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London: Mary Hinde, 1773. First Edition. Hardcover. Early owner name of Maria Gurney on the front endpaper and remnant of early bookplate of Henrietta Gurney on the front pastedown. Light wear to the spine tips and edges, but a clean, Near Fine copy. Duodecimo (4" x 6-1/2") bound in contemporary calf leather with blind rules and stamping on the covers; [vi], 137, [3] pages. Contains the following, with separate title pages for each section: Considerations on Pure Wisdom, and Human Policy. * Considerations on the True Harmony of Mankind, &c. * An Epistle to the Quarterly and Monthly Meetings of Friends. * Remarks on Sundry Subjects (includes a chapter On a Sailor's Life). * Some Expressions of John Woolman in his Last Illness. Sabin 105207.

Oxford: Limited Editions Club, 1977. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Fine, white slipcase. Quarto (8-3/4" x 12") bound in quarter black cowhide and boards covered with Cockerel handmade marbled paper; 98 pages folded double in the Japanese style. Printed on Abbey Mills paper made by Grosvenor Chater at their mill in North Wales. Designed by John Dreyfus. Commentaries and introduction by Roman Greer; wood-engraved decorations on the title page and title panels by Leo Wyatt. Issued unsigned in an edition of 1600 copies, this copy is out-of-series. Monthly Letter laid in.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1960. Hardcover. Slight natural discoloration to the vellum; slight bump to bottom rear corner. About Fine in a Very Good slipcase with a few bumps and dents. Ben-Zion. Small folio (9-1/4" x 12-1/4") bound in half natural-grain goatskin vellum and black cloth stamped in genuine gold, top edge gilt with pure gold leaf; 226 pages. Translated, edited, and with an introduction by Judah Goldin. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal and printed at the Spiral Press with the classical commentaries printed in both English in black ink and Hebrew in red ink. Illustrated with 12 full-page sepia drawings by Ben-Zion. Copy #1439 of 1500 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.

Oxford: Limited Editions Club, 1977. Hardcover. Fine in a Very Good, white slipcase with minor wear and light soiling . Quarto (8-3/4" x 12") bound in quarter black cowhide and boards covered with Cockerel handmade marbled paper; 98 pages folded double in the Japanese style. Printed on Abbey Mills paper made by Grosvenor Chater at their mill in North Wales. Designed by John Dreyfus. Commentaries and introduction by Roman Greer; wood-engraved decorations on the title page and title panels by Leo Wyatt. Issued unsigned in an edition of 1600 copies, this copy is out-of-series. Monthly Letter laid in.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1963. Hardcover. Small scratch to the spine. Near Fine in a Fine slipcase. A lovely book. Valenti Angelo. Large octavo (6-3/4" x 9-1/2") bound in genuine lambskin leather, stained red and stamped in gold with the title and decorations by Valenti Angelo who also designed and handset the type; 116 pages. The authorized King James version, set in paragraph form, with an introduction by Dr. Robert Gordis. Each page has been printed in three or four colors on only one side of the sheet, utilizing a French fold, with the ornamental borders drawn by Angelo. Copy #1439 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.

Bloomfield, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1971. Hardcover. Fine in just about Fine slipcase. Ismar David. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11-1/2") bound in scarlet and cream buckram with embossed lettering on the cover and gilt stamping on the spine; 230 pages. Printed at the Sign of the Stone Book. Translated by Martin Turnell and illustrated with decorative devices and 12 full-page multi-color drawings by Ismar David. Copy #492 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Handsome edition of this classic of religion and philosophy. Monthly Letter laid in.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1958. Hardcover. Very short split to seam of box. Fine in a Near Fine publisher's clamshell box. Valenti Angelo. Octavo (6-3/4" x 9-3/4") bound in tan cloth impressed in two colors and gold with a traditional walletlike flap. Decorated and illuminated by Valenti Angelo including the use of genuine gold on the title page and the page facing the opening sura. Translated with notes and an introduction by Arthur Jeffery. Copy #1087 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1958. Hardcover. Tasteful bookplate on the front pastedown. About Fine in a close to Fine publisher's clamshell box. Valenti Angelo. Octavo (6-3/4" x 9-3/4") bound in tan cloth impressed in two colors and gold with a traditional walletlike flap. Decorated and illuminated by Valenti Angelo including the use of genuine gold on the title page and the page facing the opening sura. Translated with notes and an introduction by Arthur Jeffery. Copy #39 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.

[London]: [J. Darby, A. Betteswort &c], [1726]. Second Edition. Hardcover. Neat contemporary ink inscription to first title, very small worm tracks to upper corner of about half of the pages. Lovely plates, very clean. Near Fine. Tall Folio (8-3/4" x 14-1/2") bound in full calf leather neatly rebacked. Two parts in one volume, lacking the printed title page, as seems often to be the case. Text in French and English. Translated by Thomas Manington Gibbs. Illustrated with two engraved title pages, a frontispiece, a portrait, and 103 engraved plates, all nearly full page, along with engraved head- and tail-pieces.

Boston: John W. Luce & Co., 1905. Second American Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Unauthorized, as was the 1896 Roycoft edition, of Shaw's first work published in America. Laurence A26c.

New York: Little Leather Library Corp., n.d. wraps. Browning to title page. Very Good. A much later printing, likely from the 1930s, bound in greenish brown wraps that are meant to imitate leather. A very small book, 3" x 3-3/4".

Amsterdam: Laporte, 1789. Hardcover. Contents quite clean with a minimum of foxing; occasional tear or crease rarely with any effect on an image. Bindings with edgewear, spines deteriorated; boards detached on the third volume, the front board nearly detached on the first. Bindings quite worn but contents Very Good. Four folio (10" x 16") volumes bound in calf-backed marbled boards of one of the most spectacular illustrated works of the 18th-century. Illustrated with 263 engravings, all but 1 full page and some with more than one image, and including 41 large folding plates. First published in 1723 with 223 copper engravings, this edition is enlarged and appears to be the last published in the 18th century and in folio size. The plates, many double-page, illustrate in great detail scenes of religious ceremonies, views of temples and churches, and religious costumes. This edition is not in Sabin. Bookplates of O'Connell and Adolph Grant on the pastedowns. Perhaps the best known illustrated history… Leer más

(New York): Limited Editions Club, 1979. Hardcover. Mild darkening to the sheepskin spine; small bump to top outer edge of slipcase. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with slight wear at the open edge. Chaim Gross. Large quarto (10" x 12-1/2") bound with a natural-color sheepskin spine with a smooth finish, stamped in genuine gold, and dark brown linen boards imported from the Netherlands. Printed at the Press of A. Colish. Introduction by Franklin H. Littell. Illustrated with 11 full-page water colors by Chaim Gross. Copy #356 of 2000 SIGNED by the artist and by Littell on the colophon page.

[Waltham Saint Lawrence]: Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards slightly bowed with mild sunning to the spine. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. Paul Nash. Cloth-backed marbled boards. Title-page and three full-page wood engravings by Paul Nash. Copy #389 of 400. The First English Translation (by Brian Rhys) of this tale about a man who must choose between Christian and Muslim heavens.

New York: Farrar Straus Cudahy, (1956). First Edition. hardcover. Very Good in Good dustwrapper with some edgewear and tears. Bloomfield B61. Edited and with an introduction by W. H. Auden of this collection of letters and essays by Smith (1771-1845), "the most famous wit of his generation." Owner signature on front endpaper.

Eugene, OR: Limited Editions Club, 1939. Hardcover. Fine in slipcase with back panel lacking, as usually the case. Thin quarto (7-3/4" x 11-1/8") bound in half linen with a printed spine label and marbled paper sides. Edited with an introduction by Geoffrey Keynes. Portrait and title page of the 1642 edition re-engraved by Dolph Henry Murnik. Copy #356 of 1500 designed, printed, and bound by John Henry Nash. SIGNED by the designer on the colophon page.

New York: The John Day Company, (1973). First Edition. Hardcover. Contemporary owner name on front endpaper. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper. Spontaneous conversations about the Bible by two great educators, edited and annotated by Edith Samuel.

Boston: John W. Luce & Co., 1905. Second American Edition. Hardcover. A little soiling to covers. Very Good. Unauthorized, as was the 1896 Roycoft edition, of Shaw's first work published in America. Laurence A26c.

Wilmington, DE: Peter Brynberg, 1797. New Edition. Hardcover. Paper darkened. One page torn with no loss; rear blank and endpaper partially present. Very Good. Duodecimo (4" x 6-3/4") bound with the half-title page in original sheep leather with a gilt-lettered red morocco label; 226 [6] pages. Evans 32249. Hervey, a popular and bombastic Divine, had an influence on William Blake who painted "Epitome of James Hervey's Meditations among the Tombs." Two of the works in this collection--MEDITATIONS AMONGST THE TOMBS and THERON AND ASPASIO--decisively influenced the imagery in Blake's well-known poem "The Tyger."