Authors starting with T from Stuart Bennett Rare Books

London: Groombridge and Sons, 1860. vi, 153, [1]pp., 8vo. Additional wood-engraved title and five plates by F. Anderson after D.H. Friston, woodcut vignettes in text. Original pebbled blue cloth, upper cover pictorially gilt with title, g.e.; a couple of small heat blisters (candle-wax?), but a nice copy. First edition, a charming and late book by an interesting, neglected author. Emily Taylor began publishing at least as early as 1820 and continued well into the 1860s. This book tells tales of Engl... more information

London: Printed for Rest Fenner, 1818. vi, 142, [2]pp., 18mo. Engraved frontispiece of an old pedlar outside Harry’s window, possibly by the author, with a leaf of publisher’s advertisements at end. Original red roan-backed marbled boards; a bit worn and shaken with a stain on the upper cover, but sound. First edition of Jefferys Taylor’s first book, with a preface by his sister Jane who describes it as “chiefly composed during the weeks of a painful illness.” Stewart, The Ta... more information

London: Printed and Sold by W. & T. Darton, 1808. 140, [4]pp., 18mo. Engraved frontispiece and five plates; a little minor foxing. Nice copy in the original red roan-backed grey boards, spine gilt; very slightly rubbed. First edition of an attractive series of poems, some apparently never published elsewhere, e.g. “Written on Seeing a Robin in Severe Weather,” by Mrs. Bond Hopkins. Others are taken from periodicals, and from other Darton publications such as the Taylor sisters Original ... more information

London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1789. 22, [2]pp., 8vo. With terminal advertisement leaf; lightly soiled and age-toned. Disbound. First edition of this anonymous play, dedicated by “The Authoress” to George Colman, Esq. In her preface, the Authoress addresses her “fair countrywomen. . . whose literary pursuits, though she ever regrets to see them terminate in Female Pedantry, would, in her opinion, be still more to their honour, were they not too frequently engaged in the dangerous detail... more information

Chiswick: Printed by C. Whittingham, 1821. [iv], 92pp., 8vo. With the half-title, front free endpaper inscribed “Mrs. Hulse. The gift of Eliza Thurlow. March 10th, 1823.” Original rose boards, morocco spine label; extremities slightly chipped. First edition, with both old and new poems, and including “On the Poem of Mr. Rogers, entitled ‘An Epistle to a Friend,’” which Byron once tried to read out loud but, as Thomas Moore reported, “was unable to get beyond the firs... more information

London: Printed for the editor, and J. Wallis, 1780. xii, 204pp., 12mo. With the half-title. A good fresh copy in contemporary calf; rebacked. First edition, uncommon, of what became a very popular miscellany which went through many editions. The selection is unimpeachable, and although perhaps not exclusively for children, would certainly have been presented to them, not least by Tomkins himself, a famous writing master known to Dr. Johnson and painted by Joshua Reynolds. OCLC records five copies,... more information

London: Printed for B. Crosby, 1804. [viii], 256pp., 18mo. Engraved frontispiece. Some marginal spotting, but an attractive copy in slightly later half green calf over marbled boards, spine gilt. “A New Edition” of a collection first published in 1780, and here updated with such things as M.G. Lewis’s “Crazy Jane.” There are also a number of poems by women, including the Margravine of Anspach, Miss Mary Julia Young, and Mrs. Greville. This was a very popular miscellany con... more information

London: Printed by T. Bensley; for T. Longman; G. G. J. and J. Robinson. . . and J. Johnson, 1787. vii, [iii], 183, [1]pp., 12mo. Two folding engraved plates (the spinning wheel and bobbin as used in the author’s “School of Industry”), with a preliminary page of errata, a leaf of “Description of the Plates,” and a final page of advertisements for other books by Mrs. Trimmer; a little minor spotting around the edges of the folding plates. A very attractive copy, bound by Philip ... more information