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1794réf. 52055Coventry: printed and sold by M. Luckman 1794. Very good. Scarce first edition presentation copy from the editor of this textbook of canonical poets for students - including Milton Dryden Burns Pope Smith Carter and Barbauld. Woolston created this collection of the "most admired poetry" from "the best authors." The biographical summaries at the rear include this description for Charlotte Smith: "Every reader of sensibility must lament with me the sorrows and afflictions which this very amiable Lady has been frequently and long exposed to though they gave birth to some of the most exquisite Sonnets perhaps ever written." Issued by Mary Luckman who took over her husband's printing business upon his death in 1784. Quite scarce with only three copies recorded in ESTC Bodleian BL Canterbury and another three via OCLC Yale Penn State University of South Carolina. A pocket window into the big names in poetry at the end of the 18th century. 36mo 5'' x 2.75''. Contemporary tree calf rebacked maroon spine label gilt rules to boards. Publisher's catalogue at rear. xii 310 2 pages. Ink inscription "The Gift of the / author April 24th / 1795" to front fly leaf. Subtle paper repairs to gutters of first few leaves. Boards rather rubbed at corners with some dry crackling to contemporary leather else neat and clean. printed and sold by M. Luckman unknown books
1697réf. 612030London: Printed for Jacob Tonson; and are to be Sold by Robert Knaplock at the Angel and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard 1697. Hardcover. Good. Later printing. Octavo. ii 1 blank xc 501 3 contents pp. Illustrated with 18 plates as called for. Contemporary or nearly so paneled leather framed with decorative elements blindstamped at the corners spine in five compartments. Binding heavily worn with the rear joint partially split some loss at the spine base and the front cover attached by the cords only modest worming affecting the pastedowns endleaves and the first 100 or so pages most engravings foxed one with a small foredge chip and a few leaves toward the end with light staining at the foredges a good only copy. Printed for Jacob Tonson; and are to be Sold by Robert Knaplock, at the Angel and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard hardcover books
1962réf. 110765New York: The Macmillan Company 1962. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Small quarto. 1208pp. Volume four only. Very good with Light foxing on the page edges and endpapers spotting on the boards and a previous owner name on the front free endpaper lacking the dustwrapper. International Series in Aeronautics and Astronautics Volume Four. The Macmillan Company hardcover books
1691réf. 64652London: Printed for Harry Herringman 1691. SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE. DRYDEN John. Evening's Love: Or the Mock-Astrologer. As it Is Acted by Their Majesties Servants. London: Printed for Harry Herringman 1691. Later edition. Octavo 8 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches; 215 x 158 mm. 16 63 1 epilogue pp. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in modern quarter brown morocco over brown cloth gilt-stamped on spine. Spine a bit rubbed pages darkened. Very good. HBS 64652. $350. Printed for Harry Herringman unknown books
1952réf. 410391952. VIRGIL. The Georgics. 174 pp. Translated by John Dryden; Introduction by George F. Whicher. Illustrated and signed by Bruno Bramanti and the designer Giovanni Mardersteig. 8vo. bound in deluxe half brown morocco. New York: The Limited Editions Club 1952. Virgil's passionate message to care for the land and for the crops and animals that it sustains could hardly be more topical two millenia after he wrote it. One of 1500 copies printed and bound by the Officina Bodoni. Set in monotype Bembo printed on Maslianico special paper in a handsome new binding. LEC 229. unknown books
1932réf. 85611New York: Frederick A. Stokes 1932. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Very slightly cocked thus near fine in near fine dustwrapper with a small internal repair. A day in the life of a passionate woman on a visit to New York City. Scarce in jacket. Frederick A. Stokes hardcover books
1686réf. 1269321686. London: Printed for H. Herringman and are to be sold by Joseph Knight and Francis Saunders. 1686. Slim 4to 5960-62pp. Modern marbled boards red morocco backstrip lettered in gilt. Signed in ink on verso of title "John Gwynn Neath July 11th 1751" showing through somewhat. Also signed on p. 1: "John Gwynn 1749". Iceland bookplate of Robert Herring on front pastedown. Occasional light toning but good margins with no trimming of the text; very good. § Fourth edition of this tragedy in rhyming couplets first acted in June 1669 and published in 1670. It is based on the legend of Saint Catherine of Alexandria who was put to death by the Roman Emperor Maximinus the "tyrant" of the title. The play was hugely successful and was revived several times this edition coinciding with the third production. Wing D2396; ESTC R15523. unknown books
1931réf. 1269661931. Dacre Street Westminster: The Stourton Press 1931. 4to 97 pp. Printed in black and red headpiece decorations by Eliot Hodgkin the decoration for the preface by Edward Le Bas. Full japan vellum boards with yapped edges device in gilt on upper board titled in gilt on backstrip. Bookplate of Otterburn Hall Northumberland. Binding somewhat rubbed and soiled endpapers toned contents clean and very good. § Limited to 150 copies on paper and 8 on vellum. This is copy #64 on paper. Printed by Fairfax Hall at his private press at Stourton House in Westminster with the help of H. Gage-Cole formerly of the Kelmscott and Dove Press as well as S. Bradshaw and S. Ball. A handsome printing of Dryden's tragedy and a very early publication of the Stourton Press. "Hall had set up the Stourton Press in London in 1930. Having asked advice of the wrong people he had acquired some Caslon type and a Cropper treadle press and was feeling thoroughly discouraged by the poor quality of his work when an opportunity came to employ Gage-Cole. His printing room was revolutionized: The Cropper was replaced by an Albion and the other equipment Gage-Cole thought necessary. For a young man on a junior employee's salary to engage a skilled craftsman was rather adventurous-and very alarming for Hall when he realized what thorough but unhurried work was needed. Hall learned much from Gage-Cole but the latter's strong pro-union attitude was a barrier between them. Also although in 1931 Gage-Cole completed Dryden's All for Love for the Stourton Press it was hard for Hall to find work for him as well as money and it was something of a relief to allow him to go and work for St. John Hornby. Roderick Cave The Private Presses 2nd Ed. p.212-213. unknown books
1950réf. 10087Caldwell: Caxton Printers 1950. Second printing. 309pp. Octavo 23.5 cm Gray cloth with the titles stamped in blue on the front boatrd and backstrip. Map endsheets and pastedpowns. Near fine/Near fine. Jacket price clipped. Illustrated by E. Joseph Dreany. This work trade on the fur trade prints the editied journals of Ross Cox and Alexander Ross both of whom worked for the Pacific Fur Company. American businessman John Jacob Astor established the Pacific Fur Company in 1810. He hoped to control the fur trade of the Pacific Northwest and push out his main competitors Great Britain's Hudson's Bay Company and Canada's North West Company. In 1810 33 employees of the Pacific Fur Company arrived at the mouth of the Columbia River in Oregon after an arduous journey. Here they established Fort Astoria and began negotiating with local Native American tribes for beaver and sea otter pelts. Despite some initial success the Pacific Fur Company was dealt a tragic blow in 1811 when the crew of their trading ship the Tonquin died at the hands of hostile native warriors off the coast of Vancouver Island. The Fort's supplies for the coming year were lost. Soon after the War of 1812 broke out between the United States and Great Britain disrupting trade and business. The Pacific Fur Company was officially dissolved in 1813. Caxton Printers unknown books
1832réf. 1083161832. London: William Pickering 1832. Five vols. 8vo. cli 172; vi 316; viii 320; vi 309; vi 317 pp. engraved frontisportrait and Aldine device on the title-page. Contemporary half green calf red marbled boards heightened in gilt five raised bands with gilt-tooled panel decoration to backstrip red and black morocco label strips with title information in gilt to backstrip marbled endpapers. Joints and corners of boards have some slight rubbing minor foxing to outer margins; otherwise very good. Bookplate of Thomas Lee Marshall to first pastedown. § First edition thus with a "Life of Dryden" by Rev. John Mitford. The Aldine Poet Series was a 20 year project that involved printing new editions of classic British poets from Chaucer through to the 19th Century. They were published in 53 volumes during the years 1830-1844. Pickering secured John Mitford and Alexander Dyce as editors with Sir Harris Nicolas so that the series would be of a high standard. unknown books
1682réf. 352286London: Printed for Jacob Tonson 1682. First Edition Second Issue with 2 lines of Latin verse on last page. xii; 20 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Later vellum. First Edition Second Issue with 2 lines of Latin verse on last page. xii; 20 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Dryden's satirical poem directed as was his Absalom and Achitophel against the Earl of Shaftesbury who had recently been exonerated of a charge of high treason; his Whig followers had had a medal cast to commemorate the event. Wing D 2311; Macdonald 13 aii; ESTC R17608 Printed for Jacob Tonson unknown books
1973réf. 366962London: Faber and Faber 1973. First edition of this selection. 115 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Black cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition of this selection. 115 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed on the title page "To Charles with best wishes from Wystan". Auden has struck through his printed name. Charles Osborne Australian born journalist editor and author knew Auden for many years and in 1980 published W.H. Auden The Life of a Poet. Faber and Faber unknown books
1682réf. 305844London: Printed for Jacob Tonson 1682. First Edition Second Issue with 2 lines of Latin verse on last page. xii; 20 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Removed. First Edition Second Issue with 2 lines of Latin verse on last page. xii; 20 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Dryden's satirical poem directed as was his Absalom and Achitophel against the Earl of Shaftesbury who had recently been exonerated of a charge of high treason; his Whig followers had had a medal cast to commemorate the event. Wing D 2311; Macdonald 13 aii; ESTC R17608 Printed for Jacob Tonson unknown books
1692réf. 260122London: Printed for Jacob Tonson 1692. 1 vols. Small 4to. Bound in modern half red morocco rubbed text a little browned. 1 vols. Small 4to. Wing D 2270; Pforzheimer 324 Printed for Jacob Tonson unknown books
1693réf. 268145London: Printed for Jacob Tonson 1693. First edition. iv xxxix iii 315 1; iv 87 1 p. Folio. Contemporary full acid-stained calf spine with raised bands in 6 compartments lettered in gilt in one the rest richly gilt. Neatly rebacked preserving original spine internally a clean well-margined copy. First edition. iv xxxix iii 315 1; iv 87 1 p. Folio. Dryden's translation of the 1st 3rd 6th 10th and 16th Satires of Juvenal and all of Persius with help from fellow translators Nahum Tate William Congreve and Dryden's sons Charles and John. Congreve also contributed the poem that prefaces the translations of Persius. ESTC R12345; Macdonald 30a. Provenance: Reginald Pole bookplate; John Drinkwater his signature dated 1923; Lytton Strachey his booklabel; Roger Stenhouse his booklabel Printed for Jacob Tonson unknown books
1692réf. 36913London: John Everingham 1692. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. 16 376pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf rebacked new endpapers. Very good. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. 16 376pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Dryden contributed the last half of the "Character." A second volume of Essay appeared two years later. Saint-Evremont 1613-1703 was exiled in 1663 for criticizing Mazarin's treaty with Spain 1659 and spent the rest of his life in the English courts of Charles II James II and William III. "A man of sceptical and epicurean temperament one of the most distinguished of the 'libertins' he wrote with light sober witty elegance short disquisitions on many subjects literary and other and his literary criticism had considerable influence in England where he was on intimate terms with courtiers such as Buckingham and writers such as Hobbes Waller and Cowley . " - Oxford Companion to French Literature. He is buried in Westminster Abbey. Macdonald 1371 John Everingham unknown books
1701réf. 237330London: Tonson Thomas Bennet and Richard Wellington 1701. First Folio edition. Engraved portrait frontispiece by Edelinck after Keller and extra-illustrated with later full-page frontispiece for the second volume. 6 618; 558 pp. 2 vols. Folio 336 x 196 mm. Bound in modern half brown morocco over brown cloth boards spines lettered in gilt t.e.g. Brief marginal repairs to both title-pages folding portrait backed first few leaves in first volume partially disbound pp 119/120 with tear from corner some stray marks and minor toning throughout upper cover to first volume mostly detached upper joint to second volume with flaking corners rubbed head and tail of spine of both volumes rubbed bookplates of Julius Joleson and Paul Buchet. First Folio edition. Engraved portrait frontispiece by Edelinck after Keller and extra-illustrated with later full-page frontispiece for the second volume. 6 618; 558 pp. 2 vols. Folio 336 x 196 mm. Dryden's plays were first collected as early as 1682 and many times subsequent though these early editions were simply 4to editions of his plays bound together with a new general title and erratic in terms of quality and completeness. This noble 1701 Tonson folio is not only the the first in this format but the first to aim at comprehensiveness and accuracy. MacDonald 107 a i Tonson, Thomas Bennet and Richard Wellington unknown books
1671réf. 231500London: Printed for T.N. for Henry Herringman 1671. First edition. 20 91 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Modern brown buckram. Bottom of title page repaired not affecting text. First page of dedication torn away else clean and complete. First edition. 20 91 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. CBEL II: 262 Printed for T.N. for Henry Herringman unknown books
1866réf. 51469London: Bell and Daldy Fleet Street 1866. Frontispiece portrait to volume I. 5 vols. 8vo. Full contemporary yellow pebbled morocco gilt spines a.e.g by Hayday & Co. Fine condition 5. Frontispiece portrait to volume I. 5 vols. 8vo. Bell and Daldy Fleet Street unknown books
1693réf. 36454London: printed for Jacob Tonson 1693. First edition. 1 vols. Folio. Bound in full contemporary blind-panelled calf covers gilt-stamped with central coat of arms red leather spine label. Binding generally worn and rubbed joints cracked but cords still sturdy; half-title creased and starting to detach; otherwise a tall clean copy. With the armorial bookplate of A. Russell Pollock on the front pastedown. First edition. 1 vols. Folio. Wing J1288; Macdonald 30a printed for Jacob Tonson unknown books
1682réf. 14704London: Jacob Tonson 1682. First Edition Second Issue. Full leather. Very good. First edition second issue of Religio Laici or A Laymans Faith by John Dryden published in 1682. Octavo 16 28pp. Full calf double-ruled gilt. Five raised bands title in gilt on spine. All edges gilt with gilt turn-ins and marbled endpapers. Bound by The Club Bindery in 1905. Solid text block faint wear to hinges light soiling to leaves along bottom edge. A very good example. Previous ownership bookplate affixed to front endpaper. Macdonald 16a ii Pforzheimer 337 Wing D 2342 From the collection of Winston H. Hagen with his bookplate on front endpaper. Previously from the library of William Andrews Clark Jr. Jacob Tonson unknown books
1973réf. 565726London: Heinemann 1973. Softcover. Very Good. Reprint. Pictorial wrappers. 156pp. Shelf rubbing and top corner creased about very good being Donald Justice's copy his name is not noted with his extensive underlining and marginalia throughout. Heinemann unknown books
1692réf. ST12901dLondon: Printed for Jacob Tonson 1692. FIRST EDITION. 216 x 167 mm. 8 1/2 x 6 1/2". 4 p.l. 24 pp. Later plain brown paper boards smooth dark red morocco spine with title author and date in gilt. Pastedown with book label of Marion C. Walker; verso of title and one other leaf with small ink stamp of the Selbourne Library. Macdonald 29; ESTC R1595; Pforzheimer 324. Paper evenly toned throughout but fresh and a clean appealing copy inside and out. At the Revolution when Dryden lost his positions of Poet Laureate and Historiographer Royal he was more than usually compelled to accept remunerative literary projects like this panegyric written about a lady and for a patron he had never met. According to Macdonald "The countess daughter of Sir Henry Lee of Ditchley died on 31 May 1691 but the poem 'betwixt ill health some business and many troubles' was not published till nearly a year later." Some have suggested that much of Dryden's genius was lost to his public because of the constraints of making ends meet with poems like this one but it is testimony both to his poetic powers and stamina that he was able to infuse even wholly commercial work with beauty and dignity. Our copy once belonged to Hugh Selbourne 1906-73 a respected Manchester physician and a passionate bibliophile with a notable library strong in the sciences. He was the owner of virtually all of Robert Boyle's works and his care in choosing copies is reflected in the fact that his first printing of "The Sceptical Chymist" sold at Bonham's in 2015 for a remarkable £362500. Printed for Jacob Tonson books
1941réf. 508010No Place: Privately Printed 1941. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Oblong 16mo. French-folded to make four pages. Cord bound. Illustrated wrappers. Very slight age-toning on wrappers a near fine copy. signed by the author. Poem about Old Salem Massachusetts. OCLC locates no copies. Privately Printed] unknown books
1677réf. 1345258London: printed by Thomas. Newcomb. for H. Herringman at the Anchor in the lower walk of the New Exchange 1677. Hardcover. Quarto 2 45 1 pages.; VG-; Bound in later 3/4 calf cloth covered boards rebacked with spine preserved. Mild shelfwear. Frank J Hogan bookplate to front pastedown. Lacking Dryden's preface being pages i-xx. Mild toning and soiling to pages. JR Consignment. Case 0. ESTC R4242; Wing D2372; Shawcross 754. Milton and Dryden were politically opposed with Milton against the restoration of the British monarchy while the royalist Dryden was made England's first Poet Laureate by the restored Charles II.; Written as an operatic adaptation of Milton's Paradise Lost the musical score was never written and the opera was never performed.;. 1345258. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. printed by T[homas]. N[ewcomb]. for H. Herringman, at the Anchor in the lower walk of the New Exchange hardcover books
