FIVE WORKS BY EDMUND BURKE BOUND TOGETHER IN ONE VOLUME
[BURKE, Edmund]. Speech on Moving His Resolutions for Conciliation with the Colonies, March 22, 1775. [Third edition]. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, MDCCLXXVIII. [1778].
Bound together with:
[BURKE, Edmund]. A Letter to John Farr and John Harris on the Affairs of America. [Fourth edition]. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, MDCCLXXVII. [1777].
Bound together with:
[BURKE, Edmund]. Two Letters to Gentlemen in the City of Bristol, on the Bills Depending in Parliament relative to the Trade with Ireland. [Second edition]. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, MDCCLXXVIII. [1778].
Bound together with:
[BURKE, Edmund]. Speech on Presenting to the House of Commons (on the 11th of February, 1780) a Plan for the Better Security of the Independence of Parliament, and the Oeconomical Reformation of the Civil and other Establishments. [Fourth edition]. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, MDCCLXXX. [1780].
Bound together with:
[BURKE, Edmund]. A Speech at the Guildhall, in Bristol, Previous to the Late Election in that City, Upon Certain Points Relative to his Parliamentary Conduct. [Fifth edition]. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, MDCCLXXXII. [1782].
Mixed states. Five titles bound in one volume. Leather-bound. Hardcover. Octavo (215 x 130 mm.), pp. (2), 107; 79; (2), 32; (2), 95; (2), 68. Near contemporary full tan calf, smooth spine gilt, bound without half-titles. Condition: FAIR to GOOD. Upper board detached but present, lower board holding by the strings, the spine rubbed and worn. Contents largely clean, else for a couple of ink marks in the margins and some light scattered foxing. A scarce collection.
Notes: This compilation includes early reprints of some of Burke's best writings, originally published separately, with some of his early orations defending the actions of the American colonists. Burke was a Member of Parliament throughout the period of these speeches and tracts.
