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Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Philadelphia: Robert Campbell, 1795. Second American edition [1795]. Worn copy with front cover detached. Full sheep with remains of spine label, 283, [14]. Covers dried and chipped, text block sound, front free endpaper torn, rear free endpaper absent, name of Richard Newton at top of title page, pages age-toned but clean. Hard Cover. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

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Zustand: Very Good. ROBERT CAMPBELL PHILADELPHIA 1795 Binding: Hardcover FRONT AND REAR HINGES CRACKED, RUBBING TO ALL EXTREMITIES, SOME DISCOLORATION, OTHERWISE GOOD.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Poor. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. New Edition. First Printing. Publisher's full leather. This is a later edition (1786) of the collected letters of "Junius," first published in 1772. "Junius' poured brilliantly slanderous invective upon Tory-minded English ministers, especially the Duke of Grafton, for a series of inconsistent measures which allegedly ruined England and drove the colonies 'into excesses little short of rebellion.' Vehement, lucid, frequently reprinted in English and colonial newspapers, the letters were polemical masterpieces with such extraordinary knowledge and appreciation of contemporary colonial opinion that they lent moral support to the early revolutionary cause. 'Junius' opposed the Tea Duty, but upheld the legality of the Stamp Act, and prophesied (Dec. 19, 1769) that the colonies aimed at independence" - Dictionary of American History. . Upper board missing, spine cracked, some foxing. Reading/binding copy only. POOR. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 394 pp.

396pp. 12mo. Scattered light foxing, margins sl. discoloured. Neatly and attractively rebound in quarter speckled calf, marbled paper boards, vellum tips, spine ruled in gilt, red morocco label. v.g. ESTC T11022. Much reprinted following their original appearance in the Public Advertiser, the Junius letters caused something of a sensation at the time for their outspoken attacks on a cosy establishment, and for their support for John Wilkes and the freedom of the press. Woodfall was, in the words of the author's preface 'exposed to an expensive, tyrannical prosecution', and the anonymous author (Sir Philip Francis?) presented him with the 'right, interest and property in these letters' by way of recompense.

Lederband der Zeit, kl.-8°, 396 Seiten; Einband berieben, mit privat Namenszug auf einem Vorblatt die zuerst von 1769-1772 in einer Zeitschrift unter dem Pseudonym Junius erschienenen Briefe sind ein Rundumschlag gegen die Zustände in England en 360 Buch.

12mo, pp. [4], xii, 13-283, [13] index; contemporary full mottled calf, gilt-paneled spine laid out in 6 compartments, red morocco label in 1; early ownership signatures of Levi Bartlett (likely the eldest son of Josiah Bartlett, the signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Hampshire, and later governor of that state) at the top of the title page and the top of the dedication page; short tear in front free endpaper, else a fine copy in a very nice American binding of the period. The first American edition of Junius was published in Philadelphia by Pritchard and Hall in 1791. This is the second American edition. Evans 28912. "The secret of the authorship of these letters which puzzled the men of the last century still remains unsolved, and it may be added that with our present information it is practically insoluble" (Halkett & Laing III. 327), although current scholarship seems to suggest that they are the work of Sir Philip Francis (1740-1818). "The first of the letters of Junius appeared in Woodfall's Public Advertiser in London, Jan. 21, 1769. Further letters appeared irregularly until 21 Jan. 1772. The series attracted enough attention to make it profitable for various booksellers to bring out editions of the letters before the series was concluded. At least 16 of these unauthorized partial editions were published before the end of 1771. In addition, individual letters were published in other political collections" (NCBEL, II, 1178).