London: Printed by J. Wright, for Lawton Gilliver, 1735. Edition: First edition, second issue with the correct spelling of Fleetstreet on the title-page. Bibliographical References: Griffith 361; Foxon P-917; NCBEL II, 507. Pope's thinly veiled poem to Martha Blount, with whom he had a life-long flirtation, romance and friendship. The... More
London: Printed for John and Paul Knapton, 1742. Edition: A revised and enlarged edition of Warburton's A Vindication of Mr. Pope's Essay on Man (1740). Bibliographical References: NCBEL II, 1870. ¶ Warburton's spirited defense of his friend Alexander Pope against the numerous and vociferous criticisms about the religious implications of... More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Wolff 5605; Garside & Schöwerling 1824:77; NCBEL III, 758;. A historical romance set in 17th-century Balkan Peninsula about the Duke Christian of Luneburg's efforts to free the Bohemians, Croats and others from domination by the Turks. More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817. Edition: Second edition, published the same year as the first. Bibliographical References: Cf. Garside, Raven & Schöwerling 1817: 49 & Wolff 5606. ¶ A historical romance that begins in Lindisfarne shortly after the first Jacobite uprising. Porter’s popular novels served as one... More
N.p., n.d., but 1910 or before. An unfinished story by William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), famously known as O. Henry, first published in Short Stories in 1911 and shortly after in Rolling Stones in 1912. It was written, as noted by the editor of Rolling Stones, "several years before his death."... More
Paris: P. Persan, 1824. Edition: First edition. An interesting work of short fiction by French author and polymath Charles Pougens (1755-1833). A female orangutan on a jungle island encounters a Portuguese man, Fernandez, who gives her the name Jocko. They become friends and engage in numerous activities together, including having... More
Bristol: Albion Press: Printed by Wansbrough and Saunders, 1821. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Jackson, Romantic Poetry by Women, page 262. Poems centering on the ancient history of Bristol and its surroundings by a woman who was apparently a local. The Albion Press flourished in Bristol for about 12 years... More
London: Various publishers, 1717, 1731 & 1735. Edition: Various contemporary editions. On the front blank is the contemporary inscription ". . . Jesus College / 1738 / Entered July the 21st 1738." Below that is notation in a different hand "Pownall / the Gift of T. Nevile." Thomas Pownall (1722-1805)... More
London: Printed for G. Robinson and J. Bew, 1775-77. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Garside, Raven and Schöwerling 1775: 30; NCBEL II, 677. The first novel and second book by Samuel Jackson Pratt (1749-1814), the story of the adventures of the clergyman Benignus, who searches for answers about goodness and... More
London: Printed for F. Fayram and W. Meadows, 1731. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: ESTC T166155 (six locations, two in North America). ¶ A grammar of the Portuguese language for English speakers and writers, with interesting American provenance: On the front paste-down is the bookplate of William Hickling and on... More
New York: Baker & Scribner, 1848. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Sabin 65546. ¶ Prime’s first book, a collection of sketches and tales of genteel outdoor life, written in the manner of Washington Irving. Prime was a young New York City lawyer at the time of this book, and later... More
London: Printed, Anno, 1628. Edition: First edition, one of two issues, the difference being the spelling of "needs" on page 19. Bibliographical References: STC 20477.5. A rare and early work by pamphleteer and lawyer William Prynne (1600-1669), who was tried twice by the Star Chamber for sedition, but later served... More
New Haven: Yale University Library, 1928. Edition: First edition, one of 25 copies on rag paper, designed by Carl Purington Rollins. ¶ Presentation copy from Purdy to American Literature scholar and curator, Gilbert Troxell, with a note and Hardy keepsake, also produced by Purdy, laid in. More
London: Printed by W. Owen, 1757. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: ESTC N4876. ¶ A scarce epistolary travel guide to Paris, with extensive descriptions of matters useful to the traveler, including information about museums, theaters, parks, libraries, monuments, etc. The author, who remains known only by the initials "A.R." was... More
London: Printed for T. Cooper, 1742. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: NCBEL II, 798. ¶ An interpretation by the American-born James Ralph (d. 1762) of Sarah Churchill's Account of the Conduct of the Dowager Duchess of Marlborough, and one of several popular works of journalism and contemporary history by Ralph... More
London: Printed for the Author and Sold by C. Dilley, 1780. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Jackson, Romantic Poetry by Women, page 266; ESTC T109806 records three copies in the British Isles (BL, Oxford & Cambridge) and five copies in North America (HEH, LCP, UCLA, Chicago & McMaster). ¶ A.... More
[London:] Engraved by James Watson for R[obert] Sayer, circa 1769. ¶ The first portrait by Reynolds of his friend Samuel Johnson, a famous pose of Johnson, gesturing with his hands, absorbed in thought, appearing pensive and contemplative. The original oil is at the National Portrait Gallery in London. Robert Sayer... More
London: Printed for R. Triphood, 1810. Edition: First complete edition, preceded by the first edition of 1784; in 1795 there was a second edition that both added and subtracted material; this 1810 edition restores the original text of 1784, the additions of 1795 and adds two parts with new material... More
London: Printed for E. Symon, J. Roberts and A. Dodd, 1723. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: ESTC N9868. A translation and adaptation of Racine's La Thébaide. The anonymous dedication states "This tragedy was writ by a young lady, and entrusted to my management . . . The four first acts... More
Oxford: Printed at the Theatre for James Fletcher, 1750 [&] London: Printed for James Fletcher, 1751. Edition: First and only edition of both titles. Bibliographical References: ESTC T72861 & T72231; Simon, Bibliotheca Gastronomica, 1303; Vicaire, Bibliographie Gastronomique, page 403. The only two recorded works by Samuel Rolleston (1702-1766), both issued... More
(Austin:) Duncan & Gladstone, 1985. Edition: First edition, number 71 of 22 numbered copies, printed by David Holman of the Wind River Press. ¶ From the library of David & Valerie Belch. More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1995. Edition: First Arion Press edition, number 136 of 300 copies, signed by Roth. ¶ From the library of David and Valerie Belch. More
London: Printed by A. J. Valpy; Sold by Longman, Hatchard and Son, Seely, 1820. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: OCLC and Copac between them record two copies in the British Isles (BL and Leeds) and three in the US (Johns Hopkins, Michigan and Princeton). A guide to classical mythology by... More
Dublin: H. Brocas, [1784 or later]. Edition: An unauthorized issue. An Irish aquatint after the caricature by Thomas Rowlandson, first published in London Sept. 25, 1784, with the famous scene depicting the bookseller looking unsympathetically at the struggling author who is pleading his case, manuscript in hand. Brocas was a.... More
Edinburgh: Printed by T. Ruddman, 1785. Edition: Second edition, preceded by the first of 1773. This is, in fact, the sheets of the first edition, with a new title-page and advertisement. Bibliographical References: NCBEL II, 406. ¶ An amusing miscellany first published by Walter Ruddiman (1719-1781) and here reissued by... More
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