Lot 932
  • 932

Letters - A Revolutionary Miscellany

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4,000 - 6,000 USD
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A collection of 47 publications of various letters regarding the American Revolution, various sizes, generally very good condition although some lack half-titles. Various bindings, mostly recent wrappers or boards, some disbound. Comprising:



Callender, Tom. Letters to Alexander Hamilton, King of the Feds. New York: Richard Reynolds, 1802 — Almon, John. The Letters of Junius Complete. London: Richard Phillips, 1806. 2 Volumes — Wilson, Jasper. A Letter, Commercial and Political, Addressed to the Rt. Hon. William Pitt. London: G.G. J. and J. Robinson, 1793 — [another Robinson edition of 1793] — [Pinto, Isaac De]. Letters on the American Troubles. London: John Boosey, 1776 (Adams Controversy 76-110b) — [Almon, John]. A Letter to the Right Honourable Charles Jenkinson ... Third Edition. London: J. Debrett, 1781 (Adams 81-1c) — [2 other Debrett editions, Fourth of 1781 and Fifth of 1782] (Adams 81-1d-e) — [Williams, David]. Letters on Political Liberty. London: T. Evans, 1782 — Cartwright, John. American Independence the Interest and Glory of Great Britain. Philadelphia: Robert Bell, 1776 (Adams, American Independence 105c) — Auckland, William Eden. Four Letters to the Earl of Carlisle ... Second Edition. London: B. White, 1779 — [another White edition, Third of 1780] (Adams 79-6e) — Jay, James. A Letter to the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. London: G. Kearsely, 1774 — plus 34 others.

Condition

generally very good condition, although many lack half-titles, mostly modern boards or wrappers.
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