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1793réf. 848221793. A Rare Pamphlet on the Election of Scottish Peers to Parliament OCLC locates 1 copy None Listed on Library Hub Parliament. Great Britain. Notes on the Claim of the British Peers to Vote at the Elections of the Representatives of the Peerage of Scotland to Parliament. London: Printed for J. Debrett Opposite Burlington-House Piccadilly 1793. 29 1 pp. Last page blank. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5"; 20.95 x 12.7 cm. Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light toning light foxing to a few leaves moderate soiling and a few light stains to exterior short clean tear to fore-edge of title page. A good copy. $250. Only edition located. Under the Act of Union that joined England and Scotland as Great Britain 1707 the peers who belonged to the old Parliament of Scotland elected 16 Scottish representative peers to sit in the House of Lords a system that existed until 1963. This anonymous pamphlet examines problems with this system among them a tendency towards contested elections. No copies listed in Library Hub. OCLC locates 1 copy Waseda University Japan. Not in the English Short-Title Catalogue. unknown books
1840réf. 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 books
1688réf. 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 books
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réf. 204810Paris, Impr. Nationale, (1792) in-8, 18 pp., cousu sous couverture d'attente.
2007Signed 'Best Wishes (name crossed out) Regards Pat Lowther' No other marks or inscriptions. Appears unread. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to upper edge and minor traces of storage. 236pp. Autobiography of a woman originally from Newcastle and of her struggle to survive halfway across the world with her four children and her husband who has descended into alcoholism. It covers the Second World War, her work with the Salvation Army and her sadness at their treatment of her as a widow in South Africa. At the end of her career and back in the UK she worked in the House of Commons as the officer who paid the MPs their office costs.
1697réf. 3184Printed for Charles Bill and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb deceas'd Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty 1697. Sm. folio 10pp BLACK-LETTER sewed as issued but disbound fine woodblock royal arms of William III on front cover uncut a remarkably crisp clean copy ideal for framing and display. 8 & 9 Gulielmi III. Printed for Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb deceas'd, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty, unknown
1697Sm. folio, 10pp, BLACK-LETTER, sewed as issued but disbound, fine woodblock royal arms of William III on front cover, uncut, a remarkably crisp, clean copy ideal for framing and display. 8 & 9 Gulielmi III.
