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Pages (4), 70 and advert leaf for new publications printed for J.
Debrett, commencing “New publicationbs printed for …”, with
half-title, 8vo, recent paper wrapper: a very good copy.
An unrecorded variant not found on-line in ESTC or WorldCat. This
important pamphlet ran to eight editions withi a year. The first five
editions each comprised 70-pages. The sixth edition was expanded to 86-
pages with the addition of an early criticism of the expedition to Botany
Bay on pages 77-83 and with the title-page reading “The Sixth edition,
with additions. “. The title-page on our copy of the sixth edition reads
simply “Sixth edition. “ and there is no evidence of anything being
removed from between the half-title and advert leaf.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
IRELAND.
The state of Ireland,
laid open to the view of his majesty’s subjects.
Printed in the year,
1754. 72-pp and 21-line errata mounted on blank verso of title,
8vo, recent wrapper: nice copy.
“Includes economic and commercial information. “-Higgs 6592 -but in
his entry 815 attributes authorship to C. Nicholson. No edition in Kress.
An attack on the Duke of Dorset and Primate Stone, etc. In this edition
‘Majesty’s subjects’ is in caps.
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ELLIOT (Gilbert), Earl of Minto.
The Speech of Lord
Minto, in the House of Peers, April 11, 1799, on a motion for an
address to His Majesty, to communicate the resolutions of the
two houses of parliament, respecting an Union between Great
Britain and Ireland.
Printed for John Stockdale,
1799. FIRST
EDITION THUS, pp 155, (1, blank), (4, adverts), 8vo, recent
wrapper: very good
A weighty speech supporting union, mainly on the ground that it
afforded the only means of effectually controlling the mutual animosities
of catholic and protestant. One Cork and three Dublin editions were also
published during the same year.
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[GRAFTON (Richard) ].
Vain boastings of Frenchmen. The
same in 1386 as in 1798. Being an account of the threatened
invaasion of England by the French the 10th year of King
Richard II. Extracted from ancient chronicles.
London: Printed for
J. Pridden … C. Dilly … (and six others),
1798. Pages 15, (1, blank),
wanting half-title, 8vo, recent wrapper, fore and lower edges
uncut: light old staining and a small hole in final leaf affecting
one letter on recto only: good copy
Extracted by Craven Ord from the Chronicle of Richard Grafton.
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HASTINGS (Francis Rawdon), first Marquess of Hastings.
Substance of Observations on the state of the public finances of
Great Britain, by Lord Rawdon, in a speech on the third reading
of the Bank Loan Bill in the House of Lords, on Thursday, June
9, 1791.
Printed for J. Debrett,
1791. FIRST EDITION, pages (4),
47, (1), 8vo, recent paper wrapper: a very good copy.
Hastings (1754-1826), born in Dublin, distinguished himself at Bunker’s
Hill, opposed Irish Union and twice advocated Catholic relief,
particularly for Ireland. In this speech he deprecates the bank loan and
multiplication of paper money. He supported immediate abolition of the
slave trade, accused the Irish army of illegal methods of repression, and,
on 26 March 1798 clashed in debate with the marquess of Downshire
over the application of military force to disarm the United Irishmen; in
the 1790s he frequently entertained Wolfe Tone and others at his mother’s
Dublin house. The Ards rebels’ last stand was on Moira’s estate at
Montalto, Co. Down (while Moira was in London). He and his mother
helped Lord Edward FitzGerald (who had served under him in
America), and, fearing reprisals by government forces, he moved his
family and library to England (DNB).
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€60-€80 (£48-£64 approx.)
497
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WRIGHT (Frank Lloyd).
The Natural House.
New York:
Horizon Press,
1954
FIRST EDITION, profusely illustrated, pages 223, (2), 4to,
original cloth: the binding a little dulll but a very good copy.
Wright’s thoughts and designs for the natural or low-cost family house.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
MORRIS (Wm.).
Art and its
Producers, and, The Arts & Crafts Movement of Today. Two
addresses delivered before the National Association for the
Advancement of Art. 1901. FIRST EDN THUS, pp (2), 47, 8vo,
orig cloth-backed printed boards: a very good copy.
Printed at the Chiswick Press with the Golden type designed by Morris
for the Kelmscott Press.
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WRIGHT (Frank Lloyd).
An Autobiography.
Faber & Faber,
1945. FIRST UK EDITION, with 76 illustrations, pages (4), 486,
8vo, original cloth: a nice copy in the dust wrapper (the latter
slightly chipped at head and tail)
The autobiography of America’s foremost architect.
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SPRIGG (June) & LARKIN (David).
Shaker life, work, and
art
New York,
1987. FIRST EDITION, profusely illustrated, 272-
pp, 4to, original cloth: fine in dust wrapper.; (4)
€60-€80 (£48-£64 approx.)
498
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WYSE (Sir Thomas).
Historical sketch of the late Catholic
Association of Ireland.
London: Henry Colburn,
1829
FIRST EDITION, pp viii, 435: vi, 121; cccxlvii, (1, blank), 349 -
352 (advers), 2 vols, 8vo, sympathetically bound in recent cloth,
small faint stamp in a few places, otherwise very good
Wyse (1791–1862), traveller, politician, educational reformer, and
diplomat. This valuable study of catholic politics since the formation of
the first catholic committee by his great-grandfather, was completed just
after the passing of the catholic emancipation act (April 1829). It showed
Wyse to be a thorough researcher and an honest and shrewd writer. The
extensive appendices in the second volume contain a wealth of
correspondence and transcripts of primary documents and records. “In
1825 the agitation for catholic emancipation revived in Ireland, and
Wyse, returning with his family to Waterford, instantly took a leading
part in politics. At the first great provincial meeting in Limerick,
consisting of liberal protestants as well as catholics, he was unanimously
elected chairman... Thenceforward in the struggle for emancipation Wyse
ranked near O’Connell and Sheil. Lord O’Hagan states that of all the
politicians of the day, Wyse was the most accomplished and highly
cultured. When the Catholic Association, which Wyse’s great-
grandfather and the O’Conor Don first founded in 1760, decided on
issuing an address to the people of England, he was chosen to compose it.
He also originated a system of liberal clubs, but opposed exclusive
dealing. He, too, was principally instrumental in getting up the great
Rotunda meeting in 1828 to petition for emancipation... as soon as
emancipation was granted, Wyse published ‘A Letter to my Fellow
Countrymen, ’ recommending the dissolution of the Catholic
Association, since its object had been achieved and the country needed
quiet. Immediately afterwards he published the ‘Historical Sketch of the
Catholic Association’ “ – DNB.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT:
SHAW-LEFEVRE (George J.),
Baron Eversley.
Peel and O’Connell. A review of the Irish policy
of parliament from the Act of Union to the death of … Peel.
1887. FIRST EDN, pp vi, (2), 357, (3, blank) & 56, (2) ads, 8vo,
original cloth: very good-nice.
In three parts: Catholic Emancipation, Whig Reforms, and, The Repeal
Movement. Shaw-Lefevre (1831-1928), strong supporter of Home Rule
for Ireland, statesman and administrator of extraordinary industry and
public spirit, possessed of considerable powers of observation and a
memory especially retentive of curious & often grotesque stories. Few
matched his experience & knowledge of public affairs.
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€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)
499
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WYSE (Wm. C. B.).
Vox Clamantis: or, letters on the Land
League, by William C. Bonaparte-Wyse, J. P. for the County of
Waterford. With a letter from James Anthony Froude on the
present crisis in Ireland.
William Ridgway,
1880
FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, pages iv, 59, 8vo, recent paper
wrapper: short marginal tear without loss in two leaves,
otherwise a very good copy.
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