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1716ref. WRCLIT62350London: Printed by H. Meere for A. Bettesworth et al 1716. Two volumes. 6330;4320pp. 12mo. Contemporary paneled calf and paneled sheep not uniform. Early ink initials in corner of each title margin spine extremities worn with slight cracking to a couple joints one label wanting; internally slightly tanned but crisp and very good. First and only edition it would appear of this compilation for popular reading as evidenced by the emphasis placed on the accounts of final words and executions and modes for same rather than on legal subtleties. The imprint advertises copies in both sheep and calf available at different prices and it would appear the early owner opted for the cheaper route for the second volume. ESTC N6760. Printed by H. Meere, for A. Bettesworth [et al] unknown books
1961388 pages including index, footnotes and black and white photographic plates. Signed and inscribed by author upon half-title page on 28 January, 1962. Presents the case for Ezra Pound, the man who edited the work of Yeats and T.S. Eliot, helped introduce the poetry of Robert Frost and influenced the development of Hemingway and was tried for treason and sent to an insane asylum. Includes excerpts from the controversial broadcasts Pound made from Italy during World War II. Light wear to tight and unmarked book. Minor soiling to fore- and top edges of plates - images unaffected. Moderate wear to dust jacket which bears a half-inch tear to the top of front panel and is now preserved in Brodart. Quality copy. Book
ref. 005068London: Wilson Printer Broadside printed on silk approximately 240mm x 305mm in size n.d. but probably late 1794 or very early 1795. Light surface soiling a couple of patches of foxing and a few spots of discolouring minor creasing very minor fraying to top and bottom edges possibly as issued linen hinge to left hand side. Celebrating the acquittal of John Horne Tooke who had with Thomas Hardy and John Thelwall been indicted for high treason. The jury only took minutes to acquit him. The broadside names the twelve gentlemen of the jury as well as Tooke's lawyers. The ESTC has a song sheet with the same title and a similar broadside printed by the radical Daniel Isaac Eaton but not this. The printer was Wilson the BBTI gives three possible Wilson's - Andrew Effingham and William. It seems likely that this would have only been produced in small numbers perhaps as a memento for the members of the jury and the principal protagonists For Horne Tooke see Baylen and Gossman 'Biographical Dictionary of Modern Radicals Volume 1: 1770-1830' pages 490-493. Unrecorded. First Edition. Unbound. Good. Folio. Silk. Wilson [Printer] Paperback
