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  • 18th c. LETTERS FROM A FATHER TO HIS SON by John Aikin, M.D. 1796 - Antique Leather Book
    Dec. 10, 2022

    18th c. LETTERS FROM A FATHER TO HIS SON by John Aikin, M.D. 1796 - Antique Leather Book

    Est: $200 - $350

    Early Leather Edition of LETTERS FROM A FATHER TO HIS SON, On Various Topics, Relative to Literature and the Conduct of Life. Written in the Years 1792 and 1793, by John Aikin, M.D. (1747-1822) | Published: Philadelphia: Printed by James Carey, No. 83, North Second-Street. 1796 | Fully bound in calf leather with gold gilt lettering and decoration to spine | Measures approx. 7" H x 4.25" W x 1" D | A series of letters on topics such as poetic criticism, religion, natural history and Classical history written by John Aikin to his son. "In these Letters from A Father to His Son, he expounds his ideas on poetry as well as on such various topics as natural history, depression, and choosing a wife." From the antiquarian library of Emeritus Professor David A. Palin of the University of Manchester.

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  • [Aikin (John)] The Woodland Companion: Or, a Brief Description of British Trees, 1802; and others natural history (14)
    Nov. 10, 2022

    [Aikin (John)] The Woodland Companion: Or, a Brief Description of British Trees, 1802; and others natural history (14)

    Est: £200 - £300

    [Aikin (John)] The Woodland Companion: Or, a Brief Description of British Trees, 28 engraved double-page plates, plate 9 with tear along central fold, the odd spot but a clean copy generally, contemporary half calf, worn at extremities, joints starting at foot, 1802 § Grey (Sir Edward, Viscount of Falldon) Fly Fishing, wood-engraved illustrations by Eric Fitch Daglish, 10 full-page, hinges cracked, contemporary green morocco by Zaehnsdorf, arms of the Baron Trent in gilt to upper cover, spine sunned, 1930 § Parkinson (John) Paridisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris, facsimile edition, vignette title, illustrations, many full-page, some light spotting, contemporary crimson morocco, gilt, upper joint split at head, 1904, all but first with half-title, bookplate of Michael Matantos, rubbed; and others natural history, v.s. (14)

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  • Manchester.- Aikin (John) A Description of the Country from thirty to forty Miles round Manchester, for John Stockdale, 1795.
    Feb. 17, 2022

    Manchester.- Aikin (John) A Description of the Country from thirty to forty Miles round Manchester, for John Stockdale, 1795.

    Est: £150 - £200

    Manchester.- Aikin (John) A Description of the Country from thirty to forty Miles round Manchester, first edition, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title, list of subscribers, 61 engraved plates, 2 folding maps, one hand-coloured, some light spotting and toning, final gathering working loose, uncut in original boards, soiled and worn, covers detached, large 4to, for John Stockdale, 1795.

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  • Aikin (John) The Calendar of Nature..., first edition, contemporary marbled wrappers, Warrington, W.Eyres, for J.Johnson, 1784 & others (4)
    Jun. 09, 2020

    Aikin (John) The Calendar of Nature..., first edition, contemporary marbled wrappers, Warrington, W.Eyres, for J.Johnson, 1784 & others (4)

    Est: £300 - £500

    Aikin (John) The Calendar of Nature; designed for the Instruction and Entertainment of Young Persons, first edition, ink notes in contemporary hand to rear free endpaper, contemporary marbled wrappers, Warrington, W.Eyres, for J.Johnson, 1784 § White (Rev. Gilbert) A Naturalist's Calendar..., first edition, hand-coloured engraved plate, a little browned, contemporary calf, gilt, spine gilt with black roan label, 1795 § Juvenile Library. A Picture of the Seasons..., wood-engraved title-vignette and 6 charming plates of shearing, harvesting etc., contemporary ink signature to head of title, lightly browned, contemporary roan-backed boards, rubbed and soiled, S. & A.Davis, 1818 § [Mogridge (George)] Rural Pickings, hand-coloured additional pictorial title and 4 hand-coloured lithographed plates, advertisement leaf at end, original red blind-stamped cloth, spine pictorial gilt, g.e, a good copy, 1846, 8vo et infra (4) ⁂ ESTC lists 3 copies of the first with only one in the UK (BL, others at Harvard and Toronto).

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  • Letters from a Father to his Son, on Various Topics Relative to Literature and the Conduct of Life
    Aug. 28, 2014

    Letters from a Father to his Son, on Various Topics Relative to Literature and the Conduct of Life

    Est: $200 - $300

    <p> 2 volumes. xii, 348; viii, 341, [2] ad pp. (8vo) 19.5x12 cm (7¾x4¾") early full tree calf, spines gilt, black and green labels. Fourth Edition of Volume 1; First Edition of Volume 2.</p>

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  • Essays on Song-Writing; with Collection of such English Songs as are most Eminent for Poetical Merit. A New Edition, with additions and corrections, and a supplement, by R.H. Evans
    Jul. 31, 2014

    Essays on Song-Writing; with Collection of such English Songs as are most Eminent for Poetical Merit. A New Edition, with additions and corrections, and a supplement, by R.H. Evans

    Est: $4,000 - $6,000

    <p> xxviii, 352 pp. Wood-engraved vignette on title-page. 7¼x4¾, period calf.</p>

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