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 ... more information

London: Printed for G. Kearsley, 1767. xii, 55pp., 8vo. With the half-title (small piece missing from the blank gutter); some browning and with an old paper repair across a horizontal tear along the blank verso of the last leaf. Disbound. Second edition, but a reissue of the first edition sheets with a cancel title. This pamphlet is a version of Dodd's successful 1766 lectures, complete with stage directions, on subjects that were often compared to George Alexander Stevens's Lectures on Heads.... more information

London: Printed by W. Darton, Jun., [1819]. [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 missing and sewing broken, causing the frontispiece and a few other leaves to come loose. First edition, not in The Dartons, presumably beca... more information

Gainsbrough: Printed by John Mozley and Sold by Mr. Etherington, York. . . and by J.F. and C. Rivington, Booksellers, St. Paul’s Church-yard, London, [circa 1780]. xii, 324pp., 12mo. No free endpapers, with a little consequent offsetting from the binding turn-ins to the first and last couple of leaves. Still an agreeable copy in contemporary, probably publisher’s, sheep, spine gilt-ruled with a green morocco label; rubbed with the joints cracking, but firm. Presumably an undated reissue of t... more information

Oxford: Printed for the Author; and sold by J. and J. Fletcher, [1775]. [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 Stars, Portentous rolls, on some unthinking... more information

London: Printed for J. Almon, 1779. 12pp., 4to. A fine fresh copy in modern gray boards, printed title on spine. First edition, a verse satire on Thomas Villiers, Earl of Clarendon, who had put a thatched shed with an absurd Scottish motif on the grounds of his Herefordshire estate, an exercise altogether in keeping with Horace Walpole’s description of him as “a very silly fellow.” The preface explains that addressing Clarendon as Euphorbus is to call him a swineherd. As chancellor of ... more information

London: Printed for Sam. Briscoe, 1702. [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 calf; joints partly cracked. First edition. Although the letters appear to be taken from distinguished authors, from Cicero and Aristaenetus to Fontanelle and de Pay, the "adapted to the Humour of the Present Age" statement in the title is the kicker. All the letters, not just Brown's acknowle... 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 firs... more information

London: Printed for T. Becket, 1799. [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 Pope’s former house at Twickenham, but in fact a wide-ranging and often vitriolic invective, with the prose notes far outweighing the poetry. Especially notable are the near ten full pages devoted to “William and Mary [Godwin... 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 b... more information

London: Printed for J. Moore, 1715. [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. Eight copies in OCLC.... more information

London: Printed by Henry Fenwick, Little Moorfields Printer to the Honourable City of London, [circa 1805]. 24pp., sm. 8vo. A fine and attractive copy in modern half calf, spine gilt-lettered. One of several editions under this title, adapted from A Present for an Apprentice usually attributed to Sir John Bernard. It seems likely that this edition was printed for freemen of the City of London to give away. All editions are rare. ... more information

London: Printed for Luke Meredith, 1685. [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’s, sprinkled dark sheep; spine extremities a little rubbed. First edition of the author's only book, publi... more information

London: Printed for J. Johnson. . . by whom only the Genuine and Complete Edition is published, 1795. lx, 436, [8]pp, 12mo. Engraved frontispiece and three plates by William Blake (1), Sharp (1) and Heath (2) from designs by Thomas Stothard, with a publisher’s catalogue of “Books for the Use of Children and Young Persons” at end. Contemporary sheep; neatly rebacked. Although Enfield’s popular book was first published (unillustrated) in 1774, the plates were not added until 1780. A... more information

Carlisle: Printed by F. Jollie, 1796. vi, [ii], 362pp., 8vo. Engraved title with a Masonic vignette, the date on the title altered in manuscript from “MDCCXCV” to “MDCCXCVI,” woodcut Masonic and other ornaments in text, and a terminal list of subscribers. A good large copy in contemporary flame calf, spine gilt; extremities worn and joints cracked. Second edition, first published in London in 1775, one of the more substantial eighteenth-century books on the subject, evidently aimed... more information

London: John Murray, 1848. xv, [i], 418pp., 8vo. A large and fresh copy in slightly worn contemporary calf by Riviere. Front flyleaf inscribed “Rt. Hon Sir Robert Peel Bt. from the Author,” and with Sir Robert’s contemporary engraved Drayton Manor bookplate on the front pastedown. First edition, a fine presentation copy from the great historian to the great statesman. Hallam’s View of the State of Europe first appeared in 1818; this supplemental volume, as the author acknowledges ... more information

London: Printed for J. Almon, 1780. 23, [1]pp., 8vo. The final page is an advertisement for The London Courant; light dust soiling to first and last leaves. Disbound. First Edition. The anonymous author argues that unlike in despotic countries where “there is no remedy to bad Government but the sword; it is the glory of England, that the people have always the remedy in their hands - law, as well as reason and justice. . . . They need only speak through their representatives.” Sabin 82259 l... more information