Search Results: Authors starting with I from Antiquates Ltd

London: Printed for E. and T. Williams, 1798. [8], 195pp, [1]. With a half-title. Contemporary gilt-ruled tree calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. A rare English translation of a military manual, attributed to Frederick II, King of Prussia (1712-1785), translated by Edward Eyre, 'late captain in the 40th Regiment and Lieut. Col. in the Army'. Primarily designed for the use of cavalry officers 'in order to obtain both honor and fame in the campaign', the vade mecum provides, inter alia, instruction on how one is to act 'when he is sent to take prisoners', levelled 'against a detachment of Hussars equal to his own', or sent to attack a 'quarter of Hussars...during the night'. The Monthly Review (April 1799, p. 470) provides an interesting bibliographical detail: 'When Lieut. Col. Eyre, in August 1798, asserted this work to be 'now first translated into English,' he certainly was not aware that a… Read More

London: Published by R. Miller, 1820. 64pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and one further engraved plate (a portrait of George IV). Uncut. Later stitched into original publisher’s printed buff wrappers, with the edition of a [2]pp publisher's advertisement announcing the publication of the present work. Extremities worn, loss to spine. Plates foxed. The second edition, printed in the same year as the first, of a rather obsequious biography eulogising George III; to which is appended numerous official announcements of the monarch's death. Both editions are remarkably scarce, OCLC records a single copy of the second (Texas); COPAC adds no further. . Second edition. 8vo.

London: Published and sold for the Author, by Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808. xxvi, [2], 147pp, [1]. With engraved frontispiece. Uncut in original publisher's boards. Worn, with some loss to spine. The only published work of actress and singer Maria Iliff, who first appeared on the English stage in 1767. Her husband, Edward Henry Iliff, was an actor and minor novelist. The second edition of this work was printed in Malta: both are rare, with OCLC and COPAC combined locating copies at BL, Alberta, Bryn Mawr, California, Cornell, NYPL and Rice only. Jackson p.323. Jackson, Romantic Poetry by Women, p.170.. First Edition. 8vo.

[Amsterdam]: [J. C. van Kesteren], [1843]. 43pp, [1]. Original publisher's marbled paper wrappers. Without spine panel, some loss, chipping, creasing, and light marking. Foxed. A catalogue of monograms of Dutch painters, draftsmen, and engravers from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century; issued as a supplement to J. Immerzeel's De levens en werken der Hollandsche en Vlaamsche kunstschilders, beeldhouwers, graveurs en bouwmeesters, van het begin der vijftiende eeuw tot heden (Amsterdam, 1842-43). . First edition. 8vo.

London: Hamilton, Adams and Co., 1879. v, 25pp. Stitched, as issued. Central vertical fold. A trifle dust-soiled, scattered foxing, ink-stamp of the Webster Collection to verso of final leaf. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title page: 'With the author's compliments'. The first edition, in original state, of two letters, initially printed in the Bradford Observer, by William Farrer Ecroyd (1827-1915). A worsted manufacturer by trade, Ecroyd was in the late 1870s severely impacted by foreign – and especially French - competition. As a result he became one of the more considered critics of free trade and an articulate exponent of the alternative principle of 'fair trade'. The present pamphlet argues that a British policy of free trade would only find success, and be met with reciprocity from other nations, if Britain were to impose duties on foreign imports, whilst at the same time allowing for free imports from the colonies (on the federal model of… Read More

London: J. Harris, 1805. 16 fully-engraved, unnumbered leaves, printed on one side only, comprising an engraved title page (on verso of first leaf), and 15 hand- coloured illustrated leaves with verse above pictures. Stitched, as issued, within original printed wrappers. Worn, with some loss and tearing to spine, occasional marking to text, creasing to margins and corners, with the odd tear. Old manuscript price inked to upper wrapper. A rare survival, in the original wrappers, of the first edition of a charming series of playful pictures illustrating a farcical verse narrative, the conceit of which involves a jig played by young Jack's fiddle, which is followed by an unfortunate series of events including an elderly gentleman having his wig stolen by a parrot. The whole, which references the popular Old Mother Hubbard series in its title, is a testament to publisher John Harris' intention to provide for the amusement, without overt educational improvement, of Georgian children. OCLC records… Read More

London: Printed for Tho. Cooper, 1740. [2], v-viii, 9-62pp. Without half-title. Recent marbled paper wrappers. Internally clean and crisp. An essay written during the early stages of the War of Jenkins' Ear (1739-1748), in which conflict between England and Spain mostly took place in the Caribbean sea. The author devotes a large portion of the essay to discussing the present military strength of France and Spain, which he deems inferior to the English forces, and argues that exerting English strength will be both profitable and inexpensive compared to the previous Anglo-Spanish war. Contains an appendix providing an interesting and detailed description of present Spanish territories in the Caribbean and Americas- including reference to the Spanish galleons and 'Mines of Gold, the most famous of which is St Maria'. ESTC T711.. First edition. 8vo.

Glasgow: Printed for Richard Griffin & Co., 1826. iv, 184, 4pp. With an engraved frontispiece and two final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's green printed paper boards, recently expertly rebacked. Inked gift inscription to FFEP, lightly spotted. A rare survival of the sole edition of an anonymous juvenile conduct of life tale promoting Christian morality and discipline. The prose is unremarkable, and on the whole a poor imitation of contemporary publications of this type, nevertheless despite, or perhaps because of this, the publisher’s introductory remarks are effusive in their praise: ‘In the following little piece, the author has endeavoured to point out the pernicious consequences of improper indulgence; as this is the error most likely to mingle with the affection which actuates the breast of a Parent, its baneful effects cannot be too cautiously guarded against’. OCLC records copies at locations (Duke,… Read More

Liverpool: Printed by T. Billinge, 1803. 24pp. Modern boards, with upper board imitating title. Occasional browning/spotting to text. The fourth edition of the collected practical, administrative and medical rules and regulations of the Liverpool infirmary to be printed after the institution's foundation in 1743. All are rare; ESTC locates single copies of the second (1781) and third editions (1785), and OCLC and COPAC combined locate only the BL copy of this fourth edition. . Small quarto.

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1865. 256, 10pp. With a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed. Later inked inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'John Linnell sen. 1865 from the Author' - likely landscape and portrait painter, and rival of Constable, John Linnell (1792-1882), with whom Ingelow corresponded. An early American edition of a collection of verse by English poet Jean Ingelow (1820- 1897). First printed in 1863, Poems brought the author immense critical and commercial success, and ran to thirty editions in her lifetime. . Author's edition, thirteenth thousand. 8vo.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1885. [6], 248pp. With a half-title. Original red cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Bound by Spottiswoode & Co., with a bookbinder's label to the rear pastedown. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Book-label of Rugby School Library, Hodgson Bequest to front pastedown. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf: 'Shadworth H. Hodgson / With love from / Jean Ingelow'. The first edition of the third series of this collected of verse by English poet Jean Ingelow (1820- 1897). First printed in 1863, Poems brought the author immense critical and commercial success, and ran to thirty editions in her lifetime. Shadworth Hollway Hodgson (1832-1912), English philosopher, first president of the Aristotelian Society, and author of the Theory of Practice (1870), The Philosophy of Reflection (1878), and The Metaphysic of Experience (1988). . First edition. 8vo.

London: Printed for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [1847]. iv, 168pp, [4]. With an additional engraved title page, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, and two final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine lightly sunned. Near contemporary inked gift inscription to verso of FFEP. The first edition of an anonymous entomological survey, issued under the direction of the Committee of General Literature and Education, of material producing insects, including, inter alia, the silkworm, the spider, the cochineal, and the hive-bee. . First edition. 8vo.

London: W. Wetton, [s.d]., c.1820s 177pp, [1]. With woodcut frontispiece and four further woodcuts within text. Contemporary tree-calf, gilt, for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, with their blind-stamped supra-libros to upper board. Rubbed, lower board detached, upper board holding by a single binding cord, some loss to spine. Internally clean and crisp. A rare children's book of insects, apparently from the same series of juvenile natural history works as the Dublin editions of titles now considered to have been produced for the Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor of Ireland. It features occasional verses, such as 'The Gnat'; 'The little Gnat, its beauties, may compare, With all its rival brothers of the air...', and 'On Cruelty to Insects'. COPAC records no copies of this London imprint; OCLC adds Florida, Guelph, McGill and UCLA only. . 12mo.

Southampton: Printed and Sold by T. Baker and Son, [s.d., c. 1804] Single leaf broadside. Mounted on modern grey card. Several old folds. The second located copy of an early nineteenth century broadside ballad comprised of patriotic verses on a threatened French invasion at the height of the Napoleonic Wars; with reference to past engagements between the opposing forces of England and France, including the landing of the British expeditionary force in Egypt in an effort to eject the remnants of Napoleon's army from the region. The usual databases record a single copy (Southampton). . Dimensions: 190 x 320, Mount: 260 x 320.

London: Printed for Richard Baldwin, 1693. [4], iii-xvi, 96pp. Disbound. Ink-stamp of New College Edinburgh to browned title page, scattered spotting. The first edition of rector Samuel Snowden’s controversial pamphlet calling for an abandonment of certain rites retained from ‘our Reformation from Rome, which other Protestant Churches thought fit to reject’ and other matters of conformity within the Church of England perceived to be inadequate, including the doctrine of regeneration by the spirit and the office of the burial of the dead. ESTC R14451, Wing S4396.. First edition. Quarto.

London: Printed for William Miller, 1807. xxiv, 295pp, [9]. With half-title, a folding hand-coloured engraved frontispiece by John Augustus Atkinson in imitation of Rowlandson, and four terminal advertisement leaves. Modern cloth-backed buff paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. The anonymous anecdotes and satirical verse of, notorious forger of Shakespearean documents, William Henry Ireland (1775-1835). The book, a homage to German humanist Sebastian Brant's Ship of Fools (Basel, 1494), savagely attacks the types of people and objects the author disdains most, including Foolish Unprofitable Books. . First edition. 8vo.

New York: Published by S. A. Rollo & Co., 1859. xvi, [3], 14-531pp, [1]. With a lithograph frontispiece, and additional lithograph title page, a double-page lithograph map, and 69 engraved plates. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed, chipping to lower joint, spine dulled. Scattered spotting. The first edition of John Ireland’s thrilling narrative of his extensive world tour. Having thrown off the shackles of his Wall Street career, the author travels to London to witness the opening of the Great Exhibition (and briefly engage with Queen Victoria), before setting out for Asia via the Continent and the Middle East. His destinations include, inter alia, the Plains of Troy, Palmyra, Jerusalem, Petra, Kashmir, Peshawur, the Khyber Pass, Java, China, and finally, Mauritius. . First edition. 8vo.

Dublin: Printed for H. Fitzpatrick, 1811. Volume one, all published. [4], xcvi, [2], 415pp, [1], x. Uncut an unsophisticated copy in original publisher's blue paper backed green paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed with loss to spine, lettering-piece chipped, boards slightly sunned and soiled, corners bumped. Sporadic foxing throughout, slight marginal loss to N2, near contemporary ink inscription to head of title. Henry Grattan (1746-1820), Irish nationalist and member of the Irish House of Commons who campaigned for the legislative freedom of the Irish Parliament and opposed the Act of Union of 1800. From early age Grattan honed his natural eloquence through the study of the orators of classical antiquity, thus providing himself with a singular talent for public speaking that would be feted by his contemporaries and galvanise his position as a leading figure in the politics of Ireland - causing whig statesman Charles James Fox to dub him the 'Irish Demosthenes'… Read More

London: The Religious Tract Society, [s.d., c. 1850] 8pp. Original publisher's pictorial yellow wrappers. A trifle rubbed and creased. A rare survival, in original bright and crisp state, of the eighty-seventh title in the Religious Tract Society's series of eight-page chapbooks for children. The narrative concerns young Brian O'Loughlin, the titular Irish peasant, 'very ignorant in book learning and in the knowledge of holy things', who is liberated from destitution by the kindness of an English gentleman who provides him with a first-class education and lodgings in his stately home. OCLC records copies at three locations (Berlin State, Florida, and V&A); COPAC adds one further copy (Oxford). . 16mo.

Edinburgh: Printed by and for Alex. Lawrie and Co., 1804. In two volumes. [8], 447, [1]; [6], 507pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, marbled boards. Rubbed, lower joints split, spine sunned. Armorial bookplates of Sir Marcus Somerville to both FEPs. The first edition of literary scholar and librarian David Irving's (1778-1860) comprehensive and authoritative survey of the literary history of Scotland, with specific attention paid to influential Scottish poets, including David Lindsay, James VI, and, naturally, Robert Burns. . First edition. 8vo.