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Published by Helion & Company, Solihull, 2019
ISBN 10: 1911628534ISBN 13: 9781911628538
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. The inaugural 'From Reason to Revolution Conference' took as its theme 'Command and Leadership', which was explored in a variety of different ways by eight speakers whose papers took in the armies of France, Austria, Portugal, and Britain (and touched in passing on those of Prussia and the Netherlands too), and whose geographical remit encompassed North America, Europe, and Africa. This volume presents the proceedings of that conference. The first three chapters consider lower-level leadership, with a focus on ideas of expertise and professionalism. Will Raffle explores the tensions between local experts in New France and professional officers from the mother country, taking as its case study the campaign for Oswego in 1756. Tobias Roeder looks at the Habsburg officer corps during the eighteenth century and the tensions between the dictates imposed by the profession of arms on the one hand and the social expectations of a gentleman on the other. Lastly, Mark Thompson reviews a little-known body of men from the Peninsular War in the shape of the Portuguese Army's corps of engineers. The next pair of chapters address the opposing commanders in the Jacobite Rising of 1745, drawing some interesting parallels between two young royals who were both obliged to rely on their own charisma and force of character to address difficult and complex military situations. For Charles Edward Stuart, Jacobite Prince of Wales, the challenge was to create an army from scratch out of a collection of self-willed and self-opinionated individuals. Arran Johnston looks at how he did this, but also at the tensions that were inherent in the Jacobite command structure. Conversely, Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, inherited command of an army of regular troops but one which had its morale at rock bottom after defeat at Falkirk, and Jonathan Oates addresses how Cumberland was able to restore order and self-respect to his command, and take it on to victory at Culloden. The final three chapters jump forwards by a half-century, to look at the events of the French Revolutionary Wars. Carole Divall looks at the Flanders campaigns of 1793-1795, considering the problems faced by generals on both sides and concluding that all would have been far better off without the interference of their respective political masters. Jacqueline Reiter, by contrast, considers someone who was both general and politician in the shape of John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, and her study of his role in the 1799 Helder Campaign both restores a reputation as a brigadier unfairly sullied by Sir John Fortescue but also considers the tensions caused by his dual role as subordinate general on the one hand and senior cabinet minister on the other. Finally, Yves Martin looks at the three very different personalities who successively commanded the French Army of the Orient in Egypt, providing very illuminating pen-portraits of three larger-than-life characters each with pronounced strengths and weaknesses. 20 b/w ills & maps The inaugural From Reason to Revolution Conference took as its theme Command and Leadership, which was explored in a variety of different ways by eight speakers whose papers took in the armies of France, Austria, Portugal, and Britain. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Potlatch Publications, Limited, Hamilton, 1975
Seller: Nessa Books, Hamilton, ON, Canada
First Edition
Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Mary Trach, Laura Urquhart, Lorne Miller, Gisele Daigle, Kathleen O'Neil, Douglas Rogers, Eileen Zouros, John MacLeod, Adrian Vanderlugt, Fran Leather, Peter Nielsen, Adrian Vanderlugt, (illustrator). First Edition First Printing. -----# 003705 - The scan you see is the book you get. Large soft cover, 176 pages + pull out colour poster at rear, fully illustrated through-out, flat uncreased spine, tight clean snd sqaure, no names. Contents include: Witch Watcher by Kathleen Wernick / Lum King by Norma Charles / The Trouble with Forest by Eileen Edwards / That Cannibal in Your Garden by Doris Johnston / Shaun's Leprechaun by Estelle Salata / Basketball: Canada's Gift to Sport by John Davidson, / Morning on the Lievre by Archibald Lampman / Ever Seen a Python? by Dorothy Cameron Smith / The Moose - King of the Forest by Dona Atcheson / The Green Rubber Snake by Patricia Woltt / An Old Look At the Stars by Louise Plumb / Getting to Know You by Anna Draper / The Northern Lights by Dorothy Smith / A Day With Tom and Huck by Louise Plumb / Sailing Into Terror by Peter Nagai / Susan: Super Sleuth by William Ettridge / The Cloud Monster by Dorothy Cameron Smith / Hairukoo and the Robe of Feathers by Dorothy Cameron Smith / Death Chant of the Deer People by Robert Nielsen / Kimook by Estelle Sulata / My Guilt by Agnes Copithorne / The Hot Dog Dog by Dorothy Cameron Smith / The Hockey Exchange by Estelle Salata / Soliloquy of a Vampire by Tom McAlexander / A Chief is Born by Jannis Hare / The Jolliwell Jester and the Flying Saucer by Dorothy Cameron Smith / David, Sweet Singer of Songs by Elsa Rosenberg / Bus Stop at Zero Village by Will Connor / The Adderavill by Isabel Hannon / Buffalo Jump by Dorothy Blunden / The Mystery of the "Mary Celeste" by Dona Atcheson / A Visit to the Zoo by John MacLeod - cartoons / The Real Genius by Estelle Salata / Ali - King of the Castle by Ethel Harvey / The Butterfly Tree by Dorothy Turcotte / Magic in the Woods by Eileen Edwards / The Ceremony by Minnie Aodla, plus many more. Check out the scans. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Published by D. Van Nostrand Company, New York, 1905
Seller: Autumn Leaves, Allentown, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. A very nice copy of a collectible title. This is the first edition. It shows no signs of use, and is free of any markings or inscriptions. The pages are lightly age-toned but in no way deteriorated, since the paper used was glossy and high-quality. The boards are not worn in the least, and the wonderful Art-Nouveau style lettering on the spine really jumps out at you. A notice from the publisher is attached to the front endpapers, It states: "The D. Van Nostrand Company intended this book to be sold to the Public at the advertised price, and supply it to the Trade on terms which will not allow for a discount." Hear, hear! Fie on discounts!.
Published by New York: Yale University Press, 1974
ISBN 10: 0300017960ISBN 13: 9780300017960
Seller: Fundus-Online GbR Borkert Schwarz Zerfaß, Berlin, Germany
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Originalleinen. Condition: Sehr gut. VII, 544 S. Einband leicht berieben, sonst gutes Exemplar. - In Memoriam RUTH S. EISSLER The Contributions of Berta Bornstein to Psychoanalysis: Introduction TED E. BECKER On Latency -- SYLVIA BRODY Contributions to Child Analysis -- CHARLES I. FEIGELSON Play in Child Analysis -- ROBERT J. KABCENELL On Countertransference -- PETER BLOS Berta Bornstein 1899-1971 -- THE WRITINGS OF BERTA BORNSTEIN -- PETER BLOS The Genealogy of the Ego Ideal -- MARGARET S. MAHLER Symbiosis and Individuation: The Psychological Birth of the Human Infant -- SIDNEY J. BLATT Levels of Object Representation in Anaclitic and Introjective Depression -- SAMUEL RITVO Current Status of the Concept of Infantile Neurosis: Implications for Diagnosis and Technique -- HANS W. LOEWALD Current Status of the Concept of Infantile Neurosis: Discussion -- ROBERT C. BAK Distortions of the Concept of Fetishism -- FRED BUSCH Dimensions of the First Transitional Object -- CHARLOTTE KAHN AND GERALDINE PIORKOWSKI Conditions Promoting Creativity in Group Rearing of Children -- LAWRENCE S. KUBIE Impairment of the Freedom to Change with the Acquisition of the Symbolic Process -- ANNE HAYMAN Some Unusual Anal Fantasies of a Young Child -- THOMAS LOPEZ Psychotherapeutic Assistance to a Blind Boy with Limited Intelligence -- WILLIAM THOMAS MOORE Promiscuity in a 15-Year-Old Girl -- KERRY KELLY NOVICK Issues in the Analysis of a Preschool Girl -- FRED PINE On the Concept "Borderline" in Children: A Clinical Essay -- MARGARETE RUBEN Trauma in the Light of Clinical Experience -- SANFORD SCHREIBER A Filmed Fairy Tale as a Screen Memory -- JULES GLENN The Adoption Theme in Edward Albee's Tiny Alice and The American Dream -- HERBERT J. GOLDINGS Jump-Rope Rhymes and the Rhythm of Latency Development in Girls -- OTTO ISAKOWER Self-Observations, Self-Experimentation, and Creative Vision -- MAURITS KATAN The Development of the Influencing Apparatus: A Study of Freud's Article "A Case of Paranoia Running Counter to the Psycho-Analytic Theory of the Disease" -- MARJORIE MCDONALD Little Black Sambo. ISBN 0300017960 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.
Published by Dragon School Oxford, Oxford UK, 1940
Seller: Jacket and Cloth, Chippenham, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Magazine. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Na. 1st Edition. Publishing Info: 1st Edition Description: Stapled bound magazine with illustration of dragon presumably over Oxford. School magazine for Oxford preparatory School detailing all activities and achievements of current and past pupils. Language: English. Book Condition> Good: Light wear to corners, edges and spine. Light faint rust mark to staples. 7cm tear to upper gutter edge of first page. Small rust rings around staples to front pages. Lightly tanned pages. DJ Condition> Na. Pages 9626-9684. Size: 8vo, 27cm by 19cm. Author: Hum Lynam (Skippers brother and the magazines editor 1896-1907) observed the Draconian differed from other school magazines It was started by three Old Dragons from Winchester: Robert Johnson, Robert Holland and Henry Spurling wishing to keep in touch with fellow Old Dragons to tighten the bond of union between friendships that would otherwise be severed The first edition came out in 1889, but subscriptions failed to cover the costs and the boys got into financial difficulties In 1893 Skipper agreed to take it over Old Dragon rugby, hockey and cricket matches were all written up; life achievements and publications were recorded along with births, marriages and deaths Old Dragons were also encouraged to contribute letters, articles and poems to the magazine And so, Old Dragons were used to reporting their experiences back to Skipper and Hum well before the Great War Through the war years the editor was GC Vassall, who had joined the staff in 1900 As with many OPS teachers, he acquired a nickname: Cheese - a play on his initials Up at Oxford he had been both the President of the Athletic Club and Captain of the Association Football Club He won the University Long-jump three times and was second in the Amateur Championship of 1899 In 1904 he played for the Corinthian XI which defeated the FA Cup holders, Bury, 3-1 He was good enough to be selected to play for England, but he turned this opportunity down to play in the Varsity Match with which it clashed Under his editorship, Old Dragons wrote back from all the theatres of war and indeed were pleased to receive their copies of The Draconian even when in the trenches The magazine was in its way a social networking phenomenon of the time. Book Resume: Founded in 1877 the Oxford Preparatory School (The Dragon School) is a feeder school to Eton, Shrewsbury School, Cheltenham Ladies' College, Harrow, Radley College, Rugby School, Marlborough College, Canford School, St Edward's School, Oxford and Abingdon School The School was founded by a committee of Oxford dons, among whom the most active was a Mr George In honour of St George the group decided to call themselves Dragons Teaching started in September 1877 at rooms in Balliol Hall The school expanded and moved to 17 Crick Road, which became known as "School House" Charles Cotterill Lynam (known as the "Skipper") became headmaster in 1886 In 1894, C C Lynam took out a lease on land at Bardwell Road and raised £4,000 through subscriptions for the erection of new school buildings The school was known as Oxford Preparatory School or Lynam's The present site in Bardwell Road in central North Oxford is just to the west of the River Cherwell The school was run for many years by the Lynam family Headmaster of the school The Revd A E Clarke 1877-1886 C C Lynam ("Skipper") 1886-1920 A E Lynam ("Hum") 1920-1942 J H R Lynam ("Joc") 1942-1965 R K Ingram ("Inky") 1965-1989 M W A Gover ("Guv") 1972-1989 (head of day pupils, co-headmaster with "Inky") N P V Richardson 1989-1992 H E P Woodcock 1992-1993 Roger S Trafford 1993-2002 John R Baugh 2002-2017 Crispin Hyde-Dunn 2017-present. PLEASE ASK for additional photographs if required.
Published by Helion & Company Jun 2019, 2019
ISBN 10: 1911628534ISBN 13: 9781911628538
Seller: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germany
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Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The inaugural ¿From Reason to Revolution Conference¿ took as its theme ¿Command and Leadership¿, which was explored in a variety of different ways by eight speakers whose papers took in the armies of France, Austria, Portugal, and Britain (and touched in passing on those of Prussia and the Netherlands too), and whose geographical remit encompassed North America, Europe, and Africa. This volume presents the proceedings of that conference.The first three chapters consider lower-level leadership, with a focus on ideas of expertise and professionalism. Will Raffle explores the tensions between local experts in New France and professional officers from the mother country, taking as its case study the campaign for Oswego in 1756. Tobias Roeder looks at the Habsburg officer corps during the eighteenth century and the tensions between the dictates imposed by the profession of arms on the one hand and the social expectations of a gentleman on the other. Lastly, Mark Thompson reviews a little-known body of men from the Peninsular War in the shape of the Portuguese Army¿s corps of engineers.The next pair of chapters address the opposing commanders in the Jacobite Rising of 1745, drawing some interesting parallels between two young royals who were both obliged to rely on their own charisma and force of character to address difficult and complex military situations. For Charles Edward Stuart, Jacobite Prince of Wales, the challenge was to create an army from scratch out of a collection of self-willed and self-opinionated individuals. Arran Johnston looks at how he did this, but also at the tensions that were inherent in the Jacobite command structure. Conversely, Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, inherited command of an army of regular troops but one which had its morale at rock bottom after defeat at Falkirk, and Jonathan Oates addresses how Cumberland was able to restore order and self-respect to his command, and take it on to victory at Culloden.The final three chapters jump forwards by a half-century, to look at the events of the French Revolutionary Wars. Carole Divall looks at the Flanders campaigns of 1793-1795, considering the problems faced by generals on both sides and concluding that all would have been far better off without the interference of their respective political masters. Jacqueline Reiter, by contrast, considers someone who was both general and politician in the shape of John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, and her study of his role in the 1799 Helder Campaign both restores a reputation as a brigadier unfairly sullied by Sir John Fortescue but also considers the tensions caused by his dual role as subordinate general on the one hand and senior cabinet minister on the other. Finally, Yves Martin looks at the three very different personalities who successively commanded the French Army of the Orient in Egypt, providing very illuminating pen-portraits of three larger-than-life characters each with pronounced strengths and weaknesses.
Published by Helion & Company, Solihull, 2019
ISBN 10: 1911628534ISBN 13: 9781911628538
Seller: CitiRetail, Stevenage, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. The inaugural 'From Reason to Revolution Conference' took as its theme 'Command and Leadership', which was explored in a variety of different ways by eight speakers whose papers took in the armies of France, Austria, Portugal, and Britain (and touched in passing on those of Prussia and the Netherlands too), and whose geographical remit encompassed North America, Europe, and Africa. This volume presents the proceedings of that conference. The first three chapters consider lower-level leadership, with a focus on ideas of expertise and professionalism. Will Raffle explores the tensions between local experts in New France and professional officers from the mother country, taking as its case study the campaign for Oswego in 1756. Tobias Roeder looks at the Habsburg officer corps during the eighteenth century and the tensions between the dictates imposed by the profession of arms on the one hand and the social expectations of a gentleman on the other. Lastly, Mark Thompson reviews a little-known body of men from the Peninsular War in the shape of the Portuguese Army's corps of engineers. The next pair of chapters address the opposing commanders in the Jacobite Rising of 1745, drawing some interesting parallels between two young royals who were both obliged to rely on their own charisma and force of character to address difficult and complex military situations. For Charles Edward Stuart, Jacobite Prince of Wales, the challenge was to create an army from scratch out of a collection of self-willed and self-opinionated individuals. Arran Johnston looks at how he did this, but also at the tensions that were inherent in the Jacobite command structure. Conversely, Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, inherited command of an army of regular troops but one which had its morale at rock bottom after defeat at Falkirk, and Jonathan Oates addresses how Cumberland was able to restore order and self-respect to his command, and take it on to victory at Culloden. The final three chapters jump forwards by a half-century, to look at the events of the French Revolutionary Wars. Carole Divall looks at the Flanders campaigns of 1793-1795, considering the problems faced by generals on both sides and concluding that all would have been far better off without the interference of their respective political masters. Jacqueline Reiter, by contrast, considers someone who was both general and politician in the shape of John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, and her study of his role in the 1799 Helder Campaign both restores a reputation as a brigadier unfairly sullied by Sir John Fortescue but also considers the tensions caused by his dual role as subordinate general on the one hand and senior cabinet minister on the other. Finally, Yves Martin looks at the three very different personalities who successively commanded the French Army of the Orient in Egypt, providing very illuminating pen-portraits of three larger-than-life characters each with pronounced strengths and weaknesses. 20 b/w ills & maps The inaugural From Reason to Revolution Conference took as its theme Command and Leadership, which was explored in a variety of different ways by eight speakers whose papers took in the armies of France, Austria, Portugal, and Britain. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf [A Borozi Book], New York, 1968
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Format is approximately. 7.25 inches by 10.25 inches. [12], 577, [3], xiii. [3] pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations. Index. Decorative DJ. DJ is price clipped, worn, torn soiled and chipped. Gift inscription, NOT from author, on fep. This is a large and heavy book and if sent outside of the United States would require additional shipping charges. A vivid, nostalgia, immediate portrait of an art in the making. Kevin Brownlow (born Robert Kevin Brownlow; 2 June 1938) is a British film historian, television documentary-maker, filmmaker, author, and film editor. He is best known for his work documenting the history of the silent era, having become interested in silent film at the age of eleven. This interest grew into a career spent documenting and restoring film. Brownlow has rescued many silent films and their history. His initiative in interviewing many largely forgotten, elderly film pioneers in the 1960s and 1970s preserved a legacy of early mass-entertainment cinema. He received an Academy Honorary Award at the 2nd Annual Governors Awards given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on 13 November 2010. This was the first occasion on which an Academy Honorary Award was given to a film preservationist. Among the items coverer are Vitagraph, Hollywood, D. W. Griffith, Allan Dwan, Henry King, Mary Pickford, Edward Sloman, William Wellman, Cecil B. De Mille, von Sternberg, Charles Rosher, Douglas Fairbanks, Stunt Men, Louis B. Mayer, Irving Thalberg, David O. Selznick, Reginald Denny, Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton, Charles Chaplin, Abel Gance, Betty Blythe, and Gloria Swanson. Brownlow's first book on silent film, The Parade's Gone By., was published in 1968. The book features many interviews with the leading actors and directors of the silent era, and began his career as a film historian. He spent many years gaining support for the restoration of Abel Gance's French epic, Napoléon (1927), a then-mutilated film that used many novel cinematic techniques. Brownlow's championing of the film succeeded, and the restored version, with a new score by Carl Davis, was shown in London in 1980, and again in London in 2013 with the Philharmonia Orchestra. Gance lived to see the acclaim for his restored film. The San Francisco Silent Film Festival presented the complete 2000 restoration of the film, with Davis conducting his score, at the Paramount Theatre Oakland in March 2012. Derived from a Kirkus review: Passing in review here is the silent film era and Mr. Brownlow has done a splendid job of vitalizing the past through interviews and personal research. Most of this material has never seen print before and the filmophile will go wild over reminiscences such as Joseph Henabery's (who assisted Griffith on Intolerance). And the snaps: Garbo who loved watching talking pictures in reverse but refused to view them the right way. . . Fairbanks intimidated by the Robin Hood castle -- "You expect me to jump across that?" . . .Buster Keaton who broke his neck doing his own stunts and didn't realize it until ten years later. . . the chaos that was the original Ben Hur -- "we'll paint muscles on you!" . . . Irving Thalberg arguing with Von Stroheim over a foot fetishist scene --"You are a footage fetishist" . . . Producers, directors, writers, actors, stuntmen, the last of the pioneers, each with his own marvelous recollections. A fine splice of a fantastic life and with the 261 photographs. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing.
Published by Helion & Company, Solihull, 2019
ISBN 10: 1911628534ISBN 13: 9781911628538
Seller: AussieBookSeller, Truganina, VIC, Australia
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. The inaugural 'From Reason to Revolution Conference' took as its theme 'Command and Leadership', which was explored in a variety of different ways by eight speakers whose papers took in the armies of France, Austria, Portugal, and Britain (and touched in passing on those of Prussia and the Netherlands too), and whose geographical remit encompassed North America, Europe, and Africa. This volume presents the proceedings of that conference. The first three chapters consider lower-level leadership, with a focus on ideas of expertise and professionalism. Will Raffle explores the tensions between local experts in New France and professional officers from the mother country, taking as its case study the campaign for Oswego in 1756. Tobias Roeder looks at the Habsburg officer corps during the eighteenth century and the tensions between the dictates imposed by the profession of arms on the one hand and the social expectations of a gentleman on the other. Lastly, Mark Thompson reviews a little-known body of men from the Peninsular War in the shape of the Portuguese Army's corps of engineers. The next pair of chapters address the opposing commanders in the Jacobite Rising of 1745, drawing some interesting parallels between two young royals who were both obliged to rely on their own charisma and force of character to address difficult and complex military situations. For Charles Edward Stuart, Jacobite Prince of Wales, the challenge was to create an army from scratch out of a collection of self-willed and self-opinionated individuals. Arran Johnston looks at how he did this, but also at the tensions that were inherent in the Jacobite command structure. Conversely, Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, inherited command of an army of regular troops but one which had its morale at rock bottom after defeat at Falkirk, and Jonathan Oates addresses how Cumberland was able to restore order and self-respect to his command, and take it on to victory at Culloden. The final three chapters jump forwards by a half-century, to look at the events of the French Revolutionary Wars. Carole Divall looks at the Flanders campaigns of 1793-1795, considering the problems faced by generals on both sides and concluding that all would have been far better off without the interference of their respective political masters. Jacqueline Reiter, by contrast, considers someone who was both general and politician in the shape of John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, and her study of his role in the 1799 Helder Campaign both restores a reputation as a brigadier unfairly sullied by Sir John Fortescue but also considers the tensions caused by his dual role as subordinate general on the one hand and senior cabinet minister on the other. Finally, Yves Martin looks at the three very different personalities who successively commanded the French Army of the Orient in Egypt, providing very illuminating pen-portraits of three larger-than-life characters each with pronounced strengths and weaknesses. 20 b/w ills & maps The inaugural From Reason to Revolution Conference took as its theme Command and Leadership, which was explored in a variety of different ways by eight speakers whose papers took in the armies of France, Austria, Portugal, and Britain. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
Published by Printed for J. Dodsley, 1776., London:, 1776
Seller: Jeff Weber Rare Books, Montreux, VAUD, Switzerland
3 volumes. 8vo. xi, iv, 5-413; v, 410; ix, 397, [3] pp. Vol. I engraved frontispiece of the author by Joshua Collyer after a painting by Benjamin West, index; off-setting and light foxing to first and last few pages of each volume, Vol. I free front end-paper loose. Modern full speckled calf, flat-back, large gilt-stamped titling. Theological Institution of Connecticut blind-stamps to first and last few pages of each volume. Near fine. Third edition. Contains the collected works of Lyttelton, including his Life of Cicero, Observations on the Roman History, 78 letters from Persia [Selim to Mirza at Isphahan] (originally published anonymously in 1735 â Â" being the author's earliest work), Common Sense, Observations on the Conversion and Apostleship of St. Paul in a letter to Gilbert West, Dialogues of the Dead, Four speeches in Parliament [Scotch bill, Mutiny bill, The Jew-bill, Privilege of Parliament], The Progress of Love, Mr. Poyntz, Monody, Ode from Horace, Numerous letters, and an Account of a Journey into Wales. / In his "Persian correspondence," Lyttelton borrowed the epistolary format of Montesquieu's Persian Letters, which achieved considerable success in its day, as a tool for social criticism, earning success himself. This is an example of "oppositional writing", being an "attack on the new economic order." [Kramnick, p.230]. In this case he brings the subject of chance into a meeting of a man and a woman: "I was the other Day in a House where I saw a Sight very strange to a Persian; There was a Number of Tables in the Room, round which were placed several Sets of Men and Women: They seem'd wonderfully intent upon some Bits of painted Paper which they held in their Hands: I imagin'd at first that they were performing some Magical Ceremony, and that the Figures I saw traced on the Bits of Paper, were a Mystical Talisman or Charm: What more confirm'd me in this Belief was the Grimaces and Distortions of their Countenances, much like those of our Magicians in the Act of Conjuring: But enquiring of the Gentleman that introduced me, I was told they were at Play, and that This was the Favourite Diversion of both Sexes. We have quite another Way of diverting ourselves with the Women in Persia, answered I. But I see no Signs of Mirth among them: If they are merry, why don't they Laugh, or Sing, or Jump about? If I may judge of their Hearts by their Looks, half of these Revellers are ready to hang themselves! That may be, said my Friend, for very likely they are losing more than they are worth. How! said I, Do you call that Play? Yes, replied he, they never are well pleas'd unless their whole Fortunes are at Stake: Those Cards you see them hold are to decide whether he who is now a Man of Quality shall be a Beggar, or another who is now a Beggar, and has but just enough to furnish out one Night's Play, shall be a Man of Quality. The last, said I, is in the Right; for he ventures nothing: But what Excuse can be thought on for the former? Are the Nobility in England so indifferent to Whealth and Honour to expose them without the least Necessity? I must believe that they are generally sure of Winning, and that those they play with have the Odds against â  em. If the Chance was only equal, answered he, it would be tolerable; but their Adversaries engage them at great Advantage, and are too wise Hto leave any thing to Fortune. This comes, said I, of your being allow'd the Use of Wine. If these Gentlemen and Ladies were not quite intoxicated with that cursed Liquor, they could not possibly act so absurdly. But why does not the Government take Care of them when they are in that Condition? Methinks the Fellows that rob them in this Manner should be brought to Justice. Alas! answered he, these Cheats are an innocent Sort of People: They only prey upon the Vices and Luxury of a few Particulars; but there are others who raise Estates by the Miseries and Ruin of their Country; who game not with their own Money, but with the Publick, and securely play away the Substance of the Orphan and the Widow, of the Husbandman and the Trader. Till Justice is done upon these, the others have a Right to Impunity; and it is no Scandal to see Gamesters live like Gentlemen, where Stock-jobbers live like Princesâ  (Letter VII). / George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton, â  was a British statesman and patron of the arts.â  With regards to the original 1747 publication of the Gilbert West â  Observations on the Conversion and Apostleship of St. Paul,â  West was convinced of the truth of the Resurrection, Lyttelton took the view of a genuine conversion of Saint Paul, and with that publication he gained some celebrity. See: Isaac Kramnick, Bolingbroke and His Circle: The Politics of Nostalgia in the Age of Walpole, Harvard University Press, 1968, p.230. Charles Louis de Secondat de Montesquieu; Warner, Stuart D.; Douard, Stephane (trans., ed.), Persian letters, South Bend, Indiana: St. Augustine's Press, 2017.
Published by London J. Deighton, 1794
Book First Edition
First edition. 4to (32 x 25.5 cms), [iv], 79pp. One line erratum at foot of last page, a superb copy, stitched as issued, completely uncut, with very large margins; title lightly dust-soiled, a few minor marginal nicks, preserved in modern calf-backed book-form box. The sensational trial of the Bounty mutineers. A legendary Pacific rarity. In 1789, a gang of disgruntled sailors commandeered the ninety-foot Bounty, rebelling against their captain, William Bligh, following a research voyage to Tahiti to collect plants. Led by ship's mate Christian Fletcher, the mutineers cast Bligh and nineteen of his loyal sailors adrift in a rowing boat before escaping to Pitcairn Island where they planned to settle. They set fire to the Bounty to cover their tracks, but their crimes caught up with them two years later when, after news of the mutiny reached Britain, a ship was dispatched to arrest the mutineers. After rounding up fourteen out of twenty-three of them, they were imprisoned in a makeshift cell on the deck of HMS Pandora. Four died along with thirty-one crewmen when the ship ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef, but the remaining ten prisoners were returned to Britain to face court martial in Portsmouth. This sensational trial led to three pamphlets: the first by Barney, with an appendix by Fletcher Christian's brother, Edward, in which Christian seeks to justify the mutiny; the second by Bligh in which he defends himself; and the third by Christian, replying to Bligh's defence. Bligh had already returned to England in 1790, not as the man who had lost his ship to mutineers, but as the courageous hero who had sailed his men to safety in an open boat over 3,600 miles with scant provisions and navigational equipment. This must rank as the greatest row-to in maritime history, perhaps only approached by Worsley's epic voyage in the south Atlantic on Shackleton's Trans-Antarctic Expedition. The sensational news of his ordeal elevated him to celebrity status. The Minutes of. the Court-Martial is, according to Parsons 'a legendary Pacific rarity'. Hill notes that 'only a few copies were printed for distribution among the interested parties and the ministers of state at that time'. The work gives an account of the trial of the members of the Bounty crew who were captured and repatriated; the minutes were taken by Stephen Barney, who was representing William Musprat. The Appendix is by Edward Christian is a vindication of his brother Fletcher's conduct in the affair. Christian had represented his brother as a tormented romantic figure, which did much to fix for posterity the perception of Bligh as a brutal authoritarian. Christian notes that the crew declared that 'Captain Bligh used to call his officers "scoundrels, damned rascals, hounds, hell-hounds, beasts, and infamous wretches". that he frequently threatened them, that when the ship arrived at Endeavour Straits "he would kill one half of the people, make the officers jump overboard, and would make them eat grass like cows;" and that Christian, and Stewart, another midshipman, were as much afraid of the Endeavour Straits, as any child is of a rod' (p63). The court-martial of the ten mutineers was held aboard the HMS Duke, with Lord Hood presiding over a panel of twelve captains. Of the ten men tried, Joseph Coleman (armourer), Thomas McIntosh and Charles Norman (carpenter's mates), and Michael Byrn (able seaman) were acquitted. Bligh had singled out the first three as loyalists but as there was no more room in the launch on which he was set adrift, they were obliged to stay aboard the Bounty. Peter Heywood (midshipman), James Morrison (boatswain's mate), William Muspratt (cook's assistant), and able seamen Thomas Ellison, John Millward and Thomas Burkett were found guilty and condemned to death. Heywood and Morrison were later given royal pardons; and Muspratt was acquitted owing to the fact that certain evidence had not been entered at the time of the court-martial. Only Burkett, Ellison, and Millward were hanged. Hill (2004), 1162; Ferguson 175; Parsons Collection, 158.