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PAMPHLETS, 18TH-CENTURY -- A collection of 7 works, all 8°, bound in one vol., contemporary half calf over marbled boards (spine and joints cracked), comprising:
a) [BENTHAM, Edward] A Letter to a Young Gentleman by a Tutor and Fellow of a College in Oxford, [no imprint], 1748, FIRST EDITION, half title. SCARCE. Urges the young student to be loyal to the House of Hanover, and not be contaminated by Jacobitsm.
b) BENTHAM, Edward. A Letter to a Fellow of a College, being the sequel of a Letter to a Young Gentleman of Oxford, London, for S. Birt and Mary Seney; and J. Fletcher, 1749, FIRST EDITION, with final leaf of errata.
c) A Fair Representation of the Case between the Principal of M. Hall and Mr. E ------s late Manciple thereof, [no imprint], 1748, FIRST EDITION. SCARCE. Principal of M. Hall = William Denison of Magdalen. Mr. E = Mr. Evans. Concerns the Manciple's removal from office for failing to pay tradesmen.
d) [MACPHERSON, James.] The Rights of Great Britain Asserted against the Claims of America, London, for T. Cadell, 1776, sixth edition, folding letterpress table.
e) [GALLOWAY, Joseph.] Letters to a Nobleman on the Conduct of the War in the Middle Colonies, London, for G. Wilkie, 1780, fourth edition, folding engraved plan, half title (soiled).
f) [GALLOWAY, Joseph.] A Reply to the Observations of Lieut. Gen. Sir William Howe on a pamphlet entituled Letters to a Nobleman, London, for G. Wilkie, 1781, second edition, half title.
g) [PAINE, Thomas.] A Letter Addressed to the Abbé Raynal on the Affairs of North America, Philadelphia printed, London reprinted, for C. Dilly, 1783, third edition, half title.
Together with a second volume, containing one work by Edmund Burke and another by Paine. (2)
a) [BENTHAM, Edward] A Letter to a Young Gentleman by a Tutor and Fellow of a College in Oxford, [no imprint], 1748, FIRST EDITION, half title. SCARCE. Urges the young student to be loyal to the House of Hanover, and not be contaminated by Jacobitsm.
b) BENTHAM, Edward. A Letter to a Fellow of a College, being the sequel of a Letter to a Young Gentleman of Oxford, London, for S. Birt and Mary Seney; and J. Fletcher, 1749, FIRST EDITION, with final leaf of errata.
c) A Fair Representation of the Case between the Principal of M. Hall and Mr. E ------s late Manciple thereof, [no imprint], 1748, FIRST EDITION. SCARCE. Principal of M. Hall = William Denison of Magdalen. Mr. E = Mr. Evans. Concerns the Manciple's removal from office for failing to pay tradesmen.
d) [MACPHERSON, James.] The Rights of Great Britain Asserted against the Claims of America, London, for T. Cadell, 1776, sixth edition, folding letterpress table.
e) [GALLOWAY, Joseph.] Letters to a Nobleman on the Conduct of the War in the Middle Colonies, London, for G. Wilkie, 1780, fourth edition, folding engraved plan, half title (soiled).
f) [GALLOWAY, Joseph.] A Reply to the Observations of Lieut. Gen. Sir William Howe on a pamphlet entituled Letters to a Nobleman, London, for G. Wilkie, 1781, second edition, half title.
g) [PAINE, Thomas.] A Letter Addressed to the Abbé Raynal on the Affairs of North America, Philadelphia printed, London reprinted, for C. Dilly, 1783, third edition, half title.
Together with a second volume, containing one work by Edmund Burke and another by Paine. (2)