Edinburgh: James Nichol, 1861. Hardcover. Wyatt (1503-42) was the poet who introduced the Italian sonnet and terza rima verse form and the French rondeau into English literature. Octavo: lii, 211, [1, blank] pp. Full brown..... More
Edinburgh: James Nichol, 1865. Hardcover. Herbert (1593-1633) was an English religious poet, a major metaphysical poet, notable for the purity and effectiveness of his choice of words. Octavo: xxviii, 328 pp. Full brown calf binding..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. Condensed translation of the author's "A Hundred Days in Austria" (1842), with additional material added. Octavo: [viii], 532 pp. Full green calf binding by Zaehnsdorf, with orange..... More
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. Ross (1783-1856) was a Scots Canadian fur trader who served as an employee of the North West Company and later the Hudson's Bay Company in the..... More
Edinburgh: James Nichol, 1863. Hardcover. Octavo: xxvii, [1, blank], 303, [1, blank] pp. Full blue calf binding, with an orange morocco spine label, five raised bands, gilt-stamped titling, borders, and ornamentation, blind-stamped dentelles, and marbled..... More
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. Richard Henry Lord Holland (1773-1840) was a British Whig politician, associate of the party leader and reorganizer Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, and nephew and..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. The British merchant and banker Thomas Raikes (1777-1848) was best known in London as a dandy. He spent much of his time there in the fashionable clubs of..... More
Edinburgh: James Nichol, 1864. Hardcover. Classic collection of ballads and popular songs collected by Thomas Percy and first published in 1765. Ballad collections had appeared before but Percy's Reliques seemed to capture the public imagination..... More
London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1783. Hardcover. A New Edition. Published anonymously, Mackenzie's hugely popular novel of 1771 is the foremost work of the sentimental movement, in which sentiment..... More
London: Thomas Cautley Newby, 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. "These volumes consist of notes taken on the spot, in the years 1849 and 1850." Urquhart (1805-77), a British diplomat, writer, and politician, was an early promoter..... More
London: John Murray, 1864. First Edition. Hardcover. Napier (1785-1860) was a British general and historian who fought in the Napoleonic Wars, particularly in the Peninsular War in Spain and Portugal. Octavo, two volumes: vii, [1..... More
Philadelphia and New York: Lea Brothers & Co., 1907-1910. Hardcover. Encyclopedic in scope, this seminal work presented the state of medical science and practice at the dawn of the 20th century. Illustrated with numerous color..... More
New York: Z2 Comics, 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by four members of GWAR on the front panel: Beefcake the Mighty, Grodius Maximus, Balsac the Jaws of Death, and Sawborg Destructo. Graphic novel concerning the..... More
London: John W. Parker and Son, 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. One of the most singular and remarkable of the leading statesmen of the first half of the 19th century, Canning (1770-1827), who was the only..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. Richard Hurd (1720-1808) was an English divine and writer, and bishop of Worcester. A close friend of King George III and his wife, he was held in high..... More
London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Major 19th century history of the confederation of Germanic tribes who became a powerful kingdom in medieval Europe. Octavo: xii, 508 pp. In a...... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. Rose (1744-1818) entered Parliament as an MP in 1784. He was a strong supporter and ally of William Pitt, but did not share Pitt's enthusiasm for parliamentary reform..... More
London: John Murray, 1821. First Edition. Hardcover. Lady Dacre was one of the most accomplished and intellectual women of her time. In addition to her writing, she sculpted, rode, was proficient in both French and..... More
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842. First Edition. Hardcover. John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford (1710-71) was a British Whig statesman and peer who served as the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1757 to..... More
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. Biography of the Italian condottiero who founded the Sforza dynasty in the duchy of Milan, ruling as its (fourth) duke from 1450 until his..... More
London: Trübner and Company, 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. Ludmilla Assing, the niece of German writer and diplomat Varnhagen von Ense (1785-1858), was the editor of this selection of letters from Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) to..... More
Eton and London: E.P. Williams, 1854. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Gray (1716-71) was an English poet whose “An Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard” is one of the best known of English lyric poems. Although..... More
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831. Second Edition. Hardcover. First biography of the Scottish soldier and British colonial administrator. Munro (1761-1827) served as an East India Company Army officer and statesman, in addition to..... More
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. Biography of the Italian condottiero who founded the Sforza dynasty in the duchy of Milan, ruling as its (fourth) duke from 1450 until his..... More
London: Edward Moxon, 1846-7. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo, six volumes: xxv, [3], 643, [1] pp. + xx, 667, [1] pp. + xxi, [3], 635, [1] pp. + xviii, [2], 536 pp. + xxiii, [1]..... More