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8vo, pp. (ii)-vii, xl, (1)-214, (1)-129, 312. (May lack the first half title, Bound in contemporary calf backed boards (cover separate) Clean copy. "The Annual Register...provided a summary of the year's historical events, reprinted the main public documents...reviewed chief books...and offered a convenient reference book to be added to year by year...In 1780, the dissenters started Robinson's New Annual Register. In 1784 Andrew Kippis...suggested to Robinson that [Godwin] should be engaged as an assistant...and employed to compile the historical section. It was Godwin's first and-as events were to turn out-the only regular employment he ever enjoyed"[St. Clair p. 31]. Godwin continued the work until 1790 and St. Clair notes that he may have done part of this 1791 volume.
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8vo, pp. (ii), (vi), (i-xxxviii, (1)-147, (1)-184, 1-287. Bound in modern cloth backed boards, a very good untrimmed clean copy. "The Annual Register...provided a summary of the year's historical events, reprinted the main public documents...reviewed chief books...and offered a convenient reference book to be added to year by year...In 1780, the dissenters started Robinson's New Annual Register. In 1784 Andrew Kippis...suggested to Robinson that [Godwin] should be engaged as an assistant...and employed to compile the historical section. It was Godwin's first and-as events were to turn out-the only regular employment he ever enjoyed"[St. Clair p. 31]. Godwin continued the work until 1790. Includes articles on Ireland, the slave trade,
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8vo, pp. (i), (vi), xxxii, (1)-176, (1)-188, 1-299. Bound in contemporary calf-backed boards (little worn at hinges, cut to the leather on the spine), a very good clean copy. "The Annual Register...provided a summary of the year's historical events, reprinted the main public documents...reviewed chief books...and offered a convenient reference book to be added to year by year...In 1780, the dissenters started Robinson's New Annual Register. In 1784 Andrew Kippis...suggested to Robinson that [Godwin] should be engaged as an assistant...and employed to compile the historical section. It was Godwin's first and-as events were to turn out-the only regular employment he ever enjoyed"[St. Clair p. 31]. Godwin continued the work until 1790. The first portion is the history from 1485-1509, presumably by Godwin. Then there are biographical anecdotes; notes on the history and treatment of Greek women; notes on Drama (Macbeth and Richard III); silk worms, etc.
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8vo, pp. (i), (vi), xxiv, (1)-114, (1)-144, 1-296. Bound in contemporary calf-backed boards, a very good clean copy. "The Annual Register...provided a summary of the year's historical events, reprinted the main public documents...reviewed chief books...and offered a convenient reference book to be added to year by year...In 1780, the dissenters started Robinson's New Annual Register. In 1784 Andrew Kippis...suggested to Robinson that [Godwin] should be engaged as an assistant...and employed to compile the historical section. It was Godwin's first and-as events were to turn out-the only regular employment he ever enjoyed"[St. Clair p. 31]. Godwin continued the work until 1790. The first portion is the history, presumably by Godwin. This includes the printing of the declaration of Convention in Virginia, July 1, 1788 which ratified the US Constitution. It also prints the Declaration of Rights of the Convention in North Carolina previous to the ratification of the Constitution as well as the humble petition to the King of the agents for American loyalists. There is also much material concerning Sweden and Russia. Reviews of literature, poetry, etc.