London: William Pickering, 1851. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: OCLC records six copies (Harvard, State Library of South Australia, Queensland, BL, Cambridge & National Library of Scotland). An anonymous philosophical poem in 35 parts of three and four stanzas each, handsomely printed by Charles Whittingham for Pickering. Inscribed on the... More
London: Printed for A. Millar, 1744. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Rothschild 56; Hayward 168. Armstrong (1709-1779 ) was a Scottish-born physician who published several poems and essays; this long poem in blank verse is by far his best-known work and went through numerous editions. The four parts are primarily... More
[N.p., circa 1828]. A jovial poem written by poet Bernard Barton (1784-1849) to his friend Charles Lamb on the occasion of his presenting Lamb with his recent book, A New Year's Eve and Other Poems (Hatchard, 1828): "My friend, I send thee here a book / on which I doubt... More
London: Printed and Sold by A. Millar, 1760. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: NCBEL II, 640. The first book by the Scottish poet and philosopher. Ink signature of Jas. French, dated 1764, on the title-page. More
London: Printed for M. Cooper, 1743. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Rothschild 411; Hayward 166; NCBEL II, 537. Robert Blair’s famous and often re-printed work, the most notable edition of which was illustrated by William Blake in 1808. The Grave is one of the classic works of the “graveyard school”... More
London: John Van Voorst, 1845. Edition: First edition with these illustrations, large paper copy. Bibliographical References: NCBEL III, 367. Bookplate of Charles Walker Andrews on the front paste-down. More
London: Elkin Mathews, 1891. Edition: First edition, one of 500 small paper copies. Bibliographical References: NCBEL III, 615. ¶ From the library of Burton Weiss. More
London: Murray; Bath: Cruttwell, 1828. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: NCBEL II, 643; Woolf, Some Uncollected Authors (Book Collector, Autumn, 1958), 28. A late and scarce work by William Lesle Bowles (1762-1850), the influential and prolific poet. "Of all the forgotten poets of the last century, and their name is... More
(Oxford: Daniel Press, 1893-94). Edition: First edition, numer 74 of 150 numbered copies. Bibliographical References: NCBEL III, 594. A substantial project by the Daniel Press, originally issued in five separate parts, Books I-V, in printed paper wrappers. The wrapper for Book One is bound in at the conclusion of the text. More
![Select Poems . . . With a Preface [cover title]. SIR EGERTON BRYDGES.](/pictures/thumb/23657.jpg?v=1435637879)
(Kent:) Printed at the Press of Lee Priory by Johnson and Warwick, 1814. Edition: First edition, one of 100 copies. Bibliographical References: NCBEL III, 1270; Lowndes volume 8, page 218. The first book of Brydges' poetry published at his famous private press, a collection of sixteen sonnets and four longer... More
London: Sold by Leigh and Sotheby; T. Payne; and J. Robson, 1794. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Jackson, Romantic Poetry by Women, page 46. ¶ A poem based on classical sources, mainly Xenophon, about the battle of Thymbra near Troy. Lady Sophia Burrell (1753-1802) was an interesting minor poet and... More
London: John Murray, 1821. Edition: First edition, first issue. Bibliographical References: Tinker 577; Randolph, page 73; NCBEL III, 288. More
London: Printed for John Murray by W. Bulmer, 1816. Edition: First edition, first issue. Bibliographical References: Randolph, page 56; NCBEL III, 282. Eleven poems by Byron, several of which are on departures and separations, including his famous “Fare thee well,” written to Lady Byron just after she had left him... More
London: Printed for John Murray, 1816. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Tinker 551; NCBEL III, 281. Two poems: The Siege of Corinth, a tale of conflict between Christians and Muslims, and Parisina, the tale based on the story of Niccolo Ill d’Este and his wife Parisina. More
London: Printed for Fielding and Walker, 1778. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Warren 5; NCBEL II, 606. 43 writings culled from Bristol and London newspapers, which constitute the first collection of Thomas Chatterton's "non-Rowlean" works. They were compiled by John Broughton of Bristol, who explains in the preface the rationale... More
London: Printed for Nathaniel Brook, 1662. Edition: Third edition, preceded by editions of 1659 and 1660. Bibliographical References: Wing C-4676; NCBEL I, 1305; ESTC R1323. Cleveland's major poems, with a preface by E. Williamson, elegies by other poets to Cleveland and the publication of several of his orations and essays... More
![The Works of the Most Celebrated Minor Poets . . . New Before Collected and Published Together. In Two Volumes. [With:] Cogan, Francis, editor. A Supplement to the Works of the Most Celebrated Minor Poets . . FRANCIS COGAN.](/pictures/thumb/27309.jpg?v=1517362993)
London: Printed for F. Cogan, 1749 [&] 1750. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Teerink 81 (Supplement); Case, English Poetical Miscellanies, 467; NCBEL II, 472, 476, 483, etc. Three volumes, complete, of an important 17th and 18th century English poetical miscellany which the editor and publisher Francis Cogan assembled for the... More
Glasgow: Printed by Andrew Foulis, 1787. Edition: First Foulis Press edition in folio, preceded by two editions in smaller format. Bibliographical References: Gaskell, Foulis Press, 683; Rothschild 661. A handsome edition of William Collins' poetry. More
London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1698. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Pforzheimer 193; Wing C-5845; NCBEL II, 751. A nine-page poem written to Charles Montague, Chancellor of the Exchequer. The outer margins of three leaves are trimmed closely, while the outer margins of the other three leaves are almost full... More
London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1695. Edition: Third edition. Bibliographical References: Wing C-5861; NCBEL II, 751; cf. Hayward 136A. Congreve's first separately published poem, an elegy on the death of Queen Mary, which went through three editions in 1695. Ink signature on the title page of Buchan, possibly the seventh... More
London: Printed for R. Dodsley and Sold by M. Cooper, 1744. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: ESTC T32861. In 1744, William Warburton made uncomplimentary comments about Mark Akenside's popular poem "The Pleasures of Imagination," published earlier the same year, and here that criticism is responded to by Akenside's friend Jeremiah... More
Bristol: May 28, 1816 and June 9, 1819. Two examples of the extraordinary work of Joseph Ely, an amateur poet of Bristol and skillful calligrapher. Little is recorded about Ely, except that between 1816 and 1823 he composed poetical manuscripts in a fine calligraphic hand, and dated them as above... More
London: Printed for the Author and Sold by R. & J. Dodsley, J. Newbery, etc., 1761. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: NCBEL II, 655; Eddy and Fleeman, Preliminary Handlist of Books to which Dr. Samuel Johnson Subscribed, 25. The first and only collected edition of the works of poet, translator... More
London: Printed for W. Hinchliffe and J. Walthoe, 1721. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: NCBEL II, 1049; ESTC N10409 & T86917 (another issue). ¶ An important work of early 18th century literary criticism and the last book by Charles Gildon (1665-1724), capping a prolific and interesting career as a versatile... More
