DEFOE (Daniel).
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson… 1780.
CRUSOE IN PARIS
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"MOST EXTRAORDINARY HUMAN BEINGS"
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[SEX WORK] & "MODESTE AGNESE" [SAINT-HILAIRE (Émile Marco de).
Biographie des Nymphes Du Palais Royal et Autres… 1823.
A DIRECTORY OF PARISIAN SEX WORKERS
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A collection of seven broadsides warning the inhabitants… 1793.
"TRAITORS, REBELS AND SEDITIOUS PERSONS" IN 18TH-CENTURY YORKSHIRE
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DEMOSTHENES, translated by, & WILSON (Thomas).
The Three Orations of Demosthenes, 1570.
"MOST NEDEFULL TO BE REDDE IN THESE DAUNGEROUS DAYES"
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[JOHNSON (Samuel)].
The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia, An… 1768.
"PRINTED FOR EVERY PURCHASER" IN AMERICA
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GRAY (Stephen).
Written on the Death of the Late Thomas… 1774.
AN UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT ELEGY ON (THE OTHER) THOMAS GRAY
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WORDSWORTH (William) and
Lyrical Ballads, 1802.
ROMANTICISM (AND REVOLUTION) IN AMERICA
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BELLERS (John).
Proposals for Raising a Colledge [sic] of Industry… 1696.
"A VERITABLE PHENOMENON IN THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL ECONOMY" - KARL MARX
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PINE (Robert Edge) artist,
A Lady & Children, 1780.
AN 18TH-CENTURY MEZZOTINT OF A BREAST FEEDING WOMAN
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[ABSCONDING APPRENTICE].
Eight Dollars Reward. Ran-away from the subscriber...an apprentice… 1792.
"STOOPS WHEN HE WALKS"
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[WARD (John)].
The Conduct of Judge Park, Counsellor Clarke, Parson… 1834.
"THE SHIP IS OVERWHELMED WITH THE TEMPEST OF PRIESTCRAFT, AND LUNATICS THEY MUST HAVE ALL BEEN, TO SAY THAT MESSIAH DID COME SO LONG AGO"
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[INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION].
Articles; agreed by the Delegates of the different… 1790.
"TO SUPPORT THOSE WHO ARE NOT MEAN ENOUGH TO HURT THEIR BRETHREN BY WORKING UNDER PRICE"
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ARNOLD (Matthew). & [WISE (Thomas James)].
Alaric at Rome, 1893.
"A FEW COPIES FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY"
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C (Mrs.).
Belinda, or The Fair Fugitive. A Novel, 1789.
"I HAVE LAUGHED 'TILL I AM WEARY...HOW I ENJOY THE FELLOW'S MORTIFICATION, AND ADORE THE GIRL'S SPIRIT"
£2,800
GOLDSMITH (Oliver).
The Vicar of Wakefield:, 1769.
"TO PRONOÙNCE THE ENGLISH RIGHTLY" - THE FIRST CONTINENTAL PRINTING
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[OPERA].
Engraved portrait of Josephine Grassini printed on silk, 1803.
PRINTED ON SILK AND DECORATED WITH SEQUINS
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MORRIS (Thomas Linwell).
The Daneid, an Epic Poem, in four Books.… 1803.
WRITTEN AT SEA AND SOLD BY THE AUTHOR'S WIDOW
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[WATSON-TAYLOR (George)].
The Old Hag in a Red Cloak. A… 1801.
"THY DOOM IS DECIDED: PREPARE FOR THY FATE": A PRIVATELY PRINTED PARODY OF MATTHEW "MONK" LEWIS
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[TEA].
The Tea Purchaser's Guide; or, the Lady and… 1785.
"LITTLE BETTER THAN DIRT": THE DANGERS OF COUNTERFEIT TEA
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[PRINTED HANDKERCHIEF].
Youthful Sport, Harmless Amusements, 1780.
PRINTED HANDKERCHIEF SHOWING CHILDREN PLAYING
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WANSEY (Henry).
Thoughts on Poor-Houses, 1801.
"THE SICK HAVE FRESH MEAT AND BROTH"
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EUSEBIUS PAMPHIL, Bishop of Caesarea, c.260-c.340, and others.
The Auncient Ecclesiasticall Histories of the First Six… 1577.
EARLY OXFORD PROVENANCE
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[PETERLOO MASSACRE]. & [HUNT (Henry)].
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"I PROFESS TO BE A LOVER OF LIBERTY, OF RATIONAL LIBERTY, BUT NOT OF LICENTIOUSNESS"
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[CAROLINE (Queen Consort of George IV )].
Advertisement Extraordinary. Wants a situation, (Her present Employees… 1820.
"TEARING FEMALE REPUTATION TO ATOMS"
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PERROT (John) and & BAYLY (Charles).
A Narative of some of the Sufferings of… 1661.
"SERPENTS CREEPED OVER MY BODY, AND FROGS DANCED ON MY FACE, WHEN SCORPIONS RAN OVER MY HEAD, AND DRAGONS SPAT FIRE IN MY FACE"
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PERROT (John).
A Sea of the Seed’s Sufferings, Through which… 1661.
"HERE ENDS WHAT WAS WRITTEN IN ROME-PRISON OF MAD-MEN"
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DWARRIS (Sir Fortunatus William Lilley)
Juvenile Essays, In Verse, With Notes, Critical and… 1805.
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[BRUNDISH (John Jelliland)].
An Elegy on a Family-Tomb, 1782.
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JOHNSON (B.S.).
Poems Two, 1972.
SIGNED LIMITED EDITION
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ORWELL (George), editor. & CALDER (Ritchie)
The Lesson of London, 1941.
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[AUDEN (W.H.)]. & PARSONS (Clere), editor
Oxford Poetry 1928, 1928.
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YEATS (W.B.)
Ideas of Good and Evil, 1903.
£125
MURRAY SMITH, F.R.G.S. (D.)
Arctic Expeditions from British and Foreign Shores from… 1877.
FROM THE IGY LIBRARY AT WILKES STATION, ANTARCTICA
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HEANEY (Seamus) contributes to.
32 Counties. Photographs of Ireland by Donovan Wylie, 1989.
ONE OF 150 COPIES SIGNED BY THE CONTRIBUTORS
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HEANEY (Seamus), translator.
Sweeney Astray, 1984.
£75
HEANEY (Seamus), translator.
The Burial at Thebes, 2004.
£50
HEANEY (Seamus), translator.
A Lough Neagh Sequence, 1969.
£175
[CRANNOG PRESS] & McCORD (Margaret).
Leavings. Illustrated by the author, 1970.
£375
STEPHENS (James).
The Crock of Gold, 1926.
£300
HEANEY (Seamus) Introduces
From The Small Back Room. A Festschrift for… 2009.
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STEVENS (Wallace).
Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens, 1955.
VERNON WATKINS' COPY
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