London: Printed for A. Millar, opposite to Catharine-Street in the Strand, 1752. First London edition. The first attempt to give an account of the life and work of Swift. Orrery's book is, according to the DNB, "full of rancour and grudging criticism"—even though he and Swift had been good friends..... Read More about Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift ... In a Series of Letters ... to his Son,...

London: A. Baldwin, 1711. First edition. On the siege of Bouchain during the War of Spanish Succession, the last major victory of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Hare places the Whig Medley in dialogue with the Tory Examiner, whose editor for much of 1711 was Jonathan Swift. Mrs. Manley..... Read More about Bouchain: in a Dialogue Between the Late Medley and Examiner

[London] Dublin Printed. London: Reprinted: A. Moore, 1734. First edition. First edition of this unauthorized miscellany gathering previously published material. The name "A. Moore" is fictitious, as is the mention of a Dublin edition. "An Apology to Lady Carteret" and "An Epistle to his Excellency John Lord Carteret" are by..... Read More about Miscellanies. Consisting Chiefly of Original Pieces in Prose and Verse. By D--n S----t

London: printed for N. Blandford; and sold by J. Peele, 1726. First Blandford edition. A famous poem about the relationship between Swift and Esther Vanhomrigh ("Vanessa"), who died in 1723 and among whose papers a manuscript of the poem was found. It was first published in Dublin on about April..... Read More about Cadenus and Vanessa. A poem. By Dr. S—t

London: John Morphew, 1711. First edition, second state, large paper copy. Large Paper Copy, with Swift's 'Meditation Upon a Broom-Stick'. Contains the first authorized printing of Swift's "Meditation upon a Broom-Stick," which was first printed by Curll on about 6 April 1710 from a manuscript stolen from Swift. The present..... Read More about Miscellanies in Prose and Verse

London: John Morphew, 1713. First edition. A sammelband of 16 tracts, including the first edition of Burnet's Introduction to volume 3 of his History of the Reformation as well as Swift's reply (his Preface to B[ishop] of S[a]r[u]m's Introduction). Burnet painted Popery as the deadliest of evils, and suggested that..... Read More about A Preface to the B----p of S--r--m's Introduction to the Third Volume of the History of the...

[London] Dublin printed. London, re-printed: J. Roberts, 1731. First London edition. Teerink attributes this to Swift (whose name appears on the title) — though only the poem "The Place of the Damn'd" is certainly by him. Read More about A Proposal Humbly Offer'd to the P——t, for the More Effectual Preventing the Further Growth...

London: J. Tonson, A and J. Churchill & R. Simpson, 1700. First edition. Montagu family copy of a uniformly bound 4-volume set of the letters of Sir William Temple, comprising the 1700 two-volume first edition of the letters (vols. I & II of the set), the first authorized edition of..... Read More about Letters Written by Sir W. Temple, Bart and Other Ministers of State, Both at Home and Abroad....

London: Printed by T. Bensley for B. White and Son, 1789. First edition. Frank Hogan Copy of the First Edition. A classic of English literature and a cornerstone of popular natural history. Gilbert White (1720-1793)is admired by modern ornithologists as one of the first observers to record detailed notes of..... Read More about The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the Country of Southampton