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  • The History of Edinburgh, From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time... by ARNOT, Hugo (1749-1786)
    ARNOT, Hugo (1749-1786)
    The History of Edinburgh, From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time...

    Edinburgh: Printed for William Creech; and sold by Messrs. Robinson & Co. Paternoster-Row, London. 1788. 4to, pp. i-iv, [2],v-xii, 1-674, [2], 655-677,[1], 20 engraved plates, mostly folding, the map with a neatly mended tear without loss, a few gatherings somewhat browned, contemporary tree calf, joints cracked, spine worn, [needs re-backing] armorial book-plate of (Howard-Vyse) on front paste-down
    This is the second edition, now illustrated with plates, not present in the first edition of 1779.
    Reference: ESTC T143106

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  • Mexico
    SOLIS Y RIBADENEYRA, Antonio de (1610-86)
    The History of the Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards. Translated into English... by Thomas Townsend Esq... Revised and Corrected by Nathanael Hooke Esq...

    London : For T. Woodward... and H. Lintot... 1738. 2 vols, 8vo, vol.1 [6], x, 479 pp folding portrait frontispiece, 2 fold. maps, 4 fold. plates, vol.2 xii, 475, [1] pp, 2 fold. plates, cont. sprinkled calf, 2-fillet gilt borders, mor. labels, heads worn, some joints split, cords sound, otherwise a good copy.
    Reference: Sabin 86489

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  • The world’s first “biographist”
    The History of the Worthies of England. by FULLER, Thomas (1608-1661)
    FULLER, Thomas (1608-1661)
    The History of the Worthies of England.

    London: Printed by J.G.W.L. and W.G. 1662. First Edition [with the Index also in 1st. edition]
    Folio, engr. portrait by D. Loggan, + 3 leaves (title, Dedication, To the Reader) + 494 leaves (text) + 6 leaves (Index), light waterstain on title some foxing (occasionally heavy) and browning throughout (as usual), otherwise a very good copy, bound in full antique-style calf, 3-line fillet borders in blind, morocco label on spine.
    The pagination in this work is exceedingly erratic, and the signatures are not much better. For example sigs. E and K are only 3 leaves, Rr, Ss, and Zzz[z] are not required at all, and many others are 2 leaves instead of 4. A very full collation,…

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    London: Printed by J.G.W.L. and W.G. 1662. First Edition [with the Index also in 1st. edition]
    Folio, engr. portrait by D. Loggan, + 3 leaves (title, Dedication, To the Reader) + 494 leaves (text) + 6 leaves (Index), light waterstain on title some foxing (occasionally heavy) and browning throughout (as usual), otherwise a very good copy, bound in full antique-style calf, 3-line fillet borders in blind, morocco label on spine.
    The pagination in this work is exceedingly erratic, and the signatures are not much better. For example sigs. E and K are only 3 leaves, Rr, Ss, and Zzz[z] are not required at all, and many others are 2 leaves instead of 4. A very full collation, both by signature and by pagination, is given by Strickland Gibson with which the present copy has been carefully compared. It is warranted complete. Some copies contain an index which was first printed by Olive Payne in 1737 on 6 leaves [as in the present copy], and reprinted by W. Pickering on 5 leaves c. 1825
    “The Worthies is among other things a dictionary of national biography, a series of county histories, a topographical and historical gazetteer, a guide-book, and a dictionary of proverbs..... Fuller was conscientious, according to his light, in trying to check authorities. Besides, he jogged indefatigably about the country to inspect public records, manuscripts, places, and buildings, and to question natives and surviving relatives... The Worthies is a lineal descendant of the mediaeval encyclopedias. Apart from the lists of sheriffs and gentry, we skip at our risk, for Fuller’s best goods may be under the counter. Thus we read, to the greater glory of God, about the Vicar of Bray; the use of malt to make drink in Derbyshire (‘a master-piece indeed’); the marriage customs of Lapland; Devonshire strawberries and cream; the Dunmow flitch....” [D.Bush: English Literature in the Earlier 17th. Century. O.U.P. 1945.]
    “But it is of persons that he [Fuller] writes most delightfully. His anecdotes are full of lightning sketches of Elizabethan and Jacobean characters caught off their guard....” [W. Addison: Worthy Doctor Fuller. ]
    A rich fund of information and anecdote, still entertaining today, Fuller’s Worthies is the unacknowledged source of a surprising number of phrases and fables current to this day, perhaps the most famous being the story of Sir Walter Raleigh laying down his cloak for Queen Elizabeth. Fuller is credited with coining the word ‘biographist’ to describe himself.
    Reference: Wing F 2440 Gibson, Strickland (editor): Bibliography of...Thomas Fuller in Papers of Oxford. Bib. Soc. 1935 vol. IV pp.63-162 Pforzheimer cat. 391

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  • Scottish trade, manufacture and fisheries
    The Interest of Scotland Considered, With Regard to Its Police(sic) in Imploying of the Poor, Its Agriculture, Its Trade, Its Manufacture and Fisheries. by [LINDSAY, Patrick (1686-1753) Lord Provost of Edinburgh]
    [LINDSAY, Patrick (1686-1753) Lord Provost of Edinburgh]
    The Interest of Scotland Considered, With Regard to Its Police(sic) in Imploying of the Poor, Its Agriculture, Its Trade, Its Manufacture and Fisheries.

    Edinburgh: Printed by R. Fleming and Company and sold by Gavin Hamilton at his Shop opposite to the Parliament-Close. 1733. 8vo, [8], xxxv, [11], 229, [2] pp, (the last leaf is usually bound as the fifth leaf of the prelims. containing Hamilton’s advert. (recto), verso blank), a finely engraved vignette on title depicting various manufacturing activities, on p. xxxiii of The Preface the words “Prince of Orange” have been neatly excised from the text, cont. calf, joints repaired, signatures of “Thomas Nivie” on 1st and 2nd fly-leaves, the latter dated 1735, signature of “ John Niven” on title, cont calf, joints expertly renewed, a good copy.
    An important survey of the state of the poor in Scotland and…

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    Edinburgh: Printed by R. Fleming and Company and sold by Gavin Hamilton at his Shop opposite to the Parliament-Close. 1733. 8vo, [8], xxxv, [11], 229, [2] pp, (the last leaf is usually bound as the fifth leaf of the prelims. containing Hamilton’s advert. (recto), verso blank), a finely engraved vignette on title depicting various manufacturing activities, on p. xxxiii of The Preface the words “Prince of Orange” have been neatly excised from the text, cont. calf, joints repaired, signatures of “Thomas Nivie” on 1st and 2nd fly-leaves, the latter dated 1735, signature of “ John Niven” on title, cont calf, joints expertly renewed, a good copy.
    An important survey of the state of the poor in Scotland and suggestions for ameliorating their condition. Lindsay wants to encourage the manufacture of silk and linen, trade with the West Indies, and fishing, particularly the herring industry which he discusses at length, noting the relative merits of fish from different areas, their taste and their conservation.
    Reference: ESTC T17536 Goldsmith's Cat 7057

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  • Signed by the author
    The Kissing Bough A Christmas Custom by WHISTLER, Sir Alan Charles Laurence (1912-2000) and Joan Hassall illustrator
    WHISTLER, Sir Alan Charles Laurence (1912-2000) and Joan Hassall illustrator
    The Kissing Bough A Christmas Custom

    London : William Heinemann Ltd 1953. First Edition,
    8vo, [4], 11 pp, woodcut frontispiece by Joan Hassall, signed in blue ink by the author on half-title, stapled into publisher’s paper wrappers printed in red and dark green, fine

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  • A comprehensive book of secrets
    The Laboratory; or, School of Arts: Containing a Large Collection of Valuable Secrets, Experiments, and Manual Operations in Arts and Manufactures, highly useful to Gilders, Jewellers... Dyers, Cutlers... Japanners, Bookbinders, Plasterers, Artists, and to the Workers in Metals in General: also in Plaster of Paris, Wood, Bone Horn, and Other Materials... Sixth Edition... by SMITH, Godfrey compiler
    SMITH, Godfrey compiler
    The Laboratory; or, School of Arts: Containing a Large Collection of Valuable Secrets, Experiments, and Manual Operations in Arts and Manufactures, highly useful to Gilders, Jewellers... Dyers, Cutlers... Japanners, Bookbinders, Plasterers, Artists, and to the Workers in Metals in General: also in Plaster of Paris, Wood, Bone Horn, and Other Materials... Sixth Edition...

    London : Printed by C. Whittingham; For H.D. Symonds, J. Wallis, and Wynne and Scholey, Paternoster-Row; and Vernor and Hood, Poultry. 1799. 2 vols, 8vo, xxxi, 439 pp ,19 plates, (some folding) + xx, 452 pp, 22 plates (some folding), plate 20-22 of vol. 2 misbound in vol.1, some foxing mainly in the prelims., a little offsetting to some plates, contemporary half calf, marbled bds, gilt spines, morocco labels, vol.1 hinges weak, early signature of “John Crocker” on titles, calligraphic inscription “Langley, Frome 1832” on front pastedowns.
    A comprehensive manual, of the kind known as ‘ books of secrets’, giving details of many manufacturing processes and handicraft techniques, including book binding, pyrotechnics, goldsmithing, japanning, painting and etching glass, and distilling.
    Reference: ESTC T72082

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  • Three centuries of Scottish law (and golf!)
    The Laws and Acts of Parliament made by King James the First and his Royal Successors, Kings and Queens of Scotland. In two parts. by [LAWS OF SCOTLAND]
    [LAWS OF SCOTLAND]
    The Laws and Acts of Parliament made by King James the First and his Royal Successors, Kings and Queens of Scotland. In two parts.

    Edinburgh : Printed by J. van Solingen and J. Colmar for D. Lindsay... 1682-3. 2 volumes with :- The Laws and Acts made in the First Parliament of... JamesVII [...William & Mary, ... Anne] ... Edinburgh : Heir of A. Anderson... 1685-1707 13 parts in one vol with :- STEWART, Sir James Index or Abridgement of the Acts of Parliament... from 1424... concluding 1707.... Edinburgh : By George Mosman... 1707
    Together 4 vols 12mo, uniformly bound in 19th century hard-grain morocco, hinges rubbed, a.e.g.
    An invaluable collection of Scottish laws, covering three centuries and containing the texts of the earliest laws relating to golf.
    Reference: Wing S 1266, S 1247, S 1252 Aldis 2526, 2527, 2326, Sweet & Maxwell p.116-7

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  • PLINIUS SECUNDUS, Gaius Caecilius (62-113)
    The Letters of Pliny the Consul: With Occasional Remarks. By William Melmoth. The Second Edition, Corrected.

    London : Printed for R. Dodsley... sold by W. Thurlbourn... 1747. 2 vols. 8vo, 6 ff, pps 1-368, + 3 ff, pps 371-692, 2 ff, titles in red and black with engraved vignettes of coins, cont. sprinkled calf, gilt double fillet borders, red mor. labels on spines, hinges weak. Engraved Porkington Library labels with shelf marks in each vol.
    “A translation said to equal the original both in beauty and force”. - Lowndes.
    Dr. Warton, in a note in his edition of Pope’s Works, claims Melmoth’s Pliny to be “One of the few translations that are better than the original”.

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  • [MELMOTH, William the younger (1710-1799)]
    The Letters of Sir Thomas Fitzosborne [i.e. Melmoth], on Several Subjects. The Sixth Edition.

    London : Printed for R. and J. Dodsley... 1763. 8vo, xii, 452 pp, title printed in red and black, cont. calf, lacking label on spine, head slightly frayed o/w sound.

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  • SHADWELL, Thomas (1642?-1692)
    The Libertine: A Tragedy. As it is now Acted. By Her Majesty’s Servants

    London: Printed for H.H. and Sold by R. Weington, at the Dolphin and Crown, at the West End of St. Paul’s Church Yard, 1705. Fifth edition
    Small 4to, A-H4, I2; [8], 58, [2] pp, severely cropped affecting many headlines and catchwords with, on two occasions, the loss of a line of text, modern 1/4 red morocco, marbled bds.
    Reference: ESTC t40864

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  • One of the most widely published works in English literature
    The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner; Who lived eight and twenty years in an uninhabited island on the coast of America, near the mouth of the great river Oroonoque... The Nineteenth Edition. by [DEFOE, Daniel (1661?-1731)]
    [DEFOE, Daniel (1661?-1731)]
    The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner; Who lived eight and twenty years in an uninhabited island on the coast of America, near the mouth of the great river Oroonoque... The Nineteenth Edition.

    Edinburgh: Printed by Alexander Donaldson. Sold at his Shop, No. 48, East corner of St Paul’s Church-yard, London; and at Edinburgh. 1773. 12mo, [*]2, A-N12, O8, 4 eng. plates, contemporary calf, red morocco label on spine, joints expertly renewed, a good sound copy.
    Reputedly based on the experience of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish castaway who lived for four years on the Pacific island called Mas a Tierra, now part of Chile, which was renamed “Robinson Crusoe Island” in 1966. Another suggeted source for Defoe’s inspiration is Robert Knox’s account of his abduction by the king of Ceylon in 1659. The work is often credited as marking the beginning of realistic fiction, and is one of the most widely published works in English literature.

    Reference: ESTC T72311

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  • WHEELDON, John Rector of Wheathampstead, Herts
    The Life of Bishop Taylor, and The purest Spirit of his Writings, Extracted and Exhibited for General Benefit...

    London : Printed by George Bigg.... 1793. 8vo, eng. port., iv, xi, [i], 328 pp, cont. tree calf, fully gilt spine, loss of surface at corner of front bd., otherwise a fine copy.
    A life of Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667) based largely upon George Rust’s Funeral Sermon, 1668.

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  • Queen Anne vindicated
    B., C
    The Management of the Four Last Years Vindicated: In which Her late Majesty, and Her Ministry, are fully cleared from the false Aspersions cast on them in a late Pamphlet, Entituled; An Enquiry into the Miscarriages of the Four Last Years Reign, &c... Recommended to all true Englishmen, against the next Election of a New Parliament.

    [London] : Sold by J. Morphew near Stationers Hall, 1714. 8vo, 48pp, disbound.
    Signed “C.B.” at the end of the text, this work was formerly attributed to Jonathan Swift. It is an answer to the pamphlet by Charles Povey (1652?-1743)

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  • The Modern History of Hindostan: Comprehending that of the Greek Empire of Bactria, and other Great Asiatic Kingdoms... (from the) Death of Alexander... to the Close of the Eighteenth Century. by [MAURICE, Thomas (1754-1824)]
    [MAURICE, Thomas (1754-1824)]
    The Modern History of Hindostan: Comprehending that of the Greek Empire of Bactria, and other Great Asiatic Kingdoms... (from the) Death of Alexander... to the Close of the Eighteenth Century.

    London : Printed for the Author, by W. Bulmer and Co.... sold by J. White... 1802 - 10. First Edition
    4to, 4 parts and supplement bound in 2 volumes, separate title-pages and prelims. to each part but text is continuously paginated in each vol., folding col. map in vol. 1, engraved frontispiece to supplement, a little light foxing, contemporary diced russia, 2-line gilt fillet borders with inner borders of leafy scrolls in blind, gilt spines, edges marbled, a little minor wear but still a fine sound copy. Bound by Henington, Ingram Court, Fenchurch St. with his ticket in each volume.
    Bound at the end of vol.2 are 3 pages entitled “Elegaic Stanzas, Sacred to the Memory and…

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    London : Printed for the Author, by W. Bulmer and Co.... sold by J. White... 1802 - 10. First Edition
    4to, 4 parts and supplement bound in 2 volumes, separate title-pages and prelims. to each part but text is continuously paginated in each vol., folding col. map in vol. 1, engraved frontispiece to supplement, a little light foxing, contemporary diced russia, 2-line gilt fillet borders with inner borders of leafy scrolls in blind, gilt spines, edges marbled, a little minor wear but still a fine sound copy. Bound by Henington, Ingram Court, Fenchurch St. with his ticket in each volume.
    Bound at the end of vol.2 are 3 pages entitled “Elegaic Stanzas, Sacred to the Memory and Virtues of Viscount Boringdon... who died of a Decline at Paris, Nov. 1. 1817, in the 12th year of his Age. By the Rev. Thomas Maurice, A.M.” with the imprint at foot of p. 3 “Maurice, Printer, Fenchurch-street”

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  • Duties of a land steward
    LAWRENCE, John
    The Modern Land Steward; In which the Duties and Functions of Stewardship are Considered and Explained... including various and appropriate Information on Rural and Economical Affairs. Second Edition, with additions.

    London : For H.D. Symonds... T. Ostell... and W.J. & J. Richardson... 1806. 8vo, xiii, [3], 494, [6] pp, a few pencilled marginalia, cont. half calf, marbled bds, sound.
    Besides covering all the administrative duties of a land steward, Lawrence also deals with many practical subjects, among them the care of horses and farm livestock, the maintenance of roads and iron rail-ways(sic), and the management of orchards and woodlands.

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  • Charging Stations for Electric Cars in 1903 !
    The Motoring Annual and Motorist’s Year Book (Illustrated) For 1903. (First Edition). Including: World’s Motor Records, Who’s Who in the Motoring World, Motoring Directory, Dealers in Motor-car Supplies, Laws on Motoring, Etc., Etc. by [Motoring Illustrated]
    [Motoring Illustrated]
    The Motoring Annual and Motorist’s Year Book (Illustrated) For 1903. (First Edition). Including: World’s Motor Records, Who’s Who in the Motoring World, Motoring Directory, Dealers in Motor-car Supplies, Laws on Motoring, Etc., Etc.

    London: Printed and Published by Motoring Illustrated, 9, Arundel Street, Strand. [1903]. First Edition Royal 8vo, x, 350 pp, publisher’s orange and fawn cloth with title and adverts printed in black, a.e.g., a little dust staining and slight rubbing, small library stamp on title, recto and verso, and a “Withdrawn” stamp on front endpaper, a good copy.
    A comprehensive survey of all aspects of the motorist’s world in 1903. At pages 212-3 there is a list of ninety-six “Electric Charging Stations... where Electric Motor Cars and Bicycles can be charged by day and night”.

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  • The Mottled Lizard. by HUXLEY, Elspeth Joscelin (1907-97)
    HUXLEY, Elspeth Joscelin (1907-97)
    The Mottled Lizard.

    London : Chatto & Windus. 1962. First Edition
    8vo, 335 pp, original cloth, dust wrapper, fine.

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  • ANON [? Benjamin Avery 1684-1764]
    The Occasional Paper. Vol. II. Numb. XI. Letters to the Author. Containing Some Remarks on the following Pamphlets, viz. I. The Church of England Man’s Memorial: Or the History of Comprehension and Toleration. II Dr. Cannon’s Vindication of the Lower House of Convocation. III. Dr. Dawson’s Suspiria Sacra.

    London: Printed for James Knapton... J. Roberts... J.Harrison... and J. Dodd... 1718. Cr. 8vo, A-F4, 24pp, 19th century half calf, marbled paper boards, morocco label, sound.
    This is sometimes confused with another periodical, The Occasional Paper, by Richard Willis published in 1697-8. It appears, however, to be part of “ A Collection of Occasional Papers for the Year 1716 (-18)” edited by Avery with contributions by Simon Browne, Benjamin Grosvenor, Samuel Wright, John Evans, Jabez Earl, Nathaniel Lardner and Mose Lowman, and collectively known as the Bagweel Papers from the initials of the authors. The letters are replies to anti-dissenting texts. Copac locates two copies (BL & Edinburgh) of the collected edition (3 vols) and a few odd parts. BUCOP adds more.

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  • WYCHERLEY, William (1640?-1716)
    The Plain-Dealer. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. the Sixth Edition

    London: Printed for Richard Wellington, at the Dolphin and crown in St. Paul’s Churchyard; and Sold by William Lewis, at the Dolphin in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden. 1709. Small 4to, A-M4, (B1 mis-signed ‘A’, B2 not signed), browned throughout, modern 1/4 red morocco, marbled bds.

    Reference: ESTC T42355

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  • [GRIFFITH, Elizabeth Mrs (1720?-1793)]
    The Platonic Wife, A Comedy, As it is Performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. By a Lady.

    London : Printed for W. Johnston... J. Dodsley... and T. Davies... 1765. 8vo, [8], 97, [3] pp, title and last leaf a little soiled, disbound.
    Based on “L’Heureux Divorce” from Marmontel’s Contes Moraux.

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