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176182048London: Printed for E. Dilly . G. Keith . and T. Smith 1761. Pamphlet. Very Good. 50p. i.e. 59 20cm. Disbound removed from a bound volume. Pages 6-14 numbered in duplicate in all copies. <br/><br/> Printed for E. Dilly ... G. Keith ... and T. Smith unknown books
173149193London: Printed: And Sold by J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane 1731. 1st Printing. Disbound now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Age toning a bit of soiling to outer leaves Very Good. 52 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/>Caleb D'Anvers = William Pulteney Printed: And Sold by J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane unknown books
17961264109London: T. Heptinstall 1796. First edition. Octavos in brown calf with gold gilt spine; VG; study binding and moderate fraying around edges; paper age-toned with foxing and discoloration on title pages and frontispiece engravings; text clean; pp. 280 and 310; shelved in end case. 1264109. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. T. Heptinstall unknown books
1742WRCLIT35923London: Printed for T. Cooper 1742. 24pp. Octavo. Extracted and resewn. A good copy with the half-title. First edition of this anonymous and vigorous response to Hervey's 'Miscellaneous Thoughts on the present Posture both of our Foreign and Domestic Affairs. Humbly offer'd to the consideration of the Parliament and the People' 1742. ESTC T69648. Printed for T. Cooper unknown books
179666884Philadelphia: Printed for Robert Cambell Philadelphia by V. Bonsal Wilmington 1796. contemporary full calf with leather spine label. small 8vo. contemporary full calf with leather spine label. xi 13-226 6 pages. Printed for Robert Cambell, Philadelphia by V. Bonsal, Wilmington unknown books
17426950London: Printed for J. Roberts 1742. First edition. Disbound. Very Good. Sm. 8vo. Disbound. Title page lightly dusted. The text references Sir Robert Walpole. ESTC T39435. Printed for J. Roberts unknown books
174147283London: Printed for the Author and sold by J. H. on Ludgate Hill 1741. 1st printing State 2 ESTC T37936. Later plain blue paper wrappers. Modest wear to wrappers. Age-toning to paper. Very Good. 4 60 pp. Head- tailpieces. 8vo. 7-5/8" x 4-7/8" <br/><br/> Printed for the Author, and sold by J. H. on Ludgate Hill unknown books
173033451London: Printed for J. Roberts 1730. 8vo 20 cm; 7.875". 1 f. 531 1 blank pp. <br><br>Publishing anonymously Hervey 16961743 takes part in "a paper war" against "the Craftsman who seems of late under the Shelter of the Law and an Affectation of telling bold Truths to have usurped the Right of circulating guarded Treasons and weekly Falsehoods throughout the whole Kingdom" p. 7. Hervey is defending the Walpole administration.<br>Â Â Â Â "The Craftsman" was Lord Bolingbroke and the "weekly Falsehoods" were his letters on English history.<br>Â Â Â Â This is a copy of => the lengthier of two editions. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC T41859. CBEL II 1713. Recent marbled paper-covered boards; light waterstaining in some upper outer corners into text lightly browner staining to one corner of title-page last leaf greatly trimmed into foremargin not text last three leaves dust-soiled. A good copy. Printed for J. Roberts hardcover books
1746WRCAM20822London: Printed for W. Webb 1746. 439pp. Modern green cloth. Unobtrusive cancelled library stamp else near fine. This work is attributed to the eccentric 18th- century British pamphleteer Thomas Hervey. Hervey studied for a time at Christ Church Oxford eventually took a place in Parliament for one of the seats for his family's borough of Bury St. Edmunds and gained a reputation for drinking scribbling and becoming "unhinged" before his time. In the work at hand he rails against newly voted-in regiments. DNB IX pp.741-42. Printed for W. Webb hardcover books
175148927London: Printed for N. Gibson Bookseller the Corner of Charles-Street St. James's-square 1751. 1st Printing. Disbound now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Age-toning and bit of dust soiling to outer leaves VG. 52 pp. Tailpiece p. 52. 8vo: A - F4 G2. 7-13/16" x 5" <br/><br/>The trial took place on 11 July 1751. <br /> <br />Somewhat uncommon pamphlet documenting this mid-18th C. trial. Printed for N. Gibson, Bookseller, the Corner of Charles-Street, St. James's-square unknown books
173134395London: Pr. for J. Peele 1731. 8vo 18 cm 7.1". 62 pp. <br><br>Particularly biting attack on William Pulteney and Henry St. John Viscount Bolingbroke focusing on the latter's "ingratitude and treachery to the late Duke of Marlborough and the Earl of Godolphin" p. 11 as well as his alliance with the Pretender various alleged diplomatic errors with Spain and lust for power and wealth. This rebuttal to Bolingbroke's self-vindication in the Craftsman periodical opens with a woodcut pictorial headpiece and decorative capital; the present example is => the first edition of the several-times reprinted diatribe which has sometimes been attributed to Walpole himself as well as to William Arnall with the half-title marked "Price One Shilling" and the original headpiece. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC T66320; Goldsmiths'-Kress 06912. Recent marbled papercovered boards front cover with printed paper label. Title-page trimmed closely touching final letters of title with loss of a few letters from publication information. Pages age-toned with light to moderate waterstaining in the inner portions of many and dust-soiling to first and last; title-page with small smudge and half-title with neat repair from verso to a short tear; two pages with upper portions offset from now-absent laid-in item; one page with a few early inked doodles. Pr. for J. Peele hardcover books
176038649London: Printed for G. Keith 1760. 1st edition. Cf. Sabin 17834 for the 1st US edition of 1762. Period full brown calf binding with 5 raised spine bands. Average binding wear with front joint renewed. Ffep with erased pencil annotations. A VG copy. viii 224 pp. 'Letters' by Robert Sandeman and the Two Treatises by Samuel Pike. 8vo: A4 B - P8. 6-7/8" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/> Printed for G. Keith unknown books
1733WRCLIT82495London: Printed for J. Roberts 1733. 8pp. Folio 34 x 22cm. Extracted from bound pamphlet volume. Spine secured by three staples easily removed tiny perhaps natural pinhole in blank portion of terminal leaf but a very good copy. First edition of this anonymously published epistle by one of Pope's frequent objects of scorn published shortly after Hervey's falling out with Frederick Prince of Wales. Hervey is best remembered for his posthumously published MEMOIRS. and in some quarters for his barely concealed bisexual attachments. While amply represented in institutional locations now somewhat uncommon in commerce. FOXON H157. ESTC T32805. Printed for J. Roberts unknown books
1730302521London: R. Franklin et al. 1730. 32 31 blank 30 ad blank 62 pp. 8vo. A clean and bright copy in twentieth century paneled calf green and red morocco labels to spine slightly shelf-worn some ink annotations throughout mostly concerning the authorship of each work. 32 31 blank 30 ad blank 62 pp. 8vo. THE WAR BETWEEN BOLINGBROKE AND WALPOLE. A sammelband of four pamphlets concerning Viscount Bolingbroke's efforts to undermine the Walpole administration. Having recently returned from exile and though allowed to purchase property Walpole denied Bolingbroke from restoration of his political rights wary that he would abuse them. He proved correct and soon Bolingbroke undertook a campaign to resume power.<br/><br/>A paper war commenced and Bolingbroke's organ of choice was The Craftsman "a journalistic venture which heralded the birth of a formidable opposition to Walpole and the beginnings of a propaganda campaign of sustained brilliance and of rare political sophistication. Edited by Nicholas Amhurst and printed by Richard Francklin The Craftsman attracted contributions from Bolingbroke Pulteney and other leading thinkers and writers in the opposition camp . During its period of greatest influence from 1729 to 1732 at least 8000 copies of each issue were distributed and probably upwards of 12000 copies in 1731 . The Craftsman aroused such public interest and so embarrassed the ministry that Walpole spent large sums subsidizing a pro-ministerial press to reply to it and to attack Bolingbroke and Pulteney in particular; and he had Francklin arrested on several occasions in an effort to silence it."<br/><br/>The accusations bled beyond the pages of serial publications into pamphlets such as these here with Baron John Hervey often writing in defense of the government:<br/><br/>1. Bolingbroke Viscount Henry St. John A Final Answer to the Remarks on the Craftsman's Vindication. Second issue reset from the first without the errata. London: R.Francklin 1731.<br/>2. Hervey John Observations on the Writings of the Craftsman. First edition. London: J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane 1730.<br/>3. An Answer To a late Pamphlet Intitled Observations on the writings of the Craftsman. First edition. London: R. Francklin 1731. <br/>4. Remarks on the craftsman's Vindication of his Two Honble Patrons. Fifth edition. With half-title. London: J. Peele 1731. R. Franklin, et al. unknown books
1735268209London i.e. Edinburgh: Printed for A. Dodd; Printed for T. Osborne 1735. The fifth edition corrected. 8; 8 pp. Folio. Modern half calf. Near fine. The fifth edition corrected". 8; 8 pp. Folio. Foxon V44 & P1135 Printed for A. Dodd; Printed for T. Osborne unknown books
1780295243London: Willaim Allard 1780. hardcover. good. 5 volumes numerous copper engravings age browning 8vo full contemporary brown calf one cover loose. The leather is crackled and bindings are quite worn but the text is fairly tight and clean. London: William Allard 1780. First Edition. Scarce.<br/><br/> Willaim Allard unknown books
1776718821776. in a superb Dusel binding. in a superb Dusel binding. A Colorful Duchess Trial. Kingston Elizabeth Chudleigh Hervey Duchess of 1720-1788 Defendant. The Trial of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston for Bigamy Before the Right Honourable the House of Peers In Westminster-Hall In Full-Parliament On Monday the 15th Tuesday the 16th Friday the 19th Saturday the 20th and Monday the 22d of April 1776; On the Last of Which Days the Said Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston was Found Guilty. Published by Order of the House of Peers. London: Printed for Charles Bathurst 1776. iv 176 pp. Title page preceded by imprimatur leaf. Folio 15" x 9". Recent period-style three-quarter calf over marbled boards by Phil Dusel gilt spine with lettering piece endpapers renewed. Moderate toning light soiling and dampspotting to margins of a few leaves faint dampstaining to heads of preliminaries. $1500. Only edition. The colorful duchess is said to have been the basis for William Thackeray's character of Beatrice in Esmond and of the Baroness Bernstein in The Virginians and was also ridiculed in a play that she tried to legally suppress The Capuchin. Prone to romantic entanglements and scandals she had many lovers and it is said that George II was one of many to be swayed by her charms. When she determined to marry the Duke of Kingston Elizabeth feared the scandal of divorce from her first husband Augustus Hervey later Earl of Bristol who wanted a divorce so she instituted a suit of jactitation against him. His negative response ignored she took an oath that she was unmarried and the court so declared her. She married the Duke of Kingston in 1769 and he died in 1770 and left her a substantial estate on the condition that she remain a widow. The duke's nephew Mr. Evelyn Meadow brought suit against her for bigamy shortly after the duke's death while she was traveling in Italy. She returned to England to stand trial. Found guilty she would have been "burned on the hand" but she claimed the privilege of her peerage which served to exempt her from corporal punishment. She continued a life of travel and adventure until her sudden death in Paris in 1788. Dictionary of National Biography IX:730. Sowerby Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson 1957. English Short-Title Catalogue T92941. unknown books
176837848London: Printed for John Bowles et. al. 1768. Engraving. Nine numbered references. Among the rarest and most beautifully engraved Canadian views of the 18th century.<br/> <br/>Published following the conclusion of the French and Indian War and in a period of great public interest in the American colonies the Scenographia Americana was the first series of views dedicated to a large-scale artistic depiction of the American landscape. From the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the West indies the scenes include locations of battles views of strategic provincial capitals and newly secured areas of commercial importance. In 1768 the plates were published in three forms: individually; the complete set of 28 engraved plates priced at four guineas; or as seven separate suites as follows: six views of Canada after Smyth plates 1-6 priced 1 guinea; two views in Canada plates 7-8 priced 7s; two views of New York after Howdell plates 9-10 priced 7s; two views of Boston and Charlestown SC plates 11-12 priced 7s 6d for the pair or 3s 6d individually; six views after Pownall plates 13-18 priced 1 guinea; six views of Havana after Durnford plates 19-24 priced 1 guinea; and four views in the West Indies after Campbell plates 25-28 priced 14s. Referring to the suite of views by Smyth Spendlove write: "They are pictures of considerable charm and have much to offer the collector." The present image from the suite depicts the unsuccessful attack made by General Wolfe on July 31 1759.<br/> <br/>Sabin 77467 giving the French title only as per Leclerc 532; Lowndes p. 2185 incorrectly describing the work as 27 views; Deak Picturing America 107; Stokes The Iconography of Manhattan Island 1498-1909 I: pp. 281-295; Stokes American Historical Prints B-92; Fowble Two Centuries of Prints in America 25-30; John E. Crowley "The Scenographia Americana 1768: A transnational landscape for early America" in Common-Place vol. 6 no. 2 January 2006; Donald F. Clark "Six Remarkable Views 1761: the Collaboration of Governor Pownall and Paul Sandby" in Imprint vol. 4 no. 1 April 1979; Graham Hood "America the Scenic" in Colonial Williamsburg Journal Spring 2009; Spendlove pp. 12-13. Printed for John Bowles [et. al.] unknown books
