Birmingham.
Printed by E. Piercy, 1789.
8vo.
8pp. Original publisher's grey wrappers, printed paper lettering-piece to upper wrapper. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'To John Henry Lewis / with the printers / kind thoughts./ 27.8.43 / ie from W. T. Wiggins-Davies'. More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 31730
Edinburgh.
Printed by George Caw, for the author, 1795.
First edition.
8vo.
[2], 32pp. With half title. Recent marbled paper wrappers, new endpapers. Original stab holes visible, with related marginal tear to half-title. Some browning and marking, especially to half-title. More >
£ 300.00
Antiquates Ref. 17037
London.
Printed for J. Bell, 1799.
12mo.
xxiii, [1], 158pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed. Inked ownership inscription 'Tho. Butler / Downland / 1850' to recto of front blank fly-leaf, final page browned. More >
£ 450.00
Antiquates Ref. 27390
Birmingham.
Printed for the Author, By James Sketchley, 1760.
First edition.
8vo in 4s.
[4], 72pp. With an additional leaf bound at end bearing a manuscript transcription of the eighteenth-century hymn 'What means this wicked wandering heart'. Modern marbled boards. More >
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref. 9653
London.
Printed for Benjamin Matthews et al., [1750].
Fourth edition.
8vo.
viii, 31pp, [2]. With two terminal leaves of publisher’s advertisements. Later buff wrappers. Initial and terminal leaves pasted to wrappers. Extremities heavily worn and marked, loss to spine and panel edges. Scattered spotting. More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 30923
London.
Printed for J. and R. Tonson , 1741.
8vo.
[24], 84pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Title page in red and black. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, with contrasting (modern) gilt-tooled red morocco lettering-piece to spine. Worn, with surface loss to boards, chipping to foot of spine, light scoring, and staining to upper board. With a pasted-in portrait of the author to second blank fly-leaf. Leaves browned, with scattered spotting and staining. More >
£ 95.00
Antiquates Ref. 34973
London.
Printed for J. and R. Tonson, 1741.
Tenth edition.
[24], 84pp. Title in red and black. With initial blank (A1) and an engraved frontispiece and a further six engraved plates. ESTC T34573. Foxon G32.
[Bound with:] A Compleat key to the dispensary Written by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D. To which are added, Near an Hundred Lines omitted in the late Editions of the poem... London. Printed for Thomas Astley, 1746. Fourth edition. viii, [1], ... More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 19742
[Bound with:] A Compleat key to the dispensary Written by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D. To which are added, Near an Hundred Lines omitted in the late Editions of the poem... London. Printed for Thomas Astley, 1746. Fourth edition. viii, [1], ... More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 19742
London.
Printed for T. Davies et al., 1763.
First edition.
8vo.
[4], 139pp, [1]. Disbound. Scattered spotting. More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 32272
Westminster.
Printed by A. Campbell, 1727.
First edition.
ix, [1], 48pp. Errata on p.[x]. ESTC T141492.
[Bound after:] [BURGER, Gottfried Augustus]. Lenore, a tale. London. Printed for the Author, and sold by Sampson Low, 1796. First edition in English. [6], 17pp, [1]. With a half-title. ESTC T88492.
[And:] [MALLET, David]. Amyntor and theodora: or, The hermit. A poem. In three cantos. London. Printed for Paul Vaillant, 1747. First edition. [4], viii, 92pp. With ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25248
[Bound after:] [BURGER, Gottfried Augustus]. Lenore, a tale. London. Printed for the Author, and sold by Sampson Low, 1796. First edition in English. [6], 17pp, [1]. With a half-title. ESTC T88492.
[And:] [MALLET, David]. Amyntor and theodora: or, The hermit. A poem. In three cantos. London. Printed for Paul Vaillant, 1747. First edition. [4], viii, 92pp. With ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25248
Edinburgh.
Printed by Neill & Co., 1778.
First edition.
8vo.
55pp, [1]. Recently naively rebacked in blue paper. Deaccession stamp of New College Edinburgh to title page, scattered spotting. More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 32364
London.
Printed for T. Cooper, 1742.
Second edition.
8vo.
43pp, [1]. Later pink paper wrappers. Some marking to extremities. Ink price to head of title (Vol. 3d), ink manuscript annotation to verso, occasional light dust-soiling. More >
£ 200.00
Antiquates Ref. 15523
London.
Printed for John Rivington et al., [1764].
[8], 256pp. ESTC N27781.
[Bound with, presumably as issued:] RIDER, Cardinus. Rider's British Merlin: For the Year of our Lord God 1764... London. Printed by H. Woodfall, 1764. [60]pp. Title page and initial gathering in red and black. Calendar interleaves with blanks. ESTC T143857.
12mo. Attractively bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled red morocco wallet style binding, fastened with metal clasp, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece lettered ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 33841
[Bound with, presumably as issued:] RIDER, Cardinus. Rider's British Merlin: For the Year of our Lord God 1764... London. Printed by H. Woodfall, 1764. [60]pp. Title page and initial gathering in red and black. Calendar interleaves with blanks. ESTC T143857.
12mo. Attractively bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled red morocco wallet style binding, fastened with metal clasp, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece lettered ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 33841
London.
Richard White, 1796.
First edition.
8vo.
[2], 37pp, [1]. Uncut, stitched, as issued. Some creasing, lightly spotted, loss to foot of final leaf - not touching text. More >
£ 150.00
Antiquates Ref. 18967
London.
Sold by J. Roberts, 1739.
First edition.
8vo.
3-29pp, [1]. Without half-title. Disbound. Title-page separated from text-block. More >
£ 75.00
Antiquates Ref. 14344
London.
Printed by Samuel Buckley, 1739.
First edition.
Quarto.
28pp. Modern grey paper boards, contrasting brown morocco lettering-piece to spine. Leaves a trifle dusty. More >
£ 125.00
Antiquates Ref. 28289
London.
Printed by J. Rawlins, and J. Pickard, for D. Brown.., 1710.
First edition.
8vo.
[16], 231pp, [1]. With a portrait frontispiece and nine further engraved plates. Contemporary panelled calf, contrasting morocco lettering piece, neatly recornered, and rebacked with the original spine laid down. Modern bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP. Light wear, occasional marking to the (very generous) margins. Presentation copy, inscribed 'Ex dono authoris' to head of title. More >
£ 950.00
Antiquates Ref. 14612
London.
Printed for J. Tonson, 1723.
8vo.
[16], 86pp, [2]. Later mottled half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. A trifle rubbed. Manuscript initials 'A. A.' to title page. More >
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref. 31766
London.
Printed for J. and R. Tonson, and S. Draper, 1746.
First edition.
8vo.
79pp, [1]. Contemporary calf-backed marbled paper boards. Heavily worn, without backstrip. Ink stain to FFEP, ink inscription of 'William March 1765' to recto of detached front fly-leaf, paper repair to gutter margin of title page, dust-soiling and scattered spotting throughout. From the library of Church of England clergyman and religious controversialist Joseph Mendham (1769-1856). More >
£ 150.00
Antiquates Ref. 12280
Bristol.
Printed by William Pine, 1786.
Second edition.
8vo.
47pp, [1]. Disbound. Fore-edge a trifle shaved, slight loss to head of leaf C7, scattered spotting. More >
£ 75.00
Antiquates Ref. 32984
London.
Printed for J. Debrett, 1793.
First edition.
8vo.
[4], 156pp, [4]. With two terminal advertisement leaves. Uncut, partially unopened, stitched, as issued. Ink inscription to title-page, occasional spotting, dust-soiling, chipping to margins. More >
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref. 18215
