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Item #51942 A MANCHESTER BOOK: The SONG Of The CAT; Illustrated with Wood-cuts: A Legend of the...

A MANCHESTER BOOK: The SONG Of The CAT; Illustrated with Wood-cuts: A Legend of the Chancery Court, Not Contained in the Records: in Three Fits. With Notes and Annotations collected for the Rolls' Office; Edited by a Master Out of Chancery.

Dickens, Charles [1812 - 1870] - Imitated. Green, Henry [1801 - 1873] - Attributed to.

London / Manchester: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., and Kent & Col, Paternoster Row. J. Heywood, 170, Deansgate. (n. d.). 1st edition, ca 1858. xi, [12] - 133, [1 (blank)] pp. Text in verse. Illustrated with a frontis & 5 inserted plates. Cut of a cat at end of text. 12mo..... More

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Item #48567 A LETTER To EUSTACE BUDGELL Esq; Occasioned by his late Complaint to the King Against...

A LETTER To EUSTACE BUDGELL Esq; Occasioned by his late Complaint to the King Against the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole. With Proper Remarks on his Speech at Court, his Letter to the Craftsman, his Poem to the King, and other extraordinary Proceedings.

[Arnall, William. 1699 or 1700 - 1736] - Attributed to. Budgell, Eustace [1686 - 1737]. Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford [1676 - 1745].

London: Printed for J. Peele, at Locke's Head in Pater-Noster-Row, 1730. 1st printing. 35, [1 (blank)] pp. Signed at end: "R. M." Headpiece & decorative initial capital letter, p. 3. Headpiece, p. 34. 8vo, signed in 4s. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4". Disbound, with binding remnants along spine. Now housed in an..... More

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Item #47873 LETTERS Of ALBANICUS To The PEOPLE Of ENGLAND, on the Partiality and Injustice of the...

LETTERS Of ALBANICUS To The PEOPLE Of ENGLAND, on the Partiality and Injustice of the Charges Brought Against Warren Hastings, Esq., Late Governor General of Bengal.

Buchan, David Stewart Erskine, Earl of [1742 - 1829] - Attributed to. Hastings, Warren [1732 - 1818] - Subject.

London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1786. 1st Edition (Goldsmith 13204). [2], vii, [1 (blank)], 96 [of 98] pp. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Attributed to the Earl of Buchan, David Steuart [sic] Erskine, cf. Halkett & Laing, v. 9 (1962). More

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Item #51718 ENGLISH NOTES. A Rare and Unknown Work Being a Reply to Charles Dickens's "American...

ENGLISH NOTES. A Rare and Unknown Work Being a Reply to Charles Dickens's "American Notes" With Critical Comments by Joseph Jackson and George H. Sargent.

[Dickens, Charles. 1812 - 1870]. Poe, Edgar Allan [1809 - 1849] - Attributed to. Jackson, Joseph [1867 - 1946] & Sargent, George H[enry. 1867 - 1931] - Contributors.

New York City: Lewis M. Thompson, 1920. 1st edition. Limited to 100 cc. Not found in Gimbel. 182 pp. 2 plates depicting Poe: frontis of a 35 year old Poe, from an engraving that appeared in Graham's Magazine in February 1845 & the 2nd a rendering of the poet by..... More

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Item #34932 L'OFFICE De La SEMAINE SAINCTE Corrigé de nouueau par le commandem du Roy...

L'OFFICE De La SEMAINE SAINCTE Corrigé de nouueau par le commandem du Roy conformement au breviaire et missel de nostre S. P. le Pape Vrbain VIII.

Ruette, Antoine [fl 1644 - 1669] - Binding Attributed to.

Paris: Chez Anthoine Ruette, 1661. 1st edition thus. [2], 468 pp. Text printed in red & black. Engraved title leaf. 3 copperplates (included in pagination). Tailpieces. 8vo. 7-3/8" x 4-3/4". Full deep maroon morocco binding, attributed to Antoine Ruette, decorated with gilt stamped fleurs-des-lis & Crowned "L"s. AEG. Marbled paper..... More

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Item #45828 WANDERING CRIES. Charles - Contributions Attributed to Dickens

WANDERING CRIES.

Dickens, Charles [1812 - 1870] - Contributions Attributed to.

London: Partridge and Co., 1860. 1st Edition. viii, 152 pp. Errata slip tipped-in prior to Contents page. 8vo. 6-7/8" x 4-1/4". Original blue publisher's cloth, with gilt stamping to spine & front board. Custom blue quarter-leather clamshell case. From the publisher's preliminary note, "The writer begs to acknowledge the courtesy..... More

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Item #51533 The WANDERER, or HORATIO And LAETITIA: A Poem, in Five Epistles. William - Douglas...

The WANDERER, or HORATIO And LAETITIA: A Poem, in Five Epistles.

Douglas Brothers - Attributed to. Williams, William [1787 - 1850] - Illustrator. Willards, Nathaniel [1765 - 1837] - Prior owner.

Utica: Printed for the Authors, by Seward and Williams. 1811. 1st Edition (American Imprints 24360; Wegelin, 1378). Not found in the Harris Catalogue. 138, [2] pp. "Vales of Peace: A Pastoral, in Two Epistles": pp [103] - 138. Frontispiece lacking. T.p. ornament. 2 tailpieces, p. 130 & p. 138. "The..... More

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Item #47861 JOHN JERNINGHAM'S JOURNAL. Dudley Hart, - Attributed to

JOHN JERNINGHAM'S JOURNAL.

[Hart, Dudley] - Attributed to.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1871. 1st UK edition. 133, [3 (blank)], 32 pp. Text in verse. Last 32 pages an April 1871 publisher catalogue. 12mo. Original publisher's green cloth binding with brown eps. Gilt stamped lettering to front board. "Mr. Jerningham also kept a diary; and extracts therefrom are..... More

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Item #48227 The HAR'ST RIG And The FARMER's HA': Two Poems, in the Scottish Dialect. Charles -...

The HAR'ST RIG And The FARMER's HA': Two Poems, in the Scottish Dialect.

Keith, Charles [d. 1807] - Attributed to.

Edinburgh: Printed by J. Ruthven and Sons, 1801. Second Edition, Corrected. [2], 64 pp. Engraved title leaf. Untrimmed textblock. Vignette engraving to title leaf, drawn by A. Carse, engraved by R. Scott. 6-3/4" x 4-1/8" Period marbled paper boards. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More

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Item #47743 REMARKS Upon A SCANDALOUS BOOK LATELY PUBLISH'D, Called the History of the Royal...

REMARKS Upon A SCANDALOUS BOOK LATELY PUBLISH'D, Called the History of the Royal House of Stuart.; Being a Vindication of His Majesty’s Royal Progenitors, from the Aspersions Therein Contain’d.

[Oldmixon, John. 1673 - 1742] - Attributed to.

London: Printed for J. Roberts, near the Oxford-Arms, in Warwick-Lane. 1731. 1st Printing. 47, [1 (blank)] pp. Word scribble-out, p. 13. Head- tailpieces. Decorative initial capital letters. 8vo. 7-1/2" x 4-11/16". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More

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Item #47652 A SHORT REVIEW Of The POLITICAL STATE Of GREAT - BRITAIN, at the Commencement of the...

A SHORT REVIEW Of The POLITICAL STATE Of GREAT - BRITAIN, at the Commencement of the Year 1787.

Wraxall, Sir Nathaniel William [1751 - 1831] - Attributed to.

London: Printed for J. Debrett, Opposite Burlington-House, Piccadilly, 1787. 1st Printing thus (ESTC T88094; Goldsmith 13511). One of a number of 1787 editions [no priority established]. Cf. Sabin 80686 for the 4th edition. 72 pp. 8vo. 8-1/8" x 5". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve... More

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Item #43607 The JUSTICE And NECESSITY Of A WAR With HOLLAND, in Case the Dutch Do not come into...

The JUSTICE And NECESSITY Of A WAR With HOLLAND, in Case the Dutch Do not come into Her Majesty's Measures, Stated and Examined.

Defoe, Daniel [c1660 - 1731] - Attributed to.

London: Printed, and Sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, 1712. 1st Edition (ESTC T5338; Moore 243). 36 pp. 4to: A - D^4 E^2. 7-3/4" x 4-1/2". Period full calf, with later respining to style. Rare in the trade; RBH shows the last copy to auction was 1971... More

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Item #34263 ALL ABOUT CALIFORNIA and the Inducements to Settle There. [For Gratuitous...

ALL ABOUT CALIFORNIA and the Inducements to Settle There. [For Gratuitous Circulation].

Hittel, J. S. - Attributed To.

San Francisco: Published by the California Immigrant Union, Printed by A. L. Bancroft & Co., 1870. 2nd edition (Cowan II, p. 7; Howes C-36). Issued same year as the first edition. 64, 16, [34 ]pp. Last leaf blank. Folding map showing route to California for the "Chicago, Rock Island &..... More

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Item #34622 BRIEF REVIEW Of "CONSIDERATIONS RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED To The CITIZENS Of BOSTON And...

BRIEF REVIEW Of "CONSIDERATIONS RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED To The CITIZENS Of BOSTON And CHARLESTOWN, on the Proposed Annexation of These Two Cities." By A Native of Boston.

'By A Native of Boston.' [Wheildon, William Wilder (1805 - 1892) - Attributed to]. [Quincy, Josiah. 1772 - 1864].

Boston: Printed by Prentiss & Sawyer, 1854. 1st edition (Sabin 67210). 15, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Disbound, lacking wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. The author writes about the annexation issue, a la Quincy's piece, ending by exhorting his readers to let the Boston citizenry..... More

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Item #48061 A JEWISH REPLY To DR. COLENSO'S CRITICISM On The PENTATEUCH.; Issued by the Jewish...

A JEWISH REPLY To DR. COLENSO'S CRITICISM On The PENTATEUCH.; Issued by the Jewish Association for the Diffusion of Religious Knowledge.

[Adler, Hermann. 1839 - 1911] - Attributed to. Colenso, John William [1814 - 1883].

London: Trübner & Co., 60, Paternoster Row, 1865. 1st Edition. ix, [3], [11] - 147, [1] pp. 8vo. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. More

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Item #48272 HYPOCRISY UNVEILED, And CALUMNY DETECTED: in a Review of Blackwood's Magazine....

HYPOCRISY UNVEILED, And CALUMNY DETECTED: in a Review of Blackwood's Magazine.

[Napier, Macvey. 1776 - 1847]. Grahame, James [1790 - 1842] - Sometime Attributed to.

Edinburgh: Printed for Francis Pillans, 18, Hanover Street. John Muir, Printer. 1818. 1st Edition. 55, [1 (advert)] pp. 2 preliminary blank leaves not included in pagination statement. Addison quote on defamation under printed title ["nothing so detestable"]. 8vo. 7-7/8" x 5". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "Wrongly..... More

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Item #49193 A LETTER To CALEB D'ANVERS, ESQ; On His Proper Reply to a Late Scurrilous Libel,...

A LETTER To CALEB D'ANVERS, ESQ; On His Proper Reply to a Late Scurrilous Libel, Entitled Sedition and Defamation Display'd, &c.

D'Anvers, Caleb [pseudonym for Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of (1684 - 1764)] - Addressed to. Hervey, John Hervey; Baron [1696 - 1743] - Attributed name.

London: Printed: And Sold by J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane, 1731. 1st Printing. 52 pp. 8vo. Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Caleb D'Anvers = William Pulteney. More

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Item #49175 A PLEA For DIVINE REVELATION: In Answer to a Letter To the Right Reverend the Lord...

A PLEA For DIVINE REVELATION: In Answer to a Letter To the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of London, called, A Plea for Human Reason.

Bundy, Richard [1693 or 1694 - 1739] - Attributed to. Gibson, Edmund [1669 - 1748]. Jackson, John [1686 - 1763].

London: Printed for James Roberts near the Oxford Arms in Warwick Lane, 1731. 1st Printing. 68 pp. Red edgestain. 8vo. 7-3/8" x 4-3/4". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Jackson the author of "A Plea for Human Reason" More

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Item #38225 A STARRY NIGHT For A RAMBLE. California Song Slip, Sam - Attributed to Bagnall

A STARRY NIGHT For A RAMBLE.

[California Song Slip]. [Bagnall, Sam - Attributed to].

San Francisco: Bell & Company, General Publishers of Songs and Ballads, No. 639 Kearny Street. (n. d.). 1st printing, ca 1870s. Not in Wolf, 10 recorded holdings on OCLC. Single sheet, printed recto only. 4 verses, each of 4 lines, plus chorus. No music. Typographical decorative border, unsigned. 10-1/4" x...... More

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Item #38222 LOTTA LEE. California Song Slip, C. T. - Attributed to Lockwood

LOTTA LEE.

[California Song Slip]. [Lockwood, C. T. - Attributed to].

San Francisco: Bell & Company, General Publishers of Songs and Ballads, No. 639 Kearny Street. (n. d.). 1st printing, ca 1870s. Not in Wolf, 11 holdings recorded on OCLC. Single sheet, printed recto only. 3 verses, each of 4 lines. No music. Typographical decorative border, unsigned. 8-7/8" x 3-3/4". Now..... More

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Item #37307 The WHOLE DUTY Of MAN, Laid Down In a Plain and Familiar Way, for the Use of All, but...

The WHOLE DUTY Of MAN, Laid Down In a Plain and Familiar Way, for the Use of All, but Especially the Meanest Reader. Divided into XVII Chapters; One Whereof Being Read Every Lord's-Day, the Whole may be read over Thrice in the Year. Necessary for All Families.

Allestree, Richard [1619 - 1681] - Attributed to.

London: Printed for John Eyres [sic], Thomas Page, and William Mount, 1731. 1st edition thus [ESTC T26176]. [4], xii, 503, [9] pp. Printed glosses. Frontispiece & engraved t.p. 8vo. 8" x 5". Modern full brown calf binding executed in a period style, with black leather title label in the second..... More

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Item #48169 OBSERVATIONS On The BILL For SALE Of The FORFEITED ESTATES; with Reasons Against It.;...

OBSERVATIONS On The BILL For SALE Of The FORFEITED ESTATES; with Reasons Against It.; Humbly offered to the Consideration of Both Houses of Parliament.

[Jacobite Rebellion]. [Dalrymple, Sir David. ~1665 - 1721] - Attributed to.

Edinburgh: Printed by James Watson, One of His Majesty's Printers, 1718. 1st Edition (ESTC T107022). 30 pp. 8vo. 7-13/16" x 5". Later gun-metal colored cloth binding. Bill read 31 January 1718, regarding Jacobite Rebellion confiscations and contributions. More

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Item #35465 The HISTORY Of THAMAS KOULI KAN, Sophi of PERSIA. Translated from the French. Shah...

The HISTORY Of THAMAS KOULI KAN, Sophi of PERSIA. Translated from the French.

[Nadir Shah, Shah of Iran. 1688 - 1747]. Krusinski, Tadeusz Jan [1675 - 1756]. Du Cerceau, Jean-Antoine [1670 - 1730] - Editor [& sometimes attributed to].

London: Printed for J. Brindley, et al. 1740. 1st UK Edition thus, i.e., by Brindley, one of two English editions published in 1740. [2], ii, 163, [1 (blank)]. Printer's ornament to t.p. Head- tailpieces. Decorative initial capital letters. 12mo: [A]^2 B - O^6 P^4. 6-3/4" x 4". Modern respining with..... More

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Item #47271 A PROPER ANSWER To The BY-STANDER. William Pulteney, Earl of Bath, Corbyn - Variously...

A PROPER ANSWER To The BY-STANDER. Wherein is Shewn I. That there is no Necessity for, but infallible Ruin in the Maintenance of a large regular (or mercenary) Land Force in this Island. II. That by keeping up a Standing Army for preventing an Invasion, we shall at last render it certain and successful. III. That Publick Credit is now upon a more stable Foundation than ever it was before the Year 1734, and can be ruined by nothing but bad Oeconomy, Temporary Expedients, and Loss of Trade. IV. That endeavouring to revive Parties or Factions long since extinguished, in order to divert the Attention of the People from present Mischiefs or Dangers, is a most wicked Attempt. And V. That the Weight of Political Power is now taken almost entirely from the Popular and thrown into the Regal Scale.

Pulteney, William, Earl of Bath; Morris, Corbyn - Variously attributed to.

London: Printed for T. Copper at the Globe in Paternoster Row, 1742. 1st Edition (ESTC T2954). [2], 78 pp. Untrimmed. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-3/8". Original printed self-wrappers, stitched. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More

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