Document Signed, First Edition (140 results)

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Hard cover 8vo in sky blue cloth w/gold titles. Near Fine book in Very Good DJ, now in clear protective cover. Top corners curled, else Fine and unmarked; clipped jacket edgeworn w/tears. INSCRIBED, SIGNED AND DATED IN YEAR OF PUBLICATION BY AUTHOR Jack Ilfey inside 1/2 title page. 167pp; illustrated in reproductions. 167 p. Inscribed, Signed and Dated in Year of Publication. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed 'To Tova--thank you for all the support. Warmest regards' by the author on the title page. 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 290 p. Audience: General/trade. As new except for a horizontal crease on the front panel of the dust jacket. A finalist for the National Book Award by the author of 'Stone Arabia' and 'Lightning Field'. Rare signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover with DJ. Black cloth over boards with silver stamping on front cover and spine. Tan pictorial DJ with black lettering. Title page not dated. Copyright page dated 1976. 383 pages. In good condition. Just a bit of fading at head and foot of spine; covers otherwise are clean. DJ now protected by Brodart cover; toned, but clean. Typed letter from the author tucked inside front of book explaining the importance of the epigraph; Wallace has signed the bottom of it in blue ink. Pages free of marks.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. New in new dust jacket. SIGNED by author on title page (signature and date only). 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. New, unread copy with dust jacket in protective mylar sleeve. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 384 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. The 5th Spellman novel by the author of 'The Passenger' and 'How to Start a Fire'. Rare signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Black buckram covered spine on blue boards, sharp and square, age toning to edges. Very Good+. Protected, price unclipped, dust jacket clean, nicks and chips, age toning. Good+. Book is firm in binding, b&w illustrations and historic photographs, 634 pages include Index. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; B&W Photos & Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 634 pages.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition, first impresion. Signed by the author, Jenny Tadfield, on the title page. 60pp, profusely illustrated in black and white. Laminated, illustrated stiff card covers. 4to. Some gentle edge wear to card covers, a little rubbed in places on extreme edges. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. A bookmark from the Parliamentary Bookshop loosely laid in. Most who see the House of Commons chamber for the first time think that it is very old. But in fact it is a modern building, which replaced the Victorian Chamber destroyed by enemy action in May 1941. This book tells the story of the destruction and rebuilding of the Chamber, and relives in pictures the wartime and austerity years in Parliament. Jennifer Tadfield, assistant Librarian in the House of Commons Library when she wrote this book, went on to become the first female House of Commons Librarian, serving in that role from 1993 until her retirement in 1999, after 36 years of service in the Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. document measures 17 x 11 inches, very clean. Embossed seal and ribbon of the state of Kentucky. A 1934 great depression era appointment doc signed by governor Ruby Laffoon, naming novelist Hugh Kahler to aide-de-camp and the rank of colonel. Laffoon was known for appointments to colonel, and according to the wiki below, "Among his gubernatorial legacies was appointing a record number of Kentucky colonels, including Harland Sanders, who used the title "Colonel" when he opened his chain of Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants." To be sent rolled in tube. uby Laffoon (January 15, 1869 March 1, 1941) was an American politician who served as the 43rd Governor of Kentucky from 1931 to 1935. A Kentucky native, at age 17 Laffoon moved to Washington, D.C., to live with his uncle, U.S. Representative Polk Laffoon. He developed an interest in politics and returned to Kentucky, where he compiled a mixed record of victories and defeats in elections at the county and state levels. In 1931, he was chosen as the Democratic gubernatorial nominee by a nominating convention, not a primary, making him the only Kentucky gubernatorial candidate to be chosen by a convention after 1903. In the general election, he defeated Republican William B. Harrisonby what was then the largest margin of victory in Kentucky gubernatorial history. Dubbed "the terrible Turk from Madisonville,"[1] Laffoon was confronted with the economic difficulties of the Great Depression. To raise additional revenue for the state treasury, he advocated the enactment of the state's first sales tax. This issue dominated most of his term in office and split the state Democratic Party and Laffoon's own administration. The lieutenant governor, A. B. "Happy" Chandler, led the fight against the tax in the legislature. After the tax was defeated in two regular legislative sessions and one specially called legislative session, Laffoon forged a bipartisan alliance to get the tax passed in a special session in 1934. Laffoon's feud with Lieutenant Governor Chandler continued throughout his term and affected the 1935 gubernatorial race. (At the time, the lieutenant governor was elected independently from the governor.) Term-limited by the state constitution, Laffoon supported political boss Tom Rhea to succeed him as governor, and convinced the Democrats to again hold a nominating convention to choose their gubernatorial nominee. This would have greatly improved Laffoon's chances of hand-picking his successor. While Laffoon was on a visit to Washington, D.C., Chandler was left as acting governor under the provisions of the Kentucky Constitution. Chandler issued a call for a special legislative session to consider a mandatory primary election bill. Laffoon rushed back to the state to invalidate the call, but the Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld it as constitutional, and the primary law was passed. Chandler defeated Rhea in the primary, and went on to succeed Laffoon as governor. Following his term in office, Laffoon returned to his native Madisonville, where he died of a stroke in 1941. Among his gubernatorial legacies was appointing a record number of Kentucky colonels, including Harland Sanders, who used the title "Colonel" when he o. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. pictorial paper, 219 pages : illustrations, CONTENRS: 1. The Sprinc Rice document -- 2. Doubted usefulness of submarines -- 3. From a dismal start -- 4. "Kick 'em to blue blazes" -- 5. Doomed offences -- 6. The great experiment at Cambrai -- 7. Wartime courage and daring -- Appendix to chapter 7 : Honours awarded to Royal Newfoundland Regiment members -- 8. The last days -- 9. WWI miscellany.Includes bibliographical references. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.

First Edition. Octavo, one quarter gray cloth over orange paper covered boards, black and white dust jacket with yellow and red lettering, signed and inscribed by author at title page. Novel shifting between two periods in a woman's life: her time as an underground radical in the 1970s, and her life as a suburban mother in the 1990s. Near Fine, in Very Good dust jacket, slight shelf wear, very small dent to upper front panel.

Limited edition of 50 copies. Printed wrappers, 4to, xi, 40 pp, frontis., 7 plates. 28 items. Wrappers slightly dampstained, otherwise Good.

Illustrated by Red ruled columns on schedules. First edition. Chain lines: 275mm; Watermark of [Capt.] Byron [Curtis] (Weston's Royal Linen Ledger): visible is "yal linen led". [Founded 1863, Dalton, MA]. Original folio stored in thirds with two-flap summary. Signed by executrix and register. 25.5 x 40cm. pp. [4]. Very Good. Toned summary, several chips to top fold edges. "The 3d Account of Mary M. Eldridge Executrix of the last will and testament of Isaiah Eldridge late of Dennis in the County of Barnstable, (blank)deceased:". Schedule A*: 6 items, Schedule B: 18 items. By the third draft her account was zero (both schedules had same amount). Freeman Hinkley Lothrop (b.1848) of Barnstable; 1881 register of probate; admitted to bar in 1884 (studied under Hiram Putnam Harriman b.1846, Judge of Barnstable Probate of Wills, appointed June 14, 1882). Names on Schedule B: Thomas Howes, Albert Rogers, Cape Cod Bank, B. P. Sears (auctioneers fees), Mr. Weeks, Henry Crosby (for Gravestones), John Small, D. P. Howes, H. M. Knowlton, J. Higgins.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Largo quarto in yellow and brown illus jacket; 176 pages: color illustrations; 30 cm. Includes index. Cooking, Mediterranean. Cooking, Mediterranean. Insalata's Restaurant. Fine in about near fine jacket with small closed tear and fold crease to rear upper edge. Overall a very bright and crisp copy. First edition, first printing (full number line).

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine. 8vo 8'' x 5¼'' 282 printed pages of text. ISBN 0750929642. Monochrome illustrations throughout. Fine condition book, in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, unused new book. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. SIGNED by the author to the title page 'Martin Lloyd.' Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0750929642 ENGLAND EXPLORATION.

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Clipped Signature from a Document Signed by Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne. Unadted. Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne, 1720-1794) was born in London, the second son of the 7th Earl of Lincoln. The Duke is mainly known today as the creator of Clumber Park, his country seat in Nottinghamshire, and the dog breed the Clumber Spaniel, named after the estate. Size of clipped paper is 70mm x 65mm. Condition is quite good. Mounted on paper. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18815. Signed by Author(s).

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Signed and Written Part of a Military Document Detailing Soldiers deaths by General John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham. Undated but 1802. General John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, 1756-1835 was a British soldier and politician. Chatham was the eldest son of Prime Minister William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham. He was two and a half years older than his famous brother William Pitt the Younger, the future prime minister. He spent a lengthy period in the cabinet but is best known for commanding the disastrous Walcheren Campaign of 1809. He was Master General of His Majesty's Ordnance from 1801-1806. Size of document is 250mm x 115mm. Condition is quite good. Light marking. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17155. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. New York: Scribner (2006). First edition. First printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A clean, tight copy. Comes with mylar dust jacket cover. Shipped in well-padded box. Smoke-free shop. Defect-free. SIGNED AND DATED BY AUTHOR on title page. No inscriptions. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Sutton Publishing, Stroud, Gloucester, 2003. Cloth hardback in dust jacket. Signed by the author to the title page. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 205x130mm. The history of man's most travelled document. 282pp illustrated in black and white. Book is pristine and free from writing or marking of any kind. Dust wrapper is next to Fine, not price clipped. A handsome copy. Signed by Author(s).

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Legal Document Signed by Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex appointing Herbert Hill as a chaplain. Dated 1815. Manuscript on paper, appointing Herbert Hill as a chaplain, signed at foot with remains of red wax seal, Document Signed, 'Augustus Frederick', 1 April 18151 page with registration note to verso, integral blank with mounting remains to outer corners, folio, Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex 1773 - 1843, was the sixth son and ninth child of King George III and his queen consort, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. He was the only surviving son of George III who did not pursue an army or navy career. A Whig, he was known for his liberal views, which included reform of Parliament, abolition of the slave trade, Catholic Emancipation, and the removal of existing civil restrictions on Jews and Dissenters. Herbert Hill 1750-1828 was Educated at St. Mary Hall, and Christ Church, Oxford; he was Chancellor of the Choir of Hereford Cathedral, chaplain to the English factory at Lisbon (1792-1807) and rector of Streatham (1810-28). He was Robert Southey's uncle. Size is 325mm x 203mm. Condition is good. Light folding/edge creases. Age toning. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 18807. Signed by Author(s).

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First edition. Small oblong softcover. 79 pages. Features a foreword by Gordon Parks. Includes additional text from the Federal Writers Project edited by Ann Banks. While Siskind is perhaps best known for his abstract photographs he also took number of powerful images of Harlem. A clean near fine copy in wrappers in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed by Siskind on the front free endpaper. One of the better and more concise book of images from Siskind that was a departure from his much more abstract images. Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 80 pages. Published in 1981. Retrospective collection of photographs. One of the most important and beautiful photography books of the 20th century. The First Softcover Edition. Published in a small and limited first print run simultaneously with the Hardcover Edition as a softcover original. The First Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Charles Traub: Regular-sized volume format. Pristine-white softcovers with brown titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Aaron Siskind. Foreword by Gordon Parks. Text excerpts gathered and edited by Ann Banks from the landmark study, "Federal Writer's Project". Printed in duotone on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. In pictorial DJ with large flaps and titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Aaron Siskind's "Harlem Document: Photographs 1932-1940". His breakthrough collection, a quietly eloquent portrait of Harlem, and one of the most influential documents emanating from The Photo League. "All in all, a labor of love, care, and devotion, worthy of its great subject. The comparisons that have been made to 'The Sweet Flypaper of Life' (by Roy de Carava and Langston Hughes) are entirely justified" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for Aaron Siskind collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Aaron Siskind. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a great photography book. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Edition/First Printing (Softcover) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: The Softcover Edition was issued simultaneously as the Hardcover. Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with duotone plates. One of the greatest photographers of the 20th century. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER AARON SISKIND TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 093655407X. Signed by Author.

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Document Signed by Nine including William Gladstone, Sam Gurney, Edward Burton Bt, J D Powles, James Duke Bart etc. Dated 1853. The Undersigned had the Honor of being the Deputation appointed to present to the Emperor Louis Napoleon the Declaration of Amity and Respect towards the French nation signed by upwards of 4000 Merchant Bankers and Trades of the City of London. Presented to the Emperor at the Palace of the F??? 28th March 1853. Signed by nine including William Gladstone, Sam Gurney, Edward Burton Bt, J D Powles, James Duke Bart etc. Size is 227mm x 188mm. Condition is good. Light folding creases. Mounted on paper. Small repaired closed tear to base. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18424. Signed by Author(s).

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Printed and Handwritten Legal Document Signed by 'George IV' as Prince Regent and Viscount Palmerston addressed to Rt Hon. Charles Long and Rt Hon. Frederick John Robinson, Joint Paymasters General of His Majesty's Guards, a warrant for the pay of the Isles Regiment of Fencible Infantry totalling £24,097.3.3, countersigned by Viscount Palmerston. Dated 1817. Document Signed 'George V' as Prince Regent, Court at Carlton House, 16 August 1817, printed document completed in manuscript, addressed to Rt Hon. Charles Long and Rt Hon. Frederick John Robinson, Joint Paymasters General of His Majesty's Guards, a warrant for the pay of the Isles Regiment of Fencible Infantry totalling £24,097.3.3, countersigned by Viscount Palmerston, 1 page with endorsed blank integral leaf, some spotting and fold wear, folio, George IV 1762 - 1830 was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 29 January 1820 until his death in 1830. At the time of his accession to the throne, he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George III, having done so since 5 February 1811 during his father's final mental illness. Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, 1784 -1865, known as Lord Palmerston, was a British statesman and politician who was prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1855 to 1858 and from 1859 to 1865. A member of the Liberal Party, Palmerston was the first Liberal Prime Minister, and he dominated British foreign policy from 1830 to 1865, when Britain stood at the height of its imperial power. Size is 375mm x 240mm. Condition is average. Folding/edge creases strengthened in places with archival tissue. Age toning/foxing. Light paper residue to rear with nicks to edges. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 18807. Signed by Author(s).

Paper. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A very rare Original Handwritten and Signed Document by member of Parliament of Ireland and Dublin Recorder John Bysse. Dated 1639/1640. The document concerns the examination before him of Margaret Floyd and Francis Banes, wives of servants of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland [Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford], concerning the violent attack on Mary, the wife of Randall Udall, 2 January 1639/40, John Bysse 1602-1680 was a member of the Parliament of Ireland during the 1630s and 1640s. He was excluded from office during the Interregnum, but became one of the most senior Irish judges after the Restoration of Charles II. Size is 175mm x 110mm. In average condition. Age toning and creasing. Mounted on card. Ragged edges. Ref 18812. Signed by Author(s).

Unbound. Condition: Very good condition. First Edition. One page document, being an Annual Nomination to keep (license) Publick Houses of Entertainment, of James Ingalls, Ebenezer Grosvenor, Abigail Waldo, Samuel Cotton, Joseph Abbott. Signed by Justices: William Osgood (1697-1791); Thomas Williams; John Grosvenor (1711-1804) who served with Putnam in French-Indian Wars; Stephen Keyes (1717-1788) who was a Lieutenant in the CT militia during American Revolution. Signed by Selectmen: Joseph Scarborough; Israel Putnam (1718-1790); Daniel Trowbridge. Signed by Constable Sam Lyon. Signed by Grand Jurors George Sumner; Daniel Holt Jr. Israel Putnam served as a Major in the Connecticut Militia in the French and Indian War, and as a Major General in the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War, fighting at Bunker Hill. In Colonial times, a Publick House of Entertainment was a tavern, offering food, drink, and lodging, and served as community centers where one heard news and debate, as well as held political meetings, and they were essential stops for travelers. Signed by Author(s).

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Signed part of a Military Document by Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, Grandson of George III and Cousin of Queen Victoria and Edward Stanhope. C1890. Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (George William Frederick Charles) 1819-1904 was a member of the British royal family, a male-line grandson of George III and cousin of Queen Victoria. The Duke was an army officer by profession and served as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces (military head of the British Army) from 1856 to 1895. He became Duke of Cambridge in 1850 and field marshal in 1862. Deeply devoted to the old Army, he worked with Queen Victoria to defeat or minimise every reform proposal, such as setting up a general staff. His Army became a moribund and stagnant institution. Its weaknesses were dramatically revealed by the poor organisation at the start of the Second Boer War. Edward Stanhope 1840-1893 was a British Conservative Party politician who was Secretary of State for War from 1887 to 1892. Provenance: From the family of autograph collector Emily Mary Rose Lee (1869-1949), wife of Colonel William Crawford Walton (1864-1937). Emily was the daughter of William Lee, Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Glasgow from 1874 to 1886, and granddaughter of John Lee (1779-1859), Principal of Edinburgh University from 1840 to 1859. Size is 100m x 80mm. Condition is good. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17163. Signed by Author(s).

Couverture souple. Condition: Bon. Edition originale. In-8° broché, 13 pages - envoi autographe de l'auteur COPY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR - Premier plat. Dédicacé par l'auteur.

First edition. 1 sheet. Address on verso. 8 x 13 inches (20.5 x 33 cm). January 30, 1804. "To the Selectmen of Surry.Pursuant to an Act of the General Court, (passed December 30th, 1803,) entitled, 'An act for raising Thirty Thousand Dollars, for use of the state'." Calls on Selectmen to assess estates to pay $101.10 for its share. Signed by Peabody. OCLC locates one copy at Dartmouth. A very good copy, originally folded for mailing, marginal tear where seal was opened, not affecting text.

Paper. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. An Original Government Whitehall Document signed by William Calyton, John Aislabie 1st Baron Edgecumbe and George Baillie. C1700. John Aislabie 1670-1742, of Studley Royal, near Ripon, Yorkshire, was a British politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1695 to 1721. He was of an independent mind, and did not stick regularly to the main parties. He was Chancellor of the Exchequer at the time of the South Sea Bubble and his involvement with the Company led to his resignation and disgrace.William Clayton 1650-1715 was an English merchant and politician from Liverpool.He was the son of Robert Clayton of Fulwood, near Preston, Lancashire and followed his uncle Thomas Clayton to Liverpool, where he became a successful tobacco and sugar merchant. After serving as a common councillor from 1685 he was elected Mayor of Liverpool for 1689-90, and then became an alderman of the city. In the Parliament of England, he served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool from 1698 to 1708. After the Union with Scotland, he was elected as a Liverpool MP to the new House of Commons of Great Britain from 1713 to 1715. Size 95m x 60mm. George Baillie 1664-1738 was a Scottish politician who sat in the Parliament of Scotland from 1691 to 1707 and in the British House of Commons from 1708 to 1734.Condition is good. Lightly age toned. Mounted on a later piece of paper. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 16601. Signed by Author(s).

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. Three Original Documents allowing Joseph Seaton Aspden of Preston to be many ranks in Lancashire, including being appointed one of the Earl's Deputy Lieutenants, Captain of the Preston Volunteers, and Major in the local Miltia. Each document is signed by Edward Smith-Stanley 13th Earl of Derby. All dated from 1805 to 1819. The three documents came from an Archive of correspondence from the family of Richard Assheton Cross 1st Viscount Cross. Joseph Seaton Aspden was a close friend and fellow lawyer in Preston with William Cross the father of Richard Assheton Cross. Royal Preston Volunteers (RPV), formed in March 1797. Among his officers were Joseph Seaton Aspden and William Cross. The three of them were lawyers and would become the owners of the first three houses built on Winckley Square. The Napoleonic Wars resulted in the raising of voluntary regiments nationwide. Each was formed locally. Members paid a subscription and bought their own equipment. Their primary goal was to defend the locality. Edward Smith-Stanley,c 13th Earl of Derby 1775 -1851, of Knowsley Hall in Lancashire was a politician, peer, landowner, builder, farmer, art collector and naturalist. He was the patron of the writer Edward Lear. Size is 405mm x 255mm. Condition is good. Folding crease. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17300. Signed by Author(s).

Printed oath certificate titled The Oath of a Free Burgess of the Town of Liverpool, completed in manuscript for John Rimmer, described as a barkeeper, and dated August 31, 1837. The document sets out the formal obligations of a freeman of the town under the authority of the Crown, reflecting civic duties, trade privileges, and legal responsibilities within Liverpool during the early Victorian period. The printed text shows contemporary manuscript corrections updating the monarch from King William to Queen Victoria, placing the document at the moment of transition between reigns in 1837. The lower section is completed by hand with the recipient's name, occupation, and date, and bears an original ink signature of the Town Clerk. Presented framed and glazed. The document shows light age toning and minor spotting consistent with early nineteenth century paper. The reverse retains framing board and label for a Liverpool carver and gilder. Documents of this type were issued to confirm civic and commercial status within one of Britain's most important port cities. Surviving examples provide a direct insight into the structure of trade, governance, and urban life in nineteenth century Liverpool. Offered by Atlas Rare Books, specialists in rare and antiquarian books.