[POLITICAL TRACTS]. Four bound volumes containing 49 mostly satirical political tracts. London, 1776-1821. Illustrations by Cruikshank and others. Together 4 volumes, 8vo, various nineteenth-century bindings, some defective; internal condition generally very good. Bookplate of Thomas Cooke in one volume. Sold not subject to return. (4)

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[POLITICAL TRACTS]. Four bound volumes containing 49 mostly satirical political tracts. London, 1776-1821. Illustrations by Cruikshank and others. Together 4 volumes, 8vo, various nineteenth-century bindings, some defective; internal condition generally very good. Bookplate of Thomas Cooke in one volume. Sold not subject to return. (4)
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Incluÿes: Fairburn's Edition of Magna Charta... London, [1810]. Colored portait of Sir Francis Burdett by Cruikshank. Cohn 281 -- PRICE, RICHARD. Observations on the Nature of Civil Liberty, the Principles of Government, and the Justice and Policy of the War with America...the eighth edition. London, 1776 -- The Spirit of Despotism...Sixth Edition -- The Political House that Jack Built...Twenty-ninth Edition -- PHIPPEN, FRANCIS. An Authentic Account of the Late Mr. Whitbread. Consisting of Facts & Anecdotes... -- The Political House that Jack Built. Sixteenth Edition -- The True Political House that Jack Built -- The Real or Constitutinal House that Jack Built. Fifth Edition -- The Theatrical House that Jack Built. Second Edition -- The Old Black Cock...Second Edition -- The Financial House that Jack Built -- Kouli Khan; or, the Progress of Error. Fifth Edition -- The Kettle Abusing the Pot. A Satirical Poem. By the Black Dwarf. Second Edition -- Plenipo and the Devil! Second Edition -- PLAYFAIR, PHILIP. The Queen and Her Pawns against the King and His Pieces. Hand-colored folding plate -- The Radicals Unmasked and Outwitted. Aquatint frontispiece by Cruikshank. Cohn 684 -- and others.

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