A short address to the gentlemen of the northern counties, on the prohibition of distillation from grain

Edinburgh: Printed for Bell & Bradfute, 1810. [4], 27, [1], 13pp, [1]. With a half-title. [Bound with:] A view of the state of parties in the united states of america; being an attempt to account for the present ascendancy of the french, or democratic party, in that country; in two letters to a friend. By a gentleman who has recently visited the united states. Edinburgh. Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. for John Ballantyne and Co., 1812. First edition. 110pp. [And:] Letters, by anglicus, addressed to The Editor of the Chelmsford Chronicle, concerning reform in parliament... Chelmsford. Printed for the author, by Meggy and Chalk, 1811. First edition. xii, 56pp. [And:] HAWLES, Sir John. The englishman's right: a dialogue between a barrister at law and a juryman... London. Re-printed...for T. C. Hansard, 1811. [4], 42pp. [And:] A plain statement of the conduct of the ministry and the opposition, towards his royal highness the duke of york. London. Printed by B. McMillan, 1808. Second edition. [2], 53pp, [1]. [And:] Trial. The king, on the prosecution of gwyllym lloyd wardle, esq. m.p. against francis wright, daniel wright, and mary anne clarke, for A Conspiracy... London. Printed by W. Flint, 1809. First edition. [2], 60pp. [And:] Debates on the convention act in the irish house of commons in 1793... London. Printed for J. Budd, 1811. [4], 63pp, [1]. With a half-title. [And:] The speech of Wm. frankland, Esq. in the House of Commons...on the second reading of several bills, brought in by sir samuel romilly, for making alterations in the criminal law. London. Printed for J. Ridgway, 1811. vii, [1], 80pp. 8vo. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled boards. Without lettering-piece. Rubbed. Scattered spotting. Six pamphlets with the contemporary inked ownership inscriptions of Rob MacLeod to half-titles/titles. From the recently dispersed family estate (by descent) of George Cranstoun, Lord Corehouse (1770-1850), Scottish jurist, satirist and friend of Walter Scott and Lord Monboddo, with his armorial bookplate to FEP. A sammelband of eight early nineteenth-century pamphlets relating to the governments of Scotland, England, and the United States. The first mentioned work, by an anonymous 'Freeholder of the County of Ross', vehemently criticises the introduction of an 1808 Act which temporarily prohibited the distillation of sugar from corn, arguing the government's claims for introducing the measure, notably alleged scarcity of grain and the need to support West Indian merchants, are wholly unfounded. The second mentioned pamphlet surveys the political tensions between the Federalists and Democrats, and between France, England and the United States, which culminated in the War of 1812. The Edinburgh Monthly Magazine (Vol. I, 1817, p.414-415) attributes the work to Samuel McCormack. . First edition. 8vo.