William Andrews

England in the Days of Old

London , William Andrews and Co. 1897. First edition. Cloth. An interesting look at aspects of social and domestic history, from when wigs were worn to morris dancing. A first edition. Illustrated with vignettes throughout. In a red cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine and front board. Externally, good. Rubbing and fading to the spine, with mild shelfwear. Staining to the front board and fading to the top of the reverse board. Hinges are slightly strained but hold firm. Browning to both pastedowns and free endpapers. Spotting to the fore-edge. Internally, smart. Mild spotting to several pages but otherwise bright and clean. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Boeknummer: GEN31-G-17

Catalogus: Social Sciences

Trefwoorden: William Andrews Social History Social Science Social History None

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The Allies and the Late Ministry Defended Against France, and the Present Friends of France

London, A. Baldwin, 1711. Brochure/Pamphlet. The second edition of an outspoken political defence written at the start of the eighteenth century. This pamphlet was one of four published following the War of the League of Augsburg between 1688 and 1697, setting the tone for relations between the two countries over the following century.A second edition.The second part of a four-part defence of British actions.A scarce pamphlet. Disbound. Externally a trifle worn, particularly to the spine and final leaf has a large tear resulting in loss; the base of the page is near loose. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are a touch spotted. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Boeknummer: 776R9

Catalogus: Economics & Social Sciences

Trefwoorden: Politics Pamphlets Eighteenth Century Franco-British Relations Pamphlets French History None

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Census of England and Wales 1911

London, His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1912. First edition. Leather. A very scarce twelve volume 1911 census of the United Kingdom, bound in contemporary leather. The United Kingdom Census 1911 was the twelfth census of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. For the first time, the census asked questions regarding nationality, marriage and children; it was also the first to record details regarding British Army personnel stationed outside of the U.K.Really rare and of course original source. Bound by A & J Bolt.Volume I is regarding administrative areas.Volume II is regarding registration areas.Volume III is regarding parliamentary areas. It is bound with a large amount of blank pages.Volume IV is regarding ecclesiastic areas.Lacking Volume V.Volume VI is regarding buildings of various kinds.Volume VII is regarding ages and condition as to marriage in administrative counties, urban and rural districts, and registration counties and districts.Volume VIII is regarding tenements in administrative counties and urban and rural districts.Lacking Volume IX.Volume X is in three volumes, and relates to occupations and industries.Volume XI relates to infirmities, and is bound with a large amount of blank pages.Volume XII relates to language spoken in Wales and Monmouthshire, and is bound with a large amount of blank pages. In a half calf binding. Externally a trifle worn, with rubbing to the spine and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean. A few marks inside volume III. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 775R15

Catalogus: Economics & Social Sciences

Trefwoorden: Census United Kingdom Census 1911 Census His Majesty's Stationery Office United Kingdom Census None

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Census of England and Wales

London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1891. Cloth. A very scarce, complete collection of the 1891 British Census, bound in smart cloth by Nottingham Public Library and complete with folding maps. The United Kingdom Census 1891 recorded the total population of England, Scotland and Wales as over thirty-three million; it was the first Census to ask about the number of rooms in a household, as well as the first to allow women to undertake it, and to ask Welsh inhabitants whether they spoke Welsh.Five volumes, being: 'Preliminary Report and Tables of the Population and Houses Enumerated in England and Wales, and in the Islands in the British Seas&apos.Volume I. 'Area, Houses and Population. Administrative and Ancient Counties&apos.Volume II. 'Area, Houses and Population. Registration Areas and Sanitary Districts', illustrated with eight folding maps in colour.Volume IV. 'General Report with Summary Tables and Appendices&apos.'Islands in the British Seas: Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey and Adjacent Islands&apos.A scarce original source for England's population at the close of the nineteenth century.From Nottingham Public Library; with their label to the front library binding and plates to the front pastedowns and endpapers. In a recent full cloth binding. Externally generally smart; a little bumped to the extremities and the heads and tails of the spines. One volume is in a black cloth as opposed to blue; this volume has wear to the head where the backstrip is lifting, and internally its pages are age-toned and worn at the edges. Internally, generally firmly bound; 'Islands in the British Sea' is strained noticeably to both hinges. Pages are age-toned to the edges and occasionally rather delicate, with some occasional repairs to leaves. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Boeknummer: 803R51

Catalogus: Social Sciences

Trefwoorden: Census British Census Census of Britain Census of England and Wales British Census British History Social Sciences None

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The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons of Great Britain

London, Not Stated, 1741. Leather. A fascinating three volume collection detailing the history of the House of Commons during the eighteenth century. ESTC Citation No. N17987.This work details the speeches and debates which occurred during the eighteenth century, when the House of Commons was known as the House of Commons of Great Britain.The House of Commons of Great Britain was the title of the lower house of Parliament between 1707 and 1801, stemming from the House of Commons of England, which evolved during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.Published anonymously, with the preface signed 'The Compiler&apos.Complete in three volumes. In a full calf binding. Externally a trifle worn, with rubbing to the head of the spines resulting in chipping; the spine label of volume I is lacking. Otherwise, wear to the spines and extremities. Ownership inscriptions to the front endpapers and pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages have just the odd spot, with a little offsetting to the endpapers, and are otherwise bright. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 776R13

Catalogus: Economics & Social Sciences

Trefwoorden: The House of Commons British Politics British History British Politics None

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Tenants Law: Or, the Laws Concerning Landlords, Tenants and Farmers

London, Henry Lintot, 1750. Leather. A smart fifteenth edition work on tenants and landlords, bound in contemporary leather. The fifteenth edition. This work was an early work on tenancy laws, covering rent, waste, crops growing, frauds, trespassing and fire prevention.An interesting work on British law in the eighteenth century, bound in a smart contemporary leather binding. In a full calf binding. Externally generally smart; a little bumped to the extremities. Joints are a little cracked at the head, and boards are a touch rubbed. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 807R39

Catalogus: Economics & Social Sciences

Trefwoorden: Tenants Law Law History of Law Tenancy Law None

Anonymous

1791 a Sketch of the Reign of George the Third, from 1780, to the Close of the Year 1790

Dublin, Printed by Brett Smith, for Messrs. R. Cross, P. Wogan et al, 1791 . Paperback. A very scarce Dublin edition of this late eighteenth century analysis of King George III's reign in the 1780s. A very scarce Dublin edition of this work, published in the same year as the first edition, which was published in London, and saw several editions in the same year.This informative political pamphlet discusses King George IIIs reign over England and the British Empire between 1780 and 1790, and includes discussion of the first years of the French Revolution. Also present is a discussion of the conclusion of the American Revolution.An anonymously authored work.ESTC T48424 In the publisher's original paper wraps. Minor loss of paper to back strip tail, with small loss of paper to fore edge of rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 884F28

Catalogus: Economics & Social Sciences

Trefwoorden: george iii british monarchy george the third french revolution british monarchy None

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Anno Regni Georgii III. An Act for Repairing, Altering, and Improving the Parish Church of Saint Bridget, Otherwise Saint Bride, in the City of London; and for Providing a Workhouse for the Same Parish.

London, Charles Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1792 . Unbound. A very scarce 1792 act discussing restorations to be made at Saint Brides Church, Fleet Street, and the provisions needed to construct a workhouse in the parish. A very scarce twenty-one page act on the subject of repairs and improvements to the parish church of Saint Bridget in London, known better known as Saint Brides. The act goes on to discuss provisions of a workhouse to be constructed in the parish.ESTC reference number N59237. With the uniform title: Public General Acts. 1792. 32 Geo.III.c.64.With a general title page, and drop-head title to the following leaf. A very scarce late eighteenth century act, produced during the reign of King George III. Unbound, as issued. Title page bright. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 838F22

Catalogus: Economics & Social Sciences

Trefwoorden: anno tricesimo secundo george III regis parish church saint bridget saint bride london parish church saint bridget act king george iii None

Anonymous

The Attorney and Solicitor&Apos;S Companion: Or, Compleat Affidavit-Man

In the Savoy [London], E. and R. Nutt, 1739 . Leather. The third edition of this very scarce mid eighteenth century legal guide, containing the 'laws, statutes, rules and orders of courts, relating to affidavits&apos. The third edition of this very scarce work, first published in 1725.Alongside an account of the laws and statutes relating to affidavits, curious and unusual 'depositions and interrogatories in the most extraordinary cases' are included, alongside directions on the examining of witnesses.Also present is a list of officers in the King's Bench, Common Pleas, and Duchy Court of Lancaster.With the inscription of 'M. Burges' to the head of the title page.Billed as 'for the use of all attornies [sic] and solicitors', this anonymously authored work - sometimes attributed to Giles Jacobs - provides a fascinating insight into the legal procedures of eighteenth century England. Rebacked, in a full calf binding, with original boards restored and endpapers renewed. Externally, excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Inscription to head of title page. Pages lightly age toned, with light spotting throughout. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 855F6

Catalogus: Economics & Social Sciences

Trefwoorden: law legal works attorney and solicitor’s companion burges legal works None

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A Caution to All True English Protestants, Concerning the Late Popish Plot

London, Richard Janeway, 1681 . First edition. Unbound. A very scarce first edition pamphlet published in the period in which English society realised that the Popish Plot was a fictitious threat. ESTC Citation No. R36286. Wing C1558With the register [1], A, B-C2. Collated, complete.A very scarce pamphlet regarding the Popish Plot, a fictitious conspiracy that gripped England and Scotland in anti-Catholic hysteria between the years 1678 and 1681. English priest Titus Oates fabricated the existence of a massive Catholic conspiracy to assassinate King Charles II, which led to the execution of over twenty innocent men.This work begins with the disclaimer that, upon a return from London, the author has been 'almost persuaded [..] that there is no such thing as a plot; and I really do very much question it, or at least as to a Popish one&apos. This scarce first edition, arranged in the form of a dialogue, purports to be between an 'Old Queen-Elizabeth Protestant and his Country Neighbour', presents the argument for the veracity of the plot, and an opposition to this view. Unbound, as issued. Discolouration and some residue to head of front and rear leaves. Edgewear to page perimeters. Internally, firmly bound. Pages age toned, with handling marks throughout. Faint ink numbers to head of each leaf. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Boeknummer: 858F40

Catalogus: Economics & Social Sciences

Trefwoorden: popish plot protestant catholicism titus oates protestant None

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Census of England and Wales 1911

London, His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1912. Cloth. A scarce, complete 1911 census of the United Kingdom from Nottingham Public Reference Library. The United Kingdom Census 1911 was the twelfth census of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. For the first time, the census asked questions regarding nationality, marriage and children; it was also the first to record details regarding British Army personnel stationed outside of the U.K.A scarce and complete original source for Britain in the early twentieth century. Volume I is regarding administrative areas.Volume II is regarding registration areas.Volume III is regarding parliamentary areas; volume IV is bound in this volume, and details ecclesiastical areas. Volume VI is on buildings of various kinds; volume VII is bound in this volume as well, and details ages and condition as to marriage.Volume VIII is on tenements in administrative counties and urban and rural districts. Volume X, on occupations and industries, is in two volumes.The final volume is four volumes bound in one: it contains a preliminary report with tables of the population in England and Wales, volume V, an index to the population tables for England and Wales, volume IX, on birthplaces, volume XI, on infirmities, and volume XII on language spoken in Wales and Monmouthshire.  From Nottingham Public Library; with their bookplates and labels to the front pastedown and endpapers, and stamps occasionally throughout. In a full cloth binding; three are contemporary, with the remaining five by the library. Externally, generally smart. More recent volumes have just slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities, with some residue from a removed spine label to the tail. The three volumes in an older binding are worn to the joints, with bumping to the extremities and the head of the spine, and labels to the front boards. Library bookplates and labels to the front endpapers and pastedown, with stamps on occasion throughout. Internally, generally firmly bound. Front hinge is strained to volume III. Pages are occasionally torn, but generally bright and clean. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Boeknummer: 804R30

Catalogus: Economics & Social Sciences

Trefwoorden: Census British Census Census 1911 British History British Census None

Anonymous

Coutumes Du Pays Et Duche de Normandie, Anciens Ressorts Et Enclaves D&Apos;Icelui

Rouen, Louis Oursel, 1783. Leather. A smart copy of this charming guide to the social customs of Normandy. In the original French.First published in the late seventeenth century, this work provides a delightful insight into Normandy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. This new edition features a lengthy table of contents with directions to local customs, edicts, and regulations. With insight into the law in Normandy during the period covered. Inscription to recto of a rear blank.A smart, pocket size edition of this work. In a full calf binding, with gilt detailing to spine. Rubbing to back strip and board perimeters, with small losses to leather. Front joint starting, with board firmly held. Inscription to a rear blank. Internally, firmly bound. Pages age toned, with light spotting throughout, most concentrated to the first and final few leaves. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 864F5

Catalogus: Economics & Social Sciences

Trefwoorden: Coutumes du Pays et Duché de Normandie customs of normandy france french history customs of normandy None

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Education Commission. Appendix. Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Commissioners

London, George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1861. Leather. An interesting look at education commision in England in the mid nineteenth century. A volume containing the minutes of evidence taken before the commissioners of education in England between the years 1859 and 1860. The commission investigated the state of popular education in England. In a half calf binding with marbled paper covered boards. Externally, worn with slight splitting to rear joint and an institutional label to rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with tidemarks to many pages and an ink stamp to title page. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .

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Boeknummer: LTH23-B-17

Catalogus: Social Sciences

Trefwoorden: education educational commission commission of education commission educational commission None

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Fruits of the System Called Free Trade: Some Remarks Upon Three Letters Under the Above Title, Addressed by &Apos;a London Merchant&Apos; to the Operatives of the Manufacturing Districts of the United Kingdom

London, Savill & Edwards, 1848 . First edition. Unbound. The first edition of this argument against an anonymously authored mid 19th century essay supporting free trade policies. The first edition of this discussion of manufacturing and trade in England.A rebuttal to essays by 'A London Merchant' which appeared in April and May 1848 in the Manchester Courier. These essays were written in support of free trade policies.This work politely presents an opposing view, concluding with the opinion that the result of free trade 'could only be to limit the employment of British labour, and to deny the means of living to the most necessitous among our population&apos. Unbound, as issued. Light handling marks to first and final leaf. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 907F36

Catalogus: Economics & Social Sciences

Trefwoorden: Free Trade Protectionism tariffs Protectionism None

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Hints to All Parties, by a Man of No Party

London, Bach and Co, 1834 . First edition. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce 1830s work discussing the political state of England, Russia and Europe. The first edition of this very scarce work.The anonymous author of this work offers a discussion of topics including absenteeism, incendiarism, corn laws, primogeniture, the political state of Europe, and 'Russia and her Resources.Offering excellent insight into the politics of Europe in the first part of the nineteenth century.With advertisements to the recto and verso of the rear wrap. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Folds to wrap perimeters, with spotting to front and rear wraps. Small losses of paper to back strip head and tail. Rear wrap detached to tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with only the odd spot. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Boeknummer: 883F55

Catalogus: Economics & Social Sciences

Trefwoorden: Hints to All Parties Absenteeism premogeniture politics Absenteeism None