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London: Victor Gollancz, 1970. First Edition Thus . A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. A nice,clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 336pp. Includes one full-length novel and two short novels. Preface by Professor James T. Boulton.

Victor Gollancz, 1970. ~TITLE CONTINUES: with The History of the Remarkable Life of John Sheppard and The Memoirs of Major Alexander Ramkins, a Highland Officer. Introduction by James T. Boulton (Gollancz Classics). ~Dustwrapper slightly faded on spine but unclipped and protected in removable clear plastic sleeve. Page edges very slightly toned. ~Robust packaging. Overseas tracking available on request.. 1st edn thus. Hardback. Very Good+/Fine. 336pp. With dustwrapper. No ownership marks. Binding sound, text unmarked.

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Edinburgh and London: Archibald Constable and Co; J Murray, and Constable, Hunter, Park and Hunter, 1809. Hardcover. Very Good. xxiii pp 1-463 The fourth edition of Daniel Defoe's novel bound in contemporary boards which are rubbed, stained and worn to the corners. The text is complete, the pages are cut unevenly, some browned edges and occasional spotting. The binding is tight and has been neatly repaired with a brown cloth spine, leather label with gilt title, end papers replaced. Overall very good. Very Good 1809

London: Thomas Astley, 1743. Leather. Good. 8" by 5". None. A scarce reissue of the memoirs of Captain George Carleton, an intriguing work with a complicated authorship history. A scarce work.A reissue with a new title, printed from the unsold sheets of the first edition.ESTC citation number T70329.The memoir of George Carleton, an English officer who served during the Dutch Wars of the 1670s, and in Spain, before he was captured by the Spanish in 1708.The authorship of this memoir has been much refuted since it's publication. It was once attributed to Daniel Defoe, and to Jonathan Swift, though it's now believed that it probably is a genuine memoir. Evidence of a real officer named Captain George Carleton was discovered in the 1920.Bookplate of Robert Berkeley to the front pastedown, an English political writer and significant activist for Catholic emancipation of the 1770s. His family home was Spetchley park, a country mansion in the hamlet of Spetchley near Worcester. One page of adverts to the… Read More

London: Tho. Astley, 1743. Second Edition. Full leather. Very good. The Memoirs Of Cap. George Carleton, An English Officer, published in 1743. Often attributed to Daniel DeFoe.. Small octavo, [8pp. dedication], 352pp, 16pp ads. Leather binding, gilt title on spine, 5 raised bands, gilt decoration on cover, some cracking to lower spine, but binding is solid. Contains the bookplate of the Carleton family, with inscription by Edward Carleton, dated 1742. (Lowndes II, 614) This copy appears to have been owned by Edward Carleton Holmes, Sr, a solicitor from London, who lived until 1909. This is the second edition, with the text matching the first edition from 1728. This book is actually the fifth time the book was printed, but under different titles: 1728 (2-times), 1740 (scarce copy), 1741 and 1743. Some believed the book to have been written by Daniel DeFoe, but that that theory was rebutted by different studies in the 1970s. This memoir contains descriptions of "their Cities, Towns & etc" in the… Read More

London: Printed for Tho. Astley, 1743. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First thus edition. Octavo (8vo). [viii], 352 pages of text, followed by 16 pages of publisher's advertisement. Title page preceded by an additional page (printed on one side only) of publisher's advertisement. One letter of text on a dedication page is marred off and there is minor staining, but the text is otherwise remarkably clean and bright. Original full leather binding is quite weakened at the hinges, with moderate rubbing to extremities, but remains intact and attractive. Attributed to Defoe by Moore and Novak. Moore 500. Engraved bookplate on front paste down endpaper. Title continues "...Containing an account of the conduct of the Earl of Peterborough, and other general officers, admirals, &c. and several remarkable transactions both by Sea and Land. In which the Genius, Pride, and Barbarity of Spaniards, during the Author's being a Prisoner of War among them, are set in a true light. Together… Read More