GAY, JOHN.--Gay's Chair. Poems, never before printed, written by John
Gay, author of the Beggar's Opera, Fables, &c. with a sketch of his
life, from the MSS. of the Rev. Joseph Baller his nephew. Edited by
Henry Lee, author of Poetic Impressions, Caleb Quotem, &c. To which are
added Two New Tales, the World, and Gossip, by the editor. London:
Longman, . . . 1820. _Small 8vo, red levant morocco, gilt back and
sides, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford._
The original MS. of Baller's Life of Gay, and the commission as
Lieutenant of Gay's elder brother Jonathan (signed by the Duke of
Marlborough), are inserted in this volume, also MSS. of "The Maid's
Petition" and "Answer to a Predestinarian," the former said to be in the
handwriting of Gay.
GAY, JOHN.--The Poetical Works of John Gay. With a Life of the Author by
Dr. Johnson. Boston: Little, Brown and Company . . . M.DCCCLIV. _16mo,
two volumes, green morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by
Matthews._
Portrait of Gay in oval.
GAY, JOHN.--The Poetical Works of John Gay. With a Memoir [by Samuel
Johnson] Boston: Little, Brown, and Company 1866. _8vo, two volumes,
green levant morocco, gilt back with purple mosaic, gilt top, uncut
edges, by David._
No. 13 of one hundred copies printed on large paper.
Portrait of Gay, proof on India paper, and (inserted) a series of
thirty-three outline illustrations engraved by Muss for an edition of
Gay's Fables that was never published; also two portraits of Gay and ten
other proof plates, one in four states.
GAY, JOHN.--The Poetical Works of John Gay edited with a life and notes
by John Underhill . . . London: Lawrence and Bullen . . . 1893. _Post
8vo, two volumes, half vellum, gilt top, uncut edges._
Portrait. No. 96 of two hundred copies printed on large paper.
GAY, JOHN.--See Pope, Alexander. Miscellaneous Poems. 1712. Swift,
Jonathan. Miscellanies, 1742.
"GAY, JOSEPH."--See Breval, John Durant.
GAY, SYDNEY HOWARD.--See Bryant, William Cullen. 1876-1881.
GED, WILLIAM.--Biographical Memoirs of William Ged; including a
particular account of his progress in the Art of Block-Printing. London,
printed by and for J. Nichols. MDCCLXXXI. _8vo, calf, gilt back._
First edition: edited by J. Nichols.
Ged was the inventor of stereotype printing in Great Britain, and his
efforts to introduce the art brought nothing but ruin. Foules and Mack
were engaged at the time on a similar plan, which they had to abandon.
GED, WILLIAM.--Biographical Memoirs of William Ged; including a
particular account of his progress in the art of Block Printing.
Newcastle: printed by S. Hodgson, . . . M DCCC XIX. _8vo, russia, gilt
back and sides, gilt top, uncut edges, by Matthews._
One hundred and sixty copies printed. Woodcut frontispiece-title. Edited
by Thomas Hodgson.
GELL, SIR WILLIAM AND JOHN P. GANDY.--Pompeiana: the Topography,
Edifices, and Ornaments of Pompeii. By Sir William Gell . . . and John
P. Gandy . . . London: printed for Rodwell and Martin 1817-1819. _4to,
red levant morocco, gilt back panels, side corners, gilt edges, by F.
Bedford._
Large paper copy of the First Series. The charming head-pieces are
duplicated on separate sheets, proofs on India paper, the large plates
are in two states, the unfinished etching and the finished plate,
generally on India, and the frescoes are duplicated in colour.
GELL, SIR WILLIAM.--Pompeiana: the Topography, Edifices and Ornaments of
Pompeii, the Result of Excavations since 1819. By Sir William Gell . . .
London: Jennings and Chaplin MDCCCXXXII. _4to, two volumes, red levant
morocco, gilt back panels, side corners, gilt edges, by F. Bedford._
Only twenty-five copies were printed in this form, and of these only a
portion were absolutely perfected. The portrait and other engravings in
this Second Series are in two states, both on India paper, the first
being the engraver's etching before all letters.
GENERAL CASHIERED.--The General Cashier'd: a Play, As Design'd for
the Stage. Humbly Inscrib'd to His Highness Prince Eugene of Savoy.
London: Printed for J. Baker, . . . 1712. (Price 1s. 6d.) _4to, green
levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, some lower ones uncut, by
Zaehnsdorf._
First edition. A2-K3 in fours, title on A2.
GENEST, JOHN.--Some Account of the English Stage, from the Restoration
in 1660 to 1830. . . . Bath: printed by H. E. Carrington. . . . 1832.
_8vo, ten volumes, original cloth, uncut edges._
GERMAN NOVELISTS, THE.--See Roscoe, Thomas.
GESSNER, SALOMON.--The Death of Abel in five books attempted From the
German of M^{r}. Gessner. London, Published Jan^{y}. 7^{th}. 1797. by T.
Heptinstall . . . [Printed by C. Whittingham] _Royal 8vo, boards, uncut
edges._
Large paper copy, with portrait, engraved title, and four plates by
Blackberd after Stothard.
Following "The Death of Abel" are "New Idyls, by S. Gessner. With a
Letter to M. Fuslin, on Landscape Painting; and The Two Friends of
Bourbon, a moral tale, by M. Diderot," with two plates, also by
Blackberd after Stothard.
GHOST.--The Surprizing Appearance of a Ghost, With the Message he
brought from the unseen and eternal World: being A brief Paraphrase and
Improvement, (agreeable to our Time and Day) on the 4th. Chap. of Job,
the 13^{th}, 14^{th}, 15^{th}, 16^{th}, 17^{th}, 18^{th}, 19^{th},
20^{th}, & 21^{st} Verses. viz. I. On the Appearance of a Spirit to
Eliphaz. II. On the Holiness and Justice of God, and the Pride and
Imperfection of Man: (Ver. 17.) III. On the Distrust of God towards his
rational Creatures, more especially Man: (Ver. 18, 19.) IV. On the
Destruction of Man, occasioned by Mortality: (Ver. 20.) V. On the
Excellency of Man; and it's Defects, without true Wisdom: (Ver. 21) VI.
A Poem on the Day of Judgment: VII. Another, on the transcendent Joys
of Heaven. Boston: Printed by Fowle and Draper, . . . 1759. _12mo, brown
levant morocco, gilt back and sides, uncut edges, in a blue levant
morocco case, by Riviere._
GIBBON, EDWARD.--The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman
Empire. By Edward Gibbon. Oxford, Talbays and Wheeler; and William
Pickering, London MDCCCXXVII. _Royal 8vo, eight volumes, red levant
morocco, Janseniste, gilt over uncut edges, by Brany._
One of fifty large paper copies, with proof portraits and frontispieces
added.
GIBBONS, THOMAS.--Britannia's Alarm: a poem, Occasioned by the Present
Rebellion. To which is added, a Fable of the Vine and Bramble. By Thomas
Gibbons. . . . London: Printed for R. King, . . . J. Buckland, and M.
Cooper . . . and M. Marshal . . . M DCC XLV. . . . _Small 8vo, paper
wrappers, by The Club Bindery._
First edition, with half-title. Presentation copy from the author, with
inscription on the title-page.
GIBBONS, THOMAS.--An Elegy on the Death Of the Reverend Mr. Peter
Goodwin, who departed this life November 27, 1747. in the LXIVth year of
his Age. By Thomas Gibbons. . . . London: Printed for J. Oswald, . . . M
DCC XLVIII. _Small 8vo, paper wrappers, by The Club Bindery._
Title in a mourning border, and mourning bands at the beginning and end
of the poem.
GIBSON, STRICKLAND.--Early Oxford Bindings by Strickland Gibson [40
plates] Printed for the Bibliographical Society at the Oxford University
Press January 1903. _4to, original paper covers, uncut edges._
GIFT, THE.--See Leslie, Eliza.
GILBERT, DAVIES, _editor_.--Some Ancient Christmas Carols, with the
tunes to which they were formerly sung in the West of England. Collected
by Davies Gilbert, . . . London: printed by John Nichols and Son, . . .
1822. _8vo, half olive morocco, gilt top, uncut edges. Bound with HONE'S
"Ancient Mysteries" and one other work._
First edition.
GILBERT, JOSIAH.--Cadore or Titian's Country. By Josiah Gilbert, . . .
London: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1869. _Imperial 8vo, cloth, uncut
edges._
Thirty-five plates and nine woodcuts in the text.
GILCHRIST, ALEXANDER.--Life of William Etty, R. A. By Alexander
Gilchrist, . . . London: David Bogue, . . . MDCCCLV. _Small 8vo, two
volumes, original cloth, uncut edges._
GILCHRIST, ALEXANDER.--Life of William Blake, "pictor ignotus." With
selections from his poems and other writings by the late Alexander
Gilchrist, . . . illustrated from Blake's own works, in facsimile by W.
J. Linton, and in photolithography; with a few of Blake's original
plates. London. . . : Macmillan and Co. 1863. _8vo, two volumes, cloth,
uncut edges._
First edition.
GILCHRIST, ALEXANDER.--Life of William Blake with selections from his
poems and other writings by Alexander Gilchrist . . . a new and enlarged
edition illustrated from Blake's own works with additional letters and a
memoir of the author . . . London Macmillan and Co. 1880. _8vo, two
volumes, cloth, uncut edges._
In this edition the full-page illustrations are printed on India paper.
GILLISS, WALTER.--The Story of a Motto and a Mark being a brief sketch
of a few printers' "marks" and containing the facts concerning the mark
of the Gilliss Press by Walter Gilliss. New York The Gilliss Press M
C M II. _12mo, vellum boards, uncut edges._
One of twelve copies printed on French vellum paper. Presentation copy
from the author.
GILLMAN, JAMES.--The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. By James Gillman.
London, William Pickering 1838. _8vo, red levant morocco, back panels
in gilt and blue mosaic, gilt top, uncut edges, by Champs._
Only Volume I was published.
GIOVANNI.--The Pecorone of Ser Giovanni now first translated into
English by W. G. Waters illustrated by E. R. Hughes, . . . London:
Laurence and Bullen, . . . M DCCC XC VII. _4to, half vellum, uncut
edges._
No. 55 of one hundred and ten copies printed on Japanese vellum, with
twelve plates.
GLANVILLE, JOHN.--Variety; or Poetical Prolusions. By John Glanville . . .
London: printed for the author, by G. Sidney . . . 1811. _8vo, boards,
uncut edges._
The author in his preface states that the best of this "variety" is from
"the glowing pen of Mr. Samuel Blake Frome." A frontispiece is prefixed.
GLOVER, RICHARD.--Leonidas, a poem, by Richard Glover. Adorned with
plates. . . . The sixth edition. London: Printed by T. Bensley; for F.
J. Du Roveray, . . . 1798. _8vo, two volumes, green levant morocco, gilt
fillets on the back, side borders, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club
Bindery._
Large paper copy.
Frontispiece-portrait by Fittler from a drawing by Burney after a
portrait by Hone, with proof on India paper added, and six other plates,
by Bartolozzi after W. Hamilton, Delatre after Burney, and J. Neagle,
Holloway, and J. Heath after Stothard, with proofs of the Bartolozzi
and Holloway engravings added. Five other plates have been inserted, two
by P. W. Tomkins after Tresham, both of them in three states; two by C.
Warren after J. Thurston, two states; and one by Smith after Thurston,
in two states.
GODWIN, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT.--A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with
Strictures on political and moral Subjects. By Mary Wollstonecraft.
London: printed for J. Johnson . . . 1792. _8vo, half brown levant
morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford._
First edition. Two portraits of the author are inserted, one a proof on
India paper, by Heath after Opie.
GODWIN, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT.--Defense des Droits des Femmes, suivie de
quelques Considerations sur des sujets politiques et moraux. Ouvrage
traduit de l'Anglais de Mary Wollstonecraft . . . A Paris, chez Buisson
. . . 1792. _8vo, half brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut
edges._
GODWIN, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT.--Original Stories, from real life; with
conversations, calculated to regulate the affections, and form the mind
to truth and goodness. London: Printed for J. Johnson, . . . M. DCC.
LXXXVIII. _12mo, brown straight-grain morocco, gilt back, side corners,
gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._
First edition.
GODWIN, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT.--Original Stories from Real Life; with
Conversations, calculated to Regulate the Affections, and form the mind
to truth and goodness. By Mary Wollstonecraft. A new edition. London:
printed for J. Johnson, . . . 1796. _12mo, half brown morocco, gilt
back, gilt top, uncut edges._
Illustrated with six plates designed and engraved by William Blake.
GODWIN, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT.--Maria, ou le malheur d'etre femme, ouvrage
posthume de Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin: imite de l'anglais par B.
Ducos. A Paris, Chez Maradan, . . . An VI-1798. _12mo, half green levant
morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges._
GODWIN, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT.--Posthumous Works of the Author of a
Vindication of the Rights of Woman . . . London: Printed for J. Johnson,
. . . and G. G. and J. Robinson, . . . 1798. _Small 8vo, four volumes,
half blue morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges._
GODWIN, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT.--A Defence of the Character and Conduct of
the late Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, founded on principles of Nature and
Reason, as applied to the peculiar circumstances of her case; in a
series of letters to A Lady . . . London: printed for James Wallis, . . .
By Slatter and Munday, Oxford. 1803. _Small 8vo, half brown morocco,
gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges._
GODWIN, WILLIAM.--Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights
of Woman. By William Godwin. London: printed for J. Johnson, . . . and
G. G. and J. Robinson, . . . 1798. _Small 8vo, green straight-grain
morocco, gilt back, side panels, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club
Bindery._
Portrait of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin by Heath after Opie.
GODWIN, WILLIAM.--Mandeville. A Tale of the Seventeenth century in
England. By William Godwin. . . . In three volumes. . . . Edinburgh:
printed for Archibald Constable and Co. and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme,
and Brown, London. 1817. _12mo, three volumes, half brown levant
morocco, gilt back, brown figured silk sides, gilt top, uncut edges, by
The Club Bindery._
First edition. The dedication to John Philpot Curran is dated October
25, 1817.
GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON.--Faustus, A Dramatic Mystery; the Bride of
Corinth; the First Walpurgis Night. Translated from the German of
Goethe, and illustrated with notes, by John Anster, . . . London:
printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, . . .
1835.[-1864.] _Crown 8vo, two volumes, calf, gilt back, gilt edges, by
F. Bedford._
GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON.--(I.) Faust: A Tragedy, By J. Wolfgang von
Goethe. Translated into English verse By J. Birch . . . [Embellished
with twenty-nine engravings on steel, after Moritz Retszch.] London:
Black and Armstrong. . . . MDCCCXXXIX. (II.) Faust: a tragedy, in two
parts, . . . The second part. Translated into English verse, By Jonathan
Birch, . . . Embellished with eleven engravings on steel, By John Brain,
after Moritz Retszch. London: Chapman and Hall, . . . MDCCCXLIII. _Royal
8vo, original cloth, uncut edges._
GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON.--Faust: a dramatic poem, by Goethe.
Translated into English verse by Theodore Martin. William Blackwood and
Sons, Edinburgh and London. [Whittingham Press.] MDCCCLXV. _Crown 8vo,
cloth, uncut edges._
GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON.--Reynard the Fox after the German version
of Goethe by Thomas James Arnold . . . London, Nattali and Bond, . . .
1855. _8vo, citron morocco, back and sides covered with tooling in a
geometrical design, gilt edges, by Bedford._
Engraved frontispiece-title, with the imprint, "William Pickering,
1853," and twelve steel plates after the designs of Joseph Wolf.
GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON.--Poems and Ballads of Goethe. Translated by
W. Edmondstoune Aytoun, D.C.L. and Theodore Martin. Second Edition
William Blackwood and Sons: Edinburgh . . . MDCCCLX. _Post 8vo, calf,
gilt back._
GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON.--[First page] Goethe's Helena. Translated
by Theodore Martin. [n. p., n. d.] _Crown 8vo, half brown straight-grain
morocco, gilt top._
Thirty-one pages of text, with no title-page, date, or place of
publication. Presentation copy from the Translator, with inscription on
the first page.
GOLDSMITH, OLIVER, _translator_.--The Memoirs of a Protestant, Condemned
to the Galleys of France, For His Religion. Written by Himself.
Comprehending an Account of the various Distresses he suffered in
Slavery; and his Constancy in supporting almost every Cruelty that
bigotted zeal could inflict or Human Nature sustain; also a
Description of the Galleys, and the Service in which they are
employed. The Whole interspersed with Anecdotes relative to the
General History of the Times, for a Period of Thirteen Years; during
which the Author continued in Slavery, 'till he was at last set
free, at the Intercession of the Court of Great Britain. In two
volumes. . . . Translated from the Original, just published at the
Hague, By James Willington. [Oliver Goldsmith] London: Printed for R.
Griffiths, . . . and E. Dilly, . . . M. DCC. LVIII. _12mo, two volumes,
blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._
These are the Memoirs of Jean Marteilhe of Bergerac. Goldsmith took the
name of James Willington, an old classmate at Trinity College, from
"prudential motives," and the book is actually a translation.
Inserted is a receipt dated Jan. 11, 1758, and signed Oliver Goldsmith,
to the effect that he received of Mr. Edward Dilly L6. 13. 4 for his
third share of Goldsmith's translation of the book.
GOLDSMITH, OLIVER.--The Bee. Being Essays on the most Interesting
Subjects . . . London: Printed for J. Wilkie, . . . MDCCLIX. _Small 8vo,
brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, by Ramage. Bound with
DODSLEY'S "OEconomy of Human Life."_
First edition, issued in eight numbers, from October 6 to November 24,
1759.
GOLDSMITH, OLIVER.--An Enquiry into the present state of Polite Learning
in Europe. [vignette] London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, . . .
M.DCC.LIX. _Small 8vo, red niger skin, gilt back, wide side borders,
uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._
First edition, entirely uncut. Inserted is an autograph letter from
Goldsmith to John Dodsley, dated Gray's Inn, March 10, 1764, and asking
for ten guineas "as a favour."
GOLDSMITH, OLIVER.--An Enquiry into the present state of Polite Learning
in Europe. By Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. The second edition, Revised and
Corrected. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, . . . M DCC LXXIV. _8vo, red
niger skin, gilt back, wide side borders, uncut edges, by The Club
Bindery._
GOLDSMITH, OLIVER.--The Mystery Revealed; Containing a Series of
Transactions and Authentic Testimonials, Respecting the supposed
Cock-Lane Ghost; Which have hitherto been concealed from the Public . . .
London: Printed for W. Bristow, . . . MDCCXLII. [MDCCLXII] _8vo, brown
levant morocco, gilt back, rich side ornaments, gilt edges, by
Chambolle-Duru._
First edition. The date 1742 is a typographical error; it should be
1762, the LX being transposed. Forster, in his Life of Goldsmith, states
that this pamphlet "has not survived"--a sufficient proof of its rarity.
GOLDSMITH, OLIVER.--The Art of Poetry on a new plan: Illustrated with
a great Variety of Examples from the best English Poets; and of
Translations from the Ancients: Together with such Reflections and
critical Remarks as may tend to form in our Youth an elegant Taste, and
render the Study of this Part of the Belles Lettres more rational and
pleasing. London: Printed for J. Newbery, . . . M DCC LXII. _12mo, two
volumes, calf, gilt and mosaic back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford._
First edition. Frontispiece engraved by Ant. Walker.
GOLDSMITH, OLIVER.--The Life of Richard Nash, Of Bath, Esq; Extracted
principally from His Original Papers. . . . London: Printed for J.
Newbery, . . . and W. Frederick, at Bath. MDCCLXII. _8vo, maroon levant
morocco, gilt back, side panels, doubled with blue morocco, wide borders
of architectural design, gilt top, uncut edges, by Meunier._
Portrait by A. Walker after a painting by Hoare, and two final leaves of
advertisement.
Not republished in the Miscellaneous Works.
GOLDSMITH, OLIVER.--The Citizen of the World; or Letters from a Chinese
Philosopher, Residing in London, to his Friends in the East. . . .
London: Printed for the Author; and Sold by J. Newbery and W. Bristow,
in St. Paul's Church-yard; J. Leake and W. Frederick, at Bath; B.
Collins, at Salisbury; and A. M. Smart and Co. at Reading. M DCC LXII.
_12mo, two volumes, blue levant morocco, gilt and mosaic back, side
borders and centre ornaments, doubled with blue silk, gilt borders, silk
guards, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._
Presumably the first issue of the first edition, "Printed for the
Author." These letters were first published in the "Ledger."
GOLDSMITH, OLIVER.--The Citizen of the World; or Letters from a Chinese
Philosopher, Residing in London, to his Friends in the East. . . .
London: Printed for J. Newbery, . . . MDCC LXII. _12mo, two volumes,
brown morocco, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._
Presumably the second issue of the first edition. The same sheets as the
first issue, with a new title-page.
[GOLDSMITH, OLIVER.]--The History of England, in a series of letters
from a nobleman to his son. . . . London, Printed for J. Newbery, . . .
M DCC LXIV. _12mo, two volumes, red straight-grain morocco, gilt edges,
by The Club Bindery._
Sometimes attributed to the Earl of Orrery and to George Lord Lytelton.
GOLDSMITH, OLIVER.--The History of England, from The Earliest Times to
the Death of George II. By Dr. Goldsmith. . . . London, Printed for T.
Davies, . . . M DCC LXX I. _8vo, four volumes, red morocco, uncut edges,
by The Club Bindery._
First edition.
GOLDSMITH, OLIVER.--The Traveller, or a Prospect of Society. A Poem.
Inscribed to the Rev. Mr. Henry Goldsmith. By Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.
London: Printed for J. Newbery, in St. Paul's Church-yard. MDCCLXV.
_4to, light green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Bedford._
First edition.
Collation: Half-title, A1 (verso blank). Title, A2 (verso blank). "To
the Rev. Henry Goldsmith," signed "Your most affectionate Brother,"
a1-a2. Pages i-iv. Poem, B1-G1 in twos. Pages 1-22. Advertisement, G2.
GOLDSMITH, OLIVER.--The Traveller. 1765. _4to, citron levant morocco,
gilt and mosaic back, scroll border of green and red mosaic on the
sides, foliage and pointille tooling, doubled with citron morocco,
yellow figured silk guards, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._
Another copy of the first edition, with inserted portrait of Goldsmith
after Sir Joshua Reynolds.
GOLDSMITH, OLIVER.--The Traveller, or a Prospect of Society. A Poem.
Inscribed to the Rev. Mr. Henry Goldsmith. By Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.
The second edition. London: Printed for J. Newbury, in St. Pauls
Church-yard. M DCC LXV. _4to, green levant morocco, side borders,
doubled with green morocco, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._
This is not a new issue of the date 1765, but a new edition. The type is
lighter faced, and occasional changes of phraseology occur, e.g., line
12, page 3, in the first edition, "Amidst the store, 't were
thankless to repine" here reads "Amidst the store, should
thankless pride repine?"