London: G.G. and J. Robinson, 1797. Fourth Edition. Two vols., 8vos, [2], frontispiece, [iv], 360; [2], 432pp; nineteenth-century full polished calf gilt with finely marbled endpapers and edges. An attractive set of the fourth and best edition, highlighted by the frontispiece and twenty-four engraved illustrations. In this copy, the illustrations..... More

Hartford, Conn. S.M. Betts & Company, 1869. First Edition. Thick 8vo, frontipiece, 628pp + 2pp publisher ad; original green cloth stamped in gilt; a.e.g. Biographical sketches by James Parton, Horace Greeley, T.W. Higginson, J.S.C. Abbott, James M. Hoppin, William Winter, Theodore Tilton, Fanny Fern, Grace Greenwood, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and..... More

London: Robert Jennings, 1816. First Edition. 8vo, xvi, [4], 226pp., includes two leaves of facsimiles of Johnson's handwriting in front; lacks advertisement and errata in rear; contemporary calf. Second state, according to Fleeman, without the advertisement and errata leaf; these copies were meant to have the errata loosely inserted, but..... More

London: Printed for E. Curll. . . 1720. First Edition. 8vo, frontispiece, [4], 320pp; later polished calf and marbled boards. A decent copy, complete with frontispiece portrait and all three engraved plates. Defoe's authorship has been questioned. Moore states that he likely wrote the first draft as early as 1717..... More

London: Printed for E. Matthews, et al, 1722. First Edition. 8vo, [vi], 358pp with 2pp publisher's list in rear; woodcut head- and tailpieces throughout; full polished calf (19th century) rebacked; a.e.g. Rare first edition with a distinguished provenance, from the library of the great composer and bibliophile Jerome Kern, whose..... More

London: Eman. Matthews and T. Warner, 1717. First Edition. 8vo, [ii] 1-232 + 137-333 (i.e. 429), [9, Appendix] pp; contemporary calf, rebacked. With the repeated page numbering starting from 137, as called for. Moore 368. More

London: A. Millar, 1752. Second Edition. Two vols., 12mos; vi, [10], 271; [ii], 322pp; contemporary calf. The second edition, revised and corrected, of Lennox's popular satire. Although issued anonymously, her authorship was an open secret and widely recognized. Lennox's mentor Samuel Johnson is believed to have written the dedication as..... More

London: Printed for A. Bettesworth, and C. Hitch, 1735. First Edition. 8vo, xii, 396, [8, contents]pp; contemporary calf, rebacked. First edition, first issue (with title page in red and black) of Johnson's first book publication, an uncredited translation. Fleeman 35.2LV/1a. Courtney pp. 2-4. More

Montrose: D. Buchanan et al, 1800. Four vols., 12mos, iv, 344; iv, 326; iv, 336; iv, 280; contemporary calf. First Montrose edition. Fleeman 50.3R/36. More

London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall; and W. Johnston, in Ludgate-Street, 1759. First Edition. Two vols., 12mos, viii, 159; viii,165pp; contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, bound without final blanks. With a coronetted initial stamped in gilt at the top of each spine. With "Contents," rather than..... More

London: T. Cadell, 1785. Second Edition. 8vo, xvi, 233, [1]pp; contemporary calf, rebacked. A posthumous publication, and so intended by Johnson, this second edition includes three prayers that were not in the first edition of the same year. From the library of Charles Asa Clough, Bishop of Springfield, with his..... More

London: Printed for Benj. Tooke at the Ship in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1684. First Edition. 4to, [4], 67ppp; modern cloth-backed boards, library binding with inner hinges reinforced with cloth. Algernon Sidney's trial was a political sensation. He was tried for treason for conspiring against Charles II on the basis of..... More