Rare books from Tarrington Books

Berlin: C.F. Henning, 1751. 1st Edition . Very Good. 3.75 x 6 inches (9.5 x 15 cm). Complete in two volumes. Full calf leather bindings, red leather title labels and gilt decoration to spines. Good solid bindings. Volume one has light rippling to the pages and foxing up to page 3, hole to front free endpaper and three small holes to leading blank, Volume II is very clean throughout. Engraved bookplate to front endpapers (Charles Grave Hudson - 1st Baronet Hudson, of Wanlip Hall, Leicestershire.) The first edition of one of Voltaire's most important works, a landmark in the development of historiography, published under the alternative pseudonym M. de Francheville. A very nice example. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 3.75 x 6 inches (9.5 x 15 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 12mo. [14], 488, [1] (Errata) + [2], 466, [2] (Errata)

Paris: Thierry, Barbin et Trabouillet, 1697. Very Good. 4 x 6.5 inches (10 x 16.5 cm). Complete eight volume set. Full speckled calf leather bindings. Spines have five raised bands, red morocco title labels, compartments ornately decorated in gilt. Some marking and slight worming to boards. Spines rubbed with slight wear to head and foot. A couple of volumes have slight cracking to joints but all boards are firmly attached. Gilt decorated board edges and turn-ins. All page edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Very tight bindings in excellent overall condition. Clean pages throughout. French language. All 30 plates are present and in first class condition (one plate in Vol. V has been bound in upside down.) A rare and important early edition of Molière's works, reproducing the 1682 first collected edition. An excellent example, complete with all plates and in attractive contemporary bindings. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 4 x 6.5 inches (10 x 16.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: [24] 309… Read More

Leipzig: Karl Tauchnitz, 1838. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 5.5 x 8.25 inches (13.5 x 21 cm). Later binding with paper covered boards. Fading and light marking to covers. Uncut pages with wide margins. Some creasing to first and last few pages, light foxing to text, small stamp to title page dated 13 May 1846. A rare early Russian language edition of the New Testament. The 1838 Leipzig edition published by Karl Tauchnitz - this unauthorised edition was the first Russian language edition of the New Testament to be published outside Russia. The Russian Bible Society had previously issued Russian language editions between 1822 and 1826, but no other edition was published in Russia until the Synod authorised edition of 1860. This 1838 edition had a print run of 2000 copies, 500 of which were smuggled into Russia. A good solid example of a very rare item. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 5.5 x 8.25 inches (13.5 x 21 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. [4], 620

London: Printed and Sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, 1758. 1st Edition . Very Good. 8.75 x 10.75 inches (21.5 x 27 cm). Complete four volume set. Full speckled calf leather bindings. Spines have gilt ruled compartments, red morocco title labels, green morocco volume labels with gilt decoration. Volumes are labelled in the incorrect sequence. Heavy and uneven fading to boards. Slight loss to head of spine of Volume I. Board corners slightly worn. Slight cracking to joints and a few worm holes to spines (no worming to pages). Good solid bindings with all boards securely attached. Light foxing to endpapers and final few leaves in a couple of volumes. A few notes in light pencil, text is otherwise very clean throughout. Complete with Errata sheet at the end of each volume. Engraved bookplate to front pastedown endpaper in each volume (Thomas Beale). A nice solid example of the first English translation of the works of Dionysius of Halicarnassus. ESTC: T136671. Overall condition is Very… Read More

New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1974. 1st Edition . Near Fine. 6.25 x 9.25 inches (15.5 x 23.5 cm). Signed by Author. First printing of the first American edition, with full line number to copyright page. Very fine full green morocco leather binding. Spine has five raised bands, gilt lettering and gilt ruled compartments, light patch to title label. All page edges gilt, hand sewn bands, marbled endpapers. A few light marks to page edges, internally in first class condition throughout. Flat signed by the author to title page: 'Yours sincerely, Richard Adams, 30th November 2004'. A unique leather bound example in lovely condition. Overall condition is Near Fine. ISBN: 0027000303. Size: 6.25 x 9.25 inches (15.5 x 23.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 429, [1]

Litchfield: Printed by J. Jackson. And sold by J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard, London., 1780. 1st Edition . Fair. 4 x 5 inches (10.5 x 13 cm). Signed by Author. Volume II (all printed). Unbound with only the first few pages held by cords, most gatherings are detached. Lacking leaves C4 and C5 (pp23-26) and the final leaf I8 (pp126). Also lacking the engraved plate after p102. Dog-eared to corners, light stains to a few pages. Contemporary ink markings to several pages to assist in the reading of the words. Bertha Coolidge Slade, in her 1937 book 'Maria Edgeworth 1767-1849', notes: 'No copy of vol. I of this 1780 edition of Practical Education has been located and it is possible that none ever existed... Undoubtedly only a small number of vol.II were printed, experimentally... Of the four copies located, all belonged to the Edgeworth family'. ESTC actually records 5 copies: Cambridge University Library (2 copies in the Rare Book Room); Oxford University Bodleian Library; UCLA,… Read More

London: Printed for J. Johnson, in St. Paul's Church-Yard., 1795. 1st Edition . Very Good. 5 x 7.5 inches (12.5 x 19 cm). Signed by Author. Full mottled calf leather binding. Expertly rebacked in matching style, spine has a red morocco title label, gilt ruled compartments each with a gilt ornament. Some offsetting from turn-ins to endpapers, a few marks to text but generally in very clean condition throughout. Slip of paper signed by Maria Edgeworth tipped in to front endpaper. The rare first published work of the famed children's author and educationist. From the private library of the Beaufort family. Maria's father Richard Lovell Edgeworth married Frances Anne Beaufort in 1798, she was his fourth wife and a year younger than Maria. The two women became close friends and Maria was in frequent contact with many members of the Beaufort family. In 1838 the families became doubly connected when Maria's half-sister, Honora, married Francis Beaufort - the brother of her step-mother. The… Read More

Haya (Haia/Geneva), Palmyra: A Spese Di Errigo-Alberto Gosse E Comp / All' Insegna Della Verita, 1753-1755. Very Good Minus. 8 x 10 inches (20 x 25.5 cm). Complete four volume set, plus uniformly bound first edition of the posthumous works volume. Contemporary vellum bindings with some splits to edges, staining to spine of volume V. Musty smell, some light foxing. Stain to upper corner of early leaves in volume III. Portrait frontis and one further plate in volume I. Italian language. An early printing of Giannone's landmark history of the Kingdom of Naples. A scarce complete set. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Please Note: This is a very heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate - a postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Please contact us for an accurate postage cost for your location. Size: 8 x 10 inches (20 x 25.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 4to, xxxii, 524 + viii, 573 + viii, 564 + xii, 560 + xii, 303, [1] (blank),… Read More

London: T. Payne, 1810. 1st Edition . Very Good. 9.5 x 12 inches (24 x 31 cm). Half leather binding with marbled boards. Leather perished but binding is firm and strong. Rubbing and chipping to boards. Spine has five raised bands and blind tooling, lacking the title label. Scattered light foxing, offsetting from some of the plates to facing page. Complete with all 28 plates, including the engraved title page, and five fold-outs. A well illustrated early guide to the antiquities of the Argolis region on the Peloponnese peninsula. A nice solid example. Scarce. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 9.5 x 12 inches (24 x 31 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: Large 4to. Half Title, Engraved Title, xvii, [1] (blank), [1] (List of plates), [1] (blank), pp19-171, [1] (blank), [5] (Index), [1] (Errata)

London: J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd., 1950. New Edition . Very Good Plus. 5 x 7.25 inches (12.5 x 18.5 cm). Complete six volume set. Very fine quarter green morocco leather bindings by Asprey & Co. of London. Marbled boards, top page edges gilt. Spines have five raised bands with gilt lettering and ornaments to compartments. Very slight fading to spines, slight marking to leather on rear board of Sense and Sensibility, bindings are otherwise in first class condition with no wear or rubbing. A couple of light marks to page edges. Internally the books are in excellent condition and appear unread - very clean pages and no inscriptions. First printing of Dent's 1950 new edition, each volume containing 16 colour illustrations by Brock taken from Dent's 1907-1909 edition. A handsome set in very desirable Asprey bindings. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 5 x 7.25 inches (12.5 x 18.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: v, 337; xiv, 322; xiv, 211; v, 414; v, 427; v, 219

Boston, New England: Rogers and Fowle, 1749. 1st Edition . Very Good. 5.5 x 8.5 inches (13.5 x 20 cm). Volume I only, the second volume was issued separately in 1752. Full calf leather binding, rebacked with original spine laid over. Double gilt filet border to boards. Spine has five raised bands, red leather title label, gilt ornaments to compartments. New endpapers, title page is a facsimile and the volume is also lacking leaves Hh3 and Hh4 (pp253-256). Staining to fore edge of title page, creasing and browning to first three leaves. Previous owner's name stamped to last page of Contents. Tear across part of the upper margin of leaf A4. A few occasional small marks but text is in very clean overall condition. Page 464 is misnumbered 456 as expected. This work was originally issued in parts between 1747 and 1749. This volume includes the libellous description of Admiral Sir Charles Knowles in footnote to pages 235-238, ESTC states that this was omitted from most copies of the bound volume. The… Read More

London: J. Debrett, 1792. 1st Edition . Very Good. 5.25 x 8.75 inches (13.5 x 22 cm). First English language edition. Translated, with considerable additions from the third Russian edition (Obozrenie Rossiiskoi Imperii, 1790). Recent half calf leather binding with marbled boards. Spine with five raised bands, red morocco title label, gilt ornament to each compartment. Good solid binding, a little light foxing, text is otherwise very clean throughout. Complete with the fold-out map, and large fold-out plate of arms and uniforms of the different governments of the Russian Empire (both with old paper repairs to reverse). Errata to final page. Lacking the half-title. One of the first geographical descriptions of Russia. Includes modern day Estonia and Latvia (as the Riga Governorate). ESTC: T188833 & T203474. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5.25 x 8.75 inches (13.5 x 22 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. xxiv, 336, [22]

Amstelodami [Amsterdam]: Sumptibus Andreae Frisii, 1669. 3rd Edition . Good. 7.5 x 9.5 inches (19 x 24 cm). Third and best edition of Pignoria's study of the Bembine Tablet. Three parts in one volume (parts II and III with continuous pagination). Pagination errors: Second series p65 misnumbered as p56; p96 misnumbered as 94. First printed title page is dated 1670. The engraved title and second printed title page are dated 1669. Rebacked with original spine laid over. Spine with five raised bands and red morocco title label. Some wear and rubbing to board edges. Water stain affects approximately one third of each page throughout the entire book. Complete with the engraved title page, plate at p67 plus eleven fold-outs. Numerous other illustrations within the text. Vignette to both title pages. Old inked note to leading blank on the history of the Mensa Isiaca. This edition also includes Pignoria's Magnia Deum Matre, and Tomasini's Life and Bibliography of Pignoria. Overall condition is… Read More

London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1930. 1st Edition . Very Good. 6.5 x 9.5 inches (16.5 x 24 cm). Lacking jacket. Red cloth binding with gilt title to front board and spine. Light stain to lower corner of rear board. Light browning to page edges, offsetting to leading blank and final page of text. Ecclesiastical library stamps to title page and final page of text (title page stamp has also offset to the frontis), there are also three inked numbers to front pastedown endpaper (two crossed out). Small stain to outer margin of pages 47-50. Good solid binding. Very clean text throughout. First English language edition of Trotsky's autobiography, following a Russian language paperback edition published in Germany in the same year. Scarce. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches (16.5 x 24 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 512

London: Heath Cranton Limited, 1925. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus/Very Good. 5 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19.5 cm). Signed by Author. Dust jacket: Very slight soiling. Browning to spine. A few short tears to top edge, priced at 3/6 to spine. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good. Book: First printing of Compton-Burnett's first major work. Issued 14 years after her first title 'Dolores', a book she subsequently suppressed all reference to . Brown cloth binding with a very light stain to upper corner of rear board. Foxing to top page edge, a couple of light spots to outer page edge. Very clean text throughout. Signed by the author to title page. Overall book condition is Very Good Plus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 5 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19.5 cm). Hardback.… Read More