Birmingham: Printed by John Baskerville, for J. and R. Tonson, 1761. First Baskerville Edition of the Works of Joseph Addison ADDISON, Joseph. The Works of the Late Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Esq; with a complete index. Birmingham: Printed by John Baskerville, for J. and R. Tonson, 1761. First Baskerville edition of the... More
London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1819. Questions of Morality - Rather than Theology Patriotism, Action in the Public Sphere and Moral Virtue Promoted by Polite Secular Culture BLAIR, Hugh. Sermons, by Hugh Blair, D.D. F.R.S. Ed. One of the ministers of the High Church, and Professor of rhetoric and... More
Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1768. Boswell’s Remarkable Success BOSWELL, James. An Account of Corsica, the Journal of a Tour to that Island; and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli. Illustrated with a New and Accurate Map of Corsica. Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew... 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 and Numerous Works... More
Dublin: Printed by John Chambers, for R. Cross…, 1792. First Irish Edition BOSWELL, James. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His... More
Bloomfield, Connecticut: The Limited Editions Club, 1974. Boswell and Johnson's Highland Fling The Classic Eighteenth Century "On the Road" BOSWELL, James. [JOHNSON, Samuel]. The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson. LlD. With Marginal Comments and Markings from a Copy Annotated by Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi. Illustated with... More
Bloomfield, Connecticut: The Limited Editions Club, 1974. Sam and Jim's Classic Schlep Through Scotland BOSWELL, James. [JOHNSON, Samuel]. The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson. LlD. With Marginal Comments and Markings from a Copy Annotated by Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi. Illustrated with Reproductions of Contemporary Prints by... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926. The Works of the "Heaven-taught Ploughman" A Finely Bound Set of the Most Complete Edition BURNS, Robert. The Complete Writings of Robert Burns. With an essay on Burns’s life, genius, and achievement by W.E. Henley and with an introduction by John Buchan. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926-1927. Large-Paper... 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 Language... More
London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1798. "The Best Modern Poet" With Ten Engraved Plates by Stothard COWPER, William. Poems, by William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq. In Two Volumes. A New Edition. London, Printed for J. Johnson, 1798. A new edition. Two twelvemo volumes (6 1/4 x 3 15/16 inches; 159 x.... More
London: Printed at The Shakespeare Press, by W. Nicol, for John Major, 1831. Robinson Crusoe Illustrated by George Cruikshank [CRUIKSHANK, George, Illustrator], DEFOE, Daniel. The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner. With introductory verses by Bernard Barton, and Illustrated with numerous engravings from drawings by George Cruikshank... 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 de la... More
London: Cochrane and Pickersgill, 1831. Robinson Crusoe - Finely Bound by Morrell With a Portrait of Daniel Defoe and Sixteen Engraved Plates DEFOE, Daniel. The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. With a biographical sketch of De Foe, written expressly for this edition, and illustrations from original designs. In two volumes. London... More
London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1820. "The Finest English Edition" Large Paper Copy in a Contemporary Binding by J. Mackenzie DEFOE, Daniel. STOTHARD, Thomas, illustrator. The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Embellished with engravings from designs by Thomas Stothard… London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1820. Second Stothard illustrated... More
London: Printed for A. Millar, 1752. There's Something About Amelia Fieldings' Favorite Book FIELDING, Henry. Amelia. London: Printed for A. Millar, 1752. First edition, first impression with dropped pagination to p. 22 of volume one, but with second impression correction to p. 191 line four ("at the Folly") of volume three. With... More
London: Printed for A. Millar, 1749. The True First Edition of Henry Fielding's Tom Jones Bound by The Guild of Women Binders FIELDING, Henry. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. In Six Volumes. London: Printed for A. Millar, 1749. First edition, first issue, with the errata leaf (c8 recto) in Volume... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press, 1926. Fielding of Dreams From the Shakespeare Head Press FIELDING, Henry. The Novels of Henry Fielding. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press...by Basil Blackwell, [1926]. Large Paper Edition, limited to 520 sets. Ten large octavo volumes (9 x 6... More
London: H. Humphrey, 1798. Gillray Punctures Parliament Complete and Exceedingly Scarce [GILLRAY, James]. Habits of New French Legislators and other Public Functionaries. London: H. Humphrey, 1798. First edition, complete; both series. Folio (platemarks c. 260 x 195 mm). Twelve hand-colored engravings, some stipple and aquatint, lettered with series title and plate number... More
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1908. The Turk's Head Edition GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Works of Oliver Goldsmith. Edited by Peter Cunningham, F.S.A. With a Biographical and Critical Introduction by Horatio Sheafe Krans, Ph.D. With Eighty Photogravures from Original Designs by Frederick Simpson Coburn. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons (The Knickerbocker Press)... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1900. The Finest Set Of Goldsmith Handsomely Bound By The Macdonald Bindery of New York With Frontispieces Signed By The Artists GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Works of Oliver Goldsmith. Edited by Peter Cunningham… F.S.A. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1900. The Wakefield Edition, limited to 500 numbered sets, this... More
London: Printed for White, Cochrane, and Co.,, 1814. Thomas Gray's Poems in Contemporary Blind-Stamped Plum Calf GRAY, Thomas. The Poems… With critical notes, a life of the author, and an essay on his poetry by the Rev. John Mitford. London: Printed for White, Cochrane, and Co., 1814. First edition edited by... More
London: Printed for T. Longman, B. White and Son, B. Law, J. Dodsley etc., 1792. "Arguably the Most Distinguished Man of Letters in English History" The Works of Samuel Johnson in a Fine Full Calf Binding by Root & Son JOHNSON, Samuel. The Works. A New Edition, in Twelve Volumes. With an... More
London: Elliot Stock, 1884. Johnson's Didactic Romance on the 'Choice of Life' JOHNSON, Samuel. Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia. Being a Facsimile Reproduction of the First Edition Published in 1759. In Two Volumes. With an Introduction by Dr. James Macaulay; and a Bibliographical List of Editions of Rasselas Published in England and... More
London: Printed for C. Bathurst…, 1770. A Fine Set of Pope POPE, Alexander. The Works of Alexander Pope Esq. In Nine Volumes, Complete. With His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements: Together with the Commentary and Notes of His Editor [William Warburton]. London: Printed for C. Bathurst [and eleven others], 1770. Nine octavo... More
London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1929. In the Publisher's Special Persian Morocco binding [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: George G. Harrap & Company, n.d. [1929]. First trade edition in the publisher's special deluxe binding. Quarto (9 7/8 x 7 1/4 in;... More
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