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London: John Warren, 1820. 1st Edition . Good Plus. 4.25 x 7 inches (11 x 17.5 cm). Later brown cloth binding with scuffing to rear board. Page edges untrimmed. Stamps to front free endpaper and title page (Gloucestershire Records Office). A few spots of foxing and occasional marks to text. Scarce. Overall condition is Good Plus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 4.25 x 7 inches (11 x 17.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: Small 8vo. viii, 137, [1], [2] (Ads)

John Warren. London. 1820. First edition. 12mo. viii, 137pp. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, gilt. Rubbed to extremities. Endpapers and title page toned. Signature of Thos. Yarde to fep.

"If it were necessary for me, and I rejoice that it is not, to account for the way in which the following Letters came into my possession. I think I could as satisfactorily acquit myself…I have merely availed myself of an opportunity…I shall only observe, that when the packet, which contained the letters in question, came into my hands, it was not padlocked…If a few secrets should escape, or a few uneasy thoughts spring out like the plagues from Pandora's box…no sting may for a moment, wound an honest bosom" A curiosity: a "passing smile at folly".

London: John Warren, 1820 Book. Good. Half leather. 3 titles by William Henry Halpin also known as Peter Quince the Younger. The first published in 1820 - viii, 137, [1] pages. Creasing throughout. The second published in 1826 by Simpkin and Marshall - viii, 135, [1] pages. Creasing throughout. The third title published 1825 by Simpkin and Marshall - [iii]-viii, 174 pages + errata leaf tipped in at the end. Bound together in 19th century half leather, some rubbing to the edges. End papers are browned and spotted. There are some pencil lines to margins throughout. Armorial bookplate of George Montgomery Traherne to the front pastedown and also a small book label for J.O. Edwards..