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Small quarto, 307 manuscript pages, bound in ¼ blue cloth, with paper-backed limp boards, possibly a self-made binding, spine chipped, boards worn and stained, some minor staining to preliminary pages, otherwise very good, minor tanning at edges, written in ink, in a legible hand. The volume also includes 15 pages of tipped in manuscript corrections and/or emendations, not dated, however since Count ran for office for the breakaway Liberals as an early Labor Party candidate in 1877 and 1878, we can assume it was written contemporaneously with his political activities. The book's pages are numbered, with pages 291-292 being repeated, but with different text. The work apparently was never published, no work with this title, or anything remotely similar appears in OCLC.On the front cover of this volume the title of the volume is written in ink: "The Representative or an Official Visit to Dublin, being a Series of Photographic Sketches of Life, Character, Scenes, & Utterances." At the bottom of the front… Read More

No Binding. Very Good. small folio, one page, formerly folded, top edge lightly browned, else very good. Text neatly inscribed in ink on laid paper. The sheet, judging from the fold marks was evidently folded into a very small triangle of just over an inch in size, possibly for easy concealment and transmittal. he present document is both intriguing and curious it discusses the Treaty of Paris and contains information which poses several intriguing questions: the document states that Peace would be signed on the 19th at six o'clock in the evening and with conditions which differed somewhat from the terms of the final treaty. The preliminary articles of peace were not signed until November 30, 1782, the final Treaty ending the War was signed on September 3, 1783. The terms mentioned in this manuscript differ from the final document. The questions posed by this document are: Does the present document discuss a preliminary draft? Is it incorrect or secretly transmitted information from the… Read More