Paris, Mattheus Historia major. London: A. Mearne &c., 1684. Folio, engraved portrait, contemporary calf, worn, [Wing P5359]; Anthony, Gordon Russian ballet, camera studies. 1939. 4to, mounted plates, two-tone cloth; Milton, John The works. London: W. Innys &c., 1753. 2 volumes, 4to, engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf, worn; Methuen, Lord Normandy diary. 1952. First edition, 4to, with ink note on half-title "Edition limited to 10 copies, no 7 Methuen", red morocco gilt by Bayntun, t.e.g., text slightly dampstained; Whistler, L. Rex Whistler. 1948. 8vo, dust-jacket slightly frayed; Whistler, Rex Oho!. 1946. 8vo, original boards, head and base of spine worn; Seligman, Vincent Bank holiday. 1934. First edition, 8vo, presentation copy "with the author`s kindest regards", dust-jacket; Scott, Sir Walter The poetical works. Edinburgh, 1876. Large 8vo, additional engraved title, engraved plates after J.M.W. Turner, contemporary brown morocco gilt, g.e., a few spots; and a quantity of miscellaneous books (quantity)
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English roses -- Sitwell, Sacheverell, Blunt, Wilfrid & James Russell Old garden roses. London: G. Rainbird, 1955-57. First edition, 2 volumes, folio, limited to 2160 copies, number 23 and 104 of 160 copies signed by the artist and authors, original half vellum, t.e.g., one slipcase slightly broken
![Rhododendrons -- Millais, J.G. Rhododendrons [Rhododendrons and the various hybrids]. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1917](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10121/2805759/198-20101223123457_468x382.jpg)
Rhododendrons -- Millais, J.G. Rhododendrons [Rhododendrons and the various hybrids]. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1917-24. First edition, number 538 and 286 of 550 copies, 2 volumes [First & Second series], folio, 114 plates including 34 coloured plates after E.F. Brennand, Winifred Walker, Beatrice Parsons, and Archibald Thorburn, original maroon cloth gilt
Shooting & Hunting -- Keith, E.C. A countryman`s creed. London: Country Life, 1938. 4to, large paper edition, number 138 of 250 copies signed by the author, 21 plates by Archibald Thorburn, 9 coloured, original cloth, uncut, dust-jacket (slightly frayed); Hightower, John Pheasant hunting. New York: A.A. Knopf, 1946. First edition, number 331 of 350 copies signed by the author, original buckram-backed boards gilt, t.e.g., dust-jacket, slipcase, without the extra plate called for; Lonsdale Library -- Parker, Eric Shooting by moor, field and shore. London: Seeley Service, 1929. Number 165 of 375 copies on hand-made paper & signed by the author, etched frontispiece signed by Miss Winifred Austen, mounted plates, blue morocco gilt, t.e.g., others uncut; Millais, J.G. The wildfowler in Scotland. London: Longmans, 1901. 4to, 21 plates, some coloured, original half parchment, binding soiled, contents clean (4)
Reid, Thomas Essays on the active powers of man. Edinburgh: J. Bell & G.G.J. & J. Robinson, 1788. First edition, 4to, contemporary calf gilt; Idem Essays on the intellectual powers of man. Edinburgh: J. Bell & G.G.J. & J. Robinson, 1785. First edition, 4to, contemporary calf gilt, marginal tear to A4 (2)
Hare, David -- Max Ernst VVV. Poetry, anthropology, sociology, psychology. New York, 1942-43. First edition, volume 1 and 2-3 in one, [of a total of 4], illustrations by Max Ernst, Marc Chagall, Joan Miró & others, wrapper of part 2-3 by Marcel Duchamp (lower cover lacking wire screen and with tear), dampstain to page 2-3 of part 1 with some loss of text of page 1, pages 4-9 with some damage to paper of extreme upper corner not affecting text or illustrations, wrappers a bit discoloured and stained
Peake, Mervyn Captain Slaughterboard drops anchor. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1945. First edition, 4to, coloured illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket; [Idem] Ride a cock-horse and other nursery rhymes. London: Chatto & Windus, 1940. First edition, 4to, illustrations, some coloured, original boards, dust-jacket with two short tears and spine discoloured (2) Provenance: From the library of Charles William Stewart, illustrator.
Golf - Browning, Robert A history of golf. New York, 1955. First edition, 8vo, colour frontispiece, original green cloth; dustwrapper, torn at edges, some lacking from upper edge, bookplate of Joseph Murdoch; Golf A history of golf in Britain. London, 1952. 4to, frontispiece, original cloth, dustwrapper, torn at edges, foxing; Duncan, George & Darwin, Bernard Present day golf. New York, 1921. 8vo, original green cloth, previous ink inscription to front endpaper; Darwin, James London, 1952. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, original cloth; dustwrapper, torn at edges, upper right corner lacking; and 10 others (14)
Golf - Vardon, Harry The complete golfer. London, 1917. Fifteenth edition, 8vo, signed by Vardon on the frontispiece, original cloth gilt, browning to title from tissue guard; Braid, James Advanced golf. London, 1909. Fifth edition, 8vo, frontispiece, original cloth [repairs], later endpapers, foxing; Golf A history of golf in Britain. London, 1952. First edition, 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper, chipped and torn at edges; and another (4)
Africa & Sahara -- Rodd, F.R. People of the veil. 1926. Large 8vo; Hooker, J.D. and J. Ball Journal of a tour in Marocco and the Great Atlas. 1878. 8vo, folding frontispiece, plates; Thomson, J. Travels in the Atlas and Southern Morocco. 1889. First edition, 8vo, folding maps, plates; Buchanan, A. Sahara. 1926. 8vo, plates; Burckhardt, J.L. Travels in Nubia. 1968. 4to; Gautier, E.F. Sahara, the great desert. 1970. 8vo; Gessi, R.Seven years in the Soudan. 1892. 8vo, plates; Shorthorse, W.T. Sport & adventure in Africa. 1923. 8vo, plates, folding map; Cromer, Earl of Modern Egypt. 1911. 8vo; Dolman, A. In the footsteps of Livingstone. 1924. 8vo, plates; and 36 others, original cloth (46)
Africa - Du Chaillu, Paul Belloni Explorations and adventures in equatorial Africa. London, 1861. First edition, 8vo, folding frontispiece, folding map, plates, original cloth gilt with gilt ape stamp to upper board, hinges split, inner hinge split; Lander, Richard Records of Captain Clapperton`s last expedition to Africa. London, 1830. 8vo, 2 volumes in one, portrait frontispiece, half title, modern cloth; Cameron, Verney Lovett Across Africa. New York, 1877. 8vo, frontispiece, folding map in pocket, original cloth gilt, some leaves loose, inner hinge cracking, fading to backstrip, bookplate; Livingstone, David Missionary travels and researches in South Africa. London, 1857. 8vo, 3 volumes, folding frontispiece, portrait, two folding maps [one in pocket], contemporary half calf, very worn, volumes I & III lacking backstrips, bookplates (6)
Africa -- Filippi, Filippo de Ruwenzori. An account of the expedition of H.R.H. Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy. London: A. Constable, 1909. Second impression, 4to, 5 folding maps, coloured frontispiece, 31 plates, original red cloth, t.e.g.; Alexander, Boyd From the Niger to the Nile. London: E. Arnold, 1908. Second impression, 2 volumes, 8vo, 3 folding maps, plates, original red cloth gilt, Cameron, V.L. Across Africa. 1877. 2 volumes, 8vo, plates, lacking map, stain to title; Stanley, H.M. In darkest Africa, or the quest, rescue and retreat of Emin governor of Equatoria. New York: C. Scribner`s Sons, 1890. First American edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, plates, 3 folding maps in pockets, original pictorial cloth gilt, slightly rubbed; Mounteney-Jephson, A.J. Emin Pasha and the rebellion at the Equator. New York: C. Scribner`s Sons, 1890. First American edition, 8vo, folding map and facsimile letter in pocket at end, plates, illustrations, original pictorial cloth (8)
Brydone, Patrick A tour through Sicily and Malta in a series of letters to William Beckford. London: printed for W. Strahan, 1773. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, half titles, errata leaf, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked with repairs to corners, bookplates (2) Note: Geoffrey & Ceclia Codrington, bookplates.
Burton, Sir Richard The lake regions of Central Africa, a picture of exploration. London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1860. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, half titles, folding map, 12 colour plates, later half calf gilt, red and green labels, a smart, clean set (2) Provenance: From the library of the late R. Campbell-Hewson, specialist bookseller in Africana.
Dumfriesshire -- Jameson, Robert Mineralogical description of the county of Dumfries. Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute, 1805. First edition, 8vo, folding map and 4 engraved plates, half-title, advertisement leaf, modern green morocco-backed marbled boards, McDowall, William History of the burgh of Dumfries. Edinburgh, 1867. 8vo, additional lithographed title and frontispiece, half calf gilt; [Galloway] History of Galloway. Kirkcudbright: J. Nicholson, 1841. 2 volumes, 12mo, 2 folding engraved maps, cloth; Scott-Elliot, G.F. The flora of Dumfriesshire. Dumfries, 1896. 8vo, folding map in pocket, original cloth; Maxwell, H. A history of Dumfries and Galloway. 1896. 4to, number 79 of 100 copies on hand-made paper, 2 maps in pocket, one map split at folds, original buckram, t.e.g., spine gilt.; Wood, J.M. Witchcraft and superstitious record in the S.W. district of Scotland. Dumfries, 1911. 8vo, original cloth, spine faded; and 16 others, pamphlets and books, most relating to Dumfriesshire (23) Provenance: From the library of Charles William Stewart, illustrator.
Dunbar-Brunton, James Big game hunting in Central Africa. London, 1912. 8vo, portrait frontispiece, half title, folding map [repaired, misbound at beginning], plates, original cloth gilt, some rubbing at edges, some light spotting; Maxwell, Marius Stalking big game with a camera in equatorial Africa. New York & London, 1924. First edition, 8vo, double page frontispiece, plates, original decorative cloth gilt; Baldwin, William Charles African hunting and adventure from Natal to the Zambesi. London, 1894. Third edition, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, plates, original brown cloth gilt, corners bumped, head of backstrip repaired; Kittenburger, Kalman Big game hunting and collecting in East Africa 1903-1926. London, 1929. 8vo, frontispiece, original cloth gilt, hinges splitting, previous ink inscription to front endpaper; and 4 others (8) Provenance: From the library of the late R. Campbell-Hewson, specialist bookseller in Africana.
Fotheringham, L. Monteith Adventures in Nyassaland. London: Sampson Low, et al, 1891. First edition, 8vo, portrait frontispiece [loose], half title, original decorative cloth gilt, rubbed at edges and corners Provenance: From the library of the late R. Campbell-Hewson, specialist bookseller in Africana.
Leeds - Thoresby, Ralph Ducatus Leodiensis: or the topography of the ancient and populous town and parish of Leedes. London: printed for Maurice Atkins, 1715. First edition, folio, portrait frontispiece, double page map, 11 plates [some double page], water staining along lower edge, some repairs to plates. pp. 593-600 heavily repaired with new margins, ink marginalia throughout, contemporary calf, rebacked, worn at edges; [Idem] Vicaria Leodiensis or the history of the church of Leedes in Yorkshire. London: printed for Joseph Smith, 1724. 8vo, two folding maps, two plates [one folding], contemporary calf gilt, rebacked, bookplate (2)
London - Maitland, William The history of London. London: printed for T. Osborne, 1756. Second edition, folio, 2 volumes, frontispiece in each volume, 120 plates [some folding], contemporary calf, rebacked, replacement endpapers, some worming to first 10 leaves [including folding frontis.] of volume II (2)
Paris -- Nash, F. and Scott, J. Picturesque views of the city of Paris and its environs. London: Longman, Hurst, &c., 1820. 4to. First edition, large paper copy, 2 volumes in one, 57 mounted proof plates on india paper, comprising 67 steel-engraved views after drawings by Frederick Nash, nineteenth century green half morocco, spine gilt, a.e.g., slight spotting, chiefly to plate margins; and 2 volumes of The Art Journal in red half morocco gilt (3)
Shetland Islands -- Hibbert, Samuel A description of the Shetland Islands, comprising an account of their geology, scenery, antiquities and superstitions. Edinburgh: A. Constable, 1822. First edition, 4to, engraved frontispiece, folding map, 7 numbered plates, engraved illustrations [as called for], contemporary half calf, red morocco lettering piece, small tear to folding map without loss Provenance: From the library of Charles William Stewart, illustrator.
Bindings -- Holland and Belgium -- Kampen, G.G. van The history and topography of Holland and Belgium. London: G. Virtue, [c.1840]. 8vo, additional engraved title, 61 plates after W.H. Bartlett, and folding map, green half morocco by Sotheran, g.e.; Lang, Andrew Aucassin & Nicolete. New York: Roycfotgers, 1899. 8vo, printed in colours, green morocco by Riviere with gilt poppy design on covers, green suede endpapers, t.e.g., spine discoloured; Shelley, P.B. Poems. 1902. Illustrations by Robert Anning Bell, green morocco gilt, with tulip and heart design on upper cover and spine, t.e.g.; Southey, R. The life of Nelson. London: John Murray, 1813. First edition, 2 volumes, 12mo, engraved portrait & 1 plate, contemporary calf gilt, two leaves working loose in volume 2, lacks half title in volume 1 (5)
Forestry -- Boutcher, William A treatise on forest-trees... by William Boutcher, nurseryman, at Comely-Garden, Edinburgh. Edinburgh: sold by the author, 1775. First edition, 4to, contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt, list of subscribers, head of spine slightly rubbed, bound, as often, without the engraved title
Kay, John A series of original portraits and caricature etchings. Edinburgh: H. Paton, Carver & Gilder, 1837-38. First edition, 2 volumes bound in 4, 4to, list of subscribers, 357 engraved portraits [including 28 supplementary plates], contemporary green half calf, folding plate 152 in volume 2 with slight loss, two volumes with slight splitting at head of joints Note: Some copies have 29 supplementary plates.
Millais, J.G. The natural history of the British surface-feeding ducks. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1902. First edition, 4to, number 446 of 600 large paper copies, 6 photogravures, 41 coloured plates (of which 13 chromolithographed) by Millais and Archibald Thorburn, tissue guards, original cloth, joints split
Scott, Sir Walter Tales of my landlord. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood, 1818. Fourth edition, 4 volumes; Second Series. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood, 1818. First edition, 4 volumes; Third Series. Edinburgh: A. Constable, 1819. First edition, 4 volumes, half-titles, uniform contemporary calf, red morocco labels; Rob Roy. Edinburgh: A. Constable, 1818. First edition, 4 volumes, contemporary calf, somewhat spotted (16)
Scott, Sir Walter The monastery. Edinburgh: Longman, Hurst &c., 1820. 3 volumes, half-titles; Ivanhoe. Edinburgh: A. Constable, 1820. 3 volumes; half-titles; Peveril of the peak. Edinburgh: A. Constable, 1822. 4 volumes, half-titles; The fortunes of Nigel. Edinburgh: A. Constable, 1822. Second edition, 3 volumes, some leaves working loose, title of volume 1 stained; Quentin Durward. Edinburgh: A. Constable, 1823. 3 volumes, half-titles; St Ronan` s well. Edinburgh: A. Constable, 1824, 3 volumes, half-titles; Tales of the Crusaders. Edinburgh: A. Constable, 1825. 4 volumes, half-titles; Woodstock. Edinburgh: A. Constable, 1826. 3 volumes, lacking half-titles; Guy Mannering. Edinburgh: Longman, Hurst &c., 1815. Third edition, 3 volumes, full calf, all but the fourth and last first editions, all but the last contemporary half calf, some spotting, some volumes slightly rubbed (29)
Sterne, Laurence The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy. London: R. & J. Dodsley; T. Becket & P.A. De Hondt, 1760-67. 9 volumes, volume I Fourth edition, volume II Second edition, volume III-IX First editions, 12mo, signed, as usual, by Sterne, in volumes V, VII, and IX, marbled page present in volume 3, engraved frontispiece to volume I and III, half-title in volume 5, contemporary calf, upper margin of volume 4 wormed, a few joints splitting or slightly wormed, one board detached, head of two spines rubbed, head of two spines repaired, some light spotting
JOHNSON, Samuel. A Dictionary of the English Language… the fourth edition, corrected. London: 1770. 2 vols. in one, 8vo but signed in 4s (207 x 121mm.) (Some browning, first few leaves damp-stained, title-pages spotted.) Contemporary calf (worn, covers detached, last few leaves now loosely inserted).
MORGAN, Charles Langbridge. The Gunroom. London: A. & C. Black, Ltd., 1919. First edition, 8vo (200 x 123mm.) (Some spotting.) Original cloth (extremities bumped and faded). Note: the author`s first novel. - And twenty others by Morgan, one signed, and a small collection of related ephemera (a lot).
GIUSTINIANI, Lorenzo, and Francis de LICTERIIS. A Guide through the Royal Bourbonic Museum… the second edition. Naples: 1824. 8vo (195 x 115mm.) Text in Italian and English. (Some spotting to first few leaves.) Contemporary half-vellum (spine soiled). - And three other leather-bound volumes (4).
![[GALSWORTHY, John.] `John SINJOHN`. Jocelyn. London: Duckworth & Co., 1898. First edition, 8vo (192 x 122mm.) (Some spott](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10123/2810748/3114-2011119152558_468x382.jpg)
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS (publishers). - A.E. COPPARD. Rummy, That Noble Game. Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berks.: 1932. Limited edition of 1000 copies, 8vo (240 x 156mm.) Occasional illustrations by Robert Gibbings. Original cloth, dust-jacket (dust-jacket soiled, minor tears to folds). - And a quantity of others including a number of modern first editions (a quantity).
WALES. - John RHYS and J. Gwenogvryn EVANS. The Text of the Mabinogion and Other Welsh Tales from the Red Book of Hergest [and] The Text of the Bruts from the Red Book of Hergest. Oxford: issued to subscribers only by J.G. Evans, 1887-1890. Limited edition of 500 copies, these number 221 of 150 copies on `toned paper`, 2 vols., 8vo (251 x 155mm.) Titles printed in red and black, frontispiece to second work. (Some spotting and browning to first and last few leaves.) Contemporary red half-morocco, t.e.g. - And nineteen others on Wales or in Welsh (21).
SHEPARD, Ernest H. (illustrator). - A.A. MILNE. The House at Pooh Corner. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928. First edition, 8vo (189 x 122mm.) Numerous illustrations. (Occasional soiling, a few leaves torn and repaired with adhesive tape.) Original cloth, t.e.g. (extremities bumped and soiled, spine darkened). - And a quantity of others, the majority illustrated works or children`s books (a quantity).
BISHOP, John George. The Brighton Chain Pier: in Memoriam, its History from 1823 to 1896, with a Biographical Notice of Sir Samuel Brown. Brighton: 1896. First edition, 8vo (211 x 130mm.) 11 plates, numerous advertisements. (Light spotting and minor soiling.) Modern black morocco-backed paper-covered boards, spine gilt.
BOCCACCIO, Giovanni. Amorous Fiammetta. London: The Mandrake Press, 1929. Limited edition of 550 copies, this number 139, 4to (283 x 207mm.) 20 colour plates, 10 colour illustrations, all by M. Leone. (Minor spotting to first and last few leaves.) Original green vellum, g.e. (some spotting, spine faded to cream), contained within original slipcase (defective).
RANSOME, Arthur. The Picts and the Martyrs: or, Not Welcome at All. London & Toronto: Jonathan Cape, 1943. First edition, 8vo (198 x 130mm.) Illustrations, some full-page. (K3-K6 with small stain to margin.) Original cloth (extremities slightly bumped), dust-jacket (slightly browned and with small nicks to edges).
GREENE, Graham. The Third Man and The Fallen Idol. London, Melbourne, etc.: William Heinemann Ltd., 1950. First edition, 8vo (182 x 124mm.) Original cloth, dust-jacket (dust-jacket creased, head and foot of spine torn with loss). Provenance: Gervase [Mathew] (presentation inscription signed from the author `For Gervase / This joke / with love from Graham / July 1950`); `Mary` (presentation inscription from Gervase dated August 1950). Note: Gervase Mathew was a close friend of Greene`s and to whom `The Power and the Glory` is dedicated. - And an a.n.s. from Gervase to `My dear M.` and one further volume by Greene inscribed by Gervase (`The Power and the Glory`, London & Toronto: April 1940, reprint 8vo) (3).
FIRST WORLD WAR MEDAL DUO, Private AT Bury, Machine Gun Corps 1914-18 War Medal and 1914-19 Victory Medal. Together with two photographs of the recipient and one volume History and Memoir of the 33rd Battalion Machine Gun Corps and of the 19th 98th, 100th and 248th Machine Gun Company`s, written and illustrated by members of the Battalion. A limited edition volume 16 number 238 of 1600.
ARRAN FIRST 1995 DISTILLATION Single Island (Arran) malt whisky. Limited Edition of 2784 bottles distilled 1993. 70cl, 46% volume, tubed. ARRAN PAINTERS SELECTION Single Island (Arran) malt whisky. No.1, featuring painting by William Miller Frazer. 70cl, 43% volume, wood box. ARRAN SINGLE CASK Single Island (Arran) malt whisky. Distilled 13.12.95, bottled 21.10.03, no.147 of 260. 70cl, 57.4% volume, in carton. GLENTAUCHERS-1990 Single Highland malt whisky. Distilled 1990, bottled 2005 by Gordon & MacPhail. 70cl, 40% volume, in carton. 4 Bottles.
`A Guide To The Lakes In Cumberland, Westmorland, And Lancashire` by the author of The Antiquities of Furness, eleventh edition, printed for W Pennington, Kendal, 1821, later bound in half tan calf with beige cloth and gilt lettering (lacking map), `Highways And Byways In The Lake District`, by A G Bradley, printed by MacMillan & Co London 1919, bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering, `Cartmel Priory And Sketches Of North Lonsdale`, by A M Wakefield, printed by H T Mason, Grange Over Sands 1909, bound in green cloth with gilt lettering, `Months At The Lakes`, by the Reverend H D Rawnsley, printed by James MacLehose & Sons, Glasgow 1906, bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering, `Companion Into Lakeland`, by Maxwell Frazer 1948, bound in red cloth, `The Lakers The Adventures Of The First Tourists`, by Norman Nicholson, printed by Robert Hale, London 1955, bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering, `The English Lakeland`, by Dorren Wallis, `James Cropper & Co Memories Of Burnside 1845 To 1945`, `The Life And Nature At The English Lakes`, by the Reverend H D Rawnsley 1902, bound in red cloth, paperback book of Lake District by Penguin, and a large pamphlet `Times Past The Lake District` (11)
`The Golden Cockerel Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam`, being a number 184 of a limited edition of 300, within inscription `To Edna Roe with all good wishes John Buckland-Wright, 25th July 43, this book translated by Edward Fitzgerald, being a first addition reprinted together with Fitzgerald`s monk-Latin version, now printed for the first time with introduction by Charles Ganz and line engravings by John Buckland-Wright, printed by The Golden Cockerel Press 1938, bound with original quarter natural undyed Morocco and canvas boards with gilt decoration of a cockerel colour, together with gilt lettering (illustrated)
`My Country Book`, by C F Tunnicliffe, with dedicated inscription `With best wishes C F Tunnicliffe January 1944`, this being a first edition, printed by The Studio, London, 1942, bound in green cloth with black lettering, also a copy of `Cosmetics For My Lady And Good Fare For My Lord`, this being a limited edition no.44/300 copies, published by The Golden Cockerel Press, 10 Staple Inn, London 1934, bound with green/white boards decorated with cockerels and trees, and red spine with gilt lettering (2) (illustrated)
Ephemera – Newspaper The Rehearsal of Observator issue no 35 dated May 24th-31st 1705 2pp folio in good condition. A rare Jacobite newspaper first published under the title `The Observator` by John Leslie in 1704. He changed the name to the present title in 1705 and it continued until 1709 espousing his Jacobite views. Leslie was eventually threatened with arrest and he fled to join James Edward Stuart the `Old Pretender` in France in 1710. Together with an edition of The News for January 23rd 1820 which contains a considerable number of reports including that on the health of the Duke of Kent (Queen Victoria`s father) who had contracted a cold – which eventually killed him leaving Victoria in line to the throne.
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