BOOK
Title:
Omai, first Polynesian ambassador to England: the true story of his voyage there in 1774 with Captain Cook, of how he was feted by Fanny Burney, approved by Samuel Johnson, entertained by Mrs. Thrale & Lord Sandwich, and painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds
Creator:
Clark, Blake, 1908-
Publication:
Colt Press, San Francisco], 1941, c1940.
Notes:
"This new edition was issued in January from the Colt Press by William Roth and Jane Grabhorn, MCMXLI."
Extent:
92 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 24 cm.
BOOK
Title:
The pleasures of the imagination: English culture in the eighteenth century
Creator:
Brewer, John, 1947-
Publication:
Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, 1997.
Notes:
Originally published: United Kingdom : HarperCollins, 1997. Includes bibliographical references (p. 667-691) and index.
Extent:
xxx, 721 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
BOOK
Title:
A journal of eight days journey from Portsmouth to Kingston upon Thames: through Southampton, Wiltshire, &c.: with miscellaneous thoughts, moral and religious, in a series of sixty-four letters addressed to two ladies of the partie : to which is added, An essay on tea
Creator:
Hanway, Jonas, 1712-1786
Publication:
Printed by H. Woodfall, London, 1756.
Notes:
"... Considered as pernicious to health, obstructing industry, and impoverishing the nation : with an account of its growth, and great consumption in these kingdoms. With several political reflections; and thoughts on public love, in twenty-five letters to the same ladies" . Attributed to Jonas Hanway--Cf. NUC pre-1956. Signed: H*****.
Extent:
361 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
BOOK
Title:
The diary of Richard Kay, 1716-51 of Baldingstone, near Bury, a Lancashire doctor: Extracts
Creators:
Kay, Richard, 1716-1751 | Brockbank, William | Kenworthy, Fred
Publication:
Published for the Chetham Society by Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1968.
Extent:
vii, 179 p., [2] leaves + 4 p. of plates : ill., facsims. ; 22 cm.
ANALYTIC
Title:
The stationers' voice: English almanacs in the early eighteenth century
Parent:
American Philosophical Society. Transactions, v.95, pt.4
Creator:
Feist, Tim, 1975-
Publication:
American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 2005.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call #:
506.73 AM4T V.95, PT.4
Extent:
vii, 129 p. ; 26 cm.
