Duelling.- Sharp (Granville) A Tract on Duelling, second edition, presentation copy from the author inscribed on title, old marbled wrappers, uncut, rebacked, for B.White & Son, 1790 § Hamilton (Joseph) Some Short and Useful Reflections upon Duelling...By a Christian Patriot, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece (lightly offset on title), advertisement leaf at end with newspaper cutting on the Anti-Duelling Association tipped in, later engraved bookplate of William Walter Dowding, original printed boards, rubbed and a little spotted, Dublin, for the Author, 1823 § Bluett (J.C.) Duelling and the Laws of Honour Explained..., first edition, half-title, 4pp. advertisements at end, original cloth, rubbed and faded, rebacked, 1835; and another on duelling, 8vo et infra (4)

⁂ Three powerful anti-duelling essays. The first is an expanded version of Sharp's work of 1773 which tried to distinguish between manslaughter and murder in the case of duels. The second is attributed to Joseph Hamilton (the dedication is signed "Joseph") but it seems rather strange that Joseph Hamilton of Dublin should have written this little book as it was to be he who published, only six years later,The only approved guide through all the stages of a quarrel: containing the royal code of honour; reflections upon duelling; and the outline of a court for the adjustment of disputes, London & Dublin, 1829. Of the third item Library Hub records only one copy of this first edition (Birmingham University).