The Traveller

Printed for T Carnan and F New. Condition: Very Good. 1770. Paperback. 23pp. Disbound. Lacks half-title page. Slight dust soiling. With illustrated engraving by C. Grignion after painting by S. Wale on title page.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell. Good+. N.D.. Full-Leather. Miniature book 2.5" x 2". Black leather with gilt titles and decoration. Light wear to cover edges and spine ends. Contents very good. ; Miniature Less than 3" tall; 94 pages .

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1889. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. M. M. Taylor. The Traveller; or, a Prospect of Society (originally published in 1764) is a philosophical poem by Oliver Goldsmith. In heroic verse of an Augustan style it discusses the causes of happiness and unhappiness in nations. It was the work which first made Goldsmith's name, and… Read more about this item

Dublin: Messrs Price, Sleator, Watson et al., 1784. Irish pirated edition. Pamphlet. Good condition. An early Ulster County NY association of a pirated Irish edition of Goldsmith's work. The previous owner signatures add a wonderful provenance. The names include Miss Maria Graham, New Hurley; Chichester Brown (his book March 14th ---; Miss Jemima Graham Bruyn, Shawangunk. Chichester Brown… Read more about this item

London:: George Routledge and Sons,, 1868.. Hardcover. 4to.. Original decorative gilt cover laid on as well as blind decorative back cover, new rebacked spine in red with floral gilt design. Last page has been bound upside down at the start of the book unfortunately. Some minor foxing spots throughout. Leaves are on hard stock paper. A nice working… Read more about this item

London: Ward, Lock, Bowden and Co.. Poor with no dust jacket. 1893. Hardcover. Spine missing. Paper covering on rear board mostly missing. Binding loose.; 24 pages + frontis + 5 plates. Papered boards with lithograph illustration. Dimensions: 8 1/4" by 6 1/4". This is an unusual binding as a layer of material similar to cotton wool … Read more about this item

London: J. Newbery, 1765. First Edition. Edmund Gosse bookplate, with small leather booklabel of "H.R.S. Jr."; joints and gilt spine compartments rubbed, housed in felt-lined cloth slipcase.. 4to, [2], [i]-iv, 22pp; without half-title, five leaves added for bulk at end; full polished brown calf by Riviere with gilt spine, dentelles, and marbled endpapers, a.e.g. A handsome copy with… Read more about this item

London: Printed for T. Carnan and F.Newbery, junr. in St. Pauls Church Yard, 1770. Later (5th?) edition (first ed., 1765), this copy with has catchword "where'er" on p. [1]. Engraved title page, with vignette by C. Grigion after drawing by S. Wale. [4[, iv, 23 pp.; with half-title. 1 vols. 4to (in 2s). Removed. First two leaves waterstained at… Read more about this item

Art-Union of London, 1851. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1851. No Edition Remarks. 14 pages. No dust jacket. Beige boards with green cloth to spine. Contains black and white plates. Moderate tanning, with heavy foxing and marking to pages. Some rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with inscriptions to front. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Heavy… Read more about this item

London: David Bogue [no date]. (Hardcover) 39pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Brown cloth with bevelled edges and elaborately decorated in gilt on both covers. Printed on heavy stock, illustrated title page, all edges gilt, illustrations. There is some spotting on the pages, the corners are very lightly worn, and the spine is lightly worn… Read more about this item

London: The Art-Union of London. Fair. 1851. Hardcover. Severe foxing on most of the pages. Serious edge and spine wear. Scuffing on the cover, particularly the back. ; 30 plates .

T. CARNAN & F. NEWBERY, LONDON, 1770 A DISBOUND EARLY POEM WITH HALF TITLE & VIGNETTE TO TITLE PAGE. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 10 x 8 INCHES WITH 4 + 23 PAGES. USUAL AGE RELATED MARKS OR LIGHT FOXING WITH OCCASIONAL MINOR CREASES TO PAGES BUT OVERALL A VERY GOOD COPY. EXTRA POSTAGE MAY APPLY FOR OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS ARE… Read more about this item

London: David Brogue, 1858. ND [1858]. iv, 39pp with 30 steel engravings printed on card inter-leaved. Brown morocco grain cloth with elaborate gilt and blind emboosed covers and spine. Arabesque panel centre of both covers, bevelled edges, a.e.g., new cream end-papers. 8 3/8 x 5 5/8 inches. Some foxing. A Poem illustrated with etchings on steel by Birket Foster. 1st… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1889. Minor edge and corner wear, lighlty scuffed and scratched, corners are gently bumped and rubbed, some light fraying in the top and base of the spine, lightly shelf worn, overall a very crisp and clean first edition, gift quality! Light blue cloth with gilt, black and silver lettering and design on the… Read more about this item

London: The Art-Union, 1851. Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Green Morocco over green straight grain Morocco. Marbled EPs and page edges. Portrait frontispiece with tissue guard. 30 Illustrations. This copy is VG. Moderate rubbing and moderate wear at tips and edges. A 1/2" chip at bottom of spine. 5 raised bands and… Read more about this item

David Bogue, 1880. Hardcover. Good. . First thus, with engravings by Birket Foster, illustrated with thirty vignettes. Ornate binding in orange cloth over beveled boards with decoration in blind and gilt, minor wear and rubbing to the extremities. All edges gilt. Name of former owner on the front free endpaper. Pages are shaken,… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1889. First Edition Thus.. Hardcover. Very Good. Taylor, M. M.. I believe this to be a first Lippincott Printing .?? . Do your research if in doubt First Published in 1764 and revised by Goldsmith in serveral printing...Pink boards with some discolor. Gold / green embossed decor & titles. All edges gold gilt. Board… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1889. (8)-47 pp. 6 full-page etchings by M. M. Taylor. Rebound in pale blue boards, paper label. Illus. page and one either side minor wear otherwise a very fresh and tight copy with the etchings in lovely condition.. All edges gilt.. Hardback. V.g.. small 4to.

London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd. Bound in brown cloth bevelled boards with detailed/extravagant abstract design in gilt reminiscent of islamic art work. 30 steel engravings by Birket Foster. 39pp on stiff card rather than paper, protected by tissue guards. A.E.G. First gathering very slightly sprung and some minor foxing throughout. O/W vg. . Poor. Hardback. Reprint. 1868.

London: City of London Book Depot 1899. Cusack's Edition, 1899. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Small volume, card covers 89pp and several pages of adverts'. With copious explanatory notes. Sketch of Authors life. Appendices on figures of speech. Summary of chief grammatical difficulties. Variations in metre.Diction of the poem, and inimative words, together… Read more about this item