Aikenside (6 results)

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. not dated circa 1860. 312 pages, illustrations in text.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. ONE) GAY, John. Poems on Several Occasions by John Gay, volume II (of 2). Glasgow: Foulis Press, 1770. Pp vi, 192: Contemporary signature Eliz Courtown, doodles on the contents page and verso of title page, drawing of a house on the verso of rear flyleaf TWO) BUTLER, Samuel. Hudibras. Vol 1 and 2 (of 3), Glasgow: Foulis Press. 1774. Pp xvi, 227: ii, [231]-476. Contemporary signature Eliz Courtown to front pastedown of both volumes.THREE) The Works of Virgil, translated by Dryden, Vol 1. Glasgow: Foulis Press, 1775. Frontis, [ii], xxxvii, [iii], 158 (2) (ads). FOUR) SWIFT, Jonathan. POEMS, Glasgow: Foulis Press, 1774, Vol 1 (of 2). Pp [iv], 188, contemporary signature Eliz Courtown to front pastedown. FIVE) Aikenside Dr. The Pleasures of the Imagination. Glasgow: Foulis Press 1775. Pp vii [i], 103 (1). contemporary signature Eliz Courtown to front pastedown. SIX) Mason, W. Poems. Glasgow: 1774, contemporary signature Eliz Courtown to front pastedown. 12mo. Matching contemporary plain calf, somewhat rubbed, labels missing or faded, occasional toning, but clean examples overall, in good condition. A small matching group of Foulis Press book, in contemporary bindings, all signed by Elz Courtown. Please note all other than the Aikenside odd volumes as noted. Priced accordingly for the whole group, seven volumes in all. Elizabeth Courtown was the wife of James Stopford, 1st Earl of Courtown an Irish politician, who became a leading figure in Wexford.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. A truly epic poem by John Armstrong (1709-1779), an M.D., loosely about health, being a reprint of the true First Edition, 1744. A First Edition Thus, being bound with two other complete works. Small octavo format, trimmed fore-edge. Expertly rebound in modern tooled calf by Adrian Basotti, London binder to Paul Mellon, he being the major sponsor of the Paul Mellon Center for British Art. Beautiful, creamy, full calf-leather, five fleurs-de-lis to spine, sharply tooled gilt title to spine over red Morocco leather label. 99 pp., and binds together three works. Bound with Poems, the Third Edition, printed in 1773 by Joseph Johnson, by Anna Laetitia Aiken, followed by The Pleasures of Imagination. A Poem., in three books, published by William Coke, Leith, Scotland. 102 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

12mo in sixes, pp. [2], 34, [2], 63, [1], 32; contemporary tree calf; gilt spiral border on covers, smooth gilt spine with birdbath designs, red morocco label, marbled endpapers; corners bumped, tail of spine worn, very good. Includes "Hammond's love elegies, Stillingfleet's Essay on conversation, Aikenside's Odes, and Philips' Pastorals." Gaskell 659. 1 only in OCLC as of 3/16.

Small 12mo in sixes, pp. vii, [1], 103, [1]; contemporary calf; red morocco label on gilt-paneled spine; old accession sticker at the lower gutter of the front cover, the whole a bit rubbed, else very good and sound. Bookplate of the Hope Trust and the early ownership signature of Jane Stevenson. The second of three Foulis Press editions of this poem. Gaskell 576 showing this to be a variant issue with daggers in the signature marks "not seen" by him.

Small 12mo in sixes, pp. vii, [1], 103, [1]; contemporary calf; red morocco label on gilt-paneled spine; very good and sound. The first of three Foulis Press editions of this poem. Gaskell 519 showing this to be a variant issue with daggers in the signature marks "not seen" by him.