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Auction archive: Lot number 21

(1) [GIBRALTAR] The Propriety of retaining Gibraltar impartially considered , London: for J. Stockdale, 1783, 8°, FIRST EDITION. (2) [SHEFFIELD, John Baker Holroyd, Earl of] Observations on the Commerce of the American States with Europe and the West...

Auction 03.05.1996
3 May 1996
Estimate
£250 - £450
ca. US$378 - US$681
Price realised:
£1,380
ca. US$2,090
Auction archive: Lot number 21

(1) [GIBRALTAR] The Propriety of retaining Gibraltar impartially considered , London: for J. Stockdale, 1783, 8°, FIRST EDITION. (2) [SHEFFIELD, John Baker Holroyd, Earl of] Observations on the Commerce of the American States with Europe and the West...

Auction 03.05.1996
3 May 1996
Estimate
£250 - £450
ca. US$378 - US$681
Price realised:
£1,380
ca. US$2,090
Beschreibung:

(1) [GIBRALTAR] The Propriety of retaining Gibraltar impartially considered , London: for J. Stockdale, 1783, 8°, FIRST EDITION. (2) [SHEFFIELD, John Baker Holroyd, Earl of] Observations on the Commerce of the American States with Europe and the West Indies , London: for J. Debrett, 1783, 8°, FIRST EDITION (lacks half title). [Adams 83-83A; Goldsmiths' 12424; Kress B.642; Sabin 32631] (3) BURGOYNE, John. A Letter from Lieut. Gen. Burgoyne to his Constituents upon his late Resignation with correspondences between the Secretary of War and him, relative to his return to America , London: for J. Almon, 1779, 8° in 4's, FIRST EDITION (title and verso of final leaf soiled, stab marks). [Adams 79-12A; Sabin 9251] (4) The Trial of John Peter Zenger, of New-York, printer who was charged with having printed and published a libel against the Government and acquitted ... to which is now added, being never printed before, the Trial of Mr. William Owen bookseller , London: for J. Almon, 1765, 8° (title and preliminaries soiled at margins), uncut, ownership signature of Tho. Sloughter to title. [Sabin 106311. Zenger's trial was first published in Boston, Mass., 1738, as A brief narrative of the case and tryal of John Peter Zenger . This edition is unrecorded in ESTCm] (5) STONE, James. The Complete Baker; or, A method of effectually raising a bushel of flour, with a tea-spoonful of barm , Salisbury: for the author, [(?) 1770], 8°, FIRST EDITION, uncut, ownership inscription of Tho. Sloughter to title dated Dec. 1770. The 5 tracts bound in 2 volumes with 14 other pamphlets. (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 21
Auction:
Datum:
3 May 1996
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

(1) [GIBRALTAR] The Propriety of retaining Gibraltar impartially considered , London: for J. Stockdale, 1783, 8°, FIRST EDITION. (2) [SHEFFIELD, John Baker Holroyd, Earl of] Observations on the Commerce of the American States with Europe and the West Indies , London: for J. Debrett, 1783, 8°, FIRST EDITION (lacks half title). [Adams 83-83A; Goldsmiths' 12424; Kress B.642; Sabin 32631] (3) BURGOYNE, John. A Letter from Lieut. Gen. Burgoyne to his Constituents upon his late Resignation with correspondences between the Secretary of War and him, relative to his return to America , London: for J. Almon, 1779, 8° in 4's, FIRST EDITION (title and verso of final leaf soiled, stab marks). [Adams 79-12A; Sabin 9251] (4) The Trial of John Peter Zenger, of New-York, printer who was charged with having printed and published a libel against the Government and acquitted ... to which is now added, being never printed before, the Trial of Mr. William Owen bookseller , London: for J. Almon, 1765, 8° (title and preliminaries soiled at margins), uncut, ownership signature of Tho. Sloughter to title. [Sabin 106311. Zenger's trial was first published in Boston, Mass., 1738, as A brief narrative of the case and tryal of John Peter Zenger . This edition is unrecorded in ESTCm] (5) STONE, James. The Complete Baker; or, A method of effectually raising a bushel of flour, with a tea-spoonful of barm , Salisbury: for the author, [(?) 1770], 8°, FIRST EDITION, uncut, ownership inscription of Tho. Sloughter to title dated Dec. 1770. The 5 tracts bound in 2 volumes with 14 other pamphlets. (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 21
Auction:
Datum:
3 May 1996
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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