Titles starting with K from Stuart Bennett Rare Books

London: Printed for J. Roberts, 1715. Or, a Treatise proving, beyond all Contradiction, the dangerous Tendency of a late Poem, entituled, The Rape of the Lock, to Government and Religion. By Esdras Barnevelt, Apoth. 32pp., 8vo. Title a bit dusty and with a single light stain, but a large, pleasant, unwashed copy, handsomely bound in half calf antique, spine gilt, by Philip Dusel. First edition of Pope’s first thorough piece of self-mockery, pretending to criticize his best-selling poem of the year... more information

London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817. 3 vols., large 12mo. Without the half-titles. A very handsome copy in contemporary half green calf over marbled boards, spines gilt; very slightly rubbed, one tiny nick from the headcap of Vol. I. First edition, the story of a bond of friendship formed between the heirs of feuding families. A contemporary review called it “strikingly drawn,” and it has the modest distinction, according to DNB, of being “the last book read... more information