Aikin, John

A View of the Character and Public Services of the Late John Howard

John Aikin · 1792 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.40 | $581.27 | ¥92,821)

London, J. Johnson, 1792. First edition. Leather. The first edition of John Aikin's biographical sketch of John Howard, bound in smart full contemporary calf. The first edition.Illustrated with a monochrome engraved frontispiece. Biographical sketch by John Aikin of the ...

An Essay on the Application of Natural History to Poetry

John Aikin · 1777 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.40 | $581.27 | ¥92,821)

Warrington; London, W. Eyres for J. Johnson, 1777. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce study on poetry and what the genre could learn from science, by John Aikin. The first edition.A very scarce work.An essay exploring the question of how scien...

A View of the Character and Public Services of the Late John Howard

John Aikin · 1792 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.35 | $627.50 | ¥100,205)

London, Printed for J Johnson, 1792. First edition. Cloth. Bright rebound copy of the first edition of John Aikin's biographical sketch of John Howard. The first edition of this work, an uncommon copy.Biographical sketch of the life and deeds of John Howard (1726-1790), E...

Essays on Song-Writing with a Collection of Such English Songs As Are Most Eminent for Poetical Merit

John Aikin; R H Evans · 1810 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.40 | ¥39,027)

London, R H Evans, 1810. Leather. A collection of essays on the art of song-writing, with examples of traditional English songs. Covering different types of folk songs, with chapters entitled Witty Songs, Descriptive Songs, and Pastoral Songs, amongst others. New edition, with...

Essays on Song-Writing

[John Aikin] · 1774 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

Warrington; London, William Eyres; Joseph Johnson, 1774. Leather. The second edition of John Aikin's examination on the history of English songwriting. The second edition.John Aikin's insightful study on songwriting, and the development of the tradition of English so...

Annals of the Reign of King George the Third; from Its Commencement to the Year 1760, to the General Peace in the Year 1815

John Aikin · 1816 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

London , Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1816. First edition. Leather. A complete two volume set of Annals of the Reign of King George the Third, bound in leather. A complete two-volume set. First edition copies. These volumes contain Annals of the Reign of King Georg...

A Treatise on the Situation, Manners, and Inhabitants, of Germany; and the Life of Agricola

C. Cornelius Tacitus; John Aikin [trans.] · 1823 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

Cambridge , W. Grant, 1823 . Leather. A half calf bound copy of John Aikin's English language translation of Tacitus's account of the life of Agricola, and of the German peoples. A later edition, first translated in 1777. In a half brown calf binding. A work by Tacit...

England Described: Being a Concise Delineation of Every County in England and Wales; with an Account of Its Most Important Products; Notices of the Principal Seats; and a View of Transactions CIVIL and Military &C.

John Aikin · 1818 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1818. Leather. A concise account of England and Wales by John Aikin illustrated with a large folding map in colour. Originally published as 'England Delineated' in 1788; this edition first thus under new title. Containin...

Poems, by J. Aikin, M.D.

John Aikin · 1791 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)

London, J. Johnson, 1791 . First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound example of the very scarce first edition of surgeon and writer John Aiken's late 18th century poetry collection. A very scarce first edition. A wonderful collection of poems by the physician, surgeon d...

England Delineated

John Aikin · 1804 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, Lackington, Allen & Co, 1804. Leather. Illustrated with over one-hundred and forty engraved plates, this is a wonderful topographical guide to England and Wales, from English medical doctor and surgeon John Aikin. First published the prior century, this edition is comp...

Annals of the Reign of George III. Volume Two.

AIKIN, JOHN · 2006 · Antiquariaat Schot

€13.50 ($14.88 | £11.26 | ¥2,376)

The Mill, Nonsuch. 2006. Original publisher's paperback, pictorial frontcover, large 8vo: 480pp., references. Very fine copy - as new.,

A View of the character and public services of the late John Howard, Esq., LL.D. F.R.S.

Aikin,John · 1792 · Moby Dick

€185.00 ($203.89 | £154.34 | ¥32,559)

J. Johnson, London, 1792,248 pp., not ill., nice half-leather binding, Once alerted to the pityful plight of people confined to prison for debts, John Howard knew no bounds and travelled the length and breadth of Europe to document and more importantly to improve the circumsta...

Designs and Examples of Cottages, Villas, and Country Houses, being the studies of several Eminent Architects and Buildings consisting of Plans, Elevations, and Perspective Views, with approximate estimates of the cost of each.

[AIKIN (Edmund) & BUSBY (C. A.)] WEALE (John) Editor. · 1857 · Forest Books

£370.88 (€444.55 | $489.96 | ¥78,240)

London: John Weale, 1857. First edition, 4to (280 x 215 mm), 8pp., 67 engraved places, a last few plates a little foxed, gutta-percha binding with a couple of leaves working loose, original blind-stamped cloth, spine and upper cover faded. A scarce compilation of two earlier...

Evenings at Home; or, the Juvenile Budget Opened. Consisting of a Variety of Miscellaneous Pieces, for the Intruction and Amusement of Young Persons.

[AIKIN (John) & BARBAULD (Anna Laetitia, Aikin)] · 1792 · Forest Books

£317.13 (€380.13 | $418.95 | ¥66,901)

London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1792-1808. 6 Vols., 1-4 & 6 are first editions, vol. 5 fourth edition (1808), 12mo (151 x 92 mm), iv, 152; iv, 152; iv, 161, [1]; iv, 156; iv, 151, [1]; iv, 152pp., vols., 1-4 & 6 in contemporary vellum backed marbled boards, spine of vol. 1 spl...

A Description of the Country from Thirty to Forty Miles Around Manchester.

AIKEN JOHN [JOHN AIKIN ] · 1968 · Castle Hill Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

Augustus M Kelly, 1968. . Hardcover. . 1968 reprint of 1795 original, xvi + [8] + 624pp, illustrated with 73 plates which includes 2 maps, bound in brown cloth. Bookplate of Denis Gray; Quarto. Very Good with no dust jacket .

Evenings at home ; or, the juvenile budget opened. : Consisting of a variety of miscellaneous pieces, for the instruction and amusement of young Persons [ 6 Volumes Bound in 3 ]

Aikin, John · 1802 · George Jeffery Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

J. Johnson Complete, 6 volumes bound in 3. Books measure 15x9.cm. iv,152,iv,152pp, iv,161,iv156pp, iv,151,iv152pp. Bound in period half calf, calf corners, marble boards, gilt bands and lettering, coloured endpapers. Bindings lightly rubbed, some abrasion wear, with loss. Bind...

The Westminster Review. No. XLIII [43]. January 1835

Hopkins, John; Aikin, Lucy; Steele, William; &c · 1835 · Barter Books Ltd

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,594)

G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. Cover rubbed and soiled. Spine darkened. Unopened London Simpkin & Marshall First Edition 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 280pp + ads.

Biographical Memoirs of Medicine in Great Britain from the Revival of Literature to the Time of Harvey

Aikin, John · 1780 · Barter Books Ltd

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.48 | ¥54,849)

G: in Good condition. Rebound with new eps. Minor rubbing to spine. Light scattered foxing. Ex Royal College of Surgeons Ireland Library London Joseph Johnson First Edition 200mm x 130mm (8" x 5"). xii, 338pp + index. Bound by Maltby, Oxford.

The history of the invasion of Switzerland by the French : and the destruction of the democratical republics of Schwitz, Uri, and Unterwalden. With a preface and supplement by the translator.

Zschokke, Heinrich / Briatte, Jean / Aikin, John Baptiste / Taylor, John ; · 1803 · Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.

CHF 150.00 (€162.26 | $178.83 | £135.37 | ¥28,557)

London, Longman and Rees, (London : Printed by J. Taylor, for T.N. Longman and O. Rees), 1803, gr. in-8vo, engraved map in front + VII (+1 blanc) + 365 p. + 3 unn. p. (publ. adds), untrimmed, contemp. halfleather binding. Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices ar...

The history of the environs of London containing an historical and topographical account of every thing that is interesting and curious in all the towns, villages, and country, within twenty five miles of the metropolis.,

Aikin, John · 1811 · Antiquariat Petri

€372.00 ($409.99 | £310.35 | ¥65,471)