Letter to the People of Scotland, On the Present State of the Nation

by James Boswell

$5,000 · Offered by Heritage Book Shop

First edition

Edinburgh: Printed and Sold by all the Booksellers, 1783. First Edition. 43, 1, blank pp. Some minor foxing, mainly to title-page. This pamphlet is bound at the end of the volume.This pamphlet, representing Boswell's first foray into politics, is rare at auction. There have been no copies of this first at auction since 1968. According to Pottle The pamphlet seems to be rare; at least it appears in the catalogues

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