poor richard (11 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. *Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Tuesday, May 26 (SALE item)* inscribed by the author; 64 pp., original illustrated paper wrappers, covers frayed and darkened, else good. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 120 pages. 11.00x8.50x0.28 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. In.

PAPERBACK. Zustand: Good. 1st edition. 48pp, staple bound small octavo, tight binding, worn wraps, clean throughout, light foxing.

Zustand: Good. Folded Card, 25 cm. x 16.5 cm. Very Good.

1p., 12mo. In good condition, on lightly aged and worn paper. He has just 'received notice that the Mansfield meeting will be held on Thursday at 12 o'clock - & the Sutton meeting on Saturday at One O'clock.' He continues: 'If you intend to insert any of my sayings of last Monday, I should feel obliged by a sight of the proof, if consistent with your official regulations'.

Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Rebacked with new endpapers. Wear to leather along spine. Leather ties dividing each of the separate Almanacks. Aeg. 160mm x 100mm (6" x 4"). [336pp.]. .'Parker's Ephemeris Being An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1733; Merlinus Liberatus Being An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1733; Vox Stellarum or a Loyal Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1733; Remarkable News From the Stars Or An Ephemeris for the Year of Our Lord 1733; Apollo Anglicanus The Ebnglish Apollo 1733; Merlinus Anglicus Junior Or, The Starry Messenger for. 1733; The Clerical Diary Or An Ephemeris for the Year of Our Lord 1733; The British Telescope Being An Ephemeris of Coelsetial Motions with an Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1733; Angelus Sideralis An Ephemeris of Coelsetial Motions with an Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1733; Speculum Anni.1733; Poor Robin A New lmanack After the Old Fashion 1733'. Brown/gilt hardback leather cover.

28 + [1] pp., 8vo. In fair condition, on aged and lightly-worn paper. P. 1 has the drophead title: 'STRAND UNION WORKHOUSE. | RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons, | dated 25 June 1866; - for, | COPY "of the REPORT made by R. B. Crane, Esquire, Poor Law Inspector, to the Poor Law Board, after an Inquiry held by him on the 4th and 6th June 1866, into certain Allegations made by Matilda Beeton, in reference to the Treatment of the Sick in the Strand Union Workhouse." | Poor Law Board, 25 June 1866. | ENFIELD, Secretary.' Beeton was an early whistleblower: she had previously described the appalling conditions at the Rotherhithe Workhouse Infirmary. Among her charges in this case are 'The Theft and Sale of Beer, &c., by the Patients and Nurses, and the Sale of Milk by one class of Inmates to another' and 'The Badness of the Washing, the Drunkenness of the Washerwomen, and the Defective Supply of Linen for the Sick'. 'Several cases of a very distressing character are described in the evidence,' and among Cane's conclusions after a detailed enquiry are that 'Want of space and of proper accommodation for the sick, and want of good nursing and of efficient attendance are now the urgent requisites of this establishment. [.] There may be reasons why the guardians should feel embarrassed, and hesitate to carry out their resolution to build a new workhouse; but there are no reasons that I am aware of which prevent them from at once appointing a sufficient staff of efficient nurses and attendants upon the sick.' Scarce: no copy of the actual document (as opposed to 'Electronic Resources') to be found on COPAC or OCLC WorldCat. For an outline of the affair see Ruth G. Hodgkinson's 'The Origins of the National Health Service' (1967), pp.492-3.

Very good. A few minor margin tears, else clean. Size 19 x 24 Inches. A rare c. 1859 broadside illustrating the wit and wisdom of Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790). In mid-1800s, Franklin emerged as a near-mythic figure embodying the rags-to-riches dream, as well as the Amercian moral and intellectual values of ingenuity, hard work, thrift, and civic-mindedness. A Closer Look The image features 24 medallions, each with quotes from Benjamin Franklin's writings in Poor Richard's Almanac , covering topics ranging from work ethics to financial management to temperance. Each medallion features an illustration taken from Poor Richard's Almanac . Most were originally drawn by Robert Dighton - some of the original watercolors survive. There is a portrait of Franklin himself at center, along with birth and death dates. Pelton's mastery as a bank note engraver is much in evidence in the exceptional line and stipple work. Publication History and Census We note several variants on this piece. The earliest was issued c. 1795 in London by Bowles and Carver as Bowles's Moral Pictures, or Poor Richard Illustrated . A completely new version was engraved and issued Alvin Oliver Pelton and issued in the United States as early as 1859 by Samuel L. Allen and Thomas R. Holland. It was issued with subtitling and an N. Monroe imprint in 1868. The broadside was again reissued by Thomas O. H. Perry Burnham (1814 - 1891) in 1887. Of the American editions, we note examples at Yale (Clapp) and the Library of Congress (Burnham). All examples are scarce to the market. References: Library of Congress, PGA - Pelton, O.--Poor Richard illustrated (C size) [PandP]. OCLC 869566331.