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London: J. Debrett, Piccadilly, T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies. Very Good. 1796. Disbound. 53, (3) pages; Text leaves clean and unmarked; removed document from a bound volume containing multiple publications. OCLC Number 82011926 (3 locations) Examines the British National Debt in relation to Britain's expenditures during the American… Read more about this item

London: T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies. Very Good. 1795. Second Edition. Disbound. (4), v-viii, 72, 15 pages; Text block clean and complete; removed document from a bound volume containing multiple publications. OCLC 6791864 (only 16 locations) Half-title, title, Preface, text, Appendix, plus 15 page addendum "On the Present State of Public… Read more about this item

Paris: J. Debrett. Very Good. 1786. First Edition. Disbound. (2), 23, (3) pages; Pages clean and unmarked; document removed from binding with multiple publications. Title page, text and three pages of publisher's ads at rear. OCLC 6055935 William Mayne, 1st Baron Newhaven PC (1722 – 1794), known as Sir William Mayne,… Read more about this item

Leipzig. Very Good-. 1773. Second Edition. Hardcover. viii, 294 pages; Contents complete and unmarked in original paper-covered boards; paper chipped all along spine; paper toned, but supple remnants f a pper covering adhered to endpapers. OCLC 603521068 Engraved frontispiece portrait of Johann Friedrich Struensee. Johann Friedrich Struensee (1737 – 1772)… Read more about this item

London: Printed for Jonah Bowyer. Fair. 1713. First Edition. Leather. (2), xx, (14), 228 pages; Contents complete and unmarked in original full calf binding; lower edge of text block damp rippled, tide marks at mid page in first few signature, ffep and title page stained along bottom; binding has damage at same lower area: leather shrunken… Read more about this item

Paris: Chez Hardouin & Gattey. Good. 1786. First Edition. Leather. Libraires de S.A.S. Madame la Duchesse d'Orleans, au Palais Royal, No. 13 & 14; (iv), 214 pages; Contents clean and complete in original 18th century binding of full sheepskin with red leather title label at spine; leather worn and chipped; front board detached; rear boards tentatively … Read more about this item

London: printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand, MDCCLXXV. Very Good-. 1775. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. xiii, [3], 528 p pages; Contemporary marbled paper-covered boards backed with dark brown calf, raised bands. Spine and covers solidly attached, but the spine is worn with a few portions of the rear gutter quite rubbed. Only traces remain… Read more about this item

Neapoli [Naples, Italy]: Excudebat Joseph Raymundi. Very Good. 1753. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. (12), 335 (1 errata) pp pages; Mid-eighteenth century sprinkled brown calf, raised bands and decorative gilt stamped decoration in spine panels with red title label, edges of the text block stained red. The dedication copy of the Latin edition of Dr. John… Read more about this item

London: C. Nourse. Fair. 1787. Third Edition. Hardcover. xvi, 427 pages; Text block complete and clean, Full calf binding, both boards, endpapers, and half-title detached, some loss to left edge of half-title and eps, former owner's small bookplate "J. H. Howard". Title label at spine lacking, leather worn and chipped away at extremeties at … Read more about this item

London: G. Strahan, S. and E. Ballard, J. Bretherton, et alus. Good. 1753-54. Leather. Autograph; [Title continues] Written, Originally, in Arabick, Translated into Italian, and from thence into English: and now pub. with a large historical preface and index to illustrate the whole. By the translator of the first volume W. Bradshaw; edited by Robert Midgley. … Read more about this item

Dublin: McAllister. Fair. 1792. First Irish Edition. Full Leather. [4], 288 pages; Full contemporary calf binding quite worn; boards detached, leather pieces chipped away at spine ends, rubbed through at corners and edges, lettering rubbed through on leather title label at spine, peeled at lower part of rear board. Text block securely stitched with much of… Read more about this item

A Londres: Fenchurch-Street. Very Good-. 1785. First Edition. Full Leather. xii, 334, (2) ads pages; Imprime par Galabin et Baker, Ingram-Court, Fenchurch-Street, aux depens de l'auteur ; et se vend chez J. Boosey, King-Street, dans Cheapside. Contemporary sheepskin, flat spine "paneled" by plain horizontal rows of gilt dots. Extremities rubbed through, joints cracked, upper board… Read more about this item

London: Printed for E. Newbury by J. Cundee. Good. 1799. Hardcover. ***xi, [1], 148, (2) pages; Contents clean and securely stitched, binding of red roan spine over marbled boards quite worn, backstrip lacking and front board detached, corners rounded, lower corner of first few leaves creased, lacks half title and advertisement (supplied in facsimile). Fabulous… Read more about this item

London: Printed for the Author. Fair. 1760. First Edition. Disbound. vi, (2), 120 pages; Sold by T. Kinnersley in St. Paul's Church-Yard; and to be had of all other Booksellers in Town and Country. OCLC 504455151 ESTC t126448 This book lacks most of the leather backstrip and the entire rear board;… Read more about this item

Londres: Chez D. Bremner, successeur de M. Elmsly. Very Good. 1792. Nouvelle Edition. Full Leather. Nouvelle edition considerablement augmentee; viii, 332 pages; Contents clean and unmarked in contemporary brown sheepskin, only part of red leather title label present, leather rubbed ato extremeties and chipped at spine ends; some tiny marginal worming affecting about 20 pages; faint … Read more about this item

Holmiae (Stockholm): Joh. Laur. Horrn. Very Good. 1731. Hardcover. Engraved Plates; Very good, in 19th century red half morocco with some wear and rubbing at extremeties. This is the preferred edition of the great work on Scandinavian numismatics (rare first edition was 1691) -- with 1780 bibliography added at end. Illustrated by engraved plates of coins.… Read more about this item

New York: "Printed for and Published by the BOOKSELLERS". Fair. 1796. First Edition Thus. Disbound. (4), ii, (1), 4-144 pages; To the whole is added a Sketch of the life of Our Blessed Saviour, The Holy Apostles &c. Recommended by the Revd. Rowland Hill, M.A. Poem. Quite Scarce; informative and historical despite its flaws.… Read more about this item

La Haye: Henri du Sauzet. Very Good-. 1715-1717. First Edition. Leather. Engravings; 1000+ pages; Two volume set comprising four parts with separate titlepages. Title pages printed in red and black. Bound in contemporary full calf, five raised bands at spines; title and volume number labels missing, decorative stamping to compartments, but most gilt rubbed/flaked away;… Read more about this item

London: Printed for T. Cadell, Junr. and W. Davies. Good. 1796. First Edition. Leather Bound. xxxi, (1), 94 pages; Text block clean and secure in binding, all three engravings present (toned and offsetting to opposite pages), halftitle present, but titlepage lacking (supplied in facsimile). Full calf binding with leather title label and gilt ruling at spine, binding… Read more about this item

Padova: Padoue. Very Good. 1752. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. xii, 153 pages; Contemporary pattern-printed paper-covered boards backed with calf -- flat spine with dark red leather label lettered in gilt. Binding somewhat worn, with erosion at the head of the spine, and at the corners and edges of the boards. Old round institutional… Read more about this item