from John Price Antiquarian Books

London: John Major, Fleet-Street..., 1825. 8vo (in 4s), 165 x 95 mms., pp. xviii, 503 [504 colophon], 11 unnumbered leaves of plates, autographs opposite title-page, 52 woodcuts in text, contemporary plum calf, with gilt roll border enclosed borders in blank, central panel with geometric design repeated, spine gilt with ornaments of fishing, all edges gilt; some slight wear… Read more

Manchester,, Printed by R. & W. Dean & Co. for Cadell and Davies..., 1801. 8vo, 202 x 120 mms., pp. [ii], ii, 211 [212 Errata], fine contemporary polished calf, gilt borders on covers, spine ornately gilt in compartments; upper rear front joint cracked, lacks label, but a very good copy, from the Spetchley Park sale. … Read more

London: Printed for T. Longman, and C. Hitch..., 1752. 12mo, 166 x 100 mms., pp. iv, 294, contemporary lightly speckled calf, gilt borders on covers, raised bands between gilt rules on spine, dark red leather label; some slight rubbing of binding, but a good to very good copy. The French nobleman and writer Henri de Boulainvilliers… Read more

London, Printed and Sold by Joseph Downing in Bartholomew-Close near West-Smithfield, 1710. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 174 x 113 mms., pp. [xxiv], 362 [363 - 366 index, 337 - 338 adverts], fine engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary panelled calf, raised bands between gilt rules on spine, red leather label. A very good to fine copy. … Read more

London: Printed for T. Davies..., 1771. FIRST EDITION. 2 volumes. 8vo, 212 x 113 mms., pp. [v] vi - x, 512; [xlvi including contents of both volumes, one gathering in duplicate], 403 [404 Errata],fine engraved portrait of Cellini as frontispiece in volume 1, contemporary calf, spines richly gilt in compartments, with red and black morocco labels;… Read more

London: B. Fellowes..., 1844. 2 volumes. 8vo, 214 x 135 mms., pp. [v] vi - xxiii [xxiv blank], 322; [v] vi - xvi, 447 [448 blank], including half-title in each volume, engraved portrait of Arnold as frontispiece in volume 1, contemporary polished calf, spine ornately gilt in compartments, black leather labels; slight cracking of front joint… Read more

Chiswick: From the Press of C. Whittingham For R. Triphook..., 1822. Small 8vo, 165 x 104 mms., pp. l, 195 [196 colophon], 2, ornament on verso of last blank, egraved portrait as frontispiece, additional engraved plate at page 1, contemporary half hard gain morocco, marbled boards, gilt spine, top edge gilt; portrait off-setting on title-page, but a good… Read more

London: Printed for R. Hunter..., 1815. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 8vo, 213 x 124 mms., pp. [iii] i viii, 189 [190 blank, 191 adverts, 192 blank], contemporary half calf, marbled boards (rubbed and worn), red leather label; end-papers a little soiled, joints cracked, extremities worn. In his ODNB entry on Richard Price (1723… Read more

Edinburgh: William Tait..., 1846. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo, 225 x 131 mms., pp. [vii] viii - xvii [xviii blank], 480; [vi], 534, including half-titles, engraved portrait of Hume in each volume, original cloth, paper labels on spine; some light foxing in text, labels chipped, but a very good set. See the review in The Presbyterian… Read more

London: Printed for the Author, And sold by all the Booksellers, 1787. 6 volumes. 12mo, 178 x 104 mms., pp. [5] 6 -203 [204 blank]; [5] - 223 [224 blank]; [5] - 199 [200 Errata]; [5] 6 - 240; [5] 6 - 228; [ii], 215 [216 blank], including half-title in each volume, signed by the author, contemporary… Read more

London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, Successors to Henry Colburn..., 1858. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 2 volumes. 8vo, 186 x 108 mms., pp. xii, 342; [ii], iv, 326, vi, collotype (probably) portrait of Rachel as frontispiece in volume 1, contemporary half calf, marbled boards, black morocco labels; some wear to binding, but a very good set, with the… Read more

Amstelodami, pud Joan. Janssonium, 1644. 12mo, 123 x 68 mms., pp. [xxiv, including engraved title-page], 610, later calf, rebacked, gilt rules across spine, red morocco label; old end-papers from an incubabulum, armorial bookplate of Joseph Pickford, Junr. on front paste-down end-paper, and the autograph of William [?Dance] on lower margin of title-page, inscription "Joh. Pickford Junr/ January… Read more

London: Richard Bentley..., 1855. FIRST EDITION. 2 volumes, 186 x 115 mms., pp. [iv], 439 [440 blank]; [ii], 395 {396 blank], engraved frontispiece in each volume, contemporary half hard grain dark green morocco and lighter green morocco on boards; some general wear to bindings, but a good set, with the autograph and date "Walter Charles Urquhart/… Read more

Helston: Printed at the Temple of the Muses by W. Penaluna, 1831. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, 178 x 105 mms., pp. xi [xii blank], 258, with errata slip tipped in before first page of contents, contemporary half calf, marbled boards, gilt spine, black leather label, with a blank bookplate on the front paste-down end-paper. The work consists… Read more

London: Thames and Hudson, 1976 - 1980. FIRST EDITION in five volumes, comprising: Haydn: The Early Years, 1732 – 1765. London: Thames and Hudson, 1980. 254 x 150 mms., pp. 655 [656 blank], 60 illustrations, 5 in color, original cloth, dust-wrapper. Owner's name and date on recto of front free end-paper. A fine copy. … Read more

No place, No publisher, [c. 1893]. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 8vo, 198 x 147 mms., pp. [2] 3 - 26 [28 - 32 blank], stitched within cream cardboard covers, with gilt lettering, "H. S. A. / 1813-1892." on front cover. The author is given as simply "Father" at the foot of p. 25, then as… Read more

London: William Darton..., no date, [1824]. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 12mo (in 6s), 138 x 85 mms, pp. 180 [181 engraved advert for Dalton imprints, 182 blank], engraved frontispiece and two other engraved plates, contemporary quarter plum roan, marbled boards (worn and soiled), gilt spine; text fingered, extremities worn; with the inscription "Mary Gregson - 1830" on… Read more

A Amsterdam, Chez Pierre Mortier, 1740. 8vo, 162 x 100 mms., pp. [ii], 279 [280 blank], engraved frontispiece, title-page in red and black, five folding engraved plates of ships opposite pages xxviii, 86, 120 (2 plates), 122, and facing page 160 is a folding engraved plan of Rio de Janeiro, bound in contemporary sheepskin, spine ornately gilt in compartments,… Read more

London: Burns and Oates..., 1880. 12mo, 160 x 100 mms., pp. [9- 10 - 132, attractively bound in red cloth, front cover blocked in gilt within border. A very good to fine copy, but with circular library stamp on title-page A work with a similar title was first published in 1856, and this appears to… Read more

Bristol: Printed and Published by J. Chilcott..., 1829. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, 181 x 109 mms., pp. [iv], vii [viii blank] [3] 4 - 248, original boards, uncut; binding fragile, with spine cracked and other wear, but with contemporary purchase notes, a transcription of Byron's "Maid of Athens" on the front end-papers, other textual history on verso… Read more