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The Letters of Junius. From The Latest London Edition. In Two Volumes.
Junius · New-York
- Author
- Junius
- Date
- 1821
- Place
- New-York
- Publisher
- Henry Durell
- Language
- English
- Binding
- 12mo.(4" x 6.875") Two Volumes. 216, 215 pp. Full brown treecalf, spines with overall gilt decortion and a brown leather title block with gilt author/title/vol# centered to spine on vol. II, vol. I lacking. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with small loss to some tips, head and foot of spines rubbed, heads chipped with small loss. Covers scuffed and rubbed, both volumes heavily foxed, vol. II with large dampstain to first few leaves including title page. Prior owners name in black stamp to first free endpaper, hinges tender with 2" split to upper hinge of vol.I.
- Format
- Junius was the pseudonym of an anonymous British writer who contributed a series of letters to the Public Advertiser, a London-based political newspaper run by Henry Sampson Woodfall, from 21 January 1769 to 21 January 1772. The signature had been already used, apparently by the same writer, in a letter written on 21 November 1768. These works, along with numerous other personal letters, were included in his Letters of Junius collection that was published in 1772.
- Category
- Law, Politics & Economics
- Record
- S.I.8242
12mo.(4" x 6.875") 1821. New-York: Henry Durell. Two Volumes. 216, 215 pp. Full brown treecalf, spines with overall gilt decortion and a brown leather title block with gilt author/title/vol# centered to spine on vol. II, vol. I lacking. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with small loss to some tips, head and foot of spines rubbed, heads chipped with small loss. Covers scuffed and rubbed, both volumes heavily foxed, vol. II with large dampstain to first few leaves including title page. Prior owners name in black stamp to first free endpaper, hinges tender with 2" split to upper hinge of vol.I. Junius was the pseudonym of an anonymous British writer who contributed a series of letters to the Public Advertiser, a London-based political newspaper run by Henry Sampson Woodfall, from 21 January 1769 to 21 January 1772. The signature had been already used, apparently by the same writer, in a letter written on 21 November 1768. These works, along with numerous other personal letters, were included in his Letters of Junius collection that was published in 1772.75
Condition
Fair
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