The biographical magazine; or, complete historical library. A work replete with instruction and entertainment, and accompanied with such embellishments as have not hitherto appeared in any publication of Europe. By a Society of Gentlemen ...

London: printed for F. Newbery, 1776. 0. Hardcover. Quarto. [iv], 812 [i.e. 808, [ii]pp.] A2-Z2, AA2-ZZ2, AAA2-ZZZ2, AAAA2-ZZZZ2, AAAAA2-ZZZZZ2, AAAAAA2-ZZZZZZ2, AAAAAAA2-ZZZZZZZ2, AAAAAAAA2-ZZZZZZZZ2, AAAAAAAAA2-UUUUUUUUU2. With a final leaf of errata. Pages 453-456 omitted. Modern half calf over marbled boards. With portraits. Roscoe, A39; ESTC T98528. Even though a number of British libraries have copies of this book, only a handful institutions in the US have it. Illustrated with small circular portraits, I have not been able to find a bibliography noting all the peculiarities of this work. Since it was published in parts (per ESTC), there is nothing to determine the number of plates that are supposed to be present. I have not had access to Roscoe's book, 'John Newbery and his successors,' which may possess the information I am lacking. I contacted an institutional library and asked specifically (a) how many plates there were and (b) whether each author had a corresponding portrait. They provided the following information: (a) there are 27 engraved portraits, and (b) each author does not have a corresponding portrait, inclusive of the portrait of the King and Queen. The portraits are small oval portraits set in the centre of a full-page and engraved on much thicker paper than paper used for the book. My copy differs slightly from this institutional library copy and considerably from the digitized University of Pittsburgh copy, which has only 19 portraits, inclusive of the royal portraits. The portrait of the King is cut out in my copy, but mounted on similarly thick paper; the Queen's portrait is missing, and there are 26 portraits of authors. These differences lead me to believe that this book, originally printed in parts, was compiled and gathered together based on the whims of the bookseller and the collector. A very good copy. Good.

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Book number: 2533

Catalogue: First Editions, Eighteenth Century Books, Illustrated Books

Geraldina: a novel founded on a recent event: in two volumes.

London : Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson . 1798. 0. Hardcover. Duodecimo. Two volumes. I: [ii], 275, [i]pp.; II: [ii], 300pp. I: [A]1, B12-M12, N6; II: [A]1, B12-N12, O6. Contemporary calf, repaired. Black, F.G. Epistolary novel 134; ESTC N7149; Garside, P. English novel, 1770-1829, 1798:3; Block, A. English novel, p. 83. There are three known copies of Geraldina, located at the New York Society Library, the University of Pennsylvania, and Forstliche Bibliothek zu Corvey, with none known in British libraries. The set was recently repaired; and one leaf (Volume II, page 115/116) was restored. Good.

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Book number: 1496

Catalogue: First Editions, Eighteenth Century Books

Seven Irish Tales.

Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1957. 0. Hardcover. Quarto. 44 pages. Edition limited to 275 copies, this is No. 8. Green cloth. Illustrated by Elfriede Abbe and signed by Abbe. A very nice copy of a very fine book. Good.

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Book number: 698

Catalogue: First Editions, Illustrated Books, Signed and/or Presentation Copies

Keywords: First Editions

Albérès, R.-M.

L'Aventure Intellectuelle du XXe Siècle.

Paris: Editions Albin Michel, 1959. 0. Soft cover. Octavo. 444, [iv] pages. In the publisher's original printed wrappers. From the library of Ernst Erich Noth. With a dedication by Albérès to Noth. Good.

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Book number: 999

Catalogue: First Editions, Signed and/or Presentation Copies

Keywords: Autographed Books

L'Anselme, Jean.

Cahier d'Histoires Naturelles.

Paris: Pierre Seghers, Editeur, 1950. 0. First Edition. Soft cover. Octavo. 33, [i] pages. Printed wrappers. From the library of Ernst Erich Noth. Good.

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Book number: 1568

Catalogue: First Editions

Keywords: French Literature

Ayguesparse, Albert.

L'Heure de la Vérité.

Paris: René Julliard, 1947. 0. Soft cover. Octavo. 228 pages. In the publisher's original printed wrappers. From the library of Ernst Erich Noth. With a dedication by Ayguesparse to Noth. Good.

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Book number: 1106

Catalogue: First Editions, Signed and/or Presentation Copies

Keywords: Autographed Books

Bacon, Francis.

The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning, Divine and Humane.

London: Printed [by Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, and are to be sold at his shop at Graies Inne Gate in Holborne, 1605. 0. Hardcover. Quarto. In two parts. [1], 45, 118 [i.e. 121]ff. A4-L4; M2; Aa4-Ggg4; Hhh2. First edition. Blank leaf present, but two errata leaves absent. C4r with the first state reading 'maniable.' Contemporary vellum, repaired by Bernard Middleton. From the library of C.R. Lowell, with his bookplate and his rubber stamp on each title-page. Also, on first title-page, an ownership inscription: "bibca Williams Scptio, 1813." Pforzheimer 36; Gibson 81; Grolier, Langland to Wither, 12; Grolier/Horblit 8a; Norman 97; STC 1164. Bound with: Sandys, Edwin. A relation of the state of religion . Very Good.

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Book number: 1551

Catalogue: First Editions, Seventeenth Century Books, Science

Librairie Giraud-Badin.

Paris: Auguste Blaizot, Librairie, various dates.

Paris: Giraud-Badin, various dates. 0. Soft cover. Octavo. No pagination. Decorated stiff paper wrappers. Illustrated. Good.

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Book number: 951

Catalogue: First Editions, Signed and/or Presentation Copies

Beecher, John.

Here I Stand.

New York: Twice A Year Press, 1941. 0. Hardcover. Small quarto. White cloth. 40pp. First edition. Limited to 400 copies, this one is letter "R." Top and bottom of spine chipped. Good.

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Book number: 454

Catalogue: First Editions, Poetry

Keywords: AMERICAN POETRY, AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE FIRST EDITIONS

Benezet, Anthony. [PROBABLY ONLY COPY IN PRIVATE HANDS].

Observations on the inslaving, importing and purchasing of Negroes with some advice thereon extracted form [sic] the Yearly Meeting epistle of London for the present year also some remarks on the absolute necessity of self-denial, ...

Germantown [Pa.]: Printed by Christopher Sower, 1759. 0. Soft cover. Octavo. 15, [i]pp. First edition. Disbound. Evans 8298; Sabin 4676; ESTC W1272. Attributed to Anthony Benezet by Evans. This first edition of Benezet's has not been seen in auction rooms for well over one hundred years. Very Good.

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Book number: 2532

Catalogue: First Editions, Eighteenth Century Books, Americana

Bevan, Aneurin, E. J. Strachey, and George Strauss.

What We Saw in Russia.

London: The Hogarth Press, 1931, 0. Soft cover. Octavo. 29, [i]pp. First edition. Day to Day Pamphlets No. 4. Orange wrappers. Woolmer 246. A very good copy. Good.

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Book number: 2762

Catalogue: First Editions

Librairie Auguste Blaizot.

Collection of 3 Auguste Blaizot Catalogues.

Paris: Auguste Blaizot, Librairie, various dates. 0. Soft cover. Quarto. Various pagination. Catalogues are; Reflets 47-49. Stiff paper wrappers. Very Good.

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Book number: 935

Catalogue: First Editions

Blank

Blank

Blank, 0. Hardcover. Blank Good.

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Book number: 2087

Catalogue: First Editions

Blank

Blank

Blank, 0. Soft cover. Blank Good.

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Book number: 2111

Catalogue: First Editions

Seven Gables Bookshop.

Collection of 5 Catalogues and 1 List. Octavo. Catalogue 23: Rare Books and First Editions (1947, 32pp.); Catalogue 24: Rare Books and First Editions (1951, 60pp.); Catalogue 26: Fifty Books & Manuscripts (1954, 62pp.); Catalogue 32: A Catalogue of English Fiction including early Translations (1966, 84pp.); Catalogue: John Milton. Early Works, Illustrated Editions, Press Books, Fine Bindings (1975, iv, 44pp. - 234 items.); and List 8: American Literature (1955, 40pp.).

New York: Seven Gables Bookshop, 1947-1975. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. Catalogue 23: Rare Books and First Editions (1947, 32pp.); Catalogue 24: Rare Books and First Editions (1951, 60pp.); Catalogue 26: Fifty Books & Manuscripts (1954, 62pp.); Catalogue 32: A Catalogue of English Fiction including early Translations (1966, 84pp.); Catalogue: John Milton. Early Works, Illustrated Editions, Press Books, Fine Bindings (1975, iv, 44pp. - 234 items.); and List *: American Literature (1955, 40pp.). Stiff paper wrappers. Some illustrated. Very Good.

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Book number: 242

Catalogue: First Editions, Poetry