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The Daughters of England:
ELLIS, SARAH STICKNEY
London: Fisher, Son, & Co., [1842]. their Position in Society, Character & Responsibilities. [viii], 400, [12]pp., 12mo.. Engraved frontispiece after Allom (foxed), with an undated publishers' catalogue at end. Original blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt. Apparently the first edition, in the simplest of the three bindings available: the catalogue at the end notes that the cloth issue was 10s, silk 12s, and morocco 16s. The bibliography is a little puzzling: Sadleir, XIX Century Fiction, 820, de... more information
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$100.00

 
Davideis;
ELLWOOD, THOMAS
Wilmington [Delaware]: Printed by Johnson & Preston, [1797]. The Life of David King of Israel: a Sacred Poem. In Five Books. 159pp., 12mo. Title inadequately inked at foot, affecting only the last line of imprint and the date, some minor staining and edge-wear, but a pleasant copy in the original unlettered roan. The last of at least ten eighteenth-century American editions of a poem more popular in America than in England. Its text was profoundly influenced by Milton: Ellwood became one of Milton&... more information
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$100.00

 
A Description of the Works of the Ingenious Delineator and Engraver Wenceslaus Hollar, Disposed into Classes of Different Sorts; With Some Account of His Life
VERTUE, GEORGE
London: Printed. . . for the Editor G.V. A Member of the Society of Antquaries, 1745. vi, [ii], 136, [2]pp., 4to. Engraved portrait vignette on title, engraved leaf with view of London and “A Table of Hollar’s Works divided into Classes,” first text leaf with engraved headpiece and the last, errata, leaf with cul-de-lampe. A couple of very slight marginal tears, but a fresh and pleasant copy in mid-twentieth century half calf by Zucker & Henckel, Philadelphia, t.e.g. First edition, u... more information
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$450.00

 
Die Königliche Grosse. Des Glorreichst Regierenden Allerdurchlauchtigsten, Grossmächtigsten Königs und Herrn, Herrn George des Dritten, Königs in Grossbrittanien. . . . Cantata
BREIDENSTEIN, JOHANN PHILIPP
Hanau [i.e. Hesse-Cassel]: Johann Heinrich Keihl, 1766. [with] Ode dem Hochgebohrnen Grafen un Herrn, Herrn William, Grafen con Chatam. . . . Seiner glorwürdigt regierenden Königlichen Majestät Georg des Dritten, Königs von Grossbrittanien. Two works, respectively 7, [1], and 4pp., folio. Handsome woodcut ornaments, and well-printed on high-quality paper. Leaf edges trimmed, but fine large copies, unbound. Presumably the first edition of each work, the first with a two-page dedicati... more information
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$225.00

 
Divine Justice and Mercy displayed
GENT, THOMAS
York: Printed at the New Printing Office, 1772. [Price Twopence.] Set forth in the unhappy Birth, wicked Life, and miserable End of that deceitful Apostle, Judas Iscariot. . . shewing, I. His Mother’s Dream after Conception. . . VI. . . miserably hanging himself, his Bowels dropt out of his Belly. 24pp., 12mo. An excellent, untrimmed copy in early half calf; neatly rebacked. Small private inkstamp in upper margin of title, but a pleasant copy, neatly bound. First edition, by the eccentric printe... more information
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$275.00

 
Don Carlos, Prince Royal of Spain: An Historical Drama, from the German of Frederick Schiller. By the Translators of Fiesco
SCHILLER, FRIEDRICH
London: Printed for W. Miller, 1798. [i.e. Georg Heinrich Noehden and Sir John Stoddart]. xi, [i], 327, [1]pp., 8vo. A good large copy, disbound. First edition of this translation; such was Schiller’s stature at the time that a different, competing translation appeared the same year. One of Schiller’s great works, loosely based on the events surrounding the real Don Carlos of Spain, Schiller's character is a democratic champion attempting to free Flanders from the despotic grip of his fat... more information
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$85.00


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