Titles starting with A from Stuart Bennett Rare Books

Falkirk: Printed and Sold by Daniel Reid, 1781. 16pp., pot 8vo. [Bound with] [MACNEILL, HECTOR]. Scotland’s Skaith; or, the History o’ Will & Jean: Owre True a Tale. Stirling: Printed by C. Randall. And sold by P. Hill and A. Guthrie, Edinburgh; - Brash & Reid. . . Morison and Son Perth, 1795. 12pp., 12mo. [And] MURRAY, JAMES. Sermons to Asses. Paisley: Printed by Neilson & Weir, for Robert Smith, Bookseller, 1800, 72pp., 12mo. Also included in the volume are two poetical chapbo... more information

Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers, 1785. Published for the improvement, and entertainment of the British Youth of both sexes. 92, “94-97” [i.e. 96]pp., 12mo. Edges of first and last leaves browned from the binding turn-ins, but an unusually nice copy in the original unlettered sheep. One of several early editions, all rare, of Dilworth’s abridgement of Le Sage’s romance, probably taken from Smollett’s translation. Of this edition ESTC locates only one copy, at UCLA. OCLC ad... more information

Bath: Binns and Goodwin, [1851]. viii, 86, [14]pp., 16mo. With a publishers' catalogue at end, the last leaf containing an advertisement to authors for a scheme of "Mutual and Equitable Publishing." Original red cloth gilt, g.e.; extremities worn, but sound. First edition of a fascinating book on saving children from the frightening rates of mortality prevalent in England in the mid-nineteenth century. The author includes statistics: one in every six children dies in its first year. His... 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

Philadelphia: Hogan & Thompson, 1839. 288pp., 18mo. Engraved frontispiece and additional title, the latter with a vignette of George Washington, “He needed to patent from the hand of Royalty.” Preliminaries a little spotted, but a nice copy in the original green cloth, upper cover titled in gilt. Second edition, not so stated, following the first of 1836, of this popular courtesy book for young men, with its precepts about as far from frontier virtues as one could imagine. Along with mor... more information

Chiswick: Printed by Charles Whittingham, 1821. Translated from the French. [iv], 224, [4]pp., 12mo. With a subscribers’ list at end. untrimmed in the original boards; neatly rebacked in calf with a gilt label. First edition in English, “with considerable curtailments . . . to render it suitable to the eye and morals of English youth.” Two copies (Bryn Athyn College and University of Vermont) in OCLC. ... more information

London: Printed for Richard Cumberland, 1693. and what seemed most Remarkable in more than forty Authors, Phylosophical, Chymical, Medical, Astronomical, Historical, &c. Whereunto is added an Appendix, containing. . . delightful Rules in many parts of the Mathematicks. By T.B. Gent. [ii], 120pp., 8vo. Blank corner torn from title just touching the line border but no text, stain at head of title and in the upper margin of the last few leaves, a few manuscript notes and markings throughout. Contempo... more information

London: Printed by J. Bonsor. . . for the Author, 1801. [viii], 199, [1]pp., sm. 8vo. With the half-title; first and last few leaves somewhat stained at edges, a couple of tiny marginal tears, but sound. Attractively bound in calf-backed boards antique, spine gilt. First edition, with a verse dedication to Lady Georgiana Cavendish, a series of original poems on Spanish themes. The author later went on to translate many of his sources. ... more information

London : Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823. To which is Prefixed an Essay on Heavenly Spirits. xlvii, [i], 109, [3]pp., 8vo. Fine color-printed engraved frontispiece by Appleby & Thanet depicting a monument to Eliza, with a leaf of publishers’ advertisements at end. Contemporary calf; somewhat worn and with the joints repaired. First edition, with a long and rather presuasive introduction stating that the manuscript of both essay and poem were saved from a burning house in Flanders, and w... more information

Geneva: Chez Mme. Susanne Guers Libraire, 1826. [iv], 200pp., 18mo. Engraved frontispiece and additional title with vignette (“Kenneth et Normann vont à l’école”); a few minor stains. Contemporary half calf; quite worn but firm. First edition in French, originally published in Edinburgh in 1823. One of several novels by this author, who died young in 1825, it “replaces,” according to ODNB, “the rational Lockean narratives of a previous generation of writers ... more information

Paris, et se trouve à Maestricht: Chez J. E. Dufour & Phi. Roux, 1781. 3 vols., 12mo. With the half-titles. Contemporary calf, spines gilt; spine ends chipped, but sound. Contemporary ownership inscription “Charlotte Izard” on titles. One of two editions or issues published the same year; this book, along with her Theatre of Education, was one of her most influential, with translations into English and other languages. OCLC records the Paris 1781 edition or issue, not this one. ... more information

London: Printed for Jonah Bowyer, 1723. By Francis Atterbury, D. D. late Lord Bishop of Rochester, and Dean of Westminster. viii, 120pp., 8vo. Price on title altered in manuscript from 2s. to 1s. 6d. A good fresh copy, disbound. Second edition, not so stated but evident from the quotation on the title of the date of the original Oxford appearance, published at the height of the controversy over Atterbury’s involvement in Jacobite plots. In the end Atterbury was stripped of his church offices and ... 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 for Bernard Lintott, 1716. with an Original Preface, containing a Parallel between Painting and Poetry: by Mr Dryden. Also a short account of the most Eminent Painters, both Ancient and Modern: By R[ichard] G[raham], Esq. [xvi], lxviii, [iv], 397, [7]pp., 8vo. Engraved frontispiece, and a headpiece of the Burlington coat of arms, both by Gribelin; frontispiece slightly browned, but an excellent copy, printed on unusually high-quality paper. Contemporary panelled calf; neatly rebacked an... more information

London: Ingrim, Cooke, and Co., 1853. [iv], 305, [1], 10pp., 8vo. Woodcut frontispiece, additional title with vignette, and six plates. Original embossed brown cloth, “The Illustrated Family Novelist” gilt-stamped on upper cover and spine; spine extremities frayed and very slightly chipped, but sound. First edition, a wildly gothic novel with apparitions, castles, violent struggles, multiple romances and, sometimes as a consequence, deaths. But the novel is firmly placed in the mid-nineteenth... more information

1813.. [16]pp., 32mo. Woodcut illustrations throughout. A fine copy in the original printed green wrappers. The first edition recorded by Welch, although he notes that Wood advertised the work as early as 1808. The subjects, each with a woodcut, include, “Making Cider,” “Playing at Marbles,” and “Playing at Tops.” Welch, 52.1, recording only the AAS copy. ... more information