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Soft Cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 84 p. Perhaps not riveting reading, but an interesting artifact from the 2000 presidential campaign. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Condition: GOOD. 1913. Burgundy Cloth hardcover with gilt lettering. Frontispiece with tissue protector. No DJ. 362pp plus charts. GOOD. Minor wear to extremities. Pages clean. Ex-library with the usual.

Full Leather. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Very Good full leather edition, no names or other marks. Insect damage to the lower corner of the front and rear endpapers. Leather has some minor scuffs and rubs. Hinges are strong and tight. Bound in calf leather for presentation to members of Congress. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 554 pages.

Cloth. Condition: Good. None (illustrator). A very scarce volume of reports presented to the House of Commons by various committees in 1833. A very scarce work.An impressive presentation of the reports from various committees to the House of Commons from the year 1833, this being Volume IX of XII published in that year.This volume contains the reports of the Municipal Corporations, Metropolitan Police, Frederick Young &C., and Cold Bath Fields Meeting.Of particular interest is the minutes of the meeting on the Coldbath Field riots, which had occurred in May of 1833. The riots occured when the police attempted to break up a meeting of the National Union of the Working Classes.From the library of the Law Society, rebound by them, with their bookplate to the front paste down. In an institutional half cloth binding with paper to the boards. Externally, generally smart, light rubbing, with loss to the tail of the front joint. Light marks to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the extremities. Small bump and loss to the fore edge of the rear board. A small amount of paper is lifting to the front joint. Small tidemark to the rear board. Front hinge is strained. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean. Title page is detached but present, and is a little edge worn. Good. book.

Leather. Condition: Good. None (illustrator). A set of five very scarce volumes of the reports and proceedings of the House of Commons in 1816. A very scarce set of five volumes, containing the reports of the House of Commons on various subjects for the year 1816, including minutes and financial reports.The Prime Minister in 1816 was the Tory Robert Jenkinson, the 2nd Earl of Liverpool. These volumes provide an insight into his time as Prime Minister and his proceedings, Jenkinson was Prime Minister from 1812 to 1827, a pivotal time in English' history; he took over after the assassination of Spencer Perceval, and he stepped into the role at a time when the Napoleonic Wars were at full force. He is the third longest-serving Prime Minister in British history.This set contains;Volume IV, with one folding table. Including: minutes of evidence on education of the lower orders in the metropolis and the corresponding report; poor laws of the kingdom; poor and charitable donations; insolvent debtors acts, 53 & 54 under George III; affording accomodation for the court of chancery; African forts, on the annual vote of money; Caledonian canal,on estimate for augmenting the usual grant; Crinan canal, on papers and estimate; Highland roads and bridges, on the estimate; game laws; tithes, whether proprietors may grant leases.Volume V, with five folding tables. Including: police of the metropolis; mendicity in the metropolis; pavement of the metropolis.Volume VI, illustrated with two plates. Including: State of Laws relating to the manufacture of leather; first, second, and third report on seeds and wool; first, second, and third report of minutes on madhouses; report of the lords of the committee of council on coins; progress made in carrying the act for a new post-office into execution, and notes on the money advanced, being £30,000.Volume VIII, illustrated with one folding map. Including: thirteenth report on the Caledonian canal; second report on the military roads and bridges in Scotland; London and Holyhead by Chester; Holyhead harbour, with a plan of the harbour; courts of justice; so far as relates to the court of chancery, duties, salaries and emoluments; 1st, 2nd, and 3rd reports on jury court in Scotland; first report on courts of justice in Scotland; herring fishery, for the year ending 5th of April 1815; illicit distillation in Scotland, two reports of the chairman of the board of commissioners; Berbice, report and papers of the commissioners appointed for the management of the crown estates in that colony.Volume XIII, with three folding tables. Including a total of seventy-one reports, including: His Majesty's Mint; Paper Relating to the Civil and Military Offices in the Colonies of St. Lucia, Tobago, Berbice, Demerara & Essequibo, and Isle of France; Accounts of Estimate for the year 1816 for the British Museum; account of foreign gold, sworn off before the Lord Mayor, between 1760 and 1816; unclaimed dividends and lottery prizes; account of bank notes in circulation on Saturday night in each week of the year 1797; account of the total nominal value of forged notes, presented at the Bank and refused payment, for the last four years.Each report has a separate title page and pagination. In a full calf binding. Externally, worn. Leather is a little rubbed with some marks. Bumping to the extremities. A small amount of loss to the head and tail of the spines. Rear board of Volume V is detached but present, with some lifting to the rear joint, front joint is starting. Joints of Volume IV are strained, hinges are tender. Worming has resulted in loss of leather to the front board of Volume VIII. Front hinge of Volume Vi is starting, with small cracks to the head and tail of the front joint, rear joint is cracked and rear hinge is strained. A few small patches of loss to the rear board of Volume VI, with a small amount of worming to the rear joint. Hinges of Volume VIII are starting but firm. Rear endpapers of Volume V are detached but present. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with spots to the first and last few pages of Volume XIII. Good. book.