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Edinburgh: Printed for J. Dodsley Pallmall; and T. Cadell in the Strand, London. And William Creech, Edinbugh. M,DCC,LXXIX. 1779. 8VO (IN 4s), 200 x 117 mms., pp [ii], 50, early 19th century half calf, marbled boards, oval gilt emblem of Writers to the Signet on each cover, and their shelf label on the front paste-down end-paper; spine chipped and worn, ex-library William Pulteney (1729 - 1805) first published his views on the war with the American colonies in a pamphlet, The Present State of Affairs with America. Sympathetic to the American objection to taxation without representation, he denied that there was any parallel between America and the unrepresented parts of Britain. In the present pamphlet, he maintained that as the administration's liberal attempts to treat with America had been rejected, there was no option but to carry on with the war or to submit "to such further conditions of peace as France and the Congress may think proper to impose." Most issues of this pamphlet… Read More

London; Printed by J. Phillips...ANd sold by T. Cadell...; H. Payne...; D. Dilly...; and J. Phillips, 1780. 2 volumes. 8vo, pp. xii [xiii - xviii Contents, xix - xx "Subscribers Names omitted in the First Edition," xxi - xxii blank], 362; [viii], 430, engraved portrait of Duche in volume 1, 1 engraved plate in volume 1, another engraved plate in volume 2, contemporary calf, red leather labels; portrait and title-page volume 1 water-stained, some foxing of text and plates, front joint volume 1 repaired, rear cover volume 2 missing. With the inscription (probably late 18th century) "Stephen Attwater's Book/ Price 10/6 / Folio 194," and his small rectangular book label on the front paste-down end-paper of volume 1; and the book label, dated 1861, of Geo. P. Tyler on the front paste-down end-paper of volume 2. Duche (1738 - 1798) was Rector of Christ-Church and St. Peter's in Philadelphia and is remembered as the minister who advised George Washington 1777 to rescind the… Read More

London: Printed for J. Ridgway..., 1792. 12mo (in 6s), pp. 46 [47 - 48 adverts for H. D. Symonds imprints], disbound. First published in 1782, in English as well as French, Paine's pamphlet explaining and defending the American Revolution went into many editions.

London: Printed for H. S. Woodfall, For T. Cadell...And sold by J. Wilkie..., 1775. FIRST EDITION. 8vo (in 4s), pp. [ii], 47 [48 blank], 19th century half calf, marbled boards; lacks half-title, front cover detached. Goldsmith 11265. Higgs 6371. Sabin 27610.