Lesbian Mothers, Custody Disputes and Court Welfare Reports (Social work monographs) by Steel, Moira - Dec 01, 1990

Bristol: John Agg, 1809 Abridged version. pp 84. Internally very good subject to some staining affecting the first couple of pages.Recently rebound in marbled boards and calf spine.

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood, 1887 233 pages Edited by J.H.Stoddart Embellished with 36 engravings pasted into the book.Internally in near fine condition subject to moderate browning to end papers and a card with an owners name on the inside front cover.Binding sound (the book has evidently been seldom read) subject to 3 cm crack between inside front cover and fep.Cover quite bright with slight markings.Moderate wear to extremities of spine and a small nick at the bottom.Top corners bumped. An attractive book.

London, 1679 This trial was a consequence of the Popish Plot. Sir George Wakeman ( physician to the Queen), William Marshall , William Rumley and James Corker ( Benedictine Monks), were accused by Titus Oates and others of conspiring to murder King Charles II. They were tried on 18 July 1679 and acquitted after the jury had been instructed that it could not find them guilty of misprision of high treason (ie having knowledge but without necessarily involvement in the offence). After the trial Wakeman left the country and Rumley was found to be a lay brother. However Marshall and Corker were promptly rearrested for being priests; although convicted and sentenced to death they were not executed but were imprisoned until the accession of James 11 in 1685 . pp (4) + 84. Internally very good subject to some inoffensive marking and staining. Recently rebound in quarter leather.

London: Companie of Stationers, 1623 pp [1] + [2] + [2] + [18] + (578) + [5] ; First published in 1580. Internally very good subject to top margin fairly closely cropped but no impact on lettering, inoffensive water staining noticeable on a fair proportion of the leaves. Owners bookplate , with signature, late 19th cent, on inside front cover. The book has been rebacked with new endpapers; front of what looks to be the original spine retained. The boards, which look to be contemporary, are sound.

1904. Boston: The Merrymount Press, 1904. Boston: The Merrymount Press, 1904. A Memorial Tribute to a Prominent Female Boston Artist Inscribed, Signed and Marked by Holmes [Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. (1841-1935)]. [Whitman, Sarah Wyman (1842-1904)]. Sarah Whitman. Boston: The Merrymount Press, 1904. [vi], 27, [2] pp. Specked paper boards with contrasting spine, title and image of wreath to front board, gilt title to spine, deckle edges. Light wear to spine ends and corners, light toning to text, light foxing to a few leaves. "Helen C. Bell/ 14 Chestnut St./ From O.W. Holmes" in pencil to head of title page, check marks in pencil, most likely by Holmes, in margins next to two passages. $2,500. * A prominent and commercially successful painter and stained glass and book cover designer who ran an important literary salon with her husband, Whitman was one of Holmes's neighbors in Boston and Beverly Farms. Sarah Whitman is a record of a memorial service in her honor at the Baptist Church in Beverly… Read More

London: J Debrett, 1783 pp viii + 108. Recently rebound in full calf with new end papers.Lacks half-title otherwise internally in very good condition. An attractive volume.

London: Her Majesties Stationery Office, 1857 pp 496 Internally in near fine condition with Law Society stamp on title page. Modern quarter leather binding

Bristol: John Agg, 1809 Abridged version. pp 84. Internally very good subject to some staining affecting the first couple of pages.Recently rebound in marbled boards and calf spine.

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood, 1887 233 pages Edited by J.H.Stoddart Embellished with 36 engravings pasted into the book.Internally in near fine condition subject to moderate browning to end papers and a card with an owners name on the inside front cover.Binding sound (the book has evidently been seldom read) subject to 3 cm crack between inside front cover and fep.Cover quite bright with slight markings.Moderate wear to extremities of spine and a small nick at the bottom.Top corners bumped. An attractive book.

London, 1679 This trial was a consequence of the Popish Plot. Sir George Wakeman ( physician to the Queen), William Marshall , William Rumley and James Corker ( Benedictine Monks), were accused by Titus Oates and others of conspiring to murder King Charles II. They were tried on 18 July 1679 and acquitted after the jury had been instructed that it could not find them guilty of misprision of high treason (ie having knowledge but without necessarily involvement in the offence). After the trial Wakeman left the country and Rumley was found to be a lay brother. However Marshall and Corker were promptly rearrested for being priests; although convicted and sentenced to death they were not executed but were imprisoned until the accession of James 11 in 1685 . pp (4) + 84. Internally very good subject to some inoffensive marking and staining. Recently rebound in quarter leather.