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THE BLOODY BUOY, THROWN OUT AS WARNING TO THE POLITICAL PILOTS OF ALL NATIONS. OR A FAITHFUL RELATION OF A MULTITUDE OF ACTS OF HORRID BARBARITY, SUCH AS THE EYE NEVER WITNESSED...UNTIL THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.... [bound with:] THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF PETER PORCUPINE, WITH A FULL AND FAIR ACCOUNT OF ALL HIS AUTHORING TRANSACTIONS.... [bound with:] A BONE TO GNAW FOR THE DEMOCRATS [PARTS I & II]
by [Cobbett, William]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London, 1797. Three works bound in one. [2],xvi,259,[1]; ix,58; [2],96,xcv,[2],97-175pp. plus 3pp. of advertisements at rear. Preface misbound in last title. 12mo. Contemporary gilt calf, spine gilt, leather label. Front hinge weak. Edgeworn. Otherwise just about very good. A contemporary volume of London editions of three famous Cobbett works. The first, THE BLOODY BUOY, styled on the titlepage as the third edition, is described by Pearl as "a lurid account of atrocities alleged to have been committed by the revolutionaries in France..." - Pearl. The second title, in a first London edition, is Porcupine's autobiography, and a chief source for details of his childhood and early career. The last work, A BONE TO GNAW, is in a later London edition (after the first American of 1795), published by John Wright, who added A ROD FOR THE BACKS OF THE CRITICS, "by Humphrey Hedgehog," which is described by Pearl as "a labored attack on the British reformers and the hostile reviewers of Cobbett's OBSERVATIONS. An unusual collected group of British editions of Cobbett's American works. PEARL 14, 17, 5. HOWES C519. REESE, FEDERAL HUNDRED 57 (ref)
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- William Reese Company
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- WRCAM24171
- Title
- THE BLOODY BUOY, THROWN OUT AS WARNING TO THE POLITICAL PILOTS OF ALL NATIONS. OR A FAITHFUL RELATION OF A MULTITUDE OF ACTS OF HORRID BARBARITY, SUCH AS THE EYE NEVER WITNESSED...UNTIL THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.... [bound with:] THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF PETER PORCUPINE, WITH A FULL AND FAIR ACCOUNT OF ALL HIS AUTHORING TRANSACTIONS.... [bound with:] A BONE TO GNAW FOR THE DEMOCRATS [PARTS I & II]
- Author
- [Cobbett, William]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1797
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William Reese Company
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New Haven, Connecticut
About William Reese Company
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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