The Complaint

Newburyport: John Mycall, 1789. 8vo, 408pp., full original calf; leaf B2 torn in two and stitched together with thread at an early date (an effective and interesting repair), text browned, a few marginal chips and tears, but generally a good, sound copy or better. This appears to be the third edition printed in America. Evans 23098.

London: Printed for R. Dodsley and G. Hawkins (vol 2), 1749. Full Leather. Fair. Stated eighth edition. Full leather. 199, 263 pp. Illustrated frontispiece. Two volumes in one, providing the eighth edition of this popular long poem ruminating on the death of various loved ones. By Edward Young, an English poet of the late 17th and early to… Saber más sobre este artículo

Philadelphia: Griffith & Simon. Very Good; Fore-edge corners rubbed.. 1842. Hardcover. 24mo 5" - 6" tall; Red morocco extra gilt, all edges gilt, 324p. **Bound by Griffith & Simon. .

203 printed pages. Engraved portrait frontispiece. Jones's Diamond Classics series. Contemporary ink inscription on blank preliminary leaf. Provenance: Anna Maria Benson. Preliminaries very slightly foxed. Marbled endpapers and all edges marbled. Contemporary inscription on blank prliminary leaf. 52 x 93 mm. Contemporary chocolate brown half calf over marbled paper covered boards. Spine with gilt hand-tooled scrolling palmette motifs and lettering… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Sold by A. Mallard, J. Durfey, E. Nelson, W. Newton, R. Stanton, P. Hammond, H. Thornton, D. Waterson, E. Waterson, F. Newington, W. Stoddart, and P. Bland, 1779. Book. Fair. Half-Leather. A New Edition, Corrected by the Author. 165mm Tall, 12mo. Edward Young muses for 'nine nights' on death, the loss of his wife and friends and human frailty,… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: R. Dodsley, 1743 . Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. The fifth edition of Edward Young's popular blank verse poem. First published in nine parts between 1742 and 1745, this if the fifth edition of the work containing nights one to four.Inspired by the successive deaths of his stepdaughter, her husband, and then Young's own wife,… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington; Otridge and Son; Scatcherd and Letterman; Cuthell and Martin; [...]. By J. Ballantyne and Co., Edingburgh, 1807. Leather bound. Good. Three-quarter leather, marbled paper over boards, 16mo, 391 pp., b/w plates. Covers rubbed and scuffed at edges and corners, front joint neatly repaired, light soiling to page edges and endpapers,… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: A. Millar, and R. and J. Dodsley, 1758. Hardcover. Good +. "A New Edition, Corrected by the Author." iii, 315, [1] p.; 17 cm. Contemporary full polished calf with six spine compartments between raised bands and double gilt rules. Double gilt-ruled border on each board. All page edges speckled red. "Notes": p.… Saber más sobre este artículo

A Millar,in the Strand;and R. and J.Dodsley, in Pa, 1756. Hard Cover. Fair. A Millar,in the Strand;and R. and J.Dodsley, in Pall Mall,1756. Hard Cover. Front cover is missing, back cover is leather - unattached, bottom section of spine is missing. Front marbled endpaper is loose. Foxing through first page of text. Scattered, small amounts of foxing… Saber más sobre este artículo

Glasgow: printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, printers to the University, 1771. Small 12mo, 2 vols, pp. [4], 228; [4], 160; variant issue without cross signatures or frontispiece; original calf-backed marbled paper-covered boards, tan morocco label on spine, textblock untrimmed and unopened; boards a little rubbed and toned, 1781 note on endpaper, a very good copy. Gaskell 536.

Edinburgh. Printed for J. Balfour and W. Creech. 1773. 14.5cm, viii,167&209pp., , in full contemporary calf, triple crushed morocco spine labels, ink inscription on the rear endpaper, bookplates, a very good to fine set. (Lt).

London : for C. Elliot & T. Kay; Ogilvie & Spears, etc. 1789. A pleasant eighteenth-century edition of Young's most celebrated work - the nine nights of poetic meditation originally published between 1742 and 1745. The much reprinted original source of "Procrastination is the thief of time", etc. - a work regarded by Boswell as "the grandest and richest poetry… Saber más sobre este artículo

LONDON: JOHN SHARPE, 1823 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. TITLE: THE COMPLAINT: OR, NIGHT THOUGHTS By EDWARD YOUNG 1823 (Rare) AUTHOR: EDWARD YOUNG PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) / COPYRIGHT: PUBLISHED By JOHN SHARPE, LONDON 1823 EDITION: Reprint Edition assumed with an additional engraved page having a date of 1817. ISBN: None CATEGORY: Religion, Rare, Decorative BINDING/COVER: … Saber más sobre este artículo

Concord NH: Oliver L. Sanborn. Very Good; Extremeties lightly rubbed.. 1837. Hardcover. 64mo 3" - 4½" tall; Red straight grain morocco, all edges gilt, 288p. .

Paperback / softback. New.

Gale ECCO, Print Editions, 2010-05-29. Paperback. Good.

John Sharpe, 1827. Leather. Good. 1827 John Sharpe small gilt decorated leather bound hardcover. Marbleized endpapers and page edges. Illustrated. Please email for photos.

London: L. Millar and J. Dodsley, 1756.. 8vo. 13 x 21cm. Contemporary calf, front hinged cracked but intact. vi, 418pp. Browning around edges of front blanks. Provenance: Benjamin Boddington andc the Countess de MontebelloIn-8 veau blond d'époque, dos à nerfs (reliure usée, rousseurs inégales). Frontispice gravé. Bonne édition ancienne des poésies de Young.De la bibliothèque Benjamin Boddington et de… Saber más sobre este artículo

S. Andrus and Son. Used - Good. Good condition. Front board almost detached. Spine ends chipped. Boards rubbed. Owner's name on front free endpage. (poetry, life, death, immortality)

London, England: Printed for A. Millar in the Strand and R. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, 1750. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo 7" - 7. An early reprint of a justifiable classic in English religion and moral philosophy in the form of verse. The title page continues: "To which is added, A Paraphrase on Part of the Book of JOB." The… Saber más sobre este artículo