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1769355<i>The Merry Droll or Pleasing Companion. Consisting of a Variety of Facetious and Engaging Stories; and Familiar Letters. In Which Several Entertaining Adventures are truly related; and Divers Instances of Love and Gallantry Elegantly Displayed. Including also Some Poetical Recreations; Being a Collection of Merry Tales Diverting Fables Pleasing Pastorals and Other Select Pieces. The Whole Moral Instructive and Entertaining. London: </i>Printed for C. Parker the Upper Part of New-Bond Street M DCC LXIX 1769. First edition. 17 cm. In-12 vii; 184 pages two concluding original blanks Page 97 mis-paginated as 73. Bound in modern quarter sprinkled calf marbled board sides a small blank piece torn from the inner corner of the title-page; repair to sewing of initial pages text slightly browned with a few minor creases. Traces of an old signature on the title page now illegible. "1769" has been pencilled at the foot of the title page. One of the entries is the text of a letter from then Princess Elizabeth to her younger brother Edward VI noted as having been in the Cotton Library at the time the Cotton Library burned in 1731. Lowndes II p. 1205. Winsor 1779. C. Parker, the Upper Part of New-Bond Street hardcover books
17907416N.p. 1790. Unbound. Octavo pages 211-280; unbound and uncut. Contains the "History of the Life and Character of Benjamin Franklin. String tied. Good. <br/><br/> unknown books
1755045991Brussels: Franciscum T'Serstevens 1755. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Contemporary calf light rubbing and wear at corners a few surface scratches - very light scattered foxing; an attractive copy. 676pp index. Size: Octavo 8vo. Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; Inventory No: 045991. <br/><br/> Franciscum T'Serstevens hardcover books
1776264830London 1776. hardcover. very good. 12 vols. small 8vo old calf re-cased with new 19th century spines. London: Various publishers 1776 -1777.<br/><br/> 60 plays in all which were performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury Lane or in Covent Garden by Dryden Congreve Beaumont & Fletcher Henry Fielding Otway Colley Cibber etc. Each with a separate title page and the notation " Marked with the Variations in the Manager's Book".<br/><br/> unknown books
1789282350London: John Bell 1789. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Two volumes of Bell's Fugitive Poetry bound together in one book. Half Leather Crimson Morocco over paper covered boards. Spine ruled in gilt with titling and decorations. Leather on front and rear boards is ruled in gilt. All edges marbled. One of the preliminaries has a list of children's names and birthdays written in ink across the page. The "vol. 3" on the first title page is missing and rewritten in pencil by a previous owner. No other markings of any kind. Very Good binding. John Bell unknown books
