Special Offers

1. ANON.

  Cornish’s Stranger’s Guide through Birmingham. Being an Exact description of the Churches, Chapels, Public Buildings and Principal Manufactories of Birmingham, with a Succinct, but Comprehensive Account of its history, ancient and modern.

Birmingham, for W. Cornish, 1846.

16mo., folding engraved map, repaired at fold, engraved plates, some usage, 88 pp., plus 10 pages of adverts, original printed boards, some surface wear and dustiness, recased and repaired.

£30.00 | Enquire

2. CLUBBE, John. (All by this author)

  Miscellaneous Tracts of the Rev. John Clubbe, Rector of Whatfield, and Vicar of Debenham, Suffolk.

Ipswich: Printed by W. Jackson, for J. Shave, (1770?).

First edition, 2 vols., 8vo, folding engraved plate, good pair in contemp. polished calf, full gilt spines, dull.

A collection of five tracts, each with subtitles, seperate pagination, but continuous signatures. The tracts include his satirical work on the History of Whatfield, and an essay on Physiognamy which is dedicated to William Hogarth. The folding engraved plate, which is in Caricature form, relates to the essay on Physiognamy.

£250.00 | Enquire

3. HAMILTON, N.E.S.A. (All by this author)

  An Inquiry into the Genuineness of the Manuscript Corrections in Mr Payne Collier’s Annotated Shakespeare, Folio, 1632; and of certain Shakespearian Documents likewise published by Mr Collier.

London, Richard Bentley, 1860.

First edition, 4to., 3 plates of facsimiles ( one double page), inscription cut from blank portion at top of title, and next leaf, 155 (1)pp., slightly loose in original blind stamped red cloth gilt, dust darkened.

One of the more important publications on the subject.

£65.00 | Enquire

4. HOWARD, Frederick, 5th Earl of Carlisle. (All by this author)

  Unite or Fall.

London, for J. Wright,, 1798.

First edition, 8vo., 23 (1) pp., light offset browning to title, disbound.

Written to prove that war with France was unavoidable even though many thought it was, and exposing many attempts by France to bring America into the war against Britain. A publication many times reprinted. Not found in Sabin.

£100.00 | Enquire

INCLUDES DR. DODD'S CASE

5. LEACH, Thomas. (All by this author)

  Cases in Crown Law, determined by The Twelve Judges; by the Court of King's Bench; and by Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer, and General Gaol Delivery; from the Fourth year of George the Second to the Thirty-Second year of George the Third.

London for T. Cadwell., 1792.

Second edition, with Corrections and Additions., 8vo., vi (1) x-xxiv, 446, (38) pp., ownership signatures on title page, good copy bound in recent blue buckram.

The facts contained in several hundred cases heard in London and the Provinces between 1731 and 1792. These had only previously been available for the most part in manuscript, and covered every aspect of crime including murder, fraud, burglary, and smuggling. Several overlooked cases were added, and new cases since the original edition of 1789 were added. The work includes such famous cases as that of Dr. Dodd, The Duchess of Kingston, Margaret Budd, &c. ESTC on-line (Csj - imp; CaQQLa, CTHT-W, CTY-h, CaOTY, CU-L).

£125.00 | Enquire