Rudyard Kipling.
New York: Random House, [c1978]. First American edition, 8vo, pp. ix, [1], 421; 34 photographic illus on rectos and versos of 8 plates; a fine, unread copy in very good dust jacket. More
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A dissertation upon parties: in several letters to Caleb d'Anvers, Esq; … to which is prefixed, the life of the author, by Dr. Goldsmith. The tenth edition.
London: printed for T. Davies and T. Cadell, 1775. 8vo, pp. [2], liv, 316, [4] index; contemporary tree calf, rebacked in varnished buckram, manuscript label on spine; looks a lot nicer than it sounds; a good, sound copy. Goldsmith's Life was first included in the ninth edition of 1771, where..... More
Childe Harold's pilgrimage. A romaunt: and other poems ... Fourth edition
London: printed by T. Davison, Whitefriars, for John Murray, Fleet-Street; William Blackwood, and J. Ballantyne and Co., Edinburgh; and J. Cumming, Dublin, 1812. 8vo, pp. xvi (i.e. xiv), 300; comprising Cantos I and II, and Poems, Appendix, and Translations (pp. 203-300); this fourth edition contains for the first time an..... More
Childe Harold’s pilgrimage. Canto the fourth
London: John Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1818. First edition, mixed issue with many (but not all) of Wise's first issue points, and without the errata; 8vo, pp. xiv, [2], 257, [1], [2] ads; original blue paper-covered boards, drab paper shelf-back, printed paper label on spine; small crack starting at the top of..... More
Childe Harold’s pilgrimage. Canto the fourth
London: John Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1818. First edition, second issue, with the second paragraph on p. 160 commencing "There is still much curious information..." 8vo, pp. xiv, [2], 257, [1], [2] ads; original brown paper-covered boards, neatly rebacked and recased with drab paper shelf-back, original printed paper label on spine preserved;..... More
Don Juan. [Cantos I and II]
London: printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars, 1820. First octavo edition following the quarto edition of the previous year; 8vo, pp. [4], 227, [1]; original gray paper-covered boards, printed paper label on spine; a near fine copy. More
Childe Harold’s pilgrimage, a romaunt: and other poems ... Eighth edition
London: printed for John Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1814. 8vo, pp. xii, 296; folding frontispiece facsimile in Greek; original pink paper-covered boards, printed paper label on spine; worn, soiled, scuffed, the label rubbed to illegibility, but the binding remains sound and the textblock is clean. More
The corsair, a tale
London: printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars, for John Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1814. First edition, variant of the second issue, 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 100, [4]; original plain brown wrappers; slight curling of the edges and small chips from the spine ends, but still a very good, clean copy. The text ends..... More
Werner, a tragedy
London: John Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1823. First edition, first issue, without "The End" and the printer's imprint on p. 188; 8vo. pp. viii, 188, 7 (ads), [1]; original; plain brown paper wrappers; edges curled, binding skewed, small chips out at the spine extremities; all else very good. Dedicated "to the illustrious..... More
The works of Lord Byron
London: John Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1819. 3 volumes, 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 479, [1]; [13], 8-491, [5]; viii, 330, [6] ads dated 1819; original gray paper-covered boards, rose paper shelfback, printed paper labels on spine; spine ends and joints with minor losses of the rose paper, spines a little soiled, but..... More
The works of Lord Byron. In four volumes
London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1829. 12mo, pp. x, [2], 357, [1]; [6], 424; viii, 383, [1]; [6], 412; engraved frontispieces in each volume, all by Edward Finden; original brown paper-covered boards, printed paper labels on spines; small cracks, slight chipping, generally very good and sound. Ownership signature on title..... More
The bride of Abydos. A Turkish tale
London: printed by Thomas Davison...for John Murray, 1813. Fourth edition, 8vo, pp. [4], 72; Wise I, p. 90; bound with: Byron, Lord, The lament of Tasso...Sixth edition, London: John Murray, 1818, pp. 18, see Wise I, p. 119 for the first (1817) edition; Byron, Lord, Beppo, a Venetian story...Seventh edition..... More
Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice. An historical tragedy in five acts. With notes. The prophecy of Dante, a poem.
London: John Murray, 1821. First edition, first issue (with speech on p. 151 beginning: "What crimes?"), 8vo, pp. [2], xxi, [1], 261, [1], [2], 6, [2] (10pp. ads); uncut and partially unopened; original drab paper-covered boards, paper label on spine; both spine and label partially perished, upper board starting, textblock..... More
Don Juan, Cantos III, IV, and V
London: printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars, 1821. First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], 218, [2]; original gray paper-covered boards, printed paper label on spine; near fine. Wise, II, p. 4-5. More
Don Juan, Cantos VI.—VII.—and VIII
London: printed for John Hunt, 38, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, and 22, Old Bond Street, 1823. First edition, Wise's "common" issue; 12mo, pp. viii, [2], 184, [2] ads; original gray paper-covered boards, printed paper label on spines; a very good to near fine sound and clean copy. Wise II, p...... More
Childe Harold’s pilgrimage, A romaunt
London: printed and published by W. Dugdale, 23, Russell Court, Drury Lane, 1825. Small 12mo (6¼" x 4"), pp. vi, [1], 8-182; engraved title page; original printed paper-covered boards; boards a bit soiled and rubbed at extremities; generally a very good copy. A pirated edition, the first, apparently, in England..... More
Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice, an historical tragedy, in five acts. With notes. The prophecy of Dante, a poem
London: John Murray, Albemarle-Street [printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars], 1821. First edition, first issue (with speech on p. 151 beginning: "What crimes?"), 8vo, pp. [2], xxi, [1], 261, [1], [2] ads; uncut and partially unopened; original blue paper-covered boards, brown paper shelfback, printed paper label on spine; spine with short..... More
Lives of the lord chancellors.
New York: Cockcroft, 1878. 8vo, 10 vols.; frontispiece; original brown cloth, gilt stamped spine, library markings on spine; else very good or better; ex-MHS. More
An account of the preservation of King Charles II after the battle of Worcester, drawn up by himself to which are added, his letters to several persons
Glasgow: printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1766. First edition, 8vo, pp. viii, 190; contemporary half calf over marbled boards, neatly rebacked with new red morocco label lettered in gilt; small closed tear on F2 & H4, old manuscript notes on the bottom of F7 regarding Mr. Knox, bookplate on..... More
Memorials and letters relating to the history of Britain in the reign of James the First. Published from the originals
Glasgow: printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1762. Small 8vo, pp. [20], 151, [1]; contemporary full paneled calf, double gilt rules on covers enclosing a blindstamped panel with gilt fleurons in the corners, gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments, black morocco label in 1, a.e.g.; joints lightly rubbed, tiny crack at..... More
Memorials and letters relating to the history of Britain in the reign of James the First. Published from the originals. The second edition
Glasgow: printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, printers to the University, 1766. Small crown 8vo, pp. xxx, [2], 191, [1]; accompanied by: Memorials and letters relating to the history of Britain in the reign of Charles the First. Published from the originals. 1766. pp. xxxix, [1], 191, [1]. Uniformly bound..... More
Tales of old Japan.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1908. Second edition, later reprint, 12mo, pp. xii, 383, [4, ads]; frontispiece, illustrations; original red cloth, spine gilt; spine a bit faded, else about very good. Freeman-Mitford was the first Lord Redesdale and may be most famous as the paternal grandfather of the famous Mitford sisters..... More
Changing China ... Assisted by Lady Florence Cecil ... Fifth impression
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1916. 8vo, pp. vii, [1], 342; full-page map, 8 illustrations from photographs on 4 plates; title page with newspaper shadow; all else very good, sound and clean in original blue cloth, gilt-stamped spine. Bookplate and ownership signature of Elisabeth H. Washburn. First published in..... More
Some account of the life and writings of Lope Felix de Vega Carpio
London: printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster-Row; E. Jeffrey, Pall Mall; and J. Ridgeway, Piccadilly, 1806. Large 8vo, pp. viii, 294; engraved portrait frontispiece; original drab paper-covered boards, printed paper label on spine; label rubbed and chipped (no loss of letters), edges worn, corners bumped, covers stained; rough-looking..... More
Essays upon several subjects concerning British antiquities.
Edinburgh: printed for A. Kinkaid, 1747. 8vo, pp. [4], 217, [3]; contemporary calf, red morocco label, gilt-decorated spine; joints cracked, else very good. Lord Kames (1696-1782) was a Scottish judge and "a country gentleman of small fortune É He was an ingenious writer, with a considerable knowledge of law and..... More
