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1701717London: Jacob Tonson 1701. BOOK IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN FULL LEATHER WITH SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. SOME LIGHT RUBBING TO LEATHER. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES A FEW PAGES WITH MARGINAL NOTATIONS MINIMAL FOXING. BOOK MEASURES FOLIO 12.75"x8". FIRST ONE VOLUME EDITION 324 YEARS OLD. A NICE EXAMPLE IN GREAT CONDITION. Jacob Tonson unknown
17211400335The Hague: T. Johnson 1721. Other. Octavo 80 94 96 pages. In Good condition. Fully bound in publisher's leatherette. Binding cracking at hinges strings exposed but intact. Leather on spine cracked majority of decorative layer and gilt inlay missing foundation exposed. Title missing from spine except for a gilt "IV." Edges and corners worn and bumped exposing paper board base. Textblock agetoned interior clean. Shelved case 0. ESTC: N17238. Issued as part of: 'A collection of the best English plays' 1710-21 published by Johnson in The Hague London. 1400335. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. T. Johnson unknown
1704174318London: John Nutt near Stationer's Hall 1704. Hardcover. VG- rubbing/scuffing and chipping to boards. re-backed. Full brown leather-covered boards with gilt spine lettering. 388 pp. Text only. Pages 71-94 199-201 257-266 313-315 349 i.e. 351-352 numbered in roman./ "The dying thoughts and last reflections of Mr. Thomas Brown . in a letter to a friend": p. 385-388. This particular copy was last sold at acution in 1922 before that in 1915. Very scarce! John Nutt, near Stationer's Hall hardcover
1704174318London: John Nutt near Stationer's Hall 1704. Hardcover. VG- rubbing/scuffing and chipping to boards. re-backed. Full brown leather-covered boards with gilt spine lettering. 388 pp. Text only. Pages 71-94 199-201 257-266 313-315 349 i.e. 351-352 numbered in roman./ "The dying thoughts and last reflections of Mr. Thomas Brown . in a letter to a friend": p. 385-388. This particular copy was last sold at acution in 1922 before that in 1915. Very scarce! John Nutt, near Stationer's Hall hardcover books
1795304710London; Boston; Worcester; Providence: James Evans; Thomas & Andrews E. Larkin Jr. David West; Isaiah Thomas; Carter & Wilkinson. 779 pages. Title from typographical title page: "The Works of the British Poets. With Prefaces Biographical and Critical by Robert Anderson. Volume Sixth." Bound in contemporary calf with some wear. Textblock is clean and tightly bound. . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1795. James Evans; Thomas & Andrews, E. Larkin Jr., David West; Isaiah Thomas; Carter & Wilkinson hardcover
1709105238H. Hills 1709. Softcover. Very good/No jacket. binB. 16pp. String binding. Some shelfwear. H. Hills unknown
170871533London:: Printed and Sold by H. Hills 1708. Early edition first appeared in 1681. disbound. Some light spotting and age-toning to text. 12mo. Printed and Sold by H. Hills, unknown
17081288426London: H. Hills 1708. Early Edition. 12mo: G/no-DJ paperback: Thin brown spine with no text: Book has been rebound not in original covers: Rebound covers have light shelfwear 4 liquid spots in upper front corner 2 inch long thin black mark near head of spine on front slight bump to tail of spine two small dots near center of front cover: Textblock is age toned thin pages have darkened with some soiling a few corners bumped pages 9-17 have mildew spots that do not impact readability: 1708 printing poem was originally published 1681: 24 pp.<br /> <br /> <p>Shelved in Netdesk office Ephemera Box I. 1288426. Shelved Rockville Bookstore. H. Hills unknown books
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
1768WRCLIT73788London: Printed for W. Strahan et al 1768. 831pp. 12mo. Extracted from nonce pamphlet volume. Engraved frontis. A few spots of light soiling or spotting otherwise near very good. ESTC T63286. Printed for W. Strahan [et al] unknown books
177626789London: John Bell 1776. 12mo various pagination. series: Bell's British Tragedies Volume the Fifth The third volume of Tragedies. Containing: "All For Love Dryden The Orphan Otway Tancred and Sigismunda Thomson George Barnwell Lillo and Isabella altered from Southerne. 5 plays each with frontispiece engraving. Disbound ageing lacking rear covers front separate. John Bell unknown books
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
177748508London: Printed for T. Lowndes T. Caslon C. Corbett and S. Bladon 1777. Disbound now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Age-toning. Very Good. 76 pp. Lacks plate. 8vo. <br/><br/>Based on the plays by Plautus and Molière. Also published in The New English Theatre Vol 9 No. 1 1776-1777. Printed for T. Lowndes, T. Caslon, C. Corbett, and S. Bladon unknown books
1709GD04341ogLondon: Printed and Sold By H. Hills 1709. London: Printed and Sold by H. Hills 1709 Second Edition 16pp. removed from binding; pages closely trimmed with loss to some numbers; owner's name in a contemporary hand internally clean and sound. Dryden's verse "To the Earl of Roscomon on his Excellent Essay on Translated Verse" occupies pp. 3-5; Roscomon's essay the remainder. The Essay was first published in 1684. Second Edition. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. London: Printed and Sold By H. Hills
17086095London: H. Hills 1708. First Edition. First Edition. Early edition of the 1681 published poem by John Dryden in contemporary gray paper wrappers with cover notation dating to 1908. 24pp. With contemporary manuscript notation on title-page: “by Mr. John Dryden.†Front cover and attending first blank leaf detached otherwise very good. Scarce thus. H. Hills unknown
179788702T Bensley 1797. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition First Printing Date of 1797 on title page. Published by T. Bensley 1797. Folio. Bound in three-quarter dark blue morocco over blue cloth boards with marbled endpapers and gilt topstain. Five raised spine bands with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Binding circa 1900. Book is in very good condition. Spine straight binding tight and all pages intact. Has some light spotting and offsetting to some pages. Some moderate wear/tears to corners. Small tear along right side of front flyleaf. Complete with 9 full-page plates and 15 smaller head and tail illustrations throughout. A very good copy of this classic edition featuring the illustrations of Lady Diana Beauclerc. 241 pages. Book has been placed in a custom acetate protector. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton New York. T Bensley hardcover
1709721751709. DRYDEN John and HOWARD Robert. The Duel of the Stags a Poem . Together with an Epistle to the Author by Mr. John Dryden. Modern calf-backed marbled boards gilt-ruled spine. London: Printed and Sold by H. Hill 1709. Later edition. Howard was Dryden's brother-in-law. Dryden praised Howard's poem. Light uniform toning scattered light foxing closely trimmed at the head of the page with no loss to letters else very good. unknown
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
1709001345London: H. Hills in Black-Fryars near the Water-side 1709. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. Early edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 16 pages. Hardcover; bound in 3/4 leather and blue cloth with gilt spine lettering circa 1900. Binding is moderately to heavily rubbed and worn. The text has been trimmed with loss of page numbers at the top of several leaves. The final leaf is browned. Minor staining to top-edge of leaves. A complete early edition of this work by Dryden. H. Hills, in Black-Fryars, near the Water-side Hardcover books
1780261CGN.d. (about 1780). Copper engraving. Picture size: 12,7 x 7,5 cm. Leaf size: 14,5 x 8,1 cm and 21,7 x 14 cm respectively.
1780261CG1780. N.d. about 1780. Copper engraving. Picture size: 127 x 75 cm. Leaf size: 145 x 81 cm and 217 x 14 cm respectively. Re-margined. unknown
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.
173419863<p><b>1734 Dryden Fables Ancient & Modern Homer Ovid Chaucer Boccaccio English Lit</b></p><p>John Dryden was a 17th-century English poet who was known as England's very first Poet Laureate and would lead England into a literary period that would become known as the Age of Dryden. He also established standard forms of English poetry though his satires fables epigrams poems and plays. </p><p><i>'Fables Ancient and Modern'</i> is Dryden's translations of some of the most famous and iconic works of ancient literature. Dryden includes selections from Ovid's '<i>Metamorphoses'</i> Chaucer's '<i>Canterbury Tales'</i> Homer's '<i>Iliad'</i> and even stories from Giovanni Boccaccio all translated into English verse.</p><p>Item number: #19863</p><p>Price: $599</p><p>DRYDEN John</p><p><b><i>Fables ancient and modern: translated into verse from Homer Ovid Boccace and Chaucer: with original poems.</i></b></p><p>London: Printed for Jacob Tonson at Shakespear's Head ever-against Catharine-Street in the Strand MDCCXXXIV. 1734</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Details</u>:</p><p>· Collation: Complete with all pages</p><p>o 58 345 3</p><p>o Engraved frontispiece</p><p>· Provenance: Armorial bookplate – Lord Rivers</p><p>o Likely George Pitt 1st Baron Rivers 1721–1803 an English diplomat and politician. He was elected Member of Parliament during the War of the Austrian Succession commissioned colonel of the Dorset Militia under the Militia Act 1757 and served as Envoy-extraordinary to the Kingdom of Sardinia at Turin. Motto: ÆQUAM SERVARE MENTEM</p><p>· Language: English</p><p>· Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p>· Size: ~6.5in X 4in 16.5cm x 10cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>19863</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> for Jacob Tonson at Shakespear's Head ever-against Catharine-Street in the Strand hardcover
170121957London: Jacob Tonson 1701. First Collected edition. leather_bound. Modern Cambridge style binding in full brown morocco. Very good. 646 232 pages. 33 x 20 cm. ESTC R31983 bound with T124515 the two works are generally found bound together. Of the second work as ESTC notes "Absalom and Achitopher``The Medal`Religio laici` and `The hind and the panther` each have separate title pages of the tenth fourth fourth and third editions respectively but the register and pagination are continuous." Second title page printed in red and black. Generally a clean copy with minor toning a few small tears one or two cryptic if not amusing margin notes in the second title. Raised bands gilt leather spine label. Jacob Tonson unknown
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