john pearce (6 Ergebnisse)

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. John Pearce, having negotiated the highly questionable sale of the two French prizes taken in The Devil to Pay, has left HMS Flirt, as well as the crew and the wounded Henry Digby in Brindisi and is headed for Naples to see his lover. In an uncomfortable journey he seeks to work out a way to best both Admiral Sir William Hotham and Captain Ralph Barclay, men who are his sworn enemies. All his calculations are thrown into turmoil when he discovers that Emily is pregnant which, while it is a cause for joy, is also a reason to worry; she is still married to Ralph Barclay and by the laws of the time he can claim the child as his own. Solid binding. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Softcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1794. Having left his lover in Tuscany, Pearce unknowingly delivers a letter promoting shady Admiral Hotham and finds he has endangered those closest to him. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

1/4 Leather. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket As Issued. Tolson, Norman (illustrator). First edition / 1st Printing. First edition / First printign. Good, no dust jacket as issued, lacks top half of spine, slight chipping at bottom of spine, slight rubbing at corners. Bound in 1/4 tan calf leather of purple cloth boards with gold decoration on top half of front cover. On the first blank page is stamped "author's autograph / copy" & the author has signed his full name below the stamp. Illustrated with 2 Color + 7 b&w plates by Norman Tolson. 13.5 x 20cm. 320pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Signed by Author(s). Book.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Mild wear, text block clear and binding good. 40pp booklet. WR.

First edition of this proposal for the reform of the poor law in Devon, arguing that an overindulgence in poor relief had greatly increased the financial burden on the authorities, and putting forward a new system with provision of food in return for work. The pamphlet followed a similar work by the same author in 1685: A Plain and Easie Method Shewing How the Office of Overseer of the Poor may be managed. "In both he offered a program of what we could call workfare, so that the county of Devon could reduce its outlay for beggars and vagabonds, and the poor could be provided for in a more plentiful and yet cheaper manner. Poor relief was to be paid in rations, not in money, the recipients were all to be clothed in the same colour, to wear badges, and to report to certified employers from a sort of parish hiring hall" (Schonhorn, p. 449) ESTC R26087; Wing D2613. Manuel Schonhorn, "Defoe and James Shepheard's Assassination Plot of 1718: Two New Pamphlets" [the author arguing that a different pamphleteer writing as Richard Dunning was in fact Daniel Defoe], in Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 29, No. 3, 1989. Small quarto in half sheets (180 x 140 mm). Recent blue quarter morocco, spine lettered in gilt, blue paper-covered sides. Neat number from earlier inclusion in pamphlet volume at head of title page. Contents toned, imprint and last line of contents leaf partly cropped at foot (still legible), very light stain at bottom fore corner. A very good copy.