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Voicing “the COMMON GRIEF of All the Realm” Kennedy, [Charles] R[ann]. A poem on the death of her royal highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales and Saxe Cobourg. London: Pr. for the author by A.J. Valpy, 1817. 8vo (19.2 cm, 7.5"). 42 pp. (lacking half-title).
$350.00

Dictionary of National Biography

• On Princess Charlotte Augusta, see: DNB, X, 120–22. Recently rebound in quarter tan cloth and light blue paper-covered sides, spine with paper label. Apparently lacking the half-title. A very few spots of light foxing, primarily to final leaves, with pages otherwise clean.

“I owe no apology to Your Grace . . .”

Kinnaird, Charles, 8th Baron. A letter to the Duke of Wellington on the arrest of M. Marinet. London: Pr. [by Charles Wood] for James Ridgway, 1818. 8vo (18.8 cm, 7.375" ). [1] f., 40 pp.
$145.00

• NSTC 2K6435, Imprint 1. Removed from a nonce volume. A few light brown spots.

Free Trade vs. Protection — Epitomized

Knott, John M. The currency and the late Sir Robert Peel. [London, 1850]. 8vo (19.7 cm, 7.75"). 23, [1 (blank)] pp.

$400.00

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• Goldsmiths'-Kress 36939; NSTC 2K8200. Recent paper wrappers. Half-title faintly dust-soiled and with small inked numeral in upper corner; pages otherwise clean.

This Edition with the“Council” Plate

[Langrishe, Hercules; Grattan, Henry; et al.]. Baratariana. A select collection of fugitive political pieces, published during the administration of Lord Townshend in Ireland. The second edition, corrected and enlarged. Dublin, 1773. 12mo (16.9 cm, 6.7"). Frontis., xx pp., [3] ff., 354 pp., [15 (lacking 2)] ff.; 1 fold. plt.
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• ESTC T21365. On Langrishe, see: Dictionary of National Biography, LVII, 125. Recently rebound in quarter calf over marbled paper sides, spine with gilt-stamped morocco spine label, gilt-ruled raised bands, and gilt-stamped compartment devices. All edges marbled. Title-page and ten others stamped by a now-defunct institution. Varying degrees of foxing. Lacking final two leaves of appendix (only).

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