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1755559470London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper 1755. Hardcover. Fair. The sixth edition. 12mo. 58 345 3pp. title page printed in red and black. Contemporary speckled calf leather spine label. Leather binding is worn both joints are split with both covers holding firm else good overall with some toning on the endpapers and title page and light scattered foxing. Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper hardcover
1710171575London: H. Hills. 1710. softcover. Disbound; some marginal marks; front and back leaves abit soiled; light marginal damp-staining on a few pages not affecting text. ; 24 pages . H. Hills paperback
1762004613London: J. And R. Tonson 1762. This is a Very Good copy of a Later Printing. Smooth calf binding covers ruled in gilt. Spine is decorated and titled in gilt on two red labels. This volume contains five plays: "Don Sebastian King of Portugal;" "Amphitryon: Or The Two Sosia's;" "Cleamenes The Spartan Heroe;" "King Arthur: Or The British Worthy;" and "Love Triumphant: Or Nature will prevail." Clean text; 479 pages; marbled endpapers. Each play has a lovely frontis engraving. Pages are lightly tanned but unfoxed. Armorial bookplate on the front paste-down. Unfortunately both covers have cracked. The front cover is holding but the rear cover although present is detached. Please note the condition issue. Quercus must offer this as a Binding Copy in need of repair or restoration. Considering the quality of the textblock Quercus considers this an excellent candidate for a quality rebind. Later Printing. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. J. And R. Tonson Hardcover
1779005580London: C. Bathurst and 35 Others 1779. Volume the Sixteenth in Samuel Johnson's "Works of the English Poets" - with Dryden's translations of Ovid Homer Theocritus Lucretius and Horace. Full leather binding. Clean text; 336 pages. Very bright and clear with no foxing. The front cover and the first 17 pages are present but close to separation. Please note the condition; Quercus must offer this as a Binding Copy in need of repair or restoration. With a strong textblock this would be a good candidate for a nice rebind. Later Printing. Disbound. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. C. Bathurst (and 35 Others) Paperback
17911517London: John Bell 1791. Hardcover. Good. 24mo 14 x 9cm. Various paginations: 3 iv-v 4 110pp. 3 iv-x 5 136pp. 3 iv-xi 2 80pp. with double frontis and title page for each play. Brown leather upper cover loose but holding loss to head/tail of spine corners bumped. P.O. name to verso of free endpaper rest of text block tight and unmarked. OCLC 318814016. John Bell hardcover
1782045535London: T. Caslon and W. Davenhill 1782. Early Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Contemporary sheep much worn hinges cracked spine dry cords still holding. Lacking front endpapers rear stained title browned binding a little loose first signature loose light browning otherwise unmarked. 263pp Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 045535. <br/><br/> T. Caslon and W. Davenhill hardcover books
1726C218573London: J. Tonson 1726. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Sixteenmo. cxii 296pp. Contemporary leather with gilt edging. Covers with some rubbing slight splitting and chipping at hinges but remaining sound occasional mark to contents otherwise very good. Armorial bookplate to pastedown. With a frontis portrait and 22 plates lacks the Juvenal portrait. J. Tonson, hardcover
1709930F49London: H. Hills 1709 . Unbound. Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A smart and scarce early eighteenth century edition of John Dryden's satirical criticism of the Whigs. First published in 1682.In this poem Dryden references the Whig creation of a medal commemorating the release of one of their leaders the Earl of Shaftesbury from the Tower in 1681.He uses the metaphor of the medal to mock Whig ambition and hypocrisy portraying them as destabilising the nation for personal gain.ESTC T39089The work of Poet Laureate John Dryden who dominated the literary life of Renaissance England. Unbound as issued. Spotting to fore edge of title page. Title page tenderly held to the tail only. Internally firmly bound. Leaves age toned due to paper type with light handling marks most concentrated to fore edge of leaves. Good H. Hills unknown
17081270631London: Printed and Sold by H. Hills 1708. Later Edition. 8vo. 24pp.; VG; disbound housed in a plastic bag; trimmed with no loss of signatures or catchwords; text clean with only minor age marks and fingerprints; shelved case 0. 1270631. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Printed and Sold by H. Hills unknown books
173027311London: Jacob Tonson in the Strand 1730. Boards. Fair. 1 -1-blank 339-706 pages. Plus illustrated with 38 full plate engravings. 12mo. Page edges tinted red. Old mottled calf powdering and dry. Joints holding. Ink signature of "Tho Fitzhugh" on title page. Generally clean internally noting offsetting of plates some worse than others. Corners worn spine dry and darkened. Boards. One of three volumes issued. Edition unknown. Jacob Tonson in the Strand unknown
173027311London: Jacob Tonson in the Strand 1730. Boards. Fair. 1 -1-blank 339-706 pages. Plus illustrated with 38 full plate engravings. 12mo. Page edges tinted red. Old mottled calf powdering and dry. Joints holding. Ink signature of "Tho Fitzhugh" on title page. Generally clean internally noting offsetting of plates some worse than others. Corners worn spine dry and darkened. Boards. One of three volumes issued. Edition unknown. Jacob Tonson in the Strand unknown books
177725806Edinburgh: Churnside and Wilson. Good with no dust jacket. 1777. Full-Leather. Good full leather edition has some insect damage to the leather on the boards. Rubbing and scuffs to the cover cracks on the spine. No names or other marks. Light foxing to text. Binding is tight. This is Volume Two Only! ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 321 pages . Churnside and Wilson hardcover
1735E23994London: Jacob Tonson 1735. Later printing. Pamphlet. Very Good. 12mo. Disbound from a larger volume. Title page printed in red and black and with a small portrait engraving of the author. Very good. Text is complete including the Epilogue on the final page. Originally performed and printed in 1673 a drama based on a 1623 massacre on Ambon Island in Indonesia resulting from cpmpetition between Dutch and English spice trading companies. Jacob Tonson unknown
1729307733London: printed for Jacob Tonson 1729. hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 14 to 17 cm tall 16mo. 1729 edition. Front board is held on by cloth tape. Previous owner's ink inscription. Previous owner's personal bookplate of Wadham Wyndham. Posted within 1 working day. Royal Mail Tracked 24 to UK. Tracked Airmail worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item. London: printed for Jacob Tonson hardcover
1726850P1London: J. Tomson 1726. Leather. Good Only. 6.5" by 4". Not Stated. An early edition of Dryden's translations of the satirical poems of Juvenal and Persius an illustrated work of the Roman satires. The fifth edition of this John Dryden translation.ESTC citation number T123528.Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-one plates.Collated bound without three plates.The collected satires of Juvenal and Persius. Both of the Roman poets are well remembered for their satirical poems though their works differed in style greatly. This volume includes sixteen of Juvenal's satires and six of Persius'.Juvenal's satires which are included in this volume are extracted from his collection title 'Satires' written between the end of the first and early second centuries A.D.Translated by John Dryden and others. In a full calf binding. Externally worn with rubbing to the board and spine. Loss of leather to the tail of the spine with a small amount of loss to the head. Crack to the spine. Minor bumping to the extremities with the leather lifting a little in places. Small crack to the rear joint and to the head of the front joint. Front hinge is starting but firm rear hinge is strained. Lacking most of the paper to the paste downs. Lacking the front endpaper. Rear endpaper is detaching. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally binding is strained in places. Pages are age-toned and generally clean with the occasional spot and ink mark to the margins. Title page is a little edgeworn. Frontispiece is edge worn and detaching. Prior owner's ink inscription to the head of the title page. Pages 175 to 186 are detaching. Plate facing page 13 is detaching. Lacking three plates. Good Only J. Tomson hardcover
1701d030.dryGB: Jacob Tonson 1701. 355 x 220 mm. Title page small mark not much affecting lettering 4 and 618 pages. Bound in old but probably not contemporary full leather and possibly also rebacked. Annotation in margin of page 153. Book is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY Packed weight 2300g. . 1st Edition. Hardback. VG-/No DW. Jacob Tonson Hardcover
1735005376London: Printed for Jacob Tonson in the Strand 1735. Book. Good condition. Paperback. Reprint edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. vi paginated 91-166 followed by i epilogue and i blank. Complete. Disbound: removed from bound volume with stitching attached and functional. Illustrated with an engraving Minor staining to top edge of pages and slight creasing to first and last pages. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece by Gerard Van der Gucht 1695 or 1696-1776. Measures 65/8" in height. Printed for Jacob Tonson in the Strand Paperback books
175277359London: Foulis 1752. 213 pages plus table of contents. FRONT COVER IS DETACHED BUT STILL PRESENT. COVERS AND SPINE COVER ARE RUBBED. SPINE GILT LETTERING GOOD. Leatherbound Hardback. Fair But Complete. 6 By 3 7/8 Inches . Foulis Hardcover
178476971Edinburg : Apollo Press By the Martins 1784. Spine coverings are worn and chipped in places. Leatherbound. Good Used Condition. 5 1/4 x 3 1/4 Inches. Apollo Press By the Martins Hardcover
1727349613London: J. Tonson. Good. 1727. Fifth Edition. Buckram. Ex-library copies with book plate on each front endpaper. Bar code and security scanner patch in rear. Rebound in modern covers. Last leaf is torn and repaired but no loss of text. Pages have varying amounts of browning. ; In six volumes complete. . J. Tonson hardcover
174318478London:: Printed for J. and R. Tonson 1743. recent full tan calf antique. Very nice. 16mo. Printed for J. and R. Tonson, unknown
1760100742London: J. and R. Tonson 1760. First Thus. Full-Leather. Ex library-very good. 4 vols: xxxiv 387; 480; 494; 456 p. 21 cm. Engraved text illustrations. Lacks frontispiece portrait. Spine ends a bit chipped hinges loose. Small reference labels on front pastedowns. Still an attractive set with clean neat pages. <br/><br/>Title continues: "Containing all His Original Poems Tales and Translations. Now first Collected and Published together In Four Volumes. With Explanatory Notes and Observations. Also an Account of His Life and Writing." J. and R. Tonson hardcover
1726002065London: J. Tonson 1726. Fifth Edition. Full Calf. Good. 8vo. cxii 296 pp. With 23 engraved plates. One for each Satyr plus two frontises. One Satyr in second work is lacking a plate. Spine is dry and darkened. Joint extremities are rubbed and a bit rough. Calf on boards remains fresh. Light scattered soiling generally clean. One leaf in dedication cxi and verso with a lot of ink spotting. Plate to Satyr 16 of Juvenile with center tear and small loss not greatly detrimental to image. J. Tonson unknown
1726002065London: J. Tonson 1726. Fifth Edition. Full Calf. Good. 8vo. cxii 296 pp. With 23 engraved plates. One for each Satyr plus two frontises. One Satyr in second work is lacking a plate. Spine is dry and darkened. Joint extremities are rubbed and a bit rough. Calf on boards remains fresh. Light scattered soiling generally clean. One leaf in dedication cxi and verso with a lot of ink spotting. Plate to Satyr 16 of Juvenile with center tear and small loss not greatly detrimental to image. <br /><br /> J. Tonson books
1766114534London; & Dublin: Various. Fair with no dust jacket. 1766. Various. Hardcover. 4 Plays and an Opera - bound together in one 18th Century volume. In quarter leather with dutch floral paper covered boards. Covers worn leather scraped/cracked/split with loss here and there and the front cover is completely detatched. Contents = 'The Fair Penitent. A Tragedy' by Nicholas Rowe. Printed for the Proprietors London.1757 ; 'The Fatal Curiosity. A Tragedy of Three Acts with Alterations'. As is Performed at the Theatre in Smock-Alley by Mr. Lillo. Printed by and for Meffrs Adams and Ryder in Cope-Street; Dublin. 1766 ; 'Artaxerxes. An English Opera'. As it is Performed At the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. The Mifick Compofed by Tho. Aug. Arne. Printed by James Hoey junior in Parliament-Street and D. Chamberlaine in Dame-Street Dublin. 1764 Text ONLY. No music ; 'All for Love: Or The World well Loft. A Tragedy'. As is acted at the Theatre-Royal by His Majesty's Servants; and written in Imitation of Shakefpear's Style. By John Dryden but no author noted Printed for J. T. And sold by T. Jauncy.London. 1720 ; The Royal Convert. A Tragedy. Written by Nicholas Rowe. Printed for J. And R. Tonson. 1757. Some b/w wood 'cuts' in some plays but not all - each play printed on different paper and in various conditions most have some browning creases and the odd mark but are overall Good at the least. No Frontispieces to any but title pages to all. The Dryden is very browned throughout but uniformly and all text clear in all plays. See Images. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall . Various hardcover