Titles starting with S from Stuart Bennett Rare Books

London: Printed for A. Millar in the Strand, 1759. [viii], 135, [1]pp., 8vo. With the initial blank leaf, this with a contemporary engraved portrait by R. Strange after a medallion pasted on. A fine, fresh, and attractive copy in contemporary red morocco gilt, g.e.; upper joint cracked but firm and the spine head very slightly chipped. First edition, with the satires preceded by a life of Ariosto by Temple Henry Croker who also translated the second and last of the poems. The others, as Croker states i... more information

London: Printed by W. Darton, Jun., [1819]. Containing Several Hundred Truly Valuable and Useful Receipts, Selected from the Works and Communications of the most Eminent British Artists. [iii], viii-xii, [i], 14-64pp., 12mo. Folding engraved frontispiece dated March 19, 1819, pagination erratic at beginning but complete, the title with “Several Hundred” neatly scored through and with “166” substituted in manuscript. Original printed drab wrappers; chafed and with the backstrip partly... more information

Oxford: Printed for the Author; and sold by J. and J. Fletcher, [1775]. In Imitation of Mr. Phillip’s Splendid Shilling. [iv], 12pp., 4to. A excellent copy, disbound. First editon, and the first publication of a hugely prolific author perhaps best remembered for his studies of Indian antiquities. The poem is thoroughly gothic, but its sentiments are familiar to every student, ancient and modern: Meanwhile, the Paedagogue throughout the Dome His fiery Eyeballs, like two blazing ... more information

Birmingham: Publish'd by the Author Himself, and Printed by M. Swinny, 1804. and which may be sung without the Chaunterpipe of an Italian Warbler, or the ravishing Accompaniments of Tweedle-Dum or Tweedle-Dee. Particularly those which have been most applauded in the author's once popular perfomance, call'd the Brush. The Gallimaufry Garnished with a variety of comic tales, Quaint Epigrams, Whimsical Epitaphs, &. &. xi, [i], 184pp., 12mo. Engraved portrait, with the half-title. Occasio... more information

London: Printed for Sam. Briscoe, 1702. out of M. Tullius Cicero; and several other of the best Roman, Greek, and French Authors, both Ancient and Modern: Adapted to the Humour of the Present Age. To which is added, Certamen Epistolare: or, Letters between an Attorney and a dead Parson. The whole Volume by Mr. Tho. Brown, never before Published. [xxxii], 374pp., 8vo. Title printed in red and black, with the half-title, and a preliminary advertisement leaf. A nice fresh copy in contemporary panelled cal... more information

Chiswick: Printed by C. Whittingham, 1821. [iv], 92pp., 8vo. With the half-title, front free endpaper inscribed “Mrs. Hulse. The gift of Eliza Thurlow. March 10th, 1823.” Original rose boards, morocco spine label; extremities slightly chipped. First edition, with both old and new poems, and including “On the Poem of Mr. Rogers, entitled ‘An Epistle to a Friend,’” which Byron once tried to read out loud but, as Thomas Moore reported, “was unable to get beyond the first... more information

Oxford : Printed by Leonard Lichfield , 1644. At St. Maries Oxford, before the Members of the Honourable House of Commons There Assembled; By Henry Vaughan, Mr. in Arts, and Fellow of Iesus Colledge. [ii], 30pp., 4to. Light stain throughout. Mid-nineteenth century roan-backed cloth; worn. First London edition of this rare sermon, with what Madan calls a “counterfeit” imprint, and evidently the only publication by its author, whose dates are given as circa 1617-1661. But Anthony à Wood... more information

Oxford: Printed for D.A. Talboys, 1822. Literally Translated into English Prose, from the Text of Bloomfield and Schutz. [ii], 267, [1]pp., 8vo. Untrimmed and largely unopened in the original drab boards; slightly worn and damp-marked, but sound. First edition of this very literal prose version, evidently used by its original owner to crib only the first few pages of “Prometheus Chained.” OCLC locates only the Penn and University of Toronto copies of this edition. ... more information

London: Printed for T. Becket, 1799. A Satirical Poem. With Notes. Occasioned chiefly, but not wholly, by the residence of Henry Grattan, Ex-Representative in Parliament for the City of Dublin, at Twickenham, in November, 1798. By the Author of The Pursuits of Literature. [iv], 86, [2]pp., 8vo. With the half-title and a terminal leaf of advertisements for other works by the same author. A nice large copy in recent marbled boards. First edition, ostensibly a satire on Grattan who was in residence near... more information

London: Printed by R. Bruges, for J. Nicholson, 1713. and compar'd with the Sacred Prophesies, especially with Daniel and the Revelations, and with so much History as plainly shews, that many of the Sibyls Predictions are exactly fulfill'd. With Answers to the Objections usually made against them. [viii], xxiv, 336pp., sm. 8vo. Occasional mild browning, but a sound copy in worn contemporary panelled sheep; modern gilt-lettered reback. Some early pencilled annotations on a lower flyleaf, probabl... more information

London: Thomas Cadell, 1836. xxvi, 256pp., sm. 8vo. With a subscribers’ list. Largely unopened in the original blue cloth, spine gilt; joints and spine ends worn, but sound. First complete edition, first published in a shorter version in 1808, and here revised, enlarged, and with a new fifth canto. There is also a long preface discussing the reception of the poem, and the author’s possible influence on Robert Burns. ... more information

London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1776. [vi], 49 [1]pp., 4to. Half-title here placed after the title, last leaf (text and advertisements) with a neat, probably contemporary, guard at inner margin. A good large copy, disbound. First edition of the author’s first published work of verse, dedicated to David Garrick, whom she teasingly describes as “an enemy to the Muses. . . who constantly behold you displaying talents which cannot be described, and exhibiting excellencies which leave nothing to be... more information

London: Printed for J. Moore, 1715. Prov’d in A Letter of Thanks from His Holiness Pope Clement XI. for the Service done the Catholick Church, by the Dedication and Preface of a late Book, Intitul’d, An Account of the State of the Roman Catholick Religion throughout the World. With a Copy of Verses added, By Mr. Sewell. [iv], 36pp., 8vo. With the half-title. Disbound. First edition, an anonymous attack. The satirical dedication, signed by Steele, was probably written by Benjamin Hoadley. E... more information

London: Printed for Harvey and Darton, 1822. or, a Visit to Brighton. vii, 180, [4]pp., 18mo. Engraved frontispiece, with a publishers' catalogue at end and an initial blank leaf. A fine copy in the original maroon roan-backed boards, spine gilt. Engraved label of “Mr. Richd. Chambers’s Academy, Castle Street, Leiscester Square” on lower pastedown, and a manuscript “reward of merit” inscription dated 1825, in French, on the upper. First edition. Osborne, p. 933: the author... more information

London: Printed for F. and C. Rivington, 1792. or a Free Account (in Consequence of a Free Inquiry,) of His Style. His Politics. His Feelings. His Logic. His Religion. His Philosophy. Concluding with an Analysis, and an Appendix. [ii], ii, 62pp., 8vo. Marginal piece torn from pp. 7-8, not affecting text, without the “plate” mentioned by ESTC (but see below). A large and fresh copy, disbound. First edition, a sometimes witty and quite stinging attack on Priestley. Within the first few pages ... more information

London: Printed for Luke Meredith, 1685. With Poems on Several Occasions. Never before publish'd. To which is added, a Pindarick on Mr. L'Estrange. [xvi], 142, [2]pp., 8vo. With the terminal leaf of publisher’s adverisements; a few insignificant stains and early pen-marks, upper corner off pp. 85-86 affecting only the page-number, no front free endpaper. Contemporary ownership inscription “Jo: Myddelton his book” on title. A very nice copy in contemporary, certainly publisher&... more information

Sudbury: George Williams Fulcher, 1845. viii, 160, [2]pp., sm. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece, additional title with vignette, and one plate (these on porous paper and consequently spotted and stained), attractive woodcut illustrations throughout, with the inserted errata slip at end. Original blind-stamped purple cloth, upper cover gilt-titled, g.e.; spine a bit worn. First edition, with a three-page preface by Wordsworth, in the form of a letter explaining why he cannot in fact write a preface. Much of ... more information

London: Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1820. for the Amusement of Children. iv, 140pp., 18mo. Title a little dusty, but a sound and pleasant copy in the original maroon roan-backed drab boards; paper covering for the boards and the front free endpaper missing. First edition, “the most brilliant anecdotes” of Spain and its heroes from Roman days through the conquest of Peru. OCLC records three copies: Florida, Osborne, and UCLA. ... more information

London: Darton and Harvey, Gracechurch-Street, 1837. xii, 143, [1]pp., 18mo. Engraved frontispiece (upper margin slightly stained), a couple of pencil drawings on blank pages. Original blind-patterned green cloth, spine gilt-titled. Ownership inscription of Susan Harriet Holroyd, Sheffield Park, dated 1840 on the front free endpaper. First edition, the author’s “first production into the ‘world of juvenile literature’” and stated to be true stories presented to the author’... more information

London: Printed for James Knapton, 1717. Together with an Appendix Concerning the several Religious Orders that prevail’d in this Kingdom. xxiv, 100, [4]pp., 8vo. With two leaves of publishers’ advertisements at end. A good large copy in contemporary calf, gilt arms on sides, old reback with a gilt label, but the upper cover now nearly detached. First edition of a ferocious anti-Catholic diatribe, full of satiric and often quite funny anecdotes, told with the purpose of entreating the people ... more information