Recent Arrivals from John Price Antiquarian Books

London: Edward Moxon, Dover Street. MDCCCXXXIV 1834. SECOND EDITION. 8vo, 216 x 130 mms., pp cviii, 350, [351 errata, 352 colophon], bound c.1900 by Riviere in half red polished calf, cloth sides; raised bands on spine; the spine colour is somewhat mottled, but else a fine, clean copy; along the top margin of the title-page, there… Read more about this item

London, Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins..., 1703. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 165 x 102 mms., pp. [xvi], 227 [228 blank], recent full calf, new end-papers; text browned ESTC S122159 (ten copies world-wide); Sweet & Maxwell I p. 498.3 According to the Oxford DNBN, John Brydall/Bridall (?1635 - 1705) "matriculated as a commoner in… Read more about this item

Dublin: H. Fitzpatrick. 1818. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 8 (in 4s), 183 x 103 mms., pp. [ii], 2 [2], [3] - 29 [30 - 34 blank], engraved frontispiece, additional engrave plates on the verso of blank leaves between page 14 and 15, 16 and 17, bound in contemporary diced calf, gilt border on covers, gilt rules… Read more about this item

London: Printed and Published by J. Kay..., 1828. 12mo, 170 x 100 mms., pp. xii, 292, including half-title, engraved portrait of Johnson as frontispiece, original boards, entirely uncut, paper label on spine; book label on recto of frontispiece front joint shaky, top and base of spine chipped, corners worn. Fleeman 81.11B (parts 1… Read more about this item

London: London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1875. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Thick 8vo, 223 x 139 mms., pp xxiv, 824,[28, 2, advertisements dated to 1877], text wood engravings, tables, index; original red-brown cloth, decorated in blind to the upper boards; the head of the spine snagged but repaired neatly; internally clean and sound; a very good copy.… Read more about this item

London: John Harris..., 1832. 12mo (in 6s), 140 x 87 mms., pp. iv [5] - 252, engraved frontispiece,contemporary quarter sheepskin, marbled boards (rubbed). tilt label; corners worn and binding a bit shabby. This novel for children was to prove the author's most popular publication: Barbara Hofland [née Wreaks] (1770 - 1844) published about 60… Read more about this item

London: Printed by Baylis, Greville-Street, and Sold by the Author, No. 29, Great Pulteney-Street, Golden-Square, and by all the Booksellers in Town and Country. 1798. FIRST EDITION. 8vo (in 4s), 200 x 122 mms., pp. [iv], 235 [236 directions for plates], with adverts on verso of half-title, engraved plate before first page of text, another engraved plate… Read more about this item

London: Pri nted for James andJohn Knapton... MDCCXXV 1725. 8vo, 191 x119 mms., pp. [xii], xx, 1 - 366 [367 - 368 index, 369 -372 adverts, contemporary presentation inscription on top margin of title-page, 18th century panelled calf; front joint cracked.

London: Printed for J. Johnson..., 1798. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 4to, 273 x 212 mms., pp. [iv], [iii] - xv [xvi blank], xx, 214 [215 Errata. 216 blank], 13 engraved plates, followed by another of errata, contemporary calf (rubbed and worn), crudely rebacked with canvas, affecting inner margin of title-page and following leaf. The Irish… Read more about this item

York: Printed for W. Alexander..., 1820. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, 182 107 mms. pp. iv, 5 - 168, original printed boards, uncut; boards a bit soiled, but a good copy with the contemporary autograph "Mary Stevens 1822" on the recto of the front paste-down end-paper TAYLOR, Hannah, formerly HARRIS (1774-1812) was born on 21 Nov. 1774… Read more about this item

London, Printed by Tho: Newcomb, for Tich: Marriot, sold by most Booksellers. M.DC.LXX 1670. 8vo, 161 x 101 mms., pp. 140, 19th century quarter calf, marbled boards; lacks portrait, title-page soiled, gutter and fore-margin crudely repaired, last page soiled and darkened almost beyond readability; a very poor copy. Walton's life of Hooker was first published… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Printed for A. Guthrie, and J. & J. Robinson, 1793. 12mo (in 6s), 146 x 85 mms., pp. [ii], vi, 46. AND: An Unfortunate Mother's Advice, to Her Daughters, in a Letter to Miss Pennington. By the Late Lady Pennington. Edinburgh: Printed for A. Guthrie, and J. & J. Robinson, 1793.… Read more about this item

London: Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1831. FIRST EDITION. Tall 8vo, 225 x 143 mms., pp. vii [viii blank], 214, original boards, uncut, paper label on spine, which is worn with joints slightly tender The great friend of Horace Walpole, Mary Berry (1763 - 1852) and her sister, Agnes (1764–1852), were… Read more about this item

London: Printed for B. White..., 1787. Large 8vo, 214 x 127 mms., pp. xxv [xxvi blank], 500 [501 - 530 indexes], contemporary calf, red leather label; front joint cracked and tender. The letters were addressed to Madame Delessert. Martyn's edition of Rousseau's work was first published in 1785. Despite Rousseau's name on… Read more about this item

London: Printed for Thomas Corbett, at Addison's-Head, without Temple-Bar. M.DCC.XXVII, 1737.. FIRST EDITION. 12m0 (in 6s), 158 x 91 mms., pp, [iii] iv - xxii [xxiii - xxiv blank], 137 [138 blan, 139 -142 Contents], contemporary sheepksin, with spine restored; edges worn, but a good copy with With signature of Robert Harry Inglis (1786-1855), 2nd Baronet, to… Read more about this item

Florence, Published by Glaucus Masi and Co., 1839. 12mo, 168 x 97 mms., pp. 564, contemporary quarter vellum, gilt spine, olive morocco label; vellum corners worn, but a good to very good copy. Little seems to be known about Angelo Vergani (fl. 1799-1813), but the reprint market is awash with copies of this volume, often giving… Read more about this item

London: Printed for Baldwn and Cradock; Longman and Co.; J. Bookere; Hamilton and Co.; Darton and Harvey;Dulac and Co.; and Simpkin and Marshall. 1834. 12mo (in 6s), 136 x 82 mms., pp. iv, 176, engraved vignette on title-page, and 4 other engraved vignettes at the beginning of eadh part, contemporary quarter green roan, marbled boards, gilt spine; top and… Read more about this item

London: Printed for the Society of Antiquaries by John Nichols..., 1790. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 4to, 271 x 217 mms., pp. [iv] v - xxii, 476, contemporary calf, stoutly rebacked with old spine and red leather label laid down; corners worn, ex-library College of Arms, London, stamp on title-page, with deaccession label on front paste-down end-paper. … Read more about this item

London, Printed and Sold by Joseph Downing..., 1704. 4to, 195 x 152 mms., pp. [viii] 7 - 63 [64 adverts], engraved frontispiece, recent full calf, gilt spine, A loosely inserted typed note kindicateds that the frontispiece and title-page have been, and that many other restorations of the work have been, and that the binding is recent.… Read more about this item

Dublin: Printed by Richard Coyne..., 1825. 12mo (in 6s), 138 x 85 mms., pp. 172, engraved woodcut of the last supper on title-page, contemporary sheepskin; front joint cracked but firm, top and base of spine worn; a fair copy. Francesco Scupoli (c, 1530 – 1610), better known by his religious name Lorenzo Scupoli, published Il combattimento… Read more about this item