THE NOVELS by FIELDING. HENRY

London: Whittaker, Treacher & Co., 1832. Second British Edition, London, 1832, two volumes. In signed Root and Son bindings, half black morocco over marbled boards, back with ornate gilt floral decorations and gilt lettering on red and brown labels, five raised bandslined in gilt, end pages marbled. Very Good Plus, wear to headband of Vol. 1 and rubbing at tips both volumes. Only the occasional scattered bit of toning, and uncommon thus. 24 lithographed plates by August Hervieu, 14 in Vol. I, 10 in Vol.II. . Second British Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Printed for Taylor and Hessey, 1825. In full contemporary polished calf, with each cover decorated with a border of 4 blind rules, two gilt fillets and blind dot roll tool, inner corners with fine gilt floral tool, spine with 4 padded compartments with gilt rules and 4 with blind rules, gilt lettering and tail date, marbled edges and endpapers. With the small label of Hessey Bookseller Fleet Street rear end page. Thomas Carlyle's first published book. Near fine, boards lightly rubbed, spine a bit darkened, light toning, primarily to end pages.SCARCE in contemporary fine binding. . First Edition. Full Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Brentano's, 1906. Near Fine in contemporary Sangorski & Sutcliffe signed binding of full polished calf, the back ornately stamped in gilt, covers with triple gilt rules bordering blind tooled rules, decorative floral end papers, all edges gilt, silk marker. Light rubbing to calf at bottom edge of spine, small stain rear cover. A handsome copy, and uncommon bound two in one volume.. First Edition Thus. Full Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Richard Bentley, 1835. SCARCE. INSCRIBED BY Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton and William Beckford's son-in-law, in the year of publication at half-title page -"To Robert Browne Esq., from the Dk. of Hamilton, June 27th, 1835". Hamilton was married to Beckford's daughter Susan. William Beckford ( 1760-1844), English author and art collector, best known for his Gothic novel "Vathek". Very Good in contemporary signed binding by Maclehose, Glasgow. Full polished calf, two black morocco labels lettered in gilt, double gilt rules to covers, marbled end papers and matching marbled edges, frontispiece portrait of the author engraved by T. A. Dean from the original picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Covers rubbed, two small chips to calf at head of spine, scant foxing at end papers only, two small name stamps of prior owner Charles Clarence Chapman. (1853-1944) the first mayor of Fullerton, California, who has been called "The Father of the Citrus… Read More

Printed for Thomas Tegg, 73 Cheapside, 1824. Four volumes bound in contemporary vellum, backs with gilt tooled decorations in four compartments, morocco labels lettered in gilt, gray end papers. Frontispiece of the author in Volume I. Very Good, bookplate of Tobias Smollett scholar Lewis Mansfield Knapp Vol. I paste down and name in ink front end page dated 1861, vellum soiled, small notation in ink title page Vol. I, labels Vols. I - III rubbed. A handsome and quite sturdily bound set. . New Edition Carefully Revised . Vellum. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Lisbon, Na Of. Patr. de Francisco Luiz Ameno, 1786.. First Edition in Portuguese. 12°, contemporary marbled wrappers (spine defective, spotting to front cover). Uncut and mostly unopened. Somewhat dampstained at top corner of title and next few leaves. Internally very good, overall good. 163 pp. Latin and Portuguese on facing pages. *** First Edition in Portuguese of the second separate edition of two works by the noted Portuguese humanist: "um dos mais celebres professores de letras humanas, que floreceo neste Reyno" (Barbosa Machado). The first section is a collection of maxims; the second, beginning on p. 90, is on the education of princes: Instituto Sebastiani Primi Felicissimi Lusitaniae Regis. Both these works first appeared in Lisbon, 1565 (Epodon sive Jambichorum carminum libri tres), along with translations of only the first book of the Epodon (attributed either to Teive himself or to Francisco de Andrada) and of the Institutio, by Andrada. This 1786 edition was done under the supervision… Read More

Lisbon, Na Typografia de Simão Thaddeo Ferreira, 1822-1823.. FIRST EDITION. 2 volumes in 1. 4°, contemporary tree sheep (minor wear), smooth spine gilt, crimson morocco lettering piece, gilt letter, marbled endleaves. Woodcut Portuguese royal arms on title pages. Overall in very good to fine condition. Old ink manuscript inscription "N.º 121" in upper outer corner of first title page. Circular white paper ticket with blue border and "481" supplied in ink manuscript in upper outer corner of front pastedown endleaf. 216 pp. *** FIRST EDITION. The text appeared again in the author's Obras completas, [1987?]. It consists of 27 "Cartas". Beginning on p. [65] is a divisional title page, dated 1823, titled Continuação das Cartas aos Portugezes escriptas por José Accursio das Neves.This book attempts to foster the political economy while opposing the new constitutional system. There is much derogatory comment on the French and American revolutions, buttressed with references to Rousseau, Voltaire,… Read More

Porto, Manuel Malheiro, 1887.. First Edition in Portuguese. Folio (27.2 x 18 cm.), contemporary crimson morocco with design of gilt and blind on covers, spine gilt with raised bands in five compartments (two very slight defects), inner dentelles gilt, decorated endleaves, all edges gilt, paper ticket of "P. Ferreira // Encadernador // R.N. da Trindade // 126–128 / Lisboa" pasted onto upper outer corner of verso of front free endleaf. Title-page in red and black within lithograph border, lithograph initial, text within two lithograph borders throughout, portrait. Overall in fine condition. portrait, [102 ll.]. *** First Edition in Portuguese. The biography of Pope Leo XIII, ocupying the initial 45 unnumbered leaves, appears to be original to this edition. *** Not in Gonçalves Rodrigues, A traducção em Portugal. On the binder Paulino Ferreira (born 1861), see Matias Lima, Encadernadores portugueses. pp. 104–5. NUC: MH, NN.

Montevideo, [title page verso: Imprenta Uruguayana], 1849.. FIRST EDITION. Large 8°, contemporary quarter black morocco over marbled boards (light wear, especially to joints), smooth spine with gilt title and ornamental fillets (old library numbers on spine painted over), marbled endleaves, text block edges sprinkled blue-green. Very good condition internally. In good to very good condition. 382 pp., (1 l.). *** FIRST EDITION. The Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata was a five-year-long naval blockade imposed on the Argentine Confederation, ruled by Juan Manuel de Rosas, in order to support the Colorado Party in the Uruguayan Civil War. It closed Buenos Aires to naval commerce. The Anglo-French navy trespassed into the internal waters of Argentina to sell their products, since Rosas maintained a protectionist policy to improve the weak Argentine economy. Eventually both Britain and France gave in, signing treaties in 1849 (Britain) and 1850 (France) acknowledging Argentine sovereignty… Read More

The First UK printing published by The Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham St. Lawrence in 1935. Number '25' 0f only 212 copies issued of the special limited edition. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. Printed in Perpetua type on hand made paper and signed by L.A. Strong to the limitation page as called for. There were also 1000 unnumbered and unsigned copies. Original blue morocco spine slightly sunned and marbled boards. Very light spotting to the text block with the occasional light spot to the page edges in places. Free from inscriptions and erasures. The fragile original plain Glassine WRAPPER is in Very Good condition. It is split at the spine with some loss of the spine portion. The scarce glassine wrapper is now protected in a removable Mylar archival cover. Illustrated by Eric Ravilious with a full page frontispiece, first leaf engraving, and a series of repeated decorations (bandeaux). One of three books illustrated by Ravilious for The Golden Cockerel Press. Sanford called this work, 'one of… Read More