![Sharp, William & George Romney, Artists. Thomas Paine [caption title]. THOMAS PAINE.](/pictures/thumb/27416.jpg?v=1498081718)
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 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... 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
![The Congress Canvassed: or, An Examination into the Conduct of the Delegates, at Their Grand Convention, Held in Philadelphia, Sept. 1, 1774. Addressed to the Merchants of New York. By A. W. Farmer [pseud]. SAMUEL SEABURY.](/pictures/thumb/27397.jpg?v=1518910327)
New York, Printed: London Reprinted for Richardson and Urquhart, 1775. Edition: First English edition. Bibliographical References: Sabin 78563; Adams, American Controversy, 74-69b; ESTC T13510, recording four copies in the UK and seven in the US. One of several pamphlets by Samuel Seabury (1729-1796), clergyman, controversialist and pamphleteer, in which he... More
London: Printed for R. Sare, F. Saunders and Tho. Bennet, 1697. Edition: First edition in English. Bibliographical References: Wing Q-188. ¶ The first English translation of Quevedo's La Hora de Todos y la Fortuna con Seso, a biting satire of Spanish politics under the king's minister Olivaries, written under the... 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
London: Longmans, Green, 1885. Edition: First edition, first issue binding. Bibliographical References: Beinecke 193; NCBEL III, 1005. ¶ Publisher’s presentation copy, with their round blind-stamp on the title page. More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1874. Edition: First English edition, preceded by the Tauchnitz edition of 1873. Bibliographical References: Sadleir, Trollope, 42; NCBEL III, 884; not in Wolff. ¶ A domestic saga in which a genteel and wealthy lady is abandoned by her husband, but later inherits his estate and chooses... More
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... 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 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... More
York: Printed by W. Blanchard and sold by R. Faulder, London, [etc.], 1791. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: NCBEL III, 772; Jackson, Romantic Poetry by Women, page 365; ESTC T68679. The scarce third book by poet and novelist Jane West (1758-1852) - and her first substantial book - which brings... More
(London, Ontario: Printed for the Editor by A. Talbot) For Private Distribution Only, 1899. Edition: First edition, number 64 of 225 numbered copies, signed by Traubel. Bibliographical References: Myerson A17, binding B (there were only three copies in binding A); BAL 21451. An important and substantial collection of literary fragments... 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