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London: Printed by H. P. for G. Strahan, 1722. [16], 90pp, [2]. ESTC T96536. [Bound with:] NOTTINGHAM, [Daniel Finch], Earl of. The answer of the Earl of Nottingham to Mr. Whiston's Letter to Him, Concerning the Eternity of the Son of God, and Of the Holy Ghost. London. Printed for Edward Valentine, 1721. First edition. [2], vi, 163pp, [1]. ESTC N2034 [And:] ALTHAM, R. A charge Deliver'd to the clergy of the Arch-Deaconry of middlesex. At his Primary Visitation. London. Printed for John Morphew, 1717. First edition. 23pp, [1]. ESTC T30452. [And:] ALTHAM, R. The Church a Body: Or Spiritual Incorporation. A second charge Deliver'd to the clergy of the Arch-Deaconry of middlesex. London. Printed for John Morphew, 1718. First edition. 26pp. Without half-title. ESTC T30727. [And:] ALTHAM, R. The Harmony of the Sacred and Civil Polity...A third charge, Delivered to the clergy of the Arch-Deaconry of Middlesex. London. Printed for G. Strahan, 1719. First edition. 31pp, [1]. With a half-title.… Read More

London: Printed for J. Morphew, 1711. 24pp. Disbound. Stab-stitch holes to gutter. The first edition of physician and satirist William Wagstaffe's (1683/4-1725) parody of Joseph Addison's much maligned critical paper for the Spectator on the attraction of old ballads such as 'Chevy Chase'. ESTC T60085.. First edition. 8vo.

London: Printed for Harvey and Darton, 1823. iv, 454pp, [16]. With a engraved, hand-coloured folding map. Contemporary red half-roan, marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed, spine sunned. Early inked ownership inscription to FEP, without FFEP, several long vertical and horizontal tears to map, foxed. A Darton edition of Priscilla Wakefield's (1751-1832) popular fictional travelogue, 'adapted to the amusement and instruction of youth'. In their tour round the British Isles (not round what was later understood by the 'British Empire') the Middleton family, accompanied by their tutor, relate their experiences through numerous letters. At slough they stay with astronomer and scientific instrument maker William Herschel (1738-1822), and are privileged to observe the night sky through his telescope; and in Birmingham famed manufacturer Matthew Bolton (1728-1809) personally guide them around his Soho works. Darton G994 (11).. Eleventh edition. 8vo.

London: Printed for T. Arrowsmith, 1794. 10, [2], 60pp. With an engraved plate. Uncut. Stitched, as issued. Title page and verso of final leaf browned and marked, scattered spotting, early inked ownership inscription of J. Kent Esq. to head of title, manuscript annotations in his hand to ‘dramatis personae’. The first edition of actor and playwright Francis Godolphin Waldron’s (bap. 1743, d. 1818) most performed play (also known as The Imitation, or, The Female Fortune Hunters and, originally, as The Belle's Stratagem), a lively romantic comedy inspired by George Farquhar's (1676/7-1707) The Beaux' Stratagem (1707). ESTC T8576.. First edition. 8vo.

London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1809. In two volumes. [4], ccxviii, [2], 158; [4], 363pp, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece to Vol. I. Original publisher's two-tone paper boards, printed paper lettering-pieces. Extremities worn, surface loss to spines, joints split, inked ownership inscriptions to head of upper boards. Lightly spotted. The first edition, in original state, of the collected essays of Presbyterian minister and mathematician George Walker (1734?-1807). As one may expect of a polymath, Walker's writes on a remarkably diverse range of subjects, from the beauty of Grecian statuary, the infamy of hypocrisy, the machinery of the ancient epic poem, and the moral influence of history. . First edition. 8vo.

London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1815. c, 316pp. With half-title, an engraved portrait frontispiece, and an engraved plate. Original publisher's two-tone paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Rubbed, slight shipping to head of spine, lightly marked. Internally clean and crisp. With manuscript presentation plate to FEP; 'For / Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wakely, / (the early and attached / Friends of the Author,) / from / their truly sincere / & affectionate Friend / the Editor.' The first edition, in original state, of Joseph Cooper Walker's (d.1810) account of the intellectual life of Alessandro Tassoni (1565- 1635), Italian poet primarily remembered for his mock-heroic poem La secchia rapita, first published in Paris in 1622; this copy with a presentation plate signed by Walker's brother Samuel (d.1851), the editor of the work. . First edition. 8vo.

London: Printed for the Author, And Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinson...and T. Cadell, 1787. vi, [6], 348pp. Contemporary sheep, gilt. Extremities worn, joints split, surface loss to boards. Hinges exposed, recent bookplate of Eric Gerald Stanley to FEP, FFEP torn. The second edition, printed in the same year as the first, of orthoepist and lexicographer John Walker's (1732-1807) popular elocution primer for the use of schools and home educators; dedicated to Samuel Johnson. Eric Gerald Stanley (1923-2018), scholar of Old English literature, Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford. ESTC T120121.. Second edition. 12mo.

London: Henry Renshaw, 1836. iv, 444pp. Contemporary half-calf tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards, morocco lettering-pieces, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. The second printing of the complete 29 issue run of police magistrate Thomas Walker's (1784-1836) weekly periodical. Printed every Wednesday between 20th May and 2nd December 1835, The Original collected Walker's thoughts on a diverse range of subjects, comprising, as stated in the prefatory address: 'whatever is most interesting and important in Religion and Politics, in Morals and Manners, and in our Habits and Customs', with the intention of raising 'the national tone in whatever concerns us socially or individually' and provide 'an alternative diet of sound and comfortable doctrines blended with innoxious amusement.' . Second edition. 8vo.

[London]: [Ibotson and Palmer], [1835]. 380pp. Without general title page (presumably issued with a later number?) [Bound with:] The municipal corporation reform act. An abstract of the act...intituled an act to provide for the regulation of municipal corporations in england and wales...London. Printed by Dean and Munday, [1835]. 30pp. [And:] [JONES, Thomas, Mrs.] An account of the loss of the wesleyan missionaries...in the maria mail-boat off the island of antigua, in the west indies, february 28, 1826. First edition. 24pp. 8vo. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, later rebacked. Extremities rubbed. Recent book-label of Anne and F. G. Renier to FEP, manuscript index to front blank fly-leaf, scattered spotting, occasional damp-staining. A run of the first 24 original issues (of 29) of police magistrate Thomas Walker's (1784-1836) short- lived weekly periodical. Printed every Wednesday between 20th May and 2nd December, 1835, The Original collected Walker's thoughts on a diverse range of… Read More

Perth: Printed by R. Morison Junior, for R. Morison and Son, 1790. Three volumes bound as one. [6], 23, [1], 146; [2], 171, [13]; [2], 90, 61pp, [5]. With an additional collective title page: 'Ye actis and deidis of ye illuster and vailzeand campioun, Shyr Wilham Wallace, Knycht off Elrisle', an engraved frontispiece to each volume, and a list of subscribers. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, joints starting, spine dulled and cracked. Recent bookplate of Eric Gerald Stanley to FEP, fore-edge shaved. A late eighteenth century Perth printed edition of Blind Hary’s (b. c. 1440, d. in or after 1492) epic verse life of William Wallace; the only work which can be attributed with certainty to him. The earliest text of the poem is a manuscript by John Ramsay dated 1488. Hary based his work on a Latin prose history of Wallace by John Blair, of which no copy survives. The subscribers to this edition included Robert Burns (1759-1796), who… Read More

Edinburgh: Printed for G. Hamilton and J. Balfour, 1753. iv, 331pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed to spine and extremities, short splits at head of spine, with remains of small paper shelf-label. Bookplate of an Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire to FEP, with a few pencilled calculations to endpapers, and a single inked note in an early hand (to E4v). A crisp copy, in a contemporary binding, of a significant work on the subject of population by Scottish clergyman and philosopher Robert Wallace (1697-1771). Originally delivered as a paper before the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh in the 1740s, Wallace's theories, that the availability of food was correlated with the populousness of nations, that there was an explicit natural growth rate of population, and that the trends towards luxury resulted in modern states providing a natural check on population growth, were disputed by Hume in 'Populousness of Ancient Nations' (Political… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co., 1906. xvii, [3], 515pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece and numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Original publisher's green cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed, cocked. Internally clean and crisp. The Malay Archipelago recounts the expedition of British naturalist, colleague of Charles Darwin, and fellow proponent of evolution, Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) in the southern territories of Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. Chronicling Wallace's eight-year scientific exploration of the East Indies, from 1854 to 1862, the work provides detailed accounts of the geography, floral and fauna of the region - indeed the preface relates that 14,000 miles were traversed and 125,660 specimens of natural history collected. It is from these travels that the explorer identified what would be known as the Wallace Line, a division separating the fauna of the archipelago into two distinct parts; the western half where the animals were of Asian origin,… Read More

London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1793. [4], 156pp, [4]. With two terminal advertisement leaves. Uncut, partially unopened, stitched, as issued. Ink inscription to title-page, occasional spotting, dust-soiling, chipping to margins. The first edition, in original state, of an impassioned defence by Lady Eglantine Wallace (d.1803) of the character of General Charles Francois Du Perier Dumourier (1739-1823). Begun on 20th June 1793 and made available to the public just eight days later, the work recounts Dumourier's actions during the French Revolution and resulting war - celebrating his decisive victory against the Austrians at Jemappes, and his unwavering support of the cause of an independent Belgium Republic. Wallace is quick to excuse the general's subsequent defection from and attempted overthrow of the revolutionary government that caused him to flee his native country and wander Europe pursued by royalist intrigue. ESTC locates only four copies in British libraries (BL, Glasgow, NLS and… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co., 1891. xii, 492pp. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked. Label of W. H. Smith Subscription Library to FEP, very occasional light spotting. A combined edition, revised and enlarged, of two publications by naturalist and evolutionary theorist Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913); Natural Selection (1870) and Tropical Nature and other Essays (1878). . New edition with corrections and additions. 8vo.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1875. xvi, 384, 31pp, [1]. With a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked, loss to head and foot of spine, corners bumped. Hinges exposed, later inked gift inscription to title page, scattered spotting. An early edition by this colleague of Darwin and fellow proponent of evolution, reproducing highly important articles that appeared in numerous learned periodicals, tracing Wallace's scientific thought from the Sarawak statement on the laws of species, to his theories of natural selection as applied to man. . Second edition. 8vo.

London: Printed for I Tonson, 1729. [18], 450, xci, [1]pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, an engraved title page, and a further three engraved plates. Contemporary blind-tooled reversed calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, all edges red. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine compartments at head and foot of spine very neatly replaced, chipping to lettering-piece. The Pull Court LIbrary copy, with book label to and armorial bookplate of Buchley Park, Worcestershire, to FEP, occasional spotting. The first collected edition of the works of poet Edmund Waller (1606-1687), edited by fellow poet of Elijah Fenton (1683-1730), containing all of the poems which had hitherto appeared, with the addition of four never before published. The various prefaces to earlier editions are reprinted. ESTC T101629. Grolier English 100, 27.. First edition. Large quarto.

London: Printed for J. Tonson, 1730. [16], 295, [1], clxiii, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and an engraved folding plate. Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf, morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, loss to lettering-piece. Loss to FFEP, scattered spotting. The first collected edition of the works of poet Edmund Waller (1606-1687), edited by fellow poet of Elijah Fenton (1683-1730), containing all of the poems which had hitherto appeared, with the addition of four never before published. The various prefaces to earlier editions are reprinted. ESTC T116988.. First edition. 12mo.

Dublin: Printed by J. Mehain, 1790. xv [i.e.xvii], [7], 504pp. With a list of subscribers. Recent paper boards, lettered in black. Leaves browned and foxed. The first Irish edition of vicar apostolic of the western district Charles Walmesley's (1722-1797) principal theological work, a commentary on the book of Revelation which secured his gloomy prophecies about the future on a foundation of Newtonian theory. First published in 1771, it went through ten editions in Britain and five more in America. The prophesied the end of Protestantism and particularly the destruction by God of the Anglican churches by 1825. It was popular with Irish Catholics in the years before the 1829 Emancipation. ESTC records copies at three locations in the British Isles (Franciscan House of Studies, Marsh's Library, and NLI); a a further two in North America (Harvard and NYPL). ESTC T184367.. First Irish edition. 8vo.

London: Sold by J. Roberts, 1739. 3-29pp, [1]. Without half-title. Disbound. Title-page separated from text-block. A tract by politician Horatio Walpole (1678-1757) regarding the Convention of El Pardo, a treaty between Great Britain and Spain designed to resolve issues regarding the freedom of the seas and ensuing smuggling operations. Delegates agreed that Britain would receive damages for harm done to vessels and crews during Spanish boardings, and that Spain be compensated in return for the nonpayment of proceeds from the Asiento - the permission given by the government to trade slaves in Spanish colonies. The convention proved exceedingly unpopular with the South Sea Company and British and Spanish merchant captains alike, and by the year's end both nations would violate the treaty, thus instigating the War of Jenkins' Ear. ESTC T34056.. First edition. 8vo.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1937. Limited edition, one of 175 large paper copies. xiv, 522pp. Handsomely bound by Hatchards in contemporary crushed red morocco, lettered in gilt, T.E.G. Very minor shelf-wear. Inked inscription of Austin Smith to recto of front blank fly-leaf, very occasional spotting. Flat signed by the author to limitation page. A handsome copy of the first edition of Hugh Walpole's (1884-1941) novel based upon the life of Roman Catholic priest and Jesuit martyr John Cornelius (c. 1557-1594). . First edition. 8vo.