London: Printed for J. Johnson by T. Bensley, 1807. First edition. Keynes 3; NCBEL III, 1231. ¶ William Hazlitt's third book, an abridgment of the magnum opus of 18th century English philosopher Abraham Tucker (1705-1774), The Life of Nature Pursued, originally published over ten years (1768-78) in seven volumes. ¶.....
London: Printed for Taylor and Hessey, 1818. First edition. Keynes 33; NCBEL III, 1232. The first collection of William Hazlitt's famous lectures on English writers and literature, delivered at the Surrey Institution in 1818-1819. This one begins with a lecture "On Poetry in General," and proceeds through Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare.....
London: Saunders and Otley, 1836. First edition. Keynes 102; NCBEL III, 1233. ¶ 22 essays by Hazlitt, mainly gathered from periodicals, preceded by a biographical preface, essays by Bulwer-Lytton, Sergeant Talfourd, Charles Lamb and six "Sonnets to the Memory of Hazlitt by a Lady."
London: Printed for William Hone, 1819. First edition. Keynes 49; NCBEL III, 1232. ¶ A collection of over 50 essays and examples of political journalism by William Hazlitt (1778-1830), written circa 1813-1818, with character sketches and a few earlier pieces added. Subjects include Coleridge's Statesman's Manual, Napoleon (a favorite of.....
London: Henry Colburn, 1826. First edition. Keynes 89; NCBEL III, 1232. 32 essays on literary and cultural topics, many of which originally appeared in periodicals from 1818 to 1825. Contemporary bookplate of J.H. Ball on the front paste-downs. Contemporary ink signature on the front free endpapers.
London: Printed by C.H. Reynell for R. Hunter and C. and J. Ollier, 1817. First edition. Keynes 17; NCBEL III, 1231. ¶ A major collection of essays by William Hazlitt (1788-1839), a study of the primary characters in Shakespeare’s plays, with chapters on sonnets, poems and doubtful plays. It was.....