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Essays Upon Several Moral Subjects. In Two Parts.
by Collier, Jeremy, M.A.
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- Used
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- Fifth edition
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- M DCC III. [1703]
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- Paneled calf; raised bands. Rebacked.
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Collier, Jeremy, M.A., Essays Upon Several Moral Subjects. In Two Parts. The Fifth Edition. London: Printed for Richard Sare at Grays-Inn-Gate in Holborn, M DCC III. [1703] Parts I and II paginated separately as follows: Part I [viii; 246 pages; 1 leaf with advertisements recto and verso]; Part II with title page stating "Printed by W.B. for H. Rhodes, at… Read more about this item Item Price
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SKETCHES BY SEYMOUR
by Robert Seymour 1798-1826
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- Used
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- First
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- [1835-36]
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- Brown morocco spine with gilt lettering and five raised bands, on modern marbled boards, gilt page edges all around.
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Seymour, Robert (1798 – 1826). Sketches by Seymour. London: Published by G. S. Tregear, 96 Cheapside, [1835-36]. Five volumes: each volume consists of an illustrated lithographed title page and 36 numbered plates, printed on colored papers; 185 humourous, numbered lithographed plates in total. Now bound in one volume, recent brown morocco spine with gilt lettering and five raised bands, … Read more about this item Item Price
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POINTS OF MISERY; or FABLES FOR MANKIND: Prose and Verse, Chiefly Original, by Charles Westmacott.
by Charles Westmacott
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- Used
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- Large paper copy. Original wrapper bound in.
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- 1823
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- Quarter green morocco on marbled boards.
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Westmacott, Charles, POINTS OF MISERY; or FABLES FOR MANKIND: Prose and Verse, Chiefly Original, by Charles Westmacott. Illustrated with Twenty Designs by Robert Cruikshank. London: Published by Sherwood, Jones and Co. Paternoster-Row, 1823. Large paper copy with original wrapper bound in. Presentation copy, with "From the Author" on the initial blank following the original wrapper front cover. Imperial 8vo.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Eloisa en Dishabille: being a new version of that Lady’s Celebrated Epistle to Abelard. Ascribed to Professor Porson.
by John Matthews [Pope]
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- Used
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- printed in the year 1822.
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- Full blue morocco with gilt edges and rosettes, gilded page edges.
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[Pope] Matthews, John, Eloisa en Dishabille: being a new version of that Lady's Celebrated Epistle to Abelard. Ascribed to Professor Porson. London, printed in the year 1822. 8vo, [ii;43;1], 19 cm, printed in parallel text throughout, full blue morocco with gilt edges and rosettes, gilded page edges, front hinge cracked but holding. Only fifty copies of this lively satire of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Odds and Ends. In Verse and Prose.
by Merle, William Henry
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- Used
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- Presumed first.
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- 1831
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- Bound in half long grain tan calf, spine and corners over marbled boards, matching marbled endpapers. Gold ruling and a decorate
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Merle, William Henry, Odds and Ends. In Verse and Prose. By William Henry Merle, Esq. Illustrated by George Cruikshank, from Designs by the Author. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, Paternoster Row, 1831. 8vo. 20 cm. Presumed first edition. Thirteen illustrations, of which eleven are woodcuts, and one is a signed etching by George Cruikshank, with "WHM" opposite… Read more about this item Item Price
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Memoirs of Monkeys, &c, &c.
by [Nathaniel Ogle]
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- Used
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- First
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- 1825
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- Bound in quarter green calf over marbled boards, with binding stamp 2 of Sir Alexander James Beresford Beresford-Hope.
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[Nathaniel Ogle] Memoirs of Monkeys, &c, &c. London: Printed for Geo. B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria-Lane, 1825. First edition. 16mo; [iv; 152 pages]. Bound in quarter green calf over marbled boards, with binding stamp 2 of Sir Alexander James Beresford Beresford-Hope, four raised bands, with five compartments marked out in gold, with Beresford-Hope's crest of a broken globe surmounted by a rainbow… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ten Fables with Twenty One Illustrations by Rachel Russell.
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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- Used
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- First, as such.
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- MCMXXVIII [1928]
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- Blue swan decorated paper boards with a white linen backstrip
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$550.00
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Stevenson, Robert Louis. Ten Fables with Twenty One Illustrations by Rachel Russell. London: The Swan Press, Chelsea : MCMXXVIII [1928]. With a memorial bookplate, "In Memory of Michael Hariot Huth Walters for his Friend" with the name Betty Menzies written in ink. Elizabeth G.C. Menzies was the rare woman staff photographer at Princeton University, whose images decorated the front cover… Read more about this item Item Price
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Select Fables.
by Denis, Charles
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- Used
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- 1754
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- Rebound in quarter brown calf, five raised bands, gilt-decorated label, on twentieth century marbled boards.
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Denis, Charles, Select Fables. By Mr. Charles Denis. London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, MDCCLIV. [1754] In-8, 21 cm. [frontispiece by C. Grignion; title-page; dedication to the Prince of Wales (ii); preface (xvii); contents (ix); 448 pages]. Rebound in quarter brown calf, five raised bands, gilt-decorated label, on twentieth century marbled boards. Occasional slight spotting.
Following in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Soldiers Three: a Collection of Stories Setting Forth Certain Passages in the Lives and Adventures of Privates Terence Mulvaney, Stanley Ortheris, and John Learoyd
by Kipling, Rudyard
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- Used
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- 1890
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- Bound in full red twentieth century calf. Remains of original wrappers conserved and bound in.
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Kipling, Rudyard, Soldiers Three: a Collection of Stories Setting Forth Certain Passages in the Lives and Adventures of Privates Terence Mulvaney, Stanley Ortheris, and John Learoyd, London: Simpson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, Limited, St. Dunstan's House, Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, E.C., 1890. 93 pages, plus "opinion of the Press" and "L'Envoi," followed by a page of advertisements for A.H.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Greatest Plague of Life: or The Adventures of a Lady in Search of a Good Servant. By one who has been “Almost Worried to Death.” Edited by the Brothers Mayhew. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.
by Mayhew (the Brothers),
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- Used
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- First in book form.
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- [1847]
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- Stamp-signed Bayntun binding, Bath. Bound in brown calf with gilt-ruled covers and spine, morocco title and author labels on the
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Mayhew (the Brothers), The Greatest Plague of Life: or The Adventures of a Lady in Search of a Good Servant. By one who has been "Almost Worried to Death." Edited by the Brothers Mayhew. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. London, David Bogue, 86 Fleet Street, N.D. [1847]. First edition in book form. Stamp-signed Bayntun binding, Bath. Twelve etchings by George… Read more about this item Item Price
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Virgidemarum. Satires in Six Books.
by Hall (Joseph)
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- Used - Very Good +
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- 1753
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- Contemporary calf with gilt decoration, marbled end-papers.
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Very Good +. Oxford, printed for R. Clements, 1753. In-12, [ii; xii; half-title, verso blank; prologue; pages 13 -108; 2 final blanks]. Brackets drawn on a few lines on pages 55 and 67. Complete. Contemporary calf with gilt decoration, marbled end-papers. The first three books of tooth-lesse satires, attacking institutions, were published in 1597, with reprints… Read more about this item Item Price
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PINDARIANA; or PETER'S PORTFOLIO. Containing Tale, Fable, Translation, Ode, Elegy, Epigram, Song, Pastoral, Letters. With Extracts from Tragedy, Comedy, Opera, &c. By Peter Pindar, Esq.
by [Wolcot, John], Pindar, Peter
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- Used - Very Good
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- First
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- 1794
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- Quarter vellum on marbled boards.
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Very Good. London: Printed by P. Spilsbury and Son, for J. Walker, Paternoster-Row; J. Bell; J. Ladley, Mount-Street, Berkeley-Square; and Mr. Jeffrey, Pall-Mall. M.DCC.XCIV. [1794] Quarter vellum on marbled boards, now scuffed. Quarto, 242 pages, 28 cm. First edition. An early twentieth century owner wrote an interesting entry on the front fly-leaf about the various available editions and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sunday in London. .
by [Wight, John],
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- Used - Very Good
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- First
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- 1833
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- Quarter tan calf on marbled boards. Hinges cracked and rubbed.
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Very Good. London, Effingham Wilson, 1833. Cohn 846. This copy has the plate "People of Condition on a Sunday" bound in at p. 42. Bookplate of Thomas Stillman. Quarter tan calf on marbled boards. Hinges cracked and rubbed but holding. Sold with an ALS from Wight to George Cruikshank, his illustrator, dated November 2, 1826. … Read more about this item Item Price
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Love in a Riddle. A Pastoral. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal, By His Majestys Servants.
by Cibber, Colley
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- MDCCXXIX
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- Hardcover
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$1,250.00
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London: Printed for J. Watts, at the Printing Office in Wild-Court near Lincolns-Inn Fields, MDCCXXIX. Hardcover. Cibber, Colley. Love in a Riddle. A Pastoral. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal, By His Majestys Servants. London: Printed for J. Watts, at the Printing Office in Wild-Court near Lincolns-Inn Fields, MDCCXIX [1729?]. Price of 1S. 6d. in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Scarronides, or, Virgile Travestie
by Cotton, Charles
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- Tenth
- Published
- 1715
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- Hardcover
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London: Printed for R. Bonwicke, W. Freeman, Tim. Goodwin, J. Walthoe, M. Wotton, S. Manship, B. Tooke, J. Nicholson, R. Parker, and R. Smith, 1715. Tenth. Hardcover. Fine. Gucht. 8vo; 126 pages, collation is correct, but A3&4 have been mistakenly signed as B3&4. Four full-page engravings by Gucht. The mock-poem on the fourth book has its own (second)… Read more about this item Item Price
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