Sir peter laurie (12 risultati)

No Binding. Condizione: Very Good. A fine original engraved portrait, ca. 1840. Mounted and ready to frame. In very good condition. This is an excellent opportunity to purchase a portrait of this eminent personage. From the portrait in the Guildhall Collection.

No Binding. Condizione: Very Good. A splendid antique engraved portrait, printed circa 1890. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Attractive and decorative.

No Binding. Condizione: Very Good. A fine original wood engraved portrait, ca 1870, mounted and ready to frame. This is an excellent opportunity to purchase a portrait of this eminent personage. From the portrait in the Guildhall Collection.

1p., 12mo. Bifolium. On aged and worn paper, diagonally folded with remains of red wax seal on reverse of second leaf, which is addressed to 'Richard Eales Esqre | &c &c &c | Exeter'. The letter begins: 'Sir Peter Laurie presents his compliments to Mr Eales & request his acceptance of the accompanying pamphlet'. He asks Eales 'to place (at his convenience) the other two copies in the hands of the Gentlemen to whom they are officially directed'. The pamphlet referred to is '"Killing No Murder:" or, The effects of separate confinement on the bodily and mental condition of prisoners in the government prisons and other gaols in Great Britain and America.' (1846). For more on Laurie see his entry in the Oxford DNB.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Please contact O'Connell's Bookshop Adelaide (est. 1957) to check availability etc. We have many thousands more books in our shop than appear on line. (22x14cm. navy with gilt title, some tiny white spots on bottom edge, couple of notes written on rear EP, 153 pages, British Hist.).…

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 70. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1846 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 70.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Pages 170-252, plus 20 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Many black and white photos and illustrations. Contents include: The Warden of the Marches; Seeds of Fortune; An Elephant-Poacher's Odyssey; Through the Inner Deserts of Arabia - part 2; "Denied Admittance" - an Ellis Island Story; The Shrine or Ordam Padshah; The Two Portraits; A "New Chum" in New Zealand - part 2; The Isles of the Arafura; Cave-Hunting in New Mexico; A Rolling Stone. Bits of clear tape at each end of spine. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this vintage issue. Prater, Ernest; Peddie, Tom; Soper, G.; Woodville, R. Caton; Wightman, W.E.; Potts, Leonard; Tayler, Laurie; Bestall, A.E. (illustratore).…

Leather. Condizione: Very Good. A substantial and varied pamphlet sammelband bringing together thirteen scarce politically charged tracts on reform, taxation, and social policy, in a smart contemporary half calf binding. In a contemporary half calf binding with marbled paper boards.A sammelband of thirteen mid-nineteenth century pamphlets, chiefly relating to political economy, taxation, population statistics, and ecclesiastical matters, printed between 1845 and 1846 and here bound together in a single volume.Compromising:1846 "Killing No Murder;" or, The Effects of Separate Confinement on the Bodily and Mental Condition of Prisoners in the Government Prisons and Other Gaols in Great Britain and America by Sir Peter Laurie, Alderman.1837 The Acts for Altering the Criminal Law, Passed 17th July 1837.1847 The Small Debts and Local Courts Act, for Facilitating by Easy Process the Recovery of Small Debts; Passed Augus 28, 1846. With a List of All the Towns and Districts in Which Courts are to be Held, the Rules of Practice; The Orders in Council. Passed March, 1847. And a Copious Consulting Index. Illustrated with a folding map frontispiece.1845 Sources or Means of Appropriation for the Human Creature"s Property; or, Pecuniary Possessions or Increasings, Now Offered in Lieu of the Unsound, the Unreal, National Funding System: A Letter to the Editor of The Times by James Hansard, August 16, 1845.1847 An Inquiry into the Economy, Exchange, and Distribution of Wealth by J. Mason.1847 Letter from Sir Robert to the Electors for the Borough of Tamworth by Robert Peel. Third edition.1846 A Few Words to the Agricultural Classes by "A Temple Man."[1846] The Income Tax: Its Extension at the Present Rate Proposed to All Classes; Abolishing the Malt Tax, Window Tax, and Other Taxes, with Some Observations on the Tea Duties by William Ray Smee. Second edition. Dated using jisc, from a copy held at the British Library.1846 To Landlord and Tenant Farmers. The Repeal of the Malt-Tax: and its Effect on Land, Labour, and Commerce. With an Explanation of the Art of Making Malt, and the Mode of Calculating the Duty; also a Statistical Account of the Malting Trade for the Last Hundred Years by H. Ayres.1846 The History and Power of Ecclesiastical Courts by Edward Muscutt. Fifth Thousand.1845 The Liverpool Mercury Population Tables: being an Abstract of the Census Returns of 1841; with Particulars respecting Parliamentary Representation, derived from Official Returns to the House of Commons; also a Table of the Amount of Real Property in England assessed to the Income Tax in 1815 and 1842. This copy features a large linen-backed folding table frontispiece.1845 A Charge Delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Exeter at the Triennial Visitation in June, July, and August, 1845 by Henry, Lord Bishop of Exeter. In a contemporary half calf binding with marbled paper boards.Externally, smart. Slight age toning to boards. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in minor loss to calf. Previous bookseller's discreet label to rear paste down. The odd spot to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the odd spot, lightly age-toned overall, with heavier toning to one or two pamphlets and to the first and last leaves of each volume. ONe inch closed tear to folding map frontispiece of "The Small Debts," at point of extension. Very Good. None (illustratore). book.…

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1846 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 67 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 67.…

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1841 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 36 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.…

For details of Ady and his methods, see his entry in the Oxford DNB. The present item is on one side of a 9.5 x 22 cm piece of paper. Ady begins with information regarding unclaimed dividends of John Jackson, with Ady claiming that he has 'a Minute £500 is the Money & the Partie [sic] Entitled is Jane Jackson | But thro' the Malice of Sir Peter Laurie I have not my original books Consequently unless you will allow me to inspect those letters I cannot give further Explanations You cannot suppose that a House Keeper of 50 Years standing Would be such a fool as for the sake of 10s/- % act the Highway Man & run from Home & all its Comforts | J. Ady' On the back of one of Ady's fradulent circulars: a lithographed form in facsimile handwriting (not filled in), sent by 'Joseph Ady Accountant No 5 York St Charlotte St ¼ East of Whitechapel Church London': 'I am in possession of particulars of Unclaimed Money amounting to 50 Millions at a cost of about £2000 therefore must be paid an additional fee for each future Letter and attendance including the postage | A Housekeeper 40 years & known to all the Aldermen of London. My Voluntary Referee Sir Peter Laurie (who together with Wm Parnel Iyars Esqr have most of my books under their Care) advises me not to deal with Deputys or Attorneys only with Principals. Otherwise I may give Information to wrong Parties & thereby enable them to get Money which they ought not'.…

Leather Bound. Condizione: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2024, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1846. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages: - 62, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 62 62.…