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[OPIE (Amelia)]
Poems by Mrs. Opie.
First Edition, iv,192pp., engraved frontis., (offset), cont. half morocco, uncut. These poems combined many previously published pieces with new work.
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BOWLES (William Lisle)
Verses to John Howard, F.R.S. on his State of Prisons and Lazarettos.
First Edition, 4to, [iv], 17, [1]pp., without half-title, title and last leaf soiled, disbound, enclosed in custom-made folder. Johnson, Provincial Poetry. 124.
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BOWLES (William Lisle)
The Grave of Howard. A Poem.
First Edition, 4to, [ii],11,[1]pp., without half-title, title slightly foxed, lower blank margin of page 3/4 partially torn away, disbound, enclosed in custom-made folder. Johnson, Provincial Poetry. 120.
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CUBBON (William) Compiler and Editor.
A Bibliographical Account of Works Relating to the Isle of Man. With Biographical Memoranda and Copious Literary References.
First Edition, 2 vols., [viii],747; [viii],[749]-1536pp., plates and facsimiles, orig. cloth. Some of the subjects covered include Manx language and literature, poetry and drama, prose fiction, periodicals and journalism etc.
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COLLIER (J. Payne)
A Catalogue, Bibliographical and Critical, of Early English Literature; Forming a Portion of the Library at Bridgewater House, the Property of the Rt. Hon. Lord Francis Egerton, M.P.
4to, iv,366p., a very good ex-library copy, orig. cloth, head of spine torn. "The library... was originally formed by Sir Thomas Egerton, Baron Ellesmere... His Lordship is well known to have been an enlightened and munificent patron of literature. Some of the books came into his possession from the Countess of Derby, whom he married in 1600, whose first husband, Sir John Wolley, appears also to have been liberal encourager of learning. Baron Ellesmere was created Viscount Brackley shortly before his death in 1616, and his son was raised to the dignity of Earl of Bridgewater in the following year. Many of the rarer productions enumerated in the following pages were collected and carefully preserved by the latter, and his affection for his books is testified by his marks and notes in most of the volumes which he added to the collection. The library was augmented at later dates by the successive Earls and Dukes of Bridgewater, until it devolved into the hands of the present possessor, by whose direction and whose expense this catalogue has been prepared and printed. The undertaking has been limited to early English literature, because it is a department which, though less understood than some others, has of late years attracted much attention, both in this and foreign countries". - Preface. Martin, Privately Printed Books. pp.470-71.
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TRIENNIAL ACT.
A Letter to a Friend in Suffolk, Occasion'd by a Report of Repealing the Triennial Act.
22pp., with half-title, disbound. Sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe but not in Moore. The Triennial Act, reluctantly agreed to by Charles I (who said it reduced his sovereign powers), which stated that there had to be a parliament of at least 50 days duration every three years. It was designed to prevent a repetition of the long absences of parliament seen in the '11 Year Tyranny' of 1629-1640.
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NOVEL. POTTER (John)
The History of the Adventures of Arthur O'Bradley, &c. A Novel.
Second Edition, 2 vols., [x],226; [ii],262pp., without half-titles, some light foxing and staining to text, lower blank portion of F1 of vol. II torn away with old paper repair (just affecting the signature), armorial bookplate of John Waldie of Hendersyde Park near Kelso with engraved shelf label "Novels and Romances No. 559", bookbinders ticket of Lubbock, Newcastle, cont. straight grained diced green morocco, gilt decorative borders to covers, hinges lightly cracked, spines tooled in gilt, red morocco labels. A nice set of this novel narrating the adventures of a touring theatrical group. First published in 1769 with a Dublin edition appearing in 1770, all editions are rare. ESTC locates 3 copies of this second edition, all in North America (Dfo, PU, CtY).
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SILVESTER (Tipping)
Original Poems and Translations. Consisting of The Microscope, Piscatio, or Angling, the Beau and Academic. With a Poem on the Approaching Marriage of the Prince of Orange with the Princess Royal, &c. By the Rev. Tipping Silvester, M.A. Published by George Silvester, Gent.
First Edition, viii,60pp., recent quarter calf, marbled boards. The first three poems are translations from the Latin, with a further three additional poems by Silvester. Foxon, p.732; Westwood and Satchell, p.96.
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WILD (R[obert])
Iter Boreale, with Large Additions of several others Poems, Being an Exact Collection of all hitherto Extant. Never before Published together.
12mo, [ii],5-122,[14]pp., some marginal pinhole worming affecting a couple of words, lower corner of D5 torn away and effecting a couple of words, cont. calf, upper cover detached. Wild was born in St. Ives, Huntingdonshire, and graduated from St. John's College, Cambridge. The title poem 'Iter boreale' was written in praise of George Monck's restoration of monarchy in 1660, and achieved widespread popularity. "The recantation of a penitent Proteus", "The fair quarrel", and "Upon the rebuilding the city" each have a separate title page dated 1668-70. Wing,W2137. R15239
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HEALEY (George Harris) Compiler.
The Cornell Wordsworth Collection. A Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts Presented to the University by Mr Victor Emanuel.
First edition, 4to, [xiv], 458pp., one of 750 copies, 24 plates, orig. cloth. Complete bibliographical descriptions of books written by Wordsworth also including periodical appearances, anthologies, Wordsworthiana, etc.
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POETRY.
The Calf's Will, Published with the Permission of his Executors, "Le Sage entend a demi Mot:".
First Edition, 4to, [iv],15,[1]pp., with half title, disbound. Satirical verse on leading characters of the day.
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[CROCKER (John Wilson)]
The Battles of Talavera. A Poem.
Second edition, [ii], 39, [1]pp., recent marbled boards. A heroic poem about the bloody but inconclusive battle at Talavera, southwest of Madrid (July 27-28, 1809), in which a combined British-Spanish force under Sir Arthur Wellesley (later Duke of Wellington) forced the French army of King Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon, to withdraw from field. The author, John Wilson Croker, was a high-Tory politician and man of letters, one of the founders of the legendary Quarterly Review and for nearly thirty years its primary contributor. Wellington himself singled out this poem for praise. Surprisingly uncommon: we find no copy of the first or this second edition, Copac locates the third and later editions only.
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JOHNSON (Samuel)
An Essay on Education. A Poem. In two Parts. I. The Pedant. II. The Preceptor. Price two Shillings and Sixpence.
First Edition, 4to, iv,45,[1]pp., without the final advertisement leaf for Johnson's school, title page rather dusty with a small hole repair to blank margin, title within a triple line manuscript border, rebound in marbled boards. Samuel Johnson (1738-1798), a Shrewsbury schoolmaster, wrote several poems between 1768 and 1782.
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[D'URFEY (Thomas)]
The Progress of Honesty: or a View of a Court and City. A Pindarique Poem. By T. D.
First Edition, folio, [ii],23,[1]pp., with advert leaf, disbound. Printed in the year D'Urfey entered the political arena with satires on Shaftesbury and the Whigs, who were at that time seeking to exclude the Duke of York from succession to the throne. Wing D.2764.
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[MOORE (Edward)]
The Trial of Selim the Persian, for Divers High Crimes and Misdemeanours.
First Edition, 4to, [iv],20pp., with half-title, upper blank margin of B2 torn away, small single worm pinhole running throughout, recent marbled boards, uncut. Edward Moore (1712?1757), playwright and writer. Moore's anonymous panegyric verse in defence of Lord George Lyttleton (Selim), clearly an attempt to secure his patronage. Foxon, M433.
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[POPE (Alexander)]
The First Epistle of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated.
First Edition, folio, iv,23,[1]pp., date cropped by the binder, page numerals shaved, small single worm pinhole running throughout, sometime folded with crease to centre, small abrasion to terminal leaf, disbound. Foxon, P881; Griffith, 467 (this is Impression B with "38 Charles as the catchword on p. 21."); Rothschild 1635.
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LOWNDES (William Thomas)
The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature Containing an Account of Rare, Curious, and Useful Books, Published in or Relating to Great Britain and Ireland, from the Invention of Printing; with Bibliographical and Critical Notices, Collations of the Rarer Articles, and the Prices at which they have been Sold in the Present Century.
New Edition, revised, corrected and enlarged, 11 vols., orig. cloth.
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MANZI (Pitro)
La Tipografia Napoletana Nel '500 Annali Di Sigismondo Mayr Giovanni A. Del Caneto Antonio De Frizis Giovanni Pasquet De Sallo (1503-1535).
First edition, 4to, 290pp., orig. printed wrappers bound in, half vellum, morocco title label to spine.
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HEYWOOD (John)
The Play of the Weather.
Small 4to, 48pp., collotype facsimile, orig. cloth-backed boards, printed paper label on upper cover, a nice copy. Exact facsimile reprint of this hitherto unknown edition of c. 1565.
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HEYWOOD (John)
Of Gentleness and Nobility.
Small 4to, 30pp., collotype facsimile, orig. cloth-backed boards, printed paper label on upper cover, a nice copy. Exact facsimile reprint of the earliest known edition of c. 1535.
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PRICE (Henry)
An Alphabetical List of the Names of the Hundreds, Parishes, Chapelries, Villages, Gentlemens' Seats, Farm Houses, And other Places in the New Map of Herefordshire, Lately Published by Henry Price.
First and only edition, [2], vi, 37,[1] + 2pp., of adverts, orig. printed blue boards with white paper spine, the spine is worn with some loss to the original cover at base, some brown damp staining to lower inner margins which correspond with the damage to base of spine, partly unopened, uncut. A good acceptable example of this very rare work which was bought out to accompany Henry Price's New Map of the County of Hereford which is advertised at the rear of the book. Copac listing a single copy at Cardiff University Libraries.
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ADVICE.
Advice to a Painter. In a Poem to a Friend.
First edition, 4to, [8], some light dust soiling to title and margins slightly chipped. "An "Answer" to an Advice to a Painter in which the loyal members of the Artillery Company of Bristol had been attacked. The author, an ardent Anglican Tory, satirized the non-conformists (Presbyterians, Anabaptists, Antinomians, Brownists, Adamites, Chiliasts, Quakers, Muggletonians, and Independents) and accused them of plotting rebellion against the King." (Osborne). Wing A639 & ESTC (EN, CH; WF only); Osborne, Advice-to-a-Painter Poems 1633-1856. p. 48.
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FRANKLIN (Robert)
The Miller's Muse; Rural Poems.
First edition, xv, [5], 95, [1]pp., cont. ink coat of arms of George Barkworth on the front endpaper, with pencil notes relating to his family history, marbled endpapers, cont. half calf, marbled boards, attractive gilt decorated spine, a nice copy. Robert Franklin of Ferriby Sluice, Lincolnshire, miller, son of several generations of millers. Booksellers label of Isaac Wilson of Hull. Not in Jackson; Johnson, Provincial Poetry 339.
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PENDENNIS (Launcelot) pseud. [i.e. Duke John Yonge]
Cornish Carelessness; Poems, Original and Translated.
First edition, viii, 167, [1 blank]pp., orig. boards, cloth spine defective at foot, upper joint split, morocco title label, uncut. The Rev. Duke John Young (1809-1846) Curate of All Saints', Little Bolton, but died young from a shotgun wound. This was his chief work, but he also wrote several songs and was a translator of the classical poets.
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FOOTE (Charles B.)
Catalogue of the Unique Collection made by Charles Foote, Esq. American Authors & English Literature...
2 Parts, 45; 71pp., facsimiles, priced with some buyers names in pencil, orig. printed wrappers, a little worn and chipped but overall very good.
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[LANGLOIS (Fran?ois, Fancan Canon St. Honore)]
The Favovrites Chronicle.
First Edition in English, small 4to, typographical device on title, title recto [A], verso blank, [2], 41, [1] pp., modern half calf, a good copy. "The political satire against the Duc des Luynes, according to Barbier, was the cause of the author's imprisonment in the Bastille where he died. The bibliography of the early French editions, as in the case of the more celebrated Menippean satire, does not appear to have been studied so that it would be difficult to say with just what celerity it was translated and published in English. However, the fact that it was translated is not necessarily an indication of the concern of Jacobean England with the internal affairs of France. Although this translation may have been in part intended as a commentary upon Buckingham and other 'favourites' of the King's Council, it was probably published principally because of its intrinsic wit and vigor." - Pforzheimer Library. S.T.C. 15203; Hazlitt 11, 123; Huntington C.L., 511; Pforzheimer, 578.
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[SAINT GERMAN (Christopher)]
The Dialogue in English, betweene a Doctor of Divinity, and a Student in the Lawes of England. [with the second Dialogue].
8vo (140 x 90 mm), newly corrected & imprinted, with new additions, 176, [9]pp., title within a decorative border, black letter throughout, 3 contemporary ink notes in the blank margins, small pieces missing from lower blank margins of P1, Z3 & Z4 (just touching the text), with the 4 final contents leaves, faint pink stain (ink?) on tip of lower corner of 25 leaves, later vellum, new endpapers and ties, a nice copy. The first dialogue is a modified translation of his "Dialogus de fundamentis legum Anglie et de conscientia." STC, 21577.
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[BURNET (Sir Thomas)]
A Second Tale of a Tub: or, The History of Robert Powel the Puppet-Show-Man.
First Edition, imprimatur leaf, engraved frontispiece, [4], 219, [5] pp., contemporary panelled calf, hinges partly cracked, label, a nice copy. Written by the judge, traveller, diplomatist and pamphleteer, Sir Thomas Burnet, (with the collaboration of George Duckett). In fact the correspondence between Burnet and Duffett (Roxburghe 1914) makes it clear that this was a joint production. This political satire on the statesman Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford, is far from being destitute of wit and humour and takes the form of an account of Martin Powell (fl.1709-29), the somewhat physically deformed showman who ran a celebrated puppet-show in Covent Garden. It also, of course, adopts the title of Swift's celebrated 'Tale of a Tub' (but is not recorded by Teerink-Scouten in the list of this work's spurious sequels etc.).
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[DWIGHT (Timothy)]
The Triumph of Infidelity: A Poem. Supposed to be Written by Timothy Dwight, D. D. of Greenfield in Connecticut, in 1788.
27, [1 blank]pp., some occasional spotting, disbound.
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HOPKIN-JAMES (Lemuel John)
Old Cowbridge Borough, Church, and School. Illustrated by Mrs. Adelaide Williams and others.
First Edition, 32 illustrations in the text, 3 maps (one folding), 10pp. list of subscribers, xiv, [2], 327, [1] pp., original blue cloth, gilt lettering, a good copy.
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POLL BOOK.
The Contest. Being an Account of the Matter in Dispute between the Magistrates and Burgesses, and an Examination of the Merit and Conduct of the Candidates in the present Election. For Newcastle upon Tyne. Sold by the Booksellers in Newcastle, and the neighbouring Towns. 1774. First Edition, extra-illustrated with the inclusion of 2 later portraits of Sir Walter Blackett and Sir M. W. Ridley, [2], 40 pp. Bound with:- BURGESSES POLL. The Burgesses Poll at the Late Election of Members for Newcastle upon Tyne. Containing the Conditions agreed on by the Candidates for regulating the Poll. State of the Poll each day. - The number each Candidate Polled every day. - The whole number of Persons each day, their Names, Companies, Places of Residence, how they voted, the day each polled on, and number on the poll ranged alphabetically. - Copied from the Original Books taken on the spot, pursuant to the Direction of the Hon. Constantine John Phipps, And Thomas Delaval, Esq. To which is added, A summary View of the Disputes which arose, and Arguments used by the Candidates, Counsellors Lee, Fawcett, and Wilson, in defence of their proceedings upon the Hustings, &c.....
Second Edition, corrected, errata on final leaf, 24, [2], 55, [1] pp., modern green morocco-backed, marbled boards, spine ruled in gilt, maroon labels, a fine copy.
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CURTIS (Rev. John)
A Topographical History of the County of Leicester, the Ancient part compiled from Parliamentary and other Documents, and the modern from Actual Survey: Being the first of a series of the Counties of England and Wales, on the same plan.
First edition, small 4to (260 x 160 mm), xliv, 227, [1]pp., LARGE PAPER COPY, Dr. W. G. Hoskins copy, double-page coloured map of Leicestershire before the title (linen-backed with extra large margin), original blue cloth, hinges frayed in places, printed paper label on spine, uncut, a firm clean copy.
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GLASSBY (William J. J.)
Memorials of Old Mexboro' compiled from the most Authentic Sources.
First Edition, vignette on title-page and duplicated in gilt on upper cover, list of subscribers, advertisement leaf at end, [8], 68, [2] pp., original embossed blue cloth, a nice copy.
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HOWARD (Robert)
The Duel of the Stags, a Poem..... Together with an Epistle to the Author, by Mr. John Dryden.
8vo, 16 pp., text browned, disbound. Foxon, H335.
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HOWARD (Robert)
The Duel of the Stags, a Poem..... Together with an Epistle to the Author, by Mr. John Dryden.
8vo, 16pp., fore-edges slightly cut-down (not effecting text), disbound. Foxon, H334.
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POETICAL MISCELLANY.
Mus? Seatonian?. A Complete Collection of the Cambridge Prize Poems, from the first institution of that premium by The Rev. Mr. Tho. Seaton, in 1750, to the present time. To which are added, Two Poems, likewise written for the prize, by Mr. Bally and Mr. Scott.
First Edition, no free end-papers, contemporary name on title, [2], vii, [1], 334 pp., original boards, rubbed, upper hinge cracked, uncut. Poems by Christopher Smart (5), G. Bally (5), R. Glynn (1), B. Porteus (1), J. Scott (4), J. Hey (1), J. Lettice (1), T. Zouch (1), C. Jenner (2) and W. Hodson (1).
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MARTIAL.
Select Epigrams of Martial. Translated and Imitated by William Hay, Esq; with an Appendix of some by Cowley, and other Hands.
12mo (170 x 100 mm), [4], v, [3], 139 [i.e.239], [25]pp., presentation copy and a relevant autograph letter, both from Edmund Blunden, presentation inscription in pencil on fly-leaf "Douglas Grant from Edmund Blunden. Christmas 1952." and another note in pencil from Blunden "a Sussex poet and one of Charles Lamb's out-of-the-way authors." parallel Latin and English texts, another Blunden note in the text, with 2 advertisement leaves at the end, contemporary calf, worn, covers almost detached. Tipped in is a letter relevant to this book "T.L.S. London E.C.4. 4 Decr. 1952. My dear Douglas We lack news of you, and I am too feeble or idle to write a letter. If you have Will. Hay's Imitations, the copy could perhaps serve as a swop with someone. There is an imperfect copy of one of your Duchess's [i.e. Duchess of Newcastle] Works in a recent catalogue from Dobell of Tunbridge Wells..... The T.L.S. slumps along, partly in near - English.... [signed] Edmund." Provenance: With the armorial bookplate of John Mervin Prower.
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[DEFOE (Daniel)]
A Lay-Man's Creed, very short for the Benefit of the Poor Reader.
First Edition, lacks half-title, [2], 5-23, [1] pp., disbound.
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HIPKINS (F. C.)
Repton and its neighbourhood: A Descriptive Guide of the Archaeology, &c., of the district. Illustrated by Photogravures, &c.
Second Edition, frontispiece, ownership signature of Eleanor S. Ratcliff, 1908, title in red and black, 21 other plates, viii, [2], 142 pp., original blue cloth, gilt lettering on upper cover and spine.
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SCHNEPS (Maurice)
The Woman at St. L?. Illustrated by the author. Introduction by Edmund Blunden. Selected Prose and Poetry 1940 - 1958.
First Edition, presentation inscription on fly-leaf "Douglas Grant, for the sake of the war study which he I hope will think meritorious - Edmund Blunden, 20 July 1959.", black and white illustrations in the text, xvi, 106 pp., blue printed wrappers, with original glassine wrapper, a fine copy. Dedicated to "Edmond et Madaleine Fleg aux jours intimes ? Quai aux Fleurs."
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NORFOLK.
Memoirs Illustrative of the History and Antiquities of Norfolk and the city of Norwich, communicated to the annual meeting of the Arch?ological Institute. held at Norwich, July, 1847.
First edition, viii, lvi, 224pp., numerous plates, orig. cloth, rebacked.
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SLATTER (John)
Some Notes on the History of the Parish of Whitchurch, Oxon.
First edition, large 8vo (230 x 145 mm), viii, [2], 150pp., with half-title, frontispiece, original two-tone cloth, uncut.
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GUILFORD (Everard L.)
A History of Abel Collin's Charity, Nottingham; to which are appended Notes on Jonathan Labray's and Luke Jackson's Charities, and the Bonsall School Trust. With an Introduction by Alexander Samwell Leslie Melville, and a concluding Chapter by Thomas Gallimore, Clerk to the Trustees.
First Edition, half-title, frontispiece, 16 plates, folding pedigree of Smith Family at end, xiii, [1], 131, [1] pp., original cloth, gilt lettering on upper cover and spine, a good copy. Dobbin, 358.
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WINSTANLEY (John)
Poems written occasionally by John Winstanley, A.M.L.D. F.S.T.C.D. Interspers'd with many Others, By Several Ingenious Hands.
First Edition, engraved portrait, title in red and black, 11pp. list of subscribers, K4 (pp. 151-152) is a cancel, a little light staining on lower margins in a few places, xiv, [12], 320 pp., contemporary calf, hinges cracked, lacks label, a good copy. 'Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift, D.S.P.D.' appears in the list of subscribers. 'Essentially a miscellany....; Winstanley's poems are not distinguished from the rest.' - Foxon. Rothschild, 2587; Case, 437; Foxon, pp.902-3.
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GINGLE (Jacob), pseud.
The Oxford Sermon versified. By Jacob Gingle, Esq
First Edition, 63, [1] pp., pamphlet with a marbled paper spine. Jacob Gingle is a pseudonym, sometimes wrongly identified as Joseph Betty, the poem is a skit on Betty's sermon "The Divine Institution of the Ministry", 1729. Foxon, O270.
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[HOOLE (Barbara)]
A Week at Harrogate. A Poem: in a Series of Letters...
Third edition, viii, 9-98, [2]pp., one engraved plate, 10 woodcuts in the text, cont. signature of John Preston at head of title, cont. half calf, hinges cracked. Although the title page calls for "Three neat Plates" only one is present.
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GUNNELL (William A.)
Sketches of Hull Celebrities: Or Memoirs and Correspondence of Alderman Thomas Johnson and Four of His Lineal Descendants from the Year 1640 to 1858.
First edition, xx, 515, [1]pp., orig. cloth.
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MILLER (Edward)
The History of Doncaster and its Vicinity, with Anecdotes of Eminent Men.
First Edition, 4to, folding map-frontispiece and 11 engraved plates (some with a water-stain on lower blank margin), 12 illustrations in the text, library stamp on blank verso of title, 6pp. list of subscribers, errata leaf, xii, 398, [2], xlv, [1] pp., original boards slightly worn, uncut, printed paper label on spine, a good copy. Boyne, CLV11.
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COX (Ian)
Royal Crown Derby Imari Wares.
4to, 94pp., coloured illustrs., throughout, orig. pictorial wrappers. The 'Imari' style with its rich colours - dark blue, iron red and gold - is one of the most distinctive of the classic styles associated with English wares. It has been identified with Royal Crown Derby in particular ever since its wares using Imari and Imari-derived patterns became the foundation of Royal Crown Derby's success in the 1870s and 1880s.Using Royal Crown Derby's remarkable pattern-book archive, Ian Cox surveys Derby Imari from its inception to the present day, charting the lasting popularity of the 'Imari' theme and its many derivations and developments by modern designers and craftsmen. The book concludes with a guide to identification and a table of all the Imari (and 'semi-imari' etc) patterns ever used at Royal Crown Derby's Osmaston Road factory.
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O'SHAUGHNESSY (Francis M.)
Death at Hallow Hall (a ghostly thriller) and other poems.
First edition, 36pp., presentation inscription from the author to Dame Sybil Thorndike, orig. printed wrappers, slightly solid.
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