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Trade Paperbac. Condizione: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDLanguage Arts & Disciplines: Very Good Trade Paperback, Clean pages, minor creasing, prompt shipping with tracking.

Softcover. Condizione: Good. Damp staining to rear cover, with color bleed on last page and slight wrinkling on last few leaves. Front cover has three slight water spots and some very slight wrinkling. There are some touches of staining and a very small color bleed on the first page. Some marginal "X"s in pencil. ; Contents are primarily a souvenir view book of Niagara Falls. The booklet is also a promotional item for The Hotel Imperial, as well containing many ads for other businesses.

Second London edition, and first authorized separate edition. Vol. 1: Frontis. portrait, extra engraved vignette of SJ to tissue guard, vii, (1), 480; vol. 2: iii, (1), 471; vol. 3: iii, (1), 462; vol. 4: iii, (1), 505 pp. 4 vols. 8vo. The first authorized separate edition of Johnson's Lives of the English Poets they first appeared as the "Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets,"(10 vols, 1779-1781). A contemporary and uniform set of Johnson's masterwork of critical literary observations, all volumes uncut, in the original boards. The arms on the bookplate suggest that the previous owner who has signed and dated each title page "Fitzwilliam / 1781" is William, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam (1748-1833). A subsequent owner has attempted to rub out the Fitzwilliam name and the crown on the bookplates. Courtney, 141-42; Fleeman 79.4LP/5. Provenance: [William, 4th Earl?] Fitzwilliam, with the Fitzwilliam's arms on the bookplate in 3 of the volumes; then from the estate of Huguette Clark Original blue-gray boards (8.75 x 5.25 inches), uncut. Engraved frontispiece portrait by T. Trotter after J. Reynolds, without imprint, additional engraved portrait cut and mounted onto tissue guard, uncut. Backstrips parished, but the volumes are solid. Frontispiece spotted occasionally and some light staining or dampstaining; housed in two cloth chemises and slipcases. Vol. 3 leaf Q1 torn Vol. 1: Frontis. portrait, extra engraved vignette of SJ to tissue guard, vii, (1), 480; vol. 2: iii, (1), 471; vol. 3: iii, (1), 462; vol. 4: iii, (1), 505 pp. 4 vols. 8vo Second London edition, and first authorized separate edition.

Leather bound. Oversized, full brown leather covers with blind stamped design, burgundy title block with gilt lettering on spine, bw frontispiece, (17) 748 pp, (4) pp, 122 pages of engraved plates with several being fold-out. Reprint of the 1756 edition with a different title page. Includes a table of the plates, errata and a table of contents. Isaac Ware's important comprehensive overview of Georgian architectural theory and practice. This work covers nearly every imaginable element of architectural design. Fair (front and rear covers detached, heavy shelfwear to covers with taped repairs, dampstaining to bottom of most pages, last 8 pages have a small section missing from the corner, expected age toning with some foxing spots, bookplate inside front cover).

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 25 octavo volumes. Bound in contemporary acid calf. Gilt spines. One of the volumes without a spine label, some cover wear, but still a handsome set. Most title-pages printed in red and black. Includes copper plates (some folding), Armorial bookplate of Lord Sandys. Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys was a Whig MP from Worcester (1695-1770). Teerink-Scouten, 89. Maslen and Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, 4703. Initially printed as a 12 volume set, this edition was extended to 17 vols.Vols. 15-16 bear statement: First collected and revised by Deane Swift, Esq.Titlepages vols. 1-17 in red & black.Vols.18-23 bear title: "Letters . London, 1768-69."Vols.24-25 bear title: "A supplement to Dr. Swift's works" This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

Full Leather. Condizione: Very Good binding. Ten specimens of British poetry, almost all First Editions, bound together in one volume. Tenth Edition of Thomas Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. The First Edition thus, edited by Moncrief, of Lady Elizabeth Wardlaw's Hardyknute, which appeared previously in shorter Scottish editions, without notes. All other works are First Editions, and all works collate complete. Paul Whitehead's satire of Walpole, The State of Rome under Nero and Domitian, and Thomas Gray's Odes [1757]. Also with John Gilbert Cooper's Epistles to the Great, and The Call of Aristippus; Mark Akenside's Ode to the Country Gentlemen of England; William King's Oratio in Theatro Sheldoniano; Thomas Warton's Mons Catharinae, Prope Wintoniam; Robert Nugent's Epistle to the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole. Most of the collection were published by Robert Dodsley, an eminent bookseller, talented author in his own right, and "martyr in the fight for a free British press" (Solomon p. 88). Some trimming to the Epistle to Walpole, and the Folio sized leaves of The State of Rome are slightly and neatly cut near the gutter and folded to size. Bookplate of Walter Bagot, and 'Egerton Bagot' written in ink on the front pastedown; Rev. Walter Bagot was a friend of the poet William Cowper. Holograph list of works on the front endpaper, by a contemporary hand. Late 18th century vellum with decorative gilt borders, and faded title in ink on the spine. (ESTC T32883; T4714; T42023; T71260; T129421; T36010; T135699; N4802; T32871; T48587. Foxon W215; E426; S725. NCBEL II, 1978, 575, 637, 555, 690. DNB IV, 1071. Harry M. Solomon The Rise of Robert Dodsley. ). Very Good binding.

Full contemporary calf, rebacked skillfully. Spine in six compartments of gilted raised bands with gilt rulings. Gilt title on red calf label on 2. Corners have been renewed. Old repair to p135/136. , John Dougharty (1677-1755) was a prominent mathematician who ran a writing and arithmetic school at Worcester for 55 years. , Size : 4to (250x188mm)., References : Aked & Severino, Bibliografia della Gnomonica, p182; Wallis, Bibliography of British Mathematics, 707DOU49, P. Title, Blank, Dedication, Note (iii-iv), 1-451. Mispagination: 87 instead of 81, and carring on. Illustrated with a profusion of in text woodcuts and full page plates. Very good condition. Some minor browning or spotting in places. Otherwise text and plates clean and crisp.

8vo. 8.5 x 5.25 inches. [6] + xv + [3] + 560 + [16] pp. index. Separate title page for A Companion for the Fasts, but pagination and register are continuous. Bound in contemporary full calf; spine in compartments with gilt band with contrasting red morocco title label, gilt. A little age related wear and on instance of ink marking in text (p. 64); otherwise a very good copy. Armourial bookplate of Johnston Grant. Illustrated by 2 engraved frontispiece plates. A manual of Anglican festivals and fasts, including saints days, arranged by the church year from Advent to All Saints with a separate part on fast days. Robert Nelson (1656-1715) was a lay religious writer and a nonjuror, who moved abroad for a period after the accession of William and Mary. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1695 and was a prominent early member of the SPCK. A best selling title published from 1704 well into the nineteenth century. THEOLOGY/HISTORY PRAYER BOOKS THEOLOGY- CHURCH 18TH CENTURY LEATHER THEOLOGY/HISTORY.

Leather. Condizione: Good. 20 volumes. 8vo. Eighteenth-century full tan calf with raised bands outlined in gilt and gilt stamped spine label in red leather. Engraved bookplate of Jonathan Lovett Esq. to the many volumes, some with the bookplate removed. The spines are heavily rubbed and worn, lightly cracking to the leather and edge-wear all around, but still quite good, all boards firmly attached and clean, some with light water stains but not terrible, just surface stuff, the last volume (Index) with darkened and heavily worn corner, but all volumes are clean throughout with the exception of some faint or unobtrusive stains and some stains from bookplate removal to those volumes, the plates and maps are intact and in excellent condition, some mis-folded so sticking out a touch beyond the text block. A wonderful history, illustrated by dozens of great folding maps and engravings of ancient and holy sites, Sphinx, Pyramids, Camp of the Israelites, Plan of the City of Jerusalem, Solomon's Temple, etc. A few slight errors in pagination, gathering N misplaced, but present. Externally worn looking set, but actually quite nice and solid, uncommon complete in 20 volumes, and in full early calf.