The R. B. Adam Library Relating to Dr. Samuel Johnson and His Era. Volumes 1 -2 -3 de Adam, R. [Robert] B. [Borthwick], Introduction By Charles G. Osgood, Preface By A. Edward NEwton - 1929

London: T. Cadell, 1791. First Edition, Second Printing 2nd Printing. Leather / Boards. Very Good. 6 7/8" Tall. Second Edition Stated ( Actually The Second Printing Of The First Edition Of Her Second Novel). Quarter Calf Over Marbled Paper-Covered Boards, Tiny Leather Tips, Morocco Spine Labels With Gilt Lettering And Elaborate Gilt Upper And Lower Borders, Gilt Rules And Volume Number On Spines. Complete With All Preliminary And Final Endpapers, All Four Half Titles Present. Bindings And Hinges Solid, Tips Worn, Paper Along Edges Of Boards Are Partly Frayed Away. Contents Clean, No Names Or Marks Or Bookplates.

Dublin [1764, 1762]: Peter Wilson /Richard Watts / William Wilson, 1764. First Dublin Editions . Full Calf. Very Good. 6 3/4 " Tall. Two Volumes Bound As One: 124 (The Dialogues), 64 (Letters On Chivalry), + 24 Page William Wilson Catalog At End. Full Calf, Four Raised Bands With Red Morocco Label, Two Front Free Endpapers And Two Rear Free Endpapers. Re-Backed To Style With Original Boards. Small Owner's Name With 1949 Date On Front Endpaper. Very Good +, Leather Recently Furbished. Apparently Bound Together By William Wilson From Sheets Printed For Richard Watts And Peter Wilson, Then Including The William Wilson Catalog At End. The Dublin Edition Of Chivalry And Romance Is Scarce, Only Three Copies Located In Worldcat.

London: G. G. And J. Robinson, 1795. 4th Edition . Quarter Calf / Boards. Very Good. 7 " Tall. Frontispiece. Frontispiece, Viii, 390; (Ii), 356; (Ii), 386. Volume Iii Begins With Anecdotes Of The Life Of Alexander Schell, Pp 1-65, Then A New Half Title "The Life Of Baron Frederic Trenck" In The Rest Of The Volume, In Which He Refers To Continuing His Autobiography To The Year 1792, "The Present Year". This Is Apparently The Fourth And Best Edition. Original Quarter Calf Over Marbled Paper Boards, Complete With All Half-Titles And The Introductory Leaf In Volume I Which Explains The Frontispiece. Bindings Worn, Mostly On Spine, With Upper And Lower Edges Worn Away; Paper Covered Boards Once Had Calf Tips Which Are Now Lacking. Boards Worn On Edges But Most Of Paper Is Still Present. No Names Or Marks Or Bookplates. This Edition With The New Material Is Quite Scarce, Worldcat Reporting Only Three Institutional Copies. Friedrich Freiherr Von Der Trenck (1726 -1794) Was A… Leer más

London: R. Baldwin, 1787. Third Edition [stated] . Green Cloth. Good. 6 1/2" High. Frontispiece. Frontispiece, (Vii), 216; (V), 212; (V), 191. Bound In Probably Original Green Cloth Spine With Gilt Short Title And Volume Number, Over Green Cloth With An Arboreal Pattern. All Edges Of Page Block Colored Red. Well Worn But Complete And Integral, Front Hinge To Volume I Cracked, A Short Crack To Another Hinge, Boards Frayed At All Edges, Former Owner's Name Dated 1950 On Front Endpaper Of Vol I. Traces Of Very Old Paper Labels At Bases Of Spines, No Other Marks. Scarce. Samuel Jackson Pratt (1749 - 1814) Was A Prolific English Poet, Dramatist And Novelist, Writing Under The Pseudonym Of "Courtney Melmoth" As Well As Under His Own Name. He Authored Around 40 Publications Between 1770 And 1810, Some Of Which Are Still Published Today, And Is Probably Best Remembered As The Author Of Emma Corbett: Or The Miseries Of Civil War, (1780) And The Poem Sympathy (1788). Although His Reputation… Leer más

London: Isaac Cleave, 1698. First Edition 1st Printing. Modern Morocco Over Boards. Very Good +. 8 3/8 " Tall. (10), 43, (2), Ad At Rear. Rebound In Early Twentieth Century In Green Quarter Morocco, Gilt Lettering On Spine, Over Green Cloth Boards. Contents Complete, Quite Browned But No Other Damage. Quite Scarce, Only Two Copies In Worldcat, Both In The Uk.

Dublin [1764, 1762]: Peter Wilson /Richard Watts / William Wilson, 1764. First Dublin Editions . Full Calf. Very Good. 6 3/4 " Tall. Two Volumes Bound As One: 124 (The Dialogues), 64 (Letters On Chivalry), + 24 Page William Wilson Catalog At End. Full Calf, Four Raised Bands With Red Morocco Label, Two Front Free Endpapers And Two Rear Free Endpapers. Re-Backed To Style With Original Boards. Small Owner's Name With 1949 Date On Front Endpaper. Very Good +, Leather Recently Furbished. Apparently Bound Together By William Wilson From Sheets Printed For Richard Watts And Peter Wilson, Then Including The William Wilson Catalog At End. The Dublin Edition Of Chivalry And Romance Is Scarce, Only Three Copies Located In Worldcat.

London: G. G. And J. Robinson, 1795. 4th Edition . Quarter Calf / Boards. Very Good. 7 " Tall. Frontispiece. Frontispiece, Viii, 390; (Ii), 356; (Ii), 386. Volume Iii Begins With Anecdotes Of The Life Of Alexander Schell, Pp 1-65, Then A New Half Title "The Life Of Baron Frederic Trenck" In The Rest Of The Volume, In Which He Refers To Continuing His Autobiography To The Year 1792, "The Present Year". This Is Apparently The Fourth And Best Edition. Original Quarter Calf Over Marbled Paper Boards, Complete With All Half-Titles And The Introductory Leaf In Volume I Which Explains The Frontispiece. Bindings Worn, Mostly On Spine, With Upper And Lower Edges Worn Away; Paper Covered Boards Once Had Calf Tips Which Are Now Lacking. Boards Worn On Edges But Most Of Paper Is Still Present. No Names Or Marks Or Bookplates. This Edition With The New Material Is Quite Scarce, Worldcat Reporting Only Three Institutional Copies. Friedrich Freiherr Von Der Trenck (1726 -1794) Was A… Leer más

London: R. Baldwin, 1787. Third Edition [stated] . Green Cloth. Good. 6 1/2" High. Frontispiece. Frontispiece, (Vii), 216; (V), 212; (V), 191. Bound In Probably Original Green Cloth Spine With Gilt Short Title And Volume Number, Over Green Cloth With An Arboreal Pattern. All Edges Of Page Block Colored Red. Well Worn But Complete And Integral, Front Hinge To Volume I Cracked, A Short Crack To Another Hinge, Boards Frayed At All Edges, Former Owner's Name Dated 1950 On Front Endpaper Of Vol I. Traces Of Very Old Paper Labels At Bases Of Spines, No Other Marks. Scarce. Samuel Jackson Pratt (1749 - 1814) Was A Prolific English Poet, Dramatist And Novelist, Writing Under The Pseudonym Of "Courtney Melmoth" As Well As Under His Own Name. He Authored Around 40 Publications Between 1770 And 1810, Some Of Which Are Still Published Today, And Is Probably Best Remembered As The Author Of Emma Corbett: Or The Miseries Of Civil War, (1780) And The Poem Sympathy (1788). Although His Reputation… Leer más

London: J. Almon, 1767. First Edition 1st Printing. Half Tan Morocco. Near Fine. 6 7/8" Tall. 252 Pp, With Half Title, Lacking Preliminary Advt., With Woodcut Initial At Beginning. First Edition. Later Half Tan Morocco Over Marbled Boards, Black Morocco Title And Date Labels On Full Gilt And Gilt Tooled Spine, Hand Marbled End Papers Matching The Boards. Bookplate Of Angling Book Collector Alfred Robert Denison On Front Pastedown. Slight Usage, Near Fine.

Basil [Basel]: J J Tourneisen / J L Legrand, 1790. Reprint . Speckled Calf / Boards. Very Good +. 8 1/2" Tall. (Viii), 414; (Vi), 367; (Viii), 340, + Long Index To All Volumes At End. Published 1790. Original Or Very Early Spotted Calf, 6 Spine Compartments With Two Morocco Labels On Each Volume, Gilt Decorations And Borders On Spine, Over Marbled Paper Covered Boards, Spotted Calf Tips, Light Blue Endpapers. Lightly Used, Single 1/8" Deep X 3/16" Long Chip At Top Of Spines Of Vols 2 And 3, Hinges Solid. Bookplates Of Lady Frances Compton; She Is Noted By Jane Austen's Father As A Visitor To Their Household In The Early 1790'S, Which Makes For An Interesting Association As There Is Speculation That Jane Austen Used Shaftesbury As A Source For Her Ideas Of Morality. Although There Is No Evidence That Austen Had Access To A Copy Of Shaftesbury, It Is Possible That She Discussed The Ideas With Lady Compton, Or Even That This Particular Set Was Read By Jane Austen