Titles starting with N from Stuart Bennett Rare Books

London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1798. vi, [ii], 195, [1]pp., 12mo. With the half-title and a folding engraved plate showing the orbit of the earth and its effect on the seasons. Nice copy in recent calf-backed marbled boards antique, spine gilt. First edition, by the original author’s son, with additions from such things as Pennant’s zoological works and, specifically, White’s Natural History of Selborne.... more information

London: Printed for Sam. Buckley. . . and Sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, 1711. [iv], iv, 113, [1]pp. 8vo. With the half-title, disbound. First edition, a variant printing with p. iv misnumbered vi. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography calls this “a physio-theological poem about the effects of climate on man's intellectual faculties, and a tribute to English prosperity and constitutional freedom.” Book I narrows the geographical and climatic possibilities for t... more information

London: Printed for Thomas Tegg, 1843. [iv], 176pp., 18mo. Engraved frontispiece and additional title (these slightly spotted). A fine copy in the original brown vertically-ribbed embossed cloth, upper cover and spine gilt. First edition, by the prolific author and translator, and an unusually engaging story about the discovery of practical wisdom with the action partly set in America. First editions of these small format novels are now rare. Block, English Novel, p. 115; Gumuchian 3101; not in Osbo... more information

London: E. and F.N. Spon, [1877 or 1878]. vi, [ii], 162pp., 8vo. Folding street map of Newcastle and Gateshead, large folding map of the collieries and iron-works in the Newcastle and Middlesborough district (one long clean tear leaving this plate detached, but all present and otherwise fine), large tinted map of the area around the River Tyne dated 1871, and three other tables and plates (one repaired at a fold); a few ink notes. Original embossed purple cloth, title gilt on upper cover; slightly fad... more information

London: Printed for G. Cowie, and Co. Poultry, and P. Youngman, Witham, Essex, 1823. [ii], 244, [2]pp., 18mo. Engraved frontispiece (this dated 1823 and with Youngman’s imprint alone), and a terminal leaf of advertisements including a page for other works by the same author, including “Tales of the Academy” (the two other recorded copies, however, report an additional leaf of advertisements, not present here); some browning and spotting throughout, one signature slightly sprung. Original... more information

London: Printed for J. Harris, (Successor to E. Newbery), 1806. [viii], 172pp., 18mo. Engraved frontispiece. A fresh and bright copy in the original green roan-backed marbled boards; paper label all but gone and the boards now a bit soft. Second edition, the pagination identical to that of the 1801 first edition as is the dated 1801 frontispiece. The title declares Mavor as the compiler for the first time. The work is intended for children between the age “of infantine simplicity and the com... more information