Lot 243
Defoe, Daniel
Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2008 at 11:00 GMT
Description
The history of the union between England and Scotland. London, 1786 [1787], 4to, portrait frontispiece, later half calf gilt, tear in title repaired, new endpapers; Ludlow, Edmund Memoirs of... London, 1771, 4to, portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf gilt, gilt arms on upper board, rebacked, interior clean; Dalrymple, Sir John Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland. London, 1771, second edition, 4to, contemporary calf gilt, hinges cracking, corners bumped; Law, Rev. Robert Memorials or the memorable things that fell out within this island of Brittain from 1638 to 1684. Edinburgh, 1818, 4to, frontispiece, later half calf gilt, rubbed, offsetting to title; Johnson, Dr Samuel A dictionary of the English language. London, 1806, ninth edition, 4to, 2 volumes, modern quarter morocco gilt, new endpapers, lacking frontispiece, some foxing; and 3 others (9)