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Paper Cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 74pp + 2 of 3 plates. 8 x 5 inch. Original magazine disbound from a compilation. Still well bound together with part leather to spine but without original exterior paper wrapper (supplied as shown in pic attached). Interior in nice clean condition. No names nor inscriptions. Includes articles on Parliamentary Proceedings, Proceedings of National Assembly of France, Births, Marriages and Deaths.…

Paper Cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 94pp + all 3 plates. Original magazine disbound from a compilation. 8 x 5 inch. Still well bound together with part leather to spine but without original exterior paper wrapper (supplied as shown in pic attached). Interior in nice clean condition. No names nor inscriptions. Includes usual articles on Domestic and International News, Reviews of New Publications, Parliamentary Proceedings, Proceedings of National Assembly of France, Births, Marriages and Deaths, Stocks & Shares prices, Obituaries. Meteorological Table (day by day for the month).…

Paper Cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 94pp + 2 plates (as called for). 8 x 5 inch. Original magazine disbound from a compilation. Still well bound together with part leather to spine but without original exterior paper wrapper (supplied as shown in pic attached). The folding plate of sigs & letter has some foxing and has been mis-folded but otherwise the interior is in nice clean condition. No names nor inscriptions. Includes articles on as well as usual ones on Domestic and International News, Reviews of New Publications, Parliamentary Proceedings, Proceedings of National Assembly of France, Births, Marriages and Deaths, Stocks & Shares prices, Meteorological Table (day by day). …

Paper Cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 94pp + 2 plates. Original magazine disbound from a compilation. 8 x 5 inch. Still well bound together with part leather to spine but without original exterior paper wrapper (supplied as shown in pic attached). Interior in nice clean condition. No names nor inscriptions. The index includes a plate on Axminster church but this is not present although nothing appears to have been removed. Includes usual articles on Domestic and International News, Reviews of New Publications, Parliamentary Proceedings, Proceedings of National Assembly of France, Births, Marriages and Deaths, Stocks & Shares prices, Obituaries. Meteorological Table (day by day for the month).…

Paper Cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 94pp + all 5 plates (one folding). Original magazine disbound from a compilation. 8 x 5 inch. Still well bound together with part leather to spine but without original exterior paper wrapper (supplied as shown in pic attached). Interior in nice clean condition. No names nor inscriptions. The fold-out plate of Lamballe is shorter than full page and edges rough-cut. Includes usual articles on Domestic and International News, Reviews of New Publications, Parliamentary Proceedings, Proceedings of National Assembly of France, Births, Marriages and Deaths, Stocks & Shares prices, Meteorological Table (day by day for the month).…

Paper Cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 94pp + all 3 plates (as called for). 8 x 5 inch. Original magazine disbound from a compilation. Still well bound together with part leather to spine but without original exterior paper wrapper (supplied as shown in pic attached). Interior in nice clean condition. No names nor inscriptions. Includes articles on Horrid Massacres in Paris, Dr Blakey on navigation of The Antients, Historical Account of LOCKE family, Middleton Family, Mr Budworth of Brewood, etc as well as usual ones on Domestic and International News, Reviews of New Publications, Parliamentary Proceedings, Proceedings of National Assembly of France, Births, Marriages and Deaths, Stocks & Shares prices, Meteorological Table (day by day).…

Paper Cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 94pp + all 3 plates (as called for). 8 x 5 inch. Original magazine disbound from a compilation. Still well bound together with part leather to spine but without original exterior paper wrapper (supplied as shown in pic attached). Interior in nice clean condition. No names nor inscriptions. (printers error shows 1790 instead of 1792 on cover). Includes articles on Phlogiston, Universal Measures, Padoucas or White Indians, Sir Hugh Middleton's descendants, etc as well as usual ones on Domestic and International News, Reviews of New Publications, Parliamentary Proceedings, Proceedings of National Assembly of France, Births, Marriages and Deaths, Stocks & Shares prices, Meteorological Table (day by day).…

Other. Octavo, paged 500-552. In clear plastic sleeve with cardboard backing. In Poor plus condition. Spine is exposed text block and remainder of original cover. Original cover lacking. Text block has light age-toning to paper. Illustrated: b&w. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2 - New Ephemera Box #2. 1384841. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Wraps (PB) in very good condition with 3 small enclosed eas bottom of pages near spine.First edition . A disbound copy in Near Fine condition. All pages present and still attached at the spine. Title page with woodcut vignette of St. John's Gate, and with List of Contents. Printed by D. Henry.Two engraved plates . Title page with woodcut vignette of St. John's Gate, and with List of Contents. Printed by D. Henry one engraved plate. Forty topics are listed. High lites include "Contents of an exceedlingly profane pamphlet", "History of Zimim, a Turkish Prince" "An Essay on luck", "Remarkable discovery of a private murder" and "An account of a journey to Siberia" among many other interesting topics. 47 pages.…

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps, July, 1772 monthly issue, (8 x 5 inches), pages 300 through 344 [44 pages]; illustrated with three copper-plate engravings (Somersetshire Edge House, Ships of Taitia, and Two Rare California Animals). Containing: Argument in Support of Property in Slaves; Argument Against Property in Slaves; Account of the buring and rebuilding of Canterbury Cathedral; Description of two rare Animals, peculiar to California; Regimen recommended to Patients in the Small Pox, and more. "The Gentleman's Magazine was founded in London, England, by Edward Cave in January 1731. It ran uninterrupted for almost 200 years, until 1922. It was the first to use the term "magazine" for a periodical. Samuel Johnson's first regular employment as a writer was with The Gentleman's Magazine." A clean, well-preserved example of a SCARCE issue.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. General title + preface (2)- 706 pp - (18pp) index some text illustration Bound with the engraved monthly title pages, some erratic pagination collates complete. Very occasional notes in ink to the lower blank margin, lower blank margin of pp112 torn away, front inner joint cracked along gutter. The contents text block with light age toning, clean and tight. Bound in a contemporary full tan calf part loss to leather to the top 1/3 of the spine loss to inner lower inner corner of the front board, the binding remains tight.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Hardback, half-leather with marbled paper covered boards. 21.5 × 13cm, iv + 584pp, index [14pp]. A bound volume with the six issues from the first half of 1794, each with their own title page featuring St John's Gate in Clerkenwell and printed in double columns. They contain the usual collection of letters, history, architecture, reviews, obituaries, poetry etc and with some fine engravings throughout. This copy with 18 plates and one drawing within the text. It doesn't quite correspond to the plate index as some of the listed images are in fact smaller images on a different plate and bound in a different place (for example Jack turned by Charles II is given as p507, but in fact forms part of the plate at p495). All pictures listed in the plate index can be located within the book, the majority being bound in the correct place. Condition: Good for age. The leather and corners are rubbed, the front joint delicate but holding by the string. The pages are age-toned as expected but the inner binding is secure, and the book remains in strong readable condition. Occasional staining to the margins but these are few and far between.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. March 1736 - December 1736 and issues January and February 1737 General title and frontis "A Map of the Old World (iv) - 115 -787pp - (17pp) index + 128 pp January and February 1737. Bound with engraved monthly title pages and the general title some erratic pagination collates complete on catch words. Some very occasional ink notes to margins. Contents clean and tight. Rear end paper split along the gutter. Bound in contemporary full tan calf chipping to the head of spine and some loss to lower part of the spine and part splitting to spine edges, the binding tight.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. General title and 2pp preface 638pp + (16pp) index Bound with the engraved monthly title pages, some erratic pagination collates complete. With 8 maps and 8 plates. Burn mark with soe loss pp189/90 list of deaths etc pp 291/92 not bound in otherwise collated complete. The text block with light age toning, remains tight. Bound in a contemporary full tan calf, head and tail of spine chipped cracking to spine edge in places some darkening and surface rubbing gilt faded to spine the binding tight.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. General title 699 pp - (19pp) index. Includes some text illustrations. Bound with the engraved monthly title pages, some erratic pagination collates complete. The contents text block some even browning and age toning armorial bookplate of William Monson to the front paste down the contents tight, Bound in a recent full tan with calf contrasting labels, the binding tight. Samuel Johnson published "London". His important early poem London, an imitation of Juvenal, appeared in May 1738.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. General title and frontis "A Map of the Garden of Eden" 830 pp - (16pp) index. Page 35/36-part loss to outer edge lower half Bound with engraved monthly title pages some erratic pagination collates complete. Armorial bookplate of Joseph Bowman to front paste down. The contents clean and tight, full contemporary full calf light rubbing to edges and surface rubbing to the spine the binding tight. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 698 pp - (18pp) index some text illustration + General title and 2pp preface before Supplement lacking plates and folding map Bound with the engraved monthly title pages, some erratic pagination collates complete. Very occasional notes in ink to the lower blank margin. Lacking the folding maps and plates although there is no sign they were ever bound in, the text block with light age toning, clean and tight. Bound in a contemporary full tan calf, light rubbing to the head of the spine, the binding tight. Includes details of events in Georgia and the Spanish invasion.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. General title + preface (2)- 704 pp - (18pp) index some text illustration and map of Germany Bound with the engraved monthly title pages, some erratic pagination collates complete. The contents text block with light age toning, clean and tight. Bound in a contemporary full tan calf wear to the head and tail of the spine lacking title the label some rubbing to edges, the binding tight. Includes in the supplement10 pp list of British ships taken by the Spaniards and Ships taken from the Spaniards.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. General title + vii preface, bound before supplement, 660 pp - (16pp) index. Lacking the 2 folding maps, West Indies and Chart Atlantic Ocean, still present Draught of the Castle of San Lorenzo, - Town and Castle of St Augustine and the English Camp, trimmed at bottom edge losing lower 1/3 text etc - A plan of the City Harbour of La Vera Cruz, + text plans including full page plan of Cartagena Bound with the engraved monthly title pages, some erratic pagination collates complete. The contents text block with light age toning, clean and tight. Bound in a contemporary full tan light rubbing to edges, the binding tight.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. General title and 2pp preface 639pp + (15pp) index Bound with the engraved monthly title pages, pages 425/26 -429/30 -431/32 duplicated, collates complete. With all maps and plates. Including the 4 folding maps which make up the County round London, also the large folding plan Westminster including New Roads and New Buildings (closed tear). The text block with light age toning, remains tight. Bound in a contemporary full tan calf, head and tail of spine chipped cracking to spine edge in places some darkening and surface rubbing and gilt faded to spine the binding tight. Includes The growing dispute between Britain and its American colonies. This is particularly significant in hindsight. The volume records complaints arising from the new parliamentary measures regulating colonial trade and imposing duties. By 31 October 1764, The American reports in the volume capture the very beginning of the political deterioration that ultimately led to the American Revolution.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. General title 698 pp - (18pp) index. 2 folding maps, Map of, The Sa-Porowian Kosaks, and "An Exact Map of the Crim" with explanation notes below, Bound with the engraved monthly title pages, some erratic pagination collates complete. The contents text block with light age toning, clean and tight. Armorial bookplate of Joseph Bowman to the front paste down. Bound in a contemporary full calf some darkening, with rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and edges and corners crack to lower spine, the binding tight. Includes some references to the colony of Georgia.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. General title and 2pp preface 716 pp - (14pp) index text illustration and map of Netherlands. Bound with the engraved monthly title pages, some erratic pagination collates complete. Very occasional notes in ink to the blank margin. The text block with light age toning, clean and tight. Bound in a contemporary full tan calf, light rubbing to spine edges, the binding tight.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. General title and 2pp preface (628p + (16pp) indexes Bound with the engraved monthly title pages, some erratic pagination but text collates complete with the supplement some occasional ink manuscript notes in an early hand. Al plates present some folding. The text block remains tight with some toning to pages. Bound in a contemporary half tan calf over marbled paper covered boards. Head tail of the spine chips. Some cracking to upper spine edge the binding tight. Includes much on the Revolutionary War. Also first notification of the death of General title and 2pp preface (645pp + (12pp) Bound with the engraved monthly title pages, some erratic pagination but text collates complete with the supplement some occasional ink manuscript notes in an early hand. Al plates and maps present, folding map of Guadalupe pp603 one corner torn away just touching ruled border, includes the folding map of the Hudson River with the adjacent country. The text block remains tight with some toning to pages. Bound in a contemporary quarter tan calf over patterned paper covered boards occasional paper. Some cracking to lower spine edge to rear the binding tight. Includes much on the Revolutionary War. Also the first notification of the death of CAAPTAIN COOK, on pp44 - 45 + pp68.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. General title and frontis, iv - 778pp + (18pp) index, .at end of July 2nd title" Extraordinary" Poems Bound with engraved monthly title pages and the general title some erratic pagination collates complete on catch words. Some very occasional ink notes to margins. Contents clean and tight. Bound in contemporary full tan calf tight. chipping to the head and tail of the spine some scuffing to the boards in places, a very good copy. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. General title and 2pp preface 641pp + (17pp) index Bound with the engraved monthly title pages, some erratic pagination collates complete. Lacks plate pp49 "An exact view of the Fort of the Isle of Aix", all other maps and plates present some folding, old mark to blank verso of plate pp347 not affecting plate image, some occasional ink contemporary margin notes. The text block with light age toning, remains tight. Bound in a contemporary full tan calf, the spine with significant loss boards holding on ties spine edges worn binding remains tight. A good copy. Includes British campaign against Louisbourg (Louisburg), Cape Breton, and includes a folding "Plan of the City & Harbour of Louisburg," showing Gabarus Bay, the British landing place, and their encampment during the 1758 siege. Also folding maps of The Old and New World.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Frontis of King George III, general title and 2pp preface 623pp + (19pp) index Bound with the engraved monthly title pages, some erratic pagination collates complete. Lacks plate pp 610 Plan of a new street from London bridge, extra plate not called for at pp 452n 'Fossil Skeleton of an Animal Found in the Allom Rock near Whitby', otherwise all maps and plates present, folding plate pp 164 representation of the engagements between two ships tears to lower edge with no loss. The text block with light age toning, remains tight. Bound in a contemporary full tan calf, head and tail of spine chipped cracking to spine edge in places. Some darkening to spine a few chips to the leather. The binding tight. . The magazine's 1760 volume September included material on the capitulation of Montreal, and the October issue contained a fold-out map illustrating Amherst's expedition. Also, a folding map June issue, 'A Map of the Icy Sea in which the several Communications with the Land Waters and other new Discoveries are exhibited'. A HISTORY OF BRICKWALL IN SUSSEX AND OF THE PARISHES OF NORTHIAM AND BREDE (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 633pp (15) pp index. Bound with the engraved monthly title pages, some erratic pagination but text collates complete with the supplement some occasional ink manuscript notes in an early hand. All plates present, some folding includes the folding plate of "American Stoves On the Improved Constructions". The text block remains tight with some toning to pages 454/455/456 457 some browning and chipping to the very outer and upper edges occasionally touching the text. Some contemporary manuscript notes mostly to the index.Bound in a contemporary half tan calf over marbled paper covered boards occasional chipping to the paper on the edges. Head of the spine chipped, the binding tight. The December issue reproduces Washington's letter to Congress, dated Yorktown, 19 October 1781, announcing the surrender of the British army.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. General title and 2pp preface 643pp + (17pp) index Bound with the engraved monthly title pages, some erratic pagination collates complete. Lacks gathering pp 429 to 436 all maps and plates present, stain to inner blank end paper front gutter paper cracked. The text block with light age toning, remains tight. Bound in a contemporary full tan calf, head and tail of spine chipped cracking to upper spine edge. Some darkening to spine a few chips to the leather. The binding tight. Quebec and General James Wolfe are among the stories. Wolfe's dispatch of 2 September 1759, describing the difficulties of the campaign against Quebec, was printed in the October issue. And November issue Battle of the Plains of Abraham, 13 September 1759 — Wolfe's British army defeated Montcalm's French forces outside Quebec. Both Wolfe and Montcalm died, and Quebec surrendered shortly afterwards. Includes a map.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 630pp (17) pp index. Bound with the engraved monthly title pages, some erratic pagination but text collates complete with the supplement, some occasional ink manuscript notes in an early hand to the index. A few pages closely trimmed, pp75 76 small loss to lower outer corner touching a few words. All plates present, some folding. The contents tight some age browning in places. Bound in a contemporary half tan calf over marbled paper covered boards occasional chipping to the paper on the edges. Head of the spine chipped, the binding tight. January issue contains the report of Lord Cornwallis surrender at Yorktown Virginia, and letters between him and George Washington. Also details of the final year of the war and peace negotiations including references to the Continental Army and the end of British offensive operations.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. General title and 2pp preface 710 pp - (18pp) index some text illustration including Plan of the Battle of Gladsmuir also a plan of Carlisle Bound with the engraved monthly title pages, some erratic pagination collates complete. Very occasional notes in ink to the blank margin. The text block with light age toning, clean and tight. Bound in a contemporary full tan calf, light rubbing to the head of the spine, and edges the binding tight. This edition gives contemporary reporting of the Jacobite Rising of 1745.…