Authors starting with G from Stuart Bennett Rare Books

London: Printed for T. Tegg, 1825. 143, [1]pp., 18mo. Engraved frontispiece of “The Children in the Wood” (contemporary Reward of Merit inscription on recto), some browning throughout. Contemporary marbled boards, expertly rebacked in gilt morocco. First edition, second issue with the Cruikshank frontispiece, of which I can trace no other copy. The poems include Cowper's “John Gilpin,” and the selection is clearly for younger children. According to Cohn, George Cruikshan... more information

London: Printed for A. Millar in the Strand, A. Kincaid and J. Bell, in Edinburgh, 1759. [ii], iv, 222, [2], [223]-253, [1], [257]-314pp., 8vo. Marginal tear to the last leaf neatly repaired without loss of paper or text; the book was printed on poor paper and almost all copies, including this one, show variable browning and mild staining. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf; joints repaired. First edition of the author’s first substantial book, a landmark in aesthetic theory by the professor of moral p... more information

London: Printed by W. Wilson. . . for George Cowie, 1815. [iii]-vi, [iv], 210pp., 12mo. Wonderful stipple-engraved folding frontispiece depictng the hero confronted by a female spectre in a moonlit graveyard, a hovering skeleton at his back. Without the half-title, title a little spotted, but a nice copy in slightly rubbed contemporary calf gilt. First edition of a wildly gothic poetical saga, “founded upon a Tale that I have read in prose, but the name of the novel which contains it, I forget.&#... more information

London: Printed for J. Ebers, 1810. viii, 124pp., 8vo. Cancel half-title and title (the latter adding “The Second Edition”). A fine, entirely untrimmed copy in the original printed drab boards, upper cover with title, lower cover with advertisements for new novels and “Bookbinding and Stationery in all its Branches”; neatly rebacked. “The Second Edition,” but in fact the first edition, second issue, substituting a new half-title/title bifolium for the original, the publis... more information

London: Printed for Harvey and Darton, 1825. viii, 316pp., 12mo. Engraved frontispiece, additional title, and folding map (these a little spotted, frontispiece with a contemporary manuscript description neatly tipped on), one gathering slightly sprung. Original red roan-backed pictorial drab boards. First edition, “presented to young readers,” but “not intended to form one of the earlier steps in the course of their historical studies.” For those the author recommends Maria Hack
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London: Printed for the Author, and sold by B. Crosby & Co., 1808. 2 vols. 12mo. With the half-titles, minor old waterstain at the beginning of Vol. II, the text perfectly sound. Entirely untrimmed, and an exceptional copy in preserving all four original pink printed wrappers and both spine panels, bound at the end of each volume. Attractive, circa 1900, red polished calf gilt by Bartlett of Boston, spines fully gilt; slightly rubbed and stained. “The Second Edition, Corrected,” but in f... more information

London: James Burns, 1841. xii, 248, 16pp., 12mo. Woodcut frontispiece and plates, with the half-title and a sixteen-page publisher’s catalogue at end. Occasional very minor foxing but a nice copy in the original blue fine diaper-grained cloth, spine gilt-lettered. First edition, a novel about the dangers of socialism published in Burns’s series “The Englishman’s Library.” Wolff 2761; Sadleir, XIX Century Fiction 3744, no. 15: “the title is a curious coincidence, the boo... more information

London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1761. 2 vols., 12mo. A very nice copy in mid-nineteenth century half calf, spines fully gilt with red and green labels, just a little rubbed. First edition in English. Elizabeth Griffith has long been suggested as the translator. Certainly the substantial appendices, “The Translator to the Reader,” in both volumes, along with the dedication and introduction, seem much in Mrs. Griffith’s style, and the publication date is consistent with her trave... more information