Written when the author was 18, partly in answer to Wollaston's Religion of nature, and addressed to Mr. J(ames) R(alph) He printed, he says, only a hundred copies, of which he gave a few to his friends; and afterwards, disliking the piece, he burnt the rest except one copy.--J. Crossley in Notes and queries, ser. 1, v.5, p. 6 (Jan. 3, 1852)l9
"2 copies real vellum marked A-B. Not for sale. 10 copies on Texas Mountain Paper signed and numbered I-X. 200 copies on Canson-Mongolfier soleil velin M. R. V. paper [numbered] 1-200"--p. [4]., Copies 1 and 2 housed in single box., and Copy 2: No. 135. Autograph of Pound on t.p.; inscription by Pound on free front endpaper. Bookseller's ticket: Gotham Book Mart, Inc. ... N.Y.
"2 copies real vellum marked A-B. Not for sale. 10 copies on Texas Mountain Paper signed and numbered I-X. 200 copies on Canson-Mongolfier soleil velin M. R. V. paper [numbered] 1-200"--p. [4]., Copies 1 and 2 housed in single box., and Copy 2: No. 135. Autograph of Pound on t.p.; inscription by Pound on free front endpaper. Bookseller's ticket: Gotham Book Mart, Inc. ... N.Y.
Copy presented to Yale college by Dr. Watts and Dr. Guyse, through Benjamin Colman; with manuscript note on fly-leaf and manuscript corrections on the title page and in the text by Jonathan Edwards.
Description:
The error on the title page is due to the confusion of Hampshire county in Massachusetts with New Hampshire province.
Publisher:
Printed for John Oswald, at the Rose and crown, in the Poultry, near Stocks-market
General history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates
Description:
Attributed to Defoe by Professor John R. Moore of Indiana university. and The frontispiece noted by Sabin, and found in the 1st and 3d editions are wanting in this copy.
Autograph: Ralph D. Morgan, 'Xmas 1918. and Publisher's list of 35 titles on verso of series t.p.
Publisher:
Boni and Liveright, Inc.,
Subject (Name):
Boni & Liveright, publisher, Ely, John I.--Ownership., Harvey, Alexander, 1868-1949, author of introduction., Morgan, Ralph D.--Autograph., and Swearingen, Florence--Autograph.