London: Printed for E. Curll, 1718. [4],53,[3]pp. Octavo. Extracted from bound pamphlet volume. Old, light tide-mark in from gutter of last several leaves, otherwise a very good, crisp copy, with the half-title. First edition. Addison's Latin text precedes Hayes's translation. This work is also found bound up with Curll's 1719.....
London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson, 1765. 70,[2]pp. 12mo. Extracted from nonce pamphlet volume. Engraved frontis. Small chip to blank margin of frontis at gutter, otherwise very good. First published anonymously in 1716.
London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1705. [12],534,[10pp. Octavo. Contemporary paneled calf, rebacked and recornered to approximate style late in the 20th century, spine gilt extra, gilt label. Illustrations in text. Some marginal foxing, with marginal discolorations at top and lower edge to the first dozen leaves, and to the gutter.....
London: Printed for the Author, 1794. 240pp. Original boards, rebacked at a later date with cloth binder's tape. One of sixteen such miscellanies compiled by the author between 1794 and 1797. Boards a bit edgeworn, internally fine and untrimmed.
Warrington: Printed by William Eyres, 1774. xix,[1],286pp. Octavo. Disbound, but sewing still sound. Light foxing early and late, residue of earlier binding on spine, otherwise very good. The second edition, with additions and corrections, of this popular compendium assembled by the physician and litterateur. First published in 1772, and reprinted.....
Dublin: [P]rinted by Robert Marchbank, for John Millken, 1795. xi,[1],249,[1]pp. 12mo. Early 20th century library buckram. Faint old stamps and plate of a defunct mercantile library, early ink name on title, occasional minor spotting, crown of spine a bit frayed; just a good, sound copy. First Dublin printing of this.....
London: Printed for R. Dodsley... 1763. xi,[3],15-136pp. Small octavo. Contemporary calf and marbled boards. Engraved title vignette. Sixth edition. Lacks the half-title, some soiling of last three leaves, binding a bit edgeworn; a good, sound copy. Sixth edition. Bowyers ledger records the edition consisted of 500 copies.
Oxford: Printed at the Theater, 1678. [14],226,[1]pp. Octavo. Old calf. Engraved extra-title, engraved vignette on letterpress title. Upper board detached, leather a bit crazed, 19th century ownership inscription on endsheet and in lower margin of engraved title, old tidemark in lower margins of first and last few leaves, otherwise a......
Edinburgh: Printed by Bayne and Mennons, and sold at their Printing-Office... [1778]. 192pp (pp. 2-24 printed on one side only and numbered accordingly). 12mo. (12.5 x 7 cm). Contemporary sheep (spine worn and chipped, upper board detached). A few leaves trimmed close at fore- margin, but internally a good, crisp.....
London: Printed for J. Stockdale [et al]. [1783]. [4],18 leaves, 284pp. 12mo. Contemporary unlettered sheep. Spine ends a bit chipped, small chip in spine middle, fore-margin of p. [12] creased, tariff stamp on one leaf, otherwise very good. Bookplate. First edition of this pocket almanac produced for sale by nine.....
London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1785. viii,248pp. (lacking the 2 leaves of terminal adverts). 12mo. Neatly extracted from bound volume. A crisp, clean copy. First edition of the first volume of this serial anthology; the seventh, and final volume, appeared in 1799; a supplement and an expanded edition appeared later.....
London: ... Reprinted, with Some Additions... 1766. x,[9]-332pp. plus errata. Octavo. Contemporary calf (rather worn and chipped). Internally very good and crisp. Second edition, revised, after the first of the preceding year. A wide-ranging summary, of particular interest for its treatment of the Wilkes controversy. "An inflammatory piece of party-work.....
London: Printed by J.H. for Luke Meredith, 1687. [2],38pp. Quarto. Extracted from pamphlet volume. Title a bit foxed and smudged. with early ink authorship attribution, but a good copy. First edition, the more common variant with single rules on A2r, A3r and double rules on A3v. The subsequent part appeared.....
London: Excudebat Felix Kyngston pro R.B. & Andraea Hebb, 1629. [14],200,[blank];[2],87,[1 + blank]pp. Lacking A1 (blank except for signature mark). Quarto. Modern three quarter calf and marbled boards, raised bands, gilt labels. A2-3 a bit frayed and darkened at fore-edges, early ink name on title, with faint old seminary blindstamp.....
London: Printed for T. Reynolds, 1739. 8pp. Folio. Later boards. Some pencil annotations in the text, boards a bit soiled, otherwise very good. First edition. An anonymous poem on the modern peers, identified by Foxon as possibly by the same author as BRITANNIA'S PRECUATION (1741) and THE HIBERNIAN POLITICIANS (1740).....
London: Printed in the Year, 1709. 8pp. Modern cloth and boards. Browned, with some marginal nicks and small chips, and a few discolorations in lower third. Just a good, intact copy. One of two editions noted in Foxon, this being one of the copies with 'some' as the last word.....
Dublin: Printed for the Author, and sold by the Booksellers, 1772. [4],79pp. Small octavo (signed in 4s). Extracted from bound pamphlet volume. A bit dusty, faint old stamps of a defunct mercantile library, but a good copy. First edition of the first part; a second part (19pp) was published early.....
London: Printed for the Author, at No. 9, Thornhaugh Street, 1795. 16pp. Printed self-wrappers, untrimmed. Upper margin rather frayed and dusty, sewing perished, still a good copy. First and only edition. A political screed - the "antichrist" being the Pope - and the letter drips with irony in its perfumed.....
London: Printed for R. Griffiths, 1751. 17 [i.e. 19],[1]pp. Octavo. Extracted from pamphlet volume, some tanning and corner creases, small (natural?) hole in blank margin of title, else very good. First and only edition of this unsigned caution about laxity among the parish clergy leading to an increase in Popery.....
London: Printed for S. Popping at the Raven ... 1713. 15,[1]pp. Small quarto. Extracted from bound pamphlet volume. Rather foxed and dusty, with some small chips at the margins of the half-title; just a good copy. First edition. A brief discussion of the Spanish government's and local entities' mode of.....
Dublin: Printed for William McKenzie, 1794. [2],26pp. Octavo (signed in 4s). Extracted from bound volume. Wanting half-title and terminal leaf (ads? or blank), E1 trimmed out of register, with loss of a few letters at fore-edge, a few smudges, else a good copy. First edition. A curious work, distinctly in.....
London: Printed for G. Strahan ... and J. Downing, 1713. 24pp. Octavo. Sewn. A couple of corner creases, old splashmark to middle of title and corner of two following leaves; a good copy. One of three editions, or more likely impressions, published the same year. The others include a printing.....
York: Printed by A. Ward, for C. Etherington ... Newcastle upon Tyne: reprinted by Order of the Proprietor, 1759. [2],42pp. Octavo. 19th century three quarter morocco and marbled boards, partially untrimmed. Bookplate, extremities rubbed, scattered foxing and old vertical crease (prior to binding); a good copy. Denoted the "Third Edition,".....
London: Printed for T. Cooper, 1734. 36pp. Octavo. Modern gilt cloth. Apart from slight foxing, a near fine, untrimmed copy, with the half-title. First edition. A response to Edmund Gibson re: his blocking of Rundle's appointment to the see of Gloucester.
Providence: Carter and Wilkinson, 1797. xii,[13]-141pp. 12mo. Contemporary sheep, gilt label. Ornamental head and tail-pieces. Boards slightly bowed, modest rubbing at edges, but a very good, crisp copy, with the half-title. First edition. With an introduction by James Burrill, Jr., who edited this posthumous collection from Arnold's papers and periodical.....
