T. E. Hope

Lexical Borrowing in the Romance Languages

Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1971. First edition. Cloth. Two very smart first edition volumes of this study of vocabulary. Two volumes. First edition. A critical and theoretical study into the movement of vocabulary between French and Italian from early times to the current socio-cultural setting. Written by Thomas Edward Hope, an English professor of French and romance philology. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original price clipped dust wrappers are very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Card slip case is also very smart with light shelf wear and the odd mark to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout with the odd light pencil mark. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 868T85

Catalogue: Social Sciences

Keywords: Lexical Romance Languages Hope Romance None

Charles Hornby

A Caveat Against the Whiggs

London, J. Morphew, 1712-1713. First edition. Leather. Charles Hornby's very scarce complete four part argument against the Whig party, warning against the threat they posed to the monarchy and country. Consisting of:The 1712 third edition of Part I, ESTC Citation No. T26514. Lacking the original half title.The 1713 third edition of Part II, ESTC Citation No. T27310, retaining original half title.The 1712 second edition of part III, ESTC Citation No. T27311, retaining original half title.The 1712 first edition of part IV, ESTC Citation No. T26517, retaining original half title, and with final advertisement leaf.Published during the reign of Queen Anne, Hornby's pamphlets warn against the Protestant supporting Whig party, who he saw as a threat to the monarchy, and the stability of the country as a whole. Hornby - a Tory politician himself - argued in these pamphlets that the Whigs were promoting dangerous and radical ideas that would lead to chaos and rebellion.With contemporary ink inscriptions to head of part I title page, and with the odd pencil marginal notation throughout.An exceptionally scarce insight into English politics in the early eighteenth century. Rebacked, in a full calf binding with original boards restored. Endpapers renewed. Externally, very smart. Internally, firmly bound. Inscription to part I title page. Pages age toned due to paper type, but generally clean, with the odd marginal pencil notation. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: 854F2

Catalogue: Economics & Social Sciences

Keywords: whiggs charles ii pamphlet Queen Anne charles ii None

[William Horsley]

The Political History of Europe, Being a Collection of the Public Treaties and State Tracts

London, J. Bettenham, 1746. First edition. Leather. A vanishingly scarce first edition political history of Europe by William Horsley, an interesting historical work. The first edition of this work.A vanishingly scarce work.ESTC citation number T115099.A fascinating study looking into the political history of Europe through the lens of public treaties and state tracts that were put in place, commencing from the 1648 Treaty of Munster. With anecdotal notes relating to literature, philosophy, and science.Including a detailed historical and chronological account of the state of affairs from the year 800 to 1648.By William Horsley. In a full calf binding. Externally, generally smart, with some rubbing and marks to the boards and spine. Light bumping to the spine and extremities, with a small amount of loss to the head of the spine. Small cracks to the joints. Hinges are starting but firm. Ink to the recto to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with some spots. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Book number: 777P26

Catalogue: Economics & Social Sciences

Keywords: The Political History of Europe, Being a Collection of the Public Treaties and State Tracts europe history politics europe William horsley tracts None

William R. Hughes

A Week&Apos;S Tramp in Dickens-Land

London, Chapman & Hall, 1891. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Hughes' work on Charles Dickens. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and more than one hundred sketches and diagrams. Chapters include: A Preliminary Tramp in London, Rochester Cathedral, An Afternoon at Gad's Hill Place, Dickens and Strood, and Broadstairs, Margate, and Canterbury. Written by William R. Hughes, a British writer and literary critic. Illustrated by Frederic George Kitton, a British wood-engraver, author, and illustrator. Bound by H. Cleaver, Bath. Bound in red cloth. Externally, sound with bumping and rubbing to the extremities. Fading to the spine and some marks to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Good . Ill.: F. G. Kitton. Good .

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Book number: 852T16

Catalogue: Economics & Social Sciences

Keywords: Tramp Dickens Hughes Kitton Dickens F. G. Kitton

Archibald Hutcheson

Copies of Some Letters from Mr. Hutcheson, to the Late Earl of Sunderland

London, T. Payne, 1722 . Unbound. The third edition of the very scarce publication of the letters of Archibald Hutcheson to Charles Spencer Sutherland. The third edition of this very scarce work, published in the same year as the first.ESTC Citation No. T130595Lacking half title and final advertisement leaf. Archibald Hutcheson was a British Member of Parliament for the constituency of Hastings from 1713 until 1727, while Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland was an English statesman.This work prints a number of letters from Hutcheson to Spencer between July 1721 and April 1722. Unbound, as issued. Externally, bright, with minor light handling marks to head of title page. Internally, generally firmly bound, but with final gathering working loose and weakly held. Pages a touch age toned, with only the odd spot. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Book number: 861F32

Catalogue: Economics & Social Sciences

Keywords: Charles Spencer Sutherland Archibald Hutcheson Triennial Act british politics Archibald Hutcheson None

Richard Ingalese; Isabella Ingalese

Cosmogony and Evolution

New York City, Occult Book Concern, 1907. Cloth. A second edition copy of this book about cosmogony and its relation to evolution, written by Richard and Isabella Ingalese. A fascinating work on cosmogony and evolution, containing seven lessons in spiritual philosophy. Containing chapters on the seven planets of evolution, the seven cosmic forces, fatalism, karma, and free will, immortality, and more.The second edition of this work. Written by Richard and Isabella Ingalese. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding. Externally, some shelf wear and bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Darkening to the spine and some marks to the boards. Internally, hinges are strained, though remaining binding is generally firm. First and last few pages contain a few spots, but otherwise pages are bright and clean. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Book number: 804J42

Catalogue: Economics & Social Sciences

Keywords: cosmogony evolution occult magic evolution Not Stated

The Preliminary Commission of Inquiry

The Case of Leon Trotsky: Report of Hearings on the Charges Made Against Him in the Moscow Trials

London, Martin Secker & Warburg, Ltd. 1937. First edition. Leather. The first UK edition of this work regarding the case of Leon Trotsky, the famous Russian revolutionary, in the Moscow Trials. The scarce first edition. Rebound in a smart quarter morocco binding by Maltbys of Oxford, with the title from the original cloth added to the front board. A thorough report of the hearings on the charges made against Leon Trotsky in the Moscow Trials. The Moscow Trials were a series of show trials held by the Soviet Union between 1936 and 1938, under the orders of Joseph Stalin. The trials were predominantly directed towards members of the Communist Party. Leon Trotsky was a famous Russian revolutionary and Marxist politician. His additions to the Communist ideology are referred to as 'Trotskyism&apos. Written by The Preliminary Commission of Inquiry, notably John Dewey, Carleton Beals, Otto Reuhle, Benjamin Stolberg and Suzanne LaFollette. The half title is present. With a bookplate for one, 'Peter M. Scott', to the front paste-down. Rebound in quarter morocco. Externally, excellent with little shelf wear. Bookplate to the front paste-down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages age-toned, but otherwise bright and clear. The odd spot throughout. Spotting to the fore-edge. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine .

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Book number: 839G41

Catalogue: Economics & Social Sciences

Keywords: communism russia marxism russian revolution russia None

Rev. J. Williams Ab Ithel; Iolo Morganwg

Barddas; or, a Collection of Original Documents, Illustrative of the Theology, Wisdom, and Usages of the Bardo-Druidic System of the Isle of Britain

London, Bernard Quaritch, 1874 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the very scarce second volume of this compilation of Welsh bardic and druidic theology and lore. The very scarce second volume only of this publication. The first volume - not present here - was published twelve years earlier.The first edition of this account of Welsh bardic traditions, laws, and customs, said to have been passed down in the oral tradition, and written down in the sixteenth century.However, the authenticity of these manuscripts has been disputed, with many scholars believing that much of the material in was actually created by antiquarian Iolo Morganwg himself, based on his own interpretations of Welsh bardic traditions.Morganwg's works are here published for the first time by Anglican priest John Williams Ab Ithel for the Welsh Manuscripts Society. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to spine head and tail, with losses to cloth at spine head. Fading to back strip and board perimeters. Small instance of adhesive residue to front board head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with the odd spot to pages, most concentrated to the rear of the work. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: 854F34

Catalogue: Economics & Social Sciences

Keywords: John Williams ab ithel Iolo Morganwg bard Edward Williams, Iolo Morganwg None

Walter G. Ivens

The Island Builders of the Pacific How & Why the People of Mala Construct Their Artificial Islands, the Antiquity & Doubtful Origin of the Practice, with a Description of the Social Organisation, Magic & Religion of Their Inhabitants.

London, Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A illustrated first edition of this work on the people of Mala by Walter Ivens. A scarce first edition of the work.In the publisher's original cloth with gilt lettering and island illustration to the front. With a frontispiece, a vignette, 17 monochrome photographs over 14 plates, a map of Northern Malaysia and 2 folding maps. Collated complete. This fascinating and informative work was written by Walter G Ivens. Ivens was a missionary who published several books on the culture and language of Malaita Island. This work looks at the people of Mala and explores their religion and how they construct their Islands. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with fading to the spine, the odd mark and light bumping resulting in minor loss to the cloth at the head of the spine. Very light offsetting to the rear end papers. Internally generally firmly bound with plate to page 64 weak. Generally clean and bright pages with light spotting to the front. Frontispiece detached but present. Minor marking to the fore edge with age toning to the top edge. Very Good . Ill.: None Stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 874Z7

Catalogue: Economics & Social Sciences

Keywords: First edition Geography Illustrated Walter G. Ivens Geography None Stated

Giles Jacob

The Complete Court-Keeper; or, Land-Steward&Apos;S Assistant

London, Henry Lintot; et al, 1752. Leather. A smart copy of Giles Jacob's detailed treatise on the management and keep of estates, a popular work by the legal writer. The fifth edition.ESTC citation number N5074.A detailed treatise by Giles Jacob, advising on the proper management of estates.In this work Jacob details and instructs on how to administer estate matters, this edition being expanded, including new cases and precedents, particularly for the enfranchisement of copyhold.Giles Jacob was a legal writer who is best remembered today for his successful law dictionary, which was greatly popular and widespread in the United States.Bookplate of David Stather to the front paste down. In a full calf binding, rebacked with the original rear board restored. Externally, smart. Marks to the boards and spine. Rubbing to the rear board. Minor bumping to the extremities. Spine is a little faded. Bookplate to the front paste down. Spots to the endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned with the occasional spot, mostly to the first and last few pages. The occasional pencil mark to the margins. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: 855P7

Catalogue: Economics & Social Sciences

Keywords: The Complete Court-Keeper; or, Land-Steward's Assistant court-keeper lard steward giles jacob court-keeper mangement None

W. Jacob

An Inquiry Into the Causes of Agricultural Distress

London, R. Hunter; J. Ridgway, 1816. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition treatise by William Jacob, exploring the causes of agricultural distress, an interesting work regarding Enclosure and the Corn Laws. The first edition of this very scarce work.Half-title is present.One leaf of adverts to the rear.Collated, complete.An extensive and detailed inquiry into the causes of the great agricultural distress of the first couple of decades of the nineteenth century.Jacob was a significant advocate for the repeal of the Corn Laws. He became a farmer later in his life, after he left London and resided at Chesham Lodge, Surrey, and was appointed comptroller of the corn returns for the Board of Trade.The first half of the nineteenth century saw a lot of agricultural distress, in part due to the Enclosure Acts and the Corn Laws. Enclosure in rural Britain led to riots and much social unrest. The Corn Laws were high tariffs and trade restrictions brought in on imported food and corn, between the years 1815 and 1846. Rebound in a modern cloth binding. Externally, fine, with a very small amount of fading to the head of the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some scattered spots. Half-title is a little more age-toned and marked. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 861P30

Catalogue: Economics & Social Sciences

Keywords: An Inquiry into the Causes of Agricultural Distress agriculture corn laws w. jacob agriculture enclosure None

John Angell James

Female Piety or, the Young Woman&Apos;S Friend and Guide Through to Life in Immortality

London, Hamilton, Adams and Co. 1853. Leather. An instructional guide for young ladies, aimed at helping them through life. Second edition. With publisher's catalogue to the rear. In a half-calf binding. Externally, sound, though with some marks, and some bumping. Dampstaining to the rear. Internally, firmly bound. Ink signature to front endpaper. Pages are quite bright, though with a few ink spills, and some foxing. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Book number: LTH12-C-9

Catalogue: Economics & Social Sciences

Keywords: ladies instructional women guide instructional None

Storm Jameson

No Time Like the Present

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1933. Cloth. A very scarce autobiographical pacifist creed from Margaret Storm Jameson. Fourth impression, June 1933. Originally published April 1933. Very scarce work. An autobiographical pacifist creed of committed socialism and feminism, with commentary on many social and political issues of the time. Written by Margaret Ethel Storm Jameson, an English journalist and author who fought for peace through her fiction writing in the 1920s and as a member of the Women"s International League. Often in high demand as a literary critic and commentator on social and political issues. Her commitment to peace was unwavering and she joined the Peace Pledge Union as a founding member in 1934. She fought fascism tenaciously in her writing and on the streets. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with minor bumping and light wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: 855T19

Catalogue: Economics & Social Sciences

Keywords: Time Present Jameson Present None

W T Jeffcott; G J Tossell

The French Newspaper Reading Book Containing Extracts from Twenty Newspapers Questions on Grammar and Philology

London, Librarie Hachette & Cie, 1884. Cloth. An educational work encouraging the study of French Daily life. With extracts from French newspapers followed questions of the grammar and syntax. Written with the intention to encourage French educators to include newspapers in their teachings. Jeffcott and Tossell co-edited several books together such as The German Newspaper Reader and The School Manual. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book collector and diarist. In a full cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Bumping to extremities as well as head and tail of spine. Front hinge is slightly strained but firm. Rear hinge is weak with final endpaper seperate to textblock and attached to pastedown. Ink notations to both pastedowns. Internally, firmly bound. The odd spot throughout, with one large spot to outer margin of first five leaves which does not affect text. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: GEN15-C-22

Catalogue: Social Sciences

Keywords: french life france newspaper life syntax None

George Jeffreys

The Tryal and Conviction of Sr. Sam, Bernardiston, Bart. For High-Misdemeanor at the Session of Nisi Prius, Holden at Guild-Hall, London, for His Majesty&Apos;S Court of Kings Bench, Before the Right Honorable Sir George Jeffreys, Knight and Baronet, Lord Chief Justice of England, on Thursday, Feb. 14. 1683

London, Benjamin Tooke, 1684. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of George Jeffreys' account of the trial of Sir Samuel Barnardiston, expertly rebound in cloth. Sir Samuel Barnardiston was an English Whig Member of Parliament and deputy governor of the East India Company, defendant in some high-profile legal cases and involved in a highly contentious parliamentary election. Barnardiston was summoned to trial on the 28 February 1684 for libel, accused of 'being of a factious, seditious, and disaffected temper,' and having 'caused several letters to be written and published' that reflected badly on the king and officers of state. Indeed, two of the four letters that formed the basis of the charge were privately addressed to a Suffolk friend, Sir Philip Skippon, and the others to a linendraper of Ipswich and to a gentleman of Brightwell, with both of whom Sir Samuel was intimate. They contained sentences favouring William Russell, Lord Russell and Algernon Sydney, and stating that 'the papists and high tories are quite down in the mouth,' and that 'Sir George [Jeffreys] is grown very humble;' and on these words the accusation was founded. The trial was tried by George Jeffreys, unfortunately nicknamed as "The Hanging Judge", who became notable during the reign of King James II for avidly enforcing royal policy, resulting in a historical reputation for severity and bias. Jeffreys had a personal concern in the matter and directed the jury to return a verdict of guilty on the ground that the act of sending the letters was itself seditious. An arrest of judgment was moved for, a fine of £10,000 was imposed. However Barnardiston resisted payment, and was imprisoned until June 1688, when he paid £6,000, and was released on giving a bond for the residue. The whole case was later debated in the House of Lords on the 16 May 1689, and Jeffreys's judgment was reversed. An account of the trial was published in 1684 by George Jeffreys himself. With small bookplate to corner of front pastedown reading 'Sum Caroli Whibley&apos. Rebound in a cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Slight bumping to head and tail of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with light spotting and occasional ink and handling marks to the odd page. Pages age-toned to free endpapers and the odd page. First page has been expertly repaired. Pagination is incorrect, though text is continuous and complete. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: GEN9-B-8

Catalogue: Economics & Social Sciences

Keywords: Rebound First Edition Whibley Barnardiston First Edition Trial None