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A Second Tale of a Tub: or, The History of Robert Powel the Puppet-Show-Man. Sir Thomas BURNET,

[BURNET, Sir Thomas, 1694-1753]

A Second Tale of a Tub: or, The History of Robert Powel the Puppet-Show-Man

London: Printed for J. Roberts near the Oxford Arms in Warwick-Lane, 1715. First Edition. 8vo: [2],219,[5]pp, with frontispiece and imprimatur leaf. Variant with price 3s/6d on title page. Period calf ruled in blind, rebacked to style, red morocco lettering piece gilt, end papers renewed. From the library of bibliophile Hugh... more

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Letters written by the late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to his son, Philip Stanhope, Esq; late envoy extraordinary at the court of Dresden: together with several other pieces on various subjects. Published by Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope, from the originals now in her possession. In two volumes. Philip Dormer Stanhope CHESTERFIELD, 4th Earl of.

CHESTERFIELD, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of (1694-1773)

Letters written by the late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to his son, Philip Stanhope, Esq; late envoy extraordinary at the court of Dresden: together with several other pieces on various subjects. Published by Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope, from the originals now in her possession. In two volumes

London: printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-mall, M.DCC.LXXIV [1774]. First Edition. Full Calf. Two quarto volumes complete, in English, Latin and French. [4],vii,[1],568; [4],606,[2, errata]pp, with half-titles, engraved frontispiece portrait (in vol. I) by J. Vitalba after William Hoare. Contemporary calf, boards framed with French fillets, spines, in five compartments... more

Price: $1,265.00

[Stonehenge] English Traits. Ralph Waldo EMERSON.

EMERSON, R[alph] W[aldo], 1803-1882

[Stonehenge] English Traits

Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, 1856. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. First Printing, with '(1)' on half-title, Stereotyped at the Boston Stereotype Foundry on title page verso, battered type at the bottom of page 230, and type of last line on p. 304 not battered. 8vo: 312pp. Publisher's dark brown ribbed... more

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Les avantures de Telemaque fils D’Ulysse. Par feu Messire François de Salignac de la Motte Fénelon, Précepteur de Messeigneurs les Enfans de France, & depuis Archevêque-Duc de Cambrai, Prince du saint Empire, &c. Nouvelle édition conforme au manuscript original. Enrichie d’un grand nombre de figures en taille douce. Avec des Remarques pour l’eclaircissement de cet Ouvrage. François de Salignac de La Mothe- FENELON.

FENELON, François de Salignac de La Mothe- (1651-1715)

Les avantures de Telemaque fils D’Ulysse. Par feu Messire François de Salignac de la Motte Fénelon, Précepteur de Messeigneurs les Enfans de France, & depuis Archevêque-Duc de Cambrai, Prince du saint Empire, &c. Nouvelle édition conforme au manuscript original. Enrichie d’un grand nombre de figures en taille douce. Avec des Remarques pour l’eclaircissement de cet Ouvrage

A Londres: chez J. Tonson, a l’enseigne de Shakespear dans le Strand; & J. Watts, a son Imprimerie dans Wild-Court pres de Lincolns-Inn-Fields, MDCCXXVI [1726]. Full Calf. The Second Edition published in England, based upon the extensively corrected, enlarged and reconceived Paris edition of 1717. 12mo; [18], xxviii, [4], 468... more

Price: $635.00

The Lost Childhood and Other Essays. Graham GREENE.

GREENE, Graham (1904-1991)

The Lost Childhood and Other Essays

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Second Impression, published three months after the first. Tall 8vo: 191,[1]pp. Publisher's beige cloth, spine lettered in brown, top edge stained vermillion, patterned dust jacket priced 12/6. Near Fine (foxed edges but binding square and tight); Near Fine jacket (lightening to spine... more

Price: $25.00

The lives of the English poets; and a criticism on their works. [First Issue]. Samuel JOHNSON.

JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-1784)

The lives of the English poets; and a criticism on their works. [First Issue]

Dublin: Printed for Messrs. Whitestone, Williams, Colles, Wilson, Lynch, Jenkin, Walker, Burnet, Hallhead, Flin, Exshaw, Beatty, and White, M,DCC,LXXIX. [1779]. Full Calf. First Dublin Edition, collated and complete in three volumes. First Issue, with "partaking his posterity" in line 3 of p. 4, repeated page numbers 143-144 in vol. I.... more

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Letters written by the late Right Honourable Lady Luxborough, to William Shenstone, Esq. Henrietta Knight LUXBOROUGH, Baroness.

LUXBOROUGH, Henrietta Knight, Baroness, 1699-1756

Letters written by the late Right Honourable Lady Luxborough, to William Shenstone, Esq

London: Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-mall, [1775]. First Edition. Full Calf. 8vo: iv,416pp. Full calf, spine in six compartments divided by raised bands, red morocco gilt lettering piece, all edges stained red. Minor wear and splits along joints, but binding square and tight; text clean and fresh with ample... more

Price: $465.00

Heloise and Abelard [2 Volumes]. George Moore.

Moore, George

Heloise and Abelard [2 Volumes]

London: Privately printed for subscribers only by Cumann Sean-eolair nah-Eireann, 1921. Hardcover. Limited Signed Edition (No. 1170 of 1250 copies) printed on handmade paper with deckle edges. Near Fine (bookplates on paste downs, soiled top edges, bumped spine ends) vellum spines with white paper labels over blue cloth-covered boards, in... more

Price: $95.00

The literary life of the late Thomas Pennant, Esq. By himself [hand-colored]. Thomas PENNANT.

PENNANT, Thomas (1726-1798)

The literary life of the late Thomas Pennant, Esq. By himself [hand-colored]

London: Sold by Benjamin and John White, Fleet-Street, and Robert Faulder, New Bond Street, M.DCC.XCIII. [1793]. First Edition. Three-Quarter Calf. 4to: [6],144pp, copper-engraved portrait frontispiece of Pennant ("Tho.s Gainsborough, pinx.t 1776, engraved by W. Ridley"), two copper-engraved full-page plates (view of the Church of Fountains Abby and portrait of the... more

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The englishman’s fortnight in Paris; or, the art of ruining himself there in a few days. By an observer. Translated from the French. Jean Jacques RUTLEDGE.

RUTLEDGE, Jean Jacques (1742-1794)

The englishman’s fortnight in Paris; or, the art of ruining himself there in a few days. By an observer. Translated from the French

London: printed for T. Durham, at Charing-Cross; and G. Kearsly, at No. 46, in Fleet-Street, 1777. First Edition. Quarter-bound Leather. 8vo: [2],x,222pp. Contemporary leather spine in six compartments between raised bands, recent red morocco lettering piece gilt, marbled sides and end papers. Joints skillfully and almost imperceptibly reinforced, marbled sides... more

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Lectures on the art of reading. Thomas SHERIDAN.

SHERIDAN, Thomas (1719-1788)

Lectures on the art of reading

London: printed for J. Dodsley, Pall-Mall; J. Wilkie, St. Paul’s Church-Yard; E. and C. Dilly, in the Poultry; and T. Davies, Russel-Street, Covent-Garden, MDCCLXXV, 1775. First Edition. Paper-Covered Boards. First Edition, in two parts (volumes): Part I. The art of reading prose. Part II. The art of reading verse. 8vo... more

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Lectures on the art of reading; First Part: Containing The Art of Reading Prose. By Thomas Sheridan, A.M. Author of Lectures on Elocution, British Education, &c. Thomas SHERIDAN.

SHERIDAN, Thomas (1719-1788)

Lectures on the art of reading; First Part: Containing The Art of Reading Prose. By Thomas Sheridan, A.M. Author of Lectures on Elocution, British Education, &c

London: printed for J. Dodsley, Pall-Mall; J. Wilkie, St. Paul’s Church-Yard; E. and C. Dilly, in the Poultry; and T. Davies, Russel-Street, Covent-Garden, MDCCLXXV, 1775. First Edition. Full Calf. First Edition. 8vo; xii, 392pp. Beautifully bound by Fitterer to period style in full speckled calf, spine in six compartments between... more

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The history and adventures of an atom. In two volumes [First Issue]. Tobias George SMOLLETT,

[SMOLLETT, Tobias George, 1721-1771]

The history and adventures of an atom. In two volumes [First Issue]

London: Printed for Robinson and Roberts, MDCCXLIX [but 1769]. First Edition. Full Calf. First Issue (with the erroneous date 1749 on the title page). 12mo: viii,227;[ii],190pp. Half title in Volume II only. Newly bound by Fitterer in period-style speckled calf, spine in six compartments divided by raised bands ruled in... more

Price: $1,650.00

[Tatler] The lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq. Richard STEELE,

STEELE, Richard, 1672-1729]

[Tatler] The lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq

London: printed for C. Bathurst, J. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, W. Owen, R. Horsfield , B. White and son, T. Longman, B. Law, C. Rivington, J. Dodsley, H. Baldwinm G. G. J. and J. Robinson, C. Dilly, T. Cadell, J. Nichols, R. Baldwin, W. Goldsmith, J. J, M DCC... more

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A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy by Mr. Yorick, [bound with] Yorick’s sentimental journey, continued; [and with] A political romance. Laurence STERNE,

[STERNE, Laurence, 1713-1768]

A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy by Mr. Yorick, [bound with] Yorick’s sentimental journey, continued; [and with] A political romance

London: [n.p.], Printed in the Year MDCCLXIX [1769]. Quarter-bound Leather. Three titles bound in one, all issued (no printer or publisher given) in 1769, complete in five volumes, continuously paginated in Arabic and Roman numerals. 12mo: 150,[3],cliv-clxvi,[1],168-306pp. "Yorick’s sentimental journey, continued . . . By Eugenius" (i.e., John Hall-Stevenson) comprises... more

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The complete angler, or, Contemplative man's recreation : being a discourse on rivers, fish-ponds, fish, and fishing ; in two parts / the first written by Izaak Walton, the second by Charles Cotton; with the lives of the authors; and notes, historical, supplementary, and explanatory, by Sir John Hawkins and the present editor. Izaak WALTON, Charles COTTON.

WALTON, Izaak (1593-1683) & COTTON, Charles [1630-1687]

The complete angler, or, Contemplative man's recreation : being a discourse on rivers, fish-ponds, fish, and fishing ; in two parts / the first written by Izaak Walton, the second by Charles Cotton; with the lives of the authors; and notes, historical, supplementary, and explanatory, by Sir John Hawkins and the present editor.

London: Printed for S. Bagster, in the Strand, By R. Watts, at Broxbourne, on the River Lea, Herts, MDCCCXV [1815]. Full Calf. 8vo: [2],514p,[20]pp, with 13 (of 14) full-page engraved plates and 36 further illustrations (17 of fish, 2 maps of the River Lea & the River Dove, 2 autograph... more

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Reliquiæ Wottonianæ. Or, A collection of lives, letters, poems; with characters of sundry personages: and other incomparable pieces of language and art. By the curious pensil of the ever memorable Sr Henry Wotton Kt, late, provost of Eton Colledg. Henry Sir WOTTON.

WOTTON, Henry Sir (1568-1639)

Reliquiæ Wottonianæ. Or, A collection of lives, letters, poems; with characters of sundry personages: and other incomparable pieces of language and art. By the curious pensil of the ever memorable Sr Henry Wotton Kt, late, provost of Eton Colledg

London: Printed by Thomas Maxey, for R. Marriot, G. Bedel, and T. Garthwait, 1651. First Edition. Full Calf. 12mo: [60],540pp, with four copper-engraved portraits (of Wotton, Charles I, the Duke of Buckingham, and the Earl of Essex). Contemporary calf, flat spine with later red morocco lettering piece gilt, plain period... more

Price: $1,365.00

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