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Ballot
by SMITH, Rev. Sydney
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1839. 46pp, [2], [8] ads. Unbound. Some dust-soiling, occasional foxing. The work of clergyman and wit Sydney Smith (1771-1845), Ballot is an eloquent and humorous series of arguments in defence of open voting. Despite continuing to claim whig sympathies, Smith became increasingly conservative during the late 1830s. He contended that one should be prepared to stand up for ones political beliefs, and that it is incorrect to 'seek for liberty by clothing ourselves in the mask of falsehood, and trampling on the cross of truth'. Following an overwhelmingly positive reception, Smith's brother Bobus said of Ballot; 'Since the days of Pascal no such piece of Irony, involving so much wisdom, had ever been penned'. . Second edition. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ11029
- Title
- Ballot
- Author
- SMITH, Rev. Sydney
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Second edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1839
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
About the Seller
Antiquates Ltd
Biblio member since 2008
Wareham, Dorset
About Antiquates Ltd
Mail Order and Internet, but in normal times we have an antiquarian bookshop in the Dorset countryside.
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