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OWEN (John).
Extracts of letters
on the object and connexions of the British and Foreign Bible
Society … during his late tour to France and Switzerland.
Printed for the British Foreign Bible Society …,
1819. FIRST
EDITION, pp (4), 46, (2, blank), with half-title, 8vo, recent
wrapper: nice copy.
(2)
MAITLAND (Samuel Roffey).
An enquiry into the grounds
on which the prophetic period of Daniel and St. John, has been
supposed to consist of 1260 years. Second edition.
London:
Printed for J. G. and F. Rivington,
1837. Pages iv, 72 and errata slip,
8vo, recent paper wrapper: a very good copy.
(3)
WHATELY (Richard), Abp.
Mental culture required for
christian ministers. A sermon [on 1 Cor. i. 26, 27. ] delivered in
St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, on occasion of the consecration
of William Fitzgerald, D. D., Bishop of Cork, March 8th, 1857.
London: Richard Bentley,
1857. FIRST EDITION, pages 31, (1,
blank), 8vo, recent wrapper: a very good to nice copy.
(4)
WHATELY (Richard), Abp.
Dr. Paley’s Works. A lecture
delivered by Richard Whately …
London: John W. Parker,
1859.
FIRST EDITION, pages 45, (1), with half-title, 8vo, recent
paper wrapper: very good-nice.
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MANNING (Henry E.), Cardinal.
The Vatican Decrees in
their bearing on civil allegiance.
Longmans, Green, and Co.,
1875.
FIRST EDITION, pp vii, (3), 193, with half-title, 8vo, recent
wrapper: a very good copy.
A masterly reply to Gladstone’s famous
pamphlet of the same title.
(6)
CURRY (John).
Catholicity, Liberty, Allegiance: a
disquisition on Mr. Gladstone’s “Expostulations”. Written for
the Bradford Catholic Club.
Burns & Oates, London; Duffy & Sons,
Dublin …,
1875. Pages (4), 48, 8vo, recent paper wrapper: a very
good copy.
First published 1874, here with a new preface, ‘a few verbal
alterations’, and ‘some new matter added’.
(7)
SANDERSON later BURDON SANDERSON (Richard
Burdon).
The Church of England identified, on the authority of
her own historians chiefly, with the Second Beast, as described
in the Book of Revelations, Chapter XIII. verses 11-18.
Published
by Hamilton, Adams, & Co.,
1836. FIRST EDITION, pages v, 42,
8vo, recent paper wrapper: a very good copy.
Claiming that it is,
in its present constitution, a completely secular establishment.
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€60-€80 (£48-£64 approx.)
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PARDOE (Julia).
The Beauties of the Bosphorus.
Illustrated in a series of views of Constantinople and its
environs, from original drawings by W. H. Bartlett.
Virtue and
Co., circa
1855
With additional engraved title, a map, 2 portraits and 83
attractive engraved plates of views, pages (4), xii, (3) - 172, 4to,
contemporary half red calf, gilt, gilt spine, old repair to spine:
the text leaves slightly crinkled but the plates almost entirely
clean and fresh: unhappily, a copy more suitable for breaking.
€80-€120 (£64-£96 approx.)
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PARKYNS (Mansfield).
Life in Abyssinia: being notes
collected during three years’ residence and travels in that
country.
John Murray,
1853
FIRST EDITION, with 18 plates, some text illustrations and a
large folding map, pages xv, 425, (1): iv, 432, 2 vols, 8vo,
contemporary half calf, gilt ruled spines, with contrasting labels,
gilt: a very good copy.
One of the important 19C English travellers in Ethiopia, Parkyns spent
three years (1843-46) in the north of the country and provides excellent
descriptions of the country, people, manners, customs, etc. “Personally
acquainted with Dajazmach Webe, the ruler of Tegre, and other
prominent Tegrean nobles whom he portrays, he provides us with a
history of Tegre seen from the inside” - Pankhurst. An important book
which “corroborated certain passages in the Travels of James Bruce,
which had hitherto been regarded as fabulous”. DNB.
€80-€120 (£64-£96 approx.)
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[PARNELL (Wm.) ].
An inquiry into the causes of
popular discontents in Ireland. By an Irish country gentleman.
London: Printed for J. Wallis … by J. Crowder …
1804
FIRST EDITION, pages (2), 74, 8vo, recent paper wrapper: a
very good copy.
Black 2447. Alleges persecution to be the real cause of
disaffection among Irish Roman catholics and advocates the removal of
their grievances.
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NEWENHAM (Thomas).
The
Warning Drum, a call to the People of England to resist
Invaders. By T. Newenham, Esq. author of an “Obstacle to the
Ambition of France, “ &c. &c.
Printed and Sold by C. and R.
Baldwin …,
1803. FIRST EDITION, 16-pages, 8vo, recent paper
wrapper: a little dusty but a very good copy.
COPAC locates copies at L, C and O: not found on-line in D or Dt.
(2)
€60-€80 (£48-£64 approx.)
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[PARNELL (Wm.) ].
An inquiry, into the causes of
popular discontents in Ireland. By an Irish country gentleman.
Second edition, with alterations, and a preface.
London printed,
and Dublin re-printed, by H. Fitzpatrick,
1805
FIRST IRISH EDITION, pages xvi, 72, without the half-title,
8vo, recent paper wrapper: some light staining, but still a very
good copy.
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STAUNTON (Michael).
“Ireland
before and after the Union with Great Britain”; being a series of
articles taken from The Dublin Weekly Register, edited by M.
Staunton, Esq. and ordered to be re-published by the Loyal and
National Repeal Association of Ireland. 1844.
A strong rebuttal of
Martin’s pro union claims by the radical Co Clare journalist, owner and
editor of the Dublin Weekly Register and the Dublin Evening Herald.
(2)
M. (A.).
The English Religion. Letters addressed to an Irish
gentleman. By A. M.
Dublin: McGlashan & Gill,
1876. FIRST
(?ONLY) EDITION, 79-pages, 8vo, recent paper wrapper: a
very good copy.
NSTC notes L, C and O and COPAC adds NLS and Dt - none suggests
an author. A vigorous critique of the Protestant religion.
(3)
HOME RULE, IRELAND.
Union, with developed local
administration, more practical that repeal. By a Liberal.
Dublin:
E. Ponsonby,
1884. FIRST EDITION, 20-pages, 8vo, recent
paper wrapper: with a small stamp in three places, but otherwise
a very good copy.
(4)
IRELAND, EDUCATION.
Rules and regulations of the
Commissioners of National Education, Ireland. From the
twenty-first report of the Commissioners.
Dublin: Printed by
Alexander Thom and Sons … for H. M. S. O.,
1855. 32-pages, 8vo,
recent paper wrapper: a very good copy. (5)
€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)
348
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PEACOCK (David).
Perth: its annals and its archives.
Perth: Thomas Richardson,
1849
FIRST EDITION, with a double-page engraved map, 2 double-
page engraved plans and 7 attractive engraved plates of views,
pages iv, 632, 8vo, contemporary green morocco, gilt bordered
sides, fully gilt spine, edges gilt: some light foxing of text (not of
the plates) and binding a little rubbed at corners but sound and
strong and otherwise a very good copy.
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SHEAHAN (James J.).
History
and topography of Buckinghamshire, comprising a general
survey of the county, preceded by an epitome of the early
history of Great Britain.
Longman, Green, Longman … Pontefract:
William Edward Bownas …,
1862. FIRST AND ONLY
EDITION, pages xiii, 940, 8vo, with some light browning in
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