London: Printed for the Author; and sold by J. Dodsley and P. Emsley, 1780. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Jackson, Romantic Poetry by Women, 3; ESTC T54025. The uncommon second of two collections of poems by Anne Penny (1731-1784). This one reprints 27 of the 39 poems from her first...
[London]: Printed Anno, 1690. Edition: First edition, the issue for private distribution without the commercial imprint on the title-page; the regular issue has the full imprint: "London: Printed for Ben. Griffin, and are to be sold by Sam. Keble, 1690." Bibliographical References: Pforzheimer 793 (regular issue with the full imprint);...
London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1762. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: NCBEL II, 242. ¶ An early work by Thomas Percy (1729-1811), and an interesting work of English Sinology. Within a few years Percy would gain literary fame for his Relics of Ancient English Poetry (1765). The eight...
London and elsewhere: Various publishers, 1681-1800. Edition: All first or early editions. A fine collection of examples of the Pindaric Ode, named for Greek poet Pindar (c. 522-433 BC) who was famous for lyric poems written in celebration of momentous events and heroic achievements. The form was widely admired and...
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...
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...
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...
London: Printed at the Logographic Press, and sold by Messrs. Wilkie, [1787]. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Jackson, Romantic Poetry by Women, Sanders 1; ESTC records two copies (Yale and Huntington), to which OCLC and COPAC add BL. The first book by Charlotte Sanders, who went on to write children's...
Circa 1820. Edition: Apparently not published in this form. ¶ A traditional Scottish song, a shorter version of which Scott included in The Fortunes of Nigel (1822), page 476. James Hogg also had a version of this song in his The Jacobite Relics of Scotland (1819-1821). Scott collected his own...
London: Printed for T. Becket and P. A. de Hondt, 1768. Edition: First edition, with page 150, line 12, in state 2 in the first volume and page 133, last line, in state 1 in volume 2. Bibliographical References: Rothschild 1971; NCBEL II, 949. ¶ A famously enduring work of...
London: Printed for Henry Herrington, 1663. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Wing T-3229; Pforzheimer 1012; NCBEL II, 776. ¶ The only play by Samuel Tuke (1615-1674), an adaptation from the Spanish of Antonio Coello's Los Empeños de Seis Horas. As noted in Pforzheimer, Pepys attended the opening on January 8...
(London:) Printed for Samuel Briscoe, 1697. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Wing V-57; Pforzheimer 1021; NCBEL II, 749. ¶ The first play and first published work by the architect and playwright Vanbrugh, a sequel to Colley Cibber Love’s Last Shift; or, The Fool in Fashion. The Relapse was performed on...
London: Printed for C. Davis and A. Lyon, 1733. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Cf. Bengeso 1558; Sabin 100751 (noting Voltaire's letters on William Penn and the Pennsylvania Quakers). The first appearance of an early and important prose work by Voltaire, a series of epistlotary observations comparing British and French...
(London, Ontario: Printed for the Editor by A. Talbot) For Private Distribution Only, 1899. Edition: First edition, number 69 of 225 numbered copies, signed by Traubel. Bibliographical References: Myerson A17, binding B (there were only three copies in binding A); BAL 21451. A scarce and important collection of literary fragments...
London: Printed by J. M. for Henry Herringman and Thomas Dring, 1673. Edition: First edition. This copy is without the tailpiece on the recto of Q2. Bibliographical References: Wing W-3744; Pforzheimer 1099; NCBEL II, 742. ¶ The second play by William Wycherley (1640-1716), a satire and romp of manners centering...
