ADAMS (George)

An Essay on Vision, Briefly explaining the Fabric of the Eye and he Nature of Vision. Intended for the service of those whose eyes are weak or impaired: Enabling them to form an accurate idea of the true state of their sight, the means of preserving it, together with proper rules for ascertaining when spectacles are necessary, and how to choose them without injuring the sight.

London: Printed for the Author, by R. Hindmarsh, 1792. Second edition, 8vo, viii, 172pp., without half-title, engraved folding frontispiece, amateurish reback, partial paper label to spine. Includes a 14 page "Catalogue of Mathematical, Optical, and Philosophical Instruments, made and sold by George Adams...". Provenance: With the oval bookplate of 'C. W. Osborn, 64, Chapletown Rd., Leeds.'

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Book number: 41007

Keywords: ORNITHOLOGY MEDICINE VISION EYE

ADAMS (Bernard)

London Illustrated 1604-1851: A Survey and Index of Topographical Books and their Plates.

The Library Association. 1983. First Edition, 4to, xxxiv,586pp., one of 1,000 number copies, frontis., 24 plates, orig. cloth, d.w. Lists more than 8,250 plates in 230 books and print sets published between 1604 and 1851.

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Book number: 24501

Keywords: ENGLISH TOPOGRAPHY LONDON BIBLIOGRAPHY

ADAMS (Bernard)

London Illustrated 1604-1851: A Survey and Index of Topographical Books and their Plates.

The Library Association. 1983. First Edition, 4to, xxxiv,586pp., one of 1,000 number copies, frontis., 24 plates, orig. cloth, d.w. Lists more than 8,250 plates in 230 books and print sets published between 1604 and 1851.

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Book number: 31308

Keywords: ENGLISH TOPOGRAPHY LONDON BIBLIOGRAPHY

ADAMS (Frederick B.)

The Pierpont Morgan Library. [Offprint from 'Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science.']

New York, 1977. 250-262pp., presentation inscription and A.L.s from the author tipped-in, illustrs., orig. printed wrappers. Provenance: From the library of Howard M. Nixon (1909-1983), British librarian and bookbinding historian.

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Book number: 36344

ADAMS (Lionel E.)

A Plea for Owls and Kestrels. [Offprint from the Journal of the Northamptonshire Natural History Society, June, 1898].

[n.p.,], [1908]. [45]-55pp., 1 illustration, orig. printed wrappers, staples rusted.

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Book number: 31654

Keywords: NATURAL HISTORY ORNITHOLOGY OWLS KESTRELS BIRDS NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

ADAMS (J.)

A Students' Illustrated Irish Flora. Being a Guide to the Indigenous Seed-Plants of Ireland.

Ashford, L. Reeve & Co., Ltd. 1931. First edition, 8vo, (190 x 130 mm), viii, 343pp., illustrated throughout, orig. cloth, d.w.

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Book number: 36829

Keywords: BOTANY IRELAND IRISH FLORA NATURAL HISTORY

ADAMS (Thomas F.)

Typographia: or, the Printer's Instructor; a Brief Sketch of the Origin, Rise, and Progress of the Typographic Art, with Practical Directions for Conducting Every Department in an Office, Hints to Authors, Publishers, &c.

Philadelphia: L. Johnson & Co., 1854. Fourth Edition, with numerous emendations and additions, x, [7]-282pp., with the bookplate of Jackson Burke, illustrs., some occasional spotting, orig. cloth, wear to extremities. Bigmore & Wyman I, p.3. This was the second practical printing manual issued by an American author. Adams borrowed much of his material, without acknowledgement, from Johnson and Hansard.

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Book number: 35217

Keywords: PRINTING TYPOGRAPHY PRINTERS APPLIED ARTS

ADDINGTON (Sir William)

An Abridgment [sic] of Penal Statutes, which exhibits at one View, The Offence; the Punishment or Penalty annexed to that Offence; The Mode of Recovering and Application of the Penalty; The Number of Witnesses and Justices necessary to convict the Offender; With a Reference to the Chapter and Section of the enacting Statute. By William Addington, Esq. One of the Magistrates presiding at the Public Office in Bow Street.

London: Printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall, Law Printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty; for P. Uriel, in Inner Temple Lane; T. Cadell, in the Strand; E. and C. Dilly, in the Poultry; and J. Robson, New Bond Street, 1775. First Edition, oblong 8vo, short tear on final leaf (no loss of text), viii, 558, [38] pp., contemporary calf, rubbed, hinges cracked, morocco label. Later editions are in the quarto format. Contains a long list of 1,532 "Offences" that includes, Buggery, Burglary, maiming Cattle, counterfeiting Coins, Forging bank-bills, apprehending Highwaymen, killing Deer, destroying Mines, Murder, payments to the Poor, Rape, Robbing the Mail, Smugglers, etc., and the "Penalties and Punishments" to be applied. Sweet and Maxwell, 138, (2).

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Book number: 30664

Keywords: Law ANTIQUARIAN ECONOMICS SOCIAL STUDIES

ADDINGTON (Henry, 1st Viscount Sidmouth)

Substance of the Speech of Viscount Sidmouth, in the House of Lords, May 17, 1808, on proposing certain resolutions respecting Danish Merchant Ships, detained in British Ports.

London: Printed for J. Hatchard, 1808. First edition, 8vo, [4], 26pp., half-title soiled with repair, disbound.

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Book number: 37819

Keywords: ECONOMICS MARITIME

AN ADDRESS.

An Address to the Public. Occasioned by the; Lord Bishop of London's Letter to the Clergy and People of London and Westminster.

London: Printed for J. Hinton, at the King's-Arms in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1750. First Edition, half-title, [2], 27, [1] pp., disbound.

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Book number: 32794

Keywords: VICE RELIGION Pamphlets

ADKINS (W. Ryland D.)

Our Country. Sketches in Pen and Ink of Representative Men of Northampton. Illustrations by W. B. Shoosmith.

London: Elliot Stock, 1893. First edition, 4to, x, 123, [1]pp., one of 280 copies signed by the author, numerous illustrs., orig. wrappers, upper wrapper detached, spine chipped.

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Book number: 39001

Keywords: ENGLISH TOPOGRAPHY NORTHAMPTONSHIRE NORTHAMPTON

LOFTS (W.O.G.) & ADLEY (Derek)

William - A Bibliography.

Privately Published. [1980]. 4to, 51pp., facsimiles, orig. printed wrappers. Bibliography of Richmal Crompton's "Just William".

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Book number: 22701

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OFFICE OF ADMIRALTY.

The lower portion of a printed form of command issued by the Office of Admiralty, signed by four members.

1805. Partial single sheet printed on one side only (175 x 100 mm) signed by four members of the Admiralty. 1. Philip Patton (1739-1815) Admiral. 2. Sir Evan Nepean (1751-1822) 1st Baronet, clerk in the Navy, under-secretary of state, secretary of the Admiralty, Governor of Bombay. 3. Sir John Barron (1764-1848) Secretary of the Admiralty, founder of the Royal Geographical Society. 4. Sir Philip Stephens (1725-1809) Secretary of the Admiralty and to G. Anson.

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Book number: 37860

Keywords: MARITIME EPHEMERA NAVY ADMIRALTY

ADULTERY.

The Speech of Mr. Phillips, as delivered by him in the Court of Common Pleas, Dublin, n the case of Guthrie versus Sterne, for Adultery.

London: Printed for, and Published by, J. Asperne, 1816. First edition, 8vo, 20pp., a little foxed, disbound.

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Book number: 40787

Keywords: TRIALS ADULTERY LAW

COMMERCIAL GLASS TRADE ADVERT.

Commercial Glass Works. Established 1800. M. Davis & Co., 27, Wellclose Square, London Docks, London... We can make any other article in blown glass not on list for Best Etched Moderater [sic] Globes, also all our designs in Gas Globes, &c...

[London: N.p., 1900.] Large folio sheet printed on one side only (45 x 63 cm), showing various glass lamp shades, lamp vases, chimney lights, etc., some light creasing and soiling, small hole just touch one image.

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Book number: 39613