London: Printed for S. Bladon, 1779-1780. First edition. Contemporary full calf, covers decoratively bordered in blind, spines with four wide raised bands, decoratively tooled in gilt and blind in compartments..... (Item #3796)
Boston: B. Edes & Sons, 1784. First edition. Contemporary sheep with red morocco label to spine. Extremities a bit rubbed, with some chipping to spine label and small loss to..... (Item #3544)
Birmingham: Printed by John Baskerville, for J. and R. Tonson, 1761. First Thus. First Baskerville edition of the Works of Joseph Addison (originally published in 1721). Four large quarto volumes..... (Item #3553)
Nurmberge (Nuremberg): J. Weissenburger, [1510]. Octavo (159 × 123 mm). Modern green morocco, spine lettered in gilt, boards single ruled in blind, edges green. Housed in a custom-made green slipcase..... (Item #1111)
London: Printed and Sold by B. Bragg, 1707. First English language edition. Contemporary paneled calf. Front joint cracked and rear starting but both sound. Small chip to foot of spine..... (Item #3889)
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London: Printed for Henrie Tomes, 1605. First edition. An exceptional, Fine copy with a distinguished provenance. Quarto (pgs. 183 x 140 mm): [Title], 1-45; 1-118; with the typical erratic page..... (Item #1998)
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London: J. Billium, 1620. First edition. Folio (292 x 192 mm). Original vellum, spine titled in manuscript, ties removed. Housed in a custom green morocco-backed slipcase and chemise. Engraved title..... (Item #3330)
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Oxford: Leon Lichfield, 1640, 1639. First edition. Rare first issue with the colophon dated 1639. Contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original spine. Gilt-stamped Lowther family bookplate of the Earls of Lonsdale..... (Item #3455)
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The Hague: Printed for T. Johnson, 1712. Early edition. Bound with Smith, Edmund. Phaedra and Hippolitus, A Tragedy. [The Hague]; Printed by T. Johnson, 1711. Early edition. Both plays printed..... (Item #2863)
London: Jacob Tonson at the Judges Head in Chancery Lane, 1679. First edition. One of two variant imprints with no priority according to ESTC, the present listing only Jacob Tonson..... (Item #3211)
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Glasgow: : Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly in the Poultry, London, 1768. First edition. With all issue points called for by Rothschild. Contemporary sheep..... (Item #3571)
London: Printed for W. Johnston, 1762. Early Edition. Bound in modern full red crushed morocco, gilt stamping to the boards and spine, raised bands, black morocco spine label, marbled end..... (Item #2321)
Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, 13 September 1483. Second Edition. After the undated first edition printed in Milan ca. 1475 and the first edition to mention Gutenberg as the inventor of printing..... (Item #2417)
London: Printed by Richard Hodgkinsonne, for Andrew Crooke, at the Green Dragon in Pauls Churchyard, 1652. Second Edition. Second complete edition in English and the first edition of both parts..... (Item #468)
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London: Society of Stationers, 1628. First edition. First edition of part one. Later books were published postumously and usualyl sold separately. Quarto (270 mm x 175 mm). [7], 395, [1]..... (Item #3354)
London: printed by R. Noble for J. Scatcherd & J. Whitaker, 1792. First Edition. Bound in later full morocco with gilt to spine; small cracks to front hinge but holding..... (Item #2381)
Hartford, CT. Printed and sold by Nathaniel Patten, 1783. First edition. Octavo in fours (6 5/8 x 4 3/8 inches; 169 x 111 mm). [1]-208 pp. Map absent as is..... (Item #1851)
London: printed for G. Nicol, bookseller to His Majesty, in the Strand; and T. Cadell, 1784. First edition. Three quarto volumes (11 7/16 x 9 inches; 290 x 230 mm.)..... (Item #2022)
London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773, 1777, 1785. Second edition, First edition, Second edition. Second edition of the 1773 Hawkesworth edition, complete with the "directions for placing the cuts"..... (Item #3329)
Manuscript recipe book from Mrs. Stephens of Maidstone, Kent. Containing 17 handwritten pages of cookery recipes. Contemporary red sheep over stitched card; scuffing to front and back covers; shelf-wear to..... (Item #1967)
London: Printed by W[illiam] S[tansby], 1611. First edition. Quarto in eights (8 1/8 x 6 inches; 206 x 153 mm). [-]2; a8-b8 ([-]1 inserted after a3); b4; c8-g8; h4-l4; B8-D8..... (Item #897)
London: Printed for T. Vere and Nathe, 1652. First edition. Modern paper wrappers. Internally complete, collating [6], 76 and including the diagram and engraving of the solar eclipse. Title pages..... (Item #3462)
Paris: Appresso Giacomo Langlois, 1651. First Edition. First edition (not to be confused with the French edition which published later the same year, the Italian edition being much more rare)..... (Item #2178)
Dublin: P. Byrne, 1785. First Thus. Contemporary speckled calf with morocco spine labels and gilt to spines and boards. Bindings in beautiful, unsophisticated condition, with just a bit of rubbing..... (Item #3201)
Derby: J. Drewry, 1797. First edition. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards; spine ruled in gilt with red morocco label; all edges dyed yellow. Boards and spine rubbed; some chipping..... (Item #1978)
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