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pages (31), (2, advertisements), (1, blank), large 4to, original

linen-backed printed paper boards: the boards just lightly

marked and a little rubbed at the edges, the spine skilfully

repaired, a tiny piece wanting from the blank fore-edge of the

front flyleaf and the title-page: a very good copy in a fitted

matching slip-case, with silk pull.

Ray, ‘The Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790 to 1914’, 292.

€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)

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NICOLSON (Wm.).

Leges Marchiarum, or Border-Laws:

containing several original articles and treaties, made and

agreed upon by the commissioners of the respective kings of

England and Scotland, for the better preservation of peace and

commerce upon the marches of both kingdoms: from the reign

of Henry III. to the Union of the two crowns, in K. James I.

With a preface, and an appendix of charters, and records …

Printed for Tim. Goodwin,

1705

FIRST EDITION, pages (8), lvi, 388, (4), complete with the

half-title and the two advert leaves at end, 8vo, contemporary

panelled calf, label supplied: a very good to nice copy.

Read l353. A scarce work on the marches and borders: it includes a

valuable appendix of charters and records relating to treaties.

€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)

326

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NORDENSKIÖLD (Nils Adolf Erik), Baron.

Grönland.

Seine Eiswüsten im Innern und seine Ostküste. Schilderung der

zweiten Dickson’schen Expedition ausgeführt im jahre 1883.

Autorisirte deutsche ausgabe.

Leipzig, F. A. Brockhaus,

1886

FIRST EDITION, with 15 plates, 6 maps (4 folding) and 123

full-page and other illustrations, pages xiii, 505, (1), 8vo, original

half-calf over marbled boards: light crease in the upper board,

the ocasional spot of foxing, but still a very good copy.

In 1870 Nordenskiöld attempted to cross Greenland from Disko Island,

but was unsuccessful. On this second expedition in 1883 he succeeded in

taking his ship through the great ice barrier, a feat attempted in vain

over the previous three centuries. He also managed to reach a point in

the interior about seventy-five miles from Aulatsivik Ford.

€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)

327

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NOUVELLE BIOGRAPHIE GÉNÉRALE

Firmin Didot

Freres, Paris,

1852. Original cloth, 8vo, 1852- 1870, complete - 46

volumes in 23. (23)

€100-€150 (£80-£120 approx.)

328

. NO LOT

329

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NUGENT (George T. J.), 8th Earl and Ist Marquis of

Westmeath.

A reply to the “Narrative of the Case of the

Marchioness of Westmeath”.

London, no printer or publisher,

1857

FIRST (?ONLY) EDITION, 97-pages, 8vo, a very good copy,

finely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in half mottled calf over

marbled boards, with contrasting spine label, gilt, top edges gilt,

with the original printed paper wrappers preserved.

A reply by the Earl concerning the liabilities of a husband for the debts

of his wife. It is represented in NSTC by L only: however, COPAC adds

LSE and Bristol.

€80-€120 (£64-£96 approx.)

330

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NUGENT (Sir Nicholas): -.

The case of Nicholas Nugent,

Esq; late lieutenant in the First Regiment of Foot Guards. With

copies of the letters which passed between him and General

Craig, Lord Barrington, and the Judge Advocate, on Mr.

Nugent’s application for a court martial on himself, upon a

charge made against him by Major General Craig, while under

arrest; the refusal of which has obliged him to resign his

commission. Addressed to the officers of the First Regiment of

Foot Guards. The second edition.

Printed for J. Almon,

1776

Pages vii, (1, blank), (5) -106, with half-title, 8vo, finely bound

by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in half calf, with label, gilt, top edges

gilt, the fore and lower edges uncut: an attractive copy

ESTC locates only six copies of this second edition as opposed to some

thirty of the original edition of the same year.

ALSO WITH THIS LOT:

[STEBBING (Henry) ].

A Discourse

on Our Saviour’s miraculous power of healing. In which the six

cases excepted against by Mr. Woolston, are considered. Being a

continuation of the Defence of the Scriptural History, &c.

London: Printed for John Pemberton, at the Buck, against St.

Dunstan’s Church, in Fleet-Street,

1730. FIRST EDITION, pages

66 and advert leaf, 8vo, recent neat calf-backed marbled boards:

a very good copy, with the contemporary signature of Rob:

Dagge on the title-page. (2)

€80-€120 (£64-£96 approx.)

331

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[O’CONNELL (Daniel) ].

Repeal of the Union. Report of

the debate in the House of Commons, on Mr. O’Connell’s

motion. And the proceedings in the House of Lords on Earl

Grey’s motion for concurring in the address of the Commons.

April, 1834.

London, Charles Knight,

1834

FIRST EDITION THUS, 200-pages, 8vo, recent paper wrapper:

a very good to nice copy.

Goldsmiths’ 28416. Not in Black, During this debate, which he

prompted by a motion on the status of the Union between Great Britain

and Ireland, O’Connell spoke for more than five hours.

ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)

MacCOMBIE (Wm.).

The Irish

land question practically considered. A letter to …William

Ewart Gladstone …

Aberdeen: D. Wyllie & Son, booksellers to the

Queen, and Prince of Wales,

1869. FIRST EDITION, pages 38, (2,

blank), 8vo, recent paper wrapper: a very good copy.

Black 8649, noting the NLI copy only. McCombie (1809–70), farmer

and journalist. His final publication was a pamphlet entitled The Irish

land question practically considered: a letter to … Gladstone (with

whom he had corresponded during the 1860s).

(2)

PALMERSTON (Henry J. T.), viscount: - Monteith

(Robert J. I.).

Notice of an article on charges against Lord

Palmerston, in the Dublin Unversity Magazine.

Glasgow: Printed

by William Collins & Co.,

1841. FIRST EDITION, 40-pages, 8vo,