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London: Printed for Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, [1808]. vi, 116pp. With an engraved title page and a further four engraved plates. [Together with:] IRELAND, W[illiam] H[enry]. The sailor-boy. A poem, in four cantos: Illustrative of the navy of great britain. London. Printed for Sherwood, Neely, & Jones, 1822. viii, 208pp. With an engraved frontispiece and a further four engraved plates. 12mo. Uniformly bound in contemporary green half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled boards, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Booksellers tickets to both FEPs of Weymouth based printed and binder John Commins, early inked ownership inscriptions to FFEPs. Following the revelation of his Shakespeare forgeries, and the publication of his Confessions... (London, 1805), William Henry Ireland (1775-1835) produced a plethora of works under numerous pseudonyms. The two present works are attempts at popular pieces in imitation of Robert Bloomfield's immensely successful pastoral poem The Farmer's Boy (London,… Read More

Glasgow: David Bryce & Son, 1877. [2], 183pp, [1]. Engraved title page laid-down, original publisher's pictorial upper wrapper (laid-down) bound-in. Attractively bound by Riviere & Son in later gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, T.E.G. Extremities a trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, foxed. A handsomely bound copy the first British edition of John Habberton's (1842-1921) immensely popular adventure novel for children, first published at Boston in 1876. . First British edition. 8vo.

[Paris]: [Hachette et Cie.], [1896]. 16pp. Original publisher's pictorial wrappers. A trifle creased and marked. An apparently unrecorded pamphlet advertising the recent publications of Parisian bookseller Hachette et Compagnie, including the one of the most extravagant Napoleonic iconographies ever issued, Napoleon: Raconte Par L'Image D'Apres Les Sculpteurs, les Graveurs et Les Peintres (1895). . 8vo.

London: Darton and Co., 1850. xii, 222pp. With a half-title, an engraved portrait frontispiece, and an additional engraved title page executed by T. O. Barlow. Original publisher's richly gilt-tooled calf, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed, upper joint split. Recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, frontispiece and engraved title damp-stained. A presumed presentation copy, inked inscription to FFEP: 'Henry Barlow / with the love of his affectionate / Cousin Lizzy / Liverpool / 4. 14. 50'. The sole edition of a collection of sentimental verse, 'written during brief intervals of leisure in the life of a busy mother', by Liverpool-based Quaker poet, Elizabeth Hadfield, of whom little is known. The British Friend (April, 1855. p.98) reviewed the work favourably, noting that although Hadfield's religious sentiments are unexceptional, 'her verses flow sweetly'. . First edition. 12mo.

[London]: Printed by The London Stereoscopic & Photographic Co., [1905]. With 58 photographic illustrations in the text. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in black. Extremities rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. A commemorative album, published for private circulation, documenting a fortnight's yachting cruise of the fjords of Norway aboard the S.S. Ophir in 1905. The Ophir was built by Messrs. R Napier and Sons at Glasgow in 1891, for the Orient Steam Navigation Company. In 1901, she was chartered by the Admiralty and commissioned as a man-of-war in order to carry The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall, later King George V and Queen Mary, in their World Tour of that year. The present volume was produced for the benefit of the passengers of cruise 'D' (August 5th to August 18th, 1905); it would appear editions were issued for all the voyages undertaken in the early years of the twentieth-century. . Quarto.

Glasgow: Printed for the booksellers, [s.d., c. 1850] 24pp. Woodcut on title page. Title within ornamental border. Disbound, six loose bifolia. A mid-eighteenth-century chapbook edition of the life, and ultimate execution, of thief and murderer David Haggart (1801-1821). On the bankruptcy of the firm of millwright for which he worked, Haggart turned to petty theft, becoming a regular pickpocket at fairs and racecourses around Kendal, Carlisle, and Newcastle, and sometimes as far north as Aberdeen. He was apprehended and imprisoned on six occasions, in four instances managing to escape from gaol. On 10th of October 1820, in escaping from Dumfries tolbooth, Haggart felled one of the guards with a stone, killing him. He remained on the run for several months before being re-arrested in March 1821. He was tried on the 11th of June found guilty of murder. A few days later he was hanged. While in gaol he partly wrote and partly dictated an account of his life and crimes, entitled Life of David Haggart,… Read More

[London?]: [s.n.], 1721. 228pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf. Extremities worn, joints split, loss to head and foot of spine, without lettering-piece A compilation of six tracts authored by Eton College scholar John Hales (1584-1656), containing: 'Concerning the Sin against the Holy Ghost', 'Of the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper', 'Paraphrase on S. Matthew’s Gospel', 'Of the Power of the Keys', 'Of Schism and Schismaticks', and 'Miscellanies'. ESTC T117194.. 12mo.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1886. [8], 136, [2], 32pp. With a half-title, nine coloured engraved plates, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, a tipped-in errata slip, and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original Publisher's green cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Very occasional light spotting. Armorial bookplate of Charles R. C. Hibbert and later book-label of F. Lucy, Uxbridge, to FEP. Inked inscription to head of half-title: 'C. R. C. Hibbert gave this Book to Henry Williamson / Shallowford 1932'. The first trade edition, limited to 500 copies, of angler Fredric Michael Halford’s (1844-1914) first published work, a monograph rationalizing the dressings of flies already available, widely considered to be one of the most accomplished artificial fly tying manuals ever produced. A large-paper edition, printed on Dutch hand- made paper, limited to 100 copies for England and 50 for America, and… Read More

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1853. vii, [1], 440pp, [2]. With an engraved title page and numerous engraved illustrations in the text. text within engraved border. Bound by J. W. Mason & Son in contemporary richly gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. Rubbed, spine sunned. Upper hinge exposed, bookbinder's ticket to FEP, blind-stamp of bookseller C. W. Holdich of Hull to front blank fly-leaf, scattered spotting. A handsomely bound copy of S. C. Hall's popular, profusely illustrated, anthology of traditional British ballads, designed to be 'agreeable and interesting to the general reader, and not unsatisfactory to the antiquary and the scholar'. . Folio.

London: Virtue & Co., 1850. 217pp, [1]. With a steel-engraved frontispiece, a further 19 steel-engraved plates, two maps (one folding), numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the text, and a final page of publisher's advertisements. Bound by, or for, T. Noyes, bookseller at Bath in contemporary calf, richly tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces to spine and upper board, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked, corners bumped. Marbled endpapers, bookseller's ticket to FEP, occasional light spotting. An elaborately bound copy of the first Virtue edition of a travelogue documenting a week-long sojourn to the environs of the town of Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland, by husband-and- wife duo Samuel Carter Hall (1800-1889) and Anna Maria Hall (1800-1881); first published by Spottiswoode in 1843. Records pertaining to Bath-based bookseller T. Noyes are frustratingly scarce beyond mentions in mid-nineteenth-century issues of The Publisher's Circular and contemporary… Read More

London: Edward Lacey, [s.d., c.1830s] 72pp. With engraved frontispiece and three further plates. Original publisher's roan-backed printed paper boards. Spine a little chipped with three small wormholes, a trifle rubbed to extremities, else a handsome copy. Slightly shaken, text block split at pp.24-5. A rare juvenile tale, in the original publisher's binding, of two Abyssinian shepherd brothers, Adad and Maffdi, who are falsely accused of murder. Also included is the short 'Fate of presumption', by Jane Strickland COPAC locates only two copies (BL and Oxford); OCLC adds Harvard, NYU and Princeton. . First edition. 12mo in 6s.

London: N. Hailes, [1829]. x, [2], 239pp, [1]. With an engraved presentation plate, a further 14 engraved plates, and a final page of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's roan-backed cream boards, lettered in gilt, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked. Early inked ownership inscription of Edith Mary Simpson to recto of FFEP, presentation plate working-loose, two gatherings protruding from text-block, very occasional spotting. The second in a series of annual anthologies of prose and verse for young children edited by Irish novelist Anna Maria Hall (1800-1881), under her married name 'Mrs. S. C. Hall'. The eleventh, and final volume appeared in 1839. . First edition. 8vo.

London: N. Hailes, [1829]. x, [2], 239pp, [1]. With an engraved presentation plate, a further 14 engraved plates, and a final page of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's roan-backed cream boards, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked. Upper hinge exposed, early inked gift inscription to presentation plate, scattered foxing. The second in a series of annual anthologies of prose and verse for young children edited by Irish novelist Anna Maria Hall (1800-1881), under her married name 'Mrs. S. C. Hall'. The eleventh, and final volume appeared in 1839. . First edition. 8vo.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1839. 130pp, [2]. With an engraved title page. Original publisher's blind-ruled brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed and marked. Decorated endpapers, later armorial bookplate (designed by Ralph Fletcher Seymour) of Owen Franklin Aldis to FEP, presentation plate of Yale University Library (dated 1911) to REP, foxed. A mid nineteenth-century edition of American poet, and member of the Knickerbocker Group, Fitz-Greene Halleck's (1790-1867) longest poem. First published anonymously in 1819, Fanny, modelled on Byron's Beppo and Don Juan, proved so popular that the initial 50 cent edition was soon commanding sums of up to $10. Two years later, its continuing popularity motivated Halleck to append an additional 50 stanzas. . 12mo.

London: Printed for the Translator; and sold by F. Newbery, 1772. In two volumes. viii, 256; [2], 256, 253-307pp, [1]. Contemporary richly gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red and green morocco lettering-pieces. A trifle rubbed. Contemporary inked ownership inscriptions to head to both titles. A handsome copy, in contemporary speckled calf, of the first of several English editions/translations of Swiss physiologist, bibliographer and author Albrecht von Haller's (1708-1777) utopian novel, set in a fictional Persia under the rule of Uzun Hasan (1423-78) in which the prevailing political organisation is based on eastern theory. First published in German in 1771, this English edition was met with mixed reaction; the Critical Review devoted more than three pages to a synopsis and conclusion that was praiseworthy of both the work and its translation, suggesting that the author has 'happily imitated the animated spirit of Fenelon', whilst William Woodfall in the Monthly Review complained that the… Read More

London: Printed by M. Flesher, for Walter Kettilby, 1686. [16], 64, 73-80pp. Text continuous despite pagination. Recent blind-ruled calf. Lightly rubbed and sunned. Leaves toned, minute marginal wormtrack. Book-label of John Stephens to FEP. The first edition of a posthumously published collection of sermons and discourses composed by Church of Ireland Bishop of Dromore George Rust (c.1628-1670) in the 1650s. The selection was edited by Anglican clergyman Henry Hallywell (c.1641-1703), who had been a student of Rust's at Christ's. In 1683, Hallywell had edited, translated, and annotated his former tutor's A Discourse of the Use of Reason in Matters of Religion. Rust's writings are evidently greatly influenced by his philosophical views. As a Cambridge Platonist, he consistently defended the use of reason in religion, emphasising God's essential justice and rationality, whilst strenuously opposing atheism, enthusiasm, and deism. ESTC R22759, Wing R2366.. First edition. Quarto.

Jenae [i.e. Jena]: Litteris Ritterianis, [c.1721]. [6], 30pp. Unbound. Text block secured by marbled paper strip. Light foxing to title, marginal loss to bottom corner of C2. A medical dissertation on scurvy composed by George Edward Hamberger (1697-1755), during his studies at Lena University where he later held a professorship of natural history and chemistry. . First edition. Quarto.

Edinburgh: Printed for Oliphant, Waugh, and Innes, 1813. v, [3], 212pp. Contemporary calf, later rebacked, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Boards rubbed and marked. Bookplate of Thomas Richardson, Writer to the Signet, to FEP, scattered spotting. The first edition of political economist and mathematician Robert Hamilton's (1743-1829) attack upon the prevailing views of national finance, demonstrating that the creation of a sinking fund, as favoured by Pitt, would increase, rather than decrease, the national debt. . First edition. 8vo.

London: Published by J. Mawman, 1825. [8], 260pp. With half-title. Contemporary brown crushed morocco, richly gilt. Spine worn, lettering-piece lacking, slight cracks to upper joint. The first edition of Sarah Hamilton's (c.1769-1843) first work, Sonnets includes the eight-verse 'The Negro maid', opening with a lament from 'the negro maiden, as she from slavery fled'. Poetry aside, this debut work might also be considered as travel literature; in 'Recollections of Scotland' are included several explanatory prefaces with geographical notes, featuring, amongst others, 'Tomna-Heurich, or the Hill of Fairies, Inverness' and 'The Weiard Sisters'. Jackson p.518. Jackson, Romantic poetry by Women p.143.. First edition. 8vo.

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1916. [4], 125pp, [1]. Contemporary dark green half-morocco, ruled and lettered in gilt, T.E.G. Very minor shelf-wear. Cloth endpapers, internally clean and crisp. Bookplate of Julie Hamilton to FEP. Inscribed by the author to recto of front blank fly-leaf:' Your book, my darling, written for you with all the best of me & dated on my birthday (the reason of which was to love & serve you.) Cosmo Hamilton. 3rd July 1916. Easthampton. Long Island.' The first American edition of English playwright and novelist Cosmo Hamilton's (1870-1942) idyllic love story, inscribed by the author to his wife. . First American edition. 8vo.