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[HANWAY, JONAS.] Midnight the Signal. In Sixteen Letters to a Lady of Quality. [6], 230; [6], 226 [i. e., 224] pages, including engraved titles. 2 volumes in one. 8vo, 150x96 mm, contemporary tree calf, rebacked with sheep, spine scuffed, front cover detached; scattered marginal markings in ink, titles heavily foxed, with signatures of Anna Maria Lawes dated 1780, repaired clean tear across I1 in first volume. London: Dodsley, 1779
first edition of a collection of moralizing letters "calculated to warn the rising generation, not to enlist under the fascinating banners of DISSIPATION" (preface).
