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The authorship of the Letters of Junius elucidated: including a biographical
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The authorship of the Letters of Junius elucidated: including a biographical memoir of Lieutenant-Colonel Isaac Barre, MP Hardcover - 1848

by Britton, John

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London: Printed for the author, and sold by J.R. Smith, Old Compton Street, 1848 Book. Good. Hardcover. This is the quarto edition, it was also published in octavo. xxxii, 68 pages + at the rear is an 8 page advert/prospectus for the Autobiography of John Britton which includes a list of subscribers up to March 1st 1848. With the frontis which in this edition is not folded. Bound in original embossed cloth, gilt lettered to the spine. Torn at the foot of the spine. Some wear and marking. Dented mainly at the edges. Binding splitting internally. Lightly browned throughout, occasional spots. Pencil underlining throughout. Something has in the past been spilt onto the front pastedown and the front free end paper is now in great stuck to it. It has been torn where someone has attempted to remove it. It is also creased. On the partly hidden upper part of the ffep is a presentation inscription - To Jas Henry Markham Esq With the author's compts. On the title page is a vignette showing books, an ink stand and an envelope - there is a flap which forms part of the envelope with the seal of Junius, this lifts up to reveal a small engraving of Isaac Barre..
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