Charpentier

1830 · 24113 — London: Printed and Published by William Carpenter 1830. First editions. Decorated head pieces. 1 vols. 4to. Eleven pamphlets plus the Supplement bound in contemporary green sheep-backed marbled boards. Spine defective edges rubbed some light spotting or browning of leaves else very good copies of these. First editions. Decorated head pieces. 1 vols. 4to. RARE. From 1830 to 1831 Carpenter published an unstamped series called "The Political Letters" challenging the stamp duty law as to whether any publication containing news was subject to duty. Carpenter did not feel that these should be subject to the duty. He was prosecuted and imprisoned from where he edited the "Political Magazine." The pamphlets contained are "An Expostulatory Letter to the Commissioners of Stamps." 16 pp 21 October 1830; "A Letter to the Aristocracy of England" 24 pp 6 Nov. 1830; "A Letter to Lord Althorpe" 16 pp. 4 Dec. 1830; "A Second Letter to Lord Althorpe" 16 pp. 7 Dec. 1830; "A Political Miscllany on National Debt" 16 pp. 9 Dec. 1830; "A Political Compendium on Reform" 16 pp. with an 8 page supplement printed at the Published of the Office of the Political Letters 18 Dec. 1830; "A Political Digest" 16 pp. 23 Dec. 1830; "A Letter to the Right Hon. Wilmot Horton" 16 pp. 31 Dec. 1830; "A Political Mirror" 16 pp. 7 Jan. 1831; "A Political Chronicle" 16 pp. 13 Jan 1831; "A Political Herald" 21 Jan 1831. NCBEL 3:1818 Printed and Published by William Carpenter unknown