[STEELE (Sir Richard)]

A Letter to the Earl of O----d, concerning the Bill of Peerage. By Sir R-----d S-----le.

London: Printed for J. Roberts, 1719. First edition, 16pp., ink marks on lower blank margin of last leaf, disbound. "Steele opposed Lord Oxford's creation of Tory peers to pass the Treaty of Utrecht; in 1719, speaking against the Whig Lords bill to limit the creation of new peers, Steele found himself in agreement with Lord Oxford, and this friendly letter contains the main arguments repeated in his speech in the Commons on the afternoon of its publication." - Rothschild. Rothschild, 1962.

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Book number: 38449

Keywords: LAW POLITICS PEERAGE

[STONE (George)]

A letter from a p**m**e in I**l**d to a certain great man, who was out of town on the first of August last.

London: Dublin, Printed: London, Reprinted, for R. Stevens, 1759. 8vo, with half-title, [4], 44pp., disbound.

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Book number: 38452

Keywords: MILITARY SEVEN YEAR WAR ANGLO-FRENCH WAR

[CURRIE (James)]

A Letter, Commercial and Political, addressed to the Rt. Honble. William Pitt: in which the real interests of Britain in the present crisis, are considered, and some observations are offered on the general State of Europe....... By Jasper Wilson, Esq.

London: Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1793. Second Edition, corrected and enlarged, small 4to, [4], 72pp., piece torn from upper blank margin of title (not touching the text), hole to final leaf (just touching two lines of text),disbound. Kress, B2474; Goldsmith, 15727.

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Book number: 38500

Keywords: ECONOMICS POLITICS PAMPHLETS

[CUMBERLAND (Richard)]

A Letter to the Right Reverend The Lord Bishop of of O----d. Containing Some Animadversions upon a Character given of the late Dr. Bentley, in a Letter, from a late Professor in the University of Oxford, to the Right Rev. Author of the Divine Legation of Moses demonstrated.

London: Printed for J. Wilkie, 1767. First edition, 8vo, 46pp., with half-title, disbound.

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Book number: 39088

[SHERLOCK (Thomas)]

A Letter from the Lord Bishop of London, to the Clergy and People of London and Westminster; on Occasion of the Late Earthquakes.

Dublin: Printed by S. Powell, for G. Faulkner, in Essex-Street, Oli. Nelson, in Skinner-Row, R. James, and R. Maine in Dame-Street, Booksellers, 1750. First Dublin Edition, 20pp., modern marbled boards, morocco label. "A Prayer to be used on Occasion of the late Earthquakes,...." pp.17-20, has a title-page with the imprint "Dublin: Printed in the Year, 1750."

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Book number: 30726

Keywords: THEOLOGY ANTIQUARIAN GEOLOGY EARTHQUAKES IRELAND

[RAMEY (John)]

A Letter to R[ichard]. F[uller]. Esq; [Yarmouth?: s.n.] Printed in the Year 1759. First edition, [2], 14pp., printers devise to title and terminal page. [Bound with:] FULLER (Richard) A Proper Reply to the Letter to R. F. Esq; in a Letter to a Friend. [Yarmouth: s.n.] Printed in the Year 1760. First edition, [2], 41, [1]pp. [Bound with:] RAMEY (John) An Appeal to the Public.

[Yarmouth: s.n.] Printed in the Year 1760. First edition, 16pp. 3 works bound as one, small 4to (188 x 153 mm), endpapers renewed, modern blue cloth, 'Yarmouth Election' stamped in gilt on upper cover. John Ramey was a practising barrister and an anti-coruption party leader against the Walpole and Townshend families in the Yarmouth constituency. Richard Fuller had unsuccessfully stood as the anti-Townshend candidate in 1741, 1754 and 1756. These three pamphlets constitute the exchanges of claims of slander taken on Ramey by Fuller. ESTC locates: A letter... GB 3 copies, NA 1 copy; A Proper Reply... GB 4 copies, NA 1 copy; An Appeal... GB 4 copies, NA 2 copies.

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Book number: 39832

Keywords: POLITICS NORFOLK GREAT YARMOUTH ELECTIONS

[DEFOE (Daniel)?]

A Letter from a Member of the House of Commons to his Friend in the Country, Relating to the Bill of Commerce. With a True Copy of the Bill, and an Exact List of all those who voted for and against Engrossing it.

London: Printed, and Sold by J. Baker, 1713. First edition, 8vo, [2], 46pp., modern marbled boards. This is a copy of the variant printing in two copies examined by Moore, no priority has been established. "The author, who writes as a Tory and Churchman, explains to his friend in the country how Parliament came to make the amazing mistake of rejecting the Bill of Commerce - of which he supplies the text... The arguments brought against the Bill at the Bar of the House by spokesmen for various commercial interests were very easy to refute, and the Dutch would be the real gainers from continued trade barriers against France.... Altogether, though one would not rule out Defoe's authorship, the basis for an ascription to him does not seem very solid." - Furbank and Owens. Moore, 265; Furbank and Owens, Defoe De-Attributions, 265: Kress, 2833; Goldsmith, 5016; Hanson, 1843.

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Book number: 40200

Keywords: Commerce Economics Politics Daniel Defoe

[GREY (Charles), 2nd Earl Grey]

Letters addressed to Lord Grenville and Lord Howick, upon their removal from the Councils of the King, in consequence of their attempting the total repeal of the Test Laws now in Force with Respect to His Majesty's Army and Navy. By A Protestant.

London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1807. First edition, [5], 6-37, [1] pp., advertisement on last page, stitched as issued, uncut.

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Book number: 33805

Keywords: Navy Army LAW POLITICS PAMPHLET

[MILES (William Augustus)]

Letters of Neptune and Gracchus, addressed to the P[rince] of W[ales], and other distinguished Characters; now first collected from their original Publication the Morning Post.

London: Printed for M. Smith, 1784. First edition, half-title, iv, 65, [1]pp., stitched as issued, uncut. "In 1784-5 he [Miles] published in the 'Morning Post' some letters (signed 'Neptune' and Gracchus') in support of Pitt's ministry, and condemning the Prince of Wales and his supporters. Pitt appreciated his assistance, and is said to have empoyed him as a confidential correspondent." - DNB.

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Book number: 39225

Keywords: POLITICS

[DAVENPORT (Cyril)]

Little Gidding Bindings. [Extracted from 'The Bibliographica', Part VI, 1896.]

[London, 1896.] 4to, 129-149pp., (last leaf in type), 5 chromolithographed plates, paper wrappers.

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Book number: 34474

Keywords: BOOKBINDING LITTLE GIDDING BINDINGS

[BERQUIN (Arnaud)]

The Looking-Glass for the Mind; or, Intellectual Mirror Being an Elegant Collection of the Most Delightul Little Stories and Interesting Tales Chiefly Translated from That Much Admired Work L'Ami Des Enfans. With seventy-four cuts, designed and engraved on wood, by I. Bewick.

London: Printed by John Harris, 1817. Fourteenth edition, small 8vo (180 x 105 mm), [4], 271, [1]pp., with the cont. Bewick style woodcut bookplate of Jos. Geo. Angus, woodcuts by Bewick, cont. calf, upper joint cracked, red morocco spine label.

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Book number: 37553

Keywords: CHILDREN'S BOOKS JUVENILE BEWICK

[BLACKALL (Offspring)]

The Lord Bishop of Exeter's Answer to Mr. Hoadly's Letter.

London: Printed by J. Leake for W. Rogers, 1709. First Edition, 56 pp., disbound.

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Book number: 30756

Keywords: Theology ANTIQUARIAN HISTORY PAMPHLETS

[SACKVILLE (Lord George)]

The Lordship's Apology.

London: Printed for W. Reeve, 1759. First edition, 8vo, 22pp., small neat contemporary signature in ink of W. Keppel at head of title, disbound. With reference to the orders given by the Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg on 2 August 1759 prior to the battle of Minden.

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Book number: 38443

Keywords: MILITARY SEVEN YEAR WAR ANGLO-FRENCH WAR BATTLE OF MINDEN

[BICKERSTAFFE (Isaac)]

Love in a Village; A Comic Opera: As it is Performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden.

Printed for J. Newbery... 1767. New edition, [ii],ii,[7]-78,[2]pp., recent marbled boards, spine morocco label lettered in gilt, a nice copy.

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Book number: 27347

Keywords: ANTIQUARIAN THE ARTS THEATRE

[JOHNSON (Mary)]

Madam Johnson's Present: or, every young woman's companion, in useful and universal knowledge. Digested under the following Heads: I. Spelling, Reading, Writing, and Arithmetick, taught without the Help of a Master. II. The Compleat Market-Woman. III. The Cook's Guide for dressing all Sorts of Flesh, Fowl and Fish. IV. For Pickling, Pastry, and Confectionary. V. An Estimate of the Expences of a Family in the middling Station of Life. VI. The Art and Terms of Carving Fish, Fowl, and Flesh. Vii. A Bill of Fare for every Month in the Year for Dinner and Supper, and also for extraordinary Occasions. Viii. The Young Woman's Instructor for the right Spelling of Words used in Marketting, Cookery, Pickling, Preserving, &c. &c. &c. To this edition are added, some plain and very necessary directions to maid-servants in general, and several useful Tables: Which renders it the Completest Book of the Kind ever published. The Compiler, Madam Johnson, in order to make this Book come as cheap as possible to the Purchasers, has, out of her Benevolence, fixed the Price at 1 s. 6 d. Bound; though it contains double the Quantity that is usually sold for that Sum.

London: Printed for J. Fuller & W. Nicoll, 1765. Third Edition, 12mo, iv, 193, [17]pp., without the final advert leaf, new endpapers, recent quarter calf, red morocco title label to spine. First published in 1753 as as 'The Young woman's companion; or the Servant-Maid's Assistant...' London, H. Jeffery, 1753, with a sixth and final edition appearing in 1772. All edition are rare, of this third edition ESTC locates 2 copies (BL & Library of Virginia), Maclean adds the Yale copy. Maclean, p.77; Cagle, 782 (second edition of 1759); Bitting (second edition); Oxford, p.83.

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Book number: 27724

Keywords: GASTRONOMY COOKERY ANTIQUARIAN VF59