Books by COLLINS WILLIAM

Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Co.. 1853. 8vo, pp. v, [3], 308; engraved frontispiece portrait (of Gray); original blindstamped brown cloth stamped in gilt on the upper cover and spine; some offsetting of the portrait onto the title-p., small cracks at the spine ends, but generally very good and bright. ... more information

London: William Pickering.. 1853. Sm. 8vo. lxxiv,(2),150pp. Frontispiece portrait (foxed). Woodcut printerís device on title. Nicely bound in full purple calf, gilt & blind stamped, red calf spine label. Top of spine a bit rubbed. Bookplate dated 1858 on front pastedown. ... more information

London: T. Bensley, 1800 xvi, 155 pages of text. Original speckled calf binding is quite rubbed at spine and extremities, and front board is detached with the rear hinge weakened. Illustrated with 20 engravings by Edward Harding dated 1797. Slight staining affecting margins of several pages, but othewise a tight and attractive text. The Second edition.. Second edition. Hardcover. Very good- condition. Octavo (8vo). ... more information

London: Printed for T. Becket..., 1765.. [2],xv,[3],19-184pp. Small octavo. Modern dark brown calf, ruled in gilt, gilt label. Bound without the terminal ad leaf and blank, scattered foxing early and late, but a very good copy. First collected edition of Collins' poetry, accompanied by the prefatory material by J. Langhorne. WILLIAMS, pp.112-3. ... more information

London: Printed by T. Bensley, for S. Harding, 1798.. xiv,[2],165,[1]pp. Octavo. Full contemporary red morocco, gilt extra, boards ruled with an attractive sequence of stringed bead-like lines, a.e.g. Early bookplate, extremities a bit rubbed, but a very good copy. First edition in this format, reprinting Johnson's life, and with an array of pictorial head and tail vignettes engraved by Edward Harding after Gardiner, Platt et al. COURTNEY & SMITH, p.150. ESTC T125340. ... more information

1765. COLLINS, WILLIAM. The Poetical Works of Mr. William Collins. With Memoirs of the Author; and Observations on his Genius and Writings. By J. Langhorne. London: For T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt, 1765. [4], 184, [2] p. With final blank M6. Contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments, covers sprinkled with a stencil in an interlacing border pattern within a gilt fillet, edges sprinkled blue-green, marbled endpapers. Extremities worn, crown of spine chipped away. A respectable copy, and fine internally. A... more information