Anderson, James | The Interest of Great Britain with regard to her American Colonies, considered

Anderson, James

The Interest of Great Britain with regard to her American Colonies, considered. To which is added an Appendix, containing the outlines of a Plan for a General Pacification. London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1782

8vo (228 x 140 mm), untrimmed. Half title; a very fresh, clean and bright copy. Original blue wrappers; two short tears to spine. Quarter blue morocco slipcase and chemise; spine faded to a teal blue.

First and only edition. Sabin quotes from the Monthly Review: “The object of the author … is to shoe [sic] that the American Colonies, instead of promoting the trade and manufactures of Great Britain, have tended in a most powerful manner to depress them. That, instead of adding strength and stability to the empire, they have necessarily weakened it to a great degree. …” Howes comments that the author “Asserts [the] settling [of] the colonies was unwise and all subsequent aid impolitic. … However, he submits a plan for pacification.”

PROVENANCE

James S. Copley (Sotheby’s New York, 20 May 2011, lot 987)

REFERENCE

Adams, American Controversy 82-7; ESTC T603; Howes A230; Sabin 1400