Birmingham: John Baskerville for J. & R. Tonson, 1761. 4 volumes, large 4to, engraved portrait, 3 plates plus 7 plates of medals; contemporary mottled calf, neatly rebacked to style; bookplates abraded, hinges reinforced, edges rubbed, corners bumped, a very good, sound copy. Gaskell 17. More
Birmingham: John Baskerville for J. & R. Tonson, 1761. 4 volumes, large 4to, engraved portrait, 3 plates plus 7 plates of medals; contemporary specked calf, gilt decorated spine with green and red morocco labels; bookplates of Daniel Callighan on pastedowns; joints starting, corners rubbed, internally a bright and sound copy..... More
London: printed by T. Bensley...for J. Johnson [et al.], 1806. 8 volumes, 8vo; engraved title pages; late 19th- or early 20th-century half calf over marbled boards, brown gilt morocco spine labels; edges a bit scuffed, front free endpaper in vol. I separated but present; a very good, attractive set. NCBEL..... More
London: Jacob Tonson, 1766. 3 volumes, 12mo; with the addition of a 4th volume, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, etc., 1767; contemporary full sheep, red morocco labels on gilt-paneled spines; extremities rubbed, joints starting but generally good and sound. More
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1887. First edition, square 8vo, pp. 56; color illustrations throughout, decorative endpapers by the artist; original blue cloth-backed pictorial paper-covered boards by Crane, edges rather scuffed with boards occasionally exposed, textblock fine. Text based on W. J. Linton's manuscript "The Wisdom of Aesop." Osborne I...... More
Boston: Jenks, Hickling, and Swan, 1854. 8vo, pp. xx, 386; original brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine; 2 central gatherings sprung, else very good. "When she died in 1847 at the age of thirty-one, Grace Aguilar enjoyed a reputation as a poet, historical romance writer, domestic novelist, Jewish emancipator, religious reformer, educator..... More
New York: D. Appleton & Co. Philadelphia: Geo. S. Appleton, 1851. First American edition, 12mo, pp. iv, 499, [1]; original blindstamped brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine; rear hinge cracked; good and sound. "When she died in 1847 at the age of thirty-one, Grace Aguilar enjoyed a reputation as a poet, historical..... More
n.p. [the author], [n.d.] (c. 1955). 8.5 x 5.5", 1 sheet folded; poem printed in red and black; "With all the good wishes of this Holiday Season... Conrad & Mary Aiken" printed on front, with Aiken's 21-line poem, 'The Fluteplayer' on the inside; outer edge of fold toned, else fine..... More
Glasgow: printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1771. Small 12mo in sixes, pp. vii, [1], 103, [1]; contemporary calf; red morocco label on gilt-paneled spine; very good and sound. The first of three Foulis Press editions of this poem. Gaskell 519 showing this to be a variant issue with daggers..... More
Glasgow: printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1775. Small 12mo in sixes, pp. vii, [1], 103, [1]; contemporary calf; red morocco label on gilt-paneled spine; old accession sticker at the lower gutter of the front cover, the whole a bit rubbed, else very good and sound. Bookplate of the Hope..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1882. First edition, small 8vo, pp. x, [2], 186, [2], 3, [1] (ads); original red printed cloth, black glazed endpapers; spine a bit darkened, else fine. Forms part of the series English Men of Letters. NCBEL III, 1417. More
London: Castell Brothers Ltd.; New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1905. Oblong 8vo, pp. [28]; 14 full-page chromolithographs; original pictorial chromolithograph wrappers (not part of the textual illustration), string-bound; small scrape on the back cover; all else near fine. Text printed in cursive lettering. Kathleen Ainslie was a British illustrator..... More
London: Henry Colburn, publisher, Great Marlborough Street, 1844. 8vo, pp. x, [2], 324; engraved frontispiece and title page, engraved portrait of Ainsworth by Maclise, 14 engraved plates by Cruikshank, 4 by Johannot, 87 wood-engraved illustrations in the text; later half red morocco by Broca, gilt decorated spine in 6 compartments..... More
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London: George Routledge and Sons Limited, Broadway, Ludgate Hill, n.d., [ca. 1900]. 16 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half green morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers; engraved portrait of Ainsworth in the first volume, and with 292 engraved illustrations throughout by George Cruikshank, H. K. Browne (Phiz), John..... More
London: William Pickering, 1845. Second Pickering edition, 16mo, pp. viii, [9]-353, [1]; engraved portrait frontispiece, printer's anchor and dolphin device on title-p.; bookplate on blank flyleaf else fine in full brown calf by Zaehnsdorf, triple gilt borders on covers enclosing an inner blind wavy border, the covers in a straight-grain..... More
London: Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange, 1830. 8vo, pp. vii, [3], 250; vignette title page and 6 engraved plates by J. Thompson and S. & T. Williams after drawings by Cruikshank; later half black morocco over marbled boards, gilt decorated spine in 6 compartments, gilt-lettered direct in 2; extremities a bit..... More
London: Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange, 1830. 8vo, pp. vii, [3], 250; vignette title page and 6 woodcut plates by J. Thompson and S. & T. Williams after drawings by Cruikshank; original cloth-backed gray paper-covered boards, printed paper label on spine; generally a very good, sound copy, or better. "The Tales..... More
Iowa City: The University of Iowa, 1974. 8vo, pp. 445-851; Philological Quarterly vol. 53, number 4; extremities lightly soiled, else a very good copy in original beige printed wrappers. More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1875. 8vo, pp. [4], xiii-xiv, [2], 17-788; engraved frontispiece and 5 engraved plates; publisher's half tan calf over marbled boards, red morocco label on gilt-decorated spine; some rubbing but generally good and sound. More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1874. 8vo, pp. [4], xiii-xiv, [2], 17-788; original decorative brown cloth stamped in gilt and black; very good and sound. More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1876. 8vo, pp. [8], 13-764; publisher's half tan calf over marbled boards, red morocco label on gilt-decorated spine; some rubbing but generally good and sound. More
London: William Pickering, 1851. First edition, 8vo, pp. viii, 528; engraved frontis portrait, errata slip tipped in at p. [1], 3pp. of music at the back; orig. blue cloth, paper label on spine (a bit chipped); good copy. Does not includes the 18-p. appendix (not included in all copies). On..... More
London: William Pickering, 1847. First Pickering edition of the 1845 first edition of 25 copies; pp. iv, 296; original brown pebbled cloth, spine gilt, a.e.g., binding scuffed and rubbed at joints and edges, hinge cracked at second signature, else a good, sound copy. Keynes p. 49. More
Dublin: printed by P. Byrne, 1790. 6 volumes, 8vo, engraved frontispiece, 2 folding engraved maps and 5 folding tables; contemporary full mottled calf, red and black morocco labels on spines (2 lacking); spine ends chipped, extremities rubbed and worn, but in all, a good, serviceable set. Engraved bookplates of Alexander..... More
New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1993. First edition, 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 152; as new in original wrappers. More
