WALTON, Izaak.

The Life of Dr. Sanderson, late Bishop...

London, Printed for Richard Marriott. 1678.

First edition, the last of Walton’s five...

£400

SWIFT, Jonathan.

The Works … accurately revised in twelve...

London, Printed for C. Bathurst, C. Davis,...

The large octavo first Hawkesworth edition...

£750

WALLER, Edmund. 

Poems, &c. written by Mr. Ed. Waller...

London, Printed by I. N. for Hu. Mosley...

Second (but first licensed) edition of...

£850

[JOHNSON, Samuel].

The Prince of Abissinia. A Tale. In two...

London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley...

First edition of Johnson’s only novel,...

£1600

[DODSLEY, Robert, editor].

A Collection of Poems. By several Hands....

London: Printed for R. Dodsley … 1748.

First edition, the most influential poetical...

£450

DRYDEN, John.

Religio Laici or a Layman’s Faith. A Poem …

London, Printed for Jacob Tonson … 1683.

First edition, second issue (with a few...

£400

COLERIDGE, S[amuel] T[aylor].

The Watchman. No. I [III, IV]. Tuesday,...

Bristol: and sold by the Booksellers and...

Three (of ten) issues of The Watchman,...

£750

JOHNSON, Samuel.

Letters to and from the late Samuel Johnson,...

… London: Printed for A. Strahan; and...

First edition. Mrs Piozzi, when she was...

£650

[SMOLLETT, Tobias].

The Adventures of Roderick Random … in...

London: Printed for J. Osborn … 1748.

Second edition, with ‘major imaginative...

£500

ROSCOMMON, Wentworth Dillon, Earl of.

Poems … to which is added an Essay on...

London: Printed for J. Tonson … 1717.

First edition of this collection, notable...

£400

PRIOR, Matthew.

Poems on several Occasions.

London: Printed for Jacob Tonson … 1709.

First authorised edition, preceded by Curll’s...

£400

POEMS ON AFFAIRS OF STATE:

from the Time of Oliver Cromwell, to the...

Printed in the Year 1702

Fourth edition of this popular collection...

£425

HALIFAX, George Savile, Marquis of.

Miscellanies … viz. I. Advice to a Daughter....

London: Printed for Matt. Gillyflower … 1700.

First edition, the issue without the two...

£450

COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor.

Biographia Literaria; or biographical Sketches...

London: Rest Fenner … 1817.

First edition. Coleridge’s estimates...

£450

[BASKERVILLE PRESS.]

The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration...

Third and final edition of Baskerville’s...

£1200

OVERBURY, Sir Thomas.

Sir Thomas Overbury His Wife. With Additions...

London, Printed by John Haviland, for...

Sixteenth edition of the most popular character...

£600

ALVAREZ DE ARENALES, Jose.

Noticias historicas y descriptivas sobre...

Montevideo, [Imprenta del Comercio del...

Rare second edition, after the first of...

£100

BARDUZZI, Bernardino.

A Letter in Praise of Verona [1489]. In...

Verona, [Officina Bodoni,] 1974.

First edition, No. 34 of 150 copies: an...

£375

BEARDÉ DE L’ABBAYE.

Essays in agriculture: or, a variety of...

London, T. Carnan, 1776.

First and only edition in English. Little...

£200

BLANQUI, Jérôme Adolphe, l’Ainé.

Histoire de l’économie politique en...

Paris, Guillaumin, 1837.

First edition of ‘the first major history...

£125