Biografia

Gibbon. (English Men of Letters).

GIBBON (Edward). MORISON (James Cotter): · 1909 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1909. Small 8vo, pp. vi, 192, original cloth.

The Life of Edward Gibbon, Esq. With Selections from his Correspondence.

GIBBON (Edward). MILMAN (Rev. H. H.): · 1839 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,194)

London: John Murray…, 1839. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo, pp. xvi, 455 [456 blank], 12 pp. adverts, portrait frontispiece, embossed cloth; spine faded, front joint slightly worn.

The Memoirs of the Life of Edward Gibbon. With Various Observations and Excursions by Himself. Edited by George Birkbeck Hill.

GIBBON (Edward): · 1900 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London: Methuen & Co., 1900. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. xxix [xxx blank], 360, 47 pages adverts, 48 blank, original cloth.

Gibbon's Journal to January 28th, 1763. My Journal, I, II & III and Ephemerides. With Introductory Essays by D. M. Low.

GIBBON (Edward): · 1929 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London: Chatto & Windus, 1929. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. cxvii [cxviii blank], 261 [262 blank], original publisher's cloth (slightly faded and soiled), newspaper cuttings loosely inserted.

The Life of Edward Gibbon, Esq. With Selections from his Correspondence, and Illustrations.

GIBBON (Edward). MILMAN (H. H.): · 1839 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£100.00 (€119.87 | $132.11 | ¥21,097)

London: John Murray..., 1839. 8vo, pp. xvi, 455 [456 printer's imprint], portrait of Gibbon as frontispiece, contemporary marbled boards, new linen spines with old morocco label laid down; ex-library. This is a reprint of the version in the second edition of Miscellaneous W...

Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Honourable Henry Home of Kames. Containing Sketches of the Progress of Literature and General Improvement in Scotland during the Greater Part of the Eighteenth Century.

KAMES (Henry Home, Lord). TYTLER (Alexander Fraser): · 1807 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£850.00 (€1,018.86 | $1,122.97 | ¥179,324)

Edinburgh: Printed for William Creech; and T. Cadell and W. Davies, London, 1807. FIRST EDITION. 2 volumes. 4to, pp. xvi, 329 [330 blank], 105 [106 blank, 107 \"To the Binder,\" 108 blank]; xi [xii blank], 253 [254 blank], 163 [164 errata], including half-title in each vol...

Memoirs of Frederick and Margaret Klopstock. Translated from the German by the Author of \"Fragments in Prose and Verse.\"

KLOPSTOCK. [SMITH (Elizabeth)], editor and translator: · 1808 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,194)

Bath: Printed by Richard Cruttwell..., 1808. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. xii, 236, contemporary calf, gilt spine. A very good copy. This work is based on letters given to Smith (1776 - 1806) by Dr Mummsen of Altona, one of several works published after her early death. She w...

Beginnings of European Biography. The Early Ages. From the Decline of the Roman Empire to the Reign of Charlemagne. Illustrated with twenty-four engravings.

TAYLOR (Isaac): · 1827 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London: John Harris..., [n. d.] [1827]. 12mo (in 6s), pp. xvii [xviii Errata], 150, 24 engraved illustrations on 12 leaves, original printed boards with illustration on front cover, red roan spine (worn); binding a little soiled and worn.

La Vie de Socrate Traduitte [sic] de l'Anglois.

[COOPER (John Gilbert)]: · 1751 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

A Amsterdam, par la Compagnie, 1751. FIRST FRENCH TRANSLATION. 12mo (in 8s and 4s), pp. 16, [2], xiii [xiv blank], 17 - 247 [248 blank], engraved portrait of Socrates as frontispiece, engraved title-page; first two gatherings misbound, with half-title and preface inserted af...

An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber, Comedian, and Late Patentee of the Theatre-Royal. Written by Himself. The Second Edition.

CIBBER (Colley): · 1740 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London: Printed by John Watts for the Author..., 1740. 8vo, pp. [xvi], 488, title-page in red and black, with last gathering containing Contents leaves misfolded, contemporary calf, new crude morocco label; lacks portrait, front cover detached, rear joint cracked, top and bas...

Joseph Haydn. Scenes de la Vie d'un Grand Artiste. Traduit de Franz Seebourg par J. de Rochay. Deuxieme Edition.

HAYDN (Joseph). SEEBURG (Franz von): · 1884 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Tours, Alfred Mame et Files..., 1884. Tall 8vo, pp. 237 [238 blank, 239 contents, 240 blank], including half-title, steel-engraved frontispiece, prize copy from the Ecole Primaire Publique in Orleans, bound in contemporary green embossed cloth, front cover blocked in gilt to...

The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay. New Edition.

MACAULAY. TREVELYAN (George Otto): · 1880 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1880. 2 volumes. 8vo, pp. xiii [xiv blank], 483 [484 blank]; viii, 490, including half-titles, engraved portrait in volume 1, contemporary tree calf, gilt border on covers, spines ornately gilt in compartments, red and green morocco labels, ...

Life of Mrs. Siddons.

SIDDONS. CAMPBELL (Thomas): · 1834 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London: Effingham Wilson, 1834. FIRST EDITION. 2 volumes. 8vo, pp. ix [x adverts], 299 [300 printer's imprint]; [ii], vii [viii blank], 394, contemporary half calf, spines ornately gilt in compartments, red and green morocco labels; numbering label on volume 2 chipped, cove...

Nollekens and his Times: Comprehending a Life of that Celebrated Sculptor: and Memoirs of Several Contemporary Artists, from the time of Roubiliac, Hogarth, and Reynolds, to that of Fuseli, Flaxman, and Blake.

SMITH (John Thomas): · 1828 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London: Henry Colburn..., 1828. FIRST EDITION. 2 volumes. 8vo, pp. x, 424; vi, 488, engraved portrait as frontispiece, contemporary hard grain plum morocco in two tones, gilt spines (slightly worn); ex-library, with the bookplate of the Royal Artillery Regimental Library, W...

A Narrative of John Ashburnham of his Attendance on King Charles the First from Oxford to the Scotch Army, and from Hampton-Court to the Isle of Wight: never before printed. To which is prefixed, A Vindication of his Character and Conduct, from the Misrepresentations of Lord Clarendon, by his Lineal Descendant and Present Representative.

ASHBURNHAM (John). · 1830 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London: Payne and Foss..., 1830. FIRST EDITION. 2 volumes. 8vo, pp. iv, 412; [ii], 180, ccxvii [ccxviii blank], engraved portrait as frontispiece in volume 1, modern library cloth; ex-library with library stamps, inner margin of frontispiece repaired.

Memoirs of Marmontel, Written by Himself: Containing his Literary and Political Life, and Anecdotes of the Principal Characters of the Eighteenth Century.

MARMONTEL (Jean-François): · 1805 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme...and John Murray..., 1805. FIRST ENGLISH TRANSLATION. 4 volumes. Large 12mo, pp. [iv], 496 [407 - 408 adverts]; [iv], 346 [347 - 348 adverts]; [iv], 356; [iv], 344 [ 345 - 348 adverts], 12 [more adverts], including half-tit...

Memoires de Mistriss Robinson, célèbre actrice de Londres, contenant des détails curieux sur sa carrière dramatique et littéraire, ses amours avec le prince de Galles; son voyage en France, et ses relations avec le duc d'Orlenas et plusieurs personages celebres; écrits par elle-même; traduit de l'anglais sur la dernière édition.

ROBINSON (Mary): · 1802 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Paris, de l'Imprimerie d'Egron, 1802. 8vo, 198 x 116 mms. pp. [iv], 316, contemporary, tree sheepskin, gilt spine, morocco label, contemporary bookseller's label on front paste-down end-paper; lacks portrait, half-title, and two leaves adverts at end. An ms. note on the titl...

Scottish Men of Letters in the Eighteenth Century.

GRAHAM (Henry Grey): · 1908 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1908. Large 8vo, pp. xii, 441 [442 blank, 443 - 444 adverts], 32 portraits, original cloth. A good copy.

The Life of Joseph Addison.

ADDISON (Joseph). SMITHERS (Peter): · 1954 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1954. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. viii, [4], 491 [492 printer's imprint], frontispiece and 3 other illustrations, original cloth, dust-wrapper; ex-library.

The Life of Petrarch. Collected from Memoires pour la Vie de Petrarch.

DOBSON (Susanna): · 1775 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London: Printed for James Buckland..., 1775. 2 volumes. 8vo, 210 x 115 mms., pp. 544 [545 - 555 Index, 556 blank]; [II], 556 [557 - 567 Index, 568 blank, engraved frontispiece in volume 1, attractively rebound in quarter calf, marbled boards, vellum corners, morocco labels;...