WAY OF THE WORLD AND LOVE FOR LOVE
First edition thus of this pair of comedies by 18th-century playwright William Congreve, with stylish Beardsley-esque illustrations.
First edition thus of this pair of comedies by 18th-century playwright William Congreve, with stylish Beardsley-esque illustrations.
First printing of the first French edition of ROBINSON CRUSOE, one of the first ever translations of the book that has more translations than any work except the Bible.
Rare early set of the realist novel that transformed English literature, comprised of the second edition of the work and the first edition of its sequel.
First edition, first issue of this literary classic describing everyday life in English society, an "incalculable influence" (Yardley) on the developing novel in English.
Third edition, later issue, of Grose's classic slang dictionary of 18th-century colloquial and ungentlemanly nouns and verbs.
Fourth edition of this collection of all the issues of THE ADVENTURER, a bi-weekly paper featuring some of Bluestockings member Hester Chapone's earliest writing.
Early Knopf Pocket Book edition, in the lovely and uncommon Art Deco jacket, of Casanova's account of his bold midnight escape from solitary confinement in 1750s Venice.
First edition of this epistolary novel-memoir, an early and compelling example of the self-conscious novelization of a woman's life.