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[Anstey (Christopher)] An Election Ball..., second edition, engraved frontispiece, Bath, for the Author, by S.Hazard, 1776; another edition, first edition in Latin, engraved title-vignette and 5 illustrations, slight staining to title, Bath, S.Hazard, 1776; A Paraphrase or Poetical Exposition of the Thirteenth Chapter of the First Book of St.Paul's Letters to the Corinthians, 12pp., second edition, folio sheets folding to 4to, [Not in British Library; ESTC lists 2 copies only: University of Wales Trinity Saint David and Duke University in America], J.Dodsley, 1779; Speculation; or, a Defence of Mankind: a Poem, first edition, lacking final advertisement leaf, title soiled with small ink stain, for the Author, by J.Dodsley, 1780; On the Much Lamented Death of the Marquis of Tavistock, 8pp., fifth edition, [ESTC 3 UK copies only], J.Dodsley, 1778; Envy, 24pp., first edition, J.Dodsley, [?1778]; A Pindaric Epistle, address'd to Lord Buckhorse, A New Edition, ?lacking half-title, title with engraved portrait of Buckhorse, [ESTC 4 UK copies, 2 in BL], J.Dodsley, 1779, together 7 works bound in 1 vol., the first two bound last, list of contents in contemporary ink manuscript on front free endpaper, occasional soiling, a few small stains, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, a little worn, spine chipped at head, 4to ⁂ The last was first published as The Patriot, a Pindaric Address to Lord Buckhorse in 1767, Buckhorse was a prizefighter.