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English conservative politician (1810-61), friend and supporter of Florence Nightingale. Good, but with one small closed tear and with the verso of the second leaf of the bifoliate attached to paper mount. He is 'going to town' for three days from Wednesday, and then returns for a fortnight or three weeks. 'If you think of coming this way soon I sh[oul]d be very glad if you could make your visit during [last word over authorial smudge] my stay here. | The tower is up all but the cornice & is not a bit too high. The Rose Window is very effective, & the whole thing is very much admired'.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Alfred P. Ingegno Jr. (illustrator). Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

4pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition, aged and worn, with minor marking to first and last pages. A high-spirited missive, headed 'Private' and difficult to decipher. He begins by asking him to 'read the enclosed, a perfect gentleman is certainly cheap at 12s. a week. | My interest in the matter is revealed by the closing sentence in the letter.' An indecipherable sentence follows, after which: 'At any rate will you send me an answer wh I can forward to Mr Kitto.' He asks Canning to inform his wife 'that Elcho took charge of the rat dog. I saw him kill some rats (brought on purpose) in an area'. He concludes with what appears to be a jocular suggestion 'to satisfy her mind as to the judicious selection.' In a postscript he invites the Cannings to 'run down here on Thursday & catch small trout &c if you don't mind country neighbours'.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. Peterson, Roy (illustrator). First Edition. 88 pages. Features: One-page photo-ad for the International Travelall; 1962 Zenith TV ad; The Anxious Years of an Undergraduate - asking students and staff at the University of Toronto; The Harmony and Discord of the campus marriage of John and Charlotte Swan; To Oblivion and Back with a New Record - Ontario housewife Bette Singer swam down 307 feet to set a record - article with colour photos; Neutrals - what are they against? What makes a Prodigy? - Blair Milton astonishes professors at McGill U.; Allergies - the fast-growing threat to public health; A Lifetime in Hiding from the light of day - Morris Gerlovin is acutely allergic to the sun; How to tell the English from the French in Canada; The Turkish Incident that Changed Canada's Destiny - the Chanak Incident of 1922; Four Ways to Make a Million - Rex Heslop, William Wilder, Peter Colwell Bawden and Geoffrey Stirling; Nice colour full-page ad for Labatt's 50 ale; Nice colour-photo centrefold for the 1962 Buick Electra 2-Door Sport Coupe (pale green); 2/3 page cartoon by Roy Peterson shows busy native totem pole carver being confronted by forest conservation officer; Epitaph for Dag Hammarskjold; The case for adding more NHL hockey teams; Colour-photo Coke ad on back cover features young square dancing couple. Please note: missing page 9-10, and 69-72, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy reference copy.

5pp., folio. In very good condition on lightly-aged paper. Copies of this document were sent by the War Office to the officers commanding the various corps, the Secretary of State considering that it would 'assist [them] in preparing Regulations for the government of the Corps under [their] Command'. For a full account of the subject see Hugh Cunningham's 'The Volunteer Force: A Social and Political History, 1859-1908' (1975). The cover page has in its top left-hand corner: 'V | General No. | 469', and carries a table of contents. Preceding the rules is a page headed 'WAR OFFICE, | 10th August, 1859', giving a list of the twelve committee members, preceded by the statement: 'PROCEEDINGS of a COMMITTEE assembled, by Order of the Secretary of State for War, for the purpose of drafting model Rules and Regulations for the government of Volunteer Corps when not on actual Service and subject to Military discipline.' In the list that follows, the President of the Committee is named as 'VISCOUNT RANELAGH, South Middlesex Rifles', and the first three members are: 'EARL SPENCER, Althorp Rifles. | MAJOR CLIFFORD, Victoria Rifles. | MR. J. H. ORDE, Yarmouth Rifles.' The 24 rules follow over three pages (the last page paginated 6), and include: '1. THE Corps having been raised under the Act 44 Geo. III., cap. 54, the members are consequently subject to the provisions of that Act, and to all regulations which have been or shall be issued, under the authority of the Secretary of State for War.' and '14. The following fines shall be imposed, [the amounts to be settled as above, provided that they shall not be less than the following sums respectively, viz., | For loading contrary to orders, or shooting out of turn . 2s. 6d. | For discharging the rifle accidentally . 5s. | For pointing the same, loaded or unloaded, at any person without orders . 5s.]'.

See the entries on Nightingale, Hall and Herbert in the Oxford DNB. The Nightingale Fund was established in the Crimea on 29 November 1855, to raise money for the training of nurses. As a result of discussions held at the time of this circular the money from the Fund was used to set up the first nursing school, the Nightingale Training School, at St Thomas's Hospital in 1860. ONE: Printed circular in form of a facsimile ALS from 'S. C. Hall / Hon. Sec.' 1p, 8vo. On first leaf of a bifolium. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. Twenty-four lines of text. The only genuine piece of Hall's autograph is the address to 'Col Jeb / &c &c'. Begins: 'It is considered desirable that the Nightingale Fund should not be dissolved without conveying to M. and Madame Goldschmidt some mark of respect - in acknowledgement of their munificent contribution to that Fund.' The contribution is stated to total £2422. It is proposed to present the Goldschmidts with 'a marble bust of Her Majesty the Queen, to be executed by Mr Joseph Durham'. TWO: Manuscript letter. 1p, 12mo. In fair condition, with closed tear to fore-edge. Sent from the town house of the Fund's chairman Lord Herbert of Lea.

The four documents in very good condition, on lightly-aged paper. For a full account of the subject see Hugh Cunningham's 'The Volunteer Force: A Social and Political History, 1859-1908' (1975). Item One: 'RULES OF THE ---- VOLUNTEER CORPS.' 5pp., folio (paginated to 6). The cover page has in its top left-hand corner: 'V | General No. | 469', and carries a table of contents. Preceding the rules is a page headed 'WAR OFFICE, | 10th August, 1859', giving a list of the twelve committee members, preceded by the statement: 'PROCEEDINGS of a COMMITTEE assembled, by Order of the Secretary of State for War, for the purpose of drafting model Rules and Regulations for the government of Volunteer Corps when not on actual Service and subject to Military discipline.' In the list that follows, the President of the Committee is named as 'VISCOUNT RANELAGH, South Middlesex Rifles', and the first three members are: 'EARL SPENCER, Althorp Rifles. | MAJOR CLIFFORD, Victoria Rifles. | MR. J. H. ORDE, Yarmouth Rifles.' The 24 rules follow over three pages, and include: '1. THE Corps having been raised under the Act 44 Geo. III., cap. 54, the members are consequently subject to the provisions of that Act, and to all regulations which have been or shall be issued, under the authority of the Secretary of State for War.' and '14. The following fines shall be imposed, [the amounts to be settled as above, provided that they shall not be less than the following sums respectively, viz., | For loading contrary to orders, or shooting out of turn . 2s. 6d. | For discharging the rifle accidentally . 5s. | For pointing the same, loaded or unloaded, at any person without orders . 5s.]' Item Two: Circular from 'RIPON' (on behalf of 'Mr. Secretary Herbert') to 'The Officer Commanding | [blank] Volunteers.' Dated 'War Office, | 8th September 1859.' 1p., folio. In top left-hand corner: 'V | General No. | 486'. Forwarding Item One, which 'Mr. Herbert considers likely to assist you in preparing Regulations for the government of the Corps under your Command.' Item Three: Circular from 'SIDNEY HERBERT' to 'Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant | for [blank]'. Dated ' War Office, | 14th October, 1859.' 2pp., folio. In top left-hand corner of first page: 'V. | Gen. No. | 509'. Announcing that 'Her Majesty's Government have determined to issue immediately to Rifle Volunteer Corps an additional supply of Long Enfield Rifles (pattern 1853), to the extent of 25 per cent. on the effective strength of the Corps. This supply will raise the aggregate issue to 50 per cent. on the effective strength of the force; [.] At a later period I shall be prepared to issue a third instalment of arms of the same pattern as the 50 per cent. now granted. And I hope to be in a position, in the course of next summer, to supply the short Rifle, with Sword Bayonet, to a limited extent, in exchange for the long one at present issued.' He ends with a list of 'the amount of ammunition for effective members, to be issued at cost price, on the requisition of the Commanding Officers'. Item Four: Circular from 'SIDNEY HERBERT' to 'Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant | for [blank]'. Dated ' War Office, | 20th December, 1859'. 1p., folio. Announcing another 'additional supply' of Long Enfield Rifles, and hoping soon to be in a position 'to exchange these Rifles gradually for the Short Enfield, in the case of any Corps which may desire it, on the understanding that the Long Rifles must be returned in good condition, fair wear and tear excepted, or that the Corps must pay for any damage they may have received.'.