Cloth Original 1800-1849 Antiquarian & Collectable Books

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Charles Dickens. A first edition, fourth impression of this Dickens Christmas Story. The fourth of Dickens's five Christmas books, set in an English village which stands on a historical battle site.

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.

Buffon's Natural History of The Globe and of Man. Georges-Louis Leclerc; Comte de Buffon; John Wright. A detailed look into the natural history of various animals, geographical landmarks, and discussion of the human senses.

This, his magnum opus, took six years to write. The first part was published in 1845, with this, the first complete edition, published in 1849. The works are noted as containing O'Byrne's more subjective opinions regarding the biographical entries, with Peter Kemp suggesting that O'Byrne made the entrants far more virtuous than was strictly accurate.

By J. G. Lockhart. In the biography a great number of Scott's letters were published. Thomas Carlyle assessed it in a criticism contributed to the London and Westminster Review (1837). The proceeds, which were considerable, Lockhart resigned for the benefit of Scott's creditors.

The Seventh Edition. J. Mathews : Bristol. A lovely work of British topography, exploring the city of Bristol in the South West of England. Includes three newspaper cuttings also relating to the city of Bristol referencing different local landmarks.

The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White. Henry Kirke White. This edition of the poetical works of Henry White is one of only a few copies to have been discovered with the publisher's paper label replicated in print (on lv pp.).

They were supposed to reflect aspects of Scottish regional life. The first series first published in 1816 contains: The Black Dwarf and Old Mortality. Walter Scott's novel The Black Dwarf was part of his Tales of My Landlord, first series, published along with Old Mortality on 2 December 1816 by William Blackwood, Edinburgh, and John Murray, London.

A bound collection of 1836 Dublin University magazines. The Dublin University Magazine was an independent literary cultural and political magazine. In a green cloth binding with paper covered boards, and gilt title detail to the spine.

Lardner entered Trinity College, Dublin in 1812, and obtained a B.A. in 1817 and an M.A. in 1819. Lardner showed himself to be a successful popularizer of science. This impressive list includes Sir Walter Scott, Mary Shelley (though anonymous), Robert Southey, Thomas Moore, Sir David Brewster, and John F. W. Herschel.

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.

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.

The plays and poems of Shakespeare, printed by William Pickering. William Pickering : London. The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare. William Shakespeare. Rebacked in cloth with original boards preserved.

Examples of her writings did, however, disseminate within her own social circle. These writings won her both acclaim and opprobrium; in the case of the latter, notably from Alexander Pope and Horace Walpole.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Boswell's first-hand account of Samuel Johnson's life is often considered one of the greatest biographies written in English. Samuel Johnson (often referred to as Dr Johnson) (18 September 1709 – 13 December 1784) was an English author.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Entail: Or, The Lairds of Grippy. Born in Irvine, in Ayrshire, Galt was the son of a naval captain. He was a first cousin of Captain Alexander Allan. He moved to London in 1804 to seek his fortune and in 1809 began studying law at Lincoln's Inn.

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 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.

Featuring a frontispiece with tissue guard, and three plates bound into the rear. Rev. William Strong. In a brown cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine. Externally, slight rubbing with shelfwear to back strip and both joints starting.

William Hone. In cloth bindings. Internally, generally firmly bound although strained in places. Bright but with occasional spot and handling mark to pages. All three were collections of curious information on manners, antiquities and various other subjects.

Botanical Rambles. Rev. C. A. Johns. A nicely illustrated Victorian guide to botany. Featuring an illustrated frontispiece. With a bookbinder's stamp for S. Curtis to the front pastedown. In a cloth binding.

Pilkington; revised by Henry Fuseli. Fuseli's biographical dictionary of artists and painters. A Dictionary of Painters From the Revival of the Art to the Present Period. A new edition with considerable additions, an appendix, and an index.

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.

Charles Bray. A scarce philosophical work on emotions and behavioural traits from Charles Bray. The Education of the Feelings. Second edition. An Important Work,Early Edition,Scarce. In a brown cloth binding.

The History And Antiquities Of Eynesbury And St Neot's in Huntingdonshire, and St Neot's In The Country Of Cornwall. This copy belonged to Stuart Piggot, of the University of Edinburgh. There is a handwritten note by him included, from which it is clear that he sent it to a correspondent who wished to find out more about the St Neot's bar-lip shard.

Charles Knight, Pall-Mall East : London. Early Edition,Original Binding,Publishers' Original Binding. Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear. Overall Condition: Fair. be described in the condition report under 'condition'.

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.

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.

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.

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.