Search Results: Titles starting with W from John Price Antiquarian Books

London: Printed [by Richard Taylor] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme..., 1808. 12mo, pp. vi, 185 [186 printer's imprint], engraved frontispiece (by Thomson after Reynolds), contemporary calf, gilt spine; joints creased, spine nicked and rubbed. This appears to be the edition reviewed in The Gentleman's Magazine for 1808 (volume 78), introducing the "neat diminutive volume" as the production of "the relict of Opie, the late excellent painter...." However, the relict comes into her own in the last sentence: "Mrs. Opie, possessed of a mind disdaining imitation, and conscious of its own resources, has presented the Community with the means of passing a leisure hour innocently and delightfully...."

London: Printed by C. Baynes.... Published by George Virtue..., 1824. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo,k 210 x 130 mms., pp. 718, engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette on title-page, 7 other engraved plates, , bound in contemporary mottled calf, neatly is rather plainly rebacked, spine gilt lettered, minor soiling or spotting, but a good copy. The list of plates suggest that there should a further one at page 309 not present in this copy, but it appears it is absent from other copies that I have checked. Published first in four volumes. Hannah Maria Jones wrote twenty-three novels during her career, which stretched from 1820 to 1850, yet despite her huge output and massive popularity, only a few reviews of her works have been traced, though this one was reviewed in the Monthly Critical Review, with the reviewer commenting, "The other incidents of this tale, and the other characters, are marked by no features of originality; but the style is better than that of the common class of novels,… Read More

London: Pprinted by assignment from Sam. Keble. For J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, D. Midwinter, A. Bettesworth, S. Ballard, J. Hazard, R. Gosling, W. Inny, R. Robinson, J. Osborne and T. Longman, B. Motte J. Battley, S. Birt, J. Clarke, and J. Wya, 1734. 12mo, 150 x 881 mms., pp. [x], 180 [181 - 182 Contents], [23 "The Order for the Administration of the Lord's Supper" 24 blank], engraved frontispiece (A1 of registration), title-page and text ruled in red, contemporary sheepskin, ornately gilt borders on covers, gilt lozenge in centre of each board, spine ornately gilt in compartments, all edges gilt; joints cracked, top and base of spine chipped, corners a little worn, boards sprung. ESTC T79558 locating only the copy in the BL.

London Published for the Author by Alfred Holness...[and] R. L. Allen, Glasgown [no date] c. 1900]. 8vo, 183 x 113 mms., pp. 136, portrait of author as frontispiece, four other portraits, original decorated cloth. A very good copy. Shorey describes himself on the title- page as "Convert and Helper of Moody and Sankey. Formerly Superintendent of the McAuley Water Street Mission, U. S. A." Shorey notes in his introduction of "three thousand copies" has now been modified in this second edition. The first edition was simply titled What Jesus is Doing. Shorey was born in 1826, and the first edition is located in two American libraries: Biola University Library and Moody Bible Institute Library. No copy of this second edition traced in any online library database.

Glasgow, David Robertson...., 1853, 1846. 6 volumes bound in 2. 16mo, 118 x 74 mms., pp. lxxvi, 124 [3] - 124, [3] - 124; xiv, 124, [3] - 182, x, 191 [192 blank], each part with separate paginations, but general title pages dated 1853, with extra woodcut vignette portraits at the front of each volume, and a separate title page to the last part, dated 1846, facsimile signatures of authors in the text, bound in original sage green cloth, stamped in blind to sides and pictorial gilt to spines; a little shaken in casing and cloth slightly faded, but a good set. This is the second collected edition of these works, comprising the first five series of the anthology, together with the supplemental 'Songs for the Nursery', which includes the immortal nursery rhyme 'Wee Willie Winkie'. Carrick commenced publication of this hugely popular anthology of popular Scottish songs in 1832, the term 'Whistle-Binkie' being here applied to any kind of popular entertainer, whether singer,… Read More

London: Printed for Richard Rees No. 62, Pall Mall, by Richard and Arthur Taylor, Shoe Lane, 1814. FIRST EDITION. 4to, pp. [iv], 56, title-page in red and black, uncut, original boards, with printed label on front cover, hand-written paper label on spine; slightly soiled, spine repaired at early stage. With the bookplate, on front pastedown, stating that this volume was "Presented to the Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution by Frederick Shum, Esq. F. S. A.", with Shum's name neatly added in manuscript. In 1814 the book Who Wrote Cavendish's Life of Wolsey? was published anonymously in a small print-run of just one hundred copies. The inscription in the copy on offer, however, gives the author's identity: "T. Broadhurst / 1816 / from the Rev. J. Hunter, / the Author". Here we see the author, the Rev. John Hunter (1783-1861), giving the volume to Rev. Thomas Broadhurst (1767-1851) in 1816, two years after the publication of the book. Both Hunter and… Read More

London: Printed by A. Wilde, For the Company of Stationers, 1760. 8vo, unpaginated, A-H8 [pp. 128]. <B> Bound with:<B> The Book of Common Prayer, And Administration of the Sacraments.... Oxford: Printed by Mark Baskett, 1762. 8vo, unpaginated, a8A8b8B-Aa8Bb4. <B> Bound with: <B> [VICKERS (William)]: A Companion to the Altar...[etc.] London: Printed for John Beecroft, 1759. 8vo, unpaginated [a4]B-D8, including frontispiece. 3 volumes in 1, contemporary calf, spine gilt; texts fingered and soiled, front cover detached, bottom panel of spine missing. A typical "Sammelband" for the Church of England in the 18th century, with the Sternhold and Hopkins as the last item. In this instance, the printings are uncommon: ESTC T82246 locates only the two BL copies of "The Whole Book of Psalms," though there were other editions with different imprints in the same year. For "The Book of Common Prayer," ESTC T81297: L, L, AWn, BMU, BRG, O; GEU-T,… Read More

London, Printed by J. Heptinstall, for the Company of Stationers; And are to be sold by Samuel Sprint..., 1697. 8vo, 172 x 112 mms., pp. [x], 288, with pages 287 - 288 missing but with xerox copy included, engraved frontispiece, music throughout text, late 18th century sheepskin, recent plain reback; small repair to leaf A1, but a good copy with the florid ownership inscription "William Boyer/ His Booke 1699" and further inscriptions in his hand on the recto of the frontispiece, the ownership inscription "Edith Mary Oakley/ her book/ August 1928" on the recto of the front free end-paper. Playford (1623 - 1686) first published this in 1677, and he composed at least one tune, "Bristol," that was included in his edition of the Psalms. After Playford's death, the second edition was published in 1695 by Henry Playford, his only surviving son. The last edition that I have traced is the 20th, published in 1757. ESTC locates the second edition of 1695 and the fourth… Read More

Edinburgh, Printed by Evan Tyler, printer to the Kings most excellent Majestie, 1644. 24mo, 108 x 48 mms., pp. [xxii], 230 [231 - 246 additional text and index], contemporary dark olive sheepskin, gilt ornaments (faded) on each cover, title and date on spine; title-page affected by ink burn, mostly in the blank space between "Hebrew" and "Newly set forth," text a bit fingered and thumbed, lower joint very slightly cracked, bookplate dated 1850 of James Dix, Bristol on front paste-down end-paper, ownership autograph "E. Gordon Duff/ Nov. 1917" on recto of front free end-paper. Edward Gordon Duff (1863 - 1924), a bibliographer and book collector, compiled the first catalogue of the John Rylands Library in Manchester. ESTC R231218 locates copies in BL, NLS, Bodleian, and John Rylands. Tyler also issued another similar title in 1644, The Psalmes of David in Meeter and Prose, ESTC R170558, 16mo, pp. [480], with locations in BL, NLS, Bodleian; Huntington, NYPL.

London: Printed for C. Corbett..., 1755. FIRST LONDON EDITION. 12mo, 183 x 110 mms., pp. [iv] v - vii [viii blank], 208, including half-title, bound in 19th century half roan, marbled boards, top edge gilt, title in gilt on spine; binding a bit worn, but a good copy. ESTC notes, "On the intimacy and alleged marriage between Ann Whitby and Sir William Wolseley." The Monthly Review noticed the work and commented, "This recites the scandalous conduct of a lady who had the wickedness to marry a third husband, the second still living: both marriages falling within the space of one month. The law-proceedings consequent hereupon, fill the greatest part of the book; which has this singular circumstance attending it, that whereas many romances have imposed upon the public by title-pages contrived with design to pass them for true history; so here we have a true history with the title of a novel; which has led many into the mistaken supposition of its being a work of imagination."… Read More

London: John W. Park and Son..., 1852. Tall 8vo, pp. vi [vii - viii Contents], 154, 10 pp. adverts, music illustrations in text, original cloth; ex-library

London Whittaker & Co..., 1877. Small 8vo, 165 x 102 mms., pp. viii, 519 [520 blank, 7 [8 blank], mounted original photograph of author, steel-engraved additional frontispiece, plus 19 plates including 4 maps (French wine growing districts), and a folded facsimile sheet of an autograph contract between Lord Bronte Nelson and Woodhouse & Co., original green cloth, gilt spine; slight wear to hinges and binding, but a very good copy, inscribed by the author on the verso of the front free end-paper, "Cl. G. Anderson, Sq[q]/ with the Authors/ compts." Charles Tovey (1812 - 1888) distinguished himself both as wine merchant and author. Born in Bristol, he spent his entire life there, and announced himself as wine merchant in the Bristol Mercury on 29 November 1834 as "already in business as an importer of wines and spirits, with a great variety of stock in bonded cellars. In particular he notes that his white wines are in 'white' (clear) glass bottles with clean white… Read More

London and Paris, Fisher, Son, & Co. [no date] [1838]. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 202 x 120 mms., pp. [9], 10 - 342, 2 [adverts], original ribbed cloth, with image in gilt of Queen Victoria on front cover; some slight wear to binding, but a very good copy. Sarah Stickney (1799 - 1872), the daughter of the Quaker farmer and his first wife, Esther Richardson, married the widower William Ellis (1794–1872), Congregational minister, missionary, and author on 23 May 1837. After her marriage, she always used her married name for her publications. Of an edition published in 1839 in New York, the journal Biblical Repository and Classical Review, stated, "This book is doubtless in the very first class of its kind. The reputation of the author is established for beauty of style, good sense, and purity and elevation of sentiment." In her preface, Ellis claims that previous books about women's behaviour, duties, moral orientation, etc. have been addressed to ladies, "while that… Read More

[N. p., n. p.], 1792. 8vo, pp. 15 [16 blank], disbound; some leaves detached. Combe (1742 - 1823) wrote this work when he was a part of Pitt's ministry, charged with the task of writing favourable commentaries on government activities. There were several editions of this work in 1792, and this one, without place of publication or publisher, is possibly a Scottish piracy.

London: Printed by the Philanthropic Society...for the Editor..., 1814. . FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo, pp. lv [lvi engraved music], 435 [436 Errata], engraved plate of music between pp. xii and xiii, uncut, later 19th century full calf, gilt spine, gilt dentelles. A fine copy. The first meeting of the "Glee Club" was held in Newcastle Coffee House in London, on 22 December 1787. At the time of compiling this work, there were forty-four members of one kind or another.

Londini: Impensis G. Pickering..., 1824. 32mo, 85 x 49 mms., pp. [iv], 61 [62 blank], 36, 93 [94 blank], engraved frontispiece, handsomely bound in full contemporary olive calf, spine richly gilt, all edges gilt, red morocco label; front joint a little rubbed but a very attractive copy. One of Pickering's "Diamond Classics," printed by C. Corrall.

London: Printed for Bernard Lintot..., no date [1711]. 8vo, 197 x 117 mms., pp. [2] 3 - 79 [80 adverts], [xii], 69 [70 -71 Epilogue, 72 blank], [vi], 64 [65 - 66 Epilogue], 51 [52 Epilogue], [viii], 57 [58 Epilogue], [viii], 64 [65 Epilogue, 66 blank], [vi], 70 [71 - 72 Epilogue], [iv], 72 [73 Epilogue, 74 blank], 8 full-page engraved plates, with all the plays stating on title-page as presented at the Theatre-Royal Drury Land and printed in 1711, image of removed bookplate on verso of leaf facing title-page, later 18th century panelled calf, rebacked in lighter calf, paper label on spine; some nick and scratches on binding, but a good copy. The article in ONDB, concludes with this assessment of Farquhar's career: "With his last two plays, Farquhar finally got recognition appropriate to his achievements. His entire career had spanned a mere eight and a half years. Seven comedies, an afterpiece, a novella, a miscellany, a discourse on comedy, poems, songs, prologues, and epilogues, not to… Read More

London: Printed for J. Dodsley..., 1777. 3 volumes. Small 8vo, 180 x 125 mms., pp. 332 [333 - 334 Contents]; vii [viii blank], 345 [346 blank], viii, 360, engraved frontispiece and engraved title-page in volumes 1 and 2, engraved tail-piece in volume 1, folding engraved plan of The Leasowes at page 287 in volume 2, attractively bound in contemporary lightly mottled calf, gilt border roll on covers, spine ornately gilt to a bird and cup balanced on urn motif, represent in three separate panels on each spine, red and olive morocco labels; bookplate crudely removed from front paste-down end-paper of each volume, front joint volume 1 slightly cracked, top of spine volume 1 very slightly chipped, upper rear joint volume 2 very slightly chipped, but generally a fine and attractive set, with ornaments that resemble those used by Scott of Edinburgh, with the contemporary autograph of F or T Pope on the top margin of each title-page. Shenstone (1714 - 1763) is little read, or likely to be read, these… Read More

London: Printed for A. Bettesworth, E. Curll, and J. Pemberton. 1736. 2 volumes. 12mo, pp. [ii], xxiv, 300 [v] vi - xxxiii [xxxiv blank, xxxv - xxxix Index, xl blank]; [ii], 287 [288 blank], engraved portrait olf Voiture in volume 1, and lacking initial blank leaf in volum2,, bound in contemporary calf, gilt borders on covers, spines ornately gilt in compartments (but faded), lacks labels, tops and bases of spines chipped, corners worn.

London: Printed for T. Cadell..., 1790. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. 4 volumes. 8vo, pp. [iv], lxvi, 224; [iv], 304; [iv], 299 [300 blank]; [iv], 290, engraved portrait of Jenyns as frontispiece in volume 1, volumes not uniformly bound, with volume 1 bound in early 19th century half sheepskin, marbled boards, morocco label, with volumes 2, 3, and 4 very handsomely bound in contemporary tree calf, spines richly gilt, red and green morocco labels, and with the bookplate of the Earl of Camden in volumes 2 - 4. A made-up set. Jenyns (1704 - 1787) has never recovered from Johnson's dismissive, but inaccurate, review of his Free Enquiry into the Nature and Origin of Evil (1757). This edition reprints all his major works and most of his minor ones as well.