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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
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
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
1727453856London : Printed for J. Tonson in the Strand 1727. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original full leather with raised bands and gilt-tooling now worn to spine. Covers show the expected wear of age with panel edges and spine bands somewhat rubbed. Text tight if somewhat dust-dulled with faint marginal foxing. A well-preserved copy overall. Provenance: bookplate of Wenman Coke Esq. Series; Miscellany poems ; 3. Physical description; 12 xv 1 379 1 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm. Notes; Edited and chiefly written by Dryden. Subjects; English poetry -- Early modern 1500-1700. English poetry -- Translations from Greek. English poetry -- Translations from Latin. English poetry -- 18th century. London : Printed for J. Tonson in the Strand hardcover
175555215London Tonson and Draper 1755. Small 8vo. Contemp. full calf. A bit rubbed. Corners bumped. Title printed in red and black. Last 10 leaves with a worntract in right margin. unknown
17741805280056London: T. Davies B. White C. Say etc 1774-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. Bound in early 19th century cloth. Top front corner bumped. English Short Title Catalog ESTCT116742 T. Davies, B. White, C. Say etc hardcover
1784016919Edinburgh: Apollo Press for John Bell 1784. 3 volumes. 202 239 225 pp additional engraved title in Vol II engraved portrait. Contemporary tree calf bordered in gilt with gilt decoration to spine maroon and black leather title labels; marbled endpapers. Lightly worn at edges and spine with each volume having the 18th century bookplate of A Walker Newry at front. Small chip and start of plit in letaher at top of front hinge and light toning to preliminaries; some offsetting from engraved title to previous blank fly leaf slightly rough eadges to engraved title of Vol III. Beautifully figured tree calf. These three volumes represent the poetical works of John Dryden 1631-1700 and are numbered 40 41 and 42 on the spine gilt worn. Dryden was a poet and dramatist who dominated literary life in the latter half of the 17th century becoming Poet Laureate in 1670. A most attractive little set. Bells Poets published in the 18th century consisted of the works of some 48 poets and totalled over one hundred volumes. Second Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Apollo Press for John Bell Hardcover
17043040London: T. Bennet 1704. Hardcover. Very Good. Later boards. Small quarto. Title page states second edition but this is printing is a bit later than that 1686 actual date for the second. Still a nice copy of a Dryden quarto. <br/><br/> T. Bennet hardcover
1763004656London: J. And R. Tonson 1763. This is a Very Good Minus copy of a Later Printing containing his famous "Marriage A-La-Mode" and three others. Nice smooth calf binding with gilt ruling on the covers. Five raised bands on the spine with two red labels; titled and decorated in gilt with the date "1763" at the foot of the spine. Clean text lightly darkened; marbled endpapers with an armorial bookplate on the front paste-down from Dynes Hall an architecturally-listed building in Essex. Lovely engraved plates for each play. The pagination is quite erratic: unpaginated until 33 after 96 it skips a bit eventually reaching 455. The front hinge is cracked holding but tender and one of the spine labels has a chip. Despite these defects it presents rather well. Later Printing. Full-Leather. Very Good Minus/Near Fine. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. J. And R. Tonson Hardcover
1777005450Edinburg sic: John Bell 1777. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition of Bell's "Poets of Great Britain" all three volumes bound as one. Polished calf binding with gilt ruling titling and decorations in gilt on the spine. Clean text; 225 pages. Frontis portrait of Dryden alonf with Bell's attractively-engraved half-title. Armorial bookplate on the front paste-down. Rubbed at the margins; cracking at the spine but holding nicely. An attractive little 18th-century book. First Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. John Bell Hardcover
1709105238H. Hills 1709. Softcover. Very good/No jacket. binB. 16pp. String binding. Some shelfwear. H. Hills unknown
177273349Dublin: Printed for W. Smith H. Bradley and T. Edwing Booksellers. 1772. 12mo. iv 283 pp. Full brown calf with a gilt title label and the initials 'E. R.' to the spine. Rubbing at the binding's edge with chipping and loss to the spine and corners. Scratches and markings to the boards and splitting at the hinges. Enclosed tears to the bottom of the prelims. Leaves darkened with creasing throughout alongside scattered spots and foxing particularly at the extremities. Ink ownership marking to the the front pastedown and first free endpaper. An uncommon edition of these satirical dialogues. . Good. Full Calf. 1772. Printed for W. Smith, H. Bradley, and T. Edwing, Booksellers. 1772 unknown
1795GT1398London: Martin and Bain Fleet Street 1795. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 191pp. Volume one THE PASTORALS In Ten Books and GEORGICS Book III III. lacking Volume two. Original full calf with gilt dec. bands to the spine. A RARE ITEM in the original calf binding. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS. <br/> <br/> Martin and Bain, Fleet Street hardcover
1773003277London: T Davies T. Becket 1773. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 16 Dedication to the Duke of ormond 32 Preface 7 To Her Grace the Duchess of Ormons 345. decorative head pieces and capitals full tree calf gilt floral panels tp spine red gilt title label running floral band to board edges marbled eps. Stub of bookplate on fpd. Title page a bit soiled else very clean throughout. Owner name "Jane Dorothea Duff London 1779" written on title page and fep at the back where the date has been torn out. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall <br/> <br/> T, Davies, T. Becket hardcover
1709931F29London: H. Hills 1709 . Unbound. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A smart later edition of this uncommon poem from John Dryden a panegyric he was commissioned to write for a lady he had never met. A 1709 edition of this uncommon work which was first published in 1692.The poem commissioned by the Earl of Abingdon praises the piety and charity of its subject in somewhat vague terms.ESTC. T32606Trimmed by 17mm to title page tail removing the One Penny price.The work of poet literary critic translator and playwright John Dryden who was England's first Poet Laureate. Unbound as issued. Title page trimmed to tail by 17mm. Two spots to title page. Internally firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned but clean. Very Good H. Hills unknown
1756mon0001623315Rob & Foulis 1756. Hardcover. Good. . Leather binding. Boards scuffed and crack at bottom of spine of Vol.I .Hinges and binding firm with no loose pages. Edges dusty.Text clear and easy to read with some tanning. Rob & Foulis hardcover