London: Richard Bentley, 1833. 2 volumes, large 12mo, pp. xii, 399; xi, [1], 355; contemporary half polished green calf over marbled boards, red morocco labels on spines; slight cracking along the point of vol. I, minor rubbing; very good. John Stuart Mill contributed the essay on Jeremy Bentham which is... More
London: Longman, Brown [et al.], 1858. 12mo, pp. xii, 239; publisher's full brown divinity-style morocco with blindstamped geometric panels on covers enclosed by a triple blind-rule border, spine in 5 compartments, gilt-lettered in 1, black lozenges in 4, marbled endpapers, a.e.g.; some rubbing to the joints, otherwise very good. "Hymns... More
London: Virtue & Yorston, ca. 1880. 4 volumes, 4to; frontispieces, double-paged in vol. II, added engraved title pages in each volume, 23 plates, one folding map (torn, no loss); contemporary half green calf over marbled boards, red gilt morocco spine labels, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers; minor edge wear, vol... More
London: The Scholartis Press, 1929. First edition limited to 1960 copies, 8vo, pp. [8], 178, [6]; red cloth, gilt title direct on spine, t.e.g.; spine sunned and spotted, text clean and sound. The first appearance of four of the included stories. More
[London]: Andre Deutsch, [1973]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 187; from The Language Library series, edited by Eric Partridge and Simeon Potter; previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper dated 1974; occasional pencil notations, slightly cocked, lower corner bumped, else very good in original brown cloth, green dust jacket (spine creased). More
London: J. Dodsley, 1783. 8vo, pp. 96; Todd 24f; Sabin 9295 (citing the first 3 editions only); bound with: Burke, Speech on moving his resolutions for conciliation with the colonies, March 22, 1775. The third edition. London: Dodsley, 1784, pp. [4], 107; Todd, 25e; bound with: Burke, Speech on presenting... More
London: J. Parsons, 1793. 12mo, pp. iv, 158; contemporary full calf, red morocco label; joints cracked, extremities worn; good copy. "The editor, one 'S.J.,' has 'pruned some little exuberances of genius and effusions of fancy' " (Todd). Todd 53hh. 7 copies in ESTC, but only the AAS copy in the... More
London: J. Owen, 1796. First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], 80; bound without the half-title in recent black calf-backed marbled boards, gilt lettered direct on spine; very good. Says Todd: "The most rapid, impetuous, glowing, and sportive of all Burke's works É Once published the Letter É immediately went through so... More
London: J. Owen, J. and C. Rivington, 1796. First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], 80; bound without the half-title in recent pink paper-covered boards, typescript paper label on spine; very good. Says Todd: "The most rapid, impetuous, glowing, and sportive of all Burke's works É Once published the Letter É immediately... More
London: Dodsley, 1777. First London edition, preceded by a Bristol edition; 8vo, pp. 75; title-p. soiled; later plain brown wrappers, upper wrap detached; preserved in a folding stiff paper case with black leather label lettered in gilt on upper cover. Howes B-976; Sabin 9290; Todd 28b. More
London: J. Dodsley, 1784. First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], 105; bound without the half-title; recent maroon cloth-backed marbled boards, paper label on spine; very good or better. "An eloquent speech in support of Fox's bill for reforming the administration of the East India Company, noting the dismal record of the... More
London: J. Dodsley, 1785. First edition, 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 93; later calf-backed boards, red morocco label on spine; very good. "Though published six months after delivery, this speech was issued earlier than Burke intended, as he indicated 28 October in a letter to Sir Gilbert Elliot: 'When we left... More
London: J. Dodsley, 1769. 8vo, pp. [4], 155; recent blue cloth over marbled boards, paper label on spine; very good. "A rebuttal to William Knox's The Present State of the Nation, which had questioned the advantages gained by Great Britain in its recent victorious wars with France" (James Ford Bell... More
London: J. Dodsley, 1769. 8vo, pp. [4], 155; this second edition follows the first by 15 days; Kress, 6612; Sabin 9294; bound with: Burke, E., Substance of the speech … in thr [sic] debate on the army estimates, in the House of Commons … comprehending a discussion of the present... More
London: printed for J. Dodsley, 1776. 8vo, pp. ix, [7], 342; Todd 5h; bound with: [Burke, Edmund], A vindication of natural society: or, a view of the miseries and evils arising to mankind from every species of artificial society. In a letter to Lord **** By a late noble writer... More
Dublin: printed by William Porter, for J. Sheppard [et al.], 1791. Eighth edition, 8vo, pp. iv, 356; full contemporary calf, rubbed and worn, gilt lettering direct on spine (mostly rubbed away), front hinge cracked; good and relatively sound. "Though designated 'eighth edition' both this and the earlier Dublin issues are... More
Philadelphia: printed by D. Humphreys for Young, Dobson, Carey, and Rick, 1792. Second American edition (first printed in NY by Hugh Gaine the previous year), 8vo, pp. 256; see Printing and the Mind of Man, 239; Todd 53gg; Evans 24157; bound with: Mackintosh, James. Vindicae Gallicae. Defense of the French... More
London: F. & C. Rivington, 1796. First authorized edition, preceded by Owens's pirated edition which preceded this by thirty hours; 8vo, pp. [2], 188; bound without the half-title in recent brown cloth, red morocco label on spine. With an occasional annotation in ink in the lower margin, amplifying the reader's... More
London: printed for Thomas Ward [for the editor, by Joseph Downing and Henry Woodfall], 1724, 1734. First edition, 2 volumes, folio, pp. [16], 836; woodcut initials and ornaments; on the verso of the title page in vol. II within red rules is written "The original manuscript of both volumes of... More
Glasgow: printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1762. Third edition, 8vo, pp. [6], xli, [1], 208; contemporary speckled calf, gilt-ruled spine in 6 compartments, paper label in 1 with title in manuscript, red speckled edges; bound without endpapers, exposing triangulated flyleaves, signature on title page excised, text clean and sound;... More
London: printed for Richard Chiswell, 1682. First edition, 4to, pp. [2], 28; modern gray paper-covered boards a little splayed and the text trimmed a little close (though never affecting text) but still a very good copy. Political intrigue and romantic rivalry both cavort through the final confessions of Stern and... More
London: printed for R.H. Evans, 1809. 4 volumes, imperial 8vo, large paper edition and one of only 50 such sets printed; pp. viii, [iii]-[lxxxiv], 556; [8], 583; [viii] & 484; [8], 485-[486] & [70]; with a 22-p. chronological and annotated bibliography of Burnet's works at the back of vol. IV;... More
London: printed for T. Becket, et. al. 1773. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. viii, 376; vi, [2] errata, 352; printed music in the text; includes leaf [A1] in volume II containing a prospectus for printing by subscription Burney's General History of Music which, when published contained a long and... More
London: William Pickering, 1839. Small 8vo, 3 volumes, engraved portrait, Pickering's vignette anchor & dolphin device on title page; early 20th century half brown morocco by Riviere, gilt paneled spines in 6 compartments, gilt lettered in 2, t.e.g.; fine. Issued as part of the publisher's Aldine British Poets series. Contains... More
London: John Bumpus...and Galignani, Paris, 1822. 2 volumes, 12mo, pp. xxx, 268; xii, 262; engraved portrait frontispiece in first volume; contemporary full black morocco, elaborately stamped in gilt, spine in five compartments with alternating gilt decorative stamping and lettering, a.e.g., brown endpapers; extremities rubbed, small 1/4-inch loss to volume 2... More
