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1915réf. 2180321915. unbound. Signed Christmas card with the royal crest signed "Mary R" and accompanied with a 5" x 7" black-and-white unsigned photograph of the Queen in an ostrich-plume hat and intricately embroidered and laced dress. Also a 7" x 9" card illustrated with a color engraving of royal forebears with a history and description inside. No place 1915. Very good condition. Queen of Great Britain married to George V. unknown books
1811réf. 25444Oxford: printed at the Clarendon Press by Bensley Cooke and Collingwood 1811. 4to unpaginated portions except for the title-p. lacking all before I4 2D1-4F4 and 2H1-3G4 2B and 2B2 with tears mended; bound in a dated binding of full black straight-grain morocco elaborately decorated in blind the central panel with "Nevedon Vincent Edwards A.M. Rector William Sparrow Church-Warden 1816" in gilt central on upper cover paneled spine also elaborately tooled in blind lettered in gilt a.e.g.; very good. printed at the Clarendon Press, by Bensley, Cooke, and Collingwood unknown books
2015réf. 1418674Oxford: Oxford University Press 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavos Three Volumes. In Very Good plus condition with Very Good plus dust jackets in mylar. Bound in black cloth with gilt titling to spines. Jackets are light blue with dark blue lettering. Jackets have spots of light scuffing. Text blocks have light scuffing to edges. Shelved in Room A Octavo Overflow. The Papers of the Metaphysical Society 1869-1880: A Critical Edition is a three-volume scholarly collection documenting the discussions and intellectual exchanges of the influential Victorian Metaphysical Society. It brings together previously scattered papers correspondence and related materials providing new insight into debates about religion philosophy science ethics and the nature of knowledge in nineteenth-century Britain. As a critical edition the set offers carefully established texts and scholarly annotation making it an important resource for researchers studying Victorian intellectual and cultural history. 1418674. Special Collections - Upstairs. Oxford University Press hardcover books
1705réf. 47008London: s.i. 1705. Very Good. London: s.i. 1705. Pirated Edition per Case. Octavo; 19th century full blind-tooled calf by B.E. Bult spine in six compartments crimson gilt spine label all edges stained dark red red glazed endpapers; 165911pp. collated complete. Leather dried and a bit flaky along spine edges brief 19th century marginalia to a couple early leaves extensive contemporary notes to p. 592 blank pencil shelf number to rear free endpaper; Very Good and sound overall. This variant with catchword "The" on p. 564. Arsenic green binder's ticket and ownership ex libris of the British politician Edward Goulburn 1787-1868 to front pastedown. This edition described by A.E. Case's Bibliography of English Poetical Miscellanies 1521-1750 as a piracy of the first three volumes of "Poems on affairs of state." Case 237; ESTC N5917. s.i. unknown books
1736réf. 694771736. Bristol: Sold by Felix Farley 1736. Quarto. Bristol: Sold by Felix Farley 1736. Quarto. Bristol's Municipal Constitution in Practice: Charters and Jurisdictional Boundaries 1736 Bristol England. Bristol. The City Charters. Containing the Original Institution of Mayors Recorders Sheriffs Town-Clerks And All Other Officers Whatsoever. As also of a Common-Council And the Ancient Laws and Customs of the City. Diligently Compar'd with And Corrected According to the Latin Originals. To which are Added The Bounds of the City By Land With the Exact Distances from Stone to Stone All Round the City. Bristol: Sold by Felix Farley 1736. Quarto 9-1/2" x 7-1/2". 297 15 pp. Engraved copperplate frontispiece. Final advertisement leaf. Occasional minor pagination errors text complete. Contemporary paneled calf rebacked in period style lettering piece and gilt-ruled raised bands. Boards rubbed edges worn corners bumped. Light toning a few leaves darker occasional marginal foxing minor worming to margins in a few gatherings not affecting text. Early ownership signature of Marmaduke Coules to recto of frontispiece. $350. First and only edition. A substantial and uncommon provincial imprint this work presents the civic charters and constitutional framework of Bristol carefully rendered from the Latin originals and supplemented with detailed descriptions of the city's jurisdictional limits. Of particular interest is the appended perambulation of the boundaries reflecting the mid-1730s survey of the city's extent with the limits fixed by reference to some 103 boundary stones-74 on the Gloucestershire side and 29 on the Somersetshire side-each described with notable topographical specificity. One example reads: "Stone 1. On the bank of the River of Avon near a limekiln on the East and a sluice on the West call'd Woodwell's-Lake standeth the first stone." An important record of municipal governance and urban geography in eighteenth-century England combining legal transcription with practical surveying data. The early owner Marmaduke Coules is plausibly identifiable with the mid-eighteenth-century Warden of the Ancient Society of St. Stephen's Ringers a long-established Bristol civic and religious fraternity associated with St. Stephen's Church A. B. Beaven Bristol Lists: Municipal and Miscellaneous 1899 p. 336. OCLC locates three copies in U.S. law libraries Harvard Uni. unknown books
1661réf. 758801661. A Prospective Marriage for Charles II Charles II 1630-1685 King of England. Hyde Edward 1609-1674 1st Earl of Clarendon. His Majesties Gracious Speech to the Lords & Commons Together with the Lord Chancellor's At the Opening of the Parliament On the 8th Day of May 1661. London: Printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker 1661. 26 2 pp. Final leaf blank. Folio 10-3/4" x 7". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet spine reinforced. Moderate toning occasional light foxing light soiling in a few places lower corner of first leaf lacking without loss to text small "2" to title page early handwritten page numbers to rectos. $350. Only edition. Speeches by Charles II and Edward Hyde his Lord Chancellor given at the opening of the first session of the Cavalier Parliament. Both speeches address Charles's prospective marriage to Catherine of Braganza the daughter of the king of Portugal in order to cement an alliance with Portugal. Since Catherine was a Roman Catholic the marriage was controversial but the two wed in May of 1662. English Short-Title Catalogue R35487. unknown books
1842réf. 758701842. A Satirical "Trial" of The Oxford Movement Church of England. In Re Williams Versus Garbett: The Judgment of an Ecclesiastical Court. Oxford: Printed and Published by J. Vincent 1842. 15 1 pp. Octavo 7" x 4-1/2". Disbound sewn pamphlet. Moderate toning light soiling to exterior browning and light wear to fore-edges. $350. Only edition. A sharp verse satire of the contested 1842 election of the professor of poetry at Oxford which devolved into an ecclesiastical dispute between High Church Anglicans and their opponents. OCLC locates 8 copies none in law libraries. Not in the British Museum Catalogue. unknown books
1621réf. 310863London: Printed by Bonham Norton and John Bill printers to the Kings most excellent Maiestie 1621. 20 pp. 4to. Later quarter reddish morocco rebacked. Dust-soiling to first leaf title and last two leaves some minor spotting very good. 20 pp. 4to. ESTC S107590; STC14399 Printed by Bonham Norton and John Bill, printers to the Kings most excellent Maiestie unknown books
1910réf. 6659Oxford: University Press 1910. 12mo 4 x 3 inches. Bound in attractive blue morocco tooled in gilt with cross against a paneled ground with rules some pointillÈ rosettes & other ornaments gilt spine. Two works in one: vol 1 printed on India paper. All edges finely gilt. Scarce edition. University Press unknown books
1649réf. 303254London: Printed by Roger Daniel 1649. Second edition. 8 263 pp. Woodcut device of the King's arms on recto of first leaf. LACKING folded engraved frontispiece. 2 engraved portraits. 1 vols. 8vo. 19th-century sheep. Bookplates. Second edition. 8 263 pp. Woodcut device of the King's arms on recto of first leaf. LACKING folded engraved frontispiece. 2 engraved portraits. 1 vols. 8vo. Madan 25; Wing 2nd ed. E307 Printed by Roger Daniel] unknown books
1957réf. 4653London: HMO 1957. First Edition. Orig. prtd. wrappers. A very good copy with slight signs of wear. 8vo. The famous ' Wolfenden ' report to parliament on the de-criminalization of homosexuality in the UK. This is the first orderly scientific inquiry into the issue. An important document. HMO unknown books
1914réf. HCX13380-1Third printing March 1914. A color frontis and three black and white illustration plates. Publisher's red cloth stamped gilt. Brown and tan pictorial endpapers. 672pp. Utopian novel. This copy is SIGNED and IINSCRIBED by the Author "To the Boys at Rumford with fraternal greetings from George Allan England Nov 1 1915." Book Condition: Good: A firm square copy with tarnished spine gilt bright cover gilt. Owner's 1915 gift inscription to back of frontispiece - front free endpaper is missing. Small, Maynard & Company hardcover books
1920réf. 165111920. 1 vols. watercolour signed "J Heseldine" lower left inscribed as title on verso 5 x 7. This watercolour is one of a series done by the artist of scenes in Cornwall England in the 1920s when Cornwall was a favoured holiday resort. 1 vols. watercolour signed "J Heseldine" lower left inscribed as title on verso 5 x 7". unknown books
1920réf. 165101920. Watercolor signed "J.Heseldine" lower left inscribed as title on verso. 1 vols. 5 x 7 inches. Fine. Watercolor signed "J.Heseldine" lower left inscribed as title on verso. 1 vols. 5 x 7 inches. The watercolour is one of a series of travel scenes done in Cornwall England about 1920. Cornwall was at the time a favourite holiday resort on the western coast of England. unknown books
1735réf. 33237England 1735. Elephant folio 24-1/2" x 30-1/2". Completely in ink manuscript on stiff vellum some words written in larger lettering or bolder print. Bottom edge folded up and held with five red wax seals and vellum strips. Strip of three embossed blue Sixpence Royal tax stamps at left edge "Colony to Saml Clarke" in manuscript directly beneath it. The names of Joseph Lodge Elizabeth Lodge Jonathan Pickering Ann Pickering and John Hamblins written along the bottom edge between the seals. Docketed on verso: "The 9th October 1735/ Joseph Lodge & wife/ Jonathan Pickering/ To John Hamblin/ Joseph Rust." Old folds light spotting and dustsoiling of verso recto quite clean. Beautiful document. Near Fine. A deed from England: Wortham Hall Hopton Botesdale and Thelnetham are all of Suffolk County England. Joseph Lodge 1693-1759 lived and died in Needham Norfolk County England. Elizabeth his wife 1699-1739 died in Norfolk as well. unknown books
1958réf. 8971Cambridge MA: New England Mission 1958. Vol. 19 / Nos.6-12. Vol. 20 / Nos.1-11. Vol.21 / 1-11. 28 issues. Quartos 28 cm Side stappled wrappers. Mimeographed contents. Issues very good or better. Newsletters from the New England Mission that contain news from the Mission comings and goings comics and other miscellany. Included with this collection are 90 pages of mimeographed 'Comparative Reports' covering the same time period for the Western and Northern Massachusetts districts. The New England Mission was organized in September 1937 from portions of the Eastern States Mission and the Canadian Mission. It was composed of the states of Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island Maine Vermont and New Hampshire. As well as the Canadian provinces Nova Scotia New Brunswick Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland. New England Mission unknown books
1717réf. 284581London: Printed for J. Morphew near Stationers-Hall 1717. First Edition. Original Sewn Wrappers. Good binding. One of Defoe's infamous pamphlets published under his second period of employment by the British government as a literary fifth columnist. Defoe would publish political or current event pamphlets either anonymously or posing as a Whig Tory Jacobite whom he said "my very soul abhors" DNB 738 or even a repentant double agent all while writing revolutionary works that lacked their bite incendiary news which proved incorrect or polemical pieces with unsound arguments. In short he worked a a pamphleteering agent of chaos all in the service of the government pacifying their erstwhile opponents. Defoe was seen as a renegade traitor and spy by a number of his contemporaries: "the little art he is truly a master of of forging a story and imposing it on the world." DNB 737. Mercurius Politicus was published in the years shortly before his fantastical Robinson Crusoe. The periodical ran from May 1716 to December 1720. This being the April 1717 issue. With "An Account of the Spaniards taking Twelve English Ships in the Bay of Campechy sic never printed before" as well as new appointments for the Bank and the East-India Company and updates on the Jacobite situation in Scotland. Sewn pamphlet lacking original paper wrappers. 211-273 pp. An ex-library copy with a punch-stamp dampstain and writing on the title page not affecting the text; library stamp on the verso of the title page. ESTC P2105. DNB V 737-738. Good binding. Printed for J. Morphew near Stationers-Hall unknown books
1662réf. 758781662. Charles II Advocates Religious Tolerance Charles II 1630-1685 King of England. His Majesties Gracious Speech to Both Houses of Parliament On Wednesday February the 18th. 1662. Being the First Day of their Meeting After their Prorogation. London: Printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker 1662. 6 2 pp. Folio 10-3/4" x 7". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet spine reinforced. Light browning horizontal fold line small spots to a few pages page numbers in an early hand to rectos. $450. Only edition. A speech made by Charles II at the opening of the fourth session of the Cavalier Parliament advocating greater tolerance of dissenters who "demean themselves peaceably and modestly." Charles's many controversial attempts to increase religious tolerance would culminate in the unsuccessful Declaration of Indulgence in 1672. OCLC and the ESTC locate 7 copies of this title in North America none in law libraries. English Short-Title Catalogue R5549. unknown books
1914réf. 3285011914. framed. very good. Clipped inscription which reads "Yours very sincerely Mary R" framed with portrait which is also signed and dated 1914. Decorative frame measures 10 1/2" X 16". Please inquire for more information. Mary of Teck Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Empress of India from 6 May 1910 until 20 January 1936 as the wife of King-Emperor George V. unknown books
1899réf. LLV2362London Paris New York & Melbourne:: Cassell ca.1899. 1899. Eight volumes. 4to. xii 612 standard pagination for all volumes. Frontispieces profusely illustrated throughout indexes; slightly browning along margins endpapers lightly foxed. Original quarter gilt-stamped maroon calf over dark blue textured cloth binding by W. Scovell Wolverhampton; extremities rubbed joint cracked on vol. I vols. 6 & 8 with minor kozo repair to outer joint. Bookplates of Frederick C. Thompson corner text scoured off. Very good. BEAUTIFULLY BOUND AND FULLY ILLUSTRATED. This revised edition had been enhanced with additional beautiful and "originally drawings by the best artists" title. We have eight volumes; some other sets include two additional volumes but this history here is complete to the year 1898. These volumes are titled: Volumes I-VIII: From the Roman Invasion to the Wars of the Roses; From the Wars of the Roses to the Great Rebellion' From the Great Rebellion to the Fall of Marlborough; From the Fall of Marlborough to the Peninsular War; From the Peninsular War to the Death of Sir Robert Peel; From the Death of Sir Robert Peel to the Illness of the Prince of Wales; From the Illness of the Prince of Wales to the British Occupation of Egypt; From the British Occupation of Egypt to the Death of Mr. Gladstone. Laid in are at least two leaves of advertisements including one from Cassell & Company publishers for the Thanksgiving Service at St. Paul's Cathedral on Diamond Jubilee Day June 22 1897. Another sheet is a tipped in insert to Vol. III from the Koko-Maricopas Co. Ltd. to prevent graying of hair and "prevents hair falling" Cassell, [ca.1899]. hardcover books
1707réf. 292146Oxford London: Printed by the University-Printers Printed by J. Heptinstall for the Company of Stationers 1707. Full Leather. Very Good binding. The Book of Common Prayer and Book of Psalms for the Church of England bound together in one volume; both were published in 1707. Complete with 53 numbered plates. Interestingly three of the plates are of a more political nature being the "Gun-Powder Treason" the "Martyrdom of King Charles I" and the "Restoration of King Charles II." Red ruling to the borders of the double-columned text title pages and plates. The Whole Book of Psalms Collected into English Metre by Thomas Sternhold John Hopkins and others . 'Printed by J. Heptinstall for the Company of Stationers. 1707" is not found in the ESTC. Neither text is paginated; the final leaf of the Book of Common Prayer is R4; the final leaf of The Whole Book of Psalms is I6. Front hinge reinforced with Japanese tissue. Slight loss at the bottom of the spine. Black straight grain morocco with gilt lettering and raised bands on the spine. All edges gilt. Very Good. ESTC T231335. Very Good binding. Printed by the University-Printers | Printed by J. Heptinstall, for the Company of Stationers unknown books
1821réf. 675171821. GEORGE IV King of England. England: July 19 1821 the day of his coronation. Document states that Mayor General Christopher Jefferson is now a Lieutenant in the army. Signed by Wellington and three other Lords. Affixed with 2 seals on the left hand side. One is a red circular wax seal and the other is a blue paper seal. Written on vellum three creases from folds. Measures 390 x 300 mm; 580 x 500 framed. Beautifully matted and framed. "George the Fourth by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; King Defender of the Faith & Trusty and well Beloved Mayor General Christopher Jefferson. Greeting: We reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty Courage and good Conduct Do by these Presents constitute and appoint You to be Lieutenant General in Our Army and to take Rank from 19th July 1821 and We do hereby give and Grant you Full Power and Authority to Command and take your Rank accordingly; You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of Lieutenant General by doing and performing all and all manner of Things thereunto belonging. And We do hereby Command All Our Officers and Soldiers whom it may Concern to acknowledge and obey You as a Lieutenant General as aforesaid: And You are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from time to time as You shall receive from Us or any Your superior Officer according to the Rules and Discipline of War in pursuance of the Trust We herby repose in you. Given at the Thirteenth Day of October 1821. In the Year of our Reign. By His Majesty crossed out Command of the Lord Justices in the name of His Majesty William Hamilton" HBS 67517. $500. unknown books
1608réf. 757601608. An Unsuccessful Attempt of James I to Raise Royal Revenue James I 1566-1625 King of England and Ireland. Articles Containing His Maiesties Gracious Offer to Compound With His Subiects For the Tenure of Their Lands And Other Profits Growing by Reason of Their Tenures In Certaine Cases as Followeth. London: Imprinted.By the Deputies of Robert Barker Printer to the Kings Most Excellent Maiestie 1608. ii 5 1 pp. Quarto 6-3/4" x 5-1/2". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet woodcut arms of Great Britain to verso of title page. Moderate toning light soiling to exterior top-edges affected by trimming with loss to woodcut ornament at head of title page and page numbers. $500. Only edition. An attempt to raise much-needed Royal revenue the Articles was part of James I's long and unsuccessful struggle with Parliament which lead ultimately to Parliament's adjournment and dissolution. OCLC locates 12 copies 8 in North America; the ESTC adds 2. No copies located in law libraries. English Short-Title Catalogue S121295. unknown books
1834réf. 38527Boston: Published by Garrison & Knapp 1834. 72pp. Stitched in original printed pale blue wrappers wrapper imprint: "Printed by Garrison & Knapp". Scattered light foxing Very Good. The rear wrapper lists "Anti-Slavery Publications" of the Society. The day-by-day proceedings are recorded. Samuel May was elected President of the Convention which asserts that Slavery "ought to be immediately abolished." Laws prohibit teaching slaves to read distributing the Bible to them or "the preaching of the Gospel" bar them from acting as witnesses. "Their persons and their lives are left totally to the absolute control of their masters." Reports are presented on Slavery in the District of Columbia the progress or lack thereof of the anti-slavery cause the Slave Trade with many examples of the horrors of Slavery. Speeches and an Address to the People are printed. LCP 7044. Dumond 83. AI 25911 5. Published by Garrison & Knapp unknown books
1823réf. ST19567-137London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1823. 142 x 83 mm. 5 1/2 x 3 1/8". 22 510 pp. 1 leaf blank 81 1 pp. VERY ATTRACTIVE CONTEMPORARY RED STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO BY RUSSELL'S OF GUILDFORD their ticket on front pastedown covers with central sunburst medallion containing the Tetragrammaton within a triangle from which the dove of the Holy Spirit descends surrounded by a blind-tooled roll and multiple gilt rules foliate cornerpieces raised bands gilt-ruled compartments with floral cornerpieces gilt-rolled turn-ins all edges gilt. Housed in a very nice felt-lined cloth folding box with red morocco back gilt lettering. For the binding: Ramsden p. 144. A little soiling to leather and a couple of trivial imperfections internally but a very fine copy inside and out. This pretty little prayer book is a lovely example of provincial English bookbinding and very typical of an era in which such luxurious volumes were popular gifts among the moneyed classes. The Russell firm is recorded by Ramsden as operating in Guildford in southern England and the ticket in the present book notes that they were also booksellers stationers printers cutlers and silversmiths in addition to binders. This charming devotional work has been carefully looked after by its previous owners and comes down to us in excellent condition. George Eyre and Andrew Strahan unknown books
