The Court and City Register, or Gentleman's Complete Annual Kalendar, For the Year 1772. Containing, I. New and Correct Lists of both Houses of Parliament. II. The Court Register. III. Lists of the Army, Navy, Universities, Public Offices, Hospitals, &c. With many Improvements, and the Additions of some new Lists
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London: Printed for J. Joliffe...[inter alia], n. d. 1772. 12mo, 140 x 82 mms., pp. [lxiv], [iii] - vi, 282, with separate title-page in red and black for Rider's British Merlin (London: R. and M. Brown), following general title-page, and the Rider section interleaved, attractively bound in full contemporary red morocco, very ornately gilt covers, gilt spine, all edges gilt; some contemporary deletions and additions to Navy section, top and base of spine chipped, corners a little worn, remains of clasps, but an attractive copy Rider's English Merlin is a separate publication of 60 pages inserted between the title-page of the Kalendar and its Index. ESTC N4861 locates copies in Huntington, Newbery, Nova Scotia, and Stanford. OCLC adds Yale, Huntington; Basel, Bern, Staatsbibliothek Berlin.
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- The Court and City Register, or Gentleman's Complete Annual Kalendar, For the Year 1772. Containing, I. New and Correct Lists of both Houses of Parliament. II. The Court Register. III. Lists of the Army, Navy, Universities, Public Offices, Hospitals, &c. With many Improvements, and the Additions of some new Lists
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- London: Printed for J. Joliffe...[inter alia], n. d. 1772
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