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1988réf. 343Good condition some scuffing and creasing to covers. Pageant Books 1988. Paperback. 274 pp. Regency Romantic Intrigue. Pageant Books paperback
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réf. 26439Petition dated from London February 1833. Despite a recent book by Miles Macnair supporting Serre's claims the case for her imposture is overwhelming as her entry in the Oxford DNB demonstrates. See also the various reports of the matter for example Ryves v. Duke of Wellington Law Times 31 October 1846. 23pp. foolscap 8vo. On six loose bifoliums of laid paper with 1833 Britannia watermark of Gilling & Alllford. Good on lightly aged and worn paper. Folded into the customary packet and docketed on reverse of last leaf 'Copy Letter to the King from the Princess Olive'. Note that this is not how such a document would have been described had the recipient been a royal representative. Clearly a draft with a number of lacunae and a few emendations in another hand in pencil. The document and its ‘signature’ do not appear to be in Serres’ autograph: they do not resemble other examples consulted for example the manuscript offered for sale at Sotheby’s in London in July 2009. The few pencil annotations are in another hand and although more like are still not likely to be in her hand. Written in the year before Serres' death and apparently unpublished. The first page is headed 'A letter to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty' and begins; 'Sire The high opinion I wish to Cherish that your Majesty when truth claims your attention will do no wrong induces this public appeal to your justice for the consideration and redress of my unprecedented wrongs which I have from Year to yr patiently & degradingly submitted to rather than lay open to the English Nation the true Cause of the desertion and neglect of my late Royal Parents Relatives'. The document ends with the petition pp.21-23 headed: 'To the Kings Most Excellent Majesty The dutiful and humble petition of Olive Princess of Cumberland - London Feby 1833.' It begins: 'Sheweth That your Petr altho she is the legitimate Daughter & Sole Heir of his late Royal Highness Henry Frederick Duke off Cumberland by her Royal Highness Olive his first and lawful Wife is disposed of all her Birthrights except her rank & name of her late Royal Parents'. The petition claims that she 'lawfully proved in the prerogative Court in the month of June 1822' a 'Bequest of his late Majesty George. the 3rd of £15000'. Petition dated from London, February 1833. unknown
réf. 2470626 August 1831. 3 Park Square London. The daughter of the fifth Duke of Argyll Lady Charlotte bore eleven children to her two husbands and was forced to write novels by her first husband’s death and second husband’s profligacy. See her entry in the Oxford DNB. 4pp 16mo. Bifolium. In good condition lightly aged. Neatly attached by a paper hinge to part of a leaf from an album. Begins: ‘Lady Charlotte Bury presents her Compts to Sir William Hamilton & takes the liberty of soliciting for the honor & favor of his name as a subscriber to a work by Lady Charlotte of which the enclosed Prospectus gives every particular. / The favor of a speedy answer will much oblige’. She ends by offering ‘many apologies for this liberty’. The work to which she refers may be ‘The Three Great Sanctuaries of Tuscany’ published in 1833 and illustrated by her second husband who died in May 1832. 26 August 1831. 3 Park Square, London. unknown
1986réf. BBS-075048Regency Reference Library 1986. Paperback. Very Good/Good. This listing is for 4 volumes; Volume I 'A-F' Volume II 'G-Pre' Volume III 'Pri-Z' and Volume IV 'Indexes'. This listing is oversized and will require additional shipping charges. The dust jackets for all four volumes show some moderate edgewear including creasing and chipping at the corners and the top and bottom of the spine. All jacket edges show some wear including creasing. Jackets for volumes I and II have some loss Volume I is missing a 1/2 inch piece from the top rear panel and volume II is missing appr. 3 in total from the bottom of the rear panel. All four volume boards are clean and unmarked but have some bumping to the corners and the top and bottom of the spine. Spines of all 4 volumes are shaken but are firmly attached to the spine. Text blocks for all four volumes are clean and unmarked but lightly age toned. Volume IV has 4 tabs affixed to page edges. Jacket Condition: Good . Size: 8vo - over 7 in - 9 in Tall. Year: 1986. Regency Reference Library paperback
réf. 15993Both engravings published on 2 October 1826 by S. & J. Fuller 34 Rathbone Place London. The two engravings in good condition with light signs of age and with 'A Faint Impression' with some offsetting in light pink not entirely displeasing. Both headed above the image 'Casualties of London Street Walking' with the title and publication details below the image. ONE: 'A Faint Impression.' Dimensions: image 23.5 x 18.5 cm; plate 27 x 20 cm; paper 29 x 22 cm. A fight outside a hat shop between two boys one holding a tray of meat and the other a wooden board with food and drink results in the light soiling of the clothes of an indignant middle-aged couple the man in top hat whiskers and breeches and the woman in bonnet and frills. The amused milliner looks on from the doorway of his shop. TWO: 'A Strong Impression.' Dimensions: image 24 x 19 cm; plate 27.5 x 21.5 cm; paper 28.5 x 22.5 cm. A confrontation in front of a printshop between a chimneysweep and a boy selling pies has more serious consequences for another couple more sharply dressed than the last. The gentleman in cutaway jacket has his trousers badly soiled by the falling chimneysweep's bag of soot while the lady receives a bag of pies in the face from the other boy. Two gentlemen and the printseller look on horrified. Uncommon: the only copies found are coloured ones in the Guildhall Library London and London Metropolitan Archives. See Image sl. too large for scanner. Both engravings published on 2 October 1826 by S. & J. Fuller, 34 Rathbone Place, London. hardcover
réf. 22357Letter: 'Weddnesday sic Morg.' 2 June 1819; from 8 Upper John Street Golden Square. Translations without date or place. Tabeeb was a fêted 'exotic' visitor to England at the end of the Regency period. In March 1819 the Asiatic Journal reported his presence in London and on 6 June four days after the present letter he breakfasted with the Irish poet Thomas Moore who reported in his diary that he was 'to take a Diploma of Doctor at Oxford this month'. In April 1820 a fine engraving of Tabeeb after a painting by John James Hall was published. In September 1820 the London magazine La Belle Assemblee printed a letter describing the English in complimentary terms written by 'Meerza Jiafer Tabeeb Persian physician who had been sent by his Royal Highness the Prince Abbas Mirza Bey Prince of Persia to this country to study the practice of physic and who has now returned to his own country'. Three items from an album compiled by Lady Ann Cullum 1807-1875 wife of Sir Thomas Gery Cullum 1777-1855 of Hardwick House. In the letter and calling card Tabeeb's name has a macron over the 'a' of 'Jiafer' LETTER: 1p 12mo. In fair condition lightly aged with wear at one corner and water staining at head with traces of mount adhering to reverse. The letter reads: 'Meerza Jiafer Tabeeb presents his respectful Compliments to Lady Cullum and is very sorry to say that he is obliged to attend Mr. Brande's lecture the celebrated chemist William Thomas Brande 1788-1866 at Royal Institution tomorrow morning at Nine Oclock therefore he begs to put off his breakfasting for some other morning.' TRANSLATIONS: 1p landscape 8vo. In fair condition aged with water staining to one corner. Folded three times. Addressed on reverse 'To Lady Cullum.' The only other writing on that side preceded by a small heart is 'Seeing Friends gives Brillany sic to the Eye'. The first of the quotations is preceded by an asterisk and the second by a cross suggesting that the Persian original may have originally accompanied them. The first reads: 'I saw my moon-like love in the garden: she was gathering roses. The thorn of the rose wounder her hands but she only laughed. I asked her the cause of her laughter: she replied “the rose cannot bear to see any thing superior to itself.' The second reads: 'O Beloved of my heart I cannot say whether you are the sea or the moon. Is it your face or a rose which I see: is it light which dazzles me or is it your neck.' CALLING CARD. 3.75 x 7.5 cm. Laid down on the last item beneath the second quotation. In fair condition with vertical fold line. The name 'Meerza Jiafer Tabeeb' engraved in copperplate and centred on the card. Beneath this at bottom left Tabeeb has written his signature in Persian script and at bottom-right he writes the address '30 Golden Sqr.' Letter: 'Weddnesday [sic] Morg.' [2 June 1819]; from 8 Upper John Street, Golden Square. Translations without date or place. unknown
réf. 17511Tavistock Place London . 4 April 1815. 1p. 4to. Bifolium. Addressed on reverse of second leaf with postmarks to 'Thomas Hill Esq New Inn'. In good condition lightly-aged. Headed by Oakley 'Circular' and entirely written out in his own hand. The letter begins: 'In consequence of the embarrassing finances of the Old Drury Club and its being uncertain whether or no it can any longer hold its deliberative meetings at its accustomed place of redevous sic - it has been determined by a majority of its members - to resolve themselves into a committee of ways and means'. Details are given of the arrangements for the meeting at the Piazza Coffee House the purpose being to consider 'how far it would be prudent under existing circumstances to raise supplies for the further prosecution of so just and necessary an establishment.' Little is known of the subject of the letter but in 1816 William Linley dedicated his 'Shakspeare's Dramatic Songs' to 'The Old Drury Club a Social Circle round the Shrine of Shakspeare Cherishing his Memory and Revering his Genius.' Tavistock Place [ London ]. 4 April 1815. unknown
1988réf. 343Good condition some scuffing and creasing to covers. Pageant Books 1988. Paperback. 274 pp. Regency Romantic Intrigue. Pageant Books paperback
1986réf. 342Good condition some scuffing and creasing to covers. Signet 1986. Paperback. 220 pp. Signet paperback
1956réf. 34Acceptable condition. Scuffing and creasing to covers x on cover yellowing to pages. Paperback. Ace Books 1956. A Chase through alternate worlds. 169 pp. F-391. Ace Books paperback
1729réf. 15023Amsterdam, Chatelain, 1729. Titel in rot/schwarz, 18 n.n. Bll., 415 SS.; Titel in r/s, 3 n.n. Bll., 404 SS.; Titel in r/s, 3 n.n. Bll., 322 SS., 29 n.n. Bll. (Inhaltsverz. und Catalogue des Verlages). Insgesamt 11 Kupfer, davon 4 ausfaltbar, hübsche Titelvignetten. 8°, Leder der Zeit auf 4 Bünden, reiche Rückenvergoldung, gesprenkelter Schnitt, Band 1 jedoch stark abweichend in modernes Leder auf 4 Bünden gebunden, etwas Rückenvergoldung.
1995réf. 16391ABPrinces Risborough, Shire Publ., 1995. 21 cm. 96 S. mit zahlr. Abb. im Text u. a. Tafeln, dav. 40 in Farbe. Illustrierter Originalkarton (Softcover), Klebebindung. Neuwertiges Exemplar. Shire garden history ; 7.
1996réf. 43745London : Phaidon Press, 1996. 240 Seiten ; ill. ; Sprache: Englisch broschiert
1980réf. 11375xHerrsching,Wissen GmbH,1980. Leinen, ca. DinA5, 159 Seiten, einige farb. Fotos, Umschlag (farb. Foto, leicht fehlerhaft), insgesamt gut erhalten / insgesamt guter Zustand
1990réf. 59909Sigmaringen : Thorbecke 1990. 376, [152] S. : 435 Abb., davon 4 farb.. ; 24 cm, mit Schutzumschlag, mit loser Buchfolie eingeschlagen. Gewebe, gebundene Ausgabe, Leinen, Exemplar in gutem Erhaltungszustand
1816réf. K-1777Wien / Vienna, 1816. antiker Stich / antique engraving, Format ca. 21 x13 cm
1816réf. K-1776Wien / Vienna, 1816. antiker Stich / antique engraving, Format ca. 21 x13 cm
1816réf. K-1775Wien / Vienna, 1816. antiker Stich / antique engraving, Format ca. 21 x13 cm
1816réf. K-1774Wien / Vienna, 1816. antiker Stich / antique engraving, Format ca. 21 x13 cm
1816réf. K-1773Wien / Vienna, 1816. antiker Stich / antique engraving, Format ca. 21 x13 cm
1816réf. K-1772Wien / Vienna, 1816. antiker Stich / antique engraving, Format ca. 21 x13 cm
1816réf. K-1771Wien / Vienna, 1816. antiker Stich / antique engraving, Format ca. 21 x13 cm
1816réf. K-1770Wien / Vienna, 1816. antiker Stich / antique engraving, Format ca. 21 x13 cm
1816réf. K-1769Wien / Vienna, 1816. antiker Stich / antique engraving, Format ca. 21 x13 cm
1816réf. K-1767Wien / Vienna, 1816. antiker Stich / antique engraving, Format ca. 21 x13 cm
1816réf. K-1766Wien / Vienna, 1816. antiker Stich / antique engraving, Format ca. 21 x13 cm
