforces prior legislative measures aimed at abolishing the slave trade within the British Empire and its territories ensuring penalties for violations and the removal of enslaved individuals from illegally operating vessels. The second document "An Act to Revive and Continue Until Six Months After the Commencement of the Next Session of Parliament and to Amend an Act for Authorizing Her Majesty to Carry into Immediate Execution by Orders in Council Any Treaties Made for the Suppression of the Slave Trade" 14th August 1838 was enacted under Queen Victoria. This act sought to extend and strengthen Britain's ability to enforce anti-slavery treaties with foreign nations allowing for immediate action against those engaging in the slave trade. Both pieces are significant records of Britain's legal efforts to combat slavery in the early 19th century and underscore the ongoing legislative process that led to the full abolition of slavery across the British Empire in 1833. The documents feature the royal coat of arms period typography and official parliamentary language making them valuable historical artifacts in the study of British abolitionism. Original thread binding missing minor edge wear. Overall very good condition. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 12098Lettre Patente du Prince de CHIMAY Donnée à Paris par laquelle il confie les pouvoirs de la perception des ses droits au Chevalier Charles de LISOGNE dans ses terres seigneuriales de Revin et de Fumay. In folio de 3 pages manuscrites, sur vélin. Format 50x37cm. Charles Loüis Antoine d’Alsace Prince de Chimay et du Saint Empire, Comte Boussu et de Beaumont…Donné à Paris le troisième jour de May l’an de grâce 1722. Signature du Prince en bas du document. Pliures. Très bon état. Ruban, le sceau de cire est absent.
1716Best.-Nr. YRG-421Première édition, in-4 plein cuir, dos à cinq nerfs, intérieur frais, grands bandeaux, lettrines, cul de lampe. Manque de cuir aux coins, ainsi que sur le bas du plat de devant, traces d'usage, mors supérieur du plat de devant fendu en tête et pieds sans nuisance à l'ouvrage.
Best.-Nr. 631831815; 1825. 2 parts. Folio. pp. 1733-1744; 1541-1548. Disbound from the annual volumes otherwise in excellent condition as issued. See S. W. F. HOLLOWAY. The Apothecaries' Act 1815: a Reinterpretation. Medical History. 1966. Apr; 102: 107129. 1815; 1825. 2 parts. Folio. unknown
1696Best.-Nr. 7122Printed by Charles Bill and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb deceas'd Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty 1696. Sm. folio 3 leaves BLACK-LETTER throughout with fine woodblock arms of William III on front cover and woodblock illuminated capital on first page of text; disbound uncut a remarkably crisp clean copy. 8 Gulielmi III.The death of Queen Mary in 1695 isolated William as an object of Jacobite hatred; the motive for his assassination being the stronger since his death would no longer leave her in occupation of the throne. In February James II moved to Calais and the Jacobite conspirators moved to action. As William drove home to Kensington Palace from his weekly outing in Richmond Park he had to pass along a narrow and muddy lane near Turnham Green. Here he was to be surrounded and murdered. This was the most serious of the several plots against him but the plotters' security was lax and on 24 February William announced in parliament knowledge both of the plan and of the proposed invasion from France.This act arraigns Sir George Barclay and a number of lesser Jacobites including Johnson alias Harrison Durant alias Durance Michael Hare Major George Holmes Philip Hanford alias Browne Richard Richardson John Maxwell Bryerly Plowden and Hungate.Conspirators already languishing in Newgate are named as Counter Major John Bernardi Robert Cassells Robert Meldrum James Chambers and Robert Blackbourne. Printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb deceas'd, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty, unknown
1997Unpaginated. Book is over one inch thick. "The caricatures of my colleagues of the 35th Parliament (of Canada) are dedicated to their sense of humour. If I have captured a feeling, a mood, or a particular look, I thank my models for having inspired me." - Artist. *Hilarious* caricatures of many Canadian Members of Parliament who sat from 1993-1997 by one of their own. Book is clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Lovely copy. After viewing these wonderfully detailed and creative images it is hard not to wonder what the artist actually spent most of his time doing while in Ottawa! Will delight fans and families of the MPs represented herein! Our favourite image is that of North Vancouver Reform Party M.P. Ted White. Book
191628 pages. Features: Cover illustration of dauntless Italian women packing 50lb rolls of military barbed wire up a treacherous mountain slope; The Fall of Trebizond - Victorious Russians in the captured Black Sea port of Tragic Memories - four photos plus informative captions; The Fate of a German "U" Boat - Captured, Sunk and Refloated, with two photos and captions; Photo of the bows of the Dutch Mail-Steamer "Columbia", wrecked by a German mine; Photo of the Prince of Wales, with King Victor, at the Italian front, visiting the Baptistery of Aquileia Cathedral; Page of six photos of King Alfonso opening the Spanish Parliament in Madrid; Two pages of photos of scorched earth at the Bois de la Caillette, retaken by the French, and held; Twelve photos of oases in Western Egypt from which British forces are clearing the enemy; Photos of Zeppelin shot down at Salonika; "Anzac" Sports on the Suez Canal, attended by the Prince of Wales; Six center page illustrations depict the British Army in France seen through French eyes, from the sketch-book of J. Simont; Two-page illustration of British troops advancing under cover of smoke-bombs (a smoke-screen); Article and photos of technology and techniques used to test the physical abilities of soldiers to resist fatigue, hear, steady their hand, steady their pulse, etc.; Three photos from a Turkish paper of British and French POWs at Afion Kara Hissar; Brief article on the electric vehicles of George Heath; Nice vintage ads. Unmarked. Above-average wear. Centre page held by one staple. A worthy copy of this fascinating WWI isssue. Book
1727Best.-Nr. AQ22496London: s.n. 1727. 3pp 1. Docket title printed to verso of final leaf. Disbound. Old folds. A remarkably rare survival of a Georgian act for preventing frauds and abuses within the dying trade in particular the 'deceitful practice' of dying of woollen goods black 'without using Woad Indigo of Mather' and marking such goods with falsified signs of authenticity. ESTC records copies at a single copy in the British Isles BL and one further in North America Chicago. ESTC T16387. First edition. Folio. [s.n.] unknown
1727Best.-Nr. AQ22495London: s.n. 1727. 3pp 1. Docket title printed to verso. Disbound. Old folds. A rare survival of a Georgian parliamentary bill never enacted for preventing the importation of thrown silk from the Italian states 'but what shall have visible Spinning and be doubled and twisted' and entirely excluding shipments of low quality tram silk material that is reeled rather than spun. ESTC records copies at a single location in the British Isles BL and one further in North America Chicago. ESTC T16381. First edition. Folio. [s.n.] unknown
1725Best.-Nr. AQ22492London: s.n. 1725. 3pp 1. Stab-stitch holes and remains of binding to gutter. Four old horizontal folds docket title printed to verso of second leaf. A rare survival of a Georgian parliamentary bill for improving safety measures in the cities of London and Westminster regarding the storage of gunpowder. An addendum to an act passed in 1719 limiting the quantity of gunpowder permitted to be kept in storehouses the bill addresses the issue of dealers in gunpowder dividing up their warehouses into smaller partitions to circumvent regulations suggesting further restrictions be put in place to avoid potential fire hazards and the destruction of 'several publick offices' and the loss of 'the lives and fortunes of many thousands'. The bill was passed on 31st May 1725. ESTC records a single copy BL. ESTC T17339. Folio. [s.n.] unknown
1830Best.-Nr. AQ27625London: s.n. 1830. 95pp 1. Disbound. Later resewn. A trifle creased. A series of correspondence relating to the administration of the British colony of Sierre Leone in particular extracts of the colonial government in regard to the 'treatment of captured negroes and liberated Africans on their first arrival in the colony and for the better superintendence of their religious instruction and education after their settlement' and 'the raising of regular and militia corps among the blacks and the withdrawal of white troops'. From the recently dispersed library without any indication of such of British scholar and senior civil servant William St Clair 1937-2021 and presumably used by him in his research for his acclaimed book The Grand Slave Emporium: Cape Coast Castle and the British Slave Trade 2006. . Folio. [s.n.] unknown
1817Best.-Nr. AQ27624London: s.n. 1817. 10pp 2. Docket title to verso of terminal leaf. Sewn as issued. Three old horizontal folds. A clean and crisp copy. A selection of seven papers printed by order of the House of Commons regarding the Africa slave trade. The initial four letters contain reports of Royal Navy officer Sir James Lucas Yeo 1782- 1818 then commander-in-chief on the west coast of Africa with special responsibility for the anti-slavery patrol. He commences with the disheartening revelation that 'efforts toward obtaining the real abolition of slavery have been of little or no avail; for though fewer negroes may have been enslaved since the Abolition Acts took place with respect to this country yet the cruelty to those now taken away by Spaniards and Portuguese has increased quadruple; and those Acts appear to have had no other effect then that of transferring the Slave Trade to Spain and Portugal whose inhuman traffic has since wonderfully increased'. Yeo proceeds to provide accounts of numerous vessels recently seized both by himself and Captain Fisher who authors the final three letters reproduced here including the capture Portuguese brig San Antonio carrying 600 enslaved Africans and the American schooner Rosa sailing under Spanish colours trafficking 276. . Folio. [s.n.] unknown
1647Best.-Nr. AQ20484London: Printed for John Wright 1647. 2 6pp. Disbound. Leaves toned scattered spotting. Three parliamentary pronouncements including edict for the raising of fund to support those impacted by the plague in Chester. . First edition. Quarto. Printed for John Wright unknown
1652Best.-Nr. 58941London: Printed by John Field Printer to the Parliament of England 1652. Tall 8vo. 2 1829-1890 pp. Recent maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine. New endpapers. Original wrapper bound in and repaired. Cloth clean. Internally clean. Black-letter text. Lacking final blank. ESTC : R209365 . Very Good. Cloth. 1652. Printed by John Field, Printer to the Parliament of England 1652 hardcover
1798Best.-Nr. 182503London: printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1798-99. First edition of this complete set of 114 statute laws. It opens with the act that granted Lord Nelson and his descendants a perpetual pension in reward for his victory at the Battle of the Nile. It also includes the Slave Trade Act 1799 notable for better regulating the conditions aboard slave ships sailing from Africa. Other laws of note include William Pitt's Income Tax Act; the Offences at Sea Act still in force today; and the Combination Act banning trade unions. Folio 294 x 183 mm pp. 887 36. Woodcut headpieces tables in text. Near-contemporary half calf flat spine gilt-lettered direct flat bands marbled boards. From the collection of Clive Richards although unmarked as such. Spine darkened and rubbed wormhole in fifth compartment corners worn front free endpaper stabilized pp. 321-33 with large loss at foot affecting text: a very good copy. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 13238Without date or place. 6pp. 4to numbered 4-9. Carbon copies on six leaves. In fair condition on aged and creased paper. The account does not appear to have been published and indeed could not have been published during wartime. It may be that it was written for an editor at the Daily Express but the extent of revision and emendation suggests that it was written with an eye to publication after the war. The first page numbered 4 begins after an eight-line deleted passage: 'Reynold's second-in-command is Major Mc.Cormack a whimsical helpful little Northern Irishman with strong Evangelical views. He & the four Chief Press Officers handled me amiably enough; none individually seems responsible for the rows & inconveniences which occur daily. Then there are the Conducting Officers - hearty convivial cavalrymen who wouldn't profess to know much about any periodical but the Field & Country Life. One of them said to me the other night "Hickey . . . . Oh yes I've read your stuff. You do cats in the Sunday Times don't you" Research established that he was referring to Nat Gubbins in the Sunday Express. Some of the reporters find this Bullingdon manner a little overwhelming; others say that they are useful on the job since they are on Christian-name terms with the OC of every unit visited.' At the foot of the first page he begins his description of how 'The King's visit brought the rows & inconveniences to a climax. To begin with elaborate arrangements had been made to keep all news of it secret till after he had returned to England. On the day the King sailed for France it was decided in London to release the news at once after all. But the first that PR in France knew of this decision was hours after the King's arrival when someone happened to be listening in & heard the news on the BBC.' Then the censorship fell into its most jittery mood. We were allowed to say that the news had been left secret till the King's arrival which was obvious. We were not allowed to say that the release came as a surprise to us in France: any hint that deprartmental co-ordination is not 100% perfect is regarded wrongly I think as dangerous. We were not allowed to quote even such amusing details as the pseudonyms by which for secrecy the King had been spoken of beforehand: even among ourselves we had to day "When Mr Harris arrives . . ."; some of the PR staff called him "Mr Big."' He addresses the reader: 'You have heard already of the curious fool arrangement by which glimpses of the King were rationed among the reporters.' He explains that the official description of the 'conference on the day the King lunched with Lebrun & Daladier' was 'not even accurate. There had been no exchange of toasts. There had been only one toast: the King as host had drunk the President of the Republic's health. The reporter put this in his story; found later to his fury that a censor had struck it out writing in instead the smug "Cordial toasts were exchanged".' He discusses the role of the censors. The last page numbered 9 concludes: 'Our reporters are annoyed by all this nonsense & tiresomeness; but its effect on the Americans is likely to be serious. . Red tape presented at least one glowingly pro-British news-agency story of the King's visit from appearing in 1500 newspapers mostly in America. The agency man was away that day. He asked another accredited war reporter to cover the story for him.' From the Driberg papers. See Image. Without date or place. unknown
1754Best.-Nr. R300109503CHEZ SAUGRAIN. 1753-1754. In-12. Relié plein cuir. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos à nerfs, Intérieur frais. 475 + 475 + 561 pages - contre plats jaspés - tranches rosées - petite annotation sur la page de titre - dos à 5 nerfs - caissons,titre et tomaison dorés sur le dos - 4 photos disponibles.. . . . Classification Dewey : 840.05-XVIII ème siècle
1876Contains Acts relating to: Assessment; Power of Attorney; Breeding Stock; Cattle Ranges; Choses in Action; Civil Causes; Foreign Companies; Voluntary Conveyances; Debentures; Debts and Choses in Action; Elections; Execution against Lands; Fences; Gold Mining; Jurors; Land; Licences; Loan; Methodist Church of Canada; Mining; Municipalities; Public Parks; Procedure; Qualification and Registration of Voters; Road Tolls; Roads; Public Schools; Supply; Taxes; Tolls; Trustees; Victoria and Esquimalt Railway (E&N); Voluntary Conveyances. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Book
194076 pages. Features: Cover art of girl being thrown from saddle; Editorial entitled "If Germany Wins" in the wake of US Ambassador to Canada, James H.R. Cromwell being rebuked by his superiors for telling a Canadian audience that the future of world democracy depends upon victory over Germany; Nice full-page Fargo truck ad shows a Kraft cheese vehicle in service; The Passport (fiction); Your Mind and Your Car - safe driving is an attitude of mind; Political comments on the absence and return of U.S. Ambassador to Britain, Joseph Kennedy; Tux Luck (fiction); James H.R. Cromwell - U.S. Ambassador to Canada - photo and article; How many civic, home and health problems in Australia and New Zealand have been solved through direct land taxation; Red Drops Falling (fiction); Wonderful article and photos of Canada's Library of Parliament; Wakeville, Awake! (Part 3) (fiction); Full-page ad for the 1940 Dodge car; Canada's Fighting Forces - Part 8 - Coast Defense - article with photos; Gordon Dunstan's Thirteenth Quiz; Nice Chevrolet Truck ad; Full-page colour photo ad features the beautiful Dionne Quintuplets!; Colour full-page ad for the Ford V-8 engine; Photos of Miss Diana Blythe Barrymore in Woodbury soap ad; Nice 1940 DeSoto car ad; The Winnipeg Volunteer Signal Training School; College for Indian Youth at Ohsweken, Ontario; Half-page two-colour ad for Alka-Seltzer features photo of hockey game between the Maple Leafs and New York Rangers with Syl Apps and Gordie Drillon on the ice; Nice colour photo ad for the 1940 Studebaker Champion inside back cover. Somewhat above-average external wear. A nice vintage issue. Book
1759Best.-Nr. 23087Rouen R. Lallemant 1759 -in-4 plein-veau un fort volume, reliure plein veau (binding full calfskin) havane in-quarto (20,6 x 26,4 cm), RELIURE D'EPOQUE, dos à nerfs (spine with raised bands), décoré "or" et à froid (gilt and blind stamping decoration), titre frappé "or", pièce de titre sur fond marron clair avec double filets "or" en encadrement, roulette "or" en place des nerfs avec un filet à froid de part et d'autre des nerfs, entre-nerfs à fleuron "or" dans un encadrement de deux filets "or" avec fleurette (floweret), roulette et double filets "or" en tête et en pied, coiffe supérieure manquante avec 5 petits trous de vers en tête, mors du premier plat fendu sur 3 cm en tête et 5 cm en pied, mais la reliure est trés solide, plats frottés et légèrement épidermés, coins écornés (corners dog-eared), roulette "or" sur les coupes avec manque de dorure, toutes tranches lisses rouges (all edges red), marques de tampons "EX-LIBRIS" à l'encre brune d'un cabinet d'avocats de Granville sur la page de titre, ([XVI] + 732 + [85 p.de table]) pages avec Approbation & Privilège, 1759 Rouen : R. Lallemant Editeur,
Best.-Nr. 4200Petit in 4 plein cuir fauve à nerfs,reliure muette,titre,2 feuillets des titres contenus dans cette ordonnance,222 pages,41 pages de table des matières principales,3 pages de privilège du Roy 30 juin 1667.à Paris chez les associez choisis par ordre de sa Majesté pour l’impression de ses nouvelles ordonnances 1667,édition originale.Partie inférieure du deux plats et dos restaurés.Ex-libris manuscrit Première page de garde.Grande ordonnance unificatrice voulu par Colbert,portant sur la procédure civile;elle se fixe pour objectif d'uniformiser une procédure qui devra être observée dans tout le royaume, sans que l'on puisse y déroger d'une quelconque manière. Cela explique sans doute l'hostilité que va susciter auprès de divers parlements,surtout au Sud de la France,une ordonnance dont l'interprétation est réservée au roi.De l'observation des ordonnances des délais sur les assignations & ajournemens.Des congez & défauts en matière civile.Des délais & procédures es Cours de Parlement.Grand Conseil,& Cours des Aides en première instance;des Enquestes.Des reproches des Témoins.Des récusations des Juges