Anonymous

A New System of Practical Domestic Economy; Founded on Modern Discoveries, and the Private Communications of Persons of Experience

London, Henry Colburn and Co, 1823. Hardback. The third edition of this uncommon guide for domestic economy, in the original boards. The third edition, revised and greatly enlarged. Uncommon. Particularly scarce in the publisher's original paper covered boards. This work helps to offer financial advice to families and provides a guide to domestic economy, with an estimate of household expenses, adapted to a wide range of classes and types of families. This useful guide helped families to save money and provides historical insight into Georgian households. In the original publisher's paper covered boards. Externally sound with front joint weak and rear tender, loss to the head and tail of the spine, marks to the boards and bumping to the extremities. Front hinge tender with spotting to the endpapers. Internally generally firmly bound with the odd page starting. Pages lightly age toned with spotting. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Boeknummer: 897Z34

Catalogus: Economics & Social Sciences

Trefwoorden: Original boards Economics History Georgian households Economics None

Anonymous

The Patriot; or, the Irish Packet Open&Apos;D

London, W. Webb, 1754. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition thus of this patriotic Irish periodical, published during a time of unrest in Ireland. A very scarce work.The first edition thus of this work, being the first edition in one volume.Illustrated with a woodcut vignette to the title page.ESTC citation number N11078.Misbound, with duplicate pages 9 to 16 bound between pages 16 and 25, thus work is bound without pages 17 to 24, which is Number IV.This work is a reprint of the Dublin periodical 'The Patriot&apos. The periodical was originally published in seven volumes, from the 25th October 1753 to the 6th December 1753.'The Patriot' is a political periodical, intended to stir the Irish patriots to rise up against the English. In the original paper wraps. Externally, generally smart. Prior owner's ink inscription to the front wrap. A small amount of loss to the head and tail of the spine. A little discolouration to the wraps. A few light marks to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age-toned and clean with a few light spots. Small chip to the margins of pages 25 to 34, not affecting text. Misbound, with duplicate pages 9 to 16 bound between pages 16 and 25. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 720P20

Catalogus: Economics & Social Sciences

Trefwoorden: The Patriot; or, The Irish Packet Open'd irish ireland the patriot irish government foreign relations None

Anonymous

Recueil D&Apos;Dits, Dclarations, Arrts, Et Autres Pices, Concernant la Rgie Du Droit Sur Les Cartes

Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1771. Leather. A very scarce edition of this collection Recueil d'dits, Dclarations, Arrts, et Autres Pices. Concernant la Rgie du Droit sur les Cartes. Published by the Royal printer in Paris. A very scarce edition of this collection Recueil d'dits, Dclarations, Arrts, et Autres Pices. Concernant la Rgie du Droit sur les Cartes. Published by the Royal printer in Paris. In French. A collection of edicts, declarations, judgements. With a table of parts contained in this collection to front and a further alphabetical table of materials to rear and with decorative pieces throughout. With a handwritten note inserted with a 'Pharmacie' ink stamp, believed to be a contemporary prescription. Previous owner's ink inscriptions to several pages. With contemporary ink pagination to head of pages. In contemporary quarter leather with paper covered boards. Externally, sound but with slight wear to extremities, some rubbing and marks to boards. Slight evidence of past worming to rear joint. Rear hinge slightly strained. Internally, firmly bound. Bright and but with the occasional slight spotting and handling marks and slight tidemarks to gutter of rear endpapers. With a closed tear to page 217 and slight marginal punctures to pages and boards. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Boeknummer: FGN19-G-5

Catalogus: Economics & Social Sciences

Trefwoorden: French politics French history French edicts French declarations French history Not Stated

Anonymous

Report from His Majesty&Apos;S Commissioners for Inquiring Into the Administration and Practical Operation of the Poor Laws

London, B. Fellowes, 1834. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work discussing the creation of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, which aimed to provide relief for the poor of England. The first edition of this work, discussing the Poor Law Commission, and it's creation in the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, which led to the establishment of workhouses. This was known as the New Poor Law, replacing the Old Poor law of 1601.The Poor Laws was a tax on property imposed in each parish, used to try and relieve poverty. This work analyses how the Poor Laws protected that poor, and how the law actually worked in providing relief to the poor.The last one-hundred and twenty-eight pages are supplements and an index. Rebacked, with the original cloth boards restored. Externally, smart. Internally, firmly bound. Significant spotting throughout, most concentrated to the first and last few leaves. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 817F41

Catalogus: Economics & Social Sciences

Trefwoorden: poor laws poor law commision law poor law commision None

Anonymous

The Rise and Fall of the Late Projected Excise, Impartially Consider&Apos;D

London, J. Peele, 1733. First edition. Disbound. A scarce first edition pamphlet questioning the proposed tariff on wine and tobacco, an interesting essay by Matthew Concanen. The scarce first edition of this pamphlet.ESTC citation number T63487.Half-title is present.An interesting essay discussing the attempt to collect tariffs and duties on wine and tobacco, a big question of taxation of the time.Anonymously written, likely by Matthew Concanen, a writer, poet, and lawyer born in Ireland, who held the post of attorney-general of Jamaica for sixteen years. Disbound, with a little backstrip remaining. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are a little age-toned and generally clean with some odd handling marks and spots. Small puncture marks to the gutter. The occasional pencil line to the margins. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 788P20

Catalogus: Economics & Social Sciences

Trefwoorden: The Rise and Fall of the Late Projected Excise, Impartially Consider'd taxes duties wine taxes Matthew Concanen None

Anonymous

A Vindication of the Conduct of the Late House of Commons, with Respect to the Great Constitutional Question Agitated Immediately Before Its Dissolution

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1784. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce political pamphlet regarding the 1784 British General Election, which saw William Pitt the Younger achieve a majority in the House of Commons. A very scarce pamphlet.ESTC citation number T545.An interesting pamphlet relating to the 1784 British election, in which William Pitt the Younger secured a majority in the House of Commons, after previously having to fight against the dominant opposition in the House after the Fox-North coalition.Prior owner's ink inscription to the head of the title page, 'Said to be written by Samuel Haywood of Liverpool&apos.Collated, complete. Unbound pamphlet, with paper restoration to the backstrip. Externally, smart. Leaves are a little age-tond with some spots. Prior owner's ink inscription to the head of the title page. Small chip to the paper to the head of the spine. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with some scattered spot. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 840P30

Catalogus: Economics & Social Sciences

Trefwoorden: A Vindication of the Conduct of the Late House of Commons politics house of commons britain politics None

Anonymous

Why Are We Still at War? or, the American Question Considered; in a Series of Essays Rejected by the Journalists As Unpopular

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1814. First edition. Disbound. A very scarce first edition of this detailed pamphlet discussing the War of 1812, between the United States and Great Britain. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.A fascinating discussion of the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom, a scathing look at at war. The war ended in a draw in 1815.This work was original issued in 'The Pamphleteer' Volume 4 No. 7 of August 1814. Pages 576 to 584 are the index and contents page for the original work.The rear wrap is the original blue rear wrap of the work.The pamphlet discusses the causes of the war, and why the war was still ongoing in 1814, in the midst of the Napoleonic Wars.Written anonymously. Disbound, with the original blue paper wrap as the rear wrap. Externally, the outer wraps are very lightly age-toned. Some pages are uncut to the top and fore edge. Small amount of backstrip is present. The outer leaves are lifting to the tails. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned and clean with only a couple of odd light spots and marks. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 717P15

Catalogus: Economics & Social Sciences

Trefwoorden: america american question war history american question government Why Are We Still At War? Or, the American Question Considered None

Anonymous

Wigan County Council Chamber Opened October 30th, 1890

Wigan, Thos. Wall and Sons, 1890 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce insight into the inner workings of the Wigan County Council Chambers. Illustrated with six interior plans. The very scarce first edition of this fascinating insight into the county council chamber of Wigan, Greater Manchester.Illustrated with six plates of sketches of plans of the council chamber. Collated, complete.With accounts of arms places upon the ceiling and walls of Wigan, sketches of the chamber interior, and reproductions of speeches delivered at banquets within the council chamber. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with gilt detailing. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Front joint starting, with board holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Head of frontispiece removed. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 818F37

Catalogus: Economics & Social Sciences

Trefwoorden: wigan local government county council local government Not Stated

Anonymous

The Young Woman&Apos;S Companion; Being a Guide to Every Acquirement Essential in Forming the Character of Female Servants

London, Richardson and Sons, [1815-1845]. Cloth. A very scarce nineteenth century guide to the young female servant, aiming to aid in her practical and moral education, and illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and title page. This anonymously authored work, intended to be instrumental in 'forming the character of female servants' provides both 'moral and religious letters, essays and tales', alongside 'valuable receipts and directions relating to domestic economy&apos.Illustrated with an engraved title page, giving the title 'The Young Woman's Companion or Female Instructor', and a frontispiece captioned 'cares and anxieties are alleviated by industry&apos.The final leaf presents a printed table titled 'Ready Reckoning or Marketing Table, by the Pound, Yard &c.&apos.Undated; dated [1815-1845] via Jisc and WorldCat.A smart copy of this very scarce practical and moral instructional volume. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping and discolouration to back strip head and tail, and board perimeters. Closed tear to head of back strip, with joint heads starting, and boards holding firm. Hinges strained, but firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages significantly age toned, but generally clean. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Boeknummer: 846F26

Catalogus: Economics & Social Sciences

Trefwoorden: moral education female instructor domestic economy female instructor Not Stated

Charles Anthony

The Social and Political Dependence of Women

London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1867 . Cloth. A signed copy of the second edition of Charles Anthony's work on the rights of Victorian era women. Directly inspired by Harriet Taylor Mill's work 'The Enfranchisement of Women' and influenced also by the work of her husband John Stewart Mill, the author Charles Anthony presents an argument for female legal equality within society.With the inscription 'To James Burns Esq from the author, thanks Anthony' to the half title.Beginning with the acknowledgement that 'the subject of the enfranchisement of women usually excites laughter and ridicule. That women should have votes is so novel a proposal, and therefore, to untrained minds, so absurd, that few can refrain from indulging in what are meant to be jokes and witticisms&apos.Anthony presents moral and practical arguments for women's suffrage, and concludes with the notice 'we do not believe that one half of mankind was born to exercise unlimited power over the other half', and that not until the vote is extended to women 'we shall see a more equal distribution of happiness&apos.With a former owner's inscription to the head of the front free endpaper. From the library of Lord Raglan, Fitzroy John Somerset. Raglan"s great-great-grandfather was Field Marshal Fitzroy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan and hero of the Battle at Inkerman and Alma in the Crimean War. He also served as military secretary to the Duke of Wellington. He died in the Crimea in 1855. The house in which the library was situated, Cefntilla Court, was purchased by the Raglan Memorial committee for his descendants. Lord Raglan was a keen collector of anthropology and folklore, with many of the works in his extensive library focusing upon this topic. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Fading and damp staining to head of front and rear board. Bumping to spine head and tail, with small closed tears to cloth of back strip. Front joint starting, with board a touch tender. Inscription to half title. Internally, binding strained in places, but generally firm. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Boeknummer: 848F3

Catalogus: Economics & Social Sciences

Trefwoorden: Social and Political Dependence of Women john stuart mill rights of women The Subjection of Women john stuart mill Harriet Taylor Mill None

'An Officer'

Child Torture in Scotland

Edinburgh, The Edinburgh Press, 1895. First edition. Leather. A vanishingly scarce first edition of this intriguing and shocking work of case files of cases of child tortures in Scotland, the copy of the dedicatee Candida Louisa the Marchioness of Tweeddale. The first edition.A vanishingly scarce work, with only two records of it being held institutionally, at the British Library and the National Library of Scotland.The copy owned by the dedicatee, with her ink inscription to the half-title. Candida Louisa, the Marchioness of Tweeddale, was the patroness of the Murrayfield Home. The frontispiece depicts her portrait. Candida Louisa was married to William Montagu Hay.The children's home at Murrayfield was erected in 1891 by the NSPCC, the Marchioness provided substantial support for the Home. The home was unusual for its time as it housed both boys and girls together up until the age of 14. Charmingly the house had its own pipe band that the children joined, known as the Lady Tweeddale's Pipers. The house closed down in 1908.An intriguing work, comprising of fourteen case studies of child abuse and neglect in Victorian Scotland. The shocking tales expose cases of child torture in Scotland, from children being drugged with chloroform by their mother, to the starvation of a child with learning difficulties, to the woes of the children of a miner with a drinking problem. Told in a dramatic and shocking manner this volume exposes the dark underbelly of Victorian society.This volume was undertaken by an Officer of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.Written anonymously.Illustrated with a frontispiece, nine plates, and four in-text photographs. In a full morocco binding. Externally, smart. A little rubbing to the spine and extremities. A few very light marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a few very occasional spots. Prior owner's ink inscription to the half-title. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 817P4

Catalogus: Economics & Social Sciences

Trefwoorden: Child Torture in Scotland scotland child torture candida louisa scotland Candida Louisa Bartolucci Not Stated

The author of 'The English Gentlewoman'

The English Matron

London, Henry Colburn, 1846. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this interesting and scarce work. A conduct novel aimed at women, or 'The English Matron&apos. This Victorian work is aimed on how to approach married life. It discusses the vows, early days of marriage, temper, a husband in illness, on the duties of the young mother and many more aspects of marriage. A scarce work, with only six on Copac held at the British library, Cambridge University, National Library of Scotland, Register of Preservation Surrogates and the V & A Libraries. In a full calf binding with gilt stamping to the spine and board edges. Externally, very smart with minor shelfwear to the joints and extremities. Small areas of heavy rubbing to the rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with a small ink spill to the gutter of pages 20-21. Otherwise the odd spot throughout. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: LTH22-D-2

Catalogus: Economics & Social Sciences

Trefwoorden: British Matron Conduct Marriage Matron None

l'Abbe Louis le Gendre

Les Moeurs Et Coutumes Des Francois Dans Les Differens Tems de la Monarchie

Paris, Briasson, 1740. Leather. A scarce French eighteenth century history of France, looking at how the manners and customs of the French people changed with each monarch. A scarce work.In the original French.Half-title is present.An highly unique and interesting history on France by Louis le Gendre, looking at how the customs and manners of the French developed and changed with each new monarch.This work was published during the reign of Louis XV, a sprawling history spanning to his reign from the origins of France.By l'Abbe le Gendre, a historian who was thorough in his research and presents his evidence clearly in an elegant style. In a full calf binding. Externally, generally smart, with a little rubbing to the boards but a little heavier to the spine. Small tide mark to the rear board, a few other small marks to the boards. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities, a very small amount of loss to the head of the spine. Rear endpaper is a little worn, with a small chip. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned with some light spots. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Boeknummer: 817P6

Catalogus: Economics & Social Sciences

Trefwoorden: Les Moeurs et Coutumes des Francois dans les Differens Tems de la Monarchie customs manners french customs l'abbe le gendre louis le gendre None

Francis D'Ivernois

A Short Account of the Late Revolution in Geneva and of the Conduct of France Towards That Republic

London, T Spilsbury, 1795. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce English language edition of Francis D'Ivernois' letters regarding the spread of the French Revolution to Geneva between 1792-1794. Written by Francis D'Ivernois, and translated from the 'Tableau de La Revolution Francois A Geneve&apos.  D'Ivernois was a Swiss lawyer, essayist and politician. He was a counter-revolutionary and wrote many tracts on that subject. He was a political exile that established himself as a diplomatic agent for the British cause against revolutionary France. This English translation was encouraged by Jeremy Bentham, as an instructive guide for British government ministers. ESTC reference no. N22431. Recently rebound in a quarter cloth binding, with marbled paper boards.    In a recent quarter cloth binding, with marbled paper covered boards. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Occasional light spots to pages. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine .

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Boeknummer: 755L7

Catalogus: Economics & Social Sciences

Trefwoorden: Jeremy Bentham D'Ivernois French Revolution D'Ivernois None

Society of Writers to His Majesty's Signet; Robert Kerr Hannay

The Society of Writers to His Majesty&Apos;S Signet, with a List of Members and Abstracts of the Minutes of the Society, the Commissioners and the Council, and the Early History of the Scottish Signet

Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this list of members, and abstracts of the minutes, of a private society of Scottish solicitors, including a history of the society. The first edition of this uncommon work in the publisher's original cloth binding.Illustrated with three plates. Collated, complete.The Society of Writers to His Majesty's Signet was a private society of Scottish solicitors, which took shape in 1594 under Sir Richard Cockburn of Clerkington (1565–1627), who was Lord Privy Seal of Scotland during the reign of James VI. This society was part of the College of Justice. This work contains a lengthy introduction; a history of the society by the Scottish historian Robert Kerr Hannay (1867-1940); a list of members of the society from its beginnings to the publication of this volume; a list of office-bearers; an abstract of the minutes of the society from 1888 to 1935; and appendixes and an index. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally smart, with just a little fading to the spine and light shelf wear to the rear board. Hinges have been smartly reinforced to the end papers, but the front hinge is still slightly strained, as can be seen to the first blank page. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 868M17

Catalogus: Economics & Social Sciences

Trefwoorden: Society of Writers to His Majesty's Signet Scottish history Solicitors Scottish history Not Stated