The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688: Continued to the Death of George the Second by T. Smollett, MD (13 Volumes, Complete) by Hume, David; Tobias Smollett - 1825

LONDON: Tho Roycroft for Richard Blome, 1673 A fair copy of the 1st edition sadly lacking all but 2 of the maps. This work is rare. Richard Blome was heavily criticised at the time for producing the work - being accused of plagiarising Camden and Speed. He funded the work through subscribers but clearly sold few copies and ownership of it passed to John Wright in 1677. His work is now being reassessed and he is recognised for being the first to properly plan an illustrated description of London. This copy is in contemporary full leather binding which has been rebacked reasonably recently to provide a new spine with raised bands and gilt outlined title label. The boards have wear as you would expect - particularly to the corners - but are sound. With title page in red and black inks, dedication to Charles II, Preface to the Reader, alphabetical table of subscribers ('benefactors'), 12 leaves of coats of arms of the benefactors, portrait of Charles II pasted at the beginning of a general… Read More

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co.. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1868. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Leather. Quarter leather over marbled boards, spines in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering on orange and black panels on spines, cream endpapers. B&W frontispiece in each volume. . The label on Volume IV is chipped with loss, the volumes are otherwise fine. NEAR FINE. . 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

London: F. And C. Rivington. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1803. Early Edition. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Complete in 16 Volumes. Publisher's half dark green leather with marbled boards, endpapers and edges, 5 gilt decorated raised bands on spine, gilt lettering in two of the compartments on the spine, gilt decoration in the remaining four. The first eight volumes are dated 1803, with the remaining eight volumes dating from1812 to 1827. . Leather spines are brittle and chipped with some loss at the heads of the spine on about five of the volumes, rubbing but no loss at the bottom of the spines and the tips, hinges are rubbed, but holding, former owner's name in elegant cursive at top of title page, else unmarked, square and clean. GOOD+. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: T. Cadell and Jun. and W. Davies. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1802. 1st Edition. First Printing. Leather. First Edition, First Printing. Three volumes in contemporary half calf over marcled boards, spines in five compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments on burgundy labels, intricate gilt tooling in the remainder, blind-stamped borders on covers, marbled endpapers, marbled edges. Frontispiece portrait of George III in volume one. John Adolphus (1768–1845) was an English barrister and historian. This, his major work, was first published in 1802. It includes summaries of parliamentary debates, and Adolphus was praised for it in issue No. 2 of the Edinburgh Review. The papers of George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe had been placed at Adolphus's disposal in the preparation of his history, and they enabled him to throw light on the conduct of Lord Bute, and on the political transactions of the earlier years of the reign of George… Read More

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823. First edition. Very Good. First editions. Complete in 12 volumes. 'Illustrated by a Series of Historical and Explanatory Notes, which will be found to contain an Account of all the Naval Actions and other Important Events, from the Commencement of the Late Reign, in 1760, to the Present Period. With Copious Addenda'. 8vo, library rebound in half leather with blue cloth boards. Titles in gilt on spine & library name on cover.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co.. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1868. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Leather. Quarter leather over marbled boards, spines in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering on orange and black panels on spines, cream endpapers. B&W frontispiece in each volume. . The label on Volume IV is chipped with loss, the volumes are otherwise fine. NEAR FINE. . 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

London: F. And C. Rivington. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1803. Early Edition. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Complete in 16 Volumes. Publisher's half dark green leather with marbled boards, endpapers and edges, 5 gilt decorated raised bands on spine, gilt lettering in two of the compartments on the spine, gilt decoration in the remaining four. The first eight volumes are dated 1803, with the remaining eight volumes dating from1812 to 1827. . Leather spines are brittle and chipped with some loss at the heads of the spine on about five of the volumes, rubbing but no loss at the bottom of the spines and the tips, hinges are rubbed, but holding, former owner's name in elegant cursive at top of title page, else unmarked, square and clean. GOOD+. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: T. Cadell and Jun. and W. Davies. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1802. 1st Edition. First Printing. Leather. First Edition, First Printing. Three volumes in contemporary half calf over marcled boards, spines in five compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments on burgundy labels, intricate gilt tooling in the remainder, blind-stamped borders on covers, marbled endpapers, marbled edges. Frontispiece portrait of George III in volume one. John Adolphus (1768–1845) was an English barrister and historian. This, his major work, was first published in 1802. It includes summaries of parliamentary debates, and Adolphus was praised for it in issue No. 2 of the Edinburgh Review. The papers of George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe had been placed at Adolphus's disposal in the preparation of his history, and they enabled him to throw light on the conduct of Lord Bute, and on the political transactions of the earlier years of the reign of George… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co., 1892. Inscribed at front end page to "John V. MacMillan from his tutor C. L (?), Eton Election 1895". Sumptuously bound in full vellum, backs with red and brown morocco labels, gilt lettering, ornate floral gilt tooled decorations, double gilt rules to covers, marbled end papers, all edges stained red, a glorious set befitting the occasion and the recipient, a scion of this set's publisher. John V. MacMillan ( 1877-1950) was the son of Alexander MacMillan, the co-founder in 1843 of MacMillan Publishing. John did not enter the publishing business, instead deciding on an ecclesiastical career and eventually becoming the Bishop of Dover, the fifth in the modern era. Profusely decorated throughout with vignettes and full page illustrations, many in color. Four volumes, Near Fine, slight toning to end pages, a few pages small top corner creases, boards light soiling, fold-out of London Bridge Vol. III Near Fine with a few small creases, top edges a bit dulled, a few… Read More

Cotton, Charles. (1630-1687) Poems On several Occasions. Written by Charles Cotton, Esq. London: Printed for Tho. Basset, at the George in Fleet-street; Will. Hinsman and Tho. Fox, in Westminster-Hall, 1689.
Octavo, 7.1 x 4.4 in. First edition. A4, B-Z8, Aa-Zz8. This copy was formerly the property of Wadsworth Library 1868 and has its blind stamp on the title; library numbers appear on the verso of the title. The contents are cleaned and in good condition throughout, and the book is now bound in full handsome speckled calfskin in the style of the seventeenth century English binding.
Charles Cotton:
English poet and country squire, chiefly remembered for his share in Izaak Walton's The Compleate Angler.
Cotton made a number of translations from the French, including, in 1685, the often-reprinted Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne, Corneille's Horace (1671), and several historical and philosophical works. Following the French fashion, he wrote Scarronides (1664, 1665), which is a coarse burlesque… Read More