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London: T. Cadell, 1775. grey cloth; Fourth Edition published in the same year as the first edition, (Courtney & Smith,pp. 125-126). 91 pages, occasional underlining (OLD, look to be quill pen markings)..'Taxation no Tyranny; An Answer to the Resolutions and Address of the American Congress', a scathing attack on those 'zealots of anarchy' who have 'denied to the Parliament of Britain the right of taxing the American Colonies'. Bitterly opposed to the War of Independence,. 4th. Hardcover. Collectible Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 12 vo; 1/2 Pound.

London. Printed for T. Cadell. MDCCLXXV (1775). 8vo, 20cm, Second Edition, [1]-91p., modern paper over boards, printed paper spine label, wanting half title, occasional light foxing but mainly on the first 3 leaves. The pressmarks in this copy are identical to those cited in Adams 75-69b (i.e. the second edition). (cgc). Adams 75-69b. Sabin 35303. This is the second of four editions published in 1775, all with a number of textual differences. Johnson penned this rather cynical pamphlet in response to the murmurings and rumblings of the American Revolution. It was published at the height of his popularity and subsequently became extremely popular, with four editions issued in short order in 1775. It was a defence of the Coercive Acts (or Intolerable Acts, as they were known in America) of 1774, and a response to the Declaration of Rights issued by the First Continental Congress, which had pretested against taxation without representation.

London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1775. 8vo. [4], 91pp. Half title. Bound to style in half calf and marbled paper covered boards. One of the most famous pamphlets of the Revolution. Second edition, published the same year as the first, of this famous political pamphlet by lexicographer Samuel Johnson. This edition includes a number of textual changes from the first, and is also easily distinguished from the first by differing press marks. Written in response to the opening rumblings of the American Revolution, Johnson's acerbic pamphlet was published at the height of his popularity and fame. He writes of the Americans: "That it is their duty to pay the cost of their own safety they seem to admit; nor do they refuse their contribution to the exigencies, whatever they may be, of the British empire; but they make this participation of the public burden a duty of very uncertain extent, and imperfect obligation, a duty temporary, occasional and elective, of which they reserve to themselves the right of… Read More