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authors. By John Holmes.
Dublin: Printed by Alex. Stewart, 86,
Bride-Street,
1806. Pages viii, 99, 12mo, original unlettered sheep:
with a little wear at headband but binding sound, strong and
attractive, wanting a front blank flyleaf: a very good, unpressed
copy.
John Stirling (or Sterling) published his System of Rhetoric in the 1730s,
but the earliest edition traced in ESTC is the fourth of 1744, and of
Holmes’s work 1738. Both were probably the most popular and most
widely-used works on rhetoric in the 18C. COPAC and WorldCat locate
only the BL copy of this Dublin printing. Not in D on-line. See Alston
VI. 161.
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€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
905
.
HIGHWAYS AND TURNPIKE ROADS.
Statement of
the general laws respecting highways. and turnpike roads;
including the substance of the new acts. Entered at the Stamp-
Office.
London: Printed and Published by J. Briscoe, 15, Angel Street,
St. Martin’s-le-Grand, circa
1832
FIRST EDITION, 72-pages, 12mo, original printed paper
wrapper: the stitching loose snd the wrappers chipped and worn
but still a good to very good copy in original state.
WorldCat and COPAC locate only a single copy: BL. That copy,
however, extends to page 68 only and does not include the two final
leaves, paged (69) – 72 containing “Amendments”. The latest date
quoted on these two leaves is 1828 while the latest reference in the body of
the work is to “1 & 2 Will. 4” which would date publication to about
1832 – the BL entry suggest [1825?].
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
WALLACE (Patrick M. S.).
The
trials of Patrick Maxwell Stewart Wallace, and Michael Shaw
Stewart Wallace, for wilfully destroying the brig Dryad, off
Cuba, with intent to defraud the Marine Assurance Companies...
Printed and published by Williams and Son,
1841. FIRST
EDITION, pages viii,294, 8vo, original cloth: a very good copy.
Both defendants were found guilty and were sentenced to transportation
for life.
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SMITH (Madeline): -.
A complete report of the trial of
Miss Madeline Smith, for the alleged poisoning of Pierre Emile
l’Angelier. Revised and corrected by John Morison, Esquire,
Advocate, with an introductory chapter. With a correct portrait
taken in the court.
Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo,
1857. With a
portrait, pages viii, 184, 8vo, recent paper wrapper: with light
signs of use and the occasional neat marginal note: a good,
sound copy.
One of the most famous trials for poisoning, noticed and
discussed in neartly every textbook of legal medicine.
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€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
906
.
HILL (Aaron).
The Walking Statue: or, the devil in the
wine-cellar. A farce. As it is acted at the theatres. With great
applause.
Belfast: Printed by James Magee,
1755
Pages 22, (2, adverts), 12mo, recent wrapper: minor light
staining, but a very good copy.
An uncommon edition: ESTC locates copies at BMp, D and O only.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
[BICKERSTAFF (Isaac)].
Love in
a Village: a comic opera. As it is performed at the Theatre Royal
in Covent Garden. The second edition.
Dublin: Printed for W.
Smith and Son, A. Leathley (and eight others),
1763. FIRST IRISH
EDITION(?), pp (8), 64, 12mo, recent wrapper: a little dusty, but
very good.
ESTC locates copies at Dt, L, O and TxHR only in USA.
There was another Dublin issue of the same date - D only in ESTC.
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CONGREVE (Wm.).
Love for love. A comedy.
Dublin:
Printed for G. and A. Ewing, W. Smith, Sen. J. Exshaw, and H.
Bradley, Booksellers in Dame-street,
1760. Pages 106, (2), 12mo,
recent paper wrapper: a good to very good copy.
A late edition,
but an uncommon one: ESTC locates only seven copies: L, D, Dt /
TxHR, CtHT-W, TU and CtY.
(3)
KING (Thomas).
Wit’s Last Stake: a farce. As it is performed
at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The third edition.
Dublin:
Printed for W. and W. Smith, S. Powell (and twelve others) …,
1769.
FIRST IRISH EDITION,28-pages, 12mo, recent paper wrapper:
a very good copy.
Based on Jean François Regnard’s ’Le légataire universel’.
(4)
ST. JOHN (John).
Mary, Queen of Scots, a tragedy;
Dublin:
Printed for Messrs. Wilkinson, Gilbert, White, Byrne, Wogan, Perrin,
Lewis, Dornin, Halpen, Jones, Moore, and Gruebier,
1789. FIRST
IRISH EDITION, pages 6, (1, blank), (1), 64, 12mo, recent
wrapper: very good.
Stratman 5479.
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CUMBERLAND (Richard).
The Choleric Man. A comedy.
As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane.
Dublin:
Printed for Messars Exshaw, Sleater, Potts (and eleven others),
1775.
FIRST IRISH EDITION(?), pages 82, (2, blank), 12mo, recent
paper wrapper: a few leaves cut close in fore-edge without serious
loss: a good copy.
With epilogue by Garrick. There were two Dublin
issues of this date: the present has the imprint date in Roman numerals.
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€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
907
.
HITCHCOCK (Robert).
An historical view of the Irish
stage: from the earliest period down to the close of the season
1788. Interspersed with theatrical anecdotes, and an occasional
review of the Irish dramatic authors and actors. In two volumes.
…
Dublin: Printed by R. Marchbank (volume two: Printed by William
Folds)
[1788]-1794
FIRST EDITION, pages (30, i. e. without the title-page to vol
one, but with the 6-page subscriber list), 315, (1, blank): (16),263,
(1, blank),2 vols bound in 1, large 12mo, strongly bound in 19C
half calf, gilt ruled and lettered spine: with light signs of use but
a good to very good, strongly bound copy.
Lowe, Arnott, Robinson 1709. The best contemporary account. Though
well represented in ESTC it is very uncommon in commerce: in fifty
years we have handled only one other copy and there is only one auction
record. The title-page statement notwithstanding, the narrative does not
extend beyond 1774.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
KNOWLES (James Sheridan).
Virginius: a tragedy. As performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent
Garden. Fourth edition.
Printed for James Ridgway,
1820.. Pp 85,
(1, blank, (1), (1, ads), 8vo, recent wraps: some light staining, but
good, sound copy ,
Stratman 3028.
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GARRICK: - Murphy (Arthur).
The life of David Garrick,
Esq.
Dublin: Printed by Brett Smith, for Messrs. Wogan, Burnet, Porter
…,
1801. FIRST DUBLIN EDITION, pp (4), xxxi,507, with the
half-title, 8vo, recent boards: some light browning in places and
the occasional faint neat pencil mark, still a very good copy.
Lowe, Arnott & Robinson 2943. Murphy, himself an actor and
playwright during the age of Garrick, provides in this biography the last
major first-hand account.
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€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
908
.
HODGSON (Bernard).
Solomon’s Song translated from
the Hebrew. Oxford, printed at the Clarendon Press, 1786.
[bound with:] The Proverbs of Solomon trans-lated from the
Hebrew. Oxford, printed at the Clarendon Presss [sic] …, 1788.
[and:] Ecclesiastes. A new translation from the original Hebrew.
Oxford, sold by Prince and Cooke …, 1790.
Oxford,
1786-88-90
FIRST EDITIONS OF THESE TRANSLATIONS, pages (66),
with the errata leaf: (148), with the leaf of corrections and
additions: (70), with the imprimatur leaf and with two signatures
signed F but the text differs and the item is complete, 3 works
bound in 1 volume, large 4to, contemporary calf, with labels, gilt:
the binding a little worn but still sound and strong and otherwise
in very good to nice state throughout.
The complete acknowledged publications of Thomas Hodgson (1745?-
1805), principal of Hertford College, Oxford. Also bound in is Thomas
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