New York: D. Appleton, 1855. 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. iv, 368; xx, 331; original smooth tan calf, spines in six compartments, stamped in gilt, red and green leather labels on each vol. lettered in gilt, marbled edges and endpapers; bindings rubbed, still a very good, attractive set. More
The Ramparts, Monaco: Lyrebird Press, 1947. First edition, issued in the publisher's Contemporary British Poets series, tall 8vo, pp. 41, [3]; photo frontis of Sitwell by Baron; original tan wrappers printed in black and yellow; some cracking along the joints, else very good. This copy inscribed "To Mrs. Bernard Henize... More
London: Constable & Co. 1929. Limited edition, 1 of 1000 copies, small 8vo, pp. vii, [1], 181, [3]; frontispiece, plates, text illustrations after George Cruikshank; original white cloth over marbled boards; spine darkened, edges rubbed, otherwise very good. Written, but rejected, for the reopening of the Drury Lane Theater in 1809. More
London: printed by James Bettenham for Paul Vaillant, 1751. First edition, 2 vols., 4to, pp. [4], lxxxvii, [1], 440, [16]; [4], 509, [1], [30] index, [1] explanation of the copperplates; engraved vignette title-pp. by J. Vander Gucht, engraved initials, tail- and head-pieces designed by S. Wale and engraved by J.... More
London: A. Millar, 1752. First London edition, 8vo, pp. [2], 339, [1], [10] index; leaves K4 and L7 are cancels, as usual; engraved frontis portrait of Swift; contemporary calf, red moroco label sometime renewed; a very good, sound copy of the first biography of Swift, first published in Dublin earlier... More
London: A. Millar, 1752. 8vo, pp. [2], 214, [8]; engraved frontis portrait of Swift; contemporary and probably original calf-backed marbled boards, label perished but a good, sound, venerable copy of the first biography of Swift, first published in Dublin in November, 1751. For rthe first London edition of the same... More
[Los Angeles]: 1997. Edition limited to 450 copies (150 of which for The Johnsonians at their annual dinner at the Grolier Club and 150 for the Johnson Society), 8vo, pp. 98, [2]; fine in original brown paper wrappers. More
[N. p.]: The Samuel Johnson Society of Southern California, 1992. Edition limited to 250 copies, 4to, pp. [20] including 8 full-page plates (1 portrait, 7 facsimiles); a fine copy in the original saddle-stitched light tan wrappers printed in brown on front wrap. More
London: printed for A.L. and sold by D. Browne [et al.], 1711. An uncommon variant of the second edition (1704); first published in 1690; folio, pp. [2], iv, 84; 25-26; 89-88 (i.e. 92); 1-41 (i.e. 43); many errors in pagination but the book is complete; contemporary full mottled calf, gilt-decorated... More
London: for the Camden Society, by John Bowyer Nicols and Son, 1845. Small 4to, pp. xx, 443; small crack at top of spine, else very good in orig. blue cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Bramston, a lawyer from Essex, was born in 1611 and lived, with all his... More
London: printed for the proprietors; published by Sherwood, Neely & Jones [et al.], 1817-18. First edition, 2 volumes in 1, 8vo, pp. [4], 147, [5]; [4], 192, [4]; each volume with engraved title page, plus 104 delicately engraved copper plates; slightly later quarter tan calf over marbled boards; joints cracked... More
London: H. G. Clarke & Co. 1844. 16mo (13 cm.), pp. [2], 197, [1]; contemporary quarter green morocco over interestingly designed paper-covered boards, gilt decorated spine in 5 compartments, gilt-lettered direct in 1, a.e.g.; very good and sound. The translation is likely by E. A. Freidlaender. First published in Swedish... More
London: Scholartis Press, 1929. First edition limited to 800 copies, 8vo, pp. [6], 89, [1]; original brown cloth, gilt title direct on spine; dealer's ticket on front pastedown, near fine. More
[London: printed by T. Brettell, 1847. 8vo, pp. 6, [1]; 2 full-page tables; removed from binding. OCLC locates only the copy at the National Library of Medicine. More
Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Privately printed for the friends of the Torch Press and of Luther Albertus and Elinore Taylor Brewer, 1932. Edition limited to 325 copies, small 8vo, pp. 39; original tan printed wrappers (a bit soiled), a near fine copy. More
Cedar Rapids: Privately printed for the friends of Luther Albertus and Elinore Taylor Brewer, 1930. Edition limited to 300 copies, 8vo, pp. 35; original tan cloth-backed boards (some soiling), gilt-stamped spine, gilt mostly rubbed away, else a very good copy. Printed at the Torch Press. More
Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Privately printed for the friends of Luther Albertus and Elinore Taylor Brewer, 1924. Edition limited to 300 copies, small 8vo, pp. 43, [7] leaves of facsimile plates; original vegetable vellum-backed blue-grey boards (a bit soiled), top and fore-edges toned, interior fine. Printed at the Torch Press. More
Cedar Rapids, Iowa: privately printed for the friends of Luther Albertus and Elinore Taylor Brewer, 1929. Edition limited to 300 copies, small 8vo, pp. 96; contemporary dark green cloth-backed orange decorative boards, gilt-lettered spine, shelf wear, edges and corners a bit rubbed, 2 minor water stains, one on each cover... More
Exon [i.e. Exeter]: A. Brice and B. Thorn, 1771. Seventh edition, "wherein are now first added such marginal notes, and a vocabulary or glossary, at the end, as seems necessary for explaining uncouth expressions, and interpreting barbarous words and phrases." Slim 8vo, pp. [2], iv, 3-60; original drab paper-covered boards... More
Bristol: T. D. Taylor, Sons and Hawkins, "Times and Mirror Office" 1900. Small 8vo, pp. 31, [1]; original blue printed wrappers; vertical crease else near fine. A rather informative pamphlet as to the conservative politics of the West Country in the late 19th century. Includes an 8-page list of members... More
London: William Pearson for Thomas Ward, 1713. First edition, 1 volume in 2, 8vo, pp. [2] ads, [10], 23 (subscribers' list), [1], xvi, 218; [2], 221-448, [12] index; full contemporary paneled calf, gilt spines, red morocco labels; spines rubbed, small cracks starting at ends of joints, but generally a very... More
London: Smith, Elder and Co. 1849. First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, complete with the October 1849 ads at the back of volume I, and 2 leaves of ads at the back of vol. III; original brown cloth rehinged and rebacked with only portions of the original spines preserved; some pencil... More
London: R. Dodsley, 1739. First edition, regular issue, without the list of subscribers and with the price of "one shilling and six-pence" under the imprint on the title-p. 8vo, pp. viii, [2], 81, [4]; modern brown paper-covered boards, leather label on spine; title-p. browned and with a small chip at... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1946. Reprint, 8vo, pp. 180; black and white photographic portrait plate; rebound in half red morocco over cloth (some dampstaining) by Maurin, gilt spine in 4 compartments, t.e.g; leather a touch scuffed, front flyleaf excised, fore-edge dampstained, else a good, quite nicely bound copy... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, 1901. 8vo, printed at the Merrymount Press, pp. [4], 58-[60]; rubricated title-page and chapter heads; a near fine copy in a darkened and somewhat tattered dust-jacket printed in green, t.e.g., page edges darkening. Brooke writes about Morris, Rossetti, Swinburne, Arnold, and Clough; Updike... More
