REFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE AND ON THE PROCEEDINGS IN CERTAIN SOCIETIES IN LONDON RELATIVE TO THAT EVENT IN A LETTER INTENDED TO HAVE BEEN SENT TO A GENTLEMAN IN PARIS
by BURKE, EDMUND
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No d/w
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Skreen, Sligo, Ireland
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About This Item
London: J. Dodsley, 1791. Book. Very Good. Full Red Morrocco Binding. Eleventh Edition.. 364pp Bound with A LETTER FROM MR. BURKE TO A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY; IN ANSWER TO SOME OBJECTIONS TO HIS BOOK ON FRENCH AFFAIRS (4TH EDITION (1791) (74pp) Bound with AN APPEAL FROM THE NEW TO THE OLD WHIGS, IN CONSEQUENCE OF SOME LATE DISCUSSIONS IN PARLIAMENT, RELATIVE TO THE REFLECTIONS ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION (3RD EDITION 1791) 143pp; All bound in red morrocco with 5 raised bands and gilt decorations to spine and edges as well as to edges of endpapers; All edges gilt; Harp and crown gilt decorations to panels of spine; Edges slightly rubbed else a bright and tight copy; Some ink numerical calculations written on inside rear cover pastedown and previous owner's signature to top of ff.e.p.; Digital photos available on request; Size: 12mo.
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- Weathered Stone Books (IE)
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- Title
- REFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE AND ON THE PROCEEDINGS IN CERTAIN SOCIETIES IN LONDON RELATIVE TO THAT EVENT IN A LETTER INTENDED TO HAVE BEEN SENT TO A GENTLEMAN IN PARIS
- Author
- BURKE, EDMUND
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No d/w
- Edition
- Eleventh Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. Dodsley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1791
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About Weathered Stone Books
In operation since 1982 as The Winding Stair Bookshop, Dublin until 2005. Then in USA as Wandering Star Books an online bookseller also conducting appraisals for private collectors and institutions. Now back in Ireland and living in beautiful Sligo with views of the Atlantic and selling online.
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