Political Letters and Pamphlets, Published for the Avowed Purpose of Trying With the Government to Question of Law - Whether all Publications Containing News or Intelligence, However Limited in Quantity if Irregularly Issued, Are Liable to the Imposition of the Stamp Duty of Fourpence, Etc With a Full Report of the Editor's Trial and Conviction, In the Court of Exchequer, Westminster

William Carpenter

Published by William Carpenter 1830-1831, London, 1830

About this Item

A scarce copy of this collection of pamphlets by William Carpenter. With his publication of this work, Carpenter attempted to defy the stamp duty on newspapers, but in May 1831 he was tried and convicted of evading the law and was imprisoned. With a portrait of Carpenter bound in, and many small illustrations. William Carpenter, born in 1797 at St James, Westminster, London, England, died on April 21, 1874 at Islington, London, was a 19th Century theological and political writer, journalist, and editor. Carpenter was the son of a London tradesman. He received no formal schooling, but by self-study he taught himself several ancient and modern languages. At an early age he began working for a bookseller in Finsbury, first as an errand boy, and then as an apprentice. While in prison, he edited a political magazine which was republished as Carpenter's Monthly Political Magazine in 1832. He became intensely involved in the cause of political reform, publishing numerous tracts and books on the subject through the late 1840s. He was a strong proponent of the Chartist movement and a friend of William Cobbett. He was also an active Freemason and contributor to the London Freemason magazine. He continued to publish scriptural works throughout his life, which were also popular in America. His The Israelites Found in the Anglo-Saxons (1874) was an early work on British Israelism. In a half calf binding with paper covered boards. Externally, worn with slight straining to front hinges. Internally, generally firmly bound but with one or two pages starting. Marks and curling to some pages with the occasional ink stamp. Good Only.

Seller Inventory # LTH4-F-8

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Political Letters and Pamphlets, Published for the Avowed Purpose of Trying With the Government to Question of Law - Whether all Publications Containing News or Intelligence, However Limited in Quantity if Irregularly Issued, Are Liable to the Imposition of the Stamp Duty of Fourpence, Etc With a Full Report of the Editor's Trial and Conviction, In the Court of Exchequer, Westminster
• Publisher: William Carpenter 1830-1831, London
• Publication Date: 1830
• Binding: Leather
• Illustrator: None
• Condition: Good Only
• Book Type: book