[SWAN, J., Physician at Newcastle under Line (sic) in Staffordshire].

A Seasonable ADDRESS to the Inhabitants of Staffordshire, Especially to the Lower Sort of PEOPLE.

No printer or publisher, [1745]. Small 4to. 8pp, drop head title, printers ornament to final leaf verso (probably London rather than provincial). Disbound. Fold between first and last leaf professionally repaired. The 'seasonable address' ends on page 5 and is signed with a printed J; the additional information regarding authorship is written in ink in a contemporary hand. The concluding pages contain the song 'Briton strike home: or the Staffordshire Soldiers Resolutions against the Rebels'; here, the penultimate line of verse two has been altered in the same hand as above (perhaps the Author?) and there is an inked transposition in verse 3. A vigorous call to arms to ensure that Englishmen 'may live in Freedom and Safety'. Swan informs the lower orders that their loss, should the Pretender's party prevail, will be as great as that of the gentry, and that all need to put themselves forward for enlistment to prevent ruin throughout the nation should the Pretender's part prevail. With a 2pp TLS from the Antiquarian Bookseller Percy Dobell & Son to Kenneth Monkman, the renowned Sterne scholar, providing additional bibliographic details to his catalogue entry, and stating that the item had been sold to Peter Murray Hill. Not in ESTC, OCLC, or Simms 'Bibliotheca Staffordiensis.' There is nothing by Swan listed in either ESTC or OCLC and he is not in ODNB. He is recorded in Simms for his translation of Sydenham's Works in 1742 with the additional information that this edition contains a Memoir by Dr. Johnson - this is confirmed by Courtney [page 12, 1742(5)]. Swan and Johnson certainly knew each other. In 'Notes and Queries' May 4, 1907 Simms brought to readers' attention Swan's letter-book of c.1750 containing a recommendatory letter sent to Johnson for a Dr. Watts; this begins 'Give me leave upon ye footing of an old frd. & acquaintance to recom'end ye gentmn who delivers ye lettr to U...' In the subsequent August issue Simms added that Swan was 'the friend and correspondent of most of the literary men of the middle of the eighteenth century' - quite an accolade.

John TurtonProfessional seller

Book number: 24849

UNDER 14'S COMMITTEE.

The Junior Club Handbook. A Guide to the Organisation of Clubs for the Under 14's.

Wallington: Religious Education Press, 1945. 1st ed. "This handbook is designed to assist people who want to take part in the work of running Junior Clubs." Pp.126, 13 diagrams. Orange cloth, illustrated dustwrapper has small tears and losses. G+/G.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 26127

Catalogue: Child Development

Keywords: Under 14s Committee Junior Club Handbook Guide Organisation Clubs Under 14s Diagrams 23024 Child Development

Under 14's Committee (London, England)

The Junior Club Handbook : a Guide to the Organisation of Clubs for the under 14's / Compiled by the under 14's Committee (National under Fourteens Council)

Wallington : The Religious Education Press 1946. 2nd edition. revised. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine. very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw. now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong. ; 128 pages; Physical desc. : 128 p. : ill. ; 19 cm. Subject: Youth -- Societies and clubs.

MW BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 144747

Great Britain. Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Procedure and Practice and the Methods of Valuation Followed Under the Land Law Acts and the Land Purchase Acts

[Royal] Commissioners of inquiry into the procedure and practice and the methods of valuation… under the Land acts and the Land purchase acts. 1897. Report and minutes of evidence - vol. 2

Dublin : A.Thom for H.M.S.O 1898. First Edition. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong. Physical description; v.2. Minutes of evidence. x. 1086p. Maps. C. 8859. Subjects; Landlord and tenant — Ireland. Land tenure — Law and legislation — Ireland.

MW BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 261307

Adams, Charles Francis, III. (1866-1954). American politician, a member of the prominent Adams family. He served as United States Secretary of the Navy under Herbert Hoover (1929-1933).

Card Signed by American Politician Charles Francis Adams, III, U.S. Secretary of the Navy Under Herbert Hoover.

Circa [1920s]. [1920s]. - A 3-inch high by 5-inch wide lined index card is signed in black ink "C F Adams". The edges of the card are darkened. Good. Charles Francis Adams, III [1866-1954] was a member of the prominent Adams family, the great-grandson of President John Quincy Adams and the great-great grandson of the second U.S. President John Adams. After graduating from Harvard Law School and being admitted to the Bar in 1893, Adams held the office of Mayor of Quincy, Massachusetts from 1896-1897. In 1917 he was elected as a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention. From 1929 until his retirement in 1933 Adams served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy under President Herbert Hoover. While in office he vigorously promoted public understanding of the Navy's indispensable role in international affairs and worked strenuously to maintain naval strength and efficiency during a period of severe economic depression. Adams was a well-known yachtsman and was posthumously inducted into the America's Cup Hall of Fame in 1993. Good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 36322

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; POLITICIAN; MAYOR OF BOSTON; YACHTSMAN; CARD SIGNED BY AMERICAN POLITICIAN CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, III, U.S. SECRETARY OF THE NAVY UNDER HERBERT HOOVER; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; SIGNED CARD.

Agnew, Spiro T. (1918-1996] Governor of Maryland. Vice President of the United States under Nixon.

Original White House Photograph of the Audience of 10,000 Gathered to Support Vice President Spiro T. Agnew in Memphis, with Nurses Seated in the First Several Rows.

Memphis, Tennessee, September 22, 1970. 1970. Memphis, Tennessee, September 22, 1970. 1970. Fine. - An original 9-3/4 inch high by 13-3/8 inch wide official White House photograph depicting nurses in their white uniforms seated in the front rows of the auditorium which reportedly hosted an audience of 10,000 during Agnew's campaign tour in Memphis, Tennessee. Nurses in the front row hold signs supporting the Vice President. "Official Photograph / The White House / Washington / 23SE70 4510-24" is stamped in blue on the verso with the annotation "Memphis, Tenn / Sept. 22, 1970" penned in ink below the stamp. There are but minor flaws. Near fine. In an interesting side note, when Agnew's campaign jet landed in Memphis, Al Gore's father, Democratic Senator Albert Gore, Sr. of Tennessee made a surprise appearance elbowing his way into the Republican receiving line to greet the Vice President who was actually there to support Gore's rival Bill Brock who was not there. In the midst of the Watergate scandal, Nixon's Vice President Spiro T. Agnew (1918-1996) was under investigation for Tax Fraud associated with brides he took while serving as Governor of Maryland. In a plea bargain, Agnew pled guilty to tax avoidance and was subsequently forced to resign his position as Vice President. Fine .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 98143

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES; SPIRO T. AGNEW; ORIGINAL WHITE HOUSE PHOTOGRAPH; CAMPAIGN; AUDIENCE; NURSES; THE WHITE HOUSE; OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPUBLICAN RALLY; HISTORY.

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION'S STANDING COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION ABOUT COMMUNISM AND ITS CONTRAST WITH LIBERTY UNDER LAW

A CONTRAST BETWEEN THE LEGAL SYSTEMS IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION

American Bar Association, 1968. 1968, 1st Edition. Hardcover . Hardback, octavo, blue titles on gray cloth, viii + 299 pages, VG+/no dj. Clean inside and out - no names, no writing. Very light bumps at corners and spine-ends. Two-page List of Contributors and five-page Index at the rear. Introduction by ABA President William T. Gossett. Very Good.

Robert W. Reiner BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 03587

Keywords: Law Government Freedom Democracy Totalitarianism Communism Cold War

ANONYMOUS (THE AUTHOR OF VILLAGE MISSIONARIES & UNDER THE MICROSCOPE)

The Soldier's Return

Boston, Henry Hoyt, Publisher. 0, Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Book, Text in decent shape, still holding up well despite some weakening between signatures; hinges moderately shaken but not breaking. Endpapers foxed and stained, with the front flyleaf and subsequent blank page adhereed to one another, with damage from being pulled (at midpoint) from adhesion to the facing pastedown endpaper. Covering cloth frayed at corners, some what faded and a bit stained. Illustrated. Fair/No Jacket.

Bigfoot Books, Steven Streufert BooksellerProfessional seller

Book number: 5355

Catalogue: Childrens Books

Keywords: The Soldier's Return Anonymous (the Author of Village Missionaries & Under the Microscope)

Babinski, Henri [also known under the pseudonym of Ali-Bab].

Gastronomie pratique. Études culinaires suivies du traitement de l'obésité des gourmands. [3ème édit.].

Paris, Flammarion, 1923. 1107 pp. Hardcover. - Spine professionally rebacked, using the original spine. * Henri Joseph Séverin Babinski (1855, Paris - 1931, Paris), also known under the pseudonym of Ali-Bab, was a mining engineer, gastronome and author of French culinary books.

Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.(NVvA/ILAB)Professional seller

Book number: 305312

Keywords: Cookbooks Kookboeken

Barfusz, Eginhard von (under pseud. Kapitein Flint).

De spoorzoekers. Hollandsche Jagers in Zuid-Afrika.

's-Gravenhage, De erven J.L. Niertrssz, [1889]. 172 pp. 4 chromolithographed plts. Orig. hardcover (one quarter binding, gilt dec. linen spine, chromolithographed frontcover). - Coners & edges worn. Rather rare Dutch children's book about big game hunting in South Africa. Kaptein Flint is a pseudonym used by the publisher Nierstrasz for various foreign authors.

Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.(NVvA/ILAB)Professional seller

Book number: 293269

Keywords: South-Africa Hunting Africa Zuid-Afrika Jacht Afrika

BEDFORD, Admiral Sir Frederick. Revised and enlarged under the direction of: TUPPER, Admiral Sir Reginald G.O. Edited by: FULTON, Captain D.

The Sailor&Rsquo;S Pocket-Book: A Collection of Practical Rules, Notes and Tables for the Use of the Royal Navy, the Mercantile Marine and Yachtsmen. With Charts, Diagrams and Illustrations. Tenth Edition.

London: John Hogg/Gieves Publishing Co. Ltd. 1920. Tenth edition, 12mo., pp.xii,704,(iv), navy cloth, gilt, edges red, maps and figures; bookseller’s inkstamp to half title, toning to prelims, paper-cracking to inner hinges (webbing visible), water-stain to lower corners of boards and prelims/rear endpapers, with light undulation at lower corner throughout, extremities rubbed, light marking to rear board, a good copy.

The Minster Gate BookshopProfessional seller

Book number: 33105

Catalogue: HISTORY

BISHOP, LEO V.; GLASGOW, FRANK J.; FISHER, GEORGE A. (COMPILED AND EDITED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE HISTORICAL BOARD)

The Fighting Forty-Fifth: The Combat Report of an Infantry Division

Baton Rouge, LA, Army & Navy Publishing Company Building. 1946, First Edition. Cloth, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Ill.: Photographs/Maps. Hardcover, Mapped endleaves; Age toning down the gutters and along edges of end papers, otherwise textblock is sound and solid. Light age toned spots on top edges. Blue cloth binding with bumped corners, moderately surface rubbed and bumped at the spine extremities. 202p. Good+.

Clausen BooksProfessional seller

Book number: SB9386

Catalogue: World War II

Keywords: 45th Infantry Division Combat Report, World War II Combat Reports, American Military History Photographs/Maps

WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT (under the pseudonym 'Proteus').

Sonnets and Songs.

John Murray, London, 1875. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good .

Clearwater BooksProfessional seller

Book number: RB90100

Catalogue: Poetry

Cannon esq., Richard. By Command of His late Majesty William the IVth and under the Patronage of Her Majesty the Queen

Historical Records of the British Army: comprising the History of every Regiment in Her Majesty's Service

London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office 1847. First Edition. Good copy in quarter aniline calf over marble boards. Worn sine edge and panel hinges with gilt-blocked title to the spine. Physical description; 88 pages. Notes; Minor marks from St. George's Military Library. Subjects History of every Regiment. British Army. Her Majesty the Queen. His Majesty William the IVth.

MW BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 237134

CARVER, S. R. & WILSON, RONALD. Commonwealth Statisticians Prepared under Instruction from The Right Honorable the Treasurer.

Official Year Book Of The Commonwealth Of Australia. 1951 - 1954 numbers 38, 39 & 40.

First Editions; Thick Med. 8vo.; pp. No. 38. xl, 1352, [2]; No. 39. xl, 1418, [2]; No. 40. xxviii, 1306; numerous folding maps, charts, and tables, contemporary half leather binding, raised bands, title lettered in gilt on spine, fine copies Canberra; L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer; 1951-54. Senator the Hon. J. A. Spicer Q.C. copies with his name in gilt on the bottom of each spine.

Time BooksellersProfessional seller

Book number: 105620

Keywords: gea Government statistics history australia