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1. ANON.

  Cornish’s Stranger’s Guide through Birmingham. Being an Exact description of the Churches, Chapels, Public Buildings and Principal Manufactories of Birmingham, with a Succinct, but Comprehensive Account of its history, ancient and modern.

Birmingham, for W. Cornish, 1846.

16mo., folding engraved map, repaired at fold, engraved plates, some usage, 88 pp., plus 10 pages of adverts, original printed boards, some surface wear and dustiness, recased and repaired.

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Comparisons with the American Revolution

2. BOUILLE, Francoise Claude Amour, Marquis de.. (All by this author)

  Memoirs relating to the French Revolution.

London, for Cadell and Davies., 1797.

First English translation, 8vo., half title, xi, (1) 564 pp., some foxing and light paper ageing, a couple of minor repairs and one small paper fault hole, recent old style marbled boards, morocco label.

The author returns to France in 1783 having spent the whole of the period of the American War as Commander in Chief of the French West Indian Islands. He gives in chronological order account of his own experiences throughout the French Revolution before fleeing to England in 1792. An interesting eye-witness account, but of particular importance are his comparisons of what was happening in France with the reasons behind the American Revolution. Translated from the original manuscript. A number of manuscript corrections have been made to the text by an early owner (the author?) Not in Sabin.

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3. CLUBBE, John. (All by this author)

  Miscellaneous Tracts of the Rev. John Clubbe, Rector of Whatfield, and Vicar of Debenham, Suffolk.

Ipswich: Printed by W. Jackson, for J. Shave, (1770?).

First edition, 2 vols., 8vo, folding engraved plate, good pair in contemp. polished calf, full gilt spines, dull.

A collection of five tracts, each with subtitles, seperate pagination, but continuous signatures. The tracts include his satirical work on the History of Whatfield, and an essay on Physiognamy which is dedicated to William Hogarth. The folding engraved plate, which is in Caricature form, relates to the essay on Physiognamy.

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4. HAMILTON, N.E.S.A. (All by this author)

  An Inquiry into the Genuineness of the Manuscript Corrections in Mr Payne Collier’s Annotated Shakespeare, Folio, 1632; and of certain Shakespearian Documents likewise published by Mr Collier.

London, Richard Bentley, 1860.

First edition, 4to., 3 plates of facsimiles ( one double page), inscription cut from blank portion at top of title, and next leaf, 155 (1)pp., slightly loose in original blind stamped red cloth gilt, dust darkened.

One of the more important publications on the subject.

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5. HOWARD, Frederick, 5th Earl of Carlisle. (All by this author)

  Unite or Fall.

London, for J. Wright,, 1798.

First edition, 8vo., 23 (1) pp., light offset browning to title, disbound.

Written to prove that war with France was unavoidable even though many thought it was, and exposing many attempts by France to bring America into the war against Britain. A publication many times reprinted. Not found in Sabin.

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