Approaches to teaching the works of Samuel Johnson
New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1993. First edition, 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 152; as new in original gray cloth lettered in purple on spine. More
English Literature
The cupulo. A poem. Occasion'd by the vote of the House of Commons, for covering that of St. Paul's with British copper...
London: printed and sold by J. Morphew, 1708. Folio, pp. 12; removed from binding; small withdrawn stamp at the base of A2, light soiling, short tear at the top gutter; all else very good. Foxon C-541. Not found in CBEL or NCBEL. Apparently rare: ESTC locates only 3 copies: British..... More
Ad C. W. Bampfylde, Arm: Epistola poetica familiaris ... An election ball
Bath: impensis auctoris excudebat S. Hazard, 1776. First of at least 6 editions published over a two-year interval, 4to, pp. 42; copper-engraved vignette title-p. and 5 copper-engravings in the text by Bampfylde, 2 of those in the text with contemporary manuscript attributions; full contemporary paneled calf by C. Hering, London;..... More
The new Bath guide: or memoirs of the B_n_r_d family in a series of poetical epistles.
London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1779. Eleventh edition, 12mo, pp. viii, 175; engraved folding frontispiece by S. Wale showing the Blunderhead family being led by their noses; bound with: [STEVENSON, JOHN HALL.] Crazy Tales (London: n.p., 1770). Pp. [4], iv, viii-ix, 114-247 (first 3 leaves unsigned, the rest collating complete..... More
Plates by Cruikshank
The new Bath guide; or memoirs of the B-N-R-D family, in a series of poetical epistles ... A new edition, with a biographical and topographical preface, and anecdotal annotations, by John Britton ... Embellished with engravings
London: Hurst, Chance, & Co. St. Paul's Churchyard, 1830. First edition thus, 8vo (approx. 7¾" x 4¾"), pp. [5], x-lxxxvi, 176, [4] ads; a separately printed 24-page publisher's catalogue dated May 1830 is bound in at the front; inserted frontispiece and engraved title page by S. Williams, plus 5 etched..... More
The new Bath guide: or, memoirs of the B.N.R.D. family: in a series of poetical epistles
Bath: John Browne, 1807. 12mo, pp. 106; copper engraved title page, 11 plates; covers lacking, gilt-tooled calf spine, 3 maroon gilt-lettered morocco spine labels completely intact, a.e.g., marble endpapers; interior fine. More
Epistolae academicae Oxon. (Registrum F). A collection of letters and other miscellaneous documents illustrative of academical life and studies at Oxford in the fifteenth century.
Oxford: Oxford Historical Society, 1898. First edition, 8vo, 2 vols., pp. xlix, [3], 336; [6], [337]-725, [1]; 15 facsimiles (some double-page) bound in at the back; fine set in orig. blue cloth. More
Memoirs of the life of the late John Mytton, Esq. of Halston, Shropshire, formerly M.P. for Shrewsbury, High Sheriff for the counties of Salop and Merioneth, and Major of the North Shropshire Yoemanry Calvary; with notices of his hunting, shooting, driving, racing, eccentric and extravagant exploits. By Nimrod. With numerous illus. by H. Alken and T.J. Rawlins … with a brief memoir of Nimrod, by the author of "Handley Cross."
London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1851. Third edition, but the first to include Surtees' "Memoir of Nimrod," 8vo, pp. ix, [1], 218, [8] ads; inserted engraved title-p., hand-colored frontispiece and 17 hand-colored plates; original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine, a.e.g.; ads for Ackerman's Sporting Library on..... More
Piracy. A romantic chronicle of these days
London: Collins, [1922]. First edition, 8vo, presentation copy inscribed "To Alan Bolt from the writer Michael Arlen / 23 Market St., Mayfair / Telegraphic address: Per ardua ad astrakhan." Very good in original blue cloth. Arlen's second novel. A Bulgarian by birth (née Dikran Sarkis Kouyoumdjian), he became naturalized as..... More
A discourse wherein is examined, what is particularly lawfull during the confusions and revolutions of government. Or, How farre a man may lawfully conforme to the powers and commands of those who with various successes hold kingdomes divided by civill or forreigne warres ... likewise, whether the nature of warre be inconsistent with the nature of the Christian religion?
London: printed [by Humphrey Mosely], anno dom:, 1648. 8vo, [12] p.l., pp. 143, [1]; bottom margin trimmed close throughout most of the preliminaries (and occasionally elsewhere) with loss or partial loss to the last lines and catchwords; early 20th-century full blindstamped brown goat a Folger duplicate with their stamp and..... More
The English works of Roger Ascham, preceptor to Queen Elizabeth ... with notes and observations, and the author's life. By James Bennet
London: printed for T. Davis and J. Dodsley, n.d., [1767]. First edition, second issue, 4to, pp. [2], 4, [4], xvi, 395; recent brown calf-backed marbled boards; very good and sound. John Ryland's copy, with his dated (1768) signature on the title page, and with a one-and-a-quarter-page quarto manuscript account by..... More
The English works of Roger Ascham, preceptor to Queen Elizabeth...with notes and observations, and the author's life. By James Bennet.
London: printed for T. Davis and J. Dodsley, n.d., [1767]. First edition, second issue, 4to, pp. [2], 4, [4], 395; full contemporary speckled calf, red morocco label; upper joint neatly reinforced, lower joint starting, spine ends chipped level with text block, lower headband gone, extremities rubbed, minor spotting, else a...... More
The schoolmaster: or, plain and perfect way of teaching children to understand, write, and speak the Latin tongue ... Now corrected, and revised, with an addition of explanatory notes, by the Rev. Mr. James Upton...
London: Benj. Tooke, 1711. 8vo, pp. [12], xiii, [1], 212, [2], 40, [4] ads; 1 full-page engraved illustration; removed from binding; a very good copy. See Printing and the Mind of Man, 90: "In 1553 [Ascham] began the work which has made him famous, The Scholemaster. The book was occasioned..... More
Three unpublished poems ... Introduction by Edward Mendelson
New York: New York Public Library, 1986. Edition limited to 222 copies printed at the Kelly-Winterton Press; 8vo, pp. [26]; 4 tipped-in facsimiles; original cream paper spine over maroon paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; fine. From the library of Kim Merker. More
Croniques de London, depuis l'an 44 Hen. III. jusqu'a l'an 17 Edw. III. Edited from a MS. in the Cottonian Library.
London: for the Camden Society by John Bowyer Nichols and Son, 1844. Small 4to, pp. [4], xxi, [3], 112; bound with, as issued: Report of the [Camden Society] Council, pp. 36, including a 24-p. list of Camden Society members printed in double column, among them W. Harrison Ainsworth, John Payne..... More
Celebrations of The Johnsonians, 1946-1996. A keepsake for the fiftieth anniversary of the first gathering of The Johnsonians.
New York: Held at the Grolier Club, 1996. Edition limited to 1000 copies, 4to, frontispiece, pp. 20, [1], followed by 49 full-page facsimiles chronologically reproducing Johnsonian keepsakes; a fine copy in original gray wrappers, printed paper label on front wrapper. More
Sean O'Casey: a bibliography.
Seattle: University of Washington Press, [1978]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxiv, 411; frontispiece facsimile, 12 items pictured on rectos and versos of 8 plates; as new in dustjacket of like condition. More
Bothwell: a poem. In six parts
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1856. First American edition, 12mo, pp. [9], 10-267, [1]; near fine copy in original brown cloth, gilt-stamped spine, chocolate brown endpapers. The book is dedicated to Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Aytoun (1813-1865) a Scot, published poetry, translation, prose fiction, criticism and satire and was a lifelong contributor..... More
Lays of the Scottish cavaliers and other poems. Thirteenth edition.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1885. 12mo, pp. [6], 359; elegant full maroon morocco by Andrew Grieve, Edinburgh, gilt lettered direct on spine, raised bands tooled in gilt, a.e.g.; 1891 gift inscription on flyleaf; fine. More
Essays, moral, economical, and political
London: Printed for J. Johnson [and 20 others], 1807. Small 12mo, pp. xv, 216; engraved frontispiece, 8 plates; contemporary tree calf, gilt lettered spine, ex-Hill Library will usual markings, extremities rubbed, hinges reinforced with modern cloth, endpaper edges toned, interior fine. More
Interesting provenance
Letters of Sr Francis Bacon, Baron on Verulam, Viscount St. Alban ... written during the reign of King James the First. Now collected, and augmented with several letters and memories, address'd by him to the King and Duke of Buckingham, which were never before published. The whole being illustrated by an historical introduction and some observations, and dispos'd according to the series of time
London: Benj. Tooke, 1702. First edition, and likely a large paper copy; 4to, pp. [8], lxxx, [2], 302, [2]; contemporary full calf, double gilt-ruled borders enclosing a central triple gilt-ruled panel, fleurons in the corners, a.e.g., rebacked to match, preserving the original red morocco label; boards pockmarked, else a very..... More
Of the proficience and advancement of learning by Francis Lord Verulam. Edited by B[asil] Montagu
London: William Pickering, 1838. First Pickering edition, small 8vo, pp. xvi, 350; Pickering anchor & dolphin device on title page; contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, red leather label on spine, marbled edges and endpapers; lightly rubbed at extremities; generally good and sound. Bookplate of Amos Tuck French, Tuxedo Park..... More
The history of the reign of King Henry the Seventh. A new edition with introduction, annotations, and interpretive essay by Jerry Weinberger.
Ithaca & London: Cornell University Press, [1996]. First edition, 8vo, pp. [12], 260; fine copy in the jacket. More
The historie of the raigne of King Henry the Seventh. Written by the Right Honourable, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban
London: printed by W. Stansby, for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, 1622. Mixed edition, small folio, pp. [4], 248; engraved portrait frontispiece by John Payne (with moderate dampstain pervading about a third of it), title within an elaborate architectural woodcut border, text within ruled borders throughout, early ownership signature on..... More
The first Gruffyground imprint
Six Somerset epitaphs
Winscombe, Somerset: Gruffyground Press [designed and printed by John Craig at the Piccolo Press, Stroud, Gloucestershire, 1972. Edition limited to 140 copies on Zerkall and 10 copies on Mungei [i.e. Mingei] (this one of the latter); tall 12mo, pp. [8]; original plain red wrappers; fine. From the library of Kim..... More
