[London] : Allan Bell and Co.,, 1836. Four Stories - Fifty Seven Woodcut Illustrations by George & Robert Cruikshank CRUIKSHANK, George. CRUIKSHANK, Robert. Poetical Effusions, from Celebrated Authors. Illustrated with fifty-six engravings from original drawings, by Cruikshank. London: Allan Bell and Co., 1836. First edition. Small octavo (7 1/8 x...... More
London: Printed for S. Crowder, T. Longman, G. Robinson, R. Baldwin, and E. Johnston, 1776. Tobias Smollett's Translation of Bishop Fénelon's 1699 "Mirror for Princes" [SMOLLETT, Tobias]. The Adventures of Telemachus, the Son of Ulysses. Translated from the French of Messire François Salignac de la Mothe-Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambray. By..... More
London: Printed for W. Johnston, and B. Collins, 1771. First Edition of 'The Expedition of Humphry Clinker' The Last of the Picaresque Novels of Tobias Smollett [SMOLLETT, Tobias]. The Expedition of Humphry Clinker. By the Author of Roderick Random. In Three Volumes. London: Printed for W. Johnston, and B. Collins..... More
London: Printed for J. Coote, 1762. The First Major Work by an English Novelist to Have Been Written Specifically for Serial Publication First Edition of The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves - Tobias Smollett's Rarest Novel [SMOLLETT, Tobias]. The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves. By the Author of Roderick Random..... More
London: Printed for W. Johnston, 1753. Tobias Smollett's 'The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom' "The First Novel by a Major English Writer that is Vevoted to a Thoroughgoing Portrait of Villainy" [SMOLLETT, Tobias]. The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom By the Author of Roderick Random. In Two Volumes. London: Printed..... More
London: Printed for the Author: And Sold by D. Wilson, 1751. First Edition of The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle Tobias Smollett's Satire on Human Cruelty, Stupidity, and Greed… [SMOLLETT, Tobias]. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle. In which are included, Memoirs of a Lady of Quality. In Four Volumes. London: Printed..... More
London: Printed for J. Osborn, 1748. Tobias Smollet's First Novel The Life and Times of the Scottish Rogue Roderick Random [SMOLLETT, Tobias]. The Adventures of Roderick Random. In Two Volumes. London: Printed for J. Osborn, 1748. First edition, first state of text, with I9 not canceled in volume one, and..... More
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New York and London: Chiwick Press:- Charles Whittingham and Co,, [1900]. 'The Seasons' & 'Rule Britannia' A Fine Extra-Illustrated Poems of James Thomson Finely Bound Almost Certainly by The Harcourt Bindery of Boston THOMSON, James. [The Crown Edition of] The Poets of Great Britain. Extra Illustrated Copy of the Aldine..... More
London: Printed for J. Sharpe, 1824. 'The Entrance to Hyde Park' An Early-to-Mid Twentieth Century Fore-Edge Painting FORE-EDGE PAINTING. GAY, John. Fables. London: Printed for J. Sharpe, 1812 [i.e., 1824]. With an early to mid twentieth century fore-edge painting of the "Entrance to Hyde Park" by an unidentified artist. Volumes..... More
London: William Pickering, 1830. A Fine Fore-Edge Painting by "The Dover Painter" FORE-EDGE PAINTING. [The "DOVER PAINTER"], artist. HAYDAY, binder. COLLINS, William. The Poetical Works of William Collins. London: William Pickering, 1830. With a fine fore-edge painting executed ca. 1930 by the "Dover Painter" depicting a view of Chichester Cathedral..... More
Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne, 1809. A Very Fine Contemporary Fore-Edge Painting possibly by the Taylor & Hessey Artist FORE-EDGE PAINTING. THOMSON, James. The Seasons. Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne, 1809. With a very fine contemporary fore-edge painting of 'Westminster Abbey from the River Thames' possibly by the Taylor &..... More
London: Printed at the Stanhope Press, by Charles Whittingham, 1809. With an Exquisite Fore Edge Painting of Temple Bar, London By Joseph Clayton Clarke aka "KYD" FORE-EDGE PAINTING. KYD (pseudonym of Joseph Clayton Clarke), artist]. GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. Collated with the best editions by..... More
London: Printed for John Bumpus, Walker and Co.…, 1822. With Two Very Fine Fore-Edge Paintings by Helen R. Haywood Depicting Burns Cottage with a Portrait of Robert Burns and a Fine View of the Bridges on the River Ayr FORE-EDGE PAINTING. HAYWOOD, Helen, artist. BURNS, Robert. The Poetical Works of..... More
London: FORE-EDGE PAINTING. MISS C.B. CURRIE, artist. RIVIÈRE & SON, binders. GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith. With Biographical Introduction by Professor Masson. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1902Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1902. A Splendid Example of Miss Currie's Work FORE-EDGE PAINTING. MISS C.B. CURRIE, artist. RIVIÈRE &..... More
London: Pickering, 1831. A 1930s Cosway-Style Binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, binders. GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith. London: William Pickering, 1831. The Aldine Edition of the British Poets. Small octavo (6 1/2 x 4 inches; 166 x 101 mm.). [i]-clxxxii [Life and..... More
London: Reprinted and sold by all booksellers in town and country, 1791. Laurence Sterne's Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy In a Wonderful Turn-of-the Century Inlaid Binding by Salvatore David DAVID, Salvatore, binder. STERNE, Laurence. Yorick's Sentimental Journey though France and Italy, &c. London: Reprinted and sold by all booksellers..... More
Edinburgh: Printed for the author and sold by William Creech, 1787. "Should old acquaintance be forgot And never brought to mind Should old acquaintance be forgot And days of auld lang syne" First Edinburgh Edition, First Issue of Robert Burns "Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect" A Stunning Cosway-Style Jeweled..... More
London: Geo. Newnes Ltd., 1898. Fanny Burney's Evelina With Sixteen Full-Page Illustrations by Arthur Rackham A Unique Copy Signed by Rackham on the Half-Title RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator. BURNEY, Frances. Evelina or The History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World. London:Geo. Newnes Ltd., 1898. First Rackham illustrated edition, later..... More
Philadephia: David McKay Company, 1929. First American Trade Edition in The Original Pictorial Dust Jacket [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. Philadelphia: David McKay Company [1929]. First American trade edition. Quarto (9 1/2 x 7 1/8 inches; 242 x 182 mm.). 231, [1] pp. Twelve full page..... More
London: Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, 1791-93. First Edition, First Issue of Boswell's Life Of Johnson Together With The Excessively Rare 'The Principal Corrections and Additions' Bound in at the End of Volume Two BOSWELL, James. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Comprehending an Account of his Studies..... More
Paris: chez d'Houry, 1723. One of the First Histories of Dance and Ballet The Exceptionally Rare First Issue of 1723 BONNET, (Jacques). Histoire générale de la danse, sacrée et prophane; ses progrés & ses révolutions, depuis son origine jusqu'a présent. Avec un supplément de l'Histoirede la Musique, & le paralèle..... More
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1929. First American Deluxe Edition [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Philadelphia: David McKay Company, n.d. [1929]. First American edition, deluxe issue, limited to 775 copies (575 for England and 200 for the United States) signed by Arthur Rackham..... More
Londres [Paris]: Chez Jean Osborne [Didot], 1742. First Complete Edition in French Of the First English Novel Not Seen at Auction in Seventy Years [RICHARDSON, Samuel]. Paméla, ou la vertu recompensée. Traduit de l'anglais. Londres [Paris]: Chez Jean Osborne [Didot], 1742. First complete edition, first printing in French of Richardson's..... More
London: Printed for T. Payne and Son at the Mews-Gate, 1778. One of the Great Literary "Forgeries" [CHATTERTON, Thomas]. Poems, Supposed to Have Been Written at Bristol, by Thomas Rowley, and Others, in the Fifteenth Century. The Third Edition; to Which is Added an Appendix, Containing Some Observations Upon the..... More
London: Printed for G. Kearsley, at Johnson's Head, No. 46, Fleet Street, 1789. Satires With An Irresistible Mix of Coarseness and Genuine Good Humour The Scarce Suppressed Edition [WOLCOT, John]. PINDAR, Peter. Expostulatory Odes to a Great Duke, and a Little Lord. By Peter Pindar, Esquire. London: Printed for G...... More
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