Hardwick Lord (7 results)

Condition: Good. 1960. First Published. 198 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth. Contains black and white photographic and illustrated plates. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates are lightly tanned throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Firmly bound, black cloth boards. Marks on cover. Browning on the end papers. Jacket is price clipped, there are scuffing and dust spotting on it.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A fine engraved portrait. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Attractive, decorative and unusual. Circa. 1810.

3pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged, with traces of paper from mount adhering to blank reverse of second leaf. Folded twice. From the Cullum papers, Simpson being a neighbour of the family. Having 'just come in from a longish walk', he is sorry to have missed Lady Cullum. He wishes he 'knew which of the two ways you name would be most agreeable to you, for us to dine with you; but since you kindly leave it to me, I say Friday, on which Evening we will have the pleasure of being at Hardwick at 7 o'Clock.' He reports that the 'two Miss Lockharts' are 'quite taken' with her, and 'loud in their praises of Lady Cullum'. He gives the names of the party he has 'made up' for the following Thursday: 'Herveys 3, Wynches 2, Col. Wollaston, and Mr. Barton - You and Miss Bird and ourselves make up the twelve.' He is 'not afraid of a Fox, well fed on good poultry, worrying Dot!' He does not think Dot can catch the fox, 'so believe he and Pater may try their best in great safety'. He ends with the remembrances of his two daughters to Lady Cullum and Miss Bird.…

3pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged, with traces of paper from mount adhering to blank reverse of second leaf. Folded twice. Written in his usual difficult hand. He begins by stating that her note was forwarded to him from Knebworth. The letter continues: 'I had previously requested my Sol[icito]r. to arrange some plan, if possible by which the [tenets?] of the Deed might be performed without your intervention, or occasioning you any personal [trouble?] &c.' The solicitor has informed Lytton that he has 'not quite effected that object in a mode which will [?] you from all anxiety.' A reference to 'Mr. Greene' follows, and he continues by explaining why he was 'desirous of this', with a possible and only partially-legible reference to his long-suffering wife (as 'Lady L'?) and 'the mother'. He ends in the hope that she will visit him at Knebworth. From the papers of Lady Ann Cullum (1807-1875), wife of Sir Thomas Gery Cullum (1777-1855) of Hardwick House.…

Lady Bulwer Lytton is now best-known for her mistreatment at the hands of her husband (see their entries in the Oxford DNB). Both letters are in good condition, lightly aged and worn, the first carrying traces of mount and with slight damage at one corner. ONE: 28 February 1836. 4pp, 16mo. She is delighted to hear of Lady Cullum's return to England. She asks her, 'like a darling' to bring her husband Sir Thomas Gery Cullum with her 'and spend a long day with me on Wednesday I mention that day as the first I have disengaged, but if you can come, on Saturday and stay two or three weeks with us it would make me most excessively happy. On Wednesday you will find no lady but stupid me as my Sposo [i.e. her husband] is obliged to Dine at the Duchess of Kents, were it any where else he would put it off to have the pleasure of seeing you.' She ends with a reference to Lady Cullum's brother, and to the good health of her husband. TWO: Without date or place. 4pp, 16mo. Bifolium. Begins: 'My dear Lady Cullum how kind you are to me, too kind for I shall get too fond of you, and it is a bad thing to be fond of anything in this world. Thank you very much for the draughts, and still more for the inking no them.' She would have thanked her the previous night, but 'was in too much [pash?] to do so'. If Lady Cullum is 'at home to day at 2 O'Clock, need I say how delighted I shall be to see you, as indeed the sight of your pretty kind face always does me good'.…

First Edition. London: Printed for W. Owen, 1766. With an Interesting Tract on Law Reform [Cunningham, Timothy (d. 1789)]. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, In the Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Years, Of His Late Majesty King George the Second. During which Time The Right Honourable the Earl of Hardwicke was Lord Chief Justice of that Court. With Tables of the Names of the Cases and Principal Matters. To Which is Prefixed, A Proposal for Rendering the Laws of England Clear and Certain, Humbly Offered to the Consideration of Both Houses of Parliament. London: Printed for W. Owen, 1766. [iv], xxi, [1], 178 pp. Folio (12-1/2" x 8"). Recent quarter-morocco over cloth, calf lettering piece to spine, endpapers renewed. Some toning to text, occasional faint dampstaining to head of text block, light soiling, early annotation (shelf number?) and later library stamp to title page, another stamp to foot of p. 178. $500. * First edition. Remembered today as the author of an important law dictionary, Cunningham was one of the most prolific and versatile legal writers of the eighteenth century. Containing reports of cases decided by Lord Chief Justice Hardwicke, his Reports is prefaced by an interesting 17-page tract, "offered to the consideration of both houses of Parliament" titled "A Proposal for Rendering the Laws of England Clear and Certain." Later editions were published in 1770 and 1871. Contrary to its title, this book does not include cases past the eighth year of George II. A note on p. [iii] states that "The second part of these reports is in the press," but this volume was never published. English Short-Title Catalogue N13213. London: Printed for W. Owen, 1766 (illustrator).…