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extermination of a gallant though savage people. ‘ The pamphlet, which
was translated into French by the ‘Central Committee for the Interests of
the Transvaal’, enumerates the reasons given for the annexation, and
endeavours to prove that these were founded on statementts which were
either untrue or misrepresented. “ - Mendelssohn.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
HICKS-BEACH (Michael
Edward), first Earl St Aldwyn.
Annexation of the Transvaal.
Correspondence between Sir M. Hicks-Beach, Bart., secretary of
state for the colonies, and the Transvaal delegates, to which is
added, further documents and correspondence relating to the
same subject.
Harrison and Sons,
1878. Pp (2), ii, (3) - 181, (1) and,
loosely tipped in, (4)-pp containing copies of two further letters
between H-B and Kruger - 16/9/78 and 19/10/78), 8vo, original
pale blue printed wrapper: a small stamp in two places and with
a little wear to the spine, but still a very good copy
Mendelssoh (2) IV. 522 does not mention the insert. This 181-page issue
is not in COPAC.
(2)
SAUNDERS (James R.).
Natal in its relation to South
Africa. A paper read before the Royal Colonial Institute.
S. W.
Silver & Co.,
1882. 31-pp, 8vo, disbound, retaining upper printed
wrapper: small stamps on title, o/w very good
“The speaker commented on the constant interference of the Imperial
Government with the Colonial Authorities on the Native Question. “ -
Mendelssohn. Reprinted from The Colonies and India.
(2)
SAUNDERS (James R.).
Natal in its relation to South
Africa. A paper read before the Royal Colonial Institute.
S. W.
Silver & Co.,
1882. 31-pp, 8vo, disbound, retaining upper printed
wrapper: small stamps on title, o/w very good
“The speaker commented on the constant interference of the Imperial
Government with the Colonial Authorities on the Native Question. “ -
Mendelssohn. Reprinted from The Colonies and India.
(3)
COOK (Sir Edward Tyas).
Rights and wrongs of the
Transvaal War.
Edward Arnold,
1902. NEW AND REVISED
EDITION, pages xi, 393 and (2), 32 adverts, cr 8vo, original
cloth: the spine lightly faded and with slight wear to the
headbands, but a very good copy. (4)
€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
1387
.
WEBB (Daniel).
An inquiry into the beauties of painting;
and into the merits of the most celebrated painters, ancient and
modern. The second edition.
Printed for R. and J. Dodsley,
1761
Pages xvi,200, 8vo, contemporary pale brown speckled calf, gilt
ruled spine, with label, gilt: with a very small spot of wear at the
headband, but otherwise an attractive copy.
Webb (1718-98), Irish born, spent most of his later years in Bath, author
of three aesthetic treatises (the others being Beauties of Poetry, 1769 and
Correspondence between Poetry and Music, 1769. “One of the attractive
features of his contri-bution to aesthetic theory in the 18C lies in his
concentration on music, poetry, and painting as works of art qua art,
and not as devices or structures for enabling morality or imposing codes of
conduct. He is genuinely concerned to discuss the empirical effects of
these arts as sensual and sensuous artifacts, and the associationist
assumptions underlying his comments propel him towards an idea of
pure, not purifying, art” - Price et al., Dictionary of 18C British
Philosophers.
€100-€120 (£80-£96 approx.)
1388
.
WEEK’S PREPARATION.
The new week’s preparation
for a worthy receiving of the Lord’s Supper, as recommended …
by the Church of England … and a companion at the altar …
Belfast: Printed by T. Mairs & Co. for Simms and M’Intyre …
1819
With an engraved frontispiece, pages xi, (1, blank), (1), (xv) - xvi,
153; vii, (1, blank), (vii bis) - xi, (1, blank), 12, 125, (1, blank),
complete thus but presumably wanting half-titles, 12mo,
contemporary straight-grained morocco, gilt, gilt ruled and
lettered spine, edges gilt: a very good to nice copy of a rare
provincial printing, with the armorial bookplate of Trinity
College Dublin student, William Bailey of Killyleagh, Co. Down
and with a signed, presentation inscription from him to his sister
Anna (?), dated April 5th, 1836.
A late edition of an oft printed work, though the Irish editions are very
uncommon: of this Belfast printing COPAC has L, O and Dt only. D on-
line has no Belfast printings of any date.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
PLUNKETT (George Noble),
Count.
God’s Chosen Festival, (a Christmas song) and other
poems.
Dublin: John Mullany,
1877. FIRST EDITION, 64-pages,
12mo, original publisher’s black blind-stamped morocco, gilt,
unlettered spine, edges gilt: worn at corners and boards a little
bowed, otherwise very good
An issue presumably specially bound for presentation and in a limited
number: it is usually found in blind-stamped green cloth, gilt. The only
edition of the first published book by this papal count (1851-1948), father
of the patriot and poet Joseph Mary Plunkett. COPAC has L and C only,
but WorldCat adds four further copies.
(2)
€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
1389
.
[WEISSENFELD (George Ferdinand Springmuhl von)].
Darwin on trial at the Old Bailey. By Democritus.
Watford: The
UniversityPress,
19.. [sic] [i. e. 1902?]
Pages (8), 39; (4), (45) - 107, (5, adverts), roy 8vo, original cloth:
a nice copy.
A mock trial before an imaginary London court for the prosecution of a
bookseller charged with obscene libel for the sale of a book entitled
‘Sexual Selection and Human Marriage’. The burlesque is based on the
Bedborough trial for the sale of Havelock Ellis’s ‘Studies in the
Psychology of Sex’, 1898. The Watford University Press (there was no
university at Watford) was owned and run by Weissenfeld under the
name of Dr Rowland de Villiers: a shady character once jailed for
forgery, a strong supporter of the radical press and of radical causes and
Havelock Ellis’s publisher.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
WHEELER (Wm. H.).
The Sea-
Coast. (1) Destruction. (2) Littoral Drift. (3) Protection. Second
impression.
Longmans, Green,
1903. With 38 illustrs, 361-pp, roy
8vo, orig cloth: spine faded, few light pencil notes: very good
Survey of devastation caused & protective works executed in UK & Low
Countries.
(2)
MacGILLIVRAY (Wm.).
Lives of eminent Zoologists, from
Aristotle to Linnaeus: with introductory remarks on the study of
natural history, and occasional observations on the progress of
zoology.
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd (Cabinet Library series 16),
1834.
FIRST EDITION, with portrait (lightly foxed), pp 391, (1,
blank), 12(plan of the Cabinet Library), 4(ads), small 8vo, orig
cloth, uncut, printed paper spine label: very good-nice.
Linnaeus is extensively discussed - in fact about half the book is devoted
to him.
(3)
HOPE (James), MD, FRS: - Hope (Anne).
Memoir of the
late James Hope, M. D., physician to St. George’s Hospital, &c.
&c. … To which are added, Remarks on Classical Education, by
Dr. Hope; and, Letters from a senior to a junior physician, by Dr.
Burder. The whole edited by Klein Grant, M. D. Third edition.
1844. an important treatise on diseases of the heart (1832) and
on morbid anatomy (1833-34). He did much to advance the
knowledge of heart murmurs, valvular disease, and aneurysm.
(4)
VEREY (Joseph).
The Open Air, or sketches out of town.
Tinsley Brothers,
1869. FIRST EDITION, pages (2), ii,283, 8vo,
original green cloth: with some very slight wear at the
headbands, but otherwise a very good to nice copy.
Verey wrote some half a dozen novels, but he is not represented in Sadleir
or Wolff.
(5)
LEY (Wm. Clement).
Cloudland. A study on the structure
and characters of clouds.
Edward Stanford,
1894. FIRST
EDITION, with 10 coloured plates & charts and some text
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