Gay (John). The Beggar's Opera..., to which is added, The Musick Engrav'd on Copper-Plates, 1st edition, 2nd issue, John Watts, 1728, 59, [1] pp., three staves of music on p. 53, 16 pages of engraved music at rear (closely trimmed affecting pages numbers 1 & 15 and shaving musical notes at foot of pp. 11 & 13), some browning and spotting, heaviest at front, a little blank paper loss to outer corners of title-page and following Introduction leaf, modern calf-backed marbled boards, slim 8vo, (ESTC T13770; Rothschild 928), together with [Tobacco Taxation]. An Appeal to the Public, in Relation to the Tobacco ***: and a Revival of the old Project, to Establish a General Excise, 1st edition, W. Owen, 1751, 63 pp., some spotting, lacks final blank, evidence of old stab-stitching, modern plain quarter calf, slim 8vo, (ESTC N30285; Goldsmiths' 8626), and [Vernon, Edward]. Original Letters to an Honest Sailor, 1st edition, printed for R. Thomas, [1746], lacks initial blank, some marginal pencil notes to final page, bound with Some Seasonable Advice from an Honest Sailor, To Whom it Might Have Concerned, for the Service of the C-N and C-Y, printed for R. Thomas, [1746], 109 pp., lacks final blank, some spotting, bound with Original Letters and Papers Between Adm[ira]l M[athe]ws, and V. Adm[ira]l L[istoc]k, with Several Letters from Private Hands, Exhibiting many Particulars hitherto unknown of the Transactions in the Mediterranean..., M. Cooper, 1744, spotting throughout, modern half calf gilt, 8vo First two items: Sabin 57614 & 99248. (3)
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