London: B. Crosby, 1794. First Edition. Three vols., small 8vo., 293, [1, errata]; 285; 304pp; modern three-quarter calf and brown cloth with gilt spines; (the binder erroneously stamped the date "1797" to the spines), t.e.g. A complete copy of Godwin's celebrated novel, with all half-titles. Appearing amid the intellectual ferment..... More
London: B. Lintot [R. Dodsley, H. Lintot, L. Gilliver, J. Clarke] T. Cooper, 1736-1739. Six vols. in seven, crown 8vos, 198, 159, 168, 198 [2], 258 [i.e. 259], 240, 236pp; contemporary calf. Mixed edition of this early set of Pope's Works that appeared in piecemeal fashion under varying imprints owing..... More
London: R. Dodsley, 1737. First Edition. 4to, xi, 335, [1, errata]pp; calf-backed marbled baords of the period. A nice copy with geneous margins of Glover's epic poem. It was semi-anonymous, with his name appearing only at the end of the preface, and it proved highly popular in its time. It..... More
Paris: Delaunay, Bossange et Masson, 1818. Second Edition. Three vols., 8vos., x,440, 424, 394pp; [original?] marbled board. A nice set with all half-titles. More
Various places: 1952-1954. 18 separate items, varying sizes and formats. An excellent group of items generated in the effort to win support for the condemned couple, who were executed as spies in 1953 in one of the most bitterly contested legal cases of the Cold War. Includes: -The Rosenberg Case: A...... More
Paris: Paulin, 1844. Two vols, 8vos, 562, 567pp; morocco-backed marbled boards with nicely gilt spines. Unspecified, posthumous edition of Mme. Necker's major work, an influential study of the education of women, attractively bound. More
London: Suttaby, Evance, and Company, 1811. 4to, 182pp; six aquatint engravings as well as an agraved dedication leaf; three-quarter morocco and pebble-grain cloth, t.e.g. The first edition with these illustrations, drawn by Newell in support of theory that he had identified the Irish village that inspired Goldsmith's great poem. The..... More
London: Printed for T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, 1762. Second Edition. 4to, frontispiece, [16], [i]-xvi, 1-270pp; later pebble-grain cloth and morocco with marbled endpapers and edges. The second edition adds the frontispiece portrait of MacPherson, engraved by William Bond after Joshua Reynolds. More
London: Printed for T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, 1762. First Edition. 4to, [16], [i]-xvi, 1-270pp; full contemporary calf. A nice copy of the first edition of the greatest literary hoax of the 18th century. Although suspicions about MacPherson's authorship were almost immediate -- most notably from Samuel Johnson --..... More
London: Printed fpr W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1784. Two vols., 8vos; xiii, [3], [1]-404; [viii], [1]-435pp; contemporary tree calf. A decent set of the great literary hoax. Bound with both half titles, publisher's ad leaf in the front of the second volume, and all terminal blanks..... More
Chicago: Black Cat Press, 1935. First Edition. 8vo, 83pp; black cloth with decorative emblem on front in silver, spine stamped in silver. The poet and journalist's first book, with his own introduction. A significant figure in the "Black Chicago Renaissance" where he was involved in workshops with contemporaries including Richard..... More
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1921. First Edition. Folio, 114pp; parchment-backed boards. Early monograph on the eminent painter of the Ashcan School, published for subscribers in alimited edition of 990 hand-numbered copies. Uncommon, especially in dust jacket. More
Huntington, N.Y. Pigeon Hill Press, (1926). First Edition. 4to, 200pp; errata label mounted facing the half-title; three-quarter morocco, t.e.g. Catalogue of Quinn's art collection ("exclusive of Negro and Chinese" -Editor's Note) that followed a memorial exhibition of the collection at New York's Art Center. Includes a foreword by Forbes Watson..... More
(Verona: Plain Wrapper Press, 1981). 4to, unpag.; saddle-stitched in printed wrappers. One of 130 press-numbered copies, the entire edition, printed by Gabriel Rummonds and Alessandro Zanella as a keepsake from the press. More
London: Edmund Parker, et al, 1740. Fourth Edition. Three vols., 4tos; frontispiece, [i]-xxxii, [1]-608, [16, index, advertisement]; [4], [1]-724, [11, index], [3 blank]; [vi], 1-687, [1, blank], [13, index], [1, blank]; contemporary streaked calf with the Trinity College (Dublin) crest on front and rear covers. The fourth edition of Locke's..... More
Dublin: John Exshaw, 1784. Two vols., 4tos, frontispiece, [4], [i]-ci, [1]-646; [iv], [1]-663; contemporary calf. A decent copy of this uncommon set. The second volume includes the folding plate illustrating an essay on plantation churches in Bermuda. Alongside John Locke, Berkeley was the pre-eminent English-language philosopher of his era and..... More
Dublin/London: W. Innys, and C. Hitch, in Pater-noster-row, and C. Davis in Holbourn, 1747. 8vo, 174, [2]pp; later morocco and marbled boards. De-accessioned from the American Antiquarian Society, with the AAS stamp on the title page and initials on the spine.. Among Bishop Berkeley's last works, this series of "reflexions"..... More
London: Printed for C. Bathurst, H. Woodfall, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, et al, 1769. Five vols., 4tos; [10], [i]-xxxv, [3], 39-592; [4], [1]-623, [9] (index); [12], [1]-552; [20], [1]-500; [10], [1]-456; ccontemporary polished calf with elaborate gilt tooling on spines, dentelles, Greek Key motif on edges and finely..... More
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
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1863. First Edition. Two vols., 8vos, vi, 331; iv, 353pp; full blue crushed morocco gilt by Pomey; t.e.g. Important work in the history of feminist literary scholarship, written as a companion work to Kavanagh's previous study of French women in literature. She provides not only biographical..... 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: John Camden Hotten, (1868). Second Edition. One vol. in two, fat 8vos; 871pp; 302 inserted plates, neatly rebound in three-quarter morocco and cloth; t.e.g. An extra-illustrated copy of Timbs's classic and often reprinted compendium of all things London, with more than 300 inserted plates, primarily engraved portraits and views..... 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 the Author and sold by A. Millar, 1743. First Edition. Three vols, 8vos; [26] xxvi (i.e. xxxvii), [1], 354; [ii], 420, [2]; [x], 421pp; contemporary calf with red and black spine labels. The first publication of several shorter works, including notably The Life of Mr. Jonathan Wild..... 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