Aberdeen: Printed for the Spalding Club, 1851. First edition, small 4to, l, (2), 185, (1) pp. Tipped onto the paste down is a letter from the Spalding Club Secretary, John Stuart, to an unspecified recipient thanking him for the loan of a volume to the club. Original gilt titled green..... More
Oxford: At the University Press, 1843. Large 8vo, (iv), 1364 pp. Marbled endpapers, later inscription to fly leaf verso, Harrow School prize label to the paste down. Contemporary diced calf, a.e.g., gilt spine and borders, spine slightly sunned, light rubbing to joints. More
Oxford: Printed at the Theater. 1702-1704. First edition, large paper copy, three volumes, folio, (xxiv), 557, (1; xvi), 581, (1; xxiv), 603, (23) pp. Frontispiece portraits and title vignettes, engraved head and tailpieces throughout, signature cut from the top corner of each title, early note concerning the authorship of the..... More
London: Christophers, 1921. Second edition, no. 59 of 125 copies, 8vo, xxix, (i), 363, (1) pp. 10 plates plus a folding genealogy and two facsimile letters. Handsomely bound for the bookseller Charles J. Sawyer in later full morocco, t.e.g., faint sunning of the spine otherwise a lovely copy. Originally published..... More
London: Arthur L. Humphreys, (1907). First edition, small 8vo, (viii), 310 pp. Uncut in the original limp vellum, t.e.g., some minor marks, very minor loss to the top of the spine otherwise an excellent copy. A collection of 17th century pieces handing down advice to children, the exception being Sir..... More
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, (1979). First edition, 4to, 240 pp. Numerous black and white photographic illustrations, signed by Lord Snowdon on the fly leaf. Cloth, d.w. with some rubbing and one small tear to the top edge. More
London: Printed for A. Millar, 1752. Second edition, 8vo, (ii), 214, (8 Index) pp. Portrait frontispiece. Contemporary calf, edges rubbed, rebacked in a lighter calf with a red label. More
London: Richard Bentley, 1833. First edition. Three volumes. Later red buckram, twin gilt lettered black spine labels. Frontispiece portrait to volume I. Dampstaining to the frontispiece, slightly affecting the adjacent title, else a decent set. More
London: Printed for Rodwell and Martin... and Colburn and Co., 1820. Four volumes. 8vo. Later red buckram, twin gilt lettered black spine labels. Frontispiece portrait to volume I. Occasional wear to the labels, very good overall. More