Published by E. P. Dutton, 1901
Seller: Hook's Book Nook, Pottstown, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1901 Volume 2 with Portraits.
Published by Hutchinson and Co, London, 1900
Seller: Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. Pp. viii, 340; 341-699. Frontis. portrait with tissue guard each volume. Illustrated with black & white portraits. Bound in brown buckram over beveled boards, titles stamped in gilt on the spines and Francis coat of arms in Order of the Bath (with "Quae Fecimus Ipsi") stamped in gilt on the covers, head edges gilt, dark blue endpapers. Armorial bookplate of Charles A. W. Pownall on the front endpaper of each volume. Light foxing to preliminaries, edges slightly age toned, spine ends rubbed, small stain over Vol. II spine titles, a single marginal note in ink and several marks in pencil. In a thirty-page note C. F. Keary summarizes the case for Francis (1740-1818) as author of the Junius letters, a collection of open and private accusations of corruption in the government of King George III. This set's former owner Charles A. W. Pownall was the author of Thomas Pownall, Governor of Massachusetts Bay, Author of the Letters of Junius (1908).