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183312pp., sm. folio, with fine woodcut arms of William IV on front page; disbound, an exceptionally crisp, virtually spotless copy ideal for display or presentation. 3 Gulielmi IV. Cap. 9; granted royal assent, 6 May 1833. This is the Act of Parliament formally incorporating the Seaman's Hospital Society, establishing and naming its first governors and prescribing its powers and scope of operations. By way of context its military equivalent, the Royal Hospital at Chelsea, was founded in 1692. The world's first charitable society for the relief of distressed seamen was established in London in March 1821. Initially it aimed to cater for those in the Port of London ('who at that time were very numerous in the Metropolis') and, fittingly for the world's leading maritime nation, did not differentiate on nationality or any other grounds other than disability and hardship. The motivating principles seem to have been partly public gratitude in the aftermath of the Napoleonic wars, in which the Royal Navy in particular had played a fundamental role in achieving victory, and partly increased recognition of the helplessness of private seamen and the strength of their cause. The society was supported entirely by donations, subscriptions and legacies, and by the loan by government of a hospital ship (HMS Dreadnought) moored at Greenwich. In its first twelve years the society provided relief and support to upwards of twenty-three thousand sick and distressed seamen, 'many of whom might otherwise have perished'. With the case clearly made it was time for a more formal and robust body with increased remit and governance; accordingly the Seaman's Hospital Society was given royal assent on 6 May 1833. Its significant extra powers included the rights to possess property, receive bequests, purchase lands and canvass donations; most important of all it was granted 'perpetual succession'. The original HMS Dreadnought continued in use until 1870 when the Admiralty made available at nominal rent the infirmary at Greenwich where the 'Dreadnought' hospital continues to this day. AN ACT OF FUNDAMENTAL IMPORTANCE TO THE WELFARE AND WELL-BEING OF SEAMEN IN BRITAIN, AND A SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT IN BRITISH MARITIME HISTORY. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
19278vo., First Edition, with decorative and printed titles, very numerous plates, illustrations, facsimiles and maps in the text, and patterned endpapers, title and a few following leaves lightly spotted; original green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, backstrip lightly faded else a very good, firm copy. Sold from an institution with its bookplate on front paste-down and small blind stamp on title.
19828vo., First Edition; original series binding of olive cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. Camden Fourth Series Volume 26.
19778vo., First Edition; original series binding of olive cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. Camden Fourth Series Volume 19.
19718vo., Third Impression, with frontispiece and plates; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. First published in 1957, this is the fullest exegesis to date of Chaucer's famous allegory.
20028vo., pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HER SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE. First published in 1994.
19532 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispieces and plates, neat contemporary signature on front free endpapers; red cloth, upper boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs, red tops, a very good, bright, clean set. Neat prize bookplate on front free endpaper of first volume.
18808vo., First Edition; blue cloth, bevelled boards, boards elaborately blocked in blind, upper board framed and blocked in gilt, gilt back, primrose endpapers, uncut, upper hinge starting (but binding entirely sound), a very good, bright, crisp copy. With the fine nineteenth-century engraved armorial bookplate of Sir Alfred Sherlock Gooch (Deputy Lieutenant of Suffolk) on front paste-down, and 2pp publisher's advertisement at end. EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
19278vo., First Edition, with decorative and printed titles, very numerous plates, and illustrations, facsimiles and maps in the text, some moderate offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, backstrip mildly sunned else a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with small hole in backstrip. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
194856pp., 8vo., First Edition; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, front wrapper creased else a very good, bright, clean copy. Act of Parliament 11 & 12 Geo.6. Ch. 64. The aim of the 1948 Act was to extend National Service (instituted in the 1939 Act at the outbreak of WWII) to post-war Britain, since it was felt that the uncertainties of the post-war world called for armed services larger than could be achieved by means of the usual volunteer recruitment. In the event, National Service continued right through to the Swinging Sixties, having a profound effect on social culture and attitudes. The last call-ups entered in November 1960. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
1989In-16° pp. 161, bross. edit.
1948In-8° gr. pp. 523-10 con alcune ill. Bross. edit. ill.
1906Mm 300x405 Fascicolo in folio di pp. 8 con prima carta illustrata in bianco e nero, alcune illustrazioni in nero nel testo. Buono stato. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
1906Mm 300x405 Fascicolo in folio di pp. 8 con prima carta illustrata in bianco e nero, alcune illustrazioni in nero nel testo. Buono stato. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
1983Mm 315x450 Fascicolo in folio di pp. 8 con prima e ultima carta illustrate a colori, alcune illustrazioni in nero nel testo, vignette di Xan. Fioriture. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
1944Mm 140x180 I Grandi Scrittori Stranieri. Brossura editoriale di pp. 291, una illustrazione. A cura di Zino Zini. A fogli chiusi. In buono stato. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
1969Mm 120x195 Collana "Cultura libera", nn. 13-14. Opera in due tomi. Volumi cartonati di 706 pagine, numerazione continua, sovraccoperta con segni di ingiallimento al dorso, per il resto esemplare in buono stato. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
1986Mm 170x240 Collana "Strumenti. Diritto". Brossura editoriale con bandelle, 1045 pagine. Rare sottolineature a matita, peraltro copia molto buona. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
1987Mm 150x225 Volume cartonato con sovraccoperta, 386 pagine con indice dei nomi in chiusura. Opera in ottime condizioni. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
1979Mm 140x205 Brossura editoriale con bandelle, pagine X-323. Opera in buone condizioni. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
1971Mm 140x215 Volume in copertina rigida con titolo al dorso che risulta ingiallito causa luce, custodia editoriale, 637 pagine con immagini a colori non comprese nel testo. Buona copia, spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
1960Mm 95x155 Collana di "Varia" - Edizione a cura, con introduzione e note bio-bibliografiche di Giuseppe Fonterossi. Volume cartonato rigido con legatura editoriale in piena tela, sovraccoperta originale in buone condizioni, lv-395 pagine con figure in nero lungo l'intero testo. Esemplare in ottime condizioni. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
1977Mm 170x240 Brossura editoriale di pagine 218 con tavole in bianco e nero, sovraccoperta figurata. Esemplare in ottime condizoni. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
1962Mm 170x240 Brossura editoriale di pagine 277, sovraccoperta figurata. Opera in buone condizioni. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
1994Mm 140x225 Volume in copertina rigida con sovraccoperta illustrata a colori, 211 pagine. Ottimo stato. Spedizione entro 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
