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Half title, front., bibliog. Orig. red cloth; sl. dulled & marked. Private library label of Deryck Griffiths on leading pastedown. 'Wilkes' private life does not admit of excuse, not did it seem to him to require it. But he never asked more than to be judged by the claim that is engraved on his coffin and his tombstone.' (Preface). The words on his tomb are 'A friend of Liberty'.