THE EDITOR

The Poor Laws : Report from His Majesty's Commissioners for Inquiring into the(ir) Administration and Practical Operation including Supplement No 1

London, Authority / B. Fellowes. 1834, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Professionally rebound with original boards, new end papers and spine. Name to title page and that of Professor Peter Townsend on front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Clean slightly tanned slightly wrinkled pages in a very tight binding with roughly trimmed dusty page edges. 362 pages plus Supplement No 1 of 128pp. Official Report on the workings of The Poor Law and the Poor Law Amendment Act which led to the establishment of workhouses. From the Personal Library of the late Emeritus Professor Peter Townsend of Bristol University and the London School of Economics, Founding Professor of the University of Essex and founder of the Child Poverty Action Group. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Townsend's Collection including many of his signed and authored works. Very Good/No Jacket.

Godley BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 016216

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Poverty, Legislation, Work, Workhouse, Employment / Work Law

FLINDALL (J[ohn] M[orris])

The Complete Family Assistant; including economical hints on the use of provisions, fuel, &c., interesting observations and moral essays the most useful receipts, prescriptions and tables ; and approved methods for the preservation or restoration of health. A list of the London schools and charities ; an abstract of the laws relating to landlords, tenants, and pawnbrokers ; advice to tradesmen & farmers ; and every variety of information calculated to benefit the condition of the poor ; or connected with domestic economy.

London: Printed for J. M. Flindall, 1813. First edition, 12mo (190 x 110 mm), v, [1], 350pp., title page and preface lightly water stained, cot. boards, slight peeling to paper spine, uncut. John Morris Flindall was a dealer in prints and books and also published The amateur's pocket companion; or, A description of scarce and valuable engraved British portraits in 1813.

Forest BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 36897

Keywords: SOCIAL SCIENCES HOME ECONOMY HOUSEHOLD BOOKS

POOR LAWS.

Poor-Laws: or, The Laws and Statutes Relating to The Settling, Maintenance, and Employment of the Poor. Containing all the statutes under this head, from the beginning of the reign of Q. Elizabeth, the first time any poor-laws were enacted in this kingdom, to the present time; including the last new Act 9 Geo. for better providing for the poor. Of use to all Justices of Peace, ministers, churchwardens, overseers of the poor, and other inhabitants of parishes, to know their duty herein. Written in a new alphabetical method.

Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gossling, 1724. First edition, 12mo (160 x 100 mm), [8], 122, [14]pp., with a final advert leaf, text very clean and bright, cont. calf, joint split, spine chipped, covers held by cords (rear cover by upper cord only). The anonymous author stresses the importance of the poor laws in his introduction and also points out "that in the Streets of this great Metropolis (the Capital, for Trade and Riches, of the whole World) more Unhappy, Miserable People are to be found, than in the Cities of the Poorest Nations Abroad; which is the greatest Scandal to the Kingdom of Great-Britain. By the Abuse or Non-use of our Excellent Laws for Providing for the Poor, we have Thousands of Beggars pestering our Streets...". Of this first edition ESTC locates 6 copies (3 in the UK: BMu; L; Lu; and 3 in North America: CaOHM; CLU-C; CaOTU), the second edition of 1727 is of similar rarity. Hanson, 3252; Goldsmiths'-Kress, 6333.

Forest BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 36849

Keywords: ECONOMICS LAW POOR LAWS POVERTY EMPLOYMENT OF THE POOR

LIPTON,MICHAEL

INCLUDING THE POOR

Wachington 1992,610 pp., e 129

Moby DickProfessional seller

Book number: 221440

Catalogue: General

WILSON ROBERT

A Sketch of the History of Hawick Including Some Account of the Manners and Character of the Inhabitants; with Occasional Observations to Which Is Subjoined a Short Essay in Reply to Doctor Chalmers on Pauperism and the Poor Laws

Hawick, 1825. Hardback. Vii + 355pp, bound in original grey boards, respined, contained in two part modern slip case, handwritten on the front cover of book is His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch ; Octavo. Very Good .

Castle Hill BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 57258

Keywords: Roxburghshire British Topography