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rif. 107603London George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode 1847. . Folio 30 x 19 cm; woodcut royal coat of arms single leaf; a few small tears to upper margin not affecting text unbound. An act of Parliament confirming the validity of 'Marriages amongst the People called Quakers and amongst Persons professing the Jewish Religion'. The statute was drafted in response to the notorious 1844 case of R vs. Millis in which the House of Lords held that all marriages conducted without the presence of a member of clergy in holy orders were invalid in English common law. The effect was to throw doubt on the legitimacy of the marriages of all Jews and Quakers. William Christie 1816-874 the Liberal MP for Weymouth brought in a motion to dispel these concerns which was duly codified into law as 10 & 11 Vic. c.58. London, George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1847. unknown
rif. 107594London Charles Bill 1702. . Folio 27.5 x 17.5 cm; woodcut headpiece and initial black letter; single leaf from 'Anno Regni Annæ Reginæ Angliæ Scotiæ Franciæ & Hiberniæ primo. At the Parliament begun at Westminster the thirtieth day of December. 1701' acts of Parliament for the last year of the reign of William III and the first year of Anne; unbound; 453-454pp. An act of Parliament 'To the end that sufficient maintenance be provided and allowed for the children of Jewish parents who shall turn Protestants' p.453. The law arose from the curious case of Mary de Mendez Berta an eighteen-year-old who was disowned and expelled from the family home following her conversion to Protestantism. A petition was brought before Parliament in an attempt to make Mary's father Jacob de Mendez Berta pay for his daughter's upkeep after which it was resolved that a bill be produced to address her case. The resultant act had some effect in the eighteenth century and was considered by the Lord Chancellor Thomas Parker in the 1718 case of Vincent vs. Fernandez. Here it was found that the law could apply equally to the adult child of a Jewish parent in this instance a 44-year-old married woman who had been cut-out of her father's will. The law remained in effect until 1846 when it was repealed by the Religious Disabilities Act. ESTC N53589; Roth Magna Bibliotheca Anglo-Judaica p.246 no.1; Henriques The Jews and the English Law Oxford 1908. [London], [Charles Bill], [1702]. unknown
1646rif. 792861646. Ordinances and Orders from the First English Civil War Great Britain. Parliament. A Collection of All the Publicke Orders Ordinances and Declarations of Both Houses of Parliament From the Ninth of March 1642. Untill December 1646. Together with Severall of his Majesties Proclamations and Other Papers Printed at Oxford. Also a Convenient Table for the Finding of the Severall Date and Title of the Particulars Herein Mentioned. London: Printed by T.W. for Ed: Husband Printer to the Honorable House of Commons 1646. 18 5-943 i.e. 951 1 24 pp. Pagination irregular text complete. Engraved frontispiece depicting Parliament. Folio 11-1/4" x 7". Contemporary speckled calf new morocco spine label blind rules to boards raised bands blind fillets and lettering piece to spine gilt rules to board edges edges of text block rouged. A few shallow scuffs and faint stains to boards which are slightly bowed light rubbing to extremities chipping to head of spine corners bumped and lightly worn pastedowns loose hinges cracked later armorial bookplate of John Fairfax Crowder 1902 or 1903-1999 to inner front board later owner signature Mathison and recent bookplate of Dr. and Mrs. H.R. Knohl to front pastedown small tear to front free endpaper. Light toning to interior light soiling in a few places faint dampstaining to last several leaves later binder's notes tipped onto first leaf of table marginal markings and brief later annotations in pencil to a few leaves. A very good copy. $2000. Only edition. Published near the end of the first English Civil War this volume collects ordinances and orders issued during that time. Many relate directly to the war while others deal with everyday governance or ideological issues such as religious liberty. John Fairfax Crowder one of this copy's former owners was a solicitor who served as president of the Birmingham Law Society. English Short-Title Catalogue R007926. unknown
1971rif. 215937Canberra.: Information Service of India High Commission of India. 1971. Double-sided sheet neatly folded into thirds. A very good copy of this scarce publication. 30 x 21.5cm. A sympathetic appeal from members of the Indian Parliament to UN Secretary-General U Thant outlining their concerns regarding the ongoing Bangladesh Liberation War the harsh detainment of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman the risk of his execution and the genocide perpetrated by the military junta of Yahya Khan. A telling portent of the decisive Indian intervention in the conflict this open letter was presumably issued shortly after the 1971 Indian general election which returned Indira Gandhi to the premiership with an overwhelming majority in the Lok Sabha at the head of her reorganised Indian National Congress R. . Information Service of India, High Commission of India. unknown
1689rif. 753781689. Mutual Support between William III and Parliament Great Britain. Parliament. The Address of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal And Commons Assembled in Parliament To the King's Most Excellent Majesty Presented by the Right Hononourable sic the Lord Marquis of Halifax Lord Privy Seal And Speaker to the House of Lords In the Banquetting-House at Whitehall the Eighth of March 1688/9. With His Maiesties Most Gracious Answer Thereunto. London: Printed by James Partridge Matthew Gillyflower and Samuel Heyrick 1688/9 i.e. 1689. iv 7 1 pp. Folio 10-3/4" x 6-1/2". Disbound. Light toning and foxing most leaves detached faint dampstain to bottom margin. $250. Only edition one of several issues from the same year. Mutual exchanges of support between Parliament and William of Orange who had been declared king after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Parliament vowed to support William who had delivered them "from Popery and Arbitrary Power" in his requests for financial support to fight the rebellion in Ireland. The decisive Battle of the Boyne would take place the following year. English Short-Title Catalogue R229552. unknown
1767rif. 756731767. Eighteenth-Century Copy of the Standing Orders for the House of Lords Owned by an Important Scottish Lawyer Antiquarian and Bibliophile Manuscript. Parliament. GreatBritain. Remembrances for Order and Decency to be Kept in the Upper House of Parliament by the Lords when His Majesty is Not There Leaving the Solemnity Belonging to His Majesty's Coming to be Marshall'd by Those Lords to Whom it More Properly Appertains. London: c.1767. 111 pp. 9 blank 7 pp. index 3 blank pp. Octavo 6-3/4" x 4-1/2"; 17.14 x 11.43 cm. Contemporary gilt-paneled morocco gilt royal arms to boards gilt library seal to front board raised bands gilt decoration and lettering piece to spine gilt tooling to board edges gilt dentelles to inner boards gilt edges marbled endpapers. Light rubbing and a few minor scuffs to boards front board detached along with front free endpaper rear board separating but secured by cords moderate rubbing to extremities chipping to spine ends and lettering piece corners bumped and worn owner signature of David Murray to verso of front free endpaper. Text with side notes in a single neat hand within red-ruled borders. Light toning to interior small spots and smudges to a few leaves internally clean. $650. These standing orders listing a variety of regulations for the proceedings of the House of Lords are dated from June 9 1660 to May 11 1767. Topics include appropriate conduct for members when the king is present procedures for trials of peers and the prevention of quarrels. The orders were read aloud at the beginning of each session and the clerk produced copies for peers for a fee. Murray 1842-1928 was a Scottish lawyer antiquarian and bibliophile who amassed one of Scotland's finest private libraries. unknown
1628rif. 757521628. Members of the Third Parliament of Charles I Great Britain. Parliament. The Order and Manner of the Sitting of the Lords Spirituall and Temporall As Peeres of the Realme In the Higher House of Parliament According to Their Dignities Offices And Degrees Some Other Called Thither for Their Assistance And Officers of Their Attendances. And Also the Names of the Knights for the Counties Citizens Burgesses for the Boroughs And Barons for the Ports for the House of Commons For this Parliament. London: Printed for Thomas Walkly 1628. 24 pp. Quarto 7" x 5". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound in later marbled boards fragments of lettering piece to spine. Light rubbing to boards moderate rubbing to extremities joints cracked. Moderate toning to interior faint dampstaining trimming to bottom-edge with loss to many catchwords minor worming to foot of last five leaves affecting text without loss to legibility crack in text block after title page. $450. Only edition. A list of the members of the third Parliament of Charles I including Edward Coke John Selden Oliver Cromwell Robert Cotton John Eliot John Hampden and John Pym. This Parliament is most notable for its passage of the Petition of Right the landmark constitutional document enumerating individual rights against the state. OCLC locates 7 copies of this title in North America 1 in a law library Library of Congress. English Short-Title Catalogue S114360. unknown
1689rif. 758751689. Full Support for War with France Great Britain. Parliament. The Address of the Honourable the House of Commons: Presented to His Majesty on Thursday the 25th Day of April 1689. With His Majesty's Answer Thereunto. London: Printed by Charles Bill and Thomas Newcomb 1689. 4 pp. Folio 12-3/4" x 8". Disbound bifolium pamphlet edges untrimmed. Light toning horizontal fold lines very light foxing and soiling in a few places docket "The Address of the House of Commons" in an early hand to verso of final leaf. $650. Only edition. An assurance of support by Parliament for William III should he choose to wage war with France in light of French support for James II and the rebellion in Ireland. War would be declared less than a month later on May 7. English Short-Title Catalogue R25069. unknown
1752rif. 319975London: John Baskett 1752. 2 411-415 1 blankpp. WITH: Two additional acts of parliament continuing the above act from 1738 and 1752. 3 vols. Folio. Disbound. Minor foxing. 2 411-415 1 blankpp. WITH: Two additional acts of parliament continuing the above act from 1738 and 1752. 3 vols. Folio. Coffee plants were first introduced to Jamaica in 1730. John Baskett unknown
1733rif. 319970London: Thomas Baskett 1733. pp. 2 443-455 1 blank. Woodcut seal on the title. Folio. Disbound. Foxing trimmed. pp. 2 443-455 1 blank. Woodcut seal on the title. Folio. This Parliamentary Act authorized a grant of £10000 "for establishing the colony of Georgia in America to be applied toward defraying the charges of carrying over and settling foreign and other Protestants in the said colony" p. 448. The act further authorizes the application of £500000 from the sinking fund to pay off one million South Sea annuities. Not in Sabin Howes Rich Church Streeter or De Renne. Thomas Baskett unknown
1688rif. 743511688. William of Orange Decides to Summon the Convention Parliament Parliament. William III King of England 1650-1702. Divers of the Members of the Parliaments in the Reign of King Charles the Second And the Aldermen and Common-Council of the City of London Pursuant to His Highness the Prince of Orange's Desire Meeting at St. James's the 26th of December 1688 Caption Title. At head of title: Westminster 26 Dec. 1688. London: Printed by John Starkey Awnsham and William Churchill 1688. 4 pp. Folio 12-1/2" x 8". Disbound bifolium edges untrimmed. Moderate toning faint dampstaining to top half a few faint stains. $1250. Only edition. An account of one of the assemblies of peers after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. By this time James II had fled to France and many were advocating for the accession of William of Orange to the throne. This document summarizes the assembly that asked William to summon a convention that would meet in January of the following year. Ultimately the convention which became known as the Convention Parliament decided that James had abandoned the throne and installed William and Mary as King and Queen. OCLC locates 1 copy of this title in a law library University of Minnesota. English Short-Title Catalogue R25000. unknown
1756rif. 92353Thomas Baskett. London. 1756. First edition. 1756. 36 pages with title page not bound but held together with paper clips. Page edges very chipped last blank page lacks portions and is very torn and worn. Stain to top of title. Was originally folded in half so paper clip marks are visible to right margin of title. SCARCE. unknown
1734rif. 748961734. Includes a List of the Trustees and Commissioners of the Colony of Georgia Great Britain. Parliament. An Exact List of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal; . Also a Compleat Alphabetical Double List Of I. The Counties Cities And Boroughs With Their Representatives Against Each: P. 10-19 II. The Knights Citizens And Burgesses of the Present Parliament Summon'd to Meet June 17 1734 With the Places of Their Abode; Shewing Also The Places They Represent The New Members 2 3 &c. How Many Parliaments the Old Have Served In . To Which is Added The Trustees for Georgia And The Places of Their Abode: With Blank Pages for Alterations. London: Printed by E. Cave at St. John's Gate 1734-35. ii 37 i.e. 72 4 pp. Printed on one side of leaf only alternating recto and verso. 12mo. 5-1/4" x 3-1/4". Contemporary sheep blind rules to boards rebacked in period style calf with blind fillets lettering piece and gilt date blind tooling to board edges endleaves renewed. Light rubbing to boards moderate rubbing to board edges corners bumped and lightly worn. Light toning to interior light soiling in a few places faint dampstain to lower gutter of pp. 10-16 light foxing and pencil marks to a few leaves margins trimmed close affecting text headline on last page only without loss to legibility illegible early owner initials to p. 1. A nice copy of a rare title. $850. Only edition. A detailed list of the names of those serving in Parliament with additional information about their notable recent votes. An interesting complement is the list of the names and places of abode in Britain of the trustees and commissioners for the colony of Georgia established by royal charter in 1732. These include James Oglethorpe the colony's founder and the Earl of Egmont president of the trustees. OCLC and the ESTC locate 5 copies of this title 3 in North America University of Georgia University of Virginia John Carter Brown Library. English Short-Title Catalogue ESTC N48489. unknown
1804rif. 324849Baltimore: C. Douglas Bookseller 1804. vi ii 351 1pp. 8vo. Bound in contemp. speckled calf Very Good some fading. vi ii 351 1pp. 8vo. C. Douglas, Bookseller unknown
1650rif. 740221650. Royalist Estates "Confiscated to the Use of the Commonwealth" Broadside. Parliament. Die Martis 23 Julii 1650. Resolves of Parliament Concerning Such Delinquents as Have Not Paid in their Fines According to Compositions. London: Printed by Iohn Field Printer to the Parliament of England 1650. 13-1/4" x 8-3/4" broadside mounted and matted on 20" x 14-1/2" board text in single column below headline and woodcut Parliamentary arms with a four-line woodcut initial signed in type by Henry Scobell. Moderate toning light soiling in places light browning and wear to top-edge not affecting text or image fold line to upper right corner. $1500. Near the beginning of the first English Civil War Parliament established two committees to confiscate the estates of Royalists and process the fines owed by "delinquents" who could regain their land with a monetary fee and a promise of future loyalty to the Parliamentarian cause. The fines were then used to fund the Parliamentarian army. This order threatens total confiscation of land within eighty miles of London if the delinquents did not pay. Our broadside is one of three similar variants with the same date; the present variant lists John Field as the sole printer. OCLC Library Hub and the ESTC locate 3 copies worldwide British Library Trinity College Dublin Yale University. English Short-Title Catalogue ESTC R225774. unknown
1840rif. 733671840. London: Henry Kent Causton Birchin Lane 1840. London: Henry Kent Causton Birchin Lane 1840. A Response to a Recently Enacted Parliamentary Privilege Parliament. Great Britain. Precedents on Privilege: A Review of the Prerogative of the People in Parliament. London: Henry Kent Causton 1840. iv 120 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-1/2". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet untrimmed edges signatures unopened. Moderate toning light soiling to exterior creasing to upper outside corner of text block "With the Author's Compliments" to head of title page. $450. Only edition. This essay is a strongly negative response to the Parliamentary Papers Act of 1840 which stipulated that publications issued for circulation by Members of Parliament are protected by absolute privilege against civil or criminal proceedings. OCLC locates 1 copy at the University of Heidelberg. Not in the British Museum Catalogue. unknown
1871rif. 161381871. Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Protection of Infant Life Report from the Select Committee on Protection of Infant Life 1871 documents the parliamentary investigation of infant welfare paid infant care mortality and state regulation in Victorian Britain. The report documents the emerging system of infant life protection through committee proceedings witness testimony appendices and an index revealing how legislators gathered medical legal and social evidence to define infant neglect as a matter requiring public oversight. Produced one year before the Infant Life Protection Act of 1872 the volume provides primary-source evidence for the study of child welfare law women's labor and caregiving economies public health regulation infant mortality and the legal history of "baby farming" a term used in nineteenth-century debates over paid care for infants. The 1872 legislation has been identified by historians as Britain's first infant life protection legislation making this parliamentary report important to the documentary record behind early state intervention in private infant care. Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Protection of Infant Life. Report from the Select Committee on Protection of Infant Life together with the Proceedings of the Committee Minutes of Evidence Appendix and Index. London: Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed 20 July 1871. First edition. 328 pp. Rebound in modern cloth. The report includes the committee's formal proceedings minutes of evidence appendix and index giving the volume a structured evidentiary record rather than a general policy summary. Its contents outline testimony and documentary material on infant care outside the immediate family social conditions affecting infant survival legal deficiencies and the need for enforceable protections. As a government publication it shows the mechanisms of parliamentary fact-finding in practice: evidence was collected organized indexed and converted into a legislative record that helped frame infant protection as a matter of law public health and social administration. The report belongs to the broader nineteenth-century movement toward state scrutiny of child welfare women's caregiving labor and domestic arrangements previously treated as private matters. Its timing matters because it precedes the 1872 Act and captures the evidentiary process by which infant mortality and paid infant nursing entered the legislative sphere. First few pages including title page with small loss at right page edge not affecting legibility; handwritten page numbers in upper right corners throughout; pages bright and clean; overall good. A substantial parliamentary source for research into Victorian child welfare infant mortality gendered labor public health law and the development of modern protective regulation. unknown
2019rif. 2-131870099XHardPress Publishing 2019. Paperback. New. 664 pages. 9.02x5.98x1.33 inches. HardPress Publishing paperback
1810rif. 53128Publisher not identifiedLondon 1810. 1st editon. Sewn sheets VG 19pp edges untrimmed & a little rough slightly yellowed. At foot of docket title: 50 Geo. III. Sess. 1810. An act for the provision of a market place in the town of Halifax West Yorkshire - 'the passages along the publisc streets are greatly obstructed and rendered very inconvenient and dangerous to the Inhabitants of the said town and also to Travellers by reason of the number of stalls and standings placed upon the footpaths and highways of the said town'. The townsfolk had constructed a market place at thier own expense but needed an Act to remove nuisances & annoyances from the market place. [Publisher not identified][London] unknown
1921rif. 95293London: His Majesty's Stationary Office 1921. Rare collection of original documents relating to the Palestine Question 1917-1947. Octavos 3 volumes unbound. Scarce and desirable. With the failure of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry in 1946 the British government requested the General Assembly of the United Nations to form a special committee to investigate the Palestine problem. The United Nations Special Committee on Palestine UNSCOP arrived in Palestine on 15 June 1947. The Arab Higher Committee believed UNSCOP to be pro-Zionist and so boycotted proceedings although some members of the AHC did meet the committee in a private capacity. While UNSCOP was in Palestine the SS Exodus arrived in Haifa with Jewish Displaced Persons seeking to illegally immigrate to Palestine and some have stated that it was this that changed the UN's outlook to support the creation of the state of Israel. UNSCOP's final recommendations delivered on 3 September 1947 at Geneva supported the termination of the Mandate with a majority of committee members recommending the partition of Palestine into two separate states and a minority favouring a federal union with Jerusalem as its capital. Having originally boycotted UNSCOP the Arab Higher Committee must have realised that there would have been only a very small window of opportunity between the Geneva meeting and the General Assembly vote to present their case and so compiled the present lot. Published on 1 October 1947 it contains 46 different documents 'Including the texts of correspondence memoranda and notes submitted to British and international authorities by Palestinian Arab organisations between 1921 and 1947' Khalidi & Khadduri. One assumes it was distributed to members of the UN General Assembly prior to the vote on Partition; this occurred on 29 November 1947 with the General Assembly adopting Resolution 181 based on the UNSCOP majority plan with only slight modifications to the proposed recommendations. We can only trace 11 copies in institutions: 2 in the UK LSE and Oxford 8 in the US and one at the American University of Beirut Khalidi & Khadduri 780. His Majesty's Stationary Office unknown
1891rif. 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
rif. 675581980. 920 vols. of 967 lacking 47 vols. 154 linear feet. 920 vols. of 967 lacking 47 vols. 154 linear feet. Debates in the House of Commons 1909-1980 Great Britain. Parliament. Parliamentary Debates Official House of Commons. London: Printed for the Controller of H.M.S.O. 1909-1980. Vols. 1-362; 406-701; 704-898; 900-965; 967. Together 920 volumes. Lacking vols. 363-405 702 703 899 and 966. One hundred fifty-four 154 linear feet of shelf space. Contemporary cloth blind frames to boards blind fillets and gilt titles to spine a few volumes bound in similar-style later cloth. Light to moderate shelfwear some hinges cracked or starting interiors clean. Ex-law school library. Shelf location labels to foot of spines property stamps to edges bookplates and other markings to pastedowns and endleaves. $1995. New 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
1734rif. 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
1657rif. 35345London: Printed by Henry Hills and John Field Printers to His Highness the Lord Protector 1657. First edition. Caption title woodcut illustration. 4 pp. 8vo. Disbound the two leaves separated along fold some offsetting and browning else very good. First edition. Caption title woodcut illustration. 4 pp. 8vo. Intended to raise monies to maintain the Army and Navy without raising the land tax. Kress Supplement S.1133; Wing E1113. Kress Supplement S.1133; Wing E1113 Printed by Henry Hills and John Field, Printers to His Highness the Lord Protector unknown
1751rif. 28982Rouen: Chez Jean B. Besongne 1751. 6 pages final leaf blank. 1 vols. 4to. Some light marginal soiling stitchmarks else very good. 6 pages final leaf blank. 1 vols. 4to. Signed by Auzanet on page 6. On maintenance of the roads. Chez Jean B. Besongne unknown
