Titles starting with D from Stuart Bennett Rare Books

London: Printed for R. Dodsley at Tully’s Head in Pall-Mall; And Sold by T. Cooper, 1741. 16pp., folio. Woodcut title ornament (of Tully’s head); two small, short tears at the upper edge, and a small and diminishing wormhole at the extreme lower margin. A well-margined and sound copy, nicer than it sounds. First edition of Whitehead’s first independent publication, reportedly “highly approved by Mr Pope” who had first come to know Whitehead as a student at Winchester. The poem... more information

London: Fisher, Son, & Co., [1842]. [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 true 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, describes a copy of the cloth issue, collating [iv], 39... more information

London: Whittaker, Treacher, & Arnot, [circa 1840]. vi, 130pp., 18mo. Engraved frontispiece of “The Lacemaker,” title-leaf apparently a cancel. A fresh and attractive copy in the original horizontally-ribbed and blind-stamped green cloth, spine gilt. Ownership inscription dated July 1842 on blank recto of frontispiece. Apparently the first English edition of a popular little manual by a New England clergyman; it went through a number of American editions in the 1830s. There is much o... more information

Wilmington [Delaware]: Printed by Johnson & Preston, [1797]. 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's closest associates, as well as his secretary, in the last... more information

Hull: Printed by Thomas Topping, Lowgate, 1822. 29, [1]pp., sm. 8vo. A few minor spots and stains, blank fore-edge of title just a little crinkled. Disbound. First edition, by an unusually learned actor. Calvert’s parents had him trained for the Catholic priesthood, which he spurned. Such was Calvert’s talent that at the peak of his career he alternated leading parts with actors such the elder Kean, W. C. Macready, and the elder Vandenhoff. This pamphlet offers a cogent defence of the the... more information

London : Printed for Jo. Hindmarsh, 1684. [vi], 28, 31-32, 41-69, [3]pp., 4to. Jump in pagination as in all copies and with leaf “E3” (pp. 31-32) still placed as originally printed as the fourth leaf of the first gathering; title a bit soiled and with tiny pieces off the extreme blank corners, but a large and sound copy, disbound. First edition of Southerne’s second play and first comedy, with a prologue by Southerne’s lifelong friend John Dryden (the text of this copy in the state... more information

London: Printed for W. Miller, 1798. 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 father, King Phillip.... more information

London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, at the Judges-Head, 1694 . [xvi], 79, [1]pp., 4to. With leaf G1 in the first state, uncancelled (see below), this and leaf H1 apparently slit for cancellation and now expertly and near-invisibly repaired. Printed on variable paper, mostly on stock described by Pforzheimer as “distinctly gray.” An unusually fine and fresh copy, handsomely bound by Philip Dusel in blind-panelled full calf, spine fully gilt. First Edition, first state, with leaf G1 slit for ca... more information

In the Savoy: Printed for Henry Herrigman, 1668. [iv], 14pp., sm. 4to. A little browning, without the final blank leaf. Nice copy in late nineteenth century half calf over cloth, spine gilt, bound for Pickering with their decorative label on upper cover; just a little rubbed. First edition of Howard's allegorical verses on the monarchy, dedicated to the Duke of Buckingham who, according to the dedication, “shap't and pollish’t” the verses. Wing H2991; Grolier, Wither to Prior, ... more information