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The Trials of Arthur Thistlewood, and Other, for High Treason, at the Old Bailey Sessions-House, commencing On Saturday, the 15th, and ending on Thursday, the 27th of April, 1820. Taken in Short Hand, According to the Method Invented by John Byrom, Esq. F.R.S. Illustrated by Back and Front Views of the Premises in Cato Street, Edgeware Road, London; and by several Original Portraits of the principal Conspiritors and Witnesses connected with these Proccedings. With An Appendix containing circumstantial details of the Execution and decapitation of Thistlewood, Tidd, Ings, Davidson, and Brunt.
London: Printed for Sherwood, Neely, & Jones, Paternoster Row, and J. Asperne, Cornhill. 1820.
Small 4to, original boards rebacked, later title label on spine; pp. iv + 200; 9 plates. Inner hinges strained. Some foxing.
Interesting advert for Byrom's short hand. The trial of the Cato Street conspirators, who planned to murder Prime Minister Lord Liverpool and his entire cabinet in 1820. The conspirators were sentenced to be hung, drawn and quartered; however this was commuted to hanging and beheading. Although the decapitation was performed by a surgeon, it caused enough unrest that this punishment was never used again.
[Ref: 37177] £520.00
London: Printed for Sherwood, Neely, & Jones, Paternoster Row, and J. Asperne, Cornhill. 1820.
Small 4to, original boards rebacked, later title label on spine; pp. iv + 200; 9 plates. Inner hinges strained. Some foxing.
Interesting advert for Byrom's short hand. The trial of the Cato Street conspirators, who planned to murder Prime Minister Lord Liverpool and his entire cabinet in 1820. The conspirators were sentenced to be hung, drawn and quartered; however this was commuted to hanging and beheading. Although the decapitation was performed by a surgeon, it caused enough unrest that this punishment was never used again.
[Ref: 37177] £520.00
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A Key to the Political Sketches of H.B. Nos 1 - 200, Arranged as Published, up to June, 1832. Price 2s. Each Plate.
Published Solely by Thomas McLean, 26, Haymarket, London. Where complete sets and keys may be had.
8vo pamphlet, partially unopened. Ink ownership stamps on front and back, ink mss note on front.
A pamphlet listing the titles of the first 200 caricatures drawn by John Doyle (1797 - 1868) under the pseudonym 'H.B', with a key to the personages satirised. Eventually the index reached at least 600.
[Ref: 37178] £140.00 view all images for this item
Published Solely by Thomas McLean, 26, Haymarket, London. Where complete sets and keys may be had.
8vo pamphlet, partially unopened. Ink ownership stamps on front and back, ink mss note on front.
A pamphlet listing the titles of the first 200 caricatures drawn by John Doyle (1797 - 1868) under the pseudonym 'H.B', with a key to the personages satirised. Eventually the index reached at least 600.
[Ref: 37178] £140.00 view all images for this item
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[Scrapbook of household and trade related ephemera.]
[n.d., c.1840-50's.]
Scrapbook containing various ephemera; in pencil on frontcover Ed. Hall Archt. Overall size: 570 x 430mm (22½ x 17"). Not bound.
A unique collection of 69 items including building, construction, renovation, trades and household related material; a large number of advertisements for fixtures, fittings, decorating and building equipment, such as 'Churchian System for Regulating Doors and Windows', 'Dr. Arnott's Ventilating Chimney Valve', 'The Architectural Tile Company's Patent Roofing and Facing Tiles' and 'The Patent Torrent Water Closet' dated 1849, describing 'the absolute necessity for the universal adoption of Water Colsets, in lieu of Cesspools, as essential to the health, comfort and economy of all classes'. In many cases, the advertisements are accompanied by corresponding, hand written letters from customers ordering supplies and fixtures.
[Ref: 37266] £2,500.00 view all images for this item
[n.d., c.1840-50's.]
Scrapbook containing various ephemera; in pencil on frontcover Ed. Hall Archt. Overall size: 570 x 430mm (22½ x 17"). Not bound.
A unique collection of 69 items including building, construction, renovation, trades and household related material; a large number of advertisements for fixtures, fittings, decorating and building equipment, such as 'Churchian System for Regulating Doors and Windows', 'Dr. Arnott's Ventilating Chimney Valve', 'The Architectural Tile Company's Patent Roofing and Facing Tiles' and 'The Patent Torrent Water Closet' dated 1849, describing 'the absolute necessity for the universal adoption of Water Colsets, in lieu of Cesspools, as essential to the health, comfort and economy of all classes'. In many cases, the advertisements are accompanied by corresponding, hand written letters from customers ordering supplies and fixtures.
[Ref: 37266] £2,500.00 view all images for this item
![[Scrap Album Compiled by William Eassie C.E.]](jpegs/37502.jpg)
[Scrap Album Compiled by William Eassie C.E.]
[n.d., c.1870]
Scrapbook in marbled boards, backed in linen. Extremities frayed, some sheets loose. worn.
An industrial scrapbook containing designs, photographs and adverts for machinery and woodwork and joinery tools, including annotation in manuscript.
[Ref: 37502] £1,250.00 view all images for this item
[n.d., c.1870]
Scrapbook in marbled boards, backed in linen. Extremities frayed, some sheets loose. worn.
An industrial scrapbook containing designs, photographs and adverts for machinery and woodwork and joinery tools, including annotation in manuscript.
[Ref: 37502] £1,250.00 view all images for this item
![[A P&O Company letter ledger.] No 1. Bombay from 18 Dec 68 to Dec 69.](jpegs/35797.jpg)
[A P&O Company letter ledger.] No 1. Bombay from 18 Dec 68 to Dec 69.
Quarto binder with index leaves; 370 numbered leaves of manuscript. Damp staining throughout, a few pages stuck together at rear.
A volume of general correspondence relating to company business, indexed at the beginning. The period covers the opening of Suez Canal in November 1869. A unique compilation of trading links in and out of Bombay; some signed by the Superintendent George Herring.
[Ref: 35797] £1,500.00 view all images for this item
Quarto binder with index leaves; 370 numbered leaves of manuscript. Damp staining throughout, a few pages stuck together at rear.
A volume of general correspondence relating to company business, indexed at the beginning. The period covers the opening of Suez Canal in November 1869. A unique compilation of trading links in and out of Bombay; some signed by the Superintendent George Herring.
[Ref: 35797] £1,500.00 view all images for this item
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[A P&O Company letter ledger.]
[1871.]
Quarto binder with index leaves; 456 numbered leaves of manuscript.
A volume of general correspondence relating to company business, based in India, copied into the ledger by a secretary, indexed at the beginning. Dealing with Far Eastern matters including Australia, China, India, Hong Kong etc.
[Ref: 35795] £750.00 view all images for this item
[1871.]
Quarto binder with index leaves; 456 numbered leaves of manuscript.
A volume of general correspondence relating to company business, based in India, copied into the ledger by a secretary, indexed at the beginning. Dealing with Far Eastern matters including Australia, China, India, Hong Kong etc.
[Ref: 35795] £750.00 view all images for this item
![[Two letter ledgers of P&O Company's Hong Kong superintendents.]](jpegs/35793.jpg)
[Two letter ledgers of P&O Company's Hong Kong superintendents.]
[First vol dated November 1868 - June 1869; second vol with sheets dated October 1892 - January 1893.]
Two quarto binders with index leaves; first vol. with 71 numbered letters (most multi-page); second with 229 inserted sheets, numbered in blue wax pencil. Some wear.
A pair of agents' ledgers containing copies of the correspondence to and from the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's superindendents in Hong Kong, each with manuscript indexes at the beginning, detailing the day to day activities of the agents, with the arrivals and departures of the company's ship, with accounts of the cargos, passengers and profits. The first volume contains the correspondence of William Macaulay (d.1879), who later became managing director of the company. The second relates to Henry Hope Joseph (c.1849-1931). He also records memos about a surcharge for £125 'Around the World' ticket holders should they wish to visit the Chicago World War via the Canadian Pacific Railway, and a letter of complaint from Bombay Yarn and Opium importers about their bales being damaged by sea water. However within these three months Joseph had to deal with two serious incidents: the shipwreck of SS Bokhara and the collision between SS Ravenna and the Japanese naval cruiser Chisima. The Bokhara was driven onto a reef off Sand Island (Pescadores Islands) by a typhoon on 10th October. 125 drowned and 23 saved, of whom only two were passengers, members of the Hong Kong cricket team returning from a match against Shanghai. The documents attached translations of coded telegrams (Bokhara is referred to as 'Baclulite'), newspaper clippings, copies of letters to the Directors in London, accounts of salvage and the burial of the dead. The collision of SS Ravenna and Chishima occurred at 30 November 1892, when the cruiser cut across the mail steamer's path: the Ravenna hit Chishima amidships, cutting it in two. The warship sank with the loss of her captain and 74 crew, with the Ravenna taking only minor damage on her bow. The ledger contains three original photographs of the damage, taken in dry dock, with a damage report, first-hand accounts, and discussion of the forthcoming Naval Court of Inquiry at Yokohama. Although the letters show the intention of P&O to demand damages from Japan, the company ended up paying £10,000 compensation (covering the cost of the Chishima but nothing for the crew). Japan established 'Maritime Anti-Collision Regulations' in the wake of the incident. Henry Hope Joseph was appointed a joint General Manager of P&O in 1899. A unique compilation of trading links in and out of Hong Kong by P & O including list of cargoes, incidents, problems with staff etc. Must be viewed! Index of contents at front.
[Ref: 35793] £4,600.00 view all images for this item
[First vol dated November 1868 - June 1869; second vol with sheets dated October 1892 - January 1893.]
Two quarto binders with index leaves; first vol. with 71 numbered letters (most multi-page); second with 229 inserted sheets, numbered in blue wax pencil. Some wear.
A pair of agents' ledgers containing copies of the correspondence to and from the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's superindendents in Hong Kong, each with manuscript indexes at the beginning, detailing the day to day activities of the agents, with the arrivals and departures of the company's ship, with accounts of the cargos, passengers and profits. The first volume contains the correspondence of William Macaulay (d.1879), who later became managing director of the company. The second relates to Henry Hope Joseph (c.1849-1931). He also records memos about a surcharge for £125 'Around the World' ticket holders should they wish to visit the Chicago World War via the Canadian Pacific Railway, and a letter of complaint from Bombay Yarn and Opium importers about their bales being damaged by sea water. However within these three months Joseph had to deal with two serious incidents: the shipwreck of SS Bokhara and the collision between SS Ravenna and the Japanese naval cruiser Chisima. The Bokhara was driven onto a reef off Sand Island (Pescadores Islands) by a typhoon on 10th October. 125 drowned and 23 saved, of whom only two were passengers, members of the Hong Kong cricket team returning from a match against Shanghai. The documents attached translations of coded telegrams (Bokhara is referred to as 'Baclulite'), newspaper clippings, copies of letters to the Directors in London, accounts of salvage and the burial of the dead. The collision of SS Ravenna and Chishima occurred at 30 November 1892, when the cruiser cut across the mail steamer's path: the Ravenna hit Chishima amidships, cutting it in two. The warship sank with the loss of her captain and 74 crew, with the Ravenna taking only minor damage on her bow. The ledger contains three original photographs of the damage, taken in dry dock, with a damage report, first-hand accounts, and discussion of the forthcoming Naval Court of Inquiry at Yokohama. Although the letters show the intention of P&O to demand damages from Japan, the company ended up paying £10,000 compensation (covering the cost of the Chishima but nothing for the crew). Japan established 'Maritime Anti-Collision Regulations' in the wake of the incident. Henry Hope Joseph was appointed a joint General Manager of P&O in 1899. A unique compilation of trading links in and out of Hong Kong by P & O including list of cargoes, incidents, problems with staff etc. Must be viewed! Index of contents at front.
[Ref: 35793] £4,600.00 view all images for this item
Miscellaneous Sketches from Nature.
Drawn and Lithographed by Mrs Arthur Shirley.
London 1857. Printed by Nethercraft & Durlacher, 18, Brewer St, Golden Sq.
Oblong folio, original illustrated wrappers, 6 tinted lithographs. Very large margins, uncut. Plates spotted.
Five portraits of horses and 'The Death'. An extremely rare publication, probably intended to be part of a series. However we have been unable to find any biographical details for Mrs Shirley.
[Ref: 37193] £580.00 view all images for this item
Drawn and Lithographed by Mrs Arthur Shirley.
London 1857. Printed by Nethercraft & Durlacher, 18, Brewer St, Golden Sq.
Oblong folio, original illustrated wrappers, 6 tinted lithographs. Very large margins, uncut. Plates spotted.
Five portraits of horses and 'The Death'. An extremely rare publication, probably intended to be part of a series. However we have been unable to find any biographical details for Mrs Shirley.
[Ref: 37193] £580.00 view all images for this item
Congratulatory Addresses Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, at the Installation of His Grace the Duke of Wellington, Chancellor of the University. M.DCCCXXXIV.
Oxford, Published by J. Vincent. 1834.
8vo, 28 pages (of 69), disbound and mounted in 4to album paper, five extra illustrations relating to Wellington & Oxford.
Different verses in English, Latin and Greek.
[Ref: 37319] £290.00 view all images for this item
Oxford, Published by J. Vincent. 1834.
8vo, 28 pages (of 69), disbound and mounted in 4to album paper, five extra illustrations relating to Wellington & Oxford.
Different verses in English, Latin and Greek.
[Ref: 37319] £290.00 view all images for this item
The Duke's Funeral: A Poem.
By Sir Francis Hastings Doyle, Bart., Late Fellow of All Souls' College, Oxford.
London: Clarke, Beeton, & Co., Foreign Booksellers, 148 Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1852.
Letterpress pamphlet, 8vo, printed wrappers, pp.16, two wood engravings. With ink mss envelope (?) with Doyle's signature pasted at rear. Lacking wrappers, pages mounted in album paper. Old ink ownership inscription on front wrapper.
With an interior of Chelsea Hospital during the lying-in-state, and a view of the funeral procession with the hearse. Doyle (1810-88) was Professor of Poetry at Oxford from 1867 and caricatured by Spy in 1877.
[Ref: 37182] £160.00 view all images for this item
By Sir Francis Hastings Doyle, Bart., Late Fellow of All Souls' College, Oxford.
London: Clarke, Beeton, & Co., Foreign Booksellers, 148 Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1852.
Letterpress pamphlet, 8vo, printed wrappers, pp.16, two wood engravings. With ink mss envelope (?) with Doyle's signature pasted at rear. Lacking wrappers, pages mounted in album paper. Old ink ownership inscription on front wrapper.
With an interior of Chelsea Hospital during the lying-in-state, and a view of the funeral procession with the hearse. Doyle (1810-88) was Professor of Poetry at Oxford from 1867 and caricatured by Spy in 1877.
[Ref: 37182] £160.00 view all images for this item
Ode of the Death of the Duke of Wellington.
By Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate.
London: Edward Moxon, Dovers Street Street, 1852.
Rare letterpress pamphlet, 8vo, printed wrappers, pp.16. Wrappers and pages mounted in album paper. Old ink ownership inscription on front wrapper.
Six pages of verse composed by Tennyson two years after he became Poet Laureate and over thirty years before he was ennobled.
[Ref: 37179] £240.00
By Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate.
London: Edward Moxon, Dovers Street Street, 1852.
Rare letterpress pamphlet, 8vo, printed wrappers, pp.16. Wrappers and pages mounted in album paper. Old ink ownership inscription on front wrapper.
Six pages of verse composed by Tennyson two years after he became Poet Laureate and over thirty years before he was ennobled.
[Ref: 37179] £240.00