20 late 18th century Scottish pamphlets in one volume
comprising
£250
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 22 September 2021 at 11:00 BST
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[B., G..] The last advice of an old father, being a letter from a father in the country to his son in town. [Edinburgh: 1793.] First edition, 8vo, 16 pp.; [ESTC: 8 copies]; [Brown, William, of Aberdeen] Look before ye loup; or, a healin' sa' for the crackit crowns of country politicians, by Tom Thrum, an auld weaver. Edinburgh: printed in 1793. First edition,12mo, 40 pp.; [Anon.] Modern politics, or, the cat let out of the pock. A dialogue. Edinburgh: J. Simpson, 1793. First edition, 8vo; 16 pp., [ESTC 9 copies]; Young, John Essays on the following interesting subjects: viz. I. Government. II. Revolutions. III. The British constitution. IV. Kingly government. V. Parliamentary representation & reform. VI. Liberty and equality. VII. Taxation, and, IX. The present war, & the stagnation of credit as connected with it. Edinburgh: William Creech; and also by Brash and Reid (Glasgow), 1794. First edition, 8vo, collates: (4), 156 pp., half-title, [ESTC: N8396, 9 copies UK, 10 N. America; Kress B2873]; [Moodie, William] Political preaching: or the meditations of a well-meaning man. Glasgow: sold by Brash and Reid; and J. Dickson (Edinburgh), 1792, [ESTC 7 U.K. & 14 N. America +2 plus dups.]; [Incorporations of Merchants at Leith] [Caption title:] To the inhabitants of Scotland. The following resolutions which appeared in the name of a very respectable body of citizens, the merchants of Leith... [Edinburgh: 1792.] First edition, 8vo; 4 pp., ESTC: 10 copies; [Anon.] A serious expostulation with the lower orders of the people. N.p. (Edinburgh); n.d. (1792?). First edition, 12mo; 12 pp., [ESTC 12 copies, Kress B2613 (1793?); [Macneill, Hector] Scotland's skaith; or the history o' Will & Jean: an owre true tale. Edinburgh: P. Hill, & A. Guthrie; and sold by all the booksellers, 1795. Second edition, 8vo, 16 pp. [There were two editions, "with additional poems," in 1795, but the separate printings are all very uncommon; the ESTC does not seem to list a separate "first edition"]; [Anon.] A few plain questions to the working people of Scotland. . . . Prince one penny. N.p. (Edinburgh): 1792. Second edition, 8vo, 15 pp., half-title, [ESTC: 10 copies; Kress B2291]; [Anon.] Address congratulatory to the friends of government, by a burgher of Edinburgh. N.p. (Edinburgh?): n.d. (1793?). First edition, 8vo, 7 pp., [ESTC: 2 copies]; [Anon.] A speech delivered at the Jacobin Club, supposed in the Candlerigs of Glasgow. N.p. (Glasgow?): n.d. (1793). First edition, 8vo; 7 pp., [ESTC: 6 copies]; [Anon.] A letter to Mr. Hugh Bell, chairman of the convention of delegates. N.p. (Edinburgh?): n.d. (1792?). First edition, 8vo; 7 pp., [ESTC: 9 copies];) [Anon.] Ten minutes reflection on the late events in France. Recommended by a plain man to his fellow citizens. N.p. [London?]: 1792. 8vo; 14 pp., half-title present, and a blank leaf at the end, [despite the ESTC, this printing is presumably Scottish; ESTC 5 UK, 9 N. America; The ESTC lists 10 printings in all]; Ranby, John Short hints on a French invasion. London: printed for John Stockdale, 1794. First edition, 8vo; 14 pp. + a final leaf of ads., signed on the title-page, Sir Wm. Forbes, [ESTC: 7 U.K. & 7N. America, some copies have a further 8 pp. of Stockdale's advertisements; [Anon.] Three words on the war. Edinburgh: 1793. First edition, 8vo; 14 pp. [ESTC: 6 copies UK & 9. N. America; Kress S5439]; [Anon.] The first fruits of the French Revolution. N.p. (Edinburgh): n.d. (1793). 8vo; 18 pp. [One of three editions; the others have 20 pp. and 22 pp. The ESTC lists this as possibly printed in London in 1790, but that is undoubtedly wrong, as there are references in the text to events of September, 1792, ESTC 12 copies]; [Barbauld, Anna Letitia] Sins of government, sins of the nation. Or, a discourse for the fast, appointed on April 19, 1793. By a volunteer. London: printed for J. Johnson, 1793. 8vo; (4), 42 pp. + a final leaf of ads., fourth edition, half-title, [ESTC: 12 copies UK, 1 N. America]; Richmond, Charles Lennox, Duke of A letter from His Grace the Duke of Richmond to Lieutenant Colonel Sharman., London: J. Johnson, First edition, 8vo, 16 pp. [ESTC: 20 copies U.K. & 21 N. America +1 plus dups.]; [Callender, James Thomson] The political progress of Britain; or an impartial account of the principal abuses in the government of this country, from the Revolution in 1688. The whole tending to prove the ruinous consequences of the popular system of war and conquest... Part first [all published]. Edinburgh: printed for Robertson & Berry; and T. Kay (London), 1792. First edition, 8vo, 80 pp., [ESTC: 7 copies U.K., 8 N. America; Sabin 63795 (see also 10066)], title-page dust-soiled, contemporary half calf, broken; 2 pamphlets (not listed above) removed, bookplate of Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo