Authors starting with H from Stuart Bennett Rare Books

London: Printed for Harvey and Darton, 1821. vii, [i], 194, [2]pp., 18mo. Engraved frontispiece after E.B. Hack, with a terminal advertisement leaf listing the author’s other Darton publications. Original red roan-backed marbled boards, spine gilt; extremities slightly worn. First edition, acknowledging that “the admirable work of Dr. Paley has been used as the basis of this volume.” In the course of the novel Harry becomes a true scientist, “fond of what he called real proofs, by... more information

London: John Murray, 1848. xv, [i], 418pp., 8vo. A large and fresh copy in slightly worn contemporary calf by Riviere. Front flyleaf inscribed “Rt. Hon Sir Robert Peel Bt. from the Author,” and with Sir Robert’s contemporary engraved Drayton Manor bookplate on thh front pastedown. First edition, a fine presentation copy from the great historian to the great statesman. Hallam’s View of the State of Europe first appeared in 1818; this supplemental volume, as the author acknowledges i... more information

London: Printed for J. Ridgway, 1808. Secretary of State, &c.&c.&c. From Colonel George Hanger; proving how One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Men, as well disciplined as any Regiment of the Line need be, may be acquired in the short space of Two Months; with Instructions to the Volunteers. . . to which is added a Plan for the formation of a Corps of Consolidated Marksmen. [ii], 86pp., 8vo. Paper somewhat crinkled but perfectly sound; small and old inkstamp of the Mercantile Library, Philadelphi... more information

London: Sold by Dodsley, in Pall-mall, 1778. Particularly to Persons who live in habitual Neglect of Our Lord’s Supper, considered as a commemorative Sacrifice. . . . In Forty-Nine Letters. xiv, 240pp., 12mo. Engraved frontispiece by Major after Cypriani; a few stains. Original calf, bound for Hanway by his second binder (see below), the monogram “I.H.S.” within a diamond on the front cover and a winged hourglass on the lower, gilt floral cornerpieces, and the spine gilt with an all-over... more information

London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1777. Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, to William Duncombe, Esq; deceased, from the year 1728 to 1757. With Notes and an Appendix. xv, [i], 355, [1]pp., sm. 8vo. Last leaf slightly spotted. Contemporary calf, spine gilt; very worn but the sewing cords firm. First edition of a fine literary correspondence, with much on Alexander Pope including his “odd perplexity,”, Bolingbroke’s philosophy, the “peculiar beauty” of certain kinds of printing, ... more information

London: Robert Tyas, 1838. 2 vols., 8vo. Engraved frontispiece in each volume (these very slightly stained at edges), otherwise a fine copy, with the half-titles, in the original blind-stamped green pebbled cloth, upper covers and spines gilt. First edition, and as far as I can tell an unrecorded issue, without the author’s name on the titles, and without the subscribers’ list. The novel is a romance of ancient Greece, clearly inspired in more ways than one by Bulwer Lytton. It begins, “... more information

London: Printed; And Sold by M. Cooper [ditto - Printed for M. Cooper - “a Londres” 1750-1750-1750-”1752.” A Letter Humbly address'd to the Royal Society; in which is proved by most incontestable Evidence, drawn from Reason and Practice, that a Woman may conceive and be brought to Bed without any Commerce with Man. [bound with] Lucina sine Concubitu. . . The Third Edition. [bound with] [“ROE, RICHARD.”] A Letter to Dr Abraham Johnson, On the Subject of his new Scheme f... more information

London: Printed for W. Miller. . . and for J. Archer, and M. Mahon, Dublin, 1807. [iv], cix, [iii], 336pp., 8vo. Engraved frontispiece (this slightly offset onto title), with the half-title. Nice copy in contemporary half red morocco; spine head slightly worn. First edition. Sir Richard was a notable antiquarian and a considerable scholar. Both traits informed his detailed descriptions of the Irish landscape and its antiquities, and he paid close attention as well to Irish agricultural practices and ... more information

London: Printed for J. Harris, 1816. iv, 183, [9]pp., 12mo. Engraved frontispiece (tiny inkstain in the blank margin), with a substantial publisher’s catalogue at end. Contemporary sheep; neatly rebacked and with a gilt spine. First edition, with a preliminary advertisement invoking the approval of Mrs. Hofland’s previous works by “Mr. and Miss Edgeworth.” This is a fine example of what DNB describes as Mrs. Hofland’s books “depicting the struggles of a Christian family i... more information

Printed in the Year 1714. [Colophon: London: Printed for J. Roberts, 1715]. 30pp., [1] blank leaf, 8vo. Stitched as issued, untrimmed, a fine copy. First edition, a whig parody on Frances Atterbury’s tract of the same title. ESTC attributes it to Charles Hornby, which is improbable given his Tory leanings. ... more information

London: Printed by H. Bruges for J. Magnus, 1674. As it is Acted, at the Theater-Royal, By His Majesty’s Servants. [iv], 64, 61-64pp., 4to. Pagination repeated at end, as in all copies, text entirely complete; title and last leaf a little soiled, margins cut a little close, but nothing touched. A pleasant copy in mid-nineteeth-century half calf, spine gilt; head of spine worn. Early ownership inscription “Margaret Cowling Her Book” on title, with a few other notes, and on the title verso... more information

York: Printed by T. Wilson and R. Spence, 1804. viii, 139, [1]pp., sm. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece and one plate, with the half-title but without the two leaves of subscribers issued with some copies (see below). Nice copy in contemporary calf gilt; slightly worn with a short split at head of the upper joint. First edition of some highly Romantic topographical and other poems. Bickleigh Vale is in deepest Devon; “the River Plym flows through it, in a very picturesque manner.” Shorter poems i... more information

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, [circa 1845]. commonly called Otto Speckter’s Fable Book. With the Original German and with French. Translated into English by Mary Howitt. [iv], 201, [1]pp., sm. 4to. Woodcut illustrations after Otto Speckter throughout, the text in German (these are the original poems by Wilhelm Hey), French and English, title leaf apparently a cancel. Original purple cloth, tooled in gilt and blind and gilt-titled on upper cover, g.e.; a little faded, upper inner hi... more information

London: Printed by and for William Darton, Jun., 1815. By the Author of Aunt Mary’s Tales. [iv], 191, [1], [20]pp., 18mo. Engraved frontispiece (this and the half-title bound after the title), with a comprehensive “List of Improved Books, &c. for Children” at end. Original black roan-backed drab boards, spine gilt; the original sewing clumsily executed with a number of gatherings partly sprung but intact. First edition. “The orphan Fanny's character,” as Osborne notes, ... more information

London: Printed for William Darton, 1818. By the Author of “Ornaments Discovered;”. . . “Aunt Mary’s Tales for her Nephews and Nieces,” &c. 206, [10]pp., 18mo. Engraved frontispiece, with a publisher's catalogue at end. Contemporary (not publisher’s) half calf, spine attractively gilt. First edition, with the alchemist displaying the archetype of learning put to wrong uses. The Dartons H765(1); Osborne, p. 266, noting that this novel formed a part of Florence Nigh... more information