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1794Grande carta murale di Inghilterra e Galles, impressa su quattro fogli doppi uniti.La mappa mostra nel dettaglio contee, insediamenti, strade con le distanze da Londra, inoltre, la navigabilità dei fiumi. Sulla destra, in una tabella, vengono elencate le navigazioni interne. Più in basso, in cartiglio, il particolare dele isole Scilly.La mappa è pubblicata in: A new universal atlas, exhibiting all the empires, kingdoms, states, republics, &c. &c. in the whole World… edito a Londra da R. Laurie & J. Whittle, nel 1804.Incisione su rame, coloritura coeva dei contorni, in ottimo stato di conservazione. A wall map of England & Walles, printed on 4 double-sheets joined. Shows counties, settlements, roads with distances to London, finished and unfinished canals, rivers intended to be made navigable, etc. Has illustrated cartouche and table "The inland navigations in England &c." Relief shown pictorially. Includes inset of the Isles of Scilly.Published in: A new universal atlas, exhibiting all the empires, kingdoms, states, republics, &c. &c. in the whole World…London, R. Laurie & J. Whittle, 1804.Etching, in outline color, in very good condition. Shirley R. Maps in the atlases of the British Library, T.LAU-1c (1799 ed.); NMM 375 (3rd ed. 1801)
1790Dettagliata mappa murale di Inghilterra e Galles, con l'indicazione precisa di strade, città, distanze, centri urbani ecc, incisa da John Rocque - prolifico cartografo inglese del XVIII sec.Questa mappa è pubblicata nell'atlante curato da Thomas Kitchin A General Atlas Describing the Whole Universe, pubblicato a Lodra da Robert Sayer nel 1790.Incisione su rame, impressa su quattro fogli grandi uniti insieme, coloritura coeva dei confini. In ottimo stato di conservazione. A very detailed map of England and Wales showing roads by type, cities, distances, market towns, latitude and longitude of important places, villages with and without stages, distances from London, and more. John Rocque was a prolific map maker in London during the 18th century. This map as well as his two sheet map of Ireland appeared in Thomas Kitchin's A General Atlas Describing the Whole Universe of 1790.Shows forested areas, classified roads with distances, etc. Relief shown pictorially. Includes inset map of the Isles of Scilly and drawings of ships.Engraved map printed on 4 sheets comprising. Counties in outline color. In very good contion.
PARIS, Aux Bureaux de la Publication - 1856 - Petit In-folio - Débroché - 1 Plat armorié - Armoiriues pour chaque famille - Lettrines - texte encadré - Propre intérieurement
1700Bella e decorativa mappa della Scozia con le Isole Orcadi delineate nel cartiglio in alto a destra. Tratta dall'atlante dei fratelli Valk, edito ad Amsterdam ai primi del '700. Incisione in rame, bellissima coloritura coeva, piccoli restauri al verso, per il resto in ottime condiziioni. An attractive but rather strangely contorted map of the mainland and islands, with the Orkneys delineated in an inset panel. Very detailed but designed on a projection constricting the north-south axis. Gerard and Leonard Valk are best known as republishers of earlier mapmakers' plates. However, here their own work shows precision in engraving with a wealth of placenames.Copperplate, full original colouring, good condition.
1828Best.-Nr. 818F12London: G. Virtue 1828-1830. First edition. Leather. Good. 9" by 6". G. Shepherd; H. Gastine. The first edition of W. H. Ireland's study of the history and topography of the county of Kent. Illustrated with a folding map and 124 further beautifully engraved plates. The complete four volume first edition of English poet and writer William Henry Ireland's topographical study of Kent in smart full tree calf bindings. Illustrated throughout with a series of views from G. Shepherd and H. Gastineau.Illustrated with an engraved title page folding map and 124 further plates: folding map engraved title page and thirty plates to volume I; twenty-seven plates to volume II; twenty-nine plates to volume III and thirty-eight plates to volume IV. Collated complete.With an index to the rear of each volume and an errata to the rear of volume IV.With the inscription of Margaret Ridgen 1830 to a front endpaper of volume I.An excellent first edition work from gothic author and historian Ireland best remembered now however for his forgeries of would-be Shakespeare documents and plays. In full tree calf bindings. Rubbing to back strips and board perimeters. Front and rear joint of volume I front joint of volume II and tail of front joint of volume IV starting with boards all holding firm. Contemporary inscription to front endpaper of volume I. Internally firmly bound. Instances of spotting and discolouration throughout most prominent to volume I plates and pages surrounding plates. Good G. Virtue hardcover
Best.-Nr. 637440205Oxford University Press OUP . Hardback. New. pp. 520 Oxford University Press OUP hardcover
1822Best.-Nr. 250732London: Shackell and Arrowsmith 1822. No jacket. Worn and aged boards. Wear on corners of boards and markings on front and rear. Crease along height of front and rear boards. Mottled rear board. Dented and frayed area on foot of rear board. Foxing on page-block and throughout volume. Grubby and stained endpapers. Stain on upper edge of pages 200 to 264 but does not obscure the text which is clear throughout. Binding remains in good condition. TH. hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Used. Shackell and Arrowsmith Hardcover
Small 4to (194 x 120 mm), 232pp., With the contemporary printed book label of William Nicholl, original boards, worn, uncut While Calvert was in Constantinople, scandals broke causing him to leave, because of his illegitimate children, and charges of him having his own private harem. These charges followed him to London as well. Calvert did support his illegitimate children, sending money to the stepfather of his heir Henry, by Hester Whalen. In 1768, another scandal befell him while at home in London. This time he was accused of abduction and rape by Sarah Woodcock. During the trial, he was tried as much by the press as he was in the courtroom. The jury, believing that Sarah did not make adequate attempts to escape or to report the crime properly, and he was acquitted. To avoid any further disgrace, he retreated to Italy, and died in Naples in 1771. Unfortunately the many problems he created still existed for his colony. Before his death, he had made his illegitimate son Henry Harford, his heir, leaving him the province of Maryland, in America. This Edition not in O'Higgins, Irish Trials.
Best.-Nr. BN74521The New York Times: 36 Hours World unknown
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1801Best.-Nr. 2519001T. Egerton Whitehall 1801. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Volume 1 - 1801 volume 2 - 1802. Red cloth boards with gilt decoration and titles with 52 topographic plates across the two volumes. Rubbing to the spines and edges of the boards. Volume one is internally in good order with only very occasional foxing and moderate tanning. Volume two is in similar order aside from a section of ten pages or so which are moderately foxed. We are very happy to provide further details and additional photos. Please feel free to contact us. T. Egerton Whitehall hardcover
2015Best.-Nr. BN573839Cambridge University Press 2015. 2015. Cambridge Vocabulary for PET Student Book with Answers and Audio CD Cambridge Vocabulary for Exams Cambridge Vocabulary for PET Student Book with Answers and Audio CD Cambridge Vocabulary for Exams Kosta Joanna and Sue Ireland Cambridge University Press unknown
1824Best.-Nr. 1021H12London: G. and W. B. Whittaker 1824 . First edition. Leather. Very Good. 9.5" by 6". None Stated. The first edition of this charming topographical survey tracing the Severn from its source in the Welsh mountains through the English border counties illustrated with fifty-two plates. In a contemporary half black calf binding with dark green cloth covered boards. First edition. Published posthumously this work completed the series begun with his volumes on the Thames Medway Avon and Wye. Illustrated with fifty one plates including a frontispiece to each volume. In Volume I the plate listed in the index to face p. 17 " View near Llanidloes Montgomeryshire" was never issued. Collated complete. A historical and topographical journey following the River Severn from its source in the Welsh mountains through the border counties describing the towns castles churches abbeys estates and landscapes encountered along its course. Samuel Ireland 1744-1800 was an English engraver draughtsman and writer particularly known for his illustrated picturesque tours of British rivers. A charming illustrated historical and topographical survey of the Severn tracing its course through Wales and the English border counties. Bound in a half calf binding with cloth covered boards. Externally generally smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in minor loss to calf more so to spine ends. Very slight cracking to upper extremities of joints. Slight fading to perimeters of boards with on or two very light marks. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd light spot and light marginal age toning. Small paper repair to the lower margin of the plate depicting Llanthony Priory. Very Good G. and W. B. Whittaker hardcover
1903Best.-Nr. 316460Dublin: Catholic Truth Society of Ireland 1903. 1st edition. Hardcover. All copies from good to very good gilt-blocked cloth with volume 6 six on regular cloth. Volumes 1-5 and 7 elevated motif to the front board. Physical description: 7 vol: illus.; 18cm. Contents: His Holiness Pope Leo XIII On the Blessed Eucharist 1903. A Short History of Some Dublin Parishes; 1908. The holy Hermit of Burren and the Sanctuaries of the Corrib; 1906. The Martyrs of Rome Part II; 1910. Benedict XV and The Unrest Pervading Human Society; 1915. Popular and Patriotic Poetry. Roman Catholics 1904. Subjects:Catholic church Ireland.Religious literature. Other names: Catholic Truth Society of Ireland. Genre:Illustrated. Dublin: Catholic Truth Society of Ireland hardcover
First edition, 8vo (207 x 125 mm), xxxii, 365, [3]pp., without the half-title but with the final errata leaf, cont. calf, neatly rebacked, leather spine label lettered in gilt. "Samuel Crumpe (1766?1796) came to prominence in 1793 with a carefully argued essay on unemployment, entitled An essay on the best means of providing employment for the people. In this he emphasised the importance of agriculture, and attacked low wages as 'a premium to idleness'; he also maintained that people would be lazy when working unless well paid. The essay also echoed popular concerns of the time when Crumpe argued that a prosperous Britain would lead to a prosperous Ireland, and it hinted at the dangers of separation."?(DIB). Provenance: With the printed bequest label of the Right Reverend Doctor F. Moylan, to the Diocese of Cork. McCulloch, p.284; Goldsmiths'-Kress, no. 15519.
2004Best.-Nr. x-0710309023Kegan Paul Intl 2004. Hardcover. New. new edition edition. 510 pages. 9.75x6.75x1.50 inches. Kegan Paul Intl hardcover
2026Best.-Nr. x-1032067276Routledge 2026. Hardcover. New. 640 pages. 9.68x6.87x9.61 inches. Routledge hardcover
1882Best.-Nr. 153581882. Ireland Alexander. In Memoriam. Ralph Waldo Emerson: Recollections of His Visits to England 1882 presents a contemporary account of Ralph Waldo Emerson's engagements with British literary culture written by a close associate who facilitated his lecture tours and maintained long-term correspondence with him. Compiled immediately following Emerson's death the work draws on personal recollections and unpublished letters to document his visits to England in 1833 1847 to 1848 and 1872 to 1873 situating him within a network that included figures such as Thomas Carlyle William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The text supports research into American Transcendentalism transatlantic literary exchange and the personal and professional relationships that shaped nineteenth-century intellectual life. Ireland Alexander. In Memoriam. Ralph Waldo Emerson: Recollections of His Visits to England in 1833 1847-8 1872-3 and Extracts from Unpublished Letters. London: Simpkin Marshall & Co. 1882. Octavo volume measuring approximately 5.75" x 8.75" 120 pages bound in publisher's light blue cloth with black titling and black endpapers. The work expands upon an earlier article published in the Manchester Examiner on April 29 1882 and incorporates additional material including correspondence and reflective commentary on Emerson's visits and influence. Ireland a Scottish publisher and bibliophile first met Emerson during his initial trip to England and later organized his 1847 lecture tour. Published in the immediate aftermath of Emerson's death the volume reflects the memorialization of a major American intellectual figure within British literary circles and documents the enduring connections between American and European thought in the nineteenth century. Ireland's perspective as both friend and organizer provides insight into the reception of Emerson's ideas abroad and the mechanisms through which lectures publications and personal networks facilitated intellectual exchange. Light wear and soiling to covers; minor internal spotting; overall in very good condition. unknown
1882Best.-Nr. 153581882. Ireland Alexander. In Memoriam. Ralph Waldo Emerson: Recollections of His Visits to England 1882 presents a contemporary account of Ralph Waldo Emerson's engagements with British literary culture written by a close associate who facilitated his lecture tours and maintained long-term correspondence with him. Compiled immediately following Emerson's death the work draws on personal recollections and unpublished letters to document his visits to England in 1833 1847 to 1848 and 1872 to 1873 situating him within a network that included figures such as Thomas Carlyle William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The text supports research into American Transcendentalism transatlantic literary exchange and the personal and professional relationships that shaped nineteenth-century intellectual life. Ireland Alexander. In Memoriam. Ralph Waldo Emerson: Recollections of His Visits to England in 1833 1847-8 1872-3 and Extracts from Unpublished Letters. London: Simpkin Marshall & Co. 1882. Octavo volume measuring approximately 5.75" x 8.75" 120 pages bound in publisher's light blue cloth with black titling and black endpapers. The work expands upon an earlier article published in the Manchester Examiner on April 29 1882 and incorporates additional material including correspondence and reflective commentary on Emerson's visits and influence. Ireland a Scottish publisher and bibliophile first met Emerson during his initial trip to England and later organized his 1847 lecture tour. Published in the immediate aftermath of Emerson's death the volume reflects the memorialization of a major American intellectual figure within British literary circles and documents the enduring connections between American and European thought in the nineteenth century. Ireland's perspective as both friend and organizer provides insight into the reception of Emerson's ideas abroad and the mechanisms through which lectures publications and personal networks facilitated intellectual exchange. Light wear and soiling to covers; minor internal spotting; overall in very good condition. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 204189Paris, Curmer, 1845 in-4, III-128 pp., titre-front., grav., demi-chagrin violine, dos à nerfs orné, tranches dorées (rel. de l'époque). Rares rousseurs.
1799Best.-Nr. 98866P., Moutardier, Cerioux, (an) 8 (1799-1800), 2 vol. in-8°, (2)-8-368 et (2)-356 pp, (dernière page numérotée 561 par erreur), 2 planches gravées hors texte, reliures demi-veau marbré, dos lisses ornés de larges filets dorés, pièces de titres et de tomaison basane rouge, tranches jaunes (rel. de l'époque), bon état. Edition originale française
1841Best.-Nr. IRELAND002959William Curry Dublin. 1841. First edition. Octavo. pp xvi 418 2 adverts. Frontispiece map; 11 engravings. Original green cloth decorated in blind and lettered in gilt. The author was an Irish clergyman from County Tipperary whose aim was to study and to improve the conditions of the poor. Two inch split in cloth of the lower joint. Spine and edges faded and bumped. Off-setting onto title-page from the map. Very good. Scarce. William Curry, Dublin. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 112181908. 4pp. 4to bifolium good condition. The Rules and Constitution includes a list of the executive elected for 1908 H.W. Nevinson Mrs N.F. 'Nannie' Dryhurst and others and of "Names of Affiliated Societies . with their Representatives" including the Aborigines Protection Society Friends of Russian Freedom Georgian Relief Committee National Council of Ireland and others. A space has been left for "Co-opted Members". P.3 comprises "The Rights of Subject Races" four clauses including adherence to the Hague Convention of 1907. P.4 is blank. WITH: "Subjects for Discussion International Congress at The Hague August 9th and 10th 1907" one page 4to the rights of subject races slavery independence. No listing on COPAC or WorldCat but informative references on Googlebooks. Source: The Papers of Robert and Sylvia Lynd. Nannie Dryhurst was Sylvia's mother. Substantial collection of Lynd Papers in the National Library of Ireland which include a copy of this item. The second page has two MS additions presumably in Dryhurst's hand one apparently the addition of Nannie Dryhurst's office address 41 Outer Temple Strand and the excision of the name Thomas Martin as a member of the National Council of Ireland and the MS addition of the replacement "'Sinn Fein' Organisation" Note: Sinn Fein fouded in 1905 two years before this. [1908] unknown
Best.-Nr. 29384Amsterdam. Chez les Freres Chatelain. 1709. No Binding. Fine. 45x 53cm 17.75"x 20.75" image 35.5x 6. on plate 35.5cm x 46cm13in x 18in a fine bright copy rare Bonar Law. #46. p90. The copper-plate maps from Chatelain's "Atlas Historique" 1705-1720 are based on the work of French cartographer Guillaume De L'Isle. Tables include ancient peoples places etc. The maps shows the ancient names. Amsterdam. Chez les Freres Chatelain. 1709 unknown