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1694043060London: Jacob Tonson 1694. First Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. Small quarto rebound in 1/4 red morocco over red cloth. Wear and rubbing to edges light foxing and discoloration a few pages more heavily browned small tear to one page corner not touching any text but a generally clean unmarked copy internally. Lacking the half title. viii 82 2pp. Page 73 includes a poem by the up and coming William Congreve. Size: Quarto 4to. Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Theatre & Plays; Inventory No: 043060. <br/><br/> Jacob Tonson hardcover books
1694018402London: Printed for Jacob Tonson at the Judges Head near the Inner-Temple-Gate in Fleet-street 1694. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. x 82 pages of text ii Epilogue. Bound without the half-title page. Hardcover binding with leather spine and corners and marbled paper-covered boards. The spine is moderately worn and rubbed. Minor staining and soiling scattered throughout text. There is a small tear to about 40 pages at the gutter obviously made prior to binding. Minor marginalia on the final page of Epilogue. A few page numbers are shaved. John Dryden 1631-1700. First edition. Printed for Jacob Tonson, at the Judges Head near the Inner-Temple-Gate in Fleet-street Hardcover books
192421495Oxford England: Clarendon Press 1924. Facsimile printed from type limited to 550 copies 8vo pp. 8 14 8; a very good copy in original stiff marbled paper wrappers printed paper label on front cover some rubbing and soiling 1" split in wrapper at lower spine. A reprinting of the first edition of 1682 with notes elucidating variants found in the edition of 1684. <br/><br/> Clarendon Press unknown books
1763WRCLIT73789London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson 1763. 13206-2862pp. 12mo. Extracted from nonce pamphlet volume. Engraved frontis. Some soiling and corner creases but good and sound. According to ESTC this is a reimpression of the play's appearance in the 1762-3 collective edition with a full title replacing the half-title. ESTC locates 3 copies. ESTC T63282. Printed for J. and R. Tonson unknown books
169264649DRYDEN John. Oedipus. A Tragedy As it is Acted at His Royal Highness the Duke's Theatre. London: Printed for Richard Bentley in Russel-Street in Covent-Garden 1692. Fourth edition. Octavo 8 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches; 210 x 155 mm. 6 71 1 epilogue pp. Modern quarter red morocco over red cloth gilt-stamped on spine. Lacking final blank. New endpapers. Very good. HBS 64649. $300 Printed for Richard Bentley in Russel-Street in Covent-Garden hardcover books
192838664London: Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald 1928. One of 580 numbered copies. 4to pp. xxvi 84. Notes. Marbled paper over boards with blue cloth spine stamped in gilt . Mostly unopened. Cover little worn and yellowed at edges spine faded o/w VG. Lacks the dj. The Haselwood Books. Gallup B-7b ordinary copy. Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald unknown books
175649066Glasgow: printed and sold by Rob. & And. Foulis 1756. Foolscap 8vo 2 volumes pp. viii 237 1; vii 1 240; contemporary speckled calf gilt-decorated spines in 5 compartments blue speckled edges; joints cracked labels perished with title visible as blind impression armorial bookplates of Henry Penton the occasional marginalia throughout volume 2 with staining to the bottom of the last dozen or so pages as well as the covers; good. Gaskell's good quality variant. Gaskell 312. <br/><br/> printed and sold by Rob. & And. Foulis unknown books
2114LONDON BELL & DALDY 1866. FULL AUBERGINE MOROCCO; 5 VOLS "ALDINE EDITION" VERY GOOD-FINE. LONDON, BELL & DALDY, 1866 unknown books
1854128662London England: George Routledge and Co 1854. original leather covers and spine gilt-stamped all edges gilt. 16mo. original leather covers and spine gilt-stamped all edges gilt. xx 524 pages. Second edition. Table of contents memoir of Dryden's life. Frontispiece and illustrations in text by John Franklin. Scuffing along edges of spine. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Light foxing mainly on frontispiece and tissue protector. George Routledge and Co unknown books
1960UDRYSEL00HMRHolt Rinehart and Winston 1960. Good. Dryden John. Selected Works of John Dryden. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1960. 424pp. Bibliography. 16mo. Mass Market. Book condition: Good with rubbed edges and light spots in cover. Old price-sticker on front cover. Holt, Rinehart and Winston paperback books
168664646DRYDEN John. Spanish Fryar. Or The Double Discovery. Acted at the Theatre Royal. London: Printed for Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson 1686. Second edition. Octavo 8 3/16 x 6 9/16 inches; 208 x 167 mm. 8 78 2 epilogue pp. Modern quarter brown morocco over marbled boards. Spine lettered in gilt. New endpapers. A very good copy. HBS 64646. $250 Printed for Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson hardcover books
169164659DRYDEN John. Sr. Martin Marr-all: Or The Feign'd Innocence. A Comedy. As it is Acted By Their Majesties Servants. London: Printed for HenryHerringman 1691. Small quarto 8 9/16 x 6 7/16 inches; 217 x 163 mm. 4. 59 1 epilogue pp. Modern half calf over marbled boards. Spine stamped in gilt. New endpapers. Previous owner's old ink signature on leaf A3. Some minor worming to upper blank margin of final seven leaves. Previous owner's pencil notes of front endpapers. Very good. One on Dryden's most successful plays based on MoliÈre's play "L'Etourdi. Macdonald Dryden. HBS 64659. $300 Printed for HenryHerringman hardcover books
19751506157The Franklin Library 1975. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Bound in premium full leather. Accented in 22kt gold. Gilt title and raised bands to spine with all page edges gilt. High-quality patterned paper with gilded edges ribbon marker and silk moire endpapers. Limited Edition as stated on title page. The Franklin Library hardcover books
1701237330London: Tonson Thomas Bennet and Richard Wellington 1701. First Folio edition. Engraved portrait frontispiece by Edelinck after Keller and extra-illustrated with later full-page frontispiece for the second volume. 6 618; 558 pp. 2 vols. Folio 336 x 196 mm. Bound in modern half brown morocco over brown cloth boards spines lettered in gilt t.e.g. Brief marginal repairs to both title-pages folding portrait backed first few leaves in first volume partially disbound pp 119/120 with tear from corner some stray marks and minor toning throughout upper cover to first volume mostly detached upper joint to second volume with flaking corners rubbed head and tail of spine of both volumes rubbed bookplates of Julius Joleson and Paul Buchet. First Folio edition. Engraved portrait frontispiece by Edelinck after Keller and extra-illustrated with later full-page frontispiece for the second volume. 6 618; 558 pp. 2 vols. Folio 336 x 196 mm. With extra engraved frontispiece. Dryden's plays were first collected as early as 1682 and many times subsequent though these early editions were simply 4to editions of his plays bound together with a new general title and erratic in terms of quality and completeness. This noble 1701 Tonson folio is not only the the first in this format but the first to aim at comprehensiveness and accuracy. MacDonald 107 a i Tonson, Thomas Bennet and Richard Wellington unknown books
1683287408London: Bentley 1683. hardcover. very good. 80 pages including 4 pages of music at the end. Title page cropped very slim tall 8vo 3/4 brown calf marbled boards; joints and hinge strengthened tips repaired. London: Bentley: 1683. Scarce. First Edition.<br/><br/> Bentley unknown books
1797000410London: T. Bensley for J. Edwards 1797. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good. Beauclerc Lady Diana; Bartolozzi Engraver. Folio. With bookplate of Princess Sophie who was a daughter of King George III and second plate of hers in slightly different style in back. Contemporary calf boards more modern calf spine rebacking with original red title label attached thereto. xviii 241 pp. 9 full page plates some engraved by Bartolozzi and also head and tail vignettes. Text pages very clean except for offsetting which is considerable in pages facing full page plates. Some plates are foxed in margins. A few tissue guards survive. All edges gilt. Some shelfwear to edges and corners of leather with leather chipped or rubbed in corners. Overall attractive volume and VG. <br/><br/> T. Bensley, for J. Edwards hardcover books
1687WRCLIT64941London: Printed for Jacob Tonson . 1687. 81451pp. Quarto. Extracted from bound pamphlet volume. Light foxing half-title neatly detached small nonce index number in outer upper corner of title else about very good. Denoted the "third edition" but counting the Dublin and Edinburgh editions the fifth overall all printed the same year. This impression was probably printed from standing type for Tonson's "second" edition. MACDONALD 24e. WING D2285. ESTC R17798. Printed for Jacob Tonson ... unknown books
1680WRCLIT64481London: Printed for R. Bentley and M. Magnes 1680. 8653pp. Quarto. Extracted from bound pamphlet volume. Rather browned with early ownership signature on B1 title leaf nearly detached lower fore-corner of J1 torn away costing a portion of final two lines of Epilogue lacking terminal advert leaf included in ESTC entry; a fair copy. First edition. As often the leaf printing the 'Prologue' remains in place conjugate with J1. "Of this comedy Professor Nicoll wrote: 'It is one of the truly unmoral works of the period and its failure i.e. on the stage may have been partly due to the gradual rise of sentimental feeling .'" - Pforzheimer. MACDONALD 85a. ESTC R16108. WING D2297. PFORZHEIMER 329. Printed for R. Bentley and M. Magnes unknown books
1682305844London: Printed for Jacob Tonson 1682. First Edition Second Issue with 2 lines of Latin verse on last page. xii; 20 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Removed. First Edition Second Issue with 2 lines of Latin verse on last page. xii; 20 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Dryden vs. Shaftsbury Once Again. Dryden's satirical poem directed as was his Absalom and Achitophel against the Earl of Shaftesbury who had recently been exonerated of a charge of high treason; his Whig followers had had a medal cast to commemorate the event. Wing D 2311; Macdonald 13 aii; ESTC R17608 Printed for Jacob Tonson unknown books
168246505London: Jacob Tonson 1682. First Edition second issue. Small 4to pp. 12 20. Bound in modern thin marbled boards. Leaves toned but a very good tight clean copy. Wing D2311; CBEL II 264; Macdonald 13aii; ESTC R17608. Early in 1682 Dryden published The Medall a work full of unsparing invective against the Whigs prefaced by a vigorous and plainspoken prose "Epistle to the Whigs." The opposition party the nascent Whigs had a medal struck in Poland to commemorate the release of one of their leaders the Earl of Shaftesbury who had been held in the Tower on charges of treason. Jacob Tonson unknown books
17603000London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson 1760. 8vo. 4 vols. Engraved frontis. portrait and several engraved text illustrations. Cont. mottled calf a bit worn nicely rebacked in period style volume I newly rebacked red & green morocco spine labels. Title pages lightly foxed. Printed for J. and R. Tonson unknown books
192545797London: Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press 1925. First edition thus 8vo pp. xxiii 1 606; portrait frontispiece facsimiles throughout; text in double column; original blue cloth upper cover and spine stamped in gilt; light rubbing along joints else about fine. Bookplates on front and rear pastedowns. <br/><br/> Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press hardcover books
1854107643Little Brown 1854. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Little Brown and Company Boston 1854. Half-Leather w/ Marbled Paper. Very Good. No Jacket. Book. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Volumes 1 2 and 3 of a 5 volume set; half leather w/marbled paper over boards marbled endpapers and edges. Raised bands and ornate gilt decoration on spine. Clean solid. In each volume on the front paste down there is a bookplate stating that the books were donated to the YMCA as part of a library given in honor of Justus Lawrence on Yonkers N.Y. However based on the condition of the set it does not appear any of the Young Men ever opened the books and there are no library markings in any of the books. Little, Brown hardcover books
19092113Boston Houghton Mifflin/Cambridge The Riverside Press 1908 1909. 1909. "Cambridge Edition." Large 8vo. Frontispiece portrait. 2 1/2 page preface by George R. Noyes. Glossary indexes of titles and first lines. 3/4 gilt stamped red morocco spine with raised bands and gilt stamped floral devices within gilt ruled compartments covers ruled in gilt marbled endpapers t.e.g. spine slightly faded. Very good. 1054 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Hardcover. Very Good. Boston, Houghton Mifflin/Cambridge, The Riverside Press, 1908 [1909]. hardcover books
1866W91923Edinburgh: James Nichol 1866. Full red calf gilt with 5 raised bands and titling and ornamentation panels. Gilt dentelles. Marbled edges and matching endpapers. Signed binding of Bickers & Son London. Wear on spines and joints edgewear and corners bumped; spine title labels missing but number labels present although chipped. Lengthy Christmas 1867 gift inscription on ffep Vol. 1. Ghost of white labels removed from preliminaries in each volume. First Thus. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. James Nichol Hardcover books