Junius Pseudonym (25 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good Minus. Stated 'Second American Edition.' I've rated the book Good Minus solely due to the loss at the top edge of the spine. The book is quite decently bound. I'm not finding any instances of spaces at the junctures between pages. The pages are tight. There is a slight loss of paper at the juncture between the front cover and front end paper leaving a very thin space, visible from the side. The front covers tightly bound. The rear cover is tightly bound as well but no paper loss at its juncture with its rear end paper. You can see the covers in the photos. There is rub through at the corners. The only rubbing on any of the cover edges is a small spot on each of the top ones, just adjacent to the spine. The pages are in decent shape, with occasional small corner creases below their tips, no losses. The foxing is light to moderate. There is a blank label affixed to the front inside cover. A former owner, Philip T. Potts, signed his name twice on it along with two dates in January, 1811. He also signed his name off the top edge of the title page along with the date March 1st, 1811. Across the way on the front end paper Eleanor M. Potts signed her name without a date. Above her name there is a signature of a Maurice P. Marshall with the date 1882. There are also a few tiny penciled letters or numbers off the top edge of both the front inside cover and front end paper. There is no other writing to be found anywhere. There is tanning off the outer edges and bottom edges of both the front inside cover and front end paper. The same is the case off the rear inside cover and rear end paper with the tanning present also off their top edges. There are no markings in the book. The white label on the front inside cover-- which has some rubbing and also has tanning on a small part of it-- is the only attachment to be found in the book. That pretty much covers it.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Facsimile Plates (illustrator). 1st Edition. Xii, *336, 248; Xi, [3], 516; Xiii, [1], 511, [1] Errata. Complete With Half-Titles. 5 Folding Hand-Writing Facsimile Plates & 1 Engraved Plate Of Seals. Three Volumes In Matching Polished Olive Calf, Five Raised Bands, Two Morocco Labels, Gilt In Other Compartments, Gilt Rules At Borders, Gilt Edges Of Boards. Most Complete Edition Published To This Date, With A Long Preliminary Essay.No Names Or Bookplates, Pages Clean, No Bookplates. Front Board Of Volume 1 Detached, Needs New Cords Only; Other Hinges Tight. Laid In Loosely Are Two Further Nineteenth Century Discussions Of Junius; Two Clippings Of Bookseller's Listings Of Junius Are Attached To Front Pastedown Of Volume I. Per Wikipedia, Junius Was The Pseudonym Of An Anonymous British Writer Who Contributed A Series Of Letters To The Public Advertiser, A London-Based Political Newspaper Run By Henry Sampson Woodfall, From 21 January 1769 To 21 January 1772. The Signature Had Been Already Used, Apparently By The Same Writer, In A Letter Written On 21 November 1768. These Works, Along With Numerous Other Personal Letters, Were Included In His Letters Of Junius Collection That Was Published In 1772.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Original publisher's beige paper wrappers. Text printed in black ink. No date, circa 1840. 5 1/4" x 8 1/4." Twelve pages, complete. One small advertisement or "Notice" for a bound edition of the complete, four-part "Junius Papers" on back (Page 12). Pages are intact and clean overall but have several wrinkles and creases, significant foxing throughout (most apparent on front and back), and a faint dampstain limited to top edges. Text is still very readable. A Good copy. This is one of the "Junius Papers," a series of tracts written by Calvin Colton under his pseudonym, "Junius." Calvin Colton (1789-1857) was an American pastor of the Protestant Episcopalian Church, author, professor of political economy, and abolitionist. He was a member of the Whig Party. In this tract, Colton advocates for a one-term presidency for United States presidents. Among his many reasons for arguing this is that he believes that the president no longer has the nation's best interests in mind when serving for more than one term. He says, "It is not the nation, it is not public interests, but personal ambition that occupies his mind. All his measures, all his appointments, and all his influence are brought to bear upon this end." Colton proceeds to examine how this proposed idea to limit the presidency might be carried out and uses examples to back his claim that doing so otherwise has proven disastrous. For instance, Colton does not mince words for the administration of President Andrew Jackson. He believes that Jackson performed well during his first term but then blames him for what he considers ensuing disasters that had befallen the nation during his second term. Colton does not approve of Jackson's handling of the Seminole War. He also shows the national expenditures under each of the presidents' administrations since George Washington's and argues that the amount of expenditures has only increased with the most recent administrations. Colton also argues on the basis of principle and theory that one-term presidencies allow for a more balanced distribution of power among the branches of federal government and prevents the presidency from being corrupted into a despotism.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Original publisher's brown leather binding with gilt lettering on spine. 3" x 5 3/8." 340 pages, complete. "Printed by D. & G. Bruce." is printed on Page 340. "Printed for M. Carey, Philadelphia, and E. Sargeant, New-York" is printed on the title page. Former ownership signatures are on the front endpaper. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. This book is a collection of letters critical of the government of King George III that were originally published between 1769 and 1772. Junius is the pseudonym of the book's anonymous writer, although many today believe Junius was Philip Francis (1740-1818), an Irish-born British politician and member of the Whig Party. Three people, none of whom were Francis, were tried and convicted in connection to the publication for seditious libel, but of those people, two went free and one was convicted but appears to have received no punishment. The Letters of Junius also contains letters in response to people who had written Junius between 1769 and 1772.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. 300 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket, green paper over cardboard, wear and staining to cover, deckled edges worn with age but binding tight. Second printer name "C.S. Wan Winkle, Printer, Water-Street, New-York" on front end papers, likely a cheaper reprint. Signature on title page, 1817? Record # 2230602.

12mo. 5ĵ'' x 3ĵ''. Contains tissue frontispiece, illustrated title, title vignette (iv), 290 + ii pp. Front cover detached, spine covering missing. Member of the P.B.F.A. NINETEENTH CENTURY.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A new edition. Two volumes in one. 254 and 244 pages. Stipple-engraved portrait plates and added engraved title pages. Half-binding, marbled boards, leather spine and corners. Marbled edges. As you can see, beautiful covers in really nice shape. Vertical line of scuffing on both sides of the spine solely cosmetic, the binding of the covers is very solid, as is the case with the entire book. Square with a straight spine. Perfectly tight pages from beginning to end. No cracks or spaces anywhere. Turned over every page. Really? Yes, trifle compulsive. Found a penciled 'A' in the margin of an early page. Total of 47 'A' s and '+' penciled at blank margin of a page. (98% '+'). Easily erasable. No underlining, no notes. Pages are in really good shape. Saw maybe 2 creases in total. No tears, no losses. Pages are very clean. There is light to moderate foxing on first few pages. After that I would describe it as 'very light', mostly consisting of one or two small light spots on a page. Majority of pages have none at all. There are no markings anywhere and no attachments of any kind. First published as a series of letters to the Public Advertiser by an anonymous polemicist. Attributed to Philip Francis, the identity of "Junius' still remains a mystery.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. FROM JOHN BULL TO HIS DAUGHTER SARAH. Two volumes. 8vo. [209 x 128 x 50 mm]. xxxii, 251 pp; 257, [1], 271-282, [1], 260-270, [2] pp. Bound in contemporary mottled calf, the covers with a gilt Greek-key roll border. Smooth spines divided into six panels by gilt pallets, lettered in the second on a black label and numbered in the fifth on a circular red label on a green label, the others with a central medallion, the edges of the boards tooled with a gilt fillet, the turn-ins with a gilt roll, marbled endleaves, yellow edges. (The mottling acid has slightly corroded the surface of the leather, with small loss of gilt, short crack in upper joint of vol.1, corners bumped). A section is misbound at the end of vol.2 but the text is complete. A few minor spots but a good copy of this elegant edition. Both volumes are neatly inscribed in ink: "John Bull / Street / to his daughter / Sarah Bull / 7th month 10th 1819" and this is repeated in pencil in vol.1. Sarah Bull (1801-1866) was the daughter of John Bull, a glove manufacturer in Street. In 1825 she married Cyrus Clark (1801-1866), the founder of the shoe business in Street. There is a pencil note that these two volumes passed to Cyrus and Sarah's son Thomas Beaven Clark (1837-1920), who is reputed to have taken life easy as a "Gentleman". Junius is a collection of private and open letters critical of the government of George III from an anonymous polemicist, along with replies, written between 1769 and 1772.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. A new edition. 12mo. 393, [1]pp. Small contemporary owner's signature on the title page and contents page, and a long handwritten quotation from Edmund Burke, "On the Character of Junius," on the last leaf verso, possibly in the same hand as the owner's signature. Contemporary full calf. A worn copy, with the front board detached, lacking front free endpaper, title page is a bit frayed along the right side with a chip to the lower right corner not affecting the letterpress, else very good. Current scholarship identifies Sir Philip Francis (1740-1818) as the most likely author of these famous letters. *ESTC* T11016.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. A new edition. Two volumes in one. 12mo. Stipple-engraved portrait plates and added engraved title pages. Contemporary half morocco and cloth boards, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Scuffing to the joints and board edges, some foxing, about very good. First published as a series of letters to the *Public Advertiser* by an anonymous polemicist. Attributed to Philip Francis, the identity of "Junius" still remains a mystery.

Hard Cover. Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. New Edition. First Printing. Publisher's full leather. This is a later edition (1786) of the collected letters of "Junius," first published in 1772. "Junius' poured brilliantly slanderous invective upon Tory-minded English ministers, especially the Duke of Grafton, for a series of inconsistent measures which allegedly ruined England and drove the colonies 'into excesses little short of rebellion.' Vehement, lucid, frequently reprinted in English and colonial newspapers, the letters were polemical masterpieces with such extraordinary knowledge and appreciation of contemporary colonial opinion that they lent moral support to the early revolutionary cause. 'Junius' opposed the Tea Duty, but upheld the legality of the Stamp Act, and prophesied (Dec. 19, 1769) that the colonies aimed at independence" - Dictionary of American History. . Upper board missing, spine cracked, some foxing. Reading/binding copy only. POOR. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 394 pp.

Leather Binding. Condition: Very Good. 2 volumes, complete as issued. Attractively bound in period 3/4 tan calf over marbled boards, spines with raised bands, contrasting, red, green, and brown morocco labels, and elaborate gilt floral tooling within gilt-ruled compartments (minor rubbing). Collected letters of Junius, one of the more influential voices in the UK advocating for reasonable treatment of the colonies during the runup to the American Revolution. Half title reads 'Bohn's Standard Library' (Bohn's were acquired by Bell & Daldy in 1864).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Two books in one. 'A New Edition' on the title pages of both books. 1814 on the title page of both books. Letters of Junius runs 284 pages and is followed by an unnumbered Index of 16 pages and two unnumbered Contents pages. That is followed by a frontispiece of The Right Hon. Edmund Burke ( 'Printed for Bell's Edition of the Constitutional Classics, 1814' ), which is facing the title page. Reflections on the Revolution runs 246 pages and is followed by two blank rear end papers. Curiously, the early pages don't appear to make any reference to the second book. Both title pages, unsurprisingly, have the same publisher, John Bell. Both books are preceded by a Preface. The one before Letters of Junius runs 14 pages. The one before Reflections on the Revolution runs 2 pages. On the Internet, I found one Constitutional Classics Letters of Junius published by John Bell in 1814. However, that volume is clearly identified as a rebound 284 page book followed by 16 unnumbered pages, and nothing else. I was unable to find any listing anywhere on the Internet of these two books bound together. So it's a nice thing that the book is in pretty nice condition. You can see the covers in the photos. They will show you everything I can describe with words. What you can't necessarily see is that the book is square and the spine is straight. The edges have only light scuffing. Three of the corners have some rub-through. The front cover is solidly bound. There is a fairly thin space off the top edge of the juncture between the front inside cover and front end paper, but it only runs about 1 1/2 inches down and there appear to be four solid bindings along the juncture. The rear cover can be described similarly. There the narrow space runs down only about 3/8ths of an inch. Both covers are free of any kind of give if you pull at them from the side. The interior of the book is in very nice condition. Happily, I don't see any foxing, with the exception of a light bit on the outer margins of the aforementioned frontispiece. I saw only a few instances of a small spot over the whole of the book. I found only a very occasional crease. I didn't see any placeholder creases. There are no markings in the book. There are no attachments. Off the top edge of the front inside cover a Joseph F. Weiler printed his name. He is probably also the one who printed Mar/1934 at the top corner. There is no other writing to be found in the book. There is also a very tiny stamp of his name (J. F. Weiler) off the bottom edge of the rear inside cover, so there is, to correct myself, one marking. The inside covers and end papers each have a fairly small tan spot at their corners and are otherwise pretty clean. That should cover it.

Hardcover. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., iii, xxxi, 380. 12 engraved portraits (incl. frontis.). handsomely bound in marbled calf by Riviere & Son, gilt back & inside dentelles, a.e.g. (joints cracked). cfNCBEL II 1179.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Full contemporary leather binding. Good binding and cover. Minor rubbing to cover. Clean, unmarked pages. A.G. Grinnan's copy, Madison Co. VA. Originally published in the London Public Advisor from Jan. 21, 1769 to Jan. 21, 1772, under the pseudonym of "Junius" (possibly Sir Philip Francis). " Junius poured brilliantly slanderous invective upon Tory-minded English ministers, especially the Duke of Grafton, for a series of inconsistent measures which allegedly ruined England. Junius prophesised early that the colonies eventual aim would be independence.Please feel free to view our photographs of this intriguing collection of historical essays.

reprint. orig.cloth Minor rubbing. Light binding corner bumps. VG. 20x12cm, (240); 356 pp., TWO VOLUMES. Some light top page-edge spotting. A facsimile reprint of the London 1772 edition. Minor rubbing. Light binding corner bumps. VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 12mo. pp. xii, 263; 1 p.l., vi, 316. contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt backs (library marks on verso of titles, marginal ink stain on p. xii Vol. I, but a nice set). armorial bookplate of Michael Tisdall, signed. "Includes 69 letters of J.E. and 14 others "written by Junius, or letters to which he replied". An a[dvertisement] maintains that the editor has restored important omissions in the author's edition.Particularly valuable for numerous and full notes not in other editions." (Cordasco) Cordasco 54. NCBEL II 1179.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Second edition. Three volumes. Contemporary (publisher's?) green quarter cloth and paper covered boards with printed paper spine labels. Chipping on the label of Volume III with loss of text, modest edgewear, else a handsome set. Largely unopened.

Lederband der Zeit, kl.-8°, 396 Seiten; Einband berieben, mit privat Namenszug auf einem Vorblatt die zuerst von 1769-1772 in einer Zeitschrift unter dem Pseudonym Junius erschienenen Briefe sind ein Rundumschlag gegen die Zustände in England en 360 Buch.

2 volumes. 2 title pages. Some engravings. 274 pp., 318 pp. Octavo. Half-leather, marbled covers and endpapers, all edges gilt. Set in a very fine condition.

Hardcover. 8vo. pp. xii, *336, 248; xi, [3], 516; xiii, [1], 511, [1]errata. complete with half-titles. 5 folding hand-writing facsimile plates & 1 engraved plate of seals. A nice set in contemporary diced calf, gilt backs (rear joint of Vol. II partly cracked, small piece chipped from upper rear joint of Vol.II, light foxing to plates & outer leaves). First Edition Edited By George Woodfall (1767-1844). Includes an Introductory essay by John Mason Good (1764-1827) and confidential letters not included in previous editions. "Contains a wealth of notes culled from other editions and original notes as well.which are very extensive. The authenticity of the private letters first printed in this edition has never been fully accepted."(Cordasco) NCBEL II 1180. Cordasco 116.

12° (14,9 x 9,5 cm). 1 Bl., XXIV, 196, V, 228 S., 13 Bll. 2 Bände - 2 volumes. Marmorierte (geflammte) Lederbände der Zeit mit etwas Rückenvergoldung und Stehkantenvergoldung. Sprache: Englisch, Einbände leicht berieben und beschabt sowie etwas bestoßen; Rückengelenke angeplatzt, Gelenke aber stabil; winzige Fehlstelle am unteren Kapital von Band 2 und Rückenschild dieses Bandes mit 2 Fehlstellen; Deckel mit winzigen Bezugsfehlstellen in den Ecken; vorderes Innengelenk beider Bände etwas angeplatzt; Vorsätze etwas leimschattig und stockfleckig; Titel von Band 1 am Bund etwas leimfleckig; 5 Seiten (S. 62-66) von Band 1 etwas fleckig (wohl Teeflecken); die beiden Vordervorsätze von Band 2 mit kleiner Knickspur in der oberen Ecke und einige Textblätter dieses Bandes mit winziger Knickspur in der oberen Ecke; letzte Blätter von Band 2 mit kleinem, schwachen Wasserfleck in der unteren Ecke; vereinzelt gering stockfleckig; jeweils gest. Wappenexlibris "John Gordon" auf dem vorderen Innendeckel. Noch im 18. Jahrhundert erschienene Ausgabe der berühmten "Letters of Junius" (Juniusbriefe) - die 69 Briefe wurden zuerst von 1768 bis 1772 in der Londoner Zeitschrift "Public Advertiser" veröffentlicht. Das Pseudonym "Junius" ist bis heute nicht aufgelöst - überwiegend wird der britische Whig-Politiker Sir Philip Francis (1740-1818) als Verfasser vermutet, die Briefe wurden aber auch schon Edmund Burke, Richard Glover, Thomas Lyttleton, Lord Chesterfield u. v. a. zugeschrieben.

A later edition of these letters, which first appeared in the London Public Advertiser from January 21, 1769, to January 21, 1772, under the pseudonym of "Junius" (Possibly Sir Philip Francis). ".'Junius' poured brilliantly slanderous invective upon Tory-minded English ministers, especially the Duke of Grafton, for a series of 'inconsistent measures' which allegedly ruined England and drove the colonies 'into excesses little short of rebellion.' Vehement, lucid, frequently reprinted in English and colonial newspapers, the letters were polemical masterpieces with such extraordinary knowledge and appreciation of contemporary colonial opinion that they lent moral support to the early revolutionary cause. 'Junius' opposed the Tea Duty, but upheld the legality of the Stamp Act, and prophesied (Dec. 19, 1769) that the colonies aimed at independence" - DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN HISTORY. A lovely set of this work. DAH III, p.190. REESE, REVOLUTIONARY HUNDRED 14 (ref). JUNIUS BIBLIOGRAPHY 102. Contemporary calf, ornately tooled in gilt and blind, spines gilt, leather labels, a.e.g. Extremities lightly worn. Modern bookplate on front flyleaves, contemporary ownership markings and notes. First volume with later newspaper clippings regarding the text. Minor scattered foxing. Very good.

First issue of the first authorized edition, without the Table of Contents and Index sections added later, per Lowndes. The original collected edition of the letters, which were first published in the London Public Advertiser from January 21, 1769, to January 21, 1772, under the pseudonym of "Junius" (possibly Sir Philip Francis). ".'Junius' poured brilliantly slanderous invective upon Tory-minded English ministers, especially the Duke of Grafton, for a series of 'inconsistent measures' which allegedly ruined England and drove the colonies 'into excesses little short of rebellion.' Vehement, lucid, frequently reprinted in English and colonial newspapers, the letters were polemical masterpieces with such extraordinary knowledge and appreciation of contemporary colonial opinion that they lent moral support to the early revolutionary cause. 'Junius' opposed the Tea Duty, but upheld the legality of the Stamp Act, and prophesied (Dec. 19, 1769) that the colonies aimed at independence" - DAH. Sabin calls this the best and the original collected edition. SABIN 36906. ESTC T1830. DAH III, p.190. LOWNDES V, p.1241. REESE, REVOLUTIONARY HUNDRED 14. JUNIUS BIBLIOGRAPHY 43. Contemporary calf, boards gilt ruled, spine gilt. Hinges cracking, spine ends slightly chipped, boards rubbed, corners worn. Internally clean. Good plus.

Second issue of the first authorized edition, with the Table of Contents and Index sections added about March 1773, per Lowndes. The original collected edition of the letters, which were first published in the London Public Advertiser from January 21, 1769, to January 21, 1772, under the pseudonym of "Junius" (possibly Sir Philip Francis). ".'Junius' poured brilliantly slanderous invective upon Tory-minded English ministers, especially the Duke of Grafton, for a series of 'inconsistent measures' which allegedly ruined England and drove the colonies 'into excesses little short of rebellion.' Vehement, lucid, frequently reprinted in English and colonial newspapers, the letters were polemical masterpieces with such extraordinary knowledge and appreciation of contemporary colonial opinion that they lent moral support to the early revolutionary cause. 'Junius' opposed the Tea Duty, but upheld the legality of the Stamp Act, and prophesied (Dec. 19, 1769) that the colonies aimed at independence" - DAH. Sabin calls this the best and the original collected edition. SABIN 36906. ESTC T1830. DAH III, p.190. LOWNDES V, p.1241. REESE, REVOLUTIONARY HUNDRED 14. Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt. Hinges cracked, spine slightly chipped, corners and edges worn. Bookplates on front pastedowns. Light tanning, light staining at edges of initial and final leaves. Good.