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1826rif. AA1372Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd 1826. First. Very Good. A very good copy of this scarce study of the origins of English words Rebound in brown cloth with gilt titles on spine Ex-library but other than the gilt accession number at the base of the spine and slight paste residue on the ffep there are no other indications of its library ownership Binding is quite tight and sound There is an ink inscription on a fly leaf from the author's son Major later Major General Thomson dated Montreal 1842 and a vintage newspaper clipping about English word usage is affixed to the same page Text is age darkened There are a few minor pencil and ink annotations throughout and on the rear fly leaf but no other marks or damage to text at all A nice copy of a very uncommon volume there were recently fewer than a dozen copies found on OCLC Major-General Francis Ringler Thomson R E 1794-1863 was the son of the author He joined the Royal Engineers in 1812 and served many assignments in France and across the Empire including Ceylon Gibraltar Canada and Malta A Major in Canada when he inscribed this book in 1842 he continued to rise through the ranks and was eventually promoted to Major General in 1856 Unpaginated but approx 200 pp. Oliver & Boyd unknown
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2022rif. x-1032107243Routledge 2022. Hardcover. New. 288 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.82 inches. Routledge hardcover
1860in-8, pp. IX, 187, leg. carta color. coeva. Con una tav. rip. Legg. slegato il piatto ant. [047]
rif. 23811‘The Hague / November 28th. 1860’. An excellent letter in which a serving Victorian ambassador discusses the nature of diplomacy and gives a vivid assessment of his former superior Sir Hamilton Seymour whom he jokingly characterizes ‘the great Elchee’. See both men’s entries in the Oxford DNB. 7pp 4to. On two bifoliums. In good condition lightly aged and with creases from folding into a packet. Minuted on reverse of last leaf. Addressed to ‘The Honble. George Elliot’ he received his KCB in 1862 and headed ‘Private’. Beginning on the subject of his brother-in-law Henry Lockwood 1825-1882 Napier writes: ‘My dear Elliott Many thanks for your kind letter informing me that Lord John Russell had moved Lockwood from Constantinople to Stockholm. It must be in many respects a great advantage to Lockwood and he will be very grateful to Lord John for the change. I hope that my brother in Law did not incur any blame from being involved in the dissensions of the Constantinople Embassy. I do not know all the circumstances indeed I have heard one side much more than the other. The malignant atmosphere of the place could not have been more strikingly shewn than in a musunderstanding between a most amiable Minister and a very devoted and agreeable subordinate. Such at least was Lumley to Sir Hamilton when I knew him.’ Napier had served as first secretary to Sir Hamilton Seymour in St Petersburg with John Lumley-Savile the future Lord Savile as second secretary. Napier considers Lumley as secretary to the Constantinople ambassador Sir Henry Bulwer is in Napier’s view ‘most in the wrong. Bulwer has a natural fondness for the twilight in business matters and this fanciful partiality for secrecy and winding may have led him to keep some things close from his Secretary’. After a comment on Lords Cowley and Shatford he continues: ‘The great Elchee never gave me a key or shewed me a Dispatch but when I wanted to know anything I would go to his room and talk to him about George Canning or the greek Revolution; or Sophocles or the Emperor Nicholas. Shaking such provocations in the face of that furious genius he would rowse up and open the flood gates of his conversation one thing led on another and at length he had disburdened himself of the past the present and the future. I was young and liked the humour of the thing besides I admired the old man angry so intense so handsome so austere so like Cato outside. And we cannot deny them generous sympathies and great services. Cowley Henry Wellesley 1st Earl Cowley who had been Minister Plenipotentiary was older and more than even on a foot of equality. He could not ever abide him. In fact your Secretary seems the natural enemy of his Chief. Please God I may not find it so if I ever become an Ambassador.’ Over two pages he discusses the ‘most just and wise regulations’ of the Foreign Office and what may happen ‘if your Ambassador is as wild as Nebuchadnezar and your Secretary not as discreet as Daniel’ before continuing: ‘You must have observed that Diplomacy is becoming a caste that we are a sort of Brahmins. Every man has a son in the possession. The diplomatic qualities will become progressive and hereditary. The Children will be wiser than their fathers. I have myself a son who is as smooth as Jacob and who never smiles unless he meets another young augur.’ He jokes: ‘You must be prepared to have an application soon for an unpaid attachéship. My second son is turbulent. I intend him for a naval reformer. I suppose your brother Henry has some of the same.’ This leads to a discussion of Elliot’s wider family the Mintos and the jesting reproach: ‘You are allowing Elcho and The Duke of Argyle to run away with the sympathies of Scotland. This must not be. There will not be a piece of bannock left in the land for a true Whig.’ ‘The Hague / November 28th. 1860’. unknown
rif. 24493‘Treasury. / 8 Dec 1882’. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 3pp 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition lightly aged with thin neat strip from windowpane mount adhering to edges. Folded twice for postage. Twenty-four hands of text in secretary hand addressed to ‘W. A. Lock Esqre’ and signed in autograph ‘Sir C Trevelyan’. He thanks him for his ‘very interesting Letter’ and hopes he will ‘never think it necessary to make any excuse for writing to me other such’. He has asked ‘Mr. Farr’ for ‘any observations he might have to offer on the early part of it; and his answer is enclosed’ not present. The following paragraph reads possibly with regard to women’s suffrage: ‘What are we to do with our “monstrous Regiment” of Women Is there any remedy short of polygamy’ He turns to the subject of ‘German Immigrants’ on which he has an unusual view: ‘what are we but improved Germans We are Germans disciplined & trained by the Normans and by a long enjoyment of free institutions & of a maritime & Colonial System’. See image. ‘Treasury. / 8 Dec 1882’. unknown
rif. 20044Clarendon Hotel 24 April 1850. Four pages 12mo good condition. "I have just received from Ceylon a formal evaluation of my coffee property. The sums stated ampount to £8471 & as there is upwards of 800 acres of uncleared forest which is valued at £2 peracre the whole amount will be upwards of £10000. I send the paper in hopes it may enable your froiend . to effect a sale. His correspondent from Ceylon has enclosed a report "made by a Mr Simon Keir and Mr. George Hamilton Dundas" Keir Dundas & Co. were the "largest agency house" in Ceylon c.1850s" He continues " The sender of the Report is quoted as saying "I would still strongly advise that you put up the whole place to auction make the time of payment easy and surely you will get this low estimation value". Maddock then discusses the possibilites for the nauture of the sale instalments half shares etc "but I should prefer washing my hands of the troublesome speculator altogether and would only consent to a parnership with any one for the sake of the advantage of placing the management in the hands of one interested in the prosperity of the whole concern. The expenses are now so much reduced that I trust if I am compelled to keep this property and no peculair misfortune happens next season like the deficiency of coolies last year and a visitation of the Bug this year that it will yield a considerable income. The field that suffered most from bug is said now to be showing a prospect of 100 bushels an acre." He asks to be referred to anyone who might help when he arrives in London." Note: Wikipedia describes this period as a golden age of investment and profit etc peaking in 1870. Clarendon Hotel, 24 April 1850. unknown
1683L'INDIA DI QUA' E DI LA' DAL GANGE OVE SONO GLI STATI DEL G. MOGOL.DATA IN LUCE DA G. GIACOMO DE ROSSI IN ROMA 1683.[Veduta] (cm. 59,5 x 46) Rara carta incisa in rame con cartiglio in alto a destra. Alcuni confini leggermente colorati d'epoca. Bell'esemplare con ottimo restauro per rinforzo alla piega centrale e piccola integrazione agli angolini bianchi.[f18] Libro
1749rif. 18235Paris Didot 1749 2 vols in-12 (10 X 17 cm) veau havane marbré, dos à nerfs ornés de fers dorés, pièce de titre de maroquin bordeaux, tranches rouges.443 et 503 pp. (Reliure de l'époque).
rif. 7075Paris, Le Tour du Monde, Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1871-1872-1873 (Première édition). 1 volume in-4, 464 pp. [80] [80] [80] [48] [80] [96], reliure moderne plein cuir, très bon état. Ouvrage richement illustré de 253 gravures en noir et blanc, dont 71 planches à pleine page et 6 grandes cartes.
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2003rif. BN513501Pavilion Books 2003. 2003. Island Life. Inspirational Interiors. Island Life. Inspirational Interiors. Interieur - India Hicks David Flint Wood and Ralph Lauren Pavilion Books unknown
1908rif. 3165Freiburg IM Breisgau: Herdersche Verlagshandlung. Very Good. Hardcover. Extremely light rubbing to outer spine hinges and to top and bottom spine. Else NF; An outstandingly beautiful set. Decorative sandy boards with gilt lettering and pictorial design in color. Marbled edges. Handsome endpapers with green design. Numerous plates from photographs. Index. Both volumes with rear fold-out map in color; 8vo; 456 403 pages . 1908. Herdersche Verlagshandlung hardcover
1905rif. 127617Pondichéry, Imprimerie des Missions étrangères 1905 In-8 21 x 11,5 cm. Reliure demi-basane havane restaurée amateur, dos à faux-nerfs orné d’un petit fer doré, 488 pp., table des matières par ordre alphabétique noms tamouls, table des matières noms vulgaires. Ouvrage d’une relative rareté enrichi d’un envoi autographe de l’auteur.
2021rif. BN70850Knesebeck 2021. 2021. Pasta fantastica: Spektakuläre Nudeln einfach selber machen. Selbstgemachte Pasta wie in Italien Spektakuläre Nudeln einfach selber machen Knesebeck hardcover
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rif. 11766"London, Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, Fleet Street and B. Seeley, Hanover Street; 1855" in 4 reliure dos toilé couvertures cartonnées imprimées de l'éditeur, non paginé (94 pages imprimées uniquement au recto)
rif. 11766"London, Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, Fleet Street and B. Seeley, Hanover Street; 1855" in 4 reliure dos toilé couvertures cartonnées imprimées de l'éditeur, non paginé (94 pages imprimées uniquement au recto)
1903Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Bound with a primitive hand-stitched thick paper. Demy 8vo. (22 x 12,5 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 34, [2] p. Some notes and marking in pencil, foxing and fading on somewhat stained paper, slight chipping on extremities and made a cover inside by an original period diploma. Overall a fair/good copy. Scarce first Turkish edition of this first hand travel account of Mumbai, by a French journalist Edmond Cotteau during his travel to India in 1878-1879 describing the city, its inhabitants, flora and fauna, and architectural buildings. "Küçük Seyahâtler" [i.e. Small Travels] is a book series including travel accounts at the beginning of the 20th century in the Ottoman/Turkish literature, which consisted of four separately published titles: China, Afghanistan, Chicago and Mumbai. Cotteau was a French journalist and photographer. He became a collaborator for "Le Temps" and "Le Tour du monde" taking photographs of a rare quality for his time. He traveled to the Americas in 1876-1877, India in 1878-1879, Central Europe, Japan and returned to China and Indochina in 1881-1882. He sailed around the world in 1883-1884, in 364 days, widely covered by the French press. Özege 2513.; TBTK 6678.; OCLC 223157027, 1122689017.
1912Boards with light rubbing to extremities. First and last few pages browned. One page with light foxing; 75 tissue guarded color from watercolors by the famous artist Mortimer Menpes; 8vo; 216 pages
20094 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with 4 coloured frontispieces and 24 coloured plates; cloth (blue/red/green/grey respectively) blocked in gilt and colours, gilt backs, coloured endpapers, a near fine set set in publisher's slip-case blocked in gilt. Bright, clean set of the FS edition of a cornerstone of twentieth century literature.
1929rif. 151011929. Act No. XIX of 1929 Passed by the Indian Legislature.An Act to Restrain the Solemnisation of Child Marriages 1929 records the enactment of the Child Marriage Restraint Act an early statutory attempt in British India to restrict marriages involving children. Receiving the Governor-General's assent on October 1 1929 and taking effect April 1 1930 the Act defined a "child" as a male under eighteen or a female under fourteen and imposed criminal penalties on adult men contracting child marriages and on persons performing conducting or directing such marriages. The legislation is commonly associated with reformer Harbilas Sarda and became known as the Sarda Act. Act No. XIX of 1929 Passed by the Indian Legislature.An Act to Restrain the Solemnisation of Child Marriages. 1929. Pamphlet. The text specifies the "punishment for male adult below twenty one years of age marrying a child" the "punishment for male adult above twenty one years of age marrying a child" and the punishment for "solemnising a child marriage." Under the original Act a male between eighteen and twenty-one who contracted a child marriage could be fined up to one thousand rupees; a male over twenty-one could receive up to one month of simple imprisonment a fine of up to one thousand rupees or both. Comparable penalties applied to a person who performed conducted or directed a child marriage. The pamphlet preserves the statutory language by which the colonial legislature sought to regulate marriage age through penalties imposed upon adult participants and officiants. The Act preceded later Indian legislation that progressively raised legal marriage ages and strengthened protections against child marriage. Its provisions document an early legislative attempt to intervene directly in the solemnization of marriages involving children and to assign legal responsibility to adult husbands and those conducting such marriages. unknown
1929rif. 151011929. Act No. XIX of 1929 Passed by the Indian Legislature.An Act to Restrain the Solemnisation of Child Marriages 1929 records the enactment of the Child Marriage Restraint Act an early statutory attempt in British India to restrict marriages involving children. Receiving the Governor-General's assent on October 1 1929 and taking effect April 1 1930 the Act defined a "child" as a male under eighteen or a female under fourteen and imposed criminal penalties on adult men contracting child marriages and on persons performing conducting or directing such marriages. The legislation is commonly associated with reformer Harbilas Sarda and became known as the Sarda Act. Act No. XIX of 1929 Passed by the Indian Legislature.An Act to Restrain the Solemnisation of Child Marriages. 1929. Pamphlet. The text specifies the "punishment for male adult below twenty one years of age marrying a child" the "punishment for male adult above twenty one years of age marrying a child" and the punishment for "solemnising a child marriage." Under the original Act a male between eighteen and twenty-one who contracted a child marriage could be fined up to one thousand rupees; a male over twenty-one could receive up to one month of simple imprisonment a fine of up to one thousand rupees or both. Comparable penalties applied to a person who performed conducted or directed a child marriage. The pamphlet preserves the statutory language by which the colonial legislature sought to regulate marriage age through penalties imposed upon adult participants and officiants. The Act preceded later Indian legislation that progressively raised legal marriage ages and strengthened protections against child marriage. Its provisions document an early legislative attempt to intervene directly in the solemnization of marriages involving children and to assign legal responsibility to adult husbands and those conducting such marriages. unknown books
1959rif. 164581959. Chand Kailash. An Appeal to Members of Parliament of India and the World at Large 1959 a public petition challenging the legal and social preference for paternal lineage in India and advocating the right of individuals to identify through their mothers. Addressing members of the Indian Parliament and an international audience Chand argued that recognition of maternal descent would advance women's equality while eliminating the stigma attached to children born outside marriage. His appeal followed his efforts to establish through India's courts the right to identify with his mother's lineage rather than his father's challenging prevailing conventions governing family descent legitimacy and the legal standing of mothers. Chand Kailash. An Appeal to Members of Parliament of India and the World at Large. Bombay: Society for the Cause of Mother's Lineage Theosophical Colony 1959. One sheet printed on both sides measuring 10 x 7.75 inches. The handbill presents Chand's arguments for recognizing maternal ancestry as an alternative to patrilineal descent. Central to his proposal was the contention that children should be entitled to their mothers' lineage regardless of their parents' marital status thereby removing distinctions that subjected children born outside marriage to social discrimination. Issued under the auspices of the Society for the Cause of Mother's Lineage the appeal sought support for changes in the treatment of ancestry and legitimacy under Indian law. Published during the first decade following India's independence the appeal addressed questions of family law and women's legal status amid continuing debates over marriage inheritance and social reform. The Hindu Marriage Act of 1955 and the Hindu Succession Act of 1956 had introduced major changes to Hindu personal law although customary preferences for paternal descent remained influential. Chand's 1959 petition advanced a distinct proposal: recognizing maternal lineage as a means of challenging both the subordinate status of women in family relationships and the discrimination faced by children classified as illegitimate. Blue pen check marks on the second page and horizontal folds. In very good condition. unknown
