London. Fielding & Walker. 1777. pp. (ii), iv, (ii), 20. 4to. Disbound. 1st edition

Reference: 8693

London. For the Author. 1777. pp. (ii), vii, 39. 4to. Disbound. Slight minor foxing at end of book. 1st edition.

Reference: 126959

London. G. Sawbridge. 1704. pp. (xvi), 272. 1 table, folded. 8vo. Full calf, hinges rubbed, spine label chipped. Pages browned. The Beckford copy with the Quaritch bookplate stating:- 'The Hamilton Palace Library. Beckford Collection. This book was bought at Sotheby's sale, June 30 - July 13, 1882, by Bernard Quaritch, 15 Piccadilly, London. W. Beckford, author of Vathek, born 1760, died 1844. Tenth Duke of Hamilton, born 1767, died 1852.' 1st edition. ESTC T70849. p 148 misnumbered 184 & p 259 misnumbered 249. Signature N correctly paginated.

Reference: 71970

Berlin. August Mylius. 1789. pp. (iv), 320. Frontis. 8vo. Boards, corners bumped, hinges cracked but firm. Head & tail of spine chipped. Browned throughout. 4th edition. Text in English

Reference: 51772

London. C. Cooke. ND. (1797). 3 vols. pp. 252; 252; 255. 10 plates. 12mo in 6’s. Full calf, hinges rubbed. Title page of Vol 1 has been trimmed at the top, not affecting text. Cooke’s Edition.

Reference: 6950

London. J. Evans & Son. (1795?). pp. 16. Woodcut on title page. Small 8vo. Spine taped. Cheap Repository.

Reference: 21285

London. Jacob Tonson. 1718. pp. (xl), 506, (vi) of Content. Frontis. Folio. Full vellum with red morocco spine labels. All edges gilt. First edition. There is some scarring on the back board and quite a lot of foxing. A nearly hansome copy.

Reference: 47426

London. A. Millar & R and J Dodsley. 1755. pp. xvi, 384. Frontis. 8vo. Half calf, marbled boards, later spine. 2nd edition, corrected.

Reference: 21472

London. J.T. 1703. pp. (x), 211. Woodcut on p3. 8vo. Full calf, later spine, dry. Corners rubbed. ESTC. The Frontis mentioned in the Preface appears never to have been issued. Halkett & Laing credit the book with a ? to the Marquis of Halifax as the Preface states that the manuscripts were found among his papers. The Contents are I. Sir Henry Sheere’s Discourse of the Mediterranian Sea, and the Streights of Gibralter; II Divers remarkable Orders of the Ladies at Spring-Garden in Parliament assembled: Together with certain Votes of the unlawful Assembly at Kate’s in Covent-Garden. Both sent abroad to prevent Misinformation; III. The Apology of the Duke of Lauderdaile; IV. The Patent of Creation of Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, Duke of Norfolk; V. An Act concerning the Title, Name and Dignity of the Earl of Arundell; VI. A Copy of a Commission for General, to George Duke of Albemarle; VII. Secret Transactions in relation to King Charles the First: Written by Sir John Bowring, Knight; VIII. An Advertisment, written to a Secretary of the Lord Treasurer’s in England, concerning Seminary Priests: As also, a Letter written by the Lord Treasurere, in defence of the Nobility and Gentry, intercepted: Published and Answered by the Papists; IX. A Grant of Arms to the Family of Gresham in Surrey; X. The humble petition of the inferiour Clergy of this Nation to the Parliament; XI. A Copy of the Charter to the East-India Company.

Reference: 15211

London. J. Evans & Sons. (1799 - 1820). pp. 8. Woodcut on title page. Small 8vo. Trimmed, not affecting text. Disbound.

Reference: 33735

London. T. Cadell. 1770. 2 vols. pp. vii, 216; iv, 279. 8vo. Full contemporary sheep, slightly scarred. Some minor foxing in the second volume. With the bookplate of Eric S. Quayle. 1st collected edition. John Armstrong 1709 - 1779, poet, physician and essayist.

Reference: 13841

Compared with the Former Editions and many valuable MSS. Out of which, Three Tales are added which were never before Printed; By John Urry, Student of Christ-Church, Oxon. Deceased: Together with a Glossary, B a Student of the same College. To the Whoole is Prefixed The Author's Life, newly written, and a Preface, giving an Account of this Edition. London. Bernard Lintot. 1721. pp. (lii), 626, errata. Frontis, 1 plate, vignette on title page and at head of each Cantebury Tale. Folio. Quarter calf, cloth boards. Ex-Library. pp. 519 misnumbered 517. Some minor foxing throughout but, unfortunately the Glossary is very badly foxed. A solid copy. ESTC T106027. The Preface and Glossary are by Timothy Thomas. ADDITIONAL SHIPPING REQUIRED.

Reference: 10916

London. J. Evans & Co. (1799). pp. 16. Woodcut on title page. Small 8vo. Trimmed not affecting text. Cheap Repository.

Reference: 17398

Dublin. A Leathley. 1775. 2 vols. pp. viii, 388; viii, 376. 8vo. Full calf, new, contemporary style spines, new endpapers. 4th edition. ESTC T110283

Reference: 87870

London. T. Cadell. 1786. pp. viii, 306, (ii) postscript. 8vo. Full calf, later spine. A little foxing. Half title present. 1st edition. Includes the first printing of 24 poems by Johnson addressed to Mrs. Piozzi or improvisations which she had copied down.

Reference: 1948763

London. Joh & & Arthur Arch. 1796. 4 vols. pp. viii, 310; vii, 317; vii, 343; (v), 388. 8vo. Half calf, marbled boards, slightly rubbed, later rather heavy spines. Foxing throughout. In Vol 2 pp.115/116 (The title to Devout Exercises of the Heart) bottom corner torn away affecting text. Half titles present in Volumes 2, 3 & 4. Volume 1 contains Letters from the Dead to the Living in Twenty letters & Letters Moral & Entertaining Parts First & Seond; Vol 2 - Letters Moral & Entertaining Part III; Devout Exercises of the Heart, in Meditation, in Soliloquy, Prayer, Praise etc; Poems & Translations by Mr Thomas Rowe; Vol 3 - Miscellaneous Poems and Translations; Hymns, Odes & Psalms; Devout Soliloquies; A Paraphrase on Canticles in Blank Verse; The History of Joseph A Poem in 10 Books; Vol 4 - Dialogies; Familiar Letters; Life of the Author etc. Shattock. Elizabeth Rowe 1674 - 1737 Eldest daughter of Walter Singer, a Nonconformist minister who had been imprisoned for his beliefs, and Elizabeth Portnell whom he met when she was a prison visitor. Thomas Rowe, her junior by thirteen years, was her husband. He died of consumption in 1715 and she spent the rest of her life at Frome in virtual seclusion. Johnson claimed Mrs Rowe was the first English writer to combine successfully ‘the ornaments of romance in the decoration of religion’ and Isaac Watts that she had rescued ‘the honour of Poetry....... from the Scandal which has been cast upon it, by the abuse of Verse to loose and profane Purposes.’

Reference: 6962

London. J & R. Tonson an S. Draper. 1750. pp. (viii), 183. 8vo. Full calf, hinges cracked but firm. A clean copy with the bookplate of Graham Pollard.

Reference: 85050

London. Matt. Gillyflower. 1700. pp.(ii), 21, (i), 84, (vi), 97, (i), 42, 16, (ii), 44, (ii), 21, (iii), 6, (vi), 30. 8vo. Full calf, hinges rubbed and cracked, boards dry. Badly foxed throughout. A shabby copy. 1st edition.

Reference: 68910

To which is prefix’d his Life, and an Account of his Writings. Adorn’d with several Curious Cuts engraved on Copper. London. Jonah Bowyer. 1726. pp. xiv, 414. 3 plates. 8vo. Full calf, later spine in contemporary style. 1st edition. Contains A Comment upon the History of Tom Thumb; Crispin the Cobler’s Confutation of Ben H-----etc; The Story of the St A---n’s Ghost, or the Apparition of Mother Haggy; The Testimonies of the Citizens of Fickleborough; The Representation of the Loyal Subjects of Albania; The Character of Richard St--le, Esq., with Some Remarks; The State & Condition of Our Taxes; The Plain Dealer; A Letter from the Facetious Dr Andrew Tripe at Bath. DNB. The pieces had appeared seperately, and have sufficient literary merit in the opinion of Charles Wentworth Dilke to justify a conjecture that Swift was their real author. The Rev. Whitwell Elwin has on the other hand, expressed an opinion that the evidence contained in the volume, and confirmed by contemporary records, proves that the true author is the one named on the title page. Teerinks Bibliography of Swift, 2nd edition edited by Arthur H. Scouten, has either dropped them or relegated them to the section entitled “Doubtful”.

Reference: 12128