Poetry from John Price Antiquarian Books

Edinburgh: William Blackwood. And T. Cadell, London. MDCCCXXIX. 1829. 12mo, 172 x 107 mms., pp. vii [viii blank], 324, contemporary calf, gilt border on covers, spine ornately gilt in compartments, olive morroco label; bind ing slight worn and joints creased but a very good copy with a later annotation in pencil on the front free end-papers. … Read more about this item

Dublin: H. Fitzpatrick. 1818. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 8 (in 4s), 183 x 103 mms., pp. [ii], 2 [2], [3] - 29 [30 - 34 blank], engraved frontispiece, additional engrave plates on the verso of blank leaves between page 14 and 15, 16 and 17, bound in contemporary diced calf, gilt border on covers, gilt rules… Read more about this item

London: John Murray [Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars]. mdcccxxv. 1825. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo, 230 x 135 mms., pp. vi, [3] 4 - 205 [206 colophon], including half-title, uncut, recently recased in 20th century boards, paper label on spine. A fine copy Felicia Dorothea Browne (1793–1835) learned to speak several languages as well as Latin… Read more about this item

Canterbury: Printed [for private distribution] by Simmons and Kirby, 1802. FIRST EDITION. 8vo (in 4s), 183 x 117 mms., pp. iv, 107 [108 blank], contemporary calf, gilt border on covers, spine gilt in compartments (slightly dried); front joint cracked but firm, top and base of spine chipped. The British female poet Anna Dodsworth (née Barrell; c.… Read more about this item

London: Printed for J. Brambles, A. Meggitt, and J. Waters, by H. Mozley, Market-Place Gainsborough, 1805. 12mo (in 6s), pp. [vi], 202, woodcut image of Gay on title-page, and 66 other woodcuts, one for each fable, contemporary quarter roan, marbled boards; tear in lower margin of C1 (pp. 13 - 14), with slight loss of text in lower… Read more about this item

London, Printed: And Sold by John Nutt..., 1706. 8vo, 191 x 123 mms., pp. [xxx], 120, engraved frontispiece, with annotations in a contemporary hand throughout, and a separate leaf with identifications in the same hand at the end of the text, bound in recent full antique-style calf. A fine copy. Garth published The Dispensary in… Read more about this item

London, Printed: and Sold by J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane. 1748. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 188 x 122 mms., pp. 15 [16 blank, 17 - 20 Contents], 282, including list of subscribers. AND: LEAPOR: Poems upon Several Occasions. By the late Mrs. Leapor, of Brackley in Northamptonshire. The Second and Last Volume. London, Printed:… Read more about this item

London: Printed for J. Roberts, near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane. MDCCXXXIX 1739. 8vo, 207 x 122 mms., pp. [ii], 83 [84 blank], bound in contemporary calf, lacks label, binding rubbed and dried, front joint cracked (but firm), rear joint slightly cracked, corners worn; a fair to good copy, with the (very scarce) armorial bookplate of "Sir Henry Fitz… Read more about this item

London: John Murry Not Published [Printed by Thomas Davison] 1821. 2 volumes. 8vo, 210 x 130 mms., pp. [vii] viii - ix [x blank] [9] 10 - 249 [250 blank, 251 Errata slip, 252 printer's imprint]; [v] vi [9] 10 - 269 [270 blank, 271 Errata slip, 272 printer's imprint], including half-title in each volume.… Read more about this item

London Printed for J. Peele, at Locke's Head in Pater noster-Row 1723. FIRST EDITION OF THIS TRANSLATION INTO ENGLISH. 8vo, 183 x 116 mms., [xii], 43 [44 blankl], bound in later vellum-backed boards, leather label, a very good copy. This 1723 edition of the poem Silk-Worms by Marco Girolomo Vida is not only the… Read more about this item

London: Printed for the Author; and sold by J. Newbery..., 1760. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, 165 x 97 mms., pp. [xxiv], 154 [155 - 156 blank], contemporary calf; top and base of spine chipped, joints slight cracked, spine creased, lacks label. Woty (1731 - 1791) published his first book privately and anonymously, though he… Read more about this item

Dublin Printed by Nicholas Kelly, for P. Wogan; Printed by William Porter for P. Wogan, 1801. FIRSTDUBLIN EDITION. 2 volumes in 1. Large, tall 8vo, 213 X 132, pp. [iv], 220; [iv], 224, bound in blue binder's cloth, blocked in gilt on spine; title-page volume 1 slightly torn at lower margin, occasional spotting of text,… Read more about this item

Kilmarnock: Printed by J. Wilson, Bookseller. 1785. FIRST KILMARNOCK EDITION. 12mo (in 6s), 162 x 96 mms., pp. xviii, [19 - 21], 22 - 304, recently rebound in quarter calf, marbled boards, red leather label; a very good copy. The life is by Elijah Fenton, followed by "In Paradisu Admissam Summi Poetae Johannis Miltoni," a poem… Read more about this item

London: Printed for Joseph Jonson..., 1792. 8vo, 190 x 118 mms., iv, 152, contemporary tree calf, gilt rules on spine, black leather label; some slight wear to joints but a very good copy, with, in a contemporary hand "Doncaster" and "Rob. Price/1801" on the top margin of the title-page. Barbauld's fine poem addressed… Read more about this item

London, Printed for T. Durham, in Cockspur-street, near Charing-Cross. MDCCLXIX. 1769. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 8vo, 175 x 106 mms., pp. [v] vi - xvi, 168, including half-title, contemporary ms. correction in ink on page 90, contemporary mottled calf, glt border on covers, spine ornately gilt in compartments, fragment of label in one compartment,… Read more about this item

London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson..., 1760. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 8vo, 181 x 110 mms., pp. [iv], xi [xii blank], 23 [24 - 26 notes], 23 [24 -26 notes], 13 [14 - 15 notes, 16 blank], 93 [94 - 101 notes, 102 blank], [6], 81 [82 - 84 notes], contemporary calf, spine… Read more about this item

Bassano: Dalla Tipografia Giuseppe Remondini e Figli, 1815. 3 volumes. 12mo, 138 x 90 mms., pp. [3] - 385 [386 blank]; [3] - 360; [3] - 382, attractively bound in contemporary seepskin, spines richly gilt, red and black morocco labels, blue Dutch end-papers. A very good to fine set. The Italian man of letters Pompeo… Read more about this item

Edinburgh. Printed For A. Kincaid and W. Creech and Sold by E & C Dilly, London. M,DCCLXXII. 1772. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 4to, 272 x 198 mms., pp. [iii] - xv [xvi blank],48, engraved title-page (3 mms. shorter than succeeding leaves), contemporary boards (very soiled), recently respined; lacks half-title. A good copy, with the inscription "E.… Read more about this item

Dorchester: Printed and sold by G. Clark : Sold also by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown ... London. 1817. 12mo (in 6s), 175 x 100 mms., pp. [iv], [5]-271 [272 blank], including title-page with contemporary inscription, contemporary half calf, marbled boards, gilt spine. A very good copy The playwright and poet John Fitzgerald Pennie,… Read more about this item

In Venetia, Presso Abbondio Menafogiio, Et Valentino Mortal. M.DC.LVI. 1666. 4 volumes i 1. 12mo, 132 x 70 mms., pp. [xxxii], 197 n[198 - 204 contents]; 150 [151 -154 contents]; [xvi, 161 [162 - 164 contents]; [xii], 308, with title-pages for parts 2, 3, and 4 dated 1665, fine engraved general frontispiece for the four parts, bound… Read more about this item