HORATIO BOTTOMLEY. A Biography. The Cresset Press 1955.
1st Ed. 287pp. Port. frontis., 6 plates. Lightly marked maroon cloth, creased d/w. chipped with loss.
With a TLS on headed notepaper from Bottomley to Sir James Agg-Gardner ‘Sir James Agg-Gardner, House of Commons, S.W.1., My dear Agg-Gardiner, I have read the memorandum which you have been good enough to send me, and, strange to say, several of the suggestions had already occurred to me, especially that of making the Members’ Smoking-room (as it used to be) the Strangers’ Dining-room. Is it proposed that if these recommendations are adopted, the work should be put in hand during the recess? If not, I should like to consider further points. May I take it that they owe their origin to you personally? Yours sincerely Horatio Bottomley.’
£125.00 [ref: 282880]
LONDON ESSAYS IN ECONOMICS: In Honour of Edwin Cannan. Foreword by Sir William Beveridge. George Routledge & Sons Ltd. 1927.
x + 376pp. + [xii] publ. adverts. F.e.ps. browned, marginal age toning, gilt lettered blue cloth, soiled, sl. mark where label? removed from head of upper board and sm. mark at head and tail of spine, corners sl. rubbed with head and tail of spine sl. bumped and chipped.
Studies in Economics and Political Science.
£25.00 [ref: 292693]
REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE On Employment of Boys in Sweeping of Chimnies: Together with the Minutes of the Evidence Taken Before the Committee And an Appendix. [Communicated by the Commons to the Lords.] Ordered to be printed 25th February 1818.
1st Ed. Folio. 51pp. + 264pp. + 5pp. Light foxing mainly to front and rear, rebound in modern blue buckram backed blue boards with paper title label to upper board.
Highlighting the risks to the children's health and well-being, including burns, respiratory issues, and physical injury. The committee also investigated the effectiveness of alternative methods of chimney sweeping, such as mechanical devices. The report ultimately contributed to the eventual ban on the employment of children in chimney sweeping.
£1,000.00 [ref: 293003]
J O H. Published by the Author ... Printed by the University Press, Cambridge 1992.
1st Ed. Slim 8vo. [viii] + 166pp. Port. frontis., 28 pages mainly of b/w. photos. Corners to upper board sl. bumped, otherwise very good in silver lettered green cloth.
Jocelyn Olaf Hambro (1919–1994) British merchant banker, horse breeder and philanthropist.
Signed and dated by the Author to front free endpaper - ‘Andrew St. George Oxford 1992.’
£35.00 [ref: 292975]
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES. Hopes Betrayed 1883-1920. The Economist as Saviour 1920-1937. Fighting for Britain 1937-1946. Macmillan 1983-2000.
1st Ed., Mixed Imp. 3 vols. Large 8vo. Numerous ills. mainly from photos. Ownership inscriptions, good in d/ws. with some minor signs of wear, some fading to d/w. on vol. 1.
£60.00 [ref: 290880]
MEMORIALS OF ALFRED MARSHALL. Macmillan & Co., Limited 1925.
1st Ed. [xii] + 518pp. + [ii] adverts. 6 ports. Lacking port. frontis. and half title, sm. ownership signature, light marginal age toning, f.e.ps. lightly browned f.e.ps., original gilt lettered green cloth, some light fading and rubbing, corners worn, tail of upper board ink? stained, spine browned, tail of spine sl. chipped head of spine worn with loss.
Includes Selections of Marshall’s writings and In Memoriam by J.M. Keynes, F.Y. Edgeworth etc.
£40.00 [ref: 292702]
THE WRITINGS OF WILLIAM PATERSON. Founder of the Bank of England. Reprints of Economic Classics/Augustus M. Kelley, New York 1968.
Facsimile Reprint of 1859 2nd Ed. 3 vols. Port. frontis., facsimile. Very good in original gilt lettered green cloth with black title patch to spines.
Library of Money and Banking History.
£35.00 [ref: 287275]
THE REPORTS OF THE SOCIETY, for Bettering the Condition and Increasing the Comforts of the Poor. Printed for the Society by W. Bulmer and Co. 1798.
Bound in the following sequence : First Report xv + [iii] + 46pp. + Appendix pp.1-2; Second Report [iv] + pp.(69-128); Third Report [iv] + pp.(129-196); Fourth Report [iv] + pp.(197-272); Fifth Report pp.(273-352); Main title page + [vi] Contents; Title page to Sixth Report [ii] pp.(353-446); Appendix pp.(3-16). Some browning, first few leaves of fifth report waterstained, with the signatures of Maria Stevens Bradfield, an inscription to ‘Henry Stevens from his father between 1878 & 1888’, ex.-libris Henry Stevens Trin. Coll., contemporary half calf with marbled boards, joints cracked with upper board nearly detached, gilt ruling and gilt lettered label to spine chipped with loss.
£150.00 [ref: 289613]
UNION MONÉTAIRE. Liste Complète des Monnaies Admissibles. Les pièces suivantes ont cours légal: Liste Complete des Pieces a Refuser. Gent. steendrukkerij E. de Laere, Hoogstraat, 151 N.d. c.[1885].
Single sheet measuring 47 x 36cm. folded with browning to folds and splits repaired to verso, stab holes to corners. French text.
£50.00 [ref: 284890]
JOHN BULL’S OPEN DOOR: A Plea for it to be Shut by (A London Business Man). Bartlett’s Publishing Co. N.d. c.[1909].
Large 8vo. [iv] adverts. + [iv] + 107pp. + [iv] adverts. 24 full page ills. including 4 cartoons by Will Inglis. F.e.ps. browned, some sporadic light marginal browning, title page lightly browned and spotted, upper hinge cracked, unobtrusive sm. blind embossed stamp to upper leading corner of front f.e.p., original black lettered red cloth backed illus. red boards, light soiling, edges rubbed with some wear to corners, some fading to lower board, sl. waterstaining across head of spine and sl. onto upper board, head and tail of spine sl. bumped and chipped.
£25.00 [ref: 283756]