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YEARS 1712-1714 -- George HICKES (1642-1715). Some Queries propos'd to Civil, Canon, and Common Lawyers ... in order to prove the Legitimacy of the Pretender . London: S. Popping, 1712. (Lacking half-title.) FIRST EDITION. [ Bound with ]: The History of the Jacobite Clubs . London: J. Baker 1712. ONLY EDITION. Sometimes attributed to Defoe. Moore 232. [ and ]: [Arthur MAYNWARING (1668-1712)]. The French King's Promise to the Pretender . London: printed in the year 1712. One of two editions. [ and :] The Answer of a Barrister at Law to the Curate of En---, concerning the birth of a suppositious child . London: printed in the year 1713. Half-title. The more common of two editions. En=?Englefield. [ and :] [Sir Thomas BURNET (1694-1753)]. Some New Proofs by which it appears that the Pretender is truly James the Third . London: J. Baker 1713. Half-title. Third edition of this highly-popular pamphlet. [ and :] A Just Vindication of the Bp. of W----r: or, The new proofs of the Prtender's being truly James the Third proved to be old no proofs . London: printed in the year 1713. ONLY EDITION. Sometimes attributed to Thomas Burnett or Daniel Defoe. SCARCE. [ and :] The Pretender's New Catechism since his Conversion by Doctor Lesly . London: Tho. Gent, 1713. 20pp. RARE. UNRECORDED IN ON-LINE ESTC. Charles Leslie (1650-1722) accepted a place in the household of the Pretender at Bar-le-duc in 1713. [ and :] [D. DEFOE (1661-1731)]. And what if the Pretender should come? or, Some considerations of the advantages and real consequences of the Pretender's possessing the Crown of Great-Britain. London: J. Baker 1713. Provenance : Peter Thompson (bookplate on title verso). FIRST EDITION. McLeod & McLeod 25; Moore 251. [ and :] The Case of the Pretender . London: John Baker 1713. ONLY EDITION. SCARCE. [ and :] [Daniel DEFOE]. Reasons against the succession of the House of Hanover, with an Enquiry .... . London: J. Baker 1713. 8°. FIRST EDITION. Moore 248. Together 9 tracts, 8° (most 174 x 105mm), bound with 3 others and the October 24, 1713, issue of The Flying Post . (Some browning and waterstaining, occasional soiling and cropping.) 19th-century half calf (marbling rubbed from center of both covers, new lettering-piece). GOOD COLLECTION OF TRACTS, many issued by the same publisher, J. Baker but presenting the argument from both sides.