[Americana] Group of 9 Works on Early American Political Thought

10 works in 9 volumes, mostly 8vo, most in modern and contemporary calf. Condition generally fine. Including:

Boothby, Brooke, Sir.
Observations on the Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs, and on Mr. Paine's Rights of Man.
London: John Stockdale, 1792. First edition. ESTC T41766.

Burke, Edmund.
Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq. on American Taxation, April 19, 1774.
London: J. Dodsley, 1774. Fourth edition.

Burke, Edmund.
Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq. on Moving His Resolutions for Conciliation with the Colonies, March 22, 1775.
London: J. Dodsley, 1775. Second edition.

Burke, Edmund.
Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event.
London: J. Dodsley, 1790. Second edition.

(Burke, Edmond) McCormick, Charles.
Memoirs of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke. London: Lee & Hurst, 1798.

Erskine, Thomas.
The Speeches (At Length) of the Honourable T. Erskine & S. Kyd, Esq., at the Court of King's Bench...on the Trial of T. William for Publishing Paine's Age of Reason.
London: Printed for J.S. Jordan, et al., [1797].

Paine, Thomas
The Trial of Thomas Paine for Certain False, Wicked, Scandalous and Seditious Libels Inserted into the Second Part of The Rights of Man.
London: Printed for W. Richardson, et al., [1794].

Paine, Thomas.
Common Sense.
London: R. Carlile, 1819. Bound with: Paine, Thomas The Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution. (London: W.T. Sherwin, 1817.)

Paine, Thomas.
Dissertation on First Principles of Government. London: W.T. Sherwin, 1817.

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