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3724945 — <p>London and elsewhere: Various imprints 1736–1745 1793–1829. Two Sammelband Volumes. 19th-century plum cloth; gilt spine titling. Approx. 8½ x 6½ inches some pamphlets smaller. 23 Pamphlets. Several illustration plates including some in color scattered text illustrations. Bookplate and sporadic ownership inscriptions of William Orde-Powlett “Lord Bolton†2nd Baron Bolton 1782–1850. Spines faded but with bright gilt; some pamphlets trimmed with minor loses; overall very good.</p> <p>Between these two volumes are twenty-three titles either unrecorded or if in American institutions thinly-held. One title is an unrecorded edition on the musicians and dwarfs Nanette Stocker and John Hauptmann who exhibited themselves for their diminutive size to great fame in England. Contents are as follows:</p> <p>Volume 1</p> <p>1. Remarks on the Rev. Christopher Wyvill’s Late Advertisement Address & Speeches at York in a Letter to the Worthy and Loyal Freeholders of Yorkshire. By a Freeholder of Hang-West… York: np MDCCXCVI 1796. 2 18pp. ESTC: T221800 2 copies: St. Patrick’s Coll. Lib. Maynooth and York Minster Lib.</p> <p>2. Observations Addressed to the Friends of the Constitution Occasioned by the Late Address of the Whig Club. By a Freeholder of Hang-West…. York: Printed by W. Blanchard and Sold by F. and C. Rivington…London MDCCXCVI 1796. 2 22pp. ESTC: T194799 2 copies: Bodleian Library and St. Patrick’s Coll. Lib.</p> <p>3. Elegiac Tributes to Departed Royalty with Consolatory Lines to the Duchess of Kent. London: Printed for J.J. Stockdale 1820. 16pp. No copies in ESTC or OCLC.</p> <p>4. Equality; As Consistent with the British Constitution. In a Dialogue between a Master Manufacturer and One of His Workmen. Newport Isle of Wight: Printed by J. Albin 1793. 15 1blankpp. No copies in ESTC or OCLC.</p> <p>5.The Orange Institution. London: Printed by J.J. Stockdale 1821. 1 1blank 10pp. With engraved illustration of William III on title page. No copies in OCLC.</p> <p>6. Charles Wicksted Ethelston. A Patriotic Appeal to the Good Sense of All Parties In the Sphere of Politics. By an Antijacobin. Manchester: Printed for the Author by C. Wheeler and Son 1817. 15 1blankpp. OCLC: 1 copy Yale. </p> <p>7. The Loyalist; Or Anti-Radical; Consisting of Three Departments: Satyrical Miscellaneous and Historical No. 1 No.2–3. London: Printed by R. Gray…Published by James Wright 1820. Frontis. viii 2 11–64pp 2 Plates. One of the plates “The Radical Ladder†engraved by George. Cruikshank is handcolored. </p> <p>8. William Jones. A Letter to John Bull Esq. from His Second Cousin Thomas Bull Author of the First and Second Letters to His Brother John. London: Printed by Norman and Carpenter…and Sold by F. and C. Rivingron MDCCXCIII 1793. 1 1blank 1 1blank 1–49 3blankpp. ESTC: T108767 5 copies in British Isles; 6 in N. America: Columbia; Harvard; NYHS; NYPL; Queen’s U.; and U. of Saskatchewan.</p> <p>9. The Vagaries of John Bull Dedicated without Permission to All the Whigs By One of His Unfortunate Servants. Bristol: Printed and Published by J.M. Gutch…Sold by the Different Booksellers in Bristol Bath Cheltenham &c. and by W. Wright…London 1820. iv 68pp. OCLC: 3 physical copies Huntington; Australian Nat. Lib.; BL: “A political satire. One of the characters is ‘Jonathan’ i.e. the United States.â€</p> <p>10. Old England in A Storm. London: Printed for J.J. Stockdale 1821. 64pp. OCLC: 4 copies U. Kansas; Trinity College Dublin; BL-Lib. of Political & Econ Sci; U. Southampton.</p> <p>11. Eaton Stannard Barrett. The Comet; By the Author of All the Talents. London: Printed for John Joseph Stockdale 1808. 86 2catalogpp.</p> <p>Volume 2</p> <p>1. The King’s Prophecy! And Political Predictions of John Bull. London: Published by I.L. Marks n.d. 1820 1 1blank 27 1blankpp. Title page with handcolored engraved illustration. OCLC: 4 physical copies under two accession numbers BL; BL-Lib. Ref. Coll.; Newberry Lib.; Brown.</p> <p>2. The Real or Constitutional House the Jack Built. London: Printed for J. Asperne…W. Sams…and J. Johnson 1819. 24pp. Twelve engraved vignette illustrations including a depiction of “Will Cobbett with Thomas Paine’s bones.â€</p> <p>3. The Asses’ Skin Memorandum Book Lost in St. Paul’s. To Which is Added a Condolence with the Ultras &c. &c. &c. London: Printed for W. Wright 1820. 15 1pp. Engraved portrait title page. Catalog of 14 “Loyal Pamphlets†on last page.</p> <p>4. Harral Thomas. Anne Boleyn and Caroline of Brunswick Compared; in an Address to the People of England. London: Printed for W. Wright 1820. 2 50pp. Portrait engraving of Caroline of Brunswick on title-page.</p> <p>5. Intercepted Letters Published in the “Morning Post.†Egham: C.C. Wetton Printer 1820. 21 1blank 1 1blankpp. OCLC: 1 copy Harvard.</p> <p>6. The White Cat with The Earl of Grosvenor’s Ass. London: Printed for W. Wright 1821. 26 2catalogpp. “Adorned with Seven Plates by George Cruikshank†i.e. seven engraved vignette illustrations.</p> <p>7. The Life of Mother Gin; Containing A true and faithful Relation of her Conduct and Politicks…By an Impartial Hand. London: Printed for W. Webb MDCCXXXVI 1736. 31 1blankpp. With four small wood engravings: two ornaments a headpiece and an initial. ESTC: T77331 noting “the bookseller’s name in the imprint is fictitious.â€</p> <p>8. Reply to Buonaparte! “Observations†on the Recorder’s Charge “in the†Old Bailey…Supported by Official Documents. London: Printed for J.J. Stockdale 1818. 12 4catalogpp. OCLC: 3 physical copies under two accession numbers Koninklijke Bibliotheek; BL; BL-Lib. Ref. Coll.</p> <p>9. History and Travels of the Little Nanette Stocker and of John Hauptmann. London: Schulze and Dean Printers n.d. c.1810s. 16pp. Unrecorded edition. OCLC reports only two copies at CalSate and Wisconsin–Madison; each with distinct dates 1814 and 1816 and printers. COPAC returns two copies at the BML and Oxford. Stocker and Hauptmann were famous and talented dwarfs who performed extensively in public venues and theater. Stocker played the pianoforte Hauptman the violin and both waltzed with one another.</p> <p>10. Iron Coffins Dead Wives and Disasters after Death; or The Very Hard Case of Deceased Mrs. Gubbins. Faithfully Detailed by Oliver Oddfish Esq. London: Printed for J.J. Stockdale 1820. –vi 7–55 1catalogpp. Two hand-colored full-page illustrations attributed to George Cruikshank. See Rosenbach A.S.W. A Catalogue of the Works Illustrated by George Cruikshank… Philadelphia 1918 p66. OCLC: 1 copy Harvard.</p> <p>11. The Satirist or Monthly Meteor. February 1 1809. London: S. Tipper Printer and T. Gillet Printer 1809. Frontis. 105–208pp. A single issue.m Fold-out aquatint engraving by Samuel De Wilde entitled “Feast of the Board of Management.†Articles on William Cobbett gambling “The Notorious Gamblers†etc.</p> <p>12. An Address of Thanks to the Broad-Bottoms for the Good Things they have done and the Evil Things they have not done…To which is prefix’d A Curious Emblematic Frontispiece Taken from an Original Painting of The Ingenious Mr. H——th. London: Printed for M. Cooper MDCCXLV 1745. Frontis. 1title page 1blank 52pp. According to one source the frontispiece’s attribution to William Hogarth is spurious. Tear and small loss to final leaf affecting a few words but not sense.</p> unknown