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FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, pages (2), 602, (15, index), (1,
errata), 8vo, pleasantly bound in near contemporary half calf,
gilt ruled spine, with label, gilt: a very good to nice copy.
The
first edition of the first biography of Samuel Johnson.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT:
SYKES (Arthur Ashley).
A brief
discourse concerning the credibility of miracles and revelation:
to which is added, a postscript in answer to the Lord Bishop of
Lichfield’s charge to his clergy.
Printed for John and Paul Knapton,
1742. FIRST EDITION, pages vi,262, (2, adverts), 8vo,
contemporary calf: just a little worn at the headbands but the
binding sound and strong and otherwise a very good to nice
copy.
Sykes (1684?-1756), a latatudinarian divine and voluminous
controversial writer of the school of Hoadley.
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FOTHERGILL (John).
An account of the life and travels in
the work of the ministry, of John Fothergill. To which are
added, divers epistles to Friends in Great Britain and America
… The second edition.
Printed and sold by Mary Hinde,
1773.
Pages v, (1), 338; xxix, (1, blank), 8vo, contemporary calf, with
label, gilt: worn at corners but binding strong, otherwise a very
J320 copy inscribed ‘Archd Balfour, 6th May 1775’.
Smith I. 629.
Sabin 25270. Fothergill, a friend of Franklin, made extended trips up
and down the eastern coast from Georgia to New England. He visited
many of the back settlements, which he names, and also lists the names
of various families visited in many parts of the country. First published
in 1753.
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€100-€120 (£80-£96 approx.)
962
. NO LOT
963
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[JOHNSON (Samuel), SMART (Christopher),
Goldsmith (Oliver)].
The World displayed; or, a curious
collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all
nations. In which the conjectures and interpolations of several
vain editors and translators are expunged; every relation is made
concise and plain, and the divisions of countries and kingdoms
are clearly and distinctly noted.
Printed for T. Carnan and F.
Newbery, Jun,
1766-74
With 161 engraved plates, 15 of which are folding, including
folding maps of North and South America, plans of Quebec
and Louisbourg, etc.,20 vols bound in 10, 12mo, uniform
contemporary calf, fully gilt spines, with red and green labels,
gilt: headbands worn, with some light cracks in joints but all
boards strongly secure, wanting a spine label and with one label
defective, yet a very good, unsophisticated, strongly bound and
still attractive set.
Fleeman 59. 12WD/4. Johnson wrote the (30)-pp introduction and
may have helped in the selection. Complete sets in the same edition are
remarkably uncommon. Our set comprises first editions (15-18), second
editions (19-20), third editions (2-13), and fourth editions (1 and 14).
Each of the ten double volumes bears the same near contemporary book-
label and are complete with the adverts in vols 1, 4, 10, 13 and 17 and
the blank leaf in vol 17. The imprints vary slightly throughout but all
are either Newbery alone or Carnan and Newbery combined. Roscoe
A640.
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€600-€800 (£480-£640 approx.)
964
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JOHNSON (Samuel).
[A] Dictionary of the English
Language: in which the words are deduced from their originals
… abstracted from the folio edition, by the author … To which
is prefixed, an English grammar. To this edition are added, a
history of the English language, the author’s preface to the folio,
and a considerable number of words, none of which are
contained in the London octavo. The second edition, carefully
revised.
Dublin: Printed for George and Alexander Ewing,
1764
Unnumbered pages, thick 8vo, contemporary calf: small strip
neatly cut from head of title-leaf with the loss of the first letter
of the title, the binding a little worn at corners and wanting
most of the spine label, but still very strong and sound and
otherwise a very good, completely unsophisticated copy.
An uncommon edition: ESTC locates four copies: L / NIC, CaOHM,
ZAP - none in Ireland. Fleeman 56. 1DA/4a. The second Dublin
edition of the abridged Dictionary. Alston V. 194a.
€400-€500 (£320-£400 approx.)
965
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JOHNSON (Samuel).
A Dictionary of the English
Language: in which the words are deduced from their originals,
and illustrated in their different significations by examples from
the best writers. To which are prefixed, a history of the
language. And an English grammar. In two volumes. The sixth
edition.
Printed for J. F. and C. Rivington, L. Davis, T. Payne and
Son …,
1785
With an engraved portrait frontispiece, unnumbered pages,
bound without the half-title in volume one (none called for in
volume two),2 vols, thick 4to, contemporary reverse calf, neatly
and recently rebacked, with contrasting labels, gilt: a very good
to nice copy.
Fleeman 55. 4D/8. This, the first London quarto edition (the first
quarto edition was published at Dublin in 1775), was the first edition of
the Dictionary to be published following his death and also the first to
bear a portrait.
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€400-€600 (£320-£480 approx.)
966
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JOHNSON (Samuel).
A Dictionary of the English
Language … Abstracted from the folio edition, by the author …
To which is prefixed, an english grammar. To this edition are
added. A history of the English language, the author’s preface to
the folio, and a considerable number of words, none of which
are contained in the London octavo. The third edition, carefully
revised.
Dublin: Printed by W. G. Jones, for Thomas Ewing, in Dame-
Street,
1768
(952-) pages, 8vo, strongly bound in old, possibly contemporary
plain, unlettered calf, a little worn at headbands and corners but
the binding strong, wanting the flyleaves, some light browning,
but a good to very good copy, with the ownership inscription of
Elnathan Camp “Bought in New York … 1775”, quoting price
and currency paid.
Fleeman 56. 1DA/6. The editor’s (Samuel
Whyte?) claim on the title-page is reinforced in the preface and adds, “As
to the Paper, Print and Correction, they will be found, on comparison,
much superior, although the Book is given for near one half of the price
of the London Edition. ”
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
[BRETT (John)].
A free and
candid inquiry humbly addressed to the representatives of the
several counties and boroughs in this kingdom: and proper at
this time to be read by their several electors. In a letter to a
person of distinction in the north from a gentleman in town.
The second edition.
Dublin: Printed by S. Powell, in Crane-Lane,
1753. Pages 43, (1, blank), 8vo, original blue paper wrappers,
edges uncut: the wrappers a little worn but still a fresh copy in
original state.
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TRADE.
Observations on that part of the Speaker’s speech,
which relates to trade.
Dublin: Printed by T. Burnside,
1799. Pages
(2), 44, (19), (1, blank), 8vo, sewn in modern paper wrappers: a
very good copy.
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[MORE (Hannah)].
The History of Tom White, the
postillion. First [and second] part.
Dublin: sold by William Watson
…, circa
1800. With large title-page woodcut, pages 22 and
advert leaf: 22 and advert leaf,2 parts, 12mo, disbound: in very
good to nice state.
Enormously popular and often reprinted. Usually signed ‘Z’ at end, but
not here.
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BURKE (Edmund).
Substance of the speech of the Right
Honourable Edmund Burke. In thr[sic] debate on the army
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