Letters … to His Most Intimate Friends, Published by His Daughter Mrs. Medalle.
London: T. Becket, 1775. First edition. Read More about Letters … to His Most Intimate Friends, Published by His Daughter Mrs. Medalle
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![Item #308165 The Sermons of Mr. Yorick. [Volumes 1-4, and:] Sermons by the Late Rev. Mr. Sterne...](/pictures/thumb/308165.jpg?v=1669652676)
The Sermons of Mr. Yorick. [Volumes 1-4, and:] Sermons by the Late Rev. Mr. Sterne [Volumes 5-7].
London: R. & J. Dodsley; T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt; W. Strahan, et al, 1760-1769. First edition. First edition of what was probably Sterne's most popular work during his lifetime, comprising 45 sermons ("Inquiry after Happiness," "Vindication of Human Nature," "The Shortness and Troubles of Life," "Pride," "Humility," "On..... Read More about The Sermons of Mr. Yorick. [Volumes 1-4, and:] Sermons by the Late Rev. Mr. Sterne [Volumes 5-7
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An Essay Upon the Life, Writings, and Character, of Dr. Jonathan Swift. Interspersed with some occasional Animadversions Upon the Remarks...
London: Printed for Charles Bathhurst, 1755. First edition. Early biography of Swift, written by Deane Swift, the cousin of Jonathan; of special interest for its treatment of Jonathan's relations to his contemporaries. It includes unpublished letters from Dr. Swift, and a good deal of material by others of his circle..... Read More about An Essay Upon the Life, Writings, and Character, of Dr. Jonathan Swift. Interspersed with some...
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![Item #308182 The Intelligencer [nos. 1-19]. Jonathan Swift, Thomas SHERIDAN](/pictures/thumb/308182.jpg?v=1669652679)
The Intelligencer [nos. 1-19].
[London] Printed at Dublin. London Reprinted: A. Moor [i.e. William Bowyer], 1729. First collected edition. An Irish periodical published through the previous year and gathered here for the first time. Includes two pieces on John Gay, one on “the folly of gaming,” one on “the foolish methods of education among..... Read More about The Intelligencer [nos. 1-19
Price: $400
'For Gulliver divinely shews, / That Humankind are all Yahoos'
A Panegyric on the Reverend D--n S----t. In Answer to the Libel on Dr. D--y, and a Certain Great L--d...
[Dublin]: [s.n.], 1729-30. First edition. 'For Gulliver divinely shews, / That Humankind are all Yahoos'. Rare copy of an anti-Swift satire variously attributed to the minor Irish poet James Arbuckle and Swift himself. The poem, which paints Swift's misanthropy as a form of self-regard, was one of a series of..... Read More about A Panegyric on the Reverend D--n S----t. In Answer to the Libel on Dr. D--y, and a Certain Great...
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Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift ... In a Series of Letters ... to his Son...
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,...
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The Duke of M—'s Vindication. In Answer to a Pamphlet Falsely So Called.
London: A. Baldwin, 1712. A reply to Delarivier Manley's The D. of M—h's Vindication (1711), itself a reply to Francis Hare's attack on Swift and the Examiner, Bouchain: in a Dialogue Between the Late Medley and Examiner (1711). One of two editions published in 1712. Read More about The Duke of M—'s Vindication. In Answer to a Pamphlet Falsely So Called
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Bouchain: in a Dialogue Between the Late Medley and Examiner.
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
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Volume of pamphlets by Swift and others, formed by a contemporary collector, relating to his Conduct of the Allies (1711)...
London: Various publishers, 1711-1712. The pamphlets are as follows: [SWIFT, Jonathan.] THE CONDUCT OF THE ALLIES, and of the late ministry, in beginning and carrying on the present war . . . The second edition, corrected. London, printed for John Morphew ... 1711. Second edition, 96 pp. Teerink 539. [HARE..... Read More about Volume of pamphlets by Swift and others, formed by a contemporary collector, relating to his...
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Miscellanies. Consisting Chiefly of Original Pieces in Prose and Verse. By D--n S----t.
[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
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The History of the Four Last Years of the Queen…Published from the last Manuscript Copy, Corrected and Enlarged by the...
London: Printed for A. Millar, in the Strand, 1758. First edition. Swift wrote the History in 1713 but was repeatedly dissuaded from publishing it during his lifetime. Read More about The History of the Four Last Years of the Queen…Published from the last Manuscript Copy,...
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Cadenus and Vanessa. A poem. By Dr. 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
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Swift the Tory Propagandist
The Examiner. Or, Remarks Upon Papers and Occurrences.
[Dublin: C. Carter], 14 August 1710-15 August 1711. Dublin reprint edition. Swift the Tory Propagandist. The complete first volume of the Dublin reprint of The Examiner, organ of the Tory party for which Swift acted as unpaid editor. Swift left the Whig party in 1710 in protest to its indifference..... Read More about The Examiner. Or, Remarks Upon Papers and Occurrences
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First London Edition of the Drapier Letters
The Hibernian Patriot: Being a Collection of the Drapier's Letters to the People of Ireland, Concerning Mr. Wood's Brass Half-Pence...
[London] Printed at Dublin. London Reprinted: A. Moor [i.e. William Bowyer], 1730. First London edition. First London Edition of the Drapier Letters. The first London edition of Swift’s pseudonymous letters, first issued separately in 1724, then collected first by the Dublin edition of 1725 under the title Fraud Detected. In..... Read More about The Hibernian Patriot: Being a Collection of the Drapier's Letters to the People of Ireland,...
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Large Paper Copy, with Swift's 'Meditation Upon a Broom-Stick'
Miscellanies in Prose and Verse.
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
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Political Tracts.
London: C. Davis, 1738. First edition thus. A supplement to the Swift-Pope's Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, first published by Motte in 1727, reprinting Swift's political tracts from volumes V & VI of Faulkner's 1738 Dublin edition of the Works. Read More about Political Tracts
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A Preface to the B----p of S--r--m's Introduction to the Third Volume of the History of the Reformation of the...
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...
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Swift vs. Burnet
A Preface to the B——p of S–r–m's Introduction to the Third Volume of the History of the Reformation of the...
London: John Morphew, 1713. First edition. Swift vs. Burnet. First edition of Swift's reply to Gilbert Burnet's Introduction to volume 3 of his History of the Reformation. Burnet painted Popery as the deadliest of evils, and suggested that only Whig bishops, such as himself, could resist it. Swift, having switched..... Read More about A Preface to the B——p of S–r–m's Introduction to the Third Volume of the History of the...
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A Proposal Humbly Offer'd to the P——t, for the More Effectual Preventing the Further Growth of Popery … By Dr...
[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...
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The Works … in two volumes. ... To which is prefix’d Some account of the life and writings of the...
London: J. Round, J. Tonson, J. Clarke, B. Motte, T. Wotton, S. Birt, and T. Osborne, 1731. Second edition of the Works. Read More about The Works … in two volumes. ... To which is prefix’d Some account of the life and writings of...
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Letters Written by Sir W. Temple, Bart and Other Ministers of State, Both at Home and Abroad. Containing an Account...
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....
Price: $750
The Seasons.
London: Printed [by Samuel Richardson], 1730. First collected edition. Read More about The Seasons
Price: $450
Frank Hogan Copy of the First Edition
The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the Country of Southampton.
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
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