An introduction to the English historians
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
English Literature
Tobias Smollett, novelist.
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
Essays: on poetry and music, as they affect the mind; on laughter, and ludicropus composition; on the utility of classical learning...
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
The minstrel; or, the progress of genius: and other poems
London: printed for John Sharpe, Piccadilly, by C. Whittingham, Chiswick, 1816. 12mo, pp. [3], 6-16, [1]-176; inserted engraved vignette title page, 5 engraved plates by Charles Heath after Richard Westall; contemporary half tan calf over marbled boards; extremities rubbed, a little bit of cracking of the calf along the joints;..... More
The poetical works of James Beattie
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
An essay on the nature and immutability of truth, in opposition to sophistry and scepticism. The fourth edition.
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
Fifty comedies and tragedies
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 from another copy, the..... More
Thoughts upon hunting: in a series of familiar letters to a friend ... The fourth edition
London: J. Debrett, 1802. Small 4to, pp. [iii]-xiv, [15]-360; engraved allegorical frontispiece, 2 engraved plates; very good copy in contemporary diced russia, gilt-lettered direct on gilt-decorated spine, marbled edges and endpapers. Engraved armorial bookplate of Lucius O'Brien. More
Vathek. A new translation by Herbert B. Grimsditch. With ten illustrations by Marion V. Dorn
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
A book of Christmas verse...With ten designs by Walter Crane
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
Perlen englischer Dichtung in deutscher Fassung. Eigenes
[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
Bell's classical arrangement of fugitive poetry
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
Account of a new way of considering musick, and teaching it. By Mr. Bemetzrieder, Professor of Musick. Being a translation of his work, entitled, Précis des Talens & du Savoir du Musicien, avec une Methode qui peut guider l'Amateur dans son Etude. Which Work is intended to serve as an explanation of, and companion to his New Lessons for the Harpsichord
London: printed and sold by the author, also sold by P. Elmsly, opposite Southampton-Street, Strand; Longman and Broderip, Musick Sellers, No. 26, Cheapside, and No. 13, Haymarket ; Thompson, Musick Seller, No. 75, St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1783. First edition, 8vo, pp. iv, 62, [2]; wrappers wanting, stitching perished; very good..... More
Chaucer at Oxford and Cambridge
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
The leaves of the tree: studies in biography
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..... More
Lord Vyet and other poems.
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
A Blake bibliography: annotated lists of works, studies, and Blakeana
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
F. J. Furnivall: Victorian scholar adventurer.
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
Dr. F. J. Furnivall: Victorian scholar adventurer.
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
The memoirs of Signor Gaudentio di Lucca: taken from his confession and examination before the fathers of the inquisition at Bologna in Italy
Dublin: reprinted by, and for George Faulkner, 1738. 8vo, pp. xiv, 310; contemporary calf boards; 19th-century rebacking; leather scuffed around board edges; head of title page clipped and mended; otherwise very good. A fictional story about an Italian man who discovers a mythical paradise called Mezzoramia in the African desert..... More
Alciphron: or, the minute philosopher. In seven dialogues. Containing an apology for the Christian religion … The second edition.
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
Alciphron, of the minute philosopher. In seven dialogues. Containing an apology for the Christian religion, against those who are called free-thinkers ... First American from the fourth London edition
New Haven: From Sidney's hress. [sic]: Increase Cooke & Co, 1803. 8vo, pp. xiii, [2], 16-388, [2] ads; contemporary full mottled calf, red morocco label on gilt-decorated spine; very good copy. An early owner has neatly written extracts from the book in ink on the front free endpaper; p. [iii]..... More
Beautiful contemporary binding
A lapse of human souls in a state of pre-existence, the only original sin, and the ground work of the Gospel dispensation
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
The arts of reading
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
The works of the learned Joseph Bingham ... Containing I. Origines Ecclesiasticae: or, The antiquities of the Christian Church. In twenty three books. II. A scholastical history of lay-baptism. In two parts. III. The French churches apology for the Church of England. IV. A discourse concerning the mercy of God to penitent sinners. In two volumes.
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
