[Rarebooks] fa: BRITISH POLITICS, ECONOMICS, RELIGION, etc. 1690-1742

[Ardwight Chamberlain]

The second part of a large collection of 18th- and 19th-century  
British books and pamphlets dealing with many of the major — and a  
number of fairly obscure — political, religious, military, economic,  
legal, social and cultural issues of the day. All first or early  
printings, many quite uncommon. Ending Sunday, Sept. 21. They can be  
found at the URL below or by searching under the seller name arch_in_la.

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZarch_in_la

Many thanks,
Ardwight Chamberlain
L.A.

This week's offerings include:

CHARLES DAVENANT - DISCOURSES ON THE PUBLICK REVENUES - 1698
(FOREIGN TRADE - AMERICAN COLONIES - EAST INDIA CO. etc.)

On NATIONAL DEBTS & The STATE OF PUBLICK CREDIT - 1729

WILLIAM PULTENEY - The CASE OF THE SINKING FUND - 1735
(SOUTH SEA COMPANY - AMERICAN COLONIES - BANKING - etc)

Several pamphlets dealing with the Tory organ, THE CRAFTSMAN, "one of  
the most distinguished papers of its time":
LORD BOLINGBROKE - THE CRAFTSMAN EXTRAORDINARY 1729
LORD HERVEY - OBSERVATIONS on THE CRAFTSMAN - 1730
Two ATTACKS on THE CRAFTSMAN & LORD BOLINGBROKE - 1731
THE CRAFTSMAN - SEDITION - FREEDOM OF THE PRESS - 1731

THE GRAND ACCUSER - Attack on JONATHAN SWIFT - 1735

On WAR WITH SPAIN - TRADE in the WEST INDIES - 1739

The GROANS OF GERMANY - Attack on ROBERT WALPOLE - 1741

A KEY to the PRESENT SESSION - SATIRE on WALPOLE - 1742
NETHERLANDS, HANOVER, WAR OF AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION - 1742
(An IMPORTANT SECRET COME TO LIGHT - WALPOLE, GEORGE II)

LORD HERVEY on FOREIGN & DOMESTIC AFFAIRS - 1742

and more...