London. 1762. [2],871-872pp. Dbd. Folio. Light tanning. Very good. A scarce official Parliamentary printing of this important act that made permanent a law that was originally passed in 1729, and renewed periodically thereafter. The act was vital in mandating contracts and providing other protections for merchant seamen and thereby improved.....

London. 1773. [2],459-462pp. Dbd. Folio. Light tanning and offsetting. Still very good. Scarce official Parliamentary printing of this 1773 act bounding two previous acts regarding regarding the naturalization non-British immigrants to American colonies and foreigners in the British army. Primarily, it restricted such naturalized citizens from holding public office. OCLC.....

London. 1732. Four volumes. Contemporary calf, ruled in gilt, gilt morocco labels. Moderate wear to spine ends, joints, and corners. Occasional light tanning. Very good. Styled the second edition on the titlepage, but much expanded to comprise a completely different set, believed to have been edited by Samuel Whatley. The.....

London: Printed for T. Cooper, 1740. [iv],72pp. Half title. Later paper covered boards, recased with new spine. Very good, untrimmed. The anonymous author asserts that fear of French intervention should be no hindrance in Great Britain's vigorous prosecution of her recently begun conflict with Spain. Any arguments to the contrary.....

Germantown: Sower, 1759. [8],280pp. Modern limp pleather wrapper. Contemporary ownership inscription on flyleaf. Light foxing and soiling. Good. First American printing. This copy lacks the Thomas Hartley title usually found with it (A DISCOURSE ON MISTAKES CONCERNING RELIGION, ENTHUSIASM, EXPERIENCES, &c. Germantown: Sower, 1759), but is complete unto itself...

London: John Nutt, 1703. [44],408pp. Contemporary panelled speckled calf, spine gilt. Neatly rebacked, original spine laid down. Bookplate on front pastedown, Very clean internally, very good overall. One of two issues, apparently distinguished only by the name of the bookseller in the imprint. At the age of fourteen Burchett became.....

Dublin. 1779. 96pp. Antique-style three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt with leather label. Minor toning and soiling to titlepage, internally clean. Very good. After his capitulation at Saratoga, Burgoyne returned to England where he was elected to Parliament. In this letter Burgoyne explains his conduct to his constituents in.....

Petersburg, Va. 1822, 1816. Four volumes. Folding table in third volume. Late 19th-century three-quarter morocco and marbled boards; rebacked in calf, spines gilt. Some light wear to extremities. Light scattered foxing and soiling, even toning. Very good. Untrimmed. The scarce second issue of Burk's important history of Virginia, comprised of.....

London. 1777. Two volumes. [6],xii,324; xii,308pp. Folding frontispiece map in each volume. Later speckled calf, maroon and black gilt morocco labels, ornate gilt spines. Front board of second volume detached, but present. Covers slightly bowed. Armorial bookplate and early 19th-century ownership signature on front paste down of each volume. Later.....

London. 1775. 31pp. Half title. Modern three-quarter blue morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Minor rubbing to extremities. Internally clean. Very good plus. Later reprint of these two speeches, styled "second edition" on titlepage. In the first of these speeches to his constituents, Burke sets forth his task "to reconcile.....

Paris. 1767. Two volumes. [2],xviii,389; [2],352pp. plus two folding maps. Contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt, leather labels. Extremities rubbed, some light staining to rear board of each volume. Internally clean. Very good. First published in England in 1757, this is an important contemporary account of the European colonies in America.....

London. 1769 [i.e. 1768]. [4],35pp. Modern paper boards, printed paper label. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Very minor toning. Very good plus. In a green half morocco and cloth folder. First edition (it was reprinted in Boston the same year). The tract urges that England abandon the idea of colonial.....

Londres. 1755. xxiv,336pp. 12mo. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt tooled, leather label, edges painted red. Boards a lightly rubbed, corners and edges somewhat worn, two small chips to spine extremities. Light tanning, scattered foxing. About very good. An important survey of the state of the British colonies, quickly translated into.....