The Political Register, and Impartial Review of New Books.: For MDCCLXVIII. Volume the Third.

John Almon was an English journalist and writer on political subjects, notable for his efforts to secure the right to publish reports on the debates in Parliament. He was a reporter for the Gazetteer, and published "A Review of Mr. Pitt's Administration," which was popular with the opposition. From May of 1767 to December of 1769, he edited numerous pieces of political satire into The Political Register and Impartial Book Review.

Offered here is the third volume, from July to December of 1768, with numerous pieces on political controversy and the American colonies. The 1768 issue is also important as it re-prints in England one of the key essays of the revolution "Parliamentary Power, American Considerations on the Nature and Extent of It" which had just been published in Philadelphia. During the American Revolution, he published a monthly series of papers entitled "The Remembrancer on Events in America."

Frontispiece. Illustrated with 5 plates, 1 folding. 8vo. ¼-leather-backed marbled boards; spine with gilt lettering and 5 raised bands. London: Printed for H. Beevor . . . 1768. (ESTC Citation # P2470)

With the plate entitled "Flight of the Thane" bound before page 137 instead of page 193 as called for in the instructions to the binder. Signed by "Tho. Metcalfe" on the title. Boards and spine are lightly scuffed; board corners bumped and some minor tears to the marbled paper; leaves with occasional mild toning and staining, o/w generally clean and broadly margined; uncut.