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Item #235663 Collection of 35 first and early editions of his works. Leigh Hunt

Collection of 35 first and early editions of his works.

all published in London (except as noted below): from 1801-1870. Substantial collection of the writings of on who, as "Hazlitt said in THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE (1825) ... 'improves upon acquaintance'; everyone can gain from knowing him better." (Nicholas Roe, ODNB). Comprising: Juvenalia; or, a Collection of Poems. Frontis..... Read More about Collection of 35 first and early editions of his works

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Item #309866 Hedda Gabler. A Drama in Four Acts … Translated from the Norwegian by Edmund...

Hedda Gabler. A Drama in Four Acts … Translated from the Norwegian by Edmund Gosse.

London: William Heinemann, 1891. First edition in English, no. 66 of 100 copies of the Large Paper Edition. The large paper edition of the first English edition of Hedda Habler, limited to 100 copies. First published in London in an edition of 12 copies to secure copyright followed by the..... Read More about Hedda Gabler. A Drama in Four Acts … Translated from the Norwegian by Edmund Gosse

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Item #324277 An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae, a Disease...

An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae, a Disease Discovered in some of the Western Counties...

Springfield, [Mass.]: Reprinted for Dr. Samuel Cooley, by Ashley & Brewer, 1802. First American edition. Rare first American edition of Jenner's work: "the basis of the modern science of immunology" (PMM) and "one of the great triumphs in the history of medicine" (Garrison-Morton). "Soon after Inquiry was published, Benjamin Waterhouse..... Read More about An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae, a Disease Discovered in some of...

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Item #318140 L'Homme Machine Bound With: L'Homme plus que Machine A londres [Holland?]: [n.p.]...

One of the most provocative texts of 18th-century materialism

L'Homme Machine Bound With: L'Homme plus que Machine A londres [Holland?]: [n.p.] 1748.

Leiden: De'Imp. d'Elie Luzac, 1748. Presumed second edition. One of the most provocative texts of 18th-century materialism. Julien Offray de La Mettrie's (1709-1751) controversial major work. In it, he denies the existence of a soul, and extends Descartes' argument of animals as automatons, akin to complex machines, to include human..... Read More about L'Homme Machine Bound With: L'Homme plus que Machine A londres [Holland?]: [n.p.] 1748

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Item #217270 Œuvres ... Nouvelle Édition, dirigée par M.A.G. Desmarest....

Fish, Snakes and Whales -- in 187 Plates

Œuvres ... Nouvelle Édition, dirigée par M.A.G. Desmarest.

Paris: Chez Ladrange et Verdière, 1826-1833. Fish, Snakes and Whales -- in 187 Plates. Superb edition, handsomely presented, of the works of the great French naturalist and succesor to Buffon, collecting his massive HISTOIRE NATURELLE DES POISSONS; ... DES QUADRUPEDES OVIPARES; ... DES SERPENTS; and DES CÉTACÉES. In addition, the..... Read More about Œuvres ... Nouvelle Édition, dirigée par M.A.G. Desmarest

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Item #240930 The Life of a Lover. Sophia Lee

A BEAUTY

The Life of a Lover.

London: Printed for G. & J. Robinson, 1804. First edition, with half-titles. A BEAUTY. First edition in an Irish binding of Sophia Lee's partly autobiographical epistolary novel. It was translated into French by Madame de Salaberry and published under the title Savinia Rivers, ou le danger d'aimer. Read More about The Life of a Lover

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Item #313644 Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; including a sketch of sixteen...

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; including a sketch of sixteen years' residence in the interior of Africa.

London: John Murrary, 1857. First edition, Bradlow's Variant No. 2. "Livingstone's services to African geography ... are almost unequalled ... he explored vast regions of central Africa, many of which had never been seen by white men before" (PMM). One of the great classics of African travel. When Livingstone returned..... Read More about Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; including a sketch of sixteen years' residence...

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Item #317013 Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; Including a Sketch of Sixteen...

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa and...

London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1857. First edition. "Livingstone's services to African geography ... are almost unequalled ... he explored vast regions of central Africa, many of which had never been seen by white men before" (PMM). One of the great classics of African travel. When Livingstone returned to England..... Read More about Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence...

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Item #232794 WORKS: comprising: Farina: A Legend of Cologne. London, 1857; The Ordeal of Richard...

WITH ALL SADLEIR'S RARITIES

WORKS: comprising: Farina: A Legend of Cologne. London, 1857; The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. London, 1859. 3 volumes; Evan Harrington...

London: vd [1857-1892]. First Editions. WITH ALL SADLEIR'S RARITIES. An amazing assemblage of the works of one of England's major 19th century novelists all in magnificent full green morocco bindings with the original covers bound in at the back. We have never had such a complete collection. Sadleir (pp. 380-381)..... Read More about WORKS: comprising: Farina: A Legend of Cologne. London, 1857; The Ordeal of Richard Feverel....

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Item #229258 The Works of. George Meredith

With a Letter from Meredith to Moncure Conway

The Works of.

London: Constable & Co, 1909-10. Memorial edition. With a Letter from Meredith to Moncure Conway. Laid into volume I is a fine Autograph Letter signed from Meredith to M.D. Conway (Moncure Conway, the American abolitionist, transcendentalist, etc.). 2pp. 8vo, Mickleham near Dorking, January 14, 1868. Writing as the acting editor..... Read More about The Works of

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Item #223044 The Works of Monsieur de Moliere [Translated by John Ozell]. Molière,...

First Collected Molière in English

The Works of Monsieur de Moliere [Translated by John Ozell].

London: Printed for Bernard Lintot, 1714. First collected edition of Molière in English. First Collected Molière in English. The first collected edition in English of the plays of Molìere, with all but two of the translations by John Ozell (d. 1743), one of the most important translators of the first..... Read More about The Works of Monsieur de Moliere [Translated by John Ozell

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Item #222708 History of Northumberland. Northumberland, Edward Bateson

History of Northumberland.

Newcastle-Up0n-Tyne: Messr Andrew Reid & Co., Ltd., Printing Court Buildings. London: Simpkins, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, 1893-1914. First editions, one 1000 copies. Vol. I The Parish of Bamburgh; Vol.II The Parishes of Embleton, Ellingham, Howick, Long Houghton, and Lesbury; Vol. III Hexhamshire, Part I; Vol. IV-Hexamshire Part II; Vol..... Read More about History of Northumberland

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