[HEATH (Charles)]

Monmouthshire. Historical and Descriptive Accounts of the Ancient and Present State of Ragland Castle: Containing the Names, Size, and Appropriation, of the Different Apartments, when in their Splendor: List of the Household, and Method of Living, when Inhabited: Also, the Whole of the Correspondence which passed between the Marquis of Worcester, Proprietor and Occupier of the Castle; and Sir Thomas Fairfax, Knt. General of the Parliament Army, who Besieged it: with the Articles of Capitulation, on which it Surrendered... To which is added, by way of preface, Brief Notices of Wonastow, Tree-Owen, Dingatstow, and other objects in the road to Ragland. Collected from Original Papers and Unquestionable Authorities, by Charles Heath, Printer, Monmouth.

Printed and Sold by Him, in the Market Place, [Monmouth]. [1797]. [iv],21,[17],107,[1]pp., irregular pagination but complete, title and final leaf a little dusty, new endpapers, recent half calf. Rees, Libri Walliae. 2386.

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Book number: 26623

Keywords: TOPOGRAPHY WELSH TOPOGRAPHY MONMOUTHSHIRE RAGLAND CASTLE ANTIQUARIAN

[LAMB (Mary & Charles)]

Mrs. Leicester's School: or, the History of Several Young Ladies, Relayed by Themselves.

London: Printed for J Godwin, at the Juvenile Library, 1809. Second edition, 12mo, [4], viii, [9]-179, [1, advert]pp., engraved frontispiece, marbled endpapers (front endpaper loose), later dark green crushed morocco, joints worn, spine lettered direct, all edges gilt. Provenance: Armorial bookplate of C. L. F. Robinson, Newport, R.I.; red leather label of Carson Brevoort.

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Book number: 40762

Keywords: CHILDREN'S BOOKS JUVENILE FEMALES LADIES

[CROY (Robert)]

A Narrative of the Grand Festival, at Yarmouth, on Tuesday, the 19th of April, 1814; with an Appendix, Containing Copies of all the Handbills which were Published on the Occasion; a List of the Subscribers; and an Account of the Expenditure.

Yarmouth: Printed by J. Keymer, Unpublished, 1814. First Edition, 4to (260 x 205 mm), [2], 72pp., large paper copy, with an additional portrait of the author engraved by John Collyers, title-page printed in red and black, added engraved title depicting Neptune with trident framed by scenes of the celebrations, large folding engraved plan of the table layout along the quay, one further engraved plate, contemporary crimson morocco-backed boards, original pink printed label on upper cover, spine rubbed and joints cracked. A festival to celebrate the fall of Napoleon I, April 1814. a vivid account of the 'grand festival' in Great Yarmouth was written by Robert Cory, a local businessman and the builder of a suspension bridge across the River Yare which collapsed in 1845 with considerable loss of life. Inclusively was again the order of the day, and on a larger scale than at Cambridge: over 9,000 people were fed at fifty-eight tables stretched along the waterfront. An afternoon of feasting, donkey-racing and a 'pig hunt' culminated in the burning of a vast, symbolic bonfire representing the 'Funeral Pile of the Buonapartean Dynasty'. Despite concerns prompted by the participation of 'the lowest order of society', everything passed off peacefully. Even the weather obliged: the drizzle stopped five minutes before dinner was served.

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Book number: 36783

Keywords: ENGLISH TOPOGRAPHY SOCIAL SCIENCES GREAT YARMOUTH NORFOLK NAPOLEON SOCIAL STUDIES HISTORY

[O'CASEY (Ian V.) & MANEY (A.S.)]

The Nature and Making of Papyrus.

Barkston Ash: The Elmete Press, 1973. xvi,69, [3]pp., one of 495 numbered copies, signed by the author, 9 paper samples (one of which is of genuine papyrus), prospectus tipped-in, orig. cloth, uncut, t.e.g. With chapters on the papyrus plant, papyrus rolls and codices, scribes and papyri, making papyrus sheets: ancient and modern techniques, practical sheet-making & the future of papyrus.

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Book number: 20963

Keywords: PAPER PAPERMAKING

[O'CASEY (Ian V.) & MANEY (A.S.)]

The Nature and Making of Papyrus.

Ashling Press, Saxton. 1972. Large 8vo, xvi,69,[3]pp.,, proof presentation copy signed by Maney, one sample of genuine papyrus, specially hand-bound in Nigerian goatskin, with buckram sides, three small marks on upper cover, uncut, t.e.g. A unique proof copy printed the year before the first edition was issued. With chapters on the papyrus plant, papyrus rolls and codices, scribes and papyri, making papyrus sheets: ancient and modern techniques, practical sheet-making & the future of papyrus.

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Book number: 27085

Keywords: PAPER BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS PAPERMAKING

[YOUNG (Arthur)]

[Nautical dictionary: defining the technical language relative to the building and equipment of sailing vessels and steamers, seamanship, navigation, nautical astronomy, naval gunnery, maritime law and commerce, general and particular average and marine insurance, and other terms relating to maritime affairs.]

[London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1863.] Second edition, 8vo, xii, 488pp., unfortunately this copy is lacking the title-page a final leaf, it also lacks the fifth and final plate (the other 4 are present), rebound in blue cloth.

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Book number: 37669

Keywords: NAVAL MARITIME NAUTICAL DICTIONARY

[TINDAL (Matthew)]

New High-Church turn'd old Presbyterian. Utrum horum never a barrel the better herring.

London: Printed, and Sold by B. Bragg, at the Raven in Pater-Noster-Row, 1709. 20pp., title-page very badly ink stained, slightly chipped at upper margin, some side-notes cropped, cont. manuscript notes to terminal leaf, disbound.

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Book number: 30755

Keywords: THEOLOGY ANTIQUARIAN PAMPHLETS HISTORY

[POUCHOT DE CHANTASSIN (Claude-Michel)]

A New Voyage to the East-Indies in the Years 1690 and 1691. Being a full description of the isles of Maldives, Cocos, Andamants, and the Isle of Ascention; and all the forts and garrisons now in possession of the French, with an account of the customs, manners, and habit of the Indians. By Monsieur Duquesne. To which is added, a new description of the Canary Islands, Cape Verd, Senegal and Gambia, &c. Illustrated with sculptures, together with a new map of the Indies, and another of the Canaries. Done into English from the Paris edition.

London: Printed for Daniel Dring, 1696. First English edition, 8vo (168 x 104 mm), [iv], 187, 128pp., 2 folding maps and 5 engraved plates, title page a little browned with small hole affecting two words, without front free-endpaper, cont. calf, rebacked with chipped title label. First English translation of Pouchot de Chantassin's Relation du voyage et retour des Indes orientales pendant les années 1690 et 1691, par un garde de la marine, servant sur le bord de Monsieur Duquesne…, Paris, 1692. The second part of the book consists of translation of Le Maire's Voyage to the Canary Islands, and an anonymous work covering the islands and towns of the rivers of Bresalina, Gambia, Zamenee, St. Domingo, Geve, &c. "This is an account of a voyage to the East Indies (1690-1691) under command of the French naval officer Abraham Duquesne-Guiton. In 1690 a fleet of six ships was despatched under Duquesne-Guiton to rescue the Siam mission and to pick up company goods stored in India. The Siam enterprise had met with disaster due to the political upheavals in Siam during 1688. During this voyage the fleet visited Cape Verde, Madagascar, Pondicherry and Ceylon. After sailing along the coasts of southern India and attacking a few places, the ships returned to France in 1691 via America (the islands Ascension and Martinique) with a valuable cargo. The author describes in detail the people, the difficulties encountered during the voyage, the battles with the English and the Dutch, and gives observations on the fauna, etc."—Magedera. Wing D2669.; Magedera, French Books on India.

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Book number: 37990

Keywords: TRAVEL VOYAGES EAST INDIES CANARY ISLANDS

[MORE (Hannah)]

A New Christmas Tract; or, The right way of rejoicing at Christmas : shewing the reasons we have for joy at the event of our Saviour's birth : in which also a description is given of the dreadful state the world was in before his coming : with some remarks suited to the times in which we live.

London: Sold by Howard and Evans, (printers to the Cheap Repository for Moral and Religious Tracts), No. 41 and 42, Long-Lane, West-Smithfield : And J. Hatchard, No. 190, Piccadilly ; By S. Hazard : And by all Booksellers, newsmen, and hawkers, in town and country. [c. 1801]. 12mo, 16pp., woodcut to title page, imprint slightly cropped, disbound. A Cheap Repository Tract.

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Book number: 40034

Keywords: CHAPBOOKS CHEAP REPOSITORY TRACT CHRISTMAS RELIGIOUS TRACT EDUCATION HAWKERS NEWSMEN

[CUMBERLAND (Richard)]

The Note of Hand; or, Trip to Newmarket. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane.

London: Printed for T. Becket, 1774. First edition, [8], 48pp., with half-title, copper-engraved vignette to title-page, disbound.

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Book number: 33142

Keywords: Theatre Plays PAMPHLETS

[McMICHAEL (J. W.)]

Notes of a Trip to Belgium, in 1866, by a Bridgnorth Volunteer. Printed for Private Circulation.

Birmingham: Printed by White and Pike, 1867. First edition, 16pp., orig. printed wrappers. "The annexed Letter appeared in the "Bridgnorth Journal" of November 3, 1866. It purports to be a brief description of the Visit paid by the British Volunteers to the "Tir National," at Brussels, in October of that year, at the invitation of the King of the Belgians."

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Book number: 34210

Keywords: TRAVEL BELGIUM LUXEMBOURG PRIVATELY PRINTED BRIDGNORTH SHROPSHIRE BIRMINGHAM PRINTING

[WELLESLEY (Richard Colley, Marquis)]

Notes Relative to the late Transactions in the Marhatta Empire. Fort William, December 15, 1803.

London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1804. 4to (268 x 210 mm), [4], 176pp., 6 folding hand-coloured engraved battle plans, marbled endpapers, smartly rebound in smooth tan calf, red morocco spine labels lettered in gilt. Reprint of the original edition which was published at Fort William in 1803, of Richard Wellesley's first hand observations during the Marhatta War of 1803.

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Book number: 40316

Keywords: TRAVEL INDIA MARHATTA WAR MILITARY

[IRELAND (John)]

Nuptiæ Sacræ; or an Inquiry into the Scriptural Doctrine of Marriage and Divorce. Addressed to the Two Houses of Parliament.

London: Printed for J. Wright, by W. Bulmer and Co., 1801. First edition, half-title, [4], 136 pp., a little browning at the beginning of the text, disbound.

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Book number: 40523

Keywords: THEOLOGY ANTIQUARIAN DUELS SUICIDE MATRIMONY PAMPHLETS

[BURKE (Edmund)]

Observations on a Late State of the Nation.

London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1769. Fourth edition, [2], 155, [1]pp., disbound.

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Book number: 33033

Keywords: POLITICS ECONOMICS PAMPHLETS

[BOHN (Henry George)]

Observations on the Plan and Progress of the Catalogue of the Library of the British Museum. By a Bookseller.

London: Printed by William Stevens, 1855. First edition, 28pp., anonymous but known to be by Bohn and the title bears an inscription from him or a member of the Bohn family to the Rev. W. H. Gunner, disbound. "Bohn, Henry George (1796–1884), bookseller and publisher. The information obtained in the practice of his business he also utilised in 'Observations on the Plan and Progress of the Catalogue of the Library of the British Museum,' 1855, in which he suggested various improvements in method, and especially the addition of an index of matters, which he endeavoured to show might be rapidly accomplished by a proper subdivision of labour."—(DNB).

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Book number: 33627

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