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réf. GD013479okBC2S4Church of England Church of England. The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites of the Church. England probably Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge ca. 1840's-1850's. Small 12mo contemporary blind stamped brown calf with a brass clasp lettering on upper cover includes the word "Knowledge" apparently part of the stamp of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Title and preliminnary leaves wanting binding heavily rubbed and worn with loss along spine and joints clasp remaining scattered handling wear staining and small edge losses internally. Front board almost detached. A well used field copy. The Crimean War prayer book of John Matthews of the 21st Royal North British Fusiliers with extensive manuscript inscriptions locating him at the British camp before Sebastopol and at Scutari. Matthews records himself on an endleaf as "John Matthews No. 4 Company/21st R.N.B. Fusiliers/Camp before Sebastopol/4th Division." Elsewhere he signs the volume variously as "Private 21st Regt" and Corpl. J. Matthews 21st Fusiliers." A particulary evocative ownership verso reads in part "John Matthews is my name and England is my nation/Crimea is my dwelling place and Christ is my salvation" followed by the traditional lines asking that the little book remember him after his death. Additional manuscript entries include "Scutari Bk. Hosp./Near Constantinople" apparently referring to the Barrack Hosiptal at Scutari together with a list of Crimean locations and actions: "Alma" "Inkerman" "Balaclava"and "Sebastopol." The 21st Royal North British Fusiliers served with the 4th Division in the Crimea and participated in the principal operations of the campaign. An unusually personal surviving devotional object from the Crimean War: a soldiers pocket Book of Common Prayer carried and repeatedly inscribed during the campaign with direct contemporary references to Sebastopol Scutari and the major battles of the war. The partial SPCK blind stamp is particularly appropriate the Society having distributed Prayer Books among British servicemen during the period. Lacking title page and therefore without a securely identifiable imprint or edition; date and SPCK attribution based on binding topography and surviving cover lettering. Hard Cover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Church of England Hardcover

[COMMON PRAYER]Biblio.com

The Book of Common Prayer

1794réf. C3188A splendid copy of the Good and Harding Book of Common Prayer in a striking masonic binding by John Lovejoy. The London bookbinder John Lovejoy fl. c. 1781–1812 is known by his distinctive Masonic bindings employing an array of Masonic tools often arranged in striking compositions. He was himself a Mason from around 1791 until 1812. His practices as an employer however earned him a certain notoriety among binders and the nickname 'the Tyrant': as a journeyman in 1781 he advocated a reduction in the working day from fourteen to thirteen hours but when a master binder he bitterly opposed such a change and was among the employers who prosecuted the leaders of the 1786 strike. Although it is accepted that Lovejoy was not as previously thought the only binder using Masonic motifs close comparison of the tools with other examples of his work suggests this binding to be his. Good and Harding's 1794 Common Prayer appeared in two settings one octavo and the other a splendid large quarto as here. The fine series of stipple-engravings shows both biblical and liturgical scenes including several by Federico Bartolozzi and Luigi Schiavonetti after Thomas Stothard and Silvester Harding. The plates are variously dated between 1791 the date of the dedication and 1794 suggesting the work was several years in progress and perhaps issued in parts; copies are rarely seen with all fifteen engravings. ESTC T88819; for Lovejoy see Ramsden London Bookbinders 1780-1840 pl. XIX; and Howe & Childe The Society of London Bookbinders 1780-1950. Large 4to 278 x 226 mm pp. xxviii 634 2 63 1 blank 176 with engraved dedication dated 23 July 1791 and 15 stipple-engraved plates by various artists; with part-titles stipple-engraved head-piece vignette to p. 1; a few signatures heavily spotted otherwise a very good copy; in contemporary green straight-grained morocco by Lovejoy borders gilt with masonic tools between swags of 3 foliate tools outer borders roll-tooled in gilt spine gilt in compartments lettered directly in one others with central Sun tool winged Asclepian staff as corner-pieces arranged with stars points fleurons and heads board edges turn-ins and morocco hinges roll-tooled in gilt edges gilt endbands sewn in red white and green on 2 cores ribbon place-markers marbled endpapers; a few minor scuffs and marks very short split to upper joint lower corners lightly bumped neatly retouched at extremities nonetheless very well-preserved; early ink ownership inscriptions 'Elizabeth Tynell' to front free endpaper verso and 'John Smith' to front flyleaf. Millar Ritchie for J. Good and E. Harding

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Court of Common PleasBiblio.com

Lawsuit of John Antrobus plaintiff vs. Alexander McKay John Davy and Thomas Richardson defendants over sale of land in Berthier Quebec

1786réf. 151130Montreal 1786-8. Very good. 7 handwritten documents and one printed document with written insertions. Folds staining chips. 1 Printed broadside dated April 1 and April 21 1786 and July 3 1786 with particulars of case written on recto and written text about judgment on verso. Signed by Edward Southouse as judge Edward William Gray as sheriff and T. Walker. Seal on top left corner. Folds. Stains at edges. 2-4 3 Documents attached two written in French. One French document signed by Languinet and the other dated August 27 1788 signed by Corbin. The latter notes receipt of 13 Louis 17 chelins 10 sols from M. Cairns. Document in English signed by Southouse and J. Beeke clerk April 25 1786. Verso dated January 8 1788. Some splitting. Small piece missing at side with no loss of text. 5 Reasons for Jannet McKay's opposition filed 1787. 8 p. Financial statement of the McKay estate signed by A. Davidson July 9 1787. 6-7 2 p. petition to have debtor appear in court. Signed by Walker for the plaintiff and John Fraser as judge March 20 1786. Affixed to this document is a note in French about the place of residene of Alexander McKay and John Davey signed by Jn Rival March 22 1786. 8 2 p. judgment by Southouse May 16 1786. Judgement in favour of Antrobus for sum of £224 5s 9p plus £8 13s 2p and 5s for the writ. See article from the Quebec Gazette May 18 1786. Antrobus is probably the merchant and office holder of this name in Trois Rivieres. Baptised July 6 1756 in Cockermouth Cumberland married on March 29 1787 in Trois Rivieres to Catherine Cuthbert died May 8 1820 and is buried in Trois Rivieres. He first appears in Quebec Cty in the 1780s as a grocer engaged in a sizable retail trade and engaged in provisioning fisheries and the West Indies. He and other merchants sent flour bread oats and biscuit to Newfoundland and imported fish seal oil and seal skins. One of the best-known merchants in the colony he was prosperous enough to buy land. unknown

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[Philip III of Spain]; [Concejo, Justicia y Regimiento de la ciudad de Salamanca]Biblio.com

Instruction of the Council of Salamanca for the Execution of the “Eighteen Millions” Service and the Wine and Oil Excise 1601. Instrucion que el Concejo Iusticia y Regimiento de la ciudad de Salamanca da … assiente el seruicio … de los diez y ocho millones en seys años enla sisa de la octaua parte del vino y azeyte …

1601réf. 3683Salamanca: S.n. 1601. First edition. Signed at foot by a municipal officer Diez de la Puente. One-page contemporary manuscript on p. 3 relating to the administration of the tax. Unbound as issued. Pinholes at gutter some edge chipping and small dents brown stain affecting the upper portion throughout. Otherwise a good well-preserved copy. First edition. Signed at foot by a municipal officer Diez de la Puente. One-page contemporary manuscript on p. 3 relating to the administration of the tax. Unbound as issued. 4 last 2 blank p. Unrecorded 1601 ordinance from Salamanca enforcing the Armada-era servicio de millones Spain’s foundational fiscal levy. Printed ordinance issued by the municipal council of Salamanca implementing the royal tax known as the servicio de los dieciocho millones. In accordance with the royal cédula of 9 February 1601 the Concejo Justicia y Regimiento instructs subordinate towns and villages to collect an eighth part of all wine and olive oil sold to be remitted through a chain of local receivers. The text regulates how wine and oil must be measured recorded and taxed forbids additional repartimientos and orders prompt transfer of funds to the city’s main treasury. Dated at Salamanca 10 March 1601 and naming four municipal commissioners appointed for its execution it represents the earliest stage of local enforcement of Philip III’s fiscal scheme transforming the national levy into a functioning municipal excise. A contemporary handwritten endorsement below the text signed by Diez de la Puente attests its execution. Accompanying the printed ordinance is a contemporary manuscript headed on p. 3 “Dudas que se ofrecen en la administración de las sisas” listing practical questions concerning the execution of the tax—registration and measurement of goods roles of administrators and receivers form of payment penalties and conditions of tax farming arrendamiento. The servicio de los dieciocho millones formed part of the broader system of millones taxes created by the Cortes of Castile to meet the Crown’s desperate financial needs after the prolonged wars of Philip II. The servicio de millones had first been introduced by royal request and approved by the Cortes on 4 April 1590 conceived to raise eight million ducats over six years to finance the royal expenditure associated with the Armada campaign against England and other military commitments. Rather than remaining temporary it evolved into a regular levy on six staple items—wine oil vinegar meat soap and tallow candles—collected through local sisas and eventually forming the backbone of Castile’s fiscal structure. By 1600–1601 under Philip III the scheme was renewed and expanded to eighteen million ducats its collection entrusted to municipal governments such as Salamanca’s Concejo Justicia y Regimiento. As described in Bartolomé Yun Casalilla’s Sobre la transición al capitalismo en Castilla this marked a transition from feudal income to a centralized fiscal system financed through municipal taxation embedding local economies within the machinery of the Habsburg war state. The present ordinance captures this process of consolidation—when the monarchy sought tighter control over municipal revenues demanded proper accounting and remittance of surpluses and aimed to prevent arbitrary over-taxation—reflecting both the fiscal strain and administrative centralization characteristic of early-seventeenth-century Spain. Reference: Yun Casalilla B. 1987. Sobre la transición al capitalismo en Castilla: Economía y sociedad en Tierra de Campos 1500–1830. Valladolid: Junta de Castilla y León Consejería de Educación y Cultura. . [S.n.] unknown

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[FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964)] COMMON, JackBiblio.com

The Spy Who Loved Me: 2 x Associated British Picture Corporation ABPC reader's reports both unfavourably assessing the novel's potential for film adaptation

réf. 74488N.p. London: Elstree Studios 1961. Literary and cinematic critique Elstree Studios' unfavourable report of Ian Fleming's The Spy Who Loved Me written four months before publication from page proofs submitted by publisher Jonathan Cape. Pp.3 typed report on ABPC letterhead rectos only reader's delivery stamp to first page dated 13 December 1961. Together with A SECOND REPORT dated 2nd January pp/1 clipped to a copy of the original. This additional report ultimately in much the same vein was likely commissioned as the placement and imminent filming of Dr. No would have been known in film circles. Perforations down left edge from office binding. Very well preserved. The tenth James Bond title The Spy Who Loved Me was published on 16 April 1962. The reader's report notes that Cape submitted page proofs of the novel to the studio on 11 December 1961 and that Common submitted his report to the studio two days later. His verdict was not complimentary: 'The main story of the night at the motel obviously won't stand up by itself so a second subject is brought in by way of flashback's to the heroine's previous life. But the contrivance is forced. It gives the reader a bit more to go on that is all. The total effect is still that of a story broken-backed and not full adequate. No recommendation.' The man who wrote the Elstree reader's report was Jack Common 1903-1969. A regular moonlighter at Elstree's Reading Department Common was a working class socialist novelist and essayist from Newcastle who became friends with George Orwell when both were writing for The Adelphi magazine early in their careers. Common rose to edit The Adelphi in 1935-6 but could never make an adequate living from his published writing despite critical acclaim and in the last years of his life wrote Elstree innumerable reader's reports before his death from lung cancer in 1969. N.p. [London: Elstree Studios], 1961 unknown

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Thunderball: Associated British Picture Corporation ABPC reader's report unfavourably assessing the novel's potential for film adaptation

réf. 74293N.p. London: Elstree Studios 1960. Literary and cinematic critique Elstree Studios' unfavourable report of Ian Fleming's Thunderball written three months before publication from page proofs submitted by publisher Jonathan Cape. Pp.4 typed report on ABPC letterhead rectos only reader's delivery stamp to first page dated 13 December 1960. Perforations down left edge from office binding. Very well preserved. The ninth James Bond title Thunderball was published on 27 March 1961. Jack Common's reader's report notes that Cape submitted page proofs to the studio on 11 December 1960 and that Common submitted his report to the studio two days later. His conclusions were damning and as it turned out wildly inaccurate: 'Pretty much the same mixture as before plus a few modern 'props' in the way of nuclear bombs and atomic submarines. . Suspense sags for long stretches . All through the main story this excessive use of modern gadgetry proves no substitute for character and invention: it registers as padding. These defects would be certain to show up more disastrously on the screen. I feel this story would not produce a successful film. No recommendation.' The man who wrote the Elstree reader's report for Thunderball was Jack Common 1903-1969. A regular moonlighter at Elstree's Reading Department Common was a working class socialist novelist and essayist from Newcastle who became friends with George Orwell when both were writing for The Adelphi magazine early in their careers. Common rose to edit The Adelphi in 1935-6 but could never make an adequate living from his published writing despite critical acclaim and in the last years of his life wrote Elstree innumerable reader's reports before his death from lung cancer in 1969. Originally meant as the first James Bond film that notion was quietly shelved as the Thunderball controversy ensued; it was the centre of legal disputes that began in 1961 and ran until 2006. In late 1964 after much negotiation Broccoli & Saltzman agreed with Fleming's one-time story collaborator Kevin McClory to adapt the novel for film with due reverence to McClory and screenwriter Jack Whittingham. Against a budget of $9M the film took $141.2M at the box office. N.p. [London: Elstree Studios], 1960 unknown

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[Book of Common Prayer]:Biblio.com

THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS AND OTHER RITES AND CEREMONIES OF THE CHURCH ACCORDING TO THE USE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. TOGETHER WITH THE PSALMS OF DAVID POINTED AS THEY ARE TO BE SUNG OR SAID IN CHURCHES; AND THE FORM OR MANNER OF MAKING ORDAINING AND CONSECRATING OF BISHOPS PRIESTS AND DEACONS.

1769réf. 36078Oxford: Printed by T. Wright and W. Gill Printers to the University 1769. In a Presentation Binding for the Governor of Barbados A magnificently bound and extravagantly extra-illustrated copy of The Book of Common Prayer prepared for presentation to or perhaps commissioned by Samuel Rous President of His Majesty's Council and Commander-in-Chief i.e. governor of Barbados from 1766 to 1768. He also served again in 1772 the year indicated on the rear cover. The Rous family Quakers residing in Barbados were leading planters on the island since the late 1630s. The fifty-nine plates bound in this volume to complement the text were originally executed for The Liturgy of the Church of England; Illustrated with Fifty Nine Historical and Explanatory Sculptures Engraved by Mess. Ravenett Grignion Scotin Canott Walker and W. Ryland printed in London in 1755 by Edward Ryland. According to the titlepage included here as one of the extra-illustrated plates this work was published according to an act of Parliament on May 1 1755. However no copies of this 1755 title are recorded in OCLC or ESTC. In addition to The Book of Common Prayer and the engravings from The Liturgy of the Church of England this copy also contains a 1768 edition of A New Version of the Psalms of David first printed in 1698. Considering the recipient and the combined contents of the volume these two texts and the extensive suite of engravings are bound in an appropriately sumptuous binding. Prepared for Samuel Rous who served as governor of Barbados the binding is a marvelous example of later 18th-century British bookbinding with extensive gilt decoration on the covers and spine as described above. A fine copy of an elaborately decorated and illustrated volume with a remarkable colonial-era provenance. Tall quarto. Contemporary black morocco almost imperceptibly rebacked with original backstrip laid down elaborately gilt spine gilt with raised bands gilt inner dentelles a.e.g. contemporary marbled pastedowns and free endpapers. On the front cover the center of the diamond-shape design is lettered "The Honorable Samuel Rous Esq. Barbados" surrounded by a stylized fern border. On the rear cover the center of the diamond-shape design is lettered "One Thousand Seven Hundred & Seventy Two" also surrounded by a stylized fern border. Two corners rubbed and two corners almost imperceptibly repaired otherwise in fine condition. A few minor dampstains on a few leaves at front and rear and occasional minor foxing absolutely not affecting text or images. bound with: Brady N. and N. Tate: A NEW VERSION OF THE PSALMS OF DAVID FITTED TO THE TUNES USED IN CHURCHES. London: H. Woodfall 1768. 26 leaves printed in triple columns. A fine copy. GRIFFITHS BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER 1769.5. hardcover

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