Register Debates, First Edition (27 results)

Brown hardback leather cover. Condition: Good. [First Edition]. G : in Good condition. Cover rubbed with heavy scuffing to spine. Text block tight. Browning within. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 413pp + ads. First Session of the Fifteenth Parliament. Volume number as given on title page; title panel on spine however states 28.

Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Octavo. Numbers 1-27 of Volume II, from March 20, 1834 to June 12, 1834. Three-quarter leather binding with marbled boards. Embossed, gilt lettering to spine. Good. Cover leather and boards significantly worn. Corners bumped and rubbed. Cracking to spine leather. Many stray pencil marks inside front cover. Moderate to heavy foxing thoughout textblock. Some folding to page corners. Binding tight.

HARDCOVER. 1st edition. 532pp, 325pp, 701pp half leather. front cover vol.1 is detatched, worm holes, bad cover wear, otherwise near good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original 1st edn, VG, grey buckram binding, 2nd session of 18th Congress, laws enacted, three f/o statistical charts in rear, volume 1, debates include such leading names of the early republic as Van Buren, Webster, Beecher, Calhoun, Monroe, J.Q. Adams, did they debate any better than today's current crop of blowhards? Debates over the Cumberland Road, piracy, slave trade, Great Western Road, national bank, Delaware Canal, etc. Fascinating reading, some pages have heavy foxing, some relatively little, double columns.

Half Leather & Marbled Boards. Condition: Good. First Edition. 510 + 370 + 474 + 427 + 461 + 392 + 392pp + indexes in each. "Embellished With Beautiful Engravings". "With all that relate to Battles, Sieges, Victories &c." A VERY SCARCE SET. All plates present except 2, (portrait of King of Poland (vol 1) & Prince of Wales (vol 3)). The fold out map of France still in original folds and just one small tear (without loss) at attachment. All vols are still well bound together but the covers are poor and really in need of a rebind. Apart from occasional age staining the interiors are nice clean condition. No names or inscriptions. Vols 1&2 are 1794,others 1795. 5 fold-out plates are Lord Howe Naval Victory over the French Fleet, HM & Earl Howe, View of Antwerp, Burning of The Boyne, Attack on King 29th Oct 1795. Overweight set - Weighs 4.2 Kg, Additional P&P may be requested for overseas shipment.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very thick 8vo, original cloth, gilt stamped spines, 802pp., publisher's terminal ads; 772pp., publisher's terminal ads. A set entirely unused, with the covers virtually in original condition, but with the interiors marred by the presence of a few ancient library bookplates and stamps. Without any indications that either of the two volumes had ever been checked out. Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Volume XVI. xxxiii. 584pp. Index. Ex library with usual plate to fep and date stamp sheet to ffep and usual barcode, library stamp and stock numbers to other pages. Both boards detached and first 3 pages loose. Foxing thoughout and crease. Chips to spine.

First Edition. Worn copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Text remains clear and unblemished. Physical description; vol 2. : front. port., plates. Subjects; Great Britain Politics and government Periodicals. Great Britain Politics and government 1789-1820. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. First Edition. Good in boards. Spine board unattached. Small open tears on panel corners. Light foxing throughout textblock. Chipping and open tears on spine crown and heel. Front and rear hinges cracked. Shelfwear on panel edges. Small bump on bottom front panel.

Full-Leather. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 3 Volumes. THE FOURTH SESSION IN THE SEVENTEENTH PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN HELD IN THE YEAR 1794. Volume VIII: i-ccxxxix, list of the secrets commoittee's of Lords and Commons. pp1 January 21 1794 - pp 394, i -viii index. Full leather, both boards attached, trimmed top and bottom spine, scuffed, bumps to corners. Volume IX: pp 395 - 986.i - viii index. Full leather splitting at hinges a centre spine. Leasther trimmed top and bottom spine, bumps and scuffing to corners. Volume X. pp 987 - 1576. i - vi. End of fourth session. July 11th 1974. Full leather splitting at hinge and trimmed top and bottom. These are ex library copues with usual ex library sheet, bar codes, date stamp sheets etc. Unusual to have all boards attached. As therre are 3 volumes post will be greater than quoted by abe. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0.0 0.0. Ex-Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 2 Volumes. Volume XI.i-xx, pp's 1-702, i-viii index. Good clean and tight condition. Front board detached, Bach board becoming loose. Leather to spine trimmed top and bottom. Leather bumped to corners and scuffed. Volume XII: pp's 703-1412. June 27th End of session. i=xii Index. Good clean and tight condition. Leather split at both hinges but intact. Leather to spine trimmed top and bottom. bumps and scuffing to corners. Normal library plates to both. 2 volumes so post may be greater than quoted by abe. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0.0 0.0. Ex-Library.

First Edition. Worn copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Text remains clear and unblemished. Physical description; vol 2. : front. port., plates. Subjects; Great Britain Politics and government Periodicals. Great Britain Politics and government 1789-1820. 1 Kg.

Printed for P Byrne and J Moore Dublin 1790. First edition. Marbled boards, leather spine, rough cut pages, 413pp. Previous ownership stamps, leather spine worn, boards scuffed and bowed, some tanning in text, o/w just good.

Printed for P Byrne and W Porter Dublin 1789. First edition. Marbled boards, leather spine, rough cut pages, 468pp. Previous ownership stamps, leather spine worn, boards scuffed, o/w just good.

Printed for P Byrne and W Porter Dublin 1788. First edition. Marbled boards, leather spine, rough cut pages, 465pp. Previous ownership stamps, leather spine worn, boards scuffed, some dampstaining page's edges o/w just good.

Printed for P Byrne and William Porter Dublin 1787. First edition. Marbled boards, leather spine, rough cut pages, 524pp. Previous ownership stamps, leather spine worn, boards scuffed, some dampstaining page's edges o/w just good.

Printed for P Byrne and W Porter Dublin 1786. First edition. Marbled boards, leather spine, rough cut pages, 461pp. Previous ownership stamps, leather spine worn, boards scuffed, o/w just good.

Printed for P Byrne and W Porter Dublin 1785. First edition. Marbled boards, leather spine, rough cut pages, 506pp. Previous ownership stamps, leather spine worn, boards scuffed, dampstaining some edges, scattered pen marks o/w just good.

Printed for P Byrne and W Porter Dublin 1785. First edition. Marbled boards, leather spine, rough cut pages, 410pp. Previous ownership stamps, leather spine worn, boards scuffed, dampstaining some edges, scattered pencil marks o/w just good.

Printed for P Byrne and W Porter Dublin 1784. First edition. Marbled boards, leather spine, rough cut pages, 432pp. Previous ownership stamps, leather spine worn, boards scuffed, dampstaining some edges, scattered pencil marks o/w just good.

Printed for P Byrne and W Porter Dublin 1784. First edition. Marbled boards, leather spine, rough cut pages, various paginations. Previous ownership stamps, leather spine worn, boards scuffed, dampstaining some edges, scattered red pen underlining o/w just good.

1st edition. Good copies only in the original quarter aniline calf over marbled boards. Spines worn; spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and bumped as with age. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; 6 v. 22 cm. Subjects; Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords ; Early works to 1800. Great Britain Politics and government 1760-1820. 3 Kg.

1st edition. Good copies only in the original quarter aniline calf over marbled boards. Spines worn; spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and bumped as with age. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; 6 v. 22 cm. Subjects; Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords ; Early works to 1800. Great Britain Politics and government 1760-1820. 1 Kg.

2 volumes. 8vo. (8 x 4 3/4 inches). First edition. Vol. I, Issues 1-11: [No title] 3-614 [no 2 pp. Advertisement]. 614 pp. Second edition. Vol. II, Issues 12-20: 1-449. 449 pp. Vol. I is unbound, each issue stab-stitched together. Vol. II is bound in contemporary calf with spine in six ruled gilt compartments, red morocco lettering-piece in second compartment reads [Debates | Congress | 1789], gilt numeral [2] in fourth compartment. Within cloth chemise and two modern morocco-backed clamshell boxes The first two volumes of the exceptionally rare Congressional Register, the only comprehensive, authentic record of the first session of the US House of Representatives by an eyewitness reporter. Lloyd's text includes debates over the proposed Federal Bill of Rights, the certification of the election of George Washington and John Adams, and Washington's first official statement to Congress as president. Thomas Lloyd's Congressional Register is the most accurate, complete account of the first session of the US House of Representatives written by an eyewitness reporter. The House, unlike the Senate, made no provision for the official publication of its debates, so Lloyd, a stenographer called the "Father of American Shorthand," served as the American public's eyes and ears to the electrifying events of that first year. Lloyd was such a successful documenter that he was made the House's official recorder for its second session. The Register was used for quotes by politicians themselves, who regarded it as the paper of record: Washington's well-used copy is at the Boston Athenaeum. A thorough editor, Lloyd includes all the congressional speeches and motions of interest. The result is a highlight record of legislative action, which any contemporary observer of the dead-locked US Congress could only find alien. Lloyd's blow-by-blow dispatches are at turns summary and transcriptive, but always capture the feel and flow of the debate on that first House floor in New York. However, the politicians then, as now, complained of the perceived political bias of the free press. The Register was considered to be in the tank for the Federalists; anti-Federalists like South Carolina's Aedanus Burke attacked the Register on the House floor for "distorting the arguments of the members from the true meaning, imputing, to some gentlemen, arguments contradictory and foreign to the subject and which were never advanced." (vol. II, pp. 442-3.) The representatives might not have appreciated it, but Lloyd's work for the Register was Sisyphean: daily transcription of long sessions of intricate, unamplified debate using quill pens, large sheets of paper, and primitive shorthand, and that was only undertaken after having secured a roster of paid subscribers. With these tools he wrote the most complete single version of the debates for the first session of Congress. But the work was so overwhelming, he abandoned the project, which had been intended to be continued annually, during the second session in 1790. Highlights in the Congressional Register include debates over the proposed Federal Bill of Rights (vol. II, p. 180); the House certification of the election of George Washington and John Adams (vol. I, p. 5); Washington's first official statement to Congress as president (vol. I, p. 174); and the election of the first Speaker of the House (vol. I, p. 3). The breadth of congressional accomplishment in that first year is awesome. According to Tinling, Congress "established a system of revenue making the national government financially independent of the states and thereby made it possible to pay off the debt accumulated during the Revolution [.] It created a federal judiciary. It provided for diplomatic representation in foreign countries, made treaties and regulated trade with Indian tribes, and organized the Western territories . . . It set up executive departments State, Treasury and War . . . and arranged for the first census." All herein. The Register was originally issued in 35 parts, Evans writes, "in weekly numbers of fifty-six or forty-eight pages [.] to each number was added an addenda, with separate paging, and titles, of the Acts of Congress passed [.] only during the session of Congress held at New York." The present set of the Register contains: 1.) An unbound complete first edition Vol. I with loss to title, 11 of 11 issues. 2.) A bound complete second edition Vol. II lacking addenda, 9 of 12 Issues. The second edition of volume two is identical to the first, besides the title. Copies of the Congressional Register rarely appear, and are almost always in parts. A run of the 1789 House debates is essential to any collection of Americana. Bibliotheca Historica 482. Boston Athenaeum's Washington Catalogue, pp. 53-54. Brinley 4886. ESTC W20073. Evans 22203, 22204. Murphy 1467. NAIP W030486. Sabin 15608. Tinling, Marion, "Thomas Lloyd's Reports of the First Federal Congress," William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 4 (October, 1961), pp. 519-545. Not in Goldman, Howes, Powell.

Quarter Leather. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Handsomely rebound in quarter calf with hand marbled paper covered boards. Raised spine bands with gilt decoration and red morocco spine labels titled in gilt. Three separate texts bound as one. FIRSTLY the Parliamentary Register for the First Session of the Fourteenth Parliament, Vol. II, 1775. With an account of the most interesting speeches, motions, bills, protests, evidence, petitions, etc and a list of the acts passed during the session. 184 pp. SECONDLY is included the transcript of "Memorial of the Count de Guiness, the French Ambassador to the Court of London; against Mssrs. Tort and Roger, Formerly his secretaries, and against Mr. Delpech." 48 pp. THIRDLY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY is included "THE CHARTERS OF THE BRITISH COLONIES IN AMERICA," no date [1775?]. With a separate title page and 142 pp. The colonies listed here are Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, Rhode Island, First charter granted to Massachusetts Bay, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Georgia. These historically important texts document the period relating to the time just before the birth of our new nation. Handsomely bound, texts are all bright and clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good copy in contemporary calf, spine label wanting. Lightly rubbed at the edges, no markings or inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good copy in contemporary calf, spine label wanting. Lightly rubbed at the edges, previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown.