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1819Best.-Nr. 19030302London: Printed by Order of The Committee for Managing the Affairs of Lloyd's 1819. Hardcover. Good . Octavo size 416 pp. This volume comprises the trial of several men for conspiring to commit piracy originally transcribed in shorthand by William Brodie Gurney Esq.; the text is a fascinating look at the implementation of the law in early nineteenth-century England and contains a faithful reproduction of the questioning of witnesses and the examination of evidence pertinent to the case. ___DESCRIPTION: Half brown leather with marbled paper boards the spine with four raised bands gilt decorations and borders and a black leather label with title in gilt top edge stained brown fore- and bottom edges speckled brown; octavo size 8.5" by 5.25" pagination: i-iv 1 2-412. ___CONDITION: Volume is good plus with clean boards a strong square text block and the interior is clean and bright; some wear to the paper of the boards cracking at the joints overall rubbing to the edges corners are gently bumped and both hinges are starting to loosen but text block is still strong. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Printed by Order of The Committee for Managing the Affairs of Lloyd's hardcover books
1667Best.-Nr. 15762London: n.p. 1667. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. London 1667. 4to. 5-1/2 x 7-1/2'. 32pp. Bound to style in quarter leather; maroon lettering label gilt; marbled paper boards in a Stormont design. Light blindstamp of a seminary library on title and marginal acquisition number two tiny closed marginal tears on the title one of the affecting the 'e' of 'Printed' else a very good copy. Wing T.2471. ESTC R23832. n.p. hardcover books
1719Best.-Nr. 40973London: Printed by John Baskett and by the assigns of Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills deceas'd 1719. First edition. Disbound. Removed from a larger volume else a very good copy with minor edge wear. 2p.185. Sm. 4to. Anno Regni Georgii Regis . quinto. At the Parliament begun . the seventeenth day of March anno Dom. 1714. . And from thence continued by several prorogations to the eleventh day of November 1718. being the fourth session of this present Parliament. ESTCN50526. Printed by John Baskett, and by the assigns of Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, deceas'd unknown books
Best.-Nr. S2065Collectible - Acceptable. 1879. 9x12.75 Blue cloth hardcover with gold lettering on spine. Part I: 607 pp. Index to part I: 438 pp. bound together. No dust jacket. Cover corners and spine ends bumped and worn. Text block tight. Pages slightly soiled. Title page detached. hardcover books
1777Best.-Nr. 41764London: Printed for J. Almon 1777. First edition. Contemporary calf five raised bands red morocco spine label gilt armorial gilt device at foot marbled end-papers. A very good copy wear and sunning to the boards spine rubbed headband lacking some minor browning to leaves small loss of paper at lower fore edge of title page. 4 5-348 11 pp. 8vo. An important document concerning the American Revolution beginning with King George III's admission that things were not going as planned in the American Colonies followed by a series of attacks on the administration by members of Parliament who felt the measures taken were poorly conceived and which Lord North attempted to rebut. Some highlights include: an account of the meeting between George Washington and General Howe's adjutant Lt. Col. Patterson read into the record following a complaint that though published in the Colonies the administration did not see fit to make them available in England; the costs of the War are listed in great detail; a bill to empower the King to secure and detain persons charged with or suspected of treason in America or the high seas including the suspension of Habeas Corpus is introduced and attacked as unlawful. Though mostly about North America there is a long section on the capture of the sloop Morning Star off the Mosquito Coast in Central America and a history of Britain's position there. This was the sixth volume of the first monthly record of Parliament published between 1774 and 1780 by John Almon 1727-1805 an English journalist printer bookseller who played a major role in establishing the right to report on Parliament. Provenance: Armorial device and bookplate of John Smyth 1748-1811 member of Parliament Lord of the Admiralty and Treasury Master of the Mint and a Commissioner of the Board of Trade. Printed for J. Almon hardcover books
1995Best.-Nr. 005889Baltimore Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company 1995. Near Fine two tiny spots of soiling to the edges of page block contents are clean tight and unmarked. 968 pp. . Reprint. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Genealogical Publishing Company Hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 148103hardcover. 357 1pp. 8vo handsomely rebound in new 1/2 calf and marbled boards red morocco label; some scattered foxing otherwise internally very good. London: J. Almon 1775. This volume contains important opinions and debates on the Boston Tea Party and Parliament's legislative response: The Coercive Acts. Pages 77-116 are on the reaction to the Boston Tea Party and the first Coercive Act which was the Boston Port Bill. This act closed the port of Boston to all imports and exports. Bostonians had less essential imported goods This increased anti-Parliament sentiment and furthered the idea of American Independence from Great Britain. Pages 116-251 are the debates on the second Coercive Act which was the Massachusetts Government Act. This act concentrated more executive authority with the Crown and the Royal Governor of Massachusetts. Members of the provincial council and many legal officials including the attorney general were no longer chosen by Massachusetts officials. unknown books
1654Best.-Nr. 1292706London: John Williams and Francis Eglesfield 1654. First Edition. Hardcover. large Octavo 269 2 pages; G; rebound in modern burgundy buckram gilt lettering on spine; 20 136 121-269 3; contemporary bookplate on verso of title page of Thomas Brotherton of Hey.; small bookworm hole to upper fore corner does not impact text; page wavy; tape repaired tear to ffep; Title page in red and black; Includes index; Preface signed: T.F. i.e. Thomas Fuller; ESTC Citation No. R23317 Wing F2422; JG consignment; shelved case 0. 1292706. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. John Williams and Francis Eglesfield hardcover books
1701Best.-Nr. 22505London: Charles Bill 1701. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary full cambridge style brown calf in paneled design. Very good. 480 pages. 4 pages of A Table of the Statutes Publick and Private. 12 3/4 x 8 inches. Considered to the first Parliamentary Act relating only to the Jews was as a result of an 18 year old girl being disowned by her Jewish family when she converted to Christianity enacted for Mary de Mendez Berta's benefit. Bound in a larger volume of British Acts from the years 1701-1704 that also numerous other acts: Mutiny one related to Quakers security of the succession of the Crown Protestant Line counterfeiting preserving public credit repairing bridges and highways raising the Militia debt relief of poor prisoners et al. This act relating to Jews only until then Jews were mentioned only in clauses of Acts or in context of law suits and trials. The Act which in fact was designed to facilitate and even encourage conversion passed with almost no objection. Leather chipped in spots raised bands wear at corners hinges cracked but binding intact some light soling. mostly clean and bright throughout with one quire bearing moderate toning with text printed in black letter. Charles Bill unknown books
1869Best.-Nr. 5460Cape Town 1869. Paperback. Near Fine. Cape Town: 1869. xvi 53p. No separate wrapper. 25cm. Unopened. paperback books
1772Best.-Nr. 73016London 1772. Paperback. 29p. Disbound removed from a bound volume. 36cm. Moderate soiling and wear. At least 9 Reports and Further Reports were issued. paperback books
1773Best.-Nr. 74849London 1773. Paperback. Good. tables 2 folding 237 cxlvp. Disbound removed from a bound volume. 36cm. Moderate soiling and wear. Folding table torn. This was actually the ninth and final report but was titled as the 8th. paperback books
1773Best.-Nr. 74843London 1773. Paperback. Good. tables some folding 51p. Disbound removed from a bound volume. 36cm. Moderate soiling and wear. paperback books
1773Best.-Nr. 74844London 1773. Paperback. Good. tables some folding 31 190p. Disbound removed from a bound volume. 36cm. Appendix bound separately from text. Moderate soiling and wear. Title-leaf detached. paperback books
1773Best.-Nr. 74848London 1773. Paperback. Good. tables 2 folding 62 70p. Disbound removed from a bound volume. 36cm. Moderate soiling and wear. Folding table torn. This was actually the eighth report but was mistitled. paperback books
1773Best.-Nr. 74845London 1773. Paperback. Good. tables 62p. Disbound removed from a bound volume. 36cm. Moderate soiling and wear. paperback books
Best.-Nr. 027213London; 1803-1806: Np. Folio. These reports were issued between 1715 and 1801 and were not inserted into the Journals. The reason they are so important for research is that before 1801 very few House papers were printed. Those that were printed were simply included in the Journals. The public demand increased after the Act of Union with Ireland. Charles Abbot elected Speaker of the House in 1801 ordered the Clerk of the House to gather and list all the papers in his custody which became the Abbot Collection this set fills in many gaps for the student of 18th Century Egnland. It is now commonly known as the "First Series". All volumes are bound in half red lether over red cloth spines lettered in gilt with occaisonal leaves with either browning or scattred foxing. Vol. 1. Miscellaneous subjects 1715-1735 viii 707 pages 26 pages index. deals with the poor smuggling Tea tobacco pages 443-535 give details on the 1732 fire as Ashburnham House the Cottonian Library with a listing of the rare books or manuscripts that were totally lost damaged or partly damaged and still useful. v. 2. Miscellaneous subjects 1738-1765 viii 467 pages 19 pages index. Deals with army clothing Hudson's Bay North-West Passage; trade of Hudson Bay Company v. 3. Miscellaneous subjects 1771 to 1773; and East India 1772 & 1773 xix 564 pages 27 pages index. Double page plan for Gun Ship of War much on East India Company and trade pages 137-564 naval timber linen trade of Great Britain and Irelandv. 4. East Indies 1772 1773 xix 763 pages 12 pages index. v. 5. East Indies 1781 1782 -xii 1015 pages with index to volumes 4 and5 at the end. v. 6. East Indies 1783 xv 863 pages.7. East Indies Carnatic War &c. 1781 & 1782 1067 pages. v.8. East Indies Carnatic War &c. 1781 & 1782 xxiii 1105 pages v.9. Provisions poor 1774 to 1802 xi 735 pages index v. 10. Miscellaneous subjects 1785-1801 viii 804 pages 43 pages v. 11. Miscellaneous subjects 1782-1799 distilleries of Scotland with a few textual illustrations of still and 11 full page entravings of distillery apparatus large folding hand-colord map of Scotland v. 12. Finance reports I to XXII 1797-1798 503 pages v. 13. 1798. Finance reports XXIII-XXXVI 837 pages 13 pages with proceedings and measures of government thereon 1798-1803 and index to the whole 837 pages v. 14. Miscellaneous reports Port of London 1793-1802 with plates Dr. Jenner's petition regarding vaccine innoculations discover of nitrous fumigations 635 pages 29 pages bound without engravings. 15. Public records 1800 with plates 14 facsmile leaves between pages 64 and 65 from the Domesday Book 667 pages 23 pages index Bound without the plans. v. 16. General index 1715-1802. The approximately 12000 pages provide one of the deepest views of British politics as Parlaiment dealt with the shape of empire and the entire costs of its vast navy and the East India Company. Local pickup only. Np unknown books
1988Best.-Nr. 216655Brussels: Socialist Group of the European Parliament 1988. Pamphlet. 73p. wraps illus. 5.75x8.25 inches very good condition. Socialist Group of the European Parliament unknown books
1717Best.-Nr. 47747London: Printed for J. Tonson at Shakespear's-Head over-against Katharine-street in the Strand 1717. 1st Printing Goldsmith 5401. Self-wrappers now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Outer leaves worn stained & ragged with A1 lacking lower corner no text affected. Affixed at top of A2 by a pin is a piece of paper with a short inked note "Political. Trade." A Good copy only. 4 36 pp. Initial imprimatur leaf present. Folio: A² B - K². Printed for J. Tonson, at Shakespear's-Head over-against Katharine-street in the Strand unknown books
1657Best.-Nr. 26937London: Printed by Henry Hills and John Field Printers to His Highness 1657. 1st edition Wing E-1046. Not in Gabler nor Goldsmith. Printed self-wrappers. VG split developing along fold. Now housed in archival mylar sleeve. 2 2 pp. Commonwealth seal to t.p. Folio: 2. 10-5/8" x 6-3/4" Gabler though not listing this item does briefly discuss & list divers tracts & pamphlets written in the early 1640s voicing public outrage over a contract between Charles I and the Vintner's Company of London- under said contract the Vintners agreed to pay a 46 shilling tax on every ton of Spanish & French wine & also agreed to annually buy a certain amount from English importers. In return the vintners were permitted to sell cooked victuals a proviso not in their original charter & allowed to recoup the tax by charging a penny a quart more that the officially published price. The ultimate effect was to give the Vintners' Company a monopoly on the wine trade all the while enriching the coffers of Charles I. Needless to say wine drinkers were livid. Parliament eventually responded in the consumers' favor. Gabler pp. 2-3. This act of Cromwell's establishes limitations on prices for Spanish & French wines a proclamation issued perhaps in memory of the Vintner's Company earlier attempts at profiteering Printed by Henry Hills, and John Field, Printers to His Highness unknown books
Best.-Nr. 2543London: Mark Baskett January 10th 1765. . Folio disbound first title still conjugate gutter showing evidence of previous binding. Second title third leaf detached; gutter showing evidence of previous binding The passage of these acts was probably spurred by an the likelihood of an outbreak of cattle plague on the British mainland which actually did occur in later in 1765. London: Mark Baskett, January 10th 1765. unknown books
1717Best.-Nr. WRCLIT61833London: Printed by J. Darby and Sold by J. Roberts 1717. 32pp. Octavo signed in 4s. Extracted from bound pamphlet volume. Early ink ownership signature on title otherwise very good. A roster of those "summon'd to meet at Westminster on the seventeenth of March 1714/15 . through the twentieth of February 1716/17." ESTC Online records 4 copies one in the US. ESTC T176503. Printed by J. Darby, and Sold by J. Roberts unknown books
1764Best.-Nr. 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 books
1730Best.-Nr. 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, books
1777Best.-Nr. 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 books
