1867Best.-Nr. BK0152Barbados: Office of "The Official Gazette" No. 14 Broad Street 1867. 30 pp. with unnumbered index 42 pp. Half leather over cloth boards. Ink ownership inscription "W. Brandford Griffith / 1869" on a preliminary blank. Scattered foxing and light toning. A locally printed manual for the Barbados House of Assembly with the ownership inscription of William Brandford Griffith then both a member of the Assembly and the island's auditor-general. Griffith served in the Assembly from 1861 to 1874 and was appointed auditor-general in 1863; he subsequently held several other colonial offices before becoming governor of the Gold Coast in 1885. The rules numbered through 271 and accompanied by an extensive alphabetical index set out the conduct of the Assembly's public business. The index includes procedures for issuing election writs and returning the names of elected members to the governor and council together with the course to be followed when writs had not been executed. Although published well after emancipation these rules governed an Assembly whose electorate remained restricted by property qualifications. Free men of color had gained voting rights subject to those qualifications in 1831 and Samuel Jackman Prescod entered the Assembly in 1843. Planters and merchants nevertheless continued to dominate both the Assembly and the Legislative Council during the period in which Griffith served. OCLC records the 1867 edition OCLC 823344433 but we have been unable to identify a current institutional holding. . Office of "The Official Gazette," No. 14, Broad Street unknown
1787Best.-Nr. 1312110036Annapolis: Frederick Green 1787-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. Folio. Contemporary leather rebacked and restored. Good binding and cover. Minor marginal loss to front end page and title page. Faint marginal dampstain.Laws passed from 1765 to 1784. Revises Maryland's laws in the wake of the American Revolution and the Articles of Confederation. One of 100 copies. Evans 35850. Evans 20483. Wheeler J.T. Maryland 435. Tower 129. Provenance: Colonel Joshua Gist's copy. With Gist's signature on the title page. "Col. Gist 1747-1839 was a strong supporter of the federal government and a Patriot during the American Revolution. He had been a colonel in the Soldier's Delight Battalion of Baltimore County a military unit that remained in the state to guard against a Tory uprising during that conflict. He was in command of the 20th Regiment of Maryland Militia at the time of the Whiskey Rebellion. His distinguished brother Gen. Mordecai Gist commanded Maryland troops during the Revolution." Jay Graybeal Annapolis: Frederick Green hardcover
1836Best.-Nr. elala1147Toronto: R.Reynolds Printer 1836. 1836. 8vo. pp. 256 4. original cloth-backed bds. short split in upper front joint covers spotted some scattered light foxing. A scarce and important report. Charles Duncombe a prominent American-born physician and politician in Upper Canada was appointed in 1835 to visit and report upon the systems of education pursued in the United States and to offer recommendations for the educational institutions of Upper Canada. His report pp. 68 in which he stresses the need for practical education and adequate financial support for common schools and teacher education is followed by a lengthy appendix of supporting documentation pp. 69-256. Although Duncombe's proposals were not immediately implemented many would be introduced under the administration of Egerton Ryerson and would form the basis of Ontario educational policy until 1871 i.e. local assessment elective school boards female education the creation of normal schools non-sectarian religious instruction &c. Fleming 1059. Gagnon I 1201. Sabin 21268. TPL 2011. DCB IX pp. 228-32. Hardcover. Toronto: R.Reynolds, Printer, 1836. hardcover
1733Best.-Nr. 2306280030Printed for J. Roberts London 1733. 3rd. Hardcover. Good. Tobacco in Colonial Virginia Rebound in modern 3/4 leather over marbled boards. 64 pages. 3rd edition. Includes "A Vindication of the Said Representation" attributed to John Randolph. European Americana 733/46; Howes V117 "aa"; Sabin 99911. Printed for J. Roberts, London hardcover
1871Best.-Nr. 49789Philadelphia: Altemus & Co 1871. Very Good-. Philadelphia: Altemus & Co. ca. 1871. Thick quarto photo album 25cm; full custom embossed brown goat with steel and faux pearl decorative elements owner's name Smith M. Weed to upper cover in gilt steel clasps one missing all edges gilt; title page printed in gilt followed by 25ll. stiff card stock to which are mounted a hundred and ninety-eight 198 cartes de visite some captioned in ink many signed by the subject and others still identified as "dead" in pencil. Leather rubbed and worn at corners with loss at spine head all but two of the photographic windows filled; overall About Very Good images all in bright and near fine condition. Photo album of the New York lawyer and politician Smith M. Weed 1833-1920 who served on the New York State Assembly from 1865 to 1867 in 1871 and from 1873 to 1874. This album probably dates from 1871 one of the years Smith served on the Assembly that coincided with John T. Hoffman the first man pictured here serving as governor of New York. It is perhaps significant that Weed does not identify Hoffman by name but simply lists him as the Governor of New York--Hoffman was implicated as being part of the Tammany Hall Tweed Ring against which Weed was an outspoken critic. His report in favor of repealing the Erie Classification Act came within a vote of breaking up the Tweed and Erie Rings for which he was "regarded as an enemy of the then party-controlling influence. He was brutally assaulted by the notorious James Irving then a power with the 'Ring'" Life Sketches of Government Officers of Members of the Legislature of the State of New York 1873. Perhaps needless to say but still disappointing that Irving's signed CDV is not among those present here. As well as members of the Legislature there are also CDVs of men in its orbit including the Canal Commissioner two prison inspectors the governor's private secretary the head doorkeeper and the assistant doorkeeper and three reporters for the New York Sun the Associate Press and the Argus. An interesting photographic record of New York state politics in the era of the Tweed Ring. Altemus & Co unknown
Best.-Nr. 006867Atlanta GA : Isssued by various state publishers 1937-1999 1999. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. A 50 volume set ranging from 1937 to 1999 ; composed of various editions issued by various publishers ; Vols. for 1956- issued in 2 v.: v. 1. Acts and resolutions of the General Assembly of the state of Georgia; v. 2. Local and special acts and resolutions of the General Assembly of the state of Georgia. ; without volumes for 1957-2 1958 1959-2 1961-2 1969-2 1972-2 1980-2 1985-1998 1999-1 ; uniformly bound in tan cloth ; ex-lib no labels ; condition ranges from fair for the 1937-38 volume to as new for later volumes ; A difficult to find set ; perfect and necessary for a Georgia legal office or library ; can be used without electricity computers or the internet! ; VG [Atlanta, GA] : [Isssued by various state publishers], 1937-1999 hardcover
1881Best.-Nr. 111818Olympia WA.: Published by Authority / C. B. Bagby Public Printer 1881. Full-Leather -- Good -- Rebacked -- Other than wear at corners exposing boads book is clean and tight 580 pages plus 44 pages of index. Code of Washington -- 1881 -- Containing All Acts of a General Nature -- Revised and Ammended by the Legislature Assembly of the Territory of Washington During the Eighth Biennial Session. And the Extra Session Ending December 7 1881; The Constitution of the United States and Ammendments thereto; The Acts of Congress Applicable to the Territory of Washington; and the Naturalization Laws. Full-Leather. Good. Published by Authority / C. B. Bagby, Public Printer Hardcover
1829Best.-Nr. elala1084np: 1829. 1829. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l. 3index 4-255. modern calf covers bit discoloured. The majority of the grievances were directed at the authoritarian regime of Lord Dalhousie as governor of Lower Canada and Governor-in-Chief of British North America 1820-28 when he was recalled. Included are grievances relating to Dalhousies establishment of a new Quebec Gazette his censure of Sir Francis Burton for having sanctioned a Bill of Supply his dismissal of militia officers and exercise of intimidation during elections his dismissal of justices of the peace and the unfair manner of jury selection. "Among other things the Montreal petitioners complained that contrary to the laws of England juries both grand and petty and both King's Bench and Quarter Sessions were being drawn exclusively from the town of Montreal rather than from the district at large. The committee chaired by Denis-Benjamin Viger concluded that this practice of jurors being "selected or as it were packed - summoned exclusively from among the inhabitants of a particular place or from a particular class - cannot be more compatible with liberty than it is with the rules of impartial justice. It is repugnant to every principle of our government and can only tend to the overthrow of the constitution of the country .The executive's control over the process of selecting juries became for the Patriotes yet another symbol of despotism and of the attempted exclusion of canadiens from their democratic rights given that they predominated in the countryside; a number of highly political jury trials for libel and sedition did nothing to help matters. The controversy only began to die down from 1830 when James Kempt ordered that jurors be drawn from the body of the district; the denouement came in 1832 when the legislature adopted a law regulating the qualification and selection of jurors " Donald Fyson Grand Juries Political Power And Citizenship In Quebec And Lower Canada 1764-1830 a paper for the 77th annual meeting of the Canadian Historical Association Ottawa May 1998TPL 1549. Sabin 10568. cfCasey I 1279. Not in Dionne Gagnon or Lande. np: 1829. unknown
1791Best.-Nr. 6000066Tours: Auguste Vauquer Imprimeur du Département d'Indre & Loire 1791. Quarto 4 pp. woodblock ornament and drop title; fine and uncut preserved in modern marbled wrappers. The National Assembly decree calling for the publication of all accounts and charts of the La Pérouse expedition. In this second of two La Pérouse decrees of 1791 the government commits to the publication of the maps and narrative for the official account of the voyage. The publication would be six years in the making first appearing in 1797 as Voyage de la Pérouse autour du Monde and would come to be regarded as one of the greatest narratives of maritime exploration ever published. This decree too is printed at the start of the official voyage account. The text of the decree makes special reference to La Pérouse's Australian landing and copious correspondence relayed to France throughout the voyage 'envoyées par M. la Peyrouse de la partie de son voyage jusqu'à Botanibay.'; famously La Pérouse's last report was forwarded by Governor Phillip from Port Jackson. Three different imprints have been recorded for publication of this decree-- Paris and Grenoble versions have been described as well as the present issue from Tours. The Paris issue is held by two Australian libraries State Library of New South Wales and the National Library and it is recorded by several bibliographers Allen's Check List p. 10; McLaren 134; Ferguson 107 and also appears in the exhibition catalogue Centenaire de la mort de Lapérouse Paris 1888; number 48. However the Tours and Grenoble imprints are both scarcer and have escaped notice by the bibliographers mentioned. This example has a manuscript certification dated 24 June 1791 for the district of Tours. . Auguste Vauquer, Imprimeur du Département d'Indre & Loire unknown
1764Best.-Nr. 1509200002Printed by Hugh Gaine at his book-store and printing office at the Bible & Crown in Hanover-Square. M DCC 1764-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Volume 1 only. Large folio. 38 cm. Vol. I. Bound in publisher's full sheep. Bound by Rob. McAlprine signed by him. Red morocco spine label. Scuffs/rubbing to cover. Creasing to title page. Engraving of Royal arms on title Reilly 862. iv 840 i.e. 838 2 p. Contains an Act for reversing the attainder of Jacob Leisler etc at appendix which Evans states if often absent. Printed by Hugh Gaine, at his book-store and printing office at the Bible & Crown, in Hanover-Square. M, DCC, hardcover
Best.-Nr. Z1-C-047-01032General Books LLC. Used - Like New. Used - Like New. Book is new and unread but may have minor shelf wear. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. General Books LLC unknown
Best.-Nr. Z1-V-009-01940Scholastic Paperbacks. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Scholastic Paperbacks paperback
1764Best.-Nr. 37800New York: Hugh Gaine 1764. First edition. Original full sheep five raided bands red morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Boards very worn front board detached repaired owner's bookplate Historical Society stamp on title and a few leaves first two blanks and first three leaves browned and ragged at the edges two small holes from erasure of name on title leaf one just nicking the V in Votes old but expert repairs to edges of first dozen leaves worming to the margins of about a dozen middle leaves affecting a few words on one leaf only last leaf ragged with a few worm holes affecting a few letters last two blanks lacking portions of lower corner and ragged occasional light dampstaining mostly marginal otherwise leaves clean and impressions sharp. Good. iv 840 2. Signed in type by the editor Abraham Lott Junr. Signed in manuscript "Bound by Rob. McAlpine" at the conclusion of the preface. Contains the added leaf with the "Act of Parliament for reversing the Attainder of Jacob Leisler Jacob Milbourne and Abraham Governeur who were executed for not delivering the Fort at New York to Richard Ingoldsby 1690" Sabin. Evans states that this leaf is “often lacking.” Page numbers 665-666 omitted from pagination. Evans 9756. Sabin 53719. ESTC W6332. Marke p. 80. Larned 161. Hugh Gaine hardcover
1944Best.-Nr. 211521944. Japanese American incarceration photographs dating from World War II document civilian life and military presence at several internment and assembly centers established after the forced removal of Japanese Americans from the West Coast. Following Executive Order 9066 in 1942 more than 120000 people of Japanese ancestry were confined in temporary assembly centers and longer term relocation camps administered by the War Relocation Authority. The photographs record daily activities of men women and children within these camps and illustrate the physical environment of the barracks settlements created to house incarcerated civilians during the war. Archive contains six original silver gelatin photographs measuring approximately 2.5 × 2.75 inches to 3.5 × 5.75 inches. The images depict Japanese American families and individuals at Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Wyoming Camp Amache in Granada Colorado and Pomona Assembly Center in California. Several photographs show families gathered in front of barracks style housing units typical of the camps. One image from Amache shows a family of six standing on the steps of their assigned unit with the wooden barracks structure visible behind them. Another photograph from Pomona shows two United States soldiers seated on a storage trunk outside a camp building likely serving as patrol or security personnel. One image from Heart Mountain shows a military medic standing beside an ambulance truck while gesturing toward camp structures in the distance. Other photographs include a group portrait of Japanese American young men standing in front of a brick building possibly a school building within the camp and a separate image of the same individual standing beside a lake. Another photograph shows a young Japanese American girl playing on a see saw while families watch a sports game in the background with camp buildings visible beyond the field. Pomona Assembly Center served as one of the temporary detention facilities established in 1942 before incarcerated families were transferred to permanent camps such as Heart Mountain. Heart Mountain became the fourth largest relocation center eventually housing nearly fourteen thousand people while Amache in Colorado confined more than seven thousand internees the majority of whom were American citizens by birth. Living quarters in these camps consisted of small rooms within hastily constructed wooden barracks assigned to individual families. The photographs preserve small moments of social life and recreation within these confined communities illustrating how families attempted to maintain routines despite the conditions of incarceration. Photographs remain clear and well preserved with light age wear consistent with vernacular prints. Very good condition overall and a revealing visual record of Japanese American life within wartime relocation centers. unknown
1790Best.-Nr. 018292Paris: Chez Cuchet Libraire rue & hotel Serpente 1790. 1st Edition First Thus. Calf. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 1790 edition. Text is in French. Size 12mo 6.75" tall. Pagination; xxiv then parts 1 and 2 are 223 pages part 3 86 pages and part 4 104 pages. Brown calf binding with gilt compartment lines and vignettes to the spine with gilt titles on burgundy morocco label. Condition good minus the calf is rubbed and worn at the corners edges and hinges 1 inch of the backstrip is missing from the top of the spine and the calf is starting to come away for an inch at the bottom edge internally the pages are a little toned and dust darkened there are 2 previous owners' names one on the title page is M. B. D'angreville and is not dated. One on the verso of the title page is either Pelombardy or Delombardy and is dated 1847. Part 3 of the book contains a fold out chart with engravings of the Coats of Arms of the different Bataillons batallions for each district and the names of their Commandant commanding officer and Aide Major assistant major. The chart is a bit rubbed at the folds with 2 small tears without loss the page is a little browned at the edges otherwise clean the fine printing still sharp. Full title reads: Almanach National Pour L'Annee 1790 Contenant 1. Les epoques des Etats Generaux anciens; la liste des Membres de l'Assemblee nationale; le journal de ses travaux depius le 27 Mai; les arretes & decrets qui en font emanes. 2. Les nom des Membres des Departemens & des Municipalites des villes principales du Royaume; les arretes & reglemens relatifs a leur regime interieur & aux loclites. 3. L'Etat militaire de la Garde nationale de Paris & des Milices patriotiques etablies dans les diverses villes. 4. Les Societes de bienfaisance qui se sont formees dans la Capitale & ailleurs avec la liste de ceux qui les composent l'esprit de leurs reglemens & les resultats de leur operations. Full Title in English: Full title reads: National Almanac For the Year 1790 Containing 1. The periods of the ancient Estates General; the list of Members of the National Assembly; the diary of his work since May 27; the orders & decrees which emanate from it. 2. The names of the Members of the Departments & Municipalities of the main cities of the Kingdom; the decrees & regulations relating to their internal regime & localities. 3. The military state of the National Guard of Paris & the patriotic militias established in the various cities. 4. The Benevolent Societies which were formed in the Capital and elsewhere with the list of those who compose them the spirit of their regulations and the results of their operations. A very rare work. The true first printing of the Almanach with its new title of Almanach National predating the official first edition the first printed by Testu. Printed at the birth on the new French Republic. Chez Cuchet, Libraire, rue & hotel Serpente unknown
Best.-Nr. Z1-V-021-01926Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. unknown
Best.-Nr. elala60988vo. pp. 6 p.l. 76index 2errata li 1 372 vi 26 A-I K-Y. with half-title. original cloth-backed bds. covers soiled & worn but binding solid spine label chipped scattered light foxing. First Edition of this famous report an eloquent and forceful indictment of the Family Compact Government inspired and largely written by William Lyon Mackenzie. The grievances of the Reformers are listed in detail: concern regarding the excessive power of the executive branch in Upper Canada and the campaigning of government officials for Tory politicians during elections criticism of companies like the Welland Canal Company that mismanaged funds given to them by the government and the salaries of officials who received patronage appointments. Demands are made for an elective legislative council and responsible government. A landmark document in the political history of Upper Canada. Fleming 892. Gagnon I 2196. Lande 859. Sabin 10577. TPL 1929. Watters p. 885. Toronto: M.Reynolds, Printer to the Hon. the House of Assembly, 1835. hardcover
1658Best.-Nr. 41382London: The Company of Stationers E.M. Printer. Fair. 1658. Second Edition. Hardcover. Banded brown full leather binding rubbed/chipped at extremities; front board detached; 1.5" chip to spine head; boards & backstrip scuffed & abraded; feps missing; back hinge a few points in textblock cracked and one point separating; one signature detached but present; owners' names inked on title-page; outer leaves chipped at edges; leaf edges tp & some margins foxed else a complete very clean copy of this historic volume. ; "An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons Assembled at Parliament for the Calling of an Assembly." sixteen pages and "A Table of the Chief Points Spoken to in the Confession." eight pages bound in at rear. ; 8vo; 329ordinance & table pages . The Company of Stationers (E.M., Printer) hardcover
1787Best.-Nr. 030967Albany New York: J. Newlands P. Sim et al Printed By Charles R. Webster 1787. Published at Albany NY 1787. Rare. Plain gray softcover stitched binding 40 pages. Includes A Scheme of Prayer beginning at page 36. Covers worn creased and lightly chipped probably restitched long ago contents age-toned but clean with some minor edge chipping and minor dampstaining to upper edges of final few pages name Lucy Burn or Burk inside front cover. Evans 25030. Soft Cover. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. J. Newlands, P. Sim et al, Printed By Charles R. Webster Paperback
1769Best.-Nr. 8478Williamsburg VA: W. Rind A Purdie and J. Dixon 1769. Hard Cover. Good binding. Folio. 2 577 pp. First edition. Rebound in cloth. Serviceable binding with little shelfwear and soiling; early dampstaining throughout; some of the preliminary leaves including the title page are a bit worn at the fore-edge margin. This copy with early family library stamp to the preliminary blank as well as the contemporary owner name of George Hairston on the same leaf and title leaf. Hairston served as a Colonel in the Revolutionary War after which he represented Henry County in the Virginia House of Delegates. Two blanks at the rear with additional early notes and names including that of Peyton Hunter of Henry County VA. On the front pastedown of this copy is the bookplate of George Stovall Jun. A remarkable volume in its own right this is the third and final revision of the laws of Virginia during the colonial period C-T 359. Swem notes that only 1200 copies were ordered to be printed by the General Assembly. Clayton-Torrence 359; Evans 11511; Sabin 100391; Swem 22646. W. Rind, A Purdie, and J. Dixon unknown
1766Best.-Nr. 363001New York: Printed by Hugh Gaine at his Book-Store and Printing Office at the Bible & Crown in Hanover-Square 1766. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Two volume set. Thick folios. Contemporary full calf. Binding is worn with the boards nearly detached small bookplate on the front pastedowns else a good sound set. Volume one prints the proceedings from April 1691-September 1743; volume two from November 1743-December 1765. This edition includes: "the act for reversing the attainder of Jacob Leisler and others" on the last leaf of volume one. An invaluable resource for the early political social and economic history of New York. ESTC W6332; Evans 9756 10418. Printed by Hugh Gaine, at his Book-Store and Printing Office, at the Bible & Crown, in Hanover-Square hardcover
1832Best.-Nr. 339004New Haven: Palladium and Republican Office 1832. First edition of Rules for 1832. Broadside 1 page. Printed recto only. Text is printed in two columns within elemental border; printed area including ornamental border. circa 11-1/4 by 1- 7/16 inches. Paper is moderately foxed folded twice with light wear along folds bit of creasing at corners else a very good copy of a scarce broadside. First edition of Rules for 1832. Broadside 1 page. Printed recto only. Text is printed in two columns within elemental border; printed area including ornamental border. circa 11-1/4 by 1- 7/16 inches. OCLC lists no worldwide holdings. Not in American Imprints; not in OCLC Palladium and Republican Office unknown
1791Best.-Nr. 661Aix: Imprimerie de la Vauve d’André Adibert Imprimeur du Roi & du Départment vis-à-vis le College 1791. First edition. With a woodcut head piece. Published unbound. Numbered in ink on each recto. In fine condition. First edition. With a woodcut head piece. Published unbound. 3 1 p. Law by the National Assembly concerning the legislation at Saint-Domingue and the rights of the colonial assembly and the governor of the island. Scarce document. . Imprimerie de la Vauve d’André Adibert, Imprimeur du Roi & du Départment, vis-à-vis le College unknown
1968Best.-Nr. 2080502106917719Not Available 1968. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
Best.-Nr. elala6217Toronto: M.Reynolds Printer to the Hon. the House of Assembly 1835. First Edition of this famous report an eloquent and forceful indictment of the Family Compact Government largely written by Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician William Lyon Mackenzie who chaired the committee. The grievances of the Reformers are listed in detail: concern regarding the excessive power of the executive branch in Upper Canada and the campaigning of government officials for Tory politicians during elections criticism of companies like the Welland Canal Company that mismanaged funds given to them by the government and the salaries of officials who received patronage appointments. Demands are made for an elective legislative council and responsible government. A landmark document in the political history of Upper Canada. Mackenzie represented York County in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada and was elected the first mayor of Toronto in 1834. He led the rebels in the Upper Canada Rebellion in 1837 and after its defeat he unsuccessfully rallied American support for an invasion of Upper Canada as part of the Patriot War against British imperialism. Interestingly this is a signed presentation copy given the year of publication by lawyer politician and later judge Archibald McLean who was a rising member of the Family Compact. As a colonel of the militia during the 1837 rebellion he was involved in routing the rebels in Toronto commanding the left flank of the loyalist forces under Colonel James Fitzgibbon in the attack on Montgomery’s Tavern. Fleming 892. Gagnon I 2196. Lande 859. Sabin 10577. TPL 1929. Watters p. 885. 8vo. pp. 6 p.l. 76index 2errata li 1 372 vi 26 A-I K-Y. with half-title. A very good copy in original cloth-backed bds. paper spine label chipped. Signed Presentation copy dated 1835 to Dr. Alexander Wylie Matilda from his friend Archibald McLean M.P.P. 1791-1865. elala6217 Toronto: M.Reynolds, Printer to the Hon. the House of Assembly, 1835 hardcover
