Titles starting with H from Stuart Bennett Rare Books

London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1789. An Interlude, in One Act, as performed at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. 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 thei... more information

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: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. Keswick: James Ivison, 1854. or, “The Druids' Temple,” Near Keswick: A Poem. [iv], 72pp., sm. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece, with a short subscribers’ list at end, with towns given almost entirely in teh Lake District. Original green cloth gilt; unevenly faded. First edition, printed in Keswick, on the most important of the Druidical sites in the Lake District, with substantial and quite learned explanatory endnotes. At the end are two miscel... more information

“Londres, Chez Paul Knapton” [but certainly France or Holland], 1755. Traduite de l’Anglois de Monsieur Pope. xxiv, 324pp., 12mo. With the half-title; this and the last couple of leaves slightly edge-browned from the binding turn-ins. Contemporary (Continental) calf, spine fully gilt. First edition in French, translated by Pierre Henri Larcher. This amusing squib is now thought to be largely by Arbuthnot, and it provided Laurence Sterne with some of his inspiration for Tristram Shandy. ... more information

London: Sold by J. and A. Arch, 1819. from the Conversion of the Anglo-Saxons, to the end of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. viii, 358, xxi, [3]pp., 4to. Engraved portrait, additional title, and a cul-de-lampe portrait of Queen Elizabeth on the last leaf of text. Contemporary half black morocco (slightly rubbed), t.e.g., others untrimmed. First edition, detailed scholarship by a precocious teen-ager who began to write while convalescing after the amputation of his right arm. He is so shown in his portrai... more information

London: Printed by M.F. for Iohn Marriott, 1631. [viii], 142, [2]pp., sm. 4to. With the terminal blank leaf; this and the title slightly soiled, a couple of headlines just shaved, but a nice copy. Bound with three other Quarles first editions (see below), in circa 1810 half calf over grey boards, spine blind-tooled and gilt-lettered, with a note from the same period on the front free endpaper: “Francis Quarles - Original Editions of 1. History of Queen Esther. 2. Historie of Sampson 1631. 3. Job Mi... more information

Bridgwater: Printed by William Cass, 1808. collected from Various Authors. To which is added An Account of the Mineral Waters, and the Glastonbury Thorn. 48pp., 16mo. Nice copy in contemporary, probably original, pink wrappers. Apparently unrecorded, presumably taken from the similarly-titled tourist guides published in Bath and London beginning in the 1790s, and ultimately deriving from Charles Eyston’s and Thomas Hearne’s monumental study published in 1722. The descriptions of the Chalice-... more information

London: Printed by J. Cundee. . . for M. Jones, 1802. 64pp., 32mo. Engraved frontispiece of the Nativity. A fresh and pleasant copy in the original calf, spine gilt-ruled; covers creased, some splits in the joints, but sound. An early, tiny-format edition of this little pocket-book for children, first published in 1789 and written not by the poet, but by his clergyman-contemporary of the same name. Not surprisingly, early editions in this near-miniature format are rare; of this one OCLC records two co... more information

London: J. Hatchard and Son, 1844. a Sequel to the Life of Henry Milner. [iv], 517, [7], 32pp., large 12mo. With the half-title, six pages of original publishers’ advertisements at end, and an inserted catalogue dated June, 1858 of works published for Thomas Hatchard. Original blind-embossed green cloth; neatly rebacked with the original gilt spine. First edition, the trials and tribulations of a young clergyman in English country pages, doubtless based on those of her son Henry, whose life up to a... more information

London: Printed for Harvey and Darton, 1825. viii, 316pp., 12mo. Engraved frontispiece, additional title, and folding map (these a little spotted, frontispiece with a contemporary manuscript description neatly tipped on), one gathering slightly sprung. Original red roan-backed pictorial drab boards. First edition, “presented to young readers,” but “not intended to form one of the earlier steps in the course of their historical studies.” For those the author recommends Maria Hack... more information

London: Published for Didier and Tebbett, 1809. As Related by Herself to her Kitten. 66, [2]pp., 18mo. Hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and two plates; a little browning and minor soiling. Attractively and appropriately bound in morocco-backed marbled boards antique, spine gilt, by Philip Dusel. First and apparently the only edition of the only book published by this author, a charming and quite early first-feline narrative novel. Old Tabby sits in the tree watching the gambols of her favourite kit... more information

London: Printed for J. Harris, 1815. By Miss Sandham, Author of The Twin Sisters, and other Works for Young People. vii, [i], 205, [1]pp., 12mo. Engraved frontispiece by Scott. Nice copy in contemporary half calf, spine gilt. First edition, a moral tale contrasting the dissipated manners of William’s aunt, who married a Frenchman, and the solid behavior of two English families. Block, English Novel, p. 205; five copies (Notre Dame, Osborne, Princeton, So. Mississippi, and UCLA) in OCLC. ... more information

London: Benjamin L. Green, 1850. viii, 160pp., sm. 8vo. Part color-printed and hand-colored frontispiece, and four uncoloured woodcut plates by Dickes, with the half-title. Nice copy in the original green cloth, upper cover and spine elaborately gilt, g.e.; just a little wear at spine head. First edition. Almost all the contributions are by the Sargents, and many on wintry subjects, with the frontispiece showing a particularly nice winter scene full of children. Three copies (Florida, Florida State,... more information

London: Printed for J, Hatchard, 1806. or Essays and Characteristics. xx, 4, 351, [1]pp., 12mo. With the half-title and a subscribers’ list. Contemporary tree calf, spine gilt; worn with the spine head slightly chipped, but sound. First edition, and possibly a subscriber’s copy with what appears to be an inscription ending “Hill” on the title corresponding to “John Hill, Esq.” in the printed list, which also states that subscribers’ copies were “bound, at Half-a-... more information