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Our Indian Empire: Its Beginning and End. A Lecture
by Edwardes, Herbert B.
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- Used - Good binding
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- 1861
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- Disbound
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€52.11
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[London], 1861. Disbound. Good binding. 16mo. 32 pp. First edition. Removed from volume. Title leaf is separated but present; light toning else clean. The title says it all. An interesting political and social review, with much on "Christian duty." NSTC 2E4979. Item Price
€52.11
Speech of the Right Honourable Viscount Howick, in the House of Commons, on Thursday, March 26th, 1807; Stating the Circumstances which Led to the Change of Administration
by Grey, Charles Grey, Earl [Viscount Howick]
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- Used - Very Good binding
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- 1807
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- Disbound
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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€62.53
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London: James Ridgway; printed by S. Gosnell, 1807. Disbound. Very Good binding. Octavo. 26 pp. Third edition. Removed from volume. Tape repair to the inner margins of front and final pages; faint library rubber-stamp to the title page. Forced to resign over attempts to allow Catholics to hold commissions in the armed services, this speech of the outgoing… Read more about this item Item Price
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Mr. Asgill's Defence upon his Expulsion from the House of Commons of Great Britain in 1707. With an Introduction and a Postscript
by Asgill, John
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- 1712
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- Disbound
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€156.32
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London: A. Baldwin, 1712. Disbound. Good binding. Octavo. 87, [1] pp. First edition. Removed from volume. Toning and soiling to the title page and final leaf; six-digit number rubber-stamped on the title page. Minor toning throughout else a clean copy.
Asgill, expelled from the Irish House of Commons for the questionable state of his finances and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Substance of the Speech Delivered in the House of Lords by Lord Grenville, on Thursday, March 26, 1807, on the Change of Minisry
by Grenville, William Wyndham
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- Used - near Very Good binding
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- 1807
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- Disbound
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€78.63
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London: James Ridgway; printed by S. Gosnell, 1807. Disbound. near Very Good binding. Octavo. [4], 61, [1], [2 (ads)] pp. Removed from volume. First several leaves are loose; light toning. Grenville's address as outgoing Prime Minister. A lengthy speech on the Protestant/Catholic tensions--one issue that troubled his tenure as prime minister as well as other aspects of his… Read more about this item Item Price
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Strictures on the Letters Addressed to Lord Grenville and Lord Howick, upon the Removal from the Councils of the King, by a Protestant
by [Cooke, Edward] A Protestant (pseudonym)
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- Used - near Very Good binding
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- 1807
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Newcastle Upon Tyne: D. Akenhead and Sons, 1807. Disbound. near Very Good binding. Octavo. [2], 53, [1] pp. Removed from volume. Binding residue to the inner margin; light toning, but generally, a clean copy.
A response to Cooke's letters, signed "A Protestant" that were originally published in the Morning Post. The author of this present defense… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Duke of Anjou's Succession Further Consider'd as to the Danger that May Arise from it to Europe in General; but more Particularly to England. And the several Branches of our Trade. Part II
by [Defoe, Daniel?]
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- Used - Good binding
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- 1701
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- Disbound
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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€130.74
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London: A. Baldwin, 1701. Disbound. Good binding. Small quarto. [4], 59, [1] pp. Second edition. Removed from volume. Inner margin of title page with small closed tears; first and last page with minor staining; occasional foxing.
The War of Spanish Succession (1701-1714) was of great concern to Britain for if the Duke of Anjou ascended to… Read more about this item Item Price
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A FEW WORDS ON THE EASTERN QUESTION
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- Used - Good binding
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- 1860
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- Disbound
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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€62.53
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London: James Ridgway, 1860. Disbound. Good binding. Octavo. 56 pp. Removed from volume. Library stamp on the title page; minor toning and soiling to the first and last leaf as well as some minor chipping to the fore-edge of the final leaf; original stitching holes in the inner margin; gentle vertical crease from folding; a few dog-eared leaves,… Read more about this item Item Price
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REVIEW OF THE REPORT PRESENTED TO PARLIAMENT ON THE TURKISH BOMBARDMENT OF BELGRADE
by Great Britain. Parliament
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- Used - Very Good binding
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- 1863
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- Disbound
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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€78.63
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London: Bell and Daldy, 1863. Disbound. Very Good binding. Octavo. 15, [1] pp. Removed from volume. Institutional rubber stamp on the title page, otherwise a clean copy of a scarce report. A scant half dozen institutional holdings, all in Britain. No holdings noted by OCLC in the U. S. or Canada. Item Price
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THE PROGRESS OF TURKEY. BY EYE-WITNESSES
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- Used - Very Good binding
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- 1863
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London: Bell and Daldy, 1863. Disbound. Very Good binding. Octavo. 16 pp. First edition. Removed from volume. Generally clean. A tract that challenges the supposition make by a "distinguished English statesman: that "Turkey has made more progress in ten years than any European nation" (p. 3). The author dives into injustices suffered by Christians leading the author to… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE STORY OF THE HUNS
by Brion, Marcel | translated by Frederick H. Martens
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- Used - Very Good+ binding
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- Very Good dust jacket
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- 1931
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- Hard Cover
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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€47.37
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New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1931. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good dust jacket. Octavo. vii, [1], 286 pp., frontis, plates. First edition. In publisher's cloth with dust jacket. A bright, clean copy in lightly edgeworn dust jacket; price intact on the front flap. Item Price
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IDLE DAYS IN PATAGONIA
by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry) | illustrated by Alfred Hartley and J. Smit
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- Used - Very Good binding
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- 1893
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- Hard Cover
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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€104.21
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London: Chapman & Hall, 1893. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. vi, [2], 256, 4 (ads) pp., frontis., plates, illus. First edition. In publisher's cloth with arrowhead motif in gilt on the front board, all for inserted plates present as called for. Spine a bit sunned; binding is a trifle rubbed but presents fairly well. An adhesive mend… Read more about this item Item Price
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![TUCKER'S POLITICAL FLY-SHEETS CONTAINING [7 of 10 Political Fly-Sheets] to which Appended, by Permission, Reports of the Sub-Committee of the Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Association for Watching the War](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/086/977/1563977086.0.m.jpg)
TUCKER'S POLITICAL FLY-SHEETS CONTAINING [7 of 10 Political Fly-Sheets] to which Appended, by Permission, Reports of the Sub-Committee of the Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Association for Watching the War
by Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Association for Watching the War
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- Used - Fair binding
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- 1855
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- Unbound
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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€156.32
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London: Trubner & Co, 1855. Unbound. Fair binding. 8 volumes including the introduction and "Report" (Octavo. xv, [1] pp). Includes: No. 1: Palmerston and Russia. 16 pp. No. 2: Palmerston, What Has He Done? 16 pp. No. 3: England's Part in Turkey's Fall. (Sinope.) 15, [1] pp. No. 4: The War for Russia, Not Against Russia. 15, [1]… Read more about this item Item Price
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TESTAMENT POLITIQUE D'ARMAND DE PLESSIS CARDINAL DUC DE RICHELIEU
by Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, duc de
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- Used - Poor binding
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- 1689
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- Full Leather
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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€104.21
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Amsterdam: Chez henry Desbordes, 1689. Full Leather. Poor binding. 12mo. [2], 323, [1] pp. Contemporary calf, worn, leather dry and abraded; leather of spine and joints chipped with loss; one corner of front cover worn away; ex-library with all the usual markings, bookplate, and some pencil ones; textblock is largely free of toning or foxing. Whether Cardinal Richelieu… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE HISTORY OF BRITISH INDIA, in Six Volumes (Complete)
by Mill, James
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- Used - Fair binding
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- 1826
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- Hard Cover
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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€312.64
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London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1826. Hard Cover. Fair binding. Octavo. Volume I: iv, xxxv, [1], 450; II: iv, 463, [1]; III: iv, 571, [1]; IV: iv, 508; V:iv, 546; VI: iv, [2], 631, [1] pp., maps. Third edition. As issued in publisher's cloth; spines sunned with printed paper labels; two folding maps: the large "Map of Hindoostan"… Read more about this item Item Price
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EXAMEN: OR, AN ENQUIRY INTO THE CREDIT AND VERACITY OF A PRETENDED COMPLETE HISTORY; Shewing the Perverse and Wicked Design of it, and the Many Falsities and Abuses of Truth Contained in it. Together with some Memoirs Occasionally Inserted
by North, Roger
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- Used - near Good binding
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- 1740
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- Full Leather
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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€156.32
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London: Fletcher Gyles, 1740. Full Leather. near Good binding. Large quarto. [16], 692, [24] pp., frontis. First edition. Contemporary speckled calf, double-ruled in gilt around the perimeter of the boards; leather title label on the spine. Scuffed and bumped; joints are splitting but holding; minor worming in margins, worsening in the upper margin of one hundred or so… Read more about this item Item Price
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STATE-PAPERS AND LETTERS ADDRESSED TO WILLIAM CARSTARES . . . Relating to Public Affairs in Great-Britian, but more Particularly in Scotland, During the Reigns of K. William and Q. Anne. To which is Prefixed the Life of Mr. Carstares
by McCormick, Joseph (editor)
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- Used - Fair binding
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- 1774
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- Hard Cover
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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Edinburgh: John Balfour | London: W. Strahan and T. Cadel, 1774. Hard Cover. Fair binding. Quarto. xii, 800 pp. Untrimmed copy in early 19th century cloth. Generally worn and rubbed; hinges and joints are starting to split; a serviceable reference or binding copy. McCormick (1733-1799) provides later generations with documentary evidence for the study of the complicated life… Read more about this item Item Price
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VINDICATION OF THE ANCIENT INDEPENDENCE OF SCOTLAND
by Allen, John
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- 1833
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- Disbound
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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€156.32
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London: Charles Knight, 1833. Disbound. Good binding. Octavo. 97, [1] pp., errata slip. First edition. Removed from nonce volume. Inscribed by the author on the first blank; institutional stamp on the verso of the title page; scant and scattered foxing, but largely a clean copy. Fairly uncommon , even in institutional holdings. OCLC identifies 10 copies under various… Read more about this item Item Price
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POLITICKS IN MINIATURE: OR, THE HUMOURS OF PUNCH'S RESIGNATION. A Tragi-Comi-Farcical-Operatical Puppet-Show. . . . Taken from the Westminster Journal of March 20, 1741-2, Oct. 30, & Nov. 6, 1742
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- 1742
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- Disbound
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London: Printed for J. Mechell, 1742. Disbound. Good binding. 12mo. 38, [2 (adverts)] pp. Removed from nonce volume. Rear leaf separated; title page and verso of the final leaf are soiled; general age toning. First stand-alone printing of this satire on Sir Robert Walpole, taken from the Westminster Journal. Uncommon in commerce. Item Price
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SHIPS AND RAILWAYS
by [Mather, James]
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- Used - Good binding
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- 1846
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- Disbound
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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€130.74
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London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846. Disbound. Good binding. Octavo. 40 pp. First edition. Removed from nonce volume. Respined with archival tape; title leaf once separated from binding is reattached. Spotting to front and rear pages; title page with small edge chips and one small hole at the top corner; small closed tear to the bottom margin… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE CHARTWELL BULLETINS, January - June 1935 (Churchill Series: Number 2)
by Churchill, Winston S. | edited by Martin Gilbert
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- Used - Very Good binding
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- 1989
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- Soft Cover
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International Churchill Society, 1989. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. 64 pp., illus. As issued, in publisher's wrappers. Contents clean. Uncommon. Item Price
€78.63
