London: Printed by Whittingham and Rowland, Goswell Street; For John Carr, 56, Paternoster-Row, 1814. First Edition. Full Calf. First Edition of this uncommon satirical depiction of various Regency-era character types and memes, in verse. Crown 8vo: viii,158,[2]pp, with eight delicately hand-colored aquatints, including the frontispiece. Complete with half-title and two..... more

Oxoniæ [Oxford]: e theatro Sheldoniano, MDCCXLV [1745]. First Edition thus. Quarter-Calf. Two works bound in one, each with half-title and title page, registration, and pagination. Text in Latin (an English translation, in octavo, appeared in 1774). 4to: [12],138,[4]; [4],164pp, with 16 plates (including seven folding and one double-page) and four..... more

London: Faber & Faber, 1959. First Impression. Hardcover. First Edition of this selection by Berryman from two of his previous books, including Homage to Mistress Bradstreet, "one of the most unique poems in modern American literature." (Literary Encyclopedia) Demy 8vo (216 x 134mm): 111,[1]pp. Publisher's teal cloth, spine lettered in..... more

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1957. First Edition. First Impression of Braine's first book, offered with the scarce uncorrected proof. Crown 8vo (189 x 122mm): 256pp. Publisher's green cloth, spine lettered in gold, in the striking dust jacket (price-clipped) illustrated by John Minton. An excellent example (spine ends very lightly bruised)..... more

Chicago: Academy Chicago Publishers [through 1998], 1988. First Edition. A trio of publications (Advance Reading Copy, Advance Excerpt, and First Printing), all unread and virtually pristine, documenting four years of litigation in state and federal courts that ended in a stop-publish order barring a volume of uncollected short stories by..... more

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. First (and only) Impression, First State, of the author's first books, one of only 750 copies printed and bound. Small 8vo: 128pp. Publisher's pale blue mesh cloth, front cover and spine stamped in navy blue, text printed on heavy stock white..... more

London: Printed by T. Spilsbury, Snowhill; and sold by J. Johnson, No 72, St. Paul’s Church-Yard; T. and J. Egerton, Charing-Cross; and J. Edwards, No 102, Pall-Mall, M.DCC.LXXXVI [1786]. Half-Calf. Third Edition of this fascinating eyewitness account of the longest siege ever endured by British forces. 4to: xxiv,356pp, with 10..... more

York: Printed by A. Ward for J. Dodsley, Pall-Mall; T. Cadell, in the Strand; J. Robson, New-Bond-Street; and T. Durham, Charing-Cross, London. W. Creech and J. Balfour, Edinburgh, M.DCC.LXXVI [1776]. First Edition thus. Full Calf. First Hunter Edition (sixth overall, first published in 1664), virtually doubling the original text. 4to..... more

London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression of the author's important first novel. 8vo: 283 [1]pp. Publisher's rust-colored cloth with matching top stain, spine stamped in gold; price-clipped first issue dust jacket (without reviews) illustrated by Tom Adams. A Fine, bright example, probably unread, with crimp to head..... more

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. First Printing (so stated) of the Harvard economist's celebrated examination of America’s post–World War II consumer economy and political culture. Demy 8vo: xii,[2],368pp. Publisher's bronze-colored cloth stamped in silver and black, fore-edge untrimmed, bottom edge rough-cut; yellow typographic jacket lettered in black and..... more

London: Jacob Tonson, 1721. Third Edition. Small, slim 8vo: [16],60,[4]pp, with frontispiece, six full-page copper-engraved plates, woodcut head- and tail pieces. Later polished calf, flat spine (rebacked) lettered in gilt, speckled boards framed with French fillet, gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt, marbled end papers (end papers and fly leaves renewed)..... more

[Pensnett, Staffordshire]: printed by Tony Ward at the Arron Foundation, Lumb Bank, Yorkshire, 1975. First Printing. Card Covers. Only edition of this indispensable reference for collectors of the Grosseteste Press. Oblong foolscap 8vo (112 x 142mm): [62]pp. Original stitched Navy blue card covers, cream dust wrapper printed in French blue..... more

London: printed for J. and R. Tonson, 1758. First Edition thus. Full Calf. First Annotated Edition, illustrated (grangerized) with the full suite of 32 double-page plates by William Kent for the 1751 edition of Spenser’s Faerie Queene, published by Stephen Wright and John Brindley (ESTC T35152). 4to: xlii,(68, including glossary),673,[1];..... more