Search Results: Titles starting with A from Sky Duthie Rare Books

London: Printed by Thomas Baskett., 1745. First edition. Folio (32 x 20cm). Unbound. [2], 747-758. Woodcut coat of arms to the title page, decorative woodcut initial to the first text page, text in black letter. A very good copy with just a little toning and slight wear to the left-hand margin where once bound within a larger volume. An Act published in Public General Acts 1744-1745, regarding provision for the poor in Bristol, including a law compelling ships bound for Ireland "to take in one Vagrant for every seven Tuns" carried.

London: Printed by Thomas Baskett., 1745. First edition. Folio (32 x 20cm). Unbound. [2], 727-730. Woodcut coat of arms to the title page, decorative woodcut initial to the first text page, text in black letter. A very good copy with some minor toning and a little wear to the left-hand margin where once bound within a larger volume. An act prohibiting the wearing and importation of French fabrics, issued in the context of the War of Austrian Succession (1740-1748), during which England and France were in conflict.

London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan., 1778.. First edition. Folio (32 x 20cm). Unbound. [2], 527-531. Woodcut coat of arms to the title page, decorative woodcut initial to the first text page, text in black letter. A very good copy with just a little toning and minor wear to the left-hand margin where once bound within a larger volume.

London: Printed by Thomas Baskett., 1744. First edition. Folio (32 x 20cm). Unbound. [2], 251-286. Woodcut coat of arms to the title page, decorative woodcut initial to the first text page, text in black letter. A very good copy with just a little toning and slight wear to the left-hand margin where once bound within a larger volume. An Act published in Public General Acts 1744-1745, regarding the punishment of mutineers and deserters in the context of the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748).

London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan., 1777.. First edition. Folio (32 x 20cm). Unbound. [2], 803-810. Woodcut coat of arms to the title page, decorative woodcut initial to the first text page, text in black letter. A very good copy with just some minor toning and a little wear to the left-hand margin where once bound within a larger volume. An act making it an offence to sell adulterated tea, with a fine of £5 for each pound in weight of adulterated or imitation tea. The act also required anyone found in possession of any more than six pounds in weight of the offending 'imitation' leaves prove that they had permission to gather the leaves from the tree's owner and that the leaves would not be put to use in the creation of imitation tea.

London: Printed by Thomas Baskett., 1745. First edition. Folio (32 x 20cm). Unbound. [2], 719-723. Woodcut coat of arms to the title page, decorative woodcut initial to the first text page, text in black letter. A very good copy with a little separation between pp.720-21, minor toning, and slight wear to the left-hand margin where once bound within a larger volume. An Act published in Public General Acts 1744-1745, regarding naval discipline in the context of the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748).

London: Printed by Thomas Baskett., 1744. First edition. Folio (32 x 20cm). Unbound. [2], 363-382. Woodcut coat of arms to the title page, woodcut floriated initial to the first text page, text in black letter. Final leaf slightly separated (top third). A very good copy with just a little toning and slight wear to the left-hand margin where once bound within a larger volume. An Act published in Public General Acts 1744-1745, regarding the recruitment of troops during the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748).

London: Printed by Thomas Baskett., 1745. First edition. Folio (32 x 20cm). Unbound. [2], 615-626. Woodcut coat of arms to the title page, decorative woodcut initial depicting Britannia to the first text page, text in black letter. A good copy, the final leaf becoming detached, some minor toning, and a little wear to the left-hand margin where once bound within a larger volume.

London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan., 1777.. First edition. Folio (32 x 20cm). Unbound. [2], 1083-1095. Woodcut coat of arms to the title page, decorative woodcut initial to the first text page, text in black letter. A very good copy with some creasing to the foot of pp.1091-1092 (due to an original paper flaw), minor toning, and a little wear to the left-hand margin where once bound within a larger volume.

London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan., 1776.. First edition. Folio (32 x 20cm). Unbound. [2], 839-854. Woodcut coat of arms to the title page, decorative woodcut initial to the first text page, text in black letter. A very good copy with a small ink splash to the first page, some minor toning, and a little wear to the left-hand margin where once bound within a larger volume.

London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan., 1776. First edition. Folio (32 x 20cm). Unbound. [2], 103-104. Woodcut coat of arms to the title page, decorative woodcut initial to the first text page, text in black letter. A very good copy with just a little toning, slight separation and minor wear to the left-hand margin where once bound within a larger volume. An act designed to expand the crown's ability to raise additional militia forces, specifically to fight against the American revolutionaries ("it might be of great public utility, that the militia of this Kingdom should be drawn out, embodied, and employed as aforesaid, upon occasion of the present Rebellion in America, or of any Rebellion that may hereafter arise in any of the Dominions of the Crown of Great Britain"). Uncommon.[ESTC N57594].

London: Printed by Thomas Baskett., 1745. First edition. Folio (32 x 20cm). Unbound. [2], 639-643. Woodcut coat of arms to the title page, decorative woodcut initial to the first text page, text in black letter. A very good copy with just a little toning and slight wear to the left-hand margin where once bound within a larger volume. An Act published in Public General Acts 1744-1745, enacting an amnesty for those who have engaged in the activity of smuggling and laying out punishments for those who continue to partake in the crime (transportation or death). The statutes of 1745 are considered to be the leading statutes for smuggling law in eighteenth-century England, as they made the greatest effort to convict offenders and to sentence those convicted to death. These statutes, part of the 'Bloody Code', further extended the means by which a person could be convicted for smuggling and put to death without benefit of clergy, although other lesser penalties, most notably transportation, remained the… Read More

London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan., 1778. First edition. Folio (32 x 20cm). Unbound. [2], 1007-1012. Woodcut coat of arms to the title page, decorative woodcut initial to the first text page, text in black letter. A very good copy with just a little toning, slight separation and minor wear to the left-hand margin where once bound within a larger volume. An act restoring Ireland's ability to export goods directly to the colonies in the Americas and Africa, issued in the context of the American Revolutionary War, and amending what became known as the Navigation Acts. Restricting the freedoms of Britain's colonies with regard to the import and export of goods, the Navigation Acts had been a significant factor in fermenting rebellious discontent in America - requiring all of a colony's imports to be either bought from Britain or resold by British merchants in Britain, regardless of the price obtainable elsewhere. The acts were also resented in Ireland and damaged its economy, as they… Read More

[c.1813-1820]. Octavo. Contemporary half roan over marbled boards. Blue card endpapers. The contents comprising 21 proof engravings by John Romney after both his own drawings as well as works by other artists including Richard Westall, Henry Corbould, and Thomas Stothard, mounted on tabs and interleaved with thick blank paper leaves. Most of the engravings are captioned in pencil at the foot in a contemporary hand. The binding is somewhat fragile with both boards held by cords only and with wear and rubbing to the boards. The contents with varying scattered foxing (heavy to some plates, with others completely clean) are otherwise in good order. A curious bound collection of proof engravings by the English printmaker John Romney (1785-1863). Born in Chester, Romney spent much of his life in the city, although also lived and worked in London for a period. Amongst his more noted engravings were his 200 or so views produced for Augustus Pugin's 'Paris and its Environs' (1839-31), as well as his… Read More

London: Dean & Son., [1893].. First edition. Octavo. Publisher's original paper-covered boards with illustration of a bicycle and titles in red and black to the upper board, titles in black to the spine, and advertisement in black to the lower board. 103pp. + 39pp. of cycling records and illustrated advertisements at the front and rear. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with some wear to the paper covering the spine, as well as to the spine ends, corners and extremities. The contents with the publication date added in ink to the foot of the title page are otherwise in very good order throughout. An uncommon late nineteenth-century guide to cycling by the racing cyclist and pioneer of British cycling George Lacy Hillier (1856-1941) and champion tricyclist W. G. H. Bramson. Chapters include: the birth of the cycle; how to ride a cycle; dress; the racing path; touring; hints on training; cycling for ladies; juvenile cycling; and tyres, along with some wonderfully illustrated contemporary… Read More

London: Zed Press., 1978.. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author. Two-sided typed letter from the author, signed in ink at the foot and dated 8/9/78, loosely laid in, along with a contemporary press-clipping reviewing the book. Octavo. Publisher's original laminated boards with titles to the upper board and spine. iv, 304pp. A very good copy, the binding square and tight with a little bumping to the bottom corners and to the foot of the spine. The contents remain clean and crisp throughout. The typed letter with three filing folds and a small hole to the head is otherwise in very good condition. Inscribed in pencil by V. G. Kiernan to the British historian and Africanist George "Sam" Albert Shepperson (1922-2020) to the front free endpaper: "G. A. Shepperson, / with the author's best wishes - / Edinburgh, / Sept. '78". A comprehensive survey of American imperialism set within the context of world history and the age of modern imperialism by the influential Marxist historian Edward… Read More

Paris: Chalcographie du Louvre, Musées Imperiaux., [c.1850].. Set of 14 copperplate etchings printed on laid paper, each numbered within the plate, untrimmed. Each plate measuring 28.5 x 22cm (sheet measuring 43.5 x 30.5cm) and with "Chalcographie du Louvre, Musées Imperiaux" blindstamp to the lower margin. Old collector's numbers in pencil to the blank bottom-right corners of the sheets. Condition is very good with some light scattered foxing and marking to the sheet margins, occasionally to the plates themselves, some marking to the head of sheet of no. 9 and 11, a 3cm tear to the blank foot of sheet of no. 5, and a 2cm tear to the blank top-left margin of sheet of no. 14 (framing would largely solve these relatively minor issues). The impressions remain crisp and sharp. A beautiful set of etchings by the French engraver Gérard Audran (1640-1703) reproducing frescoes by Raphael, printed from the original plates by the Louvre's chalcography workshop during the mid-nineteenth century.In 1517,… Read More

London: Printed for J. and F. Rivington, et al., 1774. Sixth edition. Eight volumes. 12mo. Handsomely bound in contemporary full brown calf; the boards ruled in gilt; the spines with five raised bands, compartments with gilt foliate decoration, contrasting red and blue gilt morocco title and volume labels and additional green gilt morocco ownership label for Louisa Pereira to each volume. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated with a copper-engraved frontispiece to each volume and 14 engraved plates, plans and maps (some folding, 22 illustrations in total). Further subsequent ownership inscription in ink manuscript to the front free endpaper of the first volume ("Henrietta Skene / given to her by her Father / 8 Volumes Complete / November 16 1825"), and with her name in ink to the front endpaper of each volume. A very good set, the bindings square and firm with a touch of minor cracking to volumes one and eight, a little occasional chipping to the spine ends, light rubbing to the spines and joints, some… Read More

[Original photographs], [c.1910-1926]. 183 original black and white photographs and sepia tone prints documenting Egypt (141) and Palestine (42) in the early twentieth century, shot by William Arthur Blackburn Leach using either a '3A Graflex' or a 'Thornton Pickard Special Ruby' camera, the great majority with detailed annotations in pencil to rear. Each photograph measuring between 10.7 x 8.2cm and 7 x 4.4cm. Contained within their original card packets. WITH: Three contemporary packs of postcards published by A. Gaddis and G. Seif of Luxor, depicting Karnak, Thebes, and Luxor, each containing twelve cards. The photographs have the occasional minor nick or crease, and there is a little fading to some of sepia images, but are otherwise in very good order. An extensive photographic archive documenting life in Egypt and Palestine during the first two decades of the twentieth century. Containing many beautifully-composed shots, the collection depicts a wide-range of interesting and thoughtfully chosen… Read More

[Original photographs], [c.1910-1926]. Over 400 original black and white photographs and sepia tone prints documenting India in the early twentieth century, shot by William Arthur Blackburn Leach using either a '3A Graflex' or a 'Thornton Pickard Special Ruby' camera. Each photograph measuring between 10.7 x 8.2cm and 7 x 4.4cm. Occasional duplication. Contained within their original card packets from photograph developers located in Colombo, Bombay, and Shanghai. The photographs have the occasional minor nick or crease, and there is a little fading to some of sepia images, but are otherwise in very good order. A diverse photographic archive documenting life in India during the first two decades of the twentieth century. The collection depicts a wide-range of interesting and thoughtfully chosen subjects, including a number of striking portraits, as well as street scenes (water-carriers, hawkers and traders, markets, docks, children, policemen and soldiers, carriages and wagons, cattle-drivers,… Read More