TACITUS. 

C. Cornelius Tacitus, cum optimis exemplaribus...

Amsterdam, Daniel Elzevir, 1678. 

A remarkably fresh set of the third and...

£275

HUGHES, Langston. 

Shakespeare in Harlem. 

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1942.

First edition of this wartime collection...

£1000

[BOLINGBROKE, Henry St John, Viscount].

Letters, on the Spirit of Patriotism: on...

London: Printed for A. Millar … 1749.

First authorised edition. Written in 1738...

£375

KELLER, Martialis.

Neueröffnete Himmels-Schule, in welcher...

Augsburg, Matthäus Riegers, 1793.

Rare later edition of this educational...

£500

LAING, Alexander. 

The True Hero and Other Poems … 

Glasgow, Morison Brothers, 1893. 

First edition, scarce, a presentation copy,...

£375

[THE BOOK COLLECTOR.]

A special Number to commemorate the 150th...

The Book Collector, 1997.

A collection of essays together recounting...

£25

MYERS, Robin, Michael HARRIS, and Giles MANDELBROTE (eds).

Lives in Book History: Changing Contours...

Leicester, Garendon Press, 2022.

‘This volume has grown out of one event...

£35

QUARITCH, Bernard Alexander Christian, editor.

Contributions towards a Dictionary of English...

London, Bernard Quaritch Ltd, 1969.

A facsimile reprint of Quaritch’s series...

£25

SWIFT, Jonathan. 

A Tale of a Tub … to which is added,...

London, C. Bathurst, 1751. 

A scarce later edition of Swift’s classic...

£175

STEPNIAK, Sergey. 

דאָס אינטערערדישע רוסלאַנד...

New York, Maks N. Maisel, 1921. 

Scarce first American edition in Yiddish...

£150

WALLER, Edmund. 

Poems, &c. written by Mr. Ed. Waller...

London, Printed by I. N. for Hu. Mosley...

Second (but first licensed) edition of...

£850

[JUVENILE.] 

Preliminary lessons on the history of England,...

Taunton, J. Poole, 1821. 

Later edition of this uncommon Taunton-printed...

£135

ELIOT, George.

The Writings …

Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin...

The Large-Paper edition of Eliot’s complete...

£2500

PRIOR, Matthew.

Poems on several Occasions.

London: Printed for Jacob Tonson … 1709.

First authorised edition, preceded by Curll’s...

£400

FIELDING, Henry.

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling …

Paris: Printed by Fr. Amb. Didot the eldest,...

The first French edition in English of...

£425

HUGHES, John.

Poems on several Occasions. With some select...

London: Printed for J. Tonson and J. Watts....

First edition of the principal collection...

£850

[UNGER, Salomo Gottlob.]

Geschichte des Oesterreich-Russischen und...

Leipzig, Wilhelm Gottlob Sommer, 1792.

First and only edition, extremely rare,...

£1250

[HALL STEVENSON, John.]

Makarony Fables …

London: ‘Printed for Circulation among...

Limited edition, numbered 172 of 300 copies,...

£100

BLANCHARD, Edward Litt Leman.

A Pipe of Tobacco: with Whiffs and Clouds...

London: H. Beal … [1840s?].

First edition, by the editor and play-...

£125

[EMBOSSED BINDING.] DE LA RUE, Thomas (binder). SHERIDAN, Louisa Henrietta.

The Comic Offering; or Ladies’ Melange...

London, Smith, Elder, and Co., 1832.

An appropriately light-hearted embossed...

£300