1761ref. 319882Great Britain 1761. 2pp. plus integral blank. Docketed on verso "King's Warrant / Province of Massachusetts / Bay £60634 in part / of £200000 Granted for / the North American / Provinces." Signed by George III at the head of the first page countersigned on the second page by William Wildman Barrington James Oswald and Gilbert Elliot. Folio 14 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches. Usual folds. 2pp. plus integral blank. Docketed on verso "King's Warrant / Province of Massachusetts / Bay £60634 in part / of £200000 Granted for / the North American / Provinces." Signed by George III at the head of the first page countersigned on the second page by William Wildman Barrington James Oswald and Gilbert Elliot. Folio 14 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches. Towards the end of the French and Indian War William Pitt started a specie grant program to reward colonies for raising troops thus putting the colonies in competition with each other for a share of an annual 200000 pounds. With specie scarce in the colonies the colonial assemblies were thus incentivized to raise troops to fight against the French. The present document authorizes Henry Fox to make payment to Massachusetts via their colonial agent William Bollan for their share of the annual grant. Although successful the policy was abandoned in favor of direct taxation after 1762 leading to the Sugar Act and most notably the Stamp Act. This undated document -- the space for the date being left blank suggesting it to possibly be a draft -- is countersigned by William Wildman Barrington Chancellor of the Exchequer 21 March 1761 to 8 May 1762; Sir Gilbert Elliot third Baron Minto Lord of the Treasury 1761-62 and James Oswald Commissioner of the Treasury 1759-63. The date would therefore appear to be 1761 or early in 1762. George III documents relating to North America from the early years of his reign are particularly scarce. unknown
1761ref. 319882Great Britain 1761. 2pp. plus integral blank. Docketed on verso "King's Warrant / Province of Massachusetts / Bay £60634 in part / of £200000 Granted for / the North American / Provinces." Signed by George III at the head of the first page countersigned on the second page by William Wildman Barrington James Oswald and Gilbert Elliot. Folio 14 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches. Usual folds. 2pp. plus integral blank. Docketed on verso "King's Warrant / Province of Massachusetts / Bay £60634 in part / of £200000 Granted for / the North American / Provinces." Signed by George III at the head of the first page countersigned on the second page by William Wildman Barrington James Oswald and Gilbert Elliot. Folio 14 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches. Towards the end of the French and Indian War William Pitt started a specie grant program to reward colonies for raising troops thus putting the colonies in competition with each other for a share of an annual 200000 pounds. With specie scarce in the colonies the colonial assemblies were thus incentivized to raise troops to fight against the French. The present document authorizes Henry Fox to make payment to Massachusetts via their colonial agent William Bollan for their share of the annual grant. Although successful the policy was abandoned in favor of direct taxation after 1762 leading to the Sugar Act and most notably the Stamp Act. This undated document -- the space for the date being left blank suggesting it to possibly be a draft -- is countersigned by William Wildman Barrington Chancellor of the Exchequer 21 March 1761 to 8 May 1762; Sir Gilbert Elliot third Baron Minto Lord of the Treasury 1761-62 and James Oswald Commissioner of the Treasury 1759-63. The date would therefore appear to be 1761 or early in 1762. George III documents relating to North America from the early years of his reign are particularly scarce. unknown books
1990ref. 2328013Dayton Nevada: Tree By the River Publishing 1990. Signed Copy. Soft Cover. Very Good. 6x0x9. Signed by author. Signed by author on title page without inscription. Minor wear to corners. 1990 Soft Cover. 197 pp. Though Americans usually associate Mark Twain with Tom Sawyer and the Mississippi River Samuel Clemens actually began his serious writing careers as a reporter for the Territorial Enterprise at Virginia City Nevada in 1862. Contrary to Clemens' well told story about his curious pen name "Mark Twain" had nothing to do with his life on the river and more to do with his drinking habits while in Virginia City. Having lost his high paying job as a river boat pilot on the Mississippi due to the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 Clemens tags along with his brother Orion to Nevada Territory. For a year Clemens prospects at several mining camps trying to strike it rich. He fails and goes broke at Aurora Nevada. Having contributed a series of humorous letters to the Enterprise editor Joe Goodman offers Clemens a reporting post in the then booming silver mining town of Virginia City. It is Clemens' first full time paying writing job. Four months later Clemens is writing as Mark Twain.--rear cover Tree By the River Publishing paperback books
1820ref. AQ26129London: Published by R. Miller 1820. 64pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and one further engraved plate a portrait of George IV. Uncut. Later stitched into original publisher’s printed buff wrappers with the edition of a 2pp publisher's advertisement announcing the publication of the present work. Extremities worn loss to spine. Plates foxed. The second edition printed in the same year as the first of a rather obsequious biography eulogising George III; to which is appended numerous official announcements of the monarch's death. Both editions are remarkably scarce OCLC records a single copy of the second Texas; COPAC adds no further. . Second edition. 8vo. Published by R. Miller unknown
2002ref. Q-0743445600Pocket Books 2002-08-27. Mass Market Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Pocket Books paperback
ref. 0260747815.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1987ref. 100138503Yale university press 1987 416 pages 15 24x1 27x23 114cm. 1987. Broché. 416 pages.
ref. AQ30653s.i.: s.n. 1788 Manuscript on paper. Seven joined vellum membranes. A trifle creased and discoloured. Inscribed at foot: 'Examined by Thomas Lowley Deputy Clerk of the Pipe 10 July 1811'. An examined copy of a roll of foreign accounts dealing at a largely superficial level with the financing of troops stationed in Gibraltar Ireland North America the West and East Indies and associated plantations. Some specific sums are recorded such as the receipt of £300 18s 2d for the sale by public auction in Quebec of the brig Maria. Charges and receipts amounted to £3377122 0s 11 1/2d and payments and allowances to £1772059 19s 11d which after further allowances was reduced to a debt of £423277 2s 2 3/4d. Perhaps the most interesting inclusion is the list of deputy-paymasters and their stations and the numerous officials and the salaries which they received. The office of Paymaster of the Forces was established in 1661. By the eighteenth century it had become a political prize and potentially one of the most lucrative offices one could obtain during a parliamentary career offering a salary of £4000. At the time this roll was produced the office was jointly held by future Prime Minster William Wyndham Grenville Baron Grenville 1759-1834 and naval officer and politician Constantine John Phipps 1744-1792. . Dimensions 1425 x 29 cm. [s.n.], [1788] hardcover
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1937ref. 98431937 London, Jonathan Cape, 1937, In huit, 318 pp, reliure toilée d'éditeur, bleu nuit, auteur et titre dorés sur dos lisse, tête bleutée, qqs rousseurs,
177816mo., First Edition, on laid paper; attractively bound in twentieth century grey boards, paper label lettered and ruled in black on upper board, small marginal chip in D4 (not affecting text), a remarkably bright, fresh, clean copy. Most attractive copy of a none-too-subtle satire on the supposed power of the Scots in the English establishment and society. The barb was evidently a popular one, for it reissued in the same year with a third printing in 1780. Rare.
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ref. 43717George the Third's Hair Cut 22nd July 1819." 5½" x 3" no place 22nd July King George died of pneumonia at Windsor Castle on 29th January 1820 aged 81 six days after the death of his fourth son Prince Edward Duke of Kent and Strathearn. His favourite son Prince Frederick Duke of York and Albany was with him. He lay in state for two days and his funeral and interment took place on 16th February in St George's Chapel Windsor Castle Provenance: From a small collection of locks of Royal Hair. unknown
ref. 43718George the Third's Hair Cut 22nd July 1819." 5½" x 3½" no place 22nd July King George died of pneumonia at Windsor Castle on 29th January 1820 aged 81 six days after the death of his fourth son Prince Edward Duke of Kent and Strathearn. His favourite son Prince Frederick Duke of York and Albany was with him. He lay in state for two days and his funeral and interment took place on 16th February in St George's Chapel Windsor Castle Provenance: From a small collection of locks of Royal Hair. unknown
1807ref. 18934215 July 1807. Diplomatic deals in the Napoleonic Wars A royal warrant signed by George III at the head ordering the application of the Great Seal to the Convention of Subsidy between Great Britain and Sweden signed at Stralsund on 23 June 1807. The document is countersigned on the second page by the Foreign Secretary George Canning later prime minister. The warrant orders the Great Seal be affixed to two instruments "containing our Ratifications of a Treaty concluded & signed at Stralsund on the 23d Day of June last between us and our good brother the King of Sweden by our respective plenipotentiaries". Annexed to the document are manuscript copies of the instruments. Sweden joined Britain in the war against Napoleon in 1805 in the Treaty of Bäckaskog. In early 1807 France launched an offensive against Swedish Pomerania and by June Swedish forces were weakening. Canning saw Pomerania as the only viable base for continental military operations against Napoleon and agreed in the treaty of 23 June to provide British subsidies to Swedish troops. The Swedes nevertheless capitulated in August. Britain reinforced Sweden in 1808 as France's allies entered the war against her but in 1809 King Gustav IV was deposed and in 1810 Sweden aligned with France and declared war on Britain. Folio 309 x 197 mm. 10 leaves: 2-page warrant followed by 16-page treaty blank page and final page with docket title all in manuscript; blind-impressed paper seal mounted over George III signature sewn with blue thread paper watermarked 1805. Minor fraying to ribbon else in fine condition. unknown
1801ref. 167096St James Palace 9 October 1801. Peace in Europe A royal warrant signed by George III at the beginning and end ordering that the Great Seal be applied to the Treaty of London the preliminary peace treaty to mark the cessation of hostilities between Britain and France while negotiations continued towards the Treaty of Amiens. The document is countersigned on the second page by the foreign secretary Charles Jenkinson Lord Hawkesbury. It orders the Great Seal to be affixed "to an Instrument. containing our Ratification of the preliminary Articles of Peace and Friendship concluded between us and the French Republick and signed at London". The Treaty of London was signed on 1 October 1801; this warrant applies the Great Seal on 9 October to ratify it. King George proclaimed the cessation of hostilities on 12 October. The Treaty of London paved the way for the Treaty of Amiens signed on 25 March 1802. Amiens created a year of peace the only such period between 1793 and 1814. The Treaty of Amiens is better known than the preliminary Treaty of London but most of the provisions of Amiens were established by London including the restoration to France of colonies occupied by the British the French evacuation of Egypt and the restoration of Malta to the order of St John of Jerusalem. Folio 309 x 197 mm. 12 leaves first 2 pages with manuscript warrant the subsequent 19 pages with manuscript copy of the treaty followed by 2 blank pages terminal page with docket title; seal impression beneath signature sewn with blue thread paper watermarked 1800. Light creases where folded at time else in excellent fresh condition. unknown
ref. BN495130Cross Cult. Softcover. Star Trek - The Fall 1: Erkenntnisse aus Ruinen Star Trek - The Fall 1: Erkenntnisse aus Ruinen George III David R. Cross Cult paperback
2017ref. BN72437Cross Cult Entertainment 2017. 2017. Star Trek - Deep Space Nine: Sakramente des Feuers Sakramente des Feuers Cross Cult Entertainment unknown
2010ref. 1-1439160813Star Trek 2010. Paperback. New. original edition. 400 pages. 6.75x4.25x1.25 inches. Star Trek paperback
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19308vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present); original red cloth, gilt back, uncut, top a little dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. Uncommon in this condition
1761ref. 003612anonymous. George III 1738-1820. A Perspective View of Westminster Abbey from the High Altar to the West end shewing the manner of his Majesty's Crowning. Sept. 22 1761. Engraved copperplate 240 × 210 mm plate area on laid paper. Single-sheet engraved plate. Folded vertically into five panels with three or four short closed tears at fold intersections and margins; light surface wear and mild toning consistent with age. The engraved title at head fully legible. Overall good. A detailed ceremonial interior view of Westminster Abbey depicting the coronation of King George III on 22 September 1761. The scene is shown from the High Altar looking westwards with the monarch enthroned beneath a canopy and surrounded by bishops peers officers of state and members of the royal household. Galleries are crowded with spectators and the plate is lettered throughout to correspond with an explanatory key indicating its original issue within a formal printed account of the coronation. Plates of this type were produced for inclusion in official or semi-official coronation publications and were frequently removed from their parent volumes in the later eighteenth and nineteenth centuries for separate sale or display. . Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1761. anonymous paperback