Fiction from John Price Antiquarian Books

London: John and Robert Maxwell..., no date 1879. FIRST BOOK EDITION. 3 volumes. 8vo, 181 x 120 mms., pp. [iv], 397 [398 blank]; [iv], 302; [iv], 288, contemporary half maroon calf, marbled boards, spines gilt in compartments with title in gilt; some wear to extremities but very good set, with the armorial bookplate of the… Read more about this item

London, Printed by A. M. and R. R., [i. e., Anne Maxwell and Robert Roberts] for Dorman Newman..., 1682. Folio, 320 x 200 mms., pp. [xii], 171 [172 blank]. BOUND WITH: Bentivolio and Urania. The Second Part, In Two Books. The Fourth Edition. London, Printed by R. T. and R. H. [Evan… Read more about this item

London: Printed for Charles Dilly, 1798,. 4 volumes. 12mo, 173 x 92 mms., pp. [vliii], 316; m[iv], 328; v [vi blank], 311 [312 blank]; [vi blank], 304, with frontispieces engraved by Heath, Sparrow, or Saunders after Edward Francis Burney (1760–1848; Fanny Burney's cousin) in each volume, and, remarkably, extra-illustrated with seven pen and ink watercolours,… Read more about this item

London: John Murray..., 1817. 8vo, 215 x 133 mms., pp. [ii], 210. BOUND WITH: The Second Part of Armata. London: John Murray..., 1817. 8vo, 215 x 133 mms., pp. [ii], vii, 209 [210 blank]. 2 volumes in 1, with the author's name on the title-page of the first volume, bound in contemporary half… Read more about this item

London, Printed for Francis Saunders in the New Exchange, and Richard Parker at the Royal Exchange 1692,. FIRST EDITION OF THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION. Small 8vo, 168 x 103 mms., pp. [iv], 176, contemporary sheepskin; no endpapers, title-page soiled, worn, and creased with portion of imprint lost; text a bit grubby; binding worn, chipped, and rubbed. … Read more about this item

London: Printed for T Becket, Corner of the Adelphi, in the Strand 1774. ['Rochester Series of Reprints [limited to 100 copies]. No III. London; D. Cameron, 1884] [1884]. 12mo, 168 x 100 mms., pp. 307 [308 blank], 19th century half red morocco, gilt title on spine, top edge gilt; front hinge cracked and tender. … Read more about this item

London: Printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, in the Strand, 1767. ?FIRST EDITION. 12mo, 156 x 96 mms., pp. xi [xii blank], 272, contemporary calf, red leather label; binding slightly worn, corners crushed, front joint slightly cracked, but firm; a good copy, with two inscriptions on the title-page in the same hand: "Cavendish Socity/… Read more about this item

London: Printed for J. Ridgway, Ridgeway and Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1809. FIRST EDITION. 8vo,183 x 119, pp. [vi], 456, contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments, marbled boards; spine chipped at top and bottom with loss of leather The author and journalist William Mudford (1782–1848) spent most of his early career as a political journalist,… Read more about this item

London: Printed for C. Dilly..., 1795. 2 volumes. Large 8vo, 205 x 128 mms., pp. xii, 402; [ii], 341 [342 blank], contemporary half roan, marbled boards, spine richly gilt, black leather labels; some slight wear to spine, corners worn, but a good copy, with the armorial bookplate of William Botfield on the front paste-down end-papers. … Read more about this item

Edinburgh: William Blackwood; London: T. Cadell, 1824. FIRST EDITION. 3 volumes. 189 x 111 mms., pp. [ii], 387 [388 blank]; [ii], 415 [416 blank]; [ii], 35 9 [360 blank], contemporary half calf, marbled boards, early reback with new end-papers, title block in gilt on spine; some general wear to binding, but a good to very good set.… Read more about this item

London: Richard Bentley..., 1833. 3 volumes. Large 12mo, 178 x 110 mms., pp. [ii], 302; [ii] [3] 4 - 332; [ii] [3] - 320, with the title-pages for volumes 1 and 2 transposed, contemporary half calf dark green calf, spine with raised bands and double maroon labels, lightly rubbed but a very good clean set. With… Read more about this item

London: Printed for H. Payne, and W. Cropley, at Dryden's Head in Pater-noster Row. 1761. FIRST EDITION. 2 volumes. Small 8vo, 157 x 95 mms., pp. vii (misfolded), 146 [147 Errata, 148 blank]; [iv], 156, contemporary calf, with darkened red and black labels; front joint volume 1 cracked and tender, front joint volume 2 amateurishly repaired, slight wear… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Printed for Edinburgh, Manners and Miller [and Archibald Constable/ John Murray, London], etc; 1819. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 196 x 12o mms., pp. [v] vi - cxxi [cxxii blank], 195 [ 196 blank], without half-title or portrait (found in some copies), bound in in contemporary diced calf, spine gilt with black label, bound for Collings's Library, Bath, with… Read more about this item

London: Printed for Thomas Tegg... [inter alia], 1816. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, 177 x 103 mms., pp. [iv], 135 [136 blank], including half-title, fine colour frontispiece, original boards, uncut, paper label on spine, which is slightly defective, front joint cracked, but a good copy It seems unlikely that an author named "Ferdinand Farquhar" ever existed,… Read more about this item

London: Printed by Benbow..., 1822. FIRST EDITION OF THIS TRANSLATION. 4 volumes, 170 x 102 mms., pp. ix [x note from publisher], 197 [108 blank]; [3] 4 - 220; [3] 4 - 225 [226 blank]; [3] 4 - 253 [254 blank], bound in contemporary half olive morocco, spines gilt in compartments. marbled boards with matching end-papers, top… Read more about this item

Edinburgh and London William Blackwood, 1832. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 176 x 105 mms., pp. 305 [306 blank, 307 - 308 adverts], including half-title, edges uncut, early 20th century binding of half chocolate morocco, linen boards, title and author in gilt on spine; rear hinge a little opened at adverts leaf, but a very good copy, with the… Read more about this item

London: Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson..., 1797. 3 volumes. 12mo, 173 x 95 mms., pp. vii [viii blank], 296; [iv], [3] 4 - 292; [ii], 3345 [346 blank], including half-title in volume 2, contemporary calf, gilt spines, black leather labels, gilt spines (faded), black leather label; occasional staining of text, particularly upper right-hand margin in volume… Read more about this item

London, Printed for Sam. Briscoe, and are to be Sold by B. Bragge, at the Raven in Pater-noster-r0w. 1708. 8vo, 189 x 114 mms., pp. [xviii], xvi, [xiv- The Key and Contents], 288, engraved title ,(by Van Der Guch after E. Kight) as frontispiece (neatly repaired on recto), 9 other engraved plates at pages 37, 41, 131,172,… Read more about this item

Leipzig Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1862. 2 volumes. 8vo, 155 x 110 mms., pp. [iv], 355 [356 colophon]; [iv], 364, contemporary half hard grain plum morocco, linen boards, spines blocked in gilt, with the armorial bookplate of James FitzGerald Bannatyne (1835-1915) on the front paste-down end-paper of each volume. Rose Macqueen Piddington (1833–1928) published The Last of… Read more about this item

A Amsterdam, & se trouve a Paris, Chez Panckoucker..., 1766. 2 volumes in 1. 12mo, 163 x 93 mms., pp. iv, 202; [ii], 139 [140 blank], contemporary lightly mottled sheepskin, spine richly gilt, red leather label; top of spine and joints slightly wormed, but a good copy with the bookplate of Payen de Chavoy on the front… Read more about this item