London: C. & J. Rivington, 1823. 8vo, pp. x, [10], 459, [1]; gilt-stamped 19th century maroon straight-grain morocco, quintuple gilt rules enclosing a central gilt panel, gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments, gilt-lettered direct in 1; extremities rubbed, else very good. With a very nice and detailed fore-edge painting showing a.... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1906. 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 669; publisher's navy cloth (a bit soiled), gilt-lettered spine; ex-Minnesota Historical Society with usual markings, else a very good copy. More
Athens & London: Univ. of Georgia Press[1998]. First edition, 8vo, pp. x, [6], 259; vignette title-p.; fine in dust-jacket. With a letter of transmittal from the publisher to Gwin Kolb. More
London: printed for Edward and Charles Dilly ... and by William Creech, Edinburgh, 1778. First London edition (the work first appeared in Edinburgh in 1776), 8vo, pp. [6], 555; full contemporary calf neatly rebacked, preserving the old red morocco label; very good, sound copy. Beattie (1735-1803), the Scots moral philosopher... More
London: William Pickering, 1831. Small 8vo, 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 a memoir... More
London: Edward and Charles Dilly; Edinburgh: A. Kincaid and W. Creech, 1773. 8vo, pp. vi, [9]-518; contemporary full calf, gilt-decorated spine, red morocco label; very good copy. Beattie (1735-1803), the Scots moral philosopher and poet, was acquainted with Monboddo, Pope, Johnson, and many other notables of the day, and was... More
London: printed by J. Macock, for John Martyn, Henry Herringman, Richard Marriot, 1679. First complete edition, folio, 2 parts in 1, as issued; pp. [10], 578; 557, [1]; engraved frontispiece portrait of Fletcher by William Marshall (mounted); title page soiled; Dd2, Dd3, Pp2, and Pp3 supplied, the latter with minor... More
Philadelphia: Lippincott; London: Bradbury Evans & Co., n.d. [ca. 1870s]. 12mo, pp. xii, 252; title-p. and last leaf of text with an illustration by Cruikshank; a near fine copy in original green cloth, gilt-lettered direct on spine. First published in the U.S. by Carey & Hart in 1844. More
Bloomsbury: Nonesuch Press, 1929. Edition limited to 1550 copies (this no. 1485), 8vo, pp. [4], 172, [2]; colored stenciled illustrations done at the Curwen Press; original vellum-backed orange paper-covered boards with an Arabic design, t.e.g. on the rough; edges rubbed; very good. The first new translation of this classic tale... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1834. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. [2], xvi, 371; xv, [1], 381, [2]; recent half calf over marbled boards, red gilt morocco spine labels, all edges speckled red; faint damage to vol. I front pastedown from previously removed label; modern bookseller description taped in with previous... More
Detroit: Gale Research, [1974]. First edition, review copy with publisher's slip announcement laid in; 2 volumes, 4to, frontispiece portraits; original blue cloth, gilt-lettered spines; without dust jackets, as issued; near fine. More
New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1895. First American edition, 8vo, pp. xvi, 173, [1]; illustrated title page printed in red and black, plain text illustrations throughout; original brown pictorial cloth by Crane stamped in gilt, red and black, t.e.g.; spine a touch cocked, some minor offsetting to endpapers; contemporary... More
Bloomsbury: Nonesuch Press, 1928. Edition ltd. to 1250 copies, narrow octavo, pp. [5], 51, & vi; ornamented title page; generally fine in original limp vellum, gilt-stamped on spine and front cover, publisher's slipcase. One of the few Nonesuch productions actually printed by the press. See Cave, p. 164-66. Ransom, Selective Checklists, p. 168. More
[New York: De Vinne Press], n.d. [ca. 1912]. 8vo, pp. ix, [1], 233; title within red ruled border; handsomely printed on handmade paper; full brown crushed levant by the Bagle Art Bindery, double gilt rule on covers enclosing a central double gilt-ruled panel, floral elements in the corners, gilt decorated... More
London: John Bell, 1789-94. 16 volumes (of 18, lacking the last 2 vols. of Odes), 16mo, volumes 1-4, 7, 13, and 14 with an engraved frontispiece; contemporary and likely original quarter red morocco over marbled boards, black morocco labels on spines; one label chipped, one label lost, the whole rubbed... More
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, [1974]. First edition, review copy, with publisher's slip laid in; 8vo, pp. [8], 129; fine copy in the dust jacket. More
London: Smith, Elder, & Company, 1911. First edition, 8vo, pp. vii, [1], 332, [4] ads; publisher's green cloth with gilt title on spine; light toning and edgewear: good and sound overall. Laid in is an autograph postcard signed by Benson on Magdalene College, Cambridge letterhead, where Benson served as headmaster from 1915-1925. More
London & New York: John Lane, 1897. First edition, slim 12mo, pp. [2], viii, 73, [1],; 12-p. John Lane catalogue bound in at the back; very good, sound copy in orig. beige buckram. Benson (1862-1925) was master of Magdalene College, Cambridge; a poet, essayist, novelist, and friend extraordinaire of many... More
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1964. First edition, 8vo, pp. xix, [1], 393; vignettes after Blake at section headings throughout; original black cloth lettered in gilt on spine, lacking the dust jacket; negligible wear to extremities, a few scrapes and light rubbing to boards; otherwise very good. More
Norman, OK: Pilgrim Books, 1983. First edition, 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 302; frontis. of Furnivall and 8 plates; mint in jacket. Furnivall (1825-1910) was a scholar of English language and literature who played a crucial role in origins of the Oxford English Dictionary. He was also a founder of several... More
Norman, OK: Pilgrim Books, 1983. First edition, 8vo, pp. xi-[xii], 302; frontis. of Furnivall and 8 plates; mint in jacket. Furnivall (1825-1910) was a scholar of English language and literature who played a crucial role in origins of the Oxford English Dictionary. He was also a founder of literary societies... More
London: J. Tonson, 1732. 2 vols., 8vo, pp. [14], 356; [8], 218; engraved vignette title-pp.; bound with, as issued, An Essay towards a New Theory of Vision, pp. [12], [215]-351; several woodcuts in the text; full contemporary calf, double gilt rules on covers, unlettered spines in 6 compartments, volume designations... More
London: J. Dodsley ... B. Whiston and T. White ... and G. Kearsly, 1766. First edition, 8vo, pp. vi, [1], 8-189; engraved vignette of an eagle feeding her young on title page, 6-line errata on verso of title page, but without the extra errata slip pasted in at the back... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1960. 8vo, pp. xiv, 488; original blue cloth, white lettering to front and spine, fine; interior very slightly foxed, very good; no dustjacket. More
London: Robert Knaplock, 1726. First collected edition, 2 vols., folio, pp. [4], xxxi, [1], 831, [11] index; [16], 842, [2] ads; first title-p. printed in red and black, sectional titles, 2 engraved plates and 10 engraved maps by Herman Moll; contemporary full paneled calf, effectively rebacked, rehinged with cloth tape... More
