Richmond: Printed by Samuel Pleasants, 1798. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Stoddard & Whitesell 610; Hill, American Plays, 194; Evans 34159; Sabin 51316. The first book by William Munford (1775-1825), a collection of verse, prose and one play. Munford was a native of Virginia and the son of Revolutionary War... More
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London: Published by W. Sharp, April 20, 1793. A famous and often reprinted portrait of Thomas Paine by George Romney, handsomely engraved by William Sharp. The sitting for Romney was arranged by Paine's friend Clio Rickman, who wrote that it was "perhaps the greatest likeness ever taken by any painter."... More
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... 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
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 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
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... More
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... More
Cambridge: Printed by J. Bentham, 1753-56. Edition: Third edition; second edition; second edition; first edition; first edition (respectively). Bibliographical References: Cf. Rothschild 1865; NCBEL II, 590. ¶ The famous Seatonian Prize Poems, an annual award that commenced in 1750 with the bequest of clergyman Thomas Seaton (1684-1741), who dictated that... More
[San Francisco: William Dassonville], 1915. A rare and fine photographic portrait of the prominent California poet George Sterling (1869-1926), taken by the prominent California photographer, William Dassonville (1879-1957) and inscribed to Dassonville by Sterling in the lower left corner of the image: "Dear Dassonville: This is the best picture ever... More
Kobe, Japan: Published by Tamamura, Photographer, [1898]. Bibliographical References: OCLC records one copy (Joslyn Art Museum). ¶ One of several similar albums produced by the studio of Kozaburo Tamamura (1856-1923?), who was one of the originators in Japan of photographic albums of this kind for tourists. The subject of these... More
London: Printed by J. O. for R. Wellington and Sam. Briscoe, 1697. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Wing V-55; Pforzheimer 1020; NCBEL II, 749. ¶ Vanbrugh's third play and one of his most representative and successful comedies of manners. Vanbrugh was at work on another play at the time of... More
(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... More
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... More
London: Printed for the Author, and Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1787. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Jackson, Romantic Poetry by Women, page 384; NCBEL II, 698. ¶ The second book of poetry by Ann Yearsley, a substantial collection that includes personal poems ("To those who accuse... More