Earl shirley (11 Ergebnisse)

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First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a fine dust-wrapper, edges slightly bumped. Well-preserved overall. Physical description; (not specified) : photographs. Notes; Includes index. Subjects; Ferrers, Robert Washington Shirley Earl (1929-2012). Politicians Great Britain Biography. Nobility Great Britain Biography. Great Britain Politics and government 20th century. 1 Kg.…

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First Edition. Signed by the author. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xxix, 338p., [8]p. of plates : ill. (some col.), geneal. table, ports. (some col.) ; 24cm. Subjects: Ferrers, Robert Washington Shirley Earl (1929-2012). Nobility -- Great Britain -- Biography. 1 Kg. …

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Hardcover. Zustand: Sehr gut. Limitierte Ausgabe. Limited to 500 copies, numbered 441 in pencil and signed by Richard Shirley Smith on the justification page. Description: Quarter bound oasis morocco with Cockerell hand-marbled paper sides, gilt title to spine. Quarto: 31 × 21.5 cm; pp. 109, [1]. Printed at the Stamperia Valdonega in Verona on Magnani mould-made paper. With 8 photolithographic plates Richard Shirley Smith. Condition: Volume is near fine, with clean boards, straight corners without rubbing, missing the clamshell box. Internally clean and unmarked. Notes: Richard Shirley Smith's illustrations perfectly capture the wit, satire and philosophical undertones of Rochester's poetry. Rooted in surrealism and classical influences, Smith's style mirrors the poems' oscillation between idealised desire and raw human failure. His dreamlike landscapes and figures inspired by commedia dell'arte echo Rochester's mock-heroic tone. Smith's classical allusions resonate with Rochester's Epicurean reflections on the transience of pleasure, visually capturing the tension between the 'perfect' ideal and 'imperfect' reality. This synergy makes the illustrations a fitting visual accompaniment to Rochester's provocative and philosophical libertinism. Smith, Richard Shirley (illustrator). Signatur des Illustrators. …

folio. pp. 2 p.l., 55. disbound (hint of foxing). First Edition. Lord Ferrers killed Mr Johnson, his land-steward, was tried, condemned for murder, and executed on 5 May 1760, the last British peer to be hanged in England.

The Last Peer Hanged as a Common Criminal [Execution]. Ferrers, Lawrence (Laurence) Shirley, Earl [1720-1760]. An Account of the Execution of the Late Laurence Earl Ferrers, Viscount Tamworth, And of His Lordship's Behaviour, From the Time of His Being Delivered into the Custody of the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, Until the Time of His Execution. By the Authority of the Sheriffs. London: Sold by M. Cooper in Pater-noster Row, 1760. 11, [1] pp. Folio (12-3/4" x 8"; 32.6 x 20.3 cm). Stab-stitched pamphlet in self-wrappers, thread perished, edges untrimmed. Light toning, light soiling to exterior, horizontal fold line, some faint creasing to spine and final leaf. A very good copy in its original state. $250. * Only edition, one of two issues from the same year (the other published in Dublin by Faulkner). Lord Ferrers was apparently a pleasant man, if arrogant, when sober, but prone to violent rages and brutality while drunk. After six years of abuse, his wife left him and returned to her family. She applied to Parliament for, and received, an order for maintenance. This came from a separate trust administered by Ferrers's steward, John Johnson. The Earl eventually convinced himself that Johnson was plotting against him, stealing his money and having an affair with his estranged wife. During a meeting he ordered Johnson to kneel and to beg pardon. Ferrers shot Johnson when he complied with this order. As established at trial, Ferrers had been sober when he shot Johnson, but quickly took to the bottle and assaulted the wounded man again. Johnson eventually died. Ferrers employed an insanity defense but was unsuccessful. He was sentenced to be hanged and anatomized, the last peer to be executed in this manner. OCLC locates 7 copies of this issue in North America. English Short-Title Catalogue T18836.…

Copy of an Account of the Last Peer Hanged as a Common Criminal with an Interesting Provenance [Trial]. Ferrers, Lawrence (Laurence) Shirley, Earl [1720-1760], Defendant. The Trial of Lawrence, Earl Ferrers, For the Murder of John Johnson, Before the Right Honourable the House of Peers, In Westminster-Hall, In Full Parliament, On Wednesday the 16th, Thursday the 17th, And Friday the 18th of April, 1760: On the Last of Which Days, Judgment for Murder was Given Against Him. Published by Order of the House of Peers. London: Printed for Samuel Billingsley, 1760. [iv], 55 pp. With initial imprimatur leaf. Folio (11-1/2" x 7-1/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound in nineteenth-century quarter speckled calf over marbled boards, gilt fillets to calf edges, gilt title to spine, gilt morocco armorial bookplate (of Edward Hailstone) to front pastedown. Moderate rubbing to extremities, boards partially detached but secure. Moderate toning to interior, text block trimmed closely with loss to page numbers and catch-words in places, no loss to main text, early annotation ("Right Honoble/ Welbore Ellis/ Council Office") to recto of imprimatur leaf. $300. * Only edition, one of two issues from the same year (the other published in Dublin by Faulkner). Lord Ferrers was apparently a pleasant man, if arrogant, when sober, but prone to violent rages and brutality while drunk. After six years of abuse, his wife left him and returned to her family. She applied to Parliament for, and received, an order for maintenance. This came from a separate trust administered by Ferrers's steward, John Johnson. The Earl eventually convinced himself that Johnson was plotting against him, stealing his money and having an affair with his estranged wife. During a meeting he ordered Johnson to kneel and to beg pardon. Ferrers shot Johnson when he complied with this order. As established at trial, Ferrers had been sober when he shot Johnson, but quickly took to the bottle and assaulted the wounded man again. Johnson eventually died. Ferrers employed an insanity defense but was unsuccessful. He was sentenced to be hanged and anatomized, the last peer to be executed in this manner. Welbore Ellis [1713-1802] was an English politician and civil servant who served as Secretary of State for the Colonies during the American Revolution. At the time of the trial, he was M.…