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Thickell, Richard. Anticipation: containing the substance of
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session.... London: Pr. for T. Becket, 1778. 8vo. vi pp., [1] f., 74 pp. .
Click the image for an enlargement. • Adams, American Controversy, 78-102b; Sabin 95788. Sewn, later wrappers applied; some foxing. Four leaves chipped along the outer margin, not affecting text. Without the final blank (only); with the half-title. A very good, clean copy. (25497)
Much
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“The
Great Buzaglo”
[Tickell, Richard]. The project. A poem. Dedicated to Dean Tucker. The fifth edition. London: Pr. for T. Becket, 1779. 4to. [2] ff., 12 pp.
The "Buzaglo" referred to in the poem is the eponymous cast-iron stove designed by London inventor/ironmaster Abraham Buzaglo, which the author of the poem contends will, once installed, quell party strife in the House of Commons by warming the uncomfortable chill that provokes and riles the more partisan members.
• Recent marbled paper wrappers. Very light foxing on first three leaves. Two page numbers shaved.
Printed in London — (Re-)Bound inTrentonToone, William. The chronological historian; or a record of public events, historical, political, biographical, literary, domestic, and miscellaneous; principally illustrative of the ecclesiastical, civil, naval, and military history of Great Britain and its dependencies, from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the present time... Second edition. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1828. 8vo (21.8 cm, 8.55"). 2 vols. I: [1] f., ii, 664 pp. II: [1] f., 747, [1] pp.
Binding: Mid- to late-19th-century binding, with binder’s ticket of the True American Bindery of Trenton, NJ.
• Half morocco with marbled paper–covered sides, spines with gilt-stamped titles and blind-stamped decorative devices; edges and sides moderately rubbed with a bit of paper skinned from cover of vol. II. Most pages with some degree of foxing. Handsome on shelf, solid in hand.
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BEGGING
for Commercial Law Reform Tribunals
of commerce. A letter to the bankers of London, reviewing
the origin and progress of the movement in favour of tribunals of commerce....
London: Effingham Wilson, 1854. 8vo (19.7 cm, 7.75"). 47, [1 (blank)] pp.
• First edition: Pamphlet in support of law reforms for merchants
and traders. The final portion is subtitled “Remarks on the utility and
organisation of Tribunals of Commerce. (By the aid of a Belgian barrister).”
• NSTC 2L25966; not in Goldsmiths’-Kress. Recent paper-covered boards. Title-page with small inked numerals in upper outer corner. Shouldernotes shaved. Pages clean.
Whiggery Summarized[Tyrrell, James]. Bibliotheca politica. London: R. Baldwin, 1694. 4to (20.4 cm, 8"). π4 A–I4 2A2 K–S4 T2 U–Z4 Aa–Dd4 Ee2 Ff–Mm4 Nn–Ss2 Tt–Zz4 Aaa–Eee4 3A4 (3A1+‘A2’) 2B–2C4 Iii–Nnn4 Ooo1 Ppp–Zzz4 Aaaa–Oooo4 χ2 Pppp–Zzzz4 Aaaaaa4 (Aaaaaa2+χχ1(cancel for Aaaaaa3)) Bbbbb–Lllll4 Nnnnn–Uuuuu4 Xxxxx2 Yyyyy–Zzzzz4 Aaaaaa–Ffffff4 4A4 Hhhhhh–Pppppp4 b–i2. Pp. [1–5], 5 (i.e., 6), 7, [8]; [4] ff.; pp. 1–64; [2] ff.; pp. 65–136; [2] ff.; pp. 145–372; [2] ff.; pp. 372 (i.e., 373), 374–436; [1] f.; pp. 437–542; [2] ff., pp. 543–614; [2] ff.; pp. 615–689, [690]; [3] ff.; pp. 691–900, [901–904]; [3] ff.; pp. 905–968; [16] ff. 
• Wing T3582; ESTC P6200. On Tyrell, see: Dictionary of National Biography, LVII, 441–42. Recent quarter calf, old style, with gilt-beaded raised bands gilt-ruled above and below, gilt center devices in spine compartments, and a red leather title-label. Marbled sides. Some shallow chipping and a few closed tears, both without loss of text; old paper repairs on the edges and in the gutter of the first few leaves. Rubber stamps from a now-defunct library. A good handful of a book.
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