[Rarebooks] For Sale: DeFoe on Dissent, 1712.

[Norman Kane]

DE LAUNE, THOMAS.   A PLEA FOR THE NON-CONFORMISTS: SHEWING THE TRUE 
STATE OF THEIR CASE . . . A NARRATIVE OF THE SUFFERINGS UNDERWENT. 
WITH A PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR OF THE REVIEW [DANIEL DEFOE.]  London: 
Printed for a Friend of the Author, and Sold by Wm. Marshall & Joseph 
Marshall, 1712.    Small quarto, 7 X 4 1/2 inches, old leather-backed 
mottled boards, spine and edges rubbed, top edges of some leaves 
trimmed into the headings, [2], 16, 144 [i.e., 134], [2] pages, as 
noted by OCLC.  5 pages mispaginated, but complete.  3 parts in one, 
with separate title pages, the added titles being "The Image of the 
Beast" & "A Narrative of the Sufferings of Thomas De Laune for 
Writing, Printing & Publishing . . . 'A Plea for the Non-Conformists' 
. . . Directed to Dr. Calamy . . ."  One of several editions printed 
the same year, this being the scarcer.  DEFOE'S PREFACE occupies 16 
pages.  Uncommon !
$650.00     (Trade Discount Available)


THE AMERICANIST (ABAA),
113 Creeks Edge, Chapel Hill, NC USA 27516-8962
Telephone: 919-967-9287 email: nkane at kanebooks.com.  web:kanebooks.com
Proprietor: Norman Kane (Over 50 years as an antiquarian bookseller.)