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Christianstad, Sweden: Fredr. J. Eedergreen, 1814. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 24mo 5" - 6" tall. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being only one additional copy available in an academic library, and that's it. Swedish-language tract. Title page translates as "An Exhortation, by Dr. Johan Heinrich Jung, Translation from D. graue Mann, 3 Stück pag. 184 et seq.… Read more about this item

London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1755. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo 7" - 7. Particularly handsomely rebound copy of the First Edition thus, being the first of this translation and with extensive additions and commentaries by William Hay and Cowley. "In these imitations Mr. Hay has generally preserved the sense, and often the spirit and… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & WIndus. A New Edition, with notes. Hardcover. Very Good. 24mo 5" - 6" tall. Good-looking, structurally sound reprint edition based on the true First Edition of 1892, complete with Prefaces to the First Edition. Includes essays on "The Journal to Stella" and "The Topography of 'Humphry Clinker'" and many more. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound… Read more about this item

Boston, Massachusetts: Bedlington, 1828. Hardcover. Fair. 24mo 5" - 6" tall. An early reprint, translated into English from the original French of Sophie Cottin (22 March 1770 – 25 August 1807), a French writer "whose novels were popular in the 19th century, and [that] were translated into several different languages" (Wikipedia). She met and married her first… Read more about this item

London, England: Printed for John Lawrence, 1712. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. The treatise begins, "To the New Prophets, whether they be Men, Women, or Children. Jesus, I know. And Paul, I know, but who are ye? This is a Question of the greatest moment, and merits the confidence of your third… Read more about this item

Chicago, Illinois : Henry A. Sumner & Company, 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Published anonymously, but the author was Clara Louise Burnham. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound in brock-red cloth over boards, black illustration and gilt lettering to front cover and spine. Forward cock… Read more about this item

Paris, France: Aux Depens de la Compagnie, 1782. Hardcover. Good. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy, bound in a tan vellum over boards, some cracking to front joint, remains of penned lettering to spine, rubbing to, scuffing of tips and edges. Penned notations inside front flap (Raymond F. Boileau, Le Havre from… Read more about this item

Venezia, Italy: Paolo Baglioni, 1715. Hardcover. Good. 12mo 7" - 7. Translated from the original French by Selvaggio Canturani into Italian, two volumes being bound as one. The title page continues: "Di Monsignore Jacopo Benigno Bossuet Vescovo di Meaux, Consigliere del Regia Precettore del Serenissimo Delfino, Primo Limosiniere di Madama la Delfina." Translated, a Discourse, a treatise… Read more about this item

London: Printed by Sam, Palmer, for Bernard Lintot, 1719. Third Edition. Softcover. Good. 12mo 7" - 7. The Tragedy of Jane Shore" was performed first at Drury Lane Theatre in London in 1714, a series of domestic scenes and private distresses, with the wife being "forgiven" for her transgressions (because she "repents") and the husband being "honored"… Read more about this item

Honolulu, Hawaii: East-West Center Press, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. As New. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Superior copy of a fine item, in gift-quality condition, inside and out, with no discernible wear to either the 24 pp. booklet or the light tan-cloth-over-boards hardcover format text, boards featuring skinny beveled edges, sharp and distinct printed paper labels to… Read more about this item

London: Typis Jacobi Flesher, prostant apud Guilielmum Morden Bibliopolam Cantarigiensen, 1670. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Greek text and Latin translation of the Enchiridion in 79 chapters, in parallel columns. Still handsome, stands easily on the shelf by itself. Bound in full leather, appears to be contemporary (see Julia Miller, Books Will Speak Plain), blind-stamped… Read more about this item

London, England: Printed for A. Millar in the Strand and R. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, 1750. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo 7" - 7. An early reprint of a justifiable classic in English religion and moral philosophy in the form of verse. The title page continues: "To which is added, A Paraphrase on Part of the Book of JOB." The… Read more about this item

London: James Nisbet & Co, 1884. Hardcover. Fair. Large 8vo 9" - 10. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete. Cracking to joints, scuffing to tips, extremities, discoloration to brown cloth front cover, some bubbling to rear cover, ranges of dampstaining, cracking to pastedowns, else clean and unmarked of interior, and with all illustrations and… Read more about this item

London: Printed by R. Hawes for multiple booksellers including J. Eddowes, S. Aris, W. Piercy, T. Mills, J. Buckland et al.Printed by R. Hawes for a number of London-based booksellers. Third Edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo 7" - 7. Author is Anonymous, but is attributed to John Fletcher (1729-1785), an English philosopher and polemicist. Undated, but a contemporary… Read more about this item

Ancona, Italy: D'Alla Typografia Sartori, 1808. Softcover. Good. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Wholly in Italian, poetry and prose by the poet Sappho, a perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Printed stiff card stock wraps, small hole through front cover, rough-cut page edges all around, heavy rubbing to and slight soiling of wraps,… Read more about this item

Boston: Lilly, Wait, Colman, and Holden, 1833. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo 7" - 7. A cute, little sentimental volume of "A Lady's" diary set mostly in Europe, "published exactly as it was found after the death of the Author, varied only by the omission of certain names. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy.… Read more about this item

London: Published by J. Nichols and Son, 1822. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, rebound handsomely in white vellum, gilt lettering over vellum label, newer endpapers. Clean, unmarked interior, light foxing to endpapers else quite bright of interior, minimal rubbing to extremities. xii [1], 2-56 [3] pp.Member, I.O.B.A.,… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo 7" - 7. Purports to be a recipe book "for the sick," but the waters, pastries, meats, soups and broths and salads would appear to be fine on their own . . . "Many of the recipes were collected for the use of a beloved… Read more about this item

Boston: E.G. House, printers, for John Wst and Co, 1811. Hardcover. Good. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. An illuminating collection of "essays" but mostly in the form of letters to trusted friends, family and colleagues, discoursing upon death, religion, industry, too early marriage, lying, alcohol consumption and manifold personal social ills. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing… Read more about this item

Carlisle : Printed by Alexander & Philips. First Edition. Fair. 24mo 5" - 6" tall. For the improvement of Youth: but not beneath the attention of any," the title page continues at bottom, "With additions by the Reverend John Trusler, containing every instruction necessary to complete the gentleman and man of fashion--to teach him a knowledge of… Read more about this item