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
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: 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
London: printed for John Sharpe, Piccadilly; by C. Whittinghamn, Chiwick, 1816. 12mo, pp.176; engraved vignette title page and "embellished with [five] engravings [by Charles Heath] from the designs of Richd. Westall, R.A.," original blue paper-covered boatrds, printed paper label on spine (rubbed to the point of illegibility); all else generally..... 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: 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
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
[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: 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
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..... 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
London: printed for J. Owen, no. 168, Piccadilly, 1796. First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], 97, [1]; stitched, as issued; last leaf with short tear at the stitch, else near fine. The concern here is largely with France "whose immense population and resources, with the extent of their territory and advantageous..... 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
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
London: [Fire Books / Trigram Press, 1972]. Edition limited to 1000 copies, narrow 8vo, pp. [158]; colophon leaf laid in (as issued?); illustrated throughout by the poet; fine copy in original maroon cloth, gilt-lettered spine, dust jacket with some light fading on the spine end edges. From the library of..... 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
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
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
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
London: Macmillan and Co., 1902. 8vo, pp. viii, 230, [2]; jacket, t.e.g., slightly soiled, red lettering on spine faded, small fold near top edge on back cover, some brown spotting on paste-downs and free endpapers, hinges slightly cracked; else very good. More