Cloth Original 1800-1849 Antiquarian & Collectable Books

Wonders of the Air-Pump; all the popular tricks and changes of the cards, To which is added, a complete system of Pyrotechny; or, the art of making fireworks. The whole so clearly explained, as to be within the reach of the most limited capacity.

Date Pub.: 1837 1st edition. NEW SOUTH WALES; ITS PRESENT STATE AND FUTURE PROSPECTS. Footnotes: F2304. He was a leading politican. Rare to find in such good condition. Illust: There is a fold out coloured map of Australia at Page 187.

THE PHYSIOGNOMICAL SYSTEM OF DRS. GALL AND SPURZHEIM;. Illustated with 19 copper-plates Printed for Baldwin Cradock and Joy 1815, 1st Ed in original drab boards worn and rubbed, rebacked in similar old paper with original browned and chipped printed title label laid down Pages uncut.

The Young Mother; or, Affectionate Advice to a Married Daughter. By Mrs Copley. Published in London by The Religious Tract Society, undated but 1847. viii,218, 6(adverts), pages, 10 x 15 cms.

Reflections on the Revolution in France. And on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London ,Relative to that event. by The Right Honourable Edmund Burke. pub.in London 1824,16mo(16x11cm),344pp.

Includes a number of breeds of dog, Horses, ferret as well as wild animals.

Author was only 29 when he died from a fall from a mule onto a sharp picket of an Indian lodge. Very early edition which has been rebound in black buckram with gilt lettering on the spine. contains new endpapers.

A philologist of the school of John Horne Tooke. In 1815 he published Illustrations to English Philology, consisting of a critical examination of Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language and a reply to Dugald Stewart's criticism of Horne Tooke's Diversions of Purley.

The Spirit of Despotism. For Knox, Britain's readiness to fight was evidence of its corruption and of the prevailing spirit of despotism, a phrase which served as the title of his most polemical and best-known study in political science.

William H Prescott. Externally, generally smart with rubbing to the extremities and to the head and tail of spine. Fading to the board edges. Light rubbing to the boards. Pages are slightly age toned to edges.

Richard Chevenix Trench. A scarce copy of this poetical work from Richard Chevenix Trench. First Edition. First edition. In original cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine. Slight chipping to the backstrip.

Bayldon's Art of Valuing Rents and Tillages. Bayldon on Rents and Tillages Fifth Edition. John Donaldson. Containing a frontispiece 'Plan of the Farm', forms of accompt books: weekly accounts of labour, farm ledger forms, rent and wages books and a catalogue of new works' to the end of the book.

Sydney Smith (3 June 1771 – 22 February 1845) was an English wit, writer and Anglican cleric. Rev. Sydney Smith. A set of religious works by the Rev. Sydney Smith. To be set against that encomium is one of Smith's best-known lines, to the effect that his friend Henry Luttrell's idea of heaven was eating pate de foie gras to the sound of trumpets.

Edited by his wife Mary Shelley. The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Percy Bysshe Shelley; edited by Mrs. Shelley. "This edition of Mrs. Shelley's was supposed, when published, to be definitive.

Early Edition,Original Binding,Scarce. A scarce and interesting publication of humorous notes and anecdotes. The title page states that the text is embellished with humorous coloured plates. To our copy the plates have not yet been coloured and are also bound following the preface.

The Complete Works of the Rev Andrew Fuller. Andrew Gunton Fuller. A collection of the works of influential clergyman Andrew Gunton Fuller. With engraved frontispiece of Andrew Fuller. Overall Condition: Very Good.

The Aldine edition of the British Poets. An uncommon set of poetical anthologies from 18th-century English poet, Alexander Pope. Alexander Pope. Containing An Essay on Criticism, which was first published anonymously on 15 May 1711.

The Miscellany of the Spalding Club. The Spalding Club : Abderdeen. An anthology of the scholarly editions of texts and archaeological studies relevant to the history of Aberdeenshire and its region, which were published on behalf of The Spalding Club.

A smart set of the Pickering Edition of The Poetical Works of John Dryden. John Dryden (9 August 1631 – 1 May 1700) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made Poet Laureate in 1668.

Emily Trevenen. A very scarce illustrated collection of poems written for the grandson of Samuel Coleridge, written by Emily Trevenen. Written by Emily Trevenen. Little Derwent's Breakfast. In the original cloth binding.

Odes of Anacreon. One of Thomas Moore's first works, Odes of Anacreon. Ninth edition. Thomas Moore. In original publisher's paper-covered boards. Hinges are strained. Internally, firmly bound alhough strained in places.

In both English and Welsh. This particular work presents the English and Welsh translations of the work side-by-side. The Book of Common Prayer is a religious work used in the various branches of the Anglican church.

George Croly (August 17, 1780 – November 24, 1860) was an Irish poet, novelist, historian, and divine. A collection of the poems of Alexander Pope, scarce in its entirety. In half-calf bindings. often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy.

Francis Dutton. South Australia and its Mines with an historical Sketch of the Colony Under its Several Administrations to the Period of Captain Grey's Departure. Francis Dutton was the seventh Premier of South Australia, serving twice.

He took over Walker's position in the London Vaccine Institution upon his death, whilst lecturing on various scientific subjects throughout London. This biography follows his career and his success, looking upon his life in a very favourable manner.

J W Ambrose. Written by J W Ambrose. A mid-nineteenth century travel guide to North Wales. xi, 169pp, [10]. Errata page to the rear of the text. A few surface cracks to decorative backstrip. Internally, firmly bound.

Second edition. Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear. Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy. often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy.

Inevitably there were dissonant voices, and Smollett was accused of being Jacobite and papist, most notably by Thomas Comber. Whig policy towards Scotland, and what he perceived as the corruption of Walpole's administration, had weakened his enthusiasm for the party to which his family was traditionally loyal.

J. H. Malkin. Historical Parallels, from Original Historians by J. H. Malkin. Illustrated with woodcuts. Illustrated,Original Binding. attractive none the less. Major defects will be described. Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.

Nicholas Horsman. Although the editor of this edition attributes the work to William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, the author is now believed to be Nicholas Horsman (1654–1689), a Church of England clergyman from Devon.

A scarce first edition, from copac, of Lady Dacre's Tales of the Peers and the Peasantry. Lady Dacre. Tales of the Peerage and the Peasantry. First Edition,Scarce. In a quarter cloth binding with paper bound boards.

William Bateman. A scarce first edition of this work by William Bateman. First Edition,Scarce. John Churchill : London. be described in the condition report under 'condition'. often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy.

Five Sermons on the Nature of Christianity Preached in Advent and Christmas Tide, 1846 Before the University of Cambridge. A scarce copy of this collection of sermons on Christianity by W. H. Mill. William Hodge Mill was an English churchman and orientalist known his translation of many key works of Christianity into Sanskrit.

It was a weekly publication that, in Coleridge’s typically ambitious style, was written, edited, and published almost entirely single-handed. Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The Friend was an eclectic publication that drew upon every corner of Coleridge's remarkably diverse knowledge of law, philosophy, morals, politics, history, and literary criticism.

The Poetical Works of Vincent Bourne. Vincent Bourne, familiarly known as Vinny Bourne (1695, Westminster – December 2, 1747) was an English classical scholar. His Latin poems are, a number of them, translations of English poems.

This encyclopaedic work is in a handy pocket sized format and gives a great insight into early nineteenth century children's activities and publications. The Boy's Own Book A Complete Encyclopedia of all the Diversions Athletic, Scientific and Recreative of Boyhood and Youth.

A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. John Burke and John Bernard Burke. often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy.

A detailed account of the expedition of Wilhelm August Graah, a Danish naval officer and explorer, to map the uninhabited eastern coast of Greenland in 1828-1830. Narrative of an Expedition to the East Coast of Greenland Sent by Order of the King of Denmark, in Search of The Lost Colonies under the Command of Captain W A Graah.

Jacques Coeur was one of the founders of trade between France and the Levant. He is therefore of great importance. In a full cloth binding with with gilt stamping to the spine and front board. Externally, generally smart with small patches of slight rubbing to the joints and to the head and tail of spine.

A Review of the Missionary Life and Labors or Richard Wright. A Review of the Missionary Life and Labors or Richard Wright written by himself. He left another autobiography, in manuscript. Richard Wright (1764 - 1836) was a Unitarian minister, and the itinerant missionary of the Unitarian Fund, a missionary society established in 1806.

A scarce edition of this devotional work by John Fleetwood. John Fleetwood. often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy. Rebound in brown buckram. Externally, very smart, with just a couple of marks.

Pierce Egan was a popular sportswriter, with his most popular work being 'Boxiana', as his main sporting passion was boxing. He viewed boxing as 'the sweet science'. Egan also wrote 'Life in London', which gained instant success upon it's publication.

The Comic Annual for 1842. This 1842 edition of 'The Comic Annual' contains 'Miss Kilmansegg And Her Precious Leg', a satire poem about Miss Kilmansegg, a spoilt daughter of a banker, who insists on having an artificial limb made out of gold, after losing one of her legs in a riding accident.

A scarce first edition, referencing copac, of Lady Dacre's Recollection of a Chaperon. Lady Dacre (Arabella Jane Sullivan). Recollections of a Chaperon. Using the title of Lady Dacre, Arabella Jane Sullivan was a nineteenth century writer.

The Pickering edition of the Prose Works of Abraham Cowley. Prose Works of Abraham Cowley Including his Essays in Prose and Verse. Abraham Cowley. Abraham Cowley (1618 – 28 July 1667) was an English poet born in the City of London late in 1618.

Richard Glover, Richard Duppa (Editor). The diaries of poet Richard Glover. Richard Glover was an English poet and politician. In a full cloth binding with gilt stamping to the spine. Externally, excellent with minor shelfwear.

Frontispiece of Goldsmith. The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith. Oliver Goldsmith. A copy of The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith. often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy.