Titles starting with M from Stuart Bennett Rare Books

London: James Nisbet & Co., 1863. viii, 199, [1], 16pp., 8vo. Wood-engraved frontispiece and three plates of the missions, with the half-title and a publisher’s catalogue at end. Original green blind-embossed cloth; faded and a little worn, piece torn from the lower free endpaper. First edition, a description of the “localities and aims” of the diocese of the Isle of Man followed by a temperance tale showing the good that may be done “for an interesting people, in a lovely coun... more information

London: Printed for T. Lowndes, in Fleet-Street. . . and B. Collins, at Salisbury, 1766. 2 vols., 12mo. With a four-page publisher’s catalogue at the end of Vol. I; a few very minor stains. A handsome copy in slightly later polished tan calf gilt; short split in the upper joint of Vol. II. Third edition, first published in 1754 in response to the passage of Lord Hardwick’s marriage act, which made statutory the requirement of marriages being performed by licensed clergy after three-times cal... more information

London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1761. 2 vols., 12mo. A very nice copy in mid-nineteenth century half calf, spines fully gilt with red and green labels, just a little rubbed. First edition in English. Elizabeth Griffith has long been suggested as the translator. Certainly the substantial appendices, “The Translator to the Reader,” in both volumes, along with the dedication and introduction, seem much in Mrs. Griffith’s style, and the publication date is consistent with her trave... more information

London: Printed for Joseph Knight, 1689. [viii], 135, [1]pp., 8vo. With the initial licence leaf (short clean tear in the blank margin expertly mended), title printed in red and black, a little soiling at the beginning and end. Contemporary blind-panelled sheep; rebacked by Philip Dusel. George Thorn-Drury’s copy, with dozens of his small, neat annotations on the endpapers and flyleaves. First edition, the author’s declared “First-Fruits. . . Flashes of Fancy. . . scarce ballanced with... more information

Boston: Published by A. Bowen, and sold by Cummings and Hilliard, 1817. 190, [2]pp., Woodcut frontispiece and one plate by Bowen after Penniman, with a terminal leaf of advertisements including an offer by Bowen “to pay his whole attention” to the “art of Engraving on Wood.” Some spotting and staining, neat repair to the blank verso of frontispiece, but an entirely untrimmed copy in modern drab boards, original printed upper board mounted on front cover. First edition, rare. All a... more information

London: Chapman and Hall, 1845. 2 vols., 8vo. Without the half-titles; some copies also have an inserted prospectus for another work, also not present here. Handsome contemporary half calf, spines fully gilt; very slightly rubbed. First edition of the author’s fourth novel, a tale of political and class struggles set around the time of the French Revolution. There is romance and, once the author’s sympathy with the struggling old aristocrats is made clear, a happy ending. Sadleir, XIX Cent... more information