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Best.-Nr. 5256The Hampshire Advertiser company. First UK edition. Hardcover. Very good/No Dj cover. VGC.The Hampshire Advertiser company1922.First UK edition.Large format cream hardbackgilt illustration and lettering on the front covergilt lettering to the spinea couple of small nicks on the cover in VGC no Dj.Illustrated with many b/w photosmap.Nice and clean pages with gilt edges on the outer edgessome foxing marks on the edges of the pagessome nickscreases and tear on the edges of the pages.The book is in VGC for its age with light shelf wear.82pp including List of illustrationsexplanation of abbreviationsawards.A collectable and scarce book. The Hampshire Advertiser company hardcover
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1997Best.-Nr. 012444Tuscaloosa AL: Univ of Alabama Pr 1997. 421pp/illus. Inscribed by author. The moving memoir of a black military officer and illustrates the period of racial integration in both military and civilian life. The Tuskegee Airmen were trained to fly in the skies over Alabama in the early 1940s and fought the war in Europe in World War II. Clean. Inscribed By Author. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Univ of Alabama Pr Hardcover
1997Best.-Nr. 011049Tuscaloosa AL: Univ of Alabama Pr 1997. 421pp/illus. The moving memoir of a black military officer and illustrates the period of racial integration in both military and civilian life. The Tuskegee Airmen were trained to fly in the skies over Alabama in the early 1940s and fought the war in Europe in World War II. Clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Univ of Alabama Pr Hardcover
1711Best.-Nr. 6309London: Sam Briscoe. Very Good; This is the first volume of a four-volume set. Important for . containing Dryden's Life of Lucian. With an engraving of the bust of . Lucian by W. Faithorne facing engraved title page. MacDonald 141 . Repaired shallow chip to first page ; negligible foxing. Rebound in . quarter-leather with marbled-paper boards. 1711. First Edition. Quarter Leather. Lucian of Samosata was an Assyrian satirist and rhetorician best known for his extensive use of sarcasm in ridiculing superstition religious practices and belief in the paranormal. Lucian's works had a major impact on Western literature and inspired such writers as Thomas Moore Shakespeare Francois Rabelais and Jonathan Swift. John Dryden was an English poet translator and playwright appointed England's first Poet Laureate in 1668. He dominated English literature in Restoration England to such an extent that the period became known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden. . Sam Briscoe hardcover
1696Best.-Nr. ST15024cLondon: Printed for J. Tonson 1696. FIRST EDITION. 221 x 165 mm. 8 3/4 x 6 1/2". 6 p.l. 56 pp. With a preface by John Dryden Sr. 19th century blue half calf with marbled boards smooth spine with gilt lettering. Title with a few sets of numbers in ink by a contemporary hand. Macdonald 126; Wing D-2403; ESTC R3993. ◆Binding a little worn with rubbing to joints and extremities a little loss at head and tail of spine and some general soiling otherwise intact and perfectly sound; contents a little browned scattered and mostly light foxing a large but light dampstain across most leaves top margin trimmed a little close other minor imperfections but despite these faults a good copy of a very rarely seen work. This is the only dramatic work written by Dryden's second son 1667/8-1701 who also produced a translation of Juvenal and a travel account. The play with a preface by the elder Dryden and an epilogue by Congreve has not appeared in auction records since the 1940s. Printed for J. Tonson unknown
1805Best.-Nr. W2127London: T. Cadell and W. Davies 1805. 235 pages. 16mo 6 1/2" by 4 1/4". First edition thus. Bound in what may be the original gilt-decorated green morocco. All edges gilt. A year later it was reprinted with illustrations that were not included in this first printing. The book is in about very good condition: clean and tight with rubbing of leather along edges of spine and boards. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. About Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book. T. Cadell and W. Davies Hardcover
1716Best.-Nr. 2201030017London Jacob Tonson 1716 1716. Fourth. Hardcover. Good. Tonson's Miscellany: Early English printing in contemporary binding 6 volume set. 12mo. Bound in acid-washed calf. Shelf wear. Some of the hinges cracked but solid. Gilt ruled. All edges red. Marbled end pages. Engraved frontispiece illustrations. : v.I; 12 i-xxxvi viii 1-360. v.II; xii 5-396. v.III; xii 1-380. v.IV; xii 3-420. v.V; xii 1-396. v.VI; xii 1-395 1. Provenance: 18th century book plate of Frances Colleton. ESTC N65196. Frances Colleton -1805 was the wife of James Edward Colleton 1709-1790 a British MP from Haines Hill Berks. They owned a plantation in Barbados. ESTC N6906. Pt. 1-6. The first-sixth parts of Miscellany poems. Frontis. illustration A1 signed: Le Clerc Lefils inv. Lud. Du Guernier sculp. London, Jacob Tonson, 1716 hardcover
Best.-Nr. GD011310okBC1S1No publisher or date of publishing this volume noted assuming circa 1880's or perhaps later. Book bound in a green cloth no dust jacket lettering on spine in gilt. Eleven sermons bound in this single volume. Dryden was pastor from January 1846-December 1878. First Sermon dated 1850 and last in 1878. Individual publishing companies and dates noted on the seperate sermons title pages. Book very good. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover
1713Best.-Nr. 031653London.: Jacob Tonson. 1713. Hard. Good. 12mo. 7 3/4". Illustrated with engraved frontispiece. Good. Bound in full panelled calf commensurate with date of publication. Joint of upper board is beginning to split. Slightly toned and pallidly foxed. Name penned in contemporary hand to title page corner. Jacob Tonson. unknown
1852Best.-Nr. 021742William Pickering; London. 1852. The Aldine Edition of the British Poets. . Hard. Good. 12mo. 7". Engraved portrait frontispiece to volume I. Good. Publishers cloth. Covers a little rubbed and sunned to spines particularly. Printed paper labels to spines. Armorial bookplate of the British Conservative politician Arthur Jeffreys to each front pastedown. Slightly foxed. William Pickering; London. unknown
1696Best.-Nr. 38602London: Tho. Chapman At the Angel in the Pall Mall. Good with no dust jacket. 1696. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Modern quarter leather marbled boards. No date; states fifth edition; circa 1696. Pages browned/foxed. Contains title page; 4 66 pages. Pages secure. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Tho. Chapman, At the Angel in the Pall Mall hardcover
1690Best.-Nr. 38760London: J. M. for Henry Herringman. Good. 1690. Third Edition. Hardcover. Later quarter leather gilt marbled boards. 16 38 1; final page is "Books printed for and sold by Abel Roper near Temple Bar." Few stains minor foxing. Boards worn. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . J. M. for Henry Herringman hardcover
1692Best.-Nr. 38892London: H. Herringman. Good. 1692. Softcover. Disbound octavo. 8 60pp. Some leave edges reinforced. Complete. Few old ink notations. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . H. Herringman paperback
1694Best.-Nr. 38891London: Jacob Tonson. Good. 1694. Softcover. Disbound. 10 of 12 82 pages. Lacks half title epilogue. Some staiins. ; quarto . Jacob Tonson paperback
1668Best.-Nr. 39023London: Henry Herringman. Good. 1668. First Edition. Hardcover. Modern binding. 8 72 pages. Pages 9-16 missing; facsimiles bound in. Few spots. One of the earliest discussions of drama. Shakespeare mentioned pp. 24 29 46-50 57.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Henry Herringman hardcover
1805Best.-Nr. 028721London: Printed for W. Flint for T. Cadell and W. Davies 1805. 12mo. . xxxi 236 pages. The introduction is by the controversial Dr. John Akin 1747-1822. After an early career as a physician who got into trouble condemning England's policy of excluding dissenters from office or entrance into Cambridge or Oxford he wrote two anonymously published pamphlets on the injustice of the system but his authorship was soon discovered losing the support from the leaders in government but as he moved to the Broad Street Buildings he found this community close to Hackney was full of dissenters where he became their spokesmen. He was close friends with Erasmus Darwin James Montgomery Robert Southey and the philanthropist John Howard whose literary executor he became. He became known as one of the leading biographers of the era and author of works on English poetry. His background gives an insight into much of what John Dryden was suggesting. A very uncommon though desirable work on Dryden. OCLC shows the only recorded copy is at Dunston Hall. A fine copy bound in original tree calf flat spine ruled in gilt red morocco spine label gilt. internally fresh with no names or bookplates. Printed for W. Flint for T. Cadell and W. Davies unknown
1700Best.-Nr. 38439London: Jacob Tonson. Good with no dust jacket. 1700. First Edition. Hardcover. Half leather binding probably 19th century with marbled endpages. Half of spine leather missing board edges rubbed/frayed. Bookplate to fep. Verso of ffep has inked PO info and pencilled poem. This volume starts at the title page. 646pp followed by a single leaf numbered 565 titled The Table. Foxing and age toning. Binding holding. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Jacob Tonson hardcover
1878Best.-Nr. biblio40356Fifth Volume ONLY. Boston: Little Brown and Company 1878. XXIX414 pages. Hardcover Embossed all over Green cloth Gilt spine title no dg. Personal Bookplate inside front cover otherwise The Book looks as New. n 9.1"x6.1"x1.3". be44415. Little, Brown and Company hardcover
1700Best.-Nr. elala130London: Printed for Jacob Tonson 1700. 1700. folio. pp. 21 p.l. 271 360-646 2. pp. 272-359 omitted in pagination. complete with half-title. contemporary sprinkled calf rebacked retaining spine label corners renewed. printed book label of Chillingham Castle in Northumberland home of the Lords Grey. First Edition. A collection of some twelve thousand verses which "again show Drydens energy of thought and language undiminished by age" DNB including paraphrases or translations of the first book of the Iliad some of Ovids Metamorphoses and tales from Chaucer and Boccaccio. There is also a poem To my Honoured Kinsman John Driden verses addressed to the Duchess of Ormond and lines on A Fair Maiden lady who died at Bath the wife of Lord Abingdon. The preface written in fine prose contains an excellent appreciation of Chaucer as well as attacks on Milbourne and Sir Richard Blackmore and a reply to Jeremy Colliers attack on the stage.Macdonald 37a. NCBEL II 447. Pforzheimer 326. Wing D2278. 1st Edition. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1700. unknown
1854Best.-Nr. 107643Little Brown 1854. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Little Brown and Company Boston 1854. Half-Leather w/ Marbled Paper. Very Good. No Jacket. Book. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Volumes 1 2 and 3 of a 5 volume set; half leather w/marbled paper over boards marbled endpapers and edges. Raised bands and ornate gilt decoration on spine. Clean solid. In each volume on the front paste down there is a bookplate stating that the books were donated to the YMCA as part of a library given in honor of Justus Lawrence on Yonkers N.Y. However based on the condition of the set it does not appear any of the Young Men ever opened the books and there are no library markings in any of the books. Little, Brown hardcover
