Nov 18, 2008 - Sale 2163

Sale 2163 - Lot 256

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(WAR OF JENKINS'S EAR.) Group of 9 contemporary pamphlets dealing with the war. 8vo, disbound. London, 1739-43

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The War of Jenkins's Ear was fought between Spain and England and featured sporadic fighting in Florida, Georgia, Central America, and what is now Colombia from 1739 to 1742; its later North American battles are usually known as King George's War. Includes: [Gordon, Thomas.] An Appeal to the Unprejudiced, Concerning the Present Discontents Occasioned by the late Convention with Spain. 1739 Great-Britain's Complaints Against Spain Impartially Examin'd. 1740 [Knowles, Charles.] An Account of the Expedition to Carthagena. 1743 A Letter to a Member of Parliament. Second Edition. 1740 The Profit and Loss of Great Britain in the Present War with Spain. 1741 A Proposal for Humbling Spain. [1739] A Reply to a Pamphlet intitled Popular Prejudices against the Convention and Treaty with Spain. 1739 [Robins, Benjamin.] Observations on the Present Convention with Spain. 1739 [Walpole.] The Grand Question, Whether War, or no War, with Spain, Impartially Consider'd. 1739. European Americana 739/131, 740/149, 743/1, 740/186, 741/120, 739/237, 739/247, 739/257, 739/329; Sabin 1788, 28436, 11128, 40399, 69598, 66016, 69687, 56550, 28264.