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Brighton and Worthing: W. J. Smith pp vi + 7/124 + 17 + (1). Seven b & w plates, as called for. Not dated but believed to be 1840s. Cover could be somewhat later but not recent. Internally very good with moderate browning, Signatures of three owners on inside cover/fep, binding firm. Teg. Cover sound with a fair amount of wear to corners and edges.

Brighton W.J.Smith N.D, 1870. hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). Previous owner's personal bookplate. Actual title is: A full and genuine history of the inhuman and unparalleled murders of Mr.William Galley,a custom-house officier,and Mr.Daniel Chater,a shoemaker by fourtren Notorius Smugglers, with the trials and execution of seven of the bloody criminals,at chichester. with the trials and execution of seven of the bloody criminals,at Chichester. The seventh edition. Undated, circa 1870. New endpapers. This item cost more than 150 euros and so taxes will be due in the EU (European Union). Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

Hardcover. Fair. EARLY EDITION. Brighton and Worthing: W. J. Smith, [nd]. Hardcover, bound in publisher's original boards. The Seventh Edition (circa 1870); 124 pages, plus the additional 17 page history of smuggling in Sussex, as well as ads, etc., illustrated with period wood engravings. Spine strip missing with tape repairs to boards; binding loose, pages toned, else about good. NOT EX-LIBRARY. (shelf4)

1800. Inhuman and Unparalleled Murders" A Gentleman at Chichester. A Full and Genuine History of the Inhuman and Unparalleled Murders of Mr. William Galley, A Custom-House Officer, And Mr. Daniel Chater, A Shoemaker, By Fourteen Notorious Smugglers, With the Execution of Seven of the Bloody Criminals, At Chichester. Also the Trials of John Mills, And Henry Sheerman; With an Account of the Wicked Lives of the Said Henry Sheerman. Lawrence and Thomas Kemp, Robert Fuller, And Jockey Brown, Condemned at East Grinsted. With the Trials at Large of Thomas Kingsmill and Other Smugglers for Breaking Open the Custom House at Poole. To the Whole is Added a Sermon Preached in the Cathedral Church of Chichester, At a Special Assize Held There, By William Ashburnham, M.A. Late Bishop of the Diocese. Chichester: Printed and Sold by William Mason, [c.1820]. 160 pp. With seven copperplate illustrations "descriptive of the barbarous cruelties." Octavo (6-3/4" x 4-1/2"). Contemporary three-quarter morocco over marbled… Read More

London. Printed for the Author: and Published by Alex. Hogg. MDCC LXXX II [1782]. Crown Folio, 39cm, iv,5-710,[iv]p., (list of subscribers & 1 page ad), indexed, plus 3 maps (1 folding) and 105 engraved plate illustrations, in half dark brown calf, gilt decorated raised bands, crushed crimson morocco label, gilt titles and decorated borders, matched marbled boards, a fine remarkabily clean copy attractively bound of the rare first edition.(cgc). A detailed early history of England, known particularly for its lavish engravings - especially the later ones covering the American War of Independence; twelve plates starting at page 686. Oxford Dictionary of Biography. V3. - p237. BARNABD, Edward (1717-1781 ), provost of Eton, born in 1717, was the son of a Bedfordshire clergyman. He was on the foundation at Eton, but, becoming superannuated, entered at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he became B.A. 1738, M.A. 1742, B.D. 1750 and D.D. 1756. He was fellow of his college from March 1743-4 to 1756. In… Read More

1749. There Never Was Such a Horrible Scene of Villainy" A Gentleman at Chichester. A Full and Genuine History of the Inhuman and Unparallell'd Murders Committed on the Bodies of Mr. William Galley, A Custom-House Officer in the Port of Southampton: And Mr. Daniel Chater, A Shoemaker, Of Fordingbridge in Hampshire. Together with an Account of the Trials of the Seven Bloody Criminals, At Chichester, By Virtue of a Special Commission, On the 16th, 17th, And 18th of January, 1748: By which it Appears, There Never Was Such a Horrible Scene of Villainy Ever Heard of, Or Known Before. With a Particular Account of Their Behaviour at Their Trials, As Also While Under Confinement at Chichester, Both Before, At, And After Sentence of Death was Passed Upon Them: Together with Their Lives, Confessions, Behaviour, And Last Dying Words at the Place of Execution, On Thursday January 19, The Day After They Receiv'd Sentence of Death. London: Printed for the Proprietor R. Walker, 1749. vi, 267, [5] pp. With seven… Read More

London: printed for Alex. Hogg, at the King’s Arms, no. 16, Pater-Noster-Row; and sold by all booksellers and news-carriers, [1784-1786]., [1784-1786].. Very good. - Folio, 15-3/4 inches high by 9-3/4 inches wide. Bound in full dark red morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with rough gilt edges, a three line panel in blind and gold, with gold corner ornaments and blind trefoils. Titled "Cook's Voyages" in gilt on the front cover and between raised bands on the spine. In the center of the front cover is a sailing vessel of the period in full sail, tooled in gold outline, surrounded with a gold tooled circle representing rope. There is a small tear to the head of the spine and the joints and bottom edges of the covers are lightly rubbed. Pages iv, 5-655 + v, with a frontispiece portrait of Cook with a tissue guard, engraved, as follows, at the foot of the plate: "Accurately drawn from an original painting & engraved by Mr. Thornton". Illustrated with 156 plates and… Read More

London: Alex. Hogg, 1784. First collected edition of Cook's three voyages, folio, 2 volumes in 1; pp. iv, [4] list of subscribers, [5]-398; [399]-655, [1]; complete with the engraved frontispiece portrait of Cook, and with the full complement of 155 engraved plates an charts, but without the large folding world map; clean tear in D2 (no loss; one plate with tear at the top causing partial loss to the imprint and border, a half dozen or so other plates torn, with old repairs on versos and no loss; portions of the text dampstained, occasional spotting; many leaves trimmed close at the bottom with occasional loss or partial loss of a catchword, including partial loss to the title page imprint; some plates also trimmed close; 20th-century red morocco-backed marbled boards by J. Mac Donald Co., Norwalk, Ct., gilt lettering direct on gilt-paneled spine; the flaws aside, a very good copy. "An important compilation of English voyages, richly illustrated with engraved maps and plates. Anderson sometimes gives… Read More

London: Alexander Hogg,, [1784-86]. An important collection of English voyages First edition of this valuable compendium of the three voyages of Captain Cook and others. "An important collection of English voyages... [which] sometimes gives the original accounts, others are edited or abridged versions, and frequently additional material from other sources are added to give scope and depth to the narratives" (Hill). This attractive copy has the title page in the first state, with the date in the imprint. Originally issued in 80 weekly parts costing sixpence each, printed in double column in "large new Types, constructed on Purpose to comprise much Matter in a little Compass", Hogg's edition helped disseminate knowledge of Cook's discoveries to those unwilling or unable to afford the nine quartos and atlas volumes of the official accounts. The text is paraphrased and reordered to avoid impinging on the literary property of the Admiralty. The splendidly verbose title page notes the addition of the… Read More