LOWE Joseph

The Present State of England in regard to Agriculture, Trade and Finance [1823]. [Facsimile reissue.] NEAR FINE COPY

Augustus M Kelley, New York NY,, 1967. 8vo., brown cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy. Reprints of Economic Classics.

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Keywords: political economy, economics, lowe, joseph lowe, agriculture, english trade

LUSTRINGS. ALAMODES 1697 Act of Parliament

An Act for the further Encouragement of the Manufacture of Lustrings and Alamodes. within this Realm, and for the better Preventing the Importation of the same WITH FINE WOODBLOCK ARMS ON COVER

Printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty,, 1697. Sm., folio, 5 leaves, BLACL-LETTER, with fine woodcut arms of William III on front cover, woodcut head-piece; sewed as issued (extracted from bound volume), a remarkably bright, crisp, clean copy ideal for framing and display. 8 & 9 Gulielmi III.

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MACMILLAN Harold

Winds of Change [with] The Blast of War [with] Tides of Fortune [with] Riding the Storm [with] Pointing the Way [with] At the End of the Day. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY COMPLETE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

Macmillan,, 1966[-1973]. 6 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces, numerous plates, and maps and tables on endpapers; original red cloth, gilt backs, rose top (faded, first volume), black tops (remaining volumes), orange endpapers printed in black, a very good, bright, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper (wrapper of first volume lightly browned). With a small quantity of relevant cuttings loosely inserted in first volume. The set comprises Winds of Change 1914-1939 (1966); The Blast of War 1939-1945 (1967); Tides of Fortune 1945-1955 (1969); Riding the Storm 1956-1959 (1971); Pointing the Way 1959-1961 (1972); At the End of the Day 1961-1963 (1973). Complete in six volumes, this is the largest autobiography of any British Prime Minister. COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE SCARCE.

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MARRINGTON F.C.

The Reminiscences of an Agent. 100 COPIES WERE PRINTED

Privately Printed [by May & Baker, Dagenham,, 1967]. 8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and numerous photographs in the text; blue faux-morocco, upper board framed and lettered in gilt, gilt edges, radial corners, moire silk endpapers, a fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 100 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO 91). Reminiscences of a commercial representative for a number of chemical companies (primarily May & Baker) in the UK, Australia and elsewhere. Printed by May & Baker for private circulation as a tribute to the author.

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MARSTON Maurice

Sir Edwin Chadwick (1800-1890). BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Leonard Parsons,, [1925]. 8vo., First Edition; black cloth, gilt back, dark top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in the 'Roadmaker' series.

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MAYER Jacob Peter

Max Weber and German Politics. A Study in Political Sociology. NEAR FINE COPY

Faber,, [1944]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece; original navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy.

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Book number: 40285

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MOSES John A

Trade Unionism in Germany from Bismarck to Hitler. FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

George Prior,, [1982]. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt backs, a fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises: Vol.I: 1869-1918; Vol. II: 1919-1933.

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MOUNT Ferdinand

The British Constitution Now. Recovery or Decline?. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Heinemann,, [1992]. 8vo., First Edition, page edges lightly browning; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With a relevant cutting loosely inserted. SCARCE.

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NATIONAL DEBT. SAVINGS BANKS. 1863 Act of Parliament

An Act to make further Provision for the Investment of Monies received by the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt from the Trustees of Savings Banks established under the Enactments of the Act Ninth George the Fourth. WITH FINE WOODBLOCK ARMS AT HEAD

Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty,, 1863. Sm., folio, 2 leaves, with fine woodcut royal arms of Victoria on front cover; disbound, (extracted from bound volume), a remarkably bright, crisp, clean copy. 26 Victoriae Cap 25, receiving Royal Assent on 8 June 1863.

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OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON 1837 Act of Parliament

An Act to amend the Laws relating to Offences against the Person. WITH FINE WOODBLOCK ARMS ON COVER

Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty,, 1837. 4pp., folio, fine woodcut arms of Victoria on front page; disbound, a remarkably crisp, clean copy ideal for framing and display. 1 Victoriae cap.85; royal assent granted 17 July 1837

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OUVRY Col. Henry Aime

Stein and his Reforms in Prussia, with Reference to the Land Question in England: and an Appendix containing the Views of Richard Cobden and J.S. Mill's Advice to Land Reformers. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Kerby & Endean,, 1873. 8vo., First Edition, title lightly age-soiled; dark red ribbed cloth, upper board framed in blind and blocked in gilt, gilt back, chocolate endpapers, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, crisp copy. Scarce but valuable commentary on Von Stein's reforms in Prussia during the early nineteenth century which paved the way for German unification. We have been to locate only four institutional copies in the UK. EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE.

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PORRITT Edward

The Fiscal and Diplomatic Freedom of the British Oversea Dominions. Edited by David Kinley. A FOREIGN OFFICE COPY

Clarendon Press, Oxford,, 1922. 8vo., First Edition; original blue cloth, gilt back, uncut, pull at headband else a very good, bright, clean copy. Sold from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office Library with its cancelled stamp on half-title, and India Office stamp on title.

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PUNCH MAGAZINE.

Benjamin Disraeli. Earl of Beaconsfield.. In upwards of 100 Cartoons from the Collection of 'Mr. Punch'. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Punch Office,, 1878. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous full-page cartoons throughout, half-title mildly age-soiled, title lightly spotted; original brown cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, red sprinkled edges, a very good, bright, clean copy.

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QUARTER SESSIONS 1697 Act of Parliament

An Act to make Perpetual and more Effectual an Act. intituled, An Act to Prevent Delays at the Quarter Sessions of the Peace. WITH FINE WOODBLOCK ARMS ON COVER

Printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty,, 1697. Sm., folio, 2 leaves, BLACK-LETTER, with fine woodcut arms of William III on front cover, woodcut head-piece; sewed as issued (extracted from bound volume), a remarkably bright, crisp, clean copy ideal for framing and display. 8 & 9 Gulielmi III.

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READER W.J.

Bowater. A History. Reasearch by Rachel Lawrence, Judy Slinn, Hugo Barnacle, Rochelle Mcdonald. General Adviser: Robert Knight. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Cambridge University Press,, [1981]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, and photographs and tables in the text; navy cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, blue laid endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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