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DETAILED RECORDS OF THE BRITISH SUBJUGATION AND COLONIZATION OF MODERN GHANA first edition 8vo. xii, 557, [1 (advt.)]pp., coloured frontispiece map, maroon cloth gilt, small bruise on spine, else a very nice copy. Uncommon. This book collects and prints a mass of original documents relating to the European, in particular British, scramble to control the wealth and trade of regions adjacent to the western African coast and the consequent progressive militarisation and colonization the region. It covers "the period from the formation of the last African Company of Merchants in 1750 to the conclusion of the third Ashantee War in 1874" during which British, Dutch and Danish interests bought and sold each other coastal forts without "any consultation whatsoever with the tribes concerned therewith" and garrisoned these forts with British army units (regular troops, the Royal African Corps and troops imported from the West Indies). Slaving was obviously a major source of wealth. Crooks knew the… Read More

A CULTURAL MILESTONE - FIRST PRINTED COLLECTION OF IRISH GAELIC LITERATURE first edition 4to. xxvi, [2], 369, [1 (blank)]pp. plus an errata slip, contemporary tree calf, sympathetically rebacked, smooth spine panelled by bands of gilt rolls, large flower tool at panel centres, maroon morocco title label gilt, edges dyed green, light trace of old glue along gutter margin of title page, some light scattered foxing. A handsome copy. ESTC t144089 BRADSHAW 2243 GILBERT, p.91. List of subscribers on p.xi- xxiii, including many figures distinguished in Irish cultural history and some in Britain and in Italy.This and her friend and collaborator Joseph Walker's Historical Memoirs of the Irish Bards (1786) together mark a new and significant movement in Irish culture. Inspired indirectly by the fabrications of Macpherson's Ossian and more directly by such as Thomas Percy's Reliques of Ancient English Poetry they represent the first literary fruit in Ireland of the romantic movement. "Each, and… Read More

THE BODY-SNATCHING CRISIS - AN IMPORTANT REPORT IN MEDICAL HISTORY first edition follscap folio 150, [2 (blank)]pp., original blue wrappers, title page repeated on front panel, edges untrimmed as issued, slight cracking of wrapper front 'joint', wrappers and edges a little dusty, else very good in its original state.Garrison-Morton.com 'History of Medicine Bibliography', 7096.In early nineteenth century Britain and Ireland the supply of dead bodies for teaching purposes in medical schools was regulated by the Murder Act of 1752 which stipulated that only corpses of executed criminals could be used for dissection. While the 18th. century hundreds had been executed for trivial crimes by the 19th century that number had dropped to about 56 people annually, while at the same time the expansion of the medical schools meant that upwards of 500 cadavers were needed annually. The anatomy teachers in medical schools resorted to paying for bodies without asking too many questions which resulted in a… Read More

CELEBRATED GENERAL ON THE ART OF WARfirst edition in English 4to. [2 (title)], (iii)-x, [2 (dedication)], 195, [1 (advts.)]pp., 40 numbered engraved images on 34 folding plates, attractive and sympathetic modern contemporary-style tan half calf by Brockman, spine panelled by raised bands highlighted by double gilt fillets, large blind tool at panel centres, black morocco title label, brown marbled sides, hand-made paper endpapers, title leaf a little dusty and with minor and almost invisible archival tissue reinforcement on verso at fore edge, a few slight fox spots on fore-edge of plates, else a nice fresh copy. A handsome copy.ESTC t97717 Maurice, Comte de Saxe (1696-1750), one of the most notable and successful military commanders of the eighteenth century, was an illegitimate son of Augustus II, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony. He was engaged in and immersed in military engagements and soldiering from his early youth and served successively in the armies of the Holy Roman Empire,… Read More

MASTERFULLY ILLUSTRATED & DECORATED BOOK - REGARDED AS POGANY'S MASTERPIECE - IN ITS MOST ATTRACTVE BURGUNDY SUEDE BINDING
first edition, de-luxe issue in burgundy suede binding large 4to. (32 x 23 cms.) [4 (colour printed half-title & titlepage)], [124]pp. on silky paper, the pages elaborately designed by Pogany using decorative calligraphic lettering for the text inside broad decorative borders and with colour and monochrome illustrations throughout by Pogany, most pages printed in two colours, 20 pages with tipped in coloured plates by Pogany, publisher's full burgandy suede (reversed calf) with yapp edges, upper third of the front cover boldly gilt blocked with a decorative design of a sailing ship in full sail and elaborate gilt title lettering, lower two thirds of the front panel with an elaborate bling blocked design, very decorative original endpapers designed by Pogany and printed in shades of buff, top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed, minor wear to foot of spine with loss of the projecting… Read More