[Rarebooks] fa: BRITISH POLITICS, ECONOMICS, HISTORY, etc. 1740-1761

[Ardwight Chamberlain]

The third 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. 28. 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:

The PRESENT STATE of the NATIONAL DEBT - 1740

JOHN PERCEVAL, Earl of Egmont - FACTION DETECTED - 1743

THOUGHTS on the TREATY OF ALLIANCE at WORMS - 1744

CHRONICON PRECIOSUM - 600 Years of ENGLISH MONEY - 1745
	(ENGRAVINGS of GOLD & SILVER COINS - by BISHOP FLEETWOOD)

GENOA & the WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION - 1747
	(The CASE OF THE GENOESE  re: The UPRISING OF 1746)

Re: OXFORD UNIVERSITY - LETTER to VISCOUNT CORNBURY - 1751

JOHN CARY - L'ETAT DU COMMERCE D'ANGLETERRE - 2 vols 1755
	(1st French Trans. of Cary's ESSAY ON THE STATE OF ENGLAND)

JOSEPH ADDISON - Ex-Lib: RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN - 1757 (w/  
BOOKPLATE & INSCRIPTION - Bound In Full Mottled Calf)

ANTI-HANOVER LETTER to the DUKE OF NEWCASTLE - 1757
	(w/ Reference to The SEVEN YEARS' WAR and AMERICA)

LIEUT. GEN. THOMAS BLIGH - SEVEN YEARS' WAR - 1758
	(Re: DISASTROUS EXPEDITION - BATTLE OF SAINT-CAST)

William King POLITICAL AND LITERARY ANECDOTES  1761/1819
	(JACOBITE PRETENDER Swift POPE Walpole CHESTERFIELD etc)


and more...