The little Ford rambled right along
Los Angeles: C. R. Foster Publishing Co., n.d., [ca. 1903]. Approx. 13½" x 10½", 6 pages, pictorial self-wrappers; several short tears entering from the margins, else very good. More
Los Angeles: C. R. Foster Publishing Co., n.d., [ca. 1903]. Approx. 13½" x 10½", 6 pages, pictorial self-wrappers; several short tears entering from the margins, else very good. More
Dover, (N. H.): printed by E. Ladd, 1793. 8vo, pp. 31, [1]; uncut; later 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards, gilt title on spine; light edge wear, very good. Title verso has a notice of Gay's death, which occurred 6 years prior to this printing in 1787. Evans 25529. More
Havant: printed by Henry Skelton, 1816. 24mo (5½"), pp. [2], 194; recent full calf, red morocco label on gilt-paneled spine. Some staining from old turn-ins at edges of first and last leavesm, else a very nice copy. An uncommon Hampshire imprint. More
London: C. Hitch and L. Hawes [et al.], 1757. 2 volumes in 1, 16mo, pp. 192; engraved frontispiece and 68 engraved plates; nice copy in contemporary full calf, red morocco label on gilt decorated spine, sprinkled edges. With the early ownership signature on the title page of Sarah Alston. More
London: John Stockdale, 1793. First edition thus, tall 8vo, 2 volumes in 1, xii, 225; vii, 175; engraved titles to each volume, engraved frontispiece and 67 fine plates, including 12 by William Blake; full contemporary tree calf, red morocco label on gilt decorated spine, labels slightly cracked and small chip..... More
London: Dulau & Co. Ltd., 1926. Edition limited to 500 copies, thin folio, pp. [4], 14, [2]; original brown paper-covered boards, printed paper label on upper cover; paper split along the length of the spine; internally fine. A type facsimile reprint of Gay's first work, with an introductory note by..... More
London: W. Strahan, R. Horsfield [et al.], 1775. 2 vols., 12mo, pp. [4], 260; [4], 272; engraved frontispiece in vol. I, 8 other engraved plates; tear in corner of F3 in vol. I causing loss of several letters, clean tear in K1 of vol. II not affecting letterpress but with..... More
London: A. Millar [et al.], 1778. 2 volumes, 12mo, pp. x, [11]-233; 228; engraved portrait frontispiece in Vol. I (offsetting on title page); later half calf over cloth (a few soil spots), red gilt morocco spine labels, t.e.g.; leather a bit scuffed along the edges, else very good and sound..... More
London: Daniel O'Connor, 1922. Small folio, pp. xxiv, 90, [2]; map endpapers, facsimile title-p. and 16 plates; a fine copy of a handsomely printed edition by Charles Whittingham at the Chiswick Press, of Gay's most famous poem; original gilt-decorated cloth, t.e.g.; fine dust jacket (the spine a little toned); publisher's..... More
Boston: printed by David Clapp, 1847. First edition, 8vo, pp. 29, [3], xviii; original printed terracotta wrappers; ex-Sheppard Library, Mass. College of Pharmacy, with their stamp on front wrapper and first page of text, and with a "discard" stamp on the front; all else about fine. More
London: William Heinemann, 1921. Edition limited to 430 copies (this, no. 418); 4to, pp. [4], 4, vii-xiv, 93, [1]; vignette title within ruled borders and printed in red and black, 8 tipped-in color plates by Claud Lovat Fraser, woodcut decorations and music in the text; contemporary full red levant with..... More
New Haven: Yale University Library, 1982. Edition limited to 300 copies, 8vo, pp. xii, 200 [2]; facsimile title pages in text, 1860 entries covering work from 1893-1960; white printed paper wrappers, a touch of wear, fine overall. More