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A collection of books, prints and broadsides related to the quack doctor, sex therapist and showman, James Graham (1745-1794).

GRAHAM (James).

A collection of books, prints and broadsides related… 1780.

ELECTRICITY, SEX THERAPY AND VEGETARIANISM: THE CURIOUS LIFE AND CAREER OF JAMES GRAHAM.

A Geographical Historie of Africa,

A Geographical Historie of Africa, 1600.

WILFRED THESIGER'S COPY: FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH.

Essays, Letters from Abroad, Translations and Fragments.

SHELLEY (Percy Bysshe). & SHELLEY (Mary) editor.

Essays, Letters from Abroad, Translations and Fragments, 1840.

"I PROMISED DR C. A SET OF SHELLEYS WORKS": A PRESENTATION COPY FROM MARY SHELLEY

An Act to allow a Drawback of the duties of Customs on the Exportation of Tea to any of his Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in America;

An Act to allow a Drawback of the… 1773.

THE INFAMOUS TEA ACT: A KEY DOCUMENT IN THE STORY OF AMERICA'S INDEPENDENCE - THE CATALYST FOR THE BOSTON TEA PARTY

An Act to allow a Drawback of the duties of Customs on the Exportation of Tea to any of his Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in America;

An Act to allow a Drawback of the… 1773.

THE INFAMOUS TEA ACT: A KEY DOCUMENT IN THE STORY OF AMERICA'S INDEPENDENCE - THE CATALYST FOR THE BOSTON TEA PARTY

ALS from the young Alexander Pope to his mentor Antony Englefield, dated August 8th 1707.

POPE (Alexander).

ALS from the young Alexander Pope to his… 1707.

"MY MUSE IS EVER UNEMPLOY'D WHEN I CAN DIVERT MY SELF ANY OTHER WAY"

Report, together with minutes of evidence, and accounts, from the Select Committee on the High Price of Gold Bullion. Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be printed, 8 June 1810.

BULLION REPORT.

Report, together with minutes of evidence, and accounts,… 1810.

THE TRUE FIRST EDITION, UNCUT IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

An Authentic Narrative of some Remarkable and Interesting Particulars in the Life of ********.

[NEWTON (John)].

An Authentic Narrative of some Remarkable and Interesting… 1764.

THE VERY RARE FIRST EDITION OF NEWTON'S REMARKABLE CONVERSION

Child-Birth or, the Happy Deliverie of Women.

GUILLEMEAU (Jacques).

Child-Birth or, the Happy Deliverie of Women, 1612.

THE SECOND ENGLISH MIDWIFERY MANUAL

Collection de Cent-Cinquante Gravures représentant et format une suite non-interrompue des Voyages et Aventures surprenantes de Robinson Crusoé.

[DEFOE (Daniel)]. & DUMOULIN (Francois Aime Louis).

Collection de Cent-Cinquante Gravures représentant et format une… 1818.

A PROTO GRAPHIC NOVEL? ROBINSON CRUSOE TOLD THROUGH 150 ENGRAVED ILLUSTRATIONS BASED ON PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IN THE WEST INDIES

A collection of 17 rare French caricatures on various subjects from fashion, food and race to health and beauty and prostitution. Many of the caricatures satirise English life.

[FRENCH CARICATURES].

A collection of 17 rare French caricatures on… 1805.

HOW THE FRENCH VIEW THE ENGLISH

Two unpublished reports to King James I, complaining of “wrongs and abuses” perpetrated by the Dutch on English whale-hunters at Spitsbergen and on English merchants and sailors at Pola Run in the Spice Islands. Compiled in 1618 by the Muscovy and East In

[MUSCOVY COMPANY].

Two unpublished reports to King James I, complaining… 1620.

CULMINATING WITH THE TRANSFER OF MANHATTAN TO THE ENGLAND

The Complaint: or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality.

YOUNG (Edward).

The Complaint: or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, &… 1742.

A UNIQUE COPY IN DODSLEY’S ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPPERS

The Works of the Reverend and Learned Divine, Thomas Jackson, D.D. Sometime President of Corpus Christi College in Oxon; Such as were, and such as Never before were Printed. In Three Volumes. With th Author's Life, and a Large and Useful Table to the Whol

JACKSON (Thomas, Dean of Peterborough).

The Works of the Reverend and Learned Divine,… 1673.

BOUND BY MEARNE FOR CHARLES II

Her Book of Sermons Anno Dom 1705.

WATTS (Rev. Thomas), & MILLERD (Rachel) compiler and scribe.

Her Book of Sermons Anno Dom 1705, 1705.

UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT SERMONS BY A TRAGIC CLERGYMAN. COMPILED INTO A HANDSOME VOLUME BY A RACHEL MILLERD

Corn Law Rhymes. The Ranter,

[ELLIOTT (Ebenezer)].

Corn Law Rhymes. The Ranter, 1830.

THE PRIVATELY PRINTED FIRST EDITION OF "THIS HITHERTO OBSCURE POEM"

Apocalypsis Apocalypseos; or the Revelation of St John the Divine unveiled.

Apocalypsis Apocalypseos; or the Revelation of St John… 1680.

FROM THE PAROCHIAL LIBRARY OF TRINITY CHURCH, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND

The Writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe.

STOWE (Harriet Beecher)

The Writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1896.

MRS. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE IS NOT INSANE

The Unsex’d Females: a Poem,

POLWHELE (Richard).

The Unsex’d Females: a Poem, 1798.

"SEE WOLLSTONECRAFT, WHOM NO DECORUM CHECKS, / ARISE, THE INTREPID CHAMPION OF HER SEX"

Buff; or, a Dissertation on Nakedness: A Parody on Paine's Rights of Man.

[PAINE (Thomas)].

Buff; or, a Dissertation on Nakedness: A Parody… 1792.

"THE GRAND CHORUS OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN IS CHANGED INTO A CAZONETTA ON NAKEDNESS"

Englands Lamentable Slaverie.

WALWYN (William).

Englands Lamentable Slaverie, 1645.

“LIBERTIE AND PRIVILEDGE…IS, AS DUE UNTO YOU, AS THE AYRE YOU BREATH IN”

De occultis pharmacorum potestibus.
Basle, Pietro Perna, 1574

ERASTUS (Thomas).

De occultis pharmacorum potestibus. Basle, Pietro Perna, 1574, 1574.

ON PHARMACOLOGY & THE OCCULT, ANNOTATED BY AN EARLY PHYSICIAN

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of… 1785.

DUBLIN COUNTERFEIT EDITION

Britania's Assassination. or___The Republicans Amusement.

GILLRAY (James).

Britania's Assassination. or___The Republicans Amusement, 1782.

"ONE OF THE BOLDEST POST-REVOLUTIONARY ATTACKS LEVELED AGAINST THE NEW MINISTRY"

Qualifying for a Campain [sic]

[AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR].].

Qualifying for a Campain [sic], 1777.

THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE AS CHILD'S PLAY

Novum Iesu Christi Domini Nostri Testamentum, ex Regiis aliisque optimis editionibus cum cura expressum.

[MINIATURE GREEK NEW TESTAMENT].

Novum Iesu Christi Domini Nostri Testamentum, ex Regiis… 1628.

MINIATURE GREEK NEW TESTAMENT IN AN ENGLISH BINDING FOR THOMAS CLERKE

Several Discourses and Characters address'd to the Ladies of the Age. Wherein the Vanities of the Modish Women are discovered.

BOYLE (Francis, Viscount Shannon).

Several Discourses and Characters address'd to the Ladies… 1689.

“THIRTY IS THE STALE YEAR OF A MAID, AND THE WORST AGE OF A WIFE…BECAUSE A WIFE AT THIRTY IS OLD ENOUGH TO BE UGLY AND YOUNG ENOUGH TO LIVE LONG”

Portraits, Memoirs, and Characters of Remarkable Persons,

CAULFIELD (James).

Portraits, Memoirs, and Characters of Remarkable Persons, 1794.

The Quaker's Meeting.

[QUAKERISM]. After, & HEEMSKERCK (Egbert van).

The Quaker's Meeting, 1723.

"IT IS CURIOUS THAT IMPRESSIONS OF THIS ENGRAVING ARE EXCESSIVELY RARE IN ENGLAND”

A New View of Society; or, Essays on the Formation of the Human Character Preparatory to the Development of a Plan for Gradually Ameliorating the Condition of Mankind.

A New View of Society; or, Essays on… 1818.

To the friends of freedom and to the English who were imprisoned during the French Revolution;

SNAGG (Thomas) artist.

To the friends of freedom and to the… 1802.

ENGLISH PRISONERS OF WAR DURING THE TERROR

Poems on Several Occasions.

Poems on Several Occasions, 1719.

"BUSIE OLD FOOL, UNRULY SUN"

Ladies Dress, as it soon will be.

[GILLRAY (James)].

Ladies Dress, as it soon will be, 1796.

"I HAVE SEEN LADIES IN A STATE OF UNDRESS"

An Essay towards the Probable Solution of this Question. Whence come the Stork and the Turtle, the Crane and the Swallow,

MORTON (Charles).

An Essay towards the Probable Solution of this… 1703.

"PROBABLY THE MOST REMARKABLE THEORY THAT HAS BEEN ADVANCED TO ACCOUNT FOR MIGRATION"

The Secretary in Fashion:

LA SERRE (Jean Puget de).

The Secretary in Fashion:, 1658.

BOUGHT BY AN ITALIAN VISITOR IN LONDON IN 1661 AND ANNOTATED WITH ITALIAN EQUIVALENTS FOR MANY OF THE ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES

Register of Children Bound or Assigned by the Overseers and Guardians of the Poor [for the Village of Ashcombe, Devon].

[POOR APPRENTICES].

Register of Children Bound or Assigned by the… 1802.

PARISH RECORD OF POOR CHILD APPRENTICES IN RURAL DEVON

The Cruise;

DUNBAR (Robert Nugent).

The Cruise;, 1835.

A ROMANTIC POET TURNS FROM ITALY TO THE WEST INDIES FOR INSPIRATION

The Return of Peace. A Poem.

The Return of Peace. A Poem, 1802.

"MY LOSS OF FORTUNE, PARTNER, CHILD - MY ALL!"

The Husbandman's Assistant;

SKIRVING (William).

The Husbandman's Assistant;, 1792.

RADICAL HUSBANDRY: UNFINISHED AS THE AUTHOR WAS TRANSPORTED TO AUSTRALIA

The Rape of Helen.

COLLUTHUS OF LYCOPOLIS.

The Rape of Helen, 1731.

“THIS POEM MIGHT HAVE RECEIVED A GREAT ADVANTAGE FROM THE MASTERLY HAND OF MR. POPE” A VERSE TRANSLATION OF THE STORY OF THE ABDUCTION OF HELEN OF TROY FROM THE ORIGINAL BY COLLUTHUS – “ONE OF THE WORST POETS TO COME DOWN TO US”

Flagel: or a Ramble of Fancy through the land of Electioneering.

[ELECTIONEERING NOVEL].

Flagel: or a Ramble of Fancy through the… 1768.

"IF SHORT CHAPTERS, ABRUPT DIGRESSIONS, ZIGZAG WRITING, LOW PHRASES, AND A LOOSE INNUENDO POINTED OUT BY TWO OR THREE ASTERISKS, BE ALL THAT ARE REQUIRED TO CONSTITUTE A TRISTRAM SHANDY, FLAGEL MAY BE THAT MAN"

The Nature and Causes of Atheism,

ESTLIN (John Prior)

The Nature and Causes of Atheism, 1797.

WITH AN EARLY QUOTATION FROM COLERIDGE

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