Ritson, Joseph Editor (16 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Thus. Pink paper covered boards, paper title label mounted on upper front cover. Covers soiled and showing a few minor moisture spots, paper lacking along spine panel. Mild rubbing along edges with a few spots of exposure. Firm binding. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book.

Softcover. Condition: Poor. Binding is extremely loose. Spine has splits and missing pieces. Rear cover is foxed and is missing a corner. Front cover has a few small stains. Last two leaves of contents are foxed. ; Approx. 5 3/8" wide by 8 5/8". ; 260 pages.

Original Red Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Third Edition. 73; (vi), 71pp. (including glossary). 1 of 275 small paper copies (there were also 75 on large paper). Apart from offsetting to endpapers internally a clean and attractive copy. Covers soiled, rubbed and lightly worn at head and tail of spine. Very slight damp marking to edges of boards particularly at tail fore corners which has allowed slight bleeding of the red dye onto edges of endpapers. Mid section of paper spine-label missing LAR POETRY though retaining original date of the 1st edition, editor's name and the price. Book.

Three-Quarter Leather. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. No Edition Noted. Black cloth binding with black leather corners and spine. Gold colored print on spine. Tips and spine ends worn and some of leather rubbed away. Chipping on spine and cover edges. Rear cover/spine craked at spine,; interior hinge paper split but rear cover still attached where it meets spine. Red speckled head edge, foredge, and foot. Head edge darkened. Previous owner's book plate on front end paper and name written on front flyleaf. Foxing on endpapers.Two separate books; Robin Hood material by Ritson, 112 pages THE FABLES OF LA FONTAINE, edited by E. Wright, 100 pages. 230 pages including index. Cover in mylar.

8vo. Irregular pagination: iv, 1-158 pages, followed immediately by a separate section, pages 131-232, as published. Half leather. Ex library with usual stickers and stamps. Tear to lst page. Silhouette frontis of Joseph Ritson and some illustrations throughout.

The second printing of this poet's works. the first being in 1795. xlv + 196pp. A near fine copy in later 19thC tree calf, the spine richly gilt. Aeg. Leading joint and head of spine rubbed, but quite sound. VG. [CBEL II, 1764; Lowndes 2099; BMC 17, 643; Allibone II, 1325].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illus., 6.5 x 4", half vellum with gilt dec spine, marbled boards, page edges and endpapers, 319, 319. Covers rubbed, chipped, marbled paper lacks small pieces on the front and a larger piece of Volume 2, vellum soiled, light edgewear, bookplate (D.W. Stidolph) front inner hinge and textblock of volume 2 cracked else set is very good. Compiled (anonymously) by Charles MacFarlane. An interesting collection of sketches, anecdotes and stories. Some of the chapters: "Ducking Stool", "Secret Poisoning", "History Of Stage Costumes", "Etiquette On The Scaffold", "A Chapter On Hanging". Interesting contents. SCARCE.

Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good. 3 volumes, 1793-4, xvi 350; xiii 370; viii 334 [1], half titles, contemporary tree calf with gilt edges, rubbed and corners worn, joints cracking, corners bumped, spine lettering worn, marbled endpapers, slight damp staining (mostly marginal & mainly vol 2), printed by C Clarke, 8vo (11.5x19cm).

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Second Edition. A new edition of Ritson's 1795 work, here with most of the editorial notes removed, "to produce a book which could with propriety be put into the hands of young persons. [and] that this little volume will prove peculiarly acceptable at the present moment, in consequence of the hero, and his merry companions, having been recently portrayed in the most lively colours by the masterly hand of the author of Ivanhoe," Sir Walter Scott. lxxiv, 240 pages. A very good copy in the original printed boards and brown paper spine (with a pasted-on spine label). In all, a nice early 19th century children's book in original condition. The sheets are much smaller than the boards and the paper is chipped at the spine ends.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Second Edition. Two volumes (complete), octavo size, 587 pp. Joseph Ritson (1752-1803) was an interesting and, even for his day, unusual man. Described by the DNB as an "antiquarian"; at the age of 20, upon reading the "Fable of the Bees" he decided to "forswear all animal foods, and to subsist solely on milk and vegetables." By trade a "conveyancer", he studied law and became a barrister, employing his leisure time as a writer. Never one to run from an argument, in 1784 he took issue with a publication of "Select Scotish Ballads" by one John Pinkerton, claiming they were modern forgeries - which indeed turned out to be the case. Ritson went on to publish, in 1785, "The Caledonian Muse: a Chronological Selection of Scottish Poetry from the earliest times", and later, after a walking tour through Scotland, publishing in 1794 two volumes of "Scotish Song with the genuine Music". This two-volume set the second edition, published in 1869 in Glasgow; per the short introduction by the publisher, "The First Edition of 'Ritson's Scotish Songs' was published in 1794, and the number of copies printed does not seem to have been great, as for many years the work as been very scarce. This, and the fact that it is almost the only one of Ritson's works that has not been reprinted, has induced the Publisher to issue this, the Second Edition" (p. v). While most of us today spell the work "Scottish" with two "t"s, the publisher was careful to point out in a footnote to the Preface on page 1: "The word Scottish is an improper orthograph of Scotish; Scotch is still more corrupt; and Scots (as an adjective) a national barbarism; which is observed here once for all, to prevent the imputation of inconsistency and confusion, as a direct quotation should be always literal." ___DESCRIPTION: Both volumes bound in full tan leather, triple narrow gilt ruled borders on both boards with a small ornament at the corners, spines with six compartments, four richly decorated in gilt, two with the title and volume number, date of publication at the tail of the spines, board edges and turn-ins decorated with gilt, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, half-titles in red and black, frontis in Volume I a tissue-guarded engraving of a likeness of Ritson with a facsimile signature beneath, frontis in Volume II a tissue-guarded small steel-engraving, title pages in red and black with small armorial illustration, five additional small steel-engraved illustrations throughout, steel-engraved chapter headpieces, musical scores scattered throughout (although many songs giving only the verses); octavo size (8 1/8" by 5 1/4"), pagination: Volume I, [i-vi] [1] 2-288; Volume II, [i-vi] 289-575. ___CONDITION: Overall near fine, the leather bindings smooth and supple, the corners straight with a miniscule amount of rubbing to a few, the text blocks strong and square with all hinges solid, the interiors clean and bright, collated complete with a total of seven steel engravings, and the set entirely free of prior owner markings; the binding on the first volume with a light stain on the back board (not damp), the binding on the second volume with some sunning at the top two inches of the back board, a few spots of light rubbing to the joints, and offsetting to the free endpapers from the turn-ins. Still a near fine set of an interesting work on old Scotish ballads and songs. ___CITATION: DNB Vol. XVI, pp. 1213-1217. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.

London, 1811. Only edition (illustrator). London, 1811. Only edition. Scarce English Treatise on Bailiffs Ritson, J[oseph] [1752-1803]. [Frank, Joseph, Editor]. The Office of Bailiff of a Liberty. London: Printed by A. Strahan, 1811. [xv], 80 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards, raised bands and lettering piece to spine, deckle edges. Moderate rubbing to extremities, joints starting at ends, hinges cracked. Some toning to text, light foxing to a few leaves. A nice copy of a scarce title. $450. * Only edition. Ritson, a former bailiff, was a member of Gray's Inn and the author of several practical and historical works on legal subjects. Holdsworth says his study of bailiffs of a liberty, that is a court officer who executes process, is a "learned antiquarian tract based mainly on the Year Books and mediaeval statutes, with notes of such later statutes as referred to these bailiffs." OCLC locates 12 copies in North American law libraries. Holdsworth, History of English Law XII:337. Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 1:236.

London: Printed by A. Strahan, 1811. (illustrator). London: Printed by A. Strahan, 1811. Scarce English Treatise on Bailiffs Ritson, J[oseph] [1752-1803]. [Frank, Joseph, Editor]. The Office of Bailiff of a Liberty. London: Printed by A. Strahan, 1811. [xv], 80 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Recent period-style three-quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt title to spine. Moderate toning to text, early marks in pencil to a few leaves, minor creases and light edgewear to a few other leaves, embossed owner stamps to title page and following leaf. A nice copy of a scarce title in a handsome binding. $450. * Only edition. Ritson, a former bailiff, was a member of Gray's Inn and the author of several practical and historical works on legal subjects. Holdsworth says his study of bailiffs of a liberty, that is a court officer who executes process, is a "learned antiquarian tract based mainly on the Year Books and mediaeval statutes, with notes of such later statutes as referred to these bailiffs." OCLC locates 12 copies in North American law libraries. Holdsworth, History of English Law XII:337. Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 1:236.

THREE QUARTER LEATHER. Condition: GOOD+. *FIRST EDITION*. VOLUME I: 1793, VOLUME II: 1794, VOLUME III: 1794. THREE QUARTER GREEN LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS. BRIGHT CRISP GOLD GILT LETTERING AND 5 RAISED BANDS WITH GOLD GILT DECORATION ON THE SPINE. GOLD GILT TOP EDGE. MARBLED ENDPAGES. MANY PAGES UNCUT. EDGES AND BOARDS RUBBED. MINOR FOXING TO THE BLANK ENDPAGES. THE TEXT BLOCK IS VERY CLEAN CLEAR AND WHITE. BOOKPLATE OF HENRY CHARLES BLAKSLEY. A VERY CLEAN SQUARE STRONG TIGHT SET. Size: OCTAVO.

Scarce English Treatise on Bailiffs in a Handsome Riviere Binding Ritson, J[oseph] [1752-1803]. [Frank, Joseph, Editor]. The Office of Bailiff of a Liberty. London: Printed by A. Strahan, 1811. [xv], 80 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Later nineteenth-century straight-grain morocco signed binding by Riviere & Son, gilt frames to boards, gilt spine with raised bands, gilt rules to board edges, gilt inside dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Negligible light rubbing and a few minor nicks to extremities, armorial bookplate of John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute, to front pastedown. Moderate toning to text, light foxing to a few leaves. A very handsome copy. $750. * First edition. Ritson, a former bailiff, was a member of Gray's Inn and the author of several practical and historical works on legal subjects. Holdsworth says his study of bailiffs of a liberty, that is, a court officer who executes process, is a "learned antiquarian tract based mainly on the Year Books and mediaeval statutes, with notes of such later statutes as referred to these bailiffs." Crichton-Smith [1847-1900], an extremely wealthy member of the landed gentry who made an additional fortune as an industrialist, was a notable antiquarian, scholar, bibliophile, philanthropist and architectural patron. Holdsworth, History of English Law XII:337. Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 1:236.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, 3 vols, crown 8vo (7.5 in x 5 in), pp. [4], xvi, 349, [1]; xiiii, [1], 370; viii, 334, [1, adv], [1, blank], copper engraved title vignette, wood engraved tailpieces. Engraved armorial bookplate of Henry Coe Coape on each front paste down endpaper and with gilt morocco fleur dis lis and Coape crest motto inset on the upper side of each volume. Old 3/4 green morocco and marbled boards, backs in six compartments gilt lettered in the second, third and fourth. Top edges gilt. Matching marbled endpapers. Near fine clean set. Sheets clean, unmarked, complete. The Roman numeral dates on the backs of the bindings are a binder's error of little significance reading MDCCCXCIV instead of MDCCXCIII or MDCCXCIV. Sheets clean, unmarked, complete. H10022.

"The public is here presented with a selection of English poetry, in a chronological series, from the beginning of the sixteenth century (or, including an extract from Chaucer, from the latter part of the fourteenth) to the present time, upon a plan hitherto unattempted, at least in this country. It will not be thought possible that a collection in three volumes should comprise every poem in the language; but it may be confidently asserted that there is scarce a single poet of any eminence or merit who has not contributed generally his best, and in some cases his only, production, and that no publication of like nature ever comprehended such a number and variety of excellent poems, or was printed with superior elegance, fidelity, or correctnessÉ" (Advertisement). Three volumes, octavo. [4], xvi, 349, [1], [1, errata], [1, blank]; xiiii, [1], 370; viii, 334, [1, ads], [1, blank] pp. Signature H repeated in Volume III. Engraved title-page vignettes, and engraved and woodcut head- and tail-piece vignettes by Thomas Stothard. Full nineteenth-century red crushed morocco by F. Bedford. Covers with gilt triple fillet border with tiny gilt corner ornaments and central gilt arms, spines decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, board edges ruled in gilt, turn-ins decoratively tooled in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, marbled endpapers. Occasional light foxing and offsetting, lower corner of A4 (pp. 7/8) renewed and short marginal tear to *H1 (pp. *109/*110) in Volume III. A beautiful set, with the bookplate of Chicago collector Abel Berland in each volume. First edition.