THE SPRING OF THE YEAR.
N.P: (The Adagio Press, 1965). large 12mo. paper wrappers. (16) pages. Privately printed and limited to 240 copies. An essay from "The Rambler" from 1750. READ MORE about THE SPRING OF THE YEAR
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 57120
N.P: (The Adagio Press, 1965). large 12mo. paper wrappers. (16) pages. Privately printed and limited to 240 copies. An essay from "The Rambler" from 1750. READ MORE about THE SPRING OF THE YEAR
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 57120
Two volumes.
London: Printed by John Jarvis, and sold by John Fielding... 1786. 4to. Bound in contemporary half-leather with publisher's marbled boards, red leather spine label, spine title gilt. [74] plus unpaginated lexicon in triple column; [2] & unpaginated lexicon; bound with the half-title in vol. I. Two volumes. No edition stated, possibly the sixth edition. Only the slightest rubbing to the marbled paper boards and soiling to preliminary pages, else a tight, bright, and unmarred copy..... READ MORE about DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: IN WHICH THE WORDS ARE DEDUCED FROM THEIR ORIGINALS, AND...
Price: $1,750.00 Order nr. 137967
12 Volumes.
London, England: E. Blackader, 1806. 16mo. original leather, gilt stamped, marbled endpapers and edges. variously paginated. 12 Volumes. Fleeman 87.3W/9. "Volume the First" with advertisement by editor Alexr. Chalmers. Each volume with table of contents. Blackader printed I and II, J. & E. Hodson printed III and XII, Joyce Gold printed IV-V, R. Taylor & Co. printed VI-VII, Luke Hansard printed VIII-IX, and J. M'Creery printed X-XI. Volume I with frontispiece. Fleeman refers to a...... READ MORE about THE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D., A NEW EDITION IN TWELVE VOLUMES, WITH AN ESSAY ON HIS LIFE...
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 133273
Dublin: Whitestone, Williams, Colles, Wilson [etc.], 1779-1781. 8vo. full leather boards, five raised bands, black leather spine labels, tope edges stained black, housed in a lovely cloth-covered boards slipcase. [4], 536; [4], 496; [4], 399 pages. First editions. Courtney & Smith, p. 141; Fleeman 79.4LP/2a(i) and 79.4LP/6a. Signed 'William Paul' on title pages of volumes II and III. Minor wear to hinges and corners of all volumes, else very fine copies. First issue, first state..... READ MORE about THE LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS; AND A CRITICISM ON THEIR WORKS
Price: $825.00 Order nr. 137925
N.P. The Johnsonians, 2000. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. 14, (2) pages. Limited to 250 copies. Introduction by Robert DeMaria, Jr. Facsimiles of John Moir, Hospitality (London, 1793), which included this essay. Printed under the direction of John Kelly. READ MORE about ON THE CHARACTER & DUTY OF AN ACADEMICK
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 123801